modification of the project would be desirable, looking to the excavation of a channel 12 feet deep down to Conners Island, and omitting the work proposed below that point to Port Day. For these reasons expenditure of the appropriation of July 13, 1892, has, under the authority of the Secretary of War, been suspended until further action in the matter may be taken by Congress. Amount appropriated by act approved July 13, 1892 (See Appendix P P 6.) $20,000.00 20,000.00 7. Wilson Harbor, New York.-The project for the improvement of this harbor was adopted in 1873 and modified in 1877, the object being to afford a channel of navigable width and 12 feet in depth by the extension of parallel piers from the mouth of Twelve Mile Creek to the 12-foot curve in Lake Ontario, with the formation of a protected channel between the piers. The mouth of the creek was originally obstructed by a bar, upon which there was a depth of 1 foot. Before the commencement of operations by the United States the piers had been carried about 400 feet into the lake by private enterprise. The total amount expended to June 30, 1893, was $64,978.51. July 1, 1892, balance unexpended. July 1, 1893, balance unexpended Amount (estimated) required for completion of existing project..... Amount that can be profitably expended in fiscal year ending June 30, 1895 Submitted in compliance with requirements of sections 2 of river and harbor acts of 1866 and 1867 and of sundry civil act of March 3, 1893. (See Appendix P P 7.) $21.49 21.49 13, 978.49 27, 455.00 8. Olcott Harbor, New York.-The project for the improvement of this harbor was adopted in 1866. It proposes to connect the deep water in Lake Ontario with the deep water in Eighteen Mile Creek, by the extension of two parallel piers from the mouth of the creek to the 11-foot curve in the lake, with the addition of a dredged channel between the piers. The project was modified in 1874 and in 1881, to provide for the removal of rock found in the channel between the piers and for additional pier extension. The natural channel between the mouth of the creek and the lake was obstructed by a bar, upon which there was a depth of 1 feet. The final project, adopted June 18, 1891, definitely fixes the length of the piers at 850 and 873 feet, respectively, and provides for a channel 180 feet wide, between the piers, decreasing in width to 98 feet at the Main Street Bridge, crossing Eighteen Mile Creek, with a depth of 13.5 feet at mean lake level. There was no work done during the year. The total amount expended up to June 30, 1892, was $157,503.77. The amount expended during the fiscal year ending June 30, 1893, was $60. July 1, 1892, balance unexpended ... June 30, 1893, amount expended during fiscal year. July 1, 1893, balance unexpended.... July 1, 1893, outstanding liabilities. July 1, 1893, balance available (See Appendix P P 8.) $5,496.23 60.00 5, 436. 23 15.00 5, 421. 23 9. Oak Orchard Harbor, New York. The earliest project for the improvement of this harbor was adopted in 1836, the date of the first appropriation, and proposed the construction of an east and west break water, approaching to within 200 feet of each other, and connecting at the opening with two parallel piers extending into the lake. Subsequent modifications were extensions to the original project to provide for removal of rock and to adjust the harbor to the increased demand of commerce. The present project was adopted in 1881, the object being to extend the piers to the 12-foot curve in the lake, with the formation of a channel of navigable width and 12 feet deep at low water between the piers. The natural entrance into Oak Orchard Creek was narrow, with a depth of 2 to 4 feet. A shore protection 91 feet long was built in 1888 to the east of the east pier. The total amount expended up to June 30, 1892, was $204,477.66. The amount expended during the fiscal year ending June 30, 1893, was $30. EXAMINATION MADE IN COMPLIANCE WITH RIVER AND HARBOR ACT APPROVED JULY 13, 1892. The preliminary examination of Dunkirk Harbor, New York, with a view of securing 16 feet of water, required by act of July 13, 1892, was made by the local engineer, Maj. E. H. Ruffner, Corps of Engineers, and his report thereon was submitted August 5, 1892, through the division engineer, Col. Henry L. Abbot, Corps of Engineers. Maj. Ruffuer considers the improvement proposed worthy of being made by the United States; but it is the opinion of the division engineer, concurred in by this office, that Dunkirk Harbor is not worthy of improvement by the General Government to the extent of securing 16 feet depth of water. The report was transmitted to Congress and printed as House Ex. Doc. No. 119, Fifty-second Congress, second session. (See also Appendix P P 10.) IMPROVEMENT OF HARBORS ON LAKE ONTARIO EAST OF OAK ORCHARD, NEW YORK. This district was in the charge of Capt. Dan C. Kingman, Corps of Engineers; Division Engineer, Col. Henry L. Abbot, Corps of Engineers. 