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Code · STATUTES-AT-LARGE · Vol. 24 STAT. · August 5, 1886 · Chapter 929

Chapter 929. making appropriations for the construction, repair, and preservation of certain public works on rivers and harbors, and for other purposes

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CHAP. 929.— An Act making appropriations for the construction, repair, and preservation of certain public works on rivers and harbors, and for other purposes.August 5, 1886. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,River and harbor appropriations.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, and to be expended under the direction of the Secretary of War, for the construction, completion, repair, and preservation of the public works herein named:
Improving harbor at Rockland, Maine: Continuing improvement,Rockland, Me. twenty-two thousand five hundred dollars. Improving breakwater at the mouth of Saco River, Maine: ContinuingSaco River, breakwater, Me. improvement and repairs, twelve thousand five hundred dollars. Improving harbor at Portland, Maine: Continuing improvement,Portland, Me. thirty thousand dollars. Improving the channel in Back Cove, Portland, Maine: ContinuingBack Cove, channel, Me. improvement, twenty-six thousand two hundred and fifty dollars.
Improving harbor at York, Maine, fifteen thousand dollars.York, Me. Improving harbor at Portsmouth, New Hampshire: Continuing improvement,Portsmouth, N. H. fifteen thousand dollars. Improving the harbor of refuge at Little Harbor, New Hampshire:Little Harbor,N. H. Continuing improvement, ten thousand dollars. Improving harbor at Burlington, Vermont: Continuing improvement,Burlington, Vt. eighteen thousand seven hundred and fifty dollars. For a breakwater at Gordon’s Landing, on Lake Champlain, to beGordon’s Landing breakwater, Lake Champlain. built on the twelve-foot curve mentioned in the papers accompanying the report of the Secretary of War to the Senate dated March first, eighteen hundred and eighty-six (Executive Document Number Eighty-one, Forty-ninth Congress, first session), eighteen thousand seven hundred and fifty dollars.
Improving harbor at Boston, Massachusetts: Continuing improvement,Boston, Mass. fifty-six thousand two hundred and fifty dollars; of which eighteen thousand seven hundred and fifty dollars are to be expended at Fort Point Channel, on Part A, below Congress Street Bridge. FORTY-NINTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 929. 1886. 311 Improving harbor at Lynn, Massachusetts: Continuing improvement,Lynn, Mass. six thousand dollars. Improving harbor at Nantucket, Massachusetts: Continuing improvement,Nantucket, Mass. fifteen thousand dollars.
Improving Hyannis Harbor, Massachusetts,Hyannis Harbor, Mass.New bury port, Muss. ten thousand dollars. Improving harbor at Newburyport, Massachusetts: Continuing improvement, thirty-seven thousand five hundred dollars. Improving harbor at Wareham, Massachusetts:Warekam, Mass. Continuing improvement, fifteen thousand dollars. Improving harbor at Plymouth, Massachusetts: Continuing improvement, sixPlymouth,Mass. thousand dollars. Improving harbor at Hingham, MassachusettsHingham, Mass.:
Continuing improvement, six thousand dollars. Improving harbor at Provincetown, MassachusettsProvince town, Mass.: Continuing improvement, three thousand dollars. Improving harbor at Gloucester, Massachusetts, five thousand dollars; ofGloucester, Mass. which two thousand dollars, or so much as may be needed for a survey, and remainder on Babson’s Ledge. For the national harbor of refuge of the first class at Sandy Bay: ContinuingSandy Bay, Harbor of refuge. improvement, one hundred thousand dollars.
Improving harbor at Scituate, Massachusetts:Scituate, Mass. Continuing improvement, ten thousand dollars. Improving harbor at Westport, Massachusetts:Westport, Mass. Continuing improvement, one thousand dollars, for sand-fence Improving harbor at Wood’s Hall, Massachusetts: Continuing improvement,Wood’s Roll, Mass. fourteen thousand five hundred dollars. Improving harbor at Block Island, Rhode Island: Continuing improvement, twentyBlock Island, R.I. thousand dollars; of which eight thousand dollars shall be expended on the breakwater and twelve thousand dollars on the inner harbor.
Improving harbor at Newport, Rhode Island: Continuing improvement, fifteen Newport, R. I.thousand dollars. Improving harbor at Bridgeport, Connecticut: Continuing improvement, twentyBridgeport, Conn. thousand dollars. Improving harbor at Black Bock, Connecticut: Continuing improvement, fiveBlack Rock, Conn. thousand dollars. Improving breakwater at New Haven, Connecticut: Continuing improvement, seventy-fiveNew Haven, Conn. thousand dollars. Improving harbor at New Haven, Connecticut:
Continuing improvement, twenty thousand dollars. Improving harbor at New London, Connecticut: Continuing improvement, twoNew London, Conn. thousand dollars. Improving harbor at Norwalk, Connecticut:Norwalk, Conn. Continuing improvement, three thousand dollars. Improving harbor at Stonington, Connecticut:Stonington, Conn. Continuing improvement, twenty thousand dollars. Improving harbor at Stamford, Connecticut: Continuing improvement, tenStamford, Conn. thousand dollars. Improving harbor at Buffalo, New York:
Continuing improvement, and repairs onBuffalo, N. Y. the outer breakwater, one hundred and twelve thousand five hundred dollars. Improving Buttermilk Channel, New York: Continuing improvement, fifty six thousandButton milk Channel, N. Y. two hundred and fifty dollars. Improving breakwater at House’s Point, New York: Continuing improvement,Rouse’s Point, N. Y. twenty thousand dollars. Improving harbor at Dunkirk, New York: Continuing improvement, twenty thousandDunkirk, N. Y. dollars.
Improving harbor at CanarsieBay, New York:Canarsie Bay, N.Y. Continuing improvement, ten thousand dollars. Improving harbor at Charlotte, New York: Continuing improvement and repairs,Charlotte, N. Y. twenty-six thousand two hundred and fifty dollars. 312 Improving harbor at Flushing Bay, New York: Continuing improvement,Flushing Bay, N. Y. ten thousand dollars. Improving channel at Gowanus Bay, New York: Continuing improvement, seven thousand five Gowanus Bay, N. Y.hundred dollars.
Improving harbor at Great Sodus Bay, New York:Great Sodus Bay, N. Y. Continuing improvement, sixteen thousand eight, hundred and seven ty-five dollars. Improving harbor at Greenport, New York:Greenport, N. Y. Continuing improvement, five thousand dollars. Improving harbor at Little Sodus Bay,Little Sodus Bay, N. Y. New York: Continuing improvement, twelve thousand five hundred dollars. Improving harbor at Oak Orchard, New York: Continuing improvement by repairs,Oak Orchard, N.
Y. twelve thousand five hundred dollars. Improving harbor at Olcott, New York: ContinuingOlcott, N. Y. improvement and repairs, ten thousand dollars. Improving harbor at Wilson, New York: Continuing improvement, ten thousandWilson, N. Y. dollars. Improving harbor at Ogdensburg, New York: ContinuingOgdensburg, N.Y. improvement, ten thousand dollars; which, together with the amount on hand, is to be used in removing obstructions from the mouth of the Oswegatchee and continuing the excavation at the lower harbor up stream.
Improving harbor at Oswego, New York: ContinuingOswego, N. Y. improvement, seventy-one thousand two hundred and fifty dollars; of which fifty-six thousand two hundred and fifty dollars to be used in repairs and fifteen thousand dollars in continuing work on the harbor. Improving harbor at Rondout, New York: Continuing improvement,Rondout, N. Y. two thousand five hundred dollars. Improving harbor at Saugerties, New York: Continuing improvement, fifteen thousand dollars.Saugerties, N.
Y. Improving harbor at Sheepshead Bay, New York: ContinuingSheepshead Bay, N. Y. improvement, five thousand dollars. Improving New York Harbor,New York: To secureNew York. a thirty-foot channel at mean low water at Sandy Hook entrance of the harbor, upon such plan as the Secretary of War may approve, seven hundred and fifty thousand dollars. Improving channel between Staten Island and the New Jersey shore. New York andChannel, Staten Island and New Jersey. New Jersey: Continuing improvement, fifteen thousand dollars.
Improving harbor at Raritan Bay, New Jersey: Continuing improvement, thirty-seven thousand five hundred Raritan Bay, N.J.dollars. Improving harbor at Plattsburg, New York: ContinuingPlattsburg, N.Y. improvement, five thousand dollars. For a more thorough and definite survey and examination of the harbor atAtlantic City, survey for harbor of refuge. Atlantic City, New Jersey, with a view to making a harbor of refuge at that point, five thousand dollars; said examination and survey to be made by a board consisting of three United States Engineers.
Improving harbor at Erie, Pennsylvania: Continuing improvement,Erie, Pa. and also for the improvement of said harbor as recommended by the Chief of Engineers, January thirteenth, eighteen hundred and eighty-five, *Proviso*.Title to Presque Isle to be accepted by Secretary of War.thirty-seven thousand five hundred dollars: *Provided*, That the Secretary of War be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to receive and accept for the United States, from the marine hospital of Erie, Pennsylvania, the title to the peninsula of Presque Isle, at Erie, Pennsylvania, as tendered by the said marine hospital, agreeably to the Provisions of an act of the legislature of the State of Pennsylvania, approved May eleventh, eighteen hundred and seventy-one: *And provided further*, That twenty-two thousand five hundred dollars of said sum shall not be expended until the aforesaid title shall be accepted by the Secretary of War.
Improving ice harbor at Marcus Hook, Pennsylvania: Continuing improvement,Marcus Hook, Pa., ice-harbor. fifteen thousand dollars. 313 The Secretary of War is authorized to cede to the city of Chester,Chester, Pa., cession of piers to. Pennsylvania, the upper and lower piers located in said city and extending into the Delaware River, and formerly used as an ice harbor. Improving Delaware breakwater, Delaware: Continuing improvement,Delaware breakwater. fifty-six thousand two hundred and fifty dollars.
Improving ice harbor at New Castle, Delaware: Continuing improvement,New Castle,Del., ice-harbor. five thousand dollars. Improving harbor at Wilmington, Delaware: Continuing improvement,Wilmington, Del. eighteen thousand seven hundred and fifty dollars. Improving harbor at Baltimore, Maryland: Continuing improvement,Baltimore, Md. one hundred and fifty thousand dollars. Improving harbor at Breton Bay, Maryland: Continuing improvement,Breton Bay, Md. six thousand five hundred dollars.
For continuing the improvement of the Potomac River in the vicinityWashington, D. C. Potomac Hiver. of Washington, with reference to the improvement of navigation, the establishment of harbor-lines, and the raising of the flats, under the direction of the Secretary of War and in accordance with existing plans, three hundred and seventy-five thousand dollars: *Provided*, That no*Proviso*.Not to be expended where title is doubtful. part of the sum hereby appropriated shall be expended upon or with reference to any place in respect of which the title of the United States is in doubt, or in respect to which any claim adverse to the United States has been made.
Improving harbor at Norfolk, Virginia, and improving approach toNorfolk, Va., approach to harbor and navy-yard. Norfolk Harbor and the United States navy-yard at Norfolk: Continuing improvement by widening the channel of Elizabeth River to the port-warden’s line on the eastern side, between Lambert’s Point Light and Fort Norfolk, one hundred and eighty-seven thousand five hundred dollars; of which fifty thousand dollars shall be expended in improving the harbor, and one hundred and thirty-seven thousand five hundred dollars in widening the channel of Elizabeth River to the port-wardens line on the eastern side,between Lambert’s Point Light and Fort Norfolk, beginning at Lambert’s Point Light, including the construction of the proposed dike.
Improving harbor at Beaufort, North Carolina: Continuing improvement,Beanfort, N. C. fifteen thousand dollars. Improving harbor at Edenton Bay, North Carolina: ContinuingEdenton Bay, N. C.Waterway, New Berno and Beaufort, N. C.Charleston, S. C. improvement, two thousand dollars. Improving the inland water way between New Berne and Beaufort, North Carolina, ten thousand dollars. Improving harbor at Charleston, including Sullivan’s Island, South Carolina: Continuing improvement, one hundred and eighty-seven thousand five hundred dollars.
Improving Winyaw Bay, South Carolina: Continuing improvement,Winyaw Bay, S. C. eighteen thousand seven hundred and fifty dollars. Improving harbor at Georgetown, South Carolina: Continuing improvement,Georgetown, S.C. five thousand dollars. Improving harbor at Brunswick, Georgia: Continuing improvement,Brunswick, Ga. twenty-two thousand five hundred dollars. Improving Cumberland Sound, Georgia and Florida: Continuing improvement, one hundredCumberland Sound, Georgia and Florida.Savannah, Ga. and twelve thousand five hundred dollars.
Improving harbor at Savannah, Georgia: Continuing improvement, one hundred and fifty thousand dollars. Improving harbor at Apalachicola Bay, Florida: Continuing improvement, twelveApalachicola Bay, Florida. thousand dollars; of which two thousand dollars may, in the discretion of the Secretary of War, be expended at the Carabello or Crooked River. For examination and survey of the entrance to harbor at Key West,Key West, Fla., survey of entrance. Florida, two thousand five hundred dollars.
Improving harbor at Pensacola, Florida: Continuing improvement, twenty Pensacola, Fla.thousand dollars. Improving harbor at Tampa Bay, Florida: Continuing improvement, tenTampa Bay, Fla. thousand dollars. 314 Improving harbor at Cedar Keys, Florida, seven thousand dollars.Cedar Keys, Fla. Improving harbor at Mobile, Alabama: Continuing improvement,Mobile, Ala. ninety thousand dollars. Improving harbor at Biloxi Bay, Mississippi: Continuing improvement,Biloxi, Miss. twelve thousand five hundred dollars; which sum, together with the money on hand heretofore appropriated ibr the roadstead, is hereby directed to be used in deepening the channel from Mississippi Sound to the wharves at Biloxi.
Improving Aransas Pass and Bay up toAransas Pass and Bay, Tex. Rockport and Corpus Christi, Texas: Continuing improvement, one hundred and one thousand two hundred and fifty dollars. Improving Brazos Santiago Harbor, Texas: Continuing improvement,Brazos Santiago, Tex. thirty-seven thousand five hundred dollars. Improvement of entrance to Galveston Harbor, Texas: Continuing improvement,Galveston, Tex. three hundred thousand dollars. Improving Pass Cavallo, Texas: Continuing improvement, thirty-seven thousand five hundredPass Cavallo, Tex. dollars.
Improving Sabine Pass and Blue Buck Bar, Texas: Continuing improvement,Sabine Pass, Blue Buck Bar, Tex. one hundred and ninety-eight thousand seven hundred and fifty dollars. Improving ship-channel in Galveston Bay, Texas, from Morgan’s CutGalveston Bay, ship-channel, Tex. to Bolivar Channel: Continuing improvement, for which purpose the balance now remaining of the money heretofore appropriated for this work is hereby directed to be expended by the Secretary of War in the completion of said channel, in accordance with the plans heretofore adopted, and in marking out said channel by piles or stakes, so as to enable navigators to find the same without difficulty.
Improving harbor at Ashtabula, Ohio: ContinuingAstabula, Ohio. improvement, thirty thousand dollars. Improving harbor at mouth of Black River, Ohio: Continuing improvement, Black River, Ohio.ten thousand dollars. Improving harbor at Cleveland, Ohio, on the last plan projected,Cleveland, Ohio. ninety-three thousand seven hundred and fifty dollars; of which thirty thousand dollars are to be used in building a parapet on the existing breakwater, and the one hundred thousand dollars now on hand to be available for work on the last plan.
Improving harbor at Fairport, Ohio: Continuing improvement, eighteenFairport, Ohio. thousand seven hundred and fifty dollars. Improving harbor at Huron, Ohio: Continuing improvement,Huron Ohio. three thousand dollars. Improving ice-harbor at the mouth of the Muskingum River,Muskingum River, Ohio. Ohio: Continuing improvement, thirty-seven thousand five hundred dollars. Improving harbor at Port Clinton, Ohio, by repairs of existing works, two Port Clinton, Ohio.thousand dollars.
For the purpose of acquiring the title to the land adjoining the innerPurchase of land at. end of the west pier built by the United States for the improvement of the harbor at Port Clinton, Ohio, the Secretary of War shall negotiate with the owner or owners of the land for the purchase thereof at a reasonable price, to be approved by Congress; and if an agreement as to price cannot be made with the owner, then the value of the same shall be ascertained in the mode provided by the laws of Ohio for the condemnation of lands for public uses in that State, the result of said proceedings of condemnation, if taken, to be reported to the next Congress for its approval.
Improving harbor at Sandusky City, Ohio, by dredging the channelSandusky, Ohio. through the outer bar and within the bay; and for this purpose the money appropriated by act of July fifth, eighteen hundred and eighty-four, now on hand, is hereby made available, and the further sum of five thousand dollars is hereby appropriated. Improving harbor at Toledo, Ohio: Continuing improvement of theToledo, Ohio. Maumee River, by a straight channel along such line as may be approved by the Secretary of War, one hundred and twelve thousand five hundred 315 dollars; and the balance of the twenty-five thousand dollars heretofore appropriated are hereby made available for clearing the old channel.
Improving harbor at Vermillion, Ohio: Continuing improvement,Vermillion. Ohio. three thousand dollars. Improving harbor at Michigan City, Indiana: Continuing improvement,Michigan City, Ind. fifty six thousand two hundred and fifty dollars; of which sum one thousand eight hundred and seventy-five dollars are to be used on the inner harbor. Improving harbor at Calumet, Illinois: Continuing improvement, tenCalumet, Ill. thousand dollars. Improving harbor at Chicago, Illinois: Continuing improvement,Chicago, Ill. seventy-five thousand dollars.
Improving harbor at Waukegan, Illinois: Continuing improvement,Waukegan, Ill. twenty thousand dollars. Improving harbor at Charlevoix and entrance to Pine Lake, Michigan: Continuing improvement,Charlevoix. Mich. ten thousand dollars. Improving harbor at Cheboygan, Michigan: Continuing improvement,Cheboygan. Mich. fifteen thousand dollars. Improving harbor at Frankfort, Michigau, by extension of piers and repairs:Frankfort, Mich. Continuing improvement, seven thousand dollars.
Improving harbor at Grand Haven, Michigan: Continuing improvement,Grand Haven Mich. thirty thousand dollars. Improving harbor of refuge at Grand Marias, Michigan: Continuing improvement,Grand Marais, Mich. twenty-six thousand two hundred and fifty dollars. Improving harbor at Ludington, Michigau: Continuing improvement,Ludington, Mich. fifty-six thousand two hundred and fifty dollars. Improving harbor at Manistee, Michigan: Continuing improvement,Manistee, Mich. ten thousand dollars.
Improving harbor at Marquette, Michigan: Continuing improvement,Marquette, Mich. ten thousand dollars. Improving harbor at Monroe, Michigan: By repairs,Monroe, Mich. two thousand dollars. Improving harbor at Muskegon, Michigan: Continuing improvement,Muskegon Mich. twelve thousand five hundred dollars. Improving harboratOntonagon, Michigan: Continuing improvement,Ontonagon Mich. thirteen thousand dollars. Improving harbor at Pentwater, Michigan: Continuing improvement,Pentwater Mich. ten thousand dollars.
Improving harbor at Portage Lake, Michigan: Continuing improvement, Portage Lake, Mich.fifteen thousand dollars. Improving and repairing harbor of refuge at Sand Beach, Michigan:Sand Beach Mich. Continuing improvement, seventy-five thousand dollars; of which not exceeding forty-five thousand dollars are to be used in repairs. Improving harbor at Saint Joseph, Michigan: Continuing improvement,Saint Joseph, Mich. ten thousand dollars. Improving harbor at Saugatuck, Michigan: To complete improvement,Saugatuck, Mich. eight thousand dollars.
Improving harbor at South Haven, Michigan: Continuing improvement,South Haven, Mich. five thousand dollars. Improving harbor at White River, Michigan: Continuing improvement,White River, Mich. ten thousand dollars. Improving harbor at Black Lake, Michigan: Continuing improvement,Black Lake, Mich. five thousand dollars. Improving harbor at Ahnapee, Wisconsin: Continuing improvement,Ahnapee, Wis.Wharfage to be free. fifteen thousand dollars; but no part of said sum is to be expended until the wharfage over the Government piers at that port shall be made free.
