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Code · STATUTES-AT-LARGE · Vol. 33 STAT. · March 3, 1905 · Chapter 1482

Chapter 1482. 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. 1482.— An Act Making appropriations for the construction, repair, and preservation of certain public works on rivers and harbors, and for other purposes. March 3, 1905. [[H. R. 18809](/us/bill/58/hr/18809).] [[Public, No. 215](/us/pl/58/215).] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, That the following sums ofRivers and harbors appropriations. 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 York Harbor, Maine: Completing improvement in accordanceHarbors.York, Me. with the report submitted in House Document Numbered Three hundred and one. Fifty-eighth Congress, second session, thirteen thousand four hundred dollars. Improving Kennebunk River, Maine: For maintenance, three thousandKennebunk River, Me. five hundred dollars. Improving Damariscotta River. Maine: For improving said river inDamariscotta River, Me. accordance with the project submitted in House Document Numbered Fifty-three.
Fifty-eighth Congress, second session, five thousand dollars. Improving New Harbor, Maine: For improving said harbor in accordanceNew Harbor, Me. with the project submitted in House Document Numbered One hundred and sixty-seven, Fifty-eighth Congress, second session, ten thousand five hundred dollars. Improving Cocheco River, New Hampshire: Completing improvement,Cocheco River, N. H. twenty-one thousand seven hundred and eleven dollars. Improving Burlington Harbor, Vermont: For repairs to breakwaterBurlington, Vt. and for maintenance, twenty thousand dollars: *Provided,* That a contract*Proviso*.Contracts. or contracts may be entered into by the Secretary of War for such materials and work as may be necessary for the completion of the repairs of said breakwater, to be paid for as appropriations may from time to time be made by law, not to exceed in the aggregate fifty-oneLimit. thousand eight hundred and fifty-five dollars, exclusive of the amounts herein and heretofore appropriated.
Improving Narrows of Lake Champlain, New York and Vermont:Lake Champlain, N. Y, and Vt. Continuing improvement and for maintenance, two thousand five hundred dollars. Improving harbor at Newburyport, Massachusetts: ContinuingNewburyport, Mass. improvement, thirty thousand dollars. Improving Salem Harbor, Massachusetts, in accordance with theSalem, Mass. report submitted in House Document Numbered Three hundred and 1118three Fifty-eighth Congress, second session, by providing a channel from deep water to the outer end of the wharves, twelve thousand dollars.
Sandy Bay, Cape Ann, Mass.*Proviso*.Contracts.Improving harbor of refuge at Sandy Bay, Cape Ann, Massachusetts: Continuing improvement, one hundred thousand dollars: *Provided,*That a contract or contracts may be entered into by the Secretary of War for such materials and work as may be necessary to prosecute said project, to be paid for as appropriations may from time to time be made by law, not to exceed in the aggregate one hundred thousand dollars, exclusive of the amounts herein and heretofore appropriated.
Lynn, Mass.Improving Lynn Harbor, Massachusetts: Continuing improvement, *Proviso*.Contracts.forty thousand dollars: *Provided, *That a contract or contracts may be entered into by the Secretary of War for such materials and work as may be necessary to complete said project, to be paid for as appropriations may from time to time be made by law, not to exceed in the aggregate ninety-seven thousand nine hundred and thirty-seven dollars, exclusive of the amounts herein and heretofore appropriated.
Boston, Mass.Improving harbor at Boston, Massachusetts: Continuing improvement and for maintenance, one hundred thousand dollars. Provincetown, Mass.Improving harbor at Provincetown, Massachusetts: Continuing improvement, five thousand dollars. Hyannis and Nantucket, Mass.Improving harbors at Hyannis and Nantucket, Massachusetts: Continuing improvement and for maintenance, eighty thousand dollars. New Bedford, Mass.Improving harbor at New Bedford, Massachusetts, in accordance with the report submitted in House Document Numbered One hundred and sixty-nine.
Fifty-sixth Congress, first session: Completing improvement, eleven thousand dollars. Woods Hole, Mass.Improving Woods Hole channel, Massachusetts: Continuing improvement,*Proviso*.Contracts. seventy thousand dollars: *Provided, *That a contract or contracts may be entered into by the Secretary of War for such materials and work as may be necessary to prosecute said project, to be paid for as appropriations may from time to time be made by law, not to exceed in the aggregate one hundred thousand dollars, exclusive of the amounts herein and heretofore appropriated.
Woods Hole, Mass.Little Harbor.Improving Little Harbor, Woods Hole, Massachusetts, in accordance with the report submitted in House Document Numbered One hundred and sixty-two, fifty-eighth Congress, second session: Completing improvement, eighteen thousand dollars. Buzzards Bay, Mass.Improving Buzzards Bay, Massachusetts: By removing Weepecket rock in accordance with the report submitted in House Document Numbered One hundred and sixty-four, Fifty-eighth Congress, second session, two thousand five hundred dollars.
Merrimac River, Mass.Improving Merrimac River, Massachusetts: Continuing improvement, forty thousand dollars: and the Secretary of Marshall cause an examination to be made with a view to providing a channel twelve feet deep between the mouth of the river and the falls above the city of Haverhill, also including in such examination rocks and other obstructions at the mouth of said river. Mystic and Malden rivers, Mass.Improving Mystic and Malden rivers. Massachusetts, and Mystic River below the mouth of Island End River:
Continuing improvement and for maintenance, fifty thousand dollars. Town River, Mass.Improving Town River, Massachusetts: Completing improvement, nine thousand eight hundred and twenty-seven dollars and forty-one cents. Weymouth Fore River, Mass.Improving Weymouth Fore River, Massachusetts, in accordance with the report submitted in House Document Numbered Thirty-six, Fifty-eighth Congress, second session: Completing improvement, fifty-seven*Proviso*.Restriction. thousand five hundred dollars: *Provided,* That no part of this sum shall be expended until the Secretary of War shall have received satisfactory assurance that the improvement of that portion of the 1119Weymouth River which lies above the improvement herein mentioned, and of the Town River, except so much as is herein provided for, shall hereafter be maintained by the State of Massachusetts, or other agency, without expense to the Government of the United States.
Improving Taunton River, Massachusetts: For maintenance, fiveTaunton River, Mass. thousand dollars. Improving Point Judith harbor of refuge, Rhode Island, one hundredPoint Judith, R. I. thousand dollars: *Provided, *That a contract or contracts may be*Provisos*.Contracts. entered into by the Secretary of War for such materials and work as may be necessary to prosecute said project, to be paid for as appropriations may from time to time be made by law, not to exceed in the aggregate one hundred thousand dollars, exclusive of the amounts herein and heretofore appropriated: *Provided further,* That theBreakwater, etc. amounts herein appropriated and authorized, with any existing balances on hand to the credit of such improvement, shall be applied in extending the easterly or shore arm of the breakwater and continuing it to the shore, with a view of providing a shelter for a landing place for the passengers, crews, and cargoes of vessels in distress, and other vessels, and for the lifeboats of the Point Judith life-saving service.
Improving harbor of refuge at Block Island, Rhode Island: CompletingBlock Island, R. I. improvement, fifty thousand dollars. Improving harbor at Great Salt Pond. Block Island, Rhode Island:Great Salt Pond. Continuing improvement, and for maintenance, thirty thousand dollars, which amount the Secretary of War may, in his discretion, expend for extending the south jetty and dredging. Improving the entrance to Point Judith Pond, Rhode Island, inBlock Island, R. I. accordance with the report, submitted in House Document Numbered Sixty.
Fifty-eighth Congress, second session, two thousand dollars, which, together with the unexpended balances of previous appropriations, shall be applied to the extension of the jetties or in dredging, as the Secretary of War may deem most, beneficial. Improving Providence River and Harbor, Narragansett Bay, andPoint Judith Pond, R. I.Providence River and Harbor, Narragansett Bay, and Green Jacket Shoal, R. I.*Proviso*.Contracts. Green Jacket Shoal, Rhode Island, one hundred thousand dollars: *Provided,* That a contract or contracts may be entered into by the Secretary of War for such materials and work as may be necessary to complete said project, to be paid for as appropriations may from time to time be made by law, not to exceed in the aggregate four hundred and seven thousand seven hundred and seventy-eight dollars, exclusive of the amounts herein and heretofore appropriated.
Improving Pawcatuck River, Rhode Island and Connecticut, andPawcatuck River and Little Narragansett Bay, R. I, and Conn. Little Narragansett Bay, by the removal of obstructions near Watch Hill, one thousand dollars. Improving Pawtucket River, Rhode Island, in accordance with thePawtucket River, R. I. plan contained in House Document Numbered Ono hundred and thirteen, Fifty-sixth Congress, first session, thirty thousand dollars. Improving harbor at New London, Connecticut: For maintenance,New London, Conn. two thousand dollars.
Improving Duck Island harbor of refuge, Connecticut: For maintenance,Duck Island, Conn. six thousand dollars. Improving harbor at Branford, Connecticut: Continuing improvementBranford, Conn. and for maintenance, three thousand dollars. Improving harbor at New Haven, Connecticut: For maintenance,New Haven, Conn. nine thousand dollars. Improving harbor at Milford, Connecticut: Continuing improvement,Milford, Conn. ten thousand dollars. Improving harbor at Bridgeport, Connecticut:
For maintenance,Bridgeport, Conn. ten thousand dollars. Improving harbors at Norwalk, Five-mile River, Stamford, Southport,Harbors from Housatonic River to New York State line. and Greenwich, Connecticut: Continuing improvement and for maintenance, forty-four thousand dollars. 1120 Thames River, Conn.Improving Thames River, Connecticut: Completing improvement, thirty-four thousand one hundred dollars. Connecticut River, Conn.Improving Connecticut River below Hartford. Connecticut:
Continuing improvement and for maintenance, forty thousand dollars. Housatonic River, Conn.Improving Housatonic River, Connecticut: Continuing improvement and for maintenance, ten thousand dollars. New Haven, Conn.Channel.Improving channel from New Haven Harbor, via Oyster Point and Kimberly Avenue Bridge, in West River, Connecticut, in accordance with the report submitted in House Document Numbered Seventy-three, Fifty-eighth Congress, second session: Completing improvement. thirty-eight thousand five hundred dollars.
Port Chester, N. Y.Improving harbor tr Port Chester, New York: For maintenance, three thousand dollars. Mamaroneck, N. Y.Improving harbor atMamaroneck, New York: For maintenance, two thousand dollars. Larchmont, N, Y.Improving harbor at Larchmont, New York: Continuing improvement, five thousand dollars. Echo Bay, N. Y.Removal of Long rock.Improving harbor at Echo Bay, New York: The Secretary of War is hereby authorized to cause an examination to be made of Long rock, near the entrance to Echo Bay, and if the interests of commerce demand, he may, in his discretion, cause the removal of such rock, and any amount heretofore appropriated for Echo Bay improvement, and now unexpended, may he used for such removal.
Harbors, north shore Long Island, N. Y.Improving harbors at Port Jefferson, Mattituck, Huntington, Glencove, Flushing Bay, Canarsie Bay, and Sag Harbor, New York: Continuing improvement and for maintenance, sixty-two thousand five hundred dollars. Great South Bay, N. Y.Improving Great South Bay, New York: For maintenance, two thousand dollars. Saugerties, N. Y.Improving harbor at Saugerties, New York: Continuing improvement and for maintenance, five thousand dollars, and the Chief of Engineers may, upon application, permit the extension of the channel from the point at which the present project terminates up to a point *Proviso*.Plan.six hundred feet below the dam in Esopus Creek: *Provided, *That the plan of improvement shall be first submitted to the said Chief of Engineers and approved by him, and no part of this appropriation shall be expended therefor.
Rondout and Peekskill, N. Y.Improving harbors at Readout and Peekskill, New York: Continuing improvement and for maintenance, seventeen thousand five hundred dollars, of which amount fifteen thousand dollars shall be expended upon the harbor at Rondout. New York Harbor.Improving New York Harbor: For maintenance, seventy-five thousand dollars. North River, N. Y.Removal of obstruction in North River, New York: The Secretary of War may cause to be removed the rock or obstruction in North River, New York Harbor, near pier numbered one, to a depth of forty feet at mean low tide; and for such removal he is hereby authorized to divert a sum not exceeding twenty thousand dollars from the amounts heretofore appropriated or authorized for the improvement of Ambrose channel in said harbor, in addition to the amounts heretofore diverted or appropriated for such removal.
Buffalo, N. Y.Improving harbor at Buffalo. New York: For maintenance, one hundred and fifty thousand dollars. Black Rock Harbor, N. Y.Improving Black Rock Harbor and channel. New York: For improvement in accordance with the report contained in House Document Numbered Four hundred and twenty-eight. Fifty-eighth Congress, second*Provisos*.Contracts. session, one hundred thousand dollars: *Provided, *That, a contract or contracts may be entered into by the Secretary of War for such materials and work as may be necessary to prosecute such project, to 1121be paid for as appropriations may from time to time be made by law, not to exceed in the aggregate six hundred thousand dollars, in addition to the sum herein appropriated: *Provided further,* That no portionBarge canal. of the amount herein provided shall be expended until the Secretary of War shall have satisfactory assurance of the construction of the barge canal projected by the State of New York: *And provided further, *That the Secretary of War shall report as to whether any portion ofReport. the expense of the improvement proposed by said House document ought in equity to be borne by the abutting owners of the property along which such improvements are to be made, in consideration of any special benefits derived by such property owners through such improvements Improving harbor at Charlotte, New York:
Continuing improvementCharlotte, N. Y. and for maintenance, eighty thousand dollars. Improving harbor at Little Sodus Bay. New York: ContinuingLittle Sodus Bay, N. Y. improvement and for maintenance, thirty thousand dollars. Improving harbor at Oswego, New York: Continuing improvementOswego, N. Y. and for maintenance, hi accordance with plan “b,” page six. of House Document Numbered Fifty-five, Fifty-eighth Congress, second session, one hundred thousand dollars. Improving harbor at Cape Vincent, New York:
Continuing improvement,Cape Vincent, N. Y. thirty thousand dollars. Improving harbor at Ogdensburg, New York: For maintenance,Ogdensburg, N. Y. fifteen thousand dollars. Improving Arthur Kill, and the waters connecting Raritan Bay withArthur Kill, N. Y. New York Harbor. New York, and New Jersey: For maintenance, ten thousand dollars. Improving Bronx River and East Chester Creek, New York: ContinuingBronx River and East Chester Creek, N. Y. improvement and for maintenance, twenty-four thousand five hundred dollars.
Improving East River and Hell Cate, New York: ContinuingEast River and Hell Gate, N. Y. improvement, two hundred thousand dollars. Improving Harlem River, New York; Continuing improvement,Harlem River, N.Y. seventy-five thousand dollars. Improving Newtown Creek, New York: For maintenance, five thousandNewton Creek, N.Y. dollars. Improving Browns Creek, New York: Continuing improvement andBrowns Creek, N. Y. for maintenance, three thousand dollars. Improving Hudson River, New York:
Continuing improvement andHudson River, N. Y. for maintenance, two hundred and thirteen thousand three hundred dollars: *Provided,* That of the sum herein appropriated eighty-five*Proviso*.Stonehouse bar. thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, may, in the discretion of the Secretary of War, be expended for the removal of Stonehouse bar, opposite New Baltimore, and not exceeding ten thousand dollars in providing a channel for access to the harbor at Tarry-town, New York, in accordance with the report submitted in House Document Numbered Two hundred and eighty-three, Fifty-sixth Congress, first session.
The Secretary of War is authorized and directed to cause an examinationStone pier at Piermont. to be made of the existing stone pier at Piermont, with a view to determining whether the same should be removed in the interest of navigation. Improving Wappinger Creek. New York: Continuing improvementWappinger Creek, N. Y. and for maintenance, three thousand dollars. Improving Raritan Bay, New Jersey: For maintenance, fifty thousandRaritan Bay, N. J. dollars. Improving Passaic River.
