As the timber composing the superstructure has been in place longer than its durability justifies, it is essential that it be replaced by more durable material. A project for a concrete superstructure was approved in February, 1890. Its estimated cost is $232,936.71. In the river and harbor act of August 11, 1888, provision was made for the extension of the breakwater. There was finished 60 feet of crib work and 180 feet of riprap foundation. The contract of 1890 extended the breakwater 240 feet, leaving 700 feet to be built to complete it. Under the existing contract, which is to be completed by October 15, 1893, 600 feet of the extension will be built, making 900 feet of the extension and total length of breakwater 2,900 feet. The breakwater in its present condition gives much protection to the harbor. The amount expended during the fiscal year ending June 30, 1893, was $22,884.95. The total cost of the work to June 30, 1892, was $379,569.18. July 1, 1893, outstanding liabilities. 71, 775.87 July 1, 1893, amount covered by uncompleted contracts $14,927.95 45, 779.95 25,995.92 July 1, 1893, balance available.. 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 J J 10.) 257, 936. 71 134, 000. 00 12. Harbor of refuge at Grand Marais, Mich.-Originally the entrance to this harbor was obstructed by a bar having but about 6 feet depth of water upon it. The project for its improvement, adopted in 1881, has for its object a deep and safe channel into the harbor, making it a harbor of refuge. This object is to be attained by building parallel piers projecting into the lake and dredging out a channel between them, connecting the deep water of the lake with that of the harbor. The proposed length of each pier was 1,800 feet. The west pier has now reached a length of 1,406 feet and the east pier 853 feet. A channel 150 feet wide and 17 feet deep was dredged out between the piers in 1889, but it shoaled, and in 1891 it was again dredged, this time to a width of 175 feet and a least depth of over 17 feet, the outer ends of canal piers repaired, new shore ends and spurs put in, and the old shore ends remodeled. A partial survey in June, 1893, shows a shoaling to 14 feet. Under existing contract, to be completed October 15, 1893, the east pier will be extended 300 feet and have a total length of 1,153 feet, including 100 feet of pile dike. The total amount expended under approved project to June 30, 1892, was $226,608.06. The amount expended during the year ending June 30, 1893, was $966.87. 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 July 1, 1893, amount covered by uncompleted contracts. July 1, 1893, balance available $4,641.94 34, 641.94 33, 675. 07 27,000.00 6, 675. 07 188, 750.00 Amount (estimated) required for completion of existing project. EXAMINATION MADE IN COMPLIANCE WITH RIVER AND HARBOR ACT The preliminary examination of Allouez Bay and Nemadji River, at Superior, Wisconsin, required by act of July 13, 1892, was made by the local engineer, Maj. Clinton B. Sears, Corps of Engineers, and his report thereon, dated November 10, 1892, was submitted through the division engineer, Col. O. M. Poe, Corps of Engineers. It is the opinion of Maj. Sears and that of the division engineer, concurred in by this office, (1) that Nemadji River is not worthy of improvement by the General Government at the present time, and (2) that Allouez Bay is worthy of improvement. The cost of a survey necessary for preparation of project and estimate of cost of improvement of Allouez Bay is estimated at $1,200. The report was transmitted to Congress and printed as House Ex. Doc. No. 49, Fifty-second Congress, second session. (See also Appendix J J 12.) IMPROVEMENT OF RIVERS AND HARBORS ON WESTERN SHORE OF This district was in the charge of Maj. James F. Gregory, Corps of Engineers, having under his immediate orders Lieut. H. E. Waterman, Corps of Engineers, to April 29, 1893, and Lieut. Charles H. McKinstry, Corps of Engineers, since June 12, 1893; Division Engineer, Col. O. M. Poe, Corps of Engineers. 1. Manistique Harbor, Michigan.