Fox River, Wis.

Improving Fox River, Wisconsin: Continuing improvement, thirty-seven thousand five hundred dollars, of which twenty-five hundred dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, may be used for work in the harbor of Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, and approaches thereto; of which said sum, two thousand five hundred dollars, or so much thereof as shall be necessary, shall be used in the removal of the bar that exists at the intersection of Fox River with Big Lake Buttesdesmorts, and five thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, may be used in erecting, operating, and maintaining on the Menasha dam slash boards to be so adjusted as to raise said dam one foot in height: Provided, however, That said dam shall not be Raising dam. raised if, in the judgment of the engineers or the Secretary of War, there is any possibility of any damage whatsoever being inflicted upon any private property by flowage of water or otherwise.

Proviso.

Saint Croix River, Wis. and Minn.

Menominee River, Mich. and Wis.

Sturgeon Bay and Lake Michigan Canal.

Red River of the North, Minn.

Wabash River, Ind. and Ill.

White River, Ind.

Calumet River, Ind. and Ill.

Illinois River, Ill.

Illinois and Michigan Canal.

Iowa River.

Part declared not navigable.

Lake Superior and Mississippi River.

Survey of canal to connect.

Proviso.

Construction not binding.

Improving Saint Croix River, Wisconsin and Minnesota: Continuing improvement, four thousand dollars.

Improving Menominee River, Michigan and Wisconsin: Continuing improvement, six thousand dollars.

Improving Sturgeon Bay and Lake Michigan Ship Canal: Continuing improvement, twenty thousand dollars. Improving Red River of the North, Minnesota: Continuing improvement, fifteen thousand dollars.

Improving Wabash River, Indiana and Illinois, above Vincennes: Continuing improvement, five thousand dollars. Improving Wabash River, Indiana and Illinois, below Vincennes: Continuing improvement, fifteen thousand dollars.

Improving White River, Indiana: Continuing improvement, including a resurvey of said river, five thousand dollars.

Improving Calumet River, Indiana and Illinois: Continuing improvement, forty-five thousand dollars, of which thirty-five thousand dollars is to be used below the forks of the river and ten thousand dollars above the forks to one-half mile east of Hammond.

Improving Illinois River, Illinois: Continuing improvement, thirty-five thousand dollars.

For construction of the Illinois and Mississippi Canal: Continuing construction, one hundred and ninety thousand dollars.

So much of the Iowa River within the State of Iowa as lies between the town of Toolsboro and the town of Wapello, in the county of Louisa, shall not be deemed a navigable river or public highway, but dams and bridges may be constructed across it.

For examination and survey for the location of a canal connecting Lake Superior and the Mississippi River, ten thousand dollars; and the engineers making said examination and survey shall report the most feasible route for such canal, either by way of the Saint Croix, Rum, or Upper Mississippi rivers: Provided, That nothing herein shall be construed to commit the Government to proceed with the construction of said improvement.

Mississippi

River.

lands, etc.

Maintenance.

For care and maintenance of reservoirs at the headwaters of the Mississippi River, fifty-one thousand dollars, and so much thereof as shall be required shall be expended in completing connections with the reservoir dams; in com- Reservoirs at pleting Sandy Lake dam; and any balance may be used for head-waters. the construction of a reservoir and dam at Gull Lake, Minnesota: Provided, That the United States shall not be Proviso. subject to any cost or expense for lands, mills, or other, No cost for property necessarily taken or injured for the last-named reservoir and dam. The provisions of section four of an act entitled "An Act making appropriations for the construction, repair, and preservation of certain public works Vol. 23, p. 147. on rivers and harbors, and for other purposes," approved July fifth, eighteen hundred and eighty-four, are hereby made applicable to said reservoirs so far as concerns their care, preservation, and maintenance. For dredging the channel at Quincy Bay, at Quincy, Illinois, the Secretary of Quincy, Ill. War is hereby authorized to set apart, out of any appropriations heretofore made, or which may be made, by this Congress for continuing the improvement of the Mississippi River, from the mouth of the Missouri River to Minneapolis, the sum of fifteen thousand dollars, if, in his discretion, said sum shall be necessary for that purpose. And out of said appropriation he shall cause a survey to be made on the Survey to pre west side of the Mississippi River, commencing at the mouth of Flint Creek, in Des Moines County, State of Iowa, and running along the west bank of the river to the mouth of the Iowa River, and along the east bank of the Mississippi River from the city of Warsaw to the city of Quincy, with a view to improving the navigation by preventing the water from overflowing the natural and artificial banks along those parts of the river and deepening the channel. Improving the Mississippi River between the Chicago,,From Saint Saint Paul, Minneapolis and Omaha Railroad bridge at apolis, Minn. Saint Paul to the Washington Avenue bridge at Minneapolis, fifty-one thousand dollars, which together with the unexpended balance standing to the credit of this improvement shall be expended under the project or plan to extend navigation from Saint Paul to the flour mills at Minneapolis, estimated for by Major A. McKenzie as appears by his report made to General Thomas L. Casey, Chief of Engineers, United States Army, under date of March first, eighteen hundred and ninety-four, by the construction of lock and dam numbered two in the same project.

to Minne

Work under

For work in accordance with the plans and specifications Mississippi of the Mississippi River Commission:

River Commission.

