ANNUAL REPORTS, WAR DEPARTMENT FISCAL YEAR ENDED JUNE 30, 1934 REPORT OF THE CHIEF OF ENGINEERS U. S. ARMY 1934 IN TWO PARTS PART 1 UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE WASHINGTON : 1934 For sale by the Superintendent of Documents,Washington, D. C. - - - - - - - - - - - - Price $2.00 (cloth) ANNUAL REPORT OF THE CHIEF OF ENGINEERS UNITED STATES ARMY 1934 1 REPORT OF THE CHIEF OF ENGINEERS UNITED STATES ARMY WAR DEPARTMENT, OFFICE OF THE CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, Washington, October 18, 1934. Subject: Annual Report. To: The Secretary of War. I present for your information the following report upon river and harbor improvement work including flood-control operations under the charge of the Corps of Engineers for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1934. RIVERS AND HARBORS The improvement of rivers and harbors of the continental United States, Puerto Rico, Alaska, and the Hawaiian Islands, for the fiscal year 1934, was prosecuted in accordance with the projects author- ized by Congress or by the Federal Emergency Administration of Public Works. The number of projects in force at the close of the fiscal year was 969, exclusive of projects for flood control on the Mississippi River and its tributaries, the Sacramento River, Calif., the Missouri River at Niobrara, Nebr., and Yankton, S. Dak., Lowell Creek and Salmon River, Alaska, all authorized by Congress, and flood control on the Rio Grande, Tex., flood control in the Mus- kingum conservancy district, flood control with labor from the Civilian Conservation Corps on the Winooski River in Vermont, and flood control combined with navigation storage for the Mononga- hela River by the construction of a dam and reservoir on the Tygart River, W. Va., authorized as Public Works projects. Active operations were in progress on 344 projects during the fiscal year. The amount expended on the maintenance and improvement of river and harbor works for the year was $98,696,975.83, on flood con- trol, $48,143,461.55, on the operation and care of canals, removal of wrecks, and other purposes covered by permanent definite and in- definite appropriations $6,176,451.96, and for other miscellaneous related work, $132,909.05, a total of $153,149,798.39. The work provided for under the $30,000,000 made available for river and harbor projects from the Emergency Relief and Construc- tion Act of July 21, 1932, has been practically completed to the 3 4 REPORT OF CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMY, 1934 material improvement of 51 projects. During the fiscal year the Ad- ministration of Public Works has made available funds totaling $249,110,752.84 for application to river and harbor and flood-control projects, and with funds provided by the regular and indefinite appropriations, amounting to $59,719,208.96, have made a total sum available for the improvement of rivers and harbors of $308,829,- 961.80. Direct employment on June 30 resulting from the use of these funds averaged 70,000 men per week and represented a ma- terial contribution to the relief of unemployment. Additional allot- ments provided by the Administration of Public Works since the end of the fiscal year to include October 15, 1934, have made available from that source a total of $343,274,752.84 for application to river and harbor projects. Excellent progress was achieved on the improvement of the inland waterways system, particularly in the extension of the project for the upper Mississippi River and for the Missouri River; on the connect- ing channels and harbors of the Great Lakes; on the improvement of seacoast harbors; and on the intracoastal waterways. The intra- coastal waterway system on the Atlantic coast now has available a total of 1,419 miles, leaving only 16 miles for completion. The total number of locks operated during the year under the per- manent indefinite appropriation for the operation and care of such works was 304, and the number of dams was 228. In the execution of river and harbor works during the year the approximate totals were as follows: Dredging, 399,560,018 cubic yards; rock removal, 1,305,703 cubic yards; concrete placed, 739,769 cubic yards; dikes and bulkheads, 647,122 lineal feet; revetments, 372,159 lineal feet; stone placed in jetties and breakwaters, 2,296,275 tons. The policy of undertaking work by contract when reasonable bids were received was continued during the fiscal year; 62.6 percent of work was done by contract and 37.4 percent with Government plant and hired labor. The water-borne commerce for the calendar year 1933 totaled 394,104,000 tons, having a reported value of $12,597,000,000. FLOOD CONTROL OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER Highly satisfactory progress has been made in the prosecution of the flood-control work on the Mississippi River. A total of 126,- 368,330 cubic yards of earth was placed in the levees during the fiscal year. Between Cairo and Memphis dike and revetment works, to stabilize the navigation channel, have been prosecuted and are being continued. Flood-control works on the Mississippi between Rock Island, Ill., and Cape Girardeau, Mo., and on outlets and tributaries as affected by backwaters of the Mississippi have been prosecuted when local contributions for such work, as required by law, have been provided. The Federal allotments on this work during the fiscal year have amounted to $132,640.11. With the emergency fund provided for the repair and maintenance of flood-control works on any tributaries of the Mississippi threat- ened or destroyed by flood, the Department was able to assist locali- RIVERS AND HIARBORS 5 ties in the repair of flood-control works. In addition, under the pro- visions of the amendment of June 19, 1930, to the Flood Control Act of May 15, 1928, reimbursements have been made to needy levee dis- tricts which spent money in the repair of their flood-control works after the 1927 flood and before the passage of the act of May 15, 1928. The sum of $407,001.88 has been allotted for these purposes at various localities in the Mississippi Valley in the 12 months ending June 30, 1934. During the year satisfactory progress was made on the flood- control surveys of tributaries of the Mississippi River system, about 99 percent of the work being completed. Projects under the Pulblic Works program.-Under the policy in force throughout the fiscal year, operations under the regular appro- priations for the activities of the Department were limited to the completion of contracts previously entered into and those necessary for maintenance and similar current operations, new undertakings being provided for under the Public Works program. The follow- ing works had been included in the Public Works program on October 15, 1934: Allotted Rivers and harbors National In- Emergency dustrial Re- Appropria- covery Act tion Act Boston Harbor, Mass _----------________ . _ $800, 000. 00 $260, 000 Cape Cod Canal, Mass_____ ... ________...____..._________.... 4, 600, 000. 00 1, 118, 000 New Haven Harbor, Conn _______ - -__________________---_____ 292, 000. 00 100, 000 Bay Ridge and Red Hook Channels, N. Y ______- __--64, 559. 68 East River, N. Y-_-- ....-------------------------.-- _ - 1, 748, 389.08 Buttermilk Channel, N. Y _________- 122, 051._24______________ Hudson River Channel, N. Y _________-- __--__-______-______-__ 418, 373. 45 165, 000 East Rockaway (Debs Inlet), N. Y __..----------------------------------170, 000. 00 Hudson River, N. Y ___________ _______ 236, 000 ........ Cut-Off Channel, Raritan River to Arthur Kill, N. J_ -- 600, 000. 00 244, 000 New York and New Jersey Channels _______________________________ 390, 000. 00 427, 000 Great Kills, Staten Island, N. Y __ 62, 000. 00 ----- Mayaguez Harbor, P. R _________________________________ 154, 000. 00 Delaware River, Philadelphia to Trenton 1, 055, 000. 00 750, 000 Delaware River, Philadelphia to the sea_----------------------- 300, 000. 00 Delaware River at Marcus Hook__---___ 550, C00.00 Ocean City Harbor and Sinepuxent Bay, Md_______-_________________ 281, 000. 00 - IKnapps Narrows, Md.... --------------------------------------- 68, 700. 00........... T angier C hannel, Va . .. --------------- _ -42, 00.......... 000. -Pamlico Sound to Beaufort (N. C.) Channel_ 41, 400. 00 Upper Thoroughfare, Deals Island, Md----------------------------_ 42, 000.00_____________ Jam es River, Va__.. .... .. . .. . .. . .. . . .. . .. . .. . . . 595, 000. 00 Inland Waterway, Norfolk, Va., to Beaufort Inlet, N. C. (Fairfield Bridge) 90, 000 Morehead City Harbor, N. C ------------------------------------ 1, 555, 000. 00 Cape Fear River, N. C.-Winyah Bay, S. C., waterway: Dredging -------------------------------------------------- 900, 000. 00 650, 000 Bridges .. .... _________ 000. 00 3----------------------------------------------------50, - - Cape Fear River above Wilmington- ........ __-------------- - 1,120, 000. 00- - - - - Winyah Bay-Charleston waterway_ 129,00 1, 296, 000. 00 ...... Oharleston Harbor, S. C-------------- 176,400. 00 Savannah River below Augusta, Ga ......... . .- . . . 1,775, 000. 00 Brunswick Harbor, Ga---. --...---..----. -- 180, 000. 00 St. Johns River, Fla., Jacksonville to the ocean------ __ - -- 290, 013. 37 . -.. Caloosahatchee River and Lake Okeechobee, Fla_------ -- 4, 200, 000. 00 3, 700, 000 Jacksonville to Miami waterway, Florida ..... . .----------- ---- 2,000, 000. 00 - Fort Pierce Inlet, Fla-----------------_ 250, 000. 00 ,_ Tampa Harbor, Fla------------ ----- 739, 360. 59 500, 000 M iam i Harbor, Fla-..... ..... ..... .... ..... ..... .... ..... ..... .. . 2, 202,126. 04 River Styx, Fla.... 15, 000. 00 -- Lake Worth Inlet, Fla-----------------_ 30, 000. 00 -- _ Alabama River, Ala----------- ------ 140, 000. 00 St. Andrews Bay, Fla---.._ --------- 505655. 00 .......... 580, Pensacola Harbor, Fla- -- ... - ... --.......... -...... ...- 119, 971. 55 6 REPORT OF CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMY, 1934 Allotted Rivers and harbors National In- Emergency dustrial Re- Appropria- covery Act tion Act Mobile Harbor, Ala...............................................----------------------- $14,000. 00 ___________ Black Warrior, Warrior, and Tombigbee Rivers, Ala.... --........---..... 80, 000. 00 -- ____-- Gulfport Harbor and Ship Island Pass, Miss__..__-- .....------------------ 50, 000.00 Louisiana-Texas intracoastal waterway ._. ..............------------------ 844, 704. 22 Lakes Charles Deep Water Channel, La-_ ....-------------------- 80, 000. 00 Mermentau River, La..................--------------------------------------------.. 30, 000. 00------------ Petit Anse, Carlin, and Tigre Bayous, La_--- ----------................ 38, 500 . Sabine-Neches waterway, Texas__.. --.. ...............-------------............ 1,463,000. 00 ... Galveston Harbor and Channel, Tex-_ . . 15, 000. 00 1--..-..__------ Texas City Channel, Tex------------------------. ___----- -- 136, 295.78 Houston Ship Channel, Tex..........__. .... .-------............ 1, 500, 000. 00 $1, 043, 000, Freeport Harbor, Tex ..... .. ..--------------------------------- 126, 500. 00 .............. Port Aransas, Tex ... .........---------------------------------------------- 272, 000. 00 Brazos Island Harbor, Tex-_ .. - .... .__.--------_-.._ .... 2, 800, 000. 00 Wolf River, Tenn ..... ......----------------------------------------------- 603, 000. 00 Mississippi River: Ohio-Missouri Rivers- ...- ___ .. ..------- .... 3, 000, 000. 00 -.-.... 1, 000, 000 Missouri River to Minneapolis__-- -----.. ._.__----.---- 33, 500, 000. 00 17, 000, 000 Missouri River; Kansas City to the mouth: Channel regulations_... ___ -... -------.--- __...........-- 3, 600, 000. 00 1, 736, 000 Dredges-------------------..............-------------------......--------......... 1,360, 000. 00 .------------ Missouri River, Kansas City to Sioux City ... .........-------------------- 14, 153, 108. 00 15, 000, 000 Missouri River; Fort Peck----..... . .-.------.----------- .- 25, 000, 000. 00 25, 000, 000 Illinois River, Ill--- - _-_-_ ________-------.--..---------------910, 000. 00 203, 000 Cumberland River, Tenn. and Ky.........._______________________ Ohio River: __........... . 868, 000. 00 - Lock and dam construction --------------------- .............. 3,145, 000. 00 Open channel work....................---.......................... 1, 030, 000. 00 500, 000 Green and Barren Rivers, Ky ...-.............................-------.. 85, 000. 00 Allegheny River, Pa__.------.- ... ._.---------------------.--- 1, 033, 000. 00 240, 000, Kanawha River, W. Va .._- _____.-----.--.------------- 6, 169, 200. 00 2, 200, 000 Tygart Reservoir, W. Va .........--- --....--............................---------------------- 3, 000, 000. 00 7, 000, 000 Agate Bay Harbor, Minn .-------------------- - 51, 700. 00 Duluth-Superior Harbor, Minn. and Wis--------------------------............ Ashland Harbor, Wis ----- ------------------------- Marquette Harbor, Mich. ----------------------------------------- - 1,096, 000.00 208, 000. 00 79, 200. 00 ----------- Port Washington Harbor, Wis ........------...--------. -------------------- ... 590, 000. 00 Green Bay Harbor, Wis- --- ------------------ . ____-625, ..---- 000. 00 Milwaukee Harbor, Wis .------------------------------------------- 25, 000. 00 Calumet Harbor and River, Ill. and Ind ........---------------------- 3,058, 700. 00 ---- Indiana Harbor, Ind-- ._____.----- ------------------------- 897, 000. 00 782, 000 Mackinac-Round Island Channel, Mich --- .---------------------- 434, 000. 00 ........... St. Marys River, Mich ------------------------------------------- 175, 000. 00 ---- St. Clair River, Mich .. _....__ ...... ...-........--------- Channels in Lake St. Clair, Mich_-...... _____-. Detroit River, Mich-.. __...--------............___.-.-.---.. ----------------- 1, 122, 000. 00 --------------------- ..--- 1, 049, 300. 00 1,402, 000. 00 - 800, 000 960, 000 Toledo Harbor, Ohio- .---...-------------------- __ ---- -- -_ 3, 690, 000. 00 Lorain Harbor, Ohio--------- ------------------------------------ 165, 000. 00 __ Lorain Harbor (Black River) Ohio_---___--.. -------------------- 76, 300. 00-__________ Sandusky Harbor, Ohio __........................-___ Cleveland Harbor, Ohio ------------------------------------------ 469, 000. 00 _ _-- -- 407, 500. 00 150, 000 Ashtabula Harbor, Ohio... ------------------------------------------ 431, 000. 00 Conneaut Harbor, Ohio ------------------------------------------ 927, 000. 00 Fairport Harbor, Ohio .... ___.-------------------------------------------355, 000. 00 ------------ Huron Harbor, Ohio --------------------------------------------- 509, 500. 