Work has been begun upon increasing the height of the break water, and dredging under open market transaction is soon to be commenced. Future appropriations will be applied to dredging the anchorage basin in accordance with the modified project. Amount appropriated by act approved September 19, 1890.. $5,000.00 494. 15 July 1, 1891, balance unexpended.. 4,505.85 July 1, 1891, amount covered by uncompleted contracts.. $804.85 1,553.05 2,952.80 11,000.00 11,000.00 July 1, 1891, balance available...... Amount (estimated) required for completion of existing project..... (See Appendix D 22.) 23. Harbor at Port Jefferson Inlet, New York. This harbor is a large and deep inland bay with a narrow entrance or inlet, outside of which was originally a shoal with 3 feet depth at low water. The location of the inlet is one of the most exposed on Long Island Sound. Under a project adopted in 1871 and modified in 1873 and 1877, an east jetty 1,390 feet long, and a west jetty 940 feet long, were built, both with scant cross section, and a channel 8 feet deep and 100 feet wide was dredged through the bar. The work was completed in 1883, at a total cost of $79,000. By order of Congress an examination of Port Jefferson Inlet was made in 1888, and subsequently a project was adopted for repairing and enlarging the jetties, and dredging to make the channel 10 feet deep and 200 feet wide, at an estimated cost of $90,000. Twenty-five thousand dollars has been appropriated under this project; the breakwaters are being enlarged and repaired under a contract in progress, and the remainder of the appropriation is to be expended in dredging. July 1, 1890, balance unexpended Amount appropriated by act approved September 19, 1890. June 30, 1891, amount expended during fiscal year.. $374.76 25,000.00 25, 374.76 326.87 25, 047.89 July 1, 1891, amount covered by uncompleted contracts.. 11, 410.58 July 1, 1891, balance available..... Amount (estimated) required for completion of existing project (See Appendix D 23.) 65,000,00 35,000. 00 24. Huntington Harbor, New York.-This is a tidal inlet extending southward from Huntington Bay to the village of Huntington. It is about 2 miles long, quite narrow, and landlocked, and has a natural available depth of nearly 8 feet at mean low water up to within threefourths mile of the head of the harbor, where the low-water depth shoaled gradually to zero. In 1872-73 a channel 8 feet deep and 150 feet wide was dredged in the upper part of the harbor by the United States at a cost of $22,500. Within 10 years following this had nearly filled up. In 1884 a survey was ordered by Congress, and subsequently a project for improvement was adopted, providing for redredging a channel 8 feet deep and 100 feet wide up to the upper wharves at an estimated cost of $40,000. The estimate also includes a pile protection for part of the channel. Ten thousand dollars has been appropriated for this project, and a contract has been made under which it will be expended during the present season in dredging. Amount appropriated by act approved September 19, 1890... 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 D 24.) $10,000.00 9,895. 60 2,740.60 22,000.00 25. Glen Cove Harbor, New York.-This harbor is an inlet on the east side of Hempstead Bay, which is accessible only at high tide, and a breakwater was needed to shelter vessels while at anchor waiting for tides. The project for improvement, adopted in 1888, provides for a riprap breakwater about 2,500 feet long, extending in a west south westerly direction from the northwest corner of the Glen Cove Dock, the top to be 5 feet wide and 3 feet above mean high water, and slopes to be 1 on 1; its estimated cost was $201,960. Up to the beginning of the past fiscal year 765' linear feet of breakwater had been built, the cross section being reduced to admit of more rapid extension. During the past fiscal year 59 linear feet of breakwater were built under a contract still in progress; its present total length is 824 feet. Future appropriations will be applied to extending the break water. July 1, 1890, balance unexpended Amount appropriated by act approved September 19, 1890.. $109.62 15,000.00 15, 109.62 June 30, 1891, amount expended during fiscal year July 1, 1891, balance unexpended 14, 739.30 July 1, 1891, outstanding liabilities July 1, 1891, amount covered by uncompleted contracts.. July 1, 1891, balance available Amount (estimated) required for completion of existing project ... (See Appendix D 25.) 26. Flushing Bay, New York. Before improvement the available depth in this broad, shallow bay and in the channel leading up to Flushing was less than 4 feet at mean low water. The project for improvement, adopted in 1879, contemplated building 16,700 feet of diking to form a tidal basin, which, by filling and discharging through the main channel, would maintain a channel depth of 6 feet or more at mean low water after once dredging; the bottom is soft mud. The estimated cost of this work was $173,500. A modifica tion of the project, made in 1888, omits part of the diking. The present length of the dike is 4,663 feet; it is not proposed to extend it further. The total amount appropriated for this improvement is $105,000. During the past fiscal year the dike has been partly filled with riprap, and a contract has been made for dredging, to begin early in the ensu ing year. Further appropriations will be applied to dredging to widen and maintain the channel. July 1, 1890, balance unexpended... Amount appropriated by act approved September 19, 1890 June 30, 1891, amount expended during fiscal year. $2, 143. 41 20,000.00 22, 143. 41 6,643.39 15, 500.02 112.10 15, 387.92 Amount (estimated) required for completion of existing project 68, 500,00 35, 000. 00 (See Appendix D 26.) 27. Patchogue River, New York.-This is a shallow tidal inlet extending about a mile northward from the shore of Great South Bay, Long Island, to the village of Patchogue. The natural depth in the stream and over a bar at the mouth was from 2 to 3 feet at mean low water, and the rise of tide is about 1 foot. In 1880, and again in 1886, examinations were made by order of Congress, and subsequently a project was adopted for making a channel 6 feet deep at mean low water and 60 feet wide up to the village wharves, to be protected at the mouth by a jetty on the west side, at an estimated cost of $40,000. Fifteen thousand dollars has been appropriated for work under this project. About 150 feet of the jetty has been constructed under a contract in progress and the available balance of the appropriation will be applied to dredging during the current year. Amount appropriated by act approved September 19, 1890. July 1, 1891, balance unexpended $15,000.00 156. 