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FIFTY—FIRST CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 907. 1890. 437 avenue and Metropolitan avenue, and one fourth of said sum to be expended on the English Kills Branch of said creek. mproving East 1ver and Hell Gate, New York: Removing mszmm-,N.Y. obstructions, two hundred thousand dollars. Improving Harlem River, New York; Continuing improvement, Harlem Riv¤rwN.Y. two hundre and nfty thousand dollars; and the Secretary of War is ,,_$,°;,°.,'§°“{.¥,$’tb,i’#;’Q;$,°§, directed to cause the low bridges now crossing said Harlem River to mh ***8** °¤°¤ be replaced by other bridges at the expense of the owners thereof as soon as the necessary legis ation, if any such legislation be necessary Iezislwonshall have enabled the change in grade to the approaches of said Approaches bridges, thus required, to be made, the owners of said bridges being allowed a reasonable time in which to complete the work necessary for said approaches. Said bridges shall leave a clear s ace, between imgm or snaps the under sides thereof and the igh water of spring ti<l)es, of twenty four feet, and shall be provided with draw-spans and draws of the Drawapnns and width and length to be determined by the ecretary of War, and °’"‘ shall in all respects comply with this law and conform to the requirements of the Secretary o War: Pmmided, That the Secretary of Pr<¤¤¥¢<>· War shall prescribe the times and regulations for the opening and Orcuinz of draws operating of the draws in said bridges, but said draws shall not be t°"°°°""'°'”l°°""‘ opened except for vessels propelled by steam with or without vessel in tow; nor shall they be required to be opened at any times other rum umn. than between ten o’clock in the forenoon and five o’clock in the afternoon. Improving Grass River, New York: Completing improvement, Grass Rlv¤r.N.Y. six thousan dollars. . Improving Great Chazy River, New York, from its mouth on cme Ohazykiver, Lake Champlain to Champlain Village ten thousand dollars. N·Y· Improving Patchogue River, New ork, fifteen thousand dollars. Nlgvchomnn River. Improving Ticonderoga River, New York: Continuing improve- www mm, ment two thousand dollars. N·Y- Im roving Wappingefs Creek, New York, from the falls to its Wapvinsws cmu:. mouth, thirteen thousand dollars. N‘Y‘ Improving Brown’s Creek, Sayville, Long Island, New York, B¤ow¤·scmek,N.Y. twelve thousand dollars. Improving shoal between Sister Islands and the Cross over light, suoaimsaua uw. Saint Lawrence River. New York, Eve thousand dollars. "’“°° R“'°'· l`·Y· Improving Passaic River above Newark, NewJersey: Continuing p,,,.;., mm- ,;,0,, improvement, five thousand one hundred dollars, one thousand five N°""'*·N··’· hundred dollars of which, or so much thereof as may be necessary, shall be expended in making an examination and survey of said river. Improving Maurice River, New Jersey: Continuing improvement, mmm nm-»·,u.J. eight thousand dollars. _ _ Improving Passaic River below Newark, New Jersey: Continuing mmc gum below im rovement, forty thousand dollars, _ _ _ N°"""·“·J· Lfnproving Raritan River, New Jersey: Continuing improvement, Raritan River, N..!. fifty thousand dollars. _ _ _ Improving Shrewsbury River, New Jersey: Continuing improve- smewsbm-y mm, ment, ten thousand dollars, one·half of which shall be expen ed on N··'· the South Branch. __ _ _ Im roving South River, New Jersey: Continuing improvement, som River,N.J. five thousand dollars. _ Improving Squan River, New Jersey, by the removal of obstruc- squm mm,z·:..r. tions placed by the Government at the mouth of said river, if, in the discretion of the Secretary of War, the same should be done, two thousand dollars. Improvin Shoal Harbor and C0mpton’s Creek, New Jersey, so as saw umm me to give a channel four feet deep at mean low water, Eve thousand °°”‘*’°°°*"’°°"·’“`··’· dollars. Improving Elizabeth River, New Jersey, five thousand dollars. mt¤b¤¤¤1¤v¤.1U·