number eight, thirty-five thousand dollars; and for continuing improvements. Purchase of lock and dam from Monon The Secretary of War be, and is hereby, authorized and directed to negotiate for and purchase, at a cost not to exceed one hundred gabela Navigation and sixty-one thousand seven hundred and thirty-three dollars and Company. thirteen cents, lock and dam number seven, otherwise known as "the Upper Lock and Dam," and its appurtenances, of the Monongahela Navigation Company, a corporation organized under the laws of Pennsylvania, which lock and dam number seven and its appurtenances constitute a part of the improvements in water communication in the Monongahela River, between Pittsburgh, in the State of Pennsylvania, and a point at or near Morgantown, in the State of West Virginia. And the sum of one hundred and sixty-one thousand seven hundred and thirty-three dollars and thirteen cents, or so much thereof as may be necessary, is hereby appropriated, out of any moneys in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for consummating said purchase, the same to be paid on the warrant of the Secretary of War, upon full and absolute conveyance to the United States of the said lock and dam number seven, and its appurtenances, of the said Monongahela Navigation Company. Condemnation proceedings. Proviso. In the event of the inability of the Secretary of War to make voluntary purchase of said lock and dam number seven and its appurtenances for said sum of one hundred and sixty-one thousand seven hundred and thirty-three dollars and thirteen cents, or a less sum, then the Secretary of War is hereby authorized and directed to institute and carry to completion proceedings for the condemnation of said lock and dam number seven and its appurtenances, said condemnation proceedings to be as prescribed and regulated by the provisions of the general railroad law of Pennsylvania, approved February nineteenth, eighteen hundred and forty-nine, and its supplements, except that the United States shall not be required to give any bond, and except that jurisdiction of said proceedings is hereby given to the circuit court of the United States for the western district of Pennsylvania, with right of appeal by either party to the Supreme Court of the United States: Provided, That in estimating the sum to be paid by the United States, the franchise of said corporation to collect tolls shall not be considered or estimated; and the sum of five thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, is hereby appropriated, out of any moneys in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to pay the necessary costs of said condemnation proceedings; and upon final judgment being entered therein the Secretary of War is hereby authorized and directed to draw his warrant on the Treasury for the amount of said judgment and costs, and said amount for the payment thereof is hereby appropriated out of any moneys in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated. And Operating expenses. when said lock and dam number seven and its appurtenances shall have been acquired by the United States, whether by purchase or condemnation, the Secretary of War shall take charge thereof, and the same shall thereafter be subject to the provisions of section four of an act entitled "An act making appropriations for the construction, repair, and preservation for certain public work on rivers and harbors, and for other purposes," approved July fifth, eighteen hundred and eighty-four. Vol. 23, p. 147. Ohio River. The Secretary of War is authorized and directed to appoint a board of three engineer officers of the United States Army, whose duty it movable dams. shall be to thoroughly examine the Ohio river below Pittsburgh, as to the practicability of the improvement of the navigation of said river by means of movable dams; and said board shall report on or before the first Monday of December next, as to the feasibility and advisability of such project of improvement, the number of dams required, their location. with the cost of the same together with the cost of maintaining them after the completion of the project. The Secretary of War shall transmit said report to Congress at its next session, together with the views of himself and the Chief of Engineers of the United States Army thereon. The sum of ten thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, is hereby appropriated out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated to pay the expenses