1377. Petition of the Boston and Maine Railroad for license to build a stone culvert on Little River in the town of Newbury. Granted August 13, 1891.

1378. Petition of the Boston and Maine Railroad for license to build a stone culvert on Knight's Creek in the town of Newbury. Granted August 13, 1891.

1379. Petition of the city of Boston for license to build an addition to the draw-pier of the north draw of Chelsea bridge

on Mystic River in the cities of Boston and Chelsea. Granted August 27, 1891.

1380. Petition of the Boston, Revere Beach and Lynn Railroad Company for license to replace its single-track bridge on Saugus River in the city of Lynn and town of Revere, by a double-track pile bridge with an iron pivot draw. Granted August 27, 1891.

1381. Petition of the town of Cohasset for the approval of plans for repairing and rebuilding the dam and flood-gates at Gulf Mill in Cohasset harbor in the town of Cohasset, as authorized by chapter 214 of the acts of 1891. Granted September 3, 1891.

1382. Petition of Warren S. Bumpus for license to excavate a canal and draw water from Dunham Pond in the town of Carver. Granted September 3, 1891.

1383. Petition of William F. Stanly for license to build a pumping station on piles, and to draw water from Dunham Pond in the town of Carver. Granted September 3, 1891. 1384. Petition of the board of County Commissioners of Essex County for license to build a pile and timber bridge across Parker River in the town of Newbury. Granted September 3, 1891.

1385. Petition of the Boston and Maine Railroad for license to build a stone culvert on Little River in the town of

Newbury. Granted September 10, 1891.

Petition of the Edison Electric Illuminating Company for

license to fill solid on Fort Point Channel in Boston harbor. Granted September 17, 1891.

1387. Petition of Edward Perkins for license to fill solid on Merrimack River in the city of Newburyport. Granted September 17, 1891.

1388. Petition of William S. Coffin for license to fill solid on Merrimack River in the city of Newburyport. Granted September 17, 1891.

1389. Petition of Daniel Leach for license to build a pile wharf at Cheever's Point in Manchester harbor. Granted September 17, 1891.

1390. Petition of the town of West Springfield for license to build a sewer outlet on the Connecticut River in the town of West Springfield. Granted September 17, 1891.

1391. Petition of Andrew W. Dodd for license to build a sea-wall and fill solid in Gloucester harbor in the city of Gloucester. Granted September 17, 1891.

1392. Petition of Isaac C. Wyman for license to build a wharf by filling solid in Lynn harbor in the city of Lynn. Granted September 24, 1891.

1393. Petition of John L. Batchelder, trustee, for license to fill solid a portion of his pile wharf on Fort Point Channel in Boston harbor. Granted September 24, 1891.

1394. Petition of H. V. Partelow & Company for license to build a marine railway in Marblehead harbor in the town of Marblehead. Granted September 24, 1891.

1395. Petition of Frank M. Welles and others for license to build dikes and fill solid in creeks flowing into Crystal Cove in the town of Winthrop. Granted October 8,

1891.

1396. Petition of the Boston and Maine Railroad for license to build a stone culvert and fill solid on Malden River in the city of Malden. Granted October 8, 1891.

1397. Petition of the West End Street Railway Company for license to drive piles for the support of a building on Charles River in the city of Cambridge. Granted Octo

1398. Petition of the city of Boston for license to rebuild the head-house foundation and a portion of the piers at the north ferry in Boston harbor at East Boston. Granted October 8, 1891.

1399. Petition of the East Boston Dry Dock Company for license to build a marine railway and extend its northerly pier in Boston harbor at East Boston. Granted October 15, 1891.

1400. Petition of Margaret Wade for license to build two pile wharves in Stage harbor and Oyster Pond River in the town of Chatham. Granted October 15, 1891.

Petition of the Old Colony Railroad Company for license to fill solid a portion of its pile bridge on Weir River in the town of Hull. Granted October 15, 1891.

1402. Petition of the Old Colony Railroad Company for license to fill solid a portion of its pile bridge on Weir River in the town of Hingham. Granted October 15, 1891.

1403. Petition of the Edison Electric Illuminating Company for license to fill solid on Fort Point Channel in Boston harbor. Granted October 22, 1891.

1404.

1405.

1406.

Petition of John L. Batchelder, trustee, for license to fill solid on Fort Point Channel in Boston harbor. Granted October 22, 1891.

Petition of Joseph Young and others for license to build a dike across Frostfish Creek in the town of Chatham. Granted October 22, 1891.

Petition of the city of Boston for approval of plans for building a bridge across the reserved channel in Boston harbor at L Street in South Boston, as authorized by chapter 388 of the acts of 1891. Granted October 29, 1891.

