Mississippi River. For care and maintenance of reservoirs at the headwaters of the Mississippi River, sixty thousand dollars, of which thirty thousand dollars may be expended for the construction of a navigable headwaters. pass through the Sandy Lake dam. Additional contracts. Improving the Mississippi River, from the mouth of the Ohio From mouth River to the landing on the west bank below the Washington ave- of Ohio to Minneapolis. nue bridge, Minneapolis, Minnesota: Continuing improvement, one million one hundred and twenty-five thousand dollars: Pro- Provisos. vided, That on and after the passage of this act additional contracts may be entered into by the Secretary of War for such materials and work as may be necessary to carry on continuously the systematic improvement of the Mississippi River between the points mentioned, or said materials may be purchased and work may be done otherwise than by contract, to be paid for as appropriations may from time to time be made by law, not exceeding in the aggregate one million six hundred and twenty-five thousand dollars per annum for three years, commencing July first, eighteen hundred and ninety-three: And provided further, That of the amount Distribution. herein appropriated five hundred and twenty-five thousand dollars shall be expended from the mouth of the Ohio River to the mouth of the Missouri River and six hundred thousand dollars from the mouth of the Missouri to Minneapolis; and the amounts for which additional contracts are authorized to be entered into shall be expended in like proportion. The Secretary of War is hereby directed to pay, out of the sum allotted to the river between the mouth of the Missouri River and Minneapolis, to M. J. Adams, five M. J. Adams, thousand dollars, in full of all claims and demands growing out of payment to. the test made by him of what is known as the Adams flume on the Upper Mississippi River, the said test having been authorized by Congress; and the Secretary of War shall expend fifty thousand dollars of said six hundred thousand dollars between the Chicago, Saint Paul, Minneapolis and Onaha Railway bridge at Saint Paul Paul and Minand the Washington avenue bridge, Minneapolis, and may, in his neapolis. discretion, use a portion of said sum of six hundred thousand dollars, if necessary, to further protect the east bank of the river from Between St. Harbors of pany. Payment to. erosion, and thus prevent the destruction of the embankment of Sny Island the Sny Island levee, and a further portion, in his discretion, in levee. the rectification of the river at Clarksville, Missouri. and in repair Clarksville, of harbors of refuge at Stockholm, Wisconsin, and Lake City, Mo. Minnesota, on Lake Pepin: Provided, That the Secretary of War refuge. be, and he is hereby, authorized to pay out of said appropriation Hannibal the value of work actually done by the Hannibal Ferry Company, Ferry Comnot exceeding the sum of two thousand one hundred and seven dollars and fifty cents. on the upper Mississippi River Government dyke, opposite Hannibal, Missouri, during the months of September, October, and November, eighteen hundred and ninety-one. Improving Quincy Bay, Illinois: The balance on hand to credit Quincy Bay, of this improvement from the appropriation made in the river and Ill. harbor act of September nineteenth, eighteen hundred and ninety, used for levee, is hereby authorized to be expended, or so much thereof as may Whipple Creek be necessary, in constructing a retaining levee on Whipple Creek Bar. Bar to hold the material dredged from the bay, as recommended by the engineer in charge in the report for eighteen hundred and ninety-one, page twenty-one hundred and twenty-one. Balance to be Vol. 20, p. 450. sion. to Improving Mississippi River from Head of the Passes to the Mississippi mouth of the Ohio River. including salaries, clerical, office, trav- River Cominiseling, and miscellaneous expenses of the Mississippi River Com- Head of the mission: Continuing improvment, two million dollars, which sum Passes shall be expended, under the direction of the Secretary of War, in mouth of Ohio. accordance with the plans, specifications, and recommendations of Salaries, etc. the Mississippi River Commission, as approved by the Chief of Engineers, for the general improvement of the river, for the building of levees, and for surveys, including the survey from the Head of the Passes to the headwaters of the river, in such manner as in their opinion shall best improve navigation and promote the interests of commerce at all stages of the river: Provided, That on Provisos. contracts. Limit. Additional and after passage of this act additional contracts may be entered into by the Secretary of War for such materials and work as may necessary to carry on continuously the plans of the Mississippi River Commission as aforesaid, or said materials may be