year owing to the impossibility of obtaining satisfactory prices work. The work required to complete the existing project is the dr of a narrow strip along the western edge of the 750 foot channel and to the eastward of the dolphin on the Goat Island Spit; mainder of the excavation within the harbor of the anchorage 13 feet depth; and the excavation, also within the harbor, of the age area of 10 feet depth; also, the building of additional jetties of Goat Island whenever they may be required. 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 $1,200. 65 164.33 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 sectious 2 of river and harbor acts of 1866 and 1867. (See Appendix C 11.) 12. Harbor of Refuge at Block Island, Rhode Island.-The o the improvement is to furnish a barbor of refuge for vessels eng foreign and coastwise commerce. Before the construction of the present harbor Block Island harbor which afforded protection for decked vessels. The project and its subseqent modifications provide for a harbor of on the eastern side of the island, consisting of an inner harbor for small vessels and an exterior for large ones. The basin wa about 250 feet by 300 feet in area and inclosed, with the exceptio opening 80 feet wide. The exterior harbor was to be forme riprap breakwater, which has been built. About 300 feet from end of this breakwater, which is 1,900 feet long, a gap 200 feet l left for the convenience of vessels. The present project conte the filling of this gap and restoring the breakwater to its orig mensions, the enlargement of the inner harbor, and the remo shoal along the western side of the breakwater. The total expenditures up to June 30, 1888, were $339,008.72 The inner harbor and the main break water, built in prolonga the eastern side of the inner harbor, and extending 1,900 feet f shore, were constructed in the years 1870 to 1879, inclusive. 1 ity of the work at once became apparent. In stormy weather t harbor, especially, was filled with fishermen and coasters, and became necessary to increase its depth from 7 feet, to which been dredged in the first instance, to 9 feet at mean low wa strong jetty had been built out from the cliff to the eastward inner harbor, and a masonry wall constructed on the inside of t work forming the eastern side of the inner harbor. The filling gap in the main breakwater had been carried to an extent s to keep out the sea, which was formerly driven through it i outer harbor in easterly storms. The timber jetty filled with stone forming the shore end of th ern wall of the enlarged inner harbor had been finished and the construction of its north wall had been commenced. During the past fiscal year work has been in progress on the enlargement of the inner harbor, and 3,530 tons of riprap granite has been placed in the north wall. Nothing has been done under the appropriation of August 11, 1888, owing to the impossibility of obtaining satis factory prices for the work. It is proposed to apply the funds available July 1, 1889, and the appropriation asked for, to the completion of the filling of the gap in thebreakwater, the restoration of the breakwater to its original dimensions, the continuation of the enlargement of the inner harbor, and the removal of the sand bar along the western side of the breakwater. 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 avilable: Breakwater.. Inner harbor... $776.79 15,000.00 15,776, 79 $1,892.67 1,922. 67 3,633.78 13, 854. 12 Bemoving sand-bar.. 4,924.91 (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 C 12.) 30,000.00 30. 000. 00 13. 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 the channel leading from this bay to Westerly. 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 im proved by the excavation of a chaunel 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, 1888, including outstanding liabilities, was $10,463.62, and the result was the completion of the channel to its full width and depth from the deep water opposite the village of Lottery to a point near the lower end of Major's Island, with the exception of a small amount of ledge rock which extends into the channel near Certain Draw Point and at Pawcatuck Rock. During the past fiscal year 8,355.6 cubic yards of material and 5.92 cubic yards of bowlders have been removed from the channel. Nothing has been done under the appropriation of August 11, 1888, owi the impossibility of obtaining satisfactory prices for the work. The funds available and the appropriation asked for will be a to the completion of the existing project. July 1, 1888, amount available.... Amount appropriated by act of August 11, 1888. 10 10 July 1, 1889, amount expended during fiscal year, exclusive of $789.77 35.38 July 1, 1889, balance available.... 9 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 C 13.) 16 16 14. Harbor of refuge at Stonington, Connecticut.-Stonington 1 originally was an open bay, unprotected from southerly storn obstructed by a shoal having a low-water depth of but 6 feet shoalest part. A short breakwater was constructed in the years 1831, at a cost of $34,766.65, for the protection of the commerce town. The enlarged project of 1871 for the improvement of the and its subsequent modification, under which work is now carri embraced dredging in the upper harbor and the construction breakwaters in the outer harbor. One of these, the western, wa built out from Wamphassuck Point, the southwestern limit of the 1 and to extend about 2,000 feet; and the other, the eastern, was to from the vicinity of Bartlett's Reef to the Middle Ground. The v breakwater was completed in 1880 at a cost of $103,190. The a expended in dredging in the upper harbor was about $45,000 position of the western end of the eastern breakwater has no determined. The amount expended on the eastern breakwater up to the c the fiscal year ending June 30, 1888, was $109,548.90, and its le that date was 2,210 feet. The amount expended during the last fiscal year, including ou ing liabilities June 30, 1889, was $5,440.76, and the result was tension of the eastern breakwater to a point about 2,240 feet f eastern extremity. The work required is to finish the construction of the eastern water. In case it be found that sufficient protection to the ha refuge has been afforded when the range from Stonington Light middle of Wicopessit Island is reached, the length of the brea yet to be built will be about 330 feet. Should it be decided to it to the Middle Ground it will require about 150 feet more. The completion of this work will afford a thoroughly protected age for vessels drawing 18 feet of water and a harbor of refuge commerce which daily passes between Long Island Sound and t ward. It is proposed to apply the amount available and that asked the extension of the eastern breakwater. July 1, 1888, amount available $450.80 Amount appropriated by act of August 11, 1888 8,000.00 8,450.80 July 1, 1889, amount expended during fiscal year, exclusive of liabilities outstanding July 1, 1888.. $3,485.46 July 1, 1889, outstanding liabilities 1,955.30 July 1, 1889, amount covered by existing contracts. 