Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 28.djvu/400

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FIFTY-THIRD CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 299. 189-i. 371 Columbia River, below Tongue Point, by way of the southern channel in front of Astoria. VVillamette River from Portland to Eugene. Alsea River. Nestucca River from town of Woods to the ocean. Port Orford, with a view to improving the same for shipping purposes and as a harbor of refuge, commencing at Graveyard Point and by jetty, sea wall, or other proper construction extending southerly or southeasterly into the ocean three hundred or more feet, if necessary, and suitable for vessels of middle draft; and, secondly, if necessary, by another jetty, sea wall, or other constructive work, extending from the next high point or headland southwesterly four hundred or more feet, so as to accommodate vessels of maximum draft. PENNSYLVANIA. Pennsylvania. Allegheny River, for lock and dam at or near Tarentum, and lock and dam at the most practicable point for navigation between the proposed dam at Tarentum and Herrs Island Dam. Ohio River, movable dams, numbered three, four, and five. RHODE ISLAND. mm., ;,;,md_ Wickford Harbor, in Narragansett Bay. Great Salt Pond, Block Island, with a. view to making harbor oi refuge therein. Pawcatuck River, with reference to its further improvement from Westerly, Rhode Island, to Stonington, Connecticut. SOUTH CAROLINA. South Carolina. Steamboat Channel, seven feet deep at mean low water, between Beaufort, South Carolina, and Savannah, Georgia. TENNESSEE. Tennessee. Forked Deer River from Dyersburg, Tennessee, to its junction with the Obion River, and thence to the Mississippi River, so as to make said stream navigable all the year. TEXAS. Tcxns. I Brazos River from the town of Velasco to the town of Richmond. For determining the causes of the erosion of the easterly end of Galveston Island, and estimating the cost of works to prevent the same. · VIRGINIA. virginia. Bar at the northwest entrance of Milford Haven from Piankatank River. Mouth of Cranes Creek, a tidal estuary of Great \Vicomico River. WASHINGTON. Washington. Columbia River, from Rock Island Rapids to the Okanogan River. Nootsack River. Grays Harbor and its bar entrance, with a view to the improvement of its channels. WISCONSIN. Wisjwnsin. Alouez Bay. Sec. 13. For preliminary examinations, surveys, except where other- A$;;£m¢x..:m;»i- Wise herein especially provided tor, contingencies, expenses connected §§‘,,'§,S_mm'§`,.§f,,c_"‘* with inspection of bridges, the service of notice required in such cases, the examination of bridge sites and reports thereon, and for incidental