The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1871-05-25


For Improvement OF Burlington harbor, Verment' |
th ty then sand dollars
For The preservation OF The tails of Saint Anthony;
and the navigation OF the Mississippi iiser a'o'e 'no
same, hitS thousand dollars. .,,;
For improvement of the Ouachita RIVER, In Lonisl-
ana, from the Arkansas Sia'e ile ~ 'ho nio'n VI
said river, taenty-sx thousand dollars;
ar, rpa and dredging frty-teo thou
sand dollars; lrogided TIL ii no part OF such sum
shall be paid for the use OF any patent or patented
machine in which any engn ef OF oiicer employ Ell
| law The government may be interested
| 'ror Improvement the Mimi. sofa river, ten
| thousand dollars,
| FOR improvement OF the Rock Island rapids, one
hundred and fifty thousand dollars.
For lmprov ment Of the D,s Noines rapids, two
hundred aud thy thousand dollars
For Improvement OF The Misss ipp, Missouri, and
Arkansas rivers, one hunured and fifty thousand
dollars.
For Improvement OF the mouth Of Mssiss ipp
river one huudr u: twenty fl We thousan lars.
For Improvement Of the falls of,he Ohio river and
| dollars.
FOR improvement OF the Ohio river, fifty thousand
| dol ars
For Improvement OF Queens own harbor, Mary
lahd 'e thousand dollars.
For Improvement OF harbor at Cambridge, Mary
iand. ten thousand dollars. r.,
| For improvement OF The shp-channe in the Pa
tapsco river and Chesapeake BAY le"iins Iowaro '"e
| barbor OF Baltimore. fifty thousand uoiiars. ,
| For imp. ovement of the channel at the mouth OF
| Cape Fea river. North Carolina, seventy-hve 'hou-
| For Improvement OF Roanoke river below We'll
| don North Carolina, twenty thousand dollars.
For Improvement of the shp-channel IN Charles
ton harror, South Carolina, thirteen thousand dol
For improvement of the James river, below Rich
mond. Virgin ia fifty thousand dol ars.
For Improvement OF the Appomattox river, below
| Petersburg, Virginia, fifty thousand dollars.
| gina, fifteen thousand dollars.
Foe Improvement OF the Hudson river, New York,
| forty Thousand dollars.
For improvement of the East liver, New York,
including Hell Gate. two hundred and tlONs
d0lirs
ror Improvement of pawtucket river, Rhode Is
land seven Thousand dollars
For construction of breakwater at Block island,
Hn0'i3 Island, seventy-tve thousand dollars
For improvement OF Pawcatuek river, Rhode Is
| land and Connecticut, ten thousand dollars.
for Improvement of Thames river, Connecticut,
| hiieen thousand dollars.
| For improvement OF Connecticut river, above
| Hartford and below Holyoke, twenty thousand dol
| lars.
| For imrroyement of Connecticut river, below
| Hartford, thirty five thousand dollars.
For Improvement of New Haven harbor, Connec-
| ticUt. rty thousand dollars.
For improvement OF the H0usatOnic river, Con-
| neeticut fifteen thousand dollars.
For Improvement OF Bridgeport harbor, Connecti-
| cut, twenty thousand dollars.
| For Improvement OF Taunton river, Massachusetts,
/ ten thousand do 'I1rs.
For improvement OF Hyannis harbor, Massachu-
| setS, tn thousand dollars.
For improvement of Provncetown harbor, Mas
| sachu,etts. thousand dollars.
| For improvement of Plymouth harbor, MasSachu-
| sets, ten thousand dollars.
For impr Gvement of Boston harbor, Massachu-
sets, one hundred thousand dollars.
| For imp ovement of Meuimac river, above Haver-
hill, Massachusetts, twenty-five thousand dollars.
For Improvement OF Kennebunk rlver, Maine, five
thousand dollars.
For Improvement OF Saco river, Maine, fifteen
| thousand dollars
For improveme mt OF Portland haIbOr, Maine. forty
thousand dollars.
For Improvement of the Coebeco river, within the
| town OF Dover, New Hampshire, ten thousand dol
| lars.
For improvement OF Kennebec river, above Halo
| well, Maine, ten thousand dollars.
| For improvement OF Kennebec river, between
| Gardiner and Richmond, Maine, five thousand dol
| lars.
For Improvement of navigation at the "Gut," OPP
For improvement of the Penobscot river at Ban
| gOr, and below, Maine. fifty thousand dollars.
F0rfmprovement oil Union river, Maine. fifteen
| thousand dollars.
For improvement of Royals river, Maine ten
| thousand dollars.
For Improvement of Narraguagus river, Maine.
| twelve thousand dollars.
For improvement OF Sullivan river, Maine, ten
thousand dollars.
For impro ement of White, Black, and Little Red
rivers, in the State OF Arkansas, ten thousand dol
lars.
For Improvement of Saint Francis river, in the
State OF Arkansas. ten thousand dollars.
For improvement OF the Little Missouri river, in
| the State OF Arkansas. ten thousand dollars.
| For improvement of the Cumberland river below
Nashville, Tennessee, thi ty thousand dollars.
| For Improvement OF Galveston haI Dor, Texas
| twenty thousand dollars.
For construction of breakwater at Wilmington
harbor, California, two hundred thousand dollars.
For Improvement of the Umlqaa river, Oregon,
twenty-five thousand five hundred dollars.
| For the improvement of the bar at at the m outh
OF the Saint Johns river, Florida fifteen thousand
| dollars.
