Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1874-10-22
at Provincetown, Massachusetts,. six thousand

land, oregon, to the sea, twenty thousand dol
lars.
Continuing the improvement of the Upper
Willamette River, Oregon, seven thousand five
hundred dollars
Continuing the Improvement of the Upper
Columbia River, twenty thousand dollars.
For continuing the Improvement ofthe har-
Dor at Galveston, Texas, sixty thousand dol
lars.
For removing wrecks and rocks off the har-
Dor of San Francisco. California, twenty-five
dollars.
For the improvement OF Oakland harbor,
one hundred thousand dollars.
Continuing the improvement of the harbor
at Milwaukee, Wisconsin, ten thousand dol
lars.
For continuing the improvement of Sagi-
nav River, fifteen thousand dollars.
That the appropriation under the act Of
March third, eighteen hundred ana seventy
three, for the Improvement of the harbors of
Washington and Georgetown be made to ap-
ply to dredging the Virginia or Georgetown
channel of the Potomac River above and be-
low Long Bridge, and that the earth excava-
ted therefrom be deposited so as 10 carry out
as far as practicable the plan for improving
the harbors of Washington and Georgetown,
in accordance with the recommendation made
to Congress December seventeenth, eighteen
hundred and seventy two, By a board of sur
vey created by act of Congress approved March
ff5h, eighteen hundred and seventy-two.
Eor SURVEYS ana 6SGlula6SS IOf GuS Improve
ments recommended by the Senate Select Com
mittee on Transportation Routes to the Sea-
board, upon the four routes indicated in the
report of said committee, and also upon a
route from the mouth of the Yaughiogheny
River, to continue the slack-water navigation
up said river to its head waters at the foot OF
the Allegheny Mountains, thence by canal to
Cumberland, intersecting there the Chesa-
peake and Ohio Canal, two hundred thousand
dollars or SO much thereof as may be necessa-
rv, to be expended under the direction of the
Secretary Of War in such manner as, in his
Judgment, will secure the greatest amount OF
exact information for each of said routes.
For the Improvement of the harbor at
Charleston, South Caroline, eighteen thousand
dollars.
For examination and survey of rivers and
hafbors. and for incidental repairs at harhoFs
for which there is no special appropriation,
seventy five thousand dollars.
SEC 2. That the Secretary of War is here
by directed to cause examinations or surveys;
or both, to be made at the following points,
namely:
Harber of New Bedford Massachusetts
Cascades and Dalles of the ColUmbia River,
Oregon and Washington Territories, for the
purpose of ascertaining the practicability and
cost of constructing canals and locks at such
points
sBksget River, for removing jams, Washing
ton Territory.
Hill River. oregon lOE ONAii 8 AOS4AS
and sand-bars.
Sneh omish river, for removing Jams " ash-
ington Territory.
Ghehallis river, for removing Jams, Wash
ington Territory.
Tennessee river, above the mouth of Hols-
ton River to the Chilhowee Mountains, Ten
nessee.
Hiawassee river. below Benton, Tennessee
Urbanna Greek, Virginia, below .Urbanna.
Black Warrior river. below the mouth of
Locust Fork, Alabama.
Cahaba river, below Centerville, Alabama,
Nantucket Harbor Bar, Massachusetts.
Lamprey river, below New Market, N eW
Hampshire.
Exeter river, below Exeter, New Hampshire
Minnesota river, for further examination for
| Improvement by canals, locks and dams
Oeonee river from the Ocmulgee to MIlIedge-
| vile, Georgia.
Chickahominy river, Virginia.
| Hampton river, Virginia
! Wolf Lake Out. Indiana.
| Snake river, Idaho, from Sheshonee Falls to
| lewiston, examination and estimates for re-
! ugs8sing boulders and other distractions.
/ Sacramento river, below Tehama, Califor-
dia.
Feather river, below Marysville, California
Lake Winnipiseogee, for placing buoys on
| distractions, New Hampshire.
| Snutty Nose Island to repair breakwa-
ter. Portsmouth, New Hampshire.
Pagan Greek, Virginia.
Now River, from the lead-mines in Wytht
County, Virginia, to the t'Mouth of Wilson
| in Grayson county, Virginia.
| The Little Kanawha river, below BuI
Town.
Chippewa river, below Chippewa Falls
| Wisconsin.
Dakota river, between Southern Dakott
| Railroad and Northern Pacific Railroad, Da-
| kota Territory.
Tombigbee river, by way of Big Bear Creel
to the Tennessee, to connect water communi-
cation.
Estuary in Santa Barbara Channel. abou
two miles north of Point Muger, California
Cleveland breakwater, new estimate for fou
fathoms water, Chic.
San Joaquin river, below Stockton Califor
mia.
Guyandotte river, below Logan Court Hous
West Virginia.
Cedar Bayou Bar; and ten thousand dollar
are re, hereby appropriated for the Improvement
W1thlacooche river, from mouth of Ocopilc
river, Georgia
| Ochalochnee river, below Atlantic and GHl
Railroad, Georgia.
Red river: at Alexandria, Louisiana.
Harlem rlVeT from Randal'S Island. by way c
Spuyten Duyvn Creek, to Hudson River, Me-
Blackwater River, Virginia
Mouth of Kennebunk River, Maine.
, Brazos River, below Waco, including the ba
Guadalupe River below Gonzales, Texes
r St CroiX River below st. CroiX Falls, in ALir
The Rec River Of the North from Breckenridg
to M0Orhead.
r Big Sandy River below Piketon, Kentucky.
Twelve Pole River, below Wayne Court House
West Virginia.
Harbor Of bingham, Massachusetts, with re
= ference to the removal of obstruc tions.
= SebaWaing River, Michigan, for entrance, wit
. Mouth of Saginaw River, Michigan,
French Broad River, North Carolina, from Brt
= ward to BuncoHbe County line.
Big Sandy River. from its mouth to Piketol
and to Warfeld. in Kentucky.
q Rock Castle River frnf foot
i the narrows at Graham's Mills, to its mouth
Smiths Shoals, in the Cumberland River Ke1
r Inside passage, between Fernandina and S
= johns Hlyer, known as Nassau River, Florida.
Grand Marias Harbor, Lake Superior, Minn
sofa
n Pamunkey River Virginia
l. Mataponi River, Virginia.
Little Wicomico River, Virg inia.
i Survey Of Harbor of Crisfieid, Somerset Cou1
C' ty, Maryland, with view of removing obstru
,r Harbor of L eonardtown, Britton Bay. Pot
i mac River, Maryland, with a view to remove o.
Harbor of Norfolk, Virginia
l. SEC . Ihat board of engineers, to be cor
f. posed OF three from the Army, one from tt
- Coast Survey, and three from civil life, be a
pointed by the President; which said board sha
le make survey of the mouth of the Mississip
d River. with view to determine the best met
cd Of obtaining and maintaining depth of W
ter sufficient for the purposes of commerce, cit
Or by a canal from said river to the waters of t
ID Cult, or deepening one ,or of the natur
, full and detailed estimate and statement of t
i cost OF each of said plans, and shall report t
ID same, together with their opinion thereon, ,sho
ing which of all said plans they deem preferab
l. giving their reasons therefor to the Secretary
fWar, to be presented at the commencement
the second session of the Forty-third Congre!
IS and that the sum of twenty-five thousand dt
of lars, or so much thereof as may be necessary,
w hereby appropriated, out of any funds in t
" Treasury not otherwise appropriated to defr
the cost of said survey.
le Approved June %, 1874.
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