Ogden Standard-Examiner | 1922-03-03 | Page 1 | 31 Millions in River and Harbor Bill

31 MILLIONS IN RIVER AND HARBOR BILL West Coast Gets Huge Sums for Improving Navigable "W aters WASHINGTON. Mar. 3. New river and harbor Improvements calling for an estimated expenditure of approx-l Imately $3i.oDo.ooo would be authorised author-ised under a bill ordered reported to-i day by the hou-?e rivers and harbors' committee. Major items in the measure which as approved, by the committee, w ill be i introduced by Chairman Hempsey, include in-clude an expenditure of $3,310,000 onl Coos Ha Harbor and Isthmus Slough, j Ore.; $1,750,000 on the Columbia and lower Sa bine-Nuehes waterway. Tea is; $1,371,450 on Oakland harbor, car l fornla, and $4..r00.00o for seagoing dredges. Other items included San I iego. I Gal., harbor, $135. SS0; Ixs Angeles harbor, Cal.. 5730.000: San Francisco harbor entrance $530 000. Willamette Slough. Ore.. $23,350. and Slatskanlo rh er, Ore., $4 620. oo