For Improvement of Mobile harbor, Alabama,
| fifty thousand dollars.
| For improvement of the Usage river, Missouri,
L twenty-five thousand dollars.
For improvement OF tn harbor at Du Luth, Mir
| nesota, sixty thousand dollars.
For improvement the willamette liver, above
| Oregon city. Oregon, sixteen thousand dollars.
| For examination ana surveys for improvement on
the northern ana north lakes and rivers and
the Atlantic and Pacific coasts, and tor contingent
cies OF rivers and barbos not provided tor in this
act, one hundred and seventy five thousand dollars
| SEC. 2. That all moneys heretofore app opriated
for the Improvement OF the Tennessee river, ana still
| unexpended shall be expended, under the direction
of the Secretary Of War tor the repair and compile
ton OF the works here, ofore begun between Knox
VILE and Chattanooga, and for the continuation OF
the works now IN progress below Chattanooga in lud
| ing the Muscle shoals.
| SEC. 3. hat the secretary of War is hereby di-
Iected to cause examination Vt surveys, both to
be mace at the following points, namely: AT Calves.
ton harbor, from The ouier ar up to the Red Fish
| bar o OF nearest TO The west shore; at Mssi.sipp
city, tor hartor on Mississippi sound at Black liver
| Missouri, to Poplar bluff at Current liver, Missouri
from its mouth 10 Van Bu.en a. Otter creek, Yer
bor and az Sania Cruz California; at Passaic river
between NewarK and Passaic, New jersey Tor ship
eanaa from the head of Sturgeon bay ~consin, oa
the line now opened across The portage through the
timber TO the shore of Lake Michigan. with est.
mates fos constructing the same one hundred tee
WIDE and thirteen feet deep; at East Chester creek
or nlet, New York; at Port Chester harbor. New
YORK; at Rondout harbor, Hudson river, new York
at Maumee river, above Toledo, Oho at Fourche
La Faive river, Arkansas; for resuryeying of Mon
| roe harbor, Michigan; tor survey and estimit fol-
renewing middle ground at the mouth of Black
river. in Saint Clair river, Michigan; barbor al
| StoningtOn. Connecticut; at Grand Marias, Mich.
iean; at Neapsco bay, Virginia; at Accotink bay
| virginia; al Savannah harbor, Georgia; at Wells
harbor. Maine; at Coosa river, Alabama; at Hunt.
ingon harbor on south coast OF Long Isl md sound
and the resurvey OF the Tennessee river from Browns
Terry to Florence, Alabama; at Choctawhatcbee fv
er; Florida; at Aqua creek, Virginia; for survey o
White river, from Buffalo shoals to the mouth Of
james fork, Missouri; Tor the survey OF the Wabash
river, from It's mouth to the city of Latayette tor
| survey of the Monongahea river from Ne Geneva
in Pennsylvania to slorg .ntown in We st Virginia
ior a survey beginning at or near Guntersville, on
tue Tennessee river, to the beaowoters OF the War
| rlor and Coosa rivers, in Alabama, with the view of
determining the eticablity of uniting the wate
OF the Tennessee river with the waters of the War
lior or Coosa river Tor the purposes navigation,
and estimates for necessary Jocks and Cams to extend
the navigation said river the place
ior examination and survey OF the Elowah river,
from It's mouth up TO Gainesville, Georgia, and also
| 10r examination and survey Atchafalaya / ay and
Cacasieu pass. Louisiana; OF the oostenaua liver !,
from Rome, Georgia, up to he mouth of the Coosa-
| wattee; at Chattahoochee river, Lelow Columbus,
| Georgia; at the mouth OF the saint Johns river,
from the outer bar to jacksonville, Florida; at the
mouth OF the st Marks river from Spanish Hole to
st. Marks FIofida at palachicoa bay Florida; at
Tampa bay, at Tampa, Florida for resurvey OF Fit
Virginia; at Camden, Arkansas, to rrInity, L1usi-
ana, ON Ouachta river; at Col sboro, North CarOl-
na to the mouth of the Nense river; at the mouth
Licking river, Kentucky, Tor harbor OF refuge; Tor
survey of the Cape Fear and Deep rivers, TAR up
as La Grange, North Carolina; Cuivre river, Mis-
souri,, from its mouth to Moscow Mills; at Bayou
Bartholomew, from its mouth 10 the Arkansas State
| line for the examination and survey OF the TsngI-
paha and Chfuncte rivers, in the State OF Louisiana
| Tor the survey OF Horse Shoe shoals, in the Della
ware river, below Philadel Ila, Pennsylvania; tor
the survey OF the harb,r OF Norwalk, Connecticut;
| for surveying the mouths of Quantico aud Choppa
Wamtsic bays. Virginia; for examination and sur
vey of Red river, from the mouth to a point above
the raft in Louisiana.
SEC. 4. That the unexpended balances OF appro-
priatIons made by the act approved July eleven.
eighteen Hundred and seventy, entitled "An act
making appropriations for the repair preservation,
and completion OF certain public works in rivers and
harbors and Tor other purposes, tor the fiscal year
ending june thirty, eighteen hundred and seventy
Que, are hereby re-appropiaed for the purposes
therein specified: Pro0aded, That any part OF the
appropriations made y this act may, at the discre
ton OF the Secretary OF War; be applied during the
current fiscal year.
Approved, March 3, 1871.
GENERAL NATURE-No. 51.l