struction of a crib breakwater 2,000 feet long and 25 to 40 feet wide, built to a height of 6 feet above the water-surface, the estimated cost being $385,129.58. Previous to the commencement of the work these widths were changed to 20, 25, and 30 feet. The structure was completed in 1875, the total length being 2,010 feet and the total cost $290,646.55. In its original condition this harbor afforded no protection to vessels during the prevalence of easterly and northerly gales. Since the completion of the original project commerce has increased so much that additional protection is needed and should be afforded, either by extending the present breakwater or by a detached work, preferably the latter. During the fiscal year ending June 30, 1887, extensive repairs have been made to the breakwater, 315 feet of the decayed superstructure of the inshore end having been renewed, and the heavy damage caused by the severe gale of November 16 and 17, 1886, repaired, the former at a cost of $4,563.64 and the latter of $4,567.42. Serious encroachment has been made by riparian owners upon the part of the harbor protected by the breakwater, reducing its area and impairing its efficiency as a harbor of refuge. The subject has been brought to the attention of the local authorities, and until the question of harbor limits has been satisfactorily adjusted no appropriation is asked for continuing the improvement. July 1, 1886, amount available..... Received from sale of fuel to officer.. Amount appropriated by act approved August 5, 1886... July 1, 1887, amount expended during fiscal year, exclusive of liabilities outstanding July 1, 1886.. July 1, 1887, amount available.. (See Appendix G G 5.) $11,063. 52 36.00 10,000.00 21,099.52 10, 775.70 10,323.82 6. Harbor of Refuge, Grand Marais, Michigan.—The present project for the improvement of this harbor was adopted in 1881, the object being to provide a harbor of refuge for vessels navigating Lake Superior, and consists in the formation of an artificial entrance to the natural harbor of Grand Marais, having an available capacity of 160 acres, capable of being increased to 240 acres hereafter, in case the increased needs of commerce demand it. This artificial entrance is to be formed of two parallel crib-piers 500 feet apart with a dredged channel between, 300 feet wide and 18 to 20 feet deep, cut through the sand-spit north of the harbor, connecting the deep water of the lake with that of the harbor. The natural channel was variable and crooked, with but 6 feet of water. During the fiscal year ending June 30, 1887, 200 feet of the west and 50 feet of the east pier were riprapped, and an attempt made in the fall of 1886 to reset the outer crib of the west pier washed out by severe storms. In June, 1887, work was commenced under contract which will extend the west pier 450 feet. The amount expended to June 30, 1887, is $103,017.68, and has resulted in the construction of two piers, the first 100 feet of each being a pile-dike, the remaining 950 feet of the west pier and 750 feet of the east pier being crib-work. Thirty-two thousand one hundred and four cubic yards of material have also been removed by dredging. The appropriation asked is to be applied to continuing pier construction. The importance of completing this work at an early day can hardly be overestimated, and the great increase in the commerce of Lake Superior would seem to justify large annual appropriations until the harbor is completed. July 1, 1886, amount available Amount appropriated by act approved August 5, 1886 July 1, 1887, amount expended during fiscal year, exclusive of liabilities outstanding July 1, 1886 July 1, 1887, amount available .......... $4, 143. 62 26, 250.00 30, 393, 62 2, 161.30 28, 232.32 318, 750.00 Amount (estimated) required for completion of existing project ... (See Appendix G G 6.) 7. Manistique Harbor, Michigan.-The present project for the improvement of this harbor was adopted in 1880, and consisted in dredging between the piers built by the Chicago Lumbering Company, increasing the depth of the channel to 12 feet for a width of 150 feet. The natural channel of entrance to the mouth of the Manistique River was 7 feet deep. By private enterprise a slab-pier 3,000 feet long had been built at the mouth of the river and a channel dredged to 10 feet before any appropriation had been made by the Government. By the acts of 1880 and 1881 the sum of $6,000 was appropriated for this harbor, in order to dredge a channel 150 feet wide and 12 feet deep between the piers built by a local lumbering company. Dredging was done to the amount of 11,780 cubic yards, and the work was then sus. pended in consequence of the refusal of the company controlling the harbor to rectify their pier-lines when rebuilding the same. No work has been done during the year. No appropriation is asked for this harbor. July 1, 1896, amount available... July 1, 1887, amount available.. (See Appendix G G 7.) $3,501.79 3,501.79 8. Cedar River Harbor, Michigan.