Consolidated statement, July 5, 1884, to June 30, 1892. Act of July 5, 1884 Act of February 22, 1890. Act of September 19, 1890 Total specific appropriations. Balances from former appropriations: Act of August 2, 1882, applied to works above Sioux City, Survey Missouri River from mouth to Fort Benton..... Total balances.... Received from sales and deposits............. Total available Expended to June 30, 1892 12 0 12 0 12 0 10 20 1 8 3 0 12 0 12 0 Balance June 30, 1892 201, 816. 75 List of civilian engineers employed on work of river and harbor improvements in charge of Missouri River Commission from July 1, 1891, to June 30, 1892, inclusive, under the river and harbor acts of July 5, 1884 (survey of Missouri River above Missouri River Falls, Fort Benton, Mont.), August 11, 1888 (improving Missouri River), and September 19, 1890 (improving Missouri River from its mouth to Sioux City, Iowa). Name and residence. Samuel H. Yonge, Kansas City, Mo. D. W. Wellinan, St. Louis, Mo. J. A. Seddon, St. Louis, Mo Time em- Mos. Dys. 22 2 11 APPENDIX A. ANNUAL REPORT OF SECRETARY MISSOURI RIVER COMMISSION, 1892. St. Louis, Mo., June 30, 1892. SIR: I have the honor to submit the following annual report of the work in charge of the secretary of this Commission for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1892. Very respectfully, your obedient servant, Lieut. Col. CHAS. R. SUTER, J. C. SANFORD, First Lieutenant of Engineers, Secretary. President Missouri River Commission. SURVEYS. Secondary triangulation.-The field work of secondary triangulation over the entire length of the river was completed in December, 1890; but some office work remained to be done in the past year. The geodetic coordinates of all the stations from Three Forks, Mont., to the mouth of the river, referring stations to parallels and meridians three minutes apart, for use in mapping, have been computed. The elevations above sea level for stations between Three Forks, Mont., and Fort Benton, Mont., from vertical angles read at the stations, have been reduced, and are appended. (Appendix A 2.) Shore-line survey below Sioux City, Iowa.-The rapid shore-line survey made in the fall of 1890 left unexamined considerable areas of back topography where cut-off's and other large changes in the position of the river had occurred since the survey of 1878-79. To correct this topography two skiff parties were organized, the one leaving St. Joseph, Mo., on September 8, to work to the mouth of the river, the other leaving Sioux City on September 17, to work to Jones Point, Nebr. The first party completed their work November 12. The second party reached Jones Point October 13. This party had at Omaha been increased and reorganized, in order to make a complete shore-line survey, including back topography, from Jones Point to St. Joseph. A canvas-covered quarter boat had been prepared for the increased party at Omaha, and was used by them during the remainder of the season. The boat was similar to that described in the Annual Report of the Chief of Engineers for 1891, except that one of the small barges (64 by 16 feet) owned by the Commission formed the hull, and the dimensions of the canvas cover were 50 by 13 feet. This boat gave equally good satisfaction with that described in the above report, though used in a very different kind of river; so that I feel justified in repeating my commendation (Annual Report, 1891) of this class of boats. The work of the second party was completed December 9, and the party disbanded. Special surveys.-At Three Forks, Mont., between September 17 and September 28, a small party made a survey of the numerous channels connecting the Jefferson and Madison rivers. They also roughly gauged the discharge of these rivers above the connecting sloughs, as well as below the junction of the two rivers, gauging likewise the Gallatin River and the Missouri River proper. A special survey of the river in the vicinity of the bridge at Boonville, Mo., was made December 14-18, to determine the changes that had occurred in the channel in 1891. The following special surveys were made under direction of the division engineers during the year: Sioux City, Iowa, from Milwaukee Point to the Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis and Omaha Railway Bridge. Sioux City, levels on dike lines. From the mouth of Boyer Creek, Iowa, to the Union Pacific Railway Bridge at Omaha, Nebr. Right bank in vicinity of Florence Lake, East Omaha. Nebraska City Reach, Nebraska and Iowa. Atchison Reach, Kansas and Missouri, partial shore-line survey. From mouth of Bee Creek, Missouri, to foot of Bee Creek Bend, near Fort Vicinity of three coal dumps in the river at Leavenworth. Street lines at Kansas City, Kans., and Kansas City, Mo., connected with Missouri River survey stations. Kansas River at Riverview Bridge, Kansas City, Kans. From mouth of Kansas River to Hannibal and St. Joseph Railway Bridge, Dikes at Harlem, Mo.; outline survey of accretions. From 14 miles below Claysville, Mo., to Bonnots Mill, Mo. Lands of protesting landowners on Dodds Island, Mo., and in vicinity of Bonnots Mill, Mo. |