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July 1, 1891, balance unexpended

July 1, 1892, balance unexpended
Amount appropriated by act approved July 13, 1892..

Amount available for fiscal year ending June 30,

1893...

Amount (estimated) required for completion of existing project...... Submitted in compliance with requirements of sections 2 of river and harbor acts of 1866 and 1867.

(See Appendix A 7.)

$6,900.00

6,900.00

5,000.00

11,900.00

34,875.00

8. Penobscot River, Maine.-The improvement of the Penobscot River was first undertaken in 1870, the project being for a channel not less than 150 feet wide, 12 feet deep at low tide, as far up as Bangor. At that time the channel was shoal and dangerous. At Bangor the depth did not exceed about 6 feet at lowest stages, and navigation was obstructed by numerous rocks and ledges. The work was continued until 1880, and included also the removal of obstructions in the harbor at Bangor, and at Bucksport, the expenditures aggregating $198,000. No further work was done until 1884, when a project was adopted for widening the channel at Bangor, and for certain improvements in the river below, near Crosbys Narrows, at an estimated cost of $75,000. While this work was in progress a survey was made, under the river and harbor act of 1886, from Bangor to Bucksport Narrows, and a project was submitted for securing a 22-foot depth between Bucksport and Winterport, at an estimated cost of $365,000, making the combined cost of the two projects $440,000. The act of September 19, 1890, appropriated $25,000, and provided for dredging near Stern's Mill.

Another survey was ordered by the act of September 19, 1890, which has been made, and the report published as House Ex. Doc. No. 37, Fifty-second Congress, first session. (See also Appendix A 25.)

The appropriations up to the close of the fiscal year ending June 30, 1891, aggregated $308,300, and the expenditures under the various projects to the same date amounted to $278,746.02. The results were the widening and deepening of the channel at Bangor from a depth of 6 feet at extreme low tide, to 14 feet, the removal of rocks, ledges, and other obstructions, the removal of a shoal near Bucksport, and a general increase in depth and width of channels from the mouth up to Bangor. The expenditures during the fiscal year ending June 30, 1892, amounted to $5,586.85. The contract for dredging at the shoal above Crosbys Narrows, which was in progress at the close of the fiscal year 1891, was completed in November last, the total quantity of material dredged under the contract being 60,004 cubic yards.

Under the appropriation of September 19, 1890, a contract was made, under date of November 14, 1891, for dredging near Stern's Mill. Work was commenced about the middle of May, 1892, and at the close of the fiscal year about 12,000 cubic yards of material had been excavated.

July 1, 1891, balance unexpended...

June 30, 1892, amount expended during fiscal year

$29, 553.98 5, 586, 85

July 1, 1892, balance unexpended..

July 1, 1892, outstanding liabilities..

23, 967. 13

July 1, 1892, amount covered by uncompleted contracts

$415.00 22,500.00

22, 915.00

July 1, 1892, balance available..

Amount appropriated by act approved July 13, 1892

Amount available for fiscal year ending June 30, 1893.

1, 052. 13 40,000.00

41, 052. 13

Amount (estimated) required for completion of existing project. Submitted in compliance with requirements of sections 2 of river and harbor acts of 1866 and 1867.

(See Appendix A 8.)

$290,000.00

9. Belfast Harbor, Maine.-Originally the harbor was not deep enough to accommodate the commerce. At one place in the harbor the depth was only about 4 feet at mean low tide.

În 1876 a project for dredging was adopted, and the work was completed in 1879 at a cost of $22,000. No more work was done until 1890, when a new project was adopted by which it was proposed to dredge a channel 220 feet wide, and 15 feet deep at mean low tide, from the deep water at the entrance to the upper harbor; to dredge an area on the north side of the harbor to a depth of 8 feet; and to dredge an area on the south side of the channel to a depth of 13 feet.

The total expenditures up to June 30, 1891, were $23,588.95. At the latter date a contract was in progress for dredging the area on the northerly side of the harbor to the 8-foot depth proposed, which was the first work undertaken under the new project. At the close of the year 11,007 cubic yards of material had been dredged.

The expenditures during the last fiscal year were $11,411.05, which exhausted the funds. The contract for dredging the 8-foot area, which was in progress at the date of the last Annual Report, was completed October 1, 1891, the total amount dredged being 69,110 cubic yards, scow measurement. This completed the 8-foot dredging contemplated by the project, and leaves the 13-foot and 15-foot dredging yet to be done.

July, 1, 1891, balance unexpended

June 30, 1892, amount expended during fiscal year

Amount appropriated by act approved July 13, 1892

Amount (estimated) required for completion of existing project Submitted in compliance with requirements of sections 2 of river and harbor acts of 1866 and 1867.

(See Appendix A 9.)

