Mount Car mel Develop nal from Wa bled, That the Mount Carmel Development Company, a corporation created and existing under the laws of the ment Co: may State of Illinois, be, and the same is hereby, authorized construct ca and empowered to construct and operate, during its cor- bash River, Ill. porate existence, a hydraulic canal from any point on the Wabash River above the lock and dam now in process of construction at the Grand Rapids of said Wabash River, or from any tributary of said river within the county of Wabash and State of Illinois, to any point on said river within the corporate limits of the city of Mount Carmel, Illinois; and to draw from said Wabash River or tributary thereof such supply of water as may be required for the purposes of such corporation: Provided, That such withdrawal be not detrimental to the interests of naviga- trolled by Section and be subject to the direction and control of the Sec- retary of War. retary of War. Approved, February 14, 1889. Proviso. [No. 6.] Joint Resolution Making an appropriation for payment Feb. 14, 1889. to the legal representatives of James B. Eads. Vol. 25, p. 1335. James B. Eads. Payment to legal represent Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That there be, and hereby is, appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of five hundred thousand dollars, to enable the Secretary of War to pay to the legal representatives of James B. Eads half the sum of one million dollars re- atives. tained by the United States under the act of March third, eighteen hundred and seventy-five, to be paid on the expiration of ten years' maintenance of the channel the maximum depth and width as required by said act of March third, eighteen hundred and seventy-five and subsequent acts. Approved, February 14, 1889. Vol. 18, p. 465. Ante, p. 248. CHAP. 362.-An Act To authorize the Union Gas Company to lay conduit pipes across the Ohio River. Co. Mar. 2, 1889. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the assent of congress is hereby given to the Union Gas Union Gas Company to lay pipes for conducting natural May lay pipes gas, petroleum, or salt water across the Ohio River at across Ohio such points as may be deemed necessary, between the sonville, Ind., mouth of Buck Creek, in Harrison County, Indiana, and Ky. the city of Jeffersonville, Indiana, and points opposite thereto in the State of Kentucky, from any point in said River, Jeffer to Louisville, Proviso. State to the upper boundary of the city of Louisville, Kentucky: Provided, That said pipes be laid upon or beneath the bed of the river and in such manner as not to struct naviga- interfere with navigation, and under the supervision of the Secretary of War. Not to ob tion. Approved, March 2, 1889. Mar. 2, 1889. CHAP. 365.-An Act To authorize the city of Lake View, IlliVol.25, p.792. nois, to erect a crib in Lake Michigan for waterworks purposes Chicago, Ill. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assemLakeview, bled, That the consent of Congress is hereby given to the May erect city of Lake View, county of Cook and State of Illinois, Michigan for to extend a tunnel, or inlet pipes, into Lake Michigan so waterworks. far as may be deemed necessary to insure a supply of pler in Lake Proviso. pure water, and to erect a pier or piers and crib in the navigable waters of said lake, for the making, preserv ing, and working of said aqueducts or pipes or tunnel, the plan and location thereof to be subject to the approval of the Secretary of War; Provided, That said city shall furnish and maintain at its own expense such beacon lights or other signals on such piers or crib as the Light House Board shall prescribe. Approved, March 2, 1889. Mar. 2, 1889. CHAP. 410.- An Act Making appropriations to supply deVol.25, p.905. ficiencies in the appropriations for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and eighty-nine, and for prior years and for other purposes. appropriations. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assemDeficiencies bled, That the following sums be, and the same are hereby, appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to supply deficiencies in the appropriations for the fiscal year eighteen hundred and eightynine; and for prior years, and for other objects hereinafter stated, namely: River. * Missouri To reimburse and pay the sum of twelve thousand four Reimburse- hundred and twelve dollars to each of the following ment for pro named companies, to-wit: The Chicago and Atchison at Winthrop, Bridge Company, the Kansas City, Saint Joseph and tecting shores Mo. Council Bluffs Railroad Company, the Hannibal_and expended by said companies in the construction of works at Winthrop, Missouri, for the protection of the shores of the Missouri River and necessary to preserve navigation at said point; in all, sixty-two thousand and sixty dollars. Approved, March 2, 1889. CHAP. 411.