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Code · STATUTES-AT-LARGE · Vol. 26 STAT. · September 19, 1890 · Chapter 907

Chapter 907.

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CHAP. 907.— An act Making appropriations for the construction, repair, and preservation of certain public works on rivers and harbors, and for other purposes.September 19, 1890. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,River and harbor appropriations. 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 immediately available, and to be expended under the direction of the Secretary of War, for the construction, completion, repair, and Harbors.Rockland, Me.preservation of the public works hereinafter named:
Improving harbor at Rockland, Maine: Continuing improvement, thirty-seven thousand five hundred dollars. Improving harbor at York, Maine: Continuing improvement, tenYork, Me. thousand dollars. For the construction of a breakwater from Mount Desert to PorcupineMount Desert Breakwater, Me. Island, Maine: Continuing improvement, fifty thousand dollars. FIFTY-FIRST CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 907. 1890.427 Improving harbor at Portland, Maine: Continuing improvement,Portland, Me. forty thousand dollars.
Improving harbor at Camden, Maine: Continuing improvement,Camden, Me. six thousand dollars. Improving harbor at Back Cove, Portland Harbor, Maine: Continuing Back Cove, Portland, Me.improvement, twenty-five thousand dollars. Improving harbor at Rockport, Maine: Completing improvement,Rockport, Me. five thousand dollars. Improving Moose-a-bec Bar, Maine: Continuing improvement,Moose-a-bec Bar, Me. fifteen thousand dollars. Improving harbor at Belfast, Maine: Ten thousand dollars.Belfast, Me.Portsmouth, N.
H. Improving Portsmouth Harbor, New Hampshire, by removing Pier Rock to depth of twelve feet at mean low water: To complete improvement, thirteen thousand dollars. Improving harbor of refuge at Little Harbor, New Hampshire:Little Harbor, N. H. Continuing improvement, forty thousand dollars. Improving harbor at Burlington, Vermont: For repairs, twentyBurlington, Vt. thousand dollars. Improving harbor at Gordon’s Landing, Lake Champlain, Vermont:Gordon’s Landing, Vt. To complete breakwater, six thousand dollars.
Improving harbor at Boston, Massachusetts; Continuing improvement,Boston, Mass. one hundred and forty-five thousand dollars, of which sum seven thousand dollars to be used in widening Nantasket Beach Channel; twenty-five thousand dollars in extending main ship channel from its termination at the southeast corner of Grand Junction Wharf eastwardly toward Jeffrey’s Point, and twenty thousand dollars for continuing improvement of Charles River: *Provided*,*Proviso*. That no expenditure, of said twenty thousand dollars shall be made until the draws in the Arsenal street and Market street bridges, shallArsenal and Market streets bridge-draws. be made to conform to the projected channel without cost to the United States.
Improving harbor at Lynn, Massachusetts: Continuing improvement,Lynn, Mass. fifteen thousand dollars, and the engineers in charge shall expend the whole or paid of this appropriation, at their discretion within the lines of the Harbor Commissioners. Improving harbor at Nantucket, Massachusetts: Continuing improvement,Nantucket, Mass. twenty-five thousand dollars. Improving harbor at Newburyport, Massachusetts: ContinuingNewburyport, Mass. improvement, twenty-five thousand dollars.
Improving harbor at Plymouth, Massachusetts: Continuing improvementPlymouth, Mass. and repairs of work on Long Beach, eight thousand dollars. Improving harbor at Provincetown, Massachusetts: CompletingProvincetown, Mass. existing project, seven thousand five hundred dollars. Improving harbor at Scituate, Massachusetts: Continuing improvement,Scituate, Mass. ten thousand dollars. Improving harbor, at Gloucester, Massachusetts: Continuing improvement,Gloucester, Mass. fifteen thousand dollars.
Improving harbor at Wareham, Massachusetts: Continuing improvement,Wareham, Mass. five thousand dollars. Improving harbor at New Bedford, Massachusetts: Continuing improvement,New Bedford, Mass. ten thousand dollars. Improving harbor at Hingham, Massachusetts: Continuing improvement,Hingham, Mass. five thousand dollars. Improving harbor at Winthrop, Massachusetts: Continuing improvement,Winthrop, Mass. five thousand dollars. Improving harbor at Hyannis, Massachusetts: Continuing improvement,Hyannis, Mass. eight thousand dollars.
Improving harbor at Vineyard Haven, Massachusetts: Continuing improvement,Vineyard Haven Mass. ten thousand dollars. Improving harbor at Wellfleet, Massachusetts: Continuing improvement,Wellfleet, Mass. four thousand dollars. 428FIFTY-FIRST CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 907. 1890. Improving national harbor of refuge at Sandy Bay, Cape Ann,Sandy Bay, Mass. Massachusetts: Continuing improvement, one hundred and fifty-thousand dollars. Improving harbor at Manchester, Massachusetts: Continuing improvement,Manchester, Mass. five thousand dollars.
Improving Martha’s Vineyard inner harbor atMartha’s Vineyard, Mass. Edgartown, Massachusetts, for dredging, two thousand dollars. Improving Salem Harbor, including South River, Massachusetts,Salem, Mass. fourteen thousand dollars. Improving Stage Harbor at Chatham, Massachusetts,Stage, Mass. five thousand dollars. Improving Westport Harbor and East and West Branch of Westport River, Massachusetts,Westport, Mass. one thousand dollars, to be applied in extending the jetty on Horse Neck Point and to dredging in Westport Harbor.
Improving harbor at Block Island, Rhode Island: Continuing improvement, Block Island, R. I.fifteen thousand dollars; and the wharf on the land side Conveyance to New Shoreham of wharf.Wharf tolls, etc.of the inner harbor is hereby conveyed to the town of New Shoreham for the public use of said town; but no tolls or charges shall ever be exacted for the use of said wharf by public vessels of the United States or freight carried in such vessel’s. Improving harbor at Newport, Rhode Island:
Continuing improvement,Newport, R. I. twelve thousand five hundred dollars. Improving harbor at Greenwich Bay, Rhode Island: To complete,Greenwich Bay, R. I. two thousand dollars. Improving cove near southeast extremity of Coaster’s HarborCoaster’s Harbor Island, R. I. Island, Rhode Island, and waterway between said island and Rhode Island, to complete, five thousand five hundred dollars. Constructing national harbor of refuge at or near Point Judith,Point Judith, R. I. Rhode Island:
Commencing construction, seventy-five thousand, dollars. Improving harbor at Bridgeport, Connecticut: Continuing improvement,Bridgeport, Conn. twenty thousand dollars, of which fifteen thousand dollars shall be expended in constructing breakwater between the Tongue and inner beacon, and five thousand dollars to complete improvement above the bridge. Improving harbor at Black Rock, Connecticut: Continuing improvement,Black Rock, Conn. five thousand dollars. Constructing breakwaters at New Haven, Connecticut, in accordanceNew Haven, Conn. with the plans submitted by Chief of Engineers in report for eighteen hundred and eighty-nine, page six hundred and seventy-eight:
Continuing improvement, one hundred and twenty thousand dollars. Improving harbor at New Haven, Connecticut: Continuing improvement, fifteen thousand dollars. Improving harbor at Norwalk, Connecticut: Completing improvement,Norwalk, Conn. four thousand dollars. Improving harbor at Wilson’s Point, Connecticut: For widening and deepening channel,Wilson’s Point, Conn. thirty-thousand dollars. Improving harbor at Stonington, Connecticut: Continuing improvement,Stonington, Conn. twelve thousand five hundred dollars.
Improving harbor at Stamford, Connecticut: Completing improvement,Stamford, Conn. five thousand dollars. Improving harbor at Five Mile River, Connecticut: Continuing improvement,Five Mile River, Conn. five thousand dollars. Improving harbor at Milford, Connecticut: Completing improvement,Milford, Conn. two thousand five hundred dollars. Improving harbor of refuge, Duck Island Harbor, on Long Island, Sound, Connecticut:Duck Island, Conn. twenty-five thousand dollars. Improving harbor at Clinton, Connecticut:
Continuing improvement,Clinton, Conn. three thousand five hundred dollars. FIFTY-FIRST CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 907. 1890.429 Improving harbor at Buffalo, New York: Continuing improvement,Buffalo, N.Y. three hundred thousand dollars, for continuance of concrete construction and repairs and extension of breakwater. Improving breakwater at Rouse’s Point, New York: Continuing Rouse’s Point, N. Y.improvement, fifteen thousand dollars. Improving harbor at Canarsie Bay, New York: Continuing improvement,Canarsie Bay, N.
Y. five thousand dollars. Improving harbor at Charlotte, New York: Continuing improvementCharlotte, N.Y. twenty-five thousand dollars Improving harbor at Dunkirk, New York: Continuing improvement,Dunkirk, N.Y. twenty thousand dollars. Improving harbor at Flushing Bay, New York: Continuing improvement,Flushing Bay, N. Y. twenty thousand dollars. Improving channel at Gowanus Bay, New York: Continuing improvement,Gowanus Bay, N. Y. by deepening to twenty-one feet mean low water and widening the channel to four hundred feet on the northerly side from the foot of Percival street, along the wharves to the twenty-three foot curve, opposite the entrance to the Erie Basin, sixty thousand dollars.
Improving Bay Ridge Channel in Gowanus Bay, New York Harbor, by dredging out and opening the same from a point at its junction with the Gowanus Creek Channel (near Twenty-eighth street), southerly therefrom along and in front of Gowanus Bay and Bay Ridge to a point where the said Bay Ridge Channel so to be opened encounters a twenty-one foot contour or depth of water, so that the channel so to be opened shall be of a uniform depth of twenty-one feet and width of four hundred feet at low water, one hundred thousand dollars.
Improving harbor at Great Sodus Bay, New York: Continuing improvement,Great Sodus Bay, N. Y. ten thousand dollars. Improving harbor at Little Sodus Bay, New York: Continuing improvement,Little Sodus Bay, N. Y. thirteen thousand dollars. Improving harbor at Greenport, New York: Continuing improvement,Greenport, N. Y. five thousand dollars. Improving harbor at Oak Orchard, New York: Continuing improvement,Oak Orchard, N. Y. five thousand dollars. Improving harbor at Ogdensburgh, New York:
Continuing improvement,Ogdensburgh, N. Y. forty-two thousand dollars, including new project. Improving harbor at Olcott, New York: Continuing improvement,Olcott, N. Y. thirty thousand dollars: Improving harbor at Oswego, New York: Continuing improvement,Oswego, N. Y. thirty thousand dollars. Improving harbor at Rondout, New York: Repairing existing works,Rondout, N. Y. five thousand dollars. Improving Tonawanda Harbor and Niagara River, New York: Continuing improvement,Tonawanda, N, Y. seventy-five thousand dollars.
Improving New York Harbor, New York: Completing improvement,New York, N. Y. one hundred and sixty thousand dollars. Improving harbor at Saugerties, New York: Continuing improvement,Saugerties, N. Y. ten thousand dollars. Improving harbor at Port Chester, New York: Continuing improvement,Port Chester, N. Y. five thousand dollars. Improving harbor at Glen Cove, New York: Continuing improvement,Glen Cove, N. Y. fifteen thousand dollars. Improving harbor at Pultneyville, New York,Pultneyville, N.Y. two thousand dollars.
Improving channel between Staten Island and the New Jersey shore,Staten Island channel, N. Y. and N. J. New York and New Jersey: Continuing improvement, fifteen thousand dollars. Improving Arthur Kill, between Staten Island and the New JerseyArthur Kill, N. Y. and N. J. shore, New York and New Jersey: Dredging and straightening 430FIFTY-FIRST CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 907. 1890. channel near Staten Island Bridge, and removing the point of land westerly of same, seven thousand dollars.
Improving harbor at Port Jefferson Inlet on the project to give aPort Jefferson Inlet, N.Y. channel ten feet deep and two hundred feet wide, twenty-five thousand dollars. Improving harbor at Plattsburgh, New York: For repairs and extensionPlattsburgh, N. Y. of breakwater, to complete, thirty-two thousand five hundred dollars. Improving harbor at Larchmont, on Long Island Sound, NewLarchmont, N.Y. York: five thousand dollars. Improving harbor at Huntington, Long Island, New York, tenHuntington, N.Y. thousand dollars.
Improving harbor at Raritan Bay, New Jersey: Continuing improvement,Raritan Bay, N. J. forty thousand dollars, one-half of which may be used in dredging bar between South Amboy and Great Beds Light. Improving harbor at Erie, Pennsylvania: Continuing improvement,Erie, Pa. forty thousand dollars. Improving the harbor of Philadelphia: For removal of Smith’s Philadelphia, Pa., and N.J.Island and Windmill Island, in the State of Pennsylvania, and Petty’s Island, in the State of New Jersey, or such parts of them and the shoals adjacent thereto as may be required, and for the improvement of the harbor between the cities of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, *Provisos*.and Camden, New Jersey, two hundred thousand dollars: *Provided*, That contracts may be entered into by the Secretary of War for the Delaware River contracts.work required for the improvement of the Delaware River between the cities of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and Camden, New Jersey, according to the plan reported by the Board of Engineers and transmitted to Congress April seventh, eighteen hundred and eighty-eight, and printed as House Executive Document two hundred and sixty, Fiftieth Congress, first session, or such modifications thereof as may Limit of cost, etc.be determined upon by the Secretary of War: *Provided*, That the cost of the improvement shall not be thereby increased, to be paid for as appropriations may from time to time be made by law.
Improving ice-harbor at Marcus Hook, Pennsylvania: ContinuingMarcus Hook, Pa. improvement, five thousand dollars. Improving Delaware Breakwater, Delaware: Continuing improvement,Delaware Breakwater, Del. eighty thousand dollars. Improving ice-harbor at New Castle, Delaware: Completing improvement,New Castle, Del. eight thousand one hundred dollars. Improving harbor at Wilmington, Delaware: Continuing improvement,Wilmington, Del. thirty thousand dollars. The Secretary of War is directed to appoint a commission of threeCommission to report on permanent improvement. persons, one of whom shall be a civil engineer of experience in the improvement of rivers and harbors, who shall proceed to make an accurate survey of the tidal streams which form the harbor of Wilmington, Delaware, making all necessary observations to obtain all the data required for a plan for the permanent improvement of the harbor to suit the present and prospective wants of commerce and navigation; and that said commissioners shall, as soon as possible, make to the Secretary of War a report, submitting with it a plan for the improvement of said harbor.
Improving harbor at Baltimore, Maryland: Continuing improvement,Baltimore, Md.*Proviso*.Contracts. three hundred and forty thousand dollars: *Provided*, That such contracts as may be desirable may be entered into by the Secretary of War for the completion of the existing project, or any part of same, to be paid for as appropriations may from time to time be made by law. Improving harbor at Breton Bay, Maryland: Continuing improvement,Breton Bay, Md. five thousand dollars. Improving harbor at Cambridge, Maryland:
Continuing improvement,Cambridge, Md. five thousand dollars. FIFTY-FIRST CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 907. 1890.431 Improving harbor at Norfolk and its approaches, Virginia: ContinuingNorfolk, Va. improvement, one hundred and fifty thousand dollars, fifty thousand dollars of which shall be expended in improving the approach to the inner harbor and the United States navy-yard at Norfolk, by increasing anchorage between Lambert’s Point and Fort Norfolk. Improving harbor at Cape Charles City and approaches by ChentonCape Charles City, Va.
