Amount (estimated) required for maintenance. $80,000.00 Amount that can be profitably expended in fiscal year ending June 30, 1895 80,000. 00 Submitted in compliance with requirements of sections 2 of river aud harbor acts of 1866 and 1867 and of sundry civil act of March 3, 1893. (See Appendix L L 1.) 2. Calumet Harbor, Illinois.-This improvement is to furnish a safe and practicable entrance to Calumet River and the port of South Chicago by parallel piers 300 feet apart, extending from shore to deep water in the lake, and by dredging between them to 16 feet in depth at low water. The work commenced in 1870, and at the close of the fiscal year ending June 30, 1893, there had been expended $437,007.06, as the result of which 3,640 linear feet of the north pier and 2,020 linear feet of the south pier have been completed, and 471,364 cubic yards of material dredged, giving a channel 16 feet in depth instead of 7 feet, as originally existed. The channel is now 250 feet in width, 16 feet in depth below extreme low water in Lake Michigan, and extends from a similar depth in Lake Michigan to the beginning of the 16-foot channel in the Calumet River. During the fiscal year ending June 30, 1893, a contract was entered into for rebuilding superstructure over 1,600 linear feet of pier work, and for 320 linear feet of sheet piling. All of this work has been completed during the past fiscal year, except the sheet piling; 303,512 feet, B. M., pine timber, and 36,748 pounds iron driftbolts were placed in the work; 51 piles were driven and capped with oak timbers. One thousand eight hundred and thirty-seven linear feet of superstructure over the piers is in need of repair, a large part of which is in a deplorable state of decay. The south pier should be prolonged 800 feet, but until the existing work is put in thorough repair it is not advisable to further extend the work. The estimate submitted is therefore for maintenance and repair only, the project for this harbor, as far as approved, having been completed. July 1, 1892, balance unexpended............. Amount appropriated by act approved July 13, 1892.. $8,455.95 15,000.00 June 30, 1893, amount expended during fiscal year. July 1, 1893, balance unexpended.................. July 1, 1893, amount covered by uncompleted contracts.. July 1, 1893, balance available................ (Amount (estimated) required for maintenance and repair.......... 23, 455.95 13, 075.01 10, 380.94 5, 140. 41 5, 240.53 25,000.00 25,000.00 3. Calumet River, Illinois and Indiana.-The object of this improvement as far as projected is to secure a channel 200 feet in width and 16 feet in depth below low-water plane in Lake Michigan, from the mouth of the Calumet River, at Calumet Harbor, Illinois, to one-half mile east of Hammond, Ind., with a view to increasing the facility for handling the commerce of this region, and also to aid in providing means for the better accommodation of much of the commerce of Chicago River, which river is very much crowded. The original depth of navigation in this river varied from 6 to 10 feet. The various acts of Congress and the limitations made by law upon the expenditure of the appropriations thereby made before work was systematically inaugurated upon this improvement are given in the Annual Report of the Chief of Engineers for the year ending June 30, 1889. Since the beginning of the improvement there has been removed 1,137,456 cubic yards of material, making a channel 3 miles and 345 feet in length, of which a short portion, where rock and other undred gable material was encountered, is incomplete, there remaining less than 9,000 cubic yards to be removed. This material can be most economically removed after all of this class shall have been revealed by further work. The amount expended by the United States to the close of the fiscal year ending June 30, 1893, is $181,868.83, of which $155,772.78 has been expended below the Forks of the Calumet, including $5,000 paid for legal expenses in securing rights of way and releases from damages dup the proposed improvement, required by the act of July 5, 1884, and $2,096.05 for work between the Forks of the Calumet River and onehalf mile east of Hammond, Ind. During the past fiscal year contracts were entered into for dredging 400,000 cubic yards of material below the Forks and 90,000 cubic yards above the Forks, under the terms of the river and harbor act of July 13, 1892. Work is now in progress, but no estimates have yet been paid the contractors, the conditions upon which payments can be made not having as yet been met by them. The annual fill, due to rains and floods in the Calumet River and the waste due to habitation, rapidly reduces the depths secured by dredging in this river, and it seems advisable that the appropriations made by Congress should be distinctly specified, whether intended to prosecute the work or for maintaining depths in the improved section. Without dredging at frequent intervals the improved channel will revert to the original discharge area or capacity. July 1, 1893, amount covered by uncompleted contracts...... 55, 130.00 55, 188.90 July 1, 1893, balance available..... 