Chapter 299. Making appropriations for the construction, repair, and preservation of certain public works on rivers and harbors, and for other purposes
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CHAP. 299.— An Act Making appropriations for the construction, repair, and preservation of certain public works on rivers and harbors, and for other purposes.August 18, 1894. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,Appropriations for rivers and harbors. That the following sums of money be, and are hereby, appropriated, to be paid out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to be immediately available, and to be expended under the direction of the Secretary of War and the supervision of the Chief of Engineers, for the construction, completion, repair, and preservation of the public works hereinafter named:
Improving harbor at Camden, Maine: Continuing improvement,Harbors. Camden, Me. twelve thousand dollars. Improving harbor at Rockland, Maine: Continuing improvement,Rockland, Me. thirty thousand dollars, of which one thousand dollars may be expended in completing a survey of the same with a view of making it available for vessels of a deeper draft. Improving .Mooseabee Bar, Maine: Continuing improvement, sixMooseabec Bar, Me. thousand dollars. improving harbor at Back Cove, Portland Harbor, Maine:
ContinuingPortland, Me., Back Cove. improvement, twenty thousand dollars. improving harbor at Belfast, Maine: Continuing improvement, eightBelfast Mo. thousand dollars. For construction of breakwater from Mount Desert to PorcupineMount Desert to Porcupine Island, Me., break water. Island, Maine: Continuing improvement, ten thousand dollars, to be expended in accordance with the modified project recommended by the Secretary of War. Improving harbor of refuge at Little Harbor, New Hampshire:
ContinuingLittle Harbor, N. H. improvement, ten thousand dollars. Improving harbor at Burlington, Vermont: Continuing improvement,Barlington. VI. ten thousand dollars. Improving harbor at Boston, Massachusetts: Continuing improvement,Boston, Mass. by deepening and widening the main channel to a depth of twenty-seven feet and a width of one thousand feet, two hundred thousand dollars, of which ten thousand dollars may, in the discretion of the Secretary of War, be used in the further prosecution of the work in Nantasket Beach channel.
Improving harbor at Lynn, Massachusetts: Continuing improvement,Lynn. Mass. *Proviso*. Western channel. seven thousand five hundred dollars: *Provided*, That the whole or any portion of this appropriation may be expended on the western channel, in the discretion of the Secretary of War. Salem Harbor, Massachusetts: So much of the appropriation heretoforeSalem, Mass. made, as may be necessary, shall be used in making a survey of Salem Harbor, with a view to widening the Harbor channel to the Survey for widening channel.
Vol. 27, p. 89.mouth of South river to the width of five hundred feet, and giving a depth of at least ten feet at mean low water, and from the mouth of said river to Derby wharf, beginning with a width of three hundred feet and gradually narrowing, so that there shall be at said wharf a width of not less than one hundred and sixty feet and a depth from said month to said wharf of not less than ten feet at mean low water, and with a view of dredging the “Middle Ground,” so called, between ‘-Haste Ledge” and “Aqua Vitae” so as to give a depth of twenty-five feet at mean low water. 339 Improving harbor of refuge at Nantucket, Massachusetts:
ContinuingNantucket, Mass. improvement, twenty live thousand dollars. Improving harbor at Newburyport, Massachusetts: ContinuingNewburyport, Maas. improvement, twenty thousand dollars. Improving harbor at Plymouth, Massachusetts: Completing improvement,Plymouth, Mass. and for repairs, one thousand five hundred dollars. For maintenance of works in harbor at Provincetown, Massachusetts,Province town, Mass. one thousand live hundred dollars. Improving harbor at Scituate, Massachusetts:
ContinuingScituate, Mass. improvement, ten thousand dollars. Improving harbor at Hyannis, Massachusetts: ContinuingHyannis, Muss. improvement, three thousand live hundred dollars. Improving harbor at Vineyard Haven, Massachusetts: ContinuingVineyard Haven Mass. improvement, seven thousand live hundred dollars. Improving harbor of refuge at Sandy Bay, Cape Ann, Massachusetts: ContinuingSand, Bay, Cape Ann, Mass. improvement, one hundred and fifty thousand dollars. Improving harbor at Gloucester, Massachusetts:
Continuing improvement,Gloucester, Mass. forty thousand dollars. improving harbor at New Bedford, Massachusetts: Completing improvement,New Bedford, Mass. seven thousand five hundred dollars, including survey with a view to obtaining a larger area, of anchorage. . Improving harbor at Wareham, Massachusetts: The SecretaryWareham, Mass. ofRcsurvey. War is directed out of the appropriation on hand to make a resurvey of said harbor with a view to its further needed improvement. Merrimac River, Massachusetts:
The Secretary of War is directedMerrimac River. Resurvey. out ofMarthas Vineyard. the appropriation on hand to make a resurvey of said river with a view of obtaining a depth up to Haverhill equal to that over the bar at Newburyport. Improving inner harbor at Marthas Vineyard, Massachusetts: CompletingMass. improvement, two thousand five hundred dollars. Improving Canapitsit Channel. Massachusetts, between the islands of Cuttyhuuk and Neshawaua: Completing improvement,Canapitsit Channel,.
Mass. five thousand dollars. Improving harbor at Block Island, Rhode Island: Completing improvement, two Block Island, R. I.thousand five hundred dollars, including dredging when necessary and a survey and estimates of cost for further improvement of said harbor. Improving harbor at Newport, Rhode island, including the removal ofNewport, R. I. Spindle Rock, Rose Island: Continuing improvement, seven thousand five hundred dollars. Entrance to Point Judith Pond, two thousand five hundred dollars, which,Point Judith Pond, R.
I. together with the previous unexpended appropriation, shall be used in improving former entrance to said pond. Improving harbor at Bridgeport. Connecticut: Continuing improvement, ten thousandBridgeport, Conn. dollars, of which, in the discretion of the Secretary of War, so much as may be necessary may be used in deepening the channel at the outer bar, and in making a new survey of the harbor. Improving harbor at Black Rock, Connecticut: Continuing improvement, two thousand fiveBlack Rock.
Conn. hundred dollars. Constructing breakwaters at New Haven, Connecticut: Continuing construction, oneNew Haven, Conn., breakwaters. hundred and twenty-five thousand dollars. Improving harbor at New Haven, Connecticut: Continuing improvement, tenHarbor. thousand dollars. Improving Stonington Harbor, Connecticut, byStonington, Conn. removing a part of Noyes’ Shoal and dredging in the inner harbor, in accordance with the report of Captain W. II. Bixby, of the Corps of Engineers, dated June twelfth, eighteen hundred and ninety-three, five thousand dollars.
Improving harbor at Five Mile River, Connecticut: Continuing improvement, two thousandFive-Mile River, Conn. five hundred dollars. Improving harbor at Duck Island, on Long Island Sound, Connecticut: ContinuingDuck Island. Conn. improvement, thirty thousand dollars. 340 Improving harbor at Stamford. Connecticut: Continuing improvement,Stamford. Conn. ten thousand dollars, not less than half of which shall be expended on the East Branch. Improving harbor at Cos Cob and Miamus River,Cos Col. and Miamus River, Conn.
Connecticut: Continuing improvement, lour thousand dollars, including a survey of the lower part of the harbor with a view of making a turning basin therein. Improving Norwalk Harbor, Connecticut:Norwalk, Conn. Continuing improvement, fifteen thousand dollars. So much of this appropriation as may be necessary may, in the discretion of the Secretary of War, be expended between the freight’ depot of the Danbury and Norwalk Railroad company on the north and Jennings, so called, on the south to remove the Removing flats, etc.fiats known as Ferrys Point between the channel and the established harbor line; and any unexpended balance, after completion of the above, may be used for the improvement of the sharp bend in thechannei *Proviso*.
Expense.near Keysers Island at the mouth of the harbor: *Provided*, That the United States shall be subjected to no cost, for any lands required to make this improvement. Improving harbor at Ballalo, New York: Continuing improvementBuffalo. N. Y., seventy thousand dollars, of which five thousand dollars may be used in making a survey and plan for extending the outer breakwater from a point at or near the present outer breakwater southeasterly to a point at or near Stoney Point.
Improving harbor at Canarsie Bay, New York:Canarsie Bay. N. Y. Continuing improvement, two thousand dollars. Improving harbor at Charlotte, New York: Continuing improvement, fifteen thousandCharlotte. N. Y. dollars. Improving harbor at Dunkirk, New York: Continuing improvement, twenty thousandDunkirk, N. V. dollars. Improving harbor at Flushing Bay, New York: Continuing improvement, fourFlushing Bay, N. Y. thousand dollars. Improving harbor at Glen Cove, New York: Continuing improvement, ten thousandGlen Cove, N.
Y. dollars. Improving Bay Ridge and Red Hook channels, New York Harbor, New York:New York Harbor. Continuing improvementBay Ridge Channel. of Bay Ridge Channel 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-six-foot contour or depth of water, so that the channel, so to be opened, shall be of a uniform depth of twenty-six feet and a width of Red Hook Channel.eight hundred feet at low water, and continuing improvement of Red Hook Channel from its junction with the Bay Ridge Channel to its connection with the Buttermilk Channel, to obtain a depth of twenty-six feet at mean low water and a width of four hundred feet, one *Proviso*.
Gowanus Creek Channel.hundred and fifty thousand dollars: *Provided*, That the Secretary of War may, in his discretion, expend twenty thousand dollars of said appropriation in improving Gowanus Creek Channel under the project to obtain twenty-one feet depth of water. Improving harbor at Great Sodus Bay, New York: ContinuingGreat Sodus Bay, N. Y. improvement, fifteen thousand dollars. Improving harbor at Little Sodus Bay, New York: ContinuingLittle Sodus Bav. N. Y. improvement, eight thousand dollars.
Improving harbor at Ogdensburg, New York: Continuing improvement,Ogdensburg, N. Y. twenty thousand dollars. Improving harbor at Oswego, New York: Continuing improvement,Oswego, N. Y. thirty-seven thousand dollars, of which ten thousand dollars shall be expended in repairing the breach recently made in the breakwater; and not exceeding ten thousand dollars of which may, in the discretion of the Secretary of War, be used for removing rock to widen and deepen the inner harbor near the mouth of the Oswego River.
Improving harbor at Rondout, New York: For maintenance, fiveRondout, N. Y. thousand dollars. 341 Improving New York Harbor, New York: Continuing improvement,New York Harbor. seventy-live thousand dollars. Improving harbor at Saugerties, New York: For completion, five Saugerties, N. Y.thousand dollars. Improving harbor at Port Chester, New York: Continuing improvement,Port Chester, N. Y. five thousand dollars. Improving Tonawanda. Harbor and NiagaraTonawanda, and Niagara River, N.
Y. River, New York: Continuing improvement, fifty thousand dollars. Improving Niagara River from Tonawanda to Port Day with a viewNiagara River. to obtaining a channel of twelve feet depth to Schlosser’s Dock by cutting through the shoal at the head of Connor’s Island as indicated in the report of the Chief of Engineers for eighteen hundred and ninety-three, page three thousand one hundred and thirteen, ten thousand dollars; and the unexpended balance of the appropriation heretoforeBalance reappropriated.
Vol. 27, p. 97. made in the River and Harbor Act of July thirteenth, eighteen hundred and ninety-two, for the improvement of the Niagara River from Tonawanda to Port Day is hereby re-appropriated for this purpose. Improving channel between Staten Island and the New Jersey shore,Staten Island and New Jersey channel. New York and New Jersey: Continuing improvement, six thousand dollars. Improving Arthur Kill, between Staten Island and New Jersey shore, New York andArthur Kill, N.
Y. New Jersey: For completion, four thousand five hundred dollars. Improving harbor at Huntington, New York: Continuing improvement, twoHuntington. N. Y. thousand dollars. Improving Buttermilk Channel, New York Harbor: Continuing improvement, fiftyButtermilk Channel N. Y. thousand dollars. Improving harbor at Port Jefferson Inlet, New York: Seven thousandPort Jefferson, N, Y. five hundred dollars to be expended in obtaining twelve feet in depth at mean low water in Port Jefferson Inlet and Harbor, in accordance with the plan submitted in annual report of the Chief of Engineers for eighteen hundred and eighty-nine. improving harbor at Pultneyville, New York:
ContinningPultneyville, N. Y. improvement, one thousand five hundred dollars. Improving harbor at Sacketts Harbor, New York: Sacketts Harbor, N. Y.For completion, five thousand dollars. Improving harbor at Raritan Bay, New Jersey: Continuing improvement,Raritan Bay, N. J. forty thousand dollars, one-half of which, in the discretion of the Secretary of War, shall be used in dredging bar between South Amboy and Great Beds Light. This appropriation shall include a survey between South Amboy and Great Beds Light, with a view to deepening the channel to twenty-one feet at. mean low water.
Improving Keyport Harbor, New Jersey: Completing improvement,Key port, N. J. five thousand dollars. Improving harbor at Erie, Pennsylvania: Continuing improvement,Erie, Pa. ten thousand dollars. Improving Delaware Breakwater, Delaware: Continuing improvement,Delaware Breakwater. fifty thousand dollars. Improving harbor at Wilmington, and Christiana River, Delaware:Wilmington, Del. Continuing improvement, twenty-five thousand dollars, including a survey of the Christiana River and harbor, with a view of obtaining a depth of twenty-one feet.
Improving harbor at Baltimore, Maryland: For maintenance, fiftyBaltimore, Md. thousand dollars. Improving harbor at Norfolk and its approaches, Virginia: ContinuingNorfolk, Va. improvement, one hundred thousand dollars. Improving harbor at Winyaw Bay, South Carolina: Continuing Winyaw Bay, S. C.improvement, one hundred and ten thousand dollars. Harbor of Savannah, Georgia: The Secretary of War is herebySavannah, Ga. directed to report whetherReport on anchorage. the works projected for the improvement of the harbor will, when completed, afford safe anchorage for vessels lying in Tybee Roads; if not, whether there is any necessity for so 342 constructing them, giving, if so, such changes in plans and estimates as may be necessary.
