claims he may have against the United States arising out of work done by him under Hugh McGlincy and Company's contract to perform work on said canal, in the years eighteen hundred and seventy-one and eighteen hundred and seventy-two; and said Godfrey Weitzell is further authorized and directed to pay to said J. C. Dennis, in addition to the amount above provided for, such other sums as said Weitzell shall find that said Dennis is legally or equitably entitled to as assignee of Hugh McGlincy and Company for work done by said Dennis on said improvement: Provided, That such sums shall not exceed the amount due and owing by the Government of the United States for work done under said contract of Hugh McGlincy and Company, and that the sums thus received of Weitzell shall be in full of the claim of said McGliney and Company under their contract, and in full of the claim of said Dennis as the assignee of said firm. For completing the Louisville and Portland Canal, one hundred thousand dollars; and the Secretary of the Treasury is authorized and directed to assume, on behalf of the United States, the control and management of the said canal in conformity with the terms of the joint resolution of the legislature of the State of Kentucky, approved March twenty-eighth, eighteen hundred and seventy-two, at such time and in such manner as in his judgment the interests of the United States, and the commerce thereof, may require; and the sum of money necessary to enable the Secretary of the Treasury to carry this provision into effect is hereby appropriated: Provided, That after the United States shall assume control of said canal, the tolls thereon on vessels propelled by steam shall be reduced to twenty-five cents per ton, and on all other vessels in proportion. For the improvement of the Upper Monongahela River, near Morgantown, West Virginia, sixty-six thousand dollars. For the improvement of the Cumberland River below Nashville, Tennessee, twenty-five thousand dollars. For the improvement of the Wabash River, Indiana and Illinois, fifty thousand dollars. For the improvement of the Tennessee River below Chattanooga, ineluding the Muscle Shoals, one hundred thousand dollars. For the improvement of the Tennessee River above Chattanooga, twenty-five thousand dollars. For the improvement of the mouth of the Mississippi River, one hundred and twenty-five thousand dollars. For removing the raft in Red River, Louisiana, eighty thousand dollars. For the improvement of Cypress Bayou, and construction of dams, and dredging at the foot of Soda Lake, Texas, fifty thousand dollars. For the improvement of Mobile Harbor and Bay, Alabama, one hundred thousand dollars. For completing work now in progress in improving Charleston Harbor, South Carolina, five thousand dollars. For the improvement of Savannah Harbor and River, Georgia, fifty thousand dollars. For the improvement of Saint John's River, Florida, ten thousand dollars. For the improvement of the entrance to the harbor of Baltimore, in Patapsco River and Chesapeake Bay, two hundred thousand dollars. For the improvement of the Wicomico River, Maryland, five thousand dollars. For the improvement of Cambridge Harbor Maryland, five thousand dollars. For the improvement of Chester River at Kent Island Narrows, Maryland, fifteen thousand dollars. For the improvement of Aquia Creek, Virginia, two thousand dollars. For the improvement of the mouth of Occoquan River, Virginia, five thousand dollars. For the improvement of the mouth of Nomoni Creek, Virginia, ten thousand dollars. For the improvement of the Rappahannock River below Fredericksburgh, Virginia, fifteen thousand dollars. For the improvement of the James River, Virginia, seventy-five thousand dollars. For the improvement of the south branch of Elizabeth River, Virginia, fifteen thousand dollars. For the improvement of the Appomattox River below Petersburgh, Virginia, thirty thousand dollars. For the improvement of Nansemond River, Virginia, fifteen thousand dollars. For the improvement of Roanoke River below Weldon, North Carolina, ten thousand dollars. For the improvement of Cape Fear River, below Wilmington, North Carolina, one hundred thousand dollars. For the improvement of Wilmington Harbor, Delaware, six thousand dollars. For the improvement of the channel of the Delaware River, at Fort Mifflin Bar, fifty thousand dollars. For the improvement of the channel of the Delaware River at and near the Horse-Shoe Shoals, fifty thousand dollars; the work not to be commenced until an examination and survey has been made by a board of engineers of the United States Army, appointed by the Secretary of War, and a favorable report