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CHAP. 264.— AN ACT making appropriations for the construction, repair, preservation, and completion of certain public works on rivers and harbors, and for other purposes.June 18, 1878. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,Appropriations.Rivera and Harbors. That the following sums of 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, construction, and completion of the public works hereinafter named:
For improving Chester River, at Kent Island Narrows, Maryland,Chester River. three thousand dollars. For improving harbor at Baltimore, Maryland, seventy-five thousandBaltimore. dollars. For improving Wicomico River, Maryland, five thousand dollars.Wicomico River. For improving James River, Virginia, seventy thousand dollars.James River. For improving Appomattox River, Virginia, thirty thousand dollars.Appomattox River.Great Kanawha River. For improving Great Kanawha River, West Virginia, two hundred and twenty-two thousand dollars.
For improving New River, from Lead Mines in Wythe County, Virginia, to mouth ofNew River. Greenbrier River, fifteen thousand dollars. For improving Cape Fear River, North Carolina, one hundred and sixty thousand Cape Fear River.dollars. For improving mouth of Occoquan River, Virginia: Completing the improvement, ten thousandOccoquan River. dollars. For improving Aquia Creek, Virginia: Completing the improvement, five thousandAquia Creek. dollars. For improving the Rappahannock River, Virginia, thirteen thousand five hundredRappahannock River. dollars. 153 FORTY-FIFTH CONGRESS.
Sess. II. Ch. 2GL 1878. For improving South Branch of Elizabeth River, Virginia, five thousand Elizabeth Elver.dollars. For continuing construction of ice harbor at New Castle, Delaware,New Castle. ten thousand dollars. For improving harbor at Norfolk, Virginia, and its approaches,Norfolk. fifty thousand dollars. For improving French Broad River, North Carolina, fifteen thousandFrench Broad River. dollars. For improving Nansemond River, Virginia: Completing Nanscmond River.the improvement, two thousand dollars.
For improving harbor at Charleston, South Carolina, two hundred thousandCharleston. dollars. For improving harbor at Savannah, Georgia, seventy thousandSavannah. dollars. For improving harbor at Cedar Keys, Florida, twenty thousandCedar Keys. dollars. For improving Apalachicola River, Florida, eight thousandApalachicola River.Chattahoochee River.Alabama River.St. John’s River. dollars. For improving Chattahoochee River, Alabama and Georgia, eighteen thousand dollars. For improving Alabama River, twenty-five thousand dollars.
For deepening the bar at the mouth of Saint John’s River, Florida, ten thousand dollars. For Port Clinton, Ohio, ten thousand dollars.Port Clinton.Flint River.Warrior and Tombigbee Rivers. For improving Flint River, Georgia, ten thousand dollars. For improving the Warrior and Tombigbee Rivers, Alabama and Mississippi, forty thousand dollars; of which sum twenty-eight thousand dollars shall be expended on the Warrior and Tombigbee and twelve thousand dollars on the Tombigbee above Columbus.
For improvement of ship channel in Galveston Bay, Texas, betweenGalveston Bay.1876 ch. 267,19 Stat., 133. Boliver Channel and Bed Fish Bar, seventy-five thousand dollars; and the appropriation made for this work by the act of fourteenth of August, eighteen hundred and seventy-six, is hereby made available for the same part of said channel. For improving Mississippi and Arkansas Rivers: Continuing operations,Mississippi and Arkansas Rivers. removing snags, and other obstructions, one hundred and eighty thousand dollars; of which sum ten thousand dollars shall be used for removing the bar in the Arkansas River at Fort Smith.
For the survey of the Missouri River from its mouth to Sioux City,Missouri River. and estimates for the improvement and maintenance of its navigation, fifty thousand dollars. For the improvement of the Missouri River: Removal of snags, wrecks,Missouri River. and so forth, seventy thousand dollars. For improving entrance to Galveston Harbor, Texas, fifty thousandGalveston Harbor, dollars. For improving Sabine Pass, Texas, deepening channel at the entranceSabine Paas. and at Blue Buck Bar, thirty thousand dollars.
For improving Passo Cavallo Inlet into Matagorda Bay, Texas, twenty-fivePasso Cavallo Inlet. thousand dollars. For improving Ouachita River, Arkansas and Louisiana, ten thousandOuachita River. dollars. For improving Yazoo River, Mississippi, twenty-five thousand dollars.Yazoo River.Red River. For removing raft in Red River and closing Tones Bayou, Louisiana, twenty-four thousand dollars. For improving Cypress Bayou, Texas and Louisiana, fifteen thousandCypress Bayou. dollars.
