$39,875.00 Amount (estimated) required for completion of existing project... harbor acts of 1866 and 1867. (See Appendix A 7.) 8. Penobscot River, Maine.-The appropriation of August 11, 1888, was divided by allotment into two parts; first, Bangor to Crosby Narrows, and second, between Bucksport and Winterport. Above Crosby Narrows the former channel was too narrow to afford room to the numerous vessels and rafts, and between Bucksport and Winterport the channel was crooked and insufficiently deep. The projects of improvement consist in widening the channel at Bangor and Crosby Narrows by dredging, and deepening the channel below by dredging and contraction works. Amount expended to June 30, 1890: Above Crosby Narrows..... Below Winterport Expended in last fiscal year: Above Crosby Narrows Below Winterport From appropriation, September 19, 1890 . Total expenditure .... $35, 426.87 27, 177.27 14, 813. 15 4,340.31 368.50 82, 126. 10 The channel at Frankfort Flats, below Winterport, has been dredged to a depth of 22 feet over an average width of about 700 feet. The widening at Bangor was completed in September, 1888. Dredg ing on the shoals above Crosby Narrows was commenced in June, 1890, and continued until compelled to suspend by ice. A small amount of dredging is still to be done under the contract. The effect of this dredging is to widen the channel where it had become too narrow for easy navigation. It has been considered advisable to expend the amount appropriated by act of September 19, 1890, in deepening the channel at High Head, above Bucksport, by dredging. This work will be commenced as soon as arrangements can be conveniently made. July 1, 1890, balance unexpended....... Amount appropriated by act approved September 19, 1890. $27, 243.87 25,000.00 52, 243.87 22,659.89 29, 583.98 July 1, 1891, amount covered by uncompleted contracts $1,710.08 4, 539.68 July 1, 1891, balance available 25, 044.30 330,000.00 Amount (estimated) required for completion of existing project..... (See Appendix A 8.) 9. Belfast Harbor, Maine.-The river and harbor act of August 11, 1888, required an examination or survey of this harbor. Reports of the examination and survey were submitted and printed in House Ex. Doc. No. 81, Fifty-first Congress, first session; also in Report of Chief of Engineers for 1890, page 455. The project adopted for the improvement is to deepen the channel by dredging to a depth of 15 feet and adjacent areas to depths of 13 and 8 feet, respectively, at mean low water. By act of September 19, 1890, Congress appropriated $10,000 for commencing the improvement. Dredging the area of 8 feet depth was commenced in June under a contract; work under the contract will be completed before the close of the season. 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, amount covered by uncompleted contracts... 10,959.72 451.33 July 1, 1891, balance available.... 42,000.00 Amount (estimated) required for completion of existing project....... harbor acts of 1866 and 1867. (See Appendix A 9.) July 1, 1890, balance unexpended. Amount appropriated by act approved September 19, 1890.. 10. Camden Harbor, Maine.-This harbor was so shoal that at low water vessels drawing more than 6 feet could not reach the wharves. The project for improvement adopted in 1888 is as follows: (1) Dredging approaches to depth of 12 feet. (2) Dredging channels to depth of 10 feet. (3) Removing middle ground. Expenditures to June 30, 1890, $4,968.67. As a result the channel on west side had been deepened to 10 feet at low water, 75 feet wide a distance of 1,150 feet, and 50 feet wide a further distance of 905 feet. This is an assistance to vessels reaching the wharves, but the width is not sufficient for convenience. A contract has been concluded for continuing dredging to widen the channel. The work will be completed as far as available funds permit before the close of season of 1891. $31.33 6,000.00 6, 031.33 62.50 June 30, 1891, amount expended during fiscal year July 1, 1891, balance unexpended... July 1, 1891, amount covered by uncompleted contracts July 1, 1891, balance available 49,000.00 Amount (estimated) required for completion of existing project... harbor acts of 1866 and 1867. (See Appendix A 10.) 5,968.83 5,428.00 540.83 11. Rockport Harbor, Maine.-This harbor is on the west side of Penobscot Bay, about 6 miles above Rockland. The upper portion of the harbor was shallow, so that the wharves could not be reached at low stages of tides. The project for improvement consists in dredging the upper part to a depth of 12 feet at mean low water. Previous to June 30, 1890, the amount expended was $9,986.81. This resulted in deepening the upper part of harbor to 12 feet at mean low water over more than two-thirds the area included in the project. Under appropriation of September 19, 1890, a contract has been concluded for completing the project by dredging and the removal of a small ledge of stone. It is expected that the work will be completed before the end of the season of 1891. The small amount expended in last fiscal year has been for advertising and other contingencies. '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, amount covered by uncompleted contracts.... July 1, 1891, balance available.... (See Appendix A 11.) $13.19 5,000.00 5,013. 19 102.00 4,911, 19 4,510.00 401. 19 12. Rockland Harbor, Maine.