Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1873-05-03

For the f,uprevenent OF Cocheoo river, New
Hampshire. tn thousand doiisrs
FOR the improvement OF Merrimsc river,
hs~ssch u.etts. twenty-five thousand dollars.
escb aeetfs, Including Deer and I,oyriI's Island.
one hundred and fifty thousand deIl.rs
For the improvement Of the south chsrpel NJ
entrance o. puxeury harsor. Massachusetts,, ten
For the improvement OF Plymouth h.rn,~
Massachusetts,. three thousand dellars
Tor. Massachusetts,, six thousand dollars.
For the Improvement of Hyannis harbor,
Massachusetts, ten thousand dollars.
ssr tSeas. o. scIn9s ho'
For the improvement OF Taunton river, Mas
sachusettr, ten thousand dollars.
For removing sand- bar forming st the en-
france OF Salem harbor. Massach ssetts. nttssa
thousand dollars.
For the Improvement Of the Lower wnau-
etle and Columbia rivers. from Portland, one
gon, 10 the SEE. twenty thousand dollars.
FER the improvement OF the Upper william
cite river. Oregon, three thous and doIlaru
TOT tne improvement OF breaksster at VIII
sand dollars
For surveys and examinations. snd con,,p-
genciee OF rivers and hArbors, one hundred s,.l
twenty-five thousand dollars.
SEC. 2. That the Secretary Of War II hereby
directed 70 cause examinations or surveys or
both, to be made at the following points, name
Island; At Crow shoals, Delaware bav, near
Cape MAY light, New Jersey, fta an artinciz
harbor or ereskwster; Harlem river, near the
East river, New York, for removal of rocks
therefron; Of the piers and connecting bridges
at Chester. Pennsylvania; the Fenohscot river,
from oldtown 20 Midway and vicinity, NJ sine;
the Galena river, from its mo attn 20 upper
bridge in city OF Galena. Illinois: the harbor ut
fsll River, Massachusetts. for removal OF rocks
tberefrom; at Woods hole. In b IzzGd's bay,
Massachusetts. for removal of rocks therefrom;
Old House channel 20 main channel OF Pamlico
sound, North Carolina; the hartor OF wsshina.
ton, North Carolina; az eayou Lafourche, Lou
isiana, from Lsfourcne crossing Q, the moath;
from mouth Of Red river down Atchxfslaya
river TO Brsshear, in Louisiana; ~ the entrance
Of Matagorda bay and the ch anne 60 lndianola,
Texas; Pine river. saint Clair county, Michi-
gan; Monissigue hsrbor. Lake Michigan: seba-
WANG river, Michigan; Namhill river. Oregon:
the mouth Of Coquille river, Oregon; Red river,
from Morenead 20 Pembina; At the mouth OF
Kewaunee river, Wisconsin; At Elk river, Ma
ryland, below Elkton; at Rsritsn river, New
Jersey, below New Brunswick, Including the
shoals called the Middle Ground; the YOugh-
ioueheny river, Pennsylvania; Aroostook river,
Maine, tor Improvement OF the channel; st San
Antonio creek, San Francisco bay, California;
Santa Cruz, California; Estero bay. near Santa
Barbara, California Aud not to exceed i've
thousand dollars Of the above appropriation
may be expended in an explorati of routes for
the extension Of the Chesapeake and Ohio canal
branches of the Potomac river.
For collecting the inland waters along the
margin Of the Gulf of NJ xico. from Donaldson
II.
Texas, by cuts and canals, not TO exceed twenty
thousand dollars Of the amount herein sppro-
priated for surveys OF rivers and harbOrs; st
Great Pee Dee river, from Pine Bluff TO Che
raw, South Carolina; at Ashley river, South
Carolina; at Cleveland, Ohio, for the cOnstruc-
ton OF a harbor of refuge; at Forked Deer river
below Dyersburg. Tennessee; at harbor AZ Will
son, on Lake Ontario, New York; at r. st Pas
cagonla harh0r, Mississippi sound; at POrts-
mouth harbor, New Hampshire, for breakwa alter
between GerrIsh's island and Wood island; in
a. n saff at fnAu AZ nfs
70 ascertain the practiczbIlicy OF a harbOr OF
refuge by building breakwater there.
SIC 3. That the Secretary of War IL hereby
authorized and required 10 detail from the en-
gineer corps one or more engineers, whose duty
II shall be to inquire into and report upOn the
prscticabiliiy Of bridging, consistently with the
interests OF navigation, the channel between
Lake Huron and Lake Erie, st such points as
may be needful for the passing OF railroad trains
navigation of the same; and further 20 ina uire
int the number and character of the vessels
navigating said channel, and the number of
tlps made by each, and, IL said bridging bs
practicable, 70 report what extent OF span or
spans and elevation above the " ater will be re-
quired in the construction of such bridge or
bridges, so as not seriously to injure the nsyi-
CATION of said channel.
SEQ. 4. That the appropriation for building
the pier at Lewes, Delaware, contained In the
act approved July fifteenth, eighteen hundred
and seventy, an act entitled Z" An act making
appropriations for sundry CIVIL expenses OF the
Goyernmentfo for the year ending Jane thirtieth,
eighteen hundred and seventy-one, and for
other purposes, }" be and the same il hereby ex-
tended until June thirtieth, eighteen hundred
and seventy-four. lApproved. March 3, 1874.