1. Charlotte Harbor, New York. The original project for the improvement of this harbor, adopted in 1829, proposed to connect the deep water in the Genesee River with the deep water in the lake by parallel piers or jetties about 480 feet apart. The present project, adopted in 1881, is to extend the jetties to the 15-foot curve in the lake, and to dredge a channel between them of navigable width and 15 feet in depth at low water. The natural channel was tortuous, and in calm weather would, at ordinary stages of the lake, admit vessels drawing 8 feet. The total amount expended from 1828 to June 30, 1893, is $481,679.29. The amount expended from the adoption of the present project in 1881 to June 30, 1893, is $163,600.97. The total expenditures have resulted in extending the jetties to the 13-foot curve in the lake, and in securing, by dredging, a channel be tween them 2,700 feet long, 15 feet deep at extreme low water, and 380 feet wide throughout. Lumber, stone, iron, and other material required for extending the west jetty about 500 feet have been purchased during the present fiscal year, and the work of sinking the cribs is now in prog ress. The expenditure has also sufficed for the protection, preservation, and repair of existing works, and for the renewal of the perishable portions from the beginning of the work till the present time. Though the deep water between the jetties is 15 feet, yet as they have only been extended to the 13-foot curve the full measure of the improvement is not available and can not be until the project is completed. During the year 25,220 cubic yards of material has been dredged from the channel, and 3,920 cubic yards from a trench in prolongation of the west jetty, in which 2,558 cubic yards of stone has been deposited to form the foundation of the proposed extension. July 1, 1892, balance unexpended.... Amount appropriated by act approved July 13, 1892 June 30, 1893, amount expended during fiscal year July 1, 1893, balance unexpended July 1, 1893, balance available ...... Amount (estimated) required for completion of existing project Amount that can be profitably expended in fiscal year ending June 30, 1895 Submitted in compliance with requirements of sections 2 of river and harbor acts of 1866 and 1867 and of sundry civil act of March 3, 1893. (See Appendix Q Q 1.) $11, 553. 40 25,000.00 36, 553.40 23,759.47 12, 793. 93 402.43 12, 391.50 109, 650.00 75,000.00 2. Pultneyville Harbor, New York. The project for the improvement of this harbor was adopted in 1870 (the date of the first appropriation), and proposed the construction of a timber breakwater running eastward from the west shore and then northward as a jetty into the lake, also an east jetty parallel to and about 200 feet from the west one, and a dredged channel between them. The project was modified in 1875 to provide for increased dredging. The object of the improvement was to provide a channel of navigable width and not less than 10 feet deep through the bar and into the mouth of Salmon Creek, which was the harbor. The natural channel was not more than 2 feet deep. In 1884 it was proposed, in order to make the dredging of permanent value and effect, to build a sand-tight structure parallel to the breakwater and about 100 feet from it between it and the beach, so as to arrest the movement of the beach sand and keep it out of the channel. The total amount expended to June 30, 1893, is $73,937.09, and has resulted in the extension of the jetties to the 10-foot curve in the lake, and in the construction of about 200 feet of sand-tight bulkhead, and in a large amount of dredging in the channel. The last work of this kind was done by the United States dredging plant belonging to this district during the month of May, 1893. Ten thousand seven hundred and six cubic yards of material was removed, forming a good channel from the lake between the piers and up the creek as far as the wharves and warehouses. This channel has a general depth of about 10 feet at low water in the lake. The depth diminishes somewhat in the extreme inner portions of the harbor on account of the rock bottom. Since the construction of the sand-tight bulkhead there is reason to hope that this channel will be much more permanent than the former works. The superstructure of the breakwater and of a greater part of the jetties is now very much decayed. July 1, 1892, balance unexpended............... Amount appropriated by act approved July 13, 1832. June 30, 1893, amount expended during fiscal year..... July 1, 1893, balance unexpended Amount (estimated) required for completion of existing project...... Amount that can be profitably expended in fiscal year ending June 30, 1895 Submitted in compliance with requirements of sections 2 of river and harbor acts of 1866 and 1867 and of sundry civil act of March 3, 1893. (See Appendix Q Q 2.) $369.23 1,000.00 1, 369. 23 1,306.32 62.91 9,000.00 9,000.00 3. Harbor at Great Sodus Bay, New York.