tect the east bank from erosion and two jetties were built to prese the channel on the bar, at a total cost of $34,000. In 1881 a project adopted for making the channel over the bar 8 feet deep at mean water and 100 feet wide, at an estimated cost of $11,000. The total sum appropriated for this harbor is $44,600; of this amo about $8,000 has been expended on the last project, completing 8-foot channel to 100 feet width. During the past fiscal year the 8-foot channel was completed to projected width and partial repairs were made to Long Jetty. The project is completed, but $2,500 will be required for necess repairs to the jetties. 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...... $2 5.00 5,2 $2,214.89 1,621.78 3,8 1,4 2,5 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 D 7.) 8. Housatonic River, Connecticut.-The navigable part of this extends from Derby, Conn., to Long Island Sound, a distance miles, and was originally obstructed by several bars, upon which low-water depth was from 3 to 5 feet. In 1871 a project was adopted for making and maintaining a cha 100 feet wide and 7 feet deep at mean low water throughout this tance. Besides the necessary dredging, it contemplated building a b water east of the chanuel over the bar at the river's mouth. The amount appropriated for this river is $111,242, of which 250.82 has been expended, including outstanding liabilities. A channel of required depth has been dredged several times thr the worst bars. The present available depth over them is about 5 at mean low water. Drew's Rock has been removed to a depth feet. During the fiscal year contracts have been entered into for dred and for breakwater construction, but work has not yet been begu The estimated cost of the breakwater and of the necessary dred as revised in 1887, was $202,000, of which $35,000 has been appr ated; $70,000 could be advantageously expended on this work di the next fiscal year. July 1, 1888, amount available.. Amount appropriated by act of August 11, 1888. July 1, 18-9, amount expended during fiscal year, exclusive of liabilities outstanding July 1, 1888... July 1, 1--9, outstanding liabilities.. July 1, 19, amount covered by existing contracts. $1, 35, 36, $614.23 27,860.00 July 1, 19, balance available.... 23, {Amount (estimated) required for completion of existing project.. $167,000.00 } Amount that can be profitably expended in fiscal year ending June 30,1891 70,000.00 Submitted in compliance with requirements of sections 2 of river and harbor acts of 1866 and 1867. (See Appendix D 8.) 9. Bridgeport Harbor, Connecticut.-The available depth in this harbor was originally 5 feet at mean low water. The first project for improvement provided for an 8-foot channel over the outer and inner bars. This was dredged on the outer bar in 1837, and on both bars in 1853. In 1871 a project was adopted for making a channel 12 feet deep and 100 feet wide, subsequently modified to 300 feet, and for building a jetty on the east shore to check the influx of sand. This was accomplished in 1882, and a new project was adopted for widening to 600 feet the channel from the Inner Beacon to the Naugatuck Railroad wharf, to provide for vessels driven in by bad weather, without blocking the main channel. The estimated cost of the latter project was $60,000. It is very nearly completed. A small area remains near the Inner Beacon, which it is considered desirable to dredge. The project was extended in 1888 to include widening the channel above the railroad wharf, in order to relieve the crowding of the channel at that point, and was further extended by act of Congress authorizing the expenditure of the last appropriation towards dredging a 9-foot channel up to the head of the upper harbor, above the bridges, the total estimated cost of which is $35,000. In addition to this, a further extension has been asked by citizens to provide for a breakwater from the Tongue to the Inner Beacon, estimated to cost $30,000. The total amount appropriated for this harbor is $242,485.38, nearly all of which has been expended. During the past fiscal year the 9-foot channel has been extended about three-quarters way up the upper harbor above the bridges. Fifty-five thousand dollars is estimated to be necessary to complete the project, including the breakwater at the Tongue. Twenty-five thousand dollars could be expended to advantage during the next fiscal year. July 1, 1888, amount available... Amount appropriated by act of August 11, 1888. July 1, 1889, amount expended during fiscal year, exclusive of $197.06 10,000.00 liabilities outstanding July 1, 1888.. July 1, 18-9, outstanding liabilities.. Jely 1, 1889, amount covered by existing contracts. July 1, 1889, balance available.. 10, 197.06 $1,418. 41 5, 269.50 7,758. 19 2,438.67 55,000,00 Amount (estimated) required for completion of existing project.. (See Appendix D 9.) 10. Black Rock Harbor, Connecticut.-This harbor consists of a bay partly sheltered by Fairweather Island and of two small streams extending inland from the head of the bay. The depth in Cedar Creek, the more important of these streams, was from 2 to 4 feet at mean low water, and the channel was narrow and very crooked. The project for improvement, submitted in 1883, includes dredging a channel 3,300 feet long, 80 feet wide, and 6 feet deep, to extend up Cedar Creek, and a breakwater from Fairweather Islaud to the mainland. The estimated cost was $80,000. Thirty-five thousand dollars has been appropriated for and, including a contract now in force, expended under this project, making the proposed channel up as far as the Forge Company's wharf. During the past fiscal year a contract for extending the channel by dredging has been made, but work under it is not yet begun. The breakwater has been built to the full length, but not to the width and height projected; it needs slight repairs. 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.. July 1, 1889, balance available.... $140.30 10,000.00 10, 140. 30 $55.74 8,000.00 8,055.74 2, 084.56 Amount (estimated) required for completion of existing project... harbor acts of 1866 and 1867. (See Appendix D-10.) 45, 000.00 20,000.00 11. Norwalk Harbor, Connecticut.