CERTAIN PUBLIC WORKS HEARING BEFORE THE U.S. Congress. Senate. COMMITTEE ON NAVAL AFFAIRS. SEVENTIETH CONGRESS SECOND SESSION ON H. R. 13884 AN ACT TO AUTHORIZE THE SECRETARY OF THE NAVY CERTAIN PUBLIC WORKS, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES CONSTRUCTION OF CERTAIN PUBLIC WORKS WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 19, 1928 UNITED STATES SENATE, Washington, D. C. The committee met, pursuant to call, at 10.30 o'clock a. m., in the room of the committee in the Capitol, Senator Frederick Hale presiding. Present, Senators Hale (chairman), Steiwer, Swanson, Broussard, and Edwards. The committee had under consideration the following bill, which is here printed in full, as follows: [H. R. 13884, Seventieth Congress, second session] AN ACT To authorize the Secretary of the Navy to proceed with the construction of certain public works, and for other purposes Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Navy is hereby authorized to proceed with the construction of the following-named public-works projects at a cost not to exceed the amount stated after each item enumerated: Naval station, San Diego, California: One small floating dry dock, $425,000. Naval station, Pearl Harbor, Hawaii: Water-front development, $1,200,000; to continue improvements to harbor and channel, $500,000. Submarine Base, Pearl Harbor, Hawaii: General facilities buildings, $290,000; officers' quarters, $100,000. Naval air station, San Diego, California: Metal aircraft structures shop, $130,000; physical instruction, gymnasium, and welfare building, $150,000; seven land-plane hangars, $275,000. Navy yard, Puget Sound, Washington: Accessories and crane, pier numbered 6, $1,310,000; equipment house, $100,000; paint and oil storehouse, $125,000. Naval air station, Pearl Harbor, Hawaii: Hangar, $224,000; torpedo storage and charging plant, $25,000. Naval air station, Coco Solo, Canal Zone: Aircraft-overhaul shop, $90,000; bachelor officers' quarters, $120,000. Naval training station, San Diego, California: Mess hall and galley for enlisted men, $173,500; barracks for enlisted men, $348,000. Navy yard, Mare Island, California: Barracks and mess hall for submarine crews, $195,000; battery storage and overhaul building, $240,000. Naval air station, Lakehurst, New Jersey: Barracks for enlisted men and marines, $250,000; gas cell shop and storage building, $200,000; quarters for married officers, $90,000. Marine barracks, Quantico, Virginia: Barracks for enlisted men; roads; walks; and distributing systems, $1,450,000. Marine Corps flying field, Quantico, Virginia: Filling and grading flying field, $500,000. Navy Yard, Norfolk, Virginia: Purchase or condemnation of land and dredg ing. $65,000. Naval Air station, Anacosta, District of Columbia: Offices and barracks and mess hall for two hundred and fifty men, $275,000; heating plant and dis tributing system, $25,000. 1 Navy Yard, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: Storage facilities for gear, dry dock numbered 3, $10,000. Naval base, Canal Zone: Commandant's quarters, $35,000, officers' quarters, $58,000. Submarine base, Coco Solo, Canal Zone: Officers' quarters, $240,000. Naval air station, Hampton Roads, Virginia: Administration building, $200,000. Naval training station, Hampton Roads, Virginia: Barracks and mess hall. $600,000. SEC. 2. That the Secretary of the Navy is hereby authorized to enter into contract, at a cost not to exceed $35,000, for the removal of certain private lines of poles supporting telegraph, power, signal, and telephone wires and cables located on private rights of way adjoining the Marine Corps flying fields at Quantico, Virginia, and for the placing of said wires and cables underground; for providing additional ducts and laying of cables for the Government's power and telephone service at said flying fields, and for the construction of the necessary manholes for the separate or joint use of all interested parties; the contract to be placed with such party or parties, with or without competition, and on such terms and conditions as the Secretary of the Navy may in the interests of the Government, deem most advantageous. SEC. 3. That the Secretary of the Navy be, and he hereby is, authorized to acquire on behalf of the United States by purchase or condemnation, after an appropriation of the necessary funds has been made therefor, the site of the Marine Corps flying field at Reid, Quantico, Virginia; and for that purpose a sum not in excess of $15,000 is hereby authorized to be appropriated and made available in addition to the amount of $20,000 made available by section 6 of the act of March 4, 1925, under the appropriation "Aviation, Navy, 1924." SEC. 4. That the Secretary of the Navy be, and he hereby is, authorized to acquire on behalf of the United States by purchase or condemnation, after an appropriation of the necessary funds has been made therefor, the site of the naval air station at Sumay and the naval station at Piti, Guam; and for that purpose a sum not in excess of $9,000 is hereby authorized to be appropriated and made available. SEC. 5. That the Secretary of the Navy is authorized, when directed by the President, to transfer to the city of San Diego, California, free from all encumbrances and without cost to said city of San Diego, all right, title, and interest to so much of the property now constituting the site of the submarine and destroyer base, San Diego, California, together with any improvements thereon belonging to the United States, as lies to the north of a line running due east from station 300 on the United States bulkhead line as established in 1918, in consideration of the transfer to the United States by said city of San Diego, free from all encumbrances and without cost to the United States, of all right, title, and interest to the following-described property, together with any improvements thereon, now belonging to the said city of San Diego: Beginning at station 300 on the United States bulkhead line, as established in 1918; thence south forty degrees thirty-eight minutes thirty-six seconds east along said bulkhead line, a distance of eight hundred and ninety-nine and thirty-eight onehundredths feet