The Portland daily press., 1873-06-05
on, California, one hundred anu fifty thousand dol.

ton, California one hundred and fifty thousand dol.
FOR surveys and examinations, and contingencies
thousand dollars 'o "Iu '"en'y -N'S
n n That the Secretary of War hereby direct
M ~ cause examinations or surveys or both, be
let Of Point Judith lake. Rhode Island; at Glow
sInoals Delaware bay, near Cape May Hight, New
Jersey, Tor an artificial harbor or breakwater; Har-
ZEN river, near the East river New York, for remov-
al OF rocks thereiron of the piers and connecting
bridges at Chester Pennsylvania; the Pennbscot riv
eE from oldtown to Midway its t ana Vicinity Maine;
city of Galena, illinois; the harbor at Fall River,
Massachusetts, for removal OF rocks therefrom; Old
tho harbor of Washington North Carolina; at bayou
Lafourche, louisiana from Laourche crossing to the
mouth; from mouth of Red river down Atchafalaya
river to Brashear, In louisiana at the entrance OF
Aatagorda bay and the channel to IudianoIa, Tex
as; Pine river, Saint Clair county, Michigan; Mon
tisique harhor, Lake Michigan; Sebawaing river.
Michigan; Yamhlll river, Oregon; the mouth of the
Coquile river, Oregon; Red river from Morehead to
Pemblna; at the mouth of Kewaunee river, Wilson,
sin; at Elk river, Maryland, below Elkton at Rari-
tan river, New Jersey below New Brunswick, in
Guiding the shoals called the Middle Ground; the
Youghiougheny river, Pennsylvania; Aroostook rv-
er. Maine for improvement of the channel; at San
Antonio creek San Francisco bay California; Santa
Cruz, Califoi MIA Estero bay near Sania Barbara
California. And not to exceed five thousand dollars
of the above appropriation may be expended in an
exploration of routes for the extension of the Chesa
peake and Ohio canal to the Ohio river by the north
For connecting the inland waters along the margin
of the Gulf of Mexico from Donaldsonville in Lou
isiana, TO the Rio Grande river. in Texas by cuts
and canals, not to exceed twenty thousand dollars OF
the amount herein appropriated for surveys of rivers
and harbors at Great Pee Dee river from Pine Bluff
| to Cheraw South Carolina; at Ashley river, South
Carona at Cleveland Ohio, for the construction of
harbor of refuge: at Forked Deer river below Dy-
ersbufg, Tennessee; at harbor at Wilson, on Lake
Ontario. New York East Pascaeoula harbor Mis-
| sissippi sound; at Portsmouth harbor, New Hamp-
shire, for breakwater between Gerrlshs island and
| Wood island; in Ipswich bay, Massachusetts, at
Hodgkins' cove, to ascertain the practicabiy of
harbor of refuge by building breakwater there.
SEC. B. That the Secretary of War is hereby ati-
thorized and required to detail from the engineer
corps one or more engineers, whose duty it shall be
to inquire into and report upon the practicabiity of
bridging, c0nsis emily with the interests of naviga-
ton, the channel between Lake Huron and Lake
Erie, at such points as may be needfu for the pass
ing OF railroad trains said channel, and also
its effect upon the navigation of the same and fur
ther to inquire into the number and character of the
vessels navigating said channel and the number of
trips made by each, and it said bridging be practical
BILE, to report what extent of span or spans
and elevation above the water will be required in the
construction of such bridge bridges SO as not seri
ously to injure the navigation of said channel
SEC. 4. That the appropriation for building The
pier at Lewes, Delaware, contained in the act an
proved July fifteenth Eighteen hundred and serenity
an act entitled "An act making appropriations fIf
sundry civil expenses OF the Government for the wear
ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and seven
ty-one and for other purposes, be and the same is
hereby extended until June thirteth, eighteen hun
dred and seventy -four.
Approved, March g. 1873.
j. G. BLAINE,
Speaker Of the House of REPRESENTATIVES.
SCHUYLER COLFAX,
Ttce. President Of the United States and President
II the Senate.
U.s. GRANT.