New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1871-09-03

For improvement Of Pawcatuck river,
Rhode Island and Connecticut, ten thou
sane dollars.
For Improvement of Thames river, Con-
necticut. fifteen thousand dollars.
For improvement of Connecticut river,
above Hartford and below HolyOke, twenty
thousand dollars.
For Improvement of Connecticut river,
below Hartford, thirty-fve thousand dol
lars.
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, Mas
~sachusetts, ten thousand dollars.
For Improvement of Hyannis harbor,
Massachusetts. ten thousand dollars.
For improvement of Provincetown har-
Dor, Massachusetts. six thousand dollars.
T. For improvement OF Plymouth harbor.
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 VI IOfUld4u ndIUuE5
Maine, forty thousand dollars.
For Improvement of the Cocheeo river,
within the town of Dover, New Hampshire,
ten thousand dollars.
For improvement of Kennebee river,
above Hallowen, Name, ten thousand dol
lars.
For Improvement of Kennebec river be-
tween Gardiner and Richmond, Maine, five
thousand dollars.
IL, .corxa,,o,t 1f u~-:-oAo, - +Ln
"Gut,n 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 Earrsgaugus 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.
4 For Improvement of the Little Missouri
river, in the State of Arkansas, ten thou
sand dollars.
For improvement OF the CunSDefiahu
river, below Nashville, Tennessee, thirty
thousand dollars.
For improvement of Galveston har Dor,
Texas, twenty Thousand dollars.
For construction of breakwater at VIII
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 barber at Du-
luth, Minnesota, sixty Thousand dollars.
For improvement of the Willamette river,
above Oregon city, Oregon, sixteen thou
ansd dollars.
For examination and surveys for inn
proyement on the northern and northwest
ern lakes and rivers, and the Atlantic and
Pacific coasts. and for contingencies of
rivers and harbors not provided for in this
act, one hundred and seventy-hve thousand
dollars.
SEC. 2. That all moneys heretofore appro-
priated for the improvement of the Tonnes
see river, and still unexpended, 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 contlnu-
alton of the works now IN progress below
Chattanooga, including the Muscle shoals
SEC. B. 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 harbors
from the outer bar up to the Red Fish bar,
on or nearest to the west shore; at Missls-
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 harbor,
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 hne 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;
at Fourche La Faive river, Arkansas; for
resurveying of Monroe harDor, Michigan;
for survey and estimate tor removing
middle ground at the mouth OF SLACK
river, in Saint Clair river, Michigan; harbor
at Stonnington, Connecticut at Grand
Marias. Michigan; at NeabascO bay, Nir-
ginia; at Aecotink bay, Virginia; at Sayan-
nah harbor. Georgia at Wells harbor,
Maine: at Coosa river. Alabama: at unit
inoton harbor, on south coast of Long
Island sound; and to complete the survey
of the Cumberland river, and the resuryey
of the Tennessee river, from Browns ferry
TO Florence, Alabama; at Choctaw hatchee
river, Florida; at Aqua creek, Virginia;
for survey of White river, from Buffalo
shoals to tue mouth of James fork, Missou-
| ri: for the survey Of the Wabash river, from
its mouth to the city of Lafayette; for sur
vey of the Monongahela river, from New
} Geneva, in Pennsylvania, to Morgantown,
in West Virginia; for a survey beginning at
vor near Guntersille, on the Tennessee
i river. to the headwaters of the Warrior
and Coosa rivers. in Alabama, with the
( view of determining the practieability of
uniting the waters of the Tennessee river
4 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 tothe
last named place; for examination and sur
4 yey of the Etowah river, from its mouth up
to Gainesville, Georgia, and also tor ex-
animation and survey of Atehafalaya bay
8 and Calcasieu pass, Louisiana; OF the Cos
tenaula river: from Rome, Georgia, up to
the mouth of the Coosawattee; at Chatta-
hoocbee river. below Columbus, Georgia.; at
4 the mouth of the Saint Johns river, from the
outer bar to Jacksonville, Florida; at the
q month of the st. Marks river, from
Spanish Hole to st. Marks, Florida; at
Analachicola bay, Florida; at Tampa bay,
o at Tampa, Florida; for resurvey OF Fltteen,
d mile falls: at Elizabeth and Nansemond
rivers Viroinia: at Camden, Arkansas, TO