July 1, 1892, balance unexpended.. July 30, 1893, amount expended during fiscal year July 1, 1893, balance unexpended (See Appendix D 14.) $8, 333.70 7,010. 60 1, 323. 10 15. Five Mile River Harbor, Connecticut.-This harbor is a small inlet over a mile long, and from 300 to 800 feet wide, on the north shore of Long Island Sound. The natural low-water depth at the mouth is about 3 feet, shoaling to zero half way up the harbor. The project for improvement proposed in a report on a survey made in 1886, and adopted under an appropriation of $5,000 made August 11, 1888, provides for dredging a channel 8 feet deep at mean low water, 100 feet wide, and about 6,000 feet long, extending to the head of the harbor; the cost was estimated at $25,000. The total amount appropriated for this improvement is $15,000. Up to July 1, 1892, $9,886.96 had been expended, and a channel 60 feet wide and 2,450 feet long had been dredged to a depth of 8 feet at mean low water, extending from Long Island Sound to the vicinity of the lower wharves. This channel has been extended to some of the wharves by private work, and is now used for anchorage and for commercial purposes. Nothing was done during the past fiscal year. A contract for dredging is in force, under which the channel will be extended up the harbor. Future appropriations will be applied to widening and extending the channel, as projected. July 1, 1892, balance unexpended Amount appropriated by act approved July 13, 1892.. $113.04 5,000.00 5, 113. 04 June 30, 1893, amount expended during fiscal year......... July 1, 1893, balance unexpended ... July 1, 1893, amount covered by uncompleted contracts 84.46 5,028.58 July 1, 1893, balance available..... 4,350.00 678.58 Amount (estimated) required for completion of existing project.. 10,000.00 Amount that can be profitably expended in fiscal year ending June 30, 1895 10,000.00 Submitted in compliance with requirements of sections 2 of river and harbor acts of 1866 and 1867 and of sundry civil act of March 3, 1893. (See Appendix D 15.) 16. Stamford Harbor, Connecticut.-This harbor consists of a bay on the north shore of Long Island Sound, and of two tidal inlets, known as the East and West Branches, extending up to the village of Stamford. The original depth in the West Branch was from 1 to 3 feet, gradually increasing in the bay to a depth of 12 feet; the East Branch was originally a small marshy creek, deepened by private dredging to a depth of about 8 feet at mean low water. The project of improvement adopted in 1886 provided for dredging a 5-foot channel 80 feet wide up to the head of the West Branch. This was accomplished in 1892. In that year a project was adopted providing for enlarging the channel of the West Branch to 150 feet width and 7 feet depth, and dredging out the basin between the harbor lines at the head of this branch; also for making the channel of the East Branch 100 feet wide for a length of 8,535 feet, and 50 feet wide for a length of 1,200 feet, with depth of 9 feet, at a total estimated cost of $123,500. July 1, 1892, nothing had been done under the new project. During the past fiscal year dredging has been done to widen and deepen the channel of the East Branch and work is now in progress, but not far enough advanced to be of material use. With the available funds it is proposed to make the East Branch channel 60 feet wide and 9 feet deep at mean low water to or nearly to the head of the harbor. Future appropriations will be applied to dredging to widen and deepen the channels, as projected. July 1, 1893, amount covered by uncompleted contracts.............. 9, 755.30 13, 327.60 767.34 July 1, 1893, balance available Amount (estimated) required for completion of existing project. Amount that can be profitably expended in fiscal year ending June 30,1895 Submitted in compliance with requirements of sections 2 of river aud harbor acts of 1866 and 1867 and of sundry civil act of March 3, 1893. (See Appendix D 16.) 108,500.00 50,000.00 17. Harbor at Cos Cob and Miamus River, Connecticut.-This harbor is a tidal inlet on the north shore of Long Island Sound, extending inland about 2 miles to the village of Miamus. The low-water channel is rather narrow, bordered by wide mud flats, and has a depth of 12 feet or over at the entrance, decreasing to 5 feet at the railroad bridge, halfway up the inlet, and thence to Miamus, decreasing to 2 feet. The project for improvement, adopted in 1892, provides for dredging to make a channel 6 feet deep at mean low water, with 150 feet width to the railroad bridge and thence to Miamus 100 feet width, estimated to cost $36,000. Work under this project was recently begun, and up to the close of the fiscal year, the channel had been made 50 feet wide, or more, up to the railroad bridge, under a contract still in progress. The work is not yet far enough advanced to be a material aid to commerce. Future appropriations will be applied to extending the dredged channel. Amount appropriated by act approved July 13, 1892.. June 30, 1893, amount expended during fiscal year.. July 1, 1893, balance unexpended.. $7,000.00 441.44 6, 558.56 July 1, 1893, outstanding liabilities, July 1, 1893, amount covered by uncompleted contracts.......... $3,717.95 6, 125.00 July 1, 1893, balance available...... Amount (estimated) required for completion of existing project.. 