Wilmington daily commercial., 1874-08-04

For continuing the Improvement Of the Appoma-
| toX river, Virginia, thirty thousand dollars
For continuing the improvement Of the south
dollars
For continuing the Improvement of theNansemond
| flver virginia, ten Thousand dollars
For continuing the improvement OF the Roanoke
hlver, North Carolina, five thousand dollars
For continuing the improvement OF the Cape Fear
river, North Carolina, one hundred and nifty thou
sand dollars
For continuing the Improvement Of the Delaware
river EN- aud channel at Fort Mn Bar fifty thousand
For continuing the improvement of the Delaware
| river between Trenton and Bordentown ten thou
sand dollars ~ ~
For the removal OF distractions in the barbor and
a construction Of pier at New Caste, Delaware,
ten thousand dollars
For continuing the improvement of the harbor at
| wilmington Delaware, six thousand dollars
tOr continuing the United States Pier in Della
ware Bay, near Lewes, Delaware, ten thousand do
For continuing the Improvement of the Sc uylkill
hlYer, twenty thousand dollars
,,, for continuing the Improvement OF the tudson
nNeI, New YORK, forty Thousand dollars; and out
OF THIS appropriation the sum OF seven tlousacd
iour nun red and sixty two dollars may be paid by
lne ohleI OF Engineers to Emory X. seward, In full
| payment Tor work done by hun in removing the
| oVelsaugh rock IN the Hudson River, under his
contract i made in eighteen hundred and seventy
for continuing the improvement OF the Passalc
| river, New Jersey, twenty thousand dollars
nor ,co'lnuing me Improvement by removing OBJ
s.Iuctlons IN the East and Harlem Rivers at or near
| dollars
rOi continuing the improvement of the harbor at
"arehaul, massachusetts, ten thousand dollars
for continuing the improvement Of the harbor
Ut J., liyalnis Massachusetts,, five thousand dollars
:, for continuing the improvement of the Taunton
| iiner, massachusetts, ten thousand dollars
For the Improvement of the harbor at Fall Rivtr
massachusetts, ten thousand dollars
FOR continuing this improvement of the breakwa-
terat Block Island, twenty thousand dollars
=, For continuing the impro ement OF the harbor at
| Newport, Rhode Island, ten thousand dollars
~ or continuing the Improvement of the harbOr at
Wilsckiord Rhode Island, five Thousand dollars
for continuing the improvement of the Pawca-
tuck River, Rhode Island and Connecticut ten thou
| sand dollars
For continuing the Improvement OF the harbor
| lars
For continuing the improvement of the ConnectI
cut river below Hartford, Connecticut twenty thou
sand dollars 49,
For continuing the improvement of the Housaton-
| 10 ltlVer, Connecticut, ten thousand dollars
FOR continuing the improvement OF the harbor
lars
For continuing tn Improvement of the harbor at
Norwalk, Connecticut ten thousand dollars
for the improvement of the harbor at Milford,
connecticut, five thousand dollars
mat the sum OF Mt thousand dollars Is appropri-
aled ior tne opening and improving of the channel
between Staten Island and New Jersey
FOR continuing the improvement of the st. CroiX
RIVER, Maine, ten thousand dollars
For continuing the improvement OF the Machias
river, Maine, ten thOnsnn dollars
For continuing the improvement OF the Penobscot
river, Maine, twenty thousand dollars
For continuing the improvement of the harbor at
Camden, Maine, ten Thousand dollars
fo- continuing the Improvement of the Kennebec
river, Maine, twelve thousand dollars
For continuing the Improvement of the harbor at
r9rtlahd, Malne twenty thousand dollars
For continuing the improvement of the Cocheco
river, New Hampshire, ten thousand dollars
For continuing the improvement of the Merrl-
mack river, Massachusetts, ten Thousand dollars
For continuing the Improvement OF the entrance
OF salem harDor, Massachusetts,, ten thousand dol
lars
For continuing the Improvement of the harbor
al BOSTON, observation-disclosures hundred thousand dol
lars
For continuing the improvement of the harbor at
Plymouth, Massachusetts,, and for dredging, i've
For continuing the Improvement of the harbor
at Proyincetown, Massachusetts, six thousand dol
lars
For continuing the Improvement of the Lower
willamette and Columbia rivers, and Oregon, to the
sea, twenty thousand dollars
For continuing the improvement Of the Upper
william ate river, Oregon seven thousand live hun
dred dollars
For continuing the Improvement of the Upper Co.
