Also from the intersection of Florida avenue with Twelfth street northeast, to H street northeast, on Twelfth street: thence west on H street over the tracks of the Columbia road to Seventh street east; thence south on Seventh street by single track to G street east; thence west on G street by single track to First street west; thence by a route to be laid down by the Commissioners of the District of Columbia across New Jersey avenue to the tracks of the Capitol, North O and South Washington Railroad; thence on the tracks of the last-named road on G street to Fourth street, continuing west on G street west to Fifth street; thence south on Fifth street west, in part over the tracks of the Metropolitan Railroad, to Louisiana avenue; thence south-westerly by double track on Louisiana avenue to a point to be located by the Commissioners of the District of Columbia east of Seventh street west. Returning north-easterly on Louisiana avenue to Fifth street west; thence over the tracks of the Metropolitan Railroad along Judiciary Square to Fourth street west; thence north on Fourth street west by single track to E street west; thence east on E street by single track to Eighth streeteast; thence north by single track on Eighth street to H street; thence east over the tracks of the Columbia Railroad to Twelfth street; thence north on Twelfth street to Florida avenue: In Washing. ton City. SEC. 2. That said company may run public carriages propelled by Motive power cable, electric, or other mechanical power: SEC. 8. That it shall be lawful for said corporation, its successors or assigns, to make all needful and convenient trenches and excavations in any of said streets, or places where said corporation may have the right to construct and operate its road, and place in such trenches and excavations all needful and convenient devices and machinery for operating said railroad in the manner and by the means aforesaid, subject to the approval of the said Commissioners. But whenever such trenches or excavations shall interfere with any sewer, gas, or water pipes, or any subways or conduits, or any public work of the kind which has been ordered by the Commissioners, then the expense necessary to change such underground construction shall be borne by the said railway company: * Construction.. on streets hav Provided also, That the construction of said railroad on Approval of any street where there are or may be any mains, fixtures, or ap- Secretary of paratus pertaining to the Washington Aqueduct shall be subject War for work to such conditions as may be approved by the Secretary of War, ing water which conditions must be obtained and be accepted in writing by mains, etc. said company before commencing any work on such street; and no steam cars, locomotives, or passenger or other cars for steam railroads shall ever be run on the tracks of said company over any such main, fixture or apparatus. Deposit to de The said railroad shall be subject to the requirements of section Protection of fifteen of the act of Congress approved February twenty-eighth, water pipes, etc. eighteen hundred and ninety-one, entitled "An act to incorporate Vol. 26, p. 793. the Washington and Arlington Railway Company of the District of Columbia." The said company shall, before commencing work on said railroad on such street, deposit with the Treasurer of the tray expenses. United States to the credit of the Washington Aqueduct such sum as the Secretary of War may consider necessary to defray all the expenses that may incurred by the United States in connection with the inspection of the work of construction of said railroad on such street, and in making good any damages done by said company, or its works, or by any of its contracting agents, to any of said mains, fixtures, or apparatus, and in completing, as the Secretary of War may deem necessary, any of the work that the said company may neglect or refuse to complete and that the Secretary of War may consider necessary for the safety of said mains, fixtures, or apparatus, and the said company shall also deposit as aforesaid such further sums for said purposes at such times as the Secretary of War may consider necessary: Provided, That the said sum shall be disbursed like other moneys appropriated for Disbursement. Return of bal ance. the Washington Aqueduct, and that whatever shall remain of said deposits at the end of one year after the completion of said railroad in such street shall be returned to said company on the order of the Secretary of War, with an account of its disbursement in detail: And provided also, That disbursements of said deposits shall, except in cases of emergency, be made only on the order of Rights to ter- the Secretary of War. The exercise of the rights by this art minate on neg granted are to terminate at the pleasure of the Secretary of War in case of persistent neglect by said company, or by its successors, to make the deposits, or to comply with any of the conditions, requirements, and regulations aforesaid. lect, etc. Commencement and completion. Amendment, etc. SEC. 11. That the line of said railway company shall be commenced within six months and completed within two years from the passage of this act. otherwise this act shall be of no effect. SEC. 23. This act may at any time be altered, amended, or repealed by the Congress of the United States. July 13, 1892. pany. Time for construction tended. CHAP. 157.-An act to amend an act entitled "An act to authorize the Oregon and Washington Bridge Company to construct and maintain a bridge across the Columbia River, between the State of Oregon and the State of Washington, and to establish it as a post road." Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United Bridge across States of America in Congress assembled, That, "An act to authorColumbia River ize the Oregon and Washington Bridge Company to construct and by Oregon and Washington maintain a bridge across the Columbia River, between the State Bridge Com of Oregon and the State of Washington, and to establish it as a post road," approved March twenty-fourth, eighteen hundred and ninety, be and the same is hereby, extended, revived, and deex-clared to be in full force and effect from and after March twentyfourth, eighteen hundred and ninety-two. Section twelve of said act, which provides that said act shall be null and void if actual construction of the bridge therein authorized be not commenced within two years and completed within four years from the date of the approval thereof, shall be, and the same is hereby, so amended that the time within which said bridge is required to be commenced shall be within two years from March twenty-fourth, eighteen hundred and ninety-two, and the time within which it is required that said bridge be completed shall be within four years from the twenty-fourth day of March, eighteen hundred and ninetytwo. Vol. 26, p. 28. Approved, July 13, 1892. July 13, 1892. tions for rivers and harbors. CHAP. 158.--An act making appropriations for the construction, repair and preservation of certain public works or rivers and harbors, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United Appropria- States of America in Congress assembled, That the following sums of money be, and are hereby, appropriated, to be paid out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to be immediately available, and to be expended under the direction of the Secretary of War and the supervision of the Chief of Engineers, for the construction, completion, repair, and preservation of the public works hereinafter named: Harbors. Camden, Me. Rockland, Me. Improving harbor at Camden, Maine: Continuing improvement, twelve thousand dollars. Improving harbor at Rockland, Maine: Continuing improvement, thirty thousand dollars. Improving Mooseabec Bar, Maine: Continuing improvement, fifteen thousand dollars. Improving harbor at York, Maine: Completing improvement, nine thousand dollars. Improving harbor at Portland, Maine: Completing improvement, thirty thousand dollars. Mooseabec Bar, Me. York, Me. Portland, Me. Back Cove, Portland, Me. Improvement of channel in Back Cove, Portland Harbor, Maine: Continuing improvement, twenty thousand dollars. For construction of breakwater from Mount Desert to Porcu- Mount Desert to Porcupine pine Island, Maine: Continuing improvement, fifty thousand dol-Island, Me., lars. breakwater. Improving harbor at Belfast, Maine: Continuing improvement, Belfast, Me. ten thousand dollars. Improving harbor of refuge at Little Harbor, New Hampshire,Little Harbor, Continuing improvement, thirty thousand dollars. Improving harbor at Boston, Massachusetts: Continuing improvement, by deepening and widening the main channel to a depth of twenty-seven feet and a width of one thousand feet, three hundred thousand dollars, of which ten thousand dollars may, in the discretion of the Secretary of War, be used in the further prosecution of the work in Nantasket Beach Channel, and twenty-five thousand dollars in extending main ship channel from its termination at the southeast corner of Grand Junction wharf eastwardly towards Jeffrey's Point. N. H. Boston, Mass. Proviso. Improving harbor at Lynn, Massachusetts: Continuing improve- Lynn, Mass ment, ten thousand dollars: Provided, That the whole or any portion of this appropriation may be expended on the Western channel in the discretion of the Secretary of War. Mass. Mass. Mass. Improving harbor of refuge at Nantucket, Massachusetts: Con- Nantucket, tinuing improvement, twenty-five thousand dollars. Improving harbor at Newburyport, Massachusetts: Continuing Newburyport, improvement, twenty thousand dollars. Improving harbor at Plymouth, Massachusetts: Completing im- Plymouth, provement, nine thousand five hundred dollars. For maintenance of works in harbor at Provincetown, Massa- Provincetown, chusetts, one thousand five hundred dollars. Improving harbor at Wareham, Massachusetts: Completing improvement, seven thousand two hundred and thirty-six dollars. Improving harbor at Hingham, Massachusetts: Completing improvement, three thousand dollars. Wareham, Hingham, Improving harbor at Hyannis, Massachusetts: Continuing improvement, six thousand dollars." Improving harbor at Vineyard Haven, Massachusetts: Continuing improvement, seven thousand five hundred dollars. Mass. Mass. Mass. Sandy Bay, Improving national harbor of refuge at Sandy Bay Cape Ann, Massachusetts: Continuing improvement, one hundred and fifty Cape Ann, Mass. thousand dollars. Improving harbor at Gloucester, Massachusetts: Continuing im- Gloucester, provement, forty thousand dollars. Mass. Mass. Improving harbor at Manchester, Massachusetts: Completing Manchester, improvement, six thousand eight hundred dollars. Improving harbor at New Bedford, Massachusetts: Continuing improvement, seven thousand five hundred dollars. Improving inner harbor at Marthas Vinyard, Massachusetts: Completing improvment, two thousand five hundred dollars. Improving harbor at Salem, Massachusetts: Completing improvement, fourteen thousand dollars. Marthas Vineyard, Mass. Salem, Mass. Improving harbor at Westport, Massachusetts: Completing im- Westport, provement, one thousand dollars. Mass. Improving Canapitsit Channel, Massachusetts, between the is- Canapitsit lands of Cuttyhunk and Neshawana, completing improvement, four Channel, Mass. thousand eight hundred dollars. Improving harbor at Scituate, Massachusetts: Continuing improvement, ten thousand dollars. Improving harbor at Winthrop, Massachusetts: Continuing im provement, three thousand dollars. Scituate, Mass. Winthrop, Mass. ENG 92-219. Mass. Kingston, Improving harbor at Kingston, Massachusetts, and the apNorth Plym- proaches to the public wharves of said port and of North Plymouth, ten thousand dollars. outh, Mass. Block Island, R. I. Newport, R. I. Point Judith, refuge. Proviso. Contracts. Improving harbor at Block Island, Rhode Island: Completing improvement, twenty-four thousand dollars. Improving harbor at Newport, Rhode Island, including the removal of the spit at the south end of Goat Island, Continuing improvement, twenty-five thousand dollars. Constructing harbor of refuge at Point Judith, Rhode Island: R. I. Harbor of Continuing construction, seventy-five thousand dollars: Provided, That contracts may be entered into by the Secretary of War for such materials and work as may be necessary to complete the present project of improvement, to be paid for as appropriations may, from time to time, be made by law, not to exceed in the aggregate one million and one hundred thousand dollars, exclusive of the amount herein and heretofore appropriated. Limit. Point Judith Pond, R. I. Bridgeport, Conn. Black Rock, Conn. New Haven, Conn., waters. Improving entrance to Point Judith Pond, west of Point Judith, Rhode Island, seven thousand five hundred dollars. Improving harbor at Bridgeport, Connecticut: Continuing improvement, between Inner Beacon and Naugatuck wharf, twenty thousand dollars. Improving harbor at Black Rock, Connecticut: Continuing improvement, five thousand dollars. Constructing breakwaters at New Haven, Connecticut: Continubreak-ing construction, one hundred and twenty thousand dollars. Stonington, Improving harbor at Stonington, Connecticut: Completing improvement, twelve thousand five hundred dollars. Conn. Clinton, Conn. Five mile River, Conn. Conn. Improving harbor at Clinton, Connecticut: Continuing improvement, two thousand dollars. Improving harbor at Five-mile River, Connecticut: Continuing improvement, five thousand dollars. Duck Island, Improving harbor of refuge at Duck Island, on Long Island Sound, Connecticut: Continuing improvement, thirty-five thou sand dollars. New Haven, Conn. Conn. Improving harbor at New Haven, Connecticut: Continuing improvement, fifteen thousand dollars. Stamford, Improving harbor at Stamford, Connecticut: Fifteen thousand dollars, not less than one-half of which shall be expended on the East Branch. Cos Cob and Miamus River, Conn. Buffalo, N. Y. Rouses Point, N. Y. Canarsie Bay, N. Y. Charlotte, N. Y. Dunkirk, N. Y. Flushing Bay, N. Y. Glen Cove, N. Y. Gowanus Bay, N. Y. Bay Ridge Improving harbor at Cos Cob and Miamus River, Connecticut, seven thousand dollars. Improving harbor at Buffalo, New York: Continuing improvement, three hundred thousand dollars. Constructing breakwater at Rouses Point, New York: Completing improvement, fifteen thousand dollars. Improving harbor at Canarsie Bay, New York: Continuing improvement, five thousand dollars. Improving