Wilmington daily commercial., 1873-10-20

beLh river, rginia, fifteen thousand d0llars.
Fop the Improvement Of the Appomattox river be
low fetershufgh, Virginia. thirty thoesand dollars
mia, fifteen thousand dollars.
FoE the Improvement OF Roanoke river below
Weldons North Carolina, ten thousaBd dollars.
an, For the Improvement OF Cape Fear river below
1 wilmington, North Carolina, one hundred thousand
For the Improvement OF wilmington harbor Del
| aware, six Thousand dollars.
i For the i'm rovement OF the channel OF the Della
| lars -
For the improvement Of the channel Of the Della.
ware river az or near the Horseshoe sh0a's nfty
| Thousand dollara; the work not TO be commenced
until an examination and survey has been made by
BOARD OF engineers OF the Unied States army. ap.
pointed BY the Sc retary OF War, and a favorable
report upon The feasibility and expense Of the plan
aaopted Ior the prevention and removal OF the OBJ
| structtonB.
For the Improvement of the channel of the
schuylkil rver, Pennsylvania, forty thousand dol
| ara OF which amount portion shall be used fol
commencing the I. moya OF the rocks at and near
South street wharf. a,
For the improvement Of Breadkiln liver, Delaware,
n thousand dollars.
For building an additional per for the ice hsr.
lars.
For the improvements of South river, New Jersey,
For the impr vement Of the North and nth
branches OF shrewsbury river, New Jersey, i've
For the Improvement of Delaware river between
frentoA and Bordentown, New Jersey, niteen thou-
For the improvemept Of Hudson r.ver, New York,
forty thousand dollars.
For removing distractions In Fast river, New
@ York including Hell Gate. TWO hundred and twenty
For the improyement of Pa saic river, New Jer-
/ sey, twenty-five thousand dollars.
For the Improvement Of East Chester creek. New
York, twenty-five thousand dollars. O..
For the Improvement of kondout harbor. Hudson
river, New York, twenty thousand dollars.
For the Improvement of Pawtuckst river, Rhode
Island, ten th ,usand dollars.
For the impr vement OF Providen e river, Rhode
Islend ten thousand dollars.
For dredging at the entrance of Newport harbor.
Rhode Island, and for ettee on the Bonrh end OF
Goat Island eight thousand ge hundred dollars, ,
For the improvement Of C0hansey creek, New
fsey ten tn usand dollars.
For the improvement of harbor at Black Island,
Rhode leland ftty tn usand dollars.
For the improvement of WEXFORD harbor, Rhode
Island, i've thousand dollars
For the Improvement OF Pawcatuck river, Rhode
lslaed and Connecticut ten thousand dol hrs.
For the improvensnt of Copnecti'u river below
Bar ford. Conuecticnt, twenty thousand dollars.
For the Improvement of Connecticut river ABOVE
Hartford and below Eufeld fails, twenty thousand
dollars.
For the Improvement of New Haven harbor, Con-
necticut, twenty-five thousand dollars.
For the Improvement of HOusatontc river, Con-
necticu, ten Thousand dollsrs.
For The Improvement Of bridgeport harbOr, Con.
necicut ten thousand dollars
For the Improvement of Norfolk harbor, Connec
tfcut ten thousand dollars.
For the Improvement of StOniugton harbor Con-
nectcut, by deepening and dredging the same aud
is approaches, TWEEN five thousanH dollars
For the Improvement OF Saint Crolx river above
the "ledge," Maine, ten thousand dollars.
For the improvement OF Machiae river, Maine
twelve thousand dollars
For the Improvement of Camden harbor Maine
ten thousand dollars.
For the improvement of Penobscot river, Maine,
twenty thousand dollars.
For tho Improvement of Kennebec river, Maine,
twelve thousand collars.
For the Improvement of Portland barbor, Maine,
nifty thousand dollars.
For the improvement OF Richmond Island, Maine,
sixty thousand dollars, a.
For the improvement of Cooheco river, New
Hampahi o. ten thousand dollars.
For the Improvements Of Merrimac river Massa-
cbusetts, twenty-five thousand dollars.
For the Improvement OF Boston harbor, Massa
chu8etts, incuning Deer and Lowell IL ands one
hundred and nf thousand dollars.
For the improvement of the South channel at en-
trance of Duxbury harbor, Massachusetts, ten thou
For the Improvement of Plymouth harbor, Massa-
chnsetts, three thousand dollars.
For the Improvement OF Provincetown harbor
Massachusetts, six IN usand dollars.