purchased and work may be done otherwise than by contract, to be paid for as appropriations may from time to time be made by law, not exceeding in the aggregate two million six hundred and sixty-five thousand dollars per annum for three years, commencing July first, eighteen hundred and ninety-three. Greenville, Miss. Vicksburg, Miss. New Orleans, La. Natchez, Miss, and Vidalia, La. Memphis, Tenn. New Madrid, Mo. Atchafalaya For work in accordance with the plans and specifications of the Mississippi River Commission. At the harbor of Greenville, Mississippi: Continuing improvement, one hundred thousand dollars. At the harbor at Vicksburg, Mississippi: Continuing improvement, eighty thousand dollars. At the harbor of New Orleans, Louisiana: Continuing improvement, eighty thousand dollars. At the harbor of Natchez and Vidalia, Mississippi and Louisiana, eighty thousand dollars. At the harbor of Memphis, Tennessee, twenty-five thousand dollars. At the harbor of New Madrid, Missouri, twenty-five thousand dollars. At the head of the Atchafalaya and the mouth of Red River, and Red rivers, Louisiana, for the rectification thereof: Continuing improvement, eighty thousand dollars. La. Great Lakes. Ship channel, Chicago. Duluth and Buffalo. Proviso. Contracts. Limit. Gasconade River, Mo. Osage River, Mo. Missouri River. Between For ship channel twenty and twenty-one feet in depth, and a minimum width of three hundred feet, in the shallows of the connecting waters of the Great Lakes between Chicago, Duluth, and Buffalo, three hundred and 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 carry out the plans proposed by General O. M. Poe, Corps of Engineers, United States Army, date January twentieth, eighteen hundred and ninety-one, and printed as House Executive Document, numbered Two hundred and seven, second session Fifty-first Congress, for such ship channel, to be paid for as appropriations may from time to time be made by law, not to exceed in the aggregate two million nine hundred and sixty-five thousand dollars, exclusive of the amount herein appropriated. Improving Gasconade River, Missouri: Continuing improvement, four thousand dollars. Improving Osage River, Missouri: Continuing improvement, fifty thousand dollars. Improving Missouri River between the foot of the Great Falls of the said river, in Montana, and Sioux City: Continuing improvement one hundred and fifty thousand dollars, a portion of which Great Falls, Mont., and may be used, in the discretion of the Secretary of War, in the rectiSioux City. fication of said river and bank protection at the cities of Pier re and Yankton, South Dakota. Missouri sion. Proviso. Improving the Missouri River from its mouth to Sioux City, River Commis- Iowa, including salaries, clerical, office, traveling and miscellaneous Salaries, etc. expenses of the Missouri River Commission, surveys, permanent Improvement. bench marks, and gauges: Continuing improvement, six hundred thousand dollars, to be expended under the direction of the Secretary of War in the systematic improvement of the river according to the plans and specifications of the Missouri River Commission, as approved by the Chief of Engineers: Provided, That in the discretion of said Commission a portion of such sum may be expended in the protection of harbors and localities on the river within said limits: And provided also, That on and after the pasAdditional sage of this act additional contracts may be entered into by the Secretary of War for such materials and work as may be necessary to carry on continuously the plans of the Missouri River Commission for the improvement of said river, or said materials may be purchased and work may be done otherwise than by contract, to be paid for as appropriations may from time to time be made by law, not exceeding in the aggregate seven hundred and fifty thousand contracts. Limit. dollars per annum for three years, commencing July first, eighteen hundred and ninety-three. Examination Examination of Missouri River from Three Forks to Canyon Missouri Ferry, Montana, with a view of determining at what points, if River. any, use might be made of water power for manufacturing or other for water power purposes, without unreasonably impairing the navigability of that portion of said river, two thousand five hundred dollars. Improving Colorado River by construction of a levee on the Gila Colorado River near its junction with the Colorado River at Yuma, Ari- River, Ariz. zona, so as to confine the waters to the channel of said rivers, ten thousand dollars. Improving Sacramento and Feather rivers, California, according to plan of the Board of Engineers, appointed pursuant to the provision of the act of September nineteenth, eighteen hundred and ninety, submitted February third, eighteen hundred and ninetyone, and printed as House Executive Document, number Two hundred and