—The present project for the improvement of this harbor was adopted in 1882, with a modification in the direction of the piers in 1884, the object being to afford a channel of entrance of navigable width and 14 feet in depth. Previous to the improvement the mouth of the river was 175 feet wide and 8 to 10 feet deep, with a 3-foot bar in front of the mouth. Improvements had been made by private parties prior to the commencement of Government work. The amount expended to June 30, 1887, is $27,329.98, and has resulted in the construction of two pile-piers, 754 and 350 feet long respectively, in continuation of the slab-docks built by private parties, and a channel that at last accounts, October, 1885, was 50 feet wide and 13 deep, and 100 feet wide for a depth of 11 feet. For the next fiscal year no appropriation is asked for, the commerce of Cedar River being entirely local. July 1, 1836, amount available July 1, 1887, amount available 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 G G 8.) 9. Menomonee Harbor, Michigan and Wisconsin.-The present project for the improvement of this harbor was adopted in 1871 and modified in 1874, the object being to afford a channel of entrance of navigable width and not less than 14 feet depth. Previous to the improvement of this harbor the depth of water at the mouth of the Menomonee River was about 4 feet and the river was navigable for boats of that draught for some 2 miles above its mouth. The amount expended to June 30, 1887, is $199,899.49, and has resulted in the construction of two piers, with a dredged chanuel between 14 feet deep and 270 feet wide, this channel extending across a bar about 350 feet beyond the south pier. The north pier consists of three parts, 585 feet of slab-pier, 609 feet of pile-pier, and 660 feet of cribs, or a total of 1,854 feet. The south pier consists of 1,900 feet of pile-pier and 810 feet of cribs, making a total of 2,710 feet. The appropriation asked is to be applied to repairs and such dredg ing as may be necessary from time to time. July 1, 1886, amount available..... Amount appropriated by act approved August 5, 1886. July 1, 1887, amount expended during fiscal year, exclusive of liabilities outstanding July 1, 1886.. July 1, 1887, amount available... (Amount (estimated) required for completion of existing project.... Amount that can be profitably expended in fiscal year ending June 30,1889 Submitted in compliance with requirements of sections 2 of river and harbor acts of 1866 and 1867. (See Appendix G G 9.) $3, 130. 17 3,000.00 6, 130. 17 3,029.66 3, 100.51 9.000.00 9,000.00 10. Oconto Harbor, Wisconsin.-In its natural condition the channel at the entrance to Oconto River was obstructed by a bar with less than 2 feet of water over it. Previous to 1881, when the first appropriation was made for its improvement, the citizens had, by the construction of a small amount of slab-pier, and by dredging, increased the depth to 35 feet. The project of improvement proposes to secure an 8-foot channel from deep water in Green Bay to the city of Oconto by dredging and the construction of piers, at an estimated cost of $150,000. During the fiscal year ending June 30, 1887, 65,661 cubic yards of material were removed, mainly from between the piers, and minor repairs were made to the south pier. A beginning was also made in reinforcing 1,200 feet of the south pier. The total amount expended to June 30, 1887, is $43,895.86, resulting in the building of two piers, the north one 1,603 feet, and the south one 2,151 feet in length, the latter being the full length contemplated by the approved project; and in the removal of 207,641 cubic yards of material by dredging. The navigation interests at Oconto are at present dependent upon the business of three lumber companies located there, and the benefits to be derived are essentially local. The officer in charge recommends that, in case of further appropriations, the expenditure of money be contingent on repairs being made by the city of Oconto to the old part of the pier built by private enterprise. July 1, 1886, amount available.... Amount appropriated by act approved August 5, 1886. July 1, 1887, amount expended during fiscal year, exclusive of liabilities outstanding July 1, 1886.... July 1, 1887, amount available ..... Amount (estimated) required for completion of existing project.... (See Appendix G G 10.) $102.51 8,000.00 8, 102.51 3,998. 37 4, 104. 14 102,000.00 2.000.00 11. Pensaukee Harbor, Wisconsin.