-An Act Making appropriations for sundry civil expenses of the Government for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety, and for other purposes. Mar. 2, 1889. Vol. 25, p. 939. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the following sums be, and the same are hereby, Sundry civil appropriated for the objects hereinafter expressed for propriations. the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety, namely: * * expenses Harbor. ap HARBOR OF NEW YORK: For expenses in preventing New York obstructive and injurious deposits in the harbor and adja- Preventing cent waters of New York City, including sixty thousand obstructions, dollars for the purchase or construction of a vessel, ninety four thousand and seventy dollars. * * * * * etc. ico. harbor. SURVEYS FOR DEEP-WATER HARBOR, GULF OF MEXICO: Gulf of MexThe Secretary of War is hereby authorized and directed Survey for a to appoint a board of three engineer officers of the United deep-water States Army, whose duty it shall be to make a careful and critical examination of the northwest coast of the Gulf of Mexico, west of ninety three degrees and thirty minutes west longitude, and report as to the most eligible point or points for a deep harbor, to be of ample depth, width, and capacity to accommodate the largest oceangoing vessels and the commercial and naval necessities of the country, which can be secured and maintained in the shortest time and at the least cost: Provided, That this action shall not be construed to imply a cessation of not to cease. work on other points on the Gulf coast, the improvement of which is deemed necessary for commercial or naval purposes. And the board of engineers shall report the result of its investigations to the Secretary of War as soon as practicable[]. To pay the expenses of said board, two thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary. @ The Board deemed Galveston Harbor the most eligible point for the deep-water harbor. Proviso. Expenses. Dec. 21, 1889. [No. 4.] Joint Resolution For removing damages caused by Vol. 26, p. 668. floods in Sacramento and Feather rivers. rivers, Cal. repairing flood Vols. 22, p. 143; 24, 326; 422. 25, p. Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives Sacramento of the United States of America in Congress assembled, and Feather That the balances unexpended of the appropriations for Balances improving Sacramento and Feather rivers, California, available for acts of August second, eighteen hundred and eighty-two, damages. July fifth, eighteen hundred and eighty-four, August 205; 23, p. fifth, eighteen hundred and eighty-six; and August elevP: enth, eighteen hundred and eighty-eight, not exceeding one hundred and ten thousand four hundred and forty409, 457, 514. nine dollars and sixty-seven cents, in all, are hereby made immediately available for expenditure in improving naviRestrictions. gation by repairing the damages caused by floods in the Vol. 25, p. Sacramento and Feather rivers, subject only to the restrictions contained in Sec. 3., of the River and Harbor act which became a law August eleventh, eighteen hundred and eighty-eight. Ante, pp.318, 423. Approved, December 21, 1889. INDEX. [A small ("superior ") figure after the number of a page, e. g., 9872, indicates the number Abandonment of improvements: A. Discontinuance of appropriations for unworthy works, recommen- dations regarding, to accompany annual reports_ Discontinuance of certain projects.. Page. 886 1008, 1009, 1123, 1124 Temporary suspension of improvement of Wateree River, S. C_____ 1020 Absecon Bay, N. J.: See also Atlantic City Harbor. Sound between Barnegat Bay and Great Egg Bay. See Barnegat Bay, Harbor, and Inlet. Thoroughfare, etc., from Cape May to Great Bay. See Cape May. Absecon Inlet, N. J. See Atlantic City Harbor. Academy Creek, Ga., improvement (under Brunswick Harbor)--- 752, 959, 1092 Examination and survey. Improvement. Acids, depositing of, into navigable waters. See Deposits, etc. Acts of Congress for protection, etc., of navigable waters. See Navi- Acushnet River, Mass. See New Bedford Harbor. 196 206 Adams Island, St. Lawrence River, Canada. See St. Lawrence River. 289, 381, 459, 637 Adams (Tobias) Landing Harbor, Lake Champlain, Vt. See Tobias Additional or supplemental reports. See Reports. Advertisements: See also Contracts. For proposals may be dispensed with in cases of restoration under For proposals to precede letting of contracts. Agate Bay Harbor, Minn. : Examination and survey. Improvement Agents. See Employees. 912, 1004, 1005 421 443, 493, 555, 621, 688, 759, 860, 970, 1111, 1258 287, 314, 343, 372, 405, 450, 201, 567, 630, 696, 771, 870, 981, 1096, 1239 243, 586, 980, 1125 I |