$11, 411. 05 11, 411. 05

10,000.00

32,000.00

10. Camden Harbor, Maine.-Before the improvement was commenced vessels drawing more than 6 feet could not reach the wharves at low tide.

The improvement projected is to dredge an area at the eastern part of the entrance to a depth of 12 feet at mean low tide; to dredge a channel on each side of the harbor, and the approach to the same, to a depth of 10 feet at mean low tide; to dredge small channels at the upper end of the harbor to a depth of 5 feet at mean low tide; and, after completion of the above items, to dredge the middle ground of the harbor to the same depths as the adjacent channels.

The expenditures up to the close of the fiscal year ending June 30, 1891, on the latest project, amounted to $5,031.17. As a result the western channel had been dredged to a depth of 10 feet at mean low tide throughout its entire length including the approach. The width for a distance of about 1,150 feet from the lower end was 75 feet, and from thence to the upper harbor it was 50 feet.

The expenditures during the last fiscal year were $5,968.83, exhausting the funds. The operations consisted in widening the western channel. The work was done by contract, which was completed September 3, 1891, the quantity dredged being 30,664 cubic yards. By this dredg ing the approach to the western channel was widened to 125 feet, and the channel itself to 100 feet throughout its entire length.

July 1, 1891, balance unexpended..

June 30, 1892, amount expended during fiscal year....

Amount appropriated by act approved July 13, 1892..

$5,968. 83 5,968.83

12, 000, 00

Amount (estimated) required for completion of existing project. Submitted in compliance with requirements of sections 2 of river and harbor acts of 1866 and 1867.

(See Appendix A 10.)

37,000.00

11. Rockport Harbor, Maine.-This is a small harbor, though of considerable commercial importance, on the west side of Penobscot Bay. Before the improvement was commenced the available depth along the wharves in the upper part of the harbor was but 4 feet at mean low tide.

The project adopted in 1888 provided for dredging the shoal area in the upper harbor to a depth of 12 feet at mean low tide, and for removing a small ledge at the eastern side of the area proposed to be dredged to the same depth.

The expenditures up to the close of the fiscal year ending June 30, 1891, amounted to $10,088.81. At the latter date more than two-thirds of the area included in the project had been dredged to the full depth of 12 feet at mean low tide.

The expenditures during the last fiscal year were $4,911.19, exhausting the funds. Work was commenced, under contract, on August 4, 1891, and completed August 18, 1891, by which 15,000 cubic yards of mate. rial were dredged and 60 cubic yards of ledge removed. This completed the project.

July 1, 1891, balance unexpended...

June 30, 1892, amount expended during fiscal year...

(See Appendix A 11.)

$4, 911. 19 4, 911. 19

12. Rockland Harbor, Maine.-The location of Rockland Harbor is such that, besides accommodating its own commerce, it affords a convenient refuge for large numbers of coasting vessels. When the project for a breakwater was adopted the harbor was open to easterly storms, the anchorage was unsafe, and the seas often broke over the wharves.

The project as originally adopted in 1881 provided for two breakwaters-one starting from Southwest Ledge in the harbor, and running in a northerly direction toward Jameson Point, a distance of 2,640 feet, the other starting from Jameson Point, and extending southward about 1,900 feet. The estimated cost was $550,000. The top of each breakwater was to be only 5 feet above the level of mean low tide.

In 1887 the project was amended so as to bring the top of the breakwater from Jameson Point to the level of high tide, leaving the other as originally designed. The estimated cost was thus increased to $650,000.

In 1890 the project was again modified. Instead of building the second break water from Southwest Ledge in a northerly direction, on which no work had been done, it was decided to prolong the one from Jameson Point in a southerly direction. By doing so a much larger area of the harbor would secure protection. The estimated cost of the new project was $632,500, this being inclusive of the part already constructed.

Up to the close of the fiscal year ending June 30, 1891, there had been expended on the breakwater the sum of $153,058.51, and about 156,500 tons of stone had been placed in position. The above expen

ditures had resulted in protecting a part of the harbor, giving a secure harbor of refuge for many vessels that trade near this port.

During the fiscal year ending June 30, 1892, there has been expended the sum of $16,326.97. This expenditure has added to a small extent to the area of protected harbor. During the year there has been depos ited about 23,500 tons of stone in the breakwater, the price paid being 783 cents per ton of 2,000 pounds, the work being done by contract by William S. White, of Rockland, Me. Up to the close of the year there had been deposited in the entire breakwater about 180,000 tons of

stone.

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July 1, 1892, amount covered by uncompleted contracts.

18, 178.93

20,086. 03

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Amount available for fiscal year ending June 30, 1893

Amount (estimated) required for completion of existing project..... Submitted in compliance with requirements of sections 2 of river and harbor acts of 1866 and 1867.

(See Appendix A 12.)