Improving harbor at Green Bay, Wisconsin: Continuing improvement,Green Bay, Wis. seven thousand dollars. Improving harbor atKenosha, Wisconsin: Continuing improvement,Kenosha, Wis. five thousand dollars. 316 Improving harbor at Kewaunee, Wisconsin: Continuing improvement,Kewaunee, Wis. ten thousand dollars. Improving harbor at Manitowoc, Wisconsin: Continuing improvement,Manito woe, Wis. fifteen thousand dollars. Improving harbor at Menomonee, Wisconsin: Continuing improvement,Menomonee, Wis. three thousand dollars.
Improving harbor of refuge at Milwaukee, Wisconsin: Continuing improvementMilwaukee, Wis. on bay and harbor, sixty thousand dollars. Improving harbor at Ocouto, Wisconsin: Continuing improvement,Oconto, Wis. eight thousand dollars. Improving harbor at Port Washington, Wisconsin: Continuing improvement,Port Washington, Wis. five thousand dollars. Improving harbor at Racine, Wisconsin: Continuing improvement,Racine, Wis. ten thousand dollars. Improving harbor at Superior Bay and Saint Louis Bay, Wisconsin:Superior and Saint Louis Bars, Wis.
Continuing improvement, twenty-two thousand five hundred dollars; and the engineer in charge, in his next annual report, shall submit an estimate of the cost of a dredge boat or other facilities that may be needed for dredging the harbors of Duluth and Superior. Thirteen thousand five hundred dollars of the money hereby appropriated are to be expended in dredging in said Superior Bay and Harbor, and in repairing piers at natural entry, and nine thousand dollars in dredging Saint Louis Bay, along the dock-line on the Wisconsin shore, from deep water at Connor’s Point towards deep water at Grassy Point.
Improving harbor at Sheboygan, Wisconsin: Continuing improvement,Sheboygan, Wis. fifteen thousand dollars. Improving harbor at Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin: Continuing improvement,Sturgeon Bay, Wis. five thousand dollars. Improving harbor at Ashland, Wisconsin: Continuing improvement,Ashland, Wis. twenty-two thousand five hundred dollars. The Secretary of War is authorized and directed to appoint a BoardSturgeon Bay and Lake Michigan, ship-canal.Board of Engineers to report as to its value, etc. of three engineers from the United States Army whose duty it shall be to examine, in all their relations to commerce, the Sturgeon Bay and Lake Michigan Ship-Canal, connecting the waters of Green Bay with Lake Michigan, in the State of Wisconsin, with a view to making the same a free passage way and harbor of refuge, to consider their value, and all other matters connected with their usefulness to navigation, and which shall give information as to the expediency of the work and the desirability of their acquisition and improvement.
The said Board shall report to the Secretary of War, who shall lay its report before Congress at its next session, together with the views of himself and the Chief of Engineers of the United States Army thereon; and five thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, is hereby appropriated for this purpose. Improving harbor at Duluth, Minnesota: Continuing improvement,Duluth, Minn. and enlarging basin between Minnesota and Rice’s Points, fifty-six thousand two hundred and fifty dollars; of which a sum not exceeding five hundred dollars may be used in placing buoys in the channels and elsewhere where needed in the harbor; and the consent of the United States is hereby given to a change of the existing dock-line on the east side of Rice’s Point by the municipal authorities of Duluth: *Provided*, That such change meets the approval of the Secretary of War.
Improving harbor at Grand Marais, Minnesota: Continuing improvement,Grand Marais, Minn. ten thousand dollars. Improving harbor at Agate Bay, Minnesota,Agate Bay, Minn. twenty-two thousand five hundred dollars. Improving harbor at Lake City, Minnesota, Continuing improvement,Lake City, Minn. ten thousand dollars. Improving harbor and bay at Humboldt, California: Continuing improvement,Humboldt. Cal.*Proviso*. seventy-five thousand dollars: *Provided*, That no part of said sum shall be expended until the twelve acres of land necessary to said improvement shall have been conveyed to the United States free of ex- 317 pense, and such conveyance has been approved by the Secretary of War, after the Attorney-General of the United States shall have certified to the Secretary of War that the title is perfect.
Improving harbor at Oakland, California: Continuing improvement,Oakland, Cal. sixty thousand dollars. The sum of eleven thousand dollars, or as much thereof as may beSurvey of San Francisco Harbor, Sau Pablo Bay, Suisun Bay, Strait of Carquiuex, San Joaquin and Sacramento Rivers.Redwood, Cal. necessary, is hereby appropriated for a survey of San Francisco Harbor, San Pablo Bay, Suisun Bay, Strait of Carquinex, mouth of Sau Joaquin River, and mouth of Sacramento River, California.
Improving harbor at Red Wood, California: Continuing improvement, five thousand dollars. The sum of five thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary,Survey, etc , of San Diego, Newport, and Sau Luis Obispo Harbors, Cal. is hereby appropriated for examination, survey, and estimated cost of obtaining a channel two hundred and fifty feet wide and twenty-four feet deep at mean low water across the outer bar, and from thence to a point abreast of beacon number two, in San Diego Harbor, California; also, of obtaining a navigable channel at least eight feet in depth at mean low water at Newport Harbor, California; also, of the establishment of a breakwater extending in a southeasterly direction one-fourth of a mile, more or less, along the sunken reef commencing at or near Whaler’s Point, so called, at San Luis Obispo Harbor, California.
Improving harbor at Wilmington, California: Continuing improvement,Wilmington, Cal. seventy-five thousand dollars. Improving harbor at Yoquina Bay, Oregon: Continuing improvement,Yaquina Bar, Oreg. seventy-five thousand dollars. Improvement of the harbor at entrance of Coos Bay, Oregon, thirty-threeCoos Bay, Oreg. thousand seven hundred and fifty dollars. Improving Lubec Channel, Maine: Continuing improvement, tenLubec Channel. thousand dollars. Improving Moosebec Bar, Maine:
Continuing improvement, ten Moosebec Bar.thousand dollars. Improving Penobscot River, Maine, Continuing improvementPenobscot River., be widening the channel opposite Bangor and removing obstructions near Crosby’s Narrows, fifteen thousand dollars. Improving Saco River, Maine, twelve thousand five hundred dollars.Saco River.Narraguagns River.Cocheco River. Improving Narragaugus River, Maine, ten thousand dollars. Improving Coeheco River, New Hampshire: Continuing improvement, ten thousand dollars.
Improving Ipswich River, Massachusetts, two thousand five hundred dollars.Ipswich River. Improving Warren River, Rhode Island, five thousand dollars.Warren River. Improving Pawtucket River, Rhode Island: Continuing improvement,Pawtucket River. thirty thousand dollars. Improving Providence River and Narragansett Bay, Rhode Island: Continuing improvement,Providence River, Narragausett Bay.Providence River.Pawcatuck River.Connecticut River.Housatonic River.Thames River. thirty thousand dollars.
For removing Green Jacket Shoal, Providence River, Rhode Island, twenty-six thousand two hundred and fifty dollars. Improving Pawcatuck River, Rhode Island, twelve thousand dollars. Improving Connecticut River below Hartford, Connecticut: Continuing improvement, twenty-six thousand two hundred and fifty dollars. Improving Housatonic River, Connecticut, five thousand dollars Improving Thames River, Connecticut, Continuing improvement, twenty-two thousand five hundred dollars. Improving East Chester Creek, New York:
Continuing improvement,East Chester Creek. ten thousand dollars. Improving Hudson River, New York: Continuing improvement,Hudson River. twenty-six thousand two hundred and fifty dollars; of which fifteen thousand dollars may be used for the removal of the rock in channel at Van Wie’s Point. Improving Newtown Creek and Bay, New York: Continuing improvement,Newtown Creek and Bay. thirty seven thousand five hundred dollars; of which nine 318 thousand three hundred and seventy-five dollars to be expended on west branch between Maspeth avenue and Dual Bridge, at Grand street and Metropolitan avenue; nine thousand three hundred and seventy-five dollars to be expended on main branch between Easterly Grand Street bridge to Metropolitan avenue; and balance on lower end, from Maspeth avenue to the mouth of the creek.
Improving Hell Gate, New York: Continuing improvementHell Gate. one hundred and twelve thousand five hundred dollars. Improving Narrows at Lake Champlain, New York, from Benson, Vermont,Lake Champlain, Narrows. to canal locks at Whitehall, New York, thirty thousand dollars. Improving Ticonderoga River, New York: Continuing improvement,Ticonderoga River. two thousand dollars. Improving Maurice River, New Jersey: Continuing improvement,Maurice River. five thousand dollars. Improving Passaic River, New Jersey:
Continuing improvement,Passaic River. twenty-six thousand two hundred and fifty dollars; of which two thousand two hundred and fifty dollars are to be used above Newark. Improving Raritan River, New Jersey: Continuing improvement,Raritan River. twenty-six thousand two hundred and fifty dollars. Improving Shrewsbury River, New Jersey: Continuing improvement,Shrewsbury River. ten thousand dollars. Improving South River, New Jersey: Continuing improvement, five thousand dollars.South River.
Improving Saint Jones River, Delaware: Continuing improvement,Saint Jones River. ten thousand dollars. Improving Nanticoke River, Delaware: Continuing improvement Nanticoke River.up to and near the town of Laurel, Delaware, ten thousand dollars. Improving Monongahela River, Pennsylvania and West Virginia:Monongabela River. Continuing improvement, ninety thousand nine hundred dollars; but no charges or tolls shall be collected on any other part of the river on any commerce on said river which originates above the works herein appropriated for.
For beginning the construction of a dam at Herr’s Island, in theAllegheny River. Allegheny River, near Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, thirty-seven thousand five hundred dollars. Improving Allegheny River, Pennsylvania: Continuing improvement, thirty thousand dollars. Improving Schuylkill River, Pennsylvania: Continuing improvement,SchnylkillRiver. eighteen thousand seven hundred and fifty dollars. Improving Delaware River, Pennsylvania and New Jersey: Continuing improvementDelaware River. from Trenton to its mouth, two hundred and ten thousand dollars; of which thirty thousand dollars shall be applied to improving the channel between Camden, New Jersey, and Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and seven thousand five hundred dollars, or so much thereof as may be needed, shall be expended on said river and its tidal tributaries above Bridesburg.
