New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1871-09-07
Rhode Island, seventy-fye 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-hve thousand dol
lars.
For Improvement of New Haven harbor. |
Connections, forty thousand dollars.
For Improvement OF the Housaton1c |
river. Connecticut, fifteen thousand dollars |
For improvement of Bridgeport harbor, |
Connecticut, twenty thousand dollars. |
For Improvement of Taunton river. Mis- !
sachusetts ten thousand dollars.
For Improvement of Hyanpis 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 Kenuebec 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 riveI.
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,
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
gen,- 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, sixteent thou
ansd 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 III this
act. one hundred and seVenty-fye thousand
dollars.
SEC. 2 That all moneys heretofore apprO-
pliated for the improvement OF the Iennes-
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 cOntlnu
alton of the works now in progress below
Chattanooga, including the Muscle shoals.
SEC ,. 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 Mlssls-
sippi city, for harbOr ON Mississippi sound;
at Black river, Missouri, to Poplar blum; at
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Van Buren,; at Otter Greek, Vermont; at
Norfolk harbor, Virginia. at Eureka harbor,
and at Santa Cruz, California; at Passalc
river between Newark and Passalc, 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 Iork;
at Port Chester harbor, New York; at
Rondout harbor, Hudson river, New York;
at Maumee river, above Toledo, OHIO;
at Fourche La Faive river, Arkansas; Tor
resuryeying 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 Stonnington, Connecticut; at Grand
Marias, Michigan; at Neabasco bay, VIZ
sinia: at Aceotink bay, Virginia; at Savan-
9ob harbor. Georgia: at Wells harbor,
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 resurvey
Of The Tennessee river, from Browns ferry
to Florence Alabama; at Choctawhatchee
river Florida; at Aqua creek, Virginia;
for survey of White river, from Buffalo
shoals TO the mouth of James fork, Missou-
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 Morgantovn,
in West Virginia; for a survey beginning at
vor near Gunterslle, on the Tennessee
river, to the headwaters of the Warrior
and Coosa rivers, in 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 Etowah river, from its mouth up
to Gainesville, Georgia, and also for ex-
animation and survey of Atchafalaya bay
and Calcasieu pass, Louisiana; of the Cos
fepaalla river; from Rome, Georgia, up to
the mouth of the COosawattee; at Chatta.
boochee river, below Columbus, Georgia; al
fine mouth of the Saint Johns river, from the
o1ter bar to Jacksonville, Florida; at the
month of the St. Marks river, from
SPANISH Hole to st. Marks, Florida; al
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