The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-03-23
THE RIVER AND HARBOR BILL.
STATEMENT or wORHs AND sur
yEys CONTEMPLATED IN LOUIS
lama AND TEXAS.

yesterday at his Office on |
Rampant street, for the purpose Of soic-
iting some information regarding the
progress Of present surveys and the nature
Of the works to be done under the instruo
lions Of the government.
Major Howell said that for the present he
had not much work on hand, but that In
short time he would be very busy In prepar-
ing for the works contemplated In the river
and harbor bill, some Of which are to be done
by his department.
THE RIVER AND HARBOR BILL
WIS passed by Congress on the fourth OF
March statement of the appropriations
for work TO be done under the guidance OF
Major O. W. Howell, or the United States En-
giueer Corps Coast Department OF Louisiana
and Texas, would be interesting. The appro-
priatons are:
1. Forimproving the harbor at New Orleans,
100000
This work was already commenced last
year. and has been spoken of already. This
is the second appropriation voted by Con
gress.
Q, For deepening the channel OF Sabine Pass
and at Blue Buck bar, Texas s25, 900. (The
third appropriation OF the kind.)
.. Improving the entrance TO Galveston
harbor. Texas, 100000.
This work has been going on for three or
four years. It consists Of the construction of
drowned ietties- that Is, iettiss that are not
built 40 TO the surface Of the water, and
which will extend TO about five miles into the
gulf The work Is estimated to cost $4,000
L. Improving the Narrows OF Sabine river,
above Orange, Texas, and to deepen the chan
mel at the mouth Of Sabine river, $4,000.
8. Improving the mouth Of Trinity river,
Texas, &250O The contract for this work had
been given out last year, but was annuled,
and new contract Ia to be prepared
6. Improving mouth OF the Necbes river,
Texas, $4,000 TO be let OUT.
7. Improving Passa CavaIlo Inlet Into Malta
gorda Bay, Texas, S25, 600 Ito be let out
3. Improving Bayou Lafourehe AMI remov-
| ing Of distractions, $4,000 second approprla-
| tionl.
9. The amount Of 5000 Ia appropriated for
the improving OF Arkansas Pass and Bay, up
to Rockport and Corpus Christi, Texas
10. In consideration OF the proposition Of
the Buffalo Bayou Ship Channel Company 10
|
| TO surrender their charter granted by the
Legislature Of Texas, and the rights aooruing
hereunder TO the United States, which prop
osition is now on file In the War Department.
and is accepted, the government adopts tho
| line surveyed from the cut In Reddish Bar to
the cut In Morgan's Point: and the sum OF
$4,000 Is hereby appropriated for the Inn
provement of that line, prorided that no part
of said sum shall be expended until the said
Buffalo Ship Canal Company shall file with
the Secretary of War their acceptance of this
provision Of this act.
Tho first part 81 the work Is under contract
but has not yet been commenced. and jetties
similar TO those I'm Galveston harbor, will be
constructed. Two appropriations, one o.
$4,000 and another Of 5000 have already
been made, this, together with the last ap
preparation Of $4,000, will suffice for some
time.
SURVEYS ORDERED ny CONGRESS.
/. Canal connecting Galveston and BrazoE
river, Texas.
q. Bayou Vermilllon, Louisiana
D. Bayou Teche, Louisiana.
4. Bayou Courtableu. Louisiana.
g. Re-survey of Sabine river from It's moutl
TO East Hamilton.
9. Re-suryey Or Neehes river, Texas. from
Its mouth to Iovelport
Il T. Re-survey OF Trinity river, Texas, iron
It's mouth 10 the bridge of the Great Northern
railroad.
8. Bayou des Glazes, Louisiana.
g. Bayou Terrebonne Louisiana.
! 10. Tchefuncta, Tickfaw and Amite rivers
Louisiana.
II. Survey and estimate for breakwater b
be- constructed from point at or near the
New canal outlet near New Orleans, Louis
lana. to the Pontchartrain railroad wharf
said breakwater TO be- so constructed as t,
serve as haIbor Of refuge for all vessels.
With all these works In contemplation AM
all these surveys to make, the department
under the management Of Major Howell, vii
be kept pretty busy this year
Section of the river and harbor bill con
tains the amendment Of the act OF Congress
relative tothe compensation to Capt. Eade
This part Of the bill is very interesting. ant
has never been fully published 1t Is rs fol
, lows.
SECTION NINE OF THE RIVER AND HARBoI
BILL.
That the fourth and succeeding sections o
an act entitled "an act making appropriation
for the repair, preservation and completion 0
certain public works on rivers and harbors
and for other purposes, approved March 3
1876 authorizing Jas. Il. Eads and his associ
ates to create and permanently maintain
wide and deep channel between the Soutl
Pass of the Mississippi river and the Gulf O
Mexico" be and they are hereby amended 81
. rs to provide In lieu of tho payments therein
provided, that payment Of said Eads, or hi,
legal representatives, shall be made as follows
The Secretary of War Is hereby authorizes
and directed to draw his warrant upon the
Secretary Of the Treasury of the UnteC
I States In favor OF said Jas. Il. Eads, or hi
! legal representatives for the sum OF $500
which Is hereby appropriated out OF any
money not otherwise appropriated. When
: channel shall have been obta ned by the actor
OF the jetties and auxiliary works authorized
0 by said act, twenty-five feet in depth and no
! less than 200 feet in width at the bottom, Their
shall be paid $4,000
When channel of twenty-six feet II