Inlet, Virginia: Twenty-five thousand dollars, for dredging only. Improving harbor at Onancock, Virginia, six thousand dollars.Onancock, Va.Beaufort, N.C. Improving harbor at Beaufort, North Carolina: Continuing improvement, fifteen thousand dollars. Improving the inland waterway between Beaufort and New River,waterway, Beaufort and New River, N. C.Charleston, S. C. North Carolina: Continuing improvement, fifteen thousand dollars. Improving harbor at Charleston, including Sullivan’s Island, South Carolina:
Continuing improvement, three hundred and seventy thousand dollars, of which five thousand dollars shall be expended on Mount Pleasant shore of inner harbor of Charleston, South Carolina. Improving harbor at Georgetown, South Carolina: ContinuingGeorgetown, S. C. improvement, eight thousand dollars. Improving Winyaw Bay, South Carolina: Continuing improvement,Winyaw Bay, S. C. one hundred thousand dollars. Improving harbor at Brunswick, Georgia: Continuing improvement,Brunswick, Ga. thirty-five thousand dollars.
Improving Cumberland Sound, Georgia and Florida: ContinuingCumberland Sound, Ga. and Fla. improvement, one hundred and twelve thousand five hundred dollars. Improving harbor at Savannah, Georgia: Continuing improvementSavannah, Ga. on extended project, three hundred and fifty thousand dollars. Improving harbor at Darien, Georgia: twenty-five thousand dollars.Darien, Ga. Improving harbor at Apalachicola Bay and the mouth of the river, Florida: Continuing improvement, twenty thousandApalachicola Bay, Fla. dollars.
Improving harbor at Cedar Keys, Florida: Continuing improvement,Cedar Keys, Fla. two thousand five hundred dollars, a part of which may be expended at Derrick Island Gap on the inside channel from Suwanee River. Improving harbor at Pensacola, Florida: Continuing improvement,Pensacola, Fla. twenty-five thousand dollars. Improving harbor at Tampa Bay, Florida: Continuing improvement,Tampa Bay, Fla. twenty-five thousand dollars. Improving entrance to harbor at Key West, Florida, forty thousandKey West, Fla. dollars.
Improving, dredging, and deepening the channel of CharlotteCharlotte Harbor, Fla. Harbor and Pease Creek, Florida, to the pier at Punta Gorda, the terminus of the Florida Southern Railroad, thirty-five thousand dollars. Improving harbor at Saint Augustine, Florida: To complete protectionSaint Augustine, Fla. from erosion, according to the estimate of Captain W. M. Black under date of May twenty-fourth, eighteen hundred and ninety, twenty thousand dollars. Improving harbor at Mobile, Alabama, up to the mouth of ChickasabogueMobile, Ala.
Creek: Continuing improvement, three hundred and fifty thousand dollars. Improving harbor at Biloxi, Mississippi: Continuing improvement,Biloxi, Miss. nine thousand dollars. Improving mouth and passes of Calcasieu River, Louisiana, accordingCalcasieu River, La. to the plan reported by Major W. H. Heuer Corps of Engineers, in eighteen hundred and eighty-six, and confirmed by Captain W. L. Fisk, Corps of Engineers, in his report of November, eighteen hundred and eighty-eight, seventy-five thousand dollars. 432FIFTY-FIRST CONGRESS.
Sess. I. Ch. 907. 1890. Improving harbor at Sabine Pass, Texas: Continuing improvement,Sabine Pass, Tex. three hundred thousand dollars, and of this amount the Secretary of War may, in his discretion, use fifty thousand dollars, or so much of said fifty thousand dollars as may be necessary, for dredging. improving and maintaining ship-channel in Galveston Bay, Texas,Galveston, Tex., ship-channel. from Bolivar Channel through Morgan’s Cut and Morgan’s Channel constructed through Morgan’s Point to the San Jacinto River, forty thousand dollars.
Improving entrance to Galveston Harbor, Texas: Continuing improvement,Galveston, Tex. five hundred thousand dollars:*Proviso*.Contracts. *Provided*, That contracts may be entered into by the Secretary of War for such materials and work as may be necessary to carry out the plan contained in the report of the Chief of Engineers for eighteen hundred and eighty-six for the improvement of that harbor, to be paid for as appropriations may from time to time be made by law. Improving harbor at Ashtabula, Ohio:
Continuing improvement,Ashtabula, Ohio. forty thousand dollars. Improving harbor at mouth of Black River, Ohio: ContinuingBlack River, Ohio. improvement, twelve thousand dollars. Improving harbor at Cleveland, Ohio: Continuing improvement,Cleveland, Ohio. seventy-five thousand dollars. Improving harbor at Fairport, Ohio: Continuing improvement,Fairport, Ohio. thirty thousand dollars, of which eight thousand seven hundred dollars may in the discretion of the Secretary of War be expended in dredging and deepening the channel of Grand River from its mouth to the new docks on the west side of the same.
The owners of dock property abutting on the East Government pier on Grand River shall have the right to load and unload coal, ore, and other freight over so much of said pier as lies north of the inner shoreline represented on map in the report of the Chief of Engineers of eighteen hundred and eighty-one; on prepayment of such rent therefor and under such limitations as to time and use and such other conditions of such right as shall be prescribed by the Secretary of War and always revocable by him, or by Congress.
Improving harbor at Huron, Ohio: Continuing improvement, inHuron, Ohio. amended project to give sixteen feet depth at low water, sixteen thousand dollars. The owners of dock property abutting on the old Government pier on the east side of Huron River shall have the right to load and unload coal, ore, and other freight over so much of said pier as lies south of the shore line of Lake Erie, under such limitations as to time and use as shall be approved by the Secretary of War said right to be always revocable by him or Congress and in consideration thereof the owners of such dock property shall, at their own propel cost and expense, sufficiently repair, renew, and protect the portion of said pier south of said shore line, and do all necessary dredging in Huron River in front thereof; all such repairs, renewals, and dredging to be done under the supervision of the Chief of Engineers of the United States Army.
Improving harbor at Sandusky, Ohio: Continuing improvement,Sandusky, Ohio. forty-five thousand dollars. Improving harbor at Toledo, Ohio: Continuing improvement, twoToledo, Ohio. hundred thousand dollars. Improving harbor at Toledo, Ohio: For clearing the old channel, five thousand dollars. For ice-harbor at the mouth of Muskingum River, Ohio: For repairs,Muskingum River, Ohio. thirty thousand dollars. Improving harbor at Port Clinton, Ohio: Continuing improvement,Port Clinton, Ohio. three thousand dollars.
Improving harbor at Vermillion, Ohio: For preservation of piers,Vermillion, Ohio. two thousand dollars. FIFTY-FIRST CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 907. 1890.433 Improving outer harbor at Michigan City, Indiana: ContinuingMichigan City, Ind. improvement, fifty thousand dollars. Improving inner harbor at Michigan City, Indiana: Continuing improvement, seven thousand five hundred dollars, of which two thousand five hundred dollars may be expended for a new dump-scow. Improving harbor at Calumet, Illinois:
Continuing improvement,Calumet, Ill. twenty thousand dollars. Improving harbor at Chicago, Illinois: Continuing improvement,Chicago, Ill. one hundred thousand dollars. Improving harbor at Waukegan, Illinois: Continuing improvement,Waukegan, Ill. thirty-five thousand dollars. Improving harbor at Charlevoix and entrance to Pine Lake,Charlevoix, Mich. Michigan: Continuing improvement, nine thousand dollars. Improving harbor at Frankfort, Michigan: Continuing improvement,Frankfort, Mich. ten thousand dollars.
Improving harbor at Grand Haven, Michigan: Continuing improvement,Grand Haven, Mich. seventy-five thousand dollars. Improving harbor of refuge at Grand Marais, Michigan: Continuing improvement,Grand Marais, Mich fifty thousand dollars. Improving harbor at Manistee, Michigan: Continuing improvement,Manistee, Mich. fifty thousand dollars. Improving harbor at Black Lake, Michigan: Continuing improvement,Black Lake, Mich. ten thousand dollars. Improving harbor at Monroe, Michigan;
Continuing improvement,Monroe, Mich. five thousand dollars. Improving harbor at Muskegon, Michigan: Continuing improvement,Muskegon, Mich. fifty thousand dollars, thirty-four thousand dollars of which to close gap as recommended by engineer in charge. Improving harbor at Ontonagon, Michigan: Continuing improvement,Ontonagon, Mich. ten thousand dollars. Improving harbor at Pentwater, Michigan: Continuing improvement,Pentwater, Mich. eight thousand dollars. Improving harbor of refuge at Portage Lake, Michigan:
ContinuingPortage Lake, Mich. improvement, eight thousand dollars. Improving harbor of refuge at Sand Beach, Michigan: For repairs,Sand Beach, Mich. custody, and control of harbor and dredging the same, thirty thousand dollars. Improving harbor at Saint Joseph, Michigan: Continuing improvement,Saint Joseph, Mich. twenty thousand dollars, five thousand dollars of which shall be expended on the water channel leading to Benton Harbor. Improving harbor at South Haven, Michigan: Continuing improvement,South Haven, Mich. fifteen thousand dollars.
Improving harbor at White River, Michigan: Continuing improvement,White River, Mich. seventeen thousand dollars. Improving harbor at Marquette, Michigan: Continuing improvement,Marquette, Mich. forty thousand dollars. Improving harbor at Thunder Bay, Michigan: To restore fourteen-footThunder Bay, Mich. channel, five thousand five hundred dollars. Improving harbor at Petoskey, Michigan: For breakwater andPetoskey, Wis. harbor of refuge, fifteen thousand dollars. Improving harbor at Ahnapee, Wisconsin:
Continuing improvement,Ahnapee, Wis. six thousand dollars. Improving harbor at Green Bay, Wisconsin: Continuing improvement,Green Bay, Wis. ten thousand dollars. Improving harbor at Kenosha, Wisconsin: Continuing improvement,Kenosha, Wig. seventeen thousand five hundred dollars, two thousand five hundred dollars of the above appropriation to be expended in dredging the inner harbor. Improving harbor at Kewaunee, Wisconsin: Continuing improvementKewaunee, Wis., twenty thousand dollars. 434FIFTY-FIRST CONGRESS.
Sess. I. Ch. 907. 1890. Improving harbor at Manitowoc, Wisconsin: Completing improvement,Manitowoc, Wis. eight thousand dollars; and the engineer in charge, with the approval of the Secretary of War, may use such part of the above appropriation in the construction of an outer breakwater as he may deem proper. Improving harbor of refuge at Milwaukee, Wisconsin: ContinuingMilwaukee, Wis. improvement, eighty thousand dollars. Improving harbor at Milwaukee, Wisconsin: Continuing improvement, six thousand dollars.
Improving harbor at Port Washington, Wisconsin: ContinuingPort Washington, Wis. improvement, three thousand dollars. Improving harbor at Racine, Wisconsin: Continuing improvement,Racine, Wis. seventeen thousand five hundred dollars. Improving harbor at Superior Bay and Saint Louis Bay, Wisconsin:Superior and Saint Louis Bays, Wis. Continuing improvement, sixty-five thousand dollars. Improving harbor at Sheboygan, Wisconsin: Continuing improvement,Sheboygan, Wis. fifteen thousand dollars.
Improving harbor at Ashland, Wisconsin: Continuing improvement,Ashland, Wis. sixty thousand dollars. Improving harbor at Two Rivers, Wisconsin: Continuing improvement,Two Rivers, Wis. three thousand dollars. Improving Sturgeon Bay Canal harbor of refuge: For maintenanceSturgeon Bay Canal. of channel and piers, three thousand dollars. Improving Minnesota Point at Superior, Wisconsin: For the preservationMinnesota Point, Wis. of said point and the protection of the harbor at Superior Bay by the construction of sand fences, four thousand eight hundred and ninety-five dollars.
Improving harbor at Duluth, Minnesota: Continuing improvement,Duluth, Minn. one hundred thousand dollars, of which sum forty thousand dollars shall be expended on the harbor basin and new channel east of Rice’s Point and in the preservation and maintenance of the canal and piers at the harbor entrance, and sixty thousand dollars shall be expended on the channel west of Rice’s Point and from thence along the northern shore of Saint Louis Bay to Grassy Point. Improving harbor at Grand Marais, Minnesota:
Continuing improvement,Grand Marais, Minn. twenty-two thousand three hundred and fifty dollars. Improving harbor at Agate Bay, Minnesota: Continuing improvement,Agate Bay, Minn. twenty-five thousand dollars. Improving harbor at Humboldt, California: Continuing improvement,Humboldt, Cal. eighty thousand dollars. Improving harbor at Oakland, California: Continuing improvement,Oakland, Cal. two hundred and fifty thousand dollars, one half of which may, in the discretion of the Secretary of War, be expended in dredging the entrance to the harbor.
Improving harbor at Wilmington, California: Continuing improvement,Wilmington, Cat thirty-four thousand dollars. Improving harbor at San Luis Obispo, California: Continuing improvement,San Luis Obispo, Cal. forty thousand dollars. Improving harbor at San Diego, California, sixty thousand fiveSan Diego, Cal. hundred dollars, of which sum five hundred dollars shall be expended for repairs, eight thousand dollars for dredging, and the remainder to commence construction of jetty on Zuninga Shoals.
That the Secretary of War is authorized and directed to appoint aBoard to project deepwater harbor, between Points Dunin and Capistrano, Pacific Coast. board of three engineer officers of the United States Army, whose duty it shall be to examine the Pacific Coast between Points Duma and Capistrano with a view to determining the best location for a Report, etc.deep-water harbor. The said board shall report to the Secretary of War a project for said harbor, with the estimated cost of the same, who shall lay said report before Congress at its next session, with the views of the commission and of the Chief of Engineers of the United States Army thereon; and the sum of five thousand dollars, FIFTY-FIRST CONGRESS.
Sess. I. Ch. 907. 1890.435 or so much thereof as may be necessary, is hereby appropriated for the purpose. Improving entrance to harbor at Coos Bay, Oregon: ContinuingCoos Bay, Oreg. improvement, one hundred and twenty-five thousand dollars. Improving harbor at Yaquina Bay, Oregon: Continuing improvement,Yaquina Bay, Oreg. one hundred and sixty-five thousand dollars. Improving harbor at Tillamook Bay, Oregon: Completing improvement,Tillamook Bay, Oreg. five hundred dollars. Improving entrance to harbor at Nehalem Bay, Oregon, ten thousandNehalem Bay, Oreg. dollars for commencement of jetty construction.
The Secretary of War is authorized and directed to appoint aBoard to report on reduced project, etc., for harbor of refuge at Port Orford, Oreg. board of three officers of the Corps of Engineers, United States Army, whose duty it shall be to reexamine the harbor at Port Orford, in the State of Oregon, with a view of minimizing the project and estimates of the proposed improvement for a harbor of refuge at that point to such proportions as will largely reduce the original estimate of the cost of such improvement heretofore made under the direction of the Secretary of War in pursuance of the previous action of Congress, and to report to the Secretary of War, on or before the first Monday in December next, the result of such reexamination, together with the reduced estimate of the cost of such improvement,’ in the event that such board shall determine that the same can be made on a less expensive scale than originally recommended, and the cost of such reexamination and re-estimate shall be paid by the Secretary of War out of the one hundred and fifty thousand dollars heretofore appropriated for the commencement of a breakwater at such point: *Provided, however*, That such*Proviso*.Limit of cost.Purchase of Portage Lake and River Improvement Company Canal and Lake Superior Ship-Canal, Railway, and Iron Company Canal, etc., Mich. expense shall not exceed the sum of five thousand dollars.
For the purchase of the two canals known as the Portage Lake and River Improvement Company Canal, from Keweenaw Bay to Portage Lake, and the Lake Superior Ship-Canal, Railway, and Iron Company Canal, from Portage Lake to Lake Superior, being the water communication across Keweenaw Point, Lake Superior, from Keweenaw Bay to Lake Superior, in the State of Michigan, by way of the Portage River and Lake and the artificial cut made by said companies to render them available to commerce and navigation, together with the works of improvement on Portage Lake; the harbor works upon Lake Superior and Keweenaw Bay, with all lands and franchises connected therewith, free from all incumbrances, three hundred and fifty thousand dollars: *Provided*, That*Provisos*.Operating, etc., expenses. for the purpose of preserving and continuing the use and navigation of said canals, the sum of ten thousand dollars for each of the present and the next fiscal year be appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, or so much thereof as may be necessary, to pay the actual expenses of operating and keeping said canals in repair: and that an itemized statement of said expenses shall accompany the annual report of the Chief of Engineers:Report. *And provided further*, That no money appropriated for this purpose shall be available until a valid title to all of said premises shall beTitle. vested in the United States, nor until the State of Michigan shall have ceded to the United States exclusive jurisdiction over the same,Jurisdiction. during the time the United States shall be or remain the owner thereof, for all purposes except the administration of the criminal laws of said State and the service of civil process on the lands and right of way so convoyed.
