Annual Report of the Chief of Engineers to the Secretary of War for the Year ...

IN CHARGE OF MAJ. G. J. LYDECKER, CORPS OF ENGINEERS —
Washington Aqueduct, 372; increasing water supply to city of Washington, 373;
erection of fighways at Great Falls of the Potomac, 374.

PUBLIC BUILDINGS, GROUNDS, ETC., DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA.

IN CHARGE OF LIEUT. Col. John M. Wilson, CORPS OF ENGINEERS, COLONEL,

UNITED STATES ARMY....

374

PRINTING AND DISTRIBUTION OF CHARTS OF THE NORTHERN AND

NORTHWESTERN LAKES....

375

MILITARY AND GEOGRAPHICAL MAPS..

375

GEOGRAPHICAL SURVEYS WEST OF THE 100TH MERIDIAN.

IN CHARGE OF CAPT. GEORGE M. WHEELER, CORPS OF ENGINEERS.

376

RECONNAISSANCES AND EXPLORATIONS.

Officers ou dnty at headquarters of the Army, of divisions, and departments, 377;

reports made, 377, 378; estimate for surveys and recounaissances and publications

of maps, 378.

OFFICE OF THE CHIEF OF ENGINEERS.

Officers of the Corps of Engineers in charge of Divisions...

378

STATEMENT OF RANK AND DUTIES OF OFFICERS OF THE CORPS OF

ENGINEERS DURING THE FISCAL YEAR...

379

LAWS AFFECTING THE CORPS OF ENGINEERS, 48TH CONGRESS, 2D

SESSION, 1834-85..

401

APPENDIX No. 1.

REPORT OF CAPT. W. H. BIXBY, CORPS OF ENGINEERS.

Preparation of report upon investigations in Europe in 1881–82

421

APPENDIX No. 2.

REPORT OF LIEUT. COL. GEORGE H. ELLIOT, CORPS OF ENGINEERS.

423

Fort Greene, Newport Harbor, R. I.

APPENDIXES Nos. 3 AND 4.

REPORT OF LIEUT. COL. H L. ABBOT, CORPS OF ENGINEERS, BVT. BRIG.

EN., U. A.

No. 3. BATTALION OF ENGINEERS AND ENGINEER SCHOOL OF APPLICATION ...

No. 4. ENGINEER DEPOT AND POST AT WILLETS Point...

427

457

RIVERS AND HARBORS, ETC.

APPENDIX A. .

REPORT OF COL. CHARLES E. BLUNT, CORPS OF ENGINEERS.

IMPROVEMENTS.-Lubec Channel, Me, 462; Bangor Harbor and Penobscot River, Me.,

464; Moose-a-bec Bar at Jonesport, Me., 465; Belfast Harbor, Me., Rockland Har-

bor, Me., 467; Portland Harbor, Me., 469; Kennebuk River, Me., 470; breakw&-

ter at mouth of Saco River, Me., 471; Portsmouth Harbor, N. H., 472 ; Cocheco

River, N. H., 474.

EXAMINATIONS AND SURVEYS.-Southern entrance to Owl's Head Harbor, Me., 476 ;

harbor at Portsmouth, N. H., from the sea to the wharf, 478; Winnipiseogee Lake,

N. H., at a point called “The Weirs,” 479; Little Harbor at Portsmouth, N. H.,

with a view to its improvement as a harbor of refuge, 480 ; York Harbor, Me., 485;

Wood Island Harbor, Me., 489.

APPENDIX B.

REPORT OF MAJ. CHARLES W. RAYMOND, CORPS OF ENGINEERS.

IMPROVEMENTS. – Newburyport Harbor, Mass., 494 ; Merrimac River, Mass., 499 ;

Scituate Harbor, Mass., 501; Boston Harbor, Mass., 502; Plymouth Harbor, Mass.,

510; Provincetown Harbor, Mass., 513; Lynn Harbor, Mass., 516; Malden River,

Mass., 519; harbor of refuge at Sandy Bay, Cape Ann, Mass., 520.

EXAMINATIONS AND SURVEYS.-Harbor at Marblehead, Mass., for repair of sea-wall;

harbor at Salem, Mass., with a view to building a jetty running out froin the main-

land to deep water, 537; channel from Goose Point, in Plymouth Harbor, Mass., to

the wharf of the Cordage Company, 538; harbor at Gloucester, Mass., with a view

to the removal of rock obstructions, 540; Fort Point Channel, Boston Harbor, 543;

Powow River, Mass., 549; Hingham Harbor, Mass., 553.

