The amount asked for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1889, is to be applied to completing the harbor under the approved project. 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 J J 11.) $2,235.00 5,000.00 7,235.00 473.95 6,761.05 15,000.00 15,000.00 12. Saugatuck Harbor, Michigan.-The channel originally made by local enterprise was narrow, and not more than 7 feet deep in the best water. The project for its improvement, adopted in 1869, was to obtain a channel of entrance of navigable width and an available depth of 10 feet. The amount expended to June 30, 1886, was $124,083.78, in obtaining a narrow channel with a depth of about 8 feet inside and 11 feet on the bar. The amount expended during the fiscal year ending June 30, 1887, was $706.70, including outstanding liabilities, applied to contingencies of the work and office expenses. Contracts had been made for material for rebuilding the south revetment above the bend. The depth of water remains about the same as last year. The amount asked for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1889, is to be applied to repairing piers and revetments, and maintaining the exist ing condition of the improvement. July 1, 1886, amount available...... Amount appropriated by act approved August 5, 1888 July 1, 1887, amount expended during fiscal year, exclusive of liabilities outstanding July 1, 1886... $3,355.22 8,000.00 11, 355, 22 $676.70 July 1, 1887, outstanding liabilities.. July 1, 1887, amount available 706.70 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 J J 12.) 10, 648.52 5.000.00 13. South Haven Harbor, Michigan.-The channel originally made by private enterprise was narrow and not more than 7 feet deep. The present project for its improvement, adopted in 1866, and modified in 1879, was to obtain a channel of entrance of navigable width, and not less than 14 feet deep. The amount expended to June 30, 1886, was $171,451.39, in obtaining a channel of navigable width, 12 feet deep between the piers, 10.5 feet deep up to the railway dock, and 14 feet on the bar. The amount expended during the fiscal year ending June 30, 1887, was $766.67, including outstanding liabilities, applied to contingencies of the work and office expenses. A contract has been made for placing one crib 50 feet by 30 feet in extension of south pier. The work was commenced June 14. The present depth of water in channel between the piers is 11.5 feet— on outer bar not less than 14 feet. The amount that can be profitably expended during the fiscal year ending June 30, 1889, is to be applied to pier extension and dredging under the approved project, and to general repairs. July 1, 1886, amount available Amount appropriated by act approved August 5, 1886.. $5,548.61 5,000.00 10,548.61 July 1, 1887, amount expended during fiscal year, exclusive of liabilities outstanding July 1, 1886.. $706.67 July 1, 1887, outstanding liabilities 60.00 766.67 July 1, 1887, amount available..... 9,781.94 77,500.00 Amount (estimated) required for completion of existing project.......... harbor acts of 1866 and 1867. (See Appendix J J 13.) 14. Saint Joseph Harbor, Michigan.-The natural channel was originally about 250 feet wide and 12 feet deep at the entrance, shoaling to 9 feet in the river above. The present project, adopted in 1866, and modified in 1874, was to obtain a channel of entrance of navigable width and not less than 16 feet deep. The amount expended to June 30, 1885, was $317,474.14, in securing a channel of entrance 14 feet deep, and a canal leading to Benton Harbor, 100 feet wide and about 11 feet deep. The amount expended during the fiscal year ending June 30, 1887, was $20,094.29, including outstanding liabilities, in rebuilding the old revetment on the north side of the channel for a distance of about 550 feet. The present depth of water between the piers is 15 feet. The amount asked for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1889, is to be applied to rebuilding the superstructure of old north pier, and in general repairs to piers and revetments. July 1, 1886, amount available ...... Amount appropriated by act approved August 5, 1886.. $14,638.86 10,000.00 24,638.86 July 1, 1887, amount expended during fiscal year, exclusive of liabilities outstanding July 1, 1886. $19, 838.72 July 1, 1887, outstanding liabilities.. 255.57 20,094. 29 July 1, 1887, amount available 4,544,57 Amount (estimated) required for completion of existing project... (See Appendix J J 14.) 41,015.00 20,000. 00 15. Michigan City Harbor, Indiana-Outer Harbor.