New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1870-08-11

| towns Of Hancock and Sullivan; at South nv
\ err, New Jersey; at mouth of Salem river, New
Jersey; at James river, Virginia. between
Richmond and City point, including Harri,
sons bar below the point; Appomattox river,
Virginia, from Petersburg to its mouth !;
James river and Kanawha canal. Virginia !;
at RappahannOck river. below Fredericks-
burg, Virginia. at Roanoke river, North
Carolina at Coosa river, Alabama: at
Mobile harbOr. Alabama; at Cumber-
land river, from its mouth 10 the head of
navigation; at Tombigbee river in Alabama
and Mississippi. from its mouth to the head
of navigation; at Saint Louis and Alton
harbors, Mississippi river. between Alton
and mouth of Merrimac river at Usage
| river. Missouri: at Ouachita. Little Missouri,
and Petit Jane rivers, Arkansas: at Bayou
Saint John from the mouth of Bayou Saint
John. Louisiana through Lake Pontchar-
train and the Rigolet. to Ship Island: at In
dianola harbor, Texas: at Corpus Christi
Texas: at Buffalo bayou, for a channel Of
navigation through Buffalo bayou and Gal
weston bay, TO Bolivar channel. near the
outer bar in the Gulf of Mexico: at Sheboy-
gan river Michigan: at Harbor of Refuge
on Lake Huron. between Saint Clair river
and Point au Barques, Michigan: at Port
Clinton, Ohio; for survey or examination of
the bars and other Instructions to naviga-
ton of the Cache St. Francis, Little Red
White, and Black rivers. Arkansas: for sur
yey or examination of the bar Of the Sacra-
mentO river, California. known as the Hog Is
Back. for the purpose Ofremoylng the same:
at the mouth of OcOnto river, Wisconsin: at
| the mouth of the Ahuepee river. Wis
| consin: at Chester harbor, on the Delaware
river Pennsylvania; at Alpeena harbor,
| Michigan: at the mouth of the Cape Fear
river North Carolina; for ship canal route
| from Hennepin, on the Illinois river, to
Rock Island on the Mississippi river. via
| Geneseo. by the most direct and feasible
| route: at Peconic river. below Riverhead.
| New York: at the entrance TO Port Jefferson
| harbor, on the south side OF Long Island
sound at Rocky river. Ohio: at Salmon
river. Lake Ontario. New York; at the
| mouth of Two river. Wisconsin; at the
mouth of Trinity river. Texas: at Delaware
river. between the city OF Trenton and BOr-
dentown: at Shrewsbury river. New Jersey:
! ut the mouth of Sabine river. Texas: at
French Broad river, Tennessee: at Pine
river. Saginaw bay. Michigan: at Brazos,
San Jago. Texas; at the mouth of Muskingum
river, Ohio: at Gloucester harbOr. Massachu-
sets: ut the harbor of Cambridge and the
harbor of Queenstown. Maryland: at the
mouth OF the ApalachicOla river, Florida: at
| Nays head. in North Carolina. with a view
| of reOpening the old inlet near that place;
survey OF the Wabash river. from its mouth
| to the town of Wabash, Indiana: for the
survey of the Willamette river above Ore
! gon City. Oregon: for the survey of the
| CmpOua river. Oregon.
| SEC. 3. And be if further enacted, That
| the sum of forty-two thousand land nine
hundred dollars be paid out of any money
in the treasury not otherwise appropriated
| to be expended under the direction OF the
Secretary of War. to the widening and deep
| ening the ship canal in the Patapsco river
| and Chesapeake bay. leading toward the
harbor of Baltimore.
| Sea And be it further enacted. That the
sum of twelve thousand dollars, of any UNI
appropriated money in the treasury, be paid
and applied. under the direction of the
| Secretary of War. to deepen the harbor OF
waters at the mouth of the Susquehanna
| river.
SEC. ). And be it further enacted. That
| the Secretary of War is hereby authorized
| and required to detail three engineers
whose duty it shall be to examine all bridges
now erected. or in process Oferection. across
| the Ohio river and to report whether. i'll
their opinion. such bridges. or any of them
as now constructed. or proposed to he con
| structed. do or will interfere with the free
| and safe navigation of said river: and il
they do or will SO interfere. to report also
what extent of span and elevation above
| water will be required to prevent Obstruc-
ton to navigation. and their estimate of the
cost required to change such bridges now
built. or being built. to such width Of span
and elevation above the water as will pre-
vent the obstruction to navigation. such re-
| port to be made and communicated to the
| next session of Congress.
| AnproynI Tuly | $50