to the southwest corner of that tract of land conveyed by the city of San Diego to the United States of America for a dry-dock station or similar purposes, by deed dated September 3, 1919; thence north sixteen degrees no minutes east along the westerly line of said tract a distance of seven hundred and nine and ninety-three one-hundredths feet to a point; thence due west seven hundred and eighty-one and forty-nine one-hundredths feet to the point or place of beginning. SEC. 6. That the Secretary of the Navy is hereby authorized to establish boundary lines of the United States property constituting Governors Island, in Boston Harbor, Massachusetts, as follows: Beginning at a point in the pierhead and bulkhead line established by the Secretary of War December 1, 1921, in latitude south two thousand one hundred and forty-seven and two-tenths and longitude east twelve thousand six hundred and twenty-five and six-tenths; thence running north thirty-three degrees fifteen minutes fifty-five and sixtenths seconds east two thousand feet to a point in latitude south four hundred and seveny-five and longitude east thirteen thousand seven hundred and twenty-two and six-tenths; thence south fifty-six degrees forty-four minutes four and four-tenths seconds east two thousand five hundred feet to a point in latitude one thousand eight hundred and forty-six and three-tenths south and longitude fifteen thousand eight hundred and twelve and nine-tenths east ; thence south forty-nine degrees fifty-three minutes thirty seconds east two thousand five hundred and seventeen and nine-tenths feet to a point in latitude south three thousand four hundred and sixty-eight and four-tenths and longitude east seventeen thousand seven hundred and thirty-eight and seven-tenths; thence south thirty-three degrees fifteen minutes fifty-five and six-tenths seconds west two thousand and twenty and five-tenths feet to a point in the United States pierhead and bulkhead line established March 6, 1923, in latitude south five thousand one hundred and fifty-seven and eight-tenths and longitude east sixteen thousand six hundred and thirty and four-tenths; thence north seventyfour degrees west seven hundred and ninety-six and nine-tenths feet in said pierhead and bulkhead line established March 6, 1923, to a point in latitude south four thousand nine hundred and thirty-eight and one-tenth and longitude east fifteen thousand eight hundred and sixty-four and four-tenths; thence north forty-nine degrees fourteen minutes fifty-five seconds west four thousand two hundred and seventy-five and five-tenths feet in said pierhead and bulkhead line established March 6, 1923, to the point of beginning. In addition, the Secretary of the Navy is authorized to establish property boundary lines of an area for a wharf six hundred feet long and one hundred feet wide bordering on the United States pierhead and bulkhead line between the points "K" and "L" and a right of way one hundred feet wide connecting said wharf area with the main portion of the flats appurtenant to Governors Island, in accordance with the points, bearings, and delineated areas as shown on a plan marked "Governors Island exchange of land by Commonwealth of Massachusetts and United States of America, November, 1922," Bureau of Yards and Docks, numbered 100040. That in consideration of the conveyance by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts to the United States of all property of said Commonwealth lying inside of said boundary lines, all as approximately shown on the aforesaid plan, the Secretary of the Navy is hereby authorized to convey to the Commonwealth of Massachusetts the property of the United States lying outside of and immediately adjoining said boundary lines. SEC. 7. That the Secretary of the Navy is hereby authorized in his discretion to return to the heirs-at-law of John H. Abel the title to all that tract of land containing five and seventeen one hundredths acres, more or less, which was taken over by the United States by proclamation of the President, dated November 4, 1918, as a part of the Marine Corps Reservation, Quantico, Virginia. SEC. 8. That the Secretary of the Navy is hereby authorized to dispose of the land and improvements comprising the former naval-hospital property, Key West, Florida, in like manner and under like terms, conditions, and restrictions as prescribed for the disposition of certain other naval properties by the act entitled "An act to authorize the disposition of lands no longer needed for naval purposes." approved June 7, 1926 (Forty-fourth Statutes, page 700), and the net proceeds from the sale of said hospital property shall be deposited in the Treasury to the credit of the naval hospital fund. SEC. 9. That the Secretary of the Navy is hereby authorized to dispose of the land and improvements comprising the former naval radio station, Marshfield, Oregon, in like manner and under like terms, conditions, and restrictions as prescribed for the disposition of certain other naval properties by the act entitled "An act to authorize the disposition of lands no longer needed for naval purposes," approved June 7, 1926 (Forty-fourth Statutes, page 700), and the net proceeds from the sale of said radio-station property shall be deposited in the Treasury to the credit of the naval public-works construction fund created by section 9 of this act. SEC. 10. That the Secretary of the Navy be, and he hereby is, authorized to lease for periods not exceeding ten years, and revocable on six months' notice, the floating dry dock and water-front accessories at the naval station, New Orleans (Algiers), Louisiana, and to credit to the rental the reasonable cost of such repairs to said property as the lessee may be required to make to prevent physical deterioration. All remaining money received from any such lease shall be covered into the Treasury as miscellaneous receipts. Such leases shall be reported to Congress: Provided, That said floating dry dock and accessories shall not be removed from the vicinity of New Orleans. SEC. 11. That the Secretary of the Navy is hereby authorized to execute on behalf of the United States all instruments necessary to accomplish the aforesaid purposes. |