528.49 30,000.00

30, 528.49

412,500.00

13. Kennebec River, Maine.-Before the improvements were commenced the main channel of the river between the foot of Swan Island and Gardiner, was obstructed by shoals near Beef Rock, with only 10 feet of water at mean low tide, by dangerous sunken ledges in Lovejoy Narrows, by a shoal below South Gardiner with only 8 feet on it at mean low tide, and by a ledge at Nehumkeg Island. The steamboat channel to the west of Swan Island (Hatchs Rock) was obstructed by a shoal over which there was only 74 feet of water, and the channel between Gardiner and Augusta, a distance of 63 miles, was obstructed by shoals which gave only a navigable depth of 34 feet of water in low summer tides.

Appropriations were made at various times between 1827 and 1852, for improving the river, but the first regular project was adopted only in 1866 and was for removing rocks and straightening and deepening the upper part of the river. The estimated cost was $50,000.

In 1868 the project was amended so as to give a wider channel, and the estimate was increased to $80,000. In 1871 the project was extended, the additional cost being estimated at $13,000, making the estimate for the entire project $93,000. It was again extended in 1872 to include the removal of ledges in Lovejoy Narrows at an additional estimated cost of $30,603.61. This project was modified in 1873, and as modified was completed in 1877.

In 1881 a project was adopted for the improvement of the channel west of Swan Island, and near the north end of it. The estimated cost of this project, which was completed in 1883, was $20,500.

The harbor and river act of 1886 provided for a new survey of the river from Bath to Augusta. This survey was made in 1887, and a project submitted for the further improvement of the river, giving 12 feet clear depth at low tide up to the Upper Sand Bar, near South Gardiner, 10 feet from thence to Hinckley Shoal, and 8 feet from thence to Augusta; together with an improvement of the steamboat channel west of Swan Island to 9 feet at mean low tide. The estimated

cost of this project was $410,500, which estimate was subsequently increased to $428,500.

The total expenditures on the river up to June 30, 1891, have been $280,381.43. By the expenditure of this sum the channel near Beef Rock has been improved to give a clear depth of over 12 feet, the dangerous rocks in Lovejoy Narrows have been removed to a depth of 12 feet, and the channel through the Narrows straightened, the shoal near South Gardiner was deepened from 8 feet to 10 feet, the ledge at Nehumkeg was removed to 12 feet, the steamboat channel west of Swan Island has been deepened to 9 feet, and near the head of it to 10 feet, the channel between Gardiner and Augusta has been deepened to 7 feet between Gardiner and Hallowell, and to 6 feet between Hallowell and Augusta, and the old piers of the bridge at Hallowell have been removed.

Some shoaling has since taken place between Gardiner and Augusta, and some on the bar below South Gardiner, but on the whole a decided betterment of navigation has been accomplished.

The expenditures for the year ending June 30, 1892, have been $8,411.39, which were applied to the payment of liabilities incurred during the previous fiscal year, and to dredging at Beef Rock, the channel there having filled up. The expenditures of the year ending June 30, 1892, have given a channel not less than 12 feet deep through the bar near Beef Rock, and when the jetty at that place shall have been completed it is expected that this depth will be maintained.

July 1, 1891, balance unexpended.

June 30, 1892, amount expended during fiscal year.....

$14,968.57 8, 411.39

July 1, 1892, balance unexpended

6, 557. 18

July 1, 1892, outstanding liabilities.

$314.89

July 1, 1892, amount covered by uncompleted contracts...

3, 351.07

3,665.96

July 1, 1892, balance available

Amount appropriated by act approved July 13, 1892.

2, 891.22 100,000.00

Amount available for fiscal year ending June 30, 1893......

(Amount (estimated) required for completion of existing project.. Submitted in compliance with requirements of sections 2 of river and harbor acts of 1866 and 1867.

(See Appendix A 13.)

102, 891. 22

203, 500.00

14. Harraseeket River, Maine.-The act approved March 3, 1881, provided that a survey be made of this river. The survey was made in July of that year, and a report submitted in December by the engineer of the district.

The river empties into Casco Bay at Stocksbridges Point, about 12 miles northeast of Portland. From Stocksbridges Point up to Westons Point the depth of water is no less than 10 feet at mean low tide, with no obstructions to navigation.

The

From Westons Point up to Freeport Landing, a distance of 4,500 feet, the depth diminishes so that for the greater part of the distance the bottom of the river is 3 feet out of water at mean low tide. rise and fall of tides here is 9 feet. The project recommended in 1881 was the dredging of a channel not less than 60 feet wide and 3 feet deep at mean low tide, up to Freeport, and a turning basin 180 feet wide at the head of the channel. The estimated cost of the improvement recommended was $13,000.

No appropriation was made for the work, however, and a new survey was ordered in the harbor and river act of 1888. A project for the im

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