Improving harbor at Brunswick, Georgia: For maintenance, ten thousandBrunswick, Ga. dollars. Improving the outer bar of Brunswick, Georgia, thirty thousandOuter bar. dollars, the wholePayment to C. P. Goodyear. Vol. 27, p. 230. of which shall be paid to C. P. Goodyear for depth of water heretofore obtained over said outer bar. And the Secretary of War is hereby authorized to pay to said C. P. Goodyear, his heirs or assigns, upon procurement by the said Goodyear, his heirs or assigns, of a practical channel over said outer bar at Brunswick at least one hundred feet in width and of a minimum depth of twenty-three feet at ordinary mean high tide on or before November first, eighteen hundred and ninety-five, the sum of thirty thousand dollars; upon the procurement as aforesaid, on or before the first day of January, eighteen hundred and ninety-seven, of a depth of water in said channel over said outer bar of a minimum depth at ordinary mean high tide, of twenty-four feet, and of said width, forty thousand dollars, to be paid in manner aforesaid; upon the procurement as aforesaid, on or before January first, eighteen hundred and ninety-eight, of a depth of water in said channel of a minimum depth at ordinary mean high tide of twenty-five feet, and of said width, fifty thousand dollars, to be paid in manner aforesaid.
And should the depth of twenty-five feet at ordinary mean high tide in said channel over said outer bar be procured as aforesaid and maintained for two years thereafter for the width above named, twenty-five thousand dollars in addition shall be paid in manner aforesaid. The said C. P. Goodyear, his heirs and assigns, shall procure said Use of dynamite.work on said outer bar by the explosion of dynamite on the bottom of said channel or sunk beneath the bottom thereof, in his or their discretion, and not otherwise, and shall use the necessary auxiliary means for smoothing the bottom of the bar.
The money necessary to carry out the provisions of this item is hereby appropriated out of any money *Proviso*. Certificate from officers.in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated: *Provided*, That-no payments except the first, of thirty thousand dollars, shall be made except upon a certificate of a majority of a board of officers, two of whom shall be officers of the Engineer Corps, detailed for that purpose by the Secretary of War, and the third shall be the Chief of the Coast and Geodetic Survey, that the said C.
P. Goodyear, his heirs and assigns, have complied with all the conditions as to any of the depths and widths named or as to the maintenance of a depth of twenty-five feet accomplished in accordance with the provisions of this item Improving Cumberland Sound, Georgia: Continuing improvement,Cumberland Sound, Ga. one hundred and seventy thousand dollars. Improving harbor at Darien, Georgia: Continuing improvement,Darien, Ga. twenty-five thousand dollars. Improving harbor at Apalachicola.
Bay and River, Florida: ContinuingApalachicola Bay, Fin. improvement, fifteen thousand dollars. improving harbor at Pensacola, Florida: Continuing improvement,Pensacola, Fla. one hundred thousand dollars; and the Secretary of War may, if ho deems it advisable, begin the improvement recommended by the Board of Engineers appointed in January, eighteen hundred and ninety-one, to consider and report upon the improvement of said harbor. Improving entrance to harbor at. Key West, Florida:
ContinuingKey West, Fla. improvement, eighty thousand dollars. Improving harbor at Saint Augustine, Florida: Continuing improvement,Saint Augustine, Fla. six thousand dollars. Improving Charlotte Harbor and Pease Creek, Florida: Continuing improvement,Charlotte, Fla. twenty thousand dollars. Harbor at Mobile, Alabama: The Secretary of War shall cause aMobile, Ala. Surveys. survey to be made to ascertain the cost of widening the channel of said harbor now in course of improvement, to obtain a width of one hundred feet at the bottom, with a proper slope therefor, and also a survey to ascertain the best point for and the cost of a sufficient channel between 343 Mobile Bay and the Mississippi Sound for the proper accommodation of commerce; and the expenses of said two surveys shall be paid out ofPayment. *Post*, p. 404. any appropriation made for the improvement of the channel of Mobile Harbor.
The Secretary of War is authorized, at his discretion, to use notClearing channel. exceeding ten thousand dollars of the amount, appropriated for the improvement of Mobile Harbor in keeping the channel clear of timber, logs and other obstructions. The Secretary of War is authorized, at his discretion, to use suchRemoving obstructions from Mobile and Tombigbee rivers. amount as may be necessary, not to exceed fifty thousand dollars, of the amount appropriated for the improvement of Mobile Harbor by the sundry civil bill for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety-five, in removing shoals and other obstructions in the Mobile and Tombigbee rivers, between the mouth of Chickasabogue Creek and Naunahubba Bluff, so as to secure a depth of sixteen feet at low water; *Provided*, That if a contract has been entered into for the*Proviso*.
Terms of contract to be complied with. improvement of said harbor, by the terms of which the amount to be so appropriated for said fiscal year should be paid to a contractor or contractors for work to be done by him or them, then no part of said appropriation shall be so diverted without the consent of such contractor or contractors. Improving mouth and passes of Calcasieu River, Louisiana: ContinuingCalcasieu River, La. improvement, ninety thousand dollars, of which fifteen thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, shall be used on the inner bars.
Improving harbor at Vicksburg, Mississippi, not including work atVicksburg, Miss. Delta Point, Louisiana: Continuing improvement under the direction of the Secretary of War, forty thousand dollars. Improving and maintaining ship channel in Galveston Bay, Texas:Galveston Bay, Tex., ship channel Continuing improvement according to the existing project, fifty thousand dollars. Improving channel in West Galveston Bay, Texas: Continuing improvementWest Galveston Bay, Tex. according to existing project, five thousand dollars.
Improving harbor at Sabine Pass, Texas: Continuing improvement,Sabine Pass, Tex. two hundred and seventy-five thousand dollars. Improving harbor at Ashtabula, Ohio: Continuing improvement,Ashtabula, Ohio. seventy-five thousand dollars, including a survey to determine what improvement thereof should be made with a view to making it a harbor of refuge and enlarging its capacity for the purposes of commerce. Improving harbor at the mouth of Black River, Ohio: Continuing improvement,Black River, Ohio. ten thousand dollars.
Improving harbor at Cleveland,Ohio: Continuing improvement, fifty thousandCleveland, Ohio. dollars. Improving harbor at Fairport, Ohio: ContinuingFairport, Ohio. improvement, twenty thousand dollars. Improving harbor at Huron, Ohio: Continuing improvement,Huron, Ohio. ten thousand dollars. Improving harbor at Port Clinton. Ohio: Continuing improvement,Port Clinton. Ohio. six thousand dollars. Improving harbor at Sandusky, Ohio: Continuing improvement,Sandusky, Ohio. thirty thousand dollars, five thousand dollars of which may be used in removing shoal at outer approach to harbor; and the Secretary of War is authorized and directed, in his discretion, to cause a survey, if necessary for the purpose, and an estimate to be made of the cost of further necessary improvement of said harbor, including the channel over said outer bar.
Improving harbor at Toledo, straight channel through Maumee Bay,Toledo, Ohio. Ohio: Continuing improvement, seventy thousand dollars, a part of which may be used, in the discretion of the Secretary of War, in removing shoal in the old channel and in extending the improvement up the Maumee River. 344 Improving Conneaut Harbor. Ohio: Continuing improvement accordingConneaut, Ohio. to the existing plan, forty thousand dollars. Improving harbor at Vermillion, Ohio; For maintenance and repairs,Vermillion.
Ohio. two thousand dollars. Improving outer harbor at Michigan City, Indiana: Continuing improvement, twenty thousandMichigan City, Ind. dollars. Improving inner harbor at Michigan City, Indiana: Continuing improvement,Calumet Ill. ten thousand dollars. Improving Calumet Harbor, Illinois: For maintenance of existing works,Chicago, Ill. fifteen thousand dollars, including survey with a view to such additional improvement as may be required. Improving harbor at Chicago, Illinois:
Completing improvement,Waukegan Ill. eighty thousand dollars; and the Secretary of War may, in his discretion, use twenty five thousand dollars of this sum in the improvement of Chicago River up to the forks of said river. Improving harbor at Waukegan, Illinois: Continuing improvement,Charlevoix, Mich. twenty thousand dollars. Improving harbor at Charlevoix and entrance to Pine Lake, Michigan: Continuing improvement,Frankfort, Mich. eight thousand dollars. Improving harbor at Frankfort, Michigan:
Continuing improvement,Grand Haven, Mich. and repairs, fifty thousand dollars. Improving harbor at Grand Haven, Michigan: Continuing improvement,Grand Marais, Mich. twenty-five thousand dollars. Improving harbor of refuge at Grand Marais, Michigan: Continuing improvement,Manistee, Mich. twenty thousand dollars. Improving harbor at Manistee, Michigan: Continuing improvements,*Proviso*. Protecting banks, etc. and fur repairs, twelveHolland, Mich. thousand dollars: *Provided*, That no part of this sum shall be used in aid of the inner navigation until the city authorities, or private owners, have taken proper steps to prevent erosion of the banks and the washing of silt, into the bed of the river.
Improving harbor at Holland (Black Lake),Michigan: Completing improvement,Monroe, Mich. fifteen thousand dollars. Improving harbor at Monroe, Michigan: Continuing improvement,Muskegon, Mich. and maintenance, live thousand dollars. Improving harbor at Muskegon, Michigan: Continuing improvement,Ontonagon, Mich. thirty thousand dollars. Improving harbor at Ontonagon, Michigan: Continuing improvement,Pentwater, Mich. and for repairs, seven thousand dollars. Improving harbor at Pentwater, Michigan:
Continuing improvement, five thousand dollars. Improving harbor at Sand Beach, Michigan: Continuing improvementSand Beach, Mich. according to the existing project, twenty thousand dollars. Improving harbor at Portage Lake, Michigan: Continuing improvement,Portage Lake, Mich. twenty-five thousand dollars. Improving harbor at Saint Joseph, Michigan: Continuing improvement,Saint Joseph, Mich. thirty thousand dollars. Improving harbor at South Haven, Michigan: Continuing improvement,South Haven, Mich. twenty thousand dollars.
Improving harbor at White Lake, Michigan: Continuing improvement,White Lake, Mich. live thousand dollars. Improving harbor at Marquette, Michigan: Continuing improvement,Marquette, Mich. thirty thousand dollars. Improving harbor at Ludington. Michigan: Continuing improvement,Ludington, Mich. six thousand dollars. Improving harbor at Petoskey, Michigan: Ten thousand dollars, toPetoskey, Mich. Vol. 27. p, 94. be expended together with the unexpended appropriations for this harbor, according to the larger of the two projects submitted in the report of December twenty-first.eighteen hundred and eighty-nine,and printed in the annual report for eighteen hundred and ninety, pages twenty-six hundred and seventy-four and twenty-six hundred and seventy-five.
Improving harbor at Saugatuck, Michigan: Continuing improvementSaugatuck, Mich. and for restraining works to prevent the drifting of sand into the harbor, twelve thousand dollars. 345 Improving harbor at Menominee, Michigan and Wisconsin: Continuing improvement,Menominee, Mich, and Wis. ten thousand dollars. Improving Cheboygan Harbor, Michigan; The Secretary of War isCheboygan, Mich. hereby directed to expend the unexpended balance on hand in dredging.Dredging. Vol. 25, p, 405.
He is also directed to make an estimate of the amount required to deepen the present channel to a depth of eighteen feet. Improving harbor at Ahnapee, Wisconsin: Continuing improvement,Ahnapee. Wis. five thousand dollars. Improving harbor at Green Bay, Wisconsin: Continuing improvement,Green Bay, Wis. twenty-five thousand dollars. Improving harbor at Kenosha, Wisconsin: Continuing improvement,Kenosha. Wis. fifteen thousand dollars. Improving harbor at Kewaunee, Wisconsin: Continuing improvement, Kewaunee, Wis.twenty thousand dollars.
Improving harbor at Manitowoc, Wisconsin: Continuing improvementManitowoc, Wis. and maintenance, twenty thousand dollars. Improving harbor of refuge at Milwaukee, Wisconsin: Continuing improvement,Milwaukee, Wis. forty-five Harbor of refuge.thousand dollars. Improving harbor at Milwaukee, Wisconsin: For repairs of piers andRepairs, etc. dredging, seven thousand dollars, and including survey of the harbor at South Milwaukee with a view to the improvement thereof. Improving harbor at Port Washington, Wisconsin:
Continuing improvement,Port Washington, Wis. five thousand dollars. Improving harbor at Racine, Wisconsin: Continuing improvement,Racine. Wis. twenty thousand dollars. Improving harbor at Superior Bay and Saint Louis Bay, Wisconsin:Superior and Saint Louis bays. Wis. Continuing improvement, fifty thousand dollars, a portion of which may, in the discretion of the Secretary of War, be used in dredging in Superior Bay along the dock line between the Quebec channel and the main channel opposite the base of Connor’s Point: *Provided*, That so*Proviso*.
Survey. much of said sum as may be necessary may be used for the purpose of making a survey of said harbor with a view of deepening it to twenty feet and making estimates therefor. Improving harbor at Sheboygan, Wisconsin: Continuing improvement,Sheboygan, Wis. twenty-five thousand dollars, of which the sum of four hundred and thirty-nine dollars and fifty-six cents maybe paid by the Secretary of War to the C. Reiss Coal Company, of Sheboygan, Wisconsin, forDredging. dredging done by them in the harbor.
Improving harbor at Ashland, Wisconsin: Continuing improvement,Ashland, Wis. twenty-five thousand dollars. Improving harbor at Two Rivers, Wisconsin: Continuing improvement,Two Rivera, Wis. three thousand dollars. Improving harbor of refuge at Sturgeon Bay Canal, Wisconsin: ForSturgeon Bay, Wis. maintenance of channel and piers, five thousand dollars. Improving harbor at Oconto, Wisconsin: To maintain works, three Oconto, Wis.thousand dollars: *Provided*, That so much of said sum as may be necessary*Proviso*.