For annual expense of gauging the waters of the Lower MississippiLower Mississippi River. River and its tributaries: Continuing observations of the rise and tall of the river and its chief tributaries, as required by joint resolution of February twenty-first, eighteen hundred and seventy-one, five thousand dollars. For improving White and Saint Francis Rivers, Arkansas, forty thousandWhite and St. dollars.Francis Rivers. 154 For improving the Missouri River, opposite or near Saint Joseph,Missouri River.
Missouri, fifty thousand dollars. For improving mouth of Red River, Louisiana, one hundred and fiftyRed River. thousand dollars. For removing obstructions in Pocomoke River, Maryland, ten thousandPocomoke River. dollars. For the improvement of the Missouri River at Council Bluff’s, Iowa,Missouri River. and Omaha, Nebraska, fifty thousand dollars. For improving the Missouri River, at Nebraska City, Nebraska, Missouri River.twenty thousand dollars. For improvement of L’Anguille River, Arkansas, ten thousand dollars.L’Anguille River.
Mississippi River. For removing bar in Mississippi River, opposite Dubuque, Iowa, ten thousand dollars. For improving Rush Chute and the harbor of Burlington, Iowa, tenBurlington. thousand dollars. For improving harbor at Fort Madison, Iowa, eight thousand dollars.Fort Madison.Rock Island Rapids.Illinois River.Mississippi River. For improving Rock Island Rapids, Mississippi River, thirty thousand dollars. For improving Illinois River, seventy-five thousand dollars. For the improvement of the Mississippi River, between the mouths of the Ohio and Illinois Rivers, two hundred and forty thousand dollars; of which sum twenty thousand dollars shall be expended between the mouths of the Illinois and Missouri Rivers; seventy-five thousand dollars for constructing dam at Cahokia Chute, opposite Saint Louis; forty thousand dollars between the foot of Dickey’s Island and the mouth of the Ohio River; and ten thousand dollars between Islands Numbers Fourteen and Fifteen, near the town of Kaskaskia, Illinois.
For removing snags and other obstructions from Red River, Louisiana,Red River, Missouri River. twenty five thousand dollars. For the improvement of the Missouri River above the mouth of the Yellowstone, thirty thousand dollars. For the improvement of the Mississippi River: Widening and deepening the channel from Saint Paul toMississippi River. Des Moines Rapids, two hundred and fifty thousand dollars. For widening and deepening the channel of the Mississippi RiverMississippi River. from Des Moines Rapids to the mouth of the Ohio, one hundred thousand dollars.
For the improvement of Mobile Harbor, ten thousand dollars, to beMobile Harbor. applied to making tests, surveys, and borings to determine whether the ship-channel now leading from the lower anchorage in Mobile Bay can be deepened so as to admit vessels drawing twenty-two feet, or any less draught above thirteen feet, to the wharves at the city of Mobile. For the improvement of Cumberland River above Nashville, Tennessee,Cumberland River. sixty thousand dollars; of which sum twenty thousand dollars shall be expended between Nashville and the Kentucky line; thence to the foot of Smith’s Shoals, eight thousand dollars; and for Smith’s Shoals, thirty thousand dollars; thence to the falls of the Cumberland, two thousand dollars.
For improving Minnesota River, ten thousand dollars.Minnesota River.Red River. For improving Red River of the North, Minnesota, thirty thousand dollars. For improving Tennessee River: Continuing operations above Chattanooga,Tennessee River. fifteen thousand dollars; continuing operations below Chattanooga, including Muscle Shoals, three hundred thousand dollars; fifteen thousand dollars of which sum, or so much thereof as may be necessary, to be expended in the improvement of Duck River Shoals, on Tennessee River.
For improving Cumberland River, below Nashville, Tennessee, forty-five Cumberland River.thousand dollars. For improving Coosa River, between Rome, Georgia, and the Selma,Coosa River. Rome and Dali on Railroad bridge, Alabama, seventy-five thousand dollars. 155 For improving Hiawassee River, Tennessee, ten thousand dollars.Hiawassee River.Ocmulgee River.Oostenaula and Coosawattee Rivers.Little Kanawha River.Wabash River.Superior Bay. For improving Ocmulgee River, Georgia, fifteen thousand dollars.