-Work at this harbor was commenced by the Government in 1836. The project of 1857 for the construction of a breakwater has been modified, and in 1870 provided for pier extensions and dredging of channel. In 1870 provision was made for an exterior harbor, and in 1882 it was further modified, and an exterior breakwater west of the harbor entrance and the construction of a pier at west end of exterior breakwater of outer harbor added. The amount expended to June 30, 1886, was $809,280.88 in the completion of the outer harbor, with the exception of some dredging and the extension of the pier at its western extremity 350 feet. The depth of water was sufficient to admit the largest class of vessels on the lakes. The amount expended during the fiscal year ending June 30, 1887, was $21,115.12, including outstanding liabilities, in general repairs to breakwater and piers, and partially rebuilding old west pier; also in repairs to plant. The least depth of water at entrance was 14.6 feet. The amount asked for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1889, is to be applied to the construction of the west exterior breakwater, the completion of the breakwater pier at entrance, and rebuilding of superstructures of crib and pile work forming outer harbor. July 1, 1886, amount available... Amount appropriated by act approved August 5, 1886... $5, 137.71 54,375.00 July 1, 1887, outstanding liabilities... 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 J J 15.) 395, 625.00 150, 000. 00 Inner Harbor.-The site of the present inner harbor was originally a small creek, crooked, and with a depth insufficient for commercial purposes. The first project was that of 1870 for dredging up to the railroad bridge. In 1878 this was modified by providing for extending the inner harbor up Trail Creek by dredging-was adopted, the cut to be 120 feet wide and 15 feet deep, the city to revet the cut. The amount expended to June 30, 1886, was $93,189.67, in giving a depth of 17 feet up to a point 600 feet south of Sixth Street Bridge. The depth above to within 500 feet of upper basin was 13 feet. The amount expended during the fiscal year ending June 30, 1887, was $880.92, including outstanding liabilities, in removing 1,430 cubic yards of material and in general repairs to plant. The least depth of water up to lower basin, at end of year, was 13 feet. The amount that can be profitably expended during the fiscal year ending June 30, 1889, is to be applied to continuation of dredging according to approved project. Amount appropriated by act approved August 5, 1886 July 1, 1886, amount available $2,299. 17 1,875.00 4, 174. 17 July 1, 1887, amount expended during fiscal year, exclusive of liabilities outstanding July 1, 1886.. $842.34 July 1, 1887, outstanding liabilities. 38.58 880, 92 July 1, 1887, amount available .............. 3,293.25 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. 5,000.00 (See Appendix J J 15.) EXAMINATIONS AND SURVEYS FOR IMPROVEMENT, TO COMPLY WITH REQUIREMENTS OF THE RIVER AND HARBOR ACT Of August 5, 1886. The required preliminary examinations of the following localities were made by the local engineer in charge, Captain Lockwood, and reported by him as not worthy of improvement. 1. Grand River, Michigan.-(See Appendix J J 16.) 2. Pigeon River, Michigan.-(See Appendix J J 17.) 3. Carp River, Michigan, at Leland, with a view to affording an entrance to Carp Lake for harbor of refuge.-(See Appendix J J 18.) 4. Lake Michigan, at Empire, with a view to cutting a channel across the bar from Lake Michigan to Bar Lake.-(See Appendix J J 19.) 5. Grand Traverse Bay, with a view to connecting it with Torch Lake, near Eastport, Michigan.-(See Appendix J J 20.) IMPROVEMENT OF ST. MARY'S RIVER-ENLARGEMENT OF AND OPERATING ST. MARY'S FALLS CANAL-CONSTRUCTION OF HARBOR OF REFUGE ON LAKE HURON, AND IMPROVEMENT OF CERTAIN HARBORS ON LAKE HURON AND OF SAGINAW RIVER-PRESERVATION OF AND OPERATING ST. CLAIR FLATS CANAL-IMPROVEMENT OF DETROIT RIVER. Officer in charge, Lieut. Col. O. M. Poe, Corps of Engineers, with Lieut. H. F. Hodges, Corps of Engineers, under his immediate orders. 1. St. Mary's Falls Canal and River, Michigan.