00 -------- Buffalo Harbor, N. Y -------------------------------------------- 714, 000. 00 ---------- Niagara River N. Y Ogdensburg Harbor, N. Y... --------------------------------------------- ... .. ... ---------- 100, 000. 00 187, 000. 00 ------- ....---------------------------------------- ....-------------------.... _.._ Honolulu Harbor, T. H------ 802, 800. 00 Port Allen Harbor, T. H . ----------------------- 680, 000. 00 Kaunakakai Harbor, T. H ---------------------------------------- 103, 200. 00 -------------- San Diego Harbor, Calif ------------------------------------------- 86, 352. 01 _ Los Angeles and Long Beach Harbors, Calif- .. _..----------_---- 1, 650, 000. 00.-.... Newport Bay,Calif. --------------------------------------------- 918, 000. 00 --------- San Francisco Harbor, Calif--.................. -------------- . ....---.. 193, 000. 00 -. ..---------------.... Richmond Harbor, Calif------------- 105, 000. 00 -_. Monterey Harbor, Calif-------------............---------- 207, 800. 00 San Joaquin River, Calif----..... ---- _------------------ Columbia and Lower Willamette Rivers ...... _--------------------- ---- 1, 158, 347. 99 446, 500. 00 - Columbia River at Bonneville, Oreg--------- .-------------- - 20, 240, 700. 00 12, 200, 000, Columbia River at Bakers Bay, Wash_----------------------------- 80, 000.00 ........... Willapa River and Harbor, Wash.. ---------- 533. 00 78,533-----------------78, Grays Harbor and Chehalis River, Wash----__ ------- ___ 57, 000. 00........... _--------- Tacoma Harbor, Wash ...-... -. - - ..---- - - 51, 609.12 Lake Washington Ship Canal, Wash-------..---- ..--------------------- 196, 390. 88 Olympia Harbor, Wash ........- -- 105, 467. 00 ------------- Wrangell Narrows, Alaska--.----------------- ..-.-.. . 139, 000. 00 ........ Office, Chief of Engineers -..---- -...... ------.. ------. 31, 000. 00 Total--- - ................ .... . . .. 181, 471, 208. 00 ........... 93, 818, 000 RIVERS AND HARBORS 7 FLOOD CONTROL Allotted Rivers and harbors National In- Emergency dustriol Re- Appropria- covery Act tion Act Mississippi River and tributaries--........----...-------------------------.. $44, 000, 000. 00 ..--------- :Sacramento River, Calif-_ ---------------- ----------------------- 1, 500, 000. 00 Winooski River, Vt------------- ------------------------------- 300, 000. 00 --.--------- Muskingum Valley, Ohio-------------------- ------------------- 22, 090. 000.00 __.-----__-- Rio Grande---- -- ---------------------------------------- 42, 000. 00 Salmon River, Alaska---------------- ---------------------------------------- $46,000 Total------------------ ----- ------------------------ 67, 932, 000. 00 46, 000 MISCELLANEOUS -- Repair break in water main, Intracoastal Canal, La_____- __-- ---- $7, 544. 84--...---- Puerto Rico (roads and drainage) ---------------------------------- 1, 500, 000. 00 ..----------- __$20,000 --------------- Dalecarlia Reservoir, D. C--_- Total -------------------------------------------------- 1,507, 544 84 $20,000 Surveys.-Reports on 64 preliminary examinations and surveys have been transmitted to Congress during the fiscal year. In addi- tion, 69 reviews of previous reports requested by resolutions of the Committee on Commerce of the Senate or the Committee on Rivers .and Harbors of the House of Representatives have been forwarded to the committees. The comprehensive surveys of the principal river systems of the country, nearly 200 in number, with a view to the formulation of general plans for their improvement, have been con- tinued, and the reports thereon are well advanced to completion. During the year reports on 17 of these river systems have been completed and transmitted to Congress, making a total of 173 such investigations that have been completed. An officer and one en- listed man were retained in Nicaragua to continue the collection !of hydrological and meteorological data in connection with the sur- vey for an interoceanic canal across Nicaragua, report upon which was transmitted to Congress December 10, 1931. Miscellaneous civil works.-Miscellaneous civil works under the Corps of Engineers are varied in character and include the adminis- tration of the Federal laws enacted for the protection and preserva- tion of navigable waters of the United States governing the estab- lishment of regulations for the use, administration, and navigation of navigable waters, the approval of plans of bridges, the alteration of obstructive bridges, the establishment of anchorage grounds and harbor lines, the removal of sunken vessels obstructing or endanger- ing navigation, the granting of permits for structures or operations in navigable waters, the supervision of the harbor of New York to prevent obstruction or injurious deposits in the tidal waters thereof, including the waters of Long Island Sound; the construction of Anacosia Park and the reclamation and development of Anacostia River and Flats, D. C.; the maintenance and repair of the Washing- ton Aqueduct, and increasing the water supply of the city of Wash- 8 REPORT OF CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMY, 1934 ington; surveys and charting of the northern and northwestern lakes, including the Lake of the Woods; studies for the preservation of Niagara Falls and the supervision of power companies diverting water therefrom; the carrying into effect of the provisions of the convention between the United States and Great Britain to regulate the level of the Lake of the Woods; the investigation of claims for damages caused to inhabitants of the United States by the artificial raising of the level of that lake, the report on which was submitted to Congress February 16, 1931; investigations under the Rainy Lake reference, agreed to between the United States and Great Britain, for determining questions concerning the possible regulation of the level of the lake and adjacent waters; reports of international boards on power-plant operations affecting the St. Croix River, Maine and New Brunswick, Lake Memphremagog, and the St. Lawrence River. Appropriatios.-The funds with which the works for the im- provements of rivers and harbors were prosecuted during the past fiscal year were derived from the appropriations made by War Department appropriation acts, and from such appropriations as have been provided by other general acts and by special acts of Congress and from the National Industrial Recovery Act. The following works are provided for by permanent appropria- tions: Removing sunken vessels; operating snag and dredge boats on upper Mississippi River and tributaries; removing obstructions in Mississippi River; gaging waters of the Mississippi River and its tributaries; examinations and surveys at South Pass, Mississippi River; maintenance of South Pass Channel, Mississippi River; op- erating snag boats on Ohio River; operating and care of canals, etc.; and support and maintenance of the Permanent International Association of the Congresses of Navigation. Appropriations for rivers and harbors and flood control from July 1, 1933, to June 30, 1934: War Department Appropriation Act of Apr. 26, 1934: Maintenance and improvement of ex- ing river and harbor works________ $23, 966, 645. 00 Flood control, Mississippi River and tributaries 29, 000, 000. 00 Emergency fund for flood control on tributaries of Mississippi River__. 341, 291. 00 $53, 30-7, 936.00 Permanent annual appropriations for fiscal year 1934 ____ 273, 360. 00 Indefinite appropriations (warrants issued during fiscal year 1934) : Operating and care of canals, etc_____ $5, 896. 701. 28 Removing sunken vessels, etc -..... 48. 437. 97 5, 945, 139. 25 Special fund (credits to account from licenses under Fed- eral Water Power Act, June 10, 1920, (sec. 17)) : Maintenance and operation of dams and other im- provements to navigable waters____ 190, 940. 61 Deficiency Appropriation Act, fiscal year 1934, claims for damages by collision, river and harbor work_____ _____ 1, 833. 10 59, 719, 208. 96 RIVERS AND HARBORS Allotments made by the Federal Emergency Ad- ministration of Public Works for rivers and harbors and flood-control works from July 1, 1933, to June 30, 1934: National Industrial Recovery Act, June 16, 1933: Rivers and harbors----------------- $179, 923, 752. 84 Flood control------------------------69,187, 000. 00 $249,110,752. 84 Total----- --------------------------------------- 308, 829, 961. 80 The following amounts have been advanced by local interests for river and harbor improvements under the provisions of section 11, River and Harbor Act, March 3, 1925, and are returnable to them when the necessary Government funds are available: Balance Amounts Amounts Balance due from received returned Ue from due United United Project District States during during States July 1, June 30, 1933 year year 1934 Inland waterway from Norfolk, Va., to Norfolk- .... $200, 000 -----------. $100, 000 $100, 000 Beaufort Inlet, N. C. Glencove Creek, N. Y_____________ New York, --- $24, 000 ----- 24, 000 first. Total _____-- - - ____ 200, 000 24, 000 100, 000 124, 000 Statement of amounts of furlough and compensation deductions carried to the surplus fund by warrants issued during the fiscal year 1934, and amounts of vacancy savings transferred to reserve for impounded balances, during the fiscal year 1934, under the Economy Acts of June 30, 1932, March 20, 1933, and March 28, 1934. Furlough and Net amount of compensation vacancy savings deductions transferred to Appropriation covered into reserve for im- surplus fund pounded bal- on books of the ances on books Treasury of the Treasury Maintenance and improvement of existing river and harbor works------- $1, 255, 004. 72 $292, 878. 64 Maintenance and improvement of existing river and harbor works, Emergency Construction Act July 21, 1932----------___ ---------------- __ 76, 435.25 Dredging channel, Fort Pierce Harbor, Fla--------------- -- ------------ 205. 84 Operating and care of canals, etc..._______-___ ___----...------ -.-...-- 150, 194. 20 3, 085. 11 Removing sunken vessels, etc __-----_________. __----- --... _ -__162. 88 Flood control, Mississippi River and tributaries ..---------------------- 471, 596. 33 82, 791. 86 Flood control, Emergency Construction Act July 21, 1932 .......... 14, 672. 49 -- Emergency fund for flood control on tributaries of Mississippi River ----- 10, 847. 24 Flood control, Lowell Creek, Alaska _________________________________. .. 4. 40 Flood control, Lowell Creek, Alaska, 1933-34-......... ------ -------.. 94. 75 Flood control, Sacramento River, Calif __________._________.__.__... _ 21, 669. 16 18, 940. 00 Removing obstructions in Mississippi, Atchafalaya, and Old Rivers .-. 984. 10 Operating snag and dredge boats on upper Mississippi, Illinois, and Minnesota Rivers------------------------------------------ --- - 83. 75 Operating snag boats on the Ohio River__________.. ________________- - - - .70 Gaging waters of Mississippi River and tributaries- ........ _ 251. 05 Maintenance of channel, South Pass, Mississippi River .. . . 23. 75 Examinations and surveys at South Pass, Mississippi River 49. 38 49......38. Maintenance and operation of Dam No. 2, Muscle Shoals, Ala., 1933 5, 432. 19 -- Maintenance and operation of Dam No. 2, Muscle Shoals, Ala., 1933-34_ 3, 033. 19 Dam No. 2, Muscle Shoals, Ala . ----------------------- ----------- 642. 47 Protective works and measures, Lake of the Woods and Rainy River, M inn., 1928-34 -- -- - -- -- - -- -- - -- -- - -- -- - -- -- 440. 93 2. 00 Interoceanic canals ... .... ------------------------ - 235. 78 Total .- . _ _.. ..... ..... ....- -... . 2, 012, 064. 55 397, 697. 61 Funds contributed for flood control, Mississippi River and tributaries-.._ 212. 27 Total_----. - ----- ------- _ -- 2, 012, 276. 82 397, 697. 61 10 REPORT OF CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMY, 1934 Expenditures.-The total amount actually expended under the direction of the Chief of Engineers in connection with the improve- ment of rivers and harbors and flood-control work during the fiscal year ended June 30, 1934, is as follows: Improvement of rivers and harbors (general) : New work-------------------------------------- $14, 141, 738. 00 Maintenance ------------------------------------- 18, 953, 830.15 Surveys under H. Doc. 308 (69th Cong., 1st sess.), new work-------------------------------------------- 21, 709. 08 Emergency Relief and Construction Act of July 21, 1932: New work- --------------------- ------------- 14, 433, 967. 11 Maintenance 13, 765. 84 9------------------------------ National Industrial Recovery Act, June 16, 1933: Rivers and harbors: New work--------------- ------------------ 49, 957, 294. 78 Maintenance-_ 27------------------ 24, 670. 87 98, 696, 975. 83 Improvement of Mississippi River under Mississippi River Commission : Flood control (general) : New work---------- $15, 765, 373. 80 Maintenance------ ---- 682, 723. 37 $16, 448, 097. 17 Emergency Relief and Con- struction Act of July 21, 1932 : New work______ - 6, 283, 618. 10 Maintenance---------- 9, 488. 25 6, 293, 106. 35 Emergency fund for flood control on tributaries of Mississippi River : New work ______ __ 351, 138. 38 Maintenance---------- 11, 300. 24 362, 438. 62 National Industrial Recov- ery Act, June 16, 1933: New work ----------- 17, 395, 839. 00 Maintenance---------- 6, 546, 175. 01 23, 942, 014. 01 47, 045, 656. 15 Improvement of Sacramento River under California Debris Commission: Flood control: New work___ ___ . 86, 309. 94 Maintenance 54, 527. 32 140, 837. 26 National Industrial Recov- ery Act, June 16, 1933: New work__ 646, 337. 44 Maintenance- 91, 695. 51 738, 0321. 95 878, 870. 21 Flood control: Rio Grande, near San Benito, Tex. (new work) - 41, 833. 84 Muskingum River Valley Reservoirs (new work)__ 107, 643. 96 Surveys under sec. 10, Flood Control Act, May 15, 1928 (new work)---------------------------------------- 59, 864. 17 Flood control, Lowell Creek, Alaska (maintenance) --------- 9, 593. 22 RIVERS AND HARBORS 11 Summary: New work -------------------------------------- $119,2921,667. 60 Maintenance---- ------------------------------- 27, 547, 769. 78 Aggregate ----------------------------------- 146, 840, 437. 38 Removing sunken vessels, etc--- --------------------------- 36, 939. 9 Operating and care of canals, etc-------------------------5, 993, 648. 79 Operating snag and dredge boats: on Upper Mississippi River and tributaries - ------- - -- __ 15. 25 Operating snag boats on Ohio River -------------------------- 49. 06 Removing obstructions in Mississippi, Atchafalaya, and Old Rivers------------------------------------------------ 62, 835. 03 Examinations and surveys at South Pass, Mississippi River.