For improving Oostenaula and Coosawattee Rivers, Georgia, four thousand dollars. For improving Little Kanawha River, West Virginia, eighteen thousand dollars. For improving Wabash River, Indiana, fifty thousand dollars. For dredging Superior Bay, Wisconsin: Improving natural entrance to Superior Bay, three thousand dollars; continuing improvement of the harbor of Duluth, thirty thousand dollars. For improving harbor at Ontonagon, Michigan, fifteen thousandOntonagon. dollars. For improving Eagle Harbor, Michigan, eight thousand dollars.Eagle Harbor.Marquette.Menomonee.Green Bay.Sturgeon Bay.
For improving harbor at Marquette, Michigan, two thousand dollars. For improving harbor at Menomonee, Wisconsin, ten thousand dollars. For improving harbor at Green Bay, Wisconsin, five thousand dollars. For improving harbor of refuge, entrance at Sturgeon Bay Canal, thirty thousand dollars. For improving harbor at Ahnapee, Wisconsin, eight thousand dollars.Ahnapee.Two Rivers.Manitowoc. For improving harbor at Two Rivers, Wisconsin, ten thousand dollars. For improving harbor at Manitowoc, Wisconsin, fifteen thousand dollars.
For improving harbor at Sheboygan, Wisconsin, four thousand dollars.Sheboygan.Port Washington.Mississippi River. For improving harbor at Port Washington, Wisconsin, five thousand dollars. For improving the Mississippi River, from the bridge of the Chicago, Milwaukee and Saint Paul Railroad Company above La Crosse, Wisconsin, to the mouth of Root River, below said city, twelve thousand five hundred dollars. For improving and deepening the channel of the Ohio River, including Ohio River.the removal of snags, wrecks, and so forth, from Pittsburgh to its mouth, three hundred thousand dollars; of which sum fifty thousand dollars shall be expended at Grand Chain for removal of obstructions and deepening the channel at that point.
For the construction of a harbor or harbors of refuge, at or near Cincinnati,Cincinnati. to protect the commerce of the Ohio River from floes of ice, fifty thousand dollars, to be expended under the direction and control of the Engineer Corps of the Army. For improvement of the harbor at New Orleans, Louisiana, includingNew Orleans. cost of surveys and estimates fifty thousand dollars. For the improvement of Monongahela River, West Virginia and Pennsylvania,Monongahela River. to be expended in completing lock and dam at Hoard’s Rocks, twenty-five thousand dollars.
For the improvement of harbor at Michigan City, Indiana, seventy-fiveMichigan City. thousand dollars; of which sum twenty-five thousand dollars shall be expended for the improvement of the inner harbor. For the improvement of Gut opposite Bath, Maine, seventeen thousandBath. dollars. For the improvement of Waddington Harbor, New York, five thousandWaddington Harbor.Oakland Harbor. dollars. For the improvement of Oakland Harbor, California, eighty thousand dollars; but this sum shall not be available until the right of the United States to the bed of the estuary and training walls of this work is secured, free of expense to the government, in a manner satisfactory to the Secretary of War.
For improving harbor at Milwaukee, Wisconsin, fifteen thousand dollars.Milwaukee. For improving harbor at Racine, Wisconsin, ten thousand dollars.Racine.Kenosha.Brazos Santiago. For improving harbor at Kenosha, Wisconsin, eight thousand dollars. For removing wrecks and other obstructions to navigation at Brazos Santiago, Texas, six thousand dollars. 156 For improving Fox and Wisconsin Rivers, two hundred and fiftyFox and Wisconsin Rivers.Chicago. thousand dollars. For improving harbor at Chicago, Illinois:
Extending breakwater and dredging channel, seventy-five thousand dollars. For improving harbor at Calumet, Illinois, fifteen thousand dollars.Calomet.Charlevoix. For improving harbor at Charlevoix, Michigan, twelve thousand dollars. For improving harbor at Frankfort, Michigan, eight,Frankfort. thousand eight hundred dollars. For improving harbor at Manistee, Michigan, fifteen thousand dollars.Manistee.Ludington. For improving harbor at Ludington, Michigan, fifteen thousand dollars.
For improving harbor at Pentwater, Michigan, ten thousand dollars.Pentwater.White River Harbor. For improving harbor at White River Michigan, twelve thousand dollars. For improving harbor at Grand Haven, Michigan, fifteen thousand Grand Haven.dollars. For improving harbor at Black Lake, Michigan, ten thousandBlack Lake.Saugatuck. dollars. For improving harbor at Saugatuck, Michigan, two thousand five hundred dollars For removing obstructions in Bayou La Fourches, Louisiana, tenBayou La Fourches. thousand dollars.
