New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1874-09-13
NEW ORLEANS REPUBLICAN SUNDAY SEPTEMBER IS

demonstrating 1hefsinfROsonaeet q ~
NSfbur IT Camden, Maine, ten thousand
dollars.
For continuing the improvement Of thu
Kennebec river, Maine, twelve thousand
dollars.
For continuing the improvement of thu
harbor at Portland. Maine. twenty thousand
dollars.
For continuing the Improvement Of Chi
Cocheco river. New Hampshire. ten chou
sand dollars.
For continuing the Improvement Of che
Merrimack river, MASSACHUSETTS,, ten thou
sand dollars.
For continuing the improvement Of thu
entrance of Salem harbors Massachusetts,
ten thousand dollars.
For continuing the improvement OF the
harbor at Boston, Massachusetts. one hun
dred thousand dollars.
For continuing the improvement OF the
harbop at Plymouth, Massachusetts,. and
for dredg ing, i've thousand dollars.
For continuing the Improvement OF The
harbor at Provincetown, Massachusetts,. six
thousand dollars.
For continuing the improvement Of che
Lower Willamette and Columbia rivers,
IRON Portland. Oregon. to The sea. twenty
thousand. dollars. -
For continuing tho improvement Of the
Upper Willamette river. Oregon. seven
thousand five hundred dollars. a..
For continuing the Improvement OK the
Upper Columbia river. twenty thousand
dollars.
For continuing the improvement Of the
harbor at Galveston. Texas. SIXTY thousand
dollars.
For removing wrecks and rocks of Che
harbor of San Francisco, California. twenty.
five thousand dollars.
For the Improvement Of Oakland harbof,
one hundred Thousand dollars.
For continuing the improvemeRt of the
harbor at Milwaukee, Wisconsin, ten thou
sand dollars.
For continuing the improvement Of Sagi-
nav river. Mich. IN. fifteen thousand dol
lars.
Tina. the appropriation under the act Of
March third. eighteen hundred and seventy.
three, for tho improvement OF the harbors
of Washing eon and Georgetown be made to
apply 20 dredging the Virginia Q. George
town channel Of the Potomac river above
and below Long Bridge, and that the earth
excavated therefrON be deposited SO as to
carry ont as far as practicable the plan for
improving the harbors Of Washington and
Georgetown. in accordance with the recon-
menda.ion made 10 Congress December
seventeenth, eighteen hundred and seventy.
UWCs w u DU6IO VI buIVCy SAS0tSO W uSt VI
Congress approved March dith, eighteen
hundred and seventy-twO.
For surveys and estimates for the ian-
provements recommended by the Senate
Selec, Committee ON Transportation Routes
to the Sea board, upon the four routes indi-
Gated in the report of said committee, and
also upon route from the mouth of the
Youghiogeny river, to continue the slack
water navigation up said river 20 its head
waters at the foot Of the Allegheny noun
tains, thence by canal 60 Cumberland. inter
sec.ing there the Chesapeake and Ohio
canal. two hundred thousand dollars, or SO
much thereof as may be necessary, to be
expended under the direction Of the 6ecre.
tarv OF War in such manner IS. in his judg.
ment will secure the greatest amount Of
exact information for each of said routes
For the improvement Of the harbor at
Charleston, South Carolina, eighteen thou.
sand dollars.
For examination. and surveys of rivers
and hal bors, and for incidental, repairs at
harbors for which there is no special appro-
priation. seventy five thousand dollars.
SEC. =. That the Secretary of War is
hereby directed to cause examinations or
surveys, or both, to be made at the follow.
ing points, namely:
Harbor Of New Bedford, Massachusetts,.
Cascades and Da!les OF the Columbia
river, Oregon, and Washington Territories,
for the purpose of ascertsining the practic-
ability and cost of constructing canals and
locks at such points.
Skage. river, for removing jams. Wash
inston Territory.
Yam Hill river. Oregon, for removing
rocks and sand bars.
Snohomish river. for removing jams,
Washington Territory.
Chehalie river. for removing Jams, Wash
ingtOn Territory.
Tennessee river. above the mouth Of Ilols-
ton river TO ChilLOwee Mountains. Tennes-
see.
Hiawasse river. below Benton. Tennessee.
Urbanna creek. Virginia. below Urbanna.
Black Warrior river. below the mouth OF
Locus. Fork. Alabama.
CahabA river. below Centreville, Ala
bama.
Nantucket Harbor Bar. Massachusetts,.
Lamprey river, below Newmarket. New
Hampshire.
Exeter river, below Exeter. New Hamp.
shire.
Minnesota river, for further examination
for improvement by canals. locks and dams.
Oconee river, from the Ocmuj gee to Mill.
edgevil!e, Georgia.
Chickahominy river. Virginia.
Hampton river. Virgi nia.
Wolf Lake Cut, Indiana.
Snake river. idaho, from ShOshoneo Falls
to Lewiston, examination and estimates for
removing powders and other Instructions.
Sacramento river. below Tehama. CALI
forna.
Feather river. below Msrysvi,le. Califos.
MIA.
Lake WinniplseoSee. for placing buoys
on instructions. New Hampshire.
I'll
water. Portsmouth, New Hampshire.
Pagan Creek. Virginia.
New River, from the lead mines in Wythe
county, Virginia, 60 the "Mouth of Wilson
in Grayson county. Virginia.
The Little kanawhs river. below Bull
Town.
Chippewa river. below Chippewa Falls,
Wisconsin.
Dakota river, between Southern Dakota
Railroad and Northern Pacific Railroad.
Dakota Territory.
Tonbigtee river. by way of Big Bear
creek. to the Tennessee. 20 connect water
communication.
Estuary in Santa Barbara channel. about
two miles north of Point Muger, California.
Cleveland breakwater. new estimate tor
four fathOms water, Ohio.
San Joaquin river. below Stockton. Cali
fornia.
Guyandotte river. below Logan Court
house. West Virginia.
Cedar Bayou bar; and ten thousand dol
lars are hereby appropriated for che inn
provement 81 Red Fish bar. in Galveston
bay. Texas.
Withlacooche river. from mouth o: Geo.
'pilco river, Georgia. .
Ochalochnee river. below Atlantic and
Gulf railroad, Georgia.
Red river. az Alexandria, Louisiana.
Harlem river, from Ran6all's Island by
way of Spuyten Duyvil creek. to Hudson
Blackwater rive,, Virgins.
Mouth Of Kennebupk river. Maine.