New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1871-09-16

o1O VSauO OOu0Fe.
For improvement of Connecticut rive
below Hartford, thirty-fve thousand do
Lars.
For Improvement of New Haven harbo,
Connecticut, forty thousand dollars.
For Improvement Of the HOusatOni
river. Connecticut, fifteen thousand dollar,
For improvement of Bridgeport harbo,
Connecticut, twenty thousand dollars.
For improvement Of Taunton river, MAJ
sachusetts, ten thousand dollars.
For improvement of Hyannis harbol
Massachusetts, ten thousand dollars.
For improvement Of PrOvincetOwn ha,
Dor, Massachusetts,, six thousand dollars.
For improvement of Plymouth harbol
Massachusetts, ten thousand dollars.
For improvement Of Boston harbor. Mas
sachusetts, one hundred thousand dollars
Forimpr0vemento Of Merrimac river, abov
Haverhil., Massachusetts,, twenty-five thou
sand dollars.
Fer 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 rive,
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.
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 Cmpqua river, Ore
gon. twenty-five thousand i've 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 barber at Du-
luth, Minnesota, sixty thousand dollars.
For improvement Of the Willamette river,
above Oregon city, Oregon, sixteen thou
arsd 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-fve thousand
dollars.
SEC. ?. That all moneys heretofore appro-
priated tor 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
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 |
kondout harbor, Hudson river, New York: |
at Maumee river, above Toledo, Ohio; !
at Fourche La Faive river, Arkansas; for |
of Monroe harbOr, Michigan; |
for survey and estimate for removing |
middle ground at the mouth of Black I
river. in Saint Clair river. Michigan; harbor
At StOnningtOn, Connecticut; at Grand
6arias, Michigan; at NeabascO bay, Vir-
yinia; at Accotink bay, Virginia: at Savan-
nah harbor, Georgia; at Wells harbor,
4aine; at COosa river. Alabama: at Hunt
1gton harb0r, on south coast Of Long
If the Cumberland river. and the resurvey
If the Tennessee river, from Browns ferry
o Florence, Alabama; at Choctawhatchee
liver, Florida; at Aqua creek, Virginia;
or survey Of White river, from Buffalo
hoals to the mouth of James fork, Nilsson
i; for the survey of the Wabash river, from
ts mouth to the city Of Lafayette; for sur
-ey Of tue Monongahela river, from New
ieneva, in Pennsylvania, to Morgantown,
7or near Guntersille, on the Tennessee
liver, to the headwaters of the Warrior
md Coosa rivers, in Alabama, with the
new OF determining the practicability Of
hitting the waters Of the Tennessee river
With the waters Of the Warrior or Coosa
liver for the purposes Of navigation, and
stimates for necessary locks and dams to
xtend the navigation on said river tothe
asst named place; for examination and sur
'ey OF the Etowah river, from its mouth up |
Gainesville, Georgia, and also for ex-
m!nation and survey of Atchafalaya bay
nd Calcasieu pass, Louisiana; of the Cos
enaula river; from Rome, Georgia, I'D to
be mouth Of the Coosawattee; at Chatta-
oochee river, below Columbus, Georgia: at
he mouth of the Saint Johns river, from the
utter bar to Jacksonville Florida; at the
louth of the St. Marks river, from
parish Hole to St. Marks, Florida; at
lpalachicOla bay, Florida; at Tampa bay,
t Tampa, Florida; for resurvey of Fifteen
lille falls: at Elizabeth and Nansemond | ,
vers, Virginia; at Camden, Arkansas, to
rinity, Louisiana, on Ouachita river; at
oldsboro, North Carolina, to the mouth of
euse river; at the mouth Of Licking river,
:entucky, for herbor Of refuge; for survey
a Nrouno Norfh Caroline a.