10. Harbor of refuge at Grand Marais, Michigan.-Originally the entrance to this harbor was obstructed by a bar, having but about 6 feet depth of water upon it. The project for its improvement, adopted in 1881, has for its object a deep and safe channel into the harbor, making it a harbor of refuge. This object is to be attained by building parallel piers projecting into the lake, and dredging out a channel between them, connecting the deep water of the lake with that of the harbor. The proposed length of each pier was 1,800 feet. The west pier has now reached a length 1,406 feet, and the east pier 853 feet. A channel 150 feet wide and 17 feet deep was dredged out between the piers. This deep channel has shoaled until it has but from 7 to 9 feet depth. The contracts now in force are for repairing the piers, building new shore end to the east pier, and dredging about 146,000 cubic yards, to be begun by July 1. The amount expended during year ending June 30, 1891, was $1,388.77. The total amount expended under approved project to June 30, 1890, was $179,571.78. July 1, 1890, balance unexpended.... Amount appropriated by act approved September 19, 1890.... June 30, 1891, amount expended during fiscal year.. $1,726.92 50,000.00 51,726.92 1,385.77 July 1, 1891, balance unexpended.............. 50, 341. 15 July 1, 1891, outstanding liabilities... $19.20 July 1, 1891, amount cc vered by uncompleted contracts.... 43, 151.00 43, 170, 20 7,170.95 July 1, 1891, balance available..... 218,750.00 [ Amount (estimated) required for completion of existing project. Amount that can be profitably expended in fiscal year ending June 30,1893 100, 000. 00 Submitted in compliance with requirements of sections 2 of river and harbor acts of 1866 and 1867. (See Appendix K K 10.) 11. Resurvey and relocation of harbor line in Portage Lake, Houghton County, Michigan.-Under the provisions of act of June 20, 1890, a Board of Engineers was constituted to report upon the subject of new harbor lines in Portage Lake, Michigan. A survey for the use of the Board was made in October, November, and December, 1890. The report of the Board was approved by the Secretary of War January 5, 1891 (see Appendix K K 13), and the local engineer in charge was directed to carry out certain recommendations therein for the placing of permanent marks and the preparation of a description of the harbor lines. Twenty stone monuments were set as reference points for the lines, but the description of the harbor lines has not been completed. (See Appendix K K 14.) EXAMINATIONS AND SURVEY FOR IMPROVEMENT, TO COMPLY WITH REQUIREMENTS OF RIVER AND HARBOR ACT APPROVED SEPTEMBER 19, 1890. The required preliminary examination of Allonez [Allouez] Bay at the west end of Lake Superior, also the Nemadji River for a distance of 4 miles above its mouth, with a view of determining the best method of improving and making them available as a portion of the harbor system of the city of Superior, Wisconsin, was made by the local engineer in charge, Major Quinn, and report thereon submitted through Col. O. M. Poe, Corps of Engineers, Division Engineer, Northwest Division. It is the opinion of Major Quinn, based upon the facts and reasons given, that these localities are worthy of improvement; but Colonel Poe considers that Nemadji River is not, at the present time, worthy of improvement to the extent proposed. The views of Colonel Poe being concurred in by me, no further survey was ordered. The report was transmitted to Congress and printed as House Ex. Doc. No. 40, Fifty-first Congress, second session. (See also Appendix K K 11.) The required preliminary examination of the St. Louis River, Minnesota, from Grassy Point in St. Louis Bay to Fond du Lac, or the State line between Minnesota and Wisconsin, was made by the local engineer in charge, Major Quinn, and report thereon submitted through Col. O. M. Poe, Corps of Engineers, Division Engineer, Northwest Division. It is the opinion of Major Quinn, and of the Division Engineer, based upon the facts and reasons given, that this locality is worthy of improvement. This opinion being concurred in by me, Major Quinn was charged with its survey, the report on which will be submitted when received. Major Quinn was charged with resurvey and relocation of harbor line in Portage Lake, Houghton County, Michigan, provided for in section 17 of river and harbor act approved September 19, 1890. The report of Board of Engineers constituted under provisions of act approved June 20, 1890, upon harbor lines in Portage Lake, Michigan, was submitted under date of December 11, 1890, and approved by the Secretary of War January 5, 1891. The report was transmitted to Congress and printed as House Ex. Doc. No. 200, Fifty-first Congress, second session, and is submitted here with as Appendix K K 13. The annual report of Captain Fisk upon this subject is submitted as Appendix K K 14. IMPROVEMENT OF HARBORS ON WESTERN SHORE OF LAKE MICHIGAN, NORTH OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, AND OF FOX AND WISCONSIN, AND MENOMONEE RIVERS, WISCONSIN. Officer in charge, Maj. Charles E. L. B. Davis, Corps of Engineers, with Lieut. H. E. Waterman, Corps of Engineers, under his immediate orders; Division Engineer, Col. O. M. Poe, Corps of Engineers. 