Survey, etc. may be used for the purpose of making a survey and submitting plans and estimates for the improvement and confinement of the current in the river to maintain a standard depth of water, and to obtain a channel sixteen feet deep, and for extending the piers and for the construction of a harbor sixteen feet deep in Green Bay exterior to the river channel. Improving harbor at Duluth, Minnesota, including repairs to theDuluth, Minn. canal, piers, the channel on the north shore of Saint Louis Bay and the Saint Louis River, seventy-five thousand dollars, of which an amount not to exceed twenty-five thousand dollars, in the discretion of the Secretary of War, may be expended in the channel of Saint Louis River above Grassy Point: *Provided*, That so much of said sum as may be *Proviso*.
Survey.necessary may be used for the purpose of making a survey of said harbor with a view of deepening it to twenty feet and making estimates therefor. The Secretary of War is authorized to negotiate with the city of Duluth for the unconditional donation of the land needed for saidDonation of lands from city. 346 canal, canal entrances, and piers, accompanied by vacation of the abutting streets. In the event the city refuses to make an unconditional donation, but accompanies the donation with the reservation of a right of way for a tunnel, the Secretary of War may accept such conditional donation of the land; provided the said tunnel follows such lines and grades as he may approve.
Improving harbor at. Grand Marais, Minnesota: Continuing improvement,Grand Marais, Minn. three thousand dollars. Improving harbor at Agate Bay, Minnesota: Continuing improvement,Agate Bay, Minn. thirty thousand dollars. Improving harbor at Oakland, California: Continuing improvement,Oakland. Cal. one hundred thousand dollars, of which twelve thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, shall be used in opening the western end of the tidal casual in said harbor to the depth of eight feet below low tide.
Improving harbor at San Diego, California: Continuing improvement,San Diego, Cal. fifty thousand dollars. Improving harbor at San Luis Obispo, California: Continuing San Luis Obispo. Cal.improvement, forty thousand dollars. Improving entrance and harbor at Coos Bay, Oregon: ContinuingCons Bay, Oreg. improvement, ninety-five thousand dollars; and for the construction or purchase of a dredger, and operating the same in removing obstructions from and deepening the harbor of Coos Bay in front of Marsh-field, thirteen thousand dollars. improving harbor at Yaquina Bay, Oregon:
Continuing improvement,Yaquina Bay, Oreg. fifty thousand dollars. Improving Tillamook Bay,Oregon: Continuing improvement,sixteenTillamook Bay. Oreg. thousand dollars. Improving Grays Harbor and Chehalis River, Washington: Continuing Grays Harbor, Che-halls River, Wash.improvement, twenty-five thousand dollars. Improving Olympia Harbor, Washington: Continuing improvement,Olympia, Wash. forty thousand dollars. Improving Bagaduce River, Maine: Continuing improvement,Rivers. Bagaduce River, Me. five thousand dollars.
Improving Lubec Channel, Maine: Continuing improvement accordingLubec Channel, Me. to plan submitted by Colonel J. A. Smith December thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety, five thousand dollars; and the Secretary of War is hereby authorized, in his discretion, to expend on this improvement any unexpended balance of appropriations hitherto made for the improvement of the Saint Croix River, Improving Kennebec River, Maine; Continuing improvement, fiftyKennebec River, Me. thousand dollars.
Improving Narragaagus River, Maine: Continuing improvement,Namgaugna River, Me. five thousand dollars. Ilarraseeket River, Maine: To complete improvement,Ilarraseeket River Me. five thousand dollars. Improving Saco River, Maine, including breakwater: Continuing improvement,Saco River, Me. ten thousand dollars. Improving Bellamy River. New Hampshire: Continuing improvement.,Bellamy River, N. H. seven thousand five hundred dollars. Improving Cocheco River,New Hampshire: Continuing improvement,Cocheco River, N.
H. fifteen thousand dollars. Improving Otter Creek, Vermont: Continuing improvement,Otter Creek, Vt. five thousand dollars. Improving Powow River, Massachusetts: Continuing improvement,Powow River. Mass. fifteen thousand dollars. Improving Taunton River, Massachusetts: Continuing improvement,Taunton River, Mass. five thousand dollars. Improving Weymouth River, Massachusetts: Continuing improvement,Weymouth River, Mass. five thousand dollars, of which two thousand five hundred dollars shall be used in the improvement of Weymouth Back River. 347 Improving Essex Kher, Massachusetts:
Continuing improvement,Essex River, Mass. five thousand dollars. Improving Mystic and Malden rivers, Massachusetts: Continuing improvement,Mystic and Malden rivers, Mass. ten thousand dollars. Improving Pawtucket River, Rhode Island: Continuing improvement,Pawtucket River, R. I. twenty-live thousand dollars. Improving Pawcatuck River, Rhode Island and Connecticut: ContinuingPaweatack River, R. Land Conn. improvement according to original plan tor excavation of channel to a width of forty feet between the lower and upper wharves in the town of Westerly, and continuing the excavation of the channel to the full width of one hundred feet, six thousand dollars.
Improving Providence River and Narragansett Bay, Rhode Island: Continuing improvement,Providence River, Narragansett Bay. seventeen thousand five hundred dollars. Improving Green Jacket Shoal, Providence, Rhode island: Continuing improvement, Green Jacket Shoal, R. I.seven thousand live hundred dollars. Improving Connecticut River below Hartford, Connecticut: Continuing improvement,Connecticut River, Conn. twenty thousand dollars. Improving Housatonic River, Connecticut: Continuing improvement,Housatonic River, Conn. twenty-live thousand dollars, Improving Thames River, Connecticut:
Continuing improvement,Thames River, Conn. twelve thousand live hundred dollars. Improving Mystic River, Connecticut: Continuing improvement,Mystic River, Conn. three thousand live hundred dollars. Improving Saugatuck River, Connecticut: For completion, Saugatuck River, Conn.three thousand dollars. Improving Newtown Creek, New York: Continuing improvement,Newtown Creek. N. Y. twenty thousand dollars. Improving Harlem River, New York: Continuing improvement,Harlem River, N. Y. one hundred and twenty-live thousand dollars.
Improving East River and Hell Gate, New York: Continuing improvement,East River and Hell Gate, N. Y. seventy-live thousand dollars. Improving Browns Creek, Sayville, Long Island, New York: For maintenance,Browns Creek, N. Y. four thousand dollars. Improving East Chester Creek, New York: Continuing improvement,East Chester Creek, N. Y. twelve thousand dollars. Improving Great Chazy River, New York: For completion, Great Chazy River, N. Y.three thousand dollars. Improving Patchogue River, New York:
Continuing improvement,Patchogue River. four thousand dollars. Improving shoal between Sister Islands and Cross-Over Light, SaintSaint Lawrence River, N. Y. Lawrence River, New York: Continuing improvement, eight thousand dollars, to be expended for improving shoals between Sister Islands and Cross-Over Light, and in the Saint Lawrence River between Ogdensburg and the foot of Lake Ontario. Improving Passaic River, New Jersey: Continuing improvement, fifteen thousand dollars. Improving Raritan River, New Jersey:
Continuing improvement,Passaic River, N. J. twenty thousand dollars. Improving Shrewsbury River, New Jersey: Continuing improvement,Raritan River, N. J. five thousand dollars. Improving South River, New Jersey: Continuing improvement,Shrewsbury River, South River. N. J. five thousand dollars. Improving Alloway Creek, New Jersey: Continuing improvement,Alloway Creek. N. J. three thousand dollars. Improving Elizabeth River, New Jersey: Continuing improvement,Elizabeth River, N.
J. three thousand dollars. Improving Mattawan Creek, New Jersey: For dredging,Mattawan Creek, N. J. three thousand dollars. Improving Rancocas River, New Jersey: Continuing improvement,Rancocas River, N. J. three thousand dollars. Improving Shoal Harbor and Compton Creek, New Jersey: Continuing improvement,Shoal Harbor and Compton Creek. N. J. three thousand dollars. 348 Improving Salem River, New Jersey: For completion, one thousandSalem River, N. J. seven hundred dollars. Improving Goshen Creek, New Jersey:
Continuing improvement,Goshen Creek, N. J. three thousand dollars. Improving Allegheny River, Pennsylvania: Continuing improvement,Allegheny River, Pa. twelve thousand live hundred dollars. Improving Schuylkill River, Pennsylvania: Continuing improvement,Schuylkill River, Pa. twenty thousand dollars. Improving Frankford Creek, Pennsylvania, by straightening the sameFrankford Creek, Pa. between the crossings of Tulip and Roxborough streets, in the county of Philadelphia, two thousand dollars.
Improving Delaware River, from Trenton to its mouth, PennsylvaniaDelaware River, Pa. and N. J. and New Jersey: Continuing improvement, one hundred and seventy thousand dollars, of which five thousand dollars shall be expended in the improvement of the channel over Perriwig Bar. For continuing construction of dam at Herrs island, Allegheny River,Herrs Island Dam, Pa. Pennsylvania, forty thousand dollars. Improving Monongahela River, West Virginia and Pennsylvania:Monongahela River, W.
Va. and Pa. Continuing improvement, twenty thousand dollars. The Secretary of War is hereby authorized and directed to investigate and report to the next Congress the sum of money necessary to acquire by purchase the Purchase of dams, etc. *Post*, p. 973.locks and dams on the Monongahela-River, in Pennsylvania, belonging to the Monongahela Navigation Company, as a whole, and separately; and also to take testimony as to the value of said improvements, and the commercial importance of free navigation of said river; and the Secretary of War shall report thereon to Congress at its next succeeding session, to the end that Congress may determine as to the expediency of making the navigation of said river free from tolls.
Improving Appoquinimink River, Delaware: Continuing improvement,Appoquinimink River, Del. five thousand dollars. Improving Smyrna River, Delaware: Continuing improvement, fiveSmyrna River, Del. thousand dollars. Improving Murderkill River, Delaware: Continuing improvement,Murderkill River, Del. six thousand five hundred dollars, of which one thousand five hundred dollars, in the discretion of the Secretary of War, may be used in removing the bar and obstructions at the mouth of Saint Jones River.
Improving Mispillion River, Delaware: Continuing improvement,Mispillion River, Del. ten thousand dollars. Improving the inland waterway from Chincoteague Bay, Virginia, toWaterway, Chirico league and Delaware bays. Delaware Bay, at or near Lewes, Delaware, to be used from Delaware Bay to Indian River: Continuing improvement, twenty-five thousand dollars. Improving Broad Creek River, Delaware: Continuing improvement,Broad Creek River, Del. five thousand dollars, of which so much as may be necessary shall be used for removal of bar that extends from the railroad bridge at Sea-ford toward the mouth of Nanticoke River.
Improving Choptank River, Maryland: Continuing improvement,Choptank River, Md. two thousand dollars. Improving Susquehanna River, Maryland and Pennsylvania: For maintenance,Susquehanna River, Md. and Fa. four thousand dollars, to be expended above Havre de Grace, including survey from a point one mile below the town of Havre de Grace to a point one mile above Port Deposit, to ascertain what is necessary to prevent the accumulation of ice and ice gorges in said river and the cost thereof.
Improving Chester River, Maryland: Continuing improvement,Chester River, Md. one thousand five hundred dollars. Improving Manokin River, Maryland: Continuing improvement,Manokin River, Md. four thousand dollars. Improving Wicomico River, Maryland: Continuing improvement,Wicomico River, Md. three thousand dollars. Improving La Trappe River, Maryland: Completing improvement,La Trappe River, Md. four thousand seven hundred and fifty dollars. 349 Improving Warwick River, Maryland:
Continuing improvement, twoWarwick River, Md. thousand dollars. improving Patapsco River and channel to Baltimore: ContinuingPatapsco River, Md. improvement from main ship channel to Curtis Bay, twelve thousand dollars. That the President of the United States is hereby authorized toDelaware and Chesapeake Canal. appoint a board, to consist of an officer of the Engineer Corps of the United States Army, not below the rank of lieutenant-colonel, an officer of the United States Navy, not below the rank of captain, and two civilians, who, together with the Chief of the Engineers of the United States Army, shall examine and determine, from the surveys heretofore made under the direction of the War Department, the most feasible route for the construction of the Chesapeake and Delaware Canal.
And in making such selection said board shall select a route which in itsBoard to select route, etc. judgment shall give the greatest facility to commerce and will be best adapted for national defense. The said board shall report its conclusionsReport. to the Secretary of War, who shall transmit the same to Congress at its next session; and the sum of five thousand dollars is hereby appropriated to pay the expenses of the said board. Improving Potomac River, Washington, District of Columbia:
Continuing improvement,Potomac River, D. C. one hundred and fifty thousand dollars. Improving Appomattox River, Virginia: Continuing improvement,Appomattox River, Va. five thousand dollars. Improving Nansemond River, Virginia: Continuing improvement, ten thousand dollars,Nansemond River, Va. including survey and preparing estimate for the improvement of Nandua creek. Improving James River, Virginia: Continuing improvement, oneJames River, Va. hundred thousand dollars. Improving Mattapom River, Virginia:
Continuing improvement, four thousand dollars,Mattaponi River, Va. of which one thousand five hundred dollars shall be expended between Aylett’s and Guinea’s bridges. Improving Nomini Creek, Virginia: Continuing improvement,Nomini Creek, Va. five thousand dollars. Improving Pamunkey River, Virginia: Continuing improvement,Pamunkey River, Va. two thousand dollars. Improving Rappahannock River, Virginia: Continuing improvement,Rappahannock River, Va. ten thousand dollars. Improving Urbanna Creek, Virginia:
Continuing improvement,Urbanna Creek, Va. three thousand dollars. Improving York River, Virginia: Continuing improvement,York River. Va. twenty thousand dollars. Improving Aquia Creek, Virginia: Continuing improvement,Aquia Creek, Va. three thousand dollars. Improving Occoquan Creek, Virginia: Continuing improvement,Occoquan Creek, Va. five thousand dollars. Protecting Jamestown Island from the encroachments of James River, ten thousand dollars,James River, Jamestown Island, Va, or so much thereof as may be necessary.