For improving harbor at South Haven, Michigan, twelve thousandSouth Haven. dollars. For improving harbor at Saint Joseph, Michigan, twelve thousand Saint Joseph.dollars. For improving Saint Mary’s River and Saint Mary’s Falls Canal,Saint Mary’s River, etc. Michigan, one hundred and seventy-five thousand dollars. For improving Harbor of Refuge, Lake Huron, Michigan, one hundredHarbor of Refuge, Lake Huron. thousand dollars. For improving Saint Clair River at month of Black River, Michigan,Saint Clair River.Detroit River. one thousand five hundred dollars.
For improving Detroit River, Michigan, one hundred thousand dollars. For improving Saint Clair Flats, Michigan, five thousand dollars.SaintClairFlats. For improving Saginaw River, Michigan, twenty-five thousandSaginaw River. dollars. For improving harbor at Cheboygan, Michigan, eight thousand dollars.Cheboygan. For improving harbor at Monroe, Michigan, two thousand five hundredMonroe. dollars. For improving harbor at Toledo, Ohio, fifty thousand dollars.Toledo.Guyandotte River.
For the improvement of Guyandotte River, West Virginia, two thousand dollars. For the improvement of the Raritan River, New Jersey,Raritan River. two hundred thousand dollars. For the improvement of Blackwater River, Virginia, five Blackwater River.thousand dollars. For the improvement of Hampton River, Virginia, tenHampton River. thousand dollars. For the improvement of Chickahominy River, Virginia, five Chickahominy River.thousand dollars. For the improvement of the Narrows above Orange, on the Sabine River,Sabine River.
Texas, and deepening the channel at the mouth of said river, ten thousand dollars. For deepening the channel at the mouth of the Trinity River,Trinity River. Texas, and removing obstructions to Liberty, ten thousand dollars. For deepening the channel at the mouth of the Neches River, Texas, and removing Neches River.obstructions to Beaumont, eight thousand dollars. For improving Pascagoula River, Mississippi, and deepeningPascagoula River. the channel at its mouth, ten thousand dollars. 157 For the improvement of the harbor and the Mississippi River at Memphis, Memphis.Tennessee, forty-six thousand dollars.
For the improvement of Elk River, West Virginia, five thousand dollars.Elk River.*Post*, 370. For improving harbor at Sandusky City, Ohio, twenty thousand dollars.Sandusky City. For improving harbor at Huron, Ohio, one thousand dollars.Huron.Vermillion.Cleveland. For improving harbor at Vermillion, Ohio, four thousand dollars. For breakwater at Cleveland, Ohio, and repairs of harbor, one hundred thousand dollars. For improving harbor at Fairport, mouth of Grand River, Ohio, five thousandFairport. dollars.
For improving harbor at Ashtabula, Ohio, twelve thousand dollars.Ashtabula.Erie. For improving harbor at Erie, Pennsylvania, twenty-five thousand dollars. For improving harbor at Buffalo, New York, eighty thousand dollars.Buffalo.Oak Orchard. For improving harbor at Oak Orchard, New York, two thousand dollars. For improving harbor at Charlotte, New York, one thousand dollars.Charlotte.Pultneyville. For improving harbor at Pultneyville, New York, five thousand dollars. For improving harbor at Great Sodus Bay, New York, five thousandGreat Sodus Bay. dollars.
For improving harbor at Little Sodus Bay, New York, ten thousandLittle Sodus Bay. dollars. For improving harbor at Oswego, New York, ninety thousand dollars.Oswego.Wilmington.Sacramento and Feather Rivers. For breakwater at Wilmington, California, twenty thousand dollars. For improving Sacramento and Feather Rivers, California, fifteen thousand dollars. For improving Lower Willamette and Columbia Rivers, from Portland,Lower Willamette and Columbia, Rivers.Upper Willamette River.
Oregon, to the sea, thirty thousand dollars. For improving Upper Willamette River, Oregon, twenty thousand dollars. For improving Upper Columbia River, including Snake River, twenty Upper Columbia River.thousand dollars. For constructing a canal around the Cascades of Columbia River, one Cascades, Columbia River.Big Sandy River.hundred and fifty thousand dollars. For the improvement of Big Sandy River, from Catlettsburg, Kentucky, to the head of navigation, twelve thousand dollars.
For the improvement of the mouth of the Columbia River, Oregon,Columbia River. five thousand dollars, the same or so much thereof as may be necessary to be expended under the direction of the Secretary of War in making a thorough survey of the bar at the mouth of said river and in the preparation of a plan and estimates for its permanent improvement; any balance to be used in the temporary improvement of said bar. For repairs of ice-harbor at Chester, Pennsylvania, three thousandChester. four hundred dollars.
