Daily capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1896-1899, 1896-04-14
OREGON APPROPRIATIONS.
Exact Language of the Rivers and Harbor'
Bill.

| COOS bay, oregon: continuing Ilu
provement, $4,000
Improving Yaquina Bay, Oregon
Continuing improvement, $4,000
Provided, that con tracs may be en-
tered into by the secretary of war fo
such materials and work as may bC
necessary to complete the project AZ
recommended by the board Of officers
Of the Engineer Corps, October II, 1895
to be paid for as appropriations may
from time TO time be made by law
not to exceed in the aggregate $1,000
600, exclusive Of amount herein and
heretofore appropriated.
Improving harbor at Coos Bay
Oregon: Dredging to complete, Sl4,'
800: Provided, that so much of this
sum as may be necessary shall be added
to2the amount now on hand for the
construction or purchase Of dredge,
and that dredging may be contracted
for In the discretion of the Chief OF
Engineers, and in such portion Of the
bay as may be found necessary.
Improving Port Oxford Harbor, at
Grave Yard Point, Oregon, according
|, to plan recommended by Capt. Thomas
w. Symons, Of the Corps Of Engineers,
as per House Document No. 3l3, fifty
third congress, third session, January
30, 1895, TO cost not TO exceed S203, 1896,
and the unexpended balance of the
appropriation heretofore made March
3, 1879, for the establishment of a
harbor Of refuge on the Pacific coast
Is hereby transferred TO be expended
on this improvement.
Improving Tlllamook Bay and Bar,
Oregon; Continuing improvement,
S17 900.
Improving upper Columbia river
including Snake river as far up as
Asotin, Oregon and Washington:
Continuing improvement, 5000.
Improving lower Willamette river
In front of and below Portland, Ore
gon, and Columbia river below the
Willamette river in Oregon and
Washington; Continuing improve
ment, $4,000
Improving Coquille river, Oregon:
Continuing improvement, $4,000.
uImprovlng the mouth of Siuslaw
river: Continuing improvement,
s21, 900.
For gauglng waters of the Columbia
river, measuring tidal and river vol
umes, 81 200.
Improving upper Coquille river, be-
tween Coquille City and Myrtle Point,
Oregon; Continuing improvement,
Sl2, 900.
Improving Umpqua river, Oregon:
Completing improvement, $4,000,
Improving Coos river, Oregon:
Completing improvement In accord
ance with plans submitted by Capt.
Il. w. Symons In house executive
document No.237, ,Fifty-thlrd congress,
bllTu sesslOn, to,OOO.
Improving Alsea river, Oregon:
Completing improvement In accord
ence with plans submitted by Capt.
T. W. Sym0ns In house executive
document No. 2a5, Fifty-thlrd con-
gress, third session, $1,000.
Improving Nestucca river, Oregon,
from town Of Woods TO the ocean, In
accordance with plans submitted by
Capt, Il. W. Symons In house execu-
tive document No. 224, Fifty-thlrd
congress, third session; Completing
improvement, $1,000.
Improving Willamette and Yamhill
Rivers, Oregon 500, 900, rs recommended
by Capt, W. l.. Fisk, corps OF engl-
neers' for Willamette river from Port
lahd to Eugene House Document No.
Ego, Firty-f0urth Congress, first SEES.
sionh and AS recommended by Mai. j.
T. Post, corps of engineers, in report TO
chief of engineers dated March q,
1879, for lock and dam on Yamhm
river Provided, That contracts may
be entered into by the secretary of
war for such materials and work as
may be necessary TO complete such i'm.
provements, 10 be paid for as appro- |
priations may from tlme'to time be
made by law, not exceeding in the ag.
gregate s2OO, 1000, including the amount |
herein appropriated.
Improving Columbia river below |
Tongue Point, by way OF the south
channel In fr0nt of Astoria, Oregon.
as recommended by Mai. J.C. Post,
corps OF engineers, May 95, 1895: Pro.
vlded, That $4,000 is hereby author.
l1ed TO be tanferred from the balance
on hand TO the credit OF the mouth OF
Columbia river Improvements, in the
discretion OF the secretary of war.
That under the authority 10 make
for materials and work un.
der the provisions OF this act, In addI.
1ion TO the sums Appropriated herein.
the secretary OF war shall not obllgate
the uOVernmani ~ ,,.,. A.