370 FIFTYSEVENTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. C11. 1079. 1902. R°m°“*°*’°°k”· as may be necessary may be used in the removal of the obstructive _ rock in the rapids of the Columbia River, near the Cascade Locks. Sf&¥;"f,‘§§r‘;jb’§,Q;*éi _ Improving_ Ipper Columbia and Snake rivers, Oregon and Washand Wash. mgton: Continuing improvement and for maintenance, forty thousand two hundred and fifty dollars. The unexpended balance of the approriation heretofore made for the improvement of the Clearwater River, Idaho, is hereby made available for the improvement of the abovenamed rivers. Of the several sums herein provided for, twenty-eight thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, may be expended in completing the improvement and for maintenance of the Snake River between Ri aria and Lewiston, in accordance with the project recommended in lfbuse Document Numbered One hundred and twenty-seven, Fifty-sixth Congress, second session, and twenty-tive thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, may be expended in the improvement of the Snake River between Lewiston _ and Pittsburg Landing. , _ Ce1f,,“,ll§§m,{*Q‘)l}$ mfg Implroving the Columbia River between the foot of The Dalles Rapids wm.and the head of Celilo Falls, Oregon and Washington, by means of canals and the improvement of the channel of the river, in accordance _ with the report submitted in House Document Numbered Two hundred R‘g"‘°"'°Y·°"· and twenty-eight, Fifty-sixth 'Congress, second session: The unexpended balance heretofore appropriated for the purpose of procuring a right of way and commencing the construction of a boat railway at said point is hereby authorized to be used for procuring a right of way _ and commencing the construction of said canals and commencing the "”""”"" other improvements contemplated as a part of said pr0`ect: Promded, °°"‘“‘°‘“* That a contract or contracts may be entered into by the Secretary of War for such materials and work as may be necessary to prosecute said improvement, in accordance with the plan approved by the Chief of Engineers, to be paid for as applropriations may from time to time be made by law, not to exceed in the aggregate one hundred thousand dollars, exclusive of the amounts herein and heretofore appropriated, said contract or contracts to be made for such work and materials as will materially forward and advance the completion of said roject: €,§°°’d “’ °"“"-“*“°· Provided, That before entering upon the work herein contemplated an examination shall be made b a board of engineers with a view to modifying such project in such a way as to diminish the cost thereof, and if said proposed improvement can be so modified, then said work shall be prosecuted under such modified project; otherwise the same shall be prosecuted under the existing project as set forth in the re rt above referred to. mgfffff, ,$’;mgQ;§fcj‘ Tmproxiinv the Columbia River between the mouth of the Willamette Wash.River and the city of Vancouver, Washington: Continuing improvei I R ment, two thousandldotllgrs. O S **5 °" *"°'»°'°¥· Im rovin mont o Qiuslaw River. re on: Continuin im rovesuiiigfsmmmon and ment?thirty§five thousand dollars, and the Sgcretary of Wag is ai)1thor— ized and directed to cause to be made a reexamination and survey of said river at its mouth. and at the shoals at or near Florence, with a view to the adoption of a project for the improvement of said river which will provide for its commerce at a less cost than the existing _ _ roject.
1§$,_§,’ld L"W‘“ P Improving Cowlitz and Lewis rivers. including the North Fork of
the Lewis River, \Vashington: Continuing improvement and for main- , , tenance, nine thousand five hundred dollars. ,i$‘§§,Th °”d z"‘““l Willapa River and Harbor: The balance on hand to the credit of this improvement may, in the discretion of the Secretary of War, be expended in snagging and otherwise improving the North and Nasal rivers. w;’,§°‘ S"““d· *‘“·· Improving Puget Sound and its tributary waters,VVashington; Continuing improvement and for maintenance, thirty-five thousand dol-
