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$113, 044.50

Amount (estimated) required for completion of existing project..
Amount that can be profi ably expended in fiscal year ending June 30,1891 6,000.00
Submitted in compliance with requirement of sections 2 of river and
harbor acts of 1856 and 1867.

(See Appendix N N 2.)

3. Dunkirk Harbor, New York.-A project for the improvement of this harbor was adopted in 1870, the object being to form an artificial harbor by constructing a breakwater 2,860 feet long and nearly parallel with the shore, and by excavating a channel so as to afford a depth of 13 feet into this harbor.

The breakwater construction has been carried out in part, 1,341 feet having been completed at a cost of $98,000. The excavated channel is quite narrow, and presents ragged edges of unblasted rock, jutting out from either side. As it is exposed to winds and waves from any direc tion from northwest to northeast, it is somewhat dangerous at times for vessels trying to come in.

On account of the late date of the passage of the last river and harbor bill no work except very urgent repairs to the west pier was attempted. Bids were opened May 4, 1889, for closing the breach in the west pier. Only one was received. It was rejected, being in excess of the amount available for the work. Dredging not to exceed $4,000 in amount was called for by circular letter. No reply was received. Later Messrs. Hingston & Woods, of Buffalo, offered to do the work at reasonable rates. Authority was granted. Work is now going on.

The east break water is in such bad condition that it should be rebuilt at once.

Up to June 30, 1889, there had been appropriated for this harbor a total sum of $494,079.38, of which $484,683.15 have been spent.

July 1, 1888, amount available......

Amount appropriated by act of August 11, 1888.

July 1, 1889, amount expended during fiscal year, exclusive of liabilities outstanding July 1, 1888.

July 1, 1889, outstanding liabilities..

July 1, 1889, balance available .....

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25,000.00

(Amount (estimated) required for completion of existing project...

Amount that can be profitably expended in fiscal year ending June 30, 1891 25, 000. 00 Submitted in compliance with requirements of sections 2 of river and

harbor acts of 1866 and 1867.

(See Appendix N N 3.)

4. Buffalo Harbor, New York.-The original project for the improve ment of this harbor was adopted in 1826, and, as modified at various times, provided for the construction of piers on the north and south sides of Buffalo Creek, a masonry sea-wall running south from the inshore end of the south pier, and a breakwater less than half a mile in front of the Buffalo light-house, its long arm being nearly parallel with

the shore.

The present project was adopted in 1874, and provides for the construction of a breakwater of crib work, 7,600 feet long, running parallel with the shore, and a shore-arm of piles and crib-work, 4,100 feet long, running out toward the southern end of the main or detached breakwater, leaving an opening of about 150 feet between them. A length of 1,460 feet north of the north timber parapet is under reconstruction. Another section, about 1,500 feet long, south of the north parapet, is

becoming very rotten and cannot hold together much longer. It should be replaced with masonry.

During the past year six hundred and twenty-five concrete blocks, weighing about 7 tons each, were built for the new superstructure of the breakwater. About half of these have been set.

The gale of January 9 and 10, 1889, the worst ever known, did great damage, and made necessary very extensive repairs. These are now under way.

All the works are in good order, except the breakwater and sand catch. The former is undergoing reconstruction.

The total amount appropriated and allotted for this harbor up to June 30, 1889, was $2,191,480.41, of which the sum of $2,091,285.44, inclusive of outstanding liabilities, has been spent, resulting in the construction of the north and south piers, the sea-wall, 870 running feet of pile-pier, and 6,355 feet of break water.

July 1, 1888, amount available......

Refunded by Hand & Johnson on account of damage to scow
Amount appropriated by act of August 11, 1888.

July 1, 189, amount expended during fiscal year, exclusive of liabilities outstanding July 1, 1888..

July 1, 1889, outstanding liabilities.

July 1, 1859, amount covered by existing contracts..

July 1, 1889, balance available

$6,559.68 18.96

225,000.00

231,578.64

$19,916.69

21,495.96

59, 971. 02

131, 383.67

100, 194.97

892,000.00 400, 000.00

Amount (estimated) required for completion of existing project........
Amount that can be profitably expended in fiscal year ending June 30, 1891
Submitted in compliance with requirements of sections 2 of river and
harbor acts of 1866 and 1867.

(See Appendix N N 4.)

5. Tonawanda Harbor and Niagara River, New York.-The project for this work contemplates a channel 18 feet deep and 400 feet wide from the mouth of the Niagara River at Lake Erie to the north end of Tonawanda Harbor, New York.