1. Manistique Harbor, Michigan.-The natural channel of entrance to the mouth of the Manistique River was 7 feet deep. By private enterprise 3,000 feet of slab piers had been built at the mouth of the river, and a channel dredged to 10 feet before any appropriation had been made by the Government. The project for the improvement of the harbor was adopted in 1880, and consisted in dredging between the piers built by the Chicago Lumbering Company, increasing the depth of the channel to 12 feet for a width of 150 feet. By the acts of 1880 and 1881 the sum of $6,000 was appropriated for this harbor in order to dredge a channel between the private piers of the above-mentioned dimensions. Dredging was done to the amount of 11,780 cubic yards at a cost of $2,989.21, and work was then suspended in consequence of the refusal of the company controlling the harbor to rectify their pier lines when rebuilding the same. Nothing has been done since work was suspended in 1881. Soundings taken in May, 1890, showed an available but tortuous channel 13 feet deep and 60 feet wide. July 1, 1990, balance unexpended.... June 30, 1891, amount expended during fiscal year -July 1, 1891, balance unexpended........... (See Appendix IL 1.) $2,845.76 245.00 2,600.76 2. Cedar River Harbor, Michigan.-Previous to improvement the mouth of Cedar River was 175 feet wide and 8 to 10 feet deep, with a 3-foot bar in front. Improvements had been made by private parties prior to the commencement of Government work. The project of improvement was adopted in 1883, with a modification in the direction of the piers in 1884, the object being to afford an entrance channel of navigable width and 14 feet in depth. Up to June 30, 1890, there had been expended $27,711.93, resulting in the construction of two pile piers 754 and 301 feet long, respectively, in continuation of the slab docks built by private enterprise, and a channel that in October, 1885, was 50 feet wide and 13 feet deep, and 100 feet wide for a depth of 11 feet. During the fiscal year ending June 30, 1891, $70 has been expended in contingent expenses, but no work of improvement has been carried on since the close of the season of 1885. Soundings taken in May, 1890, showed a channel of 11, 12, and 13 feet, with corresponding widths of 60, 40, and 20 feet, doubtless due to dredging by private parties. July 1, 1890, balance unexpended.. June 30, 1891, amount expended during fiscal year.. July 1, 1891, balance unexpended ........ Amount (estimated) required for completion of existing project.... Submitted in compliance with requirements of sections 2 of river and harbor acts of 1866 and 1867. (See Appendix L L 2.) 3. Menomonee Harbor, Michigan and Wisconsin.-Previous to the improvement of this harbor the depth of water at the mouth of the Menonomee River was about 4 feet, and the river was navigable for boats of that draft for some 2 miles above its mouth. The project for the improvement of the harbor was adopted in 1871 and modified in 1874, the object being to afford a channel of entrance of navigable width and not less than 14 feet depth. The amount expended up to June 30, 1890, was $206,923.87, resulting in the construction of two piers, 400 feet apart, the north pier 1,854 feet long and the south pier 2,710 feet long, with a dredged channel between, 14 feet deep and 270 feet wide, this channel extending across a bar about 350 feet beyond the south pier. During the fiscal year ending June 30, 1891, $1,852.67 was expended in the removal of 14,170 cubic yards of material from the channel, restoring it to a width of from 200 to 300 feet and a depth of 14 feet. July 1, 1890, balance unexpended June 30, 1891, amount expended during fiscal year.. July 1, 1891, balance unexpended (See Appendix L L 3.) $5,083.23 1,852.67 3,230.56 4. Menomonee River, Michigan and Wisconsin.-At present there is a narrow and intricate channel of 13 feet from the inner ends of the harbor piers to N. Ludington & Co.'s mill. Section 13 of the river and harbor act of August 11, 1888, called for a survey of the Menomonee River from the waters of Green Bay to N. Ludington & Co.'s mill, Wisconsin, for a channel 16 feet deep and 200 feet wide. A report of this survey, map, and estimate of cost of the proposed deepening channel were submitted November 26, 1889, and published in House Ex. Doc. No. 34, Fifty-first Congress, first session. The estimated cost was $109,609.80. The river and harbor act of September 19, 1890, appropriated $54,000 for "continuing the improvement up the river from termination of old work," and the present approved project is for dredging a channel 200 feet wide and 16 feet deep from Green Bay up the Menomonee River as far as the funds available will allow. A contract for dredging 200,000 cubic yards, more or less, was entered into December 13, 1890. Work was commenced May 11, 1891, and at the close of the fiscal year ending June 30, 1891, 26,058 cubic yards had been dredged. Amount appropriated by act approved September 19, 1890 . $54,000.00 11, 072.32 (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 L 4.) 