a nonprofit-making association of 200 voluntary hospitals located from Maine to Texas: Hon. H. W. SUMNERS, HOSPITAL BUREAU OF STANDARDS AND SUPPLIES, MY DEAR CONGRESSMAN: The 2,700 voluntary nonprofit hospitals of the country spend over 150 million dollars a year on foodstuffs and supplies for the care of the needy sick, who would otherwise be a burden on Federal, State, and municipal institutions. Because of the charitable nature of their work many suppliers have hitherto allowed these institutions special prices on their purchases. This the RobinsonPatman Act now prohibits and as a consequence, hospital supply bills are increasing about 20 percent. Most, if not all, of these institutions have for years operated at a deficit. If these deficits are to be increased by 30 million dollars a year, many hospitals may have to close their doors. The needy sick must be caried for and such a development would throw an almost impossible additional burden on the Federal, State, and municipal institutions. We, therefore, respectfully request that you keep these facts in mind when the proposed amendment to the Robinson-Patman Act, exempting the eleemosynary institutions of the country, comes up for consideration of the Congress. Sincerely yours, о JOHN H. HAYES, President. 75TH CONGRESS HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 3d Session REPORT No. 2162 RIVERS AND HARBORS BILL APRIL 19, 1938.-Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union and ordered to be printed Mr. MANSFIELD, from the Committee on Rivers and Harbors, submitted the following REPORT [To accompany H. R. 10298] The Committee on Rivers and Harbors, to whom was referred the bill (H. R. 10298) authorizing the construction, repair, and preservation of certain public works on rivers and harbors, and for other purposes, having considered the same, report it to the House with the recommendation that it do pass with the following amendments: On page 6, line 10, after the word "navigation," insert a comma, and at the end of line 10 insert the word "and". On page 6, after line 15, insert two new paragraphs as follows: Jamaica Bay, New York. On page 6, after line 20, insert two new paragraphs as follows: Herring Creek, Saint Marys County, Maryland. Cadle Creek, Anne Arundel County, Maryland. On page 7, line 8, strike out "Cadde" and insert in lieu thereof "Cadet". On page 7, after line 22, insert new paragraph, as follows: Chefuncte River and Bogue Falia, Louisiana, from Lake Pontchartrain to Covington. On page 8, after line 4, insert new paragraph, as follows: Tillamook Bay, Oregon, with a view to protection of Bay Ocean, and property thereon, from erosion in storms. Section 1 of the bill adopts 39 projects, practically all of which are necessary modifications of existing waterway improvements, and are deemed to be urgent for the present requirements of commerce and navigation. The total cost of the work adopted is $33,903,850, the appropriations of same to be distributed over a number of years. No appropriation for the coming fiscal year is called for. All of the projects adopted have been unqualifiedly recommended by the Chief of Engineers and the Board of Engineers for Rivers and Harbors of the War Department. They also have the unanimous approval of the Committee on Rivers and Harbors after exhaustive hearings and investigation. The estimated cost to the United States of the projects adopted by this bill is itemized as follows: Channel connecting Plain Dealing Creek and Oak Creek, Md. Estimated cost $50,000 81, 000 190, 000 3, 102, 000 114, 500 11, 000, 000 54, 000 Delaware River between Philadelphia and the sea_. Mantua Creek, N. J.. Annapolis Harbor, Md. (modification of existing project). Drum Inlet, N. Č.. Intracoastal Waterway from Cape Fear River, N. C., to Winyah Bay, S. C. (basin at Southport, N. C.). Apalachicola River, Fla.. Grand Bayou Pass, La.. Sabine-Neches Waterway, Tex.. Houston Ship Channel and Buffalo Bayou, Tex- Dickinson Bayou, Tex__. Palacios, Tex., channel to Intracoastal Waterway. Port Aransas-Corpus Christi Waterway, Tex.. Mississippi River between Baton Rouge and New Orleans, La__ Charlevoix Harbor, Mich... Saginaw River, Mich.. Richmond Harbor, Calif Umqua River, Oreg- Columbia River, Wash. Neah Bay, Wash.. Everett Harbor, Wash... Iliuliuk (Unalaska) Harbor, Alaska.. Skagway Harbor, Alaska. Valdez Harbor, Alaska.......... Total... 