On November 24, 1888, bids were opened for removing rock at the mouth of the Niagara River and straightening the channel, and for dredging at the head of Strawberry Island. The contracts were awarded to Messrs. Hingston & Woods, at Buffalo, N. Y., at $11.50 per cubic yard for rock excavation and 17 cents per yard for dredging. begun in the early part of May, 1889, and is still in progress.

Amount appropriated by act of August 11, 1888........
July 1, 1889, amount expended during fiscal year, exclusive of

Work was

$100,000.00

liabilities outstanding July 1, 1888.

July 1, 1889, outstanding liabilities...

July 1, 1889, amount covered by existing contracts.

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July 1, 1889, balance available......

(Amount (estimated) required for completion of existing project.. Amount that can be profitably expended in fiscal year ending June 30, 1891 Submitted in compliance with requirements of sections 2 of river and harbor acts of 1866 and 1867.

(See Appendix N N 5.)

493, 538.00 100, 000. 00

6. Wilson Harbor, New York.-The project for the improvement of this harbor was adopted in 1873 and modified in 1877, the object being to afford a channel of navigable width and 12 feet in depth by the ex

tension of parallel piers from the mouth of Twelve-Mile Creek to the 12-foot curve in Lake Ontario, with the formation of a protected chan nel between the piers. The mouth of the creek was originally ob structed by a bar, upon which there was a depth of about 1 foot.

Before the commencement of operations by the United States the pier had been carried about 400 feet into the lake by private enterprise. During the past year a protection 360 feet long was built to shield the shore of the lake from the action of waves in gales from the north east, and prevent a breach being made into the harbor. A section o the west pier 150 feet long was rebuilt. At the end of the year dredg ing operations were completed and a channel with a least depth of 9 feet obtained. The appropriation being exhausted, work had to stop The amount appropriated to June 30, 1889, is $65,000, of which the sum of $64,715.40 has been spent, with the result of extending the piers to the 8-foot curve in the lake and dredging to 94 feet.

July 1, 1888, amount available.....

Refunded by A. N. Dwight, remission of duties on timber..

Amount appropriated by act of August 11, 1888...

July 1, 1889, amount expended during fiscal year, exclusive of liabilities outstanding July 1, 1888.

July 1, 1889, amount covered by existing contracts.

July 1, 1889, balance available....

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45,000.00

Amount (estimated) required for completion of existing project....
Amount that can be profitably expended in fiscal year ending June 30, 1891
Submitted in compliance with requirements of sections 2 of river and
harbor acts of 1866 and 1867.

(See Appendix N N 6.)

10,000.00

7. Olcott Harbor, New York.-The project for the improvement of this harbor was adopted in 1866. It proposes to connect the deep water in Lake Ontario with the deep water in Eighteen-Mile Creek by the extension of two parallel piers from the mouth of the creek to the 11-foot curve in the lake, with the addition of a dredged channel between the piers. The project was modified in 1874 and in 1881 to provide for the removal of rock found to exist in the channel between the piers and for additional pier extension. The natural channel between the mouth of the creek and the lake was obstructed by a bar, upon which there was a depth of about 12 feet.

Nothing was done during the year. A contract was made with MeCullum & Lee for dredging. Work not yet begun. The piers are in good order.

Up to June 30, 1889, the sum of $133,000 had been appropriated for this harbor, of which $129,748.02 had been spent in the extension of the piers to the 9-foot curve in the lake and the formation between the piers of a channel of navigable width and about 74 feet deep at low water.

July 1, 1888, amount available....
Amount appropriated by act of August 11, 1888..

$2,792,34

5,000,00

July 1, 1859, amount covered by existing contracts.........

July 1, 1889, amount expended during fiscal year, exclusive of liabilities outstanding July 1, 1888..

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July 1, 1889, balance available..

3,251.98

$25,000.00

[Amount (estimated) required for completion of existing project.. Amount that can be profitably expended in fiscal year ending June 30,1891 10,000.00 Submitted in compliance with requirements of sections 2 of river and harbor acts of 1866 and 1867.

(See Appendix N N 7.)

8. Oak Orchard Harbor, New York. The earliest project for the improvement of this harbor was adopted in 1836, the date of the first appropriation, and proposed the construction of an east and west breakwater, approaching to within 200 feet of each other, and connecting at the opening with two parallel piers extending into the lake.

Subsequent modifications were extensions of the original project to provide for the removal of rock, and to adjust the harbor to the increased demand of commerce. The present project was adopted in 1881, the object being to extend the piers to the 12-foot curve in the lake, with the formation of a channel of navigable width and 12 feet deep at low water between the piers. The natural entrance into Oak Orchard Creek was narrow, with a depth of from 2 to 4 feet.

