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 FIFTY-THIRD CONGRESS. Sizss. II. Ch. 299. 1894. 359 sum shall be used until the drainage canal cut by private parties near D¤*i¤¤8*> ¤¤¤=¤· New Hope landing shall have been closed. Improving Napa River, California: Continuing improvement, four N°P** m"’· CM- thousand dollars. Improving Upper Columbia River, including Snake River as far C¤l¤¤¤l>¤ Riva up as Asotin, Oregon and Washington: Continuing improvement, five Umm` thousand dollars. _ Improving Columbia River from Rock Island Rapids to Foster Creek t I]§,*P**l¤·§°°*{(I¤l=*¤d Rapids: The Secretary of War may, in his discretion, expend the osulilgtfiipoaiegmé. unexpended balance, eight thousand two hundred and ten dollars and ninety-two cents, of the appropriation heretofore made for the improve- I ment of the Columbia River between the head of Rock Island Rapids and the foot of Priest Rapids, Washington, for the building of a snag boat for use on the Columbia River between Rock Island Rapids and Foster Creek Rapids, and for such other work as may be necessary for phe improvement of navigation of said river within the above—named imits. Improving mouth of Columbia River, Oregon, and Washington: MMM1- Completing improvement, three hundred and thirty-eight thousand one hundred and eighty dollars. Improving Columbia River, Oregon and Washington, at Three-Mile D£,°g,g“mY ¤* TM Rapids, and the construction and equipment of a boat railway from the P ` foot of The Dalles Rapids to the head of Celilo Falls, said boat railway to be provided at each terminus with hydraulic lifts, and other necessary appliances, for the purpose of raising and lowering the boats on suitable cars to and from its tracks, the whole to be located, constructed. and equipped for the passage of eight boats of six hundred tons each in each direction in twelve hours, on the south side of the Columbia River, substantiallyin accordance with the location and plans submitted by the board of engineers, appointed by the President in pursuance of the provision of the Act of Congress approved July thirteenth, eighteen Vol- 27, p.109. hundred and ninety-two, and entitled “An Act making appropriations for the construction, repair, and preservation of certain public works on rivers and harbors, and for other purposes,” with their report, which is contained in Senate Executive Document Numbered Seven, Fifty- third Congress, iirst session, one hundred thousand dollars: Provided, {{°m**:,. wa om That the Secretary of War is hereby authorized and directed to proceed m t§m¤m1.y' " to acquire without unnecessary delay by purchase or condemnation, in the manner and according to the conditions now prescribed by law, the necessary right of way for said boat railway and the right to the use of lands required for terminal and other facilities for said boat railway, and to expend so much of the amount hereby appropriated as may be necessary for that purpose. _ Improving Lower NVillamette River in front of and below Portland, ,m{;°§f,f,mv,f,Qf’§}‘,§Q§f,f’ Oregon and Columbia River below the Willamette River in Oregon Oreg-und W¤¤h· and Vvashingtonz Continuing improvement, nfty thousand dollars. Improving Willamette River above Portland, Oregon: Continuing O;Vill¤¤¤°*¤ RiV°’· improvement, twenty-three thousand dollars, of which eight thousand g' dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, shall be used at Corvallis, and two thousand dollars may, in the discretion of the Secretary of War, be used in the removal of obstructions in Yam Hill River up to McMinnville. Improving Coqnille River, Oregon: Continuing improvement, twenty C¤¢i¤ill¤Riv<>¤»0¤z· thousand dollars. _ Improving Upper Coquille River, between Coquille City and Myrtle m€gEf°6mg°q“‘*l° Point, Oregon: Continuing improvement, nve thousand dollars. _ Improving the mouth of Siuslaw River: Continuing improvement, $i¤Sl=¤WR¤*°f·0¤’¤g· twenty-five thousand dollars. _ _ For gauging waters of the Columbia River, measuring tidal and river Rggggiug C¤l¤¤¤bi¤ volumes. one thousand dollars. _ _ _ __ Improving Upper Snake River, Idaho, between Seven Devils mining Idggef $*1** R“'°*· district and Huntington bridge, twenty-tive thousand dollars.