1407. Petition of the Eastern Dredging Company for license to build a sea-wall, bulkhead and pile pier, and to fill solid on Chelsea Creek in East Boston. Granted November 5, 1891.

1408. Petition of the New England Dredging Company for license to build four dolphins in Boston harbor near the reserved channel at South Boston. Granted November 5, 1891.

1409. Petition of Martha A. Sargent for license to erect a spindle and place three moorings in Massachusetts Bay near Brant Rock in the town of Marshfield. Granted November 12, 1891.

1410.

1411.

1412.

Petition of Albert S. Hathaway and George M. Besse for license to build a dike, flume and canal, and to draw water from Five Mile Pond in the town of Plymouth. Granted November 12, 1891.

Petition of Augustus M. Nickerson for license to build a dike, flume and canal, and to draw water from Long Pond in the towns of Plymouth and Wareham. Granted. November 12, 1891.

Petition of the Edison Electric Illuminating Company for license to build a pile wharf on Fort Point Channel in Boston harbor. Granted November 19, 1891.

1413. Petition of the Gloucester Electric Company for license to build a pile wharf in Gloucester harbor in the city of Gloucester. Granted November 19, 1891.

1414.

Petition of Charles C. Cobleigh, trustee, for license to extend his wharf on piles on Charles River in the city of Boston. Granted November 19, 1891.

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1415. Petition of the West End Street Railway Company for license to dump snow and ice from bridges and wharves into tide waters in the cities of Boston, Cambridge and Chelsea, and the town of Medford. Granted November 19, 1891.

1417.

1416. Petition of the Union Freight Railroad Company for license to dump snow and ice from Constitution Wharf into Boston harbor. Granted December 3, 1891. Petition of the West End Street Railway Company for license to extend its wharf on piles on Miller's River in the city of Cambridge. Granted December 3, 1891. Petition of F. J. C. Swift for license to build a shooting stand in Buzzard's Bay at Gunning Point in the town of Falmouth. Granted December 3, 1891.

1418.

1419.

1420.

Petition of Dexter J. Cutter for license to drive piles for the support of a building on Mill Creek at Commercial Point in the city of Boston. Granted December 10, 1891. Petition of the Walworth Manufacturing Company for license to extend its wharf by filling solid in Boston harbor near the reserved channel at South Boston. Granted

December 10, 1891.

1421. Petition of Dexter J. Cutter for license to extend his wharf on piles on Mill Creek at Commercial Point in the city of Boston. Granted December 10, 1891.

1422. Petition of the city of Boston for license to relocate and extend the fender guard at the north draw of Chelsea bridge on Mystic River in the city of Boston. Granted December 10, 1891.

1423. Petition of the city of Boston for license to widen the wharf, on piles, at the North ferry in Boston harbor at East Boston. Granted December 10, 1891.

1424. Petition of the town of Winthrop for license to fill solid a portion of Washington Avenue bridge in Crystal Cove in the town of Winthrop. Granted December 17, 1891. 1425. Petition of the city of Cambridge for license to build a pile bridge on Broad Canal in the city of Cambridge. Granted December 31, 1891.

1426. Petition of John P. Squire & Company for license to build a pile wharf and well on Miller's River in the city of Cambridge. Granted December 31, 1891.

RECEIPTS FROM GRANTS OF PUBLIC LANDS.

The amount received during the past year for grants of rights and privileges in lands of the Commonwealth, under licenses of this board for filling and for the erection of wharves and other structures in and over tide waters and great ponds, is $3,206.80. Other like assessments to the amount of $5,135.40 have been made during the year, for which the money has not yet been paid into the treasury. Payment for such grants was first required by chapter 284 of the acts of 1874, now chapter 19, section 16, of the Public Statutes. Since the passage of that act, the total amount so received and paid into the State treasury has been $278,101.40.

HARBOR IMPROVEMENTS BY THE UNITED STATES.

The works of the national government for the preservation and improvement of the rivers and harbors on the coast of Massachusetts, have remained under the supervision of the same able and efficient officers of the Corps of Engineers, U. S. Army, who had charge of them at the date of our last Report, those on the Eastern section of the coast in charge of Lieut. Col. Samuel M. Mansfield, who is stationed at Boston, and those on the Southern section in charge of Maj. William R. Livermore, whose headquarters are at Newport.

To both of these gentlemen, as to their predecessors, this board is indebted for courteous coöperation, and the public for valuable service.

Since the close of the last fiscal year of the United States," ending June 30, 1891, Capt. William H. Bixby, Corps of Engineers, U. S. Army, has, by order of the Chief of Engineers, assumed the charge of the rivers and harbors on the Southern section of the coast.

Improvements on the Eastern Coast of Massachusetts.

At the request of the Board, Colonel Mansfield has kindly furnished the following condensed report of the work done in the rivers and harbors under his charge during the year 1890: