The adopted project is the removal of the entire shoal to a depth of 25 feet at mean low water, limiting the work by lines drawn 200 feet from the harbor lines. The amount expended, including outstanding liabilities to June 30, 1890, was $54,250, and the result was the excavation of an area of about 133 acres on the western side of the shoal to a depth of 25 feet at mean low water, making an important addition to the anchorage facilities of Providence Harbor. At the beginning of the last fiscal year no work was in progress. A contract was made for the work under the appropriation of September 19, 1890, and the dredging will commence as soon as that at Providence River is completed. The capacity of the government plant has been increased by the construction of large dump scows The balance available with the amount asked for, $33,096, will be applied to the continuation of the excavation of the shoal. July 1, 1890, balance unexpended Received by Treasury settlement Amount appropriated by act approved September 19, 1890 June 30, 1891, amount expended during fiscal year $23.50 10.07 25,000.00 25,033.57 10,780. 13 33,096.00 Amount (estimated) required for completion of existing project..... harbor acts of 1866 and 1867. (See Appendix C 11.) 12. Greenwich Bay, Rhode Island.-Greenwich Bay is an arm of Narragansett Bay, located in the towns of Warwick and East Greenwich, R. I. It has a length from northwest to southeast of about 3 miles and an average width of 13 miles. The channel leading to the town of East Greenwich was deep enough for the present demands of commerce, but so crooked as to render navigation difficult. This is a new work, and no appropriation had been made for it, until, by act of September 19, 1890, Congress appropriated $2,000 for widening the channel. The improvement contemplated was the straightening and widening of the channel by the removal of sand-bars and shoals. The project provided for dredging to a depth of 10 feet on the western edge of the bar extending out from Long Point, carrying the work to the eastward as far as the funds would permit. The project has been completed by cutting off the bar extending out from Long Point about 210 feet; the channel has been widened for a distance of about 500 feet. 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 .... (See Appendix C 12.) $2,000.00 1,896.08 103.92 92.92 11.00 13. Cove and water-way near Coaster Harbor Island, Rhode Island.This cove is situated in the northwestern part of the city of Newport, R. I, near the southeastern extremity of Coaster Harbor Island, which is occupied by the U. S. Navy as a training station. A causeway connecting Coaster Harbor Island with Rhode Island forms the northern boundary of the cove and separates it from the water-way above. This causeway having but one small opening has checked the flow of water around the island and caused deposits, so filling the water-way as to cause it to give forth unhealthy and disagreeable odors. This is a new work, and no appropriation had been made for it until, by act of September 19, 1890, Congress appropriated $5,500 for improving the cove and water-way. The projected improvement is to dredge the cove to the necessary depth and to increase the flow of water by larger openings in the causeway. Work was commenced February 6, 1891, and the dredging contemplated in the project was completed April 1, 1891. The bridges are framed and ready to put in position in a short time. To complete the existing project it is only necessary to cut the causeway and erect the bridges. Amount appropriated by act approved September 19, 1890 July 1, 1891, balance unexpended. July 1, 1891, outstanding liabilities.. July 1, 1891, balance available (See Appendix C 13.) $5,500.00 2,266.97 3,233.03 138.03 3,095.00 14. Newport Harbor, Rhode Island.-Before improvement the capacity of the inner harbor was limited by shoals, and it was not adequate to the number and size of the vessels seeking it for refuge. The southern or main entrance was obstructed by a bar which stretched out from Goat Island, and the general business wharves of the city could not be reached at low tide by vessels drawing more than 8 feet. The original project and its subsequent modification, under which work is now carried on, are substantially as follows: Deepening the south entrance to 15 feet at mean low water and widening it by dredging Goat Island Spit northward to a line drawn from the dolphin which marks the spit, to clear the permanent dock at Fort Adams by 100 feet; the excavation of a channel 750 feet wide and 15 feet deep at mean low water around and to the eastward of this dolphin; deepening to 13 feet at mean low water the area included between the 13-foot curve on the west, a line drawn from the southwest corner of Perry Mill Wharf to Lime Rock on the south, the harbor line on the east, and a line drawn parallel to and 50 feet from the city wharf on