APPENDIX C.

REPORT OF LIEUT. COL. GEORGE H. ELLIOT, CORPS OF ENGINEERS.

IMPROVEMENTS.-Harbor of refnge at Hyannis, Mass., 560; harbor of refuge at Nan-

tucket, Mass., 561 ; Wood's Holl and harbor of refuge at Wood's Holl, Mass., 580;

Wareham Harbor, Mass., 585 ; Taunton River, Mass., 548; Pawtucket River, R. I.,

592; Providence River and Narragansett Bay, R. I., 596 ; Newport Harbor, R. I., 603

harbor of refuge at Block Island, R. I., 606; Little Narragansett Bay, R. I. and

Conn., 615; harbor of refuge at Stoniugton, Conn., 616.

EXAMINATIONS AND SURVEYS.-Harbor at Hyannis, Mass., with a view of deepen-

ing the harbor, 619; Pawcatuck River, R. I., 622; Warren River, R. I., with a view

to the removal of obstructions from the channel, 625.

APPENDIX D.

REPORT OF LIEUT. COL. WALTER MCFARLAND, CORPS OF ENGINEERS.

IMPROVEMENTS.-Connecticut River, Mass. and Conn., 6:32 ; Thames River, Conn., 638;

New London Harbor, Conn., 641 ; Clinton Harbor, Conn., 643 ; New Haven Harbor,

Conn., 644; breakwater at New Haven Harbor, Conn., 646 ; Milford Harbor, Conn.,

648; Housatonic River, Conn., 649; Bridgeport Harbor, Conn., 651; Black Rock

Harbor, Coon., 653 ; Southport Harbor, Conn., 655 ; Norwalk Harbor, Conn., 656;

Port Chester Harbor, N. Y., 658; New Rochelle Harbor, N. Y., 660; Echo Harbor,

New Rochelle, N. Y., 661 , Mamaroneck Harbor, N. Y., 662; Greenport Harbor,

N. Y., 664; Port Jefferson Harbor, N. Y., 655; Flushing Bay, N. Y., 666 ; Newtown

Creek, N. Y., 668; Buttermilk Channel, N. Y., 670; Gowanus Bay, N. Y., 672 ; Har-

lem River, N. Y., 674; Hudson River, N. Y., 677 ; Harbor at Rondout, N. Y., 697;

Harbor at Saugerties, N. Y., 699 ; removing sunken vessels or craft obstructing or

endangering navigation, 700,

EXAMINATIONS AND SURVEYS.-Horton's Point, N.Y., near Dutch [Duck] Pond Point,

for breakwater, 701; Huntington Harbor, N. Y., 703; breakwater at Falkner's

Island, Conn., 707; river and harbor at Niantic, Conn., 710; Hudson River, from

Troy to mouth of canal, N. Y., 711.

APPENDIX E.

REPORT OF BRIG. GEN. JOHN NEWTON, CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, BVT. MAJ.

GEN., U. S. A.

IMPROVEMENT.-Removing obstructions in East River and Hell Gate, N. Y., 715.

APPENDIX F.

REPORT OF MAJ. GEORGE L. GILLESPIE, CORPS OF ENGINEERS, BVT.

LIEUT. COL., U. S. A.

IMPROVEMENTS.-East Chester Creek, N. Y., 738; Canarsie Bay, N. Y., 739; Sheeps-

head Bay, N. Y., 740; Sumpawanus Inlet, N. Y., 742; Cheesequakes Creek, N. J.,

743; Passaic River, above Newark, N. J., 744; Passaic River, below Newark, and

removing shoals in Newark Bay, N. J.. 746; channel between Staten Island and

New Jersey, 749; Shrewsbury River, N. J., 751; Rahway River, N. J., 753; Elizabeth

River, N. J., Woodbridge Creek, N. J., 754; Manasquan River, N. J., 756; Raritan

Bay, N. J., 757; Raritan River, N. J., 759; Mattawan Creek, N. J., Keyport Harbor,

N. J., 763; South River, N. J., 764; Gedney's Channel, New York Harbor, 766; re-

moving sunken vessels or craft obstructing or endangering navigation, 787.

