Appropriations, Sc.-Continued. Brought forward. For improving the Kentucky River, from the mouth to Three Forks, according to esti mate and report of Maj. William E. Merrill, January 14, 1879.... For improving Woodbridge Creek, N. J For improving Elizabeth River, N. J., to secure a 7-foot channel. For improving Rahway River, N.J., deepening channel and removing obstructions.. For improving Yellowstone River For improving Mobile Harbor, to secure a 17-foot channel. For improving and repairing San Diego Harbor, Cal For improving Big Sunflower River, Miss.. For improving Coldwater River, Miss.. For improving Tallahatchie River, Miss For improving Upper Red River, from Fulton to the head of the raft For improving Urbana Creek, Va For improving Monongahela River, West Virginia and Pennsylvania, to be expended in completing lock and dam at Hoard's Rock $5,797, 600 00 100, 000 00 4,000 00 7,500 00 10,000 00 20,000 00 25, 000 00 100, 000 00 1,000 00 20,000 00 7,000 00 6,000 00 10, 000 00 5, 000 00 24, 000 00 For improving Boston Harbor, to be expended in the improvement of Anchorage Shoals, the channel at the lower middle, and dredging the upper harbor, near the mouth of Mystic River For improving Bayou La Fourche, La., including removal of obstructions and deepening of channel 10,000 00 For construction of breakwater at New Haven, Conn.. 30,000 00 For improving Manasquan River, N. J... For improving harbor at Muscatine, Iowa For improving entrance to Wood's Holl Harbor, Mass., to secure a channel 200 feet wide and 10 feet deep For improving harbor at Grand Marias, Minn For improving White and Saint Francis Rivers, Ark For improving L'Anguille River, Ark. For ice harbor at or near Cincinnati, Ohio, the sum of $50,000 appropriated by act of June 18, 1878, is hereby declared available for the ensuing year For improving Cambridge Harbor and Pocomoke River, Md., $2,500 each For improving harbor at Queenstown, Md For improving North Landing River, Virginia and North Carolina. For improving Lubec Channel, Me... and for the purpose of this improvement the unexpended balance of the appropri ations made for the improvement of the Saint Croix River by the acts of March 2, 1867, March 3, 1873, and June 23, 1874, are hereby made available. For harbor of refuge at Portage Lake, Lake Michigan.. For Onancock Harbor, Va... Eor improving Trent River, N. C.. For improving Tar River, N. C. For improving Aransas Pass and Bay up to Rockport and Corpus Christi, Tex.. For improvement of Missouri River at Vermillion, Dak For improving Brunswick Harbor, Ga.. 15,000 00 12, 000 00 10,000 00 7,500 00 12,000 00 5, 000 00 5, 000 00 3,000 00 25,000 00 10, 000 00 10,000 00 3, 000 00 7,000 00 3,000 00 35,000 00 5,000 00 20,000 00 10, 000 00 30,000 00 For improving White River, Ind., from the Wabash River to Portersville and to the Falls on West Fork, according to report of Chief of Engineers, without constructing locks and dams For sluiceway through public works at Saint Anthony's Falls, Minn. Provided, That no part of said sum shall be expended for right of way, and that said improvement can be made without expense to the United States further than the actual construction of said sluiceway. For the protection of the high sand banks on the Chippewa River, Wisconsin, to prevent their erosion and deposition in the Mississippi River.. Provided. That nothing shall be done, nor shall any improvement be made, on the said Chippewa River, under or in pursuance of this act, or the appropriation hereby made, which shall, directly or indirectly, prevent, interfere with, or obstruct the free naviga tion of the said river, as heretofore, by steamboats or other water craft, or the free use thereof, as heretofore, for the running, floating, guiding, or sheering of loose logs or rafts of lumber, or logs upon or down the same, or which shall directly or indirectly prevent, obstruct, or interfere with the use of any slough, arm, or branch of the said river, as heretofore, for the holding, assorting, or rafting of logs therein. For improving Shrewsbury River, N. J... For improving navigation of Mississippi River, at Quincy, Ill For improving Harlem River, N. Y... But this appropriation is made subject to the provisions and limitations contained in the act of June 18, 1878, relating to said Harlem River improvement and the right of way therefor. Carried forward. 14,000 00 6,000 00 20,000 00 25, 000 00 10, 000 00 *,000 00 10,000 00 20,000 00 100, 000 00 6,697,600 00 Brought forward.. Appropriations, &c.