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$41,500.00

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 P P 3.)

4. Channel between North and South Hero Islands, Lake Champlain, Vermont. This is a new work. In compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the United States, dated January 15, 1887, a report of an examination of the above channel was submitted and printed as Senate Ex. Doc. 38, Forty-ninth Congress, second session (Appendix 0 0 11, of the Report of the Chief of Engineers for 1887).

The proposed improvement provides for the removal of about 12,000 cubic yards (mostly bowlders) at the west end of "the Gut" channel, and 4,000 cubic yards of clay and gravel from its eastern end.

The river and harbor act of August 11, 1888, appropriated $10,000 for the work, which has been placed under contract at such favorable figures that this sum will be sufficient for the completion of the improvement.

Operations are soon to be commenced and are to be completed September 30, 1889.

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..

$10,000.00

$610.78 7,984.00

8, 594.78

1, 405. 22

July 1, 1889, balance available

See Appendix P P 4.)

5. Breakwater at Gordon's Landing, Lake Champlain, Vermont.—The project for this improvement was adopted in 1887, and has for its object the construction of a stone break water, composed of rubble and large stones, extending in a straight line to the 16-foot curve in the lake, for the purpose of increased shelter to a landing on the west shore of Grand Isle, Lake Champlain.

Work of construction commenced August 11, 1887, and has been progressing under contract since then. The first contract comprises the construction of 500 feet shore section; work is well advanced, and the contract will probably be completed by September of this year.

Nearly all the rubble-stone required for the 150 feet extension to the shore section has been placed, and it is expected that the second contract, which comprises the construction of the above 150 feet of extension, will be completed by the close of this season's operations, practically consuming the available funds.

The officer in charge recommends that the work be terminated at 675 feet in length, instead of 800 feet, as originally contemplated, which recommendation has been approved.

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 (new contract).

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

July 1, 1889, balance available

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(Amount (estimated) required for completion of modified 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 P P 5.)

$6,000.00

6,000,00

6. Plattsburgh Harbor, New York.-The first appropriation for the improvement of this harbor was in 1836. The project adopted and its modifications have resulted in the construction of 1,250 feet of breakwater, the protection of a portion of the beach, and the dredging of shoal areas within the harbor.

Under the appropriation of August 11, 1888, proposals were invited and a contract made for dredging 28,000 cubic yards from the shoal areas within the harbor. This contract is to be completed in November, 1889, and will complete the project of 1870.

The total amount expended at this harbor to June 30, 1889, has been $143,411.17, of which amount $57,911.17 was expended since the adoption of the modified project of 1870.

July 1, 1888, amount available.

$477.42

Amount appropriated by act of August 11, 1888.

7,000.00

July 1, 1889, amount covered by existing contracts.

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

7,477.42

$388.59

3,640.00

4,028.59

July 1, 1889, balance available ....

3.448.83

20,000.00

(Amount (estimated) required for repairs.....

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 P P 6.)

7. Burlington Harbor, Vermont.-This improvement dates from 1836. Modifications of the original plan have been made from time to time so as to afford adequate protection to the increasing commercial and shipping interests of the harbor. The last modification, made in 1886, provides for further extension of the break water, both to the north and to the south, with its gradual withdrawal, as it is prolonged into water about 30 feet deep, instead of 38 feet, to reduce the cost of the work. Operations during the past year consisted in the completion of the 240 feet of southern extension to the breakwater and in placing 4,988 cubic yards of rubble-stone in the foundation of 400 feet of extension northward. The contract under which the above foundation is being constructed also comprises the building of ten cribs, the sinking of the same, and covering them with a superstructure of large facing stones with rubble-stone core. This contract is not to be completed until the close of the next season of operations, and will practically consume the available funds.

It is thought that operations for some years now should be limited to maintenance.

July 1, 1888, amount available

Amount appropriated by act of August 11, 1888..

July 1, 1889, amouut 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....

$1,645. 44 35,000.00

36, 645. 44

$3,675.38

3,309.03 27,091.78

34, 076. 19

2,569.25

Amount (estimated) required for completion of existing project... Amount that can be profitably expended in fiscal year ending June 30, 1891, for repairs...

.$149,000.00

Submitted in compliance with requirements of sections 2 of river and harbor acts of 1866 and 1867.

(See Appendix PP 7.)

20,000.00

8. Otter Creek, Vermont.-The project for this improvement proposes the formation of a channel of navigable width and a least depth of 8 feet from Vergennes, Vt., to Lake Champlain.

No operations have been carried on since the improvement of Bull Brook Bend and vicinity, in 1884, when this obstruction was entirely removed, so as to afford a good channel 75 feet wide and 8 feet deep at low water.

The appropriation of August 11, 1888, has been pledged under contract and will be applied in the removal of 3,000 yards that have filled in at Bull Brook Bend since 1884, and in the removal of 17,000 cubic yards at other obstructing shoals. The contract is to be completed this season and will consume the available funds.

There has been expended to June 30, 1889, $33,439.67. The channel at several shoals in the stream and at the mouth is still to be widened and deepened to complete the project for improvement, and unfortunately is not then likely to prove permanent.

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, amount covered by existing contracts......

......

$648.34 2,500.00

3, 148.34

$88.01 2,800.00

2,888.01

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 P P 8.)

260.33

22, 106. 33 10,000.00

9. Ticonderoga River, New York. The project for this improvement was adopted in 1881, its object being to afford a channel of navigable width and a least depth of 8 feet at low water from Ticonderoga Village to Lake Champlain, a distance of about 2 miles. The original estimated cost of the improvement was $42,516, of which amount $14,500 has been appropriated, and as expended has resulted in an improved channel, but one that is unfortunately far from permanent.