16, 967. 11 745,000.00 (Amount (estimated) required for completion of existing project. Amount that can be profitably expended in fiscal year ending June 30, 1895 200,000. 00 Submitted in compliance with requirements of sections 2 of river and harbor acts of 1866 and 1867 and of sundry civil act of March 3, 1893. (See Appendix L L 3.) 4. Illinois River, Illinois.-The present project contemplates the extension of the work heretofore done by the State of Illinois, from the mouth of Copperas Creek to the Mississippi River, a distance of about 135 miles, which project includes the building of two locks 350 feet long between miter sills, 75 feet in width of lock chamber, with 7 feet of water over the miter sills at low-water level of 1879, and dredging the channel where necessary to attain 7 feet depth at low water in the pools thus created. The sites selected for the two locks are, one at Kampsville, 31 miles above the mouth of the Illinois; the other at La Grange, 79 miles above the mouth of the river. The ultimate object of the improvement is the construction of a wat erway from the southern end of Lake Michigan to the Mississippi River of sufficient capacity to accommodate large-sized Mississippi River steamboats and for military and naval purposes. The State of Illinois, aided by the United States, has executed part of the project by the construction of two locks of the dimensions above stated, one at Henry and one at Copperas Creek, respectively, completing, excepting dredging, that part of the improvement between La Salle, Ill., and the mouth of Copperas Creek. The La Grange lock and dam are completed and in use. The Kampsville lock is completed, and with its gates, etc., is nearly ready for use; part of the dam, with its abutment, is in place. The piles, timber, and stone for its completion have been purchased and are ready for delivery. If low water supervenes, this lock will be open to navigation before the close of this season. There remains to be done under the approved project the following work: At La Grange Lock some 2,400 cubic yards of riprap to be placed below the dam to protect the river bottom against scour, and an additional small building to lodge the locktenders and skilled laborers. The Kampsville Dam and connecting levees are to be completed; the cofferdam and approaches to the lock to be dredged out to give access to the lock; accommodations for the lock-tending force to be built, and the grounds about the lock and dam to be cleared, sodded, and graded. The channels throughout the pools and between Kampsville and the Mississippi River are to be dredged to 7 feet depth, In executing the work the United States have expended up to June 30, 1892, $1,145,886.56, including $25,000 from the appropriation of August 11, 1888, for surveys, and excluding $62,359.80 expended upon the foundation of Copperas Creek lock, afterwards completed by the State of Illinois. An additional amount of $747,747 was expended by the State of Illinois at Henry and Copperas Creek locks. During the fiscal year ending June 30, 1893, the following work was done: a. La Grange Lock.-The necessary dredging was done to maintain navigation. b. Kampsville Lock and Dam.-The masonry of the lock and abutment to dam was completed; 2,334 cubic yards of masonry was set; the lock gates and valve platform were built and made ready for use; 46,922 cubic yards of earthwork, dredging, and filling done; 115 cubic yards of masonry set in the abutment of dam; 220 piles driven for the dam, and 380 cubic yards of riprap placed between them. Sheet piles were driven along the front of the piles, completing 258 linear feet of the base of the dam up to a level 1 foot below low water. Two dump scows were completed and extensive repairs were made to the plant, and the property, plant, and appliances watched and kept in working condition. The dredges and other floating property pertaining to this work are nearly unserviceable from decay, the work which should have been completed in four years at most having been delayed by meager appropriations for longer than the serviceable life of timber constructions in this latitude. Much of the expenditure for this work for the past four years has been for repairs on worn-out and rotten appliances, which could not be replaced by new on account of small appropriations and nearness to completion of the work. July 1, 1892, balance unexpended .......... February 9, 1893, amount refunded (overcharge freight, etc., on lumber).. November 19, 1892, amount refunded (sale of fuel).. Amount appropriated by act approved July 13, 1892. June 30, 1893, amount expended during fiscal year... $55, 310.86 43.20 458.45 July 1, 1893, balance unexpended.... July 1, 1893, balance available 100,000.00 Amount (estimated) required for completion of existing project....... 112, 000.00 (See Appendix L L 4.) 