FIFTY-FOURTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 314. 1896. 203 Improving harbor at Boston, Massachusetts: Continuing improve- §,°¤'·9¤·M¤¤¤· ment, seventy thousand dollars: Provided, That this sum may, in the nixiihhaou. discretion of the Secretary of War, be used in the preservation and improvement of said harbor, including the project for improving the main ship channel, and that seven thousand dollars of this sum may, in the discretion of the Secretary of War, be used in improving Chelsea Creek, and so much thereof as the Secretary of War in his discretion shall direct to be expended for the protection of Great Head, VVinthr0p, to prevent the further washing away by the action of the sea: Provided, That contracts may be entered into by the Secretary of C°“*“‘°*°· War for such materials and work as may be necessary to carry out the revised project of August eleventh, eighteen hundred and ninety-two, such contracts to provide that said ship channel shall be widened to a minimum width of one thousand ieet and a minimum depth of twenty- seven feet, to be paid for as appropriations may from time to time be made by law, in the aggregate not to exceed one million one hundred Limitand forty-five thousand dollars, exclusive of amount herein and heretofore appropriated. Improving harbor at Lynn, Massachusetts: Continuing improvement, LY¤¤· M¤¤¤· twenty thousand dollars. Improving harbor of refuge at Nantucket, Massachusetts: Continu- N¤¤¤¤<=k¤¤. Mming improvement, twenty thousand dollars. Improving harbor at Plymouth, Massachusetts: Completing improve- P*5’m°¤*b· Mmment, one thousand five hundred dollars. Improving harbor at Provincetown, Massachusetts: Completing im- Pr¤vi¤¤¤¤¤w¤.M¤~¤s- provement, one thousand five hundred dollars. Improving harbor at Newburyport, Massachusetts: Continuing im- Newburyport-M¤·¤¤· provement, sixteen thousand dollars. Improving harbor at Scituate, Massachusetts: Continuing improve- S¤i¢¤¤t¤.Mm. ment, six thousand dollars. Improving Stage Harbor at Chatham, Massachusetts: Completing Ch¤*h¤m» Mmimprovement, five thousand dollars. Improving harbor at Hyannis, Massachusetts: Continuing improve- HY*‘”"i¤· M8" ment, six thousand dollars, of which sum two thousand Eve hundred dollars shall be expended for dredging. Improving harbor at Vineyard Haven, Massachusetts: Continuing MVi¤¤y¤rd Huron. improvement, seven thousand dollars. m' Improving harbor of refuge at Sandy Bay, Cape Ann, Massachusetts: AE; ¤LQ£sB¤>’· C¤v¤ Continuing improvement, one hundred and fifty thousand dollars. ’ ` Improving harbor at Gloucester, Massachusetts: Continuingimprove- G¤<··¤¤¤¤¢¤r. Mussment, thirty-four thousand dollars: Provided, That of this appropria- {<’gf;’;@·ng rocks tion a sum not exceeding two thousand dollars may, in the discretion ' of the Secretary of War, be expended in removing from Gloucester Harbor a pinnacle rock in the outer harbor, a rock called “Elisha’s Rock" in the inner harbor, and a rock near the ferry landing at Rocks Neck in the inner harbor. Improving V\'oods Hole Channel, Massachusetts, in accordance with “’°<>d¤ H°l°· M=¤¤· project submitted in the Annual Report of the Chief of Engineers for eighteen hundred and ninety live, twenty thousand dollars. Manchester Harbor, Massachusetts: The Secretary of War is di- S{fj;‘;’;**;j;°’é£[e’;“t;h rected, out of the appropriation on hand, to cause a survey and esti-` ` mate of cost of improvement to be made with a view of straightening the channel between the mouth of Manchester Harbor and Proctors Point, removing obstructions at the mouth of the channel and at the point of rocks, dredging the channel for its entire length between its mouth and the town wharf to a width of from two hundred feet narrowing to one hundred and fifty feet and a depth of eight feet, and providing turning basins and anchorage for boats by the dredging of the flats for that purpose. Improving New Bedford Harbor, Massachusetts: Continuing im- Nsw B¤df¤¤LM¤¤¤· provement, with a view of securing an increased area for anchorage in the upper harbor, in accordance with report submitted November twenty-ninth, eighteen hundred and ninety-five, ten thousand dollars.
