. The problem of greater New York and its solution. one dollar in new appropriationsis at present required. The funds are ready and waiting. TheUnited States Government has agreed to provide the entranceand to pay the entire cost of dredging the main channel; theState has ceded its title to all the lands under water; and theCity possesses the funds necessary to build the basins, whichfunds, having been appropriated for this specific purpose, canbe used for no other. A detailed statement of these funds isexhibited on page 82. The financial situation, then, is this: The Government hasadopted a p
. The problem of greater New York and its solution. one dollar in new appropriationsis at present required. The funds are ready and waiting. TheUnited States Government has agreed to provide the entranceand to pay the entire cost of dredging the main channel; theState has ceded its title to all the lands under water; and theCity possesses the funds necessary to build the basins, whichfunds, having been appropriated for this specific purpose, canbe used for no other. A detailed statement of these funds isexhibited on page 82. The financial situation, then, is this: The Government hasadopted a program calling for the ultimate expenditure on itspart of $7,430,000. Upon this program it has already madeappropriations of $850,500, of which $695,720 is still un-ex-pended. The City has appropriated $1,000,000, of which$923,220 remains unexpended, a total balance of $1,618,940. Second—The Results—The preliminary work already doneproves the practicability of the project. The United States 55 THE P R O B L E M O E G R E A T E R X E ^\ Y 0 R K. THE FIRST TWO STEPSThe partial development of Mill and Fresh Creek Basins fsee also pages 59 and 61) willmeet the most imperative needs without exceeding funds now in hand. Instead of beingtemporary relief measures, they will be progressive steps upon a constructive harbor plan. Government in its preliminary dredging upon the main interiorchannel has completed 8,000 feet, 18 feet deep, and 500 feetwide. This has cost but $135,000. It also has expended $19,780upon the entrance channel, or a total of $154,780. New YorkCity in this same preliminary work spent but $26, of itsappropriation in engineering and incidental expenses. The soilwas dredged from the channel at Federal expense and dischargedback of a bulkhead, with the result that it immediately createda strip of new land 700 feet wide and 7,000 feet long, or about112 acres in area. Stopping here to summarize the situation, before proceed-ing to a detailed examination of the
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