The balance of the appropriation, to wit,Available balance. five thousand one hundred and twenty-eight dollars and seventy cents, for examination of Portage Lake and Lake Superior Ship Canals, contained in the river and harbor act of August fifth, eighteenVol. 23, p. 325. hundred and eighty-six, is hereby made available for each and every purpose connected with the establishment of new harbor lines in Portage Lake under the provisions of the act of June twentieth,*Ante*, p. 163. 436FIFTY-FIRST CONGRESS.
Sess. I. Ch. 907. 1890. eighteen hundred and ninety, authorizing and directing said establishment. Improving Bagaduce River, Maine: Continuing improvement,Bagaduce River, Me. four thousand dollars. Improving Penobscot River, Maine: Continuing improvement,Penobscot River, Me. and for dredging near Stern’s mill, twenty five thousand dollars Improving Narragaugus River, Maine: Continuing improvement,Narragaugus River, Me. seven thousand five hundred dollars. Improving Kennebec River, Maine:
Continuing improvement,Kennebec River, Me. fifty thousand dollars. Improving Saco River, Maine: Continuing improvement, includingSaco River, Me. breakwater and the construction of a proposed jetty opposite the *Proviso*.same, sixty-five thousand dollars: *Provided*, That the whole of said sum may be used in the discretion of the Secretary of War in the Jetty.Horrisseckit River, Me.Saint Croix River, Me.Conditional.construction of said proposed jetty. Improving Harrisseckit River, Maine, ten thousand dollars.
Improving Saint Croix River, Maine, thirty-five thousand dollars: but upon the condition that the Government of the Dominion or Canada shall expend a like sum in the improvement of said river. Improving Kennebunk River, Maine, at or near its mouth, twentyKennebunk River, Me. thousand dollars, the entire amount to be expended in repairs if necessary. Improving Pleasant River, Maine: To complete improvement,Pleasant River, Me. three thousand five hundred dollars. Improving Bellamy River, New Hampshire:
Continuing improvement,Bellamy River, N.H. ten thousand dollars. Improving Cocheco River, New Hampshire, twenty-five thousandCocheco River, N.H. dollars. Improving Otter Creek, Vermont: Continuing improvement fiveOtter Creek, Vt. thousand dollars. Improving Powow River, Massachusetts: Continuing improvement,Powow River, Mass.*Proviso*. five thousand dollars: *Provided*, That this sum shall not be expended until the towns of Amesbury and Salisbury, or either of Draw in bridge.them, shall have caused such a draw to be placed m the present bridge over said river as may be approved by the Secretary of War.
Improving Taunton River, Massachusetts: Continuing improvement,Taunton River, Mass. seven thousand dollars. Improving Merrimac River at Mitchell’s Falls, Massachusetts:Merrimac River, Mass. Continuing improvement, ten thousand dollars. Improving Weymouth River, Massachusetts: ten thousandWeymouth River, Mass dollars. Improving Pawtucket River, Rhode Island:Pawtucket River, R.I. Continuing improvement, thirty thousand dollars. Improving Providence River and Narragansett Bay, Rhode Island,Providence River, R.
I. Continuing improvement, fifty thousand dollars. Improving Green Jacket Shoal, Providence River, Rhode Island: Continuing improvement, twenty-five thousand dollars. Improving Pawcatuck River, Rhode Island: Completing improvement,Pawcatuck River, R. I. sixteen thousand six hundred dollars. Improving Connecticut River below Hartford, Connecticut:Connecticut River, Conn. Continuing improvement, twelve thousand five hundred dollars. Improving Housatonic River and for breakwater, Connecticut:
Continuing Housatonic River, Conn.improvement, thirty-five thousand dollars. Improving Thames River, Connecticut, Continuing improvement,Thames River, Conn. twenty thousand dollars, which may be expended at any point between Norwich and New-London. Improving Mystic River, Connecticut, ten thousand dollars. Improving Hudson River, New York: Continuing improvement,Mystic River, Conn.Hudson River, N. Y. one hundred and fifty thousand dollars. Improving Newtown Creek and Bay, New York:
Continuing improvement,Newtown Creek, N.Y. thirty-five thousand dollars, one fourth of said sum to be expended on the main branch of said creek between Maspeth FIFTY-FIRST CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 907. 1890.437avenue and Metropolitan avenue, and one fourth of said sum to be expended on the English Kills Branch of said creek. Improving East River and Hell Gate, New York: RemovingEast River, N. Y. obstructions, two hundred thousand dollars. Improving Harlem River, New York: Continuing improvement,Harlem River, N.Y.Secretary of War to replace low bridges with high ones. two hundred and fifty thousand dollars; and the Secretary of War is directed to cause the low bridges now crossing said Harlem River to be replaced by other bridges at the expense of the owners thereof as soon as the necessaryLegislation.Approaches. legislation, if any such legislation be necessary, shall have enabled the change in grade to the approaches of said bridges, thus required, to be made, the owners of said bridges being allowed a reasonable time in which to complete the work necessary for said approaches.
Said bridges shall leave a clear space, betweenHeight of bridges. the under sides thereof and the high water of spring tides, of twenty four feet, and shall be provided with draw-spans and draws of theDraw-spans and draws. width and length to be determined by the Secretary of War, and shall in all respects comply with this law and conform to the requirements of the Secretary of War: *Provided*, That the Secretary of*Proviso*.Opening of draws for steam-vessels only. War shall prescribe the times and regulations for the opening and operating of the draws in said bridges, but said draws shall not be opened except for vessels propelled by steam with or without vessels in tow; nor shall they be required to be opened at any times otherTime limit. than between ten o’clock in the forenoon and five o’clock in the afternoon.
Improving Grass River, New York: Completing improvement,Grass River, N. Y. six thousand dollars. Improving Great Chazy River, New York, from its mouth onGreat Chazy River, N.Y. Lake Champlain to Champlain Village, ten thousand dollars. Improving Patchogue River, New York, fifteen thousand dollars.Patchogue River.Ticonderoga River. Improving Ticonderoga River, New York: Continuing improvement two thousand dollars. Improving Wappinger’s Creek, New York, from the falls to itsWappinger’s Creek, N.Y. mouth, thirteen thousand dollars.
Improving Brown’s Creek, Sayville, Long Island, New York,Brown’s Creek, N.Y. twelve thousand dollars. Improving shoal between Sister Islands and the Cross over light,Shoal in Saint Lawrence River, N.Y. Saint Lawrence River, New York, five thousand dollars. Improving Passaic River above Newark, New Jersey: Continuing Passaic River above Newark, N. J.improvement, five thousand one hundred dollars, one thousand five hundred dollars of which, or so much thereof as may be necessary, shall be expended in making an examination and survey of said river.
Improving Maurice River, New Jersey: Continuing improvement,Maurice River, N. J. eight thousand dollars. Improving Passaic River below Newark, New Jersey: ContinuingPassaic River below Newark, N. J. improvement, forty thousand dollars. Improving Raritan River, New Jersey: Continuing improvement,Raritan River, N. J. fifty thousand dollars. Improving Shrewsbury River, New Jersey: Continuing improvement,Shrewsbury River, N.J. ten thousand dollars, one-half of which shall be expended on the South Branch.
Improving South River, New Jersey: Continuing improvement,South River, N. J. five thousand dollars. Improving Squan River, New Jersey, by the removal of obstructionsSquan River, N. J. placed by the Government at the mouth of said river, if, in the discretion of the Secretary of War, the same should be done, two thousand dollars. Improving Shoal Harbor and Compton’s Creek, New Jersey, so asShoal Harbor and Compton’s Creek, N.J. to give a channel four feet deep at mean low water, five thousand dollars.
Improving Elizabeth River, New Jersey, five thousand dollars.Elizabeth River, N.J. 438FIFTY-FIRST CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 907. 1890. Improving Mattawan Creek, New Jersey, two thousand five hundredMattawan Creek, N.J. dollars. Improving Alloway Creek, New Jersey, six thousand dollars.Alloway Creek, N. J.Allegheny River, Pa. Improving Allegheny River, Pennsylvania: Continuing improvement, twenty thousand dollars. Improving Schuylkill River, Pennsylvania: Continuing improvement,Schuylkill River, Pa. forty-five thousand dollars.
Improving Delaware River, Pennsylvania and New Jersey: CotinuingDelaware River, Pa., and N. J. improvement, from Trenton to its mouth, two hundred and fifty thousand dollars, ten thousand dollars of which shall be Rancocas River.expended in continuing improvement on the Rancocas River, one of the tidal tributaries of said river. For continuing construction of the dam at Herr’s Island in AlleghenyHerr’s Island Dam, Allegheny River, Pa. River, near Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, thirty-five thousand dollars.
That whenever the proceedings commenced by the United StatesUpon condemnation, etc., of lock and dam No. 7, etc., purchase of lock and dam No. 6, etc., from Monongahela Navigation Company, authorized. against the Monongahela Navigation Company, à corporation organized under the laws of Pennsylvania to condemn lock and dam number seven constituting a part of the improvement in water communication in the Monongahela River between Pittsburgh in the State of Pennsylvania, and a point at or near Morgantown in the State of West Virginia, shall be finally determined, and the United States shall have acquired the title to said lock and dam number seven and its appurtenances, the Secretary of War be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to negotiate for and purchase, at a cost not to exceed one hundred and sixty-two thousand dollars, lock and dam number six and its appurtenances, of the Monongahela Navigation Company, also constituting a part of said improvement.
And the Appropriation for purchase.sum of one hundred and sixty two thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, is hereby appropriated out of any moneys in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for consummating said purchase, the same to be paid on the warrant of the Secretary of War, upon full and absolute conveyance to the United States of the said lock and dam number six and its appurtenances, of the said Monongahela Navigation Company. In the event of the inability of the Secretary of War to make voluntaryCondemnation procedings on failure to purchase. purchase of said lock and dam number six and its appurtenances for said sum of one hundred and sixty two thousand dollars, or a less sum, then the Secretary of War is hereby authorized and directed to institute and carry to completion proceedings for the condemnation of said lock and dam number six and its appurtenances, said condemnation proceedings to be as prescribed and regulated by the provisions of the general railroad law of Pennsylvania, approved February nineteenth, eighteen hundred and forty-nine, and its supplements, except that the United States shall not be required to give any bond, and except that jurisdiction of said proceedings is hereby given to the circuit court of the United States for the western district of Pennsylvania with right of appeal by either party to the *Proviso*.Estimating value.Supreme Court of the United States: *Provided*, That in estimating the sum to be paid by the United States, the franchise of said corporation to collect tolls shall not be considered or estimated; and the sum of five thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, is hereby appropriated, out of any moneys in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to pay the necessary costs of said condemnation proceedings; and upon final judgment being entered therein the Secretary of War, if in his opinion the judgment is reasonable, is hereby authorized and directed to draw his warrant on the Treasury for the amount of said judgment and costs, and said amount for the payment thereof is hereby appropriated out of any moneys in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated.
And when said lock’ and dam number six and its appurtenances shall have been acquired by the Operating expenses.United States, whether by purchase or condemnation, the Secretary FIFTY-FIRST CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 907. 1890.439 of War shall take charge thereof, and the same shall thereafter be subject to the provisions of section four of an act entitled “An actVol. 23, p. 147. making appropriations for the construction, repair, and preservation for certain public work on rivers and harbors, and for other purposes,” approved July fifth, eighteen hundred and eighty-four.
Improving the Ohio River by the construction of a movable damOhio River, Pa. at or below the mouth of Beaver River, Pennsylvania, at such locality as the Secretary of War may consider most advantageous, two hundred and fifty thousand dollars. Improving Appoquinnimink River and the mouth of the same,Appoquinnimink River, Del. Delaware, five thousand dollars. Improving Smyrna River, Delaware: Continuing improvement,Smyrna River, Del. five thousand dollars. Improving Choptank River, Maryland:
Continuing improvement,Choptank River, Md. seven thousand five hundred dollars. Improving Susquehanna River, Maryland and Pennsylvania: Continuing Susquehanna River, Md. and Pa.improvement, four thousand dollars, to be expended above the Philadelphia, Wilmington and Baltimore Railroad Bridge. Improving Fairlee Creek or Inlet, Maryland: Continuing improvement,Fairlee Creek, Md. five thousand dollars. Improving Patuxent River, Maryland, continuing improvement,Patuxent River, Md. six thousand dollars.
Improving Wicomico River, Maryland, ten thousand dollars.Wicomico River, Md.Manokin River, Md. Improving Manokin River, Maryland, seven thousand five hundred dollars. Improving Chester River, Maryland, five thousand dollars, from Chester River, Md.Crumpton to Jones’ Landing. Improving Elk River, Maryland, ten thousand dollars.Elk River, Md.North East River, Md. Improving North East River, Maryland, two thousand five hundred dollars. Improving Potomac River at Washington: Continuing improvement,Potomac River, D.
C. two hundred and eighty thousand dollars, of which twenty thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, may be expended on the channel in the Eastern Branch between the navy-yard and Giesborough Point. Improving Appomattox River, Virginia: Continuing improvement,Appomattox River Va. fifteen thousand dollars. Improving Chickahominy River, Virginia: Continuing improvement,Chickahominy River. two thousand five hundred dollars. Improving James River, Virginia: Continuing improvement, twoJames River, Va.*Proviso*. hundred thousand dollars: *Provided*, That three thousand five hundred dollars of this amount, or so much thereof as may be necessary, may be expended in the discretion of the Secretary of War in removing” the bar at the mouth of Turkey Island Creek or Bayou.Turkey island Creek.Mattaponi River, Va.
Improving Mattaponi River, Virginia: Continuing improvement, three thousand dollars, fifteen hundred dollars of which may be expended above Ayletts. Improving channel at Mount Vernon: To complete, two thousandPotomac River, Mount Vernon, Va. five hundred dollars. Improving Nomini Creek, Virginia: Continuing improvement,Nomini Creek, Va. five thousand dollars Improving Pamunkey River, Virginia Continuing improvement,Pamunkey River, Va. three thousand dollars. Improving Rappahannock River, Virginia:
Continuing improvement,Rappahannock River, Va. fifteen thousand dollars. Improving Staunton River, Virginia: Continuing improvement,Staunton River, Va. eight thousand dollars on the consolidated project. Improving Urbana Creek: Continuing improvement,Urbana Creek, Va. three thousand dollars. Improving York River, Virginia: Continuing improvement,York River, Va. thirty thousand dollars. 440FIFTY-FIRST CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 907. 1890. Improving by dredging and otherwise the inland water-way from Water-way, Chincoteague Bay, Va., to Delaware Bay, Del.Chincoteague Bay, Virginia to Delaware Bay at or near Lewes, Delaware, to be used from Chincoteague Bay to Delaware Bay:
Continuing improvement, fifty thousand dollars, no part of which shall be expended until the right of way is secured free of cost to the United States. Improving Nansemond River, Virginia: Continuing improvement,Nansemond River, Va. ten thousand dollars. Improving Hampton Creek and Bar, Virginia: To complete improvementHampton Creek, Va. ten thousand dollars. Improving Occoquan Creek, Virginia: ten thousand dollars.Occoquan Creek, Va.Acquia Creek, Va.Big Sandy River, W. Va. and Ky.
