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54TH  CONGRESS,              SENATE.                        REPORT
   18t SesiOn.                                              No. 799.






         IN  THE   SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES.



                  AraL 27, 1896.-Ordered to be printed.



Mr. FRYE,  from the Committee on Commerce,  submitted the following

                          REPORT:
                       [To accompany H. R. 7977.]

  The Committee  on Commerce,  to whom  was referred House bill 7977,
making  appropriations for the construction, repair, and preservation of
certain public works on rivers and harbors, and  for other purposes,
submit the following report, giving such information in respect to each
item in the bill as is considered necessary to an understanding of its
merits:
  The bill as it came to the Senate appropriated the sum of $10,594,718,
including a reappropriation of an unexpended  balance of $140,858 for
Port  Orford Harbor,  Oregon.  It  also authorized contracts for the
completion of thirty-two projects, involving an aggregate liability of
$51,721,210.91, to be provided for by future appropriations, including
$14,300,000 for the Mississippi and Missouri rivers, covering a period of
three years.
  The principal items of increase are the following:
Bay Ridge, Red Hook, and Buttermilk chauuels, New York Harbor..     $140,000
Baltimore Harbor, Maryland...........--------------40, 0
Pensacola Harbor, Florida..........................................  100,000
Pesobl  Harbor, Al a -------------------------------------------- 100' 000
Mobile Harbor, A-labama ................................       0  0
Santa Monica Harbor, California......  ...........................
Cape Fear River, North Carolina..................................... - 95,000
St. Johns River, Florida........................................... - 175,000
Sabine Pass, Texas .-------------------------------------------------100,000
Tennessee River ...................................................150,000
Mississippi River .............................................----- 100,000
Missouri River (Commission)........................................50,000
Missouri River, snagging ......50,000
Columbia River, boat railway..................----------------------100,000
Willamette and Columbia rivers.-------------------------------------50,000
Columbia River at Cascades..........................................      000
Pget  Sound and tributariesY.......................................... 48, 000
  The  principal items of decrease are:
Wiyaw   Bay, South CArolina........................................... $35, 000
Caklad  Harbor, California---------------------------------------..... 0, 000
D 3laware River ................................................... 250,000
Bayou Plaquemine, Louisiana.......................................... 35,000
Prt Orford Harbor, Oregon (unexpended balance)...................... 140,858

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