New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1871-09-10
island, Rhode Island, seventy five thousand

Rhode Island and Connecticut, ten thou
sand 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 Housatonie
river, Connecticut, fifteen thousand dollars.
For Improvement of Bridgeport harbor,
Connecticut, twenty thousand dollars.
For Improvement of Taunton river Mas
saehusetts; ten thousand dollars.
For Improvement of Hyannis harbor,
Massachusetts, ten thousand dollars.
For Improvement of Provineetown 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 MerTimac river above
Haverhill, Massachusetts,, twenty Ave 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 Kennebee 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, Maine,
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,
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 breakwater at Viii
mingtOn harbor, California, two hundred
thousand dollars.
For improvement of Umpqua river, Ore
gon, twenty-five thousand five hundred
dollars.
Ear ;,,,provap,ap+ of Noh:Ia barhor 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, sixteena thou
ansd dollars.
Fer examination and surveys for i'm
provement on the northern and northwest
ern-akes 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 p 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,
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 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 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 lePk;
at Port Chester harbor, New York; at
Rondout harbOr. Hudson river, New ork;
at Maumee river above Toledo, Ohio:
at Fourche La Faive river, Arkansas; for
resurveying 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 Stonnngton, Connecticut; at Grand
Marias, Michigan; at Neabaseo bay, Vir-
ginia: at AccOtink bay, Virginia; at Sayan-
nah harbor. Georgia; at Wells harbor,
Maine; at Coosa river, Alabama; at Hunt
inoton 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 Choctawhatehee
river, Florida; at Aqua creek, Virginia;
for survey of White river, from Buffalo
shoals to the mouth of James fork, Nilsson
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 survey beginning at
vor near Guntersille, on the Tennessee
river. to the headwatefs of the Warrior
and Coosa rivers, il Alabama, with the
view of determining the practieability OF
| uniting the waters of the Tennessee river
| with the waters of the Warrior or C0osa
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
vey of the Etowah river, from its mouth up
to Gainesville, Georgia, and also for ex-
| animation and survey of Atehatalaya bay
and Caleasieu pass, Louisiana; of the Oos-
tenaula river; from Rome, Georgia, up to
| the mouth of the Coosawattee; at Chatta-
| hoochee river, below 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, Florida; at
Apalachicola bay, Florida; at Tampa bay,
at Tampa, Florida; for resurvey OF Fifteen,
mile falls: at Elizabeth and Nansemond
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