Chapter CDXVI. making Appropriations for the Repair, Preservation, and Completion of certain public Works on Rivers and Harbors, and for other Purposes
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CHAP. CDXVI.— An Act making Appropriations for the Repair, Preservation, and Completion of certain public Works on Rivers and Harbors, and for other Purposes.June 10, 1872. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,* That the following sums ofAppropriations for the repair, &c., of public works on rivers and harbors. money be, and are hereby, appropriated, to be paid out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated, to be expended under the direction of the Secretary of War, for the repair, preservation, and completion of the following public works hereinafter named:
For the improvement of Du Luth harbor, Minnesota, fifty thousandDu Luth.Proviso. dollars: *Provided,* That no part of said sum shall be expended so as to injure the harbor of Superior City, Wisconsin. For the improvement of Superior City harbor, Wisconsin, fifty thousandSuperior City. dollars. For the improvement of Marquette harbor, Michigan, fifty thousandMarquette. dollars. For the improvement of Menomonee harbor, Michigan and Wisconsin,Menomonee twenty-five thousand dollars.
For the improvement of Ahnapee harbor, Wisconsin, twenty-five thousandAhnapee. dollars. For the improvement of Two Rivers harbor, Wisconsin, twenty-fiveTwo Rivers. thousand dollars. For the improvement of Sheboygan harbor, Wisconsin, eighteen thousandSheboygan. dollars. For the improvement of Port Washington harbor, Wisconsin, fifteenPort Washington. thousand dollars. For the improvement of Kenosha harbor, Wisconsin, ten thousandKenosha. dollars. For the improvement of Chicago harbor, Illinois, ninety thousand dollars.Chicago.
For the improvement of Calumet harbor, Illinois, forty thousand dollars.Calumet. For the improvement of Michigan City harbor, Indiana, fifty thousandMichigan City. dollars. For the improvement of New Buffalo harbor, Michigan, five thousandNew Buffalo. dollars. For payment to the Green Bay and Mississippi Canal Company, for soGreen Bay and Mississippi Canal Company, for its property. much of all and singular its property and rights of property in and to the line of water communication between the Wisconsin river and the mouth of the Fox river, including its locks, dams, canals, and franchises, as were under the act of Congress for the improvement of water communication between the Mississippi river and Lake Michigan by the Wisconsin and Fox rivers, approved July seventh, eighteen hundred and seventy, reported1870, ch. 210.Vol. xvi. p. 189. by the Secretary of War to be needed, in his communication to the House of Representatives dated March eighth, eighteen hundred and seventy-two, one hundred and forty-five thousand dollars.
For the improvement of Frankfort harbor, Michigan, ten thousand dollars.Frankfort. For the improvement of Manistee harbor, Michigan, ten thousand dollars.Manistee. For the improvement of Pere Marquette harbor, Michigan, ten thousandPere Marquette. dollars. For the improvement of Pentwater harbor, Michigan, thirty thousandPentwater. dollars. For the improvement of White River harbor, Michigan, ten thousandWhite River. dollars. For the improvement of Muskegon harbor, Michigan, ten thousandMuskegon. dollars.
For the improvement of Grand Haven harbor, Michigan, fifteen thousandGrand Haven. dollars. 371 For the improvement of Black Lake harbor, Michigan, ten thousandBlack Lake. dollars. For the improvement of Saugatuck harbor, Michigan, fifteen thousandSaugatuck. dollars. For the improvement of South Haven harbor, Michigan, twelve thousandSouth Haven. dollars. For the improvement of Saint Joseph harbor, Michigan, three thousandSaint Joseph. dollars. For the improvement of Saint Mary’s river and Saint Mary’s FallsSaint Mary’s river and Saint Mary’s Falls canal. canal, Michigan, three hundred thousand dollars, of which sum fifteen thousand dollars may be applied to secure the right of way.
For the improvement of Cheboygan harbor, Michigan, fifteen thousandCheboygan. dollars. For the improvement of Au Sable river, Michigan, ten thousand dollars.Au Sable river. For the improvement of Harbor of Refuge, on Lake Huron, one hundredHarbor of Refuge. thousand dollars. For the improvement of the mouth of Black river, in Saint Clair river,Mouth of Black river. Michigan, fifteen thousand dollars. For the improvement of Saint Clair flats, Michigan, four thousand dollars.Saint Clair flats.