of said board and survey. Improving Gauley River, West Virginia: For cleaning out channel, three thousand dollars. Improving New River, West Virginia: Continuing improvement from mouth of Wilson Creek to mouth of Greenbrier River, balance now available from former appropriations for improving New River, Virginia, is hereby directed to be spent in improving said river between Ivanhoe Furnace in Wythe County and mouth of Wilson Creek. Improving Cape Fear River, North Carolina, above Wilmington: Continuing improvement, twelve thousand dollars. To complete the improvement of Cape Fear River below Wilmington, North Carolina, two hundred and forty-five thousand dollars. Improving Contentnia Creek, North Carolina: Continuing improvement, five thousand dollars. Improving Currituck Sound, Coanjok Bay, and North River Bar, North Carolina, seven thousand five hundred dollars. Improving Neuse River, North Carolina: Continuing improvement, fifteen thousand dollars. Improving New River, North Carolina: Continuing improvement, three thousand dollars. Improving Pamlico and Tar Rivers from the mouths to the Falls at Rocky Mount, North Carolina: Continuing improvement, ten thousand dollars. Improving Trent River, North Carolina: Continuing improvement, five thousand dollars. Improving Lumber River, North Carolina, five thousand dollars. Improving Roanoke River, North Carolina, from its mouth to Clarksville, Virginia, forty thousand dollars. Improving Yadkin River, North Carolina, ten thousand dollars. Improving Edisto River, South Carolina: Continuing improvement, five thousand dollars. Improving Great Pee Dee River, South Carolina: Continuing improvement, twenty thousand dollars. Improving Salkehatchee River, South Carolina: Continuing improvement, three thousand dollars. Improving Santee River, South Carolina Continuing improvement, twenty-four thousand dollars. Improving Waccamaw River, North and South Carolina, to Waccamaw Lake, North Carolina: Continuing improvement, fifteen thousand dollars, Improving Wappoo Cut, South Carolina: Continuing improvement, five thousand dollars. Improving Wateree River, South Carolina: Continuing improvement, twelve thousand dollars: Provided, That no part of said appropriation shall be expended until the Wilmington, Columbia and Augusta Railroad Company, and the Camden branch of the South Carolina Railroad Company, shall have built suitable draw-spans in their bridges over said river, to be approved by the Secretary of War. Improving Congaree River, South Carolina: Continuing improvement, seven thousand five hundred dollars: Provided, That no part of said appropriation shall be expended until the South Carolina Railroad Company shall have built a suitable draw-span in its bridge over said river, to be approved by the Secretary of War. Improving Mingo Creek or river, South Carolina, five thousand Mingo Creek, S. C. dollars. Improving Clark Creek or River, South Carolina, two thousand five hundred dollars. Improving Little Pee Dee River, South Carolina, five thousand dollars. Improving Altamaha River, Georgia: Continuing improvement, ten thousand dollars. Clark Creek, S. C. Little Pee Dee River, S. C. Altamaha River, Ga. Improving Chattahoochee River, Georgia: Continuing improve-Chattahoochee ment, twenty thousand dollars. Improving Coosa River, Georgia and Alabama: Continuing improvement, sixty thousand dollars. Improving Flint River, Georgia: Continuing improvement, twenty thousand dollars; of which sum five thousand dollars are to be expended between Albany and Montezuma, and fifteen thousand below Albany. River, Coosa River, Ga. and Ala Flint River, Ga. Improving Ocmulgee River, Georgia: Continuing improvement, Ocmulgee River, Ga. fifteen thousand dollars. Improving Oconee River, Georgia: Continuing improvement, twelve thousand five hundred dollars; a portion of which may be expended on said river between Skull Shoals and the Georgia railroad bridge. Improving the Savannah River, Georgia, between the cities of Augusta and Savannah, completing the present project and commencing the extended project contained in the report of Engineer for year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and eighty-seven, twentyone thousand dollars. Oconee River, Ga. Savannah River, Ga. Jekyl Creek, Ga. Improving Jekyl Creek, Georgia, five thousand dollars. Romerly Marsh, Georgia: To pay for completing the existing Romerly Marsh, Ga. project four thousand six hundred and thirty-three dollars and seventy-seven cents. Improving