For the improvement of Hyannls harbor, Massa-
ten thou and dollars.
For the Improvement of Wareham harbOr, MassE-
ten thousand dollars
For the Improvement Of Taunton river, Massa.
husatts, ten thousand dollars.
For removing sand-bar forming az the entr ,nce
Of Salem harDor, Massachusetts, fifteen thoasand
dollars.
For the Improvement of the Lower vii amette
and COLUMBIA ri gers from Portland, Oregon, to the
sea- Lwrnty thousand dollars.
river. Oregon. three thousand dollars
For the Improvement OF BreAkwaler at Whining
ton, California, one hundred and fifty thousand dol
FIr SURVEYS and examinations AID contingencies
OF rivers and harDois, one hundr. and twenty five
thousand dollars.
SEC That the Secretary OF War is hereby d.
feeted cauae examinations nr SURVEYS or both, to
0 made at the folio wing p ints, nameV: at he
outlet Of Po mt dudath lake, Rhode Island; at Crow
shoals, Delaware bay, near Cape light, New
Jersey for an artificial harbOr or breakwate ; Har-
lem river, the East river, New YORK, for
val of rocks tn rerom; OF the piers and connecting
bridges aG Chester, rennsylvdhla; the PenobscoJ
river, from o dtown to Medwsy and vlctoity Maine
the Galena fVer from It's mouth 20 up ser b idge in
city of Gaena, llliI ots; the harbnr Fall River, Mas
81 AchuAetis for removal of rocks therefrOm; at
Woods Hole, in Buzz ird'z bay, Massachusetts, for
removal Of r, cks therefrom; Old House channel to
main channel OF Pamll o sound, North Carolina;
the h roor Of Washington. North Carolina; at bayou
the mouth; from mouth of Red river down Atcha-
falaya river to Brashear, in Louisiana; at the
trance of Matagorda bay and the channel to India
noa, exa7; Pine river, saint lair county, Michl
gan; MOnisttque harbor. Lake Michigan; Sebawang
river, Michigan; iamhill river, oregon; the mouth
head to Penbna; at the month of Kea aunee rive.
Wisconsin; at Rfk river. Maryland, below Elkton;
at Rarltan river, New Jersey, below New Bruins
Ground; the Oughi0ugheny river, Pennsylvania;
ArOostock river, Maine. for imprs yement of the
California; Santa cru California; RsterO bay,
near Santa Barbara. Ca.ifC rniA And not to exceed
uVe IHOuBalu uOllATS OF Lne nDOVe APPROXIMATION
may be expended In an exploration OF routes for
the extension Of he chesapeake and Ohio canal, Jy
the horth and son branches OF the Potomac river.
For connecting the inland waters along the mar
gin Of the Gulf of Mexico from D0naldsOnvtlle Ia
TO Rio Grande river In Texas, by
cnts and canals not to exceed tw-nty thousand dol
lars Of the amount herein appropriated for surveys
rivers and harborB; at Great Pee Dee river, from
Pine Bluff to CheIaw, South Carolina; at ashley
river, South Carolina; at Cleveland ohio, for the
construction OF har6Or OF re nge; at FOrked Deer
river, below Dyersburg, Tennessee; at harbOr at
goua barbor, Mlssissippi sound; at Portsmouth
harbor. New Hampshire, for breakwater between
Gerrish's island and Wood island; in Ipswich bay,
Massachusetts. at HOdgktns I've, to ascertain the
practic ability Of a harbor of rfuge by building
bTepkwa er there.
SIC. 8 That the Secretary Of War is hereby au-
III rized and req tired TO detail from the engineer
corps more engineers, whose duty It shall be
to inquire into and roporG upon the practica0 ty OF
bridging consistently wi h the intereHtA 81 nayPa
ton, the channel between Lake Huron and Lake
Erie, at such points may be needul for ths pass
ing o. railroad trains across said channel and also
its fleet upon The navigation OF the samei and
further TO iLqlre into The number OF trips made by
each and II said bridging be practicable 10 report
what extent Of span or spans and elevation above
wa er will be require in the construction OF such
bridge or bridges 30 as not seriously nure the nav
igation Of said channel
SEo 4. That The appropriation for. building the
pier at Lewes, delaware, contained In the act ap-
proved July fifteen h, ghteen hundred and sevpn-
ty, an at entitled, "An act making appropriations
year ending June thrtieth. eighteen hundred and
seventy.one, and for other PURPOSES" be aud he
same Ia hereby extended until June thtrtieth. egh-
teen hundred and seventy -four.
Approved, March 8, 1s13