The Portland daily press., 1873-06-05

or Improvement
rJurnn seyenty -fve thousand dollars. ,r,
hr E Se inn irovement of Pentwater harbor Mich-
ro twenty thousand dollars.
sIEr ,r the Improvement OF Saint Clair Flats canal,
o,o hundred thousand dollars.
hunlred thousand dollars
hi For the improvement of Sandusky City harbor,
Ohio. twenty-five thousand dollars
For the Improvement of VeTmillion harbor, Ohio.
twelve thousand dollars.
For the Improvement of Black River harbor, Ohio.
twenty thousand dollars.
For the improvement Of Cleveland harbor. Ohio.
one thousand dollars. o''
For the improvement Of Ashtabula ba,bo, r,.,.
sixteen THOUSAND dollars "1i''
For the improvement OF Connaout har.., o,.
our hundred dollars '4~' "oE, oulo,
v nIr sne Improvement of Dunhirk harbor. New
YORK, forty thousand dollars "''' Nv"
For the Improvement of Ruftolo hor,or ~. W..
seventy-fve thousand dollars. - ''' NC" '''N'
for the Improvement OF Olcot. h, pbor Now yo,,-
ten Thousand dollars M IVA Az" A'iN'
y OF the Improvement of Ok Orchard barbor New
YORK, ten thousand dollars
ror the Improvement of pul.neyyille harbor New
YORK, ten Thousand dollars.
- for the Improvement of Little Sodus halbor New
YORK, fifteen thousand dollars.
for the Improvement OF Oswego harbor, New York,
one hundred thousand dollars.
For the improvement OF Washington harbor. New
| York, ten thousand dollars.
For the improvement OF OgdenSburgh harbor New
York. six thousand dollars.
For the Improvement of Plattsburgh larbor New
York. ten thousand dollars.
| For the improvement of Swanton harbor Vermont
| fifteen thousand dollars. '
Il 4 nf tho
mouth OF Black river New York. five thousand dol
| lars, or 80 much thereof as may be necessary.
For theimproyement Of Peeona river, Long Island,
New York, ten thousand dollars.
For the improvement of BURLINGTON barhor vor
mont. twenty-five thousand dollars w.
For the preservation of the falls of Saint Antbon,
Minnesota, and the navgat of the Missssippi rjy
er above the same, fifty thousand dollars
For The Improvement Of the Minnesota river. Min
nesota, ten thousand dollars: Prorided. Tbat nno-
half OF said sum shall be expended between the
mouth OF the Yellow Medicine and Minnesota falls
en- said river W
For the construction of the lock and dam on tbo
MISSISSIPPI river, at Meeker's Island Minnesota
according to the surveys and plans of the War De,
partment, twenty-five thousand dollars: Provided,
That all rights and claims in and to the Iand-grant
made to the State of Minnesota for the above work
by act approved July twentythird eighteen hundred
and sixty eight, shall be fully renouished 70 the
United states before any of this Appropriation
For the improvement of the Upper Mississinp riv
er, twenty-five Thousand dollars.
For the Improvement of the Illinois river, one hun
dred thousand dollars.
for the Improvement of the Dcs Moines rapids,
mississippi river, four hundred thousand dollars.
FOR the Improvement of the Rock Island rapids,
mississippi river, fifty thousand dollars.
=. For the improvement of the harbor of Refuge at
the entrance Of the Sturgeon Bay canal forty thou
sand dollars.
;. For the improvement of the Mississippi, and Ar
kansas rivers, one hundred thousand dollars.
FOR the Improvement of Yazoo river, forty thou
The ten thousand dollars appropriated at the sec
ond session OF the Congress for the i'm
in the State Of Mississippi.
For the improvement of the Usage river, Missouri,
twenty-five thousand dollars.
For the Improvement of the White and Saint Fran
els rivers, fifty thousand dollars
For the improvement of the Ouachita river, in Lou
isiana, sixty thousand dollars.
For the improvement of the Mississippi river be-
tween the mouth of the Missouri river and the Lou
OF the Ohio river two hundred thousand dollars.
For the Improvement of the Ohio river two hum
dred thousand dollars. And that Godfrey Weitzell
Of the corps Of engineers, United States army, in
charpe of l.Oulgvilla 10 bor.-
by empowered and directed, subject to the approval
Of the Chief of Engineers of said corps to adjust and
ment OF said canal, to j. G. Dennis any legal or eau-
table claims he may have against the United States
arising out Of work done by him under Hugh Nc
Glincy and Company's contract to perform work on
i'd CANAL in the years eighteen hundred and severn
ty-one and eighteen hundred seventy-two and said
Godfrey Wetzell is further authorized and direct
ed to pay to said j. G. Dennis in addition to the
amount NJ. above provided for, such other sums as
gally or equitaby entitled to as assignee of Hugh
Mceilincy and Company for work done by said Dem
mis- on said Improvement: Prorided That such sums
shall not exceed the amount due and owing by the
government of theUnted States for work done un-
der said contract of Hugh Nc Glincy and Company
and that the sums thus received of Weitze shall be
in full Of the claim of said McGlincy and Company
under their contract and in full OF the claim of said
Dennis as the assignee of said firm.