Apalachicola River, Florida: To maintain, two thousand dollars. Improving Caloosahatchie River, Florida: To complete improvement of upper river, ten thousand dollars. Improving Choctawatchie River, Florida and Alabama: Continuing improvement, ten thousand dollars. Improving Escambia and Conecuh Rivers, Florida and Alabama: Continuing improvement, ten thousand dollars. Improving La Grange Bayou, Florida: To complete, three thousand dollars, including Holmes River to the town of Vernon. Improving Manatee River, Florida: Continuing improvement, five thousand dollars. Improving Saint John's River, Florida, from Jacksonville to the ocean including the channel over the bar at the mouth, one hundred and seventy-five thousand dollars. Apalachicola River, Fla. River, Fla. Caloosa hatchie Choctawhatchie River, Fla, and Ala. Escambia and Conecuh Rivers, Fla. and Ala. Fla. La Grange Bayou, Manatee River, Fla. Saint John's River, Fla. Improving Suwanee River, Florida: Continuing improvement, Suwanee River, Fla. fifteen thousand dollars; of which ten thousand dollars is to be expended in the purchase or construction of a suitable steam snag-boat with dredging and pile-driving machinery to be used on the rivers of the west coast of Florida. Improving Volusia Bar, Florida: To maintain, five hundred dol lars. Volusia Bar, Fla. er, Fla. Improving Withlacoochee River, Florida: Continuing improve- tlacoochee Riv ment, five thousand dollars. Improving Alabama River, Alabama: Continuing improvement, twenty thousand dollars. Improving Black Warrior River, Alabama, from Tuscaloosa to Daniel's Creek: Continuing improvement, one hundred thousand dollars. Alabama River, Ala. Black Warrior Riv er, Ala. Ala. Improving Tallapoosa River, Alabama: Continuing improvement, Tallapoosa River, seven thousand five hundred dollars. Improving Warrior River, below Tuscaloosa, Alabama: Continuing improvement, eighteen thousand dollars. Improving Tom bigbee River, Alabama, from Walker's Bridge to Fulton, four thousand dollars. Improving Tombigbee River, Alabama, from Fulton to Vienna: Continuing improvement, six thousand five hundred dollars. Improving Tombigbee River, Alabama, below Vienna: To complete improvement, six thousand dollars. Improving Big Sunflower River, Mississippi: Continuing improvement, five thousand dollars; of which two thousand dollars to be expended between Woodburn and Lehrton. Improving Noxubee River, Mississippi: Continuing improvement, five thousand dollars. Improving Pascagoula River, Mississippi: Continuing improvement, twenty-seven thousand dollars, including bar at the mouth and from there to the mills at Moss Point. Improving Pearl River, Mississippi, between Edinburgh and Carthage: Continuing improvement, five thousand dollars. Improving Pearl River, Mississippi, between Carthage and Jackson: Continuing improvement, two thousand five hundred dollars. Improving Pearl River, Mississippi, below Jackson, fifteen thousand dollars; of which five thousand shall be used for dredging at the mouth. Improving Steele's Bayou, Mississippi, including Washington Bayou: Continuing improvement, two thousand five hundred dollars. Improving Tallahatchie River, Mississippi: Continuing improvement, five thousand dollars. Improving Tchula Lake, Mississippi: Continuing improvement, three thousand dollars. Improving Yazoo River, Mississippi: Continuing improvement, thirty-two thousand dollars; of which ten thousand shall be used in repairing snag-boat Meigs, and eight thousand for constructing a pumping dredge-boat. Improving Amite River, Louisiana: Continuing improvement, five thousand dollars; of which two thousand five hundred may be used in improving Bayou Manchae. Improving Boeuf River, Louisiana: Continuing improvement and closure of outlets, six thousand dollars. Improving Bayou Bartholomew, Louisiana and Arkansas: Continuing improvement, five thousand dollars. Improving Bayou Courtableau, Louisiana: Continuing improvement, five thousand dollars. Improving Bayou D'Arbonne, Louisiana: Continuing improvement, two thousand dollars. Improving Bayou Terre Bonne, Louisiana: To complete, three thousand dollars. Improving Red River, Louisiana: For completion of survey from Fulton, Arkansas, to the Atchafalaya River, thirty-five thousand dollars. Improving Tensas River and Bayou Macon, Louisiana: Continuing improvement, five thousand dollars. Improving Red River, Louisiana and Arkansas: Continuing improvement from Fulton, Arkansas, to Atchafalaya River, including