New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1871-09-08
i'd, Rhode Island, seventy-tive thousand

island, Rhode Island, seventy-fve thousand |
dollars.
For improvement of Pawcatuck river.
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 Housatonic
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 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.
REINFORCEMENT 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 Kennebec river,
above Hallowell, Maine, ten thousand dol
lars.
For improvement of Kennebec river, be-
tween Gardiner and Richmond, Maine, i've
thousand dollars.
For improvement of navigation at the
HGut," 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. -..
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 harber at Du-
luth, Minnesota, sixty thousand dollars
For improvement of the Willamette river,
above Oregon city, Oregon, sixteeni 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 IN this
act. one hundred and seventy-hve 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 contlnu-
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 Mlssls-
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 Passalc
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 OK;
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; fOI
resurveving of Monroe harbor, Michigan;
for survey and estimate tor remoyln2
middle ground at the mouth OF Black
river, in Saint Clair river, Michigan; harboI
at Stonnington, Connecticut; at Grand
Marias, Michigan; at Neabasco bay, Nlr
pinia; at Accotink bay, Virginia; at Sayan
nah harbor, Georgia; at Wells harbor
Maine; at Coosa river. Alabama; at hunt
ington harbor, on south coast OF Lon
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 Choctawhatchef
river, Florida; at Aqua creek, Virginia
for survey of White river, from Ba1alC
shoals to the mouth of James fork, Nilsson
ri; for the survey Of the Wabash river, iron
its mouth to the city of Lafayette; Tor sur
vey of the Monongahela river, from new
Geneva, in Pennsylvania, to hlorganIoWn
in West Virginia.; for survey beginning a.
yor near Guntersille, on the TENNESSEE
river to the headwaters OF the w arrlol
and Coosa rivers, in Alabama, with the
view of determining the practicablhty o
uniting the waters of the Tennessee rlVe1
with the waters of the Warrior or Coosf
river for the purposes OF Navigation, an(
estimates for necessary locks and dams q
extend the navigation on said river to tn
last named place; for examination and sur
.yey of the Etowah river, from its mouth III
to Gainesville, Georgia, and also for ex
animation and survey OF Atehafalaya pa,
and Calcasieu pass, Louisiana; OF the Oos
tenaula river; from Rome, Georgia, up q