the north; deepening to 10 feet at mean low water the area northwest of a line drawn from Lime Rock through the spindle which is in the southeast part of the harbor, and excavating a channel 10 feet deep at mean low water along and outside the harbor line south to a point opposite the gas company's wharf; and the construction of jetties on the western shore of Goat Island to arrest the drift of littoral sand and gravel into the entrance of the harbor. The amount expended up to the close of the fiscal year ending June 30, 1890, was $120,202.03, with the following results: The 13-foot anchorage area had been completed. The channel along and outside the harbor line south to a point opposite the gas com pany's wharf and the 15-foot channel, 750 feet wide, around and to the eastward of the dolphin on Goat Island Spit, had been completed, with the exception of a narrow strip along the western edge and to the north of the dolphin. The increase of width to be made between the 15-foot curves at the southern entrance by dredging in the spit south of Goat Island had been completed. The berth for vessels at the quar termaster's wharf at Fort Adams had been deepened to 10 feet at mean low water, and the littoral sand from the outside of Goat Island had been stopped for the present from washing into the channel at the southern entrance of the harbor by the construction of a jetty on the west side of the island. The southern entrance is completed for vessels of 15 feet draught, and of the total area to be dredged within the harbor (about 90 acres) about two-thirds had been completed. At the beginning of the last fiscal year no work was in progress. Work was commenced February 7, 1891, and completed April 18, 1891. The expenditures during the year resulted in the dredging of the strip along the western edge of the 15-foot channel north of the dolphin, and 6 acres of the 10-foot anchorage area. The work required to complete the existing project is the dredging of the remainder of the narrow strip along the western edge of the 15-foot channel north of the dolphin and the excavation of the 10-foot anchorage area; also the building of additional jetties outside of Goat Island whenever they may be required to arrest the drift of littoral sand and gravel into the harbor entrance. The balance available and the amount asked for, $27,500, are to be applied to continuing the improvement. July 1, 1890, balance unexpended... Received by Treasury settlement Amount appropriated by act approved September 19, 1890. June 30, 1891, amount expended during fiscal year $11.68 5.09 12,500.00 12,516.77 11, 200.89 July 1, 1891, balance unexpended July 1, 1891, outstanding liabilities... July 1, 1891, balance available...... 1,315.88 1,295.88 20.00 27,500.00 Amount (estimated) required for completion of existing project Amount that can be profitably expended in fiscal year ending June 30, 1893 27,500.00 Submitted in compliance with requirements of sections 2 of river and harbor acts of 1866 and 1867. (See Appendix C 14.) 15. Harbor of refuge at Point Judith, Rhode Island.-Point Judith is the southeastern extremity of South Kingston, R. I., and marks the southwestern entrance to Narragansett Bay. A long ledge, known as Squid Ledge, extends for nearly a mile in a south by easterly direction about 1 miles west of the Point. The object of the improvement is to afford a harbor of refuge for passing vessels. The plan of improvement contemplates the construction of riprap breakwaters on Squid Ledge and between the southern extremity of this ledge and Point Judith. This is a new work. By act of September 19, 1890, Congress appropriated $75,000 for the work. Preparations have been made for carrying on the work by hired labor. A beacon has been established on the outer end of Squid Ledge, and the construction of the two arms extending one to the north and the other to the east of this point commenced. It is proposed to apply the balance available and the appropriation asked for, $300,000, to continuing the construction of the break water. Amount appropriated by act approved September 19, 1890 June 30, 1891, amount expended during fiscal year.... July 1, 1891, balance unexpended.... July 1, 1891, balance available...... $75,000.00 24, 671. 15 50, 328.85 6, 028.85 44, 300.00 Amount (estimated) required for completion of existing project...... 1, 175, 000. 00 Amount that can be profitably expended in fiscal year ending June 30, 1893.... Submitted in compliance with the requirements of sections 2 of river and harbor acts of 1866 and 1867. (See Appendix C 15.) 300, 000. 00 16. Harbor of refuge at Block Island, Rhode Island.