upon the feasibility and expense of the plan adopted for the prevention and removal of the obstructions. For the improvement of the channel of the Schuylkill River, Pennsylvania, forty thousand dollars, of which amount a portion shall be used for commencing the removal of the rocks at and near South street wharf. For the improvement of Broadkiln River, Delaware, ten thousanddollars. For building an additional pier for the ice-harbor at New Castle, Delaware, twenty thousand dollars. For the improvement of South River, New Jersey, five thousand dollars. For the improvement of the North and South branches of Shrewsbury River, New Jersey, five thousand dollars. For the improvement of Delaware River between Trenton and Bordentown, New Jersey, fifteen thousand dollars. For the improvement of Hudson River, New York, forty thousand dollars. For removing obstructions in East River, New York, including HellGate, two hundred and twenty-five thousand dollars. For the improvement of Passaic River, New Jersey, twenty-five thou sand dollars. For the improvement of East Chester Creek, New York, twenty five thousand dollars. For the improvement of Rondout Harbor, Hudson River, New York, twenty thousand dollars. For the improvement of Pawtucket River, Rhode Island, ten thousand dollars. For the improvement of Providence River, Rhode Island, ten thousand dollars. For dredging at the entrance of Newport Harbor, Rhode Island, and for a jetty on the south end of Goat Island, eight thousand five hundred dollars. For the improvement of Cohansey Creek, New Jersey, ten thousand dollars. For the improvement of harbor at Block Island, Rhode Island, fifty thousand dollars. For the improvement of Wickford Harbor, Rhode Island, five thousand dollars. For the improvement of Pawcatuck River, Rhode Island and Connecticut, ten thousand dollars. For the improvement of Connecticnt River below Hartford, Connecticut, twenty thousand dollars. For the improvement of Connecticut River above Hartford and below Enfield Falls, twenty thousand dollars. For the improvement of New Haven Harbor, Connecticut, twenty-five thousand dollars. For the improvement of Housatonic River, Connecticut, ten thousand dollars. For the improvement of Bridgeport Harbor, Connecticut, thirty thousand dollars. For the improvement of Norwalk Harbor, Connecticut, ten thousand dollars. For the improvement of Stonington Harbor, Connecticut, by deepening and dredging the same and its approaches, twenty-five thousand dollars. For the improvement of Saint Croix River above the "ledge," Maine, ten thousand dollars. For the improvement of Machias River, Maine, twelve thousand dol lars. For the improvement of Camden Harbor, Maine, ten thousand dollars. For the improvement of Penobscot River, Maine, twenty thousand dollars. For the improvement of Kennebec River, Maine, twelve thousand dollars. For the improvement of Portland Harbor, Maine, fifty thousand dollars. For the improvement of Richmond Island, Maine, sixty thousand dol lars. For the improvement of Cocheco River, New Hampshire, ten thousand dollars. For the improvement of Merrimac River, Massachusetts, twenty-five thousand dollars. For the improvement of Boston Harbor, Massachusetts, including Deer and Lovell's Islands, one hundred and fifty thousand dollars. For the improvement of the South channel at entrance of Duxbury Harbor, Massachusetts, ten thousand dollars. For the improvement of Plymouth Harbor, Massachusetts, three thousand dollars. For the improvement of Provincetown Harbor, Massachusetts, six thousand dollars. For the improvement of Hyannis Harbor, Massachusetts, ten thousand dollars. For the improvement of Wareham Harbor, Massachusetts, ten thousand dollars. For the improvement of Taunton River, Massachusetts, ten thousand dollars. For removing sand bar forming at the entrance of Salem Harbor, Massachusetts, fifteen thousand dollars. For the improvement of the Lower Willamette and Columbia Rivers, from Portland, Oregon, to the sea, twenty thousand dollars. For the improvement of the Upper Willamette River, Oregon, three thousand dollars. For the improvement of breakwater at Wilmington, California, one hundred and fifty thousand dollars. For surveys and examinations, and contingencies of rivers and harbors, one hundred and twenty-five thousand dollars. SEC. 2. That the Secretary of War is hereby directed to cause exami. nations or surveys, or both, to be made at the following points, namely: At the outlet of Point Judith Lake, Rhode Island; at Crow Shoals, Delaware Bay, near Cape May light, New Jersey, for an artificial harbor or breakwater; Harlem River, near the East River, New York, for removal of rocks