19. Wellfleet Harbor, Massachusetts. -Wellfleet Harbor is 12 miles southeast of Provincetown, on Cape Cod Bay. Originally, no lowwater channel to the town wharves existed. The object of its improvement is to provide a navigable channel from the inner anchorage, the "Deep Hole," to the town wharves. The original project was submitted in 1871, and the present approved project was submitted on November 28, 1887. It proposes to dredge a channel from the "Deep Hole" to the town wharves, 4,200 feet long, 100 feet wide, and 6 feet deep at mean low water. The total appropriations to date have been $16,000. The total amount expended to June 30, 1892, was $11,350.37, and at that date the channel connecting the "Deep Hole" with the town wharves was 25 feet wide and 4 feet deep at mean low water. Two hundred and four cubic yards of sunken rock had also been removed under the project of 1871. No operations were in progress during the fiscal year, as the funds available were not considered sufficient to give any appreciable benefit to commerce, and at the date of this report the condition of the improvement is the same as on June 30, 1892. July 1, 1892, balance unexpended.. Amount (estimated) required for completion of existing project.... $4,649.63 4, 649.63 22,000.00 22,000.00 20. Provincetown Harbor, Massachusetts.-Provincetown Harbor is situated at the extremity of Cape Cod, about 40 miles southeast from Boston Light. It is one of the most valuable harbors of refuge on the Atlantic coast, the entire commerce of New England and a very large local fishing interest being directly interested in its maintenance, which depends entirely on the preservation of the sandy beaches which inclose it. Since 1826 the project has been a general one, and provides for the preservation of the harbor by building dikes, bulkheads and sand catches, and extensive planting of beach grass, to repair and prevent storm damages to the beaches. A special dike across House Point Island Flats, to be built contingently, was recommended in the annual report for 1886. From the nature of the work it can at no time be considered completed. The total appropriations to date have been $152,918.44. No active operations were in progress during the fiscal year and at the date of this report all the works of preservation are in good order with the exception of the sand catches at the west end of Abel Hill Dike, for the repair of which sufficient funds are available. July 1, 1892, balance unexpended Amount appropriated by act approved July 13, 1892 June 30, 1893, amount expended during fiscal year.......... July 1, 1893, balance unexpended (Amount (estimated) required for repairs.. 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 B 20.) $3,783. 35 1,500.00 5,283.35 42.40 5, 240.95 1,500.00 1,500.00 21. Chatham Harbor, Massachusetts.-Chatham Harbor is at the eastern end of Nantucket Sound, about 15 miles east of Hyannis, Mass. Its outer anchorage (Chatham Roads) is a valuable harbor of refuge. from northerly and easterly gales. The inner harbor (Stage Harbor) is small, but well landlocked, and has 8 to 12 feet depth at mean low water. Its entrance was obstructed by three bars, on which the greatest depth at mean low water was 4 feet. The project for the improvement of this harbor, submitted December 19, 1890, proposes to dredge a channel through the three obstructing bars, 6 feet deep at mean low water, 100 feet wide at the inner bar, 150 feet wide at the middle bar, and 200 feet wide at the outer bar, at a cost of $10,000. The total appropriations to date have been $5,000. The expenditures to June 30, 1892, were $4,402.15. At that date the improved channel through the middle and inner bars was 100 feet wide, 6 feet deep at mean low water. Nothing had been done on the outer bar. No operations were in progress during the fiscal year, and at the date of this report the condition of the improvement is the same as on June 30, 1892. July 1, 1892, balance unexpended. 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 B 21.) $597.85 597.85 5,000.00 5,000.00 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, Lieut. Col. S. M. Mansfield, Corps of Engineers, and reports thereon submitted: 1. Gloucester Harbor, Massachusetts, from Five Pound Island to head of river.-Lieut. Col. Mansfield submitted report of examination under date of October 27, 1892. It is his opinion, concurred in by this office, that the locality is worthy of improvement. The cost of a survey necessary for preparation of project and estimate of cost of improvement is estimated at $400. The report was transmitted to Congress, and printed as House Ex. Doc. No. 70, Fifty-second Congress, second session. (See also Appendix B 22.) 