New Jersey: Completing improvementPassaic River, N. J. and for maintenance, forty thousand dollars. Improving Woodbridge Creek. Yew Jersey: Continuing improvementWoodbridge Creek, N. J. and for maintenance, six thousand dollars. 1122 Keyport Harbor, Mattawan Creek, Raritan, etc., N. J.Improving Keyport Harbor, Mattawan Creek, Raritan, South, and Elizabeth rivers, Shoal Harbor and Compton Creek, and Cheesequake Creek, New Jersey: Continuing improvement and for maintenance, fifty thousand dollars.
Shrewsbury River, N. J.Improving Shrewsbury River, New Jersey: Continuing improvement and for maintenance, twenty thousand dollars. Alloway Creek, N. J.Improving Alloway Creek, New Jersey: Continuing improvement and for maintenance, three thousand dollars. Tuckerton Creek, N. J.Improving Tuckerton Creek, New Jersey: Continuing improvement and for maintenance, twelve thousand dollars; and the Secretary of War may, in bis discretion, direct that the plan heretofore adopted *Proviso*.Limit of cost.for this improvement may be modified: *Provided, *That the cost of completion shall not exceed the estimate heretofore made for the completion of such improvement.
Raccoon Creek, N. J.Improving Raccoon Creek, New Jersey: Continuing improvement, fifteen thousand dollars. Erie, Pa.Improving harbor at Erie, Pennsylvania: Continuing improvement and for maintenance, one hundred and twenty-five thousand dollars. Pittsburg, Pa.Improving harbor at Pittsburg, Pennsylvania: For maintenance, ten thousand dollars. Monongahela River, Pa.Improving Monongahela River, Pennsylvania, by the acquisition of necessary laud and construction of necessary improvements at locks and dams numbered five and six, seven thousand eight hundred and fifty dollars, Allegheny River, Pa.Locks and dams.Contracts.Improving locks and dams at Herr Island, head of Six-Mile Island, and at Springdale, Allegheny River, Pennsylvania:
A contract or contracts may be entered into by the Secretary of War for Such materials and work as may be necessary to complete said locks and dams, to be paid for as appropriations may from time to time be made by law, not to exceed in the aggregate two hundred and eighty-one thousand two hundred and twenty-six dollars and sixty-three cents, exclusive of the amounts heretofore appropriated. Delaware River, Pa., N. J., and Del.*Proviso*.Contracts.Improving Delaware River, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and Delaware:
Continuing improvement, five hundred thousand dollars: *Provided, *That a contract or contracts may be entered into by the Secretary of War for such materials and work as may be necessary to prosecute said improvement, to be paid for as appropriations may from time to time be made by law, not to exceed in the aggregate one million dollars, exclusive of the amounts herein and heretofore appropriated. Monongahela River, Pa.Lock and dam No. 3.Improving Monongahela River, Lock and Dam Numbered Three, Pennsylvania, in accordance with the report submitted in House Document Numbered Two hundred and nine, Fifty-eighth Congress, second *Proviso*.Contracts.session, two hundred thousand dollars: *Provided, *That a contract or contracts may be entered into by the Secretary of War for such materials and work as may be necessary to complete said lock and dam, to be paid for as appropriations may from time to time be made by law, not to exceed in the aggregate three hundred and eighty-nine thousand one hundred and ninety-six dollars, exclusive of the amounts herein and heretofore appropriated.
Wilmington, Del.Improving harbor at Wilmington, Delaware: Continuing improvement and for maintenance, up to Third Street Bridge, twenty-five thousand dollars, in addition to the amounts heretofore appropriated, which are hereby made available and the restrictions upon the expenditure of which are hereby removed. Appoquinnimink, Murderkill, and Mispillion rivers, Del.Improving Appoqitinnimink, Murderkill and Mispillion rivers, Delaware: Continuing improvement and for maintenance, twenty thousand dollars.
Smyrna River, Del.Improving Smyrna River. Delaware: Completing improvement and for maintenance, in accordance with the plan submitted in House Document Numbered Ninety, Fifty-sixth Congress, second session, five 1123thousand three hundred and sixty-five dollars; and the Secretary of War may, in his discretion, modify the plan of improvement recommended in said House document, by the substitution of a cut-off from the mouth of Mill Creek to the bend above Urick Store Landing in lieu of the lower cut-off: *Provided,* That such modification shall not increase*Provisos*.Limit to cost. the total cost, estimated for the completion of such improvement: *Provided further,* That no part of said amount shall be expended untilTitle. a satisfactory title to the land required for crosscuts and other portions of this improvement shall be obtained without expense to the United States.
Improving harbors at Rockhall, Queenstown, Claiborne, and Cambridge;Chesapeake Bay, Md.Eastern shore. and Chester, Choptank, Warwick, Pocomoke, La Trappe, and Manokin rivers, and Tyaskin (Wetipquin) Creek, Maryland, east shore: Continuing improvement and for maintenance, forty-four thousand dollars. Improving Breton Bay, Maryland: Continuing improvement, sixBretort Bay, Md. thousand dollars. Improving Patapsco River and channel to Baltimore, Maryland:Patapsco River, Md.Channel to Baltimore.
Continuing improvement in accordance with the revised estimates submitted in House Document Numbered One hundred and eighty-six, Fifty-seventh Congress, second session, and for maintenance, two hundred and fifty thousand dollars: *Provided,* That a contract or contracts*Provisos*.Contracts. may be entered into by the Secretary of War for such materials and work as may be necessary to prosecute said project, to be paid for as appropriations may from time to time be made by law, not to exceed in the aggregate one million dollars, exclusive of the amounts herein and heretofore appropriated: *Provided further,* That the Secretary ofIncreased uniform depth.
War may, in his discretion, expend said amount in obtaining an increased uniform depth from the city of Baltimore to deep water beyond York Spit. Improving Elk River, Maryland: For maintenance, two thousandElk River, Md. dollars. Improving Susquehanna River, above and below Havre de Grace,Susquehanna River above Havre de Grace, Md. Maryland: Continuing improvement, ten thousand dollars. Improving Nanticoke River, Delaware and Maryland: Continuing improvementNanticoke River, Del. and Md. and for maintenance, two thousand dollars.
Improving Wicomico River, Maryland: Continuing improvementWicomico River, Md. and for maintenance, five thousand dollars. Improving Potomac River at Washington, District of Columbia, byPotomac River, Washington, D. C. maintenance of existing channels, for the purpose of navigation, fifty thousand dollars. Improving Potomac River below Washington, District of Columbia:Potomac River below Washington, D. C. For maintenance, ten thousand dollars. Improving Norfolk Harbor and its approaches, Virginia:
ContinuingNorfolk, Va. improvement and for maintenance, forty thousand dollars, of which amount twenty thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, may, in the discretion of the Secretary of War, be expended for the removal of Pinners Point. Improving harbor at Cape Charles City, Virginia: ContinuingCape Charles City, Va. improvement and for maintenance, twenty-five thousand dollars. Improving York, Occoquan, Muttaponi, and Pamunkey rivers, andYork, Occoquan, Mattaponi, etc., rivers, Va.
Carters Creek. Virginia: Continuing improvement and for maintenance, twenty-eight thousand dollars. Improving Nomini Creek, Virginia: Continuing improvement, fourNomini Creek, Va. thousand dollars. Improving Rappahannock River, Virginia: Continuing improvementRappahannock River, Va. and for maintenance, forty thousand dollars; and the Secretary of War may cause a survey of said river to be made at and below Fredericksburg with a view to determining whether any change should be made in the existing plans for improvement.
In case any modification shall 1124be deemed advisable the amount herein appropriated may be expended *Proviso*.Maximum cost.upon the project as modified: *Provided,* That the total cost shall not exceed the amount estimated for the completion of the existing project. Improving Urbana Creek, Virginia: Continuing improvement, ten thousand dollars. James River, Va.Improving James River, Virginia: Continuing improvement, two hundred thousand dollars, of which fifty thousand dollars shall be expended in the construction of a turning basin in accordance with the project submitted in House Document Numbered Two hundred and thirty-four, Fifty-sixth Congress, first, session, the cost to complete the same not to exceed one hundred and fifty thousand dollar’s.
Appomattox River, Va.Improving Appomatox River, Virginia: For maintenance, ten thousand dollars. Pagan River, Va.Improving Pagan River, Virginia: The Secretary of War may, in his discretion, expend the balance remaining to the credit of said improvement, with a view to securing a channel width of not less than forty feet and such depth as may be obtained without exceeding said balance. Little Kanawha River, W. Va.Improving Little Kanawha River, West Virginia: For maintenance, one thousand dollars.
Improving Little Kanawha River, West Virginia, in accordance with the report submitted in House Document Numbered Three hundred and nine. Fifty-eighth Congress, second session, one hundred and sixty-three*Proviso*.Little Kanawha Navigation Company. thousand dollars: *Provided,* That no part of said amount shall be expended unless the franchises and improvements in said river belonging to the Little Kanawha Navigation Company can be purchased, and a complete and satisfactory title vested in the United States, at a cost not exceeding seventy-five thousand dollars, to be paid from the amount herein impropriated.
Beaufort, N. C.Improving harbor at Beaufort, North Carolina: For maintenance, two thousand dollars. Beaufort Inlet, N. C.Improving Beaufort Inlet, North Carolina, in accordance with the report submitted in House Document Numbered Five hundred and sixty-three, Fifty-eighth Congress, second session, with a view to securing a channel twenty feet deep, forty-five thousand dollars. Norfolk, Va., to sounds of North Carolina.Improving inland waterway from Norfolk Harbor, Virginia, to the sounds of North Carolina:
For maintenance, three thousand dollars. Improving inland water route from Norfolk, Virginia, to Albemarle Sound. North Carolina, through Currituck Sound: Continuing improvement and for maintenance, twenty-two thousand dollars. Roanoke River, N.C.Improving Roanoke River, North Carolina: Continuing improvement, ten thousand dollars. Perquimans River, N. C.Improving Perquimans River, North Carolina, at and near Hertford, in accordance with the report submitted in House Document Numbered Three hundred and two, Fifty-eighth Congress, second session:
Completing improvement, eleven thousand two hundred and fifty dollars. Scuppernong River, N. C.Improving Scuppernong River, North Carolina: Completing improvement and for maintenance, five thousand dollars. Pamlico and Tar rivers, N. C.Improving Pamlico and Tar rivers. North Carolina: Completing improvement and for maintenance, eight thousand dollars. Contentnia Creek, N. C.Improving Contentnia Creek, North Carolina: For maintenance, one thousand dollars. Neuse and Trent rivers, N.
C.Improving Neuse and Trent rivers, North Carolina: Continuing improvement and for maintenance, forty thousand dollars. Fishing Creek, N. C.Improving Fishing Creek, North Carolina: Continuing improvement. five hundred dollars. New River, N. C.Improving New River, North Carolina: The Secretary of War may, in his discretion, expend the balance of funds now available to the credit pi this improvement, or so much thereof as may be necessary, in rebuilding the dike heretofore constructed in connection therewith. 1125 Improving Northeast and Black rivers and Cape Fear River aboveNortheast and Black rivers, and Cape Fear River, N.
C. Wilmington, North Carolina: For maintenance, nine thousand dollars. Improving Cape Fear River at and below Wilmington, North Carolina:Cape Fear River, N. C. Continuing improvement and for maintenance, one hundred and fifty thousand dollars: *Provided,* That a contract or contracts may be*Provisos*.Contracts. entered into by the Secretary of War for such materials and work as may be necessary to prosecute said improvement, to be paid for as appropriations may from time to time be made by law, not to exceed in the aggregate three hundred thousand dollars, exclusive of the amounts herein and heretofore appropriated: *Provided further,* ThatModifications. the Secretary of War may cause an examination to be made of said improvement, with a view to determining whether any modifications therein are desirable.
Improving Winyah Bay, South Carolina: For maintenance, tenWinyah Bay, S. C. thousand dollars. Improving harbor at Charleston, South Carolina: Continuing improvement,Charleston, S. C. and for maintenance, twenty-five thousand dollars: *Provided,**Proviso*.Dredges. That the Secretary of War may, in his discretion, cause the dredges employed in this work to be utilized, at such times as they are not employed in dredging on the outer bar, for dredging in the channels between said outer bar and the city of Charleston.
Improving Waccamaw River, North Carolina and South Carolina,Waccamaw River, N. C., and Little Pedee River, S. C. and Little Pedee River. South Carolina: Continuing improvement and for maintenance, fifteen thousand dollars. Improving Great Pedee River, South Carolina: For maintenance,Great Pedee River, S. C. five thousand dollars. Improving Santee, Wateree, and Congaree rivers, and the Estherville-MinimSantee, Wateree, Congaree rivers, etc., S. C. Creek Canal, South Carolina: Continuing improvement and for maintenance, fifty thousand dollars, and the Secretary of War may expend upon such improvement the unexpended balance of the appropriation heretofore made for a lock and dam in the Congaree River provided for by the Act of March third, eighteen hundred andVol. 30, p. 1137. ninety-nine.
Improving the inland waterway between Charleston and Beaufort,Water route from Charleston to Beaufort, S. C. including Wappoo Cut, South Carolina: Continuing improvement and for maintenance, twenty thousand dollars. Improving harbor at Savannah, Georgia: Continuing improvementSavannah, Ga. and for maintenance, seventy-five thousand dollars: *Provided,* That a*Proviso*.Contracts. contract or contracts may be entered into by the Secretary of War for such materials and work as may be necessary to complete said project, to be paid for as appropriations may from time to time be made by law, not to exceed in the aggregate two hundred and ten thousand dollars, exclusive of the amounts herein and heretofore appropriated.
Improving harbor at Brunswick. Georgia: Continuing improvementBrunswick, Ga. and for maintenance, forty thousand dollars: *Provided,* That of the*Provisos*.Academy Creek. amount herein appropriated five thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, may be used for maintaining in Academy Creek, immediately in front of and adjacent to the wharves thereof, to the old Altamaha Canal, a depth equal to the controlling depth on the shoals at the lower end of the city in East River: *Provided further, *Expenditures restricted, etc.That no money shall be expended inside harbor lines heretofore or hereafter established in said Academy Creek, and the Secretary of War is authorized and directed to cause a survey to be made of Brunswick Harbor with a view to securing a depth on the outer bar equal to the controlling depth in the inner harbor, and maintaining the depths over said bar and in said harbor.
Improving Cumberland Sound. Georgia and Florida: For maintenance,Cumberland Sound, Ga. and Fla. thirty thousand dollars. Improving Savannah River, Georgia: Continuing improvement andSavannah River, above Augusta, Ga. for maintenance, fifteen thousand dollars, of which amount two thou-1126sand dollars may, hi the discretion of the Secretary of War, be expended on said river above Augusta, Georgia. Altamaha River, Ga.Improving Altamaha River, Georgia: Continuing improvement and for maintenance, ten thousand dollars.
Oconee River, Ga.Improving Oconee River, Georgia: Continuing improvement and for maintenance, fifteen thousand dollars, three thousand dollars of which may be used to clean out said river from Georgia Railroad bridge to the northern boundary of Green County, Georgia. Ocmulgee River, Ga.Improving Otmulgvo River, Georgia: Continuing improvement and for maintenance, fifteen thousand dollars, of which amount five thousand dollars may be used for maintenance and repairs of works at and near Macon.
Water route, Savannah, Ga., to Fernandina, Fla.Improving inside water route from Savannah, Georgia, to Fernandina. Florida: Completing improvement and for maintenance, forty-one thousand dollars. Skidaway Narrows, Ga.Improving Skidaway Narrows, Georgia, in accordance with the report submitted in House Document Numbered Four hundred and fifty, Fifty-eighth Congress, second session, and for maintenance, twenty thousand dollars. Flint River, Ga.Improving Flint River, Georgia: Continuing improvement and for maintenance, twenty thousand dollars.
