Amount (estimated) required for completion of existing project....... $11, 662.00 Submitted in compliance with requirements of sections 2 of river and

harbor acts of 1866 and 1867.

(See Appendix C 1.)

2. Harbor of refuge at Nantucket, Massachusetts-This harbor is the only one between the harbors of Marthas Vineyard (Vineyard Haven and Edgartown) and Provincetown, a distance of about 100 miles, except the small harbor of Hyannis, on the north side of Nantucket Sound. It has deep water inside, and the object of improvement is to make it a harbor of refuge for vessels plying between ports north and south of Cape Cod.

Before the commencement of the present work there was a shoal about 1 miles in width outside the entrance, through which the channel or line of best water was only about 6 feet deep, and very crooked and subject to changes in location.

The present approved project of 1880, as modified in 1885, is to construct jetties of riprap stone, projecting from either side of the present entrance to the harbor, for the purpose of concentrating the strength of the tidal currents and excavating a channel of 15 feet depth by scour, and to complete the work by dredging, at a total cost, as estimated in 1885, of $375,000.

One hundred and seventy thousand dollars was appropriated, and $152,771.78 was paid out on this work up to June 30, 1891; the expenditures resulting in the construction of the west jetty to a point 3,955 feet from the shore, and the east jetty to a distance of 834 feet from its initial point on shore, which is the outer end of the middle of the three northwest spurs built on Coatue Beach some years ago, and the foundation was laid and the jetty partially completed for an additional distance of 191 feet.

At the beginning of the fiscal year work on the east jetty was in progress. This work was continued until August 14. The east jetty was extended about 1,300 feet.

The balance available is to be applied to the further extension of the east jetty and raising low places in the west jetty, together with a little dredging, if necessary.

Amount (estimated) required for completion of existing project....... 180,000.00 Submitted in compliance with requirements of sections 2 of river and harbor acts of 1866 and 1867.

(See Appendix C 2.)

3. Marthas Vineyard inner harbor at Edgartown, Massachusetts.-The inner harbor at Edgartown lies in the northern part of the water way or strait that separates Chappaquiddick Island from the east end of Marthas Vineyard. It extends southward about 1 miles from Chappaquiddick Point opposite Edgartown, and averages about one-fifth of a mile in width.

This harbor is so completely landlocked as to form a safe harbor of refuge for small vessels, but the contracted width of the entrance and the resulting velocity of the tidal currents make it difficult to pass through.

The present project of 1889 provides for the removal to 10 feet of a shoal known as the Middle Ground in the central portion harbor at á total cost, as estimated in 1889, of $4,500.

Two thousand dollars was appropriated and $13.25 was paid this work up to June 30, 1891; these expenditures being for pr tions for carrying on the work by hired labor.

During the last fiscal year dredging was commenced on July continued until August 5, by which about half the shoal was ren It is proposed to apply the balance of the funds on hand to the pletion of the project.

July 1, 1891, balance unexpended...

June 30, 1892, amount expended during fiscal year.

July 1, 1892, balance unexpended

July 1, 1892, outstanding liabilities

July 1, 1892, balance available...........

Amount appropriated by act approved July 13, 1892.

Amount available for fiscal year ending June 30, 1893

(See Appendix C 3.)

$1

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2.

4. Harbor at Vineyard Haven, Massachusetts.-The plan of imp ment of 1887 as modified in 1889 contemplates the protection o points of land at the entrance to the harbor known as East Chop West Chop by the construction of jetties and other works alon shore to stop the wearing away of the chops by the action of the s waves, at a total cost, as estimated in 1882, of $60,000.

Thirty-five thousand dollars was appropriated, and $27,906.86 paid out on this work up to June 30, 1891; these expenditures re ing in the construction of a wharf and three jetties at West Chop a track, jetty, and sea wall at the East Chop.

During the last fiscal year work was commenced on August 14 continued to September 5, by which the jetties and sea wall were tended and strengthened, and about half the needed work comple The balance available will be applied to continuing the work of tection, mainly at the East Chop.