Improving Lower Machodoc Creek, Virginia: Continuing improvement,Lower Machodoc Creek, Va. three thousand dollars. Improving Elk River, West Virginia: Continuing improvement,Elk River, W. Ya. two thousand dollars. Improving Guyandotte River, West Virginia: For maintenance,Guyandotte River, W. Va. two thousand dollars. Improving Gauley River, West Virginia: Continuing improvement,Gauley River, W. Va. three thousand dollars. Improving Roanoke River, North Carolina: Continuing improvement,Roanoke River.
N. C. thirty thousand dollars. Improving inland waterway between Beaufort Harbor and New River, North Carolina: ContinuingWaterway. Beau tort to New River, N. C. improvement, two thousand five hundred dollars. Improving Trent River, North Carolina: Continuing improvement,Trent River, N. C. four thousand dollars. 350 Improving North East (Cape Fear) River, North Carolina: Continuing improvement,North East River, N.C. five thousand dollars. Improving Pasquotank River, North Carolina:
Completing improvement,Pasquotank River, N. C. one thousand dollars. Improving Capo Fear River, North Carolina, above Wilmington: Continuing improvement,Cape Fear River, N. C.. above Wilmington. fourteen thousand dollars. Improving Cape Fear River, North Carolina, from Wilmington to its mouth: Continuing improvement,Below Wilmington. two hundred thousand dollars. Improving Pamlico and Tar Rivers, North Carolina, up to Rocky Mount: Continuing improvement,Pamlico and Tar rivers, N.
C. ten thousand dollars. Improving Contentnia Creek, North Carolina: Continuing improvement,Contentnia Creek, N. C. ten thousand dollars. Improving Black River, North Carolina: For maintenance,Black River, N. C. two thousand dollars. Improving Lumber River, North and South Carolina: Continuing improvement,Lumber River, N. C. and S. U. four thousand dollars. Improving Neuse River, North Carolina: Continuing improvement,Neuse River, N. C. seven thousand dollars. Improving inland water route from Norfolk Harbor, Virginia, toWaterway, Norfolk.
Va., to Albemarle Sound. N. C. Albemarle Sound, North Carolina, through Currituck Sound: Continuing improvement, ten thousand dollars. For the survey of the waterways through the sounds of North CarolinaSurvey for ship canal. Va. and N. C. and for the survey of the Dismal Swamp Canal, Virginia and North Carolina, with a view of obtaining a depth of nine feet and the necessary width of a ship canal, and for the survey of the rivers and water connections connecting said canal with the sounds of North Carolina, five thousand dollars, or so much therof as is necessary.
Improving Lockwoods Folly River, North Carolina: Continuing improvement,Lock woods Folly River, N. C. ten thousand dollars. Improving Great Pedee River, South Carolina: Continuing improvement,Great Pedee River, S.C. six thousand dollars. Improving Santee River, South Carolina: Continuing improvement,Santee River, S. C. forty thousand dollars, to be used in snagging and in making new cut between Estherville and Minim Creek, and in maintaining the Musquito Creek Channel. Improving Waecamaw River, North and South Carolina,Waccamaw River, N.
C. and S. C. up to Lake Waccamaw: Continuing improvement, six thousand dollars. Improving Wappoo Cut, South Carolina: Continuing improvement,Wappoo Cut, S. C. seven thousand dollars. Improving Wateree River, South Carolina: For maintenance,Wateree River, S. C. two thousand five hundred dollars.- Improving Congaree River, South Carolina: Continuing improvement,Congarec River, S. C. four thousand dollars. Improving Mingo Creek, South Carolina: For completion,Mingo Creek, S. C. four thousand dollars.
Improving Little Pedee River, South Carolina; Continuing improvement,Little Pedee River, S. C. four thousand dollars. . Improving Beaufort River, South Carolina; Continuing improvement,Beaufort River, S, C. five thousand dollars. Improving Altamaha River, Georgia: Continuing improvement,Altamaha River, Ga. ten thousand dollars. Improving Chattahoochee River, Georgia and Alabama: ContinuingChattahoochee River, Ga. and Ala. improvement, thirty thousand dollars, of which five thousand dollars are to be used on that portion of the river between West Point and Franklin, and ten thousand dollars in rebuilding snag boat.
Improving Flint River, Georgia: Continuing improvement,Flint River, Ga. eight thousand dollars. Improving Ocmulgee River, Georgia: Continuing improvement, tenOcmulgee River, Ga. thousand dollars, of which five thousand dollars are to be expended between Macon and Hawkinsville and the like sum below Hawkinsville. Improving Oconee River, Georgia: Continuing improvement, tenOconee River, Ga. 351 thousand dollars, of which three thousand dollars are to be expended between Milledgeville and the Central Railroad bridge.
Improving Savannah River, between Savannah and Augusta: Con-tinning improvement,Savannah River, Ga., lower. fifteen thousand dollars. Improving Savannah River, above Augusta, Georgia.: Continuing improvement, Ahove Augusta.six thousand dollars. Improving Jekyl Creek, Georgia: Continuing improvement,Jekyl Creek, Ga. four thousand dollars. Improving Coosa, River, between Rome, Georgia, and the East Tennessee,Coosa River. Ga. and Ala. Virginia and Georgia Railroad bridge, in Alabama:
Continuing improvement, one hundred and ten thousand dollars. Improving Coosa River between Wetumka, Alabama, and the EastCoosa River, Ala. Tennessee, Virginia and Georgia Railroad bridge: Continuing improvement, one hundred and ten thousand dollars. Inside water route between Savannah, Georgia, and Fernandina, Florida: Continuing improvement,Waterway. Savananah to Fernandina. twenty thousand dollars. Continuing improvement, Apalachicola River, Florida, including the cutoff,Apalachicola River.
Leos Slough and Lower Chipola River: Five thousand dollars. Improving Caloosahatchee River and Punta Rassa, Florida:Caloosahatchee River and Punta Rassa, Fla. Choctaw hatchee River, Fla. and Ala. *Proviso*. Drawbridge. For maintenance, two thousand dollars. Improving Choctawhatchee River, Florida and Alabama: Continuing improvement, six thousand dollars: *Provided*, That no part of said sum shall be expended above Hollis bridge until a draw, approved by the Secretary of War, is put in said bridge.
Improving Indian River, Florida, dredging channel from the channelIndian River, Fla. of the Indian River through the Negro Cut to the bar at the Indian River inlet, five thousand dollars, and, in addition thereto, the Secretary of War is hereby authorized to expend in making said improve merit the fifteen thousand dollars appropriated for the improvement of Indian River by Act approved July thirteenth, eighteen hundredVol. 27, p.101. and ninety-two. Improving Escambia and Conecuh rivers, Florida:
Continuing improvements,Escambia and Coneculi rivers, Fla. six thousand dollars. Improving Manatee River, Florida: Continuing improvement,Manatee River, Fla. three thousand dollars. Improving Suwanee River, Florida: Continuing improvement,Suwanee River, Fla. three-thousand dollars. Improving Volusia Bar, Florida: For maintenance,Volusia Bar, Fla. one thousand dollars. Improving Ocklawaha. River, Florida: For maintenance,Ocklawaha River, Fla. three thousand dollars. Improving Sarasota.
Bay. Florida: Continuing improvement,Sarasota Bay, Fla. two thousand five hundred dollars. Improving Withlacoochee River, Florida: For maintenance,Withlacoochee River, Fla. including a survey of the mouth of said river, eight hundred dollars. Improving Alabama River, Alabama: Continuing improvement,Alabama River, Ala. fifty thousand dollars. Improving Black Warrior River, Alabama, from Tuscaloosa to Black Warrior River, Ala.Daniels Creek: Continuing improvement, thirty seven thousand five hundred dollars; and the Secretary of War shall cause a survey ofSurvey. said river to be made for its further improvement to the Mulberry and Locust Fork, in harmony as to width and depth of channel with the work now being done between Tuscaloosa and Daniels Creek, and the expense of said survey shall be paid out of this appropriation.
Improving Warrior and Tombigbee rivers, Alabama, from mouth ofWarrior and Tombigbee rivers, Ala. Distribution. Tombigbee River to Tuscaloosa: Continuing improvement, one hundred and fifteen thousand dollars, of which seventy-five thousand dollars are to be expended on the Tombigbee River and forty thousand dollars on the Warrior River; and so much of said sums as may be necessary is authorized to be expended in acquiring, by purchase or condemnation, under the laws of Alabama, the lands needed in making such improvements. 352 Improving Tombigbee River from Fulton to Columbus:
ContinuingTombigbee River, Ala. and Miss. improvement, four thousand dollars. Improving Tombigbee River from Demopolis, Alabama, to Columbus, Mississippi: Continuing improvement, fifty thousand dollars. Improving Tombigbee River, from Walkers Bridge to Fulton: Continuing improvement, one thousand dollars. Improving Big Sunflower River, Mississippi: Continuing Big Sunflower River, Alisa.improvement, five thousand dollars. Improving Noxubee River, Mississippi: For maintenance,Noxubee River, Miss. three thousand dollars.
Improving Pascagoula River, Mississippi: Continuing improvement,Pascagoula River, Miss. thirteen thousand dollars, and so much of said sum as may be necessary may be used for removal of the bar in Horn Island Pass. Improving Pearl River, Mississippi, between Edinburg and Carthage:Pearl River, Miss. For maintenance, five hundred dollars. Improving Pearl River, between Cartilage and Jackson, Mississippi: For completion, two thousand four hundred dollars. Improving Pearl River, Mississippi, below .Jackson:
Continuing improvement, five thousand dollars, which, in the discretion of the Secretary of War, may be expended north of Columbia. Improving Tallahatchee River, Mississippi: Continuing improvement,Tallahatchee River, Miss. four thousand dollars. Improving Tchula Lake, Mississippi: Continuing improvement,Tchula Lake, Miss. three thousand dollars. Improving Yazoo River, Mississippi: Continuing improvement,Yazoo River, Miss. twenty thousand dollars, of which so much as may be necessary shall be expended in removing the bar at Yazoo City and the bars at the upper and lower ends of Tchula Lake, beginning with the bar at Yazoo City.
Improving Chickasahay River, Mississippi, from the mouth up to railroad bridge, nearLeaf River, Miss. Shubuta: Continuing improvement, live thousand dollars. Improving Leaf River, Mississippi, from its mouth to Bowie Creek:Chickasaha River, Mis. Continuing improvement, two thousand five hundred dollars. Improving mouth of the Yazoo River, Mississippi: Continuing improvement,Yazoo River. Miss., at mouth. two hundred and twenty-live thousand dollars, to be expended in accordance with plan of Captain J.
H. Willard, Corps of Engineers, as set out in House Executive Document, numbered one hundred and twenty-five, of the first session, Fifty-second Congress. Improving Amite River and Bayou Manehac, Louisiana: For maintenance,A uiite River, and Bayou Manchac, La. two thousand five hundred dollars. Improving Boeuf River, Louisiana: Continuing improvement,Boeuf River, La. eight thousand dollars. Improving Bayou Bartholomew, Louisiana and Arkansas: Continuing improvement,Bayou Bartholomew, La. and Ark. five thousand dollars.
Improving bayous D’Arbonue and Corney, Louisiana: Continuing improvement, three thousand dollars,Bayous D’A r bounc and Corney, La. of which one thousand dollars shall be expended in removing obstructions from the Little D’Arbonue. Improving Tensas River and Bayou Macon, Louisiana and Arkansas:Tensas River, and Bayou Macon, La. and Ark. Red River, La. and Ark. Continuing improvement, five thousand dollars. Improving Red River, Louisiana and Arkansas, from Fulton, Arkansas, to the Atchafalaya River:
Continuing improvement, according to the plan of Captain J. H. Willard, Corps of Engineers, United States Army, and for completion of survey, one hundred and fifty thousand dollars, of which fifteen thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, shall be used in the further prosecution of the work at Alexandria, and five thousand dollars for improving the Sulphur River, a tributary of the Red River. Improving Tickfaw River, Louisiana: For maintenance, one thousandTickfaw River, La. dollars.
Improving Bayou Plaquemine,Louisiana: Continuing improvement,Bayou Plaquemine, La. one hundred and ten thousand dollars, of which sum not exceeding 353 ten thousand dollars may be used, hi the discretion of the Secretary of War, in removing obstructions from Grand River and Pigeon bayous, forming part of the Bayou Plaquemine route. improving Bayou Lafourche, Louisiana: Continuing improvementBayou Lafourche, La. and removing obstructions, forty thousand dollars, and a dredge boat for use in said bayou is hereby authorized to be constructed, the expense of same to be paid out of this appropriation.
Improving Chefuncte River and Bogue Falia, Louisiana: For maintenance,Cliofu note River and Bogue Falia, La. one thousand dollars. Improving Bogue Ghitto, Louisiana: Continuing improvement,Bogue Chitto, Ln. five thousand dollars. Improving Mermentau River and tributaries, Louisiana: Continuing improvement,Mermentau River, etc., La. five thousand dollars. Improving channel, bay, and passes of Bayou Vermilion, Louisiana: Continuing improvement,Bayou Vermilion, La. five thousand dollars.