-This improvement, originally projected to obtain a 16-foot navigation between Lakes Superior and Huron, has been completed accordingly, and the demands of commerce have so enormously increased that it is now proposed to further improve the route to obtain a depth of 20 feet. By the river and harbor act of August 5, 1886, the sum of $250,000 was appropriated for beginning the work, thus giving formal approval to the general project, a necessary part of which is the construction of a new lock upon the site of the old State locks, to have a length of 800 feet between gates, a width of 100 feet throughout, a depth of 21 feet on the mitersills, and a lift of 18 feet. The canal is to be deepened to correspond. The estimated cost of this enlargement of the canal and lock is $4,738,865, for the details of which see Appendix K K of this report. The urgency for rapid progress in the construction of the work is so great (and is shown by the statistics for the past fiscal year to be so immediately upon us), that an estimate of $1,000,000 for the prosecution of the work during the fiscal year ending June 30, 1889, is none too large. Received from sale of fuel..... Amount appropriated by act approved August 5, 1886. $26.63 250,000.00 250, 026.63 July 1, 1887, amount expended during fiscal year, exclusive of liabilities outstanding July 1, 1886 July 1, 1887, outstanding liabilities -$14,743. 45 22, 117, 21 July 1, 1887, amount available ..... 227,909.42 Amount (estimated) required for completion of existing project..... 4,738.865.00 Amount that can beprofitably expended in fiscal year ending June 30, 1889 1.000.000.00 Submitted in compliance with requirements of sections 2 of river and harbor acts of 1866 and 1867. (See Appendix KK 1.) 2. Operating and care of St. Mary's Falls Canal, Michigan.-During the fiscal year the canal was opened to navigation 218 days. It was closed for the winter December 4, 1886, and opened for the current season May 1, 1887. Seven thousand nine hundred and twenty-six vessels, etc., representing a registered tonage of 4,388,691 tons, and carrying 4,882,802 tons of freight and 28,848 passengers, passed through in 3,692 lockages. The staple articles transported were 1,173,544 tons of coal, 35,402 tons of copper, 1,543,443 barrels of flour, 22,637,376 bushels of grain, 2,172,304 tons of iron ore, 116,324 tons of pig and manufactured iron, 151,333,000 feet, board measure, of lumber, 157,139 barrels of salt, 1,129 tons of silver ore, 10,326 tons of building-stone, and 256,728 tons of unclassified freight. The expense of operating and care for the fiscal year was $22,138.92. The receipts for dry-docking, etc., were $452. The estimated amount required for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1888, is $31,000, all of which is already provided for by indefinite appropriation. (See Appendix K K 2.) 3. Dry-dock at St. Mary's Falls Canal, Michigan.-There is nothing to add to the subject matter of preceding reports in regard to this work beyond the fact that the construction of the coffer-dam inclosing the site of the proposed lock at St. Mary's Falls Canal has reached that stage which renders necessary the tracing out of the walls of the old lower lock, and therefore all projects aiming at converting the old State locks into a dry-dock must be considered as disposed of. The proposition to locate a dry dock in immediate proximity to the lockage system is as objectionable as ever, but if it should be decided to do so, then the location heretofore referred to at the eastern end of the area transferred from the Fort Brady military reservation to the Canal reservation is the least objectionable. Amount (estimate) required for construction of a dry-dock at point indicated.$323,872 Amount that can be profitably expended in fiscal year ending June 30, 1889. 150,000 which should be added to the $65,000 (more or less) which it is understood the State of Michigan holds in readiness to transfer to the United States for the purpose of contructing a dry-dock at St. Mary's Falls Canal. (See Appendix K K 3.) 4. Hay Lake Channel, St. Mary's River, Michigan.-The original estimates for this improvement were based upon a project for a channel 300 feet wide, 17 feet deep, leaving the present navigable channel of St. Mary's River at Sugar Island Rapids (about 24 miles below the canal), through these into Hay Lake, and then, by way of the Middle Neebish, rejoining the present navigable channel at the foot of Sugar Island, thus saving a distance of 11 miles and obtaining a route which it is practicable to so mark with lights as to be navigable at night, a condition impracticable with the present route. The estimated cost of this project was $2,127,292. The project was subsequently modified to increase the depth to 20 feet, the estimate of cost being $2,659,115-subject to change, however, in case unexpected difficulties are developed during the progress of the work. The amount thus far appropriated for the work is $475,000, all of which has either been expended or is covered by existing contracts, |