New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1871-09-22
~. Rhode Island, seyenty 1--WE thousand

for improvement of Pawcatuck rive,
hnoCe Island and Connecticut, ten thou
For improvement of Thames river, Con
neEtlcut, fifteen thousand dollars.
for improvement of Connecticut river
ABOVE Hartford and below Holyoke, twent.
thousand dollars.
For Improvement of Connecticut river
below Hartford, thirty-tive thousand dol
lars.
For improvement of New Haven harbor
Connecticut, forty thousand dollars.
For improvement Of the HOusatOni,
river, Connecticut, fifteen thousand dollars
For improvement Of Bridgeport harbor
Connecticut. twenty thousand dollars.
For improvement of Taunton river. Mas
sachusetfs, ten thousand dollars.
For Improvement of Hyannis harbor
Massachusetts,. ten thousand dollars,
For improvement Of Proyincefown har
bor MASSACHUSETTS, six thousand dollars.
For Improvement Of Plymouth harbor
Massachusetts, ten thousand dollars.
FOR Improvement of Boston harbOr Mas
saehusetts, one hundred thousand dollars
ror improvement of Merrimac river, above
Haverhill, Massachusetts, twenty-five thou
sand dollars
For improvement of Kernebunk river
Maine, five thousand dollars.
For improvement of Saco river, Maine
r1teen thousand dollars.
For improvement of Portland harbor
Maine, forty thousand dollars
For improvement of the Cocheco river,
within the town Of Dover, New Hampshire,
zen 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, tive
thousand dollars.
For improvement of navigation at the
Gut. opposite Bath, Maine six thousand
i've hundred dollars.
For improvement of the Penobscot river,
az Bangor, and below, Maine, fifty thousand
dollars.
For improvement OF Union river, Maine,
fifteen thousand dollars.
For improvement Of Royals river, Name,
zen 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,
zen thousand dollars.
For Improvement of Saint Francis river,
n the State of Arkansas, ten thousand dol
iars.
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
nington harbOr, California, two hundred
thousand dollars.
For improvement of Cmpqua river Ore
Gon. twenty-five thousand five hundred
dollars.
For improvement of Mobile harbor, Ala
Dama. 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 harber at Du-
iuth. Minnesota. sixty thousand dollars.
For Improvement of the Willamette river.
above Oregon city, Oregon, sixteen thou
ansd dollars.
For examination and surveys for i'm
p-ovement on the northern and northwest
ern lakes and rivers. and the Atlantic and
Pacific coasts. and for contingencies OF
0yers and harbors not provided for in this
act; one hundred and seyentyfye thousand
dollars.
SEC. ?. That all moneys heretofore appro-
prlated for the improvement Of the Tennes-
see river. and still unexpendel, shall be ex-
pended, under the direction of the Secretary
Of War. for the repairs and completion Of
the works heretofore begun between Knox
vile and Chattanooga. and for the contipu
a.,on of the works now in progress below
Chattanooga, including the Muscle shoals.
SEC. }. That the Secretary of War is
hereby directed to cause examinations or
surveys, or BOTH to be made at the follow
ing points. namely: AT Galveston harbor,
from the outer bar up to tie Red Fish bar,
on or nearest to the west shore: at Missis-
spIi city, for harbOr on Mississippi sound
al Back-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 harbOr,
and at Santa Cruz, California: at Passaic
river. between Newark and Passaic. New
Jersey: for ship cana! 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 harbor, New York: at /
Rondout harbor Hudson river, New York: |
at Maumee river, above Toledo. Ohio;
az 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; hapbor
at Stonnington. Connecticut: at Grand |
Marias. Michigan; at Neabasco bay. Viz
GINA; at Accotink bay, Virginia; at Savan-
nah harbor, Georgia at Wells harbor.
Maine; at COosa river, Alabama: at Hunt
in ton harbor, on 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 Choctawhatchee
river. Florida: at Aqua creek, Virginia;
for survey of White river, from Buffalo
shoals to the mouth of James fork, Mssou-
ri: for the survey Of the Wabash river, from
lis mouth to the city Of Lafayette for sur
vey of the Monongahela river, from New
Geneva, in Pennsylvania, 70 Morgantown.
IN West Virginia; for 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 praeticabilty 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 p
extend the navi CATION on said river to the
last named place; for examination and sur
yey of the Etowah river, from its mouth up
20 Gainesville, Georgia, and also for ex-
animation and survey of Atchafalaya bay
and Calcasieu pass, Louisiana; Of the Cos
.ena,lla river; from Rome, Georgia, up to
the mouth Of the CoOsawattee; at Chatta.
loochee river. below Columbus, Georgia: at
he mouth of the Saint Johns river from the
outer bar to Jacksonville. Florida; at the
mouth of the st. Marks river. from
Hole to st. Marks. Florida: at
A palachicola bay, Florida; at Tampa bay,