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by removing a portion of the point. The Board desires the co-operation of the city council in the matter of fixing a proper harbor line from Sassafras Point to Field's Point, which will require a decision of the question as to widening the channel, as already stated.

The improvement of the harbor is one of the most important subjects that can demand the attention of the City Council. I therefore most earnestly recommend that prompt action be taken upon the communication of the Commissioners, and that the efforts for the removal of the sand spit at Field's Point may receive the full approval and assistance of the City Council.

Hon. Thomas A. Doyle, Mayor:'

THOMAS A. DOYLE,

Mayor.

PROVIDENCE, February 4, 1879.

DEAR SIR: The Harbor Commissioners have under consideration the establishment of a harbor line from Sassafras Point to Field's Point. The position of the long, low spit of land jutting out into the channel at Field's Point, and its effect upon the direction of the current, which in its turn affects the ship channel, has led to a consideration of the question as to cutting off this sand spit, and thus widening the mouth of the harbor and improving the course of the channel.

This matter is regarded as of considerable importance, and we wish to call the attention of the city government to it, with a view of securing such action on the part of the city as will result in the establishment of the harbor line in that position which shall appear to be for the best interests of the community.

Very respectfully yours,

J. HERBERT SHEDD,
N. F. POTTER,
JEDEDIAH WILLIAMS,

Harbor Commissioners.

No. 68. Resolution referring the Mayor's Message, relative to the widening of the channel at Field's Point.

[Approved February 13, 1879.]

Resolved, That the Mayor's message dated February 10, 1879, in relation to the widening of the channel at Field's Point, and the fixing of a proper harbor line ' from Sassafras Point to Field's Point, be referred to the joint committee on the harbor to examine and report thereon.

No. 85. Resolution approving proposed harbor line at Field's Point.

[Approved February 13, 1879 ]

Resolved, That the City Council hereby approves the line proposed by the harbor commissioners for a harbor line at Field's Point, and will devote to the improvement of the harbor so much of said point as lies easterly of said line.

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CONTRACT BETWEEN THE CITY OF PROVIDENCE AND THE HARBOR COMMISSIONERS.

Know all Men by these Presents: That the City of Providence, a municipal corporation in the State of Rhode Island, in consideration of the license granted to said city by the Harbor Commissioners of said State to construct an embankment, protected by a rip-rap wall, on the west side of Seekonk river, northerly from Front street, a copy of which license is hereto annexed, marked "A," and made part hereof, does hereby agree to and with said Harbor Commissioners, a board now composed of J. Herbert Shedd, Nathaniel F. Potter and Jedediah Williams, and their successors in said offices, to dredge from said Seekonk river, or from the harbor of Providence river, at such points as said Harbor Commissioners should select, and in a manner satisfactory to said Harbor Commissioners, as many cubic yards of material as shall be displaced by the construction of said work. And it is further agreed by said city and said Harbor Commissioners that the amount of such displacement shall be ascertained by a competent engineer, to be selected by said city and said Harbor Commissioners, as follows: Accurate measurements of the present surface of the work in the locality where said work is to be done shall be taken, and an accurate account of the quantity of material put into said work is to be kept, and on the completion of said work to the satisfaction of said Harbor Commissioners an accurate measurement of the position of the surfaces of said work is to be taken, and the contents of the figure lying between the surfaces now existing and the surfaces of the completed work is to be estimated and the difference in volume between the size of said figure so estimated as aforesaid, and the amount of material which shall be put into said work is to be considered the measure of the material which has been displaced by the construction of the work aforesaid, and as the measurement of the amount of dredging to be done as aforesaid under the direction of said Harbor Commissioners.

And the said city of Providence hereby agrees to and with said Board of Harbor Commissioners to do the said dredging to the amount so ascertained as aforesaid, at the times and places aforesaid, under the direction of and in a manner satisfactory to said board of Harbor Commissioners.

In witness whereof the said city of Providence has caused this agreement to be signed by Thomas A. Doyle, Mayor, their agent thereto, duly authorized this second day of March, A. D. 1878.

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WHEREAS, The city of Providence, through its committee on Brook street district, has made written application to this board for a license to construct an embankment protected by a rip-rap wall on the west side of Seekonk river, northerly from Front street, and have submitted plans and specifications of the

same.

Now, therefore, The said city of Providence is hereby authorized to proceed and build said embankment in conformity to plans and specifications filed in this office, except that the slope wall shall be located thirty feet westerly and farther back from the harbor line than is shown upon said plans; and, Provided, That the city of Providence execute an agreement satisfactory to the Attorney General, to the effect that said city shall dredge from the channels of the river or harbor, at such points as the Harbor Commissioners may select, and in a manner satisfactory to them, as many cubic yards of material as shall be displaced by the construction of said work. The amount of said displacement to be ascertained by a competent engineer, as follows: Accurate measurements of the present surface of the earth in said locality are to be taken. An accurate account of the quantity of material put into said work is to be kept. On completion of the work in a manner satisfactory to the Harbor Commissioners, an accurate measurement of the position of the surfaces is to be taken and the contents of the figure lying between the surfaces now existing and the surfaces of the completed work, is to be estimated. The difference in volume between this estimated figure and the amount of material put into the work is to be considered the measure of the material which has been displaced by the construction of the work, and consquently the amount of dredging to be done under direction of the Commissioners.

This license to be of no effect until said agreement has been executed.

In witness whereof the Board of Harbor Commissioners have hereto affixed their signatures this second day of March, A. D. 1878.

J. HERBERT SHEDD,

N. F. POTTER,
JEDEDIAH WILLIAMS,

Harbor Commissioners.

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TIDE OBSERVATIONS NEAR INDIA POINT, PROVIDENCE.—Continued.

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