-Originally this harbor was open to all easterly winds and seas, so that at such times the anchorage was unsafe and the seas often broke over the wharves. The project for improvement adopted in 1881, and modified in 1890, consists in the construction of a breakwater to protect the anchorage, and form a harbor of refuge. Estimated expense of the entire breakwater, $632,500. The expenditures to June 30, 1890, were $152,500. As a result the breakwater had been extended 1,660 feet from lowwater mark; 1,235 feet of the length from outer end has been raised to high-water level with a width of 20 feet on top. The remaining part next the shore is 12 feet wide on top and 5 feet above mean low water. Under the appropriation of September 19, 1890, a contract has been made for extending the breakwater, and for modifying the old part near the shore. The work of extending the breakwater was commenced in June under the contract, and will be carried on continuously as far as available funds will permit. The completion of the project will result in a largely increased area for anchorage, and will make an excellent harbor of refuge. Amount appropriated by act approved September 19, 1890. $37,500.00 558.51 July 1, 1891, balance unexpended... July 1, 1891, amount covered by uncompleted contracts........... July 1, 1891, balance available..... 36, 941. 49 $2,593.76 34, 175.00 2,766.49 Amount (estimated) required for completion of existing project.......$442, 500. 00 (See Appendix A 12.) 13. Kennebec River, Maine.-The navigation of the river is mach obstructed by ledges of rock and by shoals. The project for improving the river consists in removing the shoals by contraction works and by dredging, and removing the ledges by blasting. The estimated cost of the entire improvement was $410,500. This has been increased to $428,500, owing to the necessity for dredging at Beef Rock and Hatch's Rock shoals. Amount expended to June 30, 1890, was $56,838.65. Expended in last fiscal year, $66,811.47. Total to June 30, 1891, $123,650.12. The contraction works at Hatch's Rock have been completed, and a channel 100 feet wide has been dredged to a depth of 9 feet. The jetty and training wall at Beef Rock are nearly completed, and a channel 150 feet wide and not less than 12 feet deep has been dredged through the bar. Vessels can now pass the bar drawing more than 2 feet more water than before the improvement was commenced. The piers at Hallowell are now being removed under a contract requiring the work to be completed August 1, 1891. A survey of the harbor front at Bath has been made and harbor lines established. The improvements upon the Kennebec River are of great importance to a very large commerce. 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, amount covered by uncompleted contracts 6, 041.69 8,926.88 July 1, 1891, balance available 303,500.00 Amount (estimated) required for completion of existing project... (See Appendix A 13.) 14. Harraseeket River, Maine.-In compliance with requirement of section 13 of the river and harbor act of August 11, 1888, an examination of this river was made and an estimate of the cost of an improvement was submitted by the officer in charge of the work. (See Report of Chief of Engineers, 1889, page 550.) The project is to obtain a channel 60 feet wide and 14 feet deep at mean high water by dredging. The estimated cost of the improvement is $36,000. Congress appropriated $10,000 for the work by act of September 19, 1890. This amount can not be expended in such a manner as to produce any benefit by itself. It has therefore been considered best to withhold the expenditure until it may be made in connection with a further appropriation. Amount appropriated by act approved September 19, 1890.... July 1, 1891, balance unexpended Amount (estimated) required for completion of existing project 26,000.00 Amount that can be profitably expended in fiscal year ending June 30,1893 26,000.00 Submitted in compliance with requirements of sections 2 of river and harbor acts of 1866 and 1867. (See Appendix A 14.) 15. Portland Harbor, Maine.-Before the adoption of the present project for improvement there was but 21 feet of water to the wharves used by transatlantic steamers, and in the upper part of the harbor the depth at wharves in places did not exceed 12 feet. The project for improvement consists in dredging a channel 500 feet wide and 29 feet deep at mean low water to the lower wharves and to deepen the channel to 16 feet in front of upper wharves. Previous to June 30, 1890, there had been expended the sum of $68,308.23. This has resulted in a channel 1,600 feet long and 400 feet wide along the wharf front, connected with deep water by a channel 2,800 feet long and 227 feet wide, all to a depth of 29 feet. July 1, 1890, balance unexpended.... Amount appropriated by act approved September 19, 1890.. $10,000.00 10,000.00 The heaviest laden steamers can now reach the wharves at the lowest stages of the tide, but a greater width is needed for entire safety. Expended last fiscal year, $575.12. The small amount expended in last fiscal year has been for advertising and other contingent expenses. The act of September 19, 1890, having appropriated $40,000 for continuing the improvement, a contract has been made for widening the channel by dredging. June 30, 1891, amount expended during fiscal year July 1, 1891, balance unexpended July 1, 1891, amount covered by uncompleted contracts July 1, 1891, balance available Amount (estimated) required for completion of existing project.... (See Appendix A 15.) $1,691.77 40,000.00 41, 691.77 575. 12 41, 116. 65 37, 237.60 3,879.05 30,000.00 30,000.00 16. Channel in Back Cove, Portland, Maine.-Originally this channel was only navigable at high stages of water. A low-water depth of 8 to 10 feet extended over about half its length and parts of the remainder had a low-water depth not exceeding 1 foot. The project for improvement adopted in 1886 consists in widening and deepening the channel to give a low-water depth of 12 feet and a width of 300 feet on the bottom for a distance of about 5,600 feet, following the harbor commissioners' line. Amount expended to June 30, 1890, $50,974.40. Amount expended in last fiscal year, $659.91. The amount expended in last fiscal year has been for making a sur |