Improving Acquia Creek, Virginia: ten thousand dollars. Improving Big Sandy River, West Virginia and Kentucky: To complete improvement, thirty-one thousand dollars. Improving Elk River, West Virginia: Continuing improvement,Elk River, W, Va. two thousand five hundred dollars. Improving Buchannon River, West Virginia: Continuing improvement,Buchannon River, W. Va. one thousand dollars. Improving Great Kanawha River, West Virginia: Continuing improvement,Great Kanawha River, W.
Va. three hundred thousand dollars. Improving Guyandotte River, West Virginia: To complete improvement,Guyandotte River, W, Va. two thousand dollars. Improving Little Kanawha River, West Virginia: To completeLittle Kanawha River, W. Va.Tolls prohibited. projected lock and dam, forty thousand dollars, but no toll shall be collected by any person or corporation for this improved navigation, and such right, it 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 Gauley River, West Virginia: Continuing improvement,Gauley River, W. Va. three thousand dollars. Improving Tug Fork of Big Sandy River, Kentucky and WestBig Sandy River, Ky. and W. Va.Tug Fork. Virginia: For snagging and the removal of other obstructions, two’ thousand five hundred dollars. Improving Levisa Fork of Big Sandy River, Kentucky: ForLevisa Fork. snagging and the removal of other obstructions, two thousand five hundred dollars. Improving Cheat River, West Virginia:
To complete improvement,Cheat River, W. Va. thirteen thousand dollars. Improving Cape Fear River, North Carolina, above Wilmington:Cape Fear River, N. C.Above Wilmington.At and below Wilmington. Continuing improvement, fifteen thousand dollars. Improving Cape Fear River at and below Wilmington, North Carolina, one hundred and seventy thousand dollars. Improving Contentnia Creek, North Carolina: Continuing improvement,Contentnia Creek, N.C. seven thousand dollars. Improving inland water route from Norfolk Harbor, Virginia, toWater route, Currituck Sound Norfolk, Va., to Albemarle Sound, N.
C. Albemarle Sound, North Carolina, through Currituck Sound: Continuing improvement, ten thousand dollars. Improving Neuse River, up to Smithfield, North Carolina:Neuse River, N. C. Continuing improvement, twenty thousand dollars. Improving New River, North Carolina: Continuing improvement,New River, N. C. five thousand dollars. Improving Pamlico and Tar Rivers, including the Tar River from Tarboro Pamlico and Tar Rivers, N. C.to Little Falls, North Carolina: Continuing improvement, ten thousand dollars.
Improving Trent River, North Carolina: Continuing improvement,Trent River, N.C. five thousand dollars. Improving Lumber River, North Carolina and South Carolina:Lumber River, N. C. and S. C. Continuing improvement, five thousand dollars. Improving Roanoke River, North Carolina: Continuing improvement,Roanoke River, N. C. from its mouth to Clarksville, twenty-five thousand dollars. Improving Yadkin River, North Carolina, up to Bailey’s Ferry, North Carolina:Yadkin River, N. C.
Continuing improvement, five thousand dollars. FIFTY-FIRST CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 907. 1890.441 Improving Ocracoke Inlet, North Carolina, ninety thousand dollars.Ocracoke Inlet, N. C. Improving Mackey’s Creek, North Carolina, fifteen thousand dollarsMackey’s Creek, N.C. to complete the project for nine feet depth of channel. Improving North East (Cape Fear) River, North Carolina, so farNorth East (Capo Fear) River, N. C. as to clear out its natural obstructions from Wilmington up to Kornegay’s Bridge, five thousand dollars.
Improving water way between New River and Swansboro, North Carolina,Water way, New River to Swansboro, N. C.Lockwood’s Folly River, N. C. five thousand dollars. Improving Lockwood’s Folly River, North Carolina, five thousand dollars. Improving Fishing Creek, North Carolina, from its mouth toFishing Creek, N. C. Bellamy’s Mill, so far as to remove its natural obstructions, ten thousand dollars: *Provided*, That no part of this sum shall be expended*Proviso*.Draws in bridges. until the bridges over that part of said river to be improved have been removed or suitable draws have been provided in the same, so as not to obstruct the navigation of said river.
Improving Pasquotank River, North Carolina, three thousand dollars.Pasquotank River, N.C. Improving Edisto River, South Carolina: Continuing improvement,Edisto River, S. C. five thousand dollars, which shall be expended in equal sums in the north and south forks of said river. Improving Great Pee Dee River, South Carolina: Continuing improvement,Great Pee Dee River, S.C. twelve thousand five hundred dollars. Improving Salkiehatchie River, South Carolina: To complete existingSalkiehatchie River, S.
C. project, five thousand dollars. Improving Santee River, South Carolina: Continuing improvement,Santee River, S. C. thirty thousand dollars, to be used in snagging and in making new cut between Estherville and Minim Creek, as recommended by the engineer in charge of the improvement of said river. Improving Waccamaw River to Waccamaw Lake, North CarolinaWaccamaw River, N. C. and S. C. and South Carolina: Continuing improvement, twelve thousand five hundred dollars. Improving Wappoo Cut, South Carolina:
Continuing improvement,Wappoo Cut, S. C. ten thousand dollars. Improving Wateree River, South Carolina: Completing improvement,Wateree River, S. C.*Proviso*. twelve thousand five hundred dollars: *Provided*, That no part of said appropriation shall be expended until the Wilmington, Columbia and Augusta Railroad Company and the Camden branch of the South Carolina Railway Company shall have built suitable draw-spansDraw-span in bridges. in their bridges over said river, to be approved by the Secretary of War.
Improving Congaree River, South Carolina: Continuing improvement,Congaree River, S.C.*Proviso*. five thousand dollars: *Provided*, That no part of said appropriation shall be expended until the South Carolina Railroad Company have built a suitable draw-span in its bridge over said river,Draw-span in bridge. to be approved by the Secretary of War. Improving Mingo Creek, South Carolina: Continuing improvement,Mingo Creek, S.C. five thousand dollars. Improving Clark’s River, South Carolina:
Continuing improvement,Clark’s River, S.C. two thousand five hundred dollars. Improving Little Pee Dee River, South Carolina: Continuing improvement,Little Pee Dee River, S.C. five thousand dollars. Improving Beaufort River, South Carolina, or that part of itBeaufort River, S. C. known as Brickyard Creek, at the point called Brickyard, near Coosaw Mouth, twelve thousand five hundred dollars. Improving Altamaha River, Georgia, Continuing improvement,Altamaha River, Ga. fifteen thousand dollars.
Improving Chattahoochee River, Georgia and Alabama: ContinuingChattahoochee River, Ga. and Ala. improvement twenty thousand dollars. Improving the Coosa River in Georgia and Alabama, betweenCoosa River, Ga. and Ala. Rome, in Georgia, and the East Tennessee, Virginia and Georgia 442FIFTY-FIRST CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 907. 1890. Railroad Bridge, in Alabama: Continuing improvement under approved existing project, one hundred and fifty thousand dollars. Also for improving said river between Wetumpka, in Alabama, and said East Tennessee, Virginia and Georgia Railroad Bridge, work to be commenced at Wetumpka end, one hundred and fifty thousand dollars, of which so much as may be necessary is authorized to be Purchase, etc., of needed lauds.expended in acquiring, by purchase or condemnation under the laws of Alabama, the lands needed in making such improvement, as the Character of improvement.same become necessary; such improvement to be made in harmony with the existing approved project for the improvement of the Coosa Locks.River between Rome and said bridge; locks to be forty feet wide and two hundred and ten feet between miter sills.
Improving Flint River, Georgia, Continuing improvement, twentyFlint River, Ga. thousand dollars, of which five thousand dollars are to be expended between Albany and Montezuma, and fifteen thousand below Albany. Improving Ocmulgee River Georgia: Continuing and extendingOcmulgee River, Ga. improvement, thirty thousand dollars, of which fifteen thousand dollars are to be expended between Macon and Hawkinsville and fifteen thousand dollars between Hawkinsville and its mouth. Improving Oconee River, Georgia:
Continuing and extending improvement,Oconee River, Ga. twenty-five thousand dollars, of which five thousand dollars are to be expended between Milledgeville and the Central Railroad Bridge. Improving the Savannah River, between Augusta and Savannah:Savannah River, Ga. Continuing improvement, twenty-five thousand dollars. Improving Jekyl Creek, Georgia: Continuing improvement, sevenJekyl Creek, Ga. thousand five hundred dollars. Improving Apalachicola River, Florida: To maintain existingApalachicola River, Fla. works, including Lee’s Slough, two thousand dollars.
Improving Choctawhatchie River, Florida and Alabama: ContinuingChoctawhatchie River, Fla. and Ala. improvement under existing projects, and to secure low-water navigation between Geneva and Newton, twelve thousand five *Proviso*.Draw in Hollis’s Bridge.hundred dollars: *Provided*, That no part of said sum shall be expended above Hollis’s Bridge until a draw, approved by the Secretary of War, is put in said bridge. Improving Escambia and Conecuh Rivers, Florida and Alabama:Escambia and Conecuh Rivers, Fla. and Ala.Manatee River, Fla.
Continuing improvement, seven thousand five hundred dollars. Improving Manatee River, Florida: Continuing improvement, six thousand dollars. Improving Saint John’s River, Florida, from Jacksonville to theSaint John’s River, Fla. ocean, including the channel over the bar at the mouth: Continuing improvement, one hundred and seventy thousand dollars. Improving Suwanee River, Florida: Continuing improvement,Suwanee River, Fla. three thousand dollars, a part of which may be expended on the inside channel to Cedar Keys.
Improving Volusia Bar, Florida: For repairs, five hundred dollars.Volusia Bar, Fla. Improving Withlacoochee River, Florida: Completing improvement,Withlacoochee River, Fla. five thousand four hundred dollars. Improving Caloosahatchee River, Florida: To complete improvement,Caloosahatchee River, Fla. three thousand six hundred dollars. Improving La Grange Bayou, Florida: Continuing improvementLa Grange Bayou, Fla. of Holmes River, three thousand dollars. Improving Ocklawaha River, Florida, to Leesburgh on LakeOcklawaha River, Fla.
Griffin, ten thousand dollars. Improving Sarasota Bay, from Tampa Bay to Sarasota, Florida,Sarasota Bay, Fla. as recommended by W. M. Black, captain of engineers, in his report of November twenty-seventh, eighteen hundred and eighty-nine, five thousand dollars. Improving Alabama River, Alabama: Continuing improvement,Alabama River, Ala twenty thousand dollars. FIFTY-FIRST CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 907. 1890.443 Improving Black Warrior River, Alabama, from Tuscaloosa toBlack Warrior River, Ala.
Daniel’s Creek: Continuing improvement, one hundred and fifty thousand dollars. Improving Tallapoosa River, Alabama: Maintaining existingTallapoosa River, Ala. works, four thousand dollars. Improving Cahawba River, Alabama: The existing provision restrictingCahawba River, Ala. the expenditure of the balance now available for the improvementVol. 24, p. 321, proviso repealed.Available balance. of said river is hereby repealed, and said balance shall be expended in continuing the improvement thereof.
Improving Tombigbee and Warrior Rivers, Alabama: ExtendingTombigbee and Warrior Rivers, Ala. improvement so as to secure six feet draught at low water, from the mouth of Tombigbee River to Tuscaloosa, Alabama, one hundred thousand dollars, of which fifty-five thousand dollars to be expended on the Tombigbee and forty-five thousand dollars on the Warrior; so much of said sums as may be necessary is authorized to be expendedAcquisition of needed lands. in acquiring by purchase or condemnation under the laws of Alabama, the lands needed in making such improvements.
Improving Tombigbee River from Demopolis, Alabama, to Columbus,Tombigbee River, Ala. and Miss. Mississippi: Extending improvement to secure six feet draught at low water, fifteen thousand dollars. Improving Tombigbee River from Walker’s Bridge to Fulton: Continuing improvement, four thousand dollars. Improving Tombigbee River from Fulton to Vienna: Continuing improvement, six thousand dollars. Improving Big Sunflower River Mississippi: Continuing improvement,Big Sunflower River, Miss. five thousand dollars, of which one thousand five hundred dollars is to be used between Woodburn and Lehrton.
Improving Noxubee River, Mississippi: Continuing improvement,Noxubee River, Miss. three thousand dollars. Improving Pascagoula River, Mississippi: Continuing improvement,Pascagoula River, Miss. twenty thousand dollars. Improving Pearl River, Mississippi, between Edinburgh and Carthage:Pearl River, Miss. To complete improvement, five thousand dollars. Improving Pearl River, Mississippi, between Carthage and Jackson: Continuing improvement, three, thousand dollars. Improving Pearl River, Mississippi, below Jackson:
Continuing improvement, twenty thousand dollars, five thousand dollars of which shall be used for dredging at the mouth. Improving Steele’s Bayou, Mississippi, including WashingtonSteele’s Bayou, Miss. Bayou: Continuing improvement, two thousand five hundred dollars. Improving Tallahatchie River, Mississippi: Continuing improvement,Tallahatchie River Miss. five thousand dollars. Improving Tchula Lake, Mississippi: Continuing improvement,Tchula Lake, Miss. three thousand dollars.
Improving Yazoo River Mississippi Continuing improvement,Yazoo River, Miss. twenty-five thousand dollars, of which five thousand dollars, or so much as may be necessary, shall be used in making a survey of theSurvey, etc. Yazoo River from the bridge of the Louisville, New Orleans and Texas Railway to its mouth, for the purpose of determining in what manner the mouth of the river can be so improved as to freely permit the passage through the same, at all seasons of the year, of vessels engaged in the navigation of the river: and said survey shall also include an investigation into the feasibility and advantages of making a new mouth or outlet for said river, by way of Chickasaw Bayou, or otherwise, together with an estimate of the cost of the same.
Improving Bluff Creek, Mississippi: To complete improvementBluff Creek, Miss. one thousand dollars. Improving Chickasahay River, Mississippi, by the removal ofChickasahay River, Miss. logs, snags, and overhanging trees, from the mouth up to Railroad Bridge, near Shubuta, five thousand dollars. 444FIFTY-FIRST CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 907. 1890. Improving Leaf River, Mississippi, from its mouth to the mouthLeaf River, Miss. of Bowie Creek, five thousand dollars. Improving Big Black River, Mississippi:
The sum of five thousandBig Black River, Miss.Appropriation available. dollars, heretofore appropriated for the improvement of this river, may be expended in the improvement of said river, Vol. 28, p. 323.notwithstanding the proviso contained in the act of eighteen hundred and eighty-six making said appropriation. Improving Amite River and Bayou Manchac, Louisiana: CompletionAmite River and Bayou Manchac, La.*Proviso*.Allotment. of old project, three thousand eight hundred dollars: *Provided*, That this sum may be expended upon the Manchac or Amite in such proportions as the’ engineers may deem best.
Improving Boeuf River, Louisiana: Continuing improvement, fiveBoeuf River, La. thousand dollars. Improving Bayou Bartholomew, Louisiana and Arkansas: Continuing improvement, fiveBayou Bartholomew, La. and Ark. thousand dollars. Improving Bayou Courtableau, Louisiana: Completing improvement,Bayou Courtableau, La. two thousand two hundred dollars. Improving Bayou D’Arbonne, Louisiana: Continuing improvement,Bayou D’Arbonne, La. two thousand dollars. Improving Tensas River and Bayou Macon, Louisiana:
Continuing improvement,Tensas River and Bayou Macon, La. five thousand dollars. Improving Tickfaw River, Louisiana: To complete,Tickfaw River, La. one thousand dollars. Improving Bayous Rondeway and Vidal, Louisiana: Reopening old bayou,Bayous Rondeway and Vidal, La. one thousand dollars. Improving Bayou Plaquemine, Louisiana: Continuing improvement,Bayou Plaquemine, La. one hundred thousand dollars. Improving Bayou Lafourche, Louisiana, including immediate dredging toBayou Lafourche, La. secure low water navigation, fifty thousand dollars.