___ 4, 146.32 Maintenance of South Pass Channel, Mississippi River 69, 301. 43 -------- Gaging waters of the Mississippi River and its tributaries -7, 690. 90 Permanent International Commission of Congresses of Navi- gation ------------------------------------------------ 1, 795.25 Total expenditures from Government funds (river and harbor, and flood-control work) 016, 889.34 1--------------------53, Note 1.--Additional expenditures of $7,430.90 made by the Mississippi River Commission are included in the amount stated for gaging waters of the Mississippi River and its tributaries. Note 2.--The foregoing statement of expenditures from river and harbor funds does not include the following expenditures made by the Engineer Department: Protective works and measures, Lake of the Woods and Rainy River, Minn. (United States funds) --------------- 46, 718. 05 Protective works and measures, Lake of the Woods and Rainy River, Minn. (Canadian funds) -- __------43, 994. 46 Rainy Lake reference (State transfer to War, act May 21, 1930) -------------- -------------------------- 9. 04 Chicago World's Fair Centennial Celebration (transfer to War) ---------------------------------- 328. B Dam No. 2, Muscle Shoals, Ala. (construction) ----------- 2, 287. 03 Maintenance and operation, Dam No. 2, Muscle Shoals, Ala ----------------------------------------------- 20, 614. 35 Interoceanic canals ---------------------------- ---- 1, 935. 96 Funds advanced for improvement of rivers and harbors, special fund (sec. 11, River and Harbor Act, Mar. 3, 1925) -------- ----------------------------- 17, 021. 60 Total----------- ------------------------------- 132, 909. 05 Expenditures have also been made from funds contributed by States, municipalities, and private parties for improvements as follows: Project New work Maite- nance Total a Ocean City Inlet and Sinepuxent Bay, Md____----__------------ $97, 238. 00 $97, 238. 00 Investigation of shore erosion, New Hampshire- ---- _----------- 102. 42 102. 42 Investigation of beach erosion, Folly Beach, S. C_ ..----.------ 130.36 130.36 Monroe Harbor, Mich_- . . . ..--------------------------74, 533.42 74, 533. 42" Brazos Island Harbor, Tex .--------- __ _. ... ..------------------ 165,778. 39 165,778.39 Freeport Harbor, Tex-.....-.----------------------------- 109, 356. 93 ............ 109,356.93' Caloosahatchee and Lake Okeechobee drainage areas, Florida ..-- 593. 56 - --000. $4, 00 - ---- 593. 56 Missouri River below Kansas City, Mo...----------------- ------------ 4, 000. 00: Wolf River (Memphis Harbor), Tenn _ . . ..------------------- 17, 500. 00 17, 500. 00t) Biloxi Harbor, Miss .____---- _ ------------------ ---------- 5, 000. 00 5, 000.00 East Rockaway (Debs) Inlet, N. Y_.....-__--------------------- 40, 001.18 40, 001. 18' Glencove Creek, N. Y-------.. -------------------------------- 24, 000. 00 24, 000, 00 12 REPORT OF CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMY, 1934 Mainte- Project New work nance Total i Little Tallahatchie River, Miss...._______________ $248. 21 $372. 31 $620. 52 Nome Harbor, Alaska .. __.....------------------- - 2, 500. 00 2, 500. 00 Port Allen Harbor, T. H __- 1, 795. 73 1, 795. 73 Total--- ------- ----- 536, 278. 20 6, 872. 31 543, 150. 51 Under Mississippi River Commission: Improvement of Mississippi River, Yazoo, Miss., delta levee district_---------------- 6, 991. 18 6,991.18 Lower Yazoo levee district- .----------------. 1, 200. 58 1, 200. 58 Flood control, Mississippi River, its outlets and tributaries__ 155,. 169. 56 155, 169. 56 Total- 163, 361.32 163, 361.32 Under California D6bris Commission: Yuba River, Calif _ --- _--- _ .__ 11, 535. 79 11, 535. 79 Flood Control, Sacramento River, Calif___ ____...___ 83, 542. 83 15, 000. 00 98, 542. 83 Total __..------------.----------------- 83, 542. 83 26, 535. 79 110, 078. 62 Grand total contributed funds ..------------------------...................---- 783, 182. 35 33, 408. 10 816, 590. 45 Grand total all funds ____............................... . _ .. . ____ 153, 966, 388. 84 Consolidated cost and financial summary as of June 30, 1934 Amount Amount (estimated) (estimated) Value of plant, Add Minus required to Cost of new Cost of stocks, and Total expen- Balance Total to be required to work accounts maintenance undistributed receivable accounts ditures unexpended accounted for complete all complete all payable authorized projects items authorized projects by Congress -- I-I I I I- I I---------I I------ Seacoast harbors and channels ..... $473, 989, 350. 93 $184,209,952.40 $17, 012, 376. 37 $788, 104. 82 $3,306,786.73 $672, 692,997. 462, 238.21 $705, 79 $32, 155,236.0( $73,854,800 1$55,204,000 Lake harbors and channels ........ 165, 768, 862. 31 44, 765, 188. 01 3, 713, 069. 49 123, 120. 04 1, 166, 333.12 213, 203, 906. 73 22, 379, 150. 08 235, 583, 056. 81 18, 145, 600 10, 224, 000 Mississippi River system _____ 454, 658, 206. 54 73, 056, 630. 42 15, 131, 626. 82 665, 548. 73 7,104, 313.51 536, 407, 699. 00 79, 482, 138. 23 615, 889, 837. 22 198, 013, 000 2154, 688, 000 Intracoastal canals and other water- ways ...- ... .. ... ... .. . 101, 751, 023. 66 31, 194, 797. 71 2, 171, 894. 51 117, 252. 56 1, 292, 772. 67 133, 942, 195. 77 29, 728, 040. 21 163, 670, 235. 98 20,090,000 11,690,000 Examinations, surveys and con- tingencies of rivers and harbors. ---------------- 23, 198, 142. 66 39, 841. 43 21, 556. 52 60, 905. 84 23, 198, 634. 77 1, 280, 423. 33 24, 479, 058. 1( Surveys, H. Doc. No. 308, 69th Cong., 1st sess., and sec. 10, Flood Control Act, May 15, 1928: ............ River and harbor funds ----- 5, 756, 988. 53 5, 756, 988. 53 18, 008. 54 5, 774, 997. 07 1, 547,400 1,547,400 Flood control funds _____-___ 4, 219, 226. 47 4, 219,226.47 24,229.39 4, 243, 455. 86 756, 500 756, 500 Operating and care of canals ______ 129, 756, 481. 65 3, 083, 142, 653.85 994.31 ............ 345, 512. 32 132, 637, 617. 49 132, 637, 617. 49 P2 Removing sunken vessels .-..-... 6,282, 138. 63 63 6, 282, 138. -------------- / 6, 282, 138. 62 Dam No. 2, Tennessee River, Ala.: Construction_____________.. ___ 46, 666, 643. 15 359, 592. 52 -52, 700. 03 46, 973, 535. 64 12, 048. 63 46, 985, 584. 27 Operating and care, hydroelec- trical development........... ---------------- 1, 711, 941. 08 -284.60 284.60 1, 711, 941. 08 222, 871. 30 1, 934, 812. 31 Permanent International Associa- tion of Congresses of Navigation-. 65,098.43 65, 098. 45 65, 098. 41 Flood control: -------------- Mississippi River and tributar- ies _-- - - - - - - - - - - - 292, 512, 812. 31 70,366,636.53 1 16,270,382.63800, 313. 77 3, 020, 250.20 376, 929, 895. 04 29,610,991. 36 406, 540, 886. 40 67, 090, 076 67, 090, 076 O Emergency funds for flood con- trol on tributaries of Missis- sippi River_________________ 2, 462, 119. 86 515, 937. 97 1,671.09 27, 757. 52 2, 951, 971.40 396, 331. 32 3, 348, 302. 72 1, 310, 709 1, 310, 709 Sacramento River, Calif __-... 13, 664, 508. 73 565, 272. 29 180, 730. 31 18, 804.91 209, 385. 39 14, 219, 930. 85 1, 801, 920. 70 16, 021, 851. 5 2, 191, 620 2,191,620 Missouri River at Niobrara, N ebr__ __.. _...... ..... ..... 85,000. 00 85, 000. C0 - _. .... -- Missouri River at Yankton, S .D ak ............... : ...... 171...85.... 85, 000. 00 85, 000. 0o Muskingum Valley Reservoirs, Ohio . .---. . . - . ..--------- 150,603.42 87,575. 27 171.85 130, 706. 58 107,643.96 21,982,356.04 22, 090, 000. 0C Rio Grande, Tex ___________ 41, 833. 84 ----------- 213. 75 41, 833.84 166. 16 42, 000. 0o Lowell Creek, Alaska ......... 88, 157. 87 21, 541.89 213. 75 109, 486. 01 11, 171. 81 120, 657. 82 Interoceanic canal survey .-------- 128, 978. 24 128,978. 24 21, 021.76 150, 000. 00 ! I 1 I 1 1 1 1. - - - - - - - - - I. - - - - 171, 581, 719.67219, 603,107.07 72,391, 184, 826. 74 4382, 999, 705 S304. 702, 305 :1i Total __---_---_ ----------- 1, 561, 924,414. 29f566, 004, 253. 76 57. 638. 506. 512. 679, 482. 74116, 664, 937. 63j2, River and harbor .------- 311, 650, 800 5233, 353,400 Flood control__ _________ 71, 348, 905 71,348,905 Footnotes on following page. C3 Consolidated cost and financial summary as of June 30, 1934--Continued Balance Total to be unexpended accounted for Unallotted balances (June 30, 1934): Maintenance and improvement of existing river and harbor works ___ ________ ........... _ ________------------------$9, 163, 545. 58 $9, 163, 545. 58 C Flood control, Mississippi River and tributaries_______--- _______________-___ 40,897, 921. 52 40, 897, 921. 52 Emergency funds for flood control on tributaries of Mississippi River_--_______---------------------_ 327, 364. 63 327, 364. 63 H Flood control, Mississippi River and tributaries (National Recovery Administration)-___--------___ -__---------------_____ 1,852,125.05 1,852,125.05 Special funds (credits from licenses under Federal Water Power Act, June 10, 1920)------ ------__ - __- --- ______-_ - ___ ---- 375, 906. 71 375,906. 71 O Total----------------------------------------------- -- - -- -------------------- 52, 616, 863.49 52,616,863.49 C Grand total--...--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 272, 219, 970. 56 2, 443, 801, 690. 23 Additional funds allotted by the Public Works Administration to Oct. 15, 1934, for work under the Corps of Engineers---- 93, 864, 000. 00 0 1 Includes $3,384,000 for completion of project for Connecticut River above Hartford 4 Includes Public Works Administration allotments to Oct. 15, 1934. adopted by Congress with limited appropriation of $1,000,000. 2 Includes $85,200,000 for completion of upper Mississippi River and $34,000,000 for 5 Estimated cost of completing all work on river and harbor projects as authorized by Congress, including amounts required to complete projects for upper Mississippi z Missouri River, Kansas City to Sioux City, adopted by Congress with limited appro- River, Missouri River, Kansas City to Sioux City, and Connecticut River above Hart- priations. ford, which were adopted by Congress with limited appropriations. However, the 3 Of this amount $47,951,856.18 represents the value of plant distributed as follows: estimated cost of completing those projects now necessary in the interests of commerce and navigation and on which local cooperation, if any be required, may be reasonably expected within the next 2 years, is as follows: Construction Service plant Total plant Projects adopted by Congress ....- ------ ____- $48, 326, 250 Projects adopted by Congress with limited appropriations------------- 119, 200, 000 Projects adopted by the Federal Emergency Administration of Public River and harbor------------------ $26, 748, 445. 98 Works-------------------------------------------------------------75, 951, 800 $8, 510, 407. 52 $35, 258, 853. 50 Flood control- ..... . ._.__ 8, 584, 034. 76 4, 108, 967. 92 12, 693, 002. 68 FP 243, 478, 050 Total---- __---__---- ----- 35, 332, 480. 74 12, 619, 375. 44 47, 951, 856. 18 co RIVERS AND HARBORS 15 The War Department Appropriation Act of February 23, 1931, made a lump-sum appropriation of $60,000,000 for river and harbor improvements throughout the country. Certain allotments, amount- ing to $59,998,692.54 were made from this appropriation and re- ported in previous annual reports, leaving an unallotted balance of $1,307.46. In addition, certain sums previously allotted have been withdrawn and reallotted as follows: Amount unallotted as shown in annual report for 1933---------- $1,307. 46 Amount withdrawn for reallotment elsewhere---------------1, 304, 956. 18 1, 306, 263. 64 Allotted to- Gloucester Harbor, Mass-------------------------------- 1, 307. 46 Boston Harbor, Mass---------------------------------- 8, 500. 00 Pollock Rip Shoals, Nantucket Sound, Mass----------------15, 184. 74 New Bedford and Fairhaven Harbor, Mass 5, 500. 40 Pawtucket (Seekonk) River, R. I------------------------- 4, 076. 61 Coney Island Channel, N. Y__---------------------------- 946. 01 St. Johns River, Jacksonville to the ocean----------- ------- 7, 791. 17 Removal of water hyacinth, Mobile River, Ala., tributaries__ 1, 584. 13 Mississippi River, Ohio River to Illinois River (construction of dredge Dundee) --------------------------------- 370, 000. 00 Missouri River, Kansas City to Hermann, Mo. (construction of two 34-inch pipe-line dredges) ---------------------- 883, 822. 67 Chicago Harbor, Ill-_ ---------------------------- - 2,400. 00 Oswego Harbor, N. Y-- -------------------------------- 4, 194.04 Total--- , 305, 307. 23 --- 1---------------------------------- Balance unallotted--------------- ----------------------- 956. 41 Total_ _--- -------------- 1, 306, 263. 64 The War Department Appropriation Act approved July 14, 1932, made a lump-sum appropriation of $60,000,000 for river and harbor improvements throughout the country. Certain allotments, amount- ing to $51,786,542.90, were made from this appropriation and re- ported in a previous annual report, leaving an unallotted balance of $8,213,457.10. In addition, certain sums previously allotted have been withdrawn and reallotted as follows: Amount unallotted, as shown in annual report for 1933--------$8, 213, 457. 10 Amount withdrawn for reallotment elsewhere_---------------- 2,918, 226. 44 11, 131, 683. 54 Allotted to- Portland Harbor, Maine-------------------------------- 40, 000. 00 Lynn Harbor, Mass___----------- ------------------- 15, 900. 00 Boston Harbor, Mass __-______--- -------------------- 8,500. 00 Plymouth Harbor, Mass-------------------------------- 56,000. 00 Cape Cod Canal, Mass___ ___ - -____ ________ __--127, 204. 05 Pollock Rip Shoals, Nantucket Sound, Mass-------------- 26, 298. 10 Pawtucket (Seekonk) River, R. I ---------------------- 110, 702. 94 Harbor of Refuge at Block Island, R. I_ 9, 749. 68 Thames River, Conn---------------------------------- 229, 000. 00 Housatonic River, Conn--------------------------------- 3, 500. 00 --------------------------------- Stamford' Harbor, Conn__ 10, 000. 00 Examinations, surveys, and contingencies (general), Provi- dence district ------------------- ------------------- 6, 297.59 Glencove Creek, N. Y_____ _------------------------- 12, 300. 00 East Rockaway (Debs) Inlet, N. Y_--------------------- 265, 000. 00 91536-ENCT 1934-2 16 REPORT OF CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMY, 1934 - - Allotted to East River, N. Y---------------------------------------- $40, 400. 00 Hudson River Channel, N. Y -------------------- ------- 40, 000. 00 Hudson River, N. Y-------------------------------------- 50, 000. 00 Shoal Harbor and Compton Creek, N. J-----------1, 000. 00 Manasquan River, N. J----------------_--_----------___- 9, 000. 00 Little River, Del 15, 000. 00 Salem River, N. J---------------------------------------- 35, 000. 