5. Operating and care of La Grange Lock and Dam, Illinois River, Illinois. This lock and dam have been maintained and operated under the general indefinite appropriation for "operating and care of canals and other works of navigation," contained in the river and harbor act of July 5, 1884, section 4. The approaches to the lock have been kept dredged and the lock maintained in serviceable condition by necessary repairs. Five hundred cubic yards of riprap was placed below the apron of dam. Due to long-continued high water, the lockages during the past year were less in number than in 1892, but the number of craft passing the site of the lock, and the tonnage of the same, show a gratifying increase, the tonnage having increased from 138,000 tons in 1892 to 179,000 tons in 1893, and the number of craft from 432 in 1892 to 475 in 1893. The amount expended during fiscal year ending June 30, 1893, was $4,709.11. (See Appendix L L 5.) 6. Illinois and Mississippi Canal, Illinois.-The object of this improvement is to furnish a link in a navigable water route from Lake Michigan, at or near Chicago, Ill., to the Mississippi River, at the mouth of Rock River. The canal is located upon the route approved by the Secretary of War October 27, 1888, from the Illinois River, about 13 miles above the town of Hennepin, at the great bend of the Illinois River; thence via Bureau Creek Valley to Rock River at Penney Slough; thence by slack water and a short canal around the lower rapids of Rock River, to its mouth. The canal is to be 80 feet wide at the water surface, 7 feet deep, and with lock chambers 170 feet in length and 35 feet in width. A report upon the detailed location, plans, and estimates for the construction of this canal was submitted June 21, 1890, and published by Congress as House Ex. Doc. No. 429, Fifty-first Congress, first session. The river and harbor act of September 19, 1890, made the first appropriation for the construction of this canal, and directed work to be begun by the construction of one of the locks and dams on Rock River. Western section.-The right of way for the section of the canal 5 miles or less in length around the Lower Rapids of Rock River having been acquired, contracts were made during the fiscal year for constructing 3 miles or less of the canal trunk, and for preparing the foundations of three locks. The work was carried on as flood and weather permitted. Two of the three lock pits and foundations were completed, and about 300,000 cubic yards of earthwork in the canal trunk excavated or placed in embankment. The third lock pit, due to failure of the contractor, is partially completed. By hired labor three of the four abutments for the dams across the two arms of Rock River, at the head of the rapids, were constructed of artificial stone; the foundation of the lock walls at Guard Lock prepared, and the artificial stone head and tail bay floors and miter sills at Guard Lock laid; a large culvert under the canal below the lock begun; about 50,000 cubic yards of earth and stone excavation and embankment completed; the necessary temporary storehouses, etc., built, and plant and material collected for the prosecution of the work. The most difficult part of the work has been undertaken by hired labor. The progress by this method has been slow and expensive, much preliminary work of preparation having been necessary. Eastern section.-A survey party has been employed for part of the fiscal year in definitely locating the section of the canal from the summit level to the Illinois River, making legal descriptions of the lands required for right of way, securing abstracts of title, and obtaining offers for voluntary sale and purchase of such lands. This section of the canal has been staked out upon the ground, aud the descriptions, plats, abstracts of title, and written options for the sale and purchase of the lands required are well along. A party is engaged in running lines from the feeder junction to Rock River with a view to ascertaining the best location for that part of the canal. Nothing has been done at the feeder line. It is expected as fast as they can be prepared the necessary plats and descriptions of lands required for right of way will be placed in the hands of the officers of the Department of Justice for obtaining the necessary titles. July 1, 1892, balance unexpended.. September 13, 1892, amount refunded (overpayment). Amount appropriated by act approved July 13, 1892 $463, 795.99 .50 June 30, 1893, amount expended during fiscal year.. July 1, 1893, balance unexpended.. July 1, 1893, outstanding liabilities.. 500,000.00 963, 796.49 153, 612.88 810, 183. 61 $20, 354.84 43, 656. 83 July 1, 1893, amount covered by uncompleted contracts.... 23, 301.99 Amount (estimated) required for completion of existing project Amount that can be profitably expended in fiscal year ending June 30, 1895.... Submitted in compliance with requirements of sections 2 of river and harbor acts of 1866 and 1867 and of sundry civil act of March 3, 1893. (See Appendix L L 6.) 766, 526. 78 5,925,960.00 500,000.00 EXAMINATIONS MADE IN COMPLIANCE WITH RIVER AND HARBOR ACT APPROVED JULY 13, 1892. The preliminary examinations of the following localities, required by act of July 13, 1892, were made by the local engineer, Capt. W. L. Marshall, Corps of Engineers, and reports thereon submitted through the division engineer, Col. O. M. Poe, Corps of Engineers. |