FIFTY-FIFTH CONGRESS. Sess. III. Ch. 425. 1899. 1147 report what improvement, if any, should be made to remove the bar in front of the city of Memphis, together with the cost thereofl For rectification of Red and Atchafalaya rivers, Louisiana: Con- Fed, ¤¤&¤¤¤1•g¤¤l be- Minneapolis and Omaha Railroad Bridge at Saint Paul, and the Wash- iziltiitupoiis, SLR. and ington Avenue Bridge at Minneapolis: Continuing improvement, one hundred and fifty thousand dollars: Provided, That a contract or con- Pr¤vi·<¤· tracts may be entered into by the Secretary of War for such materials C°°°"°t°` and work as may be necessary to complete said improvement, or said material may be purchased and the work done otherwise than by contract, to be paid for as appropriations may from time to time be made by law, not to exceed in the aggregate eight hundred and fifteen thousand five hundred and seventy-nine dollars and thirty-three cents, exclusive of the amount herein and heretofore appropriated. For improving _,the Missouri River from its mouth to Sioux City, m§Q;§j;“““'°'C°m· Iowa, according to plans and specifications of the Missouri River Com· ' mission, one hundred thousand dollars: Provided, That of this amount £{S°g_l‘f,j*,_, the following sums, or so much thereof as may be necessary, in the u °u discretion of the Secretary of War, shall be expended for continuing improvements at the following places, namely: For work at the mouth of Kaw River, in Missouri, five thousand dollars; for work on the right bank above the mouth of Little Blue River, in Missouri, five thousand dollars; for work above Glasgow, Missouri, ten thousand dollars; for work near Huntsdale, Missouri, ten thousand dollars; for local works above Kansas City, Missouri, not yet completed, twenty thousand dollars; for repairs on works and contingencies, fifteen thousand dollars: Provided, also, That of the said amount of one hundred S¤¤zb·>¤¤¤· vwthousand dollars the sum of thirty-five thousand may be expended in operating snag-boats on the Missouri River between Sioux City and its mouth, in removing snags, wrecks, and other obstructions. To repair the south bank of the Missouri River at the town of Judith, Judith- Mm Montana, five thousand dollars. To repair the levee at the town of Fort Benton, Montana, and confine Fort Benton. Mmm the river within its present limits, five thousand dollars. Improving Gasconade River, Missouri: Continuing improvement, MS·=*¤¤··*¤=¤*—> Riverfifteen thousand dollars. ' Improving Osage River, Missouri, by the construction of a lock and (mss Riva- M<>· dam in accordance with the plan and estimate submitted by the Missouri River Commission in their report of July twelfth, eighteen hundred and ninety-eight, and printed in Volume Six of the Report of the Chief of Engineers for the year eighteen hundred and ninety-eight, twenty-five thousand dollars: Provided, That the Secretary of War {*··om¤. may enter into a contract or contracts for such work and materials as °°“°"‘°”“‘ may be necessary for the completion of such lock and dam, or the materials may be purchased and the work done otherwise than by contract, to be paid for as appropriations may from time to time be made by law, not to exceed in the aggregate one hundred and forty-six thousand dollars, exclusive of the amount herein and heretofore appropriated. _ _ _ Improving Missouri River: For the removal of obstructions in the ,,£gg*g{_LggM§¤gg;¤; Missouri River above Sioux City, Iowa, fifty thousand dollars. on;. Iowa. Improving Missouri River: Continuing improvement, above Sioux City, to and including Bismark, one hundred and seventy thousand dollars, to be expended in the discretion of the Secretary of War. For the improvement of the Missouri River on the Nebraska side opposite Sioux City, Iowa, and from the lower limits thereof to a point opposite Elkpoint in South Dakota, the sum of twenty-five thousand dollars, to be expended under the direction of the Secretary of War. Improving Sacraimento River, Caliibfula, fl`0ll1 the city of Sacramento Cgwmmcutv Rim. to the mouth: Continuing improvement, thirty thousand dollars: Pro- Hamm. vided, That a contract or contracts may be entered into by the Seem- C·>¤**=*¤*¤·
