Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1874-09-18

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For continuing the improvement of the
harbor at Campden, Maine, ten thousand
! dollars.
For continuing the improvement of the
kennebeck River, Maine, twelve thousand
! dollars.
For continuing the improvement of the
harbor at Portland, Maine, twenty thou
sand dollars.
For continuing the improvement of the
Cochecho River, New Hampshire, ten
thousand dollars.
For continuing the Improvement of the
! Merrmack River, Massachusetts, ten thou
| sand dollars.
For continuing the improvement of the
! entrance of Salem harbur, Massachusetts,
! ten thousand dollars.
For continuing the improvement Of the
| harbOr at Boston, Massachusetts, ono hum
! dred thousand dollars.
For continuing the improvement Of the
| harbor at Plymonth, Massachusetts, and
/ for dredging, ive,tbousand dollars.
For continuing the improvement of the
! harbor at Provncetown, Massachusetts,
| six thousand dollars.
For continuing the Improvement Of the
Lower Willamette and Columbia Rivers,
from Portland, Oregon, to the sea, twenty
| thousand dollars.
For continuing the Improvement of the
| Upper Willamette River, Oregon, seven
thousand five hundred dollars.
For continuing the improvement of 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 Off the
harbor Of San Francisco, California, TWEEN
| ty-Iiv thousand dollars.
For the improvement OF Oakland Har-
| bor, one hundred thousand dollars.
For continuing the improvement Of the
] har ri, uI
sand dollars.
For continuing the improvement Of Sag
inaw River, Michigan, fifteen thousand dol
| lars.
That the appropriation under the act of
| March third, eighteen hundred and seven
! ty-three, for the improvement of the har-
| bors of Washington and Georgetown be
made to apply to dredging the Virginia or
| Georgetown channel of the Potomac River
above and below Long Bridge, and that the
earth excavated therefrom be deposited so
| as to carry out as far as practicable the
plan for improving the harbors of Wash
| ington and Georgetown, in accordance with
| the recommendation made to Congress De-
| cember seventeenth, eighteen hundred and
| seventy-two, by board of survey created
! by act of Congress approved March fflb,
eighteen hundred and seventy-two.
| For surveys and estimates for the i'm
| provements recommended by the Senate
| Select Committee on Transportation- Routes
| to the Seaboard, upon the four routes 1ndi-
| Gated in the report of said committee, and
| also upon route from the mouth of the
! Youghogheny 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 Cumber-
! land, intersecting there the Chesapeake
| and Ohio Canal, two hundred thousand
| dollars, or so much thereof as may be nee
essary, to be expended under the direction
of tho 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 thou
sand dollars.
For examinations and SURVEYS of rivers
and harbors, and for incidental repairs at
| har bors for which there is no special ap-
preparation, seventy-five thousand dollars.
SEQ. 2. 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 Dalles of the Columbia
River, Oregon, and Washington Terrific
res, for the purpose of ascertaining the
| practicabllity and cost of constructing ca
nails aud locks at such points.
Skaget River, for removing jams, Wash
| ington Territory.
Yam Hill River, Oregon, for removing
rocks and sand-bars
SnOhomish River, for removing Jams,
| Washington Territory.
Chehalis River, for removing Jam s,
Washington Territory.
Tennessee River, above the mouth of
Holston- River to the Chilhowee Noun
tains, Tennessee.
Hiawassa River, below Benton, Tennes-
see.
Urbanna Creek, Virginia, below Urban
ma.
Black Warrior River, below the mouth
of Locust 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 examina-
ton for improvement by canals, locks and
dams.
Oconee River, from the Ocmnlgee to
Milledgeville, Georgia.
Chickahominy River Virginia.
Hampton River, Virginia.
Wolf Lake Cut, Indiana.
Snake River, Idaho, from Shosnonee
Falls to Lewiston, examination and esti-
mates for removing powders and other
INSTRUCTIONS,
Sacramento, below Tehama, California.
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fornia.
Lake Winniplseogee, for placing buoys
on obstruclions, New Hampshire.
Smutty Nose Island, as TO repair break
water, Portsmouth, New Hampshire.
Pagan Greek, Virginia.
New River, from the lead mines Ia
Wythe County, Virginia, to the "Mouth o
Wilson" in Grayson County, Virginia.
The Little Kanawha River, below Bull
Town.
Chippewa River, below Chippewa Falls
Wisconsin.
Dakota River, between Southern Oak ots
} Railroad and Northern Pacific Railroad
Dakota Territory.
Tombigbee River, by way of Big Beal
Creek, TO the Tennessee, to connect water
communication.
Estuary in Santa Barbara Channel, abou
two miles north OF Point Muger, California
, Cleveland breakwater, new estimate fo
| four fathoms water, Ohio.
San Joaquin River, below Stockton, Cal
, ifornia.
House, West Virginia
, Cedar Bayou Bar; and ten thOusanC
dollars are hereby appropriated for the i'm
provement of Red Fish Bar, in Galveston
Bay, Texas.
Withlacooche River, from mouth of Oco
pilco River, Georgia.
3 Ochalochnee River, below Atlantic anC
Gulf Railroad, Georgia.
Red River, at Alexandria, Louisiana.
} Harlem River, from Randall's Island
l by way OF Spuyten Duyvil Creek, to Hud
son River, New York.
9 Blackwater River, Virginia.
Q Mouth of Kennebunk River, Maine.
Brazos River, below Waco, including tn
@ bar at its mouth.
= Guadalupe River, below Gonzales, Tex
as.
Q st. Crox River. below ST. Croix Falls, IL
Minnesota, and Wisconsin.
The Red River of the North from Breck
Q enridge to Moorhead.
Big Sandy River, below Piketon, Ken
tucky.
D Twelve Pole River, below Wayne Cour