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on the upper gap of the obstructions to a width of 240 feet for a distance of 1,000 feet.

The portion of the channel that was dredged only 75 feet was found, upon examination during January and February, 1884, to have increased in width to 100 feet and diminished in depth to 16 feet, except at the southern entrance, where the depth is only 15 feet, with a width increased to 200 feet. Where dredged originally to 105 feet the width has increased to 115 feet, with a depth of 17 feet generally maintained at mean tide; where dredged, respectively, 145 feet and 240 feet the width is increased to 150 feet with depth of 20 feet, and 250 feet and 22 feet depth. The amount available and the appropriation asked for is to be expended in widening the above channel, and it is expected that the combined amounts will complete it.

July 1, 1883, amount available...

July 1, 1884, amount expended during fiscal year, exclusive of outstanding liabilities July 1, 1883....

$89,736 52

89,361 95

July 1, 1884, amount available....

Amount appropriated by act approved July 5, 1884.

Amount available for fiscal year ending June 30, 1885

374 57 200, 000 00

200,374 57

240,000 00

Amount (estimated) required for completion of existing project........
Amount that can be profitably expended in fiscal year ending June 30, 1886. 240,000 00
See Appendix N 1.)

2. Pensacola Harbor, Florida.-The present project for the improvement of this harbor was adopted in 1881, the object being to open a channel 300 feet wide and 24 feet deep at mean low water by dredging through a shoal which has formed inside the outer bar, and to construct such jetties and shore protections as might be necessary to prevent the further abrasion of the beach near Fort McRee, on the western side of the entrance to the harbor, and to maintain the dredged channel. The channel when the project was adopted had a depth of not more than 20 feet at the shoalest part at mean low tide. The amount expended to June 30, 1884, is $111,620.49, and has resulted in obtaining, by dredging, a channel 80 feet in width across the "inner bar," with a minimum depth of 22 feet at mean low water, affording a passage at mean high water for vessels drawing 24 feet and less, or the maximum draught that can be carried over the outer bar; in stopping the abrasion of the beach, advancing it 250 feet on the south side of the south jetty at Fort McRee, and advancing the 12, 18, and 24 foot curves of the western channel slopes fronting the shore line of the south jetty. The shore line north of the work at Fort McRee has not materially changed.

The amount available is to be applied to continuing work on the jetties proposed and completing the dredging of the "inner bar."

July 1, 1883, amount available...

July 1, 1884, amount expended during fiscal year, exclusive of

outstanding liabilities July 1, 1883

July 1, 1884, outstanding liabilities....

July 1, 1884, amount available....

Amount appropriated by act approved July 5, 1884..

Amount available for fiscal year ending June 30, 1885....

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(See Appendix N 2.)

3. Key West Harbor, Florida.-The present project for the improvement of this harbor was adopted in 1882, the object being to afford a

channel of entrance from the Gulf of Mexico into the "northwest" channel to Key West, so as to give a depth of 17 feet at mean low water when the project was adopted, which was not sufficient for commercial purposes. The principal object to be gained by the improvement is in the great saving in distance for all vessels plying between Key West and the Gulf ports.

The amount expended to June 30, 1884, is $25,000, and has resulted in obtaining by dredging one cut entirely through the bar on the "northwest" channel, having a width of 60 feet at bottom and 65 feet at top, with a depth of 15 feet at mean low water.

No appropriation is asked for, at least until a further examination can be made, as it is believed that there has been some filling in the dredged channel.

July 1, 1883, amount available

July 1, 1884, amount expended during fiscal year, exclusive of outstanding liabilities July 1, 1883..

Amount (estimated) required for completion of existing project.

(See Appendix N 3.)

$23, 573 12

23,573 12 115, 000 00

4. Chattahoochee River, Georgia and Alabama.-The present project for the improvement of this river was adopted in 1873, the object being to afford a channel 100 feet wide and 4 feet deep at low water, from its mouth, near Chattahoochee, Ga., up to Columbus, Ga. The channel, before the improvement was commenced, was impassable at times between Columbus, Ga., and Eufaula, Ala., and the least depth on the bars varied from 1 to 3 feet; it was at other places narrow and dangerous from snags and rocks.

The amount expended to June 30, 1884, is $140,953.38 (estimated, as no separate account was kept of the expenditure for the Flint and Chattahoochee rivers, when the appropriations were made for both rivers together), and has resulted in giving a fair, navigable channel from Columbus to its mouth during the entire year, except during an unusual low stage of water.

The amount available and the appropriation asked for are to be applied to continuing the improvement according to the project, and it is thought will complete it.

July 1, 1883, amount available

July 1, 1884, amount expended during fiscal year, exclusive of outstanding liabilities July 1, 1883..

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$26, 415 36

17,370 74

9,046 62

35,000 00

44,046 62

Amount (estimated) required for completion of existing project..... Amount that can be profitably expended in fiscal year ending June 30, 1886. (See Appendix N 4.)

115,000 00 75,000 00

5. Flint River, Georgia.-The present project for the improvement of this river was adopted in 1873 and modified in 1880, the object of the original project being to afford a channel 100 feet wide and 3 feet deep at ordinary low water from its mouth up to Albany, Ga., and the modification to improve for high-water navigation that portion of the river between Albany and Montezuma, about 100 miles above. The channel before the improvement was commenced was only navigable at low water from its mouth up to Bainbridge, and even that portion was narrow, crooked, and dangerous. The amount expended to June 30, 1884, is $94,389.89, and has resulted in obtaining a completed high

water channel from its mouth up to Albany; a completed low-water channel of the projected width and depth from its mouth up to Ropework Shoals, a distance of 70 miles; also a partially completed highwater channel over that portion of the river between Albany and Montezuma.

The amount available and the appropriation asked for are to be applied to continuing the improvement according to the project on both sections of the river.

July 1, 1883, amount available

July 1, 1884, amount expended during fiscal year, exclusive of outstanding liabilities July 1, 1883....

Amount appropriated by act approved July 5, 1884..

July 1, 1884, amount available

Amount available for fiscal year ending June 30, 1885.....

$11,271 53

10,661 42

610 11 20,000 00

20, 610 11

107,829 52

Amount (estimated) required for completion of existing project.. Amount that can be profitably expended in fiscal year ending June 30, 1886. 75,000 00 (See Appendix N 5.)

6. Apalachicola River, Florida.-The project for the improvement of this river was adopted in 1874, the object being to afford a channel of 6 feet depth and navigable width its whole length, avoiding the worst portion by utilizing Styx River and Moccasin Slough. The channel at that time had sufficient depth, and generally sufficient width, but was obstructed by snags and overhanging trees, and the portion through Moccasin Slough was narrow, crooked, and difficult.

The amount expended to June 30, 1884, is $37,189.31, and has resulted in the complete execution of the project, and in addition, the opening of Chipola "Cut-off" to White's Bluff, a distance of 9 miles, the widening of the canal at Moccasin Slough, and the removal from the river of the yearly accumulation of snags, logs, and sunken timber.

The amount available and the appropriation asked for are to be ap plied to preserving the improvement by the removal of such logs, snags, and sunken trees as may be found to be an obstruction to navigation. July 1, 1883, amount available...

$3,322 97

July 1, 1884, amount expended during fiscal year, exclusive of outstanding liabilities July 1, 1883

2,012 28

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2,000 00

Amount (estimated) required for preservation of improvement annually.. Amount that can be profitably expended in fiscal year ending June 30, 1886. (See Appendix N 6.)

2,000 00

7. Apalachicola Bay, Florida.-The present project for this improvement was adopted in 1880, the object being to afford a channel of entrance from Apalachicola Bay into Apalachicola River up to the wharves of the city of Apalachicola, 100 feet wide, and 11 feet deep at mean low water. The channel before the improvement was commenced had a depth of 4 feet at the shoalest place.

The amount expended to June 30, 1884, is $45,000, and has resulted in securing a channel 6,060 feet in length, 5,200 feet of which has a width of 75 feet, and the remainder, 860 feet, has a width of 60 feet, with an average depth of 93 feet at mean low water, thereby increas ing the depth available for commerce from 4 feet to 93 feet at mean low water.

The amount available and the appropriation asked for are to be applied to extending and widening the cut already made, and will probably complete the improvement.

July 1, 1883, amount available...

July 1, 1884, amount expended during fiscal year, exclusive of outstanding liabilities July 1, 1883..

Amount appropriated by act approved July 5, 1884.

Amount (estimated) required for completion of existing project..

$658 05

658 05 10, 000 00

45,000 00

Amount that can be profitably expended in fiscal year ending June 30, 1886. 45, 000 00 (See Appendix N 7.)

8. Tampa Bay, Florida.-The present project for the improvement of this harbor was adopted in 1880, the object being to afford a channel from Tampa Bay, through the bar at the mouth of the Hillsborough River, 150 feet wide and 9 feet deep at mean low water, and of the same depth and 200 feet wide up the river to the port of Tampa. The channel before the improvement was commenced had a depth in the shoalest place of not more than 5 feet.

The amount expended to June 30, 1884, is $40,000, and has resulted in securing a fair but somewhat narrow channel of 9 feet depth, from the bay to the wharves at Tampa, with the exception of two small shoals, extending from a point about 300 feet north of Spanish Town Creek to a point about 300 feet below the upper curve, a distance of 1,000 feet, which has a depth of only 73 feet.

