Annual Reports of the War Department

REPORT OF MAJ. AMOS STICKNEY, CORPS OF ENGINEERS.

IMPROVEMENTS.-Erie Harbor, Pa., 2869; preservation and protection of Presque
Isle Peninsula, Erie Harbor, Pa., 2877; Dunkirk Harbor, N. Y., 2878; Buffalo Har-
bor, N. Y., 2882; Tonawanda Harbor and Niagara River, N. Y., 2888; Wilson Har-
bor, N. Y., 2891; Olcott Harbor, N. Y., 2893; Oak Orchard Harbor, N. Y., 2896.

APPENDIX R R.

REPORT OF CAPT. DAN C. KINGMAN, CORPS OF ENGINEERS.

IMPROVEMENTS.-Harbor at Charlotte, N. Y., 2899; harbor at Pultneyville, N. Y.,

2903; harbor at Great Sodus Bay, N. Y., 2906; harbor at Little Sodus Bay, N. Y.,

2909; harbor at Oswego, N. Y., 2912; harbor at Sacketts Harbor, N. Y., 2918.

APPENDIX S S.

REPORT OF MAJ. M. B. ADAMS, CORPS OF ENGINEERS.

IMPROVEMENTS.-Shoal between Sister Islands and Cross-over Light, St. Lawrence

River, N. Y., 2922; Ogdensburg Harbor, N. Y., 2923; Grass River, N. Y., 2926; break-

water at Rouse Point, Lake Champlain, N. Y., 2927; Great Chazy River, N. Y.,

2929; breakwater at Gordon Landing, Lake Champlain, Vt., 2930; Plattsburg

Harbor, N. Y., 2931; Burlington Harbor, Vt., 2932; Otter Creek, Vt., 2935; Ticon-

deroga River, N. Y., 2936; Narrows of Lake Champlain, N. Y. and Vt., 2937.

EXAMINATIONS.-Inner Bay, near mouth of Saranac River, at Plattsburg, N. Y.,

2938; Boquet River, N. Y., from mouth on Lake Champlain to Willsboro, 2940.

APPENDIX T T.

REPORT OF COL. G. H. MENDELL, CORPS OF ENGINEERS.

IMPROVEMENTS.-Oakland Harbor, Cal., 2943; survey of San Francisco Harbor, San
Pablo and Suisun bays, strait of Karquines, and mouths of San Joaquin and Sac-
ramento rivers, Cal., 2947.

HARBOR LINES.-Modification of harbor lines on Port Costa front, south shore of
Karquines Strait, San Francisco Harbor, Cal., 2948.

APPENDIX U U.

REPORT OF LIEUT. COL. W. H. H. BENYAURD, CORPS OF ENGINEERS.

IMPROVEMENTS.-Napa River, Cal., 2952; Redwood Harbor, Cal., 2953; Redwood
Creek, Cal., 2953; San Luis Obispo Harbor, Cal., 2955; Wilmington Harbor, Cal.,
2956; San Diego Harbor, Cal., 2960.

EXAMINATIONS.-San Rafael River, Cal., 2963; Alviso Harbor and Alviso Creek, Cal.,

2964; Redwood Creek, Cal., 2966; harbor of refuge at Santa Cruz, Cal., 2968; San

Simeon Bay, Cal., 2971; Redondo Beach Harbor, Cal., 2972; Colorado River, Áriz.,

above Yuma, to Eldorado Canyon, 2974.

HARBOR LINES.-Establishment of harbor lines at San Pedro, Wilmington Harbor,

Cal., 2976.

APPENDIX V V.

REPORT OF MAJ. W. H. HEUER, CORPS OF ENGINEERS.

IMPROVEMENTS.-San Joaquin River, Cal., 2981; Mokelumne River, Cal., 2986; Sac-

ramento and Feather rivers, Cal., 2987; investigation of mining-débris question in

State of California, 2996; Petaluma Creek, Cal., 3119; Humboldt Harbor and Bay,

Cal., 3120.

EXAMINATION AND SURVEY.-Mokelumne River, Cal., 3133.

HARBOR LINES.-Establishment of harbor lines in Humboldt Bay, Cal., 3138.

APPENDIX W W.

REPORT OF CAPT. THOMAS W. SYMONS, CORPS OF ENGINEERS.

IMPROVEMENTS.-Coquille River, Oregon, 3146; entrance to Coos Bay, Oregon, 3154;

Umpqua River, Oregon, 3169; mouth of Siuslaw River, Oregon, 3173; entrance to

Yaquina Bay, Oregon, 3182; Tillamook Bay and Bar, Oregon, 3200; entrance to

harbor at Nehalem Bay, Oregou, 3205; Upper Columbia and Snake rivers, Oregon

and Wash., 3210; Columbia River between head of Rock Island Rapids and foot

of Priest Rapids, Wash., 3223; Chehalis River, Wash., 3236; Skagit, Steilaquamish,

Nootsack, Snohomish, and Snoqualmie rivers, Wash., 3238.