Chattahoochee River, Ga. and Ala.Improving Chattahoochee River, Georgia and Alabama, below Columbus. Georgia: Continuing improvement and for maintenance, seventy-five thousand dollars, Coosa River, Ga. and Ala.Improving Coosa River, Georgia and Alabama, between Rome, Georgia, stud Lock Numbered Four. Alabama: For maintenance, twenty-five thousand dollars. Key West, Fla.Improving harbor at Key West, Florida, and the entrance thereto: Continuing improvement and for maintenance, fifty thousand dollars.
Sarasota Bay, Fla.Improving Sarasota Bay, Florida: Continuing improvement and for maintenance, five thousand dollars. Hillsboro Bay, Fla.Improving Hillsboro Bay, Florida, in accordance with the report submitted in House Document Numbered Three hundred and six, Fifty-eighth Congress, second session, with a view to obtaining a depth of twenty feet from the lower bay to the mouth of Hillsboro River, *Provisos*.Contracts.one hundred thousand dollars: *Provided,* That a contract or contracts may be entered into by the Secretary of War for such materials and work as may be necessary to complete said portion of the project recommenced in said report, tube paid for as appropriations may from time to time be made by law, not to exceed in the aggregate three hundred and forty-eight thousand three hundred and fifty dollars, exclusive of the amounts herein and heretofore appropriated: *Provided further,*Restriction.
That such improvement shall not include that portion of the said project located in Hillsboro River. Tampa Bay, Fla.Improving Tampa Bay, Florida: The Secretary of War may expend the. balance remaining to the credit of said improvement with a view to securing a channel depth of twenty-six feet, with sufficient width: *Proviso*.Wharfage charges.*Provided,* That no part of said balance on hand shall be expended unless the dock company or companies owning docks, wharves, or terminals at Tampa Bay shall, by valid contract, agree that the wharfage charges at such terminals shall be submitted to the Secretary of War and be subject to his approval.
Carabelle bar, East Pass, Fla.Improving East Pass and Carabelle bar and harbor, Florida: Continuing improvement, fifteen thousand dollars. Apalachicola Bay, Fla.Improving Apalachicola Bay, Florida: Continuing improvement and for maintenance, forty thousand dollars, which amount, or so much thereof as may be necessary, shall be expended with a view to completing the channel over the outer bar and in Link channel. Pensacola, Fla.Improving harbor at Pensacola, Florida: Continuing improvement and for maintenance, one hundred thousand dollars. 1127 Improving Blackwater and Upper East bays, and Blackwater River,Blackwater and Upper East bays, and Blackwater River, Fla.
Florida, from Milton to the mouth, in accordance with the report submitted in House Document Numbered One hundred and ninety-three, Fifty-eighth Congress, second session, ten thousand dollars. Improving Saint Johns River, Florida: Continuing improvementSaint Johns River, Fla.*Proviso*.Contracts. and for maintenance, one hundred thousand dollars: *Provided,* That a contract or contracts may Ice centered into by the Secretary of War for such materials and work as may be necessary to complete said project, to be paid for as appropriations may from time to time be made by law, not to exceed in the aggregate three hundred and nine thousand seven hundred and fifty dollars, exclusive of the amounts herein and heretofore appropriated. improving Saint Johns River, Florida, at Orange Mills Flats:
ContinuingOrange Mills Flats, Fla. improvement, twenty-five thousand dollars. Improving Volusia bar, Florida: For maintenance, two thousandVolusia bar, Fla. dollars. Improving Oklawaha River, Florida: Continuing improvement andOklawaha River Fla. for maintenance, two thousand dollars. Improving Indian River, between Goat Creek and Jupiter Inlet,Indian River, Fla. Florida: Continuing improvement and for maintenance, twenty thousand dollars, and the Secretary of War shall cause a survey to be made of Sebastian Inlet.
Improving Kissimmee River, Florida: Continuing improvement andKissimmee River, Fla. for maintenance, seven thousand dollars. Improving Orange River. Charlotte Harbor, and CaloosahatchesOrange River, Charlotte Harbor, Caloosahatchee River, Fla. River, Florida: For maintenance, three thousand dollars. Improving Crystal, Anelote, Suwanee, and Witblacoochee rivers,Crystal, Anclote, Suwanee, and Withlacoochee rivers, Fla. Florida: Continuing improvement and for maintenance, forty thousand dollars, of which amount the sum of fifteen thousand dollars each may be expended on the Crystal and Withlacooehee, and five thousand dollars each on the Anclote and Suwanee rivers.
Improving Manatee River, Florida, in accordance with the reportManatee River, Fla. submitted in House Document Numbered One hundred and seventeen, Fifty-eighth Congress, second session, ten thousand dollars. For the removal of the water hyacinth from the navigable waters ofFlorida.Removal of water hyacinth. the State of Florida so far as it is or may become an obstruction to navigation, twenty-five thousand dollars: *Provided,* That no chemical*Proviso*.Injurious chemical process. process injurious to cattle which may feed upon the water hyacinth shall be used.
Improving Apalachicola River, Florida, including the Cut-Off, andApalachicola River, etc., Fla. the lower Chipola River, also the upper Chipola River from Marianna to its mouth: Continuing improvement and for maintenance, twelve thousand dollars. Improving Choctaw hatches River, Florida and Alabama: ContinuingChoctawhatchee River, Fla. improvement and for maintenance, ten thousand dollars, of which amount six thousand dollars shall be expended between Newton and Geneva, Alabama, and four thousand dollars for dredging the channel , at Cypress Top outlet of said river.
Improving Holmes River, Florida, from Vernon toils mouth: ContinuingHolmes River, Fla. improvement and for maintenance, two thousand dollars. Improving Escambia and Conecuh rivers. Florida and Alabama:Escambia and Conecuh rivers, Fla. and Ala. For maintenance, ten thousand dollars. Improving harbor at Mobile, Alabama: Continuing improvementMobile, Ala. and for maintenance, two hundred thousand dollars: *Provided,* That*Provisos*.Maximum. not more than ten thousand dollars of such amount may, in the discretion of the Secretary of War, be used in the removal of dead heads, sunken logs, and other obstructions arising from the freshets on the rivers entering into Mobile Bay: *Provided further,* That the SecretaryDredging, etc., channel. of War may cause a survey and estimate to be made of the cost of dredging and deepening the said channel to a depth of twenty-seven 1128feet, the said channel to have a dear bottom width throughout of one hundred feet, with appropriate side slopes.
Mobile Bar, Ala.Improving Mobile Bar, Alabama, with a view to deepening and widening the channel near Fort Morgan, fifty thousand dollars. Louis M. Tisdale.Granted right of way for ship canal.That Louis M. Tisdale, his heirs or assigns, be, and is hereby, granted the right of way through the waters of the United States, to enable Mon Louis Island to deep-water basin, Mobile Bay, Ala.him, his heirs or assigns, to construct and operate a ship canal or channel from a point on Mon Louis Island, Mobile County, State of Alabama, through Mobile Bay to the deep-water basin in Mobile Bay between Fort Morgan and Fort Gaines.
Alabama, with power and authority to construct and maintain all necessary harbors, locks, dams, channel dikes, levees, and piers without expense to the United States: *Provisos*.Secretary of War to approve plans, etc.*Provided,* That the Secretary of War shall first approve the plans for such canal or channel, and that the same shall in no manner interfere with or a fleet the usual and ordinary navigation of said waters: and that Mobile Bay or the channel between the same and Mississippi Toll.Sound shall in no way be thereby closed to navigation: *Provided,* That, in the transportation of military or naval stores, troops, or munitions of war of the United States, no toll shall be charged; and that, the tolls or tonnage charges by said Louis M.
Tisdale, his heirs or assigns, shall be fixed, from time to time, by the Secretary of War; *Provided,*Exemption. That vessels of five tons burden and less shall be exempt from tolls for the Use of said canal when they do not pass through the lock; and that no tolls shall be charged on any boats or vessels navigating any of the waters in the said canal or channel which could have been navigated by such vessels had not such canal been built: *Provided further, *Time of construction.That this franchise shall not be effective unless said Louis M.
Tisdale his heirs or assigns, shall in good faith commence such construction within two years from the passage of this Act, and shall complete the Amendment.same within five years. Congress reserves the right to alter, amend or repeal any of the provisions of this Act in so far as it relates to this franchise. Alabama River, Ala.Improving Alabama River, Alabama: Continuing improvement and for maintenance, one hundred thousand dollars; which amount the Secretary of War is authorized and directed to expend, with a view to obtaining, as nearly as possible, a continuous channel of a depth not less than four feet by open-channel work.
Black Warrior, Warrior, and Tombigbee rivers, Ala.Improving Black Warrior, Warrior, and Tombigbee rivers, Alabama, by the construction of locks and dams numbered one and two in the Tombigbee River, and the completion of lock and dam numbered one, in the Tombigbee River near Demopolis, and those numbered two and three in the Warrior River next above, one hundred thousand dollars:*Provisos*.Contracts. *Provided,* That a contract or contracts may be entered into by the Secretary of War for such materials and work as may be necessary to complete the construction of said locks and dams, to be paid for as appropriations may from time to time he made by law, not to exceed in the aggregate seven hundred and eighty-one thousand four hundred and sixty-six dollars, exclusive of the amounts herein and heretofore Maximum expenditure for dredge, etc.appropriated: *Provided further,* That the Secretary of War may expend a portion of the amount herein appropriated or authorized of not more than forty thousand dollars for the construction of a dredge and of not more than thirty thousand dollars for the construction of lock houses necessary for the operation of locks and dams in said rivers.
Tombigbee River from mouth to Demopolis, Ala.Improving Tombigbee River, Alabama, from the mouth to Demopolis; For maintenance, fifteen thousand dollars. From Demopolis, Ala., to Columbus, Miss.Improving Tombigbee River from Demopolis, Alabama, to Columbus, Mississippi: For maintenance, twelve thousand dollars; of which amount the Secretary of War may, in his discretion, expend a sum not exceeding two thousand dollars for improving said river between Columbus and Walkers Bridge, Mississippi. 1129 Improving harbor at Biloxi, Mississippi:
For maintenance, nine thousandBiloxi, Miss. dollars. Improving Horn Island Pass, Mississippi, with a view to obtainingHorn Island Pass, Miss.Channel. a channel twenty-one feet in depth and three hundred feet in width across the outer bar, two hundred feet wide elsewhere, in accordance with the report submitted in House Document Numbered Five hundred and six. Fifty-eighth Congress, second session, forty thousand four hundred and eighty dollars: *Provided,* That a contract or contracts*Proviso*.Contracts. can be made at a sum not to exceed the unit price of eleven cents per cubic yard, or such work can be performed by Government dredge.
Improving Pascagoula River, Mississippi: Continuing improvementPascagoula River, Miss. and for maintenance, one hundred and fifty thousand dollars. Improving Pascagoula and Leaf rivers, Mississippi: For maintenance,Pascagoula and Leaf rivers, Miss.*Proviso*.Chickasahay River. twelve thousand dollars: *Provided,* That two thousand dollars of said amount may be expended on the Chickasahay River between the mouth and Bueatunna. Improving Pearl River, Mississippi, below Rockport:
ContinuingPearl River, Miss., below Rockport. improvement and for maintenance, seven thousand dollars. Improving Pearl River, Mississippi, between Edinburg and Jackson:Between Edinburg and Jackson, Miss. For maintenance, four thousand dollars. Improving Homochitto River, Mississippi: For maintenance, twoHomochitto River, Miss. thousand dollars. Improving Yazoo. Tallahatchie, Coldwater, and Big Sunflower rivers,Yazoo, etc., rivers, Miss. and Tchula Lake, Mississippi: Continuing improvement and for maintenance, one hundred and five thousand dollars.
Improving the mouth and passes of Calcasieu River, Louisiana: ContinuingCalcasieu River, La. improvement and for maintenance, one hundred thousand dollars. Improving Bayou Plaquemine, Grand River, and Pigeon Bayous,Bayou Plaquemine, etc., La.*Proviso*.Contracts. Louisiana: For maintenance, thirty-five thousand dollars: *Provided, *That a contract or contracts may be entered into by the Secretary of War for such materials and work as may be necessary to complete the improvement in Bayou Plaquemine, to be paid for as appropriations may from time to time be made by law, not, to exceed in the aggregate one hundred thousand dollars, exclusive of the amounts heretofore appropriated.
Improving Bayou Teche, Louisiana: For maintenance, seven thousandBayou Teche, La. five hundred dollars, and the Secretary of War shall cause a resurvey to be made of the project submitted in House Document Numbered Sixty-nine, Fifty-fifth Congress, first session. Improving Chefunete River, Bogue Falla, Tickfaw River and tributaries,Chefuncte River, etc., La. also Amite River and Bayou Manchae, Louisiana: For maintenance, six thousand five hundred dollars. Improving the channel, bay, and passes of Bayou Vermilion, andBayou Vermilion, etc., La.
Mermentau River and tributaries, Louisiana: For maintenance, three thousand dollars. For the removal of the water hyacinth from the navigable watersTexas and Louisiana.Removal of water hyacinth. in the States of Texas and Louisiana, so far as it is or may become an obstruction to navigation, forty thousand dollars. Improving Red River in the States of Louisiana, Arkansas, andRed River, La., Ark., Tex., and Ind. T. Texas and Indian Territory: For continuing improvement and for maintenance, two hundred thousand dollars: *Provided,* That of this*Provisos*.Fulton and Denison. amount one hundred thousand dollars may be expended between Fulton, Arkansas, and Denison, Texas: *Provided further,* That of theChannel at Alexandria, La. amount herein appropriated for improvement below Fulton fifteen thousand dollars may, in the discretion of the Secretary of War, be spent in the improvement of the channel at Alexandria, Louisiana. 1130 Bayou Bartholomew, Boeuf River, etc., La. and Ark.Improving Bayou Bartholomew, Boeuf River.
Tensas River, ant Bayou Mavon, and Bayous D’Arbomie and Gorney. Louisiana ant Arkansas: For maintenance, seventeen thousand dollars. Sabine Pass, Tex. and La.Improving Sabine Pass, Texas and Louisiana; Continuing improve meat and for maintenance, one hundred and fifty thousand dollars. Brazos River, Tex,Improving the mouth of the Brazos River, Texas: Continuing *Proviso*.Contracts.improvement, fifty thousand dollars: *Provided,* That a contract or contracts may be entered into by the Secretary of War for such material and work as may be necessary to prosecute said project, to be paid for as appropriations may from time to lime be made by law, not to exceed in the aggregate eighty-seven thousand rive hundred dollars, exclusive of the amounts herein and heretofore appropriated.
Aransas Pass, Tex.Improving Aransas Pass, Texas: Continuing improvement, one hundred*Provisos*.Contracts. thousand dollars: *Provided,* That a contractor contracts may be entered into by the Secretary of War for such materials and work as may be necessary to prosecute said project, to be paid for as appropriations may from time to time be made by law. not to exceed in the aggregate one hundred thousand dollars, exclusive of the amounts Restriction.herein and heretofore appropriated: *Provided further,* That the amounts herein appropriated and authorized shall be applied to the completion of the project in accordance with the design and specifications of the Aransas Pass Harbor Company, and in continuation of the work heretofore done, and to such additional work as may be necessary for strengthening the jetty.
Galveston, Tex.Improving Galveston Harbor, Texas: Continuing improvement and *Provisos*.Contracts.for maintenance, two hundred thousand dollars: *Provided,* That a contract or contracts may be entered into by the Secretary of War for such materials and work as may be necessary to prosecute said improvement, to be paid for as appropriations may from time to time be made by law, not to exceed in the aggregate two hundred and fifty thousand dollars, exclusive of the amounts herein and heretofore appropriated.
