COMMERCIAL STATISTICS. Statistics of Susquehanna River, above and below Havre de Grace, Md., for the year ending Coal Lumber, shingles, and timber December 31, 1891. Class. The above statistics were furnished by Messrs McClenahan & Bro., Eureka Fertilizing Company, and Spencer & McGonigle, of Port Deposit, Perry ville, and Lapidum, Md., respectively. H 9. IMPROVEMENT OF NORTHEAST RIVER, MARYLAND. There were no operations during the fiscal year ending June 30, 1892. The appropriation of $2,500 made by act approved September 19, 1890, was expended during the fiscal year ending June 30, 1891, in dredging a channel 40 feet wide, 6 feet deep at low water and 5,700 feet long, beginning at a point 3,200 feet below the bar and extending to deep water inside the river at the mouth of Stony Run. The approved project, adopted in 1890, is for a channel 6 feet deep at mean low water, 75 feet wide at the bar and 60 feet wide in the river proper up to Davis Wharf. The estimated cost of the improvement is. $5,140. This channel had previously been improved by the General Government during the years 1873 and 1881 and the sum of $15,500 had been expended. The channel recently dredged is reported to be in fair condition; the increase in commerce is, however, not very marked. The amount asked for is the balance required to complete the project, and will be expended, if appropriated, for that purpose. This work is in the collection district of Baltimore, which is the nearest port of entry. The amount of revenue collected there during the fiscal year ending June 30, 1892, is $3,178,558.44. Amount available for fiscal year ending June 30, 1893.... $2,393.85 2, 332.22 61.63 2,640.00 2,701.63 The above statistics were furnished by the McCullough Iron Company, of North East, Md. H 10. IMPROVEMENT OF ELK RIVER, MARYLAND. At the beginning of the past fiscal year a contract had been made for the expenditure, in dredging, of the appropriation of $10,000 made by the river and harbor act of September 19, 1890. Operations were be gun on August 11 and completed on November 4, 1891, the total amount of material removed under the contract being 56,069 cubic yards, consisting principally of sand and mud occasionally intermixed with fire clay and gravel. About one-half of the material was carried away in scows and dumped in a wide cove of the river, about 5 miles below Elkton; the remainder was deposited upon the adjoining banks along the cut. The channel dredged was made 100 feet wide and 8 feet deep at mean low water for a continuous length of 3,800 feet, from the iron county bridge above Scotts Wharf, at the head of navigation, to Morgans Gut. A small shoal, having less than 8 feet of water over it at low tide and situated about 1,600 feet below the junction of Little Elk River, was also removed to the approved width and depth, as it prevented, in a measure, the immediate use of the improvements in the upper section of the river. The present project for improvement is based upon a survey of the river made in 1889, and provides for an 8-foot channel from the iron county bridge above Scotts Wharf to deep water below Cedar Point. The width of the channel is to be 100 feet except at the wharves, where it may be increased to the existing width between the present wharf lines. This project was adopted in 1890 and during the past fiscal year the first appropriation made for it was expended. The dredged channel was reported to be in fair condition at the end of the fiscal year. Dredg ing will be continued under the approved project if the amount asked for is appropriated. Elk River is in the collection district of Baltimore, which is the nearest port of entry. The amount of revenue collected there during the fiscal year ending June 30, 1892, is $3,178,558.44. Amount (estimated) required for completion of existing project.. 9,000.00 9,000.00 The above statistics were furnished by the Scott Fertilizer Company, Elkton, Md. 1 5 12 81 3,000 3 to 7 2 60 H II. IMPROVEMENT OF FAIRLEE CREEK, MARYLAND. There were no operations during the fiscal year ending June 30, 1892. The appropriation of $5,000 made September 19, 1890, was expended during the fiscal year ending June 30, 1891, in widening the channel previously made at the mouth of the creek to 100 feet, and in dredging a channel 50 feet wide and 4,738 feet long inside the creek, the depth made in both cases being 7 feet below mean low water. The project adopted in 1888 embraces the dredging of a channel 100 feet wide and 7 feet deep at mean low water across the bar at the mouth and up the creek for a distance of about 23 miles; also the dredging of a turning basin at the upper end of the proposed channel, if a certain wharf should be built there before the channel is completed. The total estimated cost of the improvement is $15,558. No appreciable increase in the commerce of the creek, which has always been very limited, has been noted since improvements were begun. The amount asked for, if appropriated, will be expended in completing the channel inside the creek. Fairlee Creek is in the collection district of Baltimore, which is the nearest port of entry. The amount of revenue collected there during the fiscal year ending June 30, 1892, is $3,178,558.44. Amount (estimated) required for completion of existing project... $115.35 92.88 22.47 5, 558.00 5,558.00 The above statistics were furnished by Judge W. S. Walker, of Chestertown, Md. H 12. IMPROVEMENT OF CHESTER RIVER, MARYLAND, FROM CRUMPTON TO JONES LANDING. At the beginning of the past fiscal year a contract had been made for dredging in accordance with the approved project, under the appropriation made September 19, 1890. The work was begun on October 28, 1891, and the contract was completed on February 8, 1892. The total amount of material removed was 20,061 cubic yards, principally sand and mud. The application of the money resulted in improving a section of the river about 4 miles long, from Crumpton, at the lower end, up to Kirby Landing, the dredging being carried on only at points where the existing channel was too shoal or too narrow. The required depth and width of the channel is 6 and 60 feet, respectively. At several sharp turns this width was increased on an average 20 feet, to facilitate navigation by large boats. The material removed was deposited upon the shore along the river. The adopted project for improvement is based upon a survey made in 1889, and is for a 6-foot low-water channel 60 feet wide, from the drawbridge at Crumpton to a point about 1 mile below Millington, supposed to be Jones Landing, a distance of 64 miles, at an estimated cost of $12,750. The work done during the past fiscal year was the first under this project. The amount asked for, if appropriated, will be expended in completing the approved project. This work is in the collection district of Baltimore, which is the nearest port of entry. The amount of revenue collected there during the fiscal year ending June 30, 1892, is $3,178,558.44. 1 (Amount (estimated) required for completion of existing project Amount that can be profitably expended in fiscal year ending June 30, 1894 Submitted in compliance with requirements of sections 2 of river and harbor acts of 1866 and 1867. 4,903. 77 4, 750.00 4, 750.00 |