433.56 Amount that can be profitably expended in fiscal year ending June 30, 1895 20,000.00 Submitted in compliance with requirements of sections 2 of river and harbor acts of 1866 and 1867 and of sundry civil act of March 3, 1893. (See Appendix D 17.) 18. Port Chester Harbor, New York.-This harbor consists of a bay opening into Long Island Sound at the mouth of Byram River, and of the lower part of the river itself, which is navigable for about a mile above its mouth. The original available depth in the river was not more than a foot at low water, and Salt Rock in the river and Sunken Rock in the bay were considered dangerous obstructions. The project for improvement, adopted in 1871, provided for the removal of these rocks to 9 and 11 feet depth, respectively, and for the construction of a breakwater at Byram Point, at the mouth of the harbor, the estimated cost being $96,632. In 1884 the project was extended to provide for dredging a channel 23 feet deep and from 60 to 100 feet wide from the bay to the vicinity of the village wharves. In 1888 the project was further modified to omit the removal of Sunken Rock, and to build a breakwater from that rock to Byram Point, which should also serve as a beacon on the rock. A revised estimate, made in 1890, in accordance with the modification, reduced the cost of completion by about $40,000. Up to July 1, 1892, $36,387,98 had been expended in removing Salt Rock to 9 feet depth, in dredging a channel 24 feet deep, and from 60 to 100 feet wide to within 150 feet of Port Chester Bridge, with 25 feet width to the bridge, and 585 linear feet of the breakwater from Sunken Rock to Byram Point had been constructed. The dredging and rock removal have resulted in admitting safely vessels of greater draft than formerly. The partial completion of the breakwater has served to mark Sunken Rock and to shelter a small anchorage area at the mouth of the river. During the past fiscal year the breakwater has been extended partly to high water on Byram Point, under a contract still in progress. Future appropriations will be applied to completing the breakwater and to maintaining or enlarging the dredged channel. July 1, 1893, outstanding liabilities. July 1, 1893, amount covered by uncompleted contracts... $2,055.85 3,934. 45 392.79 July 1, 1893, balance available..... Amount (estimated) required for completion of existing project..... 15,000.00 15,000.00 19. Larchmont Harbor, New York. This is a bay about half a mile wide and extending three-quarters of a mile inland, with depth grad ually diminishing from 18 feet at and near the mouth. The mouth of the bay was obstructed by two rocks (Umbrella Rock and Huron Rock), always covered, and owing to its width the harbor anchorage was little protected from easterly and southerly storms. A survey was ordered by Congress in 1888, and afterwards a project was adopted for connecting Umbrella Rock with the west shore and Huron Rock with the east shore by riprap breakwaters, which would sufficiently mark the rocks and would cover the harbor. The estimated cost of the project was $105,000. Up to July 1, 1892, $4,879.05 had been expended in constructing 74 linear feet of Umbrella Breakwater and 64 linear feet of Huron Breakwater, the location being over the rocks. The breakwaters serve to mark the rocks, but are not long enough to afford any appreciable shelter. No work has been done during the past fiscal year. Future appropriations should be applied to completing the breakwaters. July 1, 1892, balance unexpended.. July 1, 1893, balance unexpended.. $120.95 120.95 Amount (estimated) required for completion of existing project...... 100,000.00 Amount that can be profitably expended in fiscal year ending June 30, 1895 50,000.00 Submitted in compliance with requirements of sections 2 of river and harbor acts of 1866 and 1867 and of sundry civil act of March 3, 1893. (See Appendix D 19.) 