Improving Red River, Louisiana and Arkansas, from Fulton,Red River, La. and Ark. Arkansas, to the Atchafalaya River: Continuing improvement, one hundred thousand dollars, of which fifteen thousand dollars shall be used in the work at Alexandria, twenty thousand dollars in deepening and widening that portion of the river known as Little River, from the Scoping Cut off to Knox Point, and five thousand dollars in closing what is called the Sale and Murphy Outlet, or canal, on the west bank of the river above Shreveport.
For completion of survey of Red River from Fulton, Arkansas,Survey. to the Atchafalaya River, Louisiana, twenty eight thousand dollars. Improving Bayou Teche, Louisiana, from the mouth to Saint Martinsville,Bayou Teche, La. five thousand dollars. Improving Bogue Chitto, Louisiana, five thousand dollars; to beBogue Chitto, La. expended from its mouth to where the first bridge obstructing navigation is located. Improving Tchefuncte and Bogue Phalia: For removal of snags,Tchefuncte and Bogue Phalia. trees, and obstructions, one thousand dollars.
Improving Buffalo Bayou, Texas: Continuing improvement,Buffalo Bayou, Tex. twenty-five thousand dollars. Improving Cedar Bayou, Texas, by removal of bar at the mouthCedar Bayou, Tex. of said bayou, where it empties into Galveston Bay: Completing improvement, eighteen thousand one hundred and fifty dollars. Improving Trinity River, Texas: Continuing improvement,Trinity River, Tex. ten thousand dollars. The Secretary of War is hereby directed to cause a survey to beCypress Bayou and lakes, La.Survey and estimates for locks and dams. made of Cypress Bayou and the lakes between Jefferson, Texas, and Shreveport, Louisiana, in order to ascertain if the navigation of the said bayou and lakes can be materially and permanently improved by the construction of such dams, and’ locks and dams, as may be necessary, and if found practicable the probable cost thereof, and for this purpose the sum of ten thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, is hereby appropriated.
FIFTY-FIRST CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 907. 1890.445 Improving Arkansas River, Arkansas, Indian Territory, and Kansas:Arkansas River. Ark., Ind. T., and Kans. Continuing improvement from Wichita, Kansas, to its mouth, one hundred and eighty thousand dollars Improving Saint Francis River, Arkansas: Continuing improvement,Saint Francis River, Ark. four thousand dollars. Improving Arkansas River, Arkansas, Indian Territory and Kansas,Arkansas River. Ark., Ind. T., and Kans. from Wichita, Kansas, to its mouth;
For operating snag-boats and removing obstructions, twenty thousand dollars; and the plant and money now available fur operations of this character upon anyAvailable plant and money. part of the Arkansas river shall be available for operations under this head: and the Secretary of War is authorized to transfer or sell the heavy steel hull snag-boat now belonging to the plant, of the Arkansas river, to the plant of theHeavy steel hull snag-boat. Missouri or Mississippi river at such charge or price as he may deem just, and said charge or price shall be deducted from the appropriation for the improvement of the river to which this boat may be assigned, and said sum of money shall become available for the improvement of the Arkansas river under the provisions of this clause: *Provided*, That the foregoing *Provisos*.Approval of transfer or sale.transfer or sale shall not be made until the commission having charge of the improvement of the river to which the transfer or sale may be made shall certify to the Secretary of War their approval of the transfer or sale and of the terms proposed: *Provided further*, That authority is hereby granted to construct, out of moneyNew snag-boat. acquired by the foregoing sale or transfer, a new snag-boat suitable for the present and future wants of the Arkansas river, the same to cost not exceeding twenty thousand dollars.
Improving Red River above Fulton, Arkansas, to complete, twoRed River above Fulton, Ark. thousand dollars. Improving Black River, Arkansas and Missouri: Maintaining existingBlack River. Ark. and Mo. works, five thousand dollars. Improving White River, Arkansas: Continuing improvement,White River, Ark. thirty thousand dollars. Improving Fourche River: Completing improvement, seven thousandFourche River, Ark. five hundred dollars. Improving Ouachita and Black Rivers, Arkansas and Louisiana:Ouachita and Black Rivers.
Ark. and La. Continuing improvement, fifteen thousand dollars. Improving Big Hatchie River, Tennessee: Continuing improvementBig Hatchie River, Tenn. five thousand dollars. Improving Caney Fork River, Tennessee: Continuing improvement,Caney Fork River, Tenn. in accordance with last survey, two thousand five hundred dollars. Improving Clinch River, Tennessee: Continuing improvement,Clinch River, Tenn. four thousand dollars. Improving Cumberland River, Tennessee and Kentucky, ContinuingCumberland River, Tenn, and Ky. improvement above Nashville, two hundred and fifty thousand dollars. *Provided*, That in the discretion of the Secretary of War*Proviso*.Smith’s Shoals. fifty thousand dollars of this sum may be expended in commencing the improvement of said river at Smith’s Shoals.
Improving Cumberland River, Tennessee and Kentucky, belowCumberland River, Tenn, and Ky. Nashville: Continuing improvement, forty thousand dollars, thirty thousand dollars of which to be used in improving the mouth of the river. The five thousand dollars heretofore appropriated by act of second of August, eighteen hundred and eighty-two, for “improvingVol. 22, p. 202.Balance, available. the Cumberland River above the mouth of Jellico, Kentucky, which said sum of five thousand dollars is yet held over under said act and not expended, be applied to the removal of snags and sandbars in the said Cumberland River above Nashville, Tennessee, said amount to be thus expended under the direction of the engineer in charge of that work and with the approval of the Secretary of War.
Improving French Broad River, Tennessee: Continuing improvement,French Broad River, Tenn. ten thousand dollars. 446FIFTY-FIRST CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 907. 1890. Improving Hiawassee River, Tennessee: To complete improvement,Hiawassee River, Tenn. fifteen hundred dollars. Improving Forked Deer River, Tennessee: Continuing improvement,Forked Deer River, Tenn. two thousand five hundred dollars, to be expended on the North Fork from Dyersburgh to the main river, and thence on the main river to its mouth.
Improving Tennessee River above Chattanooga, Tennessee: ContinuingTennessee River, Tenn. improvement, thirty thousand dollars, of which fifteen thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, shall be used in making a careful and comprehensive survey of said river from Chattanooga to the junction of the Holston and French Broad Rivera, with a view of ascertaining to what extent the navigation of the river is capable of improvement, and the cost of the same, and the preparation of suitable plans therefor.
Improving Tennessee River, below Chattanooga, Tennessee, including Colbert Shoals and Bee Tree Shoals: Continuing improvement, four hundred and seventy-five thousand dollars, out of which twenty-five thousand dollars may be used at Livingston Point at the mouth of said river, in accordance with the recommendation of the engineer in charge of that portion of the river. Improving Kentucky River, Kentucky: Continuing improvement,Kentucky River, Ky.Ohio River.Distribution.Construction of ice-pier.*Provisos*. one hundred and eighty thousand dollars.
Improving the Ohio ‘River: Continuing improvement, three hundred thousand dollars, of which sum seven thousand five hundred dollars shall be expended in constructing an ice-pier pursuant to the present or prospective plan of the Chief of Engineers, at or near the mouth of Kerr’s Run, in Ohio: *Provided*, That the Secretary of War is hereby authorized and directed to obtain, if he can do so Riparian rights and location of ice-pier.without cost to the United States, a perpetual lease or conveyance of the riparian rights of the property owners at said locality, in the event said ice-pier shall be located where there is no landing place: *And provided further*, That at said locality, if it be an Relinquishment of wharfage rights, etc.improved landing, he shall first obtain a relinquishment of wharfage right and dues in favor of watercraft seeking protection from damage by ice; and no part of this appropriation shall be used for Conditional expenditure.such purpose until the foregoing conditions are complied with: and a like sum for like purposes upon similiar terms in all respects may be used in the discretion of the engineer in charge of the Ohio River at Ripley, Ohio, and at Portsmouth, Ohio; and twenty thousand dollars of said Ohio River appropriation may be used for continuation of harbor improvement at Madison, Indiana, according to the plans heretofore submitted by Lieutenant Colonel Merrill; thirteen thousand two hundred and fifty dollars may be expended in the completion of the construction of the embankment on the south side of the Great Miami River near its junction with the Ohio to confine the waters of said Miami River 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 now obstructing navigation may be arrested; and fifteen thousand dollars maybe expended in completing the embankment at Shawneetown, already partly constructed for the preservation of the harbor at that place: the further sum of twenty’ thousand dollars may be expended for the removal of rock obstruction at the mouth of Licking River, Kentucky.
Improving the Falls of the Ohio River: Continuing improvement,Falls of the Ohio. sixty’ thousand dollars. Improving Indiana Chute Fall, Ohio River: Continuing improvement,Indiana Chute Fall. twenty-five thousand dollars. Improving Licking River, from Farmer’s to West Liberty, Kentucky;Licking River, Ky. Continuing improvement, three thousand dollars. Improving Rough River, Kentucky, twenty-five thousand dollars;Rough River, Ky. to be expended in procuring the necessary’ land, commencing the construction of a lock and dam, and removing obstructions in the FIFTY-FIRST CONGRESS.
Sess. I. Ch. 907. 1890.447 river from its mouth to Hartford, Kentucky, on the least expensive estimate recommended by Captain James C. Post, Corps of Engineers, in his report of January twenty-seventh, eighteen hundred and eighty-five. The Secretary of War is hereby authorized and empowered toGreen and Barren Rivers.Water-power leases. grant leases or licenses for the use of the water-powers on the Green and Barren Rivers at such a rate and on such conditions and for such periods of time as may seem to him just, equitable, and expedient; said leases not to exceed the period of twenty years: *Provided*,*Proviso*.Limited to surplus water.
That the leases or licenses shall be limited to the use of the surplus water not required for navigation. And he is also empowered to grant leases or licenses for the occupation of such lands belonging to the United States on said Green and Barren Rivers as may be required for mill-sites or for other purposes not inconsistentMill-site leases. with the requirements of navigation; said leases or licenses not to extend beyond the period of twenty years; and all moneys received under such leases or licenses shall be turned into the Treasury ofMoneys covered in. the United States, and the itemized statement thereof shall acCompany the annual report of the Chief of Engineers.
But nothing inReport, etc.Vested rights. this act shall be construed to affect any vested right, if such there be, of any lessee of water-power on said river. Improving Sandusky River, Ohio, one thousand five hundred dollars.Sandusky River Ohio. Improving Saginaw River, Michigan: Continuing improvement,Saginaw River, Mich. seventy-five thousand dollars; thirty-seven thousand five hundred dollars of which shall be expended above Bay City. Improving Saint Mary’s River at the Falls, Michigan:
Continuing Saint Mary’s River at the Falls, Mich.improvement on new locks and approaches, nine hundred thousand dollars: *Provided*, That such contracts as may be*Proviso*.Contracts. desirable may be entered into by the Secretary of War for materials and labor for the entire structure and approaches, or any part of the same, to be paid for as appropriations may from time to time be made by law. Improving Hay Lake Channel, Michigan: Continuing improvement,Hay Lake Channel, Mich.*Proviso*.Contracts. four hundred thousand dollars: *Provided*, That such contracts as may be desirable may be entered into by the Secretary of War for materials and labor for the entire work, or any part of the same, to be paid for as appropriations may from time to time be made by law.
Improving Saint Clair Flats Ship-Canal, Michigan: ContinuingSaint Clair Flats Ship-Canal, Mich. improvement, eighty thousand dollars. Improving Clinton River, Michigan: Continuing improvement,Clinton River, Mich. ten thousand dollars. Improving Saint Joseph River, Michigan: Completing improvement,Saint Joseph River, Mich. one thousand dollars. Improving mouth of Black River, Michigan: Continuing improvement,Black River, Mich. ten thousand dollars. Improving Rouge River, Michigan, at its junction with DetroitRouge River, Mich.
River, and up the river as far as the bridge of Saint Louis and Wabash Railroad, ten thousand dollars. Improving Thunder Bay River, Alpena, Michigan: For sixteen-footThunder Bay River, Alpena, Mich. channel from mouth to one mile above, ten thousand dollars. Improving Black River, at Port Huron, Michigan: To deepenBlack River, Port Huron, Mich. channel from mouth to Grand Trunk Railroad Bridge to depth of sixteen feet, twenty-five thousand dollars. Improving Menomonee River, Michigan and Wisconsin:
ContinuingMenomonee River, Mich, and Wis. improvement up the river from termination of old work, fifty-four thousand dollars. Improving Chippewa River including Yellow Banks, Wisconsin:Chippewa River, Wis. Continuing improvement, ten thousand dollars. Improving Fox River, Wisconsin, below Portage, except as hereinFox River, Wis. provided: Continuing improvement, one hundred thousand dollars; of this sum five thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be nec- 448FIFTY-FIRST CONGRESS.
Sess. I. Ch. 907. 1890. essary, shall be used for deepening the south outlet of Lake Winnebago, at Neenah, Wisconsin, so as to make navigation practicable during low-water season; the sum of eight thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, shall be used for removing the sandbar at outlet of Fon du Lac River, Wisconsin, according to recommendations in report of Major Charles E. L. B. Davis, major of engineers, dated November fourteenth, eighteen hundred and eighty-nine.
Improving Saint Croix River, Wisconsin and Minnesota: ContinuingSaint Croix River, Wis. and Minn. improvement, eight thousand dollars. Improving Red River of the North, Minnesota: Continuing improvement,Red River of the North, Minn. twenty-five thousand dollars. Improving Wabash River, Indiana and Illinois, above Vincennes:Wabash River, Ind. and 111. Continuing improvement, five thousand five hundred dollars. Improving Wabash River, Indiana and Illinois, below Vincennes: Continuing the work on lock and dam at Grand Rapids, near Mount Carmel, Illinois, sixty thousand dollars, including snagging; and six thousand dollars of said sum may be expended on said river at or near Grayville in the State of Illinois.
Improving White River, Indiana: The five thousand dollars heretoforeWhite River, Ind.Vol. 25, p. 419. appropriated is hereby directed to be expended, notwithstanding the conditions upon which such appropriation was made. Improving Calumet River, Illinois and Indiana: Continuing improvement,Calumet River, Ill. and Ind. fifty thousand dollars. That the city of Galena, Illinois, be and hereby is, authorized toGalena River, Ill.City of Galena may improve channel of, to Mississippi River. continue and complete the improvement and navigation of the channel of Galena River from a point eight hundred feet below the Custom House in said city to the main channel of the Mississippi River *Proviso*.Commencement and completion.upon conditions hereinafter mentioned: *Provided*, That unless said city or her representatives shall commence the work within one year and secure a navigable channel within five years from the approval of this act, the provisions herein shall be null and void.
In carrying out the provisions of this act, the city of Galena or Dam and lock may be constructed.her representatives shall be authorized to construct a dam above the point to be opened for navigation, rising not more than twelve feet above low water or a like dam may be constructed below the point to be opened to navigation with a lock not less than two hundred and eighty feet long and fifty two feet wide. In consideration of said improvements the United States promiseConsideration for improvements. and agree to pay to the city of Galena, her assigns or legal representatives, the sum of one hundred thousand dollars, when a channel has been opened and maintained for navigation one season to a depth of at least three feet, and of a width sufficient to accommodate any raft or boat that can pass through the lock above described, including sidings or slips, for boats to pass each other, not more than two miles apart.
These improvements though managed and controlled by the cityManagement, control, etc., of works. of Galena or her representatives shall be held to belong to the Tolls.United States and shall be exempt from taxation and no tolls or charges shall be collected, and at the completion of the work, the improved channel with dam and lock shall be turned over to the management, control, and ownership of the United States. That any person maliciously or intentionally injuring said worksPunishment for injuring works. or interfering with the construction thereof shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and may be tried for such offense before the district Court of the United States for the district wherein such offense may be committed, and if found guilty, he shall be liable to a fine not exceeding one thousand dollars, or to imprisonment for not more than two years, or to both fine and imprisonment as aforesaid, for each offense.
