New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1871-09-05

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.
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 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.
Forimproyemento of Merrimac river, above
Haverhil, 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 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 Will
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
bana, 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, sixteen 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
1 rivers and harbors not provided for in this
act one hundred and seventy-fve 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. 8. 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 Mlssis-
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 York;
at Port Chester harbor, New York. at
Rondou5 harbor, Hudson river, New York;
at Maumee river, above Toledo, Ohio
at Fourche La Faiye river, Arkansas; for
resurveying of Monroe harbor, Michigan;
for survey and estimate tor removing
middle ground at the mouth OF Black
river in Saint Clair river, Michigan; harbor
at Stonuingtop, Connecticut; at Grand
Marias. Michigan: at Neabaseo bay, Vir-
gipia: at Aceotink bay, Virginia; at savan-
nah harber, Georgia; at Wells haroor,
Maine at Coosa river. Alabama; at hunt
ington harbOr, on south coast OF Long
Island S0unus anu 10 coil1plctO onO oNA ~
of the Cumberland river, and the resurvey
of the Tennessee river, from Browns Terry
to Florence, Alabama; at Choctawhatchee
river, Florida; at Aqua creek, Virginia
for survey of White river, from Baffalo
shoals to the month of James fork, Mlssou
ri: for the survey of the Wabash river, from
its mouth to the city of Lafayette; for sur
yey of the MonongaheIa river, from New
Geneva, in Pennsylvania, to Morgantown
in West Virginia; for survey beginning at
vor near Guntersille,a on the Tennessee
river, TO the headwaters of the Warrior
and Coosa rivers, in Alabama, with the
view of determining the praeticability 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 tC
extend the navigation on said river to the
last named place; for examination and sur
yev of the Etowah river, from its mouth W
TO Cartersville. Georgia, and also for ex
animation and survey of AtchafaEaya bay
and Calcasieu pass, Louisiana; OF the Cos
tenaula river; from Rome, Georgia, up. Il
the moufl, Of the Coosawattee; at Chatta
hoochee river. below Columbus, Georgia; a
the mouth OF the Saint Johns river. from the
onter bar TO JaeksenvAle Florida; at thu
Month of the st Marks river, from
Snanish Hole to St Marks, Florida; a
AnaIaebicola BAY, Florida; at Tampa bay
at Tampa Florida; for resuryey OF r1fteen
mile falls: at Elizabeth and Nansemon'
rivers. Virginia; at Camden, Arkansas, o
Trinity. Iouisiana, on Ouachita river; a
n ro+ hn month