Improving Bayou Courtableau, Louisiana: Continuing improvement,Bayou Courtableau. La. five thousand dollars. Improving Bayou Teche, Louisiana: Continuing improvement,Bayou Teche La, six thousand dollars. Improving Buffalo Bayou, Texas: Continuing improvement,Buffalo Bayou, Tex. fifteen thousand dollars. Improving Trinity River, Texas: Continuing improvementTrinity River, Tex. including survey from Magnolia to the city of Dallas, five thousand dollars. Improving Cypress Bayou, Texas:
For dredging and removing obstructions andCypress Bayou, Tex. straightening channel between Jefferson, Texas, and Shreveport, Louisiana, ten thousand dollars. Improving Sabine River, Texas: For completion, five thousandSabine River. Tex. dollars. Improving Arkansas River, Arkansas and Indian Territory: ContinuingArkansas River, Ark. and Ind, Tor. improvement, two hundred and fifty thousand dollars, two-fifths of which amount shall be expended from the mouth of the river to Little Rock, and a portion of which, may in the discretion of the Secretary of War, be used to prevent the further caving of the bank near Red Fork, two-fifths from Little Rock to Fort Smith, and one-fifth above Fort Smith: *Provided*, That, in the discretion of the Secretary*Proviso*. of War, ten thousand dollars of the amount hereby appropriated for saidSnag boats, etc river may be used in removing obstructions and operating snag boats.
Improving Saint. Francis River, Arkansas: Continuing improvement,Saint Francis River. Ark. eighty-three thousand dollars, seventy-five thousand dollars of which to be expended by the Mississippi River Commission for the preventionPrevention of ent, Mississippi River Commission. of a formation of a cut through to the Saint Francis River by the action of the overflow water from the Mississippi River, as recommended in the report of Colonel Charles R. Suter, dated May twenty-ninth, eighteen hundred and ninety-four.
Improving Arkansas River: Removing obstructions and operatingArkansas River. snag boats,Snag boats, etc. twenty thousand dollars. Improving Black River, Arkansas and Missouri: Continuing improvement.Black River. Ark. and Mo. nine thousand live hundred dollars. Improving White River, Arkansas: Continuing improvement, fifty-twoWhite River. Ark. thousand dollars, of which two thousand dollars may, in the discretion of the Secretary of War, be expended in removing obstructions in Cache River, and eight thousand dollars in the rectification of the channel of the White River at Batesville.
Improving Ouachita and Black rivers, Arkansas and Louisiana:Ouachita and Black rivers, Ark. and La. Continuing improvement, fifty thousand dollars; and the Secretary of War is directed to submit, with his next report on the Ouachita River, plans and estimates for the improvement of said Ouachita River by locks and dams, to give slackwater navigation as far above its mouth as in his judgment such improvement is practicable, the cost of the same to be paid out of this appropriation.
Improving Red River above Fulton, Arkansas: Continuing improvementRed River, Ark. three thousand five hundred dollars. 354 Improving Current River, Arkansas and Missouri: ContinuingCurrent River, Ark. and Mo. improvement in accordance with the project submitted by H. S. Tabor, captain of engineers, on December eleventh, eighteen hundred and ninety, eight thousand dollars, of which four thousand three hundred and fifty dollars may be used in building a snag boat and rock barge.
Improving Clinch River. Tennessee: Continuing improvement, twoClinch River. Tenn. thousand five hundred dollars. Improving Cumberland River, Kentucky and Tennessee: ContinuingCumberland River. improvement above Nashville, two hundred thousand dollars, of which five thousand dollars may be used, in the discretion of the Secretary of War, above the town of Burnside. Improving Cumberland River below Nashville, Tennessee: Continuing improvement, thirty thousand dollars. Improving French Broad and Little Pigeon rivers, Tennessee:
ContinuingFrench Broad and Little Pigeon rivers, Tenn. Tennessee River. Below Chattanooga. Tenn. Distribution. improvement, seven thousand dollars. Improving Tennessee River below Chattanooga, Tennessee: Continuing improvement, four hundred thousand dollars, of which twenty-five thousand dollars may, in the discretion of the Secretary of War, be used in continuing the work at Livingston Point, Kentucky, and ten thousand dollars in improving the river between Hobbs Island and Guntersville, and one hundred thousand dollars below Riverton, of which last stun ninety-thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, shall be used in the removal of snags and other obstructions to navigation between Riverton and the mouth of said Tennessee River, and the remainder of said sum of one hundred thousand dollars, as so much thereof as may be necessary, shall be used in making a survey of said Tennessee River below Riverton and submitting plans for its improvement.
Improving Tennessee River above Chattanooga, Tennessee, fiftyAbove Chattanooga, Tenn. thousand dollars, to be expended in accordance with the project submitted by Lieutenant-Colonel Henry M. Robert, on February twenty-third, eighteen hundred and ninety-three, and printed in House Executive Document numbered two hundred and fifty-two, second session of Fifty-second Congress. Improving Obion River, Tennessee, from its mouth to the town ofObion River. Tenn. Obion on the Newport News and Mississippi Valley Railroad, in Obion County:
Continuing improvement, seven thousand five, hundred dollars. Improving Kentucky River, Kentucky: Continuing improvementKentucky River., one hundred and thirty-five thousand dollars, of which ten thousand dollars shall be used in improving Rough River, Kentucky. Improving the Falls of the Ohio River, Kentucky: Continuing improvement,Falls of the Ohio River, Ky. sixty thousand dollars. Improving Indiana Chute, Falls of the Ohio River, Kentucky: Continuing improvement,Indiana Chute, Ky. twenty thousand dollars.
Improving Rough River, Kentucky: Continuing improvement,Rough River, Ky. twelve thousand five hundred dollars. Improving Levisa Fork, Big Sandy River, Kentucky: For maintenance.Big Sandy River. Ky. Levisa Fork. Tag Fork. two thousand five hundred dollars. Improving Tug Fork, Big Sandy River, Kentucky: For maintenance, two thousand five hundred dollars. Improving Green River, Kentucky, above the mouth of Big BarrenGreen River, Ky. River: For lock number five, according to report and recommendation of Major D.
W. Lockwood, Corps of Engineers, United States Army, submitted August eleventh, eighteen hundred and ninety-one, twenty-five thousand dollars. Improving Green River, Kentucky: For rebuilding lock number twoLock No. 2. in accordance with the existing plans, one hundred and five thousand dollars. Improving Big Sandy River,near Louisa, Kentucky: For continuingBig Sandy River. Ky. construction of movable dam in accordance with the existing plans, forty thousand dollars. 355 Ice harbor at the mouth of the Muskingum River, Ohio:
For theMuskingum River, Ohio. Ice harbor, etc. completion of the ice harbor at the mouth of the Muskingum River in Ohio, and for the completion of the lock machinery at Taylorsville, Ohio, the sum of thirteen thousand dollars remaining to the credit of the Taylorsville lock appropriation is hereby appropriated, and the Secretary of War is authorized and directed to require the necessary changes to be made in the county bridge at Taylorsville and in the bridge of the Baltimore and Ohio Southwestern Railway Company at Marietta, Ohio, necessary to make said bridges conform to and accommodate the commerce of said river and to the improvements made therein by the United States, and to use for that purpose so much of the funds for the care and maintenance of public works as may be necessary to complete and perfect such changes, requiring that the county commissioners of Muskingum County and the managers of the railway line aforesaid shall construct the superstructure of the draws in said bridges, under the supervision and to the satisfaction of the Secretary of War, and maintain the same in good order to protect the navigation of said river; and a survey shall be made of said river from Zanesville to Dresden with a view to its improvement.
That the Secretary of War is hereby authorized and directed toCanal connecting Lake Erie and Ohio River. Commission to examine and report on. Post, p. 967. appoint a board of three engineers of the Army, whose duty it shall be to survey the Miand and Erie Canal, the Ohio Canal and such branches thereof and such river and stream channels as may in their judgment form available portions of a continuous canal connecting the waters of Lake Erie with the Ohio River through the State of Ohio, and to report as to the feasibility and advisability of improving and widening such canal to seventy feet at the water line, and deepening the same to seven feet, and by construction of new locks not less than one hundred and fifty feet in length and twenty one feet in width, with a capacity for vessels of at least two hundred and eighty tons burden, and to report to the next session of Congress with detailed plans and an estimate of the cost of such improvement; and twenty thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary for the cost of said survey, is hereby appropriated: *Pro tided*.
That nothing herein shall be construed to*Proviso*. Construction not binding. commit the Government to proceed with the construction of said improvement. Improving Ohio River. Ohio: Continuing improvement, two hundredOhio River. and fifty thousand dollars, of which twelve thousand dollars shall be used in continuing the work at Shawneetown: twenty-five thousandShawneetown. dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, in preventing the cutoff threatened at the peninsula near Evansville, Indiana; eighteenEvansville, Ind. thousand seven hundred and fifty dollars, or so much thereof as maybe necessary, in constructing an additional ice pier at Middleport, Ohio,Middleport.
Ohio. pursuant to the plans of the Chief of Engineers, and in enlarging and improving the ice pier at Pomeroy, Ohio, and in constructing an iceIce piers. pier at or near Syracuse, Ohio, or at or near Hartford, West Virginia, upon the plans heretofore adopted for such piers in the Ohio River. The precise points for the construction of said piers at said localities shall be fixed by the Secretary of War so as to best accommodate the commerce of those sections of said river. Improving Ohio River by the construction of a movable dam at orOhio River.
Movable dam. below the mouth of Beaver River, Pennsylvania: Continuing improvement, seventy-five thousand dollars. Improving Saginaw River, Michigan: Continuing improvement, forty thousand dollars, of which sixteen thousand dollars, or such lessSaginaw River. Mich. sum as may be necessary, shall be expended on the river above Bay City. Improving Saint Clair Flats Ship Canal. Michigan: All work pertainingSaint Clair Flats Canal, Mich. Character of work. to this canal is hereby declared to be embraced within the project adopted by the Act approved July thirteenth, eighteen hundredVol. 27, p. 108. and ninety-two, and the Secretary of War is directed to perform the same in accordance therewith. 356 Improving Black River, at Port Huron, Michigan:
ContinuingBlack River, Mich. improvement up to Washington avenue, four thousand dollars. Improving mouth of Black River, Michigan: Continuing improvement, four thousand dollars. Improving Clinton River, Michigan: Continuing improvement, fiveClinton River, Mich. thousand dollars. Improving Rouge River, Michigan: Continuing improvement, five Rouge River, Mich.thousand dollars. Improving Detroit River, Michigan, by removal of shoalsDetroit River, Mich. from the city of Detroit to Lake Erie:
Continuing improvement, thirty thousand dollars. Improving Alpena Harbor, Michigan: Continuing improvement,Alpena Harbor. Mich. four thousand dollars. Improving the water communication across Keweenaw Point, Lake Superior,Waterway, Koweenaw Bay to Lake Superior. from Keweenaw Bay to Lake Superior, in the State of Michigan, in accordance with the existing project, one hundred and thirty thousand dollars. Improving Saint Joseph River, Michigan: Continuing improvement,Saint Joseph River, Mich. five hundred dollars.
Improving Chippewa River, including Yellow Banks, Wisconsin: Continuing improvement,Chippewa River, Wis. including a survey of the river for two miles south of the Dells Dam, ten thousand dollars. Improving Fox River, Wisconsin: Continuing improvement, thirty-sevenFox River, Wig. thousand five hundred dollars, of which twenty-five hundred dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, may be used for work in the harbor of Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, and approaches thereto; of which said sum, two thousand five hundred dollars, or so much thereof as shall be necessary, shall be used in the removal of the bar that exists at the intersection of Fox River with Big Lake Buttesdesmorts, and five thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, may be used in erecting, operating, and maintaining on the Menasha dam slash boards to be so adjusted as to raise said dam one foot in height:
Precise, Raising dam.*Provided, however*, That said dam shall not be raised if, in the judgment of the engineers or the Secretary of War, there is any possibility of any damage whatsoever being inflicted upon any private property by flowage of water or otherwise. Improving Saint Croix River, Wisconsin and Minnesota: ContinuingSaint Croix River, Win, and Minn. improvement, four thousand dollars. Improving Menominee River, Michigan and Wisconsin: ContinuingMenominee River, Mich, and Wis. improvement, six thousand dollars.
Improving Sturgeon Bay and Lake Michigan Ship Canal: ContinuingSturgeon Buy and Lake Michigan Canal. improvement, twenty thousand dollars. Improving Red River of the North, Minnesota: ContinuingRed River of the North, Minn. improvement, fifteen thousand dollars. Improving Wabash River, Indiana and Illinois, above Vincennes: ContinuingWabash River, Ind. and Ill. improvement, five thousand dollars. Improving Wabash River, Indiana and Illinois, below Vincennes: Continuing improvement, fifteen thousand dollars.
Improving White River, Indiana: Continuing improvement, includingWhite River, Ind. a resurvey of said river, five thousand dollars. Improving Calumet River, Indiana and Illinois: Continuing improvement,Calumet River, Ind. and Ill. forty-five thousand dollars, of which thirty-five thousand dollars is to be used below the forks of the river and ten thousand dollars above the forks to one-half mile east of Hammond. Improving Illinois River, Illinois: Continuing improvement, thirty-fiveIllinois River, Ill.. thousand dollars.
For construction of the Illinois and Mississippi Canal: ContinuingIllinois and Michigan Canal. construction, one hundred and ninety thousand dollars. So much of the Iowa River within the State of Iowa as lies betweenIowa River. the town of Toolsboro and the townPart declared not navigable. of Wapello, in the county of Louisa, shall not be deemed a navigable river or public highway, but dams and bridges may be constructed across it. 357 For examination and survey Tor the location of a canal connectingLake Superior and Mississippi Riven Lake Superior and theSurvey of canal to connect.
Mississippi River, ten thousand dollars; and the engineers making said examination and survey shall report the most feasible route for such canal, either by way of the Saint Croix, Rum, or Upper Mississippi rivers: *Provided*, That nothing herein shall be construed*Proviso*. Construction not binding. to commit the Government to proceed with the construction of said improvement. For care and maintenance of reservoirs at the head-waters of theMississippi River. Mississippi River,Reservoirs at headwaters. fifty-one thousand dollars, and so much thereof as shall be required shall be expended in completing connections with the reservoir dams; in completing Sandy Lake dam; and any balance may be used for the construction of a reservoir and dam at Gull Lake, Minnesota: *Provided*, That the United States shall not be subject to anyProviso cost or expenseNo cost for lands, etc. for lands, mills, or other property necessarily taken or injured for the last-named reservoir and dam.