forty-six, Fifty-first Congress, second session, including treatment of the Yuba River near and above Marysville, one hundred and fifty thousand dollars. Sacramento and Feather rivers, Cal. Vol. 26, p. 456. San Joaquin Proviso. Improving San Joaquin River, California, including making the cut-off at Twenty-one Mile Slough and the double cut-off between River, Cal. Stockton Channel and Devil's Elbow, as proposed by Major W. H. Heuer Continuing improvement, sixty-five thousand dollars: Provided, That no money shall be expended for making the cutoffs until the right of way on the line of the cut-offs shall have been conveyed to the United States free of expense. Improving Petaluma Creek, California: Continuing improve- Petaluma ment, ten thousand dollars. Right of way. Creek, Cal. River, Cal. Improving Mokelumne River, California: Continuing improve-Mokelumne ment, two thousand five hundred dollars: Provided, That no parte of said sum shall be used until the drainage canal cut by private Drainage caparties near New Hope Landing shall have been closed. Improving canal at the Cascades of the Columbia River, Oregon: Continuing improvement, three hundred and twenty-six thousand two hundred and fifty 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 of the Columbia River at that point, to be paid for as appropriations may from time to time be made by law, not to exceed in the aggregate one million four hundred and nineteen thousand two hundred and fifty dollars, exclusive of the amount herein and heretofore appropriated. nal. Cascades of Columbia River Proviso. Limit. port on removal The President is hereby authorized to appoint a board of engi- Board of enneers to consist of seven members, of whom three shall be from gineers to recivil life, whose duty it shall be to thoroughly examine the ob- of obstructions structions to navigation in the Columbia River, in that portion to navigation, from the navigable waters thereof below Three Mile Rapids to the Columbia River. navigable waters above the Celilo Falls, and report as soon as they conveniently can to the Secretary of War such plan for overcoming or removing said obstructions as in their opinion is most feasible and best adapted to the necessities of commerce, together with a statement as to the usefulness of such improvement to navigation, its relation and value to commerce and the most desirable location therefor, the cost of construction and of the right of way, including the necessary land therefor being considered. They shall also report the details of such plans, with estimates of its cost. The sum of twenty thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, is hereby appropriated to defray the cost of such examination and survey and the expenses of said board. Improving Upper Columbia River, including Snake River, as far up as Asotin, Oregon and Washington: Continuing improvement, fifteen thousand dollars. Upper Columbia River, Oreg. and Wash. Improving mouth of Columbia River, Oregon: Continuing im-Columbia proyement, three hundred and fifty thousand dollars. River, Oreg. Improving Willamette River at and above Portland, Oregon: Willamette Continuing improvement, thirty thousand dollars, of which three River, Oreg. thousand dollars shall be used in removing obstructions in Yamhill River up to McMinnville, Lower Willa Improving Lower Willametto and Columbia rivers, in front of mette and Co- and below Portland, Oregon: Continuing improvement, one hunPortland, Oreg. dred and fifty thousand dollars, to be applied to obtaining a twentyfive foot channel. lumbia rivers, Coquille River, Oreg. Siuslaw River, Oreg. Upper Co Improving Coquille River, Oregon: Continuing improvement, twenty-five thousand dollars. Improving the mouth of the Siuslaw River, Oregon: Continuing improvement, twenty thousand dollars. Improving Upper Coquille River, between Coquille City and quille River, Myrtle Point, Oregon: Five thousand dollars, to be used in deepening channel to four feet at mean low water. Oreg. Idaho. Snake River, Improving Upper Snake River, Idaho, between Huntington Bridge and Seven Devils mining district, twenty thousand dollars. Improving Cowlitz River, Washington: Continuing improvement, three thousand dollars. Cowlitz River, Wash. Puget Sound, Improving Puget Sound and its tributary waters, Washington: Continuing improvement, fifteen thousand dollars. etc., Wash. Swinomish Improving Swinomish Slough, Washington: For a channel four Slough, Wash. feet in depth at the mean of the lower low waters, twenty-five thousand dollars. Nasel River, Wash. Columbia River, Wash. Will a pa River, Wash. Rejection tageous. of Improving Nasel River, Washington: Completing improvement, one thousand five hundred dollars. Improving Columbia River, Washington, between the mouth of the Willamette River and the city of Vancouver: Completing improvement, in accordance with the plan recommended by