For the improvement of the Oconee River, Georgia, ten thousandOconee River. dollars; of which sum eight thousand dollars shall be expended between Dublin and the Central Railroad bridge, and two thousand dollars between Dublin and the Ocmulgee River. For the improvement of Galena River, Illinois, making a channel ofGalena River. one hundred feet width, and the improvement, of the harbor of Galena, thirty thousand dollars. For the improvement of the Mississippi River at and near Vicksburg,Vioksburg.
Mississippi, and protection of harbor at Vicksburg, Mississippi eighty-four thousand dollars. For improving the channel of Salem River, New Jersey, and removingSalem River. obstructions in the Delaware River at the month of Salem River, three thousand dollars. 158 For improving the Missouri River at Omaha City, Nebraska, thirtyMissouri River. thousand dollars. For the improvement of the Saint Croix River, Wisconsin, ten thousandSaint Croix River. dollars. For completing and protecting wing dams and jetties now in courseChippewa River.*Proviso.* of construction upon the Chippewa River in Wisconsin in and near its mouth and below the lower point of Beef Island, ten thousand dollars: *Provided*, That nothing herein shall be construed, nor shall any expenditure of this appropriation be made so as to affect existing legal or equitable rights in or upon the said Chippewa River or its branches, whether such rights arise under the laws of the United States or the State of Wisconsin.
For the improvement of the Missouri River, at Atchison, Kansas, twenty thousandMissouri River. dollars. For the improvement of the Missouri River at Eastport, Iowa, and Nebraska City, Nebraska,Missouri River. twenty thousand dollars. For the improvement of the Osage River in Missouri and Kansas,Osage River. twenty thousand dollars. For the improvement of the Missouri River at or near Fort Lea van-worth, Missouri River.Kansas, twenty-five thousand dollars. For improving the Missouri River at Sioux City, Iowa, twelve thousandMissouri River. five hundred dollars.
For the improvement of the Neuse River, North Carolina, forty thousand Neuse River.dollars. For the improvement of the harbor, including survey and estimatePensacola. for removal of wrecks at Pensacola, Florida, twenty thousand dollars. For the improvement of Currituck Sound and North River Bar, North Carolina, twentyCurrituck Sound. thousand dollars. For the improvement of Souppernong River, North Carolina, two thousand Souppernong River.dollars. For the improvement of Edenton Harbor, North Carolina, four thousandEdenton Harbor. dollars.
For completing the improvement of Black River Harbor, Ohio,Black River Harbor. one thousand dollars. For the improvement, of the harbor at New Haven, Connecticut,New Haven. twenty-five thousand dollars. For the improvement of the harbor at Darien, Georgia, eight thousandDarien. dollars. For continuing the improvement of Penobscot River, Maine, twelve thousand dollars; of which sum twoPenobscot River. thousand five hundred dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, shall be expended at or near the Narrows in said river at Bucksport.
For the improvement of the harbor at Bridgeport, Connecticut, ten Bridgeport.thousand dollars; of which sum not less than one-half shall be expended between the lower bridge and the horse-railroad bridge. For the improvement of Harlem River, New York, three hundredHarlem River.*Post*, 372. thousand dollars; but this sum is not to be available until the right of way for this work is secured to the United States free of cost. For improving harbor at Belfast, Maine, twelve thousand dollars.Belfast.Richmond Island Harbor.Cocheco River.Merrimac River.
For improving Richmond Island Harbor, Maine, six thousand dollars. For improving Cocheco River, New Hampshire, six thousand dollars. For improving Merrimac River, Massachusetts, below Mitchell’s Falls, ten thousand dollars. For improving harbor at Boston, Massachusetts, fifty-five thousandBoston. dollars. For improving harbor at Plymouth, Massachusetts, five thousandPlymouth. dollars. For improving harbor at Provincetown, Massachusetts, one thousandProvincetown. dollars. For improving harbor at Hyannis, Massachusetts, three thousandHyannis. dollars. 159 For improving Taunton River, Massachusetts, two thousand dollars.Taunton River.Providence River.
For improving Providence River, Rhode Island; Removing Bulkhead Rock, five thousand dollars. For improving Little Narragansett Bay, Rhode Island and Connecticut,Little Narragansett Bay. ten thousand dollars. For improving Providence River and Narragansett Bay, fifty thousandProvidence River. dollars. For the improvement of Echo Harbor, New Rochelle, New York, tenEcho Harbor. thousand dollars. For the improvement of Staten Island Sound, between New Jersey Staten Island Sound.and Staten Island, fifteen thousand dollars.
