Contract for furnishing Portland cement (Old Dominion brand) for Dam No. 2, Big Sandy River, West Virginia and Kentucky. Name of contractor: Virginia Portland Cement Company. Date of approval: May 17, 1904. Date of beginning: June 3, 1904, if so ordered. Date of expiration: Season of 1904 or 1905, depending upon progress of work. 2,500 barrels American Portland cement, delivered f. o. b. cars Kavanaugh, Ky., in cotton per barrel.. $1.75 .10 COMMERCIAL STATISTICS. Big Sandy River, West Virginia and Kentucky, including Tug and Levisa forks, for calendar year ending December 31, 1903, and prior years. No new lines of transportation have been established. List of boats plying big Sandy River, West Virginia and Kentucky, and Tug and Levisa forks of same. List of vessels, rafts, etc., passing lock and dam on Big Sandy River during the calendar year ending December 31, 1903. GG 5. OPERATING AND CARE OF LOCK AND DAM (NO. 3) ON BIG SANDY RIVER, WEST VIRGINIA AND KENTUCKY. Lock and Dam No. 3, the only one on this river at present, is located at Louisa, Ky., and was completed and open to navigation January 1, 1897. The dam is movable and of the needle type. A full description is given in the Annual Report of the Chief of Engineers for 1897, pages 2534 et seq. The dam was lowered for the winter on November 29, 1903, and the first spring raising occurred May 24, 1904. During the fiscal year the paving which had been commenced below lock was still further extended, but not completed; the fences along right of way of Norfolk and Western Railway were built, and general repairs were made to dam and property. The total amount expended during the year ending June 30, 1904, was $3,255.68. Commercial statistics are included in the report for improving Big Sandy River. Maneuvers of Lock and Dum No. 3, in Big Sandy River, West Virginia and Kentucky, at Louisa, Ky., for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1904. Summary of expenditures for operating and care of lock and dam on Big Sandy River, West Virginia and Kentucky, for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1904. GG 6. IMPROVEMENT OF KENTUCKY RIVER, KENTUCKY. A statement of the condition of the river in 1879, when it was turned over to the United States by the Commonwealth of Kentucky, will be found in the Annual Report of the Chief of Engineers for 1898, pages 2012 et seq. There are 9 locks and dams of the projected series of 14 completed and in operation, and Locks and Dams Nos. 10 and 11 under construction. Lock No. 10 is located between Ford and Boonsboro, Ky., 1761 miles from the mouth, and Lock No. 11 is located about a mile and a half from College Hill, Ky., 200 miles from the mouth of the river. The locations and other information pertaining to the completed work of navigation will be found in the Annual Report of the Chief of Engineers for 1899, page 2523. The work accomplished during the fiscal year is given below: Lock and Dam No. 9.-The construction of the lock and fixed dam continued under the contract with the Sheridan-Kirk Contract Company. The guide cribs, filling behind land wall, and lock gates were finished last season. The cofferdam for the dam was begun July 12, and the dam completed November 16. The first lockage was made December 3, and the work closed for the season about December 24. The paving back of the land wall and on top of the guard cribs and some minor finishing-up work was done this season, and the contract completed at the end of the fiscal year. Lock and Dam No. 10.-The construction of this lock and dam, including lockhouses and outbuildings, but not including the cement, was let in one contract to the Mason and Hoge Company, of Frankfort, Ky. During the year the concrete in the lock, approach walls, piers, and 88 feet of the dam was completed, all ironwork delivered, the upper gates erected, and a beginning made in the erection of the lower gates. The filling valves and machinery were placed, and other miscellaneous ironwork. The excavation in the lock cofferdam was completed, and all except about 2,000 yards of the fill behind the land wall placed. A small amount of grading and riprapping the bank was done. A beginning was made removing the lock cofferdam. The necessary cement was supplied by the United States under a contract with the Virginia Portland Cement Company. A survey to determine the extent of the land to be overflowed by the pool was made. Lock and Dam No. 11.-Under contract with Todd & Sons, of Richmond, Ky., the lockhouses and outhouses were completed in December, 1903. On September 28, 1903, a contract was entered into with H. E. Talbott & Co., of Dayton, Ohio, for the material, except the cement, and the labor necessary to construct the lock and dam complete. This contract was approved October 19. Owing to the lateness of the season nothing was accomplished under this contract during the season of 1903. This season the contractors have assembled and erected a very elaborate plant, built a mile of turnpike and two inclines to connect the work with the main road, assembled considerable material, commenced excavating for the land wall and lock cofferdam, and commenced the construction of the cofferdam. A contract was entered into with the Virginia Portland Cement Company, under date of June 9, 1904, for furnishing Portland cement for the work. The new plant at No. 11 is of wire cable way, in duplicate, one end being worked in a circle on wide railway. The contractors intend excavating and handling all material in all cases by these cables. This, if successful, will obviate the need for dredges and movable derricks, and must be taken as a good example of the application of the most modern methods for such work. The plant is also above all floods, and hence the winter and spring rises do not require removal or replacing, which will save much expense. It is much to be desired that this plant will be a complete success. All material for the work thus far has been hauled 6 miles by road and then up and down a steep hill by an inclined railway made by the contractors. The cement is to take the same route. The commercial statistics are given in the report for operation and care of the locks and dams on the Kentucky River. May 14, 1904, received from transfer Engineer property June 30, 1904, amount expended during fiscal year, for works of improve July 1, 1904, amount covered by uncompleted contracts..... Amount (estimated) required for completion of existing project..... APPROPRIATIONS. $650, 665. 29 .75 916. 75 651, 582. 79 193, 139. 34 458, 443. 45 1,042. 78 457, 400. 67 313, 293. 05 1,935, 000. 00 ABSTRACT OF CONTRACTS IN FORCE ON KENTUCKY RIVER, KENTUCKY, DURING THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING JUNE 30, 1904. Contract for constructing Lock and Dam No. 9, Kentucky River, Kentucky. Name of contractor: The Sheridan-Kirk Contract Company. Date of approval: June 12, 1901. Date of beginning: July 15, 1901. Date of expiration: June 15, 1903. Extended to December 15, 1903. [NOTE. This contract was modified, with respect to construction of cofferdams, by supplementary contract dated April 21,1903; approved May 11, 1903.] Contract for building Lock and Dam No. 10, etc., Kentucky River, Kentucky. Name of contractor: Mason & Hoge Company. Date of approval: June 30, 1902. Contract for furnishing about 15,000 barrels American Portland cement (Old Dominion brand) at Ford, Ky., for use in the construction of Lock and Dam No. 10, Kentucky River, Kentucky. Name of contractor: Virginia Portland Cement Company. Date of approval: July 5, 1902. Date of beginning: When ordered. Date of expiration: December 31, 1903. Item. American Portland cement, Old Dominion brand (13,500 barrels minimum, 19,500 barrels Contract price. |