-The object of the improvement is to furnish a harbor of refuge for vessels engaged in foreign and coastwise commerce. Before the construction of the present harbor Block Island had no harbor which afforded protection for decked vessels. The original project and its subsequent modifications provide for a harbor of refuge on the eastern side of the island, consisting of an inner harbor or basin for small vessels and an exterior for large ones. The basin was to be about 250 feet by 300 feet in area and inclosed, with the exception of an opening 80 feet wide. The exterior harbor was to be formed by a riprap breakwater, which has been built. About 300 feet from the sea end of this breakwater, which is 1,900 feet long, a gap 200 feet long was left for the convenience of vessels. The present project contemplates the enlargement of the inner harbor. The total expenditures to June 30, 1890, were $354,125.59. The inner harbor and the main break water, built in prolongation of the eastern side of the inner harbor, and extending 1,900 feet from the shore, were constructed in the years 1870 to 1879, inclusive. The utility of the work at once became apparent. In stormy weather the inner harbor, especially, was filled with fishermen and coasters, and it soon became necessary to increase its depth from 7 feet, to which it had been dredged in the first instance, to 9 feet at mean low water. A strong jetty had been built out from the cliff to the eastward of the inner harbor, and a masonry wall constructed on the inside of the crib work forming the eastern side of the inner harbor. The filling of the gap in the main breakwater had been completed. The timber jetty, filled with stone, forming the shore end of the western wall of the enlarged inner harbor and about 160 feet of its north wall had been finished, and about 140 feet of the wall west of the opening into the harbor had been built to the level of mean high water. The shoal west of the breakwater had been dredged to a depth of 9 feet, from the steamboat wharf to within 100 feet of the north wall. By act of September 19, 1890, Congress appropriated $15,000 for continuing the work. The work was carried on by hired labor. The north wall was extended to the westward, the foundation reaching to within 50 feet of the end. The balance on hand and the amount asked for, $24,000, will be applied to the continuation of the work under the existing project. July 1, 1890, balance unexpended Amount appropriated by act approved September 19, 1890: June 30, 1891, amount expended during fiscal year..... $2, 171.48 15,000.00 17, 171.48 July 1, 1891, balance unexpended July 1, 1891, balance available ..... 7,726.45 9,445.03 4,861.03 4,584.00 24,000.00 Amount (estimated) required for completion of existing project Amount that can be profitably expended in fiscal year ending June 30, 1893 24,000.00 Submitted in compliance with requirements of sections 2 of river and harbor acts of 1866 and 1867. (See Appendix C 16.) 17. Pawcatuck River, Rhode Island and Connecticut.-The navigable part of the Pawcatuck River extends from the town of Westerly to Little Narragansett Bay, and the object of the improvement is to deepen and widen this channel. Before improvement, the channel was crooked and obstructed by numerous shoals, on some of which there was but 14 feet of water at mean low water. By appropriations made in the years 1871 to 1875 the river was improved by the excavation of a channel 5 feet deep at mean low water and 75 feet wide below the wharves and from 35 to 40 feet wide between the upper and lower wharves. The present project contemplates the further widening of the channel to 100 feet below the wharves and by an additional width of two cuts of an ordinary dredging machine, or about 40 feet, between the lower and upper wharves; also the deepening of the entire channel to 8 feet at mean low water. The amount expended on the present project to June 30, 1890, including outstanding liabilities, was $20,862.62, and the result was the completion of the channel from the deep water opposite the village of Lottery to a point near the upper end of Major's Island. At the beginning of the last fiscal year no work was in progress. Operations were resumed April 28, 1891, and were in progress at the close of the fiscal year. The channel has been extended to a point about 1,000 feet above Major's Island. The balance available, $3,885, will be applied to the extension of the channel according to the project. July 1, 1890, balance unexpended.. Amount appropriated by act approved September 19, 1890. $482.04 13.08 16, 600.00 17,095. 12 6, 260.43 Received by Treasury settlement June 30, 1891, amount expended during fiscal year July 1, 1891, balance unexpended. 10, 834. 69 July 1, 1891, outstanding liabilities.. July 1, 1891, amount covered by uncompleted contracts $3,286.05 6,949.69 July 1, 1891, balance available .... 3,885.00 (See Appendix C 17.) 18. Harbor of refuge at Stonington, Connecticut.-Stonington Harbor originally was an open bay, unprotected from southerly storms and obstructed by a shoal having a low-water depth of but 6 feet at the shoalest part. A short breakwater was constructed in the years 1828–31, at |