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 410 SIXTY-FOURTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. C11. 260. 1916. directed to re rt whether access to the river at St. Paul harbor, by persons and siliippers desiring to use the same for the purposes of transportation or travel thereon, is so completely dominated by private control as to materially immpede or burden traflic originating or terminating there; and, 1f he sh so find, he 1s_furtl1er irecte to report what steps are necessary to free sa1d_landmg_place from such im roper contro or obstruction, and also rf, in his opinion, it is advisable for the United States to acquire the fee simple to the sa.1d landmg place and the apgroach thereto, by condemnation or otherwise, Traverse and ig Stone Lakes, on the boundary between Minnesota and South Dakota, with a view to Hood control and to connecting and extendin navigation on and between said lakes._ _ - Mississippigkiver, near Deer River, Minnesota, with view to the construction of a new channel the termini and course of said channel to be determined with greater particularnty by the  of Engineers, United States Army the purpose of sa1d new channel being to improve . navigation, to ena le a more perfect control of waters by Pokegama Dam. nuns. Harbor of refuge at Evanston, Illinois. muws. Missouri River from the city of Florence, Nebraska, to the northern limits of lgecatur, Nefbréasllga. In h H d _ ds f h Kama. State 0 as, 0 in: vestigate the oo emo o the m°°° °"°°°°°`°”° Kansas River and its tributaries, the Cottonwood and lileosho Rivers in the State of Kansas by an examination of the territory and from data already gathered by governmental, State, private efforts and by the Board of  of the War Department, and to devise some general plan w 'ch will best guard against the recurrence of Hoods and   theindamaging effects upon the lower valleys of . the Kansas, Arkansas, Missouri, and the  pi Rivers. mmm San Joa uin River and Stockton Channel, C ornia. Black Jdlm Slough, California. Playa del Rey Inlet and Basin, Venice, Califomia. Eel River, California. °"‘°“‘ Channel from the town of Saint Helens, Oregon, to deep water in Columbia River. · Um qua River bar and entrance, Oregon. Siuslaw River, Oregon from Acme to the entrance. Harbor at and channel from the town of Rainier, Oregon, to deep water in the Columbia River. Yaquina Bay and Harbor, Oregon, including consideration of any pro sition for cooperation of local interests. Iiidiquarton Slou h, Oregon, from Tillamook City to head of navigation on Tillamool: Bay, to provide for a straight channel. W“*’*¤¤°°¤· _ Columbia River from The Dalles, Oregon, to Vancouver, Washwon. illamette River from Corvallis to Eugene, Oregon. Washoug'31 Slough, Washington. Everett arbor, Washington. &ke R{ve;rBV;ashi§gtop. · anne o a ers a rom the main shi channel of the i River to the docks at Ilivaco, Washingtomp 9 Columb a Channel of Youngs Bay from the main shi ‘channel of the Colum- I bia River to a point one mile above County Road Bridge. dn"' Saint Mu? and Saint Joe Rivers, Idaho. Columbia iver from the mouth of the Snake to Priest Rapids with a view to impgovxng open—river navigation. Columbia iver from Celilo Falls, Oregon, to the mouth of the Snake River; Snake River to Pittsburg Landing, Idaho, with a view to the construction of locks and dams for navigation· Clearwater River from ICS mouth to Orofino; and in making such iexamination