Improving Choptank River, Maryland: Continuing improvement,Choptank River. ten thousand dollars. Improving Corsica Creek, Maryland: Continuing improvement,Corsica Creek. ten thousand dollars. For rebuilding piers at Battery Island, head of the Chesapeake Bay,Chesapeake Bay. which were carried away by ice, strengthening and protecting the works at that point from future destruction, seventeen thousand two hundred and seventy-five dollars. Improving Susquehanna River, Maryland and Pennsylvania:
Continuing improvement,Susquehanna River. six thousand dollars; to be expended above the Philadelphia, Wilmington and Baltimore Railroad Bridge. Improving Pocomoke River, Maryland: ContinuingPocomoke River. and completing improvement, eight thousand dollars. Improving, by dredging and otherwise, the inland Waterway from Chincoteague Bay,Waterway from Chincoteague Bay to Indian River Bay. Virginia, to Delaware Bay at or near Lewes, Dela- 319 ware, to be used from Chincoteague Bay to Indian River Bay, eighteen thousand seven hundred and fifty dollars.
Improving Appomattox River, Virginia: Continuing improvement,Appomattox River. eighteen thousand seven hundred and fifty dollars. Improving Chickabominy River, Virginia: Continuing improvement,Chickabominy River. four thousand dollars. Improving James River, Virginia: Continuing improvement belowJames River. Richmond, one hundred and twelve thousand five hundred dollars. Improving Mattaponi River, Virginia: Continuing improvement, fiveMattaponi River. thousand dollars. Improving New River, Virginia:
Continuing improvement betweenNew River. the lead-mines, in Wythe County, and the mouth of Wilson’s Creek, in Grayson County, ten thousand dollars, together with the three thousand dollars now on hand. Improving Pamunky River, Virginia: Continuing improvement, fivePamnuky River. thousand dollars. Improving Rappahannock River, Virginia: Continuing improvement,Rappahannock River. twenty thousand dollars. Improving Staunton River,Virginia: Continuing improvement, tenStaunton River. thousand dollars; one-half of which is to be expended between the mouth of Pig River and the Midland Railroad Crossing.
Improving York River, Virginia: Continuing improvement, eighteenYork River. thousand seven hundred and fifty dollars. Improving Dan River, Virginia: Continuing improvement, ten thousandDan River. dollars. Improving Big Sandy River, West Virginia and Kentucky: ContinuingBig Sandy River improvement, thirty thousand dollar’s; of which sum three thousand seven hundred and fifty dollars are to be expended on Tug Fork, in West Virginia, and three thousand seven hundred and fifty dollars on La visa Fork, in Kentucky.
Improving Buckhannon River, West Virginia: Continuing improvement,Buckhannon River. one thousand five hundred dollars. Improving Great Kanawha River, West Virginia: Continuing improvement,Great Kanawha River. one hundred and eighty-seven thousand five hundred dollars. Improving Elk River, West Virginia: Continuing improvement, oneElk River. thousand five hundred dollars. Improving Guyandotte River, West Virginia: Continuing improvement,Guyandotte River. the amount heretofore appropriated is hereby made available for this purpose.
Improving Little Kanawha River, West Virginia: Continuing improvement,Little Kanawha River. sixteen thousand eight hundred and seventy-five dollars; of which one thousand eight hundred and seventy-five dollars shall be used in continuing the improvement of navigation above the west fork. But no toll shall be collected by any person or corporation for this improved navigation: and such right, if any exist, shall be relinquished, in a manner satisfactory to the Secretary of War, before the expenditure of any of the money herein appropriated for this work.
Improving Cape Fear River, North Carolina: Continuing improvement,Cape Fear River. one hundred and sixty-eight thousand seven hundred and fifty dollars; of which sum eleven thousand two hundred and fifty dollars are to be expended above Wilmington, the remainder below and opposite the city of Wilmington, including as much of its northeast branch as lies in front of Wilmington, within the city limits. Improving Contentnia Creek, North Carolina: Continuing improvement,Contentnia Creek. fifteen thousand dollars.
Improving Carrituck Sound, Coanjok Bay, and North River Bar,CurritnckSound. North Carolina: Continuing improvement, ten thousand dollars. Improving Neuse River, North Carolina: Continuing improvement,Neuse River. twenty-two thousand five hundred dollars. Improving New River, North Carolina: Continuing improvement,New River. ten thousand dollars. 320 Improving Pamlico and Tar Rivers, North Carolina: Completing improvement,Pamlico and Tar Rivers. live thousand dollars. Improving Black River, North Carolina, three thousand dollars: *Provided*, Black River.That al) claims of private parties to the navigation of the river shall be ceded to the United States, free of charge, before the commencement of said improvement.
Improving Roanoke River, North Carolina: Continuing improvement,Roanoke River. twenty thousand dollars. Two thousand five hundred dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, of the aforesaid twenty thousand dollars shall be used for the purpose of removing obstructions in the Thoroughfare and Coshoke Creek. Improving Trent River, North Carolina: Continuing improvement,Trent River. three thousand five hundred dollars. Improving Dan River, North Carolina: Continuing improvement, between Madison,Dan River.
North Carolina, and Danville, Virginia, ten thousand dollars. Improving Yadkin River, North Carolina: Yadkin River.Continuing improvement, ten thousand dollars. Improving the inland waterway between Beaufort Harbor and New River,Water way , Beaufort to New River.Ashley River. North Carolina, through Bogue Sound, ten thousand dollars. Improving Ashley River, South Carolina: Continuing improvement, one thousand dollars. Improving Edisto River, South Carolina: Continuing improvement,Edisto River. three thousand dollars.
Improving Great Pee Deo River, South Carolina: Continuing improvement,Great Pec Dee River.Salkichatchie River.Santee River. twenty thousand dollars. Improving Salkiehatchie River, South Carolina: Continuing improvement, two thousand dollars. Improving Santee River, South Carolina: Continuing improvement, eighteen thousand seven hundred and fifty dollars; no part of which sum to be used for the construction of any road-bridge across the *Proviso.*Mosquito Creek Canal: *Provided*, That if salt water be found flowing into said Mosquito Creek, five thousand dollars of said sum, or so much thereof as may be necessary, shall be used for the construction of a floodgate at the upper end of the canal, to prevent the same.
Improving Waccamaw River, South Carolina: Continuing improvement,Waccanjaw River.Wappoo Cnt. fifteen thousand dollars. Improving Wappoo Cut, South Carolina: Continuing improvement, five thousand dollars. Improving Wateree River, South Carolina: Continuing improvement,Wateree River. seven thousand five hundred dollars. Improving Congaree River, South Carolina, seven thousandCongaree River. five hundred dollars. Improving Altamaba River, Georgia: Continuing improvement,Altamaha River. twenty thousand dollars; of which ten thousand dollars arc to be used on Doboy Bar, or so much thereof as may be necessary Improving Chattahoochee River, Georgia and Alabama:
ContinuingChattaboochee River. improvement, twenty thousand dollars. Improving Coosa River, Georgia and Alabama: Continuing improvement, Coosa River.forty-five thousand dollars. Improving Flint River, Georgia: Continuing improvement, twentyFlint River. thousand dollars; of which sum five thousand dollars are to be expended between Albany and Montezuma, and fifteen thousand dollars below Albany. ImprovingOcmulgee River, Georgia: Continuing improvement, sevenOcmulgee River. thousand five hundred dollars.
Improving Oconee River, Georgia: Continuing improvement,Oconee River. nine thousand dollars; one thousand five hundred dollars of said sum to be expended between Skull Shoals and the Railroad Bridge. Improving Romely Marsh, Georgia: To complete improvement, seventeenRomely Marsh. thousand four hundred and seventy-live dollars; and so much of said sum as may be necessary may be applied by the engineer in charge, 321 with the approval of the Secretary of War, to pay for work done on said improvement, under the direction of the War Department, since the last appropriation was exhausted.
Improving Savannah River below Augusta, Georgia: Continuing improvement,Savannah River. fifteen thousand dollars. Improving Apalachicola River, Florida: Continuing improvement,Apalachicola River. one thousand dollars. Improving Caloosahatchee River, Florida: Continuing improvement,Caloosahatchee River. four thousand dollars. Improving Choetawhatchee River, Florida and Alabama: ContinuingChoetawhatchee River, improvement, fifteen thousand dollars; of which sum five thousand dollars to be expended below Geneva, and ten thousand dollars to be expended between Geneva and Newton, Alabama.
Improving Conecuh-Escambia River, Florida and Alabama: Continuing Conecuh-Escambia River.improvement, twelve thousand dollars. Improving La Grange Bayou, Florida: Continuing improvement: twoLa Grange Rayon. thousand dollars. Improving Manatee and Pease Rivers, Florida: Continuing improvement,Manatee and Pease River. thirteen thousand dollars; of which five thousand dollars may be expended on Pease River. Improving channel over the bar at the mouth of Saint John’s River,Saint John’s River.
Florida: Continuing improvement, one hundred and fifty thousand dollars. Improving Suwanee River, Florida: Continuing improvement, five Suwanee Riverthousand dollars. Improving Volusia Bar, Florida: To complete improvement, sevenVolusia Bar. thousand five hundred dollars. Improving Witlilacoochee River, Florida: Continuing improvement,Witlilacoochee River. three thousand dollars. Improving Alabama River, Alabama: Continuing improvement,Alabama River. fifteen thousand dollars.
Improving Black Warrior River from Tuscaloosa to Daniel’s Creek,Black Warrior River. Alabama, fifty-six thousand two hundred and fifty dollars, together with the forty seven thousand dollars on hand; to be expended in accordance with the plan adopted by the board of engineers. , Improving Cahawba River, Alabama: Continuing improvement,Cahawba River.*Proviso*. seven thousand five hundred dollars: *Provided*, That no part of said sum shall be expended until the officer in charge shall have reported that the railroad and other bridges across said river have been provided with good and sufficient draw-openings.
Improving Tallapoosa River, Alabama: Continuing improvement,Tallapoosa River. seven thousand five hundred dollars. Improving Warrior River, Alabama: Continuing improvement, eighteenWarrior River. thousand seven hundred and fifty dollars; to be expended below Tuscaloosa. Improving Tom bigbee River, Alabama and Mississippi: ContinuingTo in big bee River. improvement, eighteen thousand seven hundred and fifty dollars; to be expended below Vienna, eleven thousand two hundred and fifty dollars; and between Vienna and Fulton, seven thousand five hundred dollars.