20. East Chester Creek, New York. This is a small tidal stream, emptying into Pelham Bay. It was navigable at high tide only, for vessels drawing 7 feet, up to Lockwood, a distance of 24 miles. The rise of tide is 7.1 feet. The project for improvement adopted in 1872, and subsequently modified, provided for a channel 9 feet deep at mean high water, extending to a point 3,000 feet above Lockwood, and terminating at the upper end in a tidal basin. Part of the lower course of the channel was to be protected by dikes, and the whole work was estimated to cost $221,000. In 1891, this estimate was revised and reduced by omitting the dikes, which seemed unnecessary for maintenance of channels, making the total estimate of cost from beginning $124,000. Up to July 1, 1892, $69,000 had been appropriated for this improvement, of which $61,858.97 had been expended in dredging and rock removal to make a channel 9 feet deep at high water (2 feet at low water), with width of 125 feet to the head of Goose Island, one-half mile from the mouth of the creek; thence to Town Dock, with width of 100 feet; thence to Lockwood with nearly the same width. Above Town Dock 1,235 linear feet of diking was built to sustain the sides of the channel. The increased depth and straighter courses resulting have been of benefit to the commerce at Town Dock and Lockwood. During the past fiscal year the channel was extended 1,300 feet above Lockwood by a cut, mainly through Salt Marsh; the depth made was 9 feet at high water and width at bottom 60 feet. On the west side of this cut the owners of adjacent land have built a dock front, intending to use it for receiving and discharging freights. Future appropriations should be applied to completing the proposed cut above Lockwood and to repairing and maintaining the previously dredged channels. A revised estimate, submitted with the annual report for 1891, reduced the cost of completing this work to $55,000. July 1, 1892, balance unexpended. June 30, 1893, amount expended during fiscal year... July 1, 1893, balance unexpended............... Amount (estimated) required for completion of existing project. Amount that can be profitably expended in fiscal year ending June 30, 1895 Submitted in compliance with requirements of sections 2 of river and harbor acts of 1866 and 1867 and of sundry civil act of March 3, 1893. (See Appendix D 20.) $7, 141.03 7,125.70 15.33 55,000.00 55,000.00 21. Greenport Harbor, New York.-This harbor, at the eastern end of Long Island, is exposed to easterly storms; its anchorage ground, which was sheltered by Joshua Point, has materially shoaled by the erosion of the point, and by the influx of drifting sand. The project of improvement, adopted in 1882, provided for the construction of a riprap breakwater extending from Joshua Point 1,700 feet in a southeasterly course, to arrest drifting sand, to check the erosion of the point, and to increase the sheltered area. Its cost was esti mated at $46,000. In 1890 the project was modified to provide for increasing the height of the breakwater from 3 to 5 feet above high water, instead of extending it, and to apply the rest of the estimated amount for completion to dredging and enlarging the anchorage basin. Up to July 1, 1892, $35,000 had been appropriated for this improvement, and $34,807.09 expended in building the breakwater and increasing the height, and adding, by dredging, about 14 acres to the area of the sheltered anchorage ground. The effect has been to check the erosion of Joshua Point, to afford complete shelter to the inner part of the harbor, and, in a measure, to make the berths at all the wharves more secure in northeast storms. During the past fiscal year dredging has been done to increase the area of sheltered anchorage, under a contract still in progress. The completion of this contract will add about 4 acres to the anchorage, and will complete the projected improvement. No further work is proposed, and no appropriation is required. July 1, 1893, amount covered by uncompleted contracts 6, 919. 20 8, 270.38 1, 570. 10 July 1, 1893, balance available... (See Appendix D 21.) 22. Port Jefferson Harbor, New York.-This harbor is a large and deep inland bay, with a narrow entrance, or inlet, outside of which was originally a shoal with 3 feet depth at low water. The location of the inlet is one of the most exposed on Long Island Sound. Under a project adopted in 1871, and modified in 1873 and 1877, an east jetty 1,390 feet long, and a west jetty 940 feet long, were built, both with scant cross section, and a channel 8 feet deep and 100 feet wide was dredged through the bar. The work was completed in 1883, at a total cost of $79,000. By order of Congress an examination of Port Jefferson Inlet was made in 1888, and subsequently a project was adopted for repairing and enlarging the jetties and dredging to make the channel 10 feet deep and 200 feet wide, at an estimated cost of $90,000. Under the existing project up to July 1, 1892, $15,867.25 (including outstanding liabilities) had been expended in raising and enlarging part of both jetties, and in beginning dredging between them. The dredging was not sufficiently advanced to realize any material advantage. During the past fiscal year dredging has been done to widen the channel and a cut has been made through the inlet; this makes an |