-Continued. For improving Delaware River at Schooner Ledge. To be expended by the Secretary of War in the commencement of the construction of a breakwater and harbor of refuge at such point on the Pacific Ocean between the Straits of Fuca and San Francisco, Cal., as may, in the opinion of a majority of the board of United States engineers for the Pacific coast, be most suitable, the interests of commerce, local and general, being considered For continuing the improvement of Currituck Sound and North River Bar, North Caro- For dredging a channel in the Potomac River through the flats in front of the landing at For Yadkin River, North Carolina It shall be the duty of the Secretary of War to apply the money herein appropriated for improvements, other than surveys and estimates, in carrying on the various works by contract or by hired labor, at his discretion, and as in his judgment may be most advantageous to the government; and, where said works are done by contract, such contracts shall be made after suficient public advertisement for proposals in such manner and form as the Secretary of War shall prescribe; and such contracts shall be made with the lowest responsible bidders therefor, accompanied by such securities as the Secretary of War shall require. That the Secretary of War is hereby directed, at his discretion, to cause examinations or surveys, or both, and estimates of cost of improvements proper, to be made at the following points, namely: The outlet of Winnepesaukee, New Hampshire; Nantucket Harbor, Massachusetts; Broad Bay, Virginia: Link Horn Bay, Virginia; Lin Haven Bay, Virginia; Chincoteaque Inlet, Virginia; Shenandoah River, Virginia and West Virginia; Cathanse, Maine; The Delaware at Chester and Marcus Hook, Pennsylvania, to ascertain its adaptability for an ice-harbor; New Town Creek, at mouth of East River, New York; Nanticoke River, Delaware and Maryland; Channel leading into Cabin Creek, Maryland; Northeast River, Maryland; Lockwood's Folly River, North Carolina; Tread Haven Creek, Maryland, for a distance of three miles below Eastern; Coosa River, from the bridge of Selma River, Rane and Dalton Railroad, to city of Wetumpka, Alabama; Duck River, from its mouth to Centerville, Tennessee; Yallabusha River, Mississippi; Noxubee River, Mississippi; Cuivre River, Missouri; The Gasconade River from its mouth to Vienna, in Maries County, Missouri: Ohio River and mouth of Little Kanawha River, West Virginia, to ascertain the adapta Waukegan Harbor, Illinois, and Illinois River; Alton Harbor, Illinois, and the Mississippi River opposite to the mouth of the Missouri; Harbor of refuge at entrance to Portage Lake and Lake Superior Ship Canal; Petaluma Creek, California; Resurvey of Sabine River, Texas, from its mouth to East Hamilton; Resurvey of Neches River, Texas, from the mouth of the Neches to Bevelport; Resurvey of Trinity River, Texas, from its mouth to the bridge of the Great Northern Charlotte Harbor and Peace Creek, Florida; Entrance to Cumberland Sound, Florida and Georgia ; Withlacooche River, Florida; Black River, Arkansas; Caney Fork, Cumberland River, Tennessee; Saint Joseph River, from its mouth in Michigan, to Elkhart, Indiana, including channel leading up to Benton Harbor; Trinidad Harbor, California; Sacramento River, California; Archer's Hope River, Virginia; Tchula Lake, Mississippi; Susquehannah River, Pennsylvania; Resurvey of Sebewaing Harbor, Michigan; Resurvey of Clinton River, Michigan; Resurvey of bar at mouth of Bell River, Michigan; Aroostook River, Maine, from boundary line to Masardis; Carried forward............. 86, 697, 603 06 50,000 150 000 25,000 4.000 % 20,000 6,946, 600, 09 Brought forward. Appropriations, &c.-Continued. Green River and its tributaries, Muddy and Barren Rivers, Kentucky; Bayou Deglaize, Louisiana; Moosebec Bar, Jonesport, Maine; South River. New Jersey, between Raritan River and Old Bridge; Bayou Terrebonne, Louisiana : Telefuncta, Tichfaw, and Amite Rivers, Louisiana; Cheesequakes Creek, New Jersey; Allegheny River, from French Creek to Olean, New York; Dan River, Virginia, from Clarksville, Virginia, to Danbury, North Carolina (continued); The Mississippi, from Saint Paul to the Falls of Saint Anthony; Oconto River. Wisconsin; Wolf River, Wisconsin (continued); Superior Bay, to determine the best and most economical plan for harbor improvement for the head of Lake Superior; Resurvey of Ogdensburg harbor, New York; Warrior, from Tuscaloosa to Forks of Sipsey and Mulberry, Alabama; Sipsey River, Alabama; The Columbia River at the Dalles in Oregon, including plan and specifications for locks For an accurate examination and survey of Alsea Harbor, Oregon, and bar in front of it; The Cowlitz River, Washington Territory, for purpose of ascertaining the cost of remov- Ship canal across Bergen Neck in Hudson County, New Jersey ; Tuckahoe Creek, Maryland; Chattahoochie River, Alabama, from Geneva to Newton; Pea River, Alabama, from Geneva to Elba; Cheyenne River, Dakota; Continuing survey of the Yellowstone River; Port Royal River, near Beaufort, S. C.; Survey and estimate for York River Virginia; Pamunkey River, in Virginia; Ashland Harbor, Wisconsin; Morristique River, Michigan; Approaches from Lake Superior to Saint Mary's Falls Ship Canal, for a 16-foot channel; For Survey of Broad Creek, a prong of the Nanticoke River, from its mouth to Laurel, For the resurvey of the outlet to Wolf Lake, in Lake County, Indiana; For survey of Waccamaw River, North Carolina; For survey of Catawba River, North Carolina; The Pee Dee Rivers, South Carolina; The Santee River, South Carolina; The