New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-12-31

| TOE El6 improvement OF ClIn berlanC
river, IN Tennessee, twenty thousand dol
lars.
For the Improvement Of the mouth Of the
Mississippi river, L0uisianS, one hundred
and ffty-tiye thousand dollags.
For the improvement o& Tones BAYOU
Louisiana, twenty thousand dollars.
For the improvement of CalcaSieu pass
in the State OF Louisiana, fifteen thousand
dollars.
For the Improvement Of bar in Calves
ton bag, ten thousand dollars, and fer i'm
provement Of the harbor Of Galveston,
| Texas, thirty-0ne thousand dollars.
For the improvement 0f Cypress bayou.
| near Jefferson, Texas, ten thousand dollars.
For the improvement OF the Tangipahoa
| river, Louisiana, two thousand five hundred
| dollars.
Fo2 removing the raft in Red river, Lou
| isiana, one hundred and Fifty thousand dol.
| lars.
For removing the wreck Of the gunboat
! Oregon in the Chifun8te river, Louisiana,
| six thousand dollars.
For dredging the bar at the Mouth of the
| harbor of Cedar Keys, Florida, seven rhou-
| sand five hundred dollars.
| For dredging the bar at tbs mouth Of
| Saint Johns river, Florida, tel thousand
| dollars.
For the improvement of Mobile barber
and bay, Alabama, seventy-fVe thousand
dollars.
For the Improvement Of the ship channel
| in Charleston LaTbor, South Carolina.
| tlirty-eight thousand seven hundred del
| lars.
For removing distractions in Ashepoo
river, South Carolina, one thousand three
hundred dollars; and tho amount of the ap-
preparation made by act of Congress APP
proved July eleventh, eighteen hundred
| and seventy, for removing distinctions in
Town creek, near Charleston, South Caro-
| Iiua, which remains uneXpended, is hereby
appropriated to remove wrecks ObstTucting
navigation IN Stone river, South Carolina,
near Church flats.
For the improvement Of Savannah har-
Dor and river, Georgia, fifty thousand dol
lars.
For the improvement Of the entrance to
the harbOr Of Baltimore, ia PatapscO river,
and Chesapeake bay, one hundred thousand
dollars.
Fer the improvement Of the Rappahan-
mock river, below Fredericksburg, Virginia,
fifteen thousand dollars.
For the improvement Of the James river,
Virginia, fifty thousand dollars.
For tue Improvement of the AppGL1attCx
river below Petersburg, Virginia, forty
! thousand dollars.
For the improvement OF Aqua creek, Vir-
ginia, one thousand five hundred dollars
Virginia, five thousand dollars.
For the improvement Of the Roanoke
river below Weldon, North Carolina, ten
thousand dollars.
For the improvement Of Cape Fear river
below Wilmington, North Carolina, one
hundred thousand dollars.
For the improvement of Queenstown
harbor, Maryland. six thousand dollars
For the improvement of W0rt0n harb0r,
Maryland, twelve thousand dollars.
For the improvement of Cambridge har-
Dor, Maryland, ten thousand dollars.
For removal Of rocks at New Haven
harbor, Connecticut, ffteeen thousand
dollars.
For the improvement of Northeast river,
Maryland, ten thousand dollars.
For the Improvement of WieolnIco river,
Maryland, five thousand dollars
For clearing and improving the channel
OF the Schuylki1 river from its mouth to
the Chestnut street bridge, Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania, forty thousand dollars, Of
which sum sufficient is to he used for re
moving the rock between Locust street and
the said bridge
For the Improvement Of Wilmington
harbor, Delaware, ten thousand dollars.
For the repair Of pier Of the ice harbor at
Nav Castle, Delaware, and for building a
new. pier at said harbor, twenty seven thou
sand dollars.
For the improvement of Delaware river,
between Trenton and B0rdent0wn, New
Jersey, ten thousand dollars.
For improvement of COcbeo0 river within |
the town Of Dover, New Hampshire, ten
thousand dollars.
For improvement of Black River harbor, |
Ohio, twenty thousand dollars.
For surveys and examinations, with a
view to the improvement of rivers ard har- |
bors, one hundred and fifty thousand dol |
lars. 4
Sec. 2 That the Secretary of Wa is here !
by directed to cause examinations or sur
Veya, or both, to be made at the following |
points, namely: At Keyp0rt barber, New |
jersey; channel between Staten island and |
New Jersey; at COhansey creek, New Jer-
8ey; at Bear creek, Lake Ontario, New
York; at Waddington harbor, New York;
Tor breakWater at ROuse's paint, OF Lake
ChampIain, New York; at Port Austin and
Port Crescent, Michigan; at The mouth of
PensaUkie river, Wisconsin; at Waukegan |
harbor, Illinois; the Machias river, Maine:
at Wexford harbOr and Newport harbor,
Rhode Island; the east side Of Providence
river, between Fields point and Fox point,
Rhode Island; at Port Oxford, Oregon; at
Estero bay, San Louis, ObispO county, Cali
fornia; the mouths of N0moni creek and |
OccOquan river, Virginia; the bay or sound |
from Delaware line through Worcester
county to- Chinooteague inlet, Viz
ginIa, with view to an inlet at or
near place called the Hommacks; for a
ship canal between the waters Of Calves
ton bay and Saline lake, Texas; Chester
river at Kent island narrows, Maryland;
st. Francis river, from GreenYilIe down, |
Gasc0nade river, Missouri; Tom
oigbee river, between Fulton and Column
BUS, Mississippi harbOr Of Cedar Keys and |
channel to same, Florida; Mantle river,
the bars at the outlet Of Sa-
pine pass, Texas; the Mississippi river, be-
5ween the mouth of the Missouri river and
he mouth OF the Ohio river; west end of
he pass at and near Bio Buck point, Texas:
he bar at the mouth Of Sabine river, in |
Sabine lake, and to extend up the main |
channel Of said river to the town of BeIzora:
1t the mouth OF the Nuches river, in Sabine |
axe, and to extend up the main channel of |
aid river to the town Of BOOnyiIIo at the |
)oint where the Angelica river falls into
he Nuches river, and to extend up the
main channel of said river to the town Of
'attOnia, Texas at the mouth Of the Trim
ty RIVER, i'll Galveston bay. and to extend !
Up the main channel of said river to the |
own of Magnolia Texas; Washington har-
l0r, North Carolina, Edenton harbor, North |
jarOlIna; mouth of MaCk&ys creek. North |
carolina; Chippewa river, up to Chippewa |
al1s, Wisconsin; harbOratSWant0n Vermont; |
arbOr at Galveston, Texas; at ApaIaChic0la | {
liver, from Chattahooche, Florida, to &pa
achicOla; at Chattaho0cbe river, from
Columbus, Georgia, to Chattah00che, Flor
Ia; at Flint river, from Albany, Georgia,
0 Chattaho0che. Florida; for survey OF |
reakwater at Milford, Connecticut: mouth |
I Pine river, Michigan the harb0r Of San
Diego, California; mouth Of Grand Calumet {
lTer Indiana; Great KaIaWha river, from |
he great falls to the mouth, West irgi2i2: | I