For improving the harbor of Breton Bay, Leonardtown, Maryland,Bruton Buy. five thousand dollars. For improving the inner harbor at Cambridge, Maryland, five thousandCain bridge. dollars. For improving the harbors and channels at Washington and Georgetown,Washington and Georgetown. District of Columbia, fifty thousand dollars; of which sum twenty thousand dollars is to be expended in Washington harbor and channel below the Long Bridge, and thirty thousand dollars to be expended in Georgetown harbor and channel.
For improving Connecticut River, below Hartford, Connecticut, thirtyConnecticut River. thousand dollars; of which sum five thousand dollars shall be used for dredging the river between Hartford and Middletown; and two thousand dollars for improving the mouth of Salmon River in the town of East Haddam. For improving harbor at Stonington, Connecticut, forty thousandStonington. dollars. For improving Thames River, Connecticut, ten thousand dollars.Thames River.Milford.Housatonio River.Norwalk.Port Jefferson.
For improving harbor at Milford Connecticut, ten thousand dollars. For improving Housatonic River, Connecticut, five thousand dollars. For improving harbor at Norwalk, Connecticut, six thousand dollars. For improving harbor at Port Jefferson, Long Island Sound, New York, eight thousand dollars. For improving Hudson River, New York, seventy thousand dollars.Hudson River.Hell Gate. For removing obstructions in East River and Hell Gate, New York, three hundred and fifty thousand dollars.
For improving Passaic River, New Jersey,Passaic River.East Chester Creek.Rondout.Burlington. ten thousand dollars. For improving East Chester Creek, New York, ten thousand dollars. For improving harbor at Rondout, New York, thirty thousand dollars. For improving harbor at Burlington, Vermont, twenty thousand dollars. For improving harbor at Swanton, Vermont, twenty thousand dollars.Swanton.Otter Creek.Lewes. For improving Otter Creek, Vermont, eight thousand dollars. For constructing piers in Delaware Bay, near Lewes, Delaware, twenty thousand dollars.
For improving harbor at Wilmington, Delaware, seven thousand dollars.Wilmington. For improving Schuylkill River, Pennsylvania, thirty thousand dollars, Schuylkill River.lars. For improving Delaware River, below Bridesburg, one hundred thousandDelaware River. dollars. For improving Delaware River, between Trenton and White Hill, New Delaware River.Jersey, ten thousand dollars. For improving North and South Branches of Shrewsbury River, New Jersey, eighteenShrewsbury River.Cohansey Creek.Des Moines Rapids.Upper Mississippi River. thousand dollars.
For improving Cohansey Creek, New Jersey, five thousand dollars. For improving Des Moines Rapids, and operating the canal, ninety-five thousand dollars. For improving Upper Mississippi River, from the mouth of the Illinois: Removal of snags and obstructions, forty-one thousand five hundred dollars. 160 For continuing surveys and examinations at the South Pass ofSouth Pass. the Mississippi River, fifteen thousand dollars. It shall be the duty of the Secretary of War to apply the money herein*Use and expenditure of appropriations.* appropriated for improvements, other than surveys and estimates, in carrying on the various works by contract or by hired labor, at his discretion, and as in his judgment may be most advantageous to the Government; and, where said works are done by contract, such contracts shall be made after sufficient public advertisement for proposals in such manner and form as the Secretary of War shall prescribe; and such contracts shall be made with the lowest responsible bidders therefor, accompanied by such securities as the’ Secretary of War shall require.
