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One hundred and eighty-two vessels were towed and fifteen sailed up the river with full cargoes. Forty-two vessels for Westerly, in addition, were obliged to discharge at Stonington because of insufficient depth of water in Pawcatuck River. Their cargoes were towed up on lighters and consisted of 3.862,812 feet of lumber.

LATER WORK OF U. S. ENGINEERS.

By courtesy of Maj. W. R. Livermore, engineer in charge, we have received, under date of April 3, 1888, further information of the work under his direction, bringing the account to the close of the season.

1. PAWTUCKET RIVER.

The channel 100 feet wide and 12 feet deep at mean low water, which has been in process of excavation under contract with Elijah Brainard of New York, dated Nov. 19th, 1886, has been continued. The dredging has been in the vicinity of Bishop's Point and between this place and Bass Rock. On Oct. 6th, when the present contract was completed, there was a channel open to navigation 100 feet wide and 12 feet deep at mean low water, from the deep water above Red Bridge to a point about 4,000 feet north of a line drawn from Bucklin's Island to Swan Point wharf, and a ruling depth of 6 feet can now be carried from the upper end of the present work to Pawtucket. The total amount of material dredged from June 30th until Oct. 6th, was 72,248.58 cubic yards.

2. PROVIDENCE RIVER.

The project providing for a 300 feet channel, 25 feet deep at mean low water, from Fox Point in the city of Providence to the deep water of Narragansett Bay, has been carried out under contract with W. H. Beard of Brooklyn, N. Y., dated Nov. 18th, 1886, (extended for completion to Oct. 15th, 1887). The entire channel has been completed and at the completion of the contract on Oct. 12th 1887, about three-fifths of the anchorage basin had been dredged to the required depth. The total amount of material removed from June 30th to Oct. 12th, was 199,580 cubic yards.

3. GREEN JACKET SHOAL.

The approved project contemplates the removal of the entire shoal to a depth of 25 feet at mean low water, limiting the work by lines drawn 200 feet from the existing harbor lines of the city of Providence. The work of dredging under the contract with W. H. Beard of Brooklyn, N. Y., dated Nov. 18th, 1886, the time for commencement of which was extended to August 1st, 1887, and for its completion to Nov. 30th, 1887, was begun July 11th, 1887. From this time until its completion Nov. 5th, 1887, 206,431 cubic yards of material had been removed from the western end of the shoal.

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In July nothing was done. Work was begun August 1st and continued until Nov. 23d, 1887, during which time 811 tons of bowlders, ledge rock and gravel were removed. The material removed was from the lower end of Little Island, excepting the Bushworth rock weighing 50 tons, which was removed from the channel opposite the lower wharves of the town. At the close of the work, the bowlders and projecting points of the ledge had been removed over an area of about 1.8 acres, extending 550 feet along the narrowest part of the channel. Work was done by the hire of vessel and working crew in open market.

5. NEWPORT HARBOR.

The work at this point was completed as far as provided for by the appropriation of August 5th, 1886, on July 8th, 1887, by the removal of the bowlders lying in the dredged area.

The greater portion of the area to be dredged to 13 feet at mean low water, has now been completed.

6. BLOCK ISLAND HARBOR.

Work has been continued on the jetty to the west of the present breakwater under contract with Messrs. W. H. Molthrop & Co., of New London, Conn., and also in filling the gap near the outer end of the old break water. This work was continued on the project heretofore published. Operations for the present fiscal year began July 11th, 1887.

Work was suspended for the season on Nov. 30th, 1887, up to which time 3058 tons of stone had been placed in the gap, and 138 lineal feet of the jetty forming the shore end of the western wall of the proposed enlarged inner harbor was completed and filled with stone.

7. PAWCATUCK RIVER.

The work of dredging under contract with A. J. Beardsley & Son of Bridgeport, Conn., dated Nov. 17th, 1886, (time for completion of which was extended to Nov. 15th, 1887,) has been continued and was suspended for the season Nov. 19th, 1887. The total amount dredged during the present fiscal year was 29,414.53 cubic yards.

July 1, 1887, amount expended during fiscal year, exclusive

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Amount (estimated) required for completion of existing project....... 52,000 00 Amount that can be profitably expended in fiscal year ending June 30, 1889..

30,000 00

Submitted in compliance with requirements of sections 2 of river and harbor acts of 1866 and 1867.

Abstract of proposals for dredging Newport Harbor, R. I., received at Engineer Office, U. S. Army, Newport, R. I., in response to advertisement dated September 18, 1886, and opened at 12 o'clock noon, Monday, October 4, 1886.

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Contract awarded to the Hartford Dredging Company, with the approval of the Chief of Engineers, and dated October 13, 1886. Time of completion extended to July 30, 1887.

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There are 132 vessels owned and hailing from this port, viz., 107 sail, 25 steam, the tonnage of which amounts to 6,322.03 gross, 5,051.34 net. Tonnage of the smallest vessel 2.75 gross, 2.17 net. The largest vessel draws 13 feet when loaded.

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