EXAMINATIONS AND SURVEYS.-Alsea Bay and River, Oregon, 3246; Clark Fork of

Columbia River from international boundary line to mouth of Big Blackfoot River,

Mont., 3250; Puyallup River, Wash., 3255; D'Wamish and Black Rivers, Wash.,

3257; ship channel between Port Townsend Bay, Puget Sound, and Oak Bay,

Wash., 3260; North River, Wash., 3263; Shoalwater Bay and Willapah River,

Wash., 3266; Nooksack, Skagit, and Snohomish rivers, Wash., 3271; Coquille

River, Oregon, from Coquille City to Myrtle Point, 3275; Coos Bay, Oregon, 3283;

Upper Snake River, Idaho, 3285; Nasel River, Wash., 3294; Grays Harbor and Bar

and Chehalis River up to Montesano, Wash., 3297; Port Orford Harbor, Oregon,

3305.

APPENDIX X X.

REPORT OF MAJ. THOS. H. HANDBURY, CORPS OF ENGINEERS.
IMPROVEMENTS.-Mouth of Columbia River, Oregon and Wash., 3314; canal at the Cas-
cades, Columbia River, Oregon, 3328; Columbia and Lower Willamette rivers below
Portland, Oregon, 3362; Willamette River above Portland, Oregon, 3368; Cowlitz
River, Wash., 3370; Youngs and Klaskuine rivers, Oregon, 3371; gauging waters
of Columbia River, Oregon and Wash., 3372; removing sunken vessels or craft ob-
structing or endangering navigation, 3373.

EXAMINATIONS AND SURVEYS.-Willamette River, channel on west side of Swan
Island, Oregon, 3373; Youngs Bay Channel, Oregon, 3376; Deep, Skamokawa, and
Crooked rivers, Wash., 3378; Lower Columbia River, between Astoria and Woods
Landing, Oregon, 3380: Yamhill River, Oregon, 3381; Lewis and Clarke River,
Oregon, 3383; Grays River, Wash., 3385.

HARBOR LINES.-Establishment of harbor lines in Astoria Harbor, Oregon, 3387.

APPENDIX Y Y.

REPORT OF CAPT. W. A. KIRKLAND, UNITED STATES NAVY.

SUPERVISION of the harbor of New York, 3393.

PART VI.

APPENDIX Z Z.

REPORT OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER COMMISSION.

C. B. COMSTOCK, Colonel, Corps of Engineers, Bvt. Brig. Gen., U. S. A., President;

CHARLES R. SUTER, Lieutenant-Colonel, Corps of Engineers, U. S. A.; O. H. ERNST,

Major, Corps of Engineers, Colonel, U. S. A.; HENRY L. WHITING, Assistant U.

S. Coast and Geodetic Survey; B. M. HARROD, ROBERT S. TAYLOR, and HENRY

FLAD, Commissioners.

ANNUAL REPORT FOR FISCAL YEAR ENDING JUNE 30, 1891, 3397.

APPENDIX A.-Report of Lieut. Col. Charles R. Suter, Corps of Engineers, upon in-
vestigation of discharge measurements, Mississippi River, 3417.

APPENDIX B.-Paper by Lieut. Col. Charles R. Suter, Corps of Engineers, on effects
of crevasses upoù gauge readings below Red River during high water of 1890, 3444.

APPENDIX C.-Report of the secretary of the Commission, 3446; (1) paper by Capt.
Charles F. Powell, Corps of Engineers, on depression of the flood line, 1890, below
Red River, from crevasses, 3463; (2) paper by Capt. Charles F. Powell, Corps of
Engineers, on effects of outlets on the bed of the river below them, 3465; (3) in-
structions for secondary triangulation, precise level, and topographical and hydro-
graphical field work, 3174; (4) report of Mr. J. A. Ockerson, assistant engineer, on
profile of Mississippi River, Cairo to Donaldsonville, 3486; (5) tabulated results of
discharge measurements on Mississippi, Old, and Atchafalaya rivers, 1887-1889,
3487; (6) tabulated results of discharge measurements on Mississippi and Atcha-
falaya rivers and Bayou La Fourche, 1890, 3526; (7) high-water marks of 1890,
Mississippi River, Cairo, Ill., to Carrollton, La., 3547; (8) high-water marks of
1891, Mississippi River, Cairo, Ill., to Carrollton, La., 3551; (9) high and low
waters, referred to present or most recent gauges, of Mississippi River and prin-
cipal tributaries except the Missouri, 3555; (10) report of Mr. J. A. Ockerson,
assistant engineer, on changes in the bed of Mississippi River near the head of the
Passes, 3575; commercial statistics, 3576.

