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

dollars. - ''-'t'''A1
- ror Improvement of Pawcatuck river,
hnode Island and Connecticut ten thou
For improvement of Thames river. Con
heeucut, fifteen thousand dollars.
fof improvement of Connecticut river
ABOVE Hartford and below Holyoke, twenty
thousand dollars.
For improvement of Connecticut river.
Delow Hartford, thirty-fye 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
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 Of Portland harbor
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. 30
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,
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 VIII
mingtOn barbOr, 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.
For improvement of the Willamette river,
above Oregon city, Oregon, sixteens thou
ansi dollars.
Fer examination and surveys for i'm
provement 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-fye thousand
dollars.
SEC ? That all moneys heretofore appro-
priated for the Improvement of the Gcnnes-
see river, and still uneXpended, shall be ex-
pended under the direction of the Secretary
of War for tue 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 Muscle shoals.
SEC. 3. That the Secretary of War is
hereby directed to- cause examinations or
fNfE lh Ia ut tln fill
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 Greek, Vermont: at
Norfolk harbor, Virginia; at Eureka harbor.
and at Santa Graz, California; at Passaic
river, between Newark and Passaic. New
Jersey: for ship canal from the head Of
Sturgeon Day, Wisconsin, On the line now
opened across the portage through the
timhA" +c - -,e shor.. 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 F3iye river, Arkansas; TOR
resurveyinr Of Monroe harbor, Michigan;
for survey and estimate for removing
middle ground at the mouth Of Black
river. in Saint Clair river. Michigan; harbor
at Stonuington, Connecticut; at Grand
Marias. Michigan; at Neabasco bay. Viz
pinia: at Accotink bay, Virginia: at Savan-
nah harbor, Georgia; at Wells harbor,
Maine: at CoOsa river, Alabama: at hunt
ngton harbCr. 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
10 Florence. Alabama; at Choctawhatchee
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; Tor sur
vey Of the Monongahela river, from New
Geneva, in Pennsylvania, to MorgantoWn,
N West Virginia; for a survey beginning at
vOr near Guntersille, on the tennessee
river, to the headwaters of the Warrior
and Coosa rivers, ia 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
vey of the EtCWah river, from its mouth up
to Cartersvila, Georgia, and also for ex-
and Calcasieu pass, Louisiana: of the Cos
tenau!a river, from Rome, Georgia, up to
the mouth Of the COosawattee: at Chatta-