Sec. 2. That the Secretary of War is hereby directed at his discretion*Surreys and examinations.* to cause examinations or surveys, or both, and estimates of cost of improvements proper to be made at the following points, namely: Portsmouth Harbor, New Hampshire;Portsmouth.Red River Falls. For improving the navigation at the Falls on Red River near Alexandria Louisiana; The Mispillion Creek, Delaware;Mispillion Creek.Cape Foul weather. Cape Foul weather, Oregon, to ascertain its adaptability as a harbor of refuge;
The entrance of Coos Bay.Coos Bay.Conecub, etc., Rivers.Yadkin River. The Conecuh, Patsaligo, and Escambia Rivers, Alabama; The Yadkin, North Carolina, between the bridge on the North Carolina Railroad and Wilkesborongh; Flushing Bay, New York;Flushing Bay.Thames River.Big Sunflower, etc., rivers. The Thames River Connecticut; The Big Sunflower, Cbickasahoy, Tallahatchie, Cold Water, Pearl, and Pascagoula, Mississippi; and the expenses of survey of the Pascagoula shall be defrayed out of the sum herein appropriated for the improvement thereof;
North Landing River, VirginiaNorth Landing River.Anancock Harbor.Salem River.Suwannee River.Caloosahatchie River.Mississippi River.Hillsborough River.Caney’s Fork and Obey’s River.Bayou Bartholomew.Upper Red River.Brazos River.; Ananeock Harbor, Virginia; TheSalem River, New Jersey, between Sharpstown and Delaware Canal. The Suwannee River, Florida; The Caloosahatchie River, Florida; Mississippi River at and above the city of Alexandria, Missouri; The mouth of Hillsborough River and Tampa Bay, Florida;
Caney’s Fork and Obey’s Rivers, Tennessee; Bayou Bartbolemew, Arkansas; Upper Red River, from the raft up to the Missouri, Kansas and Texas Railroad bridge; and also the Brazos River in Texas from eight miles above its mouth, down through its mouth to the outer edge of the bar in the Gulf of Mexico. Aransas Pass and Bay, up to Rockport and Corpus Christi, Texas;Aransas Pass. and Corpus Christi Pass and Channel; Little River, Arkansas;Little River.Saline River.Brazos River. Saline River, Arkansas;
The bar at the mouth of Brazos River, Texas, including a report upon the capacity of the harbor at the mouth of the Brazos, and its adaptability as a harbor of ref uge and naval station; The Missouri River at Cedar City, in Callaway County, Missouri;Missouri River. Missouri River at the city of St Charles, Missouri; Yellow Stone River;Yellow Stone River.Nottoway River.Long Island coast The Nottoway River, Virginia; The coast of Long Island, New York, between Coney Island Point and Rockaway Inlet, in New York Bay; 161 Sheepshead Bay, New York;Sheepshead Bay.Canarsie Bay.Chattahoochee River.Flint River.Etowah River.Savannah River.Fouche La Fave.San Luis Obispo.
Oanarsie Bay, New York; The Chattahoochee River, Georgia, above Columbus; The Flint River, Georgia, from Albany to Montezuma; The Etowah River, Georgia; The Savannah River, above Augusta, Georgia; The Fonche La Fave in Arkansas; The harbor of San Luis Obispo, California, with a view to the practicability of building breakwater; The harbor of San Buenaventura, California, with a view to theSan Buenaventura. practicability of building breakwater; The harbor of Santa Barbara, California, with a view to the practicabilityBanta Barbara. of building breakwater;
The Mississippi River, to ascertain the practicability, cost, and utilitySt. Lon is dike. of a dike from Bloody Island, opposite the city of Saint Louis, Missouri, north to the dike or dam opposite Brooklyn, on the Illinois shore; A survey and estimate of the damages, if any, done,Damages at Venice. or to be done, to riparian owners of lands, and improvements thereon, at or in front of the town of Venice, Illinois, near Saint Louis, Missouri, by reason of government improvements made, or to be made, at or near said town of Venice;
Dan River, Virginia, from Clarksville, via Danville,Dan River. Virginia, to Danbury, North Carolina; Staunton River, from Roanoke Depot, in Charlotte County, Virginia,Staunton River. to Brookneal, in the county of Campbell, Virginia; New River, from the Lead Mines in Wythe County to the mouth ofNew River. Wilson in Grayson County, Virginia; The harbor at Quincy, Illinois;Quincy.Tones Bayou, etc. Tones Bayou, Bayous Pierre and Wincey and Lakes Bayou Pierre and Cannasanier, Louisiana;
Scituate Harbor, Massachusetts, with a view to its adaptability as aScituate. harbor of refuge; Tongapahoe Biver, Louisiana;Tongapahoe River.Wolf River.Arkansas River. Wolf River, from Lake Boygau to Red River, Wisconsin; The Arkansas River, from Fort Smith, Arkansas, to the mouth of Little Arkansas; Woodbridge Creek, Middlesex County, New Jersey;Wood bridge Creek.Elizabeth River.Rahway River.Charles River.Manasquan River.White River. Elizabeth River, New Jersey; Rahway River, New Jersey;
Charles River, Massachusetts, to the bead of tidewater; Mauasquau River New Jersey; White River, Indiana, including the East Fork to the new bridge in course of construction near Bedford, and the West Fork to the town of Gosport; Portage Lake, Manistee County, Michigan, with a view to its adaptabilityPortage Lake. as a harbor of refuge; Westport Harbor, Massachusetts;Westport.Wood’s Holl.Peadee River. Wood’s Holl, Massachusetts; Peedee River, from Cheraw, South Carolina, to the mouth of Uwharic River, North Carolina;
The bars at the entrance of Annapolis Harbor, Maryland, with a view Annapolis.to accommodation of deepdraught vessels at low tide; West Branch of Patapsco River, Maryland, from Lightstreet bridge Patapseo River, West Branch.to head of tidewater, and an estimate of the cost of making the same navigable for canal-boats; The Kentucky River and navigable tributaries, Kentucky;Kentucky River.Licking River.Cumberland FallsClearwater River The Licking River, Kentucky; The falls of the Cumberland, Kentucky;
Clearwater River, Idaho; 162 The Missouri and Kansas Rivers, at and near their junction;Missouri and Kansas Rivers.Trent River.Neuse River.Chowan River.Tar River.Humboldt River. The Trent River, North Carolina; Neuse River, from Smithfield to Goldsborough, North Carolina; Chowan River, North Carolina; The Tar River, North Carolina, from Washington to Tarborough; Humboldt River, California, with a view to its adaptability as a Harbor of refuge; Crescent City Harbor, California, with a view to its adaptability as aCrescent City Harbor.Reservoirs on Mississippi, St.