2. Vincent Cove, Gloucester Harbor, Massachusetts.-Lieut. Col. Mansfield submitted report of examination under date of October 27, 1892. It is his opinion, concurred in by this office, that the cove is not worthy of improvement by the General Government. The report was transmitted to Congress and printed as House Ex. Doc. No. 56, Fiftysecond Congress, second session. (See also Appendix B 23.) 3. Saugus River, Massachusetts.-Lieut. Col. Mansfield submitted report of examination under date of October 27, 1892. It is his opinion, concurred in by this office, that this river is not worthy of improvement by the General Government. The report was transmitted to Congress and printed as House Ex. Doc. No. 98, Fifty-second Congress, second session. (See also Appendix B 24.) 4. Chelsea River, Massachusetts, from Grand Junction Railroad Bridge to Boston and Maine (Eastern Division Railroad Bridge.-Lieut. Col. Mansfield submitted report of examination under date of October 26, 1892. It is his opinion, concurred in by this office, that the river is worthy of improvement. The cost of a survey necessary for preparation of project and estimate of cost of improvement is estimated at $400. The report was transmitted to Congress and printed as House Ex. Doc. No. 40, Fifty-second Congress, second session. (See also Appendix B 25.) 5. East Boston Channel, Massachusetts, from the southeasterly line of the location of the Boston, Revere Beach and Lynn Railroad to the channel at Jeffries Point, so called.-Lieut. Col. Mansfield submitted report of examination under date of October 27, 1892. It is his opinion, concurred in by this office, that the locality is worthy of improvement. The cost of a survey necessary for preparation of project and estimate of cost of improvement is estimated at $200. The report was transmitted to Congress and printed as House Ex. Doc. No. 55, Fifty-second Congress, second session. (See also Appendix B 26.) 6. Neponset River, Massachusetts.-Lieut. Col. Mansfield submitted report of examination under date of October 31, 1892. It is his opinion, concurred in by this office, that the river is worthy of improvement. The cost of a survey necessary for preparation of project and estimate of cost of improvement is estimated at $500. The report was transmitted to Congress and printed as House Ex. Doc. No. 35, Fifty-second Congress, second session. (See also Appendix B 27.) IMPROVEMENT OF RIVERS AND HARBORS IN SOUTHEASTERN MASSACHUSETTS, IN RHODE ISLAND, AND IN EASTERN CONNECTICUT. This district was in the charge of Capt. W. H. Bixby, Corps of Engineers, with Lieut. William W. Harts, Corps of Engineers, under his immediate orders; Division Engineer, Col. Henry L. Abbot, Corps of Engineers. 1. Harbor of refuge at Hyannis, Mass.-This harbor, before improvement, was an open roadstead, exposed to southerly storms. In the years 1827-1838 a breakwater of riprap granite 1,170 feet long was constructed, covering an anchorage of about 175 acres, the entrance to which has a depth of about 15 feet. Between the years 1852 and 1882 extensive repairs were made in increasing the width of its base and the size of the stone forming its sides and top. The approved project of 1884 provides for the dredging to 15.5 feet depth at low water of about 34 acres of shoal area north of the existing breakwater, so as to increase the deep-water harborage by that amount; all at a total cost estimated in 1884 at $45,743.20 (including $81.20 left over from a former project), of which $28,081.20 was appropriated prior to the commencement of the fiscal year. At the adoption of the present project the 15.5 feet depth anchorage covered only about 47 acres, and the 34 additional acres to be dredged carried an average of about 12 feet depth of water at low water. Eighty-one dollars and twenty cents was already on hand, $34,000 has since been appropriated, and $28,075.60 had been expended on this work up to June 30, 1892, by which 11 acres out of 34 had been dredged. During the past fiscal year plans have been made for work under the new appropriations and contract for the dredging entered into, work (together with that at New Bedford) to be commenced by May 1 and completed October 1, 1893. Nothing but work of preparation has as yet been done in the field. The balance on hand will be applied to dredging in the area protected by the break water. July 1, 1892, balance unexpended.......... Amount appropriated by act approved July 13, 1892 $5.60 6,000.00 June 30, 1893, amount expended during fiscal year...... July 1, 1893, balance unexpended July 1, 1893, outstanding liabilities July 1, 1893, amount covered by uncompleted contracts......... July 1, 1893, balance available ........ 