5,500 74, 000 131, 000 43, 000 27, 000 50,000 23, 500 138, 000 137, 500 31, 000 11, 100 459, 000 50, 000 125, 500 3,750 200, 000 25, 000 4,320, 000 9, 000, 000 35, 000 74, 000 1, 052, 000 15,000 1, 030, 000 192, 000 273, 000 25, 000 1, 500, 000 28, 000 60, 000 105, 000 68, 500 33, 903, 850 RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE CHIEF OF ENGINEERS IN REGARD TO THE PROJECTS ADOPTED IN THIS BILL MYSTIC RIVER, MASS. (H. Doc. 542, 75th Cong.) Recommends modification of the present project for improvement of Mystic River, Mass., to provide a channel 20 feet deep from the head of the existing 30-foot project channel to a point 800 feet above the Malden Bridge, with widths decreasing from 270 feet at the lower end to 75 feet through the drawspan, thence increasing to approximately 340 feet to form a turning basin above the bridge, at an estimated initial cost of $50,000, with maintenance estimated at $1,500 annually in addition to the amounts now required. SCITUATE HARBOR, MASS (H. Doc. 556, 75th Cong.) Recommends that the existing project for Scituate Harbor, Mass., be modified to provide for extending the existing north jetty 300 feet in an easterly direction, at an estimated cost of $81,000 for new work, with maintenance estimated at $500 annually in addition to that now required. PLYMOUTH HARBOR, MASS. (H. Doc. 577, 75th Cong.) Recommends modification of the present project for improvement of Plymouth Harbor, Mass., to provide an anchorage basin 18 feet deep, 850 feet wide, and 2,125 feet in average length on the southeast side of the project channel near Long Beach, at an estimated cost of $285,000 for new work, with maintenance estimated at $3,000 annually in addition to the amounts now required; provided local interests furnish, free of cost to the United States, spoil-disposal areas for initial work and for subsequent maintenance as may be required, and contribute onethird the initial cost of the improvement. HUDSON RIVER, N. Y., ALBANY TO WATERFORD (H. Doc. 572, 75th Cong.) Recommends modification of the present project for improvement of the Hudson River, N. Y., to provide a channel 14 feet deep below the established plane of lowest low water and generally 400 feet wide from the deep-water channel at Albany to the Federal lock at Troy, thence of the same depth and 200 feet wide to the southern limit of the State Barge Canal at Waterford, at an estimated cost of $3,102,000 for new work, with no increase in the estimated annual cost of main H. Repts., 75-3, vol. 2-35 tenance, and with no change in the existing provision for harbors, 12 feet deep in front of Albany and Troy; provided local interests furnish free of cost to the United States, suitable spoil disposal areas for new work as may be required by the Chief of Engineers. GREAT KILLS HARBOR, STATEN ISLAND, N. Y. (H. Doc. 559, 75th Cong.) Recommends modification of the present project for improvement of Great Kills Harbor, Staten Island, N. Y., to provide for a 4,000-foot extension of the existing entrance channel, at the present project depth of 10 feet and width of 150 feet, along the west side of the harbor, and for an anchorage area of 138 acres and 8 feet depth, at an estimated cost of $229,000 for new work, with maintenance estimated at $10,000 annually in addition to the amounts now required; provided local interests contribute one-half the first cost but not in excess of $114,500, furnish free of cost to the United States suitable disposal areas for new work and for subsequent maintenance as required, and give renewed assurances satisfactory to the Chief of Engineers and the Secretary of War that they will provide the two public terminals of approved plan, as required under the existing project, with suitable approaches connecting with, and of the same depth as, the Federal channel. DELAWARE RIVER BETWEEN PHILADELPHIA AND THE SEA (S. Doc. 159, 75th Cong.) Recommends that the existing project for Delaware River from Allegheny Avenue, Philadelphia, Pa., to the sea be modified to provide for a channel 37 feet deep from the Philadelphia-Camden Bridge to the navy yard, thence 40 feet deep to deep water in Delaware Bay, 800 feet wide in the straight reaches from the bridge to a point in Delaware Bay near Ship John Light, thence 1,000 feet wide to deep water in Delaware Bay, with 1,200 feet width at Bulkhead Bar, 1,000 feet width at other bends and in Philadelphia Harbor, and the construction and maintenance of such additional dikes and training works as may be required, at a total estimated cost of $11,000,000 for new work and $200,000 annually for maintenance in addition to that now authorized, provided that the cities of Philadelphia and Camden shall agree to dredge not less than 110,000 cubic yards annually in maintaining the channel and anchorages in Philadelphia Harbor between Allegheny Avenue and the mouth of Schuylkill River. MANTUA CREEK, N. J. (H. Doc. 505, 75th Cong.) Recommends modification of the present project for improvement of Mantua Creek, N. J., to provide a channel 110 feet wide and 20 feet deep from that depth in Delaware River to the Grasselli chemical plant of E. I. du Pont de Nemours & Co., a distance of 5,400 feet, thence 12 feet deep and 100 feet wide to the plant of the Strathmann Sand & Gravel Co., a further distance of 5,900 feet, thence 10 feet deep and 60 feet wide to Friars Landing, 2,000 feet, and 7 feet deep |