The appropriation asked for is to be applied to cutting through the shoals above mentioned, and to widening the channel throughout, and the amount is believed to be sufficient to complete the work.

$20,000 00 37,002 00

Amount appropriated by act approved July 5, 1884.
Amount (estimated) required for completion of existing project.
Amount that can be profitably expended in fiscal year ending June 30, 1886. 37,000 00
(See Appendix N 8.)

9. Suwanee River, Florida.-The present project for the improvement of this river was adopted in 1880, the object being to afford a channel of entrance through both East and West Passes from Suwanee Bay into Suwanee River, of navigable width and of not less than 5 feet depth at mean low water; and to improve the river above so as to give a channel 500 feet wide with a least depth of 4 feet, from Roland's Bluff up to Ellaville. Before the improvement was commenced the channel across the bar had a depth in the shoalest place of about 3 feet at mean low water; from inside the bar up to Roland's Bluff, there was a least depth of 5 feet, and from Roland's Bluff up to Ellaville a least depth of 14 feet, and much obstructed with snags and overhanging trees.

The amount expended to June 30, 1884, is $13,000, and has resulted in obtaining a channel 2,400 feet long, 65 feet wide, and 6 feet deep, at mean low water, from Suwanee Bay into Suwanee River.

The amount available and the appropriation asked for are to be applied to continuing the work according to the project.

July 1, 1883, amount available

July 1, 1884, amount expended during fiscal year, exclusive of outstanding liabilities July 1, 1883..

Amount appropriated by act approved July 5, 1884.

$4,789 67

4,789 67

5, 000 00

37, 158 00

Amount (estimated) required for completion of existing project. Amount that can be profitably expended in fiscal year ending June 30, 1886. 20,000 00 (See Appendix N 9.)

10. Choctawhatchie River, Alabama and Florida.—The present project for the improvement of this river was adopted in 1872, the object being to improve the navigation by the removal of snags, wrecks, overhang

ing trees, and other obstructions to accommodate the trade at that time between the mouth of Mitchell's River and Geneva. It was modified in 1880, so as to extend the improvement up to Newton, about 40 miles above Geneva (for which an appropriation was made), and to make a more thorough improvement of the river below Geneva, including the improvement of another mouth, or pass, called Cypress Top, having a little better water on the bar to meet the wants of the rapidly increasing and changed character of the commerce on that portion of the river since the improvement was commenced.

The amount expended to June 30, 1884, is $55,000, and has resulted in the improvement of two passes or mouths of the river, and the main river up to Pates' Creek, 235 miles, so that boats drawing 4 feet of water can run at all times during an ordinary stage of river from the mouth up as far as Jones' Old Ferry, about 27 miles above Geneva, Ala., and boats drawing 2 feet from Jones' Old Ferry to Pates' Creek, at a medium stage. With a full river 5 feet can be carried safely up to Pates' Creek.

The amount available and the appropriation asked for are to be applied to extending the improvement up to Newton from Pates' Creek, 163 miles, to thoroughly improving that portion of the river between Geneva and the railroad station at Half Moon Bluff, so that boats drawing 4 feet can safely run between those two points (40 miles) during the lowest stage of water, day or night, and will probably nearly complete the projected improvement.

July 1, 1883, amount available...

July 1, 1884, amount expended during fiscal year, exclusive of outstanding liabilities July 1, 1883.

July 1, 1884, amount available..

Amount appropriated by act approved July 5, 1884...

Amount available for fiscal year ending June 30, 1885.

* $9,159 96

8,387 69

772 27

15,000 00

15,772 27

Amount (estimated) required for completion of existing project.

51,500 00

Amount that can be profitably expended in fiscal year ending June 30, 1886. 50,000 00 (See Appendix N 10.)

11. Cahaba River, Alabama.-The project for the improvement of this river was adopted in 1883, the object being to afford a channel over the lower portion of the river from its mouth up to the town of Centreville, a distance of 88 miles, with channel in open river 100 feet in width, a least depth of 3 feet at low water, with a width in soft rock and bar cuts of 60 feet, and a least depth of 3 feet at low water.

Before the improvement was commenced the condition of the river was such that it was extremely dangerous to navigation during high water, owing to the large number of overhanging trees and the obstructions caused by two fixed railroad bridges crossing the river, one at 8 and the other at 21 miles above its mouth. At low water the channel was so obstructed by snags, logs, sunken trees, rock shoals, gravel and sand bars that navigation was a matter of impossibility.

The amount expended to June 30, 1884, is $17,375.29, and has resulted in the partial improvement of 17 miles of river above its mouth, for lowwater navigation, and the improvement of 88 miles of river from its month to Centreville, for high-water navigation.

The amount available and the appropriation asked for are to be ex

$2,000 of this amount allotted to La Grange Bayou.

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