camps suitably located along the line of work, and heavy plant is on the ground as follows: 4 steam shovels, 1 land dredge, 15 locomotives, 83 4-yard dump cars, 36 small dump cars, 1 rock-crushing plant (complete), 1 sand-grinding plant, 2 concrete-mixing plants, 2 air-compressor plants, about 30 steam and air drills, 9 derricks (complete with engines and boilers), 1 electric lighting plant, 2 deep wells (with pumping plants complete), 31 horses (with wagons and scraper outfits), extra boilers for steam drills, and a complete machine, carpenter, and blacksmith shop sufficient for maintaining the above plant in good condition. The construction work done by the hired labor force during the past fiscal year, in addition to building and care of camps, installation and repair of plant, etc., is as follows, most of said work having been done the latter half of the year: The total expenditures for the fiscal year in connection with hired labor work, including plant, buildings, general supplies, labor, superintendence, etc., were $648,490.81. It is proposed to expend the available funds in further construction by hired labor and purchase of materials, this method being believed to be the most advantageous on account of greater flexibility. Estimate of additional funds required. Amount that can be profitably expended in fiscal year ending June 30, 1913, for works of improvement.. APPROPRIATIONS. Appropriated prior to adoption of present project (see H. Doc. No. 421, 57th Cong., 2d sess.)... Mar. 3, 1905.. $350,000.00 50,000.00 250,000.00 100,000.00 336,000.00 164,000.00 600,000.00 600, 000. 00 70.93 2, 450, 070.93 Formal: CONTRACTS IN FORCE. Name of contractor: Caughren, Winters, Smith & Co., Spokane, Wash. Character: Constructing portion of Dalles-Celilo Canal. 320,000 cubic yards solid rock excavation, at 90 cents per cubic yard. 165,000 cubic yards common excavation, at 28 cents per cubic yard. 4,000 cubic yards rubble masonry, at $6 per cubic yard. 1,000 linear feet bolt and anchor holes, at $1 per linear foot. 2,000 pounds cast iron, at 5 cents per pound. 1,000 pounds wrought iron, at 6 cents per pound. 2,000 pounds reenforcing rods, at 6 cents per pound. 1,000 linear feet drain tile, at 50 cents per linear foot. 5 acres clearing, at $25 per acre. 400,000 cubic yards overhaul, per 1,000 feet, at 10 cents per cubic yard. Approved: November 9, 1908. Date of beginning: 30 days after date of notification of approval of contract. Formal: Name of contractor: Robert Wakefield, Portland, Oreg. Date of contract: October 14, 1909. Character: Removing rock from Columbia River near Big Eddy. Approximate quantities with prices: 6,000 cubic yards class A rock, at $2 per cubic yard. Approved: October 23, 1909. Date of beginning: 30 days after notification of approval of contract. Lease: Name of lessor: Lewis Investment Co., Portland, Oreg. Date of lease: November 1, 1910. Character: Hire and lease of 9 rooms. Price: $195 per month. Approved: Authorized by Chief of Engineers, October 24, 1910. Date of beginning: November 1, 1910. Date of expiration: June 30, 1911. Renewal: July 1, 1911. Date of expiration: June 30, 1912. COMMERCIAL STATISTICS, 1910. Vessel classification. American, unregistered, licensed, and enrolled river steamers.. 15 1, 561 43 Passengers.. 1 Number of vessels working in connection with Oregon State Portage. Freight traffic handled by Oregon State Portage Ry. between Big Eddy and Celilo, Oreg. Average haul, length of Portage railway, 9 miles. The State Portage road was extended to The Dalles, Oreg., and since about April 8, 1911, The Dalles was made the western terminus of the railway. TT 9. CANAL AT THE CASCADES, COLUMBIA RIVER, OREG. Information concerning this project and the status of the improvement will be found in the summary of this report. OPERATIONS DURING THE FISCAL YEAR 1911. The status of this improvement remains practically as reported for several years past, as no funds have been available for finishing the incompleted items of the approved project. No construction work was carried on during the year, all expenditures having been on account of maintenance. The completion of the land wall on the south side of the upper lock is the most important of these items and should be undertaken at an early date. This wall would replace a sloping bank of earth, and by restricting the capacity of the lock to its contemplated dimensions shorten the time required for lockage. It would also stop the seepage of the water through the bank from the upper to the lower lock, and the cut-off wall at the middle gates, which occurs at high water, and which is becoming more pronounced, and may become serious. The estimated cost of the south wall is $100,000. The act of June 25, 1910, appropriated the sum of $5,000 for the removal of obstructions in the rapids immediately below the locks. There were several dangerous submerged rocks in this part of the river and many large bowlders and projecting points of reefs and old fish leads on the banks between high and low water marks, making it dangerous for ascending steamboats, which hug the shore in