18 14, 843. 82 July 1, 1891, outstanding liabilities July 1, 1891, amount covered by uncompleted contracts. $1,365.00 8, 525.00 JA July 1, 1891, balance available ..... Amount (estimated) required for completion of existing project (See Appendix D 27.) 25,000.00 25,000.00 6, 318.82 28. Brown's Creek, Sayville, New York.-This is a narrow stream, extending northward from Great South Bay to the Sayville highway bridge, above which it is wholly a fresh water creek. The natural depth in the creek is from 1 to 3 feet at low tide, and on a bar at the mouth it is less than 1 foot. A survey was made by order of Congress in 1889, and a project was adopted for making the creek 100 feet wide and 4 feet deep at mean low water, the entrance channel to be protected by riprap jetties on either side, at a total estimated cost of $46,000. Twelve thousand dollars has been appropriated for work under this project, and under an existing contract the shore ends of the jetties will be built this season, after which the available fands will be applied to deepening the entrance channel. Amount appropriated by act approved September 19, 1890... 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 D 28.) $12,000.00 70.84 11, 929. 16 5,600.00 6, 329. 16 34,000.00 20,000.00 EXAMINATIONS AND SURVEYS FOR IMPROVEMENT, TO COMPLY WITH REQUIREMENTS OF RIVER AND HARBOR ACT APPROVED SEPTEMBER 19, 1890. The required preliminary examination of Stony Creek River at Stony Creek, Connecticut, was made by the local engineer in charge, Colonel Houston, and report thereon submitted. It is the opinion of Colonel Houston, based upon the facts and reasons given, that this locality is not worthy of improvement. This opinion being concurred in by me, no further survey was ordered. The report was transmitted to Congress and printed as House Ex. Doc. No. 124, Fifty-first Congress, second session. (See also Appendix D 29.) The required preliminary examinations of the following localities were made by the local engineer in charge, Colonel Houston, and reports thereon submitted. It is the opinion of Colonel Houston, based upon the facts and reasons given, that these localities are worthy of improvement. The reports of the preliminary examinations containing sufficient information to indicate to Congress the probable cost of the work required, no further surveys appear to be necessary at this time. 1. Shaw's Cove, New London Harbor, Connecticut.-The improvement asked for is a channel 100 feet wide and 12 feet deep at mean low water, extending from the drawbridge along the north and west side of the cove a total length of about 2,000 feet; and an anchorage basin in the bend of the channel of the same depth and about 400 by 800 feet. The estimated cost of this work is $48,000. Report transmitted to Congress, and printed as House Ex. Doc. No. 73, Fifty-first Congress, second session. (See also Appendix D 30.) 2. Connecticut River, Connecticut, from Long Island Sound to Hartford, with a view to such improvement as will keep the channel from shifting its course at certain places.-Colonel Houston states that in his opinion Connecticut River from Long Island Sound to Hartford is worthy of improvement. The estimates for work required were submitted in annual report on Connecticut River for fiscal year ending June 30, 1890, and are as follows: Annual cost of maintaining channel from Hartford to Long Island Sound by dredging..... $60,000 20,000 50,000 130,000 10,000 Report transmitted to Congress, and printed as House Ex. Doc. No. 86, Fifty-first Congress, second session. (See also Appendix D 31.) 3. Connecticut River, Connecticut, below Hartford.-The report on this locality is included in that for Connecticut River from Long Island Sound to Hartford. Printed as House Ex. Doc. No. 86, Fifty-first Congress, second session. (See also Appendix D 31.) 4. Saugatuck River, Connecticut.-The following estimates for improvement are submitted: 1. For improvement of the natural channel: a. To secure a width of 100 feet and depth of 6 feet. Annual cost of maintenance.. $40,000 b. To secure a width of 60 feet and depth of 4 feet. 2,000 5 feet deep.... 2. For enlarging the canal (or short cut) to make a channel 100 feet wide and 10,000 Annual cost of maintenance.. 21,000 2,500 In the opinion of Colonel Houston the improvement of the natural channel should precede any work on the canal or short cut. Report transmitted to Congress, and printed as House Ex. Doc. No. 179, Fiftyfirst Congress, second session. (See also Appendix D 32.) 5. Mattituck Bay, Suffolk County, New York, for breakwater.-The improvement proposed contemplates construction of parallel jetties 400 feet apart at the entrance of the bay, extending to the 9-foot curve in Long Island Sound; and formation of a channel 7 feet deep at low tide up to the tide mill and 7 feet deep at high water thence to Mattituck, and 100 feet wide at the entrance and 80 feet wide from there up. The cost of the work is estimated at $83,000. (See Appendix D 33.) The required preliminary examinations of the following localities were made by the local engineer in charge, Colonel Houston, and reports thereon submitted. It is the opinion of Colonel Houston, based upon the facts and reasons given, that these localities are worthy of improvement. This opinion being concurred in by me, Colonel Houston was charged with and has completed their survey and submitted reports thereon. 1. Stamford Harbor, Stamford, Connecticut.-The improvement proposed contemplates enlarging the channel heretofore improved by the United States to a width of 150 feet and depth of 7 feet at mean low water, and dredging out the basin at the head of the harbor to the established harbor lines and to a depth of 7 feet. The estimated cost of this work is as follows: Dredging channel 150 feet wide and 7 feet deep Total..... $46,000 49,000 95,000 In addition it is desired that the outer harbor be protected by the construction of a breakwater extending about 1,800 feet southwesterly from Shippan Point, at an estimated cost of $77,000; this would shelter |