New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1871-09-17

For improvement of -Pswcatuck river,
Rhode Island and Connecticut, ten tho1
sand dollars.
For improvement of Thames river, Con
nectieut. 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 dot
lars.
For improvement of New Haven barber,
Connecticut, forty thousand dollars.
For improvement of the HOusatOnss
river, Connecticut, fifteen thousand dollare-
For improvement of Bridgeport harbor.
Connecticut, twenty thousand dollars.
For improvement of Taunton river, Ma
sachusetts, ten thousand dollars.
For improvement of Hyannis barber
Massachusetts. ten thousand dollars
For Improvement Of ProvincetOwn ha;-
Dor, Massachusetts, six thousand dollars.
For Improvement of Plymouth harboe
Massachusetts,, ten thousand dollars.
For improvement of Boston harbOr. MAJ
sachusetts, one hundred thousand dollars
For improvement of Merrimac river, above
Haverhill, Massachusetts, twenty-f thes-
sand dollars.
For improvement of Kennebunk river
Maine, five thousand dollars
For improvement Of Saco river, Miami
hfteen thousand dollars.
For improvement of Portland harSng
Maine, forty thousand dollars.
For improvement of the Cochec0 river.
within the town Of Dover, New Hampshiss
ten thousand dollars.
For Improvement of Kennebec riye,.
above Hall0well. Maine, ten thousand do
lars.
For improvement of Kennebec river, h.
tween Gardiner and Richmond, Maine, hss
thousand dollars.
For improvement of navigation at the
Gut, opposite Bath, Maine, six Thousand
five hundred dollars.
For Improvement of the PenobscOt riyey
at Bangor, and below, Maine, fifty thousant
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 rive,
Maine, ten thousand dollars.
For improvement of White, Black ShS
Little Red rivers, in the State Of Arkansas
ten thousand dollars.
For improvement of Saint Francis river
in the State Of Arkansas, ten thousand dai-
lars.
For improvement of the Little EissOuI
river, in the State of Arkansas, ten thor
sand dollars.
For improvement of the Cumberlar.e
river, below Nashville, Tennessee, thirty
thousand dollars.
For improvement of Galveston bar boa,
Texas, twenty thousand dollars.
For construction Of breakwater at VIZ
mington harbOr, California, two hunde-c
thousand dollars.
For improvement of Umpqua river, Ore,
gon, twenty two thousand five hundred
dollars.
For improvement of Mobile harbOr, Ala
bama, fifty thousand dollars.
For the improvement of the bar at lie
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 thac
ansd dollars.
For examination and surveys for iul-
lrovement on the northern and northwest
ern lakes and rivers, and the Atlantic a1sE
Pacific coasts, and for contingencies d
rivers and harbors not provided for in th8s
act, one hundred and seventy-fve Thousand
dollars.
Sec. 2. That all moneys heretofore app1n-
priated for the improvement of the Tenneis-
see river, and still unexpended, shall be eX-
pended, under the direction of the Secretary
of War, for the repairs and completion ei
the works heretofore begun between Kno1
vile and Chattanooga, and for the contints-
alton Of the works now in progress below
Chattanooga, including the Muscle shoals
SEC. ;. That the Secretary of War Ia
here directed to cause examinations o,
surveys. or both, to be made at the follow
ing points, namely: At Galveston harbo,,
from the outer bar up to the Red Fish bar
sippi city, for harbOr on Mississippi sound
at Black river, Missouri, to Poplar bluff; a.
Current river, Missouri. from it's mouth -
Van Buren,; at Otter Creek, Vermont; al
Norfolk harbor, Virginia; Mt Eureka barboy,
and at Santa Cruz, California; at Passais
river, between Newark and Passaic, Ne~
Jersey; for ship canal from the head Of
Sturgeon bay, Wisconsin, on the line now
opened across the portage through tho
timber to the shore of Lake Michigan. Wit
estimates for constructing the same. ors
hundred feet wide and thirteen feet deep
at East Chester creek or inlet, New York;
at Port Chester harbOr, New York; AZ
Rondout harbor. Hudson river, New York
at Maumee river, above Toledo, Ohio
at Fourche La Faive river, Arkansas, for
resurveying of Monroe harbor, Michigan
middle ground at the mouth of Black
river, in Saint Clair river, Michigan; harbea
at Stonnington, Connecticut; at Grand
Marias, Michigan; at NeabascO bay, Viz.
ginia: at Accotink bay. Virginia; at Savan
nah harbor, Georgia; at Wells harb0I,
Maine; at COosa river. Alabama: at Hunt
ingtOn harbor, on south coast of Long
Island sound; and to complete the survey
of the Cumberland river, and the resurver
Of the Tennessee river from RrOvn'a favvr
to Florence, Alabama; at ChOctawhatchea
river, Florida; at Aqua creek, Virginia.
for survey Of White river from BNfa..e
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 MOrgantOwY.
in West Virginia; for survey beginning Ia
vor near Guntersille, on the Tennessee
river. to the headwaters Of the Warrior
and Coosa rivers, in Alabama, with ths
view of determining the practicability O.
uniting the waters Of the Tennessee river
with the waters Of the Warrior or. Coosa
river for the purposes Of navigation. anc-
estimates for necessary locks and dams 10
extend the navigation on said river to the
last named place; for examination and sur
vey of the Etowah river, from its mouth az
to Gainesville, Georgia, and also for er-
animation and survey of Atchatalaya bay
and Calcasieu pass, Louisiana; OF the Oos-
tenaula river; from Rome, georgia, up ~
the mouth of the Coosawattee; at Chatta-
hoOchee river, below Columbus, Georgia; al
the mouth of the Saint Johns river, from the
outer bar to Jacksonville. Florida; at tbs
mouth of the St. Marks river frnR
Spanish Hole to St. Marks, FlOridayUs
Apalachicola bay, Florida; at Tampa bay,
at Tampa, Florida for resurvey OF Fifteen