Improving Big Sunflower River, Mississippi: Continuing improvement,Big Sun (lower River. five thousand dollars; of which two thousand dollars to be expended between Woodburn and Lehrton. Improving Noxubee River, Mississippi: Continuing improvement,Noxnbee River. seven thousand five hundred dollars. Improving Pascagoula River, Mississippi: Continuing improvement,Pascagoula River. including bar at the mouth, and from there to the mills at Moss Point, twenty thousand dollars; and the balance of the money now on hand heretofore appropriated for improving Horn Island Pass is to be applied to the same purpose.
Improving Pearl River, Mississippi: Continuing improvement, seventeenPearl River. thousand six hundred and twenty-five dollars; of which two thousand two hundred and fifty dollars are to be expended between Edinburg 322 and Carthage, two thousand two hundred and fifty dollars between Carthage and Jackson, and the remainder below Jackson, including bar at the month of East Pearl River. Improving Steele’s Bayou, Mississippi, including Washington Bayou:Scele’s Bayon. Continuing improvement, two thousand five hundred dollars.
Improving Tallahatchee River, Mississippi: Continuing improvement,Tallahatched River. three thousand five hundred dollars. Improving Tchula Lake, Mississippi: Continuing improvement, twoTchula Lake. thousand dollars. Improving Yallabusha River, Mississippi: Continuing improvement,Yallabusha River. two thousand dollars. Improving Bayon Pierro, Mississippi: Continuing improvement, fiveBayon Pierre. thousand dollars Improving Yazoo River, Mississippi: Continuing improvement, fifteen thousand dollars; of which five thousand dollars,Yazoo River. or so much as maybe necessary, to be used in repairing snag-boat.
Improving Big Black River, Mississippi: Continuing improvement, five thousand dollars:Big Black River.*Proviso*. *Provided*, That no part of this appropriation shall be used until the State of Mississippi shall have first caused the bridges over said stream south of the Vicksburg and Meridan railroad to be so constructed as not to obstruct the navigation of said stream. Improving Amite River, Louisiana: Continuing improvement, two Amite River.thousand dollars. Improving Bœuf River, Louisiana:
Continuing improvement, and for closing Outlet Number One,Bœuf River. five thousand dollars. Improving Bayou Bartholomew, Louisiana and Arkansas: Continuing improvement,Bayou Bartholomew. five thousand dollars. Improving Bayou Courtableau, Louisiana:Bayou Courtablean. Continuing improvement, five thousand dollars. Improving Bayou D’Arboune, Louisiana: Continuing improvement, two thousandBayou D’Arbonne. dollars. Improving Bayou Terrebonne, Louisiana:Bayou Terre-bonne. Continuing improvement, ten thousand dollars.
Improving Cypress Bayou and the lakes between Jefferson, Texas, Cypress Bayou.and Shreveport, Louisiana, Texas and Louisiana: To complete improvement, eighteen thousand dollars. Improving Tensas River and Bayou Macon, Louisiana: ContinuingTensas River and Bayou Macon. improvement, four thousand dollars. Improving Red River, Louisiana,and Arkansas: Continuing improvementRed River. from Fulton, Arkansas, to the Atchafalaya River, Louisiana, including completing the work at Alexandria, seventy-five thousand dollars; of which sum twenty-five thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, shall be used in making a thorough survey of the river from Fulton, Arkansas to the Atchafalaya River, and in completing the survey of Bayou Pierre, Louisiana.
Improving Tchefuucte River and Bogue Tehefuncte River and Bogue Falia.Falia, Louisiana: Continuing improvement, two thousand five hundred dollars; to be expended in the improvement of Bogue Falia up to Covington. Improving Tickfaw River, Louisiana: Continuing improvement, twoTickfaw River. thousand dollars; to be expended on its navigable tributaries. Improving Ouachita River, Louisiana and Arkansas,Ouachita and Black Rivers. and Black River, Louisiana: Continuing improvement, seventeen thousand five hundred dollars; of which seven thousand five hundred dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, for repairing snag-boat Wagner.
Improving Calcasieu River and Pass, Louisiana: Calcasieu River and Pass.Continuing improvement to secure a navigable channel eight feet deep over the bars affecting the entrance to said river and pass, and for this purpose the money on hand heretofore appropriated for improvement of Calcasieu River is to be used. Improving mouth of Brazos River, Texas: Continuing improvement,Brazos River. eighteen thousand seven hundred and fifty dollars. 323 Improving Buffalo Bayou,Texas: Continuing improvement, eighteenBuffalo Bayon. thousand seven hundred and fifty dollars.
Improving Saint Francis River, Arkansas and Missouri, to the townSaint Francis River. of Saint Francis: Continuing improvement, eight thousand dollars. Improving Arkansas River, Arkansas: Continuing improvement,Arkansas River. seventy-five thousand dollars, according to the plan and recommendations in Appendix V thirteen, Executive Document One, Forty-ninth Congress; of which there are to be expended eight thousand dollars at Pine Bluff, thirteen thousand dollars at Fort Smith, and ten thousand dollars at Dardanelles, or so much thereof under those sums, respectively, as may be necessary at those points.
For the removal of snags, wrecks, and other obstructions in the ArkansasRemoval of snags, etc. River, nineteen thousand eight hundred and seventy-five dollars; of which sum one thousand one hundred and twenty-five dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, shall be used to complete the survey of the Arkansas River, between Little Rock, Arkansas, and Wichita, Kansas. Improving Red River, Arkansas, above Fulton, Arkansas, sevenRed River. thousand dollars. Improving Little Red River, Arkansas, three thousand dollars.Little Red River.
Improving Black River, Arkansas and Missouri, five thousand dollars.Black River. Improving Petit Jean River, Arkansas, three thousand five hundredRelit Jean River. dollars. Improving White River, Arkansas: Continuing improvement, eighteenWhite River. thousand dollars; thirteen thousand dollars of which, or so much thereof as may be necessary, to complete the survey of said river; the remainder for general improvement. For removing the rock shoals in Fourche River, Arkansas, situateFourche River. four miles south of Perryville, in Perry County, Arkansas, according to the plans of the engineers for creating a fifty-foot channel, five thousand dollars.
Improving Big Hatchee River, Tennessee: Continuing improvement,Big Hatchee River. three thousand dollars. Improving Caney Fork River, Tennessee: Continuing improvement,Caney Fork River. three thousand dollars. Improving Clinch River, Tennessee: Continuing improvement, fiveClinch River. thousand dollars. Improving Cumberland River, Tennessee and Kentucky: ContinuingCumberland River. improvement above Nashville, with a view to secure in the channel a depth of four feet, commencing with the lock at or near the lower island at Nashville, seventy-five thousand dollars.
Improving Cumberland River below Nashville, Tennessee: Continuing improvement, twelve thousand five hundred dollars. Improving French Broad River, Tennessee: Continuing improvement,French Broad River. six thousand dollars Improving Hiawassee River, Tennessee: Continuing improvement,Hiawassee River. two thousand five hundred dollars. Improving South Fork of Forked Deer River, Tennessee: ContinuingSouth Fork, Forked Deer River. improvement, five thousand dollars. Improving Tennessee River above Chattanooga, Tennessee:
ContinuingTennessee River. improvement, seven thousand five hundred dollars. Improving Tennessee River at Big Mussel Shoals, Little Mussel Shoals, and Elk River Shoals, Alabama: To complete improvements at these localities, two hundred and sixty-two thousand five hundred dollars. Improving South Fork of Cumberland River, Kentucky: ContinuingSouth Fork, Cumberland River. improvement, five thousand dollars. Improving Kentucky River, Kentucky: Continuing improvement, one hundredKentucky River. and eighty-seven thousand five hundred dollars. 324 Improving Trade water River, Kentucky:
Continuing improvement,Trade water River. two thousand dollars. Improving the Falls of the OhioRiverat Louisville, Kentucky: ContinuingFalls of the Ohio River, Louisville. improvement, according to the last plan of the engineer in charge, and to be first applied to the completion of the work now in progress, *Proviso*.one hundred and fifty thousand dollars: *Provided*, That of that sum fifty thousand dollars shall be expended in enlarging the canal basin, as recommended in the last report of the engineer in charge.
The Secretary of War is hereby authorized and directed to ascertainBoard of engineers to report on the value, etc., of the works of Green and Barren River Navigation Company, and Monongahela Company. the value and commercial importance of the works and property at the Green and Barren River Navigation Company, situated on the Green and Barren Rivers, in the State of Kentucky, and of the Monongahela Navigation Company, situated on the Monongahela River, in the State of Pennsylvania; and in order to acquire such information the Secretary of War shall appoint a board of three competent engineers from the Engineer Corps of the United States Army, which board shall in each ease report to the Secretary of War, who shall report thereon to Congress at its next succeeding session; and the cost of such examination shall be paid out of the sum appropriated by this act for *Proviso*.surveys: *Provided*, That nothing herein shall be construed as committing Congress to the purchase of the said works.
Improvement of the Muskingum River, Ohio, between Zanesville andMaskingum River.Acceptance from Ohio of Maskingum River improvements, canal, etc. the mouth of the river, and for operating the same, twenty thousand dollars. And the United States hereby accepts from the State of Ohio the said Muskingum River improvement, and all the locks, dams, and their appurtenances, and the canals, belonging to said improvement, and all the franchises and property of every kind, and rights, in said river, and its improvements, now owned, held, and enjoyed by the State of Ohio, including all water leases and rights to use waiter under and by virtue of any lease of water now running and in force between the State of Ohio and all persons using said water, hereby intending to transfer to the United States such rights in said leases and contracts as are now owned, held, or reserved by the State of Ohio; but not to affect any right to the use of the water of said river now owned and held by the lessees of any water right under any lease or contract with the State of Ohio.
And the United States hereby assumes control of said river,To take effect when property is turned over. subject to the paramount interest of navigation. The provisions of this act, so far as they relate to the Muskingum River, shall not take effect, nor shall the money hereby appropriated be available, until the State of Ohio, acting by its duly authorized agent, turns over to the United States all property ceded by the act of the general assembly aforesaid, and all personal property belonging to the improvement aforesaid, and used in its care and improvement, and any balance of money appropriated by said State for the improvement of said river, and which is not expended on the fifteenth day of July, eighteen hundred and eighty-six.
Improving Clinton River, Michigan: Continuing improvement, sixClinton River. thousand dollars. Improving Detroit River, Michigan: Continuing improvement, thirty-sevenDetroit River. thousand five hundred dollars. Improving Saint Clair Ship-Canal, Michigan: Continuing improvement,Saint Clair Ship-Canal. eighteen thousand seven hundred and fifty dollars. Improving Saint Mary’s River, Michigan: Continuing improvement bySaint Mary’s River. a new lock and approaches, two hundred and fifty thousand dollars.