00 Cohansey River, N. J------------------ - 38, 000. 00 Maurice River, N. J -------------------------------------- 33, 500. 00 Examinations, surveys, and contingencies (general), Phila- delphia district __________-____-_______-__________-- 10, 000. 00 Potomac River below Washington, D. C _____ -__ -___ 400. 00 Rappahannock River, Va____ - __ -__-_______ -_________ 1, 000.00 Channel to Newport News, Va---------------------------- 20, 000. 00 James River, Va__ 280, 000. 00 Waterway from Norfolk, Va., to sounds of North Carolina___ 42, 000. 00 Inland waterway, Norfolk, Va., to Beaufort Inlet, N. C----- 105, 500. 00 Roanoke River, N. C------------- , 000. 00 1------------------------ Intracoastal waterway, Cape Fear River, N. C., to Winyah Bay, S. C---------------------------------------------- 315, 000. 00 St. Johns River, Fla., Jacksonville to the ocean-__ 181, 283. 94 St. Johns River, Fla., Palatka to Lake Harney________ _ 11, 068. 74 Intracoastal waterway, Jacksonville to Miami, Fla Hollywood Harbor (Port Everglades), Fla________________ --------- 290, 855. 67 15, 000. 00 Miami Harbor (Biscayne Bay), Fla_______________.___.__. 274, 618.58 Miami River, Fla------------------------------------ 5, 500. 00 Caloosahatchee River and Lake Okeechobee drainage areas, Fla--------------------------------------------------- 10, 000. 00 Tampa Harbor, Fla ___ 41, 236. 09 St. Petersburg Harbor, Fla_.... ----____________-____- 750. 00 Withlacoochee River, Fla___ ____---------------------------------- 300. 00 Examinations, surveys, and contingencies (general), Jack- sonville district_____ ______ _____----__ _--- 137, 914. 02 Pensacola Harbor, Fla ------------------------------------ 928. 51 Gulfport Harbor and Ship Island Pass, Miss------------ 30, 312. 57 Examinations, surveys, and contingencies (general), Mobile district_ ----------------------------------------- 29, 000. 00 Southwest Pass, Mississippi River, La-- __--------------- 145, 008. 58 Big Pigeon and Little Pigeon Bayous, La________-- -__ 1, 552. 42 Bayou Grossetete, La______ ------------- -______---- 10, 000. 00 Bayou Teche, La------------------------------------ 15, 812. 56 Louisiana-Texas intracoastal waterway (New Orleans- Sabine River section)---------------------------------- 75, 000. 00 Examinations, .. surveys, and contingencies (general), New Orleans district______----------_______ __------------ 7, 904.10 Galveston Channel, Tex ___-____________--------------- 32, 250. 00 Houston Ship Channel, Tex------------------------------- 381, 752. 79 Double Bayou, Tex_----------------- ---------------- 700. 00 Anahuac .Channel, Tex------------------------------------ 12, 330. 00 Examinations, surveys, and contingencies (general), Galves- ton district------------------------------------------- 93, 000. 00 Ouachita and Black Rivers, Ark. and La______________---- 78, 000. 00 Mouth of the Yazoo River, Miss____________--------------- 5, 000. 00 Yalobusha River, Miss------------------------------------ 3, 000. 00 Arkansas River, Ark. and Okla _____-- 55, 600. 00 _------------------ Examinations, surveys, and contingencies (general), Mem- phis district------------------------------------------- 7, 000. 00 Mississippi River: Ohio River to Missouri River________---------------- __ 675, 027. 84 Missouri River to Minneapolis, Minn___ ------------------ 704, 559. 76 Missouri River: Mouth to Hermann, Mo------------------------------- 71, 000. 00 Hermann to Kansas City, Mo--------------------- 585, 000. 00 Kansas City, Mo., to Nodaway River____-------------- 750, 000. 00 Nodaway River to Sioux City, Iowa_ _---------------- 122. 000. 00 RIVERS AND HARBORS 17 Allotted to- Tennessee River__________________ _- $67, 002. 45 Monongahela River, Pa. and W. Va__ 147, 000. 00 Ohio River, lock and dam construction____________________ 111, 280. 00 Examinations, surveys, and contingencies (general) : Kansas City district- .. 75, 000.00 Omaha district__ ______________________ 3, 000. 00 Cincinnati district-------- 1, 200. 00 Louisville district____________________ 7, 000. 00 Grand Marais Harbor, Minn_____ 10, 000. 00 Fox River, Wis----- 105, 000. 00 Sturgeon Bay and Lake Michigan Ship Canal, Wis __ --. . 6, 000. 00 Sheboygan Harbor, Wis_____________________________ 2, 500. 00 Racine Harbor, Wis___ _-_ ________ 3, 500. 00 Kenosha Harbor, Wis_______________________ ___ 18, 000. 00 Saugatuck Harbor and Kalamazoo River, Mich__ 5,000. 00 Pentwater Harbor, Mich __ 15,000. 00 Manistee Harbor, Mich_______---- 5, 000. 00 Chicago Harbor, Ill__ ____ _________________ 15, 716. 26 St. Marys River, Mich_____________________________ 493, 862. 78 St. Clair River, Mich 266, 258. 80 Detroit Harbor, Mich_ 1, 598, 520. 96 Black River, Mich ___________--- 3, 741.20 Rouge River, Mich___ 5, 000. 00 Monroe Harbor, Mich____________________________ 116, 000. 00 Sandusky Harbor, Ohio _ 46, 800. 00 Fairport Harbor, Ohio ...... 1, 755. 78 Dunkirk Harbor, N. Y_________- 4, 464. 08 Rochester (Charlotte) Harbor, N. Y__ 38, 477. 76 Los Angeles and Long Beach Harbors, Calif_ 36, 851. 79 San Joaquin River, Calif_ 6; 347. 55 Mokelumne River, Calif_____________________ 9, 639. 24 Sacramento River, Calif___ 23, 562'. 77 Examinations, surveys, and contingencies (general), Sacra- mento district___-------------------------------- 98, 746. 79 Coos Bay, Oreg_----------------------------------- 25, 797.27 Tillamook Bay and Bar, Oreg_____________________________ 12, 100. 00 Columbia River at the mouth, Oreg. and Wash__ 30, 000.00 Skipanon Channel, Oreg_____---__------- 3, 500. 00 Columbia and Lower Willamette Rivers below Vancouver, Wash., and Portland, Oreg 500. 00 Cowlitz River, Wash_____ __________ 25, 000. 00 Willapa River and Harbor, Wash_______ 17, 950. 86 Grays Harbor and Bar Entrance, Wash_ 14, 129. 47 Tacoma Harbor, Wash . ___ 9,000. 00 Seattle Harbor, Wash ..... 54, 000. 00 California Debris Commission __ __ _____ __ 2, 933. 28 Office, Chief of Engineers, examinations, surveys, and con- tingencies (general), board on beach erosion and sand movement 10, 000. 00 Surveys (H. Doc. No. 308, 69th Cong., 1st sess.)____ ____ 40, 000. 00 Transfer to reserve for impounded balances------------- 650, 000.00 Total--------------------------------- 11, 059, 657.62 Balance unallotted---------------------------------------. 72, 025. 92 Total------------- 11, 131, 683. 54 The Emergency Relief and Construction Act approved July 21, 1932, made a lump-sum appropriation of $30,000,000 for river and harbor improvements throughout the country. Certain allotments, amounting to $29,941,452.07, were made from this appropriation and reported in a previous annual report, leaving an unallotted balance of $58,547.93. In addition, certain sums previously allotted have been withdrawn and reallotted as follows: 18 REPORT OF CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMY, 1934 Amount unallotted as shown in Annual Report for 1933- - - $58, 547. 93 Amount withdrawn for reallotment elsewhere-------------- ------ 855, 3913. 65 913, 941. 58 Allotted to- Bridgeport Harbor, Conn__------------------------------------6, 252. 97 Westchester Creek, N. Y------------------------------------1, 228. 05 Intracoastal waterway, Jacksonville to Miami, Fla__-______ 135, 736. 12 Missouri River, Nodaway River to. Sioux City-- --- _______ 176, 000. 00 Tennessee River --------------------------------------- --- 130, 000. 00 Allegheny River, Pa., lock and dam construction .- ______---_ 150, 000. 00 Ohio River, open-channel work________-___________________ 10, 000,. 00 Fox River, Wis------ 000. 00 6,-------------------------- Y------------------------------------- 1224, Monroe Harbor, MichN. 000. 00 Oswego Harbor, N. Y 18, 000. 00 Los Angeles and Long Beach Harbors, Calif------------------ 54, 000. 00 Total--------------------------------------- ---- 11, 217. 14 Balance unallotted------------------------ 2, 724. 44 Total----------------------- 913, 941. 58 The War Department Appropriation Act, approved March 4, 1933, made a lump-sum appropriation of $39,388,129 for river and harbor improvements throughout the country. Certain allotments, amount- ing to $23,248,260.25, were made from this appropriation and reported in a previous annual report, leaving an unallotted balance of $16,139,868.75. In addition, certain sums previously allotted have been withdrawn and reallotted as follows: Amount unallotted as shown in Annual Report for 1933------ $16, 139, 868. 75 Amount withdrawn for reallotment elsewhere_________________ 2, 325, 553. 61 18, 465, 422.36 Allotted to- Portland Harbor, Maine________________________________ 240, 000. 00 Examinations, surveys, and contingencies (general), Bos- ton district------------------------------------------- 36, 500. 00 Pollock Rip Shoals, Nantucket Sound, Mass ____________ 4, 517. 16 New London Harbor, Conn_____________________________ 12, 000. 00 Connecticut River below Hartford, Conn_________ _____ 23, 000. 00 Examinations, surveys, and contingencies (general), Provi- dence district--------------------------------------- 10, 236. 16 East Rockaway (Debs) Inlet, N. Y New York Harbor, N. Y., entrance channels______________ 8, 000. 00 8__________________ 24, 400.00 Coney Island Channel, N. Y_____________________________ 20, 900. 00 Bay Ridge and Red Hook Channels, N. Y 87, 000. 00 East River, N. Y 3, 941. 49 Hudson River, N. Y ____________________ ___ 105, 000. 00 New York Harbor, N. Y., collection of drift------------ 58, 933. 41 .Narrows of Lake Champlain, N. Y., and Vt ______________ 1, 00. 00 Examinations, surveys, and contingencies (general), first New York district ______________________________-43, 000. 00 Newark Bay, Hackensack and Passaic Rivers, N. J _____- 170, 100. 00 New York and New Jersey Channels____-- -- ______ 104, 500. 00 Raritan River, N. J____________________________________ 28, 960. 14 Elizabeth River, N. J ----------------------------------- 306. 27 Woodbridge Creek, N. J__________ 733. 59 Washington Canal and South River, N. J----------- 16, 000. 00 Keyport Harbor, N. J _____________________________ 21, 000. 00 Matawan Creek, N. J-------------------------------_ 4, 000. 00 Shrewsbury River, N. J----- ---- - ___ ---- 15, 500. 00 Examinations, surveys, and contingencies (general), sec- ond New York district-----__ -__ -- - --- 45, 000. 00 RIVERS AND HARBORS 19 Allotted to-- Delaware River, Philadelphia, Pa., to Trenton, N. J_ ___- $110, 000'. 00 Delaware River, Pa., N. J., and Del., Philadelphia to the sea--------- ------ --------- 1, 035, 300. 00 Schuylkill River, Pa ----------------------------- 340, 000. 00 Absecon Creek, N. J----------------------------- 18, 000. 00 Wilmington Harbor, Del_________________________ 125, 000. 00 Inland waterway, Delaware River to Chesapeake Bay, Del. and Md---------- ---------------------------- 293, 000. 00 Smyrna River, DeL__----------------- 10, 000. 00 Murderkill River, Del___ 13, 000. 00 Examinations, surveys, and contingencies (general), Phila- delphia district -- 64, 000. 00 Baltimore Harbor and Channels, Md- 58, 000. 00 Broad Creek River, Del__ 10, 000. 00 Twitch Cove and Big Thoroughfare River, Md_ 272. 29 E)xaminations, surveys, and contingencies (general), Balti- more district __ __ 21, 000. 00 Potomac River at Washington, D. C-___------------ 49, 400. 00 Potomac River below Washington, D. C_------------- 600. 00 Rappahannock River, Va ------------------------- 44, 000. 00 Mattaponi River, Va____ 4, 500. 00 Pamunkey River, Va 6, 500. 00 Examinations, surveys, and contingencies (general), Wash- ington (D. C.) district _____--------------- 29, 000. 00 Norfolk Harbor, Va ------------- --------- 298, 392. 07 Willoughby Channel, Va____ 5, 000. 00 Appomattox River, Va- 9, 000'. 00 Inland waterway, Norfolk, Va., to Beaufort Inlet, N. C_._ 33, 242. 46 Roanoke River, N. C ----------------------------- 9, 000. 00 Scuppernong River, N. C -------------------------- 5, 000. 00 Manteo (Shallowbag) Bay, N. C_ 6, 000. 00 Mackay Creek, N. C------------------------------ 1, 500. 00 Examinations, surveys, and contingencies (general), Nor- folk district---- ------------- ------------- 40, 000. 00 Far Creek, N. C----------------- ---------------- 19, 500. 00 Pamlico and Tar Rivers, N. C_______________----------- 18, 600. 00 Neuse River, N. CO 10, 700. 00 Contentnea Creek, N. C_ -------------------------- 1, 000. 00 Trent River, N. C---- ---------------------------- 700. 00 Waterway connecting Core Sound and Beaufort Harbor, N. C----- 5, 500. 00 Cape Fear River, N. C., at and below Wilmington_ 221, 873. 62 Northeast (Cape Fear) River, N. C--------___----------- 4, 800. 00 Black River, N. C-------------------------------- 3, 800. 00 Examinations, surveys, and contingencies (general), Wil- mington (N. C.) district_ 14, 000. 00 Winyah Bay to Charleston, S. C., waterway 60, 000. 00 Charleston Harbor, S. C_ 50, 261. 79 Shipyard River, S. C-- 5, 000. 00 Waterway from Charleston to Beaufort, S. C ___ 43, 200. 00 Examinations, surveys, and contingencies (general), Charleston (S. C.) district__ ___ 17, 000. 00 Savannah Harbor, Ga________________ 345, 579. 70 Savannah River below Augusta, Ga____________ 9,401. 99 Waterway between Beaufort, S. C., and St. Johns River, Fla. _ 70, 000. 00 Brunswick Harbor, Ga _ 98, 662.:53 Examinations, surveys, and contingencies (general), Sa- vannah district-- --------- 12, 000. 00 Intracoastal waterway, Jacksonville, Fla., to Miami, Fla___ 53, 000. 00 Caloosahatchee River and Lake Okeechobee drainage areas, Fla . --- 348, 909. 22 Withlacoochee River, Fla__ _______ 3, 300. 00 Apalachicola River, Fla., the cut-off, Lee Slough, and lower Chipola River---------------------------------- 4, 085. 22 20 REPORT OF CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMY, 1934 Allotted to- Channel from Apalachicola River to St. Andrews Bay, Fla_ $7, 500. 00 Intracoastal waterway, Pensacola Bay, Fla., to Mobile Bay, Ala---------------------------------------------------- 22, 000. 00 Gulfport Harbor and Ship Island Pass, Miss--- ._______. 1, 630. 73 Removal of water hyacinth, Mobile River, Ala., tributaries_ 2, 584. 13 Examinations, surveys, and contingencies (general), Mobile district----------------------------------------------- 48, 998. 40 Southwest Pass, Mississippi River, La ______________ 84, 403. 93 South Pass Channel, Mississippi River, La 6, 000. 00 0----------- Big Pigeon and Little Pigeon Bayous, La------___ _--_ 7, 360. 33 Louisiana-Texas intracoastal waterway (New Orleans- Sabine River section) --------------------------------- 409, 539. 74 Removal of water hyacinth, Louisiana-- _ 314 273. 99 Examinations, surveys, and contingencies (general), New Orleans district --------------------------------------- 12, 500. 