July 1, 1891, balance unexpended

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

July 1, 1892, balance unexpended

July 1, 1892, outstanding liabilities

July 1, 1892, balance available

Amount appropriated by act approved July 13, 1892

$7,09

6,99

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

7,50

7,55

17,500

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 C 4.)

5. Wareham Harbor, Massachusetts.-The object of the improvem is to deepen and widen the channel leading from Buzzards Bay Wareham. The commerce of Wareham is carried on in sailing vesse and the channel is to be made a beating channel for such vessels. A other object of the improvement is the raising of Long Beach.

Before improvement the ruling depth in the harbor was about 7 f at mean low water in a narrow and very crooked channel. Long Bead

a narrow sand spit at the month of the harbor, was washed and abraded by the waves and currents at high water, and the material was carried into and shoaled the channel inside.

The present approved project of 1880, as modified in 1887, provides for a channel 250 feet wide and 10 feet deep at mean low water from Barney Point down to the entrance to the harbor. Above Barney Point the width of the channel is to be 350 feet, with the same depth10 feet-as below that point. The plan includes also the raising and strengthening of Long Beach, of which a large portion was submerged at low water, to carry it above the storm waves and currents and to hold it there, in order to prevent the filling of the improved channel above, by material abraded from the beach; the whole at a total cost, as estimated in 1887, of $56,236.

Forty-nine thousand dollars was appropriated, and $44,746.07 was paid out on this work up to June 30, 1891; this expenditure resulting in the completion of the channel in the upper part of the harbor in front of the wharves to its full width, the deepening to 10 feet of the channel for about one-half its width from Barney Point to Wareham, and a portion of Reach No. 9, formerly obstructed by the shoal known as the Middle Ground, and the raising of Long Beach above high-water storm tides, so that the wash of sand into the improved channel inside the beach has been considerably stopped.

The ruling depth of the approaches to Wareham has been increased from 7 to 9 feet, and the channel greatly widened in all the reaches. Vessels of larger draft can be carried to Wareham than formerly. The increase in width of channel is a great help to all vessels in beating in and out of the harbor.

During the last fiscal year work under contract was commenced on June 8, and was in progress at the end of the year, by which the channel was widened at its narrowest points above Barney Point.

The balance available will be applied to continuing the work of dredging and to the building up of Long Beach if necessary.

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

1,760.00

1,904.26

July 1, 1892, balance available.....

Amount appropriated by act approved July 13, 1892.

374.56 7, 236.00

Amount available for fiscal year ending June 30, 1893. (See Appendix C 5.)

7,610.56

6. New Bedford Harbor, Massachusets.-New Bedford Harbor is an estuary of Buzzards Bay, and is the port of the cities of New Bedford and Fair Haven.

Before improvement the channel had a depth of about 123 feet at mean low water. Old projects of 1874 and 1877 provided for a channel 300 feet wide and 15 feet deep at mean low water from the deep water just above Palmer Island to the wharves at New Bedford. This work was completed in 1877 at a cost of $20,000.

The present approved project of 1887 provided for a channel 200 feet wide and 18 feet deep at mean low water, at a total cost, as estimated in 1887, of $35,000.

Twenty thousand dollars was appropriated and $12,968.33 W out on this work, up to June 30, 1891; this expenditure resultin excavation to half width of a channel 100 feet wide and 18 fe from the 11-foot bank to the vicinity of the wharves of New Bed During the last fiscal year, work was commenced on Novembe continued to December 1, by which about 2,000 feet length of was widened and deepened.

The work required to complete the existing project is the exca of the remaining half of the channel 200 feet wide and 18 fee extending from the "11-foot bank" to the vicinity of the wha New Bedford, and the removal of a few shoal spots between th foot bank" and Butlers Flats, the southern end of the projected nel.

The balance available will be applied to the continuation project.

July 1, 1891, balance unexpended.

June 30, 1892, amount expended during fiscal year.