EXAMINATIONS AND SURVEYS.- Baldwin River, N. Y., at Baldwin Station, to con-

nect with Long Branch, 789; Hudson River, on the New Jersey side, from Wee-

hawken to Bergen Point, Hudson County, N. J., with a view to deepening the

water at the wharf on that side, 790.

APPENDIX G.

REPORT OF LIEUT. COL. HENRY M. ROBERT, CORPS OF ENGINEERS.

IMPROVEMENTS.-Delaware River, from Trenton, N. J., to its mouth, 798; Delaware

River, between Trenton, N. J., and Bridesburg, Pa., 833; Delaware River, below

Bridesburg, Pa., 834; Delaware River, at Schooner Ledge, 835; Delaware River,

near Cherry Island Flats, Frankford Creek, Pa., 836; Schuylkill River, 837; ice-

harbor at Marcus Hook, Pa., 839; ice-harbor at the head of Delaware Bay, Del.,

840; construction of iron pier in Delaware Bay, near Lewes, Del., 845; Delaware

Breakwater Harbor, Del., 846; Rancocas River, N. J., 849; Woodbury Creek, N. J.,

Mantua Creek, N. J., 850; Raccoon River, N. J., 851; Salem River, N. J., 852;

Cohansey Creek, N. J., 853; north branch of Susquehannah River, Pa., 854; re-

moval of wrecks from Delaware Bay and River, removing sunken vessels or craft

obstructing or endangering navigation, 855; United States commission advisory

to the board of harbor commissioners of Philadelphia, Pa., 857.

EXAMINATIONS.-Corson's Sound and Townsend Inlet, N. J., 858; month of Salem

River, N. J., 860; harbor of Atlantic City, at Absecom Inlet, N. J., 862; west branch

of the Susquehanna River, Pa., between Salt Lick and Buttermilk Falls, 864.

APPENDIX H.

REPORT OF MR. WILLIAM F. SMITH, UNITED STATES AGENT.

IMPROVEMENTS.—Maurice River, N. J., 868; Wilmington Harbor, Del., 869; ice-har-

bor at New Castle, Del., 872; Duck Creek, Del., 876; Saint Jones River, Del., 877;

Mispillion Creek, Del., 878; Broadkiln River, Del., 879; Broad Creek, Del., from

its mouth to Laurel, 880; Indian River, Del., 881; Susquehanna River above and

below Havre de Grace, Md., 882; Elk River, Md., 883; Chester River at Kent Island

Narrows, Md., Chester River from Sprye's Landing to Crumpton, Md., Corsica

Creek, Md., 884; harbor at Annapolis, Md., Choptank River, Md., 886; harbor of

Cambridge, Md., Wicomico River, Md., 888; Upper Thoroughfare, between Deil's

Island and the mainland, Md., 889; removing sunken vessels or craft obstructing or

endangering navigation, 890.

EXAMINATIONS AND SURVEYS.-Harbor at Easton Point, Md., commencing at a point

on Tread Haven River where the Government work on the channel of said river was

recently suspended, 890; Lewes Creek and Rehoboth Bay, Del., Assateague and

Chincoteauge bays, Md., with a view to form continuous inland navigation from

Chincoteague Bay, in Virginia, to Delaware Bay, at or near Lewes, Del., 891; Po-
comoke River and Sound, Md., 904; Skipton Creek, Md., 907; Tuckahoe Creek,
Md., 308; Sassafras River, Md., above Georgetown, 912.

PART II.

APPENDIX I.

REPORT OF LIEUT. COL. WILLIAM P. CRAIGHILL, CORPS OF ENGINEERS.

IMPROVEMENT.-Patapsco River and channels to Baltimore, Md., 917.

APPENDIX J.

REPORT OF MAJ. PETER C. HAINS, CORPS OF ENGINEERS, BVT. LIEUT.

COL., U. S. A.

IMPROVEMENTS.-Harbors at Washington and Georgetown, D. C., 923; Potomac River

at Washington, D. C., 926; James River, Va., 944; Shenandoah River, W. Va., 957.

APPENDIX K.

REPORT OF MR. S. T. ABERT, UNITED STATES AGENT.

IMPROVEMENTS.-Channel at Mount Vernon, Va., Neabsco Creek, Va., 962; Breton