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Show !reph submitted j BY CVEJKIEB Estimates That $41,483895 Will Be Needed for the Rivers and Harbors. WASHINGTON", Dec. S. More than 10.000,000 for tho Mississippi river, almost al-most J9.000.000 for the Ohio river, moro than J2.000.000 for the Missouri river, almost J2.000.000 for tho Columbia, river and $1,000,000 for tho Delaware river aro the amounts considered necessary by the chief of engineers of the army for tho Improvement and maintenance of those great waterways during the fiscal year of 1015. In submitting to tho secretary of war his report, made public today, thn chief of engineers makes estimates aggregating aggre-gating S-1M83.S95, to be applied to 2G1 river and harbor projects during tho year ending June 30, 1915. This Is 50.(131,994 less than tho amount appropriated by congress for river and harbor works for tho fiscal year of 191J. "Liberal appropriations aro considered proper and dcslrablo for snagglnir and other work necessary to mako natural channels avallablo wherever water-borne water-borne commerce exists or la reasonably rea-sonably prospective," says tho chief of engineers. "It is believed that expenditures expendi-tures for such improvements aro almost always useful and advantageous to the general public, especially since the Introduction Intro-duction and rapid development of small gasoline motorboats for combined freight and passenger transportation." Estimates of amounts needed for fortifications for-tifications In tho United States aggregate Jl.035.000, and. In tho Insular possessions $922,500. Tho estimates for tho far-westorn states are: California Los Angeles harbor. 525,-000: 525,-000: San Francisco harbor, $9000; Oakland Oak-land harbor, $9S.000; San Pablo bay, ?10.-000; ?10.-000; Humboldt harbor and bay (rebuilding (rebuild-ing Jotties), $525,000: Sacramento and Feather rivers, $25,000. Oregon Coquille river, $49,000; entrance en-trance to Coos bay and harbor. 550,000; Coos river, $3000; Sluslaw river mouth, S5000; Tillamook bay and bar. $207,000; Nehalom bar and entrance to bay. $116,-175: $116,-175: Snake river. $10,000. Washington Cowlitz nnd Lewis rivers, $16,000: Puget sound and tributary waters, wa-ters, $25,000; waterway. Puget sound to Lakes Union nnd Washington. $375,000; Skagit river, $10,000; Columbia river, Bridgeport to Kettlo Falls. $25,000. "Hawaii Honolulu harbor, $125,000; Hllo harbor, $100,000, Columbia river Improving mouth, $1.-000.000; $1.-000.000; Improvements below Portland, $300,000; at Cascades, $10,000: at Three-Mile Three-Mile rapids, 425.000: upper Columbia' and Snake rivers, S3, 000; Wlllamotto river Snako rivers, $30,000; Wlllamotto river above Portland, $30,000; Clatakanl river, $1000. |