If the conditions of this act have been complied with, the collectorCompliance with conditions. of the Port of Galena and the local Inspectors of steamboats for FIFTY-FIRST CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 907. 1890.449 that District, shall certify to the fact. Upon the receipt of this certificate by the secretary of war he is hereby authorized and directed to draw his warrant on the Treasurer of the United States in favor of the city of Galena, her assigns or legal representatives, in paymentPayment.*Proviso*.Liability for losses, etc. of the aforesaid amount: *Provided*, That in no case shall the Government of the United States be liable for any losses or damages incurred by said City of Galena, or its representatives, in the performance of the work herein mentioned, nor shall any payments thereon be made in excess of the sum nor contrary to the terms hereinbefore prescribed.
Improving Illinois River, Illinois: Continuing improvement, twoIllinois River, III.*Post*, p.683.Kaskaskia River, III. thousand dollars. Improving the Kaskaskia River, Illinois, from the mouth to Baldwin Bridge, six thousand dollars. For the construction of the Illinois and Mississippi Canal to connectIllinois and Mississippi (Hennepin) Canal. the Illinois River at a point near the town of Hennepin with the Mississippi River, at the mouth of Rock River, together with a branch canal or feeder from said Rock River to the main line of said canal, five hundred thousand dollars.
Said canal and feeder shall be known as the Illinois and Mississippi Canal, and shall be constructedName.Location.Vol. 25, p.419. on the route located by the Secretary of War in pursuance of the provisions of “An act making appropriations for the construction, repair, and preservation of certain public works on rivers and harbors, and for other purposes,” which act became a law August eleventh, eighteen hundred and eighty-eight, and said canalDimensions of canal and feeder. and feeder shall be eighty feet wide at the water line and seven feet deep, the locks one hundred and seventy feet in length and thirtyOf the locks.Capacity for vessels. feet in width, and shall have a capacity for vessels of at least two hundred and eighty tons burden, with guard gates, waste-weirs, locks, lock-houses, basins, bridges, and all other erections and fixtures that may be necessary for safe and convenient navigation ofSafety, etc., of navigation. said canal and feeders, and shall be constructed on plans and specifications to be approved by the Secretary of War: *Provided*, ThatSecretary of War to approve plans.*Proviso*.Changes, etc. the Secretary of War shall, in his discretion, change or alter the dimensions of the locks of said canal and feeder if in his opinion the cost of said improvement is not thereby increased.
It shall be the duty of the Secretary of War, in order to secureSecretary of War to secure right of way by purchase, etc. the right of way for such canal and ‘feeder, to acquire the title to such lands as may be necessary by agreement, purchase, or voluntary conveyance from the owners, if it can be done on reasonable terms; but if that should be found impracticable, then the Secretary ofCondemnation proceedings. War shall apply at any term of the circuit or district court of the United States for the northern district of Illinois to be held thereafter, at any general or special term held in said district, and in the name of the United States institute and carry on proceedings to condemn such lands as may be necessary for right of way as aforesaid; and in such proceedings said court shall be governed by the laws of the State of Illinois, so far as the same may be applicable to the subject of condemning private property for public use; the Secretary of War to cause said work to commence as soon as practicable by theCommencement of construction. construction of one of the locks and dams on said Rock River at such point as he may deem most advisable, and shall cause said work to be constructed in accordance with the foregoing provisions and of permanent and substantial materials and in a good and workmanlike manner.
For continuing operations upon the reservoirs at the head watersMississippi River. of the Mississippi River, eighty thousand dollars, to be expendedStorage reservoirs. in accordance with the recommendations of the Chief of Engineers in his annual report for the year eighteen hundred and eighty-nine. Improving the Mississippi River above Saint Anthony’s Falls: Above Saint Anthony’s Falls.Continuing improvement, eighteen thousand dollars. 450FIFTY-FIRST CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 907. 1890.
Improving the Mississippi from the landing on the west bankMinneapolis to Dee Moines Rapids. below the Washington Avenue Bridge, Minneapolis, to the Des Moines Rapids: Continuing improvement, five hundred thousand dollars, of which sum thirty thousand dollars, or so much thereof as Distribution.may be necessary, shall be expended by the engineers in charge in removing the sandbars and other obstructions to navigation in the East Channel of the Mississippi River opposite the prairie, on which the city of Prairie du Chien, in the State of Wisconsin, is located, the same being between Minneapolis and Des Moines Rapids; of which sum also fifty thousand dollars shall be expended between the Chicago, Saint Paul, Minneapolis and Omaha Railroad bridge at Saint Paul and the Washington avenue bridge, Minneapolis, in dredging, removal of gravel, bowlders, and broken rock and the construction of dams and revetments; and in the discretion of the Secretary of War, the sum of five thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, shall be expended in removing the bar in the river at Port Byron, in the State of Illinois; five thousand dollars at Burlington, Iowa, and two thousand dollars at Montrose, Iowa.
Improving the Mississippi River at Des Moines Rapids Canal: ForDes Moines Rapids Canal. completion of existing project, twenty-two thousand dollars. Improving Mississippi River, from Des Moines Rapids to the mouthTo mouth of Illinois River. of the Illinois River, one hundred and sixty-five thousand dollars, Distribution.out of which twenty-five thousand dollars shall be expended in Continuing the dredging in Quincy Bay, in the State of Illinois, and the Examination and report.Secretary of War is authorized and directed to cause an examination and report to be made by a competent engineer upon the advisability of reopening Willow Slough, or some other channel, from the Mississippi River to Quincy Bay; and also fifteen thousand dollars of said sum shall be used in the rectification of the river at Clarksville, Missouri, as suggested in the report of Captain Ruffner; and also twenty-five thousand dollars of said sum, or so much thereof as may be necessary may be expended at the discretion of the Secretary of War to protect the banks of the river from erosion and prevent the destruction of the embankment of the Sny Island levee.
Improving the Mississippi River, from the mouth of the IllinoisTo mouth of Ohio River. River to the mouth of the Ohio River, and, at the discretion of the Secretary of War, the protection of the Illinois shore opposite the mouth of the Missouri River, four hundred thousand dollars, fifty thousand dollars of which shall be expended in completing the work at Alton, and fifty thousand dollars in improving the river at Saint Genevieve, in the State of Missouri. Improving harbor at Saint Louis, Missouri, one hundred andHarbor at St.
Louis, Mo. eighty-two thousand dollars. Improving Mississippi River from the Head of the Passes to theHead of the Passes to Ohio River.Pay, etc., of Mississippi River Commission. mouth of the Ohio River, including salaries, clerical, office, traveling, and miscellaneous expenses of the Mississippi River Commission: Continuing improvement, three million two hundred thousand dollars, which sum shall be expended under the direction of the Secretary of War in accordance with the plans, specifications, and Objects.recommendations of the Mississippi River Commission, for the general improvement of the river, for the building of levees, for surveys, including the survey from the head of the Passes to the head waters Harbors at Hickman, Ky.;
New Madrid, Mo.; Helena, Ark.; Greenville, Vicksburg, and Natchez, Miss.; New Orleans, La., head of Atchafalaya, mouth of Red River, etc.of the river, for the work at the harbors at Hickman, Kentucky, at New Madrid, Missouri, at Helena, Arkansas, at Greenville, Vicksburg, and Natchez, Mississippi, at New Orleans, Louisiana, at the head of the Atchafalaya and the mouth of the Red River, and at other localities, in such manner, to such extent, and in such proportion as in their opinion shall best promote the interests of *Proviso*.Limit of certain expenditures.commerce and navigation: *Provided*, That the amount expended from such sum for work at the harbors aforesaid shall not exceed six hundred thousand dollars, and the amount expended at the head of FIFTY-IRST CONGRESS.
Sess. I. Ch. 907. 1890.451 the Atchafalaya and the mouth of Red River for the rectification thereof pursuant to the plan heretofore adopted, including keeping open a navigable channel through the mouth of Red or Old River into the Mississippi River shall not exceed two hundred and fifty thousand dollars. Improving Gasconade River, Missouri: Continuing improvement,Gasconade River, Mo. four thousand dollars. Improving Little River, Missouri, from Hornersville to its junctionLittle River, Mo. with the Saint Francis River:
Completing improvement, three thousand dollars. Improving Saint Francis River, from Greenville to the ArkansasSaint Francis River, Mo. line: Continuing improvement, ten thousand five hundred dollars; and the Secretary of War is hereby authorized to purchase the CutoffPurchase of Cutoff Canal from Dunklin County Transportation Company. Canal now owned and controlled by the Dunklin County Transportation Company of Dunklin County, Missouri, if, in his judgment, the interests of commerce require the purchase to be made, and the sum he finds to be reasonable for the purpose may be taken from the money herein appropriated.
Improving the Osage River, Missouri, fifty-five thousand dollars, ofOsage River, Mo. which sum five thousand dollars is to be used for snagging and fifty thousand dollars is to be used in commencing the construction of a lock and dam at or near the mouth of said river. Improving Black River, Missouri: Continuing improvement,Black River, Mo. seven thousand dollars. Improving Missouri River from its mouth to Sioux City, Iowa, inclusive,Missouri River.Below Sioux City, Iowa.Expenses Missouri River Commission, etc.Distribution discretionary. embracing office, clerical, traveling, and other expenses of the Missouri River Commission, surveys, permanent benchmarks, and gauges, eight hundred thousand dollars, to be expended by the Secretary of War in the systematic improvement, of the river from its mouth up according to the plans and specification of the Missouri River Commission, to be approved by him in reaches to be designated by them: *Provided*, That in the discretion of the Commission*Proviso*.Discretionary protection of harbors, etc.Unexpended balances. such portion of said sum and of all unexpended balances from former appropriations during the last four years for the improvement of the Missouri River below Sioux City, or any part thereof, not exceeding two hundred and three thousand dollars, as they may deem proper shall be expended in the protection of harbors and localities on any part of the river within said limits.
Improving Missouri River between the foot of the Great Falls ofAbove Sioux City.Discretionary expenditure. the said river in Montana and Sioux City, three hundred thousand dollars, to be expended in the discretion of the Secretary of War, and he is authorized to use so much thereof as may be necessary for the providing of two ice harbors, to be located by him. Improving Sacramento and Feather Rivers, California: ContinuingIce harbors.Sacramento and Feather Rivers, Cal. improvement, thirty thousand dollars.
Improving Napa River, California: Completing improvement, tenNapa River, Cal. thousand dollars. Improving San Joaquin River, California: Continuing improvement, seventy-five thousand dollars, of which sum twenty-threeSan Joaquin Riven, Cal. thousand seven hundred and fifty dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, shall be expended in closing Laird’s Slough and Paradise Cut, and twenty-four thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, shall be expended in dredging, and twenty-seven thousand two hundred and fifty dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, shall be expended for cutting off Head Reach.
Improving Pet-a-luma Creek in California: Continuing improvement,Pet-a-luma Creek, Cal. four thousand dollars. Improvement of Redwood Creek, California: To complete dredging,Redwood Creek, Cal. eight thousand dollars. Improving canal at the Cascades, Oregon: Continuing improvement,Columbia River, Oreg. four hundred and thirty-five thousand dollars. 452FIFTY-FIRST CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 907. 1890. Improving Upper Columbia, including Snake River, Oregon and Washington: Continuing improvement, twenty thousand dollars.
Improving the mouth of Columbia River, Oregon: Continuing improvement, four hundred and seventy-five thousand dollars. Improving Lower Willamette and Columbia Rivers in front andLower Willamette and Columbia Rivers, Oreg. below Portland, Oregon: Continuing improvement, one hundred thousand dollars. Improving Willamette River above Portland, Oregon, elevenWillamette River, Oreg. thousand dollars, of which sum five thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, may be used, in the discretion of the Secretary of War, for improvement of the river at Clackamas Rapids and Ross Island.
Improving Coquille River, Oregon: Continuing improvementCoquille River, Oreg. thirty thousand dollars, not exceeding three thousand dollars of which may, with the approval of the Chief of Engineers, be used for snagging. Improving Umpqua River, Oregon: To complete, nine thousandUmpqua River, Oreg. dollars. Improving the mouth of Siuslaw River, in Oregon: To commenceSiuslaw River, Oreg. construction of jetty, fifty thousand dollars. Improving Youngs and Klaskuine Rivers, in Oregon:
To complete,Youngs and Klaskuine Rivers, Oreg. one thousand six hundred dollars. Improving Columbia River from the head of Rock Island RapidsColumbia River, Wash. to the foot of Priest Rapids, Washington, seventy thousand dollars, of which ten thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be Survey.necessary, may be used in the survey of the Columbia River from the international boundary to Rock Island Rapids. Improving Chehalis River, Washington: Continuing improvement,Chehalis River, “Wash. three thousand dollars.
Improving Cowlitz River, Washington: Continuing improvement,Cowlitz River, Wash. eight thousand dollars. Improving Shagit, Stielaquamish, Nootsack, Snohomish, and Snowqualme Rivers, Washington: Continuing improvement,Shagit, Stielaquamish, Nootsack, Snohomish, and Snowqualme Rivera, Wash. twelve thousand dollars. The Secretary of War is authorized and directed to appoint aBoard to survey, etc., ship-canal from, Lakes Union, Washington, and Sammamish to Puget Sound. board of three’ officers of the Corps of Engineers of the United States Army, whose duty it shall be to select and survey the most feasible location, and estimate the expense of construction of a ship-canal to connect the waters of Lakes Union, Washington, and Samamish with Puget Sound; and the sum of ten thousand dollars, or as much thereof as may be necessary, is hereby appropriated for its expenses.
Sec. 2. That nothing contained in section thirty-seven hundred andTwo or more works may be in one contract, etc.[R. S., sec. 3717, p. 734 modified](/us/rs/s3717/p734).Vol. 25, p. 423. seventeen of the Revised Statutes of the United States, nor in section three of the river and harbor act of August eleventh, eighteen hundred and eighty-eight, shall be so construed as to prohibit or prevent the cumulation of two or more works of river and harbor improvement in the same proposal and contract, where such works are situated in the same region and of the same kind or character.
Sec. 3. That section five of the river and harbor act of AugustVol. 25, p. 424, amended, etc. eleventh, eighteen hundred and eighty-eight, be amended and reenacted so as to read as follows: " That the Secretary of War be, and is hereby, authorized to makeRegulations to navigation of South Pass, Mississippi River. such rules and regulations for the navigation of the South Pass of the Mississippi River as to him shall seem necessary or expedient for the purpose of preventing any obstruction to the channel through said South Pass and any injury to the works therein constructed.
" The term “South Pass,” as herein employed, shall be construed as embracing the entire extent of channel between the upper ends of the works at the head of the Pass and the outer or sea end of the Punishment for violation.jetties at the entrance from the Gulf of Mexico; and any willful violation of any rule or regulation made by the Secretary of War in FIFTY-FIRST CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 907. 1890.453 pursuance of this act shall he deemed a misdemeanor, for which the owner or owners, agent or agents, master or pilot of the vessel so offending shall be separately or collectively responsible, and on conviction thereof shall be punished by a tine not exceeding two hundred and fifty dollars or by imprisonment not exceeding three months, at the discretion of the court.