Broad River, South Carolina; The Catawba River, South Carolina; For a survey and estimate for a breakwater to be constructed from a point at or near the new canal outlet near New Orleans, La., to the Ponchartrain Railroad wharf, said breakwater to be so constructed as to serve as a harbor of refuge for all vessels. That for the examinations and surveys herein provided for, and for incidental repairs of harbors, for which there is no special appropriation, . It shall be lawful for the Arkansas River Transfer Railway Company, a corporation having authority under the laws of the State of Arkansas, to build a railway from some suitable point in the city of Little Rock across the Arkansas River to some suitable point in the town of Argenta, all being in the county of Pulaski, in said State, to build a railway transit and wagon bridge across said river, and that when constructed all trains of all railways terminating at the Arkansas River at or near the location of said bridge, and all foot passengers, animals and vehicles shall be allowed to cross said bridge for a reasonable compensation, to be paid to the owners thereof; and in case of any litigation arising from any obstruction or alleged obstruction to the free navigation of said river, the cause may be tried before the district court of the United States in and for the eastern district of the State of Arkansas. That any bridge built under the provisions of this act may, at the option of the company building the same, be built as a draw-bridge, with a pivot, or with unbroken or continu ous spans: Provided, That if said bridge shall be made with unbroken or continuous spans, it shall not be in any case of a less elevation than 50 feet above extreme highwater mark, as understood at the point of location, to the bottom chord of the bridge. nor shall the span over the main channel of the river be less than 250 feet, nor shall there be a greater number of spans than four crossing the remaining width of said river, and the piers of said bridge shall all be parallel with the current of said river: And provided also, That if any bridge shall be constructed under this act as a draw-bridge, the same shall be a pivot-draw over the main channel, with spans of not less than 160 feet in the clear on each side of the center or pivot pier of said bridge, and that there shall not be a greater number of fixed spans than four crossing the remaining width of said river, and said bridge shall not be less than 10 feet above high-water mark, as understood at the location of said bridge, measuring to the bottom chord of said bridge, and all the piers of said bridge shall be parallel with the current of said river: And provided also, That said draw shall be opened promptly, upon reasonable signal, for the passage of boats whose construction shall not be such as to admit of their passage under said bridge, except when a railroad train is passing over the same; but in no case shall any unnecessary delay occur in opening the draw after the passage of said train. Carried forward.... 6,946 600 00 150, 000 7,096, 600 00 Brought forward.... Appropriations, &c.-Continued. That any bridge constructed under this act and according to its provisions shall be a law. When a channel shall have been obtained by the action of the jetties and auxiliary works When a channel shall have been obtained through the jetties 26 feet in depth, and not less than 200 feet in width at the bottom, there shall be paid $500,000. When a channel 30 feet in depth, without regard to width, shall have been obtained through the jetties, there shall be paid $500,000; and the $1,000,000 provided by the herein before-recited act to be paid by the United States in ten and twenty years shall be earned by said Eads and his associates, and the same, with interest, shall be paid to said Eads of his legal representatives, at the times and in the manner provided by said act. The $100,000 per annum provided by said recited act to be paid to said Eads and his as- Total 87,096, 600 00 750,000 00 7,846,600 00 By the act making appropriations for the service of the Post-Office Department for the fiscal year ending OFFICE OF THE POSTMASTER-GENERAL.-For mail depredations and special agents.. Provided, That the Postmaster-General shall cause advertisements of all general maillettings of each State and Territory to be conspicuously posted up in each post-office in the State and Territory embraced in said advertisements for at least sixty days be fore the time of such general letting, and no other advertisement of such lettings shall be required; but this provision shall not apply to any other than general mail-lettings. For preparing and publishing a new edition of the Laws and Regulations of the PostOffice Department.. Of which sum $2,000, or so much thereof as may be necessary, may be paid upon the order of the Postmaster-General and in his discretion to such officers of the Department as he may designate to prepare and superintend the publication of the volume: Provided, That the time so employed shall in no wise interfere with the regular daily duties of such officers: the appropriation herein provided for to be immediately available. $150,000 00 60,000 00 20,000.00 Carried forward.. 