Dredge.Improving Galveston channel, Texas: Continuing improvement, one hundred and seventy-five thousand dollars: *Provided,* That the Secretary of War may, in Ids discretion, use not to exceed one hundred and twenty-five thousand dollars of said amount to purchase or build a Diversion of appropriation.dredge for use in said channel: *Provided further,* That the Secretary of War may, in his discretion, divert the sum of fifty thousand dollars from the amounts appropriated and authorized for improving Galveston Harbor, Texas, and apply it to tins improvement.
Galveston ship channel, etc., Tex.Improving Galveston ship channel and Buffalo Bayou. Texas: Continuing improvement to a point at or near the head of Long Reach, in accordance with the modification of the original project, as recommended in the report of the Board of Engineers for Rivers and Harbors of date December fifteenth, nineteen hundred and four, two *Provisos*.Contracts.hundred thousand dollars: *Provided,* That a contract or contracts may he entered into by the Secretary of War for such materials and work as may he necessary to prosecute said project, as modified by said report, to be paid for as appropriations may from time to time be made by law, not to exceed in the aggregate two hundred thousand dollars, exclusive of the amounts herein and heretofore appropriated:
Unexpended balance available.*Provided further,* That the amount on hand is hereby made available for the project as modified by said report. West Galveston Bay channel, etc., Tex.Improving West Galveston Bay channel, Double Bayou, and mouths of adjacent streams, Texas, including Trinity River Anahuac channel and Cedar Bayou: Continuing improvement, fifty thousand dollars. Brazos River, Tex., Velasco to Old Washington.Improving Brazos River, Texas, from Velasco to Old Washington:
Continuing improvement, twenty-five thousand dollars. Old Washington to Waco, Tex.Channel.Improving Brazos River, Texas, from Old Washington to Waco: The Secretary of War is authorized and directed to cause an examination of this section of the river with a view of determining whether 1131four or six months’ navigation can be secured to Waco at a reasonable cost by any method other than by locks and dams, and if not the least number of locks and dams that will furnish such navigation, and in the event it should appeal feasible to secure four or six months’ navigation by open-channel work or by not to exceed nine locks and dams the Secretary of War may expend for the improvement of said riverMaximum expenditure. an amount not to exceed seventy-five thousand dollars, which amount under the conditions named is hereby appropriated.
Improving Trinity River, Texas: The balance now available for theTrinity River, Tex. construction of locks and dams between the mouth of the river and section one is hereby diverted from said purpose and made available for the construction of locks and dams numbered one, four, and six in section one, in accordance with the report submitted in House Document Numbered Four hundred and nine, Fifty-sixth Congress, first session: *Provided,* That the Secretary of War is authorized to enter*Provisos*.Contracts. into a contract or contracts for the completion of said locks and dams, numbered one. four, and six, to be paid for as appropriations may from time to time be made by law, not to exceed in the aggregate one hundred and sixty-one thousand two hundred and eighty-seven dollars, exclusive of the amount herein diverted and made available for the said construction: *Provided further,* That none of the amount madeRestriction on expenditure. available herein or authorized to be contracted for herein shall he expended unless the citizens of Dalias shall pay over to the Secretary of War the sum of sixty-six thousand dollars, which sum, if paid over, shall be applied to the construction of dams in said section one, at Old River and Parsons Slough, for the easing of bends and for the improvement of said section: *And provided further,* That the SecretaryLocks and dams. of War may, in his discretion, construct locks and dams numbered two or three or five instead of number four, should he determine that navigation would be better subserved thereby.
Improving mouths of Sabine and Neelies rivers, Texas, in accordanceSabine and Neches rivers, Tex.Improving mouth. with the report submitted in House Document Numbered Six hundred and thirty-four, Fifty-eighth Congress, second session, by connecting the same with Taylors Bayou, or a point in Sabine Dake near to the mouth of said bayou, by a channel at or near the west shore of Sabine Lake; the Secretary of War may enter into a contract or contracts for such materials and work as may be necessary to complete the said project, to be paid for as appropriations may from time to time be made by law, not to exceed in the aggregate four hundred and eleven thousand five hundred dollars, exclusive of the amounts heretofore appropriated: *Provided,* That the channel may, in the discretion*Provisos*.Channel. of the Secretary of War, be constructed through the land near the lake for any part of said route: *Provided further,* That the rightRight of way. of way is furnished without expense to the United States.
Cypress Bayou, Texas: The available balance on hand may, in theCypress Bayou, Tex. discretion of the Secretary of War, be expended in cleaning and clearing the bayou and lakes between Jefferson, Texas, and Mooringsport, Louisiana. And the Secretary of War is authorized and directed toSurvey. survey Cypress Bayou and the channels connecting Shreveport, Louisiana, with Jefferson, Texas, including an examination of the falls near Little Pass, Improving Ouachita and Black rivers, Arkansas and Louisiana:Ouachita and Black rivers, Ark. and La.
Continuing improvement and for maintenance, eighty thousand dollars; *Provided,* That the Secretary of War may enter into a contract*Proviso*.Contracts. or contracts for such materials and work as may be necessary to complete the locks and dams in the Ouachita River, to be paid for as appropriations may from time to time he made by law, not to exceed in the aggregate forty thousand three hundred and twelve dollars, exclusive of the amounts herein and heretofore appropriated. 1132 Arkansas River Ark.Improving Arkansas River, Arkansas:
For maintenance, thirty-five thousand dollars. Red Fork Levee.Repairs.For repair of revetment work and bank protection in the vicinity of Red Fork Levee, Arkansas River, thirty thousand dollars, provided it is required in the interest of navigation. White River, Ark.Improving Upper River, Arkansas: For maintenance, fifteen thousand dollars. Upper White River, Ark.Lock and Dam.Improving Upper White River, Arkansas: Continuing improvement by the construction of Lock and Dam Numbered Three, one hundred and sixty thousand dollars: and the Secretary of War shall cause an examination to be made by a board of engineers to report upon th desirability of the construction of further locks and dams in said river Cache River, Ark.Improving Cache River, Arkansas:
For maintenance, two thousand dollars. Black and Current rivers, Ark. and Mo.Improving Black and Current rivers, Arkansas and Missouri: For maintenance, eighteen thousand dollars. Saint Francis and L’Anguille rivers, Ark.Improving Saint Francis and L’Anguille rivers. Arkansas: For maintenance, six thousand dollars. Obion and Forked Deer rivers, Tenn.Improving Obion and Forked Deer rivers, Tennessee: For maintenance, three thousand dollars. Cumberland River, below Nashville, Tenn.Improving Cumberland River, Tennessee, below Nashville:
For maintenance, ten thousand dollars. Above Nashville, Tenn., and Ky.Improving Cumberland River, Tennessee and Kentucky, abort Nashville: For maintenance, ten thousand dollars, and for completion of lock and dam numbered two above Nashville, forty thousand dollars, and the balance on hand to the credit of the Cumberland Rivet above Nashville for general improvement and for locks Numbered five, six, and seven shall be applied upon the construction of said lock and dam. Lock and Dam No. 21.*Provisos*.Contracts.For, the construction of Lock and Dam Numbered Twenty-one in said river, seventy-four thousand dollars: *Provided,* That a contract or extracts may be entered into by the Secretary of War for such materials and work as may be necessary to complete the said lock and dam, to be paid for as appropriations may from time to time be made by law, not to exceed in the aggregate two hundred thousand dollars, exclusive of the amounts herein and heretofore appropriated: *Provided further,*Use of balance.
That the balance remaining to the credit of the Cumberland River on any project therein above said lock and dam numbered twenty-one shall be made applicable for the construction thereof. Cumberland River Improvement Company.May construct locks and dams above Burnside, Ky.Improving the upper Cumberland and South Fork rivers, above Burnside, Kentucky: The Cumberland River Improvement Company, a corporation formed and existing under the laws of the State of Kentucky, is authorized and permitted to improve the Cumberland River and its tributaries, including the South Fork, above Burnside, Kentucky, at its own expense, by the construction of necessary locks and dams, under the supervision and pursuant to plans to be submitted to Use of power.and approved by the Secretary of War, and the power generated by the construction of such locks and dams may be utilized by such company for commercial and other purposes, under the following express provisions:
Unobstructed navigation.That the use of such power shall in no instance impede or hinder navigation; Size of locks, etc.Open to navigation.That the locks and dams shall be at least equal in size and capacity to other locks and dams constructed on the Cumberland River: Toll.That they shall be open to all purposes of navigation by the general public, subject to the payment of uniform, reasonable rates of toll by all parties using such waterway, which rates of toll shall be fixed front time to time by the Secretary of War, and shall at no time produce an income greater than six per centum, cumulative interest, on the 1133investment in such locks and dams, after deducting the cost of maintenance and operation, reckoned from the beginning, and based on the total initial cost; such locks and dams to be kept and maintained by such corporation without expense to the Government: *Provided further,**Proviso*.Time of construction, etc.
That this franchise shall not be elective unless said corporation shall commence in good faith the construction of such improvement within eighteen months after the completion and operation of lock and dam numbered twenty-one on said river, and shall afford a permanent navigable stage, within the next succeeding five years, of at least six feet in depth, by means of such locks and dams, to the mouth of Rock Castle River. That said corporation shall be with the Secretary of War, beforeBond. beginning its construction of such lock and dam, a suitable bond, to be approved by him, conditioned to pay all reasonably prospective damages arising from trespass or overflow or other injury to private rights;
That the right to collect tolls shall cease at the expiration of fortyCollection of tolls.Time limit. years from the date of completion of lock and dam numbered twenty-one on said river, and that upon the ceasing of the right to collect tolls the United States may assume the possession, care, operation, maintenance,Operation, maintenance, etc. and management of the lock or locks so constructed, without compensation to any person or persons or corporation, hut without in any way impairing the right or ownership of the water power and dams created by said corporation, which shall continue the care and maintenance of such dams without interference on the part of the United States:
Congress reserves the right to alter, amend, or repeal any of theAmendment. provisions of this Act in so far as it relates to this franchise. Improvement of Tennessee River, Tennessee, above Chattanooga:Tennessee River, above Chattanooga. Continuing improvement and for maintenance, fifty thousand dollars, of which amount not more than five thousand dollars may, in the discretion of the Secretary of War, be expended in the improvement of Little Tennessee River. improving Tennessee River:
Continuing improvement at ColbertColbert and Bee Tree Shoals.s and Bee Tree Shoals by the construction of a lateral canal, two hundred thousand dollars: *Provided,* That a contract or contracts may be*Proviso*.Contracts. entered into by the Secretary of War for such materials and work as may be necessary for the prosecution of said project, to be paid for as appropriations may from time to time be made by law, not to exceed in the aggregate two hundred thousand dollars, exclusive of the amounts herein and heretofore appropriated.
Improving Tennessee River from Hobbs Island to Guntersville,Hobbs Island to Guntersville, Ala. Alabama: Continuing improvement and for maintenance, fifteen thousand dollars. Improving Tennessee River, Tennessee: Continuing improvementScotts Point.Lock gates. by the partial construction of lock gates at the lock projected at or near Scotts Point, together with the cost of superintendence and the preparation of plans to be made by the United States, ten thousand dollars: *Provided,* That a contract or contracts may be entered into*Proviso*.Contracts. by the Secretary of War for such materials and work as may be necessary for the further prosecution of said work, to be paid for as appropriations may from time to time be made by law, not to exceed in the aggregate forty thousand dollars exclusive of the amount herein appropriated.
Improving Tennessee River, Tennessee, below Riverton: ContinuingBelow Riverton. improvement and for maintenance, thirty thousand dollars. Improving French Broad and Little Pigeon rivers, Tennessee: ForFrench Broad and Little Pigeon rivers, Tenn. maintenance, two thousand dollars. Improving Clinch and Hiwassee rivers, Tennessee: ContinuingClinch and Hiwassee rivers, Tenn. improvement and for maintenance, six thousand dollars. 1134 Big Sandy River, etc., W. Va.Improving Big Sandy River and Tug and Levisa forks, West Virginia and Kentucky:
For maintenance and for improving the mouth of the Big Sandy, forty-three thousand dollars. Falls of the Ohio River, Louisville, Ky.Improving the Falls of the Ohio River at Louisville, Kentucky: For maintenance and alteration of the existing dam, eighty thousand dollars. Green River, Ky.Improving Green River, Kentucky, above the mouth of Big Barren River: Continuing improvement and for maintenance, five thousand *Proviso*.Nolin River.dollars: *Provided,* That the Secretary of War may, in bis discretion, expend such portion of said amount as may be necessary for the removal of snags in Nolin River.
Kentucky River.Improving Kentucky River, Kentucky: The Secretary of War may, in his discretion, use so much of the funds heretofore appropriated for the improvement of said river as may be necessary to repay the county court of Clark Comity, Kentucky, the reasonable cost expended by it in constructing the county bridge across Two Mile Creek, in Clark Comity. Kentucky, and to repair the damage to the county road caused by the construction of Lock and Dam Numbered Ten at Ford, Kentucky.
Reimbursement to Clark County, Ky., etc.Kentucky River, Kentucky: Continuing improvement by the construction of Lock and Dam Numbered Twelve, fifty thousand dollars. Toledo, Ohio.Improving harbor at Toledo, Ohio: For maintenance, twenty thousand dollars. Port Clinton, Ohio.Improving harbor at Port Clinton, Ohio: For maintenance, two thousand dollars. Sandusky, Ohio.Improving harbor at Sandusky, Ohio: Continuing improvement and *Provisos*.Contracts.for maintenance, one hundred and twenty-five thousand dollars: *Provided,* Thata contract or contracts may he entered into by the Secretary of War for such materials and work as may be necessary to complete said improvement, to be paid for as appropriations may from time to time be made by law, not to exceed in the aggregate four hundred and eighty thousand dollars, exclusive of the amounts herein and heretoforeDredging. appropriated: *Provided further,* That from the adopted project there shall be omitted the rock dredging near to the wharves at Sanduskys Harbor, except that portion thereof which is included in a contract or contracts already made.
Huron, Ohio.Improving harbor at Huron, Ohio, in accordance with the report submitted in House Document Numbered One hundred and twenty-two, Fifty-eighth Congress, second session, sixty-eight thousand five hundred*Proviso*.Contracts. dollars: *Provided,* That a contract or contracts may be entered into by the Secretary of War for such materials and work as may be, necessary to complete the said improvement, to be paid for as appropriations may from time to time be made by law, not to exceed in the aggregate two hundred thousand dollars, exclusive of the amounts herein and heretofore appropriated.
Vermilion, Ohio.Improving harbor at Vermilion, Ohio: For maintenance, fifteen thousand dollars. Lorain, Ohio.Improving harbor at Lorain, Ohio: Completing improvement and for maintenance, eighty-five thousand dollars. Cleveland, Ohio.Improving harbor at Cleveland, Ohio: Continuing improvement and for maintenance, two hundred thousand dollars. Fairport, Ohio.Improving harbor at Fairport, Ohio: Continuing improvement and *Proviso*.Breakwater.for maintenance, one hundred and thirty-five thousand dollars: *Provided,* That the Secretary of War may in his discretion, cause the westerly arm of the breakwater in said harbor to be extended to a point at or near the shore, the expense thereof to be paid from the appropriations herein and heretofore made.
Ashtabula, Ohio.Improving harbor at Ashtabula, Ohio: Continuing improvement and for maintenance, twenty thousand dollars; and the unexpended balance on hand to the credit of said improvement, or so much thereof as may be necessary, may be expended by the Secretary of War for the extension of the westerly arm of the breakwater in said harbor to 1135a point at or near the shore, in accordance with the recommendation of the Chief of Engineers. Improving Conneaut Harbor, Ohio: Continuing improvement andConneaut, Ohio. for maintenance, sixty thousand dollars.