Sec. 4. That section nine of the river and harbor act of AugustVol. 25, pp. 424, 425 amended. eleventh, eighteen hundred and eighty-eight, be amended and reenacted so as to read as follows: " That whenever the Secretary of War shall have good reason toObstructions to navigation by bridges. believe that any railroad or other bridge now constructed, or which may hereafter be constructed over any of the navigable water-waysSecretary of War to provide against. of the United States is an unreasonable obstruction to the free navigation of such waters on account of insufficient height, width of span, oi’ otherwise, or where there is difficulty in passing the draw-opening or the draw-span of such bridge by rafts, steam boats, or other watercraft, it shall be the duty of the said Secretary, first giving the parties reasonable opportunity to be heard, to give notice to the persons orNotice of alteration. corporations owning or controlling such bridge so to alter the same as to render navigation through or under it reasonably free, easy, and unobstructed; and in giving such notice he shall specify the changes required to be made, and shall prescribe in each case a reasonable time in which to make them.
If at the end of such time the alteration has not been made, the Secretary of War shall forthwith notify the United States district attorney for the district in which such bridge is situated, to the end that the criminal proceedings mentionedConsequences of default. in the succeeding section may be taken. " Sec. 5. That section ten of the river and harbor act of AugustVol. 25, p. 425, amended, etc. eleventh, eighteen hundred and eighty-eight, be amended and reenacted so as to read as follows:
" That if the persons, corporation, or association owning or controllingPunishment for default in making alterations, etc. any railroad or other bridge shall, after receiving notice to that effect as hereinbefore required from the Secretary of War and within the time prescribed by him, willfully fail or refuse to remove the same, or to comply with the lawful order of the Secretary of War in the premises such persons, corporation or association shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and, on conviction thereof, shall be punished by a fine not exceeding five thousand dollars, and every month such persons, corporation, or association shall remain in default in respect to the removal or alteration of such bridge shall be deemed a new offense, and subject the persons, corporation, or association so offending to the penalties above prescribed.
" Sec. 6. That it shall not be lawful to cast, throw, empty, or unlade,Obstructing navigation by deposits of refuse, etc., m navigable waters. or 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, furnace, manufacturing establishments, or mills of any kind whatever, any ballast, stone, slate, gravel, earth, rubbish, wreck, filth, slabs, edgings, sawdust, slag, cinders, ashes, refuse, or other waste of any kind, into any port, road, roadstead, harbor, haven, navigable river, or navigable waters of the United States which shall tend to impede or obstruct navigation, or to deposit or place or cause, suffer, or procure to be deposited or placed, any ballast, stone, slate, gravel, earth, rubbish, wreck, filth, slabs, edgings, sawdust, or other waste in any place or situation on the bank of any navigable waters where the same shall be liable to be washed into such navigable waters, either by ordinary or high tides, or by storms or floods, or otherwise, whereby navigation shall or may be impeded or obstructed: *Provided*, That nothing herein*Proviso*.Lawful deposits. contained shall extend or be construed to extend to the casting out, unlading, or throwing 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 454FIFTY-FIRST CONGRESS.
Sess. I. Ch. 907. 1890. 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 any port, harbor, haven, channel, or navigable river, or to the easting out, unlading, 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 said improvement most judicious and practicable and for the best interests of such improvements, or to prevent the depositing of any substance Deposits by permit.above mentioned under a permit from the Secretary of War, which he is hereby authorized to grant, in any place designated by him where navigation will not be obstructed thereby.
Sec. 7. That it shall not be lawful to build any wharf, pier,Obstructions by wharves, etc. dolphin, boom, dam, weir, breakwater, bulkhead, jetty, or structure of any kind outside established harbor-lines, or in any navigable waters of the United States where no harbor-lines are or maybe established, without the permission of the Secretary of War, in any port, roadstead, haven, harbor, navigable river, or other waters of the United States, in such manner as shall obstruct or impair navigation, commerce, or anchorage of said waters, and it shall not be Construction of bridges, under State legislation.lawful hereafter to commence the construction of any bridge, bridge-draw, bridge piers and abutments, causeway or other works over or in any port, road, roadstead, haven, harbor, navigable river, or navigable waters of the United States, under any act of the legislative Secretary of War to approve plans.assembly of any State, until the location and plan of such bridge or other works have been submitted to and approved by the Secretary Alteration, etc., of channels.of War, or to excavate or fill, or in any manner to alter or modify the course, location, condition, or capacity of the channel of said navigable water of the United States, unless approved and *Proviso*.Existing lawful ‘bridges excepted.authorized by the Secretary of War: *Provided*, That this section shall not apply to any bridge, bridge-draw, bridge piers and abutments the construction of which has been heretofore duly authorized by No bridges, under State Legislation, over waters not wholly in State.law, or be so construed as to authorize the construction of any bridge, draw bridge, bridge piers and abutments, or other works, under an act of the legislature of any State, over or in any stream, port, roadstead, haven or harbor, or other navigable water not wholly within the limits of such State.
Sec. 8. That all wrecks of vessels and other obstructions to theWrecks, etc., to be removed by Secretary of War. navigation of any port, roadstead, harbor, or navigable river, or other navigable waters of the United States, which may have been permitted by the owners thereof or the parties by whom they were caused to remain to the injury of commerce and navigation for a longer period than two months, shall be subject to be broken up and removed by the Secretary of War, without liability for any damage to the owners of the same.
Sec. 9. That it shall not be lawful for any person or persons toInjuries to Government works, etc., in navigable waters. take possession of or make use for any exclusive purpose, or build upon, alter, deface, destroy, injure, obstruct, or in any other manner impair the usefulness of any seawall, bulkhead, jetty, dike, levee, wharf, pier, or other work built by the United States in whole or in part, for the preservation and improvement of any of its navigable waters, or to prevent floods, or as boundary marks, tide-gauges, surveying-stations, buoys, or other established marks, nor remove for ballast or other purposes any stone or other material composing such works.
Sec. 10. That the creation of any obstruction, not affirmativelyNo unlawful obstructions to be created or continued. authorized by law, to the navigable capacity of any waters, in respect of which the United States has jurisdiction, is hereby prohibited. The continuance of any such obstruction, except bridges, piers, docks and wharves, and similar structures erected for business purposes, whether heretofore or hereafter created, shall Separate offenses.constitute an offense and each week’s continuance of any such obstruction FIFTY-FIRST CONGRESS.
Sess. I. Ch. 907. 1890.455 shall be deemed a separate offense. Every person and every corporationPunishment for violation. which shall be guilty of creating or continuing any such unlawful obstruction in this act mentioned, or who shall violate the provisions of the last four preceding sections of this act, shall be*Ante*, pp. 458, 454. deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and on conviction thereof shall be punished by a fine not exceeding five thousand dollars, or by imprisonment (in the case of a natural person) not exceeding one year, or by both such punishments, in the discretion of the court, the creating or continuing of any unlawful obstruction in this act mentionedPrevention, etc., by injunction. may be prevented and such obstruction may be caused to be removed by the injunction of any circuit court exercising jurisdictionJurisdiction. in any district in which such obstruction may be threatened or may exist; and proper proceedings in equity to this end may be institutedProcedure. under the direction of the Attorney-General of the United States.
Sec. 11. That it shall be the duty of officers and agents havingEnforcement. the supervision, on the part of the United States, of the works in progress for the preservation and improvement of said navigable waters, and, in their absence, of the United States collectors of customs and other revenue officers to enforce the provisions of this act by giving information to the district attorney of the United States for the district in which any violation of any provision of this act shall have been committed: *Provided*, That the provisions of this*Proviso*. act shall not apply to Torch Lake, Houghton County, Michigan.Torch Lake exempt.Vol. 25, p. 425, amended, etc.
Sec. 12. That section twelve of the river and harbor act of August eleventh, eighteen hundred and eighty-eight, be amended and re-enacted so as to read as follows: " Where it is made manifest to the Secretary of War that the establishmentHarbor-lines. of harbor-lines is essential to the preservation and protection of harbors, he may, and is hereby authorized, to cause such lines to be established, beyond which no piers, wharves, bulkheads or other works shall be extended or deposits made, except under such regulations as may be prescribed from time to time by him; and any person who shall willfully violate the provisions of this section, or any rule or regulation made by the Secretary of War in pursuance of this section, shall be deemed guilty of a misdeamor, and, on conviction thereof, shall be punished by a fine not exceeding onePunishment for violation. thousand dollars, or imprisonment not exceeding one year, at the discretion of the court for each offense.
" Sec. 13. That for the purpose of securing the uninterrupted workSnag-boats on Ohio River. of operating snag-boats on the Ohio River and removing snags, wrecks, and other obstructions in said river, the Secretary of War, upon the application of the Chief of Engineers, is hereby authorizedAppropriation for, made permanent. to draw his warrant or requisition from time to time upon the Secretary of the Treasury for such sums as may be necessary to do such work, not to exceed in the aggregate for each year the sum of twenty-five thousand dollars: *Provided, however*, That an itemized statement*Proviso*.Report. of said expenses shall accompany the annual report of the Chief of Engineers.
Sec. 14. That the dry dock constructed at the Des Moines RapidsDes Moines Rapids Canal dry dock. Canal under the provisions of acts of Congress approved August second, eighteen hundred and eighty-two, July fifth, eighteen hundredVol 22, p. 204; vol. 23, p. 146; vol. 24, p. 828.Vol. 25, p.421. and eighty-four, August fifth, eighteen hundred and eighty-six, and August eleventh, eighteen hundred and eighty-eight, shall be considered an integrant part of the Des Moines Rapids Canal, and the act of Congress approved March third, eighteen hundred andVol. 21, p. 478.Operating expenses. eighty-one, winch provides for expenses of operating and care of Des Moines Rapids and other canals, and the act of Congress approved July fifth, eighteen hundred and eighty-four, which providesVol. 23, p. 148.Violation of rules, etc. penalties for violation of rules and regulations prescribed by the Secretary of War, shall also apply to the said dry-dock. 456FIFTY-FIRST CONGRESS.
Sess. I. Ch. 907. 1890. Sec. 15. That in determining the mileage of officers of the corps ofEngineer officers.Computation of mileage. engineers traveling without troops on duty connected with works under their charge, no deduction shall be made for such travel as may be necessary on free or bond-aided or land-grant railways. Sec. 16. That whereas the United States, in compliance with itsBuffalo Bayou Ship-Channel, Galveston Bay, Tex., free to navigation, etc. obligation to the Buffalo Bayou Ship-Channel Company, has constructed a ship-channel through Galveston Bay from the Bolivar Channel to the channel constructed by said Buffalo Bayou Ship-Channel Company, known as Morgan’s Cut, for vessels of twelve feet draught, it is therefore declared that the ship-channel through Galveston Bay from Bolivar Channel to the point where the San Jacinto River enters what is known as the Morgan Channel, excavated through Morgan’s Point, is now the property of the United States and is declared to be free to navigation; and the Secretary of War *Proviso*.is hereby directed to keep said ship-channel free to navigation: *Provided*, That the Secretary of War shall first ascertain by a Commission of United States Engineers to be by him designated for that purpose, and whose report shall be subject to his approval, the Engineer Commission to report value.present value of any portion of said channel which may have been constructed by the Buffalo Bayou Ship Channel Company, agreed to be Vol. 20, pp. 307, 368.Ascertainment of value.paid for by the United States in the act of Congress of March third, eighteen hundred and seventy-nine, but in appraising the value thereof no account shall be taken of the charter granted to said Company by the Legislature of Texas, or of any franchise right claimed thereunder, and the amount so ascertained and certified Payment.Appropriation.to be correct by the Secretary of War shall be paid to said Buffalo Bayou Ship Channel Company, and is hereby appropriated out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated.
Sec. 17. That the Secretary of War is hereby directed, at his discretion,Surveys. to cause examinations or surveys, or both, to be made, and the estimated cost of improvement to be estimated, at the following localities, to wit: arkansas.Arkansas. Clarendon and the lower White River, to determine the effect of back water from the Mississippi River and its cause, and the means and cost of preventing injury therefrom. arizona.Arizona. Colorado River above Yuma to Eldorado Canyon, to determine the advisability and probable cost of improving said river. alabama.Alabama.
Sucarnochee River, from its mouth to the Mobile and Ohio Railroad Bridge. Mouth of Gunter’s Creek at Guntersville, with the view of ascertaining the practicability and approximate cost of so improving the same as to secure a safe landing above high water mark. Alabama River, to ascertain cost of securing a six foot channel at low water from mouth to Wetumpka. california.California. Sacramento and Feather Rivers, to be considered by a board of three United States engineers, with a view to project for future improvement.
San Rafael River. San Simeon Bay. Alviso Harbor and straightening, deepening, and improving of Alviso Creek. FIFTY-FIRST CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 907. 1890.457 Harbor of refuge at Santa Cruz. Improving and straightening Redwood Creek. Mokelumne River, for snagging. Redondo Beach Harbor. connecticut.Connecticut. Connecticut River, from Long Island Sound to Hartford, with a view to such improvement as will keep the channel from shifting its course at certain places. Shaw’s Cove, New London Harbor.
Connecticut River below Hartford. Saugatuck River. Stamford Harbor, Stamford. Cos Cob or Miamus River. Stony Creek River at Stony Creek. delaware.Delaware. Murderkill River. Broad Creek River. Mispillion River, with a view of cutting a canal so as to shorten the distance to the bay, and making an outlet in the bay which would furnish deeper water. north dakota.North Dakota. Creel’s Bay, Totten Bay, and Minnewauken Shoals, in Devil’s Lake, with an estimate of the cost of improving the same by dredging or otherwise, so as to reestablish the navigation of said lake. north dakota and minnesota.North Dakota and Minnesota.
Red River of the North, with a view of improving the navigation of the same by the construction of a lock and dam at Goose Rapids in said river. florida.Florida. Charlotte Harbor. Peace River. Channel lying north and west of the town of Cedar Keys, known as Boat or Number Four Channel. Indian River between Titusville and Jupiter Inlet. Saint John’s River, from Jacksonville to Sanford, to obtain an estimate of the cost of deepening the channel so as to secure navigation for ocean steamers, and to report separately the cost of opening the channel of the river in the vicinity of Orange Mills.
The upper part of the Saint John’s River from Lake Monroe southward, or in a southerly direction through the river and connecting lakes to the head of steamboat navigation. St. Augustine, for improvement of channel so as to make a deep sea channel over the outer and inner bars. georgia.Georgia. Chattahoochee River, Georgia and Alabama, between West Point and Franklin. The Inside Route between Savannah, Georgia, and Fernandina, Florida, with a view of obtaining a steamboat channel of seven feet depth at mean low water.
The Inside Route between Doboy and Sopelo, with a view of making the same navigable for seagoing vessels. Brunswick Outer Bar, to determine the feasibility and cost of deepening the same to twenty-six feet at ordinary high water.458FIFTY-FIRST CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 907. 1890. Yellow River from the Railroad Bridge near Covington to the Ocmulgee with a view of obtaining a steamboat channel of five feet deep at mean low water. illinois.Illinois. Mississippi River at Warsaw, Illinois, with a view of removing bar.
Slough at Hamilton, with a view to dredging out the same. Illinois River from La Salle to the Mississippi River, as recommended by Captain W, L. Marshall, corps of engineers, in his report dated March ten, eighteen hundred and ninety, with a view to ascertaining what lands would be subject to overflow by the construction of a navigable waterway between Lake Michigan and the Mississippi river, but not more than twenty-five thousand dollars of the money appropriated for surveys shall be allotted to this river. indiana.Indiana Wabash River from Terra Haute to La Fayette with a view of removing obstructions of snags and bars and reestablishing the navigation of said river, between these cities.
With a view to improving the Ohio River, between the mouth of Green River, in the State of Kentucky, and the city of Evansville, in the State of Indiana, and confining the waters of the first named river within its present channel, and preventing danger to navigation from any changes therein, the Secretary of War is hereby authorized and directed to make, or cause to be made under his direction a complete survey of the Ohio River between the points named, together with full estimates of any expenditures that may be necessary to prevent any injuries or threatened injuries to its permanent use and navigation. idaho.Idaho.