The provisions of section four of an Act entitled “An Act making appropriations for theMaintenance. Vol. 23, p. 147. construction, repair, and preservation of certain public works on rivers and harbors, and for other purposes,” approved July fifth, eighteen hundred and eighty-four, are hereby made applicable to said reservoirs so far as concerns their care, preservation, and maintenance. For dredging the channel at Quincy Bay, at Quincy, Illinois, the Secretary ofQuincy, Ill.
War is hereby*Post*, p. 404. authorized to set apart, out of any appropriations heretofore made, or which may be made, by this Congress for continuing the improvement of the Mississippi River, from the mouth of the Missouri River to Minneapolis, the sum of fifteen thousand dollars, if, in his discretion, said sum shall be necessary for that purpose. And out of said appropriation lie shall cause a survey to be made on the west side ofSurvey to prevent overflows. the Mississippi River, commencing at the mouth of Flint Creek, in Des Moines County, State of Iowa, and running along the west bank of the river to the month of the Iowa River, and along the east bank of the Mississippi River from the city of Warsaw to the city of Quincy, with a view to improving the navigation by preventing the water from over-Mowing the natural and artificial banks along those parts of the river and deepening the channel.
Improving the Mississippi River between the Chicago, Saint Paul, Minneapolis and Omaha Railroad bridge at Saint PaulFrom Saint Paul to Minneapolis, Minn. to the Washington Avenue bridge at Minneapolis, fifty-one thousand dollars, which together with the unexpended balance standing to the credit of this improvement shall be expended under the project or plan to extend navigation from Saint Paul to the, flour mills at Minneapolis, estimated for by Major A. McKenzie as appears by bis report made to General Thomas L.
Casey, Chief of Engineers, United States Army, under date of March first, eighteen hundred and ninety-four, by the construction of lock and dam numbered two in the same project. For work in accordance with the plans and specifications of the MississippiWork under Mississippi River Commission. River Commission: At the harbor of Greenville, Mississippi: Continuing improvement,Greenville, Miss. eighty thousand dollars. At the harbor of New Madrid, Missouri: Continuing improvement,New Madrid, Mo. twenty thousand dollars.
At the harbor of New Orleans, Louisiana: Continuing improvement,New Orleans, T.n, one hundred and ten thousand dollars. At the harbor of Natchez and Vidalia, Mississippi and Louisiana:Nate boa and Vidalia, Miss, and La. Continuing improvement, eighty thousand dollars. At the harbor of Memphis, Tennessee: Continuing improvement, fiftyMemphis, Tenn. thousand dollars, of which ten thousand dollars may be used in dredging at the mouth of Wolf River, in the discretion of the Secretary of War.
The Mississippi River Commission shall cause to be expended on theHickman, Ky. harbor at Hickman, Unexpended balance.Kentucky, the unexpended balance, of any appropriation heretofore made for improving the harbor at that point. At the head of the Atchafalaya and the mouth of Red River, Louisiana,Atchafalaya and Red rivers, La. for the rectification thereof: Continuing improvement, seventy 358 thousand dollars, of which two thousand five hundred dollars may be used in improving Bayou Des Glaises, in the parish of Avoyelles, and the said Commission is directed to report to Congress in their next regular report their views on the advisability of effecting a separation between the Mississippi and Bed Rivers at the present junction thereof and maintaining navigation between the same through Bayou Plaque-mine or by means of a canal.
Improving Saint Francois River, in Missouri, five thousand dollars.Saint Francis River, Mo. Improving Gasconade River, Missouri: Continuing improvement, fiveGasconade River, Mo. thousand dollars;Osage River, Mo. and improving Osage River, Missouri: Continuing improvement, forty-six thousand dollars, to be expended by the Missouri River Commission. Missouri River, from its mouth to the lower limits of Sioux City,Missouri River commission. Iowa; The MissouriDistribution. River Commission is authorized and directed to expend from the appropriations for the improvement of said river seventy-five thousand dollars in the rectification of the river at Omaha, Nebraska; thirty five thousand dollars at Atchison.
Kansas; and fifty thousand dollars at Saint Joseph and other localities on the river in the State of Missouri where the Commission may deem such improvement necessary. Improving Upper Missouri River between Stubbs’ Ferry, in Montana,Upper Missouri River. between Stubb’s Ferry, Mont., and Sioux City, Iowa. and the lower limits of Sioux City, Iowa: One hundred and ten Distribution.thousand dollars, of which ten thousand dollars may be expended in the protection and completion of the works at Sioux City; forty thousand dollars are to be expended in the rectification of the river at Pierre and Fort Pierre; forty thousand dollars, in the discretion of the Secretary of War, may be used for the protection of Bismarck Harbor and the rectification of the river by works to prevent the river from eroding the banks and cutting a new channel at or near that mint; twenty thousand dollars shall be expended between the Great Falls of said river, in Montana, and Stubbs’ Ferry, in Montana.
Improving Sacramento and Feather Rivers, California: Continuing Sacramento andimprovements,Feather rivers, Cal including treatment of the Yuba River, near and above Marysville, and of the Bear River, one hundred and fifteen thousand dollars; of which ten thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, shall be expended in snagging and other work between Tehama and Redding, on the Sacramento River; and, in the discretion of the Secretary of War, ten thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, shall be expended in making a cutoff to avoid *Proviso*.
Right of way.Shanghai bend on Feather River: *Provided*, That no money shall be expended in making said cutoff until the right of way therefor shall have been conveyed to the United States free of expense. Improving San Joaquin River, California, including making cut-off atSan Joaquin River, Cal. Twenty-one Mile Slough; and if, in the discretion of the Secretary of War, it is deemed beneficial to navigation by preventing deposit of sediment in Stockton Channel, or otherwise, the making of a double cutoff, etc.cut-off beginning at Mormon Slough immediately above its junction with Stockton Channel, thence across the same, entering the.
San Joaquin River immediately below junction therewith of Stockton Channel: Continuing improvement, fifty thousand dollars, of which ten thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, shall be expended in snagging and other work in aid of navigation on the San Joaquin River, above the city of Stockton and in the Tuolumne River *Proviso*. Right of way.and other tributaries of the former: *Provided*, That no money shall be expended in making said double cutoff until the right of way therefor shall have been conveyed to the United States free of charge.
Improving Petaluma Creek, California: Continuing improvement,Petaluma Creek,Cal. fifteen thousand dollars. Improving Mokelumne River, California: Continuing improvement,Mokelumne River, Cal two thousand five hundred dollars, including snagging as far as county *Proviso*.bridge at Thornton’s, on said river: *Provided*, That no part of said 359 sum shall be used until the drainage canal cut by private parties nearDrainage canal. New Hope landing shall have been closed. Improving Napa River, California:
Continuing improvement, fourNapa River, Cal. thousand dollars. Improving Upper Columbia River, including Snake River as farColumbia River. up as Upper.Asotin, Oregon and Washington: Continuing improvement, five thousand dollars. Improving Columbia River from Rock Island Rapids to Foster CreekRapids, Rock Island to Foster Creek. Rapids: The SecretarySung boat, etc. of War may, in his discretion, expend the unexpended balance, eight thousand two hundred and ten dollars and ninety-two cents, of the appropriation heretofore made for the improvement of the Columbia River between the head of Rock Island Rapids and the foot of Priest Rapids, Washington, for the building of a snag boat for use on the Columbia River between Rock Island Rapids and Foster Creek Rapids, and for such other work as may be necessary for the improvement of navigation of said river within the above-named limits.
Improving mouth of Columbia River, Oregon, and Washington:Mouth. Completing improvement, three hundred and thirty-eight thousand one hundred and eighty dollars. Improving Columbia River, Oregon and Washington, at Three-MileBoat railway at The Dalles Rapids. Rapids, and the construction and equipment of a boat railway from the foot of The Dalles Rapids to the head of Celilo Falls, said boat railway to be provided at each terminus with hydraulic lifts, and other necessary appliances, tor the purpose of raising and lowering the boats on suitable cars to and from its tracks, the whole to be located, constructed, and equipped for the passage of eight boats of six hundred tons each in each direction in twelve hours, on the south side of the Columbia River, substantially in accordance with the location and plans submitted by the board of engineers, appointed by the President in pursuance of the provision of the Act of Congress approved July thirteenth, eighteenVol. 27, p. 100. hundred and ninety-two, and entitled “An Act making appropriations for the construction, repair, and preservation of certain public works on rivers and harbors, and for other purposes,” with their report, which is contained in Senate Executive Document Numbered Seven, Fifty-third Congress, first session, one hundred thousand dollars: *Provided*,*Proviso*.
That the SecretaryRight of way, etc., to be secured. of War is hereby authorized and directed to proceed to acquire without unnecessary delay by purchase or condemnation, in the manner and according to the conditions now prescribed bylaw, the necessary right of way for said boat railway and the right to the use of lands required for terminal and other facilities for said boat railway, and to expend so much of the amount hereby appropriated as may be necessary for that purpose.
Improving Lower Willamette River in front of and below Portland,Lower Willamette and Columbia rivers, Oreg, and Wash. Oregon and Columbia River below the Willamette River in Oregon and Washington: Continuing improvement, fifty thousand dollars. Improving Willamette River above Portland, Oregon: ContinuingWillamette River, Oreg. improvement, twenty-three thousand dollars, of which eight thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, shall be used at Corvallis, and two thousand dollars may, in the discretion of the Secretary of War, be used in the removal of obstructions in Yam Hill River up to McMinnville.
Improving Coquille River, Oregon: Continuing improvement, twentyCoquille Rivez,Oreg. thousand dollars. Improving Upper Coquille River, between Coquille City and MyrtleUpper Coquille River, Oreg. Point, Oregon: Continuing improvement, five thousand dollars. Improving the mouth of Siuslaw River: Continuing improvement,Siuslaw River, Oreg. twenty-five thousand dollars. For gauging waters of the Columbia River, measuring tidal and riverGanging Columbia River. volumes, one thousand dollars.
Improving Upper Snake River, Idaho, between Seven Devils miningUpper Snake River, Idaho. district and Huntington bridge, twenty-five thousand dollars. 360 Improving Cowlitz River, Washington: Continuing improvement,Cowlitz River, Wash. three thousand dollars. Improving Puget Sound and its tributary waters, Washington: Coutinuing Puget Sound, etc., Wash.improvement, fourteen thousand dollars, which, together with the unexpended balance, may, in the discretion of the Secretary of War, or so much thereof as shall be necessary, be used for repairs to snag boat.
Improving Swinomish Slough, Washington: Continuing improvementSwinomish Slough, Wash. in accordance with existing plan, twenty-five thousand dollars. Improving Willapa River and Harbor, Washington: For completion,Will a pa River, Wash. thirteen thousand*Proviso*. Be moving obstructions. three hundred and fifty dollars: *Provided*, That in the discretion of the Secretary of War two thousand five hundred dollars of the amount hereby appropriated tor said river and harbor may be used in removing obstructions in North River.
For dredging Salmon Bay, and the improvement of the waterwayWater way, Puget Sound to hikes Union and Washington. connecting the waters of Puget Sound, at Salmon Bay, with lakes Union and Washington by enlarging the said waterway into a ship canal, with the necessary locks and appliances in connection therewith, *Proviso*. Right of way to be secured freetwenty-five thousand dollars: Provided, That no part of said amount shall be expended on the improvement of the waterway connecting the waters of Puget Sound with lakes Union and Washington until the entire right of way and a release from all liability, to adjacent property owners have been secured to the United States free of cost and to the satisfaction of the Secretary of War.
For dredging Everett Harbor, including mouth of Snohomish RiverEverett, Wash., and Snohomish River from mouth to Lowell, in the State bf Washington, the sum of ten thousand dollars. Sec. 2. It shall be unlawful for any person or persons to engage inNew York Harbor fishing or dredgingFishing, etc., in ship channels forbidden. for shell fish in any of the channels leading to and from the harbor of New York, or to interfere in any way with the safe navigation of those channels by ocean steamships and ships of deep draft.
Any person or persons violating the foregoing provisions of this section shallPenalty for violations. be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and on conviction thereof shall be punished by fine or imprisonment, or both, such fine to be not more than two hundred and fifty dollars nor less than fifty dollars, and the imprisonment to be not more than six months nor less than thirty days, either or both united, as the judge before whom conviction is obtained shall decide. It shall be the duty of the United States Supervisor of the harbor toArrests. enforce this Act, and the deputy inspectors of the said supervisor shall have authority, to arrest and take into custody, with or without process, any person or persons who may commit any of the acts or offenses *Proviso*.
Process.prohibited by this Act: *Provided*, That no person shall be arrested without process for any offense not committed in the presence of the supervisor or his inspector or deputy inspectors, or either of them: *And provided further*, That whenever any such arrest is made the personProceedings. or persons so arrested shall be brought forthwith before a commissioner, judge, or court of the United States for examination of the offenses alleged against him; and such commissioner, judge or court shall proceed in respect thereto as authorized by law in case of crimes against the United States.
Sec. 3. That section three of the “Act to prevent obstructive andNew York Harbor. injurious depositsLaw prohibiting injurious deposits amended. within the harbor and adjacent waters of New York City, by dumping or otherwise, and to punish and prevent such Vol. 25, p. 209offenses,” approved June twenty-ninth, eighteen hundred and eighty-eight, shall be, and hereby, is, amended so as to read as follows: " “Sec. 3. That in all cases of receiving on board of any scows or boatsSupervisor to designate place of deposit. such forbidden matter or substance as herein described, the owner or master, or person acting in such capacity on board of such scows or boats, before proceeding to take or tow the same to the place of deposit, shall apply for and obtain from the supervisor of the harbor appointed 361 hereunder a permit defining the precise limits within which the dischargePermits. of such scows or boats may be made; and it shall not be lawful for the owner or master, or person acting in such capacity, of any tug or towboat to tow or move any scow’ or boat so loaded with such forbidden matter until such permit shall have been obtained: and everyPenalty for violating. person violating the foregoing provisions of this section shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and on conviction thereof shall be punished by a fine of not more than one thousand nor less than five hundred dollars, and in addition thereto the master of any tug or towboat so offending shall have his license revoked, or suspended for a term to be fixed by the judge before whom tried and convicted.
