feet deep had been obtained, mainly by dredging, and in 1878 the project was modified to provide for a channel 16 feet deep and not less than 400 feet wide. The total amount appropriated for this harbor to July 1, 1884, was $231,000, with which the desired depth and width have been obtained except across the Fort Hale Bar. The deepening of this bar is to be accomplished by the aid of a dike running from Sandy Point, on the west shore, out into the harbor and then parallel with the channel, which will cost, according to the esti mate $100,000. During the past fiscal year the shore connection of this dike and 254 feet of the part parallel to the channel were built at a cost of about $30,000. About 3,000 feet of the dike remain to be built, costing about $70,000. An appropriation of $100,000 is asked for to complete the dike and to widen the channel in the upper harbor. July 1, 1883, amount available ..... July 1, 1884, amount expended during fiscal year, exclusive of outstanding liabilities July 1, 1883 Amount available for fiscal year ending June 30, 1885 ..... $29,041 76 28,538 58 503 18 10,000 00 Amount (estimated) required for completion of existing project................ Amount that can be profitably expended in fiscal year ending June 30, 1886. (See Appendix D 5.) 10,503 18 100, 000 00 90,000 00 6. Breakwater at New Haven, Connecticut.-In 1879 a project was adopted for making a large and convenient harbor of refuge here by the construction of two riprap breakwaters at the entrance to the harbor, at an estimated cost of $1,311,134. The total amount appropriated for this purpose to July 1, 1884, was $180,000, and with it 1,817 linear feet of the east breakwater have been built, containing 161,892 tons of stone. The length built during the past fiscal year is 439 feet, which required the use of 34,903 tons of granite and gneiss. It is very desirable that the construction of this harbor of refuge should be pushed to completion with as little delay as may be, and as the east breakwater is now well advanced the construction of the west breakwater should be begun, and work upon both should be carried on henceforth simultaneously. 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.... Amount (estimated) required for completion of existing project.. (See Appendix D 6.) $42,057 30 41, 449 22 608 08 40,000 00 40,608 08 1,091, 134 00 500,000 00 7. Milford Harbor, Connecticut.-This is a broad, open bay terminating in a narrow tidal stream, which extends about three-quarters of a mile to the Milford wharves. The original depth over the bar at the mouth of this stream was about 2 feet at mean low water. Between there and Milford the channel ran nearly bare. Under the original project of improvement completed in 1882, the erosion of the bluffs east of the harbor had been checked by small jetties, a 4-foot channel had been made 100 feet wide from the bay to Merwin's Wharf, thence 60 feet wide to the village wharves, and two jetties had been built for preserving the channel on the outer bar, the total cost being $34,600. In 1882, under an appropriation of $5,000 for this harbor, a project for making the channel over the outer bar 8 feet deep and 100 feet wide was adopted, the estimated cost of which was $11,000. Five thousand dollars have been expended on this work, and by July 1, 1883, a channel 25 feet wide was made. During the past fiscal year the completion of work under the contract already in progress increased the width of the 8-foot channel over the outer bar by 40 feet, making it now 65 feet wide. This project could be satisfactorily completed in one year at an estimated cost of $6,000. July 1, 1883, amount available... $3,393 11 July 1, 1884, amount expended during fiscal year, exclusive of outstanding liabilities July 1, 1883. 3,009 61 July 1, 1884, amount available..... 383 50 Amount (estimated) required for completion of existing project....... Amount that can be profitably expended in fiscal year ending June 30, 1886. (See Appendix D 7.) 6,000 00 6,000 00 8. Housatonic River, Connecticut.