55, 609.80 20,500.00 5. Oconto Harbor, Wisconsin.-In its natural condition the channel at the entrance to the Oconto River was obstructed by a bar with less than 2 feet of water over it. Previous to 1881, when the first appropriation was made for its improvement, the citizens, by the construction of a small amount of slab pier and by dredging, had increased the depth to 3 feet. The project of improvement, adopted in 1882, proposes to secure an 8-foot channel from Green Bay to the city of Oconto, a distance of 2 miles, by dredging and constructing piers, at an estimated cost of $150,000. The total amount expended up to June 30, 1890, was $64,245.62, resulting in the building of two piers, the north pier 1,603 feet, and the south pier 2,151 feet in length, the latter being the full length contemplated by the approved project, and in the removal of 405,356 cubic yards of material. Owing to the narrowness of the dredged channel and the soft character of the material the spring freshets have tendency to obliterate the dredging of the previous year. No work has been done during the fiscal year ending June 30, 1891. July 1, 1890, balance unexpended June 30, 1891, amount expended during fiscal year. $3,732.88 767.75 July 1, 1891, balance unexpended Amount (estimated) required for completion of existing project 2,965. 13 82,000.00 6,000.00 (See Appendix L L 5.) 6. Pensaukee Harbor, Wisconsin.-The original depth of water at the mouth of the Pensaukee River was 2 feet, increased by private enterprise to from 7 to 9 feet for a width of 30 feet. The project for the improvement of this harbor was adopted in 1883 and consisted of the construction of a single slab pier 2,500 feet long, in continuation of the pier built by private enterprise, and dredging a channel 10 feet deep and 100 feet wide on the south side of the pier. The total amount expended up to June 30, 1890, was $11,197.74, resulting in the construction of 1,300 feet of the proposed extension of the pier and the dredging of 5,698 cubic yards of material, making a channel 25 feet wide and 10 feet deep. No work has been done on this harbor since the season of 1885. There being at present no commercial or navigation interests to be benefited by improving the harbor, and the harbor itself not being needed as a harbor of refuge, further operations have been suspended. July 1, 1890, balance unexpended... June 30, 1891, amount expended during fiscal year July 1, 1891, balance unexpended............ $3,801.26 70.00 3, 731.26 Amount (estimated) required for completion of existing project ....... 35,000.00 Submitted in compliance with requirements of sections 2 of river and harbor acts of 1866 and 1867. (See Appendix L L 6.) 7. Green Bay Harbor, Wisconsin.-Before the improvement of this harbor was begun the channel between the mouth of the Fox River and the deep water in Green Bay was circuitous and narrow, with but 6 feet of water at its shoalest point. The project of improvement was adopted in 1866, and subsequently modified, so as to provide increased depth, in 1872 and 1874, the object being to provide a dredged channel 200 feet wide, 14 feet deep, and 2 miles long, in place of the natural channel, with a revetted cut across Grassy Island. There was expended up to the close of the fiscal year ending June 30, 1890, $280,325.23, resulting in a dredged channel 10,600 feet long, 200 feet wide, and 14 feet deep, except where occasional shoals reduced the depth to 13 feet, and in the construction of 1,325 linear feet of pile and timber revetment of the sides of the cut through Grassy Island. During the fiscal year ending June 30, 1891, $7,030.97 has been expended. A special agreement was made with the Green Bay Dredge and Pile Driver Company for the removal of 20,000 cubic yards of material from the channel, and the work was completed September 5, 1890. December 13, 1890, a contract was entered into for the removal of 36,000 cubic yards to restore the channel to its full width and depth, and 29,737 cubic yards had been removed at the close of the fiscal year. July 1, 1890, balance unexpended............... Amount appropriated by act approved September 19, 1890... $7,255.77 10,000.00 June 30, 1891, amount expended during fiscal year..... 17, 255.77 7,030.97 July 1, 1891, balance unexpended.... 10, 224.80 July 1, 1891, outstanding liabilities.. July 1, 1891, amount covered by uncompleted contracts.. $818.96 6, 241.68 7,060. 64 July 1, 1891, balance available..... 3, 164. 16 Amount (estimated) required for completion of existing project.... 10,000.00 Amount that can be profitably expended in fiscal year ending June 30, 1893 10,000.00 Submitted in compliance with requirements of sections 2 of river and harbor acts of 1866 and 1867. (See Appendix L L 7.) |