Miss.

At the harbor of Greenville, Mississippi: Continuing Greenville, improvement, eighty thousand dollars.

At the harbor of New Madrid, Missouri: Continuing New Madrid, improvement, twenty thousand dollars.

Mo.

La.

At the harbor of New Orleans, Louisiana: Continuing, New Orleans, improvement, one hundred and ten thousand dollars. At the harbor of Natchez and Vidalia, Mississippi and Louisiana: Continuing improvement, eighty thousand dollars.

Natchez and Vidalia, Miss. and La.

Memphis,

Tenn.

Hickman, Ky.
Unexpended

balance.

Atchafalaya and Red rivers, La.

Saint Francis

River, Mo.

Gasconade

River, Mo.

At the harbor of Memphis, Tennessee: Continuing improvement, fifty thousand dollars, of which ten thousand dollars may be used in dredging at the mouth of Wolf River, in the discretion of the Secretary of War.

The Mississippi River Commission shall cause to be expended on the harbor at Hickman, Kentucky, the unexpended balance, of any appropriation heretofore made for improving the harbor at that point.

At the head of the Atchafalaya and the mouth of Red River, Louisiana, for the rectification thereof: Continuing improvement, seventy thousand dollars, of which two thousand five hundred dollars may be used in improving Bayou Des Glaises, in the parish of Avoyelles, and the said Commission is directed to report to Congress in their next regular report their views on the advisability of effecting a separation between the Mississippi and Red rivers at the present junction thereof and maintaining navigation between the same through Bayou Plaquemine or by means of a canal.

Improving Saint Francois River, in Missouri, five thousand dollars.

Improving Gasconade River, Missouri: Continuing Osage River, improvement, five thousand dollars; and improving Osage River, Missouri: Continuing improvement, forty-six thousand dollars, to be expended by the Missouri River Com

Mo.

Missouri River Commission. Distribution.

Upper Missouri River, be

and Sioux City,

Iowa.

Distribution.

mission.

Missouri River, from its mouth to the lower limits of Sioux City, Iowa: The Missouri River Commission is authorized and directed to expend from the appropriations for the improvement of said river seventy-five thousand dollars in the rectification of the river at Omaha, Nebraska; thirty-five thousand dollars at Atchison, Kansas; and fifty thousand dollars at Saint Joseph and other localities on the river in the State of Missouri where the Commission may deem such improvement necessary.

Improving Upper Missouri River between Stubbs' Ferry, tween Stubbs in Montana, and the lower limits of Sioux City, Iowa: Ferry, Mont. One hundred and ten thousand dollars, of which ten thousand dollars may be expended in the protection and completion of the works at Sioux City; forty thousand dollars are to be expended in the rectification of the river at Pierre and Fort Pierre; forty thousand dollars, in the discretion of the Secretary of War, may be used for the protection of Bismarck Harbor and the rectification of the river by works to prevent the river from eroding the banks and cutting a new channel at or near that point; twenty thousand dollars shall be expended between the Great Falls of said river, in Montana, and Stubbs' Ferry, in Montana.

Sacramento and Feather riv ers, Cal.

Improving Sacramento and Feather Rivers, Califorma: Continuing improvements, including treatment of the Yuba River, near and above Marysville, and of the Bear River, one hundred and fifteen thousand dollars; of which ten thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, shall be expended in snagging and other work between Tehama and Redding, on the Sacramento River; and, in the discretion of the Secretary of War, ten thousand dol

Proviso.
Right of way.

River, Cal.

lars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, shall be expended in making a cut-off to avoid Shanghai bend on Feather River: Provided, That no money shall be expended in making said cut-off until the right of way therefor shall have been conveyed to the United States free of expense. Improving San Joaquin River, California, including San Joaquin making cut-off at Twenty-one Mile Slough; and if, in the discretion of the Secretary of War, it is deemed beneficial to navigation by preventing deposit of sediment in Stockton Channel, or otherwise, the making of a double cut-off Cut-off, etc. beginning at Mormon Slough immediately above its junction with Stockton Channel, thence across the same, entering the San Joaquin River immediately below junction therewith of Stockton Channel: Continuing improvement, fifty thousand dollars, of which ten thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, shall be expended in snagging and other work in aid of navigation on the San Joaquin River, above the city of Stockton and in the Tuolumne River and other tributaries of the former: Provided, Proviso. That no money shall be expended in making said double cut off until the right of way therefor shall have been conveyed to the United States free of charge. Improving Petaluma Creek, California: Continuing Petaluma improvement, fifteen thousand dollars.