Improving Hay Lake Channel, Michigan: Continuing improvement,Hay Lake channel. one hundred and fifty thousand dollars. Improving Saginaw River, Michigan: Continuing improvement, thirty-threeSaginaw River, thousand seven hundred and fifty dollars; of which sixteen thousand eight hundred and seventy five dollars are to be used above Bay City, and five thousand dollars in improving the west channel along West Bay City. 325 The Secretary of War is authorized and directed to appoint a BoardBoard of engineers to report on value, et c.,of Portage Lake improvement Company Canal and Lake Superior Ship Canal. of three engineers from the United States Army whose duty it shall he to examine, in all their relations to commerce, the two improved Waterways known as .the Portage Lake and River Improvement Company Canal and the Lake Superior Ship-Canal Railway and Iron Company Canal, being the improved harbors of refuge and the water communication across Keweenaw Point, from Keweenaw Bay to Lake Superior, by way of Portage River and Lake, in the State of Michigan, with a view to making the same a free passageway and harbors of refuge, to consider their value and all other matters connected with their usefulness to navigation, and which shall give information as to the expediency of the work and the desirability of their acquisition and improvement.
The said board shall report to the Secretary of War, who shall lay its report before Congress at its next session, together with the views of himself and the Chief of Engineers of the United States Army thereon; and ten thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, is hereby appropriated for this purpose. Improving Chippewa River, Wisconsin: Continuing improvementChippewa River. from the Dalles Dam to its mouth, eighteen thousand seven hundred and fifty dollars. Improving Fox River, Wisconsin:
Continuing improvement belowFox River. Montello, on the approved plan, fifty-six thousand two hundred and fifty dollars. And the Secretary of War is hereby directed to have theSurvey to be completed uh Boon as practicable. examination and survey of the Wisconsin River from Portage to the mouth, now being made by a board of engineers, completed as soon as practicable, and a report thereof made on or before the meeting of the next session of Congress. And the sum of six thousand dollars of the above appropriation, or so much thereof as may be necessary, may be expended at or near Portage City to prevent the overflow of the Wisconsin River into the Upper Fox River, so as to prevent injury to the Government works on Fox River; and this expenditure may be made separately, or, if deemed more economical by the Secretary of War, in adding to any protecting works which may be made by the State of Wisconsin.
Improving Saint Croix River, Wisconsin and Minnesota: ContinuingSaint Croix River. improvement, seven thousand five hundred dollars. Improving Wabash River, Indiana and Illinois: Continuing work onWabash River. lock and dams at Grand Rapids, and on the river from Grand Rapids, to its mouth, sixty thousand dollars, and nine thousand dollars to be expended on the river at Grayville. Improving White River, Indiana: Continuing improvement, belowWhite River. Hazelton, seven thousand live hundred dollars.
Improving Calumet River, Illinois: Continuing improvement, thirtyCalumet. River. thousand dollars; of which eleven thousand two hundred and fifty dollars arc to be used between the Forks and one-half mile east of Hammond, Indiana, five thousand six hundred and twenty-five dollars of which are to be used in dredging the river between the Forks and the State line of Illinois and Indiana, and five thousand six hundred and twenty-five dollars on the river at Hammond, Indiana: *Provided, however*, That no*Proviso*. part of said sum, nor any sum heretofore appropriated, except the said eleven thousand two hundred and fifty dollars, for the river above the Forks, shall be expended until the entire right of way, as set forth in Senate Executive Document Number Nine, second session Forty-seventh Congress, shall have been conveyed to the United States free of expense, and the United States shall be fully released from allRight of way to be first secured liability for damages to adjacent property-owners, to the satisfaction of the Secretary of War; and if any of the owners of real estate required to be taken or that is damaged for the purpose of straightening or widening that portion of the Calumet River for which the appropriation herein is now made, cannot be induced to convey to the United States such real estate so required, and release their claim for damages caused by said improvement, or should the owner or owners be incapable of conveying 326 and releasing, or should his or her name or residence be unknown, orCondemnation proceedings. he or she be a non resident of the State of Illinois, it shall then be the duty of the United States attorney for the northern district of Illinois to immediately file a petition in any court having jurisdiction thereof, in the manner and as authorized by the laws of the State of Illinois in such cases, for the purpose of ascertaining the just compensation to be paid to the respective owners of the land taken or damaged: *Provided however*, That the other owners of property and parties interested in said improvement shall first execute a bond to the United States, to be approved by the Secretary of War, for the payment of the costs of such proceedings, and to pay any judgment that may be rendered therein; and on failure to do so the proceedings shall be dismissed.
Improving Illinois River, Illinois: Continuing improvement, one hundredIllinois River. and twelve thousand five hundred dollars; of which sum three thousand seven hundred and fifty dollars may be expended in dredging the river in front of Peoria. The Secretary of War is authorized and directed to appoint a BoardBoard of Engineers to report on value, etc., of the Hennepin Canal. of three engineers from the United States Army whose duty it shall be to examine, in all their relations to commerce, the Illinois and Michigan Canal, and the proposed Hennepin Canal, to consider their value and all other matters connected with their usefulness to navigation, and shall report upon the acquisition and improvement of the Illinois and Michigau Canal and the construction of the Hennepin Cana).
The said Board shall report to the Secretary of War, who shall lay its report before Congress at its next session, together with the views of himself and the Chief of Engineers of the United States Army thereon; and fifteen thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, is hereby *Proviso*.appropriated for this purpose: *Provided:* That nothing in this paragraph shall be construed as committing the Government to the said improvement. Improving Gasconda River, Missouri:
Continuing improvement, sevenGasconade River. thousand five hundred dollars. Improving Osage River, Missouri: Continuing improvement by snaggingOsage River. and removing obstructions, ten thousand dollars. Improving Bed River of the North, Minnesota: Continuing improvement Red River of the North.from Breckenridge to the northern boundary-line of the United States, including dredging, removal of snags and bowlders, and construction of wing-dams, and so forth; and the money heretofore appropriated for locks and dams is hereby made available for this purpose.
Improving Yellowstone River between Glendive and the mouth, Montana:Yellowstone River. Continuing the improvement, eighteen thousand seven hundred and fifty dollars. Improving Mokelumne River, California, by, removing obstructions,Mokolumne River. two thousand five hundred dollars. Improving Sacramento and Feather Rivers, California, forty thousandSacramento and Feather Rivers. dollars of the money heretofore appropriated for improving said rivers that may remain unexpended at the end of the present fiscal year, for snagging and dredging operations and the cost of the proceedings hereinafter authorized, also ten thousand dollars to complete dredges authorized by act of July fifth, eighteen hundred and eighty-four; the balance of said unexpended money not to Secretary of War to be satisfied that injurious hydraulic mining has ceased.Legal proceedings to prevent.be used until the Secretary of War be satisfied that hydraulic mining hurtful to navigation has ceased on said rivers and their tributaries.
If he be not so satisfied, he is hereby instructed to institute such legal proceedings as may be necessary to prevent the washing, sluicing, dumping, or discharging detritus, debris, or slickens, caused by or arising from such hydraulic mining, into either of said rivers or any of its tributaries, or into the San Joaquin River or any of its tributaries, or in or to such place or situation from which such detritus, debris, or slickens may be liable to be washed or carried by storms or floods into either of said rivers or tributaries; and he is hereby instructed to use out of said sum as much as may be necessary for said purpose. 327 Improving San Joaquin River and Stockton and Mormon Sloughs,San Joaquin River;
Stockton and Mormon Sloughs.Canal at Cascades, Oreg.Columbia River. California: Continuing improvement, eighteen thousand seven hundred and fifty dollars. Improving canal at the Cascades, Oregon: Continuing improvement, one hundred and eighty-seven thousand five hundred dollars. Improving the Upper Columbia River, including Snake River, Oregon and Washington Territory: Continuing improvement, ten thousand dollars. Improving the mouth of the Columbia River, Oregon, one hundred and eighty-seven thousand five hundred dollars.
Improving Lower Willamette River, and Columbia River below Portland,Willamette and Columbia Rivers.Snag-boat. Oregon: Continuing improvement, seventy-five thousand dollars: of which sum twenty-one thousand dollars for a snag boat to be used on the Willamette and Columbia Rivers, and five thousand dollars to be expended on the river in front of Portland. Improving the Upper Willamette River above Portland, Oregon:Willamette River, above Portland.Coquille River. Continuing improvement, ten thousand dollars.
Improving Coquille River, Oregon: Continuing improvement, twenty thousand dollars. Improving Chehalis River, Washington Territory: Continuing improvement,Chehalis River. two thousand five hundred dollars. Improving Cowlitz River, Washington Territory: Continuing improvement,Cowlitz River. two thousand dollars. Improving Skagit, Steilaquamisb, Nootsack, Snohomish,Skagit, Steilaqnamisli, Noot-sack, Snohomish, and Snoqtialmio Rivers.Missouri River. and Snoqualmie Rivers, Washington Territory:
Continuing improvement, ten thousand dollars. Improving Missouri River from its mouth to Sioux City: Continuing improvement, including necessary work at Omaha, Atchison, Saint Joseph, Fort. Leavenworth Reservation, Arrow Rock, Kansas City, Plattsmouth, Brownsville, and Nebraska City, three hundred and seventy-five thousand dollars; to be expended under the direction of the Secretary of War, in accordance with plans and estimates to be furnished by the Missouri River Commission.