-The earliest project for the improvement of this harbor, adopted in 1828, proposed the construction at the mouth of the bay of breakwaters from the east and west shores, approaching to within 500 feet of each other and connected at the opening with parallel jetties extending into the lake. The subsequent modifications were simply extensions of the original project to adjust it to the increased demands of commerce. The present project was adopted in 1882, the object being to extend the jetties to the 15-foot curve in the lake, and to dredge a channel between them not less than 15 feet deep at extreme low water. The natural channel at ordinary stages would admit vessels drawing 8 feet. The total amount expended from 1829 to June 30, 1893, is $449,016.35. The amount expended from 1881 to June 30, 1893, is $77,244.61. The total expenditure has resulted in the construction of a timber breakwater 3.851 feet in length, and of two jetties 1,580 feet and 1,294 feet in length, the west one extending to the 15-foot curve in the lake and the east one to the 10-foot curve. It has also served for the protection, preservation, and repair of these works from 1829 to the present time, and for dredging from time to time, which has served to maintain a channel of navigable width between the jetties which has varied at different times from 8 to 15 feet in depth at low water. The present available depth is not less than 15 feet at extreme low water, but the channel has not yet received the desired width. The United States dredging plant belonging to this district is now at work here, and the channel will be widened and improved as far as the funds available will allow. Amount (estimated) required for completion of existing project.... Amount that can be profitably expended in fiscal year ending June 30, 1895 Submitted in compliance with requirements of sections 2 of river and harbor acts of 1866 and 1867 and of sundry civil act of March 3, 1893. (See Appendix Q Q 3.) 3, 610.39 1,206. 18 2, 404. 21 43,000.00 40,000. 00 4. Harbor at Little Sodus Bay, New York.-The first project for the improvement of this harbor was adopted in 1829 and has since been variously modified. The first appropriation was made in 1852. The first project proposed to partially close the opening between the bay and the lake by lateral dikes connected with two parallel jetties extending into the lake. The present project, which is simply an expansion of the earlier ones, was adopted in 1881 and is designed to afford a channel of navigable width and not less than 15 feet deep at low water by extending the jetties and dredging between them. The original entrance into the bay had a depth of about 14 feet at extreme low water. The total amount expended from the date of the first appropriation in 1852 to June 30, 1893, is $310,511.42. The amount expended from the adoption of the present project in 1881 to June 30, 1893, is $66,069.65. The total expenditure has resulted in the construction of 5,989 feet of dikes and jetties, which completes the dike work and extends the jetties to the 12-foot curve in the lake. It has also served for the protection, preservation, and repair of these works from the time they were built to the present time. The available depth of water in the jettied channel is about 12 feet at low water. Effort has been made in the past to increase this depth by dredging. The material to be removed consists mainly of hardpan, which proved to be very difficult to excavate. It was not found economical to attempt to remove it with a dredge alone. It will have to be first broken up with explosives. This work will be undertaken this season and carried as far as the funds available will allow. July 1, 1892, balance unexpended Amount appropriated by act approved July 13, 1892.. June 30, 1893, amount expended during fiscal year.. July 1, 1893, balance unexpended Amount (estimated) required for completion of existing project.. Amount that can be profitably expended in fiscal year ending June 30,1895 Submitted in compliance with requirements of sections 2 of river and harbor acts of 1866 and 1867 and of sundry civil act of March 3, 1893. (See Appendix Q Q 4.) $1, 741.86 6,000.00 7,741.86 1, 311.51 6, 430.35 $52,500.00 40,000. Co 5. Oswego Harbor, New York.-The earliest project for the improvement of this harbor was adopted in 1827, and proposed to inclose an area at the mouth of the Oswego River by extending jetties from the shore into the lake, joining the outer ends by a breakwater and leaving an opening through which to enter the harbor. This project was completed in 1869, and forms the present inner harbor. The present project was adopted in 1870, and consists of a breakwater 5,800 feet in length, generally parallel to the old west breakwater, and 1,100 feet in advance of it. The estimated cost was $1,161,682. This estimate of course did not include its subsequent repair and maintenance. This project was afterward modified by the proposed construction of an east breakwater 2,700 feet in length, the re |