“And any deviation from such dumping or discharging place specifiedPenalty for is charging at other places. in such permit shall be a misdemeanor, and the owner and master, or person acting in the capacity of master, of any scows or boats dumping or discharging such forbidden matter in any place other than that specified in such permit shall be liable to punishment therefor as provided insection one of the said Act of Juno twenty-ninth, eighteen hundred and eighty-eight; and the owner and master, or person acting in thePersons liable. capacity of master, of any tug or towboat towing such scows or boats shall be liable to equal punishment with the owner and master, or person acting in the capacity of master, of the scows or boats; and, further, every scowman or other employee on board of both scows and towboats shall be deemed to have knowledge of the place of dumping specified in such permit, and the owners and masters, or persons acting in the capacity of masters, shall be liable to punishment, as aforesaid, for any unlawful dumping, within the meaning of this Actor of the said Act of June twenty-ninth, eighteen hundred and eighty-eight, which maybe caused by the negligence or ignorance of such scowman or other employee; and, further, neither defect in machinery nor avoidable accidents to scows or towboats, nor unfavorable weather, nor improper handling or moving of scows or boats of any kind whatsoever, shall operate to release the owners and masters and employees of scows and towboats from the penalties hereinbefore mentioned.
” " Every scow or boat engaged in the transportation of dredgings, earth,Boats to have name, etc., painted. sand, mud, cellar dirt, garbage, or other offensive material of any description shall have its name or number and owner’s name painted in letters and numbers at least fourteen inches long on both sides of the scow or boat; these names and numbers shall be kept distinctly legible at all times, and no scow or boat not so marked shall be used to transport or dump any such material.
The supervisor of the harbor of New York, designated as providedAppointment of in spec turn. in sectionVol. 25, p. 210. five of the said Act of June twenty-ninth, eighteen hundred and eighty-eight, is authorized and directed to appoint inspectors and deputy inspectors, and, for the purpose of enforcing the provisions of this Act and of the Act aforesaid, and of detecting and bringing to punishment offenders against the same, the said supervisor of the harbor, and the inspectors and deputy inspectors so appointed by him, shall have power and authority:
First. To arrest and take into custody, with or without process, anyDuties. person orArrests. persons who may commit any of the acts or offenses prohibited by tins section and by the Act of June twenty-ninth, eighteen hundred and eighty-eight, aforesaid, or who may violate any of the provisions of the same: *Provided*, That no person shall be arrested*Proviso*. Process. without process for any offense not committed in the presence of the supervisor or his inspectors or deputy inspectors, or either of them: *And provided further*, That whenever any such arrest is made theCustody of offender,. person or persons so arrested shall be brought forthwith before a commissioner, judge, or court of the United States for examination of the offenses alleged against him; and such commissioner, judge, or court shall proceed in respect thereto as authorized by law in case of crimes against the United States. 362 Second.
To go on board of any scow or towboat engaged in unlawfulSeizure of boats. dumping of prohibited material, or in moving the same without a permit as required in this section of this Act, and to seize and hold said boats until they are discharged by action of the commissioner, judge, or court of the United States before whom the offending persons are brought. Third. To arrest and take into custody any witness or witnesses toCustody of witness. such unlawful dumping of prohibited material, the said witnesses to be released under proper bonds.
Fourth. To go on board of any towboat having in tow scows orAccompanying towboats boats loaded with such prohibited material, and accompany the same to the place of dumping, whenever such action appears to be necessary to secure compliance with the requirements of this Act and of the Act aforesaid. Fifth. To enter gas and oil works and all other manufacturing worksInspecting gas, etc., works. for the purpose of discovering the disposition made of sludge, acid, or other injurious material, whenever there is good reason to believe that such sludge, acid, or other injurious material is allowed to run into the tidal waters of the harbor in violation of section one of the aforesaid Act of June twenty-ninth, eighteen hundred and eighty-eight.
Every person who, directly or indirectly, gives any sum of money or Penalty for bribing, etc.other bribe, present, or reward or makes any offer of the same to any inspector, deputy inspector, or other employee of the office of the supervisor of the harbor with intent to influence such inspector, deputy inspector, or other employee to permit or overlook any violation of the provisions of this section or of the said Act of June twenty-ninth, eighteen hundred and eighty-eight, shall, on conviction thereof, be lined not less than live hundred dollars nor more than one thousand dollars, and be imprisoned not less than six months nor more than one year.
Every permit issued in accordance with the provisions of this sectionReturn of permits. of this Act which may not be taken up by an inspector or deputy inspector shall be returned within forty-eight hours after issuance to the office of the supervisor of the harbor; such permit shall bear an Indorsement.indorsement by the master of the towboat, or the person acting in such capacity, stating whether the permit has been used, and if so the time and place of dumping. Any person violating the provisions of Penalty.this section shall be liable to a fine of not more than five hundred dollars nor less than one hundred dollars.
Sec. 4. That it shall be the duty of the Secretary of War to prescribeUse of canals, etc., to be regulated by Secretary of War. such rules and regulations for the use, administration, and navigation of any or all canals and similar works of navigation that now are, or that hereafter maybe, owned, operated, or maintained by the United States as in his judgment the public necessity may require. Such rates and regulations shall be posted, in conspicuous and appropriatePosting rules- places, for the information of the public; and every person and every corporation which shall knowingly and willfully violate such rules and regulations shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and, on conviction thereof in any district court in the United States within whose territorial jurisdiction such offense may have been committed, shall be punished by a tine not exceeding five hundred dollars, or by imprisonment (in the case of a natural person) not exceeding six months, in the discretion of the court.
Sec. 5. That it shall be the duty of all persons owning, operating,Drawbridges. and tending theRegulations for use to be published. drawbridges now built, or which may hereafter be built across the navigable rivers and other waters of the United States, to open, or cause to be opened, the draws of such bridges under such rules and regulations as in the opinion of the Secretary of War the public interests require to govern the opening of drawbridges for the passage of vessels and other water crafts, and such rules and regulations, when so made and published, shall have the force of law.
Every such person who shall willfully fail or refuse to open, or cause to be opened, 363 the draw of any such bridge for the passage of a boat or boats, or who shall unreasonably delay the opening of said draw after reasonable signal shall have been given, as provided in such regulations, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and on conviction thereof shall be punished by a fine of not more than two thousand dollars nor less thanPenalty for violations. one thousand dollars, or by imprisonment (in the case of a natural person) for not exceeding one year, or by both such fine and imprisonment, in the discretion of the court: *Provided*, That the proper action*Proviso*. to enforceProceedings. the provisions of this section may be commenced before any commissioner, judge, or court of the United States, and such Commissioner, judge, or court shall proceed in respect thereto as authorized by law in ease of crimes against the United States: *Provided further*, That whenever, in the opinion of the Secretary of War, the publicSecretary of War may make rules, etc. interests require it, he may make, rules and regulations to govern the opening of drawbridges for the passage of vessels and other water crafts, and such rules and regulations, when so made and published, shall have the force of law, and any violation thereof shall be punished as hereinbefore provided.
Sec. 6. That it shall not be lawful to place, discharge, or deposit, byDeposits of refuse, etc., in navigable waters forbidden. any process or in any manner, ballast, refuse, dirt, ashes, cinders, mud, sand, dredgings, sludge, acid, or any other matter of any kind other than that flowing from streets, sewers, and passing therefrom in a liquid state, in the waters of any harbor or river of the United States, for the improvement of which money has been appropriated by Congress, elsewhere than within the limits defined and permitted by the Secretary of War; neither shall it be lawful for any person or persons to move,Injuries to jetties, etc., forbidden. destroy, or injure in any manner whatever any sea wall, 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; any and every such net is made a misdemeanor, and every person knowingly engaged in or who shall knowingly aid, abet, authorize, or instigate a violation of this section shall, upon conviction, be punishable by fine or imprisonment, or both, such fine to be not less thanPenalties. two hundred and fifty dollars nor more than twenty-five hundred dollars, and the imprisonment to be not less than thirty days nor more than one year, either or both united, as the judge before whom conviction is obtained shall decide, one-half of said fine to be paid to the person or persons giving information which shall lead to conviction of this misdemeanor.
Sec. 7. That any and every master, pilot, and engineer, or person or personsMasters, pilots, etc., injuring works, etc,, to have licenses revoked or suspended. acting in such capacity, respectively, on board of any boat or vessel who may willfully injure or destroy any work of the United States contemplated in section six of this Act, ox who shall knowingly engage in towing any scow, boat, or vessel loaded with any such prohibited matter to any point or place of deposit or discharge in any harbor contemplated in section six of this Act, elsewhere than within the limits defined and permitted by the Secretary of War, shall be deemed guilty of a violation of this Act and shall, upon conviction, be punishable as hereinbefore provided for offenses in violation of section six of this Act, and shall also have his license revoked or suspended for a term to be fixed by the judge before whom tried and convicted.
Sec. 8. Any boat, vessel, scow or other craft used or employed inLibel against boats violating deposit,etc., prohibitions. violating any of the provisions of sections six and seven of this Act shall be liable to the pecuniary pénalités imposed thereby, and in addition thereto to the amount of the damages done by said boat, vessel, scow, or other craft, which latter sum shall be placed to the credit of the appropriation for the improvement of the harbor in which the damage occurred, and said boat, vessel, scow, or other craft may be proceeded against summarily by way of libel in any district court of the United States having jurisdiction thereof. 364 Sec. 9.
That whenever the Secretary of War grants to any person orDisplacement of tide waters by piers. etc. persons permissionCompensating basin. to extend piers, wharves, bulkheads, or other works, or to make deposits in any tidal harbor or river of the United States beyond any harbor lines established under authority of the United States, he shall cause to be ascertained the amount of tide water displaced by any such structure or by any such deposits, and he shall, if he deem it necessary, require the parties to whom the permission is given to make compensation for such displacement either by excavating in some part of the harbor, including tidewater channels between high and low water mark, to such an extent as to create a basin for as much tide water as may be displaced by such structure or by such *Proviso*.
Dredging.deposits, or in any other mode that may be satisfactory to him: *Provided*, That all such dredging or other improvement shall be carried on under the direction of the Secretary of War, and shall in no wise injure any existing channels. Sec. 10. That the Secretary of War is hereby directed to cause preliminaryPreliminary examinations. examinations to be made at the following localities, to wit: arkansas.Arkansas Little River, from Fulton to White Clifts. Bayou Macon above Floyd.
Boueff River above Wallaces Landing, Cache River to Riverside, with a view to low-water navigation. Upper White River, to determine the proper method of improvement. arizona.Arizona. Colorado River above Yuma to the highest point of navigation. connecticut.Connecticut. Harbor of West Haven, and West River from the steam railroad crossing to the main channel of New Haven Harbor. Black Rock Harbor. Greenwich Harbor. Byram Harbor. california.California. San Francisco Harbor, obstructions therein and in the approaches thereto, as follows:
Noonday Rocks, Mile Rocks, the Sunken Rocks off Fort Point, Anita Rock, near Fort Point; Arch Rock, Shag Rock, Blossom Rock, Two Mission Rocks, Invincible Rock, one-half mile southerly from The Brothers lighthouse; Whiting Rock, one-eighth of a mile north of Invincible Rock, and Fifteen Feet Rock, a quarter of a mile west of said lighthouse, with a view to their removal. San Rafael Greek and Mendocino Harbor. Georgiana River. San Joaquin River, above the mouth of Stanislaus River, with a view to improvement, including closure of sloughs to a height sufficient to maintain current in main channel during low-water period.
Feather River, above Marysville. American River, with a view to prevention of sand flowing into the Sacramento River, near the city of Sacramento. Harbor of El Moro, Napa River, between North and South Vallejo, with a view of improvement and confinement of current to keep channel open. Steamboat Channel, and from junction thereof with Sacramento River to mouth of said river, with a view to improvement, enlargement of navigable channel, and to increase capacity for flood discharge.
Suisun Creek, with a view to improvement of channel. 365 delaware.Delaware. Christiana River above Wilmington to Newport. For a canal from Pocomoke River to Indian River. Mouth of Broad Kiln River. Mahon River. maryland.Maryland. Harbor at Claiborne, the west terminus of the Baltimore and Eastern Shore Railroad. Chapel Point Harbor, at the junction of the Potomac and Port Tobacco rivers, with a view to the improvement of said harbor and its approaches. florida.Florida. Tampa Bay, from Port Tampa to the mouth of the bay.
Crystal River, at its mouth. Carabelle bar and harbor. Saint Johns River, at Orange Mills Flats, near Palatka and for the improvement of the channel of the Saint John’s River to Sandford and points above with a view to obtaining sufficient water for seagoing vessels. Saint Lucia Inlet and River. Withlacoochee River, from its mouth to head of navigation. Entrance to Biscayne Bay. An dote River. illinois.Illinois. Quincy Bay. kentucky.Kentucky. For ice-harbor, including lock and dam at a point about three miles from mouth of Licking River. louisiana.Louisiana.
Bayou Teche, from Saint Martinsville to Port Barre. Bayou Bonfuea in Saint Tammany Parish. Harbor at Baton Rouge. Harbor at Bayou Sara. Chefuncte River and Bogue Falia. Tickfaw River and tributaries. Bayou Dugdamona. Bayou Castor. Little River. massachusetts.Massachusetts. Manchester Harbor, from mouth of the river below the Point of Rocks, with a view to a channel one hundred feet wide and five feet deep, and removal of sand bar at mouth of liver and removal of sand bar and rocks at the Point of Rocks.