Improving Missouri River from Sioux City to Fort Benton: ContinuingFrom Sioux City to Fort Benton. improvement, sixty thousand dollars, under the direction of the Secretary of War. For removing obstructions in the Missouri River, twenty-two thousandRemoving obstructions. five hundred dollars. Improving the Ohio River: Continuing improvement, three hundredOhio River. and seventy-five thousand dollars; out of which sum thirty-seven thousand five hundred dollars are to be expended at Grand Chain in removing rocks and other obstructions to. navigation at that locality; also eighteen thousand seven hundred and fifty dollars may be expended in constructing or aiding in the construction of such an embankment, on the south side of the Great Miand River, near its junction with the Ohio, as may be necessary to confine the waters of the Great Miand in great floods to the general course of its channel at or near the Ohio, to the end that the formation of the bar in the Ohio River now forming and obstructing navigation may be arrested; also thirty-seven thousand five hundred dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, of said appropriation shall be expended hi constructing five ice-piers, pursuant toIce-piore. the present or prospective plans of the Chief of Engineers, at or near the following places, to wit:
One at Pomeroy, Ohio; one at Middleport, Ohio; one at Gallipolis, Ohio; and one at Ironton, Ohio; and one a; or near Ashland, Kentucky, on the south side of the Ohio River: *Provided*,*Proviso*. That the Secretary of War is hereby authorized and directed to obtain, if he can do so without cost to the United States, perpetualRiparian rights. leases or conveyances of the riparian rights of the property owners at each of said localities, in the event said ice-piers, or any one of them, shall be located where there is no improved landing-place: *And Provided further*, That at localities where there are improved landings he 328 shall first obtain a relinquishment of wharfage rights and dues in favorRelinquishment of wharfage rights. of watercraft seeking protection from damage by ice; and no part of this appropriation shall be used for such purpose until the foregoing conditions are complied with.
Also, out of said appropriation for the Ohio River eighteen thousand seven hundred and fifty dollars for removing obstruction at the mouth of Licking River; also eleven thousand two hundred and fifty dollars for completing ice-harbor at Four-Mile Bar, near Cincinnati; also twenty thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, for Davis Island Dam. For continuing operations upon the reservoirs at the headwatersMississippi reservoir.*Proviso*. of the Mississippi River, thirty-seven thousand five hundred dollars: *Provided*, That in the opinion of the Chief of Engineers the expenditure of this appropriation and the ultimate completion of this part of the reservoir system will adequately improve navigation.
For operating snag-boat on Upper Mississippi River, twenty twoUpper Mississippi River.MississippiRiver from Saint Paul to DesMoiucs Rapids. thousand five hundred dollars. Improving Mississippi River from Saint Paul to Des Moines Rapids: Continuing improvement, three hundred and eighty-two thousand five hundred dollars; of which sum six thousand dollars or so much thereof as may be necessary, shall be applied to the removal of the rock at Duck Creek Chain, at the Rock Island Rapids; and of which sum the further amount of fifteen thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, may be used by the Secretary of War, in his discretion, Test of Hume.for continuing the practical test of the flume invented by M.
J. Adams, the said test to be made under the supervision and direction of said Adams; but if not so used the sum shall remain as a part of said appropriation, and be used for the purposes first in this paragraph specified. Improving Mississippi River at Des Moines Rapids Canal, under theMississippi River at Des Moines Rapids Canal. modified project, twenty-six thousand two hundred and fifty dollars; of which sum fifteen thousand dollars are to be used for pier construction, in extending the outer wall of canal to the pivot pier of the bridge.
For dry-dock at Des Moines Rapids, forty-eight thousand seven hundredDry dock. and fifty dollars. Improving ice-harbor at Dubuque, Iowa, the unexpended balance,Ice-harbor, Dubuque. or so much thereof as shall be necessary, shall be applied to paving instead of riprapping said ice-harbor. Improving Mississippi River from Des Moines Rapids to the mouth ofFrom Des Moines Rapids to Illinois River. the Illinois River, including the-river at Quincy Bay and the removal of the bars at the mouth of Whipple Creek and Hamburg Bay, including also the strengthening of Soy Island Levee where it crosses Snicarte Slough and other sloughs:
Continuing the improvement, one hundred and fifty thousand dollars. Improving Mississippi River from the mouth of the Illinois River toFrom Illinois River to Ohio River. the mouth of the Ohio River, including the completion of the work at Alton, and, at the discretion of the Secretary of War, the protection of the Illinois shore opposite the mouth of the Missouri River: Continuing improvement, three hundred and seventy-five thousand dollars; of which thirty seven thousand five hundred dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, to be expended in extending the work for the protection of the eastwardly bank of the Mississippi River at Cairo, and the prevention of its wash or erosion, commencing at the southerly end of the present Government revetment work and continuing down stream, and twenty-two thousand five hundred dollars for continuing improvement at Cape Girardeau, Missouri, and Montana Point, Illinois: *Provided*, That the Secretary of War, in his discretion may use not to exceed seventy-five thousand dollars of said sum of three, hundred and seventy-five thousand dollars to correct the current of the river and improve the channel at Saint Louis.
Improving Mississippi River from Head of the Passes to the mouth ofFrom head of the Pusses to Ohio River. the Ohio River: Continuing improvement, two million dollars; which sum shall be expended under the direction of the Secretary of War, in 329 accordance with the plans, specifications, and recommendations of the Mississippi Hiver Commission: *Provided*, That no portion of this appropriation*Provisos*. shall be expended to repair or build levees for the purpose of reclaiming lands or preventing injury to lands or private property by overflows: *Provided, however*, That the Commission is authorized to repair and build levees if, in their judgment, it should be done as part ofLevees. their plan to afford ease and safety to the navigation and commerce of the river and to deepen the channel. *And provided further*, That no works of bank protection or revetment shall be executed in said reaches or elsewhere until after it shall be found that the completion of the permeable contracting works and uniform width of the high-water channel will not secure the desired stability of the river banks: *Provided, however*, That nothing herein contained shall prevent the construction of revetment works where the banks are caving at Greenville Reach, Delta Point, in front of the cities of Vicksburg, Memphis, Hickman, and Columbus: *And provided further*, That contraction works shall be built at the same time in the wide portions of the river immediately above the said revetment works.
Of the amount herein appropriated for the Lower Mississippi, seventy-five thousand dollars are to be expended in Continuing the work in progress at New Orleans; one hundred and eighty-seven thousand five hundred dollars for the rectification of the Red and Atcha-falaya Rivers by preventing further enlargement of the latter stream and restricting its outlet capacity, and for keeping open a navigable channel through the month of Red or Old River into the Mississippi; thirty-seven thousand five hundred dollars in improving navigation in the Greenville Reach, by preventing the bank at Greenville from further caving; seventy-five thousand dollars in deepening the channel at Vicksburg by dredging through the bar existing there; but this last-named sum shall not be expended unless after another examination or survey the Commission shall deem it advisable; and if they shall not, then thirty-seven thousand five hundred dollars shall be expended in the improvement of navigation at Vicksburg by constructing suitable dikes and other appropriate works, and fifty-six thousand two hundred and fifty dollars in completing the work on the river at Memphis; also eighteen thousand seven hundred and fifty dollars for work on the river at Hickman, and eighteen thousand seven hundred and fifty dollars for work on the river at Columbus, Kentucky.
For examinations and surveys at South I’ass, of the Mississippi River,Smith Pans.Exam in aliens and surveys. pursuant to the act of March third, eighteen hundred and seventy-five, ten thousand dollars. For survey of the Mississippi River from the Head of the Passes to itsSurvey from Head of the Pusses to headwaters.Gauging. headwaters: Continuing survey thirty thousand dollars. For gauging the waters of the Lower Mississippi River and its tributaries, as provided for in joint resolution of the twenty-first of February, eighteen hundred and seventy-one, five thousand dollars.
For continuing the removal of snags, wrecks, and other obstructionsRemoval of snags, etc. in the Mississippi River, fifty-six thousand two hundred and fifty dollars. For gauging the waters in the Columbia River, one thousand dollars.Columbia River, ganging.Harbor lines to be established. Sec. 2. That in places where harbor-lines have not been established, and where deposits of debris of mines or stamp works can be made without injury to navigation, within lines to be established by the Secretary of War, said officer may, and is hereby authorized to, cause such lines to be established; and within such lines such deposits may be made, under regulations to be from time to time prescribed by him.
Sec. 3. It shall not be lawful to east, throw, empty, or unlade, orNew York Harbor.Prohibiting deposits in. cause, suffer, or procure to be cast, thrown emptied, or unladen, either from or out of any ship, vessel, lighter, barge, boat, or other craft, or from the shore, pier, wharf, or mills of any kind whatever, any ballast, stone, slate, gravel, earth, slack, rubbish, wreck, filth, slabs, edgings, sawdust, slag, or cinders, or other refuse or mill-waste of any kind, into New York Harbor: *Provided*, That, nothing*Proviso*. herein contained shall ex- 330 tend, or be construed to extend, to the casting out, unlading, or throwingNot to prevent improvements. out of any ship or vessel, lighter, barge, boat, or other craft, any stones, rocks, bricks, lime, or other materials used, or to be used, in or toward the building, repairing, or keeping in repair any quay, pier, wharf, weir, bridge, building, or other work lawfully erected or to be erected on the banks or sides of said harbor, or to the casting out unloading or depositing of any material excavated for the improvement of navigable waters, into such places-and in such manner as may be deemed by the United States officer supervising the improvement of said harbor most judicions and practicable and for the best interests of such improvement.
Sec. 4. The Secretary of War shall prescribe such rules and regulationsRegulations, etc., to be prescribed by Secretary of War to secure economical expenditure of appropriation, etc. as may be necessary to secure a judicions and economical expenditure of the money herein appropriated, and shall cause to be macle and submitted to Congress annual reports, together with maps and plans, including the report of the Mississippi River Commission, on or before December first, giving detailed statements of the work done, contracts made, the expenditures thereunder or otherwise, and balances of money on band up to November first, and the effect of such work, together with such recommendations as he may deem proper.
He shall, at the same time, report to Congress all cases in which piers, breakwaters, locks, and dams, or other structures or works built or made by the United States in aid of commerce or navigation are used, occupied, or injured by a corporation or an individual, and the extent and mode of such use, occupation, or injury. He shall report, at the same time, whether any bridges, causeways, or structures now erected or in process of erection do or will interfere with free and safe navigation.
Sec. 5. It shall be the duty of the Secretary of War to apply theWork to be done by contract or other wise. money herein appropriated for improvements other than surveys and estimates, in carrying on the varions works, by contract or otherwise, as may be most economical and advantageous to the Government. Where said works are done by contract, such contract shall be made after sufficient public advertisement for proposals, in such manner and Contracts.form as the Secretary of War shall prescribe; and such contracts shall be made with the lowest responsible bidders, accompanied by such securities as the Secretary of War shall require, conditioned for the faithful prosecution and completion of the work according to such contract, and for the prompt payment of all liabilities incurred in the prosecution thereof for labor and material.