3,666. 10 1,871.97 11, 662.00 Amount (estimated) required for completion of existing project. Amount that can be profitably expended in fiscal year ending June 30, 1895 11, 662.00 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 C 1.) 2. Harbor of refuge at Nantucket, Mass.-This harbor is the only one between the harbors of Marthas Vineyard (Vineyard Haven and Edgartown) and Provincetown, a distance of about 100 miles, except the small harbor of Hyannis, on the north side of Nantucket Sound. It has deep water inside, and the object of improvement is to make it a harbor of refuge for vessels plying between ports north and south of Cape Cod. The approved project of 1880, as modified 1885, provides for the construction of two jetties as training walls, one on each side of the harbor entrance, planned so as to allow the tidal current to assist in scouring out and maintaining a good channel, and for the completion of the work by dredging where necessary to obtain a depth of 15 feet at low water in this channel; all at a total cost estimated in 1885 at $375,000, of which $170,000 was appropriated prior to the commencement of the fiscal year. At the adoption of the present project no jetties existed and the channel entrance was barred by a shoal of 1.5 miles width, on which there was only 6 feet depth of water at low tide, the channel being very crooked and subject to changes in location. One hundred and ninety-five thousand dollars has been appropriated and $169,886.58 had been expended on this work up to June 30, 1892, by which the west jetty had been built to 3,955 feet length with full height, the east jetty had been built to 834 feet length with full height, and, after a gap of 160 feet, 1,300 feet length had been raised to halftide level. During the past fiscal year plans have been made for work under the new appropriation. A minor survey was made to serve as basis for the coming season's work. The balance available is to be applied to the further extension of the east jetty and raising low places in the west jetty, together with a little dredging if necessary. Amount (estimated) required for completion of existing project......$180, 000. 00 Amount that can be profitably expended in fiscal year ending June 30,1895 100, 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 C 2.) 3. Marthas Vineyard inner harbor at Edgartown, Mass.-The inner harbor at Edgartown lies in the northern part of the waterway or strait that separates Chappaquiddick Island from the east end of Marthas Vineyard. It extends southward about 13 miles from Chappaquiddick Point opposite Edgartown, and averages about one-fifth of a mile in width. This harbor is so completely landlocked as to form a safe harbor of refuge for small vessels, but the contracted width of the entrance and the resulting velocity of the tidal currents make it difficult to pass through. The approved project of 1889 provides for the removal to 10 feet depth at low water of a "middle ground" shoal in the central part of the inner harbor, at a total cost estimated in 1889 at $4,500, of which $2,000 was appropriated prior to the commencement of the fiscal year. At the adoption of the present project the middle ground shoal carried only about 6 feet depth of water and was a very troublesome obstruction. Four thousand five hundred dollars has been appropriated and $1,934.01 had been expended on this work up to June 30, 1892, by which about half of the shoal had been dredged to full depth. During the year plans have been made for work under the new appropriations, all work to be done by hired labor and the use of the Government plant. A minor survey has been made to serve as a basis for the coming season's work. The dredging itself has been commenced and finished as far as funds allowed, a third quarter of the original shoal having been removed. Further field work must await further appropriations. Two thouesand five hundred dollars more is still necessary, for reasons stated in full by the local engineer. 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 C 3.) 2,500.00 2,500.00 4. Harbor at Vineyard Haven, Mass.-Vineyard Haven is a deep indentation in the northern shore of the island of Marthas Vineyard, on the southern side of Vineyard Sound. The approved project of 1887, as modified in 1889, provides for the protection of the "Chops" (or headlands) from erosion and the intervening harbor from being filled by the eroded material; the whole to be done by means of stone sea walls and jetties to be built along the beach in front of the bluffs at both headlands. The total cost was estimated in 1882 at $60,000, |