00 Louisiana-Texas intracoastal waterway (Sabine River- Corpus Christi section) -- _ 30, 000. 00 Aransas Pass-Corpus Christi Channel, Tex . ._____________ 108, 385.42 Clear Creek, Tex--------------------------------------- 7, 000. 00 Port Aransas, Tex__ _________ _ 33, 194. 97 Examinations, surveys, and contingencies (general), Gal- veston district---------------------------------- 21, 188. 04 Black River, Ark. and Mo 244. 35 Mississippi River : Ohio River to Missouri River ----------------------- 660, 806. 50 Missouri River to Minneapolis_-- 1, 732, 556. 18 Missouri River : Hermann, Mo., to mouth________________________ 477, 000. 00 Kansas City to Hermann, Mo__ 740, 975. 76 Kansas City, Mo., to Sioux City, Iowa- -- 220, 000.00 Sioux City, Iowa, to Fort Benton, Mont-_ _ 5, 735. 37 Examinations, surveys, and contingencies (general) : St. Louis district ___________--_______-______ 20, 000. 00 Rock Island district 26, 0C0. 00 Mill Creek and South Slough at Milan, Ill ________________ 2, 000. 00 St. Croix River, Wis. and Minn__. 8, 000. 00 Examinations, surveys, and contingencies (general): St. Paul district 30, 000. 00 Kansas City district 20, 000. 00 Illinois River, Ill----------------------------------- 396, 900. 38 Waukegan Harbor, Ill --. 5, 000. 00 Chicago Harbor, Ill-- 25, 400. 00 Chicago River, Ill-------------------------------------- 80, 000. 00 Indiana Harbor, Ind 600. 00 Examinations, surveys, and contingencies (general), Chi- cago district------------------------------------------ 75, 000. 00 Tennessee River below Riverton, Ala_______ __-_____ 90, 000. 00 Tennessee River above Riverton, Ala------------------- 140, 000. 00 Examinations, surveys, and contingencies (general), Nash- ville district 60, 000. 00 Ohio River, lock and dam construction------------------- 60, 000. 00 Ohio River, open-channel work_ 720, 056. 07 Youghiogheny River, Pa--------------------------- 3, 000. 00 Kanawha River, W. Va---------------------------_ 632, 000. 00 Examinations, surveys, and contingencies (general)" Pittsburgh district_-_____-_- _________ ____ 40, 000. 00 Huntington district --------------------------------- __ 20, 000. 00 Zanesville district ------------ 10, 000.00 Cincinnati district ------------------------------ ___ 33, 500. 00 Louisville district_------------------------------ 22, 500. 00 Grand Marais Harbor, Minn----------------------------- 10, 000. 00 Duluth-Superior Harbor, Minn. and Wis________--_ 26, 000. 00 Ontonagon Harbor, Mich---- 13, 000. 00 Keweenaw Waterway, Mich ------------------ 53, 000. 00 RIVERS AND HARBORS 21 Allotted to- Marquette Harbor, Mich_ $11, 000. 00 Grand Marais, Harbor of Refuge, Mich_____ ____ 10, 000. 00 Warroad Harbor and River, Minn______ 9, 000. 00 Examinations, surveys, and contingencies (general), Duluth district .... _.__ 15, 000. 00 Manistique Harbor, Mich___ ____ 2, 000. 00 Menominee Harbor and River, Mich. and Wis .__.__ 17, 000. 00 Green Bay Harbor, Wis ____ ______ ________ 18, 500. 00 Fox River, Wis-- 63,000. 00 Sturgeon Bay and Lake Michigan Ship Canal, Wis_______ 28, 000. 00 Algoma Harbor, Wis 2, 000. 00 Kewaunee Harbor, Wis__ ______ ___ 10, 000. 00 Two Rivers Harbor, Wis___---- 14, 000. 00 Manitowoc Harbor, Wis 28, 600. 00 Sheboygan Harbor, Wis________________ _____ 22, 000. 00 Port Washington Harbor, Wis______ 3, 000. 00 Racine Harbor, Wis________________________________ 2, 000. 00 Kenosha Harbor, Wis _______ __ _____ 47, 861. 98 St. Joseph Harbor, Mich______________________________ 91, 000. 00 South Haven Harbor, Mich_______ ____ __ 22, 000. 00 Holland Harbor, Mich .. __ __ _____ 20, 000. 00 Grand Haven Harbor and Grand River, Mich __.___... 55, 000. 00 Muskegon Harbor, Mich_ 77, 000. 00 White Lake Harbor, Mich _____ __ __ 9, 000. 00 Ludington Harbor, Mich _________ ____________ 10, 000. 00 Manitee Harbor, Mich_ .___ 9, 000. 00 Portage Lake Harbor, Mich___ 25, 000. 00 Frankfort Harbor, Mich_______ 58, 000. 00 Charlevoix Harbor, Mich ____________________ 5, 000. 00 Examinations, surveys, and contingencies (general), Mil- waukee district_- _ 13, 000. 00 St. Clair River, Mich _ 70, 000. 00 Saginaw River, Mich_ 119, 000. 00 Black River, Mich___ 6, 500. 00 Rouge River, Mich__ 17, 000. 00 Toledo Harbor, Ohio__ ______ ______ 23, 000. 00 Examinations, surveys, and contingencies (general), De- troit district -- 31, 000. 00 Sandusky Harbor, Ohio .. __.... _________ 24, 500. 00 Huron Harbor, Ohio____ __________________________ 2, 415. 16 Lorain Harbor, Ohio ____ 18, 436. 51 Fairport Harbor, Ohio ____________________________ 21, 000. 00 Ashtabula Harbor, Ohio __ ____ 7, 000. 00 Conneaut Harbor, Ohio_ 22, 500. 00 Erie Harbor, Pa_ -- 4, 900. 00 Buffalo Harbor, N. Y _ 214, 659. 03 Black Rock Channel and Tonawanda Harbor, N. Y __.. 47, 500. 00 Rochester (Charlotte) Harbor, N. Y_________________ 8, 200. 00 Great Sodus Bay Harbor, N. Y____ ____ 3, 200. 00 Little Sodus Bay Harbor, N. Y_________________________ 2, 700. 00 Oswego Harbor, N. Y_--- --- 27, 000. 00 Ogdensburg Harbor, N. Y_ 8, 100. 00 Examinations, surveys, and contingencies (general), Buffalo district- -------- 55, 925. 09 Los Angeles and Long Beach Harbors, Calif -__ 3, 200. 00 Examinations, surveys, and contingencies (general), Los Angeles district_---- 906.51 Oakland Harbor, Calif 5, 000. 00 Richmond Harbor, Calif ._____ _____ - _____ 30, 000. 00 Monterey Harbor, Calif_ 800. 00 Sacramento River, Calif____ _______ 32, 700. 00 Columbia River at mouth, Oreg. and Wash ____ 1, 220, 000. 00 Cowlitz River, Wash__________________ 3, 000. 00 Skamokawa Creek, Wash__ _____ 2, 700. 00 22 REPORT OF CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMY, 1934 Allotted to- Willamette River above Portland, and Yamhill River, Oreg------------------------ $51, 300. 00 Examinations, surveys, and contingencies (general), Port- land district 18, 300. 00 Willapa River and Harbor, Wash-- ---------------------- 9,049. 14 Kahululi Harbor, Hawaii------------------------------- 3, 782.30 Survey of northern and northwestern lakes-------------- 29, 000. 00 Supervision New York Harbor_--- -------- 175, 000. 00 Office, Chief of Engineers: Printing (sec. 6, River and Harbor Act approved July 3, 1930) ----------------------------------------- 35, 000. 00 Services ------------------------------------------- 193, 955. 00 Contingencies --------------------------- --- 30, 000. 00 Board of Engineers for Rivers and Harbors: Services--------------- -- --------------- _ 145, 000. 00 Contingencies --------------------------------------- 34, 400. 00 Total ----------------- 15, 891, 534. 12 Balance unallotted -------------------------------------- 2, 573, 888. 24 Total 18, 465, 422. 36 The War Department Appropriation Act approved April 26, 1934, contained the following provisions: That the following sums are appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the military and nonmili- tary activities of the War Department for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1935, and for other purposes, namely: RIVERS AND HARBORS To be immediately available and to be expended under the direc- tion of the Secretary of War and the supervision of the Chief of Engineers: For the preservation and maintenance of existing river and harbor works, and for the prosecution of such projects heretofore author- ized as may be most desirable in the interests of commerce and navi- gation; for survey of northern and northwestern lakes, and other boundary and connecting waters as heretofore authorized, including the preparation, correction, printing, and issuing of charts and bulletins, and the investigation of lake levels; for prevention of obstructive and injurious deposits within the harbor and adjacent waters of New York City; for expenses of the California Debris Commission in carrying on the work authorized by the act approved March 1, 1893 (U. S. C., title 33, sec. 661) ; for examinations, sur- veys, and contingencies of rivers and harbors; and for printing, including illustrations, as may be authorized by the Committee on Printing of the House of Representatives, either during a recess or session of Congress, of surveys under House Document No. 308, Sixty-ninth Congress, first session, and section 10 of the Flood Con- trol Act, approved May 15, 1928 (U. S. C., supp. VI, title 33, sec. 702j), and such surveys as may be printed during a recess of Con- gress shall be printed as documents of the next succeeding session of Congress, and for the purchase of motor-propelled passenger- carrying vehicles and motor boats, for official use, not to exceed $122,417: Provided, That no funds shall be expended for any pre- liminary examination, survey, project, or estimate not authorized by RIVERS AND HARBORS 23 law, $23,966,645, of which sum $50,000 shall be available, under the direction of the President, for conducting a survey of Governors Island, N. Y., to determine its usefulness and adaptability as an airport and the cost of accomplishing all work incidental to effect- ing the change. From this lump-sum appropriation the following-named sums have been allotted to the localities indicated: Georges River, Maine_____ _-------------------------- $27, 500 York Harbor, Maine_---------------------------------------- 11, 000 Boston Harbor, Mass -------------------------------------- 26, 000 Cape Cod Canal, Mass--------------------------------------- 87, 000 Examinations, surveys, and contingencies (general), Boston dis- trict ---------------------------------- 29:, 000 Pollock Rip Shoals, Nantucket Sound, Mass-------------------- 40, 000 Cross Rip Shoals, Nantucket Sound, Mass__________-__-------- 6, 000 Norwalk Harbor, Conn-------------------------------------- 43, 000 Examinations, surveys, and contingencies (general), Providence district_------------------------------------------------ 10, 000 Mamaroneck Harbor, N. Y-------------------------------------- 6, 000 Glencove Creek, N. Y------------------------------------ 21, 000 Huntington Harbor, N. Y _______----------------------------------- 15, 000 New York Harbor, N. Y -------- ------- --------------- - --- 165, 000 Bay Ridge and Red Hook Channels, N. Y--------------- ----- 200, 000 Newtown Creek, N. Y------- ------- 18, 800 Hudson River Channel, N. Y------------ -------------- 165, 000 New York Harbor: Collection of drift-__- -_______-___ 43, 000 Rondout Harbor, N. Y -------------------------------------- 13, 000 Saugerties Harbor, N. Y-------- 10, 000 Hudson River, N. Y-----------------------------------250, 400 Burlington Harbor, Vt -------------------------------------- 5, 000 Examinations, surveys, and contingencies (general), first New York district -------------------------------------- 25, 000 Newark Bay, Hackensack and Passaic Rivers, N. J 126, 000 New York and New Jersey Channels 26, 000 1------------------------- Elizabeth River, N. J----_-_ --- 15, 000 Woodbridge Creek, N. J-------------------------------------- 15, 000 Raritan River, N. J---------------------------------------- 30, 000 Washington Canal and South River, N. J----------- 00 9_____--, Shoal Harbor and Compton Creek, N. J------------------------ 12, 000 Shrewsbury River, N. J---------------- 16, 000 Manasquan River, N. J-------------------------------------- 15, 000 Examinations, surveys, and contingencies (general), second New York district-------------------------------------------- 17. 000 Delaware River between Philadelphia, Pa., and Trenton, N. J---- 70, 000 Delaware River, Pa., N. J., and Del., Philadelphia to the sea ------ 350, 000 Schuylkill River, Pa----------------------------------------- 80, 000 Cooper River, N. J----------------------------------------- 27, 000 Woodbury Creek, N. J __________________-____________ _ 10, 000 Mantua Creek, N. J ------------------------------------------ 5, 000 Wilmington Harbor, Del------ --------- DDDDDDD161,000 Inland waterway, Delaware River to Chesapeake Bay, Del., and Md_ 173, 880 Mispillion River, Del ------------------------------------ 10, 000 Broadkill River, Del_________ ___________ 7, 500 Inland waterway, Chincoteague Bay, Va., to Delaware Bay, Del_ 300 Examinations, surveys, and contingencies (general), Philadelphia district -------------------------------------------------- __ 35, 000 Baltimore Harbor and Channels, Md--------------------------200,000 Wicomico River, Md ________________________- _______ - 14, 200 Examinations, surveys, and contingencies (general), Baltimore district----------------------___ 8, 000 Occoquan Creek, Va ------------------------------------------ 12, 000 Examinations, surveys, and contingencies (general), Washington, D. C., district -------------------------------------------- 35, 000 Norfolk Harbor, Va_________,_ 108, 500 24 REPORT OF CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMY 1934 Thimble Shoal Channel, Va---------------------------------_ $70, 500 JamesJame River, Va__ _________ _____ Rivr, V--------------------------------------------3740 __ 37, 400 Waterway from Norfolk, Va., to the sounds of North Carolina___ 5, 000 Inland waterway from Norfolk, Va., to Beaufort Inlet, N. C_____ 227, 700 Meherrin River, N. C------------------------------------------- 4, 000 Roanoke River, N. C-------------------------------------------- 4,800 Examinations, surveys, and contingencies (general), Norfolk district- 40, 000 Pamlico and Tar Rivers, N. C__________________________________ 12, 500 South River, N. C----------------------------------------------- 15, 000 Neuse River, N. C--------------------------------------------- 3, 500 Swift Creek, N. C----------------------------------------------- 350 Trent River, N. C----------------------------------------------- 2, 400 Channel connecting Thoroughfare Bay with Cedar Bay, N. C_..... 5, 000 Beaufort Harbor, N. C----------------------------------------- 14, 500 Inland waterway, Beaufort to Cape Fear River, N. C., including waterway to Jacksonville, N. C_________________________ ___100, 000 Cape Lookout, N. C., harbor of refuge---------------------------- 2, 000 Cape Fear River at and below Wilmington, N. C---- --------------- 180, 000 Northeast (Cape Fear) River, N. C----------------------------- 1, 600 Black River, N. C --------------------------------------------- 800 Examinations, surveys, and contingencies (general), Wilmington, N. C., district ------------------------------------------------- 11, 000 Winyah Bay, S. C__ 19, 600 Waccamaw River, N. C. and S. C_______ __ ____1_____________ 13,500 ..--.