2,097.20 7,537.96 912.84 25,000.00 July 1, 1889, balance available Amount (estimated) required for completion of existing project....... (See Appendix C 14.) 25, 000, 00 15. Removing sunken vessels or craft obstructing or endangering navigation-Wreck of schooner Alma.-This vessel caught fire, somewhere off the coast of Cape Cod, about September 26, 1888, and was towed to Vineyard Haven Harbor and left by the tow-boat at a shoal spot some 1,200 feet northeast of the steam-boat wharf. A contract for its removal was made, and the work was completed May 1, 1889, after considerable delay by reason of bad weather. Wreck of schooner Annie E. Hayes, sunk in Buzzard's Bay, Massachu setts, December 5, 1888. A contract for the removal of this wreck was made and the work completed May 1, 1889.-(See Appendix C 15.) EXAMINATIONS AND SURVEYS FOR IMPROVEMENT, TO COMPLY WITH REQUIREMENTS OF THE RIVER AND HARBOR ACT OF AUGUST 11, 1888. The required preliminary examination of Entrance to Point Judith Pond, west of Point Judith, Rhode Island, with a view to establishing a harbor of refuge, was made by the local engineer in charge, Major Livermore, and reported by him as not worthy of improvement, with facts and reasons for such opinion. The Chief of Engineers concurring in the conclusion reached in this instance, has given no instructions to make further survey with the view to its improvement.-(See Appendix C 16.) At the following localities reported by the local engineer as worthy of improvement, and this conclusion being concurred in by the Chief of Engineers, the result of the preliminary examination containing informa tion sufficient to indicate to Congress the probable cost of the work required, no further report or survey appeared to be necessary. 1. Westport Harbor and East and West Branch of Westport River, Massachusetts.-Estimated cost of improvement $2,000, to be applied to extending the jetty on Horse Neck Point, and to dredging in Westport Harbor. (See Appendix C 17.) 2. Taunton River, Massachusetts.-Estimated cost of improvement proposed $14,050, to be applied to dredging and the removal of ledge rock and bowlders.-(See Appendix C 18.) 3. Fishing Place Cove, near Seaconnet Point, Rhode Island, with view to constructing breakwater.-Estimated cost of improvement $5,000. to be applied to restoring the existing dilapidated breakwater for at least a portion of its length, and to dredging a small area inside the cove.— (See Appendix C 19.) 4. Greenwich Bay, to deepen water on the Bar at Long Point, Rhode Island.-Estimated cost of improvement $2,000, to be applied to widening the existing channel.-(See Appendix C 20.) It appearing from the report of the preliminary examination made. by the local engineer that the following localities are worthy of im provement, and the public necessity therefor being apparent from the facts and reasons reported, which are concurred in by the Chief of Engineers, Major Livermore was charged with their survey, the results of which will be submitted when received: 1. Martha's Vineyard, inner and outer harbor at Edgartown, Massachu setts. 2. Cove near southeast extremity of Coaster's Harbor Island, and waterway between said island and Rhode Island, with a view to deepening the water way and removing obstructions. 3. Coast near life-saving station, East Point Judith, Rhode Island, with a view to constructing a breakwater. 4. Narragansett Bay at the mouth of Narrow River, Rhode Island, with a view of constructing a breakwater. IMPROVEMENT OF CONNECTICUT RIVER, MASSACHUSETTS AND CONNECTICUT, AND OF RIVERS AND HARBORS ON LONG ISLAND SOUND, CONNECTICUT AND NEW YORK. Officer in charge, Lieut. Col. D. C. Houston, Corps of Engineers, with Lieut. J. C. Sanford, Corps of Engineers, under his immediate orders, until February 26, 1889. 1. Thames River, Connecticut.-This river is a tidal stream, extending from the city of Norwich 15 miles south to Long Island Sound. For 11 miles above its mouth the depth ranges from 13 to 80 feet. Improvements have, until 1889, been confined to a stretch of 3 miles below Norwich, in which the most troublesome bars lay. In 1829 the channel depth over these bars was about 6 feet at mean low water. In 1836 a project was adopted for making the channel 100 feet wide and 14 feet deep at mean high water (11 feet at low water) by dredging and building piers. In 1878 a channel 14 feet deep at low water was projected, and in 1882 a modification was adopted providing for a channel 200 feet wide and 14 feet deep at mean low water, to be obtained by dredging and by building five dikes or training-walls along the outer sides of the channel curves. The estimated cost was $208,080, and a balance of $20,000 from previous appropriations was then available. In 1888 the project was modified to include making 16 feet depth as far up as Allyn's Point, and 14 feet from there to Easter's Point, at an additional cost of $40,000. The total amount appropriated for this river is $354,300, of which $133,516.64 has been expended since the adoption of the project of 1882. Three of the proposed dikes have been completed, and the fourth one nearly so. Dredging was done between the dikes in 1882, 1883, 1884, 1887, and 1888. The three completed dikes need slight repairs. The channel has an available low-water depth of 11 feet. During the past fiscal year, including outstanding habilities and excluding existing contracts, $23,379.77 have been expended in dredg ing. Fifty thousand dollars could be profitably expended during the next fiscal year. |