New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1871-09-14
nd, Rhode Island, seventy-fve thousand

island, Rhode Island, seventy-fve tbousan
For improvement of Pawcatuck rive,
hhode Island and Connecticut, ten thor
sand dollars.
FOR improvement of Thames river, Cor
nectlcut, fifteen thousand dollars.
For improvement OF Connecticut river
above Hartford and below Holyoke, twent
thousand dollars.
For improvement OF Connecticut rive,
below Hartford, thirty-fve 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
sachusetts, ten thousand dollars.
For Improvement. of Hyanuis 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 Merrilnac 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.
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 1Ner,
Maine, twelve thousand dollars.
For improvement of Sullivan river
Maine, ten thousand dollars 40.
For improvement of White. Black and
Little Red rivers. in the State Of Arkansas,
ten thousand dollars.
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 hrea L water at vii
mingtonx larh0r,s California 1.-Two hunAssa
thousand dollars
For improvement of Cmpqua 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
fifteen thousand dollars
For improvement of the Usage river.
Missouri twenty-five thousand dollars.
For improvement Of the harber 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 i'm
Erovement 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-tive thousand |
dollars.
Sec. 2. That all MONEYS heretofore appro-
priated for the improvement of the Tennes-
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 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
surveys, or both, to be made at the follow
ing points. namely: At Galveston harbor,
N or nearest to the west shore; at Missis-
:ippi city, for harbOr on Mississippi sound;
1t 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,
md at Santa Cruz, California; at Passaic
'iver 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
imber to the shore of Lake Michigan, with |
stimates for. constructing the same one |
hundred feet wide and thirteen feet deep:
It East Chester creek or inlet, New York:
It Port Chester harbor, New York; at
tondout harbor Hudson river, New York;
u MaUIucc TlNcF. dDONe lOIcOO, ONO; q
t Fourche La Faive river, Arkansas: for
Of Monroe harbor, Michigan:
or survey and estimate for removing
middle ground at the mouth of Black
liver, in Saint Clair river, Michigan; harbor
t Stonnington, Connecticut; at Grand
larias. Michigan; at NeabascQ. bay, Vir- {
mia: at AccOtink bay, Virginia; at Savan-
all harbor Georgia. at Welfs harbor,
[aine: at Coosa river, Alabama: at Hunt ..
igton harbor, on south coast Of Long
sland sound; and to complete the survey
+ the Cumberland river, and the resurveE I
f the Tennessee river, from. BROWNS ferry
, Florence. Alabama; at Choctawhatchee
iver, Florida at Aqua creek, Virginia; {
or survey Of White river, from Buffalo c
hoais 10 the mouth Of James fork MissOu- q
|; Tor the survey Of the Wabash river, from
: mouth to the city Of Lafayette; for sur =
ey OF the MonOngahela river, from New =
'eneva, IN Pennsylvania, to Morgantown,
4 West Virginia; for survey beginning at
or near Guntersille. on the Tennessee
lver, to the headwaters of the Warriorsj
nd Coosa rivers, in Alabama, with the
lew OF determining the practicability of -
DltlnS the waters of the Tennessee river III
nth the waters of the Warrior or Coosa
iver tor the purposes Of navigation, and B
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