--- Great Peedee River, S.C_--__---------- _____ - 5, 000 Charleston Harbor, S. C________________________-_______- __ 10, 800 Examinations, surveys, and contingencies (general), Charleston district ------------------------------------------------------- 6,100 Savannah Harbor, Ga -_ ___- 210, 000 Savannah River below Augusta, Ga 67, 000 Waterway between Beaufort, S. C., and St. Johns River, Fla.: Beaufort, S. C., to Cumberland Sound section 44, 100 Cumberland Sound to St. Johns River section 22, 000 Altamaha, Oconee, and Ocmulgee Rivers, Ga__ 34, 000 Brunswick Harbor, Ga ------------------- 12, 700 Examinations, surveys, and contingencies (general), Savannah dis- trict _ 14, 000 Intracoastal waterway, Jacksonville to Miami, Fla _ 120, 000 St. Johns River, Fla., Jacksonville to the ocean__________________ 270, 000 St. Johns River, Fla., Palatka to Lake Harney 40, 000 Oklawaha River, Fla_______________ 5, 000 Fort Pierce Harbor, Fla 50, 000 Lake Worth Inlet, Fla___________________________________ 30, 000 Hollywood Harbor, Fla___________________________________ 30, 000 Miami Harbor (Biscayne Bay), Fla_________________________ __ 10, 500 Key West Harbor, Fla---..........._- 27, 000 Caloosahatchee River and Lake Okeechobee drainage areas, Fla 1, 130, 500 Charlotte Harbor, Fla------ - -- 58, 000 Tampa Harbor, Fla___ 30, 000 Channel from Clearwater Harbor through Boca Ciega Bay to Tampa Bay,Fla- _____ 10, 000 Anclote River, Fla_________________________________-__ 121, 000 Removing water hyacinth from navigable waters in the State of Florida__ _ -_ _-_ 7, 000 Examinations, surveys, and contingencies (general), Jacksonville district------------------------------ 59, 000 Apalachicola Bay, Fla ..... -- 14, 000 Channel from Apalachicola River to St. Andrews Bay, Fla__--.... 1, 000 St. Andrews Bay, Fla----------------------------- 37, 600 Narrows in Santa Rosa Sound, Fla _ 7, 000 Pensacola Harbor, Fla__ 16, 100 Intracoastal waterway from Pensacola Bay, Fla., to Mobile Bay, Ala------ -- _------ - -- --- 18, 300 Alabama River, Ala_---------------_ 4, 000 Mobile Harbor, Ala .-.---- - - - - - 254, 000 Intracoastal waterway, Mobile, Ala., to New Orleans, La_ ........ 14, 000 RIVERS AND HARBORS 25 Black Warrior, Warrior, and Tombigbee Rivers, Ala $20, 000 Pascagoula Harbor, Miss 28, 000 Gulfport Harbor and Ship Island Pass, Miss 82, 000 Removing water hyacinth, Mobile River, Ala., tributaries-........ 5, 100 Southwest Pass, Mississippi River, La------------- 332, 000 Mississippi River between Baton Rouge and New Orleans, La ...... 17, 000 Bayou Grossetete, La ------------------- 10, 000 Barataria Bay, La -------------------------- 10, 000 Chefuncte River and Bogue Falia, La 5, 000 Tangipahoa River, La_------- - ----------- 5, 000 Tickfaw, Natalbany, Ponchatoula, and Blood Rivers, La. 5, 000 Little Caillou Bayou, La--------------- 15, 000 Big Pigeon and Little Pigeon Bayous, La-- 1, 000 Bayou Teche, La------------------------ 4, 000 Louisiana-Texas intracoastal waterway (New Orleans-Sabine River section) __ ___ secion __ _195, ----------------------------------------------- 000 Bayou Vermilion, La _ _____________ 50, 000 Mermentau-River and Bayous Nezpique and des Cannes, La ....... 15, 000 Removing water hyacinth, State of Louisiana-------------------- 38,000 Examinations, surveys, and contingencies (general), New Orleans district------------------------------------------------------- 28,000 Sabine-Neches Waterway, Tex----------------------------------- 100, 000 Louisiana-Texas Intracoastal Waterway (Sabine River-Corpus Christi section) ----------------------------------------------- 64, 000 Galveston Harbor, Tex____________-__---------------------- 100, 500 Galveston Channel, Tex__------------------------------------------ 73, 500 Channel from Galveston Harbor to Texas City, Tex---------------- 88, 800 Houston Ship Channel, Tex------------------------------------- 133, 000 Freeport Harbor, Tex-------------------------------------------- 77, 000 Channel from Aransas Pass to Corpus Christi, Tex----------------- 85, 000 Port Aransas, Tex--------------------------------------------- 297, 000 Brazos Island Harbor, Tex -------------------- 5, 200 Examinations, surveys, and contingencies (general), Galveston district------------------------------------------------------- 20, 000 Red River below Fulton, Ark ------------------------------------ 30, 000 Cypress Bayou and Waterway between Jefferson, Tex., and Shreve- port, La------------------------------------------------------ 1, 700 Ouachita and Black Rivers, Ark. and La ------- ______--------100, 000 Tensas River and Bayou Macon, La -- 2, 500 Boeuf River, La ------------------------------------------------- 2, 500 Yazoo River, Miss---------------------------------------------- 10, 500 Big Sunflower River, Miss ______--___ 4, 000 Mouth of the Yazoo River, Miss_________________________ - - 5, 000 Examinations, surveys, and contingencies (general) Vicksburg district------------------------------------------------------ 11, 000 Arkansas River, Ark. and Okla_____ _______________---8, 660 White River, Ark. and Mo-------------------------------------- 127, 670 Black River, Ark. and Mo-------------------------------------- 18, 170 Current River, Ark. and Mo --____-____-- ____-________- - _____-- 2, 900 St. Francis and L'Anguille Rivers and Blackfish Bayou, Ark ..... 8, 770 Examinations, surveys, and contingencies (general), Memphis dis- trict --------------------------------------------------------- 12, 430 Mississippi River: Ohio River to Missouri River_____________________ ... _ _ 865, 600 Missouri River to Minneapolis, Minn------------------------ 1, 359, 500 Missouri River, Kansas City to mouth (Hermann to mouth) Mill Creek and South Slough at Milan, Ill------------------------ ------ 697, 500 2,000 St. Croix River, Minn. and Wis___ ____________________________ 3, 000 Examinations, surveys, and contingencies (general), St. Louis district_------------------------------------------------------- 15, 000 Illinois River, Ill_-----------------------------------------------_ 686, 500 Examinations, surveys, and contingencies (general) Chicago district (portion in upper Mississippi Valley division) ------------------ 50, 000 Agate Bay Harbor, Minn__ 10, 000 Duluth-Superior Harbor, Minn. and Wis_- 36, 000 Ashland Harbor, Wis_--------------------------------------------- 14, 000 26 REPORT OF CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMY, 1934 Ontonagon Harbor, Mich---- -------------------------------- $42, 000 Keweenaw Waterway, Mich--------------------------------- 113, 000 Marquette Bay, Harbor of Refuge, Mich .-.- --------------- - 5, 000 Marquette Harbor, Mich-------------------------------------- 14, 000 Warroad Harbor and River, Minn---__----------------- 15, 000 Baudette Harbor and River, Minn__---------------- 8, 000 Examinations, surveys, and contingencies (general), Duluth district_ 23, 000 Manistique Harbor, Mich_------------ -------------------------- 5, 500 Menominee Harbor and River, Mich. and Wis -------------------- 10, 500 Green Bay Harbor, Wis------- ------------------------------- 25, 000 Fox River, Wis-------------------------------------------- 96, 000 Sturgeon Bay and Lake Michigan Ship Canal, Wis------- ___--39, 000 Two Rivers Harbor, Wis-------------------------------------- 11, 000 Sheboygan Harbor, Wis--------------------------------------- 18, 000 Port Washington Harbor, Wis--------------------------------- 4, 000 Racine Harbor, Wis----------------------------------------- 13, 000 Kenosha Harbor, Wis-. 6, 000 St. Joseph Harbor, Mich_____________-------------------------------------- 11, 000 South Haven Harbor, Mich____________--- - - - -__-_______ 7, 000 Holland Harbor, Mich-____-____- -- _____- -____-___ - -- 5, 000 Grand Haven Harbor and Grand River, Mich --- __--- --------- 49, 000 Muskegon Harbor, Mich - - __1___________ 1_______________-- 105,300 White Lake Harbor, Mich- - - __ -_____ 6_______- 6, 000 Manistee Harbor, Mich ------- _____-____-______-__ _- 17, 500 Portage Lake Harbor, Mich------------------------------------ 4, 000 Frankfort Harbor, Mich________________-______________ 76, 000 Charlevoix Harbor, Mich-_____ - ________ _- ________ __-- - 500 Examinations, surveys, and contingencies (general), Milwaukee dis- trict - ---------------------------------------------------- 4, 000 Waukegan Harbor, Ill ____-_ _-----__-_______________ 11, 000 Chicago Harbor, Ill 77, 000 1------------------------ Chicago River, Ill_______________ __ _________ 13, 000 Calumet Harbor and River, Ill. and Ind-__- ---- _____---__- 29, 300 Indiana Harbor, Ind._________________-_______ 68, 100 Michigan City Harbor, Ind-- ---------------------------------- 16, 300 Examinations, surveys, and contingencies (general), Chicago district (portion in Great Lakes division) ----------------------------- 21, 000 St. Clair River, Mich_______________________ ________ 10, 000 Detroit River, Mich--------------1, 851, 000 Black River, Mich-------------------------------------------- 5, 000 Rouge River, Mich -- 1---------------- 8, 200 Toledo Harbor, Ohio ___-------------- 5, 000 Sandusky Harbor, Ohio---------------------- 18, 700 Huron Harbor, Ohio------------------------------------------ 8, 200 Lorain Harbor, Ohio _ ------------------------------------ 19, 300 Fairport Harbor, Ohio -__-___--_ 8, 200 Ashtabula Harbor, Ohio , 600 6--------------------- Erie Harbor, Pa_ ---------------- 26, 700 Buffalo Harbor, N. Y___ __________________________________ 40, 000 Black Rock Channel and Tonawanda Harbor, N. Y________________ 16, 600 Great Sodus Bay Harbor, N. Y-- _____________________________ 5, 200 Oswego Harbor, N. Y__----------------------------------------- 4, 000 Ogdensburg Harbor, N. Y ------------------------------------- 4, 500 Examinations, surveys, and contingencies (general) : Buffalo district------------------------------------------ 15, 000 Los Angeles district-------------------------------------- 19, 000 San Francisco Harbor, Calif---- ------------------------------ 69, 200 Oakland Harbor, Calif------ --------------------------------- 15, 700 San Pablo Bay and Mare Island Strait, Calif--------------------- 81, 500 Humboldt Harbor and Bay, Calif------------------------------ 32,100 Examinations, surveys, and contingencies (general), San Fran- cisco district --------------------------------------------- 21, 500 San Joaquin River, Calif--- ------------- -------------------- 80, 000 Stockton and Mormon Channels (diverting canal), Calif 5, 000 Mokelumne River, Calif_---- -------- - - - 2, 000 Sacramento River, Calif_-- ---------- 150, 000 THE BOARD OF ENGINEERS FOR RIVERS AND HARBORS 27 Middle River and Empire Cut, Calif----------------------------- $500 Suisun Bay Channel, Calif___ ------------------------------------ 22, 500 Examinations, surveys, and contingencies (general), Sacramento district ------------------------------------------------- 15, 000 Tillamook Bay and Bar, Oreg__--------------------------------- 16, 000 Columbia and Lower Willamette Rivers below Vancouver, Wash., and Portland, Oreg--- ---------- ------------- ---- 595, 000, Willamette River above Portland, and Yamhill River, Oreg-------- 62, 000 Lake River, Wash--------------------------- ---------------- 2, 000 Lewis River, Wash------------------------------------------ 1, 000 Cowlitz River, Wash---------------------------------------- 10, 000 Grays River, Wash------------------- --- 500 Deep River, Wash--------------------------------------------- 250 Examinations, surveys, and contingencies (general), Portland district-------- ------------------- - 23, 250 Willapa River and Harbor, Wash------------------------------ 34, 000 Grays Harbor and Bar entrance, Wash------------------------- 116, 000 Grays Harbor, inner portion, and Chehalis River, Wash------------ 12, 000 Puget Sound and its tributary waters, Wash---------------------- 22, 400 Bellingham Harbor, Wash----------------------------- 20, 000 Nome Harbor, Alaska ---------------------------------- 22, 000 Examinations, surveys, and contingencies (general), Seattle district 47, 000 San Juan Harbor, P. R--------------------------------------- 12, 000 Examinations, surveys, and contingencies (general), Puerto Rico district----------------------------- --- 5, 000 Treatment of the Yuba River debris situation-restraining barriers- 5, 000 Regulation of hydraulic mining-expenses of the California Debris Commission---------------------------------------------- 10, 000 Supervision New York Harbor-------------------------------- 162, 000 Survey of northern and northwestern lakes---------------------- 175, 000 Surveys (H. Doc. No. 308, 69th Cong., 1st sess.) ------------------- 1, 000 Total- --------------------- -- -------- 17, 359, 530 Balance unallotted , 607, 115 6--------------------------------------- Total------ ------ ----------------------------- 23, 966, 645 The amounts that can be profitably expended during the fiscal year ending June 30, 1936, as indicated in the respective reports, are as follows: Maintenance and improvement of existing river and harbor works: Projects authorized by Congress---- $47, 164, 115 Less estimated carry-over from previous appro- priations -------------------------- 2, 214, 095 Amount to be. appropriated----------------- $44, 950. 020 Projects authorized by the Federal Emergency Administra- tion of Public Works------------------------------- 93, 816, 610 Flood control-------------------------------- $28, 906, 768 Less estimated carry-over from previous appro- priations------------------------------- 12, 588, 112 Amount to be appropriated-----------------------------16, 318, 656 Total to be appropriated ------------ 155, 085, 286 THE BOARD OF ENGINEERS FOR RIVERS AND HARBORS The creation of the Board and the duties assigned to it under the original and subsequent acts of Congress are described in the Annual Report for 1922. 28 REPORT OF CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMY, 1934 The work accomplished by the Board during the year and the status of its operations from its organization up to the close of the fiscal year are shown by the following table: Total Number Number num complet- Number of in- complet-eddur- remain- Authority forinvestigations vestiga-- lose of ing year ing to tions ending be com- ordered preced- June 30, pleted ing fiscal 1934 year River and harbor and flood control acts__---------- 3, 238 3,058 98 82 Concurrent resolutions of Congress-._._-.... ..- 1 1 Senate resolutions--------------------- 1 1- Resolutions of congressional committees- __ ..------------- 664 454 75 135 Total . --- --- - ----------- 3,904 3,514 173 217 Number of hearings given at the office of the Board during the year______ __--------------------- 35 Net expenses of the Board during the year ___-__..___ ___-- $169, 822. 46 Estimated cost of projects recommended by the Board from its organization to June 30, 1934------------------ _ 1,'032, 027, 929.06 Estimated cost of projects so recommended adopted by Con- gress ---------------------------------------------- 583, 98, 512. 