Right of way..

Creek, Cal.

River, Cal.

Improving Mokelumne River, California: Continuing Mokelumne improvement, two thousand five hundred dollars, including snagging as far as county bridge at Thornton's, on said river: Provided, That no part of said sum shall be used until the drainage canal cut by private parties near New Hope landing shall have been closed. Improving Napa River, California: Continuing improvement, four thousand dollars.

Proviso. Drainage canal.

Napa River,

Cal.

Improving Upper Columbia River, including Snake River Columbia Riv as far up as Asotin, Oregon and Washington: Continuing er, upper. improvement, five thousand dollars.

Island to Foster

Snag boat, etc.

Improving Columbia River from Rock Island Rapids to, Rapids, Rock Foster Creek Rapids: The Secretary of War may, in his Creek. discretion, expend the unexpended balance, eight thousand two hundred and ten dollars and ninety-two cents, of the appropriation heretofore made for the improvement of the Columbia River between the head of Rock Island Rapids and the foot of Priest Rapids, Washington, for the building of a snag boat for use on the Columbia River between Rock Island Rapids and Foster Creek Rapids, and for such other work as may be necessary for the improvement of navigation of said river within the above-named limits.

Improving mouth of Columbia River, Oregon, and Wash Mouth. ington: Completing improvement, three hundred and thirty-eight thousand one hundred and eighty dollars.

The Dalles Rap

ids.

Improving Columbia River, Oregon and Washington, at Boat railway at Three-Mile Rapids, and the construction and equipment of a boat railway from the foot of The Dalles Rapids to the head of Celilo Falls, said boat railway to be provided at each terminus with hydraulic lifts, and other necessary appliances, for the purpose of raising and lowering the boats on suitable cars to and from its tracks, the whole to ENG 94-223

be located, constructed, and equipped for the passage of eight boats of six hundred tons each in each direction in twelve hours, on the south side of the Columbia River, substantially in accordance with the location and plans submitted by the board of engineers, appointed by the President in pursuance of the provision of the Act of Vol. 27, p. 109. Congress approved July thirteenth, eighteen hundred and ninety-two, and entitled "An Act making appropriations for the construction, repair, and preservation of certain public works on rivers and harbors, and for other purposes," with their report, which is contained in Senate Executive Document Numbered Seven, Fifty-third Congress, first session, one hundred thousand dollars: Prose vided, That the Secretary of War is hereby authorized and directed to proceed to acquire without unnecessary delay by purchase or condemnation, in the manner and according to the conditions now prescribed by law, the necessary right of way for said boat railway and the right to the use of lands required for terminal and other facilities for said boat railway, and to expend so much of the amount hereby appropriated as may be necessary for that purpose.

Proviso.

Right of way, etc., to be cured.

Lower Wil lamette and

Improving Lower Willamette River in front of and below Columbia rivers, Portland, Oregon, and Columbia River below the WillamOreg. and Wash. ette River in Oregon and Washington: Continuing improvement, fifty thousand dollars.

Willamette River, Oreg.

Coquille Riv er, Oreg.

Upper Co.
River,

quille Öreg.

Sinslaw River, Oreg.

Gauging lumbia River.

Co

Upper Snake River, Idaho.

Cowlitz River, Wash.

Puget Sound, etc., Wash.

Swinomish Slough, Wash.

Improving Willamette River above Portland, Oregon: Continuing improvement, twenty-three thousand dollars, of which eight thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, shall be used at Corvallis, and two thousand dollars may, in the discretion of the Secretary of War, be used in the removal of obstructions in Yam Hill River up to McMinnville.

Improving Coquille River, Oregon: Continuing improvement, twenty thousand dollars.

Improving Upper Coquille River, between Coquille City and Myrtle Point, Oregon: Continuing improvement, five thousand dollars.

Improving the mouth of Siuslaw River: Continuing improvement, twenty-five thousand dollars.

For gauging waters of the Columbia River, measuring tidal and river volumes, one thousand dollars.

Improving Upper Snake River, Idaho, between Seven Devils mining district and Huntington bridge, twenty-five. thousand dollars.

Improving Cowlitz River, Washington: Continuing improvement, three thousand dollars.

Improving Puget Sound and its tributary waters, Washington: Continuing improvement, fourteen thousand dol lars, which, together with the unexpended balance, may, in the discretion of the Secretary of War,or so much thereof as shall be necessary, be used for repairs to snag boat.

Improving Swinomish Slough, Washington: Continuing improvement in accordance with existing plan, twenty-five thousand dollars.

Willapa River, Improving Willapa River and Harbor, Washington: For

Wash.