For the improvement of Toledo harbor, Ohio, fifteen thousand dollars.Toledo. For the improvement of Sandusky river, Ohio, ten thousand dollars.Sandusky river. For the improvement of Sandusky City harbor, Ohio, thirteen thousand dollars.Sandusky City. For the improvement of Ashtabula harbor, Ohio, fifteen thousand dollars.Ashtabula. For the improvement of Vermillion harbor, Ohio, five thousand dollars.Vermillion. For the improvement of Erie harbor, Pennsylvania, fifteen thousandErie. dollars.
For the improvement of Dunkirk harbor, New York, twenty-five thousandDunkirk. dollars. For the improvement of Port Clinton harbor, Ohio, eight thousandPort Clinton. dollars. For the improvement of Rocky River harbor, Ohio, ten thousand dollars.Rocky river. For the improvement of Maumee river above Toledo, Ohio, sevenMaumee river. thousand dollars. For the improvement of Monroe harbor, Michigan, ten thousand dollars.Monroe. For the improvement of Buffalo harbor, New York, seventy-five thousandBuffalo. dollars; and the unexpended balance heretofore appropriated for building sea-wall at Buffalo.
For the improvement of Olcott harbor, New York, ten thousand dollars.Olcott. For the improvement of Oak Orchard harbor, New York, two thousandOak Orchard. five hundred dollars. For the improvement of Pultneyville harbor, New York, ten thousandPultneyville. dollars. For the improvement of Little Sodus harbor, New York, fifteen thousandLittle Sodus. dollars. For the improvement of Big Sodus harbor, New York, fifteen thousandBig Sodus. dollars. For the improvement of Oswego harbor, New York, one hundredOswego. thousand dollars.
For the improvement of Ogdensburgh harbor, New York, ten thousandOgdensburg. dollars. For the improvement of Plattsburgh harbor, New York, ten thousandPlattsburgh. dollars. 372 For the improvement of Burlington harbor, Vermont, thirty thousandBurlington. dollars. For the improvement of Otter creek, Vermont, from Vergennes to itsOtter creek. outlet on Lake Champlain, ten thousand dollars. For dredge and snag boats on the Upper Mississippi river, forty-twoDredge, &c., boats on Upper Mississippi. thousand dollars.
For the improvement of the Minnesota river, Minnesota, ten thousandMinnesota river. dollars. For the improvement of the Des Moines rapids, Mississippi river, fourDes Moines rapids. hundred thousand dollars. For the improvement of the Rock Island rapids, Mississippi river, fiftyRock Island rapids. thousand dollars. For the preservation of the Falls of Saint Anthony, Minnesota, andFalls of St. Anthony, &c. the navigation of the Mississippi river above the same, fifty thousand dollars.
For improvement of the Mississippi, Missouri, and Arkansas rivers,Mississippi, Missouri, &c., rivers. ninety thousand dollars; for improvement of the Little Missouri river, ten thousand dollars; for improvement of the Ouachita river, in Arkansas, sixty thousand dollars; and further improvement of the Ouachita river, in Louisiana, forty thousand dollars. For the improvement of the Monongahela river between MorgantownMonongahela river. and New Geneva, in accordance with the plan submitted by General A.
A. Humphreys in his report to the House of Representatives dated February fourteenth, eighteen hundred and seventy-two, twenty-five thousand dollars. For the improvement of the Ohio river, and the harbors thereof, includingOhio river. the repair of the Cumberland dam, two hundred thousand dollars. For the improvement of the Osage river, Missouri, twenty-five thousandOsage river. dollars. For the improvement of Currant river, Missouri, five thousand dollars.Currant river. For the continuing the work on the canal at the Falls of the Ohio river,Canal at Falls of Ohio.Secretary of War to report to Congress thereon. three hundred thousand dollars.
And the Secretary of War is hereby directed to report to Congress, at its next session, or sooner, if practicable, the condition of said canal, and the provisions necessary to relieve the same from incumbrance, with a view to such legislation as will render the same free to commerce at the earliest practicable period, subject only to such tolls as may be necessary for the superintendence and repair thereof, which shall not, after the passage of this act, exceed five cents per ton.
For the improvement of the Mississippi river between the mouth of theMississippi river. Illinois river and the mouth of the Missouri river, twenty-five thousand dollars. For the improvement of the Mississippi river between the mouth of the Missouri river, and the mouth of the Merrimac river, one hundred thousand dollars. For the improvement of the Wabash river, Indiana, commencing at itsWabash river. mouth, fifty thousand dollars. For the continuation of the work now in progress on the TennesseeTennessee river. river, below Chattanooga, including the Muscle shoals, fifty thousand dollars.