The appropriation of August 11, 1888, has been pledged under con tract, work is progressing, and the contract will be completed July 10, when the funds will be exhausted.

July 1, 1888, amount available

Amount appropriated by act of August 11, 1888

July 1, 1839, amount expended during fiscal year, exclusive of

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$58.71 2,500,00

2,558.71

$494.60 1,695.98 368. 13

2,558.71

28,016. 00

Amount (estimated) required for completion of existing project....... Submitted in compliance with requirements of sectious 2 of river and harbor acts of 1866 and 1867.

See Appendix P P 9.)

10. Narrows at Lake Champlain, New York and Vermont.-The project for this improvement was adopted in 1885, and has for its object the removal of such obstructions in the channel as will afford a least depth of 12 feet and a least width of 150 feet from Whitehall to the Elbow, and 12 feet depth and 200 feet width along Cedar Mountain and across Kenyon's Bay.

The entire undertaking was estimated to cost $80,000, of which amount $45,000 has been appropriated.

The contracts for the removal of the rock-reef at the Elbow, near White hall, N. Y., and for the dredging of 101,101 cubic yards from Kenyon's Bay, near Benson's Landing, Vermont, have been completed and closed.

The appropriation of August 11, 1888, has been pledged under contract for the removal of 60,000 cubic yards from the channel between Whitehall and the Elbow, and for the removal of 40,000 cubic yards from the channel near Cedar Mountain.

Work is progressing under the new contract, 22,517 cubic yards have been removed to date, and the contract is to be completed this season, which will practically complete the improvement according to project and leave a balance of some $3,000 on hand.

The work will have been completed at a little more than half the estimated cost, which is due to the dredging having been accomplished at 17 cents and 10 cents per yard instead of 25 cents and 30 cents as estimated.

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

$1,758.55

15,000.00

16,758.55

$3,299.34

243. 19

8, 368. 16

11,910. 69

4,847.86

(See Appendix P P 10.)

EXAMINATIONS AND SURVEYS FOR IMPROVEMENT, TO COMPLY WITH REQUIREMENTS OF THE RIVER AND HARBOR ACT OF AUGUST 11,

1888.

The required preliminary examinations of the following localities were made by the local engineer in charge, Major Adams, and reported by him as not worthy of improvement, with facts and reasons for such opinion. The Chief of Engineers, concurring in the conclusions reached in these instances, has given no instructions to make further survey with the view to their improvement:

1. Lake George, New York, with view of placing buoys and improving channel.-(See Appendix P P 11.)

2. Swanton Harbor, Vermont, as to what changes are necessary in present improvements.-(See Appendix P P 12.)

The required preliminary examination of the harbor of Plattsburgh, New York, for extension of 300 feet on north end of the breakwater, was made by the local engineer, and the locality reported worthy of im provement. This conclusion being concurred in by the Chief of Engineers, and the report of the preliminary examination containing information sufficient to indicate to Congress the probable cost of the work required, no further report or survey appeared to be necessary.

Estimated cost, $32,500, to be applied to the extension proposed, and to repair of the existing break water. (See Appendix P P 13.)

It appearing from the report of the preliminary examination made by the local engineer that the following localities are worthy of improvement, and the public necessity therefor being apparent from the facts and reasons reported, which are concurred in by the Chief of Engineers, Major Adams was charged with and has completed their sur vey, the results of which will be found in Appendix PP:

1. Salmon River, New York, from railroad bridge at Fort Covington to the international line, with a view of deepening the channel to 7 feet.(See Appendix P P 14.)

2. Shoals between the Sister Islands and Cross-over Light, in the Saint Lawrence River, New York.-(See Appendix P P 15.)

3. Great Chazy River, New York, from its mouth on Lake Champlain to Champlain Village.-(See Appendix P P 16.)

PACIFIC COAST.

IMPROVEMENT OF NAPA RIVER, AND OF THE HARBORS AT OAKLAND, REDWOOD, SAN LUIS OBISPO, WILMINGTON, AND SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA.

Officer in charge, Maj. W. H. H. Benyaurd, Corps of Engineers. Division Engineer, Col. G. H. Mendell, Corps of Engineers.

1. Napa River, California, officer in charge, Col. G. H. Mendell, Corps of Engineers, until March 21, 1889.-The project is to remove all snags, stumps, etc., from the bed and banks of the river, and to make a channel 4 feet deep at low tide and 75 feet wide from the mouth of the river to the bridge at Napa City, and 50 feet wide from that point to Vernon Mills.

During the past year all obstructions to navigation in the way of snags, stumps, etc., were removed from the bed and banks of the river from Vernon Mills to Carr's Bend; the gravel-bar near steam-boat landing was excavated to low water, and the rocky stumps near "Lone Tree Reef" were removed.

The total amount appropriated for this improvement to June 30, 1889, is $7,500. The total amount expended is $4,385.45.

The $20,100 asked for is to be applied to dredging the channel from the mouth of the river to Vernon Mills.

$7,500.00

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

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

4,385.45

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

3, 114.55

20, 100.00

Amount (estimated) required for completion of existing project.....
Amount that can be profitably expended in fiscal year ending June 30,1891 20,100.00
Submitted in compliance with requirements of sections 2 of river and
harbor acts of 1866 and 1867.

(See Appendix Q Q 1.)

2. Oakland Harbor, California.-Officer in charge, Col. G. H. Mendell, Corps of Engineers, until March 21, 1889. The natural low-water depth in the harbor was about 2 feet. The present depth is 10 feet. The project now in course of execution contemplates a channel 18 to 20 feet deep at low water.

The general features of the project are:

(1) Two stone jetties, raised 1 foot above high water, extending into San Francisco Bay;

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