26 Further progress has been made in the preparation and revision of the series of reports on the principal ports of the United States de- signed to further the interests of importers, exporters, ship operators and others concerned in the movement of goods through our ports. During the fiscal year ending June 30, 1934, revisions of the follow- ing reports were prepared for publication: Charleston, S. C., and Wilmington, N. C. (no. 9); and the Panama Canal and its ports (no. 22). One new report was similarly prepared on the Ports of Northern New England (no. 24). A revision of the report on Nor- folk, Portsmouth, and Newport News, Va. (no. 15), was nearing completion at the close of the year. The following reports were distributed: Port Arthur, Sabine, Beaumont, and Orange, Tex. (no. 14) ; Baltimore, Md. (no. 16) ; and New York (no. 20). A report on San Francisco, Oakland, Berkeley, Richmond, Upper San Francisco Bay, Santa Cruz, and Monterey, Calif. (no. 12), was completed and will be distributed early in the next fiscal year. The following is a list of the Port Series reports and revisions which have been issued to date: No. 1. The Port of Portland, Maine, and one revision. No. 2. The Port of Boston, Mass., and one revision. No. 3. The Ports of Mobile, Ala., and Pensacola, Fla., and one revision in two parts. No. 4. The Ports of Philadelphia and Chester, Pa., Camden, N. J., and Wil- mington, Del., and one revision in two parts. No. 5. The Port of New Orleans, La., and one revision. No. 6. The Ports of Galveston, Houston, and Texas City, Tex., and one re- vision in three parts, one of which includes Corpus Christi. No. 7. The Ports of Seattle, Tacoma, Everett, Bellingham, and Grays Har- bor, Wash., and one revision in three parts. No. 8. The Ports of Jacksonville, Fernandina, Miami, Key West, Tampa, and South Boca Grande, Fla., and one revision in two parts. No. 9. The Ports of Charleston, S. C., and Wilmington, N. C. No. 10. The Ports of Savannah and Brunswick, Ga. THE BOARD OF ENGINEERS FOR RIVERS AND HARBORS 29 No. 11. The Ports of Portland and Astoria, Oreg., and Vancouver, Wash., and one revision in two parts. No. 12. The Ports of San Francisco, Oakland, Berkeley, Richmond, Monterey, Santa Cruz, and Upper San Francisco Bay, Calif. No. 13. The Ports of Los Angeles, San Diego, and San Luis Obispo, Calif., and one revision in two parts. No. 14. The Ports of Port Arthur, Sabine, Beaumont, and Orange, Tex., and one revision. No. 15. The Ports of Norfolk, Portsmouth, and Newport News, Va. No. 16. The Ports of Baltimore, Md., Washington, D. C., and Alexandria, Va., and one revision on Baltimore. No. 17. The Ports of Hawaii. No. 18. The Ports of Southern New England. No. 19. The Ports of Gulfport and Pascagoula, Miss. No. 20. The Port of New York (in three parts), and one revision. No. 21. The Ports of Puerto Rico. No. 22. The Panama Canal and its Ports. No. 23. The Ports of Olympia and Port Angeles, Wash. A Lake Series of reports, similar in form and scope to the Port Series, has been published and the following numbers have been issued to date, though no new ones were distributed during the year. No. 1. The Port of Buffalo, N. Y. No. 2. The Port of Detroit, Mich. No. 3. The Port of Milwaukee, Wis. No. 4. The Port of Chicago, Ill. No. 5. The Port of Cleveland, Ohio. No. 6. The Port of Duluth-Superior, Minn. and Wis. No. 7. The Port of Toledo, Ohio. No. 8. The Ports of Sandusky, Huron, and Lorain, Ohio., A Transportation Series of reports has also been published in which are included reports on investigations of transportation conditions, showing the movements of traffic by water, and treating of the physi- cal and economic conditions having a bearing upon the utilization of water routes. No new numbers were issued during the year. The following numbers have been issued to date: No. 1. Transportation on the Great Lakes. No. 2. Transportation in the Mississippi and Ohio Valleys. Reports not within the scope of the Port Series, Lake Series, or Transportation Series are published as the Miscellaneous Series. Three reports have been issued in this series to date: No. 1. Port and Terminal Charges at United States Ports, and one revision. No. 2. Shipping Charges: at United States and Foreign Ports; Consular Serv- ices and Charges. No. 3. Foreign Trade Zones: or Free Ports. A revision of Report No. 1 was prepared during the year and will be distributed early in the new year. It is planned to revise this report annually in order to have available current information. A reprint of Report No. 3 was ordered. Miscellaneous studies were made in connection with subjects pend- ing before the Board and in response to specific calls; and tables, graphs, and maps have been prepared as necessary in connection therewith. At the end of the fiscal year the Board was composed of the fol- lowing members: Col. William J. Barden, Col. George M. Hoffman, Col. Earl I. Brown, Col. James A. Woodruff, Lt. Col. Max C. Tyler, Lt. Col. John C. H. Lee, and Maj. Milo P. Fox. 30 REPORT OF CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMY, 1934 The changes in membership were: July 8, 1933. Col. William J. Barden assigned and ol. Earl I. Brown relieved. August 3, 1933, Lt. Col. Eugene Reybold assigned for the period August 3 to September 15, 1933, during which Lt. Col. James J. Loving was relieved. August 16, 1933. Maj. Milo P. Fox assigned. October 20, 1933. Col. Earl I. Brown assigned and Maj. Gen. Edward M. Mark- ham relieved. November 16, 1933, Lt. Col. James J. Loving relieved. December 13, 1933. Col. George R. Spalding assigned and Col. Edward H. Schulz relieved. February 27, 1934. Lt. Col. Max C. Tyler assigned and Col. Thomas II. Jackson relieved. March 5, 1934. Col. James A. Woodruff assigned and Col. George R. Spalding relieved. May 1, 1934. Lt. Col. John C. H. Lee assigned and Col. Warren T. Hannum relieved. June 30, 1934. Col. George M. Hoffman retired. IMPROVEMENT OF RIVERS AND HARBORS IN THE BOSTON, MASS., DISTRICT This district includes the States of Maine and New Hampshire, and eastern Massachusetts from the New Hampshire State line to the southern end of Nauset Beach, at Chatham Bar, on the east coast line of Cape Cod. District engineer: Lt. Col. Richard Park, Corps of Engineers, to January 15, 1934; Lt. Col. John J. Kingman, Corps of Engineers, since that date. Division Engineer: Col. George M. Hoffman, Corps of Engineers. IMPROVEMENTS Page Page 1. Georges River, Maine ------ 30 8. Cape Cod Canal, Mass 48 2. Portland Harbor, Maine----- 31 9. Operating and care of Cape 3. York Harbor, Maine-------- 34 Cod Canal, Mass ---- __- 54 4. Gloucester Harbor, Mass... 35 10. Examinations, surveys, and 5. Lynn Harbor, Mass_______--37 contingencies (general)__ 56 6. Boston Harbor, Mass ------ 40 11. Other projects for which no 7. Plymouth Harbor, Mass----- 46 estimates are submitted__ 57 1. GEORGES RIVER (THOMASTON HARBOR), MAINE Location.-This river is about 80 miles northeast of Portland and about 4 miles west of Rockland, Maine. (See U. S. Coast and Geodetic Survey Charts Nos. 312 and 1203.) Existing project.-This provides for a channel extending about 1 mile downstream from Thomaston, the depth to be 16 feet at mean low tide, the width varying from 90 to 220 feet. The lower end of the section included in the project is about 11 miles above the mouth of the river. The mean range of tide is 9.3 feet, the extreme 10.6 feet. The estimated cost for new work, made in 1895, was $30,000. The latest (1914) approved estimate for annual cost of maintenance is $500. The existing project was authorized by the River and Harbor Act of June 3, 1896 (H. Ex. Doc. No. 236, 53d Cong., 3d sess., reprinted in annual Report for 1895, p. 590). For latest published map see House Executive Document No. 1458, Sixty-third Congress, third session. RIVERS AND HARBORS-BOSTON, MASS., DISTRICT 31 Terminal facilities.-There are only two wharves in usable condi- tion, both private. The facilities, while limited, apparently meet existing needs. Operations and results during fiscal year.-None. Condition at end of fiscal year.-The project was completed in 1903 at a saving of $4,212 under the estimated cost. Project depth was restored in 1919. A survey made in 1930 showed that while shoaling had considerably narrowed the width of the channel, the controlling depth was about 15 feeF at mean low water. The cost and expenditures have been $41,000, of which $25,787.91 was for new work and $15,212.09 for maintenance. Proposed operations.-The balance unexpended at the end of the fiscal year amounting to $27,500, will be applied as follows: Maintenance : Dredging between the mouth of the river and the upriver end of Dunn & Elliot Coal Co. wharf, by contract (September-No- vember 1934) about 50,000 cubic yards at an estimated cost of_ _-- $27, 500 Upon completion of the maintenance dredging to be done during the fiscal year 1935, the channel will be in satisfactory condition to meet the needs of existing' commerce and, accordingly, no funds can be profitably expended during the fiscal year 1936. Cost and financial summary Cost of new work to June 30, 1934----------------------------- $25, 787. 91 Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1934-------------- 15, 212. 09 Total cost of permanent work to June 30, 1934 _. --- 41, 000. 00 Net total expenditures----------- 41, 000. 00 Unexpended balance June 30, 1934------------------------------ 27, 500. 00 Total amount appropriated to June 30, 1934-----------------_ 68, 500. 00 Fiscal year ending June 30 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 Cost of new work .-- - Cost of maintenance_------- Total expended -- - -- - - -- - - - - - Allotted----- ------ - ----- -_ _ - $27, 500.00 Amount allotted from War Department Appropriation Act approved Apr. 26, 1934 _-- ________--_______ $27, 500 Balance unexpended June 30, 1934 ------------ 27, 500 2. PORTLAND HARBOR, MAINE Location.-This harbor is on the southwestern coast of Maine, about 100 miles northeast of Boston, Mass. (See U. S. Coast and Geodetic Survey Chart No. 325.) Previous projects.-Adopted by acts of July 4, 1836, June 23, 1866, and June 10, 1872, and joint resolution of June 5, 1868. The cost and expenditures were $692,435.25, all for new work. For further details see page 1736 of Annual Report for 1915. 91536-ENG 1934- 3 32 REPORT OF CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMY, 1934 Existing project.-This provides for a commodious anchorage off the eastern end of the city, with a minimum depth of 30 feet; for dredging the greater part of the inner harbor to a depth of 30 feet, except for the lower part of the main harbor and its channel of approach, where the depth is to be 35 feet; for a channel 30 feet deep and 300 feet wide in Fore River up to the upper Boston & Maine Railroad bridge; for a channel 30 feet deep and 300 feet wide from the anchorage to the Grand Trunk bridge at the mouth of Back Cove; for rock excavation to give a depth of 14 feet between the Grand Trunk and Tukeys bridges, and a channel 12 feet deep and 300 feet wide thence to the head of Back Cove; for the removal of two obstructing ledges in the main ship channel to a depth of 40 feet; and for a stone breakwater about 1,900 feet long on the south- erly side of the mouth of the inner harbor. The project depths refer to mean low water. The mean tidal range is 8.9 feet, extreme 10.2 feet, though variations as great as 16 feet have been observed under storm conditions. The estimate of cost for new work, revised in 1928, is $1,790,000, exclusive of amounts expended on previous projects. The latest (1928) approved estimate for annual cost of maintenance is $20,000. The existing project was authorized by the following acts: The River and Harbor Act of July 4, 1836, provided for the breakwater (H. Doc. No. 491, 23d Cong., 1st sess.) ; the River and Harbor Act of June 3, 1896, provided for 30 feet over the greater part of the inner harbor (S. Doc. No. 271, 54th Cong., 1st sess.) ; the Sundry Civil Act of March 3, 1905, provided for extensions of the 30-foot depth up Fore River and in the channel of approach to Back Cove; the River and Harbor Act of July 25, 1912, provided for the anchor- age, for 14 feet at the entrance to Back Cove, for restoring the 12- foot depth in Back Cove, and the 30-foot depth in the approach as well as in the lower part of the inner harbor (H. Doc. No. 489, 62d Cong., 2d sess.); and the River and Harbor Act of August 8, 1917, provided for 35 feet at mean low fide in the lower part of the main harbor and the channel of approach and for the removal of two obstructing ledges in the main channel (H. Doc. No. 71, 65th Cong., 1st sess.). For latest published map see last-mentioned document. Local cooperation.-The River and Harbor Act of August 8, 1917, required that assurances be given that adequate berthing space for deep-draft vessels, affording a depth of not less than 35 feet at low water for spring tides would be provided by local interests within a reasonable time. These assurances were given and approved by the Secretary of War August 27, 1917. Since that date the work covered by these assurances has practically been accomplished. Terminal facilities.-The harbor has a water front of about 81/ miles, rather more than one-half of which has been developed. There are 55 wharves, all but 15 of which are in the city of Portland, two publicly owned ferry landings, and a large modern pier owned by the State. The terminal facilities are considered adequate for existing com- merce. (For further details see Port Series No. 1, Corps of Engineers.) Operations and results during fiscal year.-Maintenance dredging, under contract, for restoring project depths in the 30-foot anchorage, RIVERS AND ITARBORS--BOSTON, MASS., DISTRICT 33 the 30- and 35-foot channels in the lower harbor, the 30-foot channel in the inner harbor and Fore River, was commenced June 11, 1934, in the 30-foot channel of the inner harbor, and was in progress at the close of the fiscal year. During the period, 49,631 net cubic yards, scow measurement, of material was removed, at a cost of $19,736.33. The expenditures were $12,647.03. Condition at end of fiscal year.