FIFTY-FIFTH CONGRESS. Sess. III. Ch. 425. 1899. 1135 Improving Alloway Creek, New Jersey: Continuing improvement, A“°W¤YC*°¤k·N·J· three thousand dollars. Improving Mattawan Creek, New Jersey: For maintenance, three Mauawm creek, thousand dollars. N·J· _ Improving Shoal Harbor and Compton Creek, New Jersey: Continu— SM1 f€¤rl><>f ,¤¤<¤ ing improvement, eight thousand dollars; which sum shall be expended c°mP"”` °r°°k‘ b"]` for extending the improved channel farther toward the five-foot contour of Raritan Bay. Improving Goshen Creek, New Jersey: Completing improvement, coms Cx‘sek,N.J. eight thousand dollars. mprovin Manas uan River New J erse `: Continuin im rovemen M¤¤¤¤•a¤¤¤ Rim. five thousarid dollarg. 7 y g P t, N‘J‘ ` Improving Rancocas River, New Jersey: Continuing improvement, Rancocas River, two thousand dollars, to be expended in the Lumberton branch thereofl Nl Improving Mantua Creek, New Jersey, in accordance with the mmm cmx,x..r. project presented in House Document Number One hundred and twenty-three, Fifty-fifth Congress, second session, twenty-five thousand dollars: Provided, That no part of any money appropriated for this 1’~·>*¤·>- m project in excess of eight thousand dollars shall be expended for right :»:JQ°f:Qt¤r;:y,¤i°;? of way privileges, easements, or other rights above the phosphate works and below Paulsboro, and no part thereof shall be expended for any such purpose unless all such rights are secured for an amount not in excess of said sum of eight thousand dollars. Improving Allegheny River, Pennsylvania: Continuing improve- A11¤g1mymm,1-s. ment, fifteen thousand dollars. Improving Delaware River from Trenton to its mouth, Pennsylvania { ¤¤g·w¤;¤·¤ _{,i~·¤r. and New Jersey: Continuing improvement, three hundred thousand ;i:imr::m°:i¤,rm1a dollars, of which the Secretary of War may use so much as may, in ****1* ` his opinion, be required between Trenton and Christian street in Philadelphia, and the balance shall be available for obtaining a channel six hundred feet wide and thirty feet deep from said Christian street to deep water in Delaware Bay in accordance with the report printed in House Document Number Two hundred and nineteen, l<‘it'ty-fifth Congress, second session, or such modified project as shall hereafter be recommended by a board of engineers and approved by the Secretary of War: Provided, That the total cost of the work shall not beincreased Pyvqiwq. thereby: And provided further, That the Secretary of War may enter {§},',§‘§,l,‘;§§f’“°‘ into contract or contracts for such materials and work as may be required for prosecuting such improvement, not to exceed in the aggregate five hundred thousand dollars, to be paid for as appropriations may from time to time be made by law. The Secretary of War is ,3*::;** *0 ¤¤¤¤=i¤¤ hereby authorized to appoint a board of three engineers to make a ` further examination of the project and report such modification of the same as may be deemed desirable, with an estimate of the cost, the expense of such examination to be paid from the appropriation herein made. Improving Monongahela River: For the enlargement and improve- }f;*L¤¤gz¤¤<·1¤i*lv•¤r- ment of Lock Six on the Monongaliela River, and for extension of xt..»·:`i.}»n nlm. existing fender and mooring crib three hundred linear feet above Lock Three, and building a deflecting dike one thousand eight hundred feet above said lock ou said river, and for a new repair steamer with snag- Repair smmemxc. gin g appliances, and for a new dredge boat and two dump scows, fifty thousand dollars: Provided, That the Secretary of War may enter into grozvoks a. contract or contracts for the completion of said work and the purchase °“ '“° ‘ or construction of said boats, to be paid for as appropriations may from time to time be made by law, not to exceed in the aggregate one hundred and thirty-five thousand Eve hundred and fifty-six dollars, exclusive of the amount herein appropriated. [mproving App0ql1iuimink River, DOIEWBIGZ Continuing improve- mAppI;>e<}-uinimink ment, five thousand dollars. _ _ I"' Improving Smyrna HIVBI', Delaware: G00h1I1I1mg improvement, five Smyn-¤•River,D¤L thousand dollars. _