APPENDIX D.-Report of Capt. S. W. Roessler, Corps of Engineers, on operations in
the first and second districts, 3580; (1) report of Mr. Aug. J. Nolty, assistant
engineer, on work at Plum Point Reach, 3595; (2) paper by Mr. Aug. J. Nolty,
assistant engineer, on details of construction of bank protection at Plum Point
Reach, 1890, 3601; (3) paper by Mr. Aug. J. Nolty, assistant engineer, on de-
tails of construction of pile dikes at Plum Point Reach, 1890, 3606; (4) report of
Mr. W. M. Rees, assistant engineer, on proposed system of levees along St. Francis
Front, 3610; (5) report of Mr. W. M. Rees, assistant engineer, on levee survey, White
River Front, 3612; financial statements, commercial statistics, etc, 3619.
APPENDIX E.-Report of Capt. C. McD. Townsend, Corps of Engineers, on opera-
tions in the third district, 3627; (1) report of Mr. Wm. P. Richards, surveyor,
on surveys and observations, third district, 3658; (2) report of Mr. John J. Hoopes,
assistant engineer, on discharge observations at Arkansas City, 3660; (3) estimate
of Mr. Henry B. Richardson, chief engineer, State of Louisiana, for levee con-
struction in Louisiana from State line to Warrenton, 3662; (4) report of Capt.Wm.
T. Rossell, Corps of Engineers, on connection between Arkansas River levees and
Mississippi River levees, 3663.

APPENDIX F.-Report of Lieut. John Millis, Corps of Engineers, on operations in the
fourth district, 3665; (1) report of Lieut. John Millis, Corps of Engineers, on sur-
vey of Mississippi River, near Natchez, Miss., and Vidalia, La., 3716.

APPENDIX A A A.

REPORT OF THE MISSOURI RIVER COMMISSION.

CHAS. R. SUTER, Lieutenant-Colonel, Corps of Engineers, U. S. A., President; A.
MACKENZIE, Major, Corps of Engineers, U. S. A.; O. H. ERNST, Major, Corps of
Engineers, Colonel, U. S. A.; GARLAND C. BROADHEAD and RICHARD S. BERLIN,

Commissioners.

ANNUAL REPORT FOR FISCAL YEAR ENDING JUNE 30, 1891, 3723.

APPENDIX A.---Annual report of Secretary, Missouri River Commission, 1891, 3733;
(1) report on the commerce on Missouri River during year 1891, 3737; (2) annual
report of Mr. G. A. Marr, assistant engineer, 1891, 3745; (3) annual report of Mr.
O. B. Wheeler, assistant engineer, 1891, 3756; (4) tables of results of secondary
triangulation of Missouri River, 3760; (5) report of Mr. Chas. F. Potter, division
engineer, on shore-line surveys, 3802; (6) report of Mr. S. Waters Fox, division
engineer, on shore-line surveys, 3804; (7) report of Mr. Samuel H. Yonge, divi-
sion engineer, on shore-line surveys, 3805; (8) annual report of Mr. D. W. Well-
man, assistant engineer, 1891, 3807; (9) annual report of Mr. A. H. Blaisdell, as-
sistant engineer, 1891, 3819; (10) annual report of Mr. James A. Seddon, assist-
ant engineer, 1891, 3827.

APPENDIX B.-Annual report of Lieut. Hiram M. Chittenden, Corps of Engineers,
1891, 3831.

APPENDIX C and C 1.--Annual reports of Mr. Chas. F. Potter, division engineer,
1891, 3832.

APPENDIX D.-Annual report of Mr. S. Waters Fox, division engineer, 1891, 3835.
APPENDIX E.-Annual report of Mr. Samuel H. Yonge, division engineer, 1891,

3848.

APPENDIX B B B.

BRIDGING NAVIGABLE WATERS OF THE UNITED STATES.

REPORT of The Board of Engineers on proposed bridge across Hudson River at New
York City, 3853; report of Board of Engineers on bridge across Chicago River at
Canal street, Chicago, Ill., 3861.

APPENDIX C C C.

OCCUPANCY OF AND INJURY TO PUBLIC WORKS BY CORPORATIONS

AND INDIVIDUALS.

(1) REPORT of Lieut. Col. G. L. Gillespie, Corps of Engineers, 3865; (2) report of Col.

Wm. P. Craighill, Corps of Engineers, 3866; (3) report of Capt. H. S. Taber, Corps

of Engineers, 3867; (4) report of Col. O. M. Poe, Corps of Engineers, 3868; (5)

report of Maj. Amos Stickney, Corps of Engineers, 3872; (6) report of Lieut. Col.

W. H. H. Benyaurd, Corps of Engineers, 3873.

APPENDIX D D D.

REPORT OF LIEUT. COL. GEORGE H. ELLIOT, CORPS OF ENGINEERS.

WASHINGTON AQUEDUCT, 3875; water supply, District of Columbia, 3897; increasing

the water supply of Washington, D. C., 3904; erection of fishways at Great Falls,