Amount (estimated) required for completion of existing project....... $14,200.00 Amount (estimated) required for completion of new project 45,000.00 59, 200.00 Amount that can be profitably expended in fiscal year ending June 30,1893 30,000.00 Submitted in compliance with requirements of sections 2 of river and barbor acts of 1866 and 1867. (See Appendix L 7.) 8. Contentnia Creek, North Carolina.-When placed under improvement in 1881 this stream had a depth of about 3 feet during 9 months of the year, from its mouth in the Neuse upwards about 63 miles to Stantonsburg, its practical limit of navigation; but its channel was completely blocked at all stages of water by sunken logs and stumps, and by floating obstructions. The original project of 1881, as continued to date, proposed to secure a safe and unobstructed 3-foot navigation over this distance during the high-water season of about 9 months. The final total cost of this work was estimated in 1888 at $77,500. Up to June 30, 1890, a total of $43,928.52, including outstanding liabil ities, had been spent in securing a moderately well-cleared 3-foot navigation over the 31 miles from its mouth up to Snow Hill, and a roughly cleared 3-foot navigation over 32 miles farther to Stantonsburg, during the high-water season. During the fiscal year ending June 30, 1891, an additional $4,772.98, including outstanding liabilities, was spent upon this improvement for minor field work, surveys, and office work. After the improvement is finished its proper maintenance may cost from $1,000 to $3,000 per year. July 1, 1890, balance unexpended.......... Amount appropriated by act approved September 19, 1890.... June 30, 1891, amount expended during fiscal year.. July 1, 1891, balance unexpended... July 1, 1891, outstanding liabilities. July 1, 1891, balance available...... Amount (estimated) required for completion of existing project $1, 124.98 7,000.00 8, 124.98 4,536. 08 3,588.90 290.40 3,298.50 25,500.00 Amount that can be profitably expended in fiscal year ending June 30,1893 25,500.00 Submitted in compliance with requirements of sections 2 of river and harbor acts of 1866 and 1867. (See Appendix L 8.) 9. Trent River, North Carolina.-When placed under improvement in 1879 this river had a 6-foot to 8-foot roughly cleared navigation from its mouth at New Berne, up 18 miles to Pollocksville, and a light-draft navigation 7 miles farther to Quaker Bridge. Above Pollocksville the bars, snags, and trees prevented all navigation, except occasionally by small flatboats during high freshets. The original projects of 1879 to 1889, as continued to date, assumed that 6 to 8 feet of water could be carried at all stages from its mouth 18 miles to Pollocksville, and proposed to secure a thoroughly cleared 3-foot navigation, with at least 50 feet channel width at all stages of water from Pollocksville, 20 miles up, to Trenton, and at least 30 feet channel width and over 3 feet depth during winter stages of water from Trenton, 30 miles up, to the Narrows above Free Bridge, and a good channel for pole-boats 13 miles farther to Upper Quaker Bridge. The total final cost of this work was estimated in 1889 at $72,000. Up to June 30, 1890, a total of $50,379.41, including outstanding liabilities, had been spent in all upon this improvement in securing a well-cleared channel 10 to 12 feet deep at all stages (12 to 14 feet at ordinary stages) from New Berne to Pollocksville; thence a well-cleared channel 6 to 8 feet deep at all stages (8 to 9 feet deep at ordinary stages) to Quaker Bridge; thence a well-cleared channel 50 feet wide and 3 feet deep at all stages to Trenton, and a good turning basin at Trenton. In consequence of this improvement steamboat navigation has been permanently established over the entire river to Trenton. During the fiscal year ending June 30, 1891, an additional $3,517.66, including outstanding liabilities, was spent on this improvement for minor field work, surveys, and office work, extending the improvement 7 miles above Trenton. After the improvement is finished its proper maintenance may cost from $1,000 to $2,000 per year. July 1, 1890, balance unexpended June 30, 1891, amount expended during fiscal year July 1, 1891, balance unexpended July 1, 1891, outstanding liabilities.. July 1, 1891, balance available... (Amount (estimated) required for completion of existing project Amount that can be profitably expended in fiscal year ending June 30, 1893 Submitted in compliance with requirements of sections 2 of river and harbor acts of 1866 and 1867. (See Appendix L 9.) $175. 12 5,000.00 5, 175. 12 3,534.56 1,640.56 37 63 1,602.93 16,500 00 10,000.00 10. Neuse River, North Carolina.