APPROPRIATIONS. Total appropriations to Dec. 31, 1902 (H. Doc. No. 421, 57th Cong., 2d sess., p. 325)... Mar. 3, 1905. $47,500.00 15, 000. 00 20, 000, 00 · 60 82, 500. 60 IMPROVING POLSON BAY, MONT. The removal of bowlders to provide a channel 6 feet deep at low water and 100 feet wide, with a turning basin 500 feet by 600 feet at the inner end, was commenced with hired plant and labor on September 15, 1910, and completed on November 30, 1910. Approximately 1,800 bowlders and 1,000 cubic yards of mud were removed at a cost of $4,491.14. The hired plant consisted of an orange-peel bucket dredge, two scows, with half hopper on each scow, and a small tug, the only plant available for the work. The excavated channel and basin were marked with piles driven at the angle points. V V 17. IMPROVEMENT OF ST. MICHAEL CANAL, ALASKA. With funds provided by the act of June 25, 1910, $143,000, a contract has been made for completing the project on a modified basis. The modified project contemplates the excavation of a channel 100 feet wide and 6 feet deep at mean low water from station A to station 11A and where necessary between station 11A and point B, also at two sharp bends between 11A and 28A, instead of excavating an expensive cut-off contemplated by the original project. Under this contract work was commenced on July 13, 1910. Dredging was in progress until October 5, 1910, when all work was suspended for the season on account of ice. During the working season the dredge excavated a channel 100 feet wide and 6 feet deep at mean lower low water for a distance of 23,883 feet. The total quantity of material removed during the season of 1910 was 97,100 cubic yards. The excavated material was deposited on adjacent banks and in small lakes. This material consisted of hard and soft mud and a few rock bowlders. Operations were resumed on June 20, 1911, and 760 cubic yards of material were excavated during this season. St. Michael Canal is considered worthy of improvement by the General Government, as contemplated by the modified project adopted by the act of June 25, 1910. Name of contractor: Puget Sound Bridge & Dredging Co. Character of work: Excavating channel; quantity of material to be removed, 130,000 cubic yards. Price per unit: 90 cents per cubic yard, place measurement. Date of contract: June 27, 1910. Date of beginning work: July 1, 1911. Date of expiration: November 1, 1911. COMMERCIAL STATISTICS FOR THE PORT OF ST. MICHAEL, SEASON 1909. [Compiled by the Northern Navigation Co., of San Francisco, from records of United States customhouse at St. Michael.] Domestic goods shipped to foreign Yukon ports... .do... 747 Fuel oil shipped to United States ports on Yukon River.. .do.. 3,700 Total tonnage to Tanana, Koyukuk, and Yukon River ports.. Passengers sent out on river boats... Value of foreign goods shipped to foreign Yukon ports.. Value of domestic goods shipped to foreign Yukon ports.. Domestic goods shipped to United States ports on Yukon, Tanana, and tons.. 25, 396 29, 921 246 $2,730 $117, 475 Value of domestic goods shipped to United States ports on Yukon, Tanana, and Koyukuk Rivers.. $2,333, 077 APPENDIX W W. RIVER AND HARBOR IMPROVEMENTS IN THE DISTRICT OF HAWAII. REPORT OF CAPT. A. B. PUTNAM, CORPS OF ENGINEERS, OFFICER IN CHARGE FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING JUNE 30, 1911. 1. Honolulu Harbor, Hawaii. 2. Hilo Harbor, Hawaii. IMPROVEMENTS. 3. Kahului Harbor, Hawaii. UNITED STATES ENGINEER OFFICE, SIR: I have the honor to submit herewith annual report upon the works of improvement under my charge for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1911. Very respectfully, A. B. PUTNAM, Captain, Corps of Engineers. The CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, UNITED STATES ARMY. WWI. IMPROVEMENT OF HONOLULU HARBOR, HAWAII. For history and description of the work done at this locality, see summary, page 1056. A contract was entered into November 23, 1910, with the Hawaiian Dredging Co., of Honolulu, for dredging at the north end of the harbor, and on November 28, 1910, contract was entered into with the Standard American Dredging Co., of San Francisco, for redredging the entrance channel. Under the first contract, 110,897 cubic yards of material were removed, of which 60,000 were placed on the Oahu Railroad property and 50,897 were placed on Quarantine Island. No work was done under the second contract. CONTRACTS IN FORCE. Contractor: Hawaiian Dredging Co. (Ltd.). Character of work: Dredging. Amount of work: 162,000 cubic yards. Rate: $0.77 per cubic yard, place measurement. Date of beginning work: February 3, 1911. Contractor: Standard American Dredging Co. Amount of work: 65,000 cubic yards. Rate: 344 cents per cubic yard, place measurement. Date of approval: January 16, 1911. Date of beginning work: April 4, 1911. Extended to July 5, 1911. Date of completion: August 15, 1911. Extended a reasonable time. COMMERCIAL STATISTICS FOR THE CALENDAR YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31, 1910. [From data furnished principally by the collector of customs of the port of Honolulu.] Inward freight traffic from United States to Hawaiian Islands. |