For completing the Louisville and Portland canal
one hundred thousand dollars and the Secretary OF
the Treasury is authorized and directed to assume
behalf of the United States the control and man
agement of the said canal in conformity with the
terms of the JOINT resolution Of the State of Ken
lucky, approved March twenty-eighth, eighteen hun
dred and seyeuty-two, at such time and in such
manner as i'll his judgment the interests of the Unit
ed States, and the commerce thereof NAV require:
aud tae sum OF money necessary to enable the Secre
is hereby appropriated PTocded That after the Uni
ted States shall assume control of said CANAL the tolls
thereon on vessels propelled by steam shall be educ
ed to twenty-five cents per ton, and on all other veg
sells in proportion.
For the improvement of the Upper Mononeahela
river. MOroantOwn. West VIRGINIA si<t civ
thousand dollars.
For the improvement of the Cumberland river, be-
low Nashvie, tennessee, twenty-five thousand dol
lars.
For the improvement of the Wabash river, Indi-
ana and illinois, fifty thousand dollars.
For the improvement of the Tennessee river below
Chattanooga, including the Muscle shoals, one hun
dred thousand dollars.
For the improvement of the Tennessee river above
Chattanooga, twenty-five thousand dollars.
For the improvement of the mouth of the Missis-
sippi river, one hundred and twenty-five thousand
dollars.
For removing the raft in Red river Louisiana,
eighty thousand dollars.
For the improvement of Cypress BAYOU and con-
struction of DAMS and dredging at the foot OF Soda
lake, Texas, fifty thousand dollars
For the Improvement of Mobile harbor and bay,
Alabama, one hundred thousand dollars.
For completing work now in progress In improving
Charleston harbor, South Carolina, five thousand
dollars.
For the improvement of Savannah harbor and riy-
er, Georgia, fifty thousand dollars.
For tho Improvement of Saint Johns river, Flori-
da, ten thousand dollars.
For the improvement of the entrance to the harbor
OF Baltimore in Patapsco river and Chesapeake bay,
TWO hunared thousand dollars.
For the Improvement of the Wicomico river Mary
= land, five thousand dollars.
Il, For the Improvement Of Cambridge harbor, Mary
land, five thousand dollars.
For the improvement of Chester river at Kent Is
land nsrrows, Maryland, fifteen thousand dollars.
For the Improvement Of Aqua creek, Virginia, two
thousand dollars.
For the improvement of the mouth of Occoquan
Virginia, five thousand dollars.
For the improvement of the mouth Of Nomoni
creek, Virginia, ten thousand dollars.
For the Improvement of the Rappanannock river,
dollars.
For the improvement of the James river Virginia,
seventy-fve thousand dollars.
For the improvement of the south branch Of Eliza
beth river, Virginia, fifteen thousand dollars.
For the Improvement of the Appomattox river be-
low Petersburgo Virginia thirty thousand dollars.
For the improvement OF Nansemond river Virgin
ia, fifteen thousand dollars. FL
For the improvement of Roanoke river below We'll
don, North Carolina, ten thousand dollars
For the improvement of Cape Fear river below
wilmington, North Carolina, one hundred thousand
For the Improvement Of Wilmington harbor, Della
ware. six thousand dolsrs.
For the Improvement of the channel of the Della
ware river, at Fort Miiin bar fifty thousand dol
lars. .s
For the improvement of the channel of the Della
ware river at and the Horseshoe shoals fifty
thousand dollars; the work not to be commenced un-
I'll an examination and survey has been made by |
board of engineers of the United States army ap- |
pointed by the Secretary of War end Favorable re-
port upon the feasibility and expense the plan |
adopted for the prevention and removal of the OBJ
strlctions.
For the improvement of the channel of the Schuyl-
kill river Pennsy lvania, forty thousand dollars of
which a portion shall be used for commencing the
removal OF the rocks at and South street wharf
For the improvement of Broadkiln river, Delaware, |
ten thousand dollars.
For building an additional pier for the ice-harbor
at New Castle, Delaware, twenty thousand dollars. |
. For the Improvement OF South river, New Jersey,
five thousand dollars
For the Improvement of tie North and South |
branches Of Shrewsbury river, New Jersey, five |
thousand dollars.
For the improvement of Delaware river between |
Trenton and Bordentown, New Jersey fifteen thou
sand dollars.
For the improvement of Hudson river, New York,
forty thousand dollars.
For re,navina ahstr1,ctiar,a Eat Ao,rr