-The natural channel of entrance to the mouth of the Manistique River was 7 feet deep. By private enterprise 3,000 feet of slab piers had been built at the mouth of the river and a channel dredged to 10 feet before any appropriation had been made by the Government. The project for the improvement of the harbor was adopted in 1880, and consisted in dredging between the piers built by the Chicago Lumbering Company, increasing the depth of the channel to 12 feet for a width of 150 feet. By the acts of 1880 and 1881 the sum of $6,000 was appropriated for this harbor in order to dredge a channel between the private piers of the above-mentioned dimensions. Dredging was done to the amount of 11,780 cubic yards at a cost of $2,989.21, and work was then suspended in consequence of the refusal of the company controlling the harbor to rectify their pier lines when rebuilding the same. Nothing has been done since work was suspended in 1881. Soundings taken in May, 1892, show a navigable channel between the piers with a depth of 13 feet, but with a governing depth over the bar of about 11 feet. July 1, 1892, balance unexpended June 30, 1893, amount expended during fiscal year July 1, 1893, balance unexpended...... (See Appendix K K 1.) $2,569.40 70.00 2,499.40 2. Cedar River Harbor, Michigan.-Previous to improvement the mouth of Cedar River was 175 feet wide and 8 to 10 feet deep, with a 3-foot bar in front. Improvements had been made by private parties prior to the commencement of Government work. The project of improvement was adopted in 1883, with a modification in the direction of the piers in 1884, the object being to afford an entrance channel of navigable width and 14 feet in depth. Up to June 30, 1892, there had been expended $27,857.93, resulting in the construction of two pile piers 754 and 301 feet long, respectively, in continuation of the slab docks built by private enterprise, and a channel that in October, 1885, was 50 feet wide and 13 feet deep and 100 feet wide for a depth of 11 feet. Soundings taken in May, 1892, showed a channel 20 feet wide and 12 feet deep; also a channel 10 feet deep with a least width of 40 feet. Dredging by private enterprise was in progress. Work was suspended in November, 1885, and has not been resumed by the United States since that date. It is reported that some dredging was done by private parties in 1891 and 1892. July 1, 1892, balance unexpended.... June 30, 1893, amount expended during fiscal year July 1, 1893, balance unexpended $2, 142.07 247.00 1,895. 07 Amount (estimated) required for completion of existing project....... 108,000.00 Submitted in compliance with requirements of sections 2 of river and harbor acts of 1866 and 1867. (See Appendix K K 2.) 3. Menominee Harbor, Michigan and Wisconsin.-Previous to the improvement of this harbor the depth of water at the mouth of the Menominee River was about 4 feet, and the river was navigable for boats of that draft for some 2 miles above its mouth. The project for the improvement of the harbor was adopted in 1871 and modified in 1874, the object being to afford a channel of entrance of navigable width and not less than 14 feet depth. The amount expended up to June 30, 1892, was $211,653.27, resulting in the construction of two piers, 400 feet apart, the north pier 1,854 feet long and the south pier 2,710 feet long, with a dredged channel 3,000 feet long, 200 feet wide, and 16 feet deep, from the 16-foot contour in Green Bay to the lower end of the channel of the Menominee River, of the same depth and width. Amount (estimated) required for repairs to piers.... $378.32 246.00 132.32 15,000.00 Amount that can be profitably expended in fiscal year ending June 30,1895 15,000.00 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 K K 3.) 4. Menominee River, Michigan and Wisconsin.-The river and harbor act of September 19, 1890, appropriated $54,000 for "continuing the improvement up the river from termination of old work," and the original approved project was for dredging a channel 200 feet wide and 16 feet deep from Green Bay up the Menominee River as far as the funds available would allow, the object being to create a navigable channel 16 feet deep from Green Bay to N. Ludington Company's mill, a distance of about 2 miles. The project has been modified by reducing the upper 2,000 linear feet to a width of 100 feet. The total amount expended up to the close of the fiscal year ending June 30, 1892, was $38,145.01 in dredging 230,323 cubic yards of material. The lower section of 6,550 feet in length had then a channel 200 feet wide and 16 feet deep. The middle section 2,750 feet long had been dredged to a depth of 16 feet for a varying width of 90 to 170 feet, and upon the upper section of 2,400 teet no