completing the work at Alexandria, sixty-five thousand dollars; of which five thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, to be used upon Cypress Bayou and the lakes between Shreveport, Louisiana, and Jefferson, Texas; and five thousand dollars or so much thereof as may be necessary, upon Bayou Dorcheat. Improving Ouachita and Black River, Arkansas and Louisiana: Continuing improvement, twenty thousand dollars; of which four thousand five hundred dollars is authorized to be expended for the construction or purchase of a crane-boat with steam power. Improving Tickfaw River and its navigable tributaries, Louisiana: Tickfaw River, La. Continuing improvement, one thousand dollars. Improving Little River, Louisiana, two thousand five hundred dollars. Improving Bayous Rondeway and Vidal, Louisiana, by removing obstructions, one thousand dollars. Improving Calcasieu River and Passes, Louisiana: Continuing improvement at the entrance to said river and pass, ten thousand dollars. Little River, La. Bayous Rondeway and Vidal, La.. La. Calcasieu River, La. Improving Bayou Plaquemine, Louisiana: For securing a naviga-, Bayou Plaquemine, ble channel sixty feet wide and six feet in depth, from deep water up to the Plaquemine Dike, and for securing the mouth of the bayou from further caving, one hundred thousand dollars, pursuant to plan recommended by the engineers. La.. Improving Bayou Lafourche, Louisiana, pursuant to the project, Bayou Lafourche, of Lieutenant O. T. Crosby, Corps of Engineers, dated June eleventh, eighteen hundred and eighty-six, fifty thousand dollars, including immediate dredging to secure low water navigation. Improving Buffalo Bayou, Texas: Continuing improvement, twenty-five thousand dollars. Improving Trinity River, Texas: Continuing improvement, twelve thousand five hundred dollars. Buffalo Bayou, Tex. Trinity River, Tex. Arkansas River, Ark. Provisos. ment. Improving Arkansas River, Arkansas: Continuing improvement, one hundred and fifty thousand dollars: Provided, That nothing herein contained shall authorize the Secretary of War to enter upon the project of improvement of said river as set forth in the report of the Board of Engineers on improvement of the Arkansas River from Wichita, Kansas, to its mouth, dated New York City, March sixteenth, eighteen hundred and eighty-eight, and contained in House Executive Document Number Two hundred and thirty-four, first session, Fiftieth Congress: Provided, That the Secretary of War shall scope of improveexpend the appropriation under this head with reference to the final improvement of this river as contemplated in the report of the Chief of Engineers for the year ending July first, eighteen hundred and eighty-five, and as authorized in the act for the improvement of rivers and harbors approved August fifth, eighteen hundred and eighty- Vol. 24, p. 323. six, and in House Executive Document number ninety, Forty-ninth Congress, first session; said methods to be applied, as the Secretary of War may direct, at such points between Wichita, Kansas, and the navigable mouth of the Arkansas River, at its junction with the Mississippi River, as he, may deem for the best interest of commerce. And all moneys now to the credit of different sections of the Arkansas River, other than appropriations for the operating of snag boats, shall be available for use under this head; and in future the engineer in charge of this work and the Secretary of War shall make report Reports. upon the progress and needs of this work under this head, instead of reporting upon disconnected projects, as heretofore. Nothing herein contained shall be understood to prevent the Secretary of War from applying any part or all of the funds previously appropriated for use at Fort Smith, Dardanelle, in Pine Bluff Reach, or from expending not exceeding four thousand dollars to remove the bar in front of Van Buren, or from allotting not exceeding eight thousand dollars as a contingent fund for the expenditure in Pine Bluff Reach. Improving Saint Francis River, Arkansas: Continuing improvement, four thousand dollars. Saint Francis River, Ark. Arkansas River, Ark. Removing obstruc Improving Arkansas River, Arkansas: For removing obstructions, twenty-five thousand dollars, of which ten thousand dollars is authorized to be used in constructing a new hull for the snag boat tions. Wichita, including capstans and the transfer of the upper works, and three hundred and seventy-five dollars in completing survey and maps. |