-The navigable part of this river, extending from Derby to Long Island Sound, a distance of 13 miles, was originally obstructed by several bars having a depth of from 3 to 5 feet at mean low water. In 1871 a project was adopted for making and maintaining a channel 100 feet wide and 7 feet deep throughout this distance; besides the necessary dredging, a breakwater over the east side of the bar at the mouth of the river was planned. The amount appropriated to July 1, 1884, was $68,700, with which the desired depth and a width of about 60 feet have been made and generally maintained, except over the bar at the mouth, where no work has yet been done. During the past fiscal year no work has been done; the available appropriation was insufficient to begin the breakwater at the mouth of the river, and no other work was immediately required. It is proposed to expend the money in dredging during the ensuing year. The removal of Drew's Rock (3 miles below Derby) is recommended as being more economical in the end than the frequent dredging of the shoal which forms below it. For this and for such dredging as is necessary to preserve the 7-foot channel an appropriation of $10,000 is asked, and $20,000 for the proposed breakwater or dike across the bar. July 1, 1883, amount available July 1, 1884, amount expended during fiscal year, exclusive of outstanding liabilities July 1, 1883.... $1,997 00 Amount available for fiscal year ending June 30, 1885 ... Amount (estimated) required for completion of existing project...... Amount that can be profitably expended in fiscal year ending June 30, 1886. (See Appendix D 8.) 1 15 9. Bridgeport Harbor, Connecticut.-Originally the available low-water depth in this harbor was but 5 feet. Under a project completed in 1882 a jetty had been built on the east shore at the mouth, to arrest the influx of sand, and a channel 12 feet deep at low water and over 200 feet wide had been made from Long Island Sound to the lower bridge. In 1882 it was decided to widen the channel between the Inner Beacon and the Naugatuck Railroad Wharf to 600 feet, in order to relieve the crowding of the main channel for vessels coming there for shelter. The estimated cost of this was $60,000; $10,000 have been expended under this project, making this part of the channel from 350 to 400 feet wide. During the past fiscal year no money has been available for it, and no work has been done. The amount required to complete the present project is $45,000; $25,000 of this could be profitably expended in the next year. 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........... Amount (estimated) required for completion of existing project.... Amount that can be profitably expended in fiscal year ending June 30, 1886. (See Appendix D 9.) $827 23 162 32 664 91 5,000 00 5,664 91 45, 000 00 25,000 00 10. Southport Harbor, Connecticut.-The harbor is a tidal inlet opening into a broad bay; the original depth to the wharves, about threequarters of a mile up the inlet, was less than 2 feet at mean low water. In 1829-37 a breakwater and dike were built east of the channel to protect it from drifting sand. The plan of improvement for this harbor adopted in 1876 was modified in 1880; it embraced repairs of the breakwater and dike, and dredging a channel 100 feet wide and 4 feet deep at mean low water from Long Island Sound to the village. Though this full width has not been attained, the improvement may be considered essentially completed. During the past fiscal year no money was available, and no work was done. No further appropriation is needed at present. July 1, 1883, amount available $314 07 July 1, 1884, amount expended during fiscal year, exclusive of outstanding liabilities July 1, 1883. 155 00 July 1, 1884, amount available ... (See Appendix D 10.) 159 07 11. Norwalk Harbor, Connecticut.-This is a narrow tidal stream about 3 miles long, in which the depth available to Norwalk was originally less than 1 foot at mean low water. In 1872 a project was adopted for making a channel 100 feet wide and 6 feet deep at mean low water corresponding to a depth of about 13 feet at high water; from Long Island Sound to the Norwalk wharves the channel has been made 60 feet wide for one-half the distance between Norwalk and South Norwalk, 100 feet wide for the other half of 5908 EN-7 that distance, and 75 feet wide with a low-water depth of 8 feet below South Norwalk. During the past fiscal year no money was available, and no work has been done. The estimated amount required to complete the project is $10,000, which sum could advantageously be expended for that purpose in a single year. 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 $515 35 90 17 425 18 5,000 00 5,425 18 10,000 00 Amount (estimated) required for completion of existing project Amount that can be profitably expended in fiscal year ending June 30, 1886. 10, 000 00 (See Appendix D 11.) 