For the improvement of the Tennessee river, between Knoxville and Chattanooga, twenty-five thousand dollars. For the improvement of Cumberland river, in Tennessee, twentyCumberland river. thousand dollars. For the improvement of the mouth of the Mississippi river, Louisiana,Mouth of Mississippi river. one hundred and fifty-five thousand dollars. For the improvement of Tones bayou, Louisiana, twenty thousandTones bayou. dollars. For improvement of Calcasieu pass, in the State of Louisiana, fifteenCalcasieu pass. thousand dollars. 373 For the improvement of bar in Galveston bay, ten thousand dollars, andGalveston bar, and harbor. for improvement of the harbor of Galveston, Texas, thirty-one thousand dollars.
For the improvement of Cypress bayou, near Jefferson, Texas, tenCypress bayou. thousand dollars. For the improvement of the Tangipahoa river, Louisiana, two thousandTangipahoa river. five hundred dollars. For removing the raft in Red river, Louisiana, one hundred and fiftyRed river. thousand dollars. For removing the wreck of the gunboat Oregon, in the Chifuncte river,Wreck of gunboat Oregon. Louisiana, six thousand dollars. For dredging the bar at the mouth of the harbor of Cedar Keys,Dredging at bar at Cedar Keys.
Florida, seven thousand five hundred dollars. For dredging the bar at the mouth of Saint John’s river, Florida, tenSaint John’s river. thousand dollars. For the improvement of Mobile harbor and bay, Alabama, seventy-fiveMobile harbor and bay. thousand dollars. For the improvement of the ship-channel in Charleston harbor, SouthCharleston harbor. Carolina, thirty-eight thousand seven hundred dollars. For removing obstructions in Ashepoo river, South Carolina, one thousandAshepoo river. three hundred dollars.
And the amount of the appropriation made by act of Congress, approved July eleventh, eighteen hundred and seventy,1870, ch. 240.Vol. xvi. p. 225. for removing obstructions in Town creek, near Charleston, South Carolina, which remains unexpended, is hereby appropriated to remove wrecks obstructing navigation in Stono river, South Carolina, near Church flats. For the improvement of Savannah harbor and river, Georgia, fiftySavannah. thousand dollars. For the improvement of the entrance to the harbor of Baltimore, inBaltimore.
Patapsco river, and Chesapeake bay, one hundred thousand dollars. For the improvement of the Rappahannock river, below Fredericksburg,Rappahannock river. Virginia, fifteen thousand dollars. For the improvement of the James river, Virginia, fifty thousandJames river. dollars. For the improvement of the Appomattox river below Petersburgh,Appomattox river. Virginia, forty thousand dollars. For the improvement of Aquia creek, Virginia, one thousand fiveAquia creek. hundred dollars.
For the improvement of Accotink creek, Virginia, five thousand dollars.Accotink creek. For the improvement of the Roanoke river below Weldon, NorthRoanoke river. Carolina, ten thousand dollars. For the improvement of Cape Fear river, below Wilmington, NorthCape Fear river. Carolina, one hundred thousand dollars. For the improvement of Queenstown harbor, Maryland, six thousandQueenstown. dollars. For the improvement of Worton harbor, Maryland, twelve thousandWorton. dollars. For the improvement of Cambridge harbor, Maryland, ten thousandCambridge. dollars.
For the improvement of Northeast river, Maryland, ten thousandNortheast river. dollars. For the improvement of the Wicomico river, Maryland, five thousandWicomico river. dollars. For clearing and improving the channel of the Schuylkill river fromSchuylkill river. its mouth to the Chestnut-street bridge, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, forty thousand dollars, of which sum sufficient is to be used for removing the rock between Locust street and the said bridge. For the improvement of Wilmington harbor, Delaware, ten thousandWilmington. dollars.
For the repair of pier of the ice-harbor at New Castle, Delaware,New Castle.374 and for building a new pier at said harbor, twenty-seven thousand dollars. For the improvement of Delaware river, between Trenton and Bordentown,Delaware river. New Jersey, ten thousand dollars. For the improvement of the Hudson river, New York, forty thousandHudson river. dollars. For the removal of obstructions in the East river, New York, includingEast river. Hell Gate, two hundred and twenty-five thousand dollars.