therefrom; of the piers and connecting bridges at Chester, Pennsylvania; the Penobscot River, from Oldtown to Medway and vicinity, Maine; the Galena River from its mouth to upper bridge in city of Galena, Illinois; the harbor at Fall River, Massachusetts, for removal of rocks therefrom; at Wood's Hole, in Buzzard's Bay, Massachusetts, for removal of rocks therefrom; Old House channel to main channel of Pamlico Sound, North Carolina; the harbor of Washington, North Carolina; at Bayou Lafourche, Louisiana, from Lafourche Crossing to the mouth; from mouth of Red River down Atchafalaya River to Brashear, in Louisiana; at the entrance of Matagorda Bay and the channel to Indianola, Texas; Pine River, Saint Clair County, Michigan ; Mouistique Harbor, Lake Michigan; Sebawaing River, Michigan; Yamhill River, Oregon; the mouth of the Coquille River, Oregon; Red River, from Morehead to Pembina; at the mouth of Kewaunee River, Wisconsin; at Elk River, Maryland, below Elkton; at Raritan River, New Jersey, below New Brunswick, including the shoals called the Middle Ground; the Youghiougheny River, Pennsylvania; Arcostook River, Maine, for improvement of the channel; at San Antonio Creek, San Francisco Bay, California; Santa Cruz, California; Estero Bay, near Santa Barbara, California. And not to exceed five thousand dollars of the above appropriation may be expended in an exploration of routes for the extension of the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal to the Ohio River, by the north and south branches of the Potomac River. For connecting the inland waters along the margin of the Gulf of Mexico, from Donaldsonville, in Louisiana, to the Rio Grande River, in Texas, by cuts and canals, not to exceed twenty thousand dollars of the amount herein appropriated for surveys of rivers and harbors; at Great Pee Dee River from Pine Bluff to Cheraw, South Carolina; at Ashley River, South Carolina; at Cleveland, Ohio, for the construction of a harbor of refuge; at Forked Deer River, below Dyersburg, Tennessee; at harbor at Wilson, on Lake Ontario, New York; at East Pascagoula Harbor, Mississippi Sound; at Portsmouth Harbor, New Hampshire, for breakwater between Gerrish's Island and Wood Island; in Ipswich Bay, Massachusetts, at Hodgkins' Cove, to ascertain the practicability of a harbor of refuge by building a breakwater there. SEC. 3. That the Secretary of War is hereby authorized and required to detail from the Engineer Corps one or more engineers, whose duty it shall be to inquire into and report upon the practicability of bridging, consistently with the interests of navigation, the channel between Lake Huron and Lake Erie, at such points as may be needful for the passing of railroad trains across said channel, and also its effect upon the navigation of the same; and further, to inquire into the number and character of the vessels navigating said channel, and the number of tripsmade by each, and, if said bridging be practicable, to report what extent of span or spans, and elevation above the water will be required in the construction of such bridge or bridges, so as not seriously to injure the navigation of said channel. SEC. 4. That the appropriation for building the pier at Lewes, Delaware, contained in the act approved July fifteenth, eighteen hundred and seventy, an act entitled "An act making appropriations for sundry civil expenses of the Government for the year ending June thirtieth. eighteen hundred and seventy-one, and for other purposes," be, and the same is hereby, extended until June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and seventy-four. Approved March 3, 1873. APPENDIX A. ANNUAL REPORT OF MAJOR F. U. FARQUHAR, CORPS OF EN-GINEERS, FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING JUNE 30, 1873. UNITED STATES ENGINEER OFFICE, Saint Paul, Minn., August 14, 1873. GENERAL: I have the honor to transmit herewith the followingnamed reports of operations at the several works under my charge, from the time I relieved Maj. D. C. Houston, Corps of Engineers, (May 1, 1873,) to June 30, 1873. No statistics of commerce are forwarded for Eagle, Ontonagon, or Superior City Harbors, as, owing to the condition of the first two, they have had very few vessels entering or leaving, and the commerce of the last is only local. I have the honor to be, very respectfully, your obedient servant, Brig. Gen. A. A. HUMPHREYS, Maj. Engineers. Chief of Engineers, U. S. A. A 1. DREDGING OUT BAY OF SUPERIOR FROM THE NATURAL ENTRANCE TO THE DOCKS AT SUPERIOR CITY AND DU LUTH, AND PRESERVING BOTH. ENTRANCES THERETO. Under this appropriation there are three works: Improvement of harbor at Superior City, Wis. ; |