The Upper Snake River, between the Huntington Bridge and Seven Devils Mining District in Idaho, with a view of overcoming obstructions to steamboat navigation. iowa.Iowa. Mississippi River at and above Clinton, Iowa, with view of removing bars north of Little Rock Island. kentucky.Kentucky. Russel’s Fork of the Big Sandy River with the view of removing obstructions from the same. Harbor of Owensboro, Kentucky, on the Ohio River. Harbor of Smithland, Kentucky. kentucky and tennessee.Kentucky and Tennessee.
Mississippi River from high water mark Lake County, Tennessee, to high water mark Fulton County, Kentucky, north and west of Reef Foot Lake to ascertain if navigation of the River may not be improved by restraining the How of water into said Lake, and adjoining low lands. Green River, Kentucky, above the mouth of Big Barren River, completing survey with a view of extending slack-water navigation on Green River. Big Barren River, Kentucky, above Bowling Green, with a view of extending slack-water navigation by additional locks and dams.
FIFTY-FIRST CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 907. 1890.459 louisiana.Louisiana. Bayou Terre Bonne from Houma to Thibodeaux. Bayou Black to connect with Terre Bonne. Berwick’s Bay to the Gulf, with a view of obtaining a deeper channel. Bayou Teche from Saint Martinsville to Port Barre. Bayou Vermillion, bay and passes. Bayou Black for connection between Calcasieu Lake and Sabine Lake. Bayou Des Glaises, with a view of clearing the stream of obstructions from the Atchafalaya River to Cottonport.
Mermenton River, including its tributaries and course through Lake Arthur and Grand Lake to the Gulf of Mexico. Bayou Cocodrie, in Saint Landry Parish. Cane River, with a view of improving the same by locks and dams for the purpose of giving permanent navigation the year round. Shoals on Lake Pontchartrain near the Rigolets, known as the “Middle Ground,” with a view of dredging a channel ten feet deep and revetting sides of the same. Bayou Castor. Bayou Chevreuil and Bayou Tigre from Lake Des Allemands to Joints near Vacherie, Chigby and Malagay settlements in Saint James Parish for removal of bars and other obstructions to navigation. maryland.Maryland.
La Trappe. Turner s Creek. Rock Hall Harbor Nanticoke River, the northwest fork of the same. Linchester River. Patapsco River, from the Craighill channel to the sugar refinery wharves, Curtis Bay. Susquehanna River, above Havre de Grace. Broad Creek. Warwick. Piscataway Creek. Saint Leonard’s Creek. Newport Creek, head of Wicomico River, Charles County. Smith’s Creek. Eastern Branch of the Potomac River, including that portion in District of Columbia. Saint Jerome Bay. massachusetts.Massachusetts.
Canapitsit channel between the island of Cuttyhunk and Neshawana, with a view of deepening the same and clearing the channel from obstructions to navigation. Menemsha Bite, an outlet into Vineyard Sound on the north shore of the island of Martha’s Vineyard, with a view of preventing the closing of said inlet. Kingston Harbor, with a view to its improvement. Town River. Shoals at the mouth of North River, with a view of removing the same and other obstructions. North River, Salem, from Beverly bridge to the North street bridge.
Mystic River, and the Malden River, a tributary of the Mystic, from the bridge of the Boston and Maine Railroad, eastern division, to the head of navigation on said rivers. Weymouth Back River. Essex River. 460FIFTY-FIRST CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 907. 1890. maine.Maine. Kennebec River, from Waterville to steamboat wharf at Augusta, Maine. Sullivan Falls, Hancock County, Maine, with a view to its improvement for navigation. Lubec channel. Harbor of Bluehill, with especial reference to the removal of the ledges known as Middle Ground, eastern and western.
Penobscot River. Pepperell Cove, forming the eastern boundary of Portsmouth Lower Harbor. michigan.Michigan. Sebewaing River, with a view of deepening the channel from the mouth to the village of Sebewaing to the depth of eight feet. Corsica Shoal, situated at the lower end of Lake Huron, near the entrance to the Saint Claire River, with a view to its removal. The American channel of the Detroit River, beginning at the western boundary of the city of Detroit, and from thence continuously in American waters to Lake Erie, with a view to deepening said channel to the same depth as has been attained and is contemplated under present plan in the Canadian channel of said river, the said survey to be made in the channel of said river fronting the towns of Springwells, Ecorse, Monquagon, and Brownstown, and the American shore of said river to such a point in Lake Erie as may be necessary to reach a proper depth of water in said lake to correspond with the increased depth of the river contemplated by this bill.
Rouge River, with a view of locating and constructing basin in said river, at a point on the same within four miles of its junction with the Detroit River, convenient for the turning and anchoring of vessels in the same. Ship-channel twenty feet in depth and of a suitable width in the shallows of the connecting waters of the lakes between Chicago, Duluth, and Buffalo. Grand River, below Grand Rapids, with a view of determining the existence or nonexistence of underlying rock, the hydraulics of the river and the detailed topography of the valley subject to overflow.
Resurvey and relocation of harbor line in Portage Lake, Houghton County, Michigan, in conformity with the provisions of recent law. minnesota.Minnesota. Red River and tributaries above Fergus Falls and Crookston, and of Big Stone Lake, with a view to improving navigation thereon by the erection of suitable dams or by such other means as may be deemed best, together with an estimate of the cost. The Saint Louis River from Grassy Point in Saint Louis Bay to Fond du Lac, or the State line between Minnesota and Wisconsin. missouri.Missouri.
Current River, from Van Buren, Missouri, to its mouth. Missouri River, from the old mouth of the Platte River, Little Point, to a point opposite the city of Leavenworth. Also of the river at the city of Weston, Missouri, with a view of returning said river to its ancient channel, and the best plan of accomplishing the same. FIFTY-FIRST CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 907. 1890.461 montana.Montana. Missouri River, between Sioux City and Fort Benton. Missouri River, between Great Falls and canyon next below Stubbs Ferry.
Tongue River, with a view of determining the practicability and approximate cost of straightening the channel of said river, immediately west of Miles City and north of the Northern Pacific Railroad track. Nebraska and South Dakota, Missouri River from the mouth of the Big Sioux River to the north line of the State of South Dakota. Yellowstone River, from its mouth to the mouth of Tongue River. Clark’s Fork of the Columbia River (by whatever name called) from the international boundary line to the mouth of the Big Blackfoot River, in the State of Montana. new york.New York Buttermilk channel and Gowanus Bay channels in New York Harbor, with a view of straightening the same by removing the shoals opposite the southeast side of Governor’s Island, protecting the channels by a seawall on Governor’s Island, and to provide for the full width thereof a uniform depth of twenty-six feet at mean low water throughout these channels along the wharves of Brooklyn from a point opposite Wall Street Ferry to the foot of Bryant Street, Brooklyn.
Bay Ridge channel, with a view of removing the shoal and providing a uniform depth of twenty-three feet at mean low water opposite the Bay Ridge shore to the twenty-three-foot curve in the New York harbor. Hudson River at Cornwall from the Moodna River, otherwise known as Murderer’s Creek, to the channel or deep water of the Hudson River. Inner Bay near mouth of Saranac River at Plattsburgh, for harbor of refuge. Sag Harbor, Suffolk County, for breakwater. Princess Bay, Staten Island, for breakwater.
Peconic River, Suffolk County, and Mattituck Bay, Suffolk County, for breakwater. From Main channel from Jamaica Bay easterly to Long Beach Inlet, for canal. Champlin’s Creek, in town of Islip. That the Secretary of War is authorized and directed to appoint a board of three officers of the Corps of Engineers, United States Army, whose duty it will be to thoroughly examine the obstructions to navigation in the Hudson River, between New York City and the State dam at Troy, New York, and report a project and estimate of the cost of widening and deepening said river between New York City and the city of Albany, and also between New York City and the State dam at the city of Troy for the navigation of seagoing vessels drawing twenty feet of water, and also a separate estimate of the expense of improving the river between Coxsackie and the State dam at Troy, to such an extent as to secure a navigable channel twelve feet deep at mean low water.
Said board shall acompany their report with a statement as to the usefulness of such improvements and of their relations and value to commerce, and of the advisability of entering upon the same at this time: and the Secretary of War shall transmit, said reports to Congress with his own views and those of the Chief of Engineers United States Army thereon, and the expenses of said board shall be paid out of the appropriation made in this act for the improvement of the Hudson River, not to exceed ten thousand dollars. 462FIFTY-FIRST CONGRESS.
Sess. I. Ch. 907. 1890. Boquet River, from mouth on Lake Champlain to Willsborough, New York. Bronx River. Port Day above Niagara Falls. Westchester Creek, Westchester and New York Counties. new jersey.New Jersey. Hackensack River, from below the Newark and New York Railroad Bridge, on Newark Bay, to the town of Hackensack. Pensauken Creek. Toms River. Little Egg Harbor Bay and Inlet including Great Bay with reference to establishing a harbor of refuge. Sound between Barnegat Bay and Great Egg Harbor Bay.
Shark River. Goshen Creek. Cape May City, for breakwater. Thoroughfare from Cape May to the Great Bay north of Atlantic City. north carolina.North Carolina. waterway from Pungo River to the town of Sladesville. North-West River up to Moyock. Drum Inlet. waterway between Pamlico River and Bay River. White Oak River from Roberts’ Landing to Collins Crossing. Harbor of Washington, Pamlico River. ohio.Ohio. Conneant Harbor. Grand River between Richmond and the mouth. oregon.Oregon.
Tillamook Bay and Bar. Alsea Bay and River. Coos Bay, for improving upper harbor by removal of shoals and in dredging. The Lower Willamette and Columbia Rivers, with a view of securing twenty-five feet at low water from Portland to the mouth of the Columbia. The Yamhill River from its mouth to McMinnville, with a view of improving the same by removing snags and other obstructions. Willamette River, deepening channel on west side of Swan Island, improvement of navigation at Clackamas Rapids and Ross Island and near city of Corvallis.
Lower Columbia River, on south side, between Astoria and Wood’s Landing for snagging. Young’s Bay channel from the ship channel of the Columbia River to the head of Young’s Bay, a distance of one and one-half miles, with a view to improving the same by dredging, so as to secure a depth of eighteen feet at low tide. Lewis and Clarke’s River, for snagging. Coquille River, for deepening channel from Coquille City to Myrtle Point to four feet at mean low depth. pennsylvania.Pennsylvania.
Delaware Bay, with a view of determining the best site near the mouth of the same for a National harbor of refuge suitable for deep draught vessels. The examination to be made by a commission of three engineer officers, who will make the examination and submit FIFTY-FIRST CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 907. 1890.463 to the Secretary of War a report thereon with a project and estimate of cost of construction of such a harbor of refuge. The West Branch of the Susquehanna River in the State of Pennsylvania, in order to ascertain if the navigation of said river can be materially and permanently improved by the construction of embankments or otherwise; such survey also to be made with a view of ascertaining the best practicable method of confining the waters of said river in times of great flood, to the general course of its channel.
Tionesta, from the town of Tionesta, to the village of Balltown, with a view to the improvement and the removal of obstructions. rhode island.Rhode Island. Watch Hill Cove, in Little Narragansett Bay. Narragansett Bay Channel between Starve Goat Island and the main land, with a view of deepening the same. Newport Harbor, South of Goat Island, with a view to the removal of the Spit at the south end of the Island. south carolina.South Carolina. Wateree River from Camden to the falls of the Catawba, also of the bend or curve in said river about four miles below Camden between the plantations of Witte and Williams to determine if it is advisable in the interest of navigation to make a cut off across the neck of said bend.
Black River, from Kingstree to its mouth. tennessee.Tennessee. Obion River, from its mouth to the crossing of the Louisville and Memphis Railroad in Obion County. Little Pigeon River from mouth to Sevierville. Memphis Harbor, especially for the removal of the bar forming opposite the upper part of the city or the prevention of the river bank taking the form that the natural forces are now giving it. texas.Texas. Brazos River from its mouth to Waco. Sabine River from where said river empties in Sabine Lake to Sudduth’s Bluff, on said Sabine River.
Survey to remove obstructions at mouth of Double Bayou in Chambers County, to remove obstructions. Colorado River, with a view of removing raft at mouth of same. Saint Charles Bay, with a view of removing obstructions at mouth of same. Aransas Bay, to remove Half-Moon reef. West Galveston Bay, from Christian’s Point, with a view of Reopening the channel through West Bay. Trinity River from its mouth to Dallas. virginiaVirginia. waterway to connect Lynn Haven Bay with Eastern Branch of Elizabeth River.
Potomac Creek. Chickahominy River, from Holly Landing to Long Bridge. Tangier Harbor. Wicomico River.464FIFTY-FIRST CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 907. 1890. Nottoway River, from mouth of river to Courtland. West Neck River, to and beyond Dozier’s Bridge. Western Branch of Elizabeth River. Upper Machodoc Creek. Crane’s Creek. Nandua Creek. Piscataway Creek. west virginia.West Virginia. Elk River, with a view of improving the same by locks and dams. washington.Washington. Nooksack River, Skagit, Snohomish, D’Wamish, Black, Puyallup, Nasel, North, Gray’s, Deep, Skamakawa, and Crooked Rivers.
Gray’s Harbor and Bar, and extending up Chehalis River to Montesano. Gray’s River, for snagging. Swinomish Slough, with the view of constructing a ship channel through the same, connecting Saratoga Passage Skagit, Bay with Padilla Bay, and to report the most suitable and feasible plan for making such improvement, with the cost of the same. Shoalwater Bay, from and including its entrance, to South Bend, about two miles up the Willapah River, and from said South Bend, about ten miles up said river, to Woodward’s Landing, with a view to improving the same for navigation.
Olympia Harbor, from deep water in Budd’s Inlet to Fourth Street Bridge in the city of Olympia, and separately from said bridge to the mouth of the Des Chutes River at Tumwater, and to report as to the most practical and convenient channel and the most feasible, economical, and suitable plan for improving the same for navigation by the class of vessels employed on Puget Sound, and also to cause to be made an estimate of the cost of each of such improvements. Columbia River, from the mouth of Willamette River to the upper limits of the city of Vancouver, with a view of establishing a ship-channel.
For a ship channel between Port Townsend Bay, Puget Sound and Oak Bay. wisconsin.Wisconsin. Allouez Bay at the west end of Lake Superior, also the Nemadji River for a distance of four miles above its mouth, with a view of determining the best method of improving and making them available as a portion of the harbor system of the city of Superior. Harbor at Hudson, with a view to prevent the city being cut off from the navigable channel of the Saint Croix Lake, as a result of the Government dike now constructed at that point, and with a view to the feasibility of conducting the waters of Willow River past the city of Hudson into the navigable channel of the lake. virginia and maryland.Virginia and Maryland.
Potomac River, up to the City of Washington, with the view of removing obstructions and deepening the channel. Sec. 18. That for examinations, surveys, and contingencies, andAppropriation for surreys, etc. for incidental repairs, for which there is no special appropriation, for rivers and harbors two hundred and twenty-five thousand *Provisos*.Preliminary examination to be made before survey.dollars: *Provided*, That no survey shall be made of any harbors or rivers until the Chief of Engineers shall have directed “a preliminary FIFTY-FIRST CONGRESS.
Sess. I. Chs. 907, 908. 1890.465 examination of the same by the local engineer in charge of the district, or an engineer detailed for the purpose and such local or detailed engineer and the division engineer of the locality shall report to said Chief of engineers whether, in their opinion, said harbor or river is worthy of improvement, and shall state in such report fully and particularly the facts and reasons on which they base such opinions, 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 subserved thereby, together with the full reports of the local engineer: *And Provided further*,Canal, etc., projects.
That no survey for new works other than those designated by law shall be made and the Government shall not be deemed to have entered upon any project for the construction or improvement of any waterway, harbor, or canal mentioned in this act unless or until the work of construction shall have been actually appropriated for. Said reports of preliminary examinations and surveys shall beReports of preliminary examinations to be printed, etc. made to the House of Representatives, and are hereby ordered to be printed when so made.
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