uilbia river, twenty thousand dollars
For continuing the Improvement OF the harbor at
Galveston, Texas, sixty thousand dollars
For removing wrecks and rocks off the harhor at
san Francisco, California twenty five thousand dol
lars
dred thousand dollars
For continuing the Improvement of the harbor at
Milwaukee, Wisconsin, ten thousand dollars
For continuing the improvement of Saginaw river,
lift en- thousand dollars
That the appropriation under the act of March
third, eighteen hundred and seventy three for the
improvement of the harbOrs of Washington and
Georgetown he made to apply to dredging the Yr-
ginid or Georgetown channel Of the Potomac river
above and below Long Bridge and that the earth ex
cavated terefrOm he deposited so rs to carry out
far practicable the plan for improving the harbors
OF Washington and orgetown, in accordance with
rhe Recommendation made to Congress December
seventeenth, eighteen hundred and seventy two,
by hoard of survey created by act Of Congress
two
Forsurveys and estimates for the improvements
recommend by the Senate Select Committee on
FFn gtnF nj a IN 10
four routesi dictated III the report OF said commit
tee, aud also upon route from the mouth of the
NOnghlogheny 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, mtersecilng there the Chesapeake and
Ohio Canal, Two hundred thou and dollars, SO
much thereof as may bi necessary to be expended
und 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 Carolina, eighteen thousand dollars
For examinations and surveys Of rivers and har-
bors and for incidental repairs al harbors for which
there Is no special appropriation, seventy five thou
sand dollars
SEC 2. That the Secretary of War is hereby direct
ed to cause examinations surveys, both, to be
made at the following points namely
Marlboro New Bedford, Massachusetts
Cascades and Dallas of the Columbia River, Ore |
gon, and Washington Terrlt res, for the purpose of
Asccrtaining the praccabty and cost of construct
ing canals and locks at SUCH points
Skaget River, for removing jams, Washington
Territory
Yam Till River, Oregon, for removing rocks and
sand bars
snohomish river, for removing jams, Washington
Territory
Cheh'ilis river, for removing jams, Washington
re TORY
Tenn ssee river, above the mouth of Ioston river
to the ChilhOwee Mountains, tennessee
Iiawassee river, below Benton, Tennessee
Urbanna reek, Virginia, below Urbanna
Black Warrior river, below the mouth of Locust
Fork, Alabama
MAI tucket harbor bar, Massachusetts
Lamprey river, below New Market, New Halnp- |
shire
Exet river below Exeter, New Hampshire
MINI sofa river, for further examination for lm- |
provement by canals, locks and dams
Oconee river, from the Ocmulgee TO Mllledgevle, |
Georgia
Chickahomny river, Virginia
hampton riv r, Virginia
Wolf Lake cut Indiana
Snake river, Idaho from ShOshonee Falls 10 Lew |
ls'On, examination and estimates for removing
! powders and other distractions
sacramento river, below rehama; California
| Feather Iiy, r, below Marysylli, California
Lake Wnnipis ogee, for placing buoys on 0bstruc-
lions, New Hampshire
| Smutty Nose island, as to repair brcakwater,
| Portsmouth, New Hampshire
Pagan Greek, virginia
| New river, from the lead mines IN Wythe county,
| Virginia, to the ''Mouth of Wilson," in Graysun
County, virginia cum
| The Little Kanawha river, below Bull Town
Chippewa river, below Chippewa Falls Wiscon-
| sin -,
Dakota River, between Southern Dakota Rail
| road and Northern Pacific Railroad, Dakota Terri
| tory - =. -. - A.. MI. ,,.,. ,,noo,,