-The existing project is completed except for removal of two obstructing ledges in the main ship chan- nel to a depth of 40 feet at mean low water. About 88 percent of the entire project has been accomplished. The condition of the project as ascertained in 1931 and 1934 was as follows: In the 30- foot anchorage area the controlling depth, with the exception of an area about 100 feet wide and 800 feet long in the southeasterly corner over which there was a controlling depth of 21 feet, was about 27 feet at mean low water in 1934. In the 30-foot channel of approach to Back Cove the controlling depth was about 20 feet in 1931, due apparently to deposits from the Presumpscot River. As this part of the channel is no longer used for deep-draft traffic no inconvenience is experienced. The controlling depth between Grand Trunk and Tukeys bridges was 14 feet at mean low water in 1931. In the 35-fQot channel in the lower harbor the controlling depth in 1934, with the exception of the southeasterly half of the channel abreast of the Grand Trunk Wharves over which there was, a con- trolling depth of 28.3 feet, was 32 feet at mean low water. In 1934 the controlling depth in the 30-foot channel in the lower harbor was 29 feet at mean low water. In the 30-foot channel between the inner end of the 35-foot channel and Portland Bridge across Fore River the controlling depth in 1934 was 27 feet at mean low water. In Fore River the controlling depth in 1934, with the exception of a small area near the upper end of the Portland Terminal Co. Wharf No. 3, over which there was a controlling depth of 27.5 feet, was 28.0 feet. In Back Cove the controlling depth in June 1932 was 12 feet at mean low water. The costs have been $1,578,129.06 for new work and $214,027.24 for maintenance, a total of $1,792,156.30. The total expenditures have been $1,785,067. Proposed operatiouns.-The balance unexpended at the end of the fiscal year amounting to $267,342.19, will be applied as follows: Accounts payable June 30, 1934_____________ __ $7, 089.30 Maintenance: Complete by May 15, 1935, under a contract in force by dredging as follows: 35-foot channel in lower harbor -----. $41, 217. 52 30-foot channel in main harbor and Fore River -- 119, 069. 97 30-foot anchorage-------------------------------99, 965. 40 260,252. Total------------------------------------------------ 267, 342f. The only part of the existing project remaining uncompleted is the removal of two ledges in the main ship channel, estimated to cost about $200,000. This involves the removal of about 3,200 cubic yards of rock to the depth of 40 feet at mean low water. So far as known there is no urgent necessity for the removal of these rock ledges at this time. 34 REPORT OF CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMY, 1934 No additional funds can be profitably expended during the fiscal year 1936 as the completion of the above dredging will leave the channels in good condition to meet the requirements of commerce. Cost and financial summary 'Costof new work to June 30, 1934 270, 564. 31 $-------------------- Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1934------------------------- 214, 027. 24 Total cost of permanent work to June 30, 1934 2, 484, 591. 55 ----------- Minus accounts payable June 30, 1934 ------------------------- 7, 089. 30 Net total expenditures--------------------------------2, 477, 502. 25 Unexpended balance June 30, 1934------ -------------------- 267, 342. 19 Total amount appropriated to June 30, 1934 -2, 744, 844. 44 Fiscal year ending June 30 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 Cost of new work-------------------- ------------- - Cost of maintenance------------------ $13, 420. 48 $24, 492.91 $58, 882. 28 $4, 020. 44 $19, 736. 33 Total expended------------------- 12, 744. 32 17, 485. 48 58, 974. 41 4,230. 75 12, 647. 03 Allotted-------- ----------------------- 51, 700. 00 -9, 700. 00 45, 000. 00 -5, 890. 58 279, 989. 22 Amount allotted from War Department Appropriation Act approved July 14, 1932__---------------------------------------------- $40, 000. 00 Amount allotted' from War Department Appropriation Act approved Mar. 4, 1933--------------------------------------------- 240, 000.00 Amount' to be accounted for-----------------------------280, 000.00 Deductions on account of revocation of allotment ---------------- 10. 78 Net amount to be accounted for__ 279, 989.22 Gross amount expended ---------------------------------------- 12, 647. 03 Balance unexpended June 30, 1934------------------------ 267, 342. 19 Outstanding liabilities June 30, 1934_ _.... ._ $2. 25 Amount covered by uncompleted contracts------------ 264, 844. 94 - 264, 847. 19 Balance available June 30, 1934_.... __--_ 2, 495. 00 Amount (estimated) required to be appropriated for completion of existing project _________________ - __ - ____ 212, 000. 00 3. YORK HARBOR, MAINE Location.-This harbor is the mouth of York River, a small stream emptying into the Atlantic Ocean, about 10 miles east of Portsmouth, N. H., and 40 miles south of Portland, Maine. (See U. S. Coast and Geodetic Survey Chart No. 228.) Previous projects.--Adopted by the act of August 5, 1886. The cost and expenditures were $44,000, all for new work. For further details see page 40 of Annual Report for 1907. Existing project.-This provides for widening the channel off Bragdons Island about 170 feet by dredging to the depth of 10 feet at meari low water and for removing to the same depth the point of projecting shoal just above. The mean tidal range is 8 feet. 1Exclusive of available funds. RIVERS AND HARBORS-BOSTON, MASS., DISTRICT 35 The estimate of cost for new work, made in 1905, exclusive of amount expended on previous project, was $13,400. The existing project was adopted by the River and Harbor Act of March 3, 1905. The latest published map is in House Document No. 301, Fifty- eighth Congress, second session. Terminal facilities.-None. The harbor is used mostly by fishing boats and pleasure craft. Operations and results during fiscal year.--None. Condition at end of fiscal year.--The existing project was com- pleted in 1906. The controlling depth at mean low water in the area covered by the existing project was 7.4 feet in 1930. The cost and expenditures have been $13,400, all for new work. Proposed operations.-The balance unexpended at the end of the fiscal year, amounting to $11,000, will be applied to maintenance dredging in the harbor basin west of Stage Neck by contract, Sep- tember to November 1934. Upon completion of the maintenance dredging to be done during the fiscal year 1935, the channel will be in satisfactory condition to meet the needs of existing commerce and, accordingly, no funds can be profitably expended during the fiscal year 1936. Cost and financial summnary Cost of new work to June 30, 1934 -------- $57, 400 Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1934_- - Total cost of permanent work to June 30, 1934- --- 57, 400 Net total expenditures -- 57, 400 Unexpended balance June 30, 1934_ --- - - 11, 000 Total amount appropriated to June 30, 1934 __ 68, 400 Fiscal year ending June 30 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 Cost of new work----------------- Cost of maintenance - - --- --------- Total expended-_______-__ Allotted..-------------- _-_-__ ---------- --- - $11, 000. 00 Amount allotted from War Department Appropriation Act approved Apr. 26, 1934 _ ------------------------------------ $11, 000 Balance unexpended June 30, 1934--- ------------------------------ 11, 000 4. GLOUCESTER HARBOR, MASS. Location.-The harbor is situated at the southern extremity of Cape Ann, about 23 miles northeast by water from Boston Harbor. (See U. S. Coast and Geodetic Survey Chart No. 243.) Previous projects.-Adopted by River and Harbor Acts of June 10, 1872, August 5, 1886, and June 3, 1896. The cost and expendi- tures on projects prior to the adoption of the existing project were $21,000, all for new work. For further details see page 1740 of Annual Report for 1915. 36 REPORT OF CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMY, 1934 Existing project.-This provides: (a) For a rubblestone breakwater, 2,250 feet long, surmounted by a super- structure of dry walls of heavy split stone enclosing a core of rubblestone from Eastern Point over Dog Bar to Cat Ledge. (b) For the removal of three ledges in the inner harbor, one to 12 feet and two to 15 feet depth at mean low water, and five ledges in the outer harbor, four to 18 feet, and one to 25 feet depth at mean low water, aggregating a total of 2,206 cubic yards, place measurement. (c) For removal to depth of 15 feet below mean low water of ledges and boulders obstructing the approach to the wharves between Harbor Cove and Pews Wharf, near the head of the inner harbor; dredging to the same depth of the channel leading past the wharves and dredging of Harbor Cove to the depth of 10 feet at mean low water. The mean range of tide is 8.9 feet. The extreme range is 12.6 feet. The estimates of cost for new work, exclusive of amounts expended on previous projects, were as follows: (a) For breakwater, $416,083.43, revised in 1902; (b) removal of eight ledges, $51,000, made in 1908; (c) for removal of ledges and boulders and dredging, $65,000, made in 1887. The latest (1928) approved estimate for annual cost of mainte- nance of the breakwater is $1,000. The existing project was authorized by the following river and harbor acts: (a) The act of August 18, 1894, provided for the breakweater from Eastern Point to Round Rock Shoal (H. Ex. Doc. No. 56, 48th Cong., 2d ress.) ; and the act of June 13, 1902, authorized the termination of the breakwater at Cat Ledge; (b) the act of June 25, 1910, provided for the removal of eight, ledges (H. Doc. No. 1112, 60th Cong., 2d ses.s.) ; (c) the act of August 11, 1888, pro- vided for the removal of ledges and boulders, and dredging (Annual Report for 1887, p. 503). References to latest published maps: Project of 1888 for removal of ledges and boulders and dredging, Annual Report for 1887, pages 504 and 506; project of 1894 for breakwater, and project of 1910 for ledge removal (H. Doc. No. 1112, 60th Cong., 2d sess.). The latest published map of Gloucester Inner Harbor is in Rivers and Harbors Committee Document No. 39, Seventy-second Congress, first session. Terminal facilities.-There are in Gloucester Harbor 60 wharves worthy of mention. The depth beside the wharves varies from 0 to 18 feet at mean low water. Except for two wharves owned by the city, all are private, and are not available to the public. These facilities are considered adequate for the commerce of the port. Operations and results during fiscal year.-Under a contract for the repair of the Dog Bar Breakwater, work was commenced on December 5, 1933, and was completed on March 29, 1934. One hundred and ten linear feet of superstructure was repaired and the heavy rubblestone apron on the seaward side was repaired where necessary for a total length of about 1.100 feet at a total cost and expenditure of $6,864.02 for maintenance. Condition at end of fiscal year.-The existing project was com- pleted in 1916 at a saving of $30,905 under the estimated cost. The removal of all ledges and boulders between Harbor Cove and Pew's Wharf, and other obstructing rocks, was completed in 1896; the dredging of a channel in front of the wharves and in Harbor Cove was completed in 1894, and the removal of a pinnacle rock in the RIVERS AND HARBORS-BOSTON, MASS., DISTRICT 37 outer harbor in 1896, all at a cost of $66,681.65. The breakwater completed in 1905 was built at a cost of $410,097.19 for new work and $30,260.81 for maintenance, a total of $440,358. The re- moval of all ledges was completed in 1916 at a cost of $24,400 for new work. The controlling depths over the ledges in the outer harbor as ascertained in 1916 are from 18 to 25 feet, the controlling depth as ascertained in 1931 over the ledges in the inner harbor was 14.6 feet. The costs and expenditures have been $501,178.84 for new work and $30,260.81 for maintenance, a total of $531,439.65 Proposed operations.--No work is proposed during the fiscal years of 1935 and 1936. Cost and financial summary Cost of new work to June 30, 1934-__ ______- _ $522, 178. 84 Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1934_ _- 30, 260. 81 Total cost of permanent work to June 30, 1934 ------------ 552, 439. 65 Net total expenditures -------------------------------------- 552, 439. 65 Total amount appropriated to June 30, 1934--------- ----- 552, 439. 65 Fiscal year ending June 30 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 Cost of new work---------- ------------ ------------ --- Cost of maintenance--- --- ----- -- -- $11. 00 $7, 381. 63 - --- $6, 864. 02 Total expended----------------------- - 11. 00 7, 381. 63 ------------ 6, 864. 02 Allotted .....------------------------- - ---------- 10, 000. 00 - -$2, 607. 37 6, 864. 02 Amount allotted from War Department Appropriation Act approved Feb. 28, 1929-_ ____ _ $3,354. 42 Amount allotted from War Department Appropriation Act approved May 28, 1930__________________ 2,738.12 Amount allotted from War Department Appropriation Act approved Feb. 23, 1931__ _ -__________________ 1,307.46 Amount to be accounted for_ ____ _________ -- _ _ 7, 400. 00 Deductions on account of revocation of allotment_ --------- ------ 535. 98 Net amount to be accounted for__ ___________--- -6, 864. 02 'Gross amount expended__ ______________-__--_________- 6, 864.02 5. LYNN HARBOR, MASS. Location.-This harbor, formed by a natural indentation of the coast line, is distant about 14 miles by water in a northeasterly direc- tion from Boston. (See U. S. Coast and Geodetic Survey Chart No. 240.) Previous projects.-Adopted by acts of August 2, 1882, July 13, 1892, June 13, 1902, and June 25, 1910. The costs and expenditures prior to the adoption of the existing project in 1930 were $471,937, of which $412,229.14 was for new work and $59,707.86 for mainte- nance. (For further details see Annual Report for 1929, p. 51.) Existing project.-This provides for a channel 22 feet deep at mean low water and 300 feet wide from deep water west of Bass Point, Nahant, to a turning basin 550 feet wide at the head of the harbor, and to straighten the curve in the approach to the turning 38 REPORT OF CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMY, 1934 basin. The mean range of tide is 9.2 feet, the extreme range is 13.3 feet. The estimate of cost for new work revised in 1931 is $320,000, exclusive of amounts expended on previous projects. The latest (1929) approved estimate for annual cost of maintenance is $6,000. The existing project was adopted by the River and Harbor Act of July 3, 1930, which limits the expenditure on the existing project to $615,500. (Rivers and Harbors Committee Doc. No. 7, 71st Cong., 1st sess.) The latest published map is in the above-mentioned docu- ment. Recommended modifications of project.-In Rivers and Harbors Committee Document No. 7, Seventy-first Congress, first session, it was recommended that the channel be dredged to a depth of 25 feet at a cost of $912,000. Dredging