-This harbor consists of the tidal part of Norwalk River, about 3 miles long, and of the harbor between Norwalk Islands and the mainland. South Norwalk, on the river, is about 1 miles below Norwalk. Originally the depth up to South Norwalk was about 5 feet at mean low water; between there and Norwalk the river-bed runs nearly bare. The first project for improvement contemplated a channel 100 feet wide and 6 feet deep to Norwalk. In 1881 the project was modified to provide for a depth of 8 feet below South Norwalk. The last estimate upon this work places the cost from commencement at $84,000. Up to the close of the fiscal year $80,246.66 had been appropriated for this project and nearly all expended. Some parts of the river have required dredging several times. A channel has been dredged 100 feet wide and 8 feet deep up to South Norwalk, and thence to Norwalk from 60 to 100 feet wide and 6 feet deep. This channel is now in good condition. The river and harbor act of August 11, 1888, appropriated $28,000 for improvement of the harbor, and provided that $25,000 should be expended in dredging and deepening the lower harbor up to Wilson's Point. The estimated cost of the latter work was $52,900. During the fiscal year the money available for dredging in the river was expended in removing shoals from the sides of the channel, and that required to be applied to the channel at Wilson's Point is partly expended under a contract not yet completed. Owing to the low price obtained for the work at Wilson's Point, and to the fact that a large part of the contemplated work had been done by a railroad company whose terminal docks are there, the work can be completed as desired with the remaining funds, and no further ap propriation is needed at this point. The remainder of the estimate for work in the river, $4,000, could be profitably expended during the next fiscal year. July 1, 1889, amount expended during fiscal year, exclusive of $503. 10 28,000.00 28, 503. 10 $14, 153. 13 1,209.94 3,300.55 18,663, 62 9, 839.48 4,000.00 [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 D 11.) 4,000.00 12. Harbor at Five Mile River, Connecticut. This harbor is a small inlet over a mile long and from 300 to 800 feet wide, on the north shore of Long Island Sound. The natural low water depth at the mouth is about 3 feet at low water, shoaling to zero about half way up the harbor. The project for improvement, proposed in a report on a survey made in 1886 and adopted under the appropriation of $5,000 made August 11, 1888, provides for dredging a channel 8 feet deep at mean low water, 100 feet wide, and about 6,000 feet long, extending to the head of the harbor; the cost was estimated at $25,000. During the past fiscal year an 8-foot channel has been made about 40 feet wide and 750 feet long under a contract now in progress. The estimated amount to complete this improvement is $20,000, of which $10,000 could be profitably expended during the next fiscal year. 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, 1889, amount covered by existing contracts. $5,000.00 $383.53 1,859.50 2,756.97 5,000.00 20,000.00 (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 D 12.) 10,000.00 13. Stamford Harbor, Connecticut.-This harbor consists of a shallow bay on the north shore of Long Island Sound and of the tidal part, about three-fourths of a mile long, of Mill River. The original depth in this part of the river at mean low water was from 1 to 3 feet, gradually increasing in the bay to a depth of 12 feet. The project for improvement, proposed in 1883 and adopted in 1886, provides for dredging a channel 80 feet wide and 5 feet deep at mean low water from the bay to the head of the harbor, at an estimated cost of $20,000. Fifteen thousand dollars has been appropriated and expended in making a channel 5 feet deep, 100 feet wide for more than half its projected length, and from 25 to 50 feet wide the rest of the distance. During the past fiscal year dredging has been done to widen the channel. ENG 89-5 The estimated amount required to complete the project, $5,000, could be profitably expended during the next fiscal year. July 1, 1888, amount available $224.08 Amount appropriated by act of August 11, 1888 5,000.00 5,224.08 July 1, 1889, amount expended during fiscal year, exclusive of liabilities outstanding July 1, 1888.... 4,593.74 July 1, 1889, balance available 630.34 5,000.00 Amount (estimated) required for completion of existing project... (See Appendix D 13.) 5,000.00 14. Port Chester Harbor, New York. This harbor consists of a bay opening into Long Island Sound at the mouth of the Byram River, and of the lower part of the river itself, which is navigable for about a mile above its mouth. The original available depth in the river was not above a foot at low water, and Salt Rock in the river and Sunken Rock in the bay were considered dangerous obstructions. The scheme for improvement, adopted in 1871, provided for the removal of these rocks to 9 and 11 feet depth, respectively, and for the construction of a breakwater at Byram Point, at the mouth of the harbor, the estimated cost being $96,632. In 1884 the project was amended to provide for dredging a channel 21 feet deep and from 60 to 100 feet wide from the bay to the vincinity of the wharves. In 1888 the project was further modified to omit the removal of Sunken Rock, and to build a breakwater from that rock towards Byram Point, which should also serve as a beacon on the rock. The total amount appropriated for this harbor is $32,000, which has been nearly all expended. Salt Rock has been removed to the required depth of 9 feet at mean low water, a channel 24 feet deep and from 40 to 100 feet wide has been completed to within 150 feet of the Port Chester Bridge, with 25 feet width to the bridge, and during the past fiscal year 288 linear feet of the breakwater from Sunken Rock towards Byram Point have been built. The remainder of the original estimate for completing the project is $64,632. Ten thousand dollars could be advantageously expended dur ing the next fiscal year. July 1, 1888, amount available $24.77 Amount appropriated by act of August 11, 1888. 5,000.00 5,024.77 July 1, 1889, amount expended during fiscal year, exclusive of liabilities outstanding July 1, 1888..... 5,010.06 July 1, 1889, balance available 14.71 Amount (estimated) required for completion of existing project. 64, 632.00 10,000.00 (See Appendix D 14.) Echo Harbor, New Rochelle, New York.-The channel of this harbor was obstructed by two reefs, Start Rock and Sheepshead Rock, the former bare at low water, the latter covered to a foot depth or more. |