12. Mamaroneck Harbor, New York. This harbor is a shallow inlet, the mouth opening into a broad bay; several dangerous rocks lie in or near the channel. In 1882 a project of improvement was adopted which provided for the removal of six of these rocks and for making a channel 100 feet wide and 7 feet deep at mean low water half-way up the inlet, and 80 feet wide and 4 feet deep the remaining distance to the village, the estimated cost being $43,000. The total amount appropriated for this work is $15,000, which was expended during the past fiscal year in removing Bush Rock and Inner Steamboat Rock to a depth of 7 feet and Round Rock to a depth of 4 feet. The amount required to complete the project is $28,000; it could be profitably expended in a single year. 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 (estimated) required for completion of existing project $14,921 40 14,620 17 301 23 28,000 00 Amount that can be profitably expended in fiscal year ending June 30, 1886. 28, 000 00 (See Appendix D 12.) 13. Port Jefferson Harbor, New York.-This harbor is a large deepbay with a narrow entrance, through which the channel depth formerly was but 3 feet. The project for improving it, adopted in 1871 and modified in 1877, provided for making the channel of entrance 8 feet deep at mean low water, and protecting it by jetties from the wash of the sea. The total amount appropriated for this work to the present time is $80,200, which has been expended in building an east jetty 1,390 feet long, which carries it out to a depth of 12 feet at mean low water, a west jetty 940 feet long, carried out to a depth of 63 feet, and in dredging a channel between them 100 feet wide and 8 feet deep. During the past fiscal year 575 tons of stone were used in building 35 linear feet of the east breakwater under an unfinished contract of the previous year. It is possible that time may show that the project, which now appears to be complete, must be further extended in order to secure a permanent channel. No appropriation is asked for at present. July 1, 1883, amount available.... July 1, 1884, amount expended during fiscal year, exclusive of outstanding liabilities July 1, 1883.... $2,662 18 1,542 55 July 1, 184, amount available... (See Appendix D 13.) 1,119 63 14. Greenport Harbor, New York.-This harbor is exposed to easterly storms, and the anchorage-ground, which was mainly sheltered by Joshua's Point, has become so filled by erosion of that point and by drifting sands as to be nearly useless. In 1882 a project was adopted for the construction of a breakwater extending from Joshua's Point southeasterly to the 18-foot curve for the purpose of checking this erosion and increasing the sheltered area. Its estimated cost was $46,000. The total amount appropriated for this work, including that of July 5, 1884, is $20,000, of which $10,000 was expended during the past fiscal year in building the breakwater to a length of 805 feet, reaching to the 3-foot curve. The breakwater could be finished in a single year at an estimated cost of $26,000. July 1, 1883, amount available... $9,771 36 July 1, 1884, amount expended during fiscal year, exclusive of outstanding liabilities July 1, 1883...... 8,952 09 July 1, 1884, amount available............ 819 27 Amount appropriated by act approved July 5, 1884.. 10,000 00 Amount available for fiscal year ending June 30, 1885.... 10,819 27 26,000 00 26,000 00 Amount (estimated) required for completion of existing project..... Amount that can be profitably expended in fiscal year ending June 30, 1886. (See Appendix D 14.) EXAMINATIONS AND SURVEYS FOR IMPROVEMENTS, TO COMPLY WITH REQUIREMENTS OF THE RIVER AND HARBOR ACT OF AUGUST 2, 1882. The following localities were examined by the local engineer in charge, Maj. J. W. Barlow, Corps of Engineers, and not recommended for improvement: 1. Connecticut River, from Bellows Falls, Vermont, to Pittsburg, New Hampshire. (See Appendix D 15.) 2. Bissell's Cove, Rhode Island. (See Appendix D 16.) 3. Stoneybrook Harbor, Suffolk County, New York. (See Appendix D 17.) And upon a favorable report from the preliminary examination made, as provided for in the above act, Lieutenant-Colonel McFarland was charged with and completed the following, the results of which were. transmitted to Congress, and printed in Senate Ex. Doc. 50, Fortyeighth Congress, first session : 1. Harbor of Black Rock, Connecticut. (See Appendix D 18.) 2. Harbor of Stamford, Connecticut. (See Appendix D 19.) 3. Harbor of Westport, Connecticut. (See Appendix D 20.) 4. Harbor of Branford, Connecticut. (See Appendix D 21.) 5. Peconic River, Long Island, New York. (See Appendix D 22.) At the following localities no survey was necessary, the information on hand being sufficient: 1. Duck Island Harbor, Connecticut, for a breakwater. (See Appendix D 23.) |