-When placed under improvement in 1878, this river had during 9 months of the year a 9-foot depth of channel from its mouth 40 miles up to New Berne, thence a 4-foot depth 50 miles farther to Kinston, thence a 3-foot depth 45 miles farther to Goldsboro, and thence a 2-foot depth 55 miles farther to Smithfield, this channel depth being reduced during the low-water season to 8 feet at New Berne, 2 feet at Kinston, and 1 foot at Smithfield. Over the whole 190 miles the river was so blocked by war and other obstructions that navigation was impracticable. The original projects of 1871 for below Goldsboro, and of 1879 for above Goldsboro, contemplated the removal of the war blockades and natural obstructions and the excavation of a few cut-offs, so as to get 4.5 feet at low water all the year to Goldsboro, and 3 feet during 9 months to Smithfield. The projects of 1878, 1880, and 1883, as continued to date, propose to remove all sunken logs, snags, floating and other obstructions, and to contract the channel-way by jetties, so as to assure during the entire year an unobstructed 8-foot navigation 40 miles. up to New Berne, and a similar 4-foot navigation 50 miles farther to Kinston, and during 9 months of the year a 3-foot navigation 100 miles farther to Smithfield. The final total cost of this work was estimated in 1888 at $374,000. Up to June 30, 1890, a total of $245,498.43, including outstanding liabilities, had been spent in all upon this improvement, giving a moderately well-cleared channel over the entire length of the river, allowing an 8-foot navigation to New Berne and a 3-foot navigation to Kinston all the year; also a fair 3-foot navigation to Goldsboro during 9 months per year, and to Smithfield occasionally. During the fiscal year ending June 30, 1891, an additional $8,578.33, including outstanding liabilities, was spent in contracting by jetties a portion of the river below Kinston; in removing the worst obstructions from the banks and from the channel over the 95 miles of the river below the railroad bridge at Goldsboro. After the improvement is finished its proper maintenance may cost from $2,000 to $6,000 per year. July 1, 1890, balance unexpended Proceeds of sale..... Amount appropriated by act approved September 19, 1890. $4,076.81 175.90 20,000.00 24, 252.71 9,378.26 June 30, 1891, amount expended during fiscal year.... July 1, 1891, balance unexpended 14,874.45 July 1, 1891, outstanding liabilities 1,275.31 July 1, 1891, balance available... 13,599.14 106,500.00 Amount (estimated) required for completion of existing project.. barbors acts of 1866 and 1867. (See Appendix L 10.) 11. Inland water-way between New Berne and Beaufort, North Carolina.-The inland line of navigation from New Berne to Beaufort Harbor, via Clubfoot, Harlowe, and Newport rivers, was established by the State of North Carolina about 1826, and was used thereafter by small craft until about 1856, when its locks broke down and the route was abandoned. This line, about 39 miles in total length, extends from New Berne about 21 miles down the Neuse River, 5 miles up Clubfoot River, 3 miles through the Clubfoot and Harlowe Canal, 4 miles down Harlowe River, and 6 miles through Newport River to Beaufort Harbor. About 1880 the line was reopened by the New Berne and Beaufort Canal Company. When placed under improvement in 1885 this route allowed the passage of small boats of 15 feet width and 3 feet draft, but the commerce was practically nothing. The original project of 1883 reported this route as worthy of improvement, providing that Congress desired to extend the already existing lines of navigation from the Chesapeake southward, and estimated the cost of a channel 80 feet wide and 9 feet deep at $883,580, increased by the cost of a tide-lock and the canal company's franchise. A modified project of 1884 for the expenditure of the funds then available, as continued to date, proposed to widen and deepen Harlowe Creek so as to secure a through channel of 5 feet depth at mean low water and of 30 feet bottom width from the mouth of Harlowe Creek upwards 4 miles to its head, and to use the remaining funds upon similar works upon Clubfoot River. The total final cost of this latter project (including also the continuation of the same work through the canal) was estimated in 1886 at $92,000. Up to June 30, 1890, a total of $26,603.12, including outstanding liabilities, had been spent in all upon this improvement, on necessary surveys, in removing the worst logs and stumps from the existing channel, in dredging an excellent channel 13,000 feet long, 30 feet wide, and 5 feet deep at low water through the worst portions of Harlowe Creek, thus securing a far better navigation through this creek than exists through the New Berue and Beaufort Canal, to which it leads. During the fiscal year ending June 30, 1891, an additional $476.28, including outstanding liabilities, was spent in repairs of sheet piling, in office duties and minor work.. Further work is postponed to await action on the part of the owners of the canal as to its cession or sale. After the proposed channel is opened its proper maintenance may cost from $1,000 to $3,000 per year. July 1, 1890, balance unexpended .... June 30, 1891, amount expended during fiscal year July 1, 1891, balance unexpended............... $8,401.88 481.28 7,920.60 57,000.00 Amount (estimated) required for completion of existing project. (See Appendix L 11.) 