230, 000 00 Brought forward. Appropriations, &c.—Continued. For preparation and publication of post-route maps, including revision of former editions, and maps, diagrams, and other information.. And the Postmaster-General may authorize the publication and sale of said maps to individuals at the cost thereof, the proceeds of said sales to be applied as a further ap propriation for said purpose. For miscellaneous items in the office of the Postmaster-General OFFICE OF THE FIRST ASSISTANT POSTMASTER-GENERAL.-For compensation to postmas ters Provided, That nothing contained in section 3982 of the Revised Statutes shall be construed as prohibiting any person from receiving and delivering to the nearest post-office or postal car mail-matter properly stamped: Provided further, That from and after the passage of this act Senators, Representatives, and Delegates in Congress, the Secretary of the Senate, and Clerk of the House of Representatives may send and receive through the mail free all public documents printed by order of Congress; and the name of each Senator, Representative, Delegate, Secretary of the Senate, and Clerk of the House shall be written thereon with the proper designation of the office he holds, and the provisions of this section shall apply to each of the persons named herein until the first Monday of December following the expiration of their respective terms of office. For compensation to clerks in post-offices For payment to letter-carriers For wrapping paper For wrapping-twine For marking and rating stamps. For letter-balances and scales. For rent, light, and fuel. For office furniture For stationery.. For miscellaneous and incidental items. OFFICE OF THE SECOND ASSISTANT POSTMASTER-GENERAL.-For inland mail transportation, namely: For transportation by postal cars.. Provided, That the Postmaster-General may use such portion of the postal-car service appropriation as may be spared from it to supply any deficiency that may arise from insufficient appropriations in the item for railway transportation: Provided, That here after, in making his estimates for railway mail-service, the Postmaster-General shall separate the estimate for postal car service from the general estimates, and in case any increase or diminution of service by postal cars shall be made by him, the reasons therefor shall be given in his annual report next succeeding such increase or diminu tion and the proviso to the act entitled "An act to provide for a deficiency in the appropriation for transportation of mails by railroads for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1879, approved December 21, 1878, is hereby repealed: Provided, That the PostmasterGeneral shall make no deficiency in the appropriation for the current fiscal year by placing postal cars on any line. For transportation by railroad Of which sum $150,000 may be used by the Postmaster-General to maintain and secure from railroads necessary and special facilities for the postal service for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1880, and $16.988.42 to pay the balance due for salaries and expenses of the special commission on railway-mail transportation. Fortransportation by steamboat-routes. For transportation on star routes.. For compensation to railway post-office clerks.. Provided, That postal clerks, route-agents, and mail-route messengers shall not be required to wear uniform other than a cap or badge. For route-agents For mail-route messengers. For local agents. For mail-messengers. For mail-locks and keys For mail-bags and mail-bag catchers.. OFFICE OF THE THIRD ASSISTANT POSTMASTER-GENERAL.-For manufacture of adhesive If said stamps can be furnished by the Bureau of Engraving and Printing of the For pay of agent and assistants to distribute stamped envelopes and newspaper wrappers For manufacture of postal cards. And the Postmaster-General is hereby authorized to furnish and issue to the public postal cards with postage-stamps impressed upon them, for circulation in the mails exchanged with foreign countries under the provisions of the Universal Postal Union Con vention of June 1, 1878, at a postage charge of two cents each, including the cost of their manufacture. For pay of agent and assistants to distribute postal cards and expenses of agency For ship, steamboat, and way letters For engraving, printing, and binding drafts and warrants. OFFICE OF SUPERINTENDENT OF FOREIGN MAILS.-For transportation of foreign mails. Carried forward. $230, 000 00 35,000 00 1,500 00 7,550, 000 00 3, 600, 000 00 2, 000, 000 00 20,000 00 50,000 00 12,000 00 3,500 00 425,000 00 20,000 00 50,000 00 90,000 00 1,250,000 00 9, 150, 000 00 900, 000 00 5, 900, 000 00 1,350, 000 00 1, 125, 000 00 175,000 00 120,000 00 675, 000 00 15, 000 00 185,000 00 92,000 00 8,100 00 490,000 00 16,000 00 200, 000 00 7,300 00 65,000 00 4,500 00 1,500 00 260,000 00 45,000 00 36, 121, 400 00 |