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 FIFTY-SEVENTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 1079. 1002. 383 Ship channel from Beaumont and Orange, on the Sabine and Neches rivers, to Sabine Pass on the west side of said lake, at or near the margin of said lake, with a view to excavating a channel of a depth of nine, twelve, eighteen, and twenty-five feet, and as to the practicability and feasibility of connecting the channel roposed above with the channel or canal now known as the Port Arthur Canal, extending from Sabine Pass to Port Arthur, and as to other matters touching the construction, excavating, and desirability of the channel herein proposed which may be deemed worthy or material, and as to such other facts in connection with the construction of said canal as the Secretary of War may deem pro er. Cypress Bayou, and especially Cypress Bayou with the lakes between the city of Jefferson, Texas, and the Red River, with a view to ascertaining whether the same can be made navi ble by means of a dam put be ow Albany Flats, and by cutting a. ditchain a northeasterly direction into Red River. The Guadalupe River from light-draft navigable water in San Antouio Bay, first to the city of Victoria, second above said city to a point whence navigation may be feasible and desirable. The Sulphur River from its mouth to Sulphur Station, with a view to ascertaining the best and most advisable method to procure a navigable depth of four, five, and six feet. Sabine River from its mouth to Logansport. VIRGINIA. virginia. · Ovster Harbor. Alexandria Harbor, with a view to improving the channel in Hunting Creek and across the Potomac to Maryland. wxsmxeutou. wmiiugmu. Duncan Rocks, Straits of Juan de Fuca, with a view to the removal of the same. Snohomish River, between the city of Snohomish and the confluence of the Skykomish and Snoqualmie rivers, including Stretchs Rilile, with a view to providing a channel of sufhcient depth and width at low water to accommodate steam vessels which may reasonably be expected to navi ate said waters. The Puyallup and other waterways, not already surveyed, of the harbor of Tacoma, with a view to further harbor improvement. Columbia River, between Vancouver and the mouth of the Willamette, with a view to ascertaining the effects of the dikes and other works between the points named. wnsr VIRGINIA. W¢•¢Virs·1¤1s Little Kanawha River, with a view of continuing the improvement thereof to Burnsville. Bi Kanawha River from Lock Numbered Two to the Falls. Elh River, with a view to open river navigation. Cheat River. New River at its confluence with the Greenbrier River. wiscoxsm. Wisconsin. Harbor at South Milwaukee: Resurvey, with a view to the modification of the resent plan of said harbor, and with a view to ascertaining the feasilhilit and advisability of the construction of a harbor suitable for the neech of commerce at said port, with plans and estimates of the same.