PP 7. IMPROVING HARBOR AT CAPE VINCENT, N. Y. REPORT OF OPERATIONS. October 9, 1910, the excavation of trench for the foundation of the proposed 220 feet extension of breakwater was begun, and continued until November 22, 1910. United States plant and hired labor were used. There were removed 1,523 cubic yards of mud, clay, and sand, at an average cost of 86 cents per cubic yard. The filling of trench with stone was begun immediately after the excavation was finished. Six hundred and ninety-eight tons of stone were placed before the suspension of work for the season of 1910. One hundred and ninety-nine and thirty-six one-hundredths tons of stone were also placed in the trench during May, 1911, at an average cost per ton of $1.15. Specifications for the extension to the breakwater have been prepared and approved. A watchman was on duty during the year to regulate the mooring of vessels to the breakwater. Amount that can be profitably expended in fiscal year ending June 30, 1913, for works of improvement.. COMMERCIAL STATISTICS. 1 $36,000 Season of navigation.-Year, 1910; opened, March 26; closed, December 24. A survey was made of all the channels in the harbor during May, 1911. Specifications for dredging the channels were prepared, the work advertised, and bids opened May 15, 1911. Work under contract to be made with the Duluth Marine Contracting Co. will commence at the beginning of the next fiscal year. APPROPRIATIONS. For previous projects (as listed in H. Doc. 421, 57th Cong., 2d sess.).. $282,000.00 15,000. 00 20,000.00 15,000.00 9, 938. 29 75,000.00 100, 000. 00 516, 938. 29 CONTRACTS IN FORCE. No contracts in force. |