Major Thomas H, Handbury, and printed in House Executive Document numbered Thirty-six, Fifty-second Congress, first session, thirtythree thousand dollars. Improving Willapa River and Harbor, Washington, eighteen thousand dollars, of which eight thousand dollars may be used for closing Mailboat Slough. SEC. 2. That in cases where authority has been granted to the bids not advan- Secretary of War in this act to make contracts for the completion of certain works of river and harbor improvement, he is hereby authorized to reject any bids not in his opinion advantageous to the Government, and to issue new proposals. Vol. 26, p. 54, amended. SEC. 3. That section seven of the river and harbor act of September nineteenth, eighteen hundred and ninety, be amended and re-enacted so as to read as follows: 66 Obstructions "SEC. 7. That it shall not be lawful to build any wharf, pier, by wharves, etc. dolphin, boom, dam, wier, breakwater, bulkhead, jetty, or structure of any kind outside established harbor lines, or in any navigable waters of the United States where no harbor lines are or may be established, without the permission of the Secretary of War, in any port, roadstead, haven, harbor, navigable river, or other waters of the United States, in such manner as shall obstruct or impair navigation, commerce, or anchorage of said Construction waters; and it shall not be lawful hereafter to commence the conof bridges, etc., struction of any bridge, bridge draw, bridge piers and abutments, under State law causeway, or other works over or in any port, road, roadstead, haven, harbor, navigable river or navigable waters of the United States, under any act of the legislative assembly of any State, until the location and plan of such bridge or other works have been subSecretary of mitted to and approved by the Secretary of War. or to excavate War to approve or fill, or in any manner to alter or modify the course, location, plans, etc. Altering, etc., condition or capacity of any port, roadstead, haven, harbor, harports., etc., for- bor of refuge, or inclosure within the limits of any breakwater, or of the channel of any navigable water of the United States, unless approved and authorized by the Secretary of War: bidden. Proviso. Provided, That this section shall not apply to any bridge, bridge Existing law- draw, bridge piers, and abutments the construction of which has ful bridges, etc., been heretofore duly authorized by law, or be so construed as to excepted. authorize the construction of any bridge, draw bridge, bridge No authority for bridges un- piers and abutments or other works under an act of the legislature der State law of any State, over or in any stream, port, roadstead, haven or harover waters not bor or other navigable water not wholly within the limits of such wholly in State. State. Ohio River. SEC. 4. That any permission granted by the Secretary of War Bridges across under the provisions of an act of Congress entitled “An act to authorize the construction of bridges across the Ohio River, and to prescribe the dimensions of the same," approved December seventeenth, eighteen hundred and seventy-two, as amended by an act supplementary thereto, approved February fourteenth, eighteen hundred and eighty-three, for the construction of a bridge over said river, shall be null and void if said construction be not struction. actually commenced within one year and completed within three years from the date of said permission. Vol. 22, p. 414. Limit for con SEC. 5. That no money appropriated for the improvement of Dredging withrivers and harbors in this act or hereafter, shall be expended for in harbor lines. dredging inside of harbor lines duly established. SEC. 6. That the Secretary of War is hereby directed to cause preliminary examinations to be made at the following localities, to wit: Surveys. ARKANSAS. Saline River. Little River. Fourche Le Fevre and Current River. Ouachita River, above Camden. CALIFORNIA. Old River Branch of San Joaquin River. San Joaquin River from Hill's Ferry to Firebaugh's Ferry, in cluding closing of sloughs on the river above Stockton. Navigable sloughs, in the bay of San Francisco. Merced River. Mouth of Navarro River. Tuolumne River. Harbor of Crescent City. Stanislaus River. Entrance to harbor of San Francisco, known as Golden Gate. Alviso Slough. For inland water way connecting the Mispillion and Broadkiln rivers so as to reopen the navigation of Cedar, Slaughter, and Primehook creeks. Harbor at Cape Canaveral. FLORIDA. The bar at the junction of Choctawhatchee Bay and Santa Rosa Sound. The bar at the mouth of Alaqua Bayou, at its entrance into Choctawhatchee Bay. Arkansas. California. Connecticut. Delaware. Florida. Savannah River between Spirit Island and the point where the Charleston and Savannah Railway crosses said river. Kootenai River, from Fry, Idaho, to international boundary line. |