Plymouth Harbor, with a view to the removal of the obstructions known as “Splitting Knife” and “Middle Ground,” and the north and south sides of the excavated channel in said harbor with a view to deepening and improving the same. Onset Harbor. Bass River. Hyannis Harbor. Chatham New Harbor. Mount Hope Bay and harbor of Fall River. Byrams Cove Harbor. 366 maine.Maine. Glen Cove Harbor. Parkers Head harbor and channel. Royals River, from the village of Yarmouth to Casco Bay. Harbor of Cape Porpoise. missouri.Missouri.
Saint Francis River, from the Sunk Lands to Greenville, Missouri. michigan.Michigan. Kalamazoo River, from its mouth to the city of Kalamazoo. White Fisli River, for a harbor at the mouth in Little Badenock Bay Clinton River. Shiawassee River, from Saginaw River to Bad River; Bad River to village of Saint Charles; Flint River to head of navigation. Kawkawlin River. Tittabawassee River, from Saginaw to the head of navigation. minnesota.Minnesota. Big Stone Lake, with a view to construction of reservoirs.
Minnesota River, with a view to protecting the banks opposite the borough of Belle Plain, so as to prevent the river from cutting through the narrow neck of land at that point and with a view of protecting the banks at and near the city of Mankato. Red Lake River, with the view of improving Red Lake River from Thief River Falls to the Red Lake. mississippi.Mississippi. Yallabusha River. Noxubee River, from Macon to mouth of Hashuqua Creek. Bogue Phalia, especially at the point known as “ The Narrows.
” Bear Creek, from where it empties into the Yazoo, up stream. Big Sunflower River, with a view to its improvement as high as Clarksdale by locks and dams. The bar recently formed in Horn Island Pass. montana.Montana. Flathead River, from Columbia Falls, in Montana, to its mouth at Flathead Lake, and from its outlet on the south at Flathead Lake to the Clarkes Fork of the Columbia River. Kootenai River, from Jennings, in Montana, to the international boundary, with a view of removing rocks and obstructions in the canyon above the town of Jennings.
Pend d’Oreille River, from Flathead Lake to Jocko Station, Montana. Tongue River, with a view of straightening its channel along the eastern edge of the Fort Keogh military reservation. nebraska.Nebraska. The Nebraska side of the Missouri river opposite Sioux City, Iowa from a point in Nebraska where an extension of the lower limits of Sioux City, Iowa, would intersect the Nebraska side of the river and up the river to a point in Nebraska opposite the mouth of Big Sioux River. new york.New York.
Echo Bay and New Rochelle Harbor. Channel connecting Irondequoit Bay with Lake Ontario.367 Port Chester. Woodsburg Channel, in Hempstead Bay. Oarrls River. West branch of Newtown Creek, from Metropolitan Avenue bridge to the head of navigation. Harbor of Waddington. Harbor of Greenport. Milton Harbor at, Milton Point. Gravesend Bay. Dunkirk. Cold Spring Harbor. Hempstead Harbor. Peekskill. north carolina.North Carolina. Core Sound, from mouth of North River to Beaufort Harbor, and Cape Lookout.
Harbor of Refuge, with a view to improvement of navigation. Drum Inlet, between Portsmouth and Cape Lookout. Tar River, from Washington to Greenville, with a view to obtaining a depth of three feet. South Creek, from mouth to head of navigation. Turners Cut, a branch of Pasquotank River. Scuppernong River. new jersey.New Jersey. Mantua Creek. Buckshutem. Cold Spring Inlet. Ran cocas River. Inside of Absecon Inlet, near the southwesterly point of Brigantine Beach, with a view to uniting the waters of that part of the water bed known as the “main channel,” now flowing under or along Bringantine Beach, with said water bed now flowing under or along Rum Point, and with the waters of Absecon Channel, so as to improve and shorten steamboat or ferry navigation between the termini of railroad transportation at Atlantic City and Brigantine Beach.
Delaware River, between Trenton and Burlington, for improvement of river and protection of banks. Inlet, at mouth of Shark River, for harbor of refuge. Elizabeth River, to report upon the desirability of placing locks in the mouth of said river, and the cost of same. The Lumberton branch of the Rancocas River as far as Lumberton. Salem River from the mouth of said river as far as Salem City. Rahway River, to report upon the desirability of placing locks in the mouth of said river and the cost of same. ohio.Ohio.
Ironton, with a view of protecting the Ohio River front within the limits of the city. oregon.Oregon Yaquina Bay Bar, for increased depth. Tualiton River to Hillsboro, and to the head of navigation. Clatskanie River, from mouth to town of Clatskanie. Umpqua River, from Scottsburg to Elkton Rapids. pennsylvania.Pennsylvania Clarion River. Tionesta River. Susquehanna River between Nanticoke and Pittston. 368 rhode island.Rhode Island. Connanicnt Island, with a view of cutting a channel through the same.
Seaconnet Point. Stone Bridge over Seaconnet River to ascertain the cost of widening and deepening the passage at the draw of said bridge to the same extent as prescribed in the recent order of the Secretary of War, respecting the railroad bridge across said river, and the Secretary of War is directed to prepare and submit to Congress an estimate of the cost of such work. tennessee.Tennessee. Wolf River, from its mouth to a point five miles above. texas.Texas. Channel through Sabine Lake, from the mouth of the Sabine and Neelies rivers to the head of the pass from said lake to the Gulf of Mexico.
Brazos River, from the city of Waco, to the town of Richmond. Bar and Harbor at Brazos Santiago. Colorado River from the mouth to the city of Wharton, Guadalupe River from its mouth to the city Cuero. virginia.Virginia. Deep Creek branch of Elizabeth River, with a view of obtaining a depth equal to that of the Lake Drummond Canal, formerly the Dismal Swamji Canal, and the western branch of the said Elizabeth River. Harris Creek prong of Back River. Lyons Creek. For internal waterway, extending from Franklin City southward to Cape Charles.
The chief obstructions exist in what is known as Boggs Bay, Cat Creek, Kegotauk Bay, Weir Passage, and Burtons Bay. Jacksons Creek, near mouth of Piankatank River. Ware River. Quantico Creek. Great Wicomico River, from Cedar Point to Indian Point. Little Wicomico River, at its mouth. Hunting Creek from its mouth to head of navigation. vermont.Vermont. Missisqnoi River, particularly between the village of Swanton and the lake. washington.Washington. North River, from its mouth in Wallapa Bay, upward twenty-five miles.
Quillaynte Harbor and River. Okanagon River, from mouth to head of navigation. Bellingham Bay. Clallam Bay, with a view to its improvement as a harbor of refuge. Lewis River, from La Center to its mouth, with a view of deepening the channel and improving the navigation. From Hood’s Canal in Puget Sound to North Bay in said sound, with a view of constructing a water way and channel between the two bodies of water at the most practicable place, of sufficient depth to be navigable for all classes of vessels. 369 wisconsin.Wisconsin.
Month of Iron River, Lake Superior. Flag Lake and mouth of Flag River. La Cross Harbor, for removal and prevention of bar. Oconto River, to obtain a channel sixteen feet deep and one hundred and fifty feet wide. Habers of Superior, Wisconsin, and Duluth, Minnesota, with a view of deeping said harbors and entrances thereto to twenty feet. west virginia.West Virginia. Little Kanawha River, with a view of improvement by locks and dams, including an estimate of the probable cost to the Government of each lock and dam now in existence on said river and not owned by the Government.
Guyandotte River, with a view of improvement by locks and dams. Big Coal River. Little Coal River. Elk River, with a view of locking and damming same. Sec. 11. That the preliminary examinations ordered in this Act shallMaking preliminary examinations. be made 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 the Chief of Engineers,Report to Chief of Engineers. first, whether, in their opinion, the harbor or river under examination is worthy of improvement by the General Government, 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, second, if worthy of improvement by the General Government, what it will cost to survey the same, with the view of submitting plan and estimate for its improvement; and the Chief of Engineers shall submit to the Secretary of War the reports of the localReport to Secretary. and division engineers, with his views thereon and his opinion of the public necessity or convenience to be subserved by the proposed improvement; and all such reports of preliminary examinations, with such recommendations as he may see proper to make, shall be transmitted byReport to House of Representatives to be printed. the Secretary of War to the House of Representatives, and are hereby ordered to be printed when so made.
Sec. 12. That the Secretary of War is hereby directed, at his discretion,Surveys and estimates ordered. to cause surveys to be made and the cost of improvement to be estimated at the following localities, to wit: california.California. Old River Branch of San Joaquin River. Crescent City Harbor. connecticut.Connecticut. Westport Harbor. Norwalk Harbor. Stonington Harbor. delaware.Delaware. Nanticoke River, in Delaware. florida.Florida. Canaveral Harbor. Saint John’s River from Jacksonville to the ocean.
The Secretary of War is hereby directed to prepare and submit plans and estimates for continuing the work with a view to secure an increase of the depth of the channel to twenty-four feet. 370 georgia.Georgia. Savannah River, between Spirit Island and the point where the Charleston and Savannah Railroad crosses said river. The Secretary of War is hereby directed to cause the project to be prepared and an estimate of cost of improvement of this locality to be made. idaho.Idaho.
The Secretary of War is hereby directed to prepare and submit plans and estimates for the improvement of the Kootenai River, Idaho, as recommended by Captain Symonds in the preliminary examination submitted by him under date of October twelfth, eighteen hundred and ninety-two. indiana.Indiana. Harbor of Evansville. illinois.Illinois. Harbor of Elizabeth town. maine.Maine. Georges River, from Thomaston to mouth. Carvers Harbor. Machias River Channel, and Sasanoa River, from Bath to Boothbay. maryland.Maryland.
Pocomoke River, with a view of uniting the waters of said river with the waters of Sinepuxent Bay, at a point above Snow Hill, and of improving said river between Snow Hill and Shad Landing. Rock Hall Harbor. Baltimore Harbor, to widen the ship channel to one thousand feet. massachusetts.Massachusetts. Chelsea River, from Grand Junction Railroad bridge to Boston and Maine Railroad bridge. East Boston Channel. Tarpaulin Cove, Nanshon Island. Woods Holl, and Little Woods Holl Harbor. michigan.Michigan.
Belle River. Sebewaing River. Pine River, at Saint Clair City, Michigan. The Secretary of War is directed to cause the project to be prepared and an estimate of the cost of the improvement of this locality to be made. new jersey.New Jersey. Cooper Creek. Dennis Creek. north carolina.North Carolina. North East (Cape Fear) River, from the old County Ferry to Juniper Swamp, or Creek, a point about one mile north of Hilton railroad bridge, with a view to obtaining an increased depth of channel.
Alligator River. Cape Fear River, above Fayetteville. oregon.Oregon. Coos River. Yam Hill River, up to town of McMinnville with a view of improving the same by locks or dams or otherwise.371 Columbia River, below Tongue Point, by way of the southern Channel in front of Astoria. Willamette River from Portland to Eugene. Alsea River. Nestucca River from town of Woods to the ocean. Port Orford, with a view to improving the same for shipping purposes and as a harbor of refuge, commencing at Graveyard Point and by jetty, sea wall, or other proper construction extending southerly or southeasterly into the. ocean three hundred or more feet, if necessary, and suitable for vessels of middle draft; and, secondly, if necessary, by another jetty, sea wall, or other constructive work, extending from the next high point or headland southwesterly four hundred or more feet, so as to accommodate vessels of maximum draft. pennyslvania.Pennsylvania.
Allegheny River, for lock and dam at or near Tarentum, and lock and dam at the most practicable point for navigation between the proposed dam at Tarentum and Herrs Island Dam. Ohio River, movable dams, numbered three, four, and live. rhode island.Rhode Island. Wickford Harbor, in Narragansett Bay. Great Salt Pond, Block Island, with a view to making harbor of refuge therein. Pawcatuck River, with reference to its further improvement from Westerly, Rhode Island, to Stonington, Connecticut. south carolina.South Carolina.
Steamboat Channel, seven feet deep at mean low water, between Beaufort, South Carolina, and Savannah, Georgia. tennessee.Tennessee. Forked Deer River from Dyersburg, Tennessee, to its junction with the Obion River, and thence to the Mississippi River, so as to make said stream navigable all the year. texas.Texas. Brazos River from the town of Velasco to the. town of Richmond. For determining the causes of the erosion of the easterly end of Galveston Island, and estimating the cost of works to prevent the same. virginia.Virginia.
Barat the northwest entrance of Milford Haven from Piankatank River. Mouth of Cranes Creek, a tidal estuary of Great Wicomico River. washington.Washington. Columbia River, from Rock Island Rapids to the Okanogan River. Nootsack River. Grays Harbor and its bar entrance, with a view to the improvement of its channels. wisconsin.Wisconsin. Alouez Bay. Sec. 13. For preliminary examinations, surveys, except where otherwiseAppropriation for preliminary examinations, surveys, etc. herein especially provided for, contingencies, expenses connected with inspection of bridges, the service of notice required in such cases, the examination of bridge sites and reports thereon, and for incidental 372 repairs for which there is no special appropriation for rivers and *Provisos*.
Restriction.harbors, one hundred and twenty-five thousand dollars: *Provided*, That no preliminary examinations, survey, project, or estimate for new works other than those designated in this Act shall be made: *And provided further*,Additional reports forbidden. That after the regular or formal report on any examination, survey, project, or work under way or proposed is submitted, no supplemental or additional report or estimate, for the same fiscal year, No project authorized until appropriated for.shall be made unless ordered by a resolution of Congress.
The Government shall not be deemed to have entered upon any project for the improvement of any waterway or harbor mentioned in this Act until funds tor the commencement of the proposed work shall have been actually appropriated by law. Received by the President, August 7, 1894. [Note by the Department of State.— The foregoing act having been presented to the President of the Tinted States for his approval, and not having been returned by him to the house of Congress in which it originated within the time prescribed by the Constitution of the United States, has become a law without his approval.]