For the improvement of Providence river, Rhode Island, ten thousandProvidence river. dollars. For the improvement of Pawtucket river, Rhode Island, ten thousandPawtucket river. dollars. For the improvement of the Passaic river, between Newark and Passaic,Passaic river. New Jersey, twenty-five thousand dollars. For the improvement and removal of rocks in Port Chester harbor,Port Chester. New York, twelve thousand dollars. For the improvement of Rondout harbor, New York, ten thousandRoundout. dollars.
For the improvement of the breakwater at Block island, Rhode Island,Block Island. fifty thousand dollars. For the improvement of Pawcatuck river, Rhode Island and Connecticut,Pawcatuck river. ten thousand dollars. For the improvement of the Thames river, Connecticut, ten thousandThames river. dollars. For the improvement of the Connecticut river below Hartford, Connecticut,Connecticut river. including Saybrook bar at the mouth of the river, forty thousand dollars. For the improvement of the Connecticut river on or above Enfield falls and below Holyoke, twenty-five thousand dollars.
For the improvement of New Haven harbor, Connecticut, twentyNew Haven. thousand dollars. For the improvement of the Housatonic river, Connecticut, fifteenHousatonic river. thousand dollars. For the improvement of Bridgeport harbor, Connecticut, forty thousandBridgeport. dollars. For the improvement of Norwalk harbor, Connecticut, between theNorwalk. stone bridge and the railroad drawbridge, ten thousand dollars. For the improvement of Port Jefferson harbor, Long island, NewPort Jefferson.
York, fifteen thousand dollars. For the improvement of Peconic river, Long island, New York, tenPeconic river. thousand dollars. For the improvement of Huntington harbor, Long island, New York,Huntington. twenty-two thousand five hundred dollars. For the improvement of the Narragaugus river, Maine, ten thousandNarragaugus river. dollars. For the improvement of Sullivan river and Sullivan falls, Maine,Sullivan river, &c. twenty-five thousand dollars. For the improvement of the Penobscot river, Maine, forty thousandPenobscot river. dollars.
For the improvement of the Kennebec river, Maine, eight thousandKennebec river. dollars. For the improvement of Royals river, Maine, ten thousand dollars.Royals river. For the improvement of Portland harbor and Back bay, Maine, forty-fivePortland. thousand dollars. For the improvement of Saco river, Maine, fifteen thousand dollars.Saco river. For the improvement of Richmond’s island, Maine, twenty thousandRichmond’s Island. dollars. For removing rock in Gloucester harbor, Massachusetts, ten thousandGloucester. dollars. 375 For the improvement of Boston harbor, Massachusetts, seventy-fiveBoston. thousand dollars.
For the improvement of Taunton river, Massachusetts, ten thousandTaunton river. dollars. For the improvement of Plymouth harbor, Massachusetts, two thousandPlymouth. five hundred dollars. For the improvement of Edgartown harbor, Massachusetts, twentyEdgartown. thousand dollars. For the improvement of Provincetown harbor, Massachusetts, fiveProvincetown. thousand dollars. For the improvement of Wells harbor, Maine, five thousand dollars.Wells. For removal of rocks at entrance of Wellfleet harbor, Massachusetts,Wellfleet. five thousand dollars.
For the improvement of the Merrimac river above Haverhill, Massachusetts,Merrimac river. twenty-five thousand dollars. For the improvement of Duxbury harbor, Massachusetts, ten thousandDuxbury. dollars. For the improvement of Wareham harbor, Massachusetts, ten thousandWareham. dollars. For the improvement of the Lower Willamette river, Oregon, fiftyLower Willamette river. thousand dollars. For the improvement of the Upper Columbia river, Oregon, fifty thousandUpper Columbia river. dollars.
For the removal of Rincon rock, in the harbor of San Francisco, California,San Francisco. fifty thousand dollars. For the improvement of the breakwater at Wilmington, California,Wilmington. seventy-five thousand dollars. For the improvement of the Tombigbee river, ten thousand dollars.Tombigbee river.See *Post,* p. 562. For removal of rocks at New Haven harbor, Connecticut, fifteen thousand dollars.New Haven. For improvement of Cocheco river within the town of Dover, NewCocheco river.