12. Harbor at Beaufort, North Carolina.-This harbor, at the eastern terminus of the Atlantic and North Carolina Railroad, is the only harbor of any importance between Chesapeake Bay and Wilmington, N. C., a distance of over 300 miles. When placed under improvement, in 1880, it possessed a bar entrance of 15.3 feet least depth at mean low water, with an average rise and fall of tide of 3 feet. At this time, however, the harbor entrance was rapidly deteriorating, its width, measured from Fort Macon Point to Shackleford Point, having increased 500 feet between the years 1864 and 1880, and 900 feet more between the years 1880 and 1881, and its bar having rapidly and proportionally shoaled. From the bar the harbor possessed a channel of 25 feet depth upwards for 3.7 miles to the Atlantic and North Carolina Railroad Wharf at Morehead City, and a branch channel of 9 feet depth for six-tenths of a mile up to Bulkhead Channel, and of 2 feet minimum depth for six-tenths of a mile farther to the wharves of Beaufort City, where coasting vessels had a good wharfage of 7 feet depth and 1,800 feet length. The projects of 1881, 1882, and 1884, as continued to date, proposed to secure this harbor by stopping further erosion of the sand-banks at Shackleford Point and Fort Macon Point, and thus stopping further deterioration of the bar entrance, and proposed to open a 7-foot channel 100 feet wide to Beaufort City. The total final cost of this work was estimated in 1887 at $163,000. Up to June 30, 1890, a total of $122,034.43, including outstanding liabilities, had been spent in all upon this improvement in successfully stopping the erosion of Shackleford Point and Fort Macon Point, in arresting the shoaling on this bar, in building catch-sand-fences at Shackleford Point, in cutting a narrow channel through the shoal in front of Beaufort City, and in making a careful survey of the present condition of the harbor entrance preparatory to the definite location of future work. During the fiscal year ending June 30, 1891, an additional $1,638.91, including outstanding liabilities, was spent in building and raising catch-sand-fences and shore revetments at Shackleford Point and Fort Macon Point, and in office and minor field work. This improvement, once thoroughly finished, should be comparatively permanent. ENG 91- -11 July 1, 1890, balance unexpended...... Amount appropriated by act approved September 19, 1890. $3, 140.04 15,000.00 18, 140, 04 1,680.53 June 30, 1891, amount expended during fiscal year.... July 1, 1891, balance unexpended... 16, 459.51 $132.85 July 1, 1891, amount covered by uncompleted contracts 12,000.00 12, 132.85 4,326.66 July 1, 1891, balance available Amount (estimated) required for completion of existing project..... (See Appendix L 12.) 23,000.00 23,000.00 13. Inland water-way between Beaufort Harbor and New River, North Carolina.-When placed under improvement, in 1886, there was a channel 18 inches deep at low water from Beaufort to the town of Swansboro, on White Oak River; thence a 3-foot depth at mid-tide, 6 miles farther to Bear Inlet and Creek; thence a 6-inch depth at low water 11 miles farther to New River, whence boats of 5 feet draft could proceed 21 miles farther to the town of Jacksonville. The original project of 1885, as continued to date, recommended the establishment of a channel of at least 3 feet depth at low water from Beaufort to Swansboro. The total final cost of this work was estimated in 1887 at $50,000. Up to June 30, 1890, a total of $14,637.89, including outstanding liabilities, had been spent in all upon this improvement in securing a channel-way of at least 40 feet width and of 3 feet depth at high water from Beaufort to Swansboro. During the fiscal year ending June 30, 1891, an additional $4,866.92, including outstanding liabilities, was spent in office duties and minor work, no field work being advantageously possible with the small amount of funds available. Government property was stored and cared for at Beaufort, N. C. This improvement, once thoroughly finished, should be comparatively permanent. July 1, 1890, balance unexpended.. Amount appropriated by act approved September 19, 1890. $362.11 15,000.00 15, 362. 11 20,000.00 (Amount (estimated) required for completion of existing project.......... Amount that can be profitably expended in fiscal year ending June 30, 1893 20,000.00 Submitted in compliance with requirements of sections 2 of river and harbor acts of 1866 and 1867. (See Appendix L 13.) 14. Water-way between New River and Swansboro, North Carolina.— When placed under Governmental improvement in 1890 this water-way possessed a 0.5-foot depth at low water from New River 10 miles to Browns Inlet, thence a 0.5-foot depth 5 miles farther to Bear's Inlet, |