high water to escape the swift current. This work was undertaken by hired labor with a small crew and steamboat, about February 1, 1911, when the river was at a stage about 2 feet above low water. The work closed March 18, 1911, on account of a rising river. On the Washington side of the river, between the Summit and Sheridans Point, several old fish leads were removed, and 170 bowlders lying below high-water mark were broken On the opposite (Oregon) shore the bank below high-water mark was smoothed down by blasting bowlders and points of reefs for a distance of a quarter of a mile. Four dangerous submerged rocks in the channel near Middle Landing, on which the depth at low water varied from 4 to 5 feet, were removed by blasting. The banks are now in good condition, but several dangerous submerged rocks and reefs remain to be removed, which can only be done to advantage with a suitable steamboat at a low stage of the river. This opportunity will not occur until low water next season. Total cost of the above-mentioned work was $2,228.18. Estimate of additional funds required. Amount that can be profitably expended in fiscal year ending June 30, 1913, for works of improvement......... 1 $100,000 APPROPRIATIONS. Appropriated prior to adoption of the modified project of 1894 (see June 3, 1896.. June 11, 1896. Mar. 3, 1899. June 13, 1902. Mar. 3, 1905. Mar. 3, 1905 (allotted).. June 25, 1910... Receipts from sales. $3,443, 403. 00 50,000.00 179, 597.00 75, 000. 00 30,000. 00 30,000.00 1,000. 00 5,000.00 11, 629. 48 Total...... TT 10. 3,825, 629. 48 OPERATING AND CARE OF CANAL AND LOCKS AT THE CASCADES OF THE COLUMBIA RIVER, OREG. The canal and locks around the Cascades of the Columbia River are about 150 miles above the mouth of the latter in the Pacific Ocean, and, though not wholly finished, are able to pass steamboats drawing 8 feet of water. They were formally opened to navigation on November 5, 1896. OPERATIONS DURING THE FISCAL YEAR 1911. The locks have been available for the passage of boats every day during the fiscal year. In addition to the usual work of care and maintenance of locks, grounds, pipe line, and machinery, the canal entrances were dredged to clear them of silt deposited by the summer freshet of 1910. This 1 Exclusive of the balance unexpended July 1, 1911. 10822°-ENG 1911-173 work was done by hired labor with the Government dredging plant consisting of a 1-yard orange peel bucket dredge and two bottom dump scows. Dredging operations commenced August 30 and ceased early in December, 1910. During the season the dredge worked 65 days and removed 34,160 cubic yards of deposit, mostly from the upper entrance to the canal, at a total cost of $5,308.61, unit cost 15.5 cents per cubic yard. The dredged material was dumped into the river above the rapids and carried away by the current. In addition to the dredging, the silt deposited on the top of the walls of the lower entrance was removed by hand. During the season the dredge was rented to the Wind River Lumber Co. 13 days to remove deposit in front of its log incline, under authority granted by the department July 26, 1910, no other dredge being available for hire in this locality. The work of cleaning and painting the steel lock gates was carried on intermittently whenever the conditions of weather and river permitted, from August, 1910, to May, 1911. The exposed parts of the gates were first cleaned with a sand blast and then given two coats of paint. The painting of the upper guard gates was finished in November, 1910, and the apparatus removed to the lower lock gates. The work of painting these gates was suspended on April 30 on account of high water. Eighteen thousand six hundred and seventy-six square feet of surface was cleaned and painted during the fiscal year. The four dwellings used for quarters by the lock attendants were given two coats of paint outside, and the walls of three of them Kalsomined. The machine shop, barn, and waiting room were also painted outside. The turbine and 12-inch centrifugal pump, pipes, and connections were removed, cleaned, and painted. The maneuvering machinery was overhauled and repaired. Four new gate cables were installed. The proposed installation of an electric light plant at the locks was abandoned, it being the intention when it becomes expedient to install electric lighting by placing the fixtures in the various buildings and purchasing current from the local company which supplies light to the town. A summary of expenditures made in operating and caring for Cascades Canal, Oreg., during the fiscal year ending June 30, 1911, submitted in compliance with river and harbor act of July 5, 1884, as amended and reenacted by section 6 of the river and harbor act of March 3, 1909, follows: Office expenses, superintendence, and contingencies Materials for repairs, etc..... Tools, oil, fuel, etc... $9,288. 09 3,769. 53 344. 54 605.57 Estimate of additional funds required. Amount that can be profitably expended in fiscal year ending June 30, 1913, for maintenance of improvement...... 1 Exclusive of the balance unexpended July 1, 1911, |