Hampshire, ten thousand dollars. For improvement of Black River harbor, Ohio, twenty thousand dollars.Black river. For surveys and examinations, with a view to the improvement of riversSurveys, &c., for improvement of rivers and harbors. and harbors, one hundred and fifty thousand dollars. Sec. 2. That the Secretary of War is hereby directed to cause examinationsExaminations or surveys, or both, to be made at various points. or surveys, or both, to be made at the following points, namely:
At Keyport harbor, New Jersey; channel between Staten island and New Jersey; at Cohansey creek, New Jersey; at Bear creek, Lake Ontario, New York; at Waddington harbor, New York; for a breakwater at Rouse’s point, on Lake Champlain, New York; at Port Austin and Port Crescent, Michigan; at the mouth of Pensaukie river, Wisconsin; at Waukegan harbor, Illinois; the Machias river, Maine; at Wickford harbor and Newport harbor, Rhode Island; the east side of Providence river, between Field’s point and Fox point, Rhode Island; at Port Orford, Oregon; at Estero bay, San Louis Obispo county, California; the mouths of Notnoni creek and Occoquan river, Virginia; the bay or sound from Delaware line through Worcester county to Chincoteague inlet, Virginia, with a view to an inlet at or near a place called the Hommacks; for a ship-canal between the waters of Galveston bay and Saline lake, Texas;
Chester river at Kent Island narrows, Maryland; Saint Francis river, from Greenville down, Missouri; Gasconade river, Missouri; Tombigbee river, between Fulton and Columbus, Mississippi; harbor of Cedar Keys and channel to same, Florida; Niantic river, Connecticut; the bars at the outlet of Sabine pass, Texas; the Mississippi river between the mouth of the Missouri river and the mouth of the Ohio river; west end of the pass at and near Big Rock point, Texas; the bar at the mouth of Sabine river in Sabine lake, and to extend up the main channel of said river376FORTY-SECOND CONGRESS.
Sess. II. Ch. 416, 417. 1872. to the town of Belzora; at the mouth of the Nuches river, in Sabine lake,Examinations or surveys, or both, to be made at various points. and to extend up the main channel of said river to the town of Boonville, at the point where the Angelica river falls into the Nuches river, and to extend up the main channel of said river to the town of Pattonia, Texas; at the mouth of the Trinity river, in Galveston bay, and to extend up the main channel of said river to the town of Magnolia, Texas;
Washington harbor, North Carolina; Edenton harbor, North Carolina; mouth of Mackay’s creek, North Carolina; Chippewa river up to Chippewa falls, Wisconsin; harbor at Swanton, Vermont; harbor at Galveston, Texas; at Apalachicola river, from Chattahooche, Florida, to Apalachicola; at Chattahooche river, from Columbus, Georgia, to Chattahooche, Florida; at Flint river, from Albany, Georgia, to Chattahooche, Florida; for survey of breakwater at Milford, Connecticut; mouth of Pine river, Michigan; the harbor of San Diego, California; mouth of Grand Calumet river, Indiana;
Great Kanawha river, from the Great falls to the mouth, West Virginia; to complete the survey of the James river and Kanawha canal; for survey of Camden harbor, Maine; for a sea-wall or breakwater at Trinidad harbor, California; of the channel and bank at entrance of Salem harbor; on Merrimack river, Massachusetts, from Haverhill to Newburyport, including Duck Hole and Currier shoals; the New river, from the mouth of Greenbrier, in West Virginia, to the lead mines, in Wythe county, Virginia; at St.
Helena bar, in the Columbia river, Oregon; for survey for the removal of wrecks of gun-boats, steamers, and other obstructions placed in Yazoo river during the war, and for the resurvey of Savannah harbor; the Delaware river between Trenton and Easton; for the survey of the river St. Mary’s, in Ohio and Indiana; for the survey of the Minnesota river above the mouth of the Yellow Medicine, Minnesota. Sec. 3. That in the examinations or surveys of all points mentioned inIn examinations or surveys, Secretary of War to ascertain amount of tonnage of commercial business the year previous, &c.Proviso. the foregoing section, the Secretary of War be directed to ascertain, as far as practicable, the amount of tonnage of commercial business during the previous year at each point, together with such other facts as bear upon the question of the contemplated improvement, and that he communicate the same, together with his report of the examination or survey of such point, to Congress: *Provided,* That so much of the amount herewith appropriated for the survey of rivers and harbors as is requisite for contingencies, may be used for said purpose.
Approved, June 10, 1872.