328 FORTY-NINTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 929. 1886. Relinquishmeut shall first obtain a relinquishment of wharfage rights and dues in favor °"""‘“'f“¤°"8h“`* of water-craft seeking protection from damage by ice; and no part of this appropriation shall be used for such purpose until the foregoing conditions are complied with. Also, out of said appropriation for the Ohio River eighteen thousand seven hundred and fifty dollars for removing obstruction at the mouth of Licking River; also eleven thonsand two hundred and fifty dollars for completing ice-harbor at Four- Mile Bar, near Cincinnati; also twenty thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, for Davis Island Dam. Mip¤i¤¤ipi»i M- For continuing operations upon the reservoirs at the headwaters °'}'yr"·_ of the Mississippi River, thirty-seven thousand five hundred dollars: ""°‘ Provided, That in the opinion of the Chief of Engineers the expenditure of this appropriation and the ultimate completion of this part of the reservoir system will adequately improve navigation. _ Upper Miunis- For operating snag·boat on Upper Mississippi River, twenty two °'l’P' R""- thousand five hundred dollars. Mississippikiver Improving Mississippi River from Saint Paul to Des Moines Rapids: g:s'*;,SE*'”° P**'\'d*° Continuing improvement, three hundred and eighty-two thousand tive °'"°° R"!" °' hundred dollars ;_ of which sum six thousand dollars or so much thereof as may be necessary, shall be applied to the removal of the rock at Duck Creek Chain, at the Bock Island Rapids; and of which sum the further amount of fifteen thousand dollars, or so muehthereof as may be necessary, may be used by the Secretary of War, in his discretion, Tm of Mme- for continuing the practical test of the iiume invented by M. J. Adams, the said test to be made under the supervision and direction of said Adams; but if not so used the sum shall remain as a part of said appropriation, and be used for the purposes first in this paragraph specified. ` Mi¤¤i¤¤ipr•iRiv¤=r Improving Mississippi River at Des Moines Rapids Canal, under the
- m¥T““R“P‘ modified project, twenty-six thousand two hundred and fifty dollars;
° of which sum fifteen thousand dollars are to be used for pier construetion, in extending the outer wall of canal to the pivotpier of the bridge. Dry dock. For dry-dock at Des Moines Rapids, forty-eight thousand seven hundred and fifty dollars. !<=<>·h=¤b<>¤‘. D¤· Improving ice-harbor at Dubuque, Iowa, the nnexpended balance, or buque. so much thereof as shall be necessary, shall be applied to paving instead of riprapping said ice-harbor. 1·‘r9mDcs Moiuqc ImprovingMississippi River from Des Moines Rapids to the mouth of
t" m‘“°"’ the Illinois River, including the river at Quincy Bay and the removal
‘of the bars at the mouth of Whipple Creek and Hamburg Bay, includ- _ ing also the strengthening of Sny Island Levee where it crosses Snicarte Slough and other sloughsz Continuing the improvement, one hundred _ and fifty thousand dollars. R¥`¤·¤¤ Il1i¤<M¤ Improving Mississippi River from the mouth of the Illinois River to m;;,?‘° 0 ° the mouth of the Ohio River, including the completion of the work, at ‘ Alton, and, at the discretion of the Secretary of War, the protection of the Illinois shore opposite the mouth of the Missouri River: Continuing improvement, three hundred and seventyfive thousand dollars; of which thirty- seven thousand five hundred dollars, or so much thereof as may he necessary, to be expended in extending the work for the protection of the eastwardly bank of the Mississippi River at Cairo, and the prevention of its wash or erosion, commencing at the southerly end of the present Government revetment work and continuing down stream, and twenty-two thousand five hundred dollars for continuing improvement at Cape Girardeau, Missouri, and Montona Point, Illinois: Provided, That the Secretary of War, in his discretion may use not to exceed seventy-five thousand dollars of said sum of three hundred and seventy- ilve thousand dollars to correct the current of the river and improve the channel at Saint Louis. Fmmnesd onlie Improving Mississippi River from Head of the Passes to the mouth ot £€*¤*;¤ *0 0h¤° the Ohio River: Continuing improvement, two million dollars; which " ‘ sum shall be expended under the direction of the Secretary of War, in
