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 SIXTIETH CONGRESS. Sess. II. C11. 264. 1909. 835 Iurin-oossrn. WATEBWAYS. wgpsrtra-coastal water- Survey for the construction of a continuous waterway, inland where M§;"ggggg1g<gg¤- practica le, from Boston, Massachusetts, to Long Island Sound includ- iu, `ic. c., inianxii, mg a waterway from the protected waters of Narragansett Bay through '"‘°'° "’“"“°“"’°· thevponds an lagoons lying`alon the southern coast of Rhode Island to atch Hill and Fishers Island; thence to New York Bay; thence across the State of New Jersey to a suitable point on Delaware River or Bay; thence to Chesapeake Bay; thence from Norfolk, Vix `nia, to the sounds of North Carolina and Beaufort Inlet, North Caroliha, for the pmpose of ascertaining the cost of a channel with a maximum dept o twenty-five feet, or such lesser dqpths alon any section or · sections of the said waterway as may be ound to he sufficient for Emu, { m commercial, naval, or military purposes. Such survey shall include ° t°°°n’° an examination of all practicable routes, the preparation of plans and estimates of cost along the most available route, and a report upon the . desirability of utilizing as a part of such waterwa an existing public or private canal, or any part thereof, and the proliabha cost of acquiring the same. ` urvey for the construction of a continuous waterway, inland where ,°§:*g°¥C**°{g **1;* practice. le, from Beaufort, North Carolina, to the Cape Fear River, wen,` orth Carolina; thence to Winyah Bf, South Caro ina; thence to '°°"°"'°°{°'m°’ Saint Johns River, Florida; thence to ey West, Florida, for the purpose of ascertaining the cost of a channe with a maximum dep of twelve feet, or such lesser depths along any section or sections of the » said waterway as may be found to be sufficient for commercial, naval, mane oi repm, or milita purposes. Such survey shall include an examination of all °‘°· ractiealilh routes, the preparation of plans and estimates of cost along the most available route, and a report upon the desirability of utilizing as a part of such waterway any existing public or private canal, or any part thereof, and the probable cost of acquiring the same. Survey for the construction of a continuous inland waterway across F§,‘;'g_f>"g1;‘,{‘,“§,gf,?`°j_§ the State of Florida, between suitable points on the eastern and Gulf to the dulf. coasts of said State, for the purpose of ascertainin the cost of a channel with a maximum depth of twelve feet, or suchdesser depths along any section or sections of said waterway as may be foun sufhcient for commercial, naval, and military purposes. Such survey shall ,,f’"°“‘ °* ’°"°"· include an examination of all practice le routes, the preparation of plans and estimates of cost along the most available route, and a report upon the desirability of utilizing as a part of such waterway any existing public or private canal, or any part thereof, and the probable cost of acquiring the same. Survey for the construction of a continuous waterwsgr, inland where G§,‘};,Y,°,;K,u{,',‘{f",,$‘,Tj racticable, along the Gulf of Mexico from Saint eorges Sound, {gl;_j>,w‘$>,:{:<;;¤¤;·ié·;i; Florida, to the Mississippi River at New Orleans, Louisiana, by way cme.' P of Saint Andrews Bay, Choctawhatchee Bay, Pensacola Bay, and Perdido Ba, Florida; Mobile Bay, Alabama; Mississippi Sound, Alabama and Mississippi; Lake Borgne and Lake Pontchartrain, Louisana, for the purpose of ascertaining the cost of a channel with a maximum depth o nine feet, or such lesser depths along any section or sections of the said waterway as may be found to be sufficient for commercial, naval, or military purposes. Such survey shall include an examina- m§'¤¤° °* *‘°P°“~ tion of all practicable routes, the preparation of plans and estimates of cost along the most available route, and a report upon the desirability of uti izing as a part of such waterway any existing public or pgivate canal, or any part thereof, and the probable cost of acquiring t e same.