Money statements. SACRAMENTO AND FEATHER RIVERS, CALIFORNIA. July 1, 1903, balance unexpended . $10,519.64 22,000.00 32, 519.64 10, 511.08 June 30, 1904, amount expended during fiscal year, for works of improve ment July 1, 1904, balance unexpended......... 22,008.56 (Amount (estimated) required for completion of existing project.... Indeterminate. Amount that can be profitably expended in fiscal year ending June 30, 1906, for works of improvement, in addition to the balance unexpended July 1, 1904.. Submitted in compliance with requirements of sundry civil act of June 4, 1897. SACRAMENTO RIVER BELOW SACRAMENTO, CAL. July 1, 1903, balance unexpended June 30, 1904, amount expended during fiscal year, for works of improvement July 1, 1904, balance unexpended. 25,000.00 a$53, 348.91 458. 17 52, 890. 74 Contract dated October 28, 1902, for repairing U. S. snag boat Seizer. Name of contractor: Gratto & Reimers. Total cost: $10,139.08. a Erroneously reported last year as $53,748.91. COMMERCIAL STATISTICS. Lower Sacramento River, below Sacramento: Tons. By the boats of the Sacramento Transportation Company. 99, 845 139, 091 By the boats of the California Transportation Company 56, 333 Upper Sacramento River, above Sacramento: From San Francisco and Sacramento to upriver points: 8,400 Grain shipments from upriver points to San Francisco and Port Costa: From Knights Landing to and including Colusa. From above Colusa to and including Butte City From above Chico Landing to and including Red Bluff Total tonnage of the Sacramento River for 1903.. 2, 128 842 1,784 1,067 970 925 23, 368 17, 742 7,781 5,868 3, 116 383, 724 TT 10. IMPROVEMENT OF PETALUMA CREEK AND NAPA RIVER, CALIFORNIA. (A) PETALUMA CREEK. A description of this creek, its original condition, project for improvement, and work done is printed in the Annual Report of the Chief of Engineers for 1896, page 3205. No work other than making a resurvey has been done during the fiscal year ending June 30, 1904. The channel depths obtained can not be maintained without periodical dredging. Contract for redredging the channel at 8 cents per cubic yard was approved June 15, 1904. No work has been done on this creek since 1900, and the dredging which is now under contract will probably produce a channel which, under ordinary circumstances and conditions, should be maintained for about two years. Hence no additional funds are required for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1906. Money statement. July 1, 1903, balance unexpended... $3,269.93 June 30, 1904, amount expended during fiscal year, for works of improvement.. July 1, 1904, balance unexpended.... 96.60 3, 173.33 July 1, 1904, amount covered by uncompleted contracts.... 3,000.00 The commerce of Petaluma Creek is carried on one steamer, the Gold, 334 tons, which makes daily trips between San Francisco and Petaluma, the head of navigation. A large amount of the heavier freight is also carried by scow schooners, which make daily trips into the creek, but no statement, that is better than a wild guess, can be obtained of the amount of freight they carry. The following is a statement of the freight carried by the steamer Gold during the year 1903: A description of this river, its condition, plans for improvement, and results obtained are printed in the Annual Report of the Chief of Engineers for 1896, page 3177. Preliminary examination of the river was made in August, 1902. No work other than surveying for contract work has been done on the river during the fiscal year ending June 30, 1904. Contract was made in June, 1904, at 20 cents per cubic yard, place measurement, for dredging some of the gravel bars in the river to a depth of 4 feet below low-water level. The river is subject to freshets, and dredged channels are not self-maintaining, making occasional dredging necessary. It is estimated that $3,000 can be profitably expended in the fiscal year ending June 30, 1906. Money statement. July 1, 1903, balance unexpended. June 30, 1904, amount expended during fiscal year, for works of improve ment July 1, 1904, balance unexpended $3,406.97 113. 34 3,293.63 July 1, 1904, amount covered by uncompleted contracts..... 3,000.00 (Amount (estimated) required for completion of existing project... Indeterminate. Amount that can be profitably expended in fiscal year ending June 30, 1906, for works of improvement, in addition to the balance unexpended July 1, 1904 Submitted in compliance with requirements of sundry civil act of June 4, 1897. 3,000.00 Contract dated May 31, 1904, for dredging in Petaluma Creek and Napa River, California. Name of contractor: Pacific Reclamation Company. Date of approval: June 15, 1904. Work to be commenced: July 12, 1904. Work to be completed: October 31, 1904. COMMERCIAL STATISTICS. The commerce of Napa River in 1903 was carried on two small stern-wheel steamers, which make trips between San Francisco and Napa on alternate days, thus providing a daily service. The amount of freight carried by these boats is believed to have been about 70,000 tons, but a statement of the amount, which was promised, has not been received in time to be included in this report. Much of the heavier freight on this stream is carried by scow schooners, which run into the river at irregular intervals, but no statement of the amount of the freight carried can be obtained. TT II. IMPROVEMENT OF HUMBOLDT HARBOR AND BAY, CALIFORNIA. The history of this improvement is printed in the Annual Report of the Chief of Engineers for 1900, page 4237. All work contemplated for the improvement of the entrance as well as inside the bay has been completed. No work has been done or required at this locality except to establish some monuments and run a few base lines with a view to reestablishing harbor lines to replace those adopted some years since. No authentic report of any changes in the depth or direction of the channel at the entrance has been received. The depth in the dredged channel in front of the town of Eureka has been well maintained. No further funds are required at present. Money statement. July 1, 1903, balance unexpended. June 30, 1904, amount expended during fiscal year, for works of improve ment July 1, 1904, balance unexpended .... $11,605.97 1,132. 27 10, 473. 70 The following statement of the commerce of Humboldt Bay, California, was collected and supplied by Mr. George A. Kellogg, secretary of the Humboldt Chamber of Commerce at Eureka, Cal. It gives the amount carried during the year 1903, and shows a general increase in the commerce of the bay. IMPROVEMENT OF PEARL HARBOR, TERRITORY OF HAWAII. A description of this harbor and the approved project for improvement was printed in the Annual Report of the Chief of Engineers for 1901, page 2433. Contract was made in 1901 for dredging a channel over the bar at the entrance to the harbor 30 feet deep at low water and 200 feet bottom width, requiring the removal of 200,625 cubic yards of material, principally coral sand. The work was completed in August, 1903, at a cost of $99,323.62. The depths and widths have been well maintained. The work was in charge of Mr. Laurence Thompson, junior engineer inspector. |