July 1, 1892, balance unexpended

July 1, 1892, outstanding liabilities

July 1, 1892, balance available

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 C 6.)

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7. Westport Harbor, Massachusetts.-Westport Harbor is an est on the coast of Massachusetts, lying between Narragansett Bay, R Island, and Buzzards Bay, Massachusetts. The site of the work Horse Neck Point (the north side of the entrance to the harbor.)

Before the commencement of the improvement the site of the pr work was a point of sand forming the northern and eastern boun of the entrance to the harbor, and subject to erosion by the sea tides.

In 1886 $1,000 was appropriated for special protection of Horse Point. This work was completed in 1887.

The present approved project of 1888 provides for the construc of jetties at the end of Horse Neck Point to stop the wearing of point and also for a small amount of dredging in the harbor; the w at a total cost, as estimated in 1888, of $2,000.

One thousand dollars was appropriated and $22.96 was paid out this work up to June 30, 1891; this expenditure being for preparati for field work.

At the beginning of the last fiscal year no work was in progr Work was commenced September 10 and continued to October 9, which the old work at Horse Neck Point was rebuilt and strengthen Preparations have been made for carrying on the work by hi

labor.

The work required to complete the existing project is the extens of the present jetty and the dredging on the Lions Tongue Shoal. The balance on hand will be applied to the completion of the exi ing project.

8. Taunton River, Massachusetts.-This river rises in Norfolk County, Mass., and empties into Narragansett Bay at Fall River. The object of the improvement is to deepen and widen the channel leading to the city of Taunton, at the head of navigation, so that vessels of 11 feet draft can reach the city at high water.

In its original condition the channel was narrow and obstructed by bowlders, and from Berkley Bridge to Taunton the depth was not, in places, more than 5 feet at mean high water. A vessel of 30 tons burden was as large as could go up to Taunton.

From 1870 to 1879 $63,000 was appropriated to secure 9 feet depth at high water. This work was completed in 1879.

The present approved project of 1880, as modified in 1888, provides for a channel 60 feet wide and 11 feet deep from Weir Bridge to the shipyard, a channel 80 feet wide (100 feet at the bends) and 11 feet deep from the shipyard down to and through the Needles and Briggs Shoal; thence to Berkley Bridge a channel of the same width and 12 feet deep, and from Berkley Bridge to the deep water at Dighton the channel was to be 100 feet wide and 12 feet deep. The depths are estimated from high water. The ledge which crossed the bottom of the river at Peter Point and the numerous bowlders which lay on the bottom and sides of the channel from Taunton to Dighton were to be removed, at a total cost, as estimated in 1888, of $108,000.

One hundred and one thousand dollars was appropriated, and $96,654.31 was paid out on this work up to June 30,1891; this expenditure giving results as follows:

With the exception that but 40 feet of the 60 feet of width could be dredged between the bridge at Weir and the shipyard, on account of interfering with private property, and that on account of the hardness and depth of material at the sides the 80-foot channel was not in all cases dredged to its full width, the channel down to Berkley Bridge had been completed. The channel as proposed between Berkley Bridge and Dighton had been completed, with the exception of removing a small amount of ledge rock uncovered in dredging below Peter Point, and had been cleared of bowlders from Taunton down to Berkley Bridge. The work of removal of the ledge at Peter Point had been completed. The material blasted in the channel had been dredged and deposited in the form of a half-tide dam running from Reuben Island to the west shore of the river, with the view of accelerating the current in the dredged channel off and above Dighton and preventing deposits in this part of the channel. Vessels of 11 feet draft can now reach Taunton, at the head of navigation.

The work of dredging with plant belonging to the Government and a hired tug was in progress at the beginning of the fiscal year. The dredging was commenced at the second shoal above Berkley Bridge. and continued up stream. The second reach and a portion of the third were completed.

There remain, to complete the existing project, widening and deepening at a few points above the bridge and the removal of the small amount of ledge rock above referred to.