New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1871-09-29

S Leland, Rhode 1slnd, seventy-dve thousand
For improvement of Pawcatuck ,r;xar
Rhode leland and Connecticut, ten thou
sand dollars. ~~
For improvement of Thames river, Con
nectlcut, fifteen thousand dollars.
For Improvement of Connecticut river.
ABOVE Hartford and below Holyoke, twenty
thousand dollars.
below Hartford, thirty five thousand dol.
For improvement of New Haven harbor.
Connecticut, forty thousand dollars.
For improvement of the Housatonic
river, Connecticut, fifteen thousand dollars,
For improvement of Bridgeport harbor.
Connecticut, twenty thousand dollars.
For improvement Of Taunton river. Ma.
sachusetts, ten thousand dollars.
For improvement Of Hyannis harbor.
Massachusetts,, ten thousand dollars,
For improvement of Provincetown har-
Dor. Massachusetts,, six thousand dollars.
For improvement of Plymouth harbof.
Massachusetts,, ten thousand dollars.
For improvement of Boston harbor. Mas.
sachusetts, one hundred thousand dollars.
For improvement of Merrimac river, above
Haverhill, Massachusetts, twenty-five thou
sand dollars.
For improvement of Kennebunk river.
Maine, five thousand dollars
For Improvement of Saco river, Maine,
fifteen thousand dollars.
For improvement of Portland barbor.
Maine, forty thousand dollars. -
For Improvement of the Cocheco river,
within the town Of Dover, New Hampshire,
ten thousand dollars.
For improvement of Kennebec river.
above HallOwell, Maine, ten thousand dol
lars.
For improvement of Kennebec river be-
tween Gardiner and Richmond, Maine, five
thousand dollars.
For Improvement Of navigation at the
Gut" opposite Bath, Maine, six thousand
five hundred dollars.
For Improvement of the PenobscOt river
at Bangor, and below, Maine, fifty thousand
dollars.
For improvement of Union river, Maine,
fifteen thousand dollars.
For improvement of Royals river. Name,
ten thousand dollars.
For improvement Of Narragaugus river,
Maine, twelve thousand dollars.
For improvement Of Sullivan river
Maine, ten thousand dollars
For Improvement of White, Black and
Little Red rivers, in the State Of Arkansas,
ten thousand dollars.
For improvement of Saint Francis river,
IN the State Of Arkansas, ten thousand dol
lars.
For improvement of the Little Missouri
river in the State Of Arkansas, ten thou
sand dollars.
For improvement of the Cumberland
river. below Nashville, Tennessee, thirty
thousand dollars.
For improvement of Galveston har Dor,
Texas, twenty thousand dollars.
For construction of breakwater at Will
mingtOn harbor, California, two hundred
thousand dollars.
For improvement of UmpQua river, Ore
gOn, twenty-five thousand five hundred
dollars.
For improvement of Mobile harbor, Ala
bama, fifty thousand dollars.
For the improvement of the bar at the
mouth Of the Saint Johns river, Florida.
fifteen thousand dollars.
For improvement of the Usage river.
Missouri, twenty-five thousand dollars
For improvement Of the harbor at Du-
luth, Minnesota. sixty Thousand dollars. y
For Improvement OF the Willamette river,
above Oregon city, Oregon, sixteen thou
ansd dollars.
For examination and surveys for i'm.
prOvement on the northern and northwest
ern lakes and rivers. and the Atlantic and
Pacific coasts, s~and for contingencies 4
rivers and, harhoFs not provided for in this
act, one hADdcea and s6venty-fve thousand
dollars.
Sec D That all moneys heretofore appro-
priated for the improvement Of the Tennes-
see river. and still une expended, shall be ex-
rop1ad ,pIor tho dirocfinr NJ tho
Of War, for the repairs and completion Of
the works heretofore begun between Knox
vile and Chattanooga, and for the continu
alton Of the works now in progress below
Chattanooga. including the Muscie shoals.
SEC. 3. That the Secretary Of War Is
hereby directed to cause examinations or
surveys, or b0th, to be made Ut the follow
ing points, namely: At Galveston harbor,
from the outer bar up to the Red Fish bar,
on or nearest to the west shore; at Missis
sippi city, for harbor on Mississippi sound;
at Black river, Missouri, to Poplar bluff; at
Current river, Missouri, from its mouth to
Van Buren; at Otter Creek. Vermont: at
Norfolk harbor, Virginia; at Eureka barbor,
and at Santa Cruz, California; at Passaic
river. between Newark and Passaic, New
jersey; for ship canal from the head Of
Sturgeon bay, Wisconsin, on the line now
opened across the portage through the
timber to the shore of Lake Michigan, with
estimates for constructing the same one
hundred feet wide and thirteen feet deep:
at East Chester creek or inlet. New York;
at Port Chester harb0r, New York: at
Rondout harbor. Hudson river, New York;
at Maumee river, above Toledo, Ohio;
at FOurche La Faive river, Arkansas; for
resurveying of Monroe harbOr, Michigan;
for survey and estimate tor removing
middle ground at the mouth Of Black
river in Saint Clair river, Michigan; harbOr
at Stonnington, Connecticut at Grand
Marias, Michigan; at Neabasco bay, Vir-
ginia; at Accotink bay, Virginia: at Savan-
nah harbor, Georgia; at Wells harbor,
Maine; at Coosa river. Alabama: at Hunt
ington harbOr, 'pn south coast of Long
Island sound; and to complete the survey
of the Cumberland river, and the resurvey
of the Tennessee river, from Browns ferry
to Florence, Alabama; at Chectawhatchee
river, Florida; at Aqua creek, Virgins;
for survey of White river, from Buffalo
shoals to the mouth Of James fork, Misson-
ri; for the survey of the Wabash river, from
it's mouth to the city of Lafayette; for sur
vey Of the Mon0ngahela river, from New
Geneva, in Pennsylvania, to Morgantown,
in West Virginia; for q survey beginning at
vor near Guntersille, on, the Tennessee
river, to the headwaters of the Warrior
and COOsa rivers, in Alabama, with the
view OF determining the practicability of
uniting the waters of, the Tennessee river
with the waters of the Warrior or COOsa
river for the purposes of navigation. and
estimates for necessary locks and dams to
extend the navigation on said river to the
last named place; for examination and sur
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