A shore protection 91 feet long was built to the east of the east pier. Very slight repairs were made to the west pier. All structures are in good order. Dredging was begun late in June, and is now going on. The total amount appropriated for this harbor up to June 30, 1889, is $200,000, of which the sum of $196,191.63 has been spent, including outstanding liabilities. With this the piers have been extended to the 12 foot curve in the lake, and a navigable channel of 12 feet depth at low water has been obtained.

July 1, 1888, amount available....

Amount appropriated by act of August 11, 1888

July 1, 1889, amount expended during fiscal year, exclusive of

$1,367.60

6,000.00

7,367.60

liabilities outstanding July 1, 1888

July 1, 1889, outstanding liabilities...

July 1, 1889, amount covered by existing contracts..

$1,061.43

247.80 2,250.00

3,559. 23

3,808.37

July 1, 1889, balance available................

[Amount (estimated) required for completion of existing project.... Amount that can be profitably expended in fiscal year ending June 30, 1891 Submitted in compliance with requirements of sections 2 of river and harbor acts of 1866 and 1867.

(See Appendix N N 8.)

86, 000. 00 10,000.00

IMPROVEMENT OF HARBORS ON LAKE ONTARIO, EAST OF OAK ORCHARD,

NEW YORK.

Officer in charge, Capt. C. F. Palfrey, Corps of Engineers; Division Engineer, Col. H. L. Abbot, Corps of Engineers.

1. Charlotte Harbor, New York.-The original project for the improve. ment of this barbor, adopted in 1829, proposed to connect the deep water in the Genesee River with the deep water in the lake by parallel piers about 480 feet apart.

The present project, adopted in 1881, is for the extension of the piers to the 15-foot curve in the lake, with the formation, by dredging, of a channel between them of a navigable width and 15 feet in depth at low water.

The natural channel over the bar was tortuous, and in calm weather would admit, at ordinary stages of the lake, vessels drawing 8 feet.

The total amount expended from 1829 to June 30, 1889, is $400,049.92, including outstanding liabilities; $16,900 in addition is covered by ex isting contracts.

The amount expended from the adoption of the present project in 1881 to June 30, 1889, is $81,971.52, including outstanding liabilities.

The total expenditures has resulted in extending the piers to the 13foot curve in the lake, securing a channel between the piers of navigable width, and of not less than 12 feet in depth at extreme low water.

During the year superstructure has been repaired on 667 feet of pier, and renewed on 225 feet. Repairs have also been put in below water at two points; 15,494 cubic yards have been dredged from channel. July 1, 1888, amount available ....

Amount appropriated by act of August 11, 1888 .

July 1, 1889, amount expended during fiscal year, exclusive of

liabilities outstanding July 1, 1888

July 1, 1889, outstanding liabilities

July 1, 1889, amount covered by existing contracts........

July 1, 1889, balance available

$4,753. 15 45,000.00

49,753. 15

$5,608.92
137.75

16,900.00

22, 646. 67

27, 106.48 99,720.00 45,000.00

Amount (estimated) required for completion of existing project....
Amount that can be profitably expended in fiscal year ending June 30, 1891
Submitted in compliance with requirements of sections 2 of river and
harbor acts of 1866 and 1867.

(See Appendix O O 1.)

2. Great Sodus Harbor, New York. The earliest project for the im provement of this harbor, adopted in 1828, proposed the construction of two breakwaters from the east and west shores, approaching to within 500 feet of each other, and connecting at the opening with parallel piers extending into the lake. Subsequent modifications were extensions of the original project, to adjust it to the increased demands of commerce, The present project was adopted in 1882, the object being to extend the piers to the 15-foot curve in the lake, and dredging a channel be tween the piers 15 feet deep at low water.

The natural channel would admit vessels drawing 8 feet at ordinary lake stage.

The total amount expended from 1829 to June 30, 1889, is $419,641.27, including outstanding liabilities; $9,000, in addition is covered by existing contract. The amount expended from 1881 to June 30, 1889, is $62,101.15, including outstanding liabilities. The total expenditure bas resulted in the extension of the west pier to the 14-foot curve in the lake, and of the east to the 9-foot, with a channel of navigable width and 12 feet deep at low water, between them.

The operations of the past year have been repairs, chiefly below water, sheet-piling 365 feet of pier, renewal of superstructure now in progress, and dredging now in progress.

July 1, 1888, amount available....

Amount appropriated by act of August 11, 1888..

July 1, 1889, amount expended during fiscal year, exclusive of

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