Sec. 6. The Secretary of War is hereby directed, at his discretion,Examinations and surveys. to cause examinations or surveys, or both, to be made, and the cost of improvements to be estimated, at the following localities, to wit: In the States of— arkansas.Arkansas. Reexamination of Little River. The lakes connecting with Red River, between Shreveport, Louisiana, and Fulton, Arkansas. Reexamination of Ouachita above Camden, Arkansas. Saline River. Cache River. california.California.
San Pedro Bay near the entrance to Wilmington Harbor, with a view to establishing an outer harbor for the protection of deep-draught vessels. Mouth of Smith’s River. Crescent City Harbor, with a view to a seawall from Battery Point to Flat Rook. 331 connecticut.Connecticut. Five-Mile River Harbor. Resurvey of Duck Island Harbor, on Long Island Sound, including plans, specifications, and estimate of cost for making the same a harbor of refuge. dakota territory.Dakota. James River. delaware.Delaware.
Duck Creek. florida.Florida. Punta Rassa Harbor. Resurvey of Tampa Bay, including Hillsborough River up to the city of Tampa. Resurvey of outer and inner bars at Pensacola. Charlotte Harbor, including San Carlos Bay. Clear Water Harbor, including Anclote and Saint Joseph’s Bays and the Narrows into Boga Ciega Bay. Wakulla River from its mouth to Wakulla Springs. Survey of the channel from Haul-over, on Indian River, to Gilbert’s Bar. Saint Augustine, for a deep sea-channel on the outer bar. georgia.Georgia.
Savannah River from cross-tides above Savannah to the bar, with a view to obtaining twenty eight feet of water in the channel. Flint River from Montezuma to Old Agency. From Doboy Island to Doboy Bar. Jekyl Creek. illinois.Illinois. Farm Creek, with a view to changing its course. Kaskaskia River from New Athens to mouth. Bars in Hamburg Bay. Calumet River from the forks of the river near its entrance into Lake Calumet to Riverdale; also Calumet River from Riverdale to Blue Island.
Mississippi River at Rush Island Bend and Ivy Landing, with a view to confining and deepening the channel. indiana.Indiana. For a survey of the Ohio River, near the city of Evansville, Indiana, with a view to determine what, if anything, will be necessary to prevent a change of the channel of the river in front of that city. kentucky.Kentucky. Pond River. The Secretary of War is directed to report to the next session of Congress whether or not the Government dry dock at the Louisville and Portland Canal is adequate for the purposes of commerce, and what alterations, if any, are necessary, and the cost of making the same.
Licking River from Farmer’s to West Liberty. Salt River. For ice harbor at Paducah, Kentucky. The bar at the mouth of Limestone Creek, in the harbor of Maysville. 332 louisiana.Louisiana. Little Hiver. Bayou Rouge. Dugdemona River. Mouth of Bayou Plaquemine, with a view to its connection with the Mississippi River by locks; also Bayou Plaquemine and other connecting streams, to form the best route to Grand Lake. Bague Falia from present landing to Covington. Calcasieu Pass, the two bars obstructing the navigation thereof.
Mouth of Calcasieu River, the. bar obstructing its mouth. Bayou Terrebonne from Houma to Thibodeaux. Bayou Teche from Saint Martinsville to Fort Barre. Mouth of Bayou La Fourche, with a view to the construction of a lock and dam; Clear Lake, Black Bayou, Red Bayou, Black Lake,and Kelley Bayou, to reopen navigable communication between those streams and Red River; Bayou La Fourche, to secure navigation at low water. Corn ay River. Ouchita River from Camden to month, with a slackwater navigation.
Bayou Vermillion, to secure navigation from Abbeville to the railroad bridge of the Louisiana and Texas Railroad. Bayou Rondeway. Cypress Bayou. Bayou Vidal. maine.Maine. Bayoduce River between the towns of Penobscot and Brooksville. Big Rapids of Saint John’s River. Camden Harbor. Rockport Harbor. Kennebec River at Bath, and from Augusta to lower end of Perkin’s Island. Saint George’s River from Warren to Thomaston. Matinieus Isle, with a view to a harbor of refuge. Penobscot River from Bangor to Bucksport Narrows.
Saint Croix River from Ferry Point Bridge, at Calais, to Breakwater Ledge. Bar Harbor, Maine, with the view to establishing a breakwater and deepening the waters of said harbor, and especially the channel between Rodick’s Island and Mount Desert Island. maryland.Mary land. Cambridge Harbor. Fairlee Creek. Patuxent River from Benedict to Hills Landing, For widening the channel of Baltimore Harbor to six hundred feet. massachusetts.Massachusetts Manchester Harbor. Duxbury Harbor.
Wellflett Harbor. Falmouth Harbor of Refuge. Vineyard Haven Harbor. Cottage City Harbor. Menemsha Harbor of Refuge. Taunton River. Winthrop Harbor. New Bedford Harbor. michigan.Michigan. . Bar in Saint Clair River opposite Saint Clair City. Grand River. 333 North River between Essex and North Bridges. Biddle’s Point at Mackinac Harbor, with a view to a breakwater. Harbor at Forestville, Lake Huron. Pigeon River. Mouth of Black River, Saint Clair County. Carp River at Leland, with a view to affording an entrance to Carp Lake tor harbor of refuge.
Lake Michigan at Empire, with a view to cutting a channel across the bar from Lake Michigan to Bar Lake. Grand Traverse Bay, with a view to connecting it with Torch Lake, near Eastport. Pinepog River. Rouge River at its junction with Detroit River, and up the river to bridge of Saint Louis and Wabash Railroad. Torch Lake Channel, Lake Superior. minnesota.Minnesota. Red River of the North from Moorehead to Fergus Falls. Red Lake River from Grand Forks to Red Lake. Mississippi River between Saint Paul and Saint Anthony’s Falls.
Minnesota River with a view to its improvement by locks and dams. mississippi.Mississippi. Tombigbee River, to ascertain what improvement is necessary to make said river continuously navigable from Vienna, Alabama, to Walker’s Bridge, Mississippi. Oassity Bayou. Noxubee. River, to ascertain whether it can be made continuously navigable by a system of locks and dams, or otherwise. Bear Creek. missouri.Missouri. Resurvey of the Osage River from its mouth to Osceola, with a view to movable locks and dams, or other methods of improvement.
Little River from Hornersville to its junction with the Saint Francis River. Saint Francis River from Greenville to the Arkansas State line. new hampshire.New Hampshire. Bellamy River. north carolina.North Carolina. Alligator River. Lockwood’s Folly River. Lumber River. Yadkin River from South Carolina line to the Narrows. Catawba River. new jersey.New Jersey. Thoroughfare running back of the ocean from Cape May to the Great Bay north of Atlantic City. Channel back of Brigantine Beach, between Absecon and Brigantine Inlets. new york.New York.
Channel between Jamaica Bay and Rockaway Inlet. The East River, with a view to the removal of a ledge of rocks situ, ated between five and six hundred feet from the foot of Tenth and Eleventh streets in the city of New York. 334 Spring Creek. Waddington Harbor. Mouth of Patchouge River. Hudson River between New Baltimore and Coxsackie. Peter’s Neck Bay. Tonawanda Harbor and Niagara River between Black Rock and Tonawanda, with a view to a sixteen-foot channel. Glen Cove Harbor. oregon.Oregon.
Wood River. Link River. Suislaw River and Bar. Coquille River between Coquille City and Myrtle Point. Nehalem Bay and Bar. Tillamook Bay and Bar. Umpqua River. ohio.Ohio. Sandusky Harbor, with a view to a straight channel from the north end of Cedar Point to the east end of the existing channel in front of the city. Big Hockhocking River from its mouth to Coolville. Chagrin River at its mouth. pennsylvania.Pennsylvania. Darby Creek. rhode island.Rhode Island. Little. Narragansett Bay, entrance to the wharves at Watch Hill. south carolina.South Carolina.
Mosquito Creek between the South Edisto and Ashepoo Rivers, with a view to connect the South Edisto with the Ashepoo at or near Fen-wick’s Island. Mingo Creek. Clark’s Creek. Little Pee Dee River. Alligator River and other waters connecting Santee River and Bull’s Bay. tennessee.Tennessee. North Fork of the Forked Deer River below Dyersburg. Obeils River from the point where improvements have heretofore been made to the mouth of the West Fork. texas.Texas. Cedar Bayou, where it empties into Galveston Bay, virgnia.Virginia.
Mattox Creek. Nansemond River. Louisa Fork of Sandy River. Roanoke River from Clarkesville, Virginia, to Eaton Fails, North Carolina. Hunters Creek. west virginia.West Virginia. Mead a w River. Gauley River. Coal River. 335 FORTY-NINTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Chs. 929, 930, 1886 wisconsin.Wisconsin. Harbor at Hudson, Lake Saint Croix. Examination and report on the causes of the extraordinary overflowsExaminations, survey, etc., not specially provided for. of the Chippewa River, and what means, if any, can be adopted to prevent. their recurrence.
Sec. 7. For examinations, surveys, and contingencies, and for Incidental repairs, for which there is no special appropriation, for rivers and harbors, one hundred thousand dollars: *Provided*, That no survey*Proviso*. shall be made of any harbors or rivers until the Chief of Engineers shall have directed a preliminary examination of the same by the localPreliminary examinations to be made before surveys. engineer in charge of the district, or an engineer detailed for the purpose; and such local or detailed engineer shall report to said Chief of Engineers, whether, in his opinion, said harbor or river is worthy of improvement, and shall state in such report fully and particularly the facts and reasons on which he bases such opinion, including the present and prospective demands of commerce; and it shall be the duty of the Chief of Engineers to direct the making of such survey if, in his opinion, the harbor or river proposed to be surveyed be worthy of improvement by the.
General Government; and he shall report to the Secretary of War the facts, and what public necessity or convenience may be sub-served thereby, together with the full reports of the local engineer. Said reports of preliminary examinations and surveys shall be made toReports to be made to House of Representatives and printed.Names of civilian engineers to be reported Io Congress, etc. the House of Representatives, and are hereby ordered to be printed when so made. Sec. 8. That the Secretary of War shall report to Congress, at its next and each succeeding session thereof, the name and place of residence of each civilian engineer employed in the work of improving rivers and harbors by means and as the result of appropriations made in this and succeeding river and harbor appropriation bills, the time so employed, the compensation paid, and the place at and work on which employed.
Approved, August 5, 1886.
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