164 DOCUMENTARY HISTORY OF THE FLORIDA CANAL

DOCUMENT NO. 99 (FILES OF COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS,
 HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES), JANUARY 14, 1936

WAR DzPAwrTxNT APPorurIATIONS BILL Io 1987, NOMIurrTAR Ac-
 TIrrvrES-HEARINGS BEFOR THE SUBCOMMrTEE Or House COMMIr-
 TE oN APPRoPRwrows, SEzvNTr-woUwrI CONGRESS, SECOND SESSION,
 PArr 2

 The President transmitted to Congress the Budget for the fiscal
year ending June 30, 1937. The Budget for the War Department,
nonmilitary activities, carried the following items recommended by
the Chief of Engineers and approved by the Director of the Budget:
Projects authorized by provisions of the Emergency Appropriation Act of 1935
 for which additional funds are required for continuation of work-projects
 not utilizabe in present condition
The Atlantlc-Gulf ship canal, Fla--------.----------._--_---- $12.000,000
Sardis Reservoir, Miss------------------------------------ 2,500,000
Conchas Dam, N. Mex_.--------------------------------------- 8, 500,000
Bluestone Reservoir, W. Va------------------------------------ 2,000,000
Passamaquoddy tidal power project, Maine------------------- 9, 000,000
 Total-.------ ------------------------------- 29, 000, 000
 The usual hearings were held by the Subcommittee of the House
Committee on Appropriations in charge of the War Department ap-
propriations bill.
 The following extracts from these hearings refer to the above
items:
 General MARKHAM. Funds have been provided from the Emergency Relief
Appropriation Act of 1965 for the partial construction of the projects listed
herewith, which will require, in addition to. the above estimates, $204,174,000
for completion.

 Pret Amount l- Additional r
 Project tted quired for
 completion
Puamiaquoddy tidal power proet, Maine......----------------------- ......000,000 8, 72 000
The Atlantio-ulf Ship Canal........................--------------------------------- 5,000 23 00, 000
Ccsebe Dam, N. Me..........--------------------------------------.. 000 o
Bhatc e R ,voir, W. Va -------------------------------------- 1,000,000 11,779,000
rdla Ruwvoir, ML-s ...---------------------------------.............................................. -----1,000,000 9,472,000
 Total -......-.....-----------................................. 14,0, 000 04, 174, 000

 Mr. MoMnLELA. General, which, if any, of those projects you have just stated
there have been authorized by Congress?
 General MAbKHAM. None of them.
 Mr. MoMnxLAN. Have any of them been definitely rejected by Congress?
 General MARKHAM. None of them; no, sir. They merely represent what
under the emergency authority has been directed by the administration.
 Mr. BOLoon. How many of them have been before the Rivers and Harbors
Committee and been rejected?
 General MARKHAM. None of them.
 ATLANTIO-GULF CANAL
 Mr. BOLTON. As I understand it, the Florida canal has been turned down more
than once.
 General MARKHAM. Perhaps I am thinking in terms of current times.
Whether there have been rejections in the past, I do not know.