work had yet been done. The channel had a depth of from 1 to 13 feet. During the fiscal year ending June 30, 1893, $23,449.86 was expended in drilling and blasting in hardpan, and in dredging 73,165 cubic yards of material, and the work is still in progress. The two lower sections have now a channel 200 feet wide, except for a limited portion of their length, and a general depth of 16 feet. The upper section is practically completed for about 1,000 linear feet, and the governing depth in the remainder is about 4 feet. July 1, 1892, balance unexpended Received from United States attorney for damage to dredging plant.... June 30, 1893, amount expended during fiscal year.. July 1, 1893, balance unexpended... July 1, 1893, balance available.... Amount (estimated) required for maintenance of channel...... 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 K K 4.) 5. Oconto Harbor, Wisconsin.-In its natural condition the channel at the entrance to the Oconto River was obstructed by a bar with less than 2 feet of water over it. Previous to 1881, when the first appropriation was made for its improvement, the citizens, by the construction of a small amount of slab pier and by dredging, had increased the depth to 3 feet. The project of improvement, adopted in 1882, proposes to secure an 8-foot channel from Green Bay to the city of Oconto, a distance of 2 miles, by dredging and constructing piers, at an estimated cost of $150,000. The total amount expended up to June 30, 1892, was $67,890.77, resulting in the building of two piers, the north pier 1,603 feet and the south pier 2,151 feet in length, the latter being the full length contemplated by the approved project in the removal of 405,356 cubic yards. of material and minor repairs. Owing to the narrowness of the dredged channel and the soft character of the material the spring freshets have a tendency to obliterate the dredging of the previous year. There were no operations during the fiscal year ending June 30, 1893. Soundings taken in April, 1893, show the governing depth to be about 73 feet at the harbor entrance and about 7 feet in the river as far up as Spies' Mill. 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 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 K K 5.) $109.23 3,000.00 3, 109.23 19.90 3,089.33 79,000.00 10, 000. 00 6. Pensaukee Harbor, Wisconsin.-The original depth of water at the mouth of Pensaukee River was 2 feet, increased by private enterprise to from 7 to 9 feet for a width of 30 feet. The project for the improvement of this harbor was adopted in 1883, and consisted of the construction of a single slab pier 2,500 feet long, in continuation of the pier built by private enterprise, and dredging a channel 10 feet deep and 100 feet wide on the south side of the pier. The total amount expended up to June 30, 1892, was $13,863.64, resulting in the construction of 1,300 feet of the proposed extension of the pier, and the dredging of 5,698 cubic yards of material, making a channel 25 feet wide and 10 feet deep. About 600 linear feet of the west end of the pier, damaged by fire in September, 1891, was repaired in October and November, 1891. The last survey, made in May, 1890, showed the governing depth to to be 2.8 feet. July 1, 1892, balance unexpended... June 30, 1893, amount expended during fiscal year.. July 1, 1893, 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 K K 6.) $1, 135. 36 71.00 1,064.36 35,000.00 1,000.00 7. Green Bay Harbor, Wisconsin.-Before the improvement of this harbor was begun the channel between the mouth of the Fox River and the deep water in Green Bay was circuitous and narrow, with but 6 feet of water at its shoalest point. The project of improvement was adopted in 1866, and subsequently modified, so as to provide increased depth, in 1872 and 1874, the object being to provide a dredged channel 200 feet wide, 14 feet deep, and 2 miles long in place of the natural channel, with a revetted cut across Grassy Island. The project was further modified in 1892 to increase the depth of the present channel to 16 feet and extend it in a direct line through the bar off Sable Point, making its total length 16,500 feet. The act of Congress of July 13, 1892, appropriating $25,000 for improving harbor at Green Bay, Wis., provided that $5,000 of said sum may, in the discretion of the Secretary of War, be expended on the Fox River, below De Pere, Wisconsin." |