-The first appropriation for this harbor was made in 1882. At that time the facilities of the natural channel of the Pensaukee River had been increased, by private enterprise, by the construction of 1,600 linear feet of continuous slab-pier and by dredging from a depth of 2 feet to a depth varying from 7 to 9 feet, with a width of 30 feet. The project of improvement of this harbor, adopted in 1882, consists in the construction of a single slab-pier 2,500 feet in length in continuation of the pier built by private enterprise, and the dredging of a channel 10 feet deep and 100 feet wide on the south side of the pier. There was no work done at this harbor during the fiscal year. The total amount expended to June 30, 1887, is $10,552.08, resulting in the construction of 1,300 feet of the proposed extension of the pier and the dredging of 5,698 cubic yards of material, making a channel 25 feet wide and 10 feet deep. The entire length of the pier is 2,900 feet, the inshore 1,600 feet having been built by private enterprise. There being at present no commercial or navigation interests to be benefited by improving the harbor, and the harbor itself not being needed as a harbor of refuge, further operations have been suspended. July 1, 1886, amount available July 1, 1887, amount available 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 G G 11.) $4,446.92 4,446.92 35,000.00 12. Green Bay Harbor, Wisconsin.-Before the improvement of this harbor was begun the channel between the mouth of Fox River and the deep water in Green Bay was circuitous and narrow, with but 6 feet of water at its shoalest point. The project of improvement was adopted in 1866 and modified in 1872 and 1881, its object being to secure a channel 200 feet wide, 14 feet deep, and 2 miles long, in place of the natural channel with a revetted cut across Grassy Island. During the fiscal year ending June 30, 1887, stone filling has been placed in the east revetment of Grassy Island. The total expenditures since the beginning of the improvement amount to $272,164.86, resulting in a dredged channel 10,600 feet long, 200 feet wide, and 14 feet deep, except where occasional shoals reduce the depth to 13 feet, and the construction of 1,325 linear feet of pile and timber revetment on the sides of the cut through Grassy Island. The appropriation asked will be applied to dredging the channel to the dimensions called for by the present project. July 1, 1886, amount available... Received from sale of fuel to officer Amount appropriated by act approved August 5, 1886.. $42. 10 36.00 7,000.00 July 1, 1887, amount expended during fiscal year, exclusive of liabilities outstanding July 1, 1886.. July 1, 1887, amount available.... 7,078. 10 1, 656. 96 5, 421. 14 30,000.00 Amount (estimated) required for completion of existing project..... (See Appendix G G 12.) 13. Harbor of Refuge at entrance of Sturgeon Bay Canal, Wisconsin.— Before the construction of this harbor was undertaken the location afforded no shelter at all from storms ranging from northeast to southwest. The project of constructing a harbor of refuge at this point was adopted in 1873 and modified in 1879 and 1880. The modified project provides for the construction of two piers, each 1,200 feet long, 850 feet apart at the shore line, protecting the lake entrance to the canal, and converging so as to make the harbor entrance 235 feet wide, and to inclose an area of about 10 acres. During the fiscal year ending June 30, 1887, 11,245 cubic yards of material were dredged from the harbor; 1014 cords of stone were used in riprapping the two piers last fall, and this year thorough repairs were made, the total cost being $1,360.97. The total expenditure at this harbor since the beginning of the improvement has been $160,988.79, resulting in the entire completion of the piers as projected, and in the dredging out of 132,344 cubic yards of material, affording a channel 16 feet deep at the entrance, and 14 feet or over thence to the canal, making a depth of 14 feet over the greater part of the sheltered area. No money is asked for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1889, as it is thought the unexpended balance will be sufficient for maintenance and repairs. July 1, 1886, amount available... Received from sale of fuel to officer.. Amount appropriated by act approved August 5, 1886.. July 1, 1887, amount expended during fiscal year, exclusive of liabilities outstanding July 1, 1886.... July 1, 1887, amount available... (See Appendix G G 13.) $2,205.58 16.50 5,000.00 7, 222.08 3, 194. 37 4,027.71 The report of the Board of Engineer officers, constituted to comply with provisions of the river and harbor act of August 5, 1886, to examine into the relation to commerce of the Sturgeon Bay canal, as also into all matters giving information as to the desirability and expediency of its acquisition and improvement, was transmitted to Congress January 24, 1887, and printed as House Ex. Doc. No. 106, Forty-ninth Congress, second session. (See also Appendix G G 13.) 14. Ahnapee Harbor, Wisconsin.-Previous to the improvement of this harbor the depth of water at the mouth of the Wolf River was only about 2 feet. |