harbor at Charlotte, New York: Continuing improvement, twenty-five thousand dollars. Improving harbor at Dunkirk, New York: Continuing improvement, twenty thousand dollars. Improving harbor at Flushing Bay, New York: Continuing improvement, ten thousand dollars. Improving harbor at Glen Cove, New York: Continuing improvement, ten thousand dollars. Improving Gowanus Bay channels, New York: Continuing improvement, one hundre 1 thousand dollars, for distribution by allotment between the Red Hook and Gowanus Creek channels, at the discretion of the Secretary of War. Improving Bay Ridge channel, Gowanus Bay, New York HarChannel, N. Y. bor, New York: Completing improvement, ninety-eight thousand Improving harbor at Great Sodus Bay, New York: Continuing improvement, fifteen thousand dollars. Improving harbor at Greenport, New York: Completing im provement, eleven thousand dollars. Improving harbor at Little Sodus Bay, New York: For mainte- Little Sodus nance of existing works and deepening of channel, six thousand Bay, N. Y. dollars. Improving harbor at Ogdensburg, New York: Continuing im-Ogdensburg, provement, forty thousand dollars. N. Y. Improving harbor at Oswego, New York: Continuing improve- Oswego, N. Y. ment, forty thousand dollars. Improving harbor at Rondout, New York: For repairs to existing works, five thousand dollars. Improving New York Harbor, New York: Continuing improvement, one hundred and seventy thousand dollars. Improving harbor at Saugerties, New York: To maintain the dike in repair and to remove the rocky points near the shore end of the north dike, five thousand dollars. Improving harbor at Port Chester, New York: Continuing improvement, five thousand dollars. Improving Tonawanda Harbor and Niagara River, New York: Continuing improvement, seventy-five thousand dollars. Improving channel between Staten Island and the New Jersey shore, New York and New Jersey: Continuing improvement, fifteen thousand dollars. Improving Arthur Kill, between Staten Island and New Jersey shore. New York and New Jersey: Continuing improvement, five thousand dollars. Rondout, N. Y. New York, N. Y. Saugerties, N. Y. Port Chester, N. Y. Tonawanda Harbor, Niagara River, N. Y. Channel, Staten Island and New Jersey. Arthur Kill, N. Y. and N. J, Improving harbor at Huntington, New York: Continuing im- Huntington, provement, five thousand dollars. Improving Buttermilk Channel, New York Harbor, one hundred thousand dollars. Improving harbor at Port Jefferson Inlet, New York: Continuing improvement, ten thousand dollars. Improving harbor at Pultneyville, New York: Continuing improvement, one thousand dollars. N. Y. Buttermilk Channel, N. Y. Port Jeffer son, N. Y. Pultneyville, N. Y. Improving Jamaica Bay, New York: Completing improvement Jamaica Bay, in accordance with plan numbered three of Lieutenant-Colonel N. Y. Gillespie, Corps of Engineers, submitted December sixteenth, eighteen hundred and ninety, nine thousand four hundred and sixty dollars. Improving harbor at Raritan Bay, New Jersey: Continuing im-Raritan Bay, provement, forty thousand dollars, one-half of which, in the dis- N. J. cretion of the Secretary of War, may be used in dredging bar between South Amboy and Great Beds Light. Improving Keyport Harbor, New Jersey: Continuing improve- Keyport, N. J. ment, five thousand dollars. Improving harbor at Erie, Pennsylvania: Continuing improve- Erie, Pa. ment, forty thousand dollars. The material removed in improving the harbor of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and New Jersey, in accordance with the plan adopted Pa. by Congress in the act of September nineteenth, eighteen hundred and ninety, under appropriations heretofore made, or any part of said material, may be deposited in any place or places approved by Deposit of mathe engineer officer in charge of the work: Provided, That the full terial. amount of material to be deposited and spread on League Island, as provided for under the existing contract, shall be so deposited and spread before the completion of the work covered by the contract; and all acts or parts of acts inconsistent or in conflict with this provision are hereby repealed. Proviso. League Island Improving Delaware Breakwater, Delaware: Continuing im- Delaware provement, fifty thousand dollars. Improving harbor at Wilmington, Delaware: Continuing improvement, forty thousand dollars. Improving harbor at Cambridge, Maryland: Completing im- Cambridge, provement, seven thousand seven hundred and thirty-seven dollars: Provided, That no part of said sum shall be expended above the bridge until the draw in said bridge shall have been widened sufficiently to accommodate the commerce on the river. Proviso. Md. draw. Improving harbor at Norfolk and its approaches, Virginia: Con- Norfolk, Va. tinuing improvement, one hundred and fifty thousand dollars. |