Croix, Chippewa, and Wisconsin Rivers. harbor of refuge; The examination of the sources of the Mississippi River and of the Saint Croix River in Wisconsin and Minnesota, and of the Chippewa and Wisconsin Rivers in the State of Wisconsin, to determine the practicability and cost of creating and maintaining reservoirs upon the headwaters of said rivers and their tributaries for the purpose of regulating the volume of water and improving the navigation of said rivers, and that of the Mississippi River, and an estimate of the damage to result therefrom to property of any kind;
The Muskingum River, Ohio, below the second dam, to ascertain itsMuskingum River. adaptability for an ice-harbor, for the protection of steamers and other craft on the Ohio River; Colorado of the West from Fort Yuma to El Dorado Canon;Colorado of the West.Kiskiminetas and Conemaugh Rivers. The Kiskiminetas and Conemaugh Rivers, Pennsylvania, from the mouth of the Kiskiminetas to the mouth of Stony Creek on the Conemaugh; The Allegheny River, up to the mouth of French Creek;Allegheny River.Kankakee River.Lincolnville Harbor.Lubec Channel.Apalachicola Bay East River.Maryland and Delaware peninsula canal.
The Kankakee River, Illinois, and Indiana; Lincolnville Harbor, Maine; Lubec Channel, Maine; Apalachicola Bay, Florida; East River, New York, at its junction with Newtown Creek; The peninsula of Maryland and Delaware, with a view to a construction of a ship-canal to connect the waters of the Delaware and Chesapeake Bays; The peninsulas of Florida with a view to the construction of a shipFlorida peninsula canal. canal from the Saint Mary’s River to the Gulf of Mexico; Duck Creek, Delaware;Duck Creek.St.
John’s River.Kansas River.Delaware River.St. John’s River. The mouth of Saint John’s River, Florida; The Kansas River from its mouth to Junction City, Kansas; The Delaware River below League Island; For survey of the Saint John’s River, Florida, between Lake George and Lake Monroe, and estimates of cost of deepening the Volusia Bar and straightening the river by cutoffs; Port Orford, Oregon, to ascertaiu its adaptability for a harbor ofPort Orford. refuge; Rogue River, Oregon, between Scottsburg and its mouth;Rogue River.Coquille River.Alsea River and Bay.Water lines from Norfolk to Cape Fear River.
Coquille River, Oregon; Alsea River and Bay, Oregon; That the sum of twenty thousand dollars is hereby appropriated, out of any moneys in the Treasury not otherwise provided for, for the purpose of having a complete survey and examination of all the water lines and routes leading or that may lead from the Harbor of Norfolk to the Atlantic Ocean south of Hatteras, including any communication that maybe*What lines to be surveyed* practicable with the Cape Fear River; and the said examination and survey shall embrace the line known as the Dismal Swamp line and the line known as the Albermarle and Chesapeake Canal line, and all other routes and lines that may be practicable in the waters of Eastern North Carolina connecting Norfolk Harbor by inland navigation with the ocean south of Cape Hatteras.
Sec. 3. That for the examinations and surveys herein provided for, and forExaminations, etc., appropriation. incidental repairs of harbors for which there is no special appro- 163 FORTY-FIFTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 264, 265. 1878. priation, the sum of one hundred and fifty thousand dollars is hereby appropriated, to be paid out of any moneys in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated. Approved, June 18, 1878.