Improving Muskingum River. Ohio: Continuing improvement,Muskingum River, Ohio. eight thousand dollars. Improving Muskingum River, Ohio: For the rebuilding of lock andLock and Dam No. 11. dam numbered eleven in said river, one hundred and ten thousand dollars: *Provided.* That no part of the said amount shall be expended*Proviso*.Expenditures by Ohio Canal. unless the Secretary of War shall have satisfactory assurance that the State of Ohio, or other agency, will expend a sum of not less than two hundred thousand dollars upon that part of the, Ohio Canal system which connects the said river above the lock mentioned with Lake Erie.
Improving Ohio River; General improvement, three hundred thousandOhio River. dollars: *Provided,* That from said amount the Secretary of War*Provisos*.Removal of rocks. may, in his discretion, expend from the amount herein appropriated a sum sufficient for the following, or either of them, namely, to remove the rocks in the channel of said river or canal near to the Falls at Louisville. Kentucky, for the dredging of Pool Numbered Six in said river,Dredging. and for necessary dredging in said river at and near Middleport, Ohio: *Provided further* That the unexpended balance of funds available forIce pier, Mavsville, Ky. the construction of tin lee pier at or near the mouth of Rig Hocking River may, in the discretion of the Secretary of War, be expended toward the completion of an ice pier at Maysville, Kentucky.
The Secretary of War is hereby authorized and directed to appointCanalization.Appointment of board of engineers authorized. a board of engineers to examine the Ohio River, and report at the earliest date by which a thorough examination can be made, the necessary data with reference to the canalization of the river, and the approximate location and number of locks and dams in such river, with a view both ton depth of six feel, and nine feet; and in said reportDuties. shall include the probable cost of such improvement with each of the depths named, the probable cost of maintenance, and the present and prospective commerce, of said river, upstream as well as downstream having regard to both local and through traffic.
They shall also reportReport. whether, in their opinion, such improvement should be made, and whether other plans of improvement could be devised under which the probable demands of traffic, present and prospective, could be provided for without additional locks and dams, or with a less number than is described in surveys heretofore made, giving general details relating to all of said plans and the approximate cost of completion thereof. They shall also examine the said river from the mouth of the GreenMouth of Green River to Cairo.Depth of channel.
River to Cairo, with a view to determining whether an increased depth can be maintained by use of dredges. Improving Ohio River in the State of Pennsylvania: By the completionLocks and Dams Nos. 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6. of locks and dams numbered two. three, four, and five, and the modification of said locks and darns and of lock and dam numbered six so as to secure a stage of nine feet in the, pools belonging thereto, five hundred thousand dollars: *Provided,* That a contract or contracts may*Proviso*.Contracts. he entered into by the Secretary of War for such materials and work as may be necessary for the completion of said improvement, to be paid for as appropriations may from time to time be made by law, riot to exceed in the aggregate one million two hundred and eignty-one thousand three hundred and seventy-six dollars, exclusive, of the amounts herein and heretofore appropriated.
Improving Ohio River in Ohio and West Virginia: By the completionLocks Nos. 8 and 11 of locks numbered eight and eleven, one hundred and sixty thousand dollars: *Provided*, That a contractor contracts maybe entered*Proviso*.Contracts. into, by the Secretary of War for such materials and work as may be necessary to complete the said locks, to be paid for as appropriations 1136may from lime to time be made bylaw, not to exceed in the aggregate one hundred and sixty thousand dollars, exclusive of the amounts herein and heretofore appropriated.
Lock and Dam No 19.Improving Ohio River, with a view to the construction of lock and dam numbered nineteen, one hundred thousand dollars; and for purchase of site for lock, and dam numbered twenty-six, thirty-five thousand*Provisos*.Survey, etc. dollars: *Provided,* That no part of said amounts shall be expelled until the survey of the Ohio River herein provided for shall have been completed and such project as may be recommended on consideration and review, of the same shall be adopted by Congress: *Provided further,*Reversion of appropriation.
That in case said locks and dams are not provided for by Congress, the amounts herein appropriated shall revert to the general fund for the improvement of the Ohio River. Ontonagon, Mich.Improving harbor at Ontonagon, Michigan: For maintenance, three thousand dollars. Marquette, Mich.Improving harbor at Marquette, Michigan: For maintenance, three thousand dollars. Marquette Bay Mich.Improving harbor at Marquette Bay, Michigan, harbor of refuge: For maintenance, one thousand dollars.
Grand Marais, Mich.Improving harbor at Grand Marais, Michigan, harbor of refuge: Continuing improvement and for maintenance, fifty thousand dollars. Gladstone, Mich.Improving harbor at Gladstone, Michigan, in accordance with the report submitted in House Document Numbered One hundred and sixty-five. Fifty-eighth Congress, second session, fourteen thousand dollars. Manistique, Mich.Improving harbor at Manistique, Michigan, in accordance with the report submitted in House Document Numbered Four hundred and twenty-nine.
Fifty-eighth Congress, second session, twenty-five thousand dollars. Saint Joseph, Mich.Improving harbor at Saint Joseph, Michigan: Continuing improvement and for maintenance, fifteen thousand dollars. South Haven, Mich.Improving harbor at South Haven, Michigan, in accordance with the report submitted in House Document Numbered One hundred and nineteen. Fifty-eighth Congress, second session, fifty thousand dollars: *Proviso*.Channels.*Provided,* That no portion of such amount shall be used, except for maintenance of existing channels, until proper dock lines shall have been established and suitable bulkheads shall have been built along these lines by the city of South Haven, or by the riparian owners, and the property lying on the channel side of these dock lines shall have been deeded to the United States, free of cost, all pursuant to the plan of improvement recommended in said House document.
Saugatuck Harbor and Kalamazoo River, Mich.Improving Saugatuck Harbor and Kalamazoo River, Michigan: Continuing improvement and for maintenance, seventy-five thousand dollars. Holland, Black Lake, Mich.Improving harbor at Holland, Black Lake, Michigan: Continuing *Provisos*.Contracts.improvement and for maintenance, sixty-five thousand dollars: *Provided*, That the Secretary of War may enter into a contract or contracts for such materials and work as may be necessary for the prosecution of said project, to be paid for as appropriations may from time to time be made by law, not to exceed in the aggregate one hundred and ten thousand dollars, exclusive of the amounts herein and heretofore appropriated:Modification. *Provided further,* That the United States engineer in charge may, subject to the approval of the Chief of Engineers, modify the existing project by the widening of the harbor entrance.
Grand Haven, Mich.Improving harbor at Grand Haven, Michigan: Continuing improvement and for maintenance, thirty thousand dollars. Muskegon, Mich.Improving harbor at Muskegon, Michigan: Continuing improvement and for maintenance, one hundred thousand dollars. Pentwater and White Lake, Mich.Improving harbors at Pentwater and White Lake, Michigan: For maintenance, twenty thousand dollars. 1137 Improving harbor at Ludington, Michigan: For maintenance, tenLudington, Mich. thousand dollars.
The Secretary of War is hereby authorized to appoint a board ofHarbors of Ludington, Mich., Manitowoc, etc., Wis.Investigation of wave action on. engineers to inquire into the effect of wave action as injuriously affecting the harbors at Ludington, Michigan, and Manitowoc, Two Rivers, Racine, Kenosha, and Sheboygan, Wisconsin, and to report at the earliest practical date what plan of improvement it is desirable to adopt to overcome such wave action. Such board shall further investigateRepairs, etc. and report as to whether, in the interests of economy, future repairs and construction of piers in such harbors and in those similarly situated should be made of cement or other permanent substance.
Improving harbor at Manistee, Michigan: For maintenance, tenManistee, Mich. thousand dollars. Improving harbor at Frankfort, Michigan: Continuing improvementFrankfort, Mich. and for maintenance, twenty thousand dollars. Improving harbor at Charlevoix and entrance to Pine Lake, Michigan:Charlevoix, etc., Mich. Continuing improvement and for maintenance, twenty-five thousand dollars. Improving harbor at Petoskey, Michigan: Continuing improvementPetoskey, Mich. and for maintenance, twenty thousand dollars.
Improving harbor at Arcadia, Michigan, in accordance with theArcadia, Mich. report submitted in House Document Numbered One hundred and ninety-four. Fifty-eighth Congress, second session, six thousand dollars. The Secretary of War is hereby authorized and directed to transferDredge. to Lake Michigan the dredge heretofore constructed for the harbors on the easterly shore of said lake for use in such harbors. Improving harbor at Cheboygan, Michigan: For maintenance, sevenCheboygan, Mich. thousand five hundred dollars.
And the Secretary of War is hereby authorized to cause an examination of such harbor to be made, with a view to ascertaining the desirability, in the interest of commerce, of extending the works of improvement up to the lock and dam in the Cheboygan River, and whether, if such extension is made, any portion of the expense of such extension should be borne ,by the city of Cheboygan or by persons whose property may he benefited thereby. Improving harbor of refuge, Harbor Beach, Michigan:
ContinuingHarbor Beach, Mich. improvement and for maintenance, two hundred thousand dollars. The Secretary of War is hereby authorized to cause an examination to be made with a view to ascertaining what other or further works of improvement are necessary, if any, in order to make such harbor of refuge suitable for the present demands of commerce. Improving waterway across Keweenaw Point, from Keweenaw BayWater route across Keweenaw Point Mich. to Lake Superior, Michigan: Continuing improvement, forty-five thousand dollars.
Improving Grand River, Michigan, in accordance with the reportGrand River, Mich. submitted in House Document Numbered Two hundred and sixteen, Fifty-eighth Congress, second session, one hundred thousand dollars: *Provided,* That no portion of the money herein appropriated shall be*Proviso*.Restriction. used in providing a turning basin in the city of Grand Rapids. Improving Saginaw River, Michigan: Continuing improvement andSaginaw River, Mich. for maintenance, thirty thousand dollars: and any sums heretofore appropriated for the improvement of the Flint, Shiawassee, and Bad rivers, and now unexpended, are hereby diverted and made availableDiversion of appropriation. for the improvement of the Saginaw River, in addition to the sum herein appropriated.
Improving Sebewaing River, Michigan: For maintenance, five thousandSebewaing River, Mich. dollars. Improving Rouge River and Monroe Harbor, Michigan: ContinuingRouge River and Monroe Harbor, Mich. improvement and for maintenance, thirteen thousand dollars. 1138 Clinton River, Mich.Improving Clinton River, Michigan: For maintenance, three thousand dollars. Saint Marys River, at falls, Mich.Improving Saint Marys River, at the falls, Michigan: Continuing *Proviso*.Contracts.improvement, four hundred and twenty thousand dollars: *Provided, *That a contract or contracts may he entered into by the Secretary of War for such materials and work as may be necessary for the prosecution of said project, to be paid for as appropriations may from time to time be made by law, not to exceed in the aggregate six hundred thousand dollars, exclusive of the amounts herein and heretofore appropriated.
Hay Lake and Neebish channels.Improving Hay Lake and Neebish channels. Saint Marys River, Michigan: Continuing improvement, five hundred thousand dollars: *Proviso*.Contracts.*Provided,* That a contract or contracts may be entered into by the Secretary of War for such materials and work as may be necessary for the prosecution of said project, to be paid for as appropriations may from time to time be made by law, not to exceed in the aggregate seven hundred and fifty thousand dollars, exclusive of the amounts herein and heretofore appropriated.
Detroit River, Mich.Improving Detroit River, Michigan: The Secretary of War may enter into a contract or contracts for such materials and work as may be necessary to prosecute said improvement, in accordance with the report .submitted in House Document Numbered Forty, Fifty-eighth Congress, third session, to be paid fur as appropriation may from time to time be made by law, not to exceed in the aggregate four hundred thousand dollars, exclusive of the amounts heretofore appropriated.
Menominee Harbor and River, Wis.Menominee Harbor and River. Michigan and Wisconsin: The Secretary of War is hereby authorized to make such modifications of the existing project as may seem best to save expense and subserve the interests of commerce. Kenosha, Wis.Improving harbor at Kenosha, Wisconsin: Continuing improvement and for maintenance, five thousand dollars. Racine, Wis.Improving harbor at Racine, Wisconsin: Continuing improvement and for maintenance, thirty thousand dollars.
Milwaukee, Wis.Improving harbor at Milwaukee, Wisconsin, including harbor of refuge: Continuing improvement and for maintenance, including the repair and rebuilding of the breakwater belonging to the harbor of refuge, one hundred and fifty thousand dollars: and the so-called “Fair Weather” opening in said breakwater shall not be closed except by direction of Congress. Improving said harbor in accordance with the report, submitted in House Document Numbered One hundred and twenty, Fifty-eighth *Provisos*.Contracts.Congress, second session, one hundred thousand dollars: *Provided, *That a contract or contracts may be entered into by the Secretary of War for such materials and work as may be necessary to complete said project, to be paid for as appropriations may from time to time be made by law, not to exceed in the aggregate two hundred and eighteen thousand five, hundred and eighty-one dollars, exclusive of the Restriction.amount herein appropriated: *Provided further,* That no part of the appropriation herein made shall be expended for the purpose named unless the Secretary of War shall have satisfactory assurance that the city of Milwaukee will comply with the conditions imposed upon said municipality as set forth and contained in paragraph twenty-eight of House Document Numbered One hundred and twenty, Fifty-eighth Congress, second session.
Sheboygan, Wis.Improving harbor at Sheboygan, Wisconsin: Continuing improvement and for maintenance, eighteen thousand dollars. Manitowoc, Wis.Improving harbor at Manitowoc, Wisconsin: For maintenance, one hundred and ten thousand dollars. Two Rivers, Wis.Improving harbor at Two Rivers, Wisconsin: Continuing improvement and for maintenance, six thousand six hundred dollars, and the 1139Secretary of War is authorized and directed to cause a survey to be made of the entrance channel to said harbor with a view to obtaining depths of sixteen and eighteen feet, respectively.
Improving harbor at Kewaunee, Wisconsin: For maintenance, threeKewaunee, Wis. thousand dollars. Improving Sturgeon Bay and Lake Michigan Ship Canal, Wisconsin,Sturgeon Bay and Lake Michigan Ship Canal, Wis. and harbor of refuge connected therewith: The Secretary of War is hereby directed to ascertain and determine whether for the purpose of completing the project, submitted in House Document Numbered (hie hundred and seventeen. Fifty-sixth Congress, second session, it is necessary to remove, relocate, or change the bridge across Sturgeon Bay at the city of Sturgeon Bay, and if so, whether and to what extent the owners thereof have acquired vested or other rights in its present location, so as to entitle them to damages by such removal, relocation, or change, and in case the said Secretary of War shall det ermine that such removal, relocation, or change is necessary to complete said project, and that the said owners have acquired vested or oilier rights in the present location of said bridge, he is hereby authorized and directed to acquire, by condemnation or otherwise, such property as may be necessary, and the sum of fifty thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, is hereby appropriated for that, purpose.
Improving harbor at Green Bay, Wisconsin: For maintenance, tenGreen Bay, Wis. thousand dollars. Improving harbor at Ashland, Wisconsin: For maintenance, sixtyAshland, Wis. thousand dollars. Improving harbor at Port Wing, Wisconsin: Completing improvementPort Wing, Wis. and for maintenance, nineteen thousand nine hundred and ninety-two dollars. Improving Fox River, Wisconsin: Continuing improvement, thirty-fiveFox River, Wis. thousand dollars. Improving harbor at Grand Marais, Minnesota:
For maintenance,Grand Marais, Minn. two thousand dollars. Improving harbor at Agate Bay, Minnesota: For maintenance, twoAgate Bay, Minn. thousand dollars. Improving Whirroad Harbor, Warroad River, Minnesota, by dredgingWarroad Harbor and River, Minn. a channel one hundred feet wide and seven feet deep from the inner end of the channel dredged in nineteen hundred and four to the boat landing at Warroad, with a turning channel for boats at the inner harbor, and continuing present improvement, thirty-five thousand dollars. improving harbor at Duluth, Minnesota, and Superior, Wisconsin:Duluth, Minn., and Superior, Wis.
Continuing improvement and for maintenance, two hundred and seventy thousand dollars: *Provided,* That a contract or contracts may be*Proviso*.Contracts. entered into by the Secretary of War for such materials and work as may be necessary to complete said project, to be paid for as appropriations may from time to time be made by law, not to exceed in the aggregate three hundred thousand dollars, exclusive of the amounts herein and heretofore appropriated. Improving Minnesota River, Minnesota, at the mouth:
For maintenanceMinnesota River, Minn. and dredging channel, three thousand dollars. Improving Red River of the North, Minnesota and North Dakota:Red River of the North, Minn, and N. Dak. Continuing improvement and for maintenance, nine thousand dollars. Improving Saint Croix River, Minnesota and Wisconsin: For maintenance,Saint Croix River, Minn, and Wis. four thousand dollars. Improving harbor at Michigan City. Indiana: Continuing improvementMichigan City, Ind. and for maintenance, forty-five thousand dollars: *Provided,* That*Proviso*.Turning basin. the Secretary of War may, in his discretion, use any part of this appropriation or of any appropriation hereafter made for the maintenance or improvement of said harbor, for the construction of a turning 1140basin in the inner harbor, not exceeding, however, the sum of twenty-five thousand dollars in the aggregate.
Chicago, Ill.Improving harbor at Chicago, Illinois: Continuing improvement and for maintenance, two hundred thousand dollars. Waukegan, Ill.Improving harbor at Waukegan, Illinois: For maintenance, thirty thousand dollars. Illinois and Mississippi Canal, Ill.Improving Illinois and Mississippi Canal, Illinois: Continuing improvement and for main tenante, three hundred thousand dollars: *Proviso*.Contracts.*Provided,* That a contract or contracte may be entered into by the Secretary of War for such materials and work as may be necessary for the completion of said project, to be paid for as appropriations may from time to time be made by law, not to exceed in the aggregate two hundred thousand dollars, exclusive of the amounts herein and hereto-fore appropriated.
Calumet River, Ill. and Ind.Improving Calumet River, Illinois and Indiana: For improving said river in accordance with the report submitted in House document Numbered One hundred and seventy-two. Fifty-eighth Congress, second session, and for maintenance, one hundred thousand dollars: *Proviso*.Contracts.*Provided,* That a contract or contracts may be entered into by the Secretary of War for such materials and work as may be necessary for the prosecution of said project to be paid for as appropriations may from time to time be made by law, not to exceed in the aggregate one hundred and seventy-six thousand dollars, exclusive of the amounts herein and heretofore appropriated.
And the Secretary of War is hereby authorized to accept, in his discretion, deeds from the proper parties conveying to the United States, free of expense, such lands as may be necessary for the construction of any of the turning basins proposed in said House document. Rock River, Ill.Improving Kock River, Illinois: A fixed dam with movable crest at or near Sterling, Illinois, in lieu of the lock and dam already provided for may, in the discretion of the Secretary of War, be constructed: *Proviso*.Fixed dam, etc*Provided,* That said fixed dam with movable crest may be constructed from the funds already appropriated, or authorized to be appropriated, for the construction of the Illinois and Mississippi Canal, and shall constitute a part of the project for said canal.
Mississippi River, Minn.Reservoirs.Mississippi River in Minnesota: Improving reservoirs at the head-waters of the Mississippi River by the renewal of the Fine River dam according to existing project, the completion of Pokegama Dam, the purchase of lands or casements for Winnibigoshish, Leech Lake, Pokegama, and Pine River dams, and the improvement of the channel from Brainerd to Grand Rapids, Minnesota, one hundred and sixty thousand dollars, to be expended, together with the amounts now on hand to the credit of “Reservoirs at the headwaters of the Mississippi,” for the completion of the improvements herein mentioned.
Locks and Dams Nos. 1 and 2.Contracts.Improving Mississippi River, Minnesota: Locks and dams numbered one and two, between Saint Paul and Minneapolis; A contract or contracts may be. entered into by the Secretary of War for such materials and work as may be necessary to complete the said locks and dams, to be paid for as appropriations may from time to time be made by law. not to exceed in the aggregate two hundred and ninety-nine thousand five hundred and forty-three dollars, exclusive of the amounts heretofore appropriated.
Between Missouri River and Saint Paul, Minn.Contracts.Improving Mississippi River between Missouri River and Saint Paul. Minnesota: A contract or contracts may be entered into by the Secretary of War for such materials and work as may be necessary to prose-cute said improvement, to be paid for as appropriations may from time to time be made by law, not to exceed in the aggregate three hundred thousand dollars, exclusive of the amounts heretofore appropriated, which amount may be expended during the year beginning July first, Lake Pepin, Minn.nineteen hundred and six, and the sum of eleven thousand five hundred 1141dollars may be expended from amounts now or hereafter available for this improvement for the purpose of completing the harbor of refuge on the east shore of Lake Pepin, Minnesota, and the Secretary of War may cause an estimate to be made of the cost of securing a channel six feet deep in that portion of the river above described.
Improving Mississippi River at Moline, Illinois: In accordance withMoline, Ill. the report submitted in House Document Numbered Three hundred and ninety-seven, Fifty-eighth Congress, second session, one hundred thousand dollars: *Provided,* That it contract or contracts may be*Proviso*.Contracts. entered into by the Secretary of War for such materials and work as may be necessary to complete said project, to be paid for as appropriations may from time to time he made by law. not to exceed in the aggregate two hundred and eighty-six thousand dollars, exclusive of the amounts herein appropriated.
Improving the Mississippi River from the mouth of the Ohio RiverFrom mouth of Ohio to mouth of Missouri.Dredges. to and including the mouth of the Missouri River: The Secretary of War may prosecute the improvement of the said section of the Mississippi River by dredging, as set forth in the report of the Board of Engineers for rivers and harbors, submitted November twelfth, nineteen hundred and three; and the said Secretary of War may purchase or cause to be constructed two dredges, to be employed with those now in use in said section for the purpose of dredging; and the said Secretary may, in his discretion, expend a portion of the balance now remaining on hand to the credit of said improvement for the completion of works already under way or for the construction of other works which will be useful in promoting the navigation of said section of the river; and such balance as remains on hand, together with the amount authorized to be expended in pursuance of contracts to be made, is hereby made available for the purposes set, forth in this item.
Improving the Mississippi River from the Head of the Passes to theMississippi River Commission.Head of the Passes to mouth of Ohio.Expenses, etc. mouth of the Ohio River, including salaries, clerical, official, traveling and miscellaneous expenses of the Mississippi River Commission: Continuing improvement, one million dollars, which shall be expended under the direction of the Secretary of War in accordance with the plans, specifications, and recommendations of the Mississippi River Commission as approved by the Chief of Engineers for the, general improvement of the river, for the building of levees, and for surveys, including the survey from the Head of the Passes to the headwaters of the river, in such manner as in their opinion shall best improve navigation and promote the interests of commerce at all stages of the river: *Provided,* That on and after the passage of this Act a contract*Provisos*.Contracts. or contracts may be entered into by the Secretary of War for such materials and work as may be necessary to carry on continuously the plans of the Mississippi River Commission as aforesaid, to be paid for as appropriations may from time to time be made by law, not to exceed in the aggregate two million dollars, exclusive of the amounts herein and heretofore appropriated, which latter amount may be expended during the year beginning July first, nineteen hundred and six: *Provided further,* That the money hereby appropriated and authorized to be expended,Dredge boats. in pursuance of contracts or otherwise, or so much thereof as may be necessary, shall be expended in the construction of suitable and necessary dredge boats and other devices and appliances and in the maintenance and operation of the same, with the view of ultimately obtainingChannel below Cairo. and maintaining a navigable channel from Cairo down not less than two hundred and fifty feet in width and nine feet in depth at all periods of the year, except when navigation is closed by ice: *And provided further,* That the, water courses connected with said river, and theAllotments for improvement. harbors upon it, now under the control of the Mississippi River Commission and under improvement, may, in the, discretion of said Commission, upon approval by the Chief of Engineers, receive allotments 1142for improvements now under way or hereafter to be undertaken, to be paid for from the amounts herein appropriated or authorized.
South Pass channel.Contracts.Improving Mississippi River, South Pass channel: A contract or contracts may be entered into by the Secretary of War for such materials and work as may be necessary for the maintenance of said channel, to be paid for as appropriations may from time to time be made by law, not to exceed in the aggregate fifty thousand dollars, exclusive of the. amounts heretofore provided by law. Osage River, Mo.Improving Osage River, Missouri: Continuing improvement and for maintenance, eighty thousand dollars.
Gasconade River, Mo.Improving Gasconade River, Missouri: Continuing improvement and for maintenance, fifteen thousand dollars. Missouri River.Saint Joseph, Mo.Continuing improvement Missouri River at Saint Joseph, Missouri, and protecting work already done, all new work to conform to the established harbor line, fifty thousand dollars, provided the same is required *Proviso*.Contribution to fund.in the interest of navigation: *Provided further,* That no work shall he done at Saint Joseph until the public authorities shall contribute toward defraying the expense of said work an additional fifty thousand dollars, making the sum so contributed subject to the order of the Secretary of War in such manner as he may direct, so that the expense of any work done under the provisions of this Act. shall be borne equally by the Government and out of the contribution herein provided for.
Between mouth and Sioux City, Iowa.Improving Missouri River: General improvement, by snagging and maintenance of open channel work, one hundred and seventy-five thousand dollars, of which amount, ninety thousand dollars may be Hermann, Mo.expended between the mouth and Sioux City. Iowa; ten thousand dollars for improvements at Hermann, Missouri, and seventy-five thousand dollars above Sioux City. Iowa. San Diego, Cal.Improving harbor at San Diego, California: For maintenance, ten thousand dollars.
Wilmington, Cal.Improving Wilmington Harbor, California; Continuing improvement, *Proviso*.Contracts.one hundred thousand dollars: *Provided,* That a contract or contracts may be entered into by the Secretary of War for the completion of said project, to be paid for as appropriations may from time to time be made by law, not to exceed in the aggregate one hundred and fifty thousand dollars, exclusive of the amounts herein and heretofore appropriated. San Luis Obispo, Cal.Improving harbor at San Luis Obispo, California:
Continuing improvement, twenty-five thousand dollars. Oakland, Cal.Improving harbor at Oakland, California: Continuing improvement in accordance, with project numbered three of the report, submitted in House Document Numbered Two hundred and sixty-two, Fifty-sixth Congress, second session, with a view to obtaining a channel three hundred feet wide and twenty-five feet, deep from San Francisco *Proviso*.Contracts.Bay to Fallon street, one hundred thousand dollars: *Provided,* That a contract or contracts may be entered into by the Secretary of War for such materials and work as may be necessary to prosecute said improvement, to be paid for as appropriations may from time to time be made by law, not to exceed in the aggregate two hundred and fifty thousand dollars, exclusive of the amounts herein and heretofore appropriated.
Sacramento and Feather rivers, Cal.Improving Sacramento and Feather rivers, California: The Secretary of War may expend the balance remaining to the credit of the Sacramento and Feather rivers, California, and the Sacramento River below Sacramento, California, for the improvement and maintenance of both of said rivers, including snagging, and for such projects as have been heretofore adopted in the Feather River and in the Sacramento River, both above and below Sacramento, and for the purposes of said improvement and maintenance the Secretary of War may, in 1143his discretion, buy or construct from the amount herein made available another snag boat.
The Secretary of War is hereby authorized and directed to appointSacramento, San-Joaquin, and Feather rivers, etc., Cal.Controlling overflow of. a board consisting of three engineers of the United States Army (one of whom shall have had experience on the Sacramento River and two on the Mississippi River) for the purpose of making a general examination of the Sacramento. San Joaquin, and Feather rivers. California, and their tributaries, and of consulting with any engineers, commissioners, or officers who have been appointed by the State of California to determine a method of controlling the overflow of said rivers and their tributaries, with a view of considering what, if anything, the United States can or should do in conjunction with said State to improve the navigation of said rivers and their tributaries, and the probable cost to the United States of such improvement.
Improving San Joaquin River, California: Continuing improvementSan Joaquin River, Cal. and for maintenance, twenty thousand dollars. Improving Mokehumw River. California: Continuing improvementMokelumne River, Cal. and for maintenance, two thousand five hundred dollars. Improving Napa River and Petaluma Creek, California: ContinuingNapa River and Petaluma Creek, Cal. improvement and for maintenance, three thousand dollars. Improving Tillamook Bay and bar, Oregon; For maintenance, tenTillamook Bay, Oreg. thousand dollars.
Improving Coquille River, Oregon: Continuing improvement andCoquille River, Oreg. for maintenance, fifty-five thousand dollars. Improving Coos River, Oregon; Such amount as may be necessaryCoos River, Oreg. for the maintenance of this improvement is hereby diverted from the moneys now available for the improvement of the entrance to Coos Bay and Harbor, Oregon. Improving upper Columbia and Snake rivers, Oregon: Washington,Columbia and Snake rivers, Wash, and Idaho. and Idaho:
Continuing improvement and for maintenance, twenty-five thousand dollars, which may he expended in completing the improvement and for maintenance of the Snake River between Riparia and Lewiston, and between Lewiston and Pittsburg Landing. Improving Columbia River at the Cascades, Oregon: ContinuingColumbia River at the Cascades, Oreg. improvement, thirty thousand dollars. Improving Willamette River above Portland and Yamhill River,Willamette River, etc., above Portland. Oregon:
Continuing improvement and for maintenance, fifty thousand dollars. Improving the lower Willamette and Columbia rivers below Portland,Willamette and Columbia rivers below Portland. Oregon: Continuing improvement, one hundred thousand dollars; *Provided,* That a contract or contracts may be entered into by the Secretary*Proviso*.Contracts. of War for such materials and work as may be necessary to prosecute said project, to be paid for as appropriations may from time to time be made by law, not to exceed in the aggregate one hundred and twenty dive thousand dollars, exclusive of the amounts herein and heretofore appropriated.
Improving the mouth of Columbia River, Oregon and Washington:Columbia River, Oreg, and Wash. Continuing improvement in accordance with the report submitted by a board of engineers January twenty-fourth, nineteen hundred and three, four hundred thousand dollars: *Provided,* That a contract or contracts*Proviso*.Contracts. may be entered into by the Secretary of War for such materials and work as may be necessary to prosecute said project, to be paid for as appropriations may from time to time be made by law. not to exceed in the aggregate three hundred thousand dollars, exclusive of the amounts herein and heretofore appropriated.
Improving the Columbia River between the foot of The Dalles RapidsThe Dalles Rapids to Celilo Falls, Oreg, and Wash. and the head of Celilo Falls, Oregon and Washington: Continuing improvement by means of canals and locks in accordance with the modified project submitted by the Board of Engineers appointed pur-1144suant to the river and harbor Act of June thirteenth, nineteen hundred*Proviso*.Contracts. and two, fifty thousand dollars: *Provided,* That a contract or contracts may be entered into by the Secretary of War for such materials and work as may be necessary to prosecute said project, to be paid for as appropriations may from time to time be made by law. not to exceed in the aggregate two hundred and fifty thousand dollars exclusive of the amounts herein and heretofore appropriated.
Grays Harbor, Wash.Improving Grays Harbor and bar entrance, Washington: For maintenance. thirty thousand dollars. Inner portion and Chehalis River.Improving Grays Harbor, inner portion, between Aberdeen and the entrance to said harbor, and Chehalis River, Washington: Continuing improvement, thirty thousand dollars. New Whatcom Harbor, Wash.Improving New Whatcom Harbor, Washington; Continuing improvement, thirty-five thousand dollars. Puget Sound.Water route, Lakes Union and Washington, Wash.*Proviso*.Channel.Improving the waterway connecting Puget Sound with Lakes Union and Washington, Washington:
Continuing improvement, one hundred and twenty-five thousand dollars: *Provided,* That this appropriation, together with the unexpended balance to the credit of said improvement, shall be expended in securing by dredging a deeper and wider low-water channel from Shilshole Bay through Salmon Bay to the wharves at Ballard, Nothing herein shall be construed as the adoption of any project for the construction of the waterway connecting Puget Sound with Lakes Union and Washington.
Tacoma Harbor, Wash.Improving Tacoma Harbor, Washington: For improvement of the Puyallup waterway by dredging a channel five hundred feet in width and three thousand six hundred and fifty feet in length from its northern end, and to a depth of twenty-eight feet at extreme low water, in accordance with the report submitted in House Document Numbered Five hundred and twenty, Fifty-eighth Congress, *Provisos*.Contracts.second session, forty thousand dollars: *Provided,* That a contract or contracts may be entered into by the Secretary of War for such materials and work as may be necessary to complete said project, to be paid for as appropriations may from time to time be made by law, not to exceed in the aggregate two hundred thousand dollars exclusive Channel.of the amounts herein appropriated: *Provided further,* That the United States shall be under no expense for the construction of bulkheads, groins, or filling; and before any portion of this appropriation shall be expended, or any contract let for this improvement, suitable provision shall be made, to be approved by the Secretary of War, that in the prosecution and completion of the work of dredging said channel the cost and charges for the construction of necessary bulkheads and groins, or for necessary filling, will be furnished upon the demand of the United States engineer in charge, and the design and location of said bulkheads and groins shall be subject to his supervision: and all necessary filling shall be made in accordance with the plans and specifications Expenditures.furnished by said engineer: *And provided further,* That no expenditure shall be made under this appropriation unless provision satisfactory to the Secretary of War is made for the permanent maintenance of said project, when completed, without expense to the United States.
Columbia River.Gauging waters.For gauging waters of Columbia River and measuring tidal and river volumes, one thousand dollars. Mouth of Willamette to Vancouver, Wash.Improving the Columbia River between the mouth of the Willamette River and the city of Vancouver, Washington: Continuity improvement in accordance with the project approved and recommended by the Board of Engineers for Rivers and Harbors, contained in House Document Numbered Fifty-six, Fifty-eighth Congress, *Provisos*.Contracts.second session, thirty thousand dollars: *Provided,* That a contract or contracts may be entered into by the Secretary of War for such materials and work as may be necessary to prosecute said project, to be 1145paid for as appropriations may from time to time be made by law, not to exceed in the aggregate thirty thousand dollars, exclusive of the amounts herein and heretofore appropriated: *Provided further,* ThatModifications. such modifications may be made as conditions existing at the time the work is begun indicate to be advisable: *And provided further,* ThatMaximum cost. such modifications shall not cause the total cost of the work to exceed sixty thousand dollars.
Improving Cowlitz and Lewis rivers, including the North ForkCowlitz and Lewis rivers, etc., Wash. of the Lewis hirer, Washington: Continuing improvement and for maintenance, ten thousand dollars. Improving Puget Sound and its tributary waters, Washington: ContinuingPuget Sound, etc., Wash. improvement and for maintenance, twenty thousand dollars, of which amount so much as may be necessary may be expended in the removal of Star Rock. Bellingham Bay, and of rock obstructions at the entrance of Roche Harbor.
Improving Swinomish Slough, Washington: Continuing improvement,Swinomish Slough, Wash. five thousand dollars. Improving the Okanogan and Pend Oreille rivers, Washington: ForOkanogan and Pend Oreille rivers, Wash. maintenance of the Okanogan River and for continuing improvement and maintenance of the Pend Oreille River, fifteen thousand dollars. Snohomish River at Stretchs riffle, Washington: Completing improvementSnohomish River, Wash. in accordance with the approved project contained in House Document Numbered One hundred and sixty-three, Fifty-eighth Congress, second session, six thousand five hundred dollars.
There is hereby granted to the Nome Improvement Company, a corporationSnake River, Alaska.Nome Improvement Company granted right to dredge. organized under the laws of the State of Washington, the right to dredge Snake River, which enters Bering Sea at or near Nome, Alaska, for a distance of not exceeding five thousand feet from the mouth thereof, and to extend such channel seaward not beyond a point where the water is twelve feet deep, and to construct jetties on both sides of the channel so dredged, and bulkheads at the outer end thereof, in accordance with plans to be approved by the Secretary of War, with a view to making said Snake River available for harbor purpose for vessels drawing not less than six feet of water, and providing an entrance thereto.
Upon the completion of the dredging of said Snake River and theToll. construction of the bulkheads and jetties, so as to form a channel from the ocean into Snake River not less than fifty feet wide and six feet deep at mean low tide, the said Nome Improvement Company shall have the right, during the time it may maintain the channel aforesaid, to collect as toll on freight and passengers entering or leaving the mouth of the jetties so constructed, as follows: On all freight carriedSchedule. in or out, one dollar per ton; passengers, twenty-five cents each: horses and cattle, one dollar per head; hogs and sheep, twenty-five cents each: *Provided, however,* That these rates of toll and any wharfage rates*Provisos*.Revision, etc. charged or imposed by the said company may he revised, modified, or changed by the Secretary of War whenever he becomes satisfied that the same are unreasonable or oppressive: *Provided further* That allIndians and Eskimos.Right of ingress, etc. native Indians and Eskimos shall have the right of free ingress and egress through said channel and jetties to and from Snake River with their boats, provisions, and personal effects.
The said improvement company shall have the right to occupy andReclaimed land. use land by it reclaimed on each side of its said jetties and channels constructed by it where such land is not at the time of approval of this act legally held or owned by any person, company, or corporation: *Provided,* That nothing herein contained shall be construed as limiting*Provisos*.Title to tide lands. the rights of any State which may be hereafter organized from said Territory of Alaska to assert title to tide lands: *Provided further, *That the United States may, upon notice to said company of not lessRight of possession, etc., by United States. than one year, take possession of and acquire full title to all such har-1146bor or channel improvements constructed and rights in land reclaimed by said Nome improvement Company under authority hereof, upon Commencement of improvements.payment to said company of the reasonable value thereof, excluding the value of the franchise: *Provided further,* That the work of improve went herein described shall be begun within one year from the date of Failure to maintain channel depth.approval of this Act: *Provided further,* That if after the lapse of two years from date, of approval of this Act the said improvement company shall, at any time during the season of navigation, permit any portion of said channel between the jetties, including that portion of the river improved by it, for three consecutive months to be of less depth than six feet at mean low tide, for a full width of fifty feet, then all rights of said company as herein determined shall cease, and the harbor improvements constructed, including bulkheads, jetties, and rights in reclaimed lands, shall become the property of the United States withoutRestriction. recompense to the company: *Provided further,* That no exclusive privileges to dredge in Snake River as an incident to mining are, herein conferred; and the said improvement company shall assume all liability for damages that may arise as the result of work undertaken by it under Prior rights not affected.the authority of this Act: *Provided further,* That this Act shall not be held to authorize the infringement or impairment of the legal rights of Free to vessels in stress of weather.any person, company, or corporation: *And provided further,* That said harbor, when duly constructed, shall, under uniform regulations to be adopted by said company, and approved by the Secretary of War, be free to such vessels as may be able to enter the same as a harbor of refuge in stress of weather.
Amendment.Congress reserves the right to alter, amend, or repeal any of the provisions of this Act in so far as it relates to this franchise. Honolulu, Hawaii.Improving harbor at Honolulu, Hawaii: In accordance with the report and surveys made by the land department of the government of the Sandwich Islands prior to annexation and the further report of *Proviso*.Contracts.Lieutenant Slattery, two hundred thousand dollars: *Provided,* That a contract or contracts may be entered into for such materials and work as may be necessary to prosecute said work, to be paid for as appropriations may from time to time be made by law, not to exceed in the aggregate two hundred thousand dollars in excess of the amount herein appropriated.
The amounts herein appropriated and authorized may be expended upon sections one, two, and three, it being the intention to provide first for the completion of section one, and the Secretary of War is authorized and directed to cause a resurvey of said harbor to be made. Emergencies appropriation.For emergencies: To provide for the restoration of channels, or river and harbor improvements heretofore established or made by the Government, or herein provided for. where by reason of emergency occurring after the passage of this Act the usual depth of such channels or customary use of such improvement can not be maintained and there is no sufficient fund available for such restoration, three hundred thousand dollars.
The amount herein provided shall be allotted by *Provisos*.Allotments.the Secretary of War: *Provided,* That in no ease shall such allotment be made unless recommended by the local engineer having such channel or improvement in charge, and by the Chief of Engineers, respectively:Maximum allotment. *Provided further,* That for no single channel or improvement shall a sum greater than ten thousand dollars be allotted. Tidal water depth.The depth of water in tidal waters whenever referred to in this Act shall be understood to mean the depth at mean low water unless other-wise expressed.
Use of appropriations.Appropriations made for the respective works herein named, or so much thereof as may necessary, may, in the discretion of the Secretary of War, be used for maintenance and for the repair and restoration of said works whenever from any cause they have become seriously impaired as well as for the further improvement of said works. 1147 Surveys and examinations provided for in this section shall, unlessSurveys and examinations. otherwise expressed, be paid for from the appropriations made for the respective improvements or projects to which they pertain, or in connection with which they are mentioned.
All works of improvement heretofore or herein authorized to beContracts, etc. prosecuted or completed under contracts may, in the discretion of the. Secretary of War, be carried on by contract or otherwise, as may be most economical or advantageous to the United States. Where separate works or items are consolidated in this Act and anAllotments. aggregate amount is appropriated therefor, the, amounts herein appropriated shall be expended in securing maintenance and improvement according to the respective projects herein or heretofore adopted by Congress, after giving due regard to, the respective, needs of traffic.
The allotments to the respective works herein consolidated shall be made by the Secretary of War upon recommendations by the Chief of Engineers. In case such works or items are consolidated and separate amounts are given with each project, the amounts so named shall be expended upon such separate projects, unless in the discretion of the Secretary of War another allotment or division should be made of the same. Any balances now remaining to the credit of the consolidatedUse of balances. items in this Act shall be carried to the credit of the respective aggregate amounts appropriated for the consolidated items herein contained.
In all cases where separate appropriations are made for works inCombining contracts. this Act, if money can be more advantageously expended by combining under one contract two or more such works, such combinations are authorized and shall be made. Sec. 2. For preliminary examinations and surveys (other than thosePreliminary examinations.Appropriation. mentioned in section one), contingencies, expenses connected with inspection of bridges, the service of notice required in such eases, the examination of bridge sites and reports thereon, and for incidental repairs for which there is no special appropriation for rivers and harbors, three hundred and twenty-five thousand dollars: *Provided,* That*Provisos*.New works. no preliminary examination, survey, project, or estimate for new works other than those designated in this or some prior Act or resolution shall be made: *Provided further,* That after the regular or formalSupplemental reports. reports made as required by law on any examination, survey, project, or work under way or proposed, are submitted no supplemental or additional report or estimate shall be made unless ordered by a con-current resolution of Congress.
The Government shall not be deemed to have entered upon any project for the improvement of any water-way or harbor mentioned in this Act until funds for the. commencement of the proposed work shall have been actually appropriated by law. Sec. 3. That in all cases in which appropriations or authorizationsInsufficient appropriations. have heretofore been made, or are herein made, for the completion of river and harbor works, and the amounts appropriated or authorized shall prove insufficient for completion, the Secretary of War may, in his discretion, on the recommendation of the Chief of Engineers, apply such amounts appropriated or authorized for the prosecution of such work.
Sec. 4. That the Secretary of War is hereby authorized and empoweredDepositing refuse in navigable waters. to prescribe regulations to govern the transportation and dumping into any navigable water, or waters adjacent thereto, of dredgings, earth, garbage, and other refuse materials of every kind or description, whenever in his judgment such regulations are required in the interest of navigation. Such regulations shall be posted in conspicuousRegulations. and appropriate places for the information of the public; and every person or corporation which shall violate the said regulations, or any of them, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be subject 1148Vol. 30, p. 1152.to the penalties prescribed in section sixteen of the river and harbor Act of March third, eighteen hundred and ninety-nine, for violation *Provisos*.Enforcement.Vol. 30, p. 1153.of the provisions of section thirteen of the said Act: *Provided,* That any regulations made in pursuance hereof may be enforced as provided in section seventeen of the aforesaid Act of March third, eighteen hundred and ninety-nine, the provisions whereof are hereby Exception.made applicable to the said regulations: *Provided further,* That this seclion shall not apply to any waters within the jurisdictional boundaries of any State which are now or may hereafter be used for the cultivation of oysters under the laws of such State, except navigable channels which have been or may hereafter be improved by the United States, or to be designated as navigable channels by competent authority, and in making such improvements of channels, the material dredged shall not be deposited upon any ground in use in accordance with the laws of such State for the cultivation of oysters, except in Expenses of enforcement.compliance with said laws: *And provided further,* That any expense necessary in executing this section may be paid from funds available for the improvement of the harbor or waterway, for which regulations may be perscribed, and in ease no such funds are available the, said expense may be paid from appropriations made by Congress for examinations, surveys, and contingencies of rivers and harbors.
Sec. 5. Cane River, Natchitoches Parish, La., not navigable, etc. That Cane River, in Natchitoches Parish, Louisiana, is hereby declared to be not a navigable water of the United States within the meaning of the laws enacted by Congress for the preservation and protection of such waters. Sec. 6. Investigations, inspections, etc.Payment of expenses. That expenses incurred by the Engineer Department in all investigations, inspections, hearings, reports, service of notice, or other action incidental to examination of plans or sites of bridges or other structures built or proposed to be built in or over navigable waters, or to examinations into alleged violations of laws for the protection and preservation of navigable waters, or to the establishment or marking of harbor lines, shall be payable from any funds which may be available for the improvement, maintenance, operation, or care of the Waterways or harbors affected, or if such funds are not available in sums judged by the Chief of Engineers to be adequate, then from any funds available for examinations, surveys, and contingencies of rivers and harbors.
Sec. 7. Repeal of provisions in former acts. That the provisions of river and harbor Acts heretofore passed providing for the prosecution of work upon the following projects are hereby repealed, and any amounts heretofore appropriated for any of the same now remaining unexpended shall be paid into the Treasury of the United States, to wit: Powow River, Mass.Powow River, Massachusetts. Coscob, etc., Conn.Coscob Harbor and Minims River, Connecticut. Wilson, N. Y.Wilson Harbor, New York, Oak Orchard, N.
Y.Oak Orchard Harbor, New York. Saint Lawrence River, etc., N. Y.Saint Lawrence River at the head of Long Sault Island. New York. Chincoteague Bay, etc., Va.Inland waterway from Chincoteague Bay, Virginia, to Delaware Bay, at or near Lewes, Delaware. Ocracoke Inlet, N.C.Ocracoke Inlet, North Carolina. Saint Francis River, Mo.Saint Francis River, Missouri. Alviso, Cal.Harbor at Alviso, California. Yaquina Bay, Oreg.Yaquina Bay, Oregon, except that an amount may be retained sufficient for maintenance for two years.
Siuslaw River, Oreg.*Proviso*.Prior contracts.Mouth of Siuslaw River, Oregon, except that an amount may be retained sufficient for maintenance for two years: *Provided,* That nothing in this section shall he construed as applying to any work or balances covered by contracts made prior to the passage of this Act. Sec. 8. Unallotted balance available.*Ante*, p. 451. That the unallotted balance appropriated by the Act of April twenty-eighth, nineteen hundred and four, entitled “An Act providing for the restoration or maintenance of channels or of river 1149and harbor improvements, and for other purposes,” is hereby made available to apply upon the cost of improvements enumerated in this Act, and no further expenditures of said unallotted balance shall be made under the provisions of said Act of April twenty-eighth, nineteen hundred and four.
