rirrrrounrn ooxeanss. sms. 1. ou. 314. 18%. 233 Improving upper Columbia. River from the mouth, including Snake §,°l¤¤bi;u*f{'*géBk° River as far up as Asotin, Oregon and Washington: Continuing im- nsvggm provement, five thousand dollars. Improving Columbia River, Oregon and Washington, at Three Mile m}f:},f';,“ 6}Q“Pm° "°“‘ Rapids, and the construction and equipment of a boat railway from the vet gi,p.é<m. foot of The Dalles Rapids to the head of Celilo Falls, in the State oi Oregon, the same to be constructed under the direction of the Secretary of War in accordance with the plans and specifications of the Engineer Department of the United States, one hundred and fifty thousand dollars. Improving lower Willamette River in front of and below Portland, Oglwclfgf m""`* Oregon, and Columbia River below the Willamette River in Oregon 1 ¤¤i£¤gmvmb~ gug Washington: Continuing improvement, one hundred thousand °w ° ° o ars. Improving Columbia. River at the Cascades, Oregon, fifty thousand thC·g::;;·,g=;sRi*¤* ¤* dollars, for maintaining and protecting existing works and for modiii- irnmem..L..~.,m. cations required to increase the navigable capacityof the canal, twenty """·P·"’°· thousand dollars of which, or so much thereof as may be necessary, shall be immediately available for expenditure in the discretion of th•· Secretary of War in constructing on the land and river ides of the canal, between the upper lock gate masonry and the upper guard gate masonry, such portions of the walls proposed in the modiiied project presented by the Board of Engineers in its report of October eighteenth, eighteen hundred and ninety-four (which report was printed in the Annual Report of the Chief of Engineers for the year eighteen hundred aud ninety-five, part tive, pages thirty-five hundred and seventy- six and following), as may be necessary to construct in advance of the opening of the canal to commerce. Improving Coquille River, Oregon: Continuing improvement, twenty coquaiitnavmoreg. thousand dollars. Improving the month of Siuslaw River; Continuing improvement, Si¤¤¤¤wB*~‘¤r- twenty-seven thousand dollars. For gauging waters of the Columbia River, measuring tidal and Rjfygpgins C°*¤¤·‘>** river volumes, one thousand dollars. `_ Improving upper Coquille River, between Coquille City and Myrtle °°‘*“‘“°R“'°’·°’°" Point, Oregon: Continuing improvement., twelve thousand dollars. Improving Umpqua. River, Oregon: Completing improvement, six V“*P*1“°R*"°*»°’°S· thousand dollars. Improving Coos River, Oregon: Completing improvement in accord- °°°‘ R*""’·°'°g· ance with plans submitted January nineteenth, eighteen hundred and ninety-tive, five thousand dollars. Improving Alsea River, Oregon: Completing improvement in accord- 5**** m*'·*·°**8- ance with plans submitted January nineteenth, eighteen hundred and ninety-five, three thousand dollars. Improving Nestucca River, Oregon, from town of Woods to the ocean, 0}j;°“‘°°“ m"° ’· in accordance with plans submitted January eighteenth, eighteen him- ` dred and ninety-tive: Completing improvement, six thousand dollars. _ Improving Vlfillamette and Yamhill rivers, Oregon, forty thousand Y];{,§},’Q‘l§fsf§,§;‘ dollars, to be expended in accordance with report submitted February twentydirst, eighteen hundred and ninety-six, for Willamette River from Portland to Eugene, and in accordance with report of survey, dated March sixth, eighteen hundred and ninety-tive, for lock and dam on Yamhill River: Provided, That contracts may be entered into by the 3:*;*;; Secretary of War for such materials and work as may be necessary to ' complete said improvements, or said materials may be purchased and work may be done otherwise than by contract, to be paid for as appropriations may from time to time be made by law not exceeding in the aggregate two hundred thousand dollars, including the amount herein appropriated: And provided further, That the sum of ten thousand S¤¤g1>¤¤r· dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, shall be available for the purchase or construction of a snag boat with suitable appliances: Maintaining __m_ Provided further, That the Secretary of wv8F may, in his discretion, 1. ae. use so much of the money herein appropriated as may be necessary to