Sec. 9. That the Secretary of War is hereby directed to causePreliminary examinations, etc., authorized. preliminary examinations or surveys to be made at the localities named in this section as hereinafter provided. In all cases, unless a survey or estimate is herein expressly directed, a preliminary examination shall first be made which shall embrace information concerning the commercial importance, present and prospective, of the river or harbor mentioned, and a report as to the advisabilty of its improvement.
Whenever such preliminary examination has been made, in case such improvement is not deemed advisable, no surveys thereof or estimate therefor shall be made without the direction of Congress; but in case the report shall be to the effect that such river or harbor is worthy of improvement, or that a survey and estimate should be made to determine the advisability of improvement, the Secretary of War is hereby directed, at his discretion, to cause surveys to be made and the cost of improvement, of such river or harbor to be estimated and reported to Congress: *Provided,* That in all cases preliminary*Provisos*.Review of board of engineer officers.Vol. 32, p. 372. examinations as well as surveys shall be examined and reviewed by the board provided for in section three of the river and harbor Act of June thirteenth, nineteen hundred and two.
Such examination and review shall be made by the said board of all examinations or surveys provided for in this Act, whether contained in section one or section ten; said board shall also on request by resolution of the CommitteeReport. on Commerce, of the United States Senate, or the Committee on Rivers and Harbors of the House of Representatives, examine and review surveys provided for by Acts or resolutions prior to the river and harbor Act of June thirteenth, nineteen hundred and two, and report thereon: *Provided further,* That at any time prior to the assembling of CongressPrinting. in December, nineteen hundred and five, all reports of preliminary examinations and surveys that may be ready for printing shall, in the discretion of the Secretary of War, be printed by the Public Printer as documents of the Fifty-ninth Congress. alabama.Alabama.
Alabama River, with a view to securing a continuous navigation of four feet from the mouth to Montgomery, and from Montgomery to Wetumpka, Conecuh River. Tombigbee River, from Demopolis, Alabama, to Columbus, Mississippi, with a view to securing a continuous channel four feet deep. arkansas.Arkansas. Upper Cache River, from the lower line of Jackson County to the upper line of Green County, Saint Francis River, with a view to open channel improvement. california.California. Monterey Harbor.
Humboldt Bay, with a view to enlarging the channel in and from said bay to the city of Eureka. Petaluma Creek, with a view to straightening and otherwise improving the same. San Rafael Creek. 1150 connecticut.Connecticut. Thames River to Allyns Point. Bridgeport Harbor, with a view to enlarging and improving the outer harbor. Norwalk Harbor, with a view to a channel eight feet in depth to the head of navigation; a channel six feet in depth to East Norwalk, and widening the main channel at South Norwalk, so as to afford a turning basin.
New London Harbor, with a view to obtaining a depth of thirty feet in the main entrance channel from deep water to the railroad bridge, and therefrom with a width of four hundred feet to the naval station of such width and with such anchorage space as may be necessary. Connecticut River between Hartford, Connecticut, and Holyoke, Massachusetts: The Secretary of War is authorized and directed to reconvene the Board of Engineer Officers heretofore designated under Vol. 32, p. 348.provision of the river and harbor Act approved June thirteenth, nineteen hundred and two, and which board reported upon said improvement in a report dated August eleventh, nineteen hundred and four, for the purpose of preparing and submitting an additional report on the improvement of said river by open-channel work or methods other than those already reported upon. delaware.Delaware.
Saint Jones and Little rivers, with a view to connecting the same at or near Dover by a canal or by diverting one of said streams. Broad kill Creek. Indian River. The artificial channels constructed in connection with the proposed inland waterway from Chincoteague, Virginia, to Delaware Bay. at or near Lewes, Delaware, with a view to ascertaining whether any bridge or bridges should be constructed over such artificial channels. florida.Florida. The Saint Johns River, opposite the city of Jacksonville, with a view to obtaining twenty-four feet of water at mean low tide between the channel of said river as it now is and the pierhead lines as established by the Government in front of the city of Jacksonville and in front of South Jacksonville.
Saint George Sound, including Apalachicola and Carrabelle harbors, with a view to such extensions of channel depths or modifications of projects as will meet the requirements of commerce. Cedar Keys. Fernandina Harbor, with a view to such extensions of the depth and width of the channel in front of the town as will meet the requirements of commerce. Harbor at Saint Petersburg, Caloosahatebee River. Oklawaha River, from its mouth to Lake Eustis. Withlacooehee River, from Fort Inglis to the anchorage in the Gulf, with a view of straightening the channel and making it one hundred feet in width and ten feet in depth.
Sebastian Inlet. georgia.Georgia. Brier Creek to Garnett. Oconee River, from Georgia railroad bridge to the northern boundary of Greene County. 1151 Oconee River, from Georgia railroad bridge at Milledgeville, to Central of Georgia railway bridge at Oconee station. Washington Comity. Ocmulgee River, from the city bridge, at Fifth street. Macon, to Juliet, Monroe County. Brunswick Harbor, inner and outer. Savannah Harbor, resurvey, with a view to securing a channel depth of twenty-six feet to the sea. idaho.Idaho.
Clearwater River, with a view to barge navigation. illinois.Illinois Ohio River, at and near Metropolis. Mississippi River at Hamburg Bay, with a view to preventing the formation of a bar at the mouth of said bay. West Fork of the South Branch of the Chicago River, with a view to securing a twenty-one foot channel. indiana.Indiana. Indiana Harbor, with a view to ascertaining what improvements are required in the channels affording access to said harbor and for the protection of such channels and harbor. kentucky.Kentucky.
Green River, from Lock Numbered Six to Munfordville. louisiana.Louisiana. Mermentau River, from its headwaters at the junction of Bayous des Cannes and Nez Pique (including those portions of Lake Arthur, Grand Lake, and White Lake lying directly across its course) to a point in the Gulf of Mexico beyond the bar at its mouth, with a view of securing a permanent channel to a depth of at least twenty feet. Calcasieu Lake and River, from the mouth of Calcasieu Pass to the head of navigation in Calcasieu River. louisiana and texas.Louisiana and Texas.
Inland waterway from the Rio Grande River, Texas, to a connection with the Mississippi River at Donaldsonville, Louisiana, said examination to be made in sections, as follows: First. From the Rio Grande River to Aransas Pass, including a navigable channel from Corpus Christi through Turtle Cove to Aransas Pass. Second. From Aransas Pass to West Galveston Bay Channel at the Brazos River, including a channel from Aransas Pass to Victoria on the, Guadalupe River, and to Cuero. Third.
From the Brazos River to Sabine Pass. Fourth. From Sabine Pass to Donaldsonville. A survey and estimate shall be made of the following portions of the above waterway, to wit: From Aransas Pass, via Turtle Cove, to Corpus Christi: and from Aransas Pass to and up the Guadalupe River to Victoria, and from Victoria to Cuero. maine.Maine. Cape Porpoise Harbor, with a view to the removal of obstructions at the entrance. 1152 Portland Harbor, with a view to including Fore River above Port-land Bridge and the entrance to Back Cove.
Long Cove, with a view to the removal of two ledges. North Haven. Hendricks Harbor, with a view to rock removal. Kennebec River, from the mouth to Gardiner. Penobscot River at Bangor. South branch of the Penobscot River at and near Frankfort. Center Harbor. Brooklin, with a view to the construction of a break-water and removal of ledge. maryland.Maryland. Crisfield Harbor. Elk River. Wicomico River, from its mouth to Salisbury. Kent Narrows. Tyaskin Creek at and near Tyaskin. massachusetts.Massachusetts.
Beverly Harbor. Kingston Harbor. Mystic River to the upper limits of the city of Somerville. New Bedford and Fair Haven harbors, with a view to obtaining additional anchorage grounds and increased depth. Winthrop Head and Allerton Point, with a view to the necessity of constructing a sea wall to protect navigation. Dorchester Bay and Neponset River. Saugus River. Essex River. Ipswich River. michigan.Michigan. Manistee Harbor, with a view to obtaining a uniform depth of eighteen feet.
Rogers City, with a view to construction of a harbor of refuge. Lake Harbor, with a view to obtaining a harbor of ten feet. River Rouge. Caseville. Pentwater Harbor, with a view to obtaining a depth of sixteen feet. South shore of Lake Superior, in the vicinity of Keweenaw Point, with a view to determining whether a harbor of refuge should be established in that locality. Ship channel connecting waters of the Great Lakes between Chicago, Duluth, and Buffalo, with a view to obtaining depths of twenty-two and twenty-five feet, respectively, and sufficient width. minnesota and wisconsin.Minnesota and Wisconsin.
Saint Croix River. minnesota.Minnesota. Rippy River. Big and Little Fork rivers. Survey of Lake Minnetonka, for the purpose of charting only. minnesota and north dakota.Minnesota and North Dakota. Red River of the North, from Fargo to the international boundary line. 1153 mississippi.Mississippi. Big Sunflower River, with a view to obtaining continuous navigation from its mouth to the railroad bridge at Clarksdale. Pearl River, from the mouth to Rockport. Pearl River, from Edinburg to Lake Burnside.
Wolf and Jordan rivers, with a view to the removal of bars at the mouths thereof. Tallahatchie River, from the mouth of Coldwater River to Batesville. Anchorage basin at Gulfport, and channel therefrom to the anchorage or roadstead at Ship Island, with a view to obtaining a sufficient depth and width. Also Ship Island Pass, between Ship and Cat islands. missouri.Missouri. Harbor and approaches to Saint Louis, with a view to preventing floods by reason of obstructions in the Mississippi River. new jersey.New Jersey.
Arthur Kill, on westerly side, from a point opposite the north end of Trails Island to about two thousand feet north of Piles Creek, and Piles Creek up to Long Branch Railroad. Cold Spring Inlet. Cape May, with a view to securing a channel from the inside harbor to deep water and the creation of a harbor of refuge. A channel from the Kill von Kull north of Shooters island to the existing channel near to Corner Stake Light, including the reef at Bergen Point Light, with a view to obtaining a depth of sixteen feet.
Newark Bay and Passaic River from Staten Island Sound to the Montclair and Greenwood Lake Railroad bridge, with a view to providing increased depth and width. Old South River. Periwig Bar in the Delaware River, between Trenton and Bordentown. Atlantic Highlands, with a view to the location of a breakwater. Maurice River. Cohansey River. new york.New York. Bay Ridge Channel, with a view to the construction of a breakwater opposite the wharves. Lloyds Harbor, with a view to improving the channel between Huntington Bay and Cold Spring Harbor.
Buffalo Breakwater, with a view to ascertaining what modifications, if any, are required. Clayton Harbor. Hudson River, with a view to extending the existing project to Waterford. Saint Lawrence River at or near the Thousand Islands Park. New York Bay from Kill von Kull to a point in the vicinity of Liberty Island west of Robbins Reef Light-House, with a view to a twenty-one foot channel of sufficient width. Mouth of Black River. Wappinger Creek, with a view to rock removal. Hay Harbor.
Fishers Island. Morristown Harbor. Dexters Harbor. Fire Island Inlet, with a view to the construction of a breakwater. 1154 north carolina.North Carolina. Inland waterway from Norfolk, Virginia, to Beaufort Inlet, North Carolina, with a view to obtaining a channel of a depth of ten and twelve feet, respectively, upon the most advantageous route between the points named. Such examination and survey shall be made by a board of engineer officers detailed by the Secretary of War, and they shall report upon the character and probable cost of any private water-ways which it may be desirable to acquire in connection with, or as a part of the proposed improvement.
Pamlico and Tar rivers, with a view to obtaining a depth of ten feet below Washington, and four feet above as far as Greenville, with suitable widths. Bennetts River at and above Gatesville. Meberrin River, from the month thereof to the town of Murfreesboro. Northeast River. Shallotte River, from its mouth to the town of Shallotte. oregon.Oregon. Astoria Harbor. Clatskanie River, with a view to straightening the channel between Beaver Slough and Wallace Slough. ohio.Ohio. Ashtabula Harbor, with a view to the extension of the easterly arm of the breakwater.
Cleveland Harbor, with a view to obtaining wharf room for the storage of material and plant and other Government property. pennsylvania.Pennnsylvania. Delaware River, shoal opposite Greenwich coal piers, with a view to its removal. rhode island.Rhode Island. Pawtuxet Cove. Newport Harbor, with a view to extending the space for light-draft anchorage in the southern part thereof. Pawtucket River, with a view to deepening the channel to eighteen feet. tennessee.Tennessee. Mississippi River, from the town of Ashport, Tennessee, to the highlands above overflow at or near the town of Port Pillow, and from Ashport east to the highlands above overflow in Lauderdale County, with a view to improving navigation of said section of the river and preventing overflow.
Big Sandy River from mouth to Big Sandy. texas.Texas. Galveston Channel, with a view to enlargement and extension farther west, and the Secretary of War is authorized and directed to ascertain the rights of the United States in land bordering upon said channel, or to be created by excavations therefrom, and to make such recommendations with respect thereto as he may deem desirable. Galveston Harbor, with a view of obtaining a uniform depth of thirty Sulphur River. 1155 Port Bolivar, with a view to obtaining a channel three hundred feet wide, of depths of twenty-five and thirty feet, respectively, to deep water.
Matagorda Bay, with a view to obtaining a channel to Matagorda. virginia.Virginia. Coan River, upper portion. Warwick Creek. Norfolk Harbor, including the eastern and southern branches thereof, and from the Norfolk channel of the Elizabeth River to the drawbridge across the Western Branch. Upper Machodoe Creek. Occoquan Creek. Quantico Creek. Blackwater Creek. Channel from deep water in Hampton Roads to the Norfolk Navy-Yard, with a view to widening and straightening the same, and to submit estimates for increasing the depth thereof to twenty-five feet and thirty feet, respectively. washington.Washington.
Olympia Harbor. Everett Harbor, with a view to the extension of the dike and of the dredged area. Ilwaco Harbor, with a view to deepening the channel near the harbor and near to Sand Island to a depth of eight feet. Duwamish River. Willapa River from South Bend to Raymond, with a view to obtaining depths of twelve and eighteen feet, respectively. Grays Harbor, inner portion, and Chehalis River to Montesano. Harbor at Anacortes. General survey or examination of Columbia River and tributaries above Celilo Falls including that portion between Wenatchee and Kettle Falls, with a view to open channel work. west virginia.West Virginia.
Mouth of Deckers Creek at its confluence with the Monongahela River, with a view to securing for a distance of one thousand six hundred feet a channel with the same depth of water as in said Monongahela River, and restoring and improving the harbor destroyed by Hood. wisconsin.Wisconsin. Oconto Harbor, with a view to the modification of the present plan and the construction of a harbor near the mouth of the river with depths of sixteen and eighteen feet, respectively. Survey of Lake Winnebago, for the purpose of charting only. territory of alaska.Alaska.
Saint Michael Canal, with a view to straightening and otherwise improving the same. territory of porto rico.Porto Rico. Harbor of San Juan, with a view of obtaining sufficient anchorage grounds, and depths, respectively, of twenty-four and thirty feet in the channels reaching thereto. Harbor at Ponce. 1156 Harbor at Mayaguez. Great Harbor, Culebra Island, with a view to providing a sufficient entrance or entrances thereto. territory of hawaii.Hawaii. Harbor at Hilo, Island of Hawaii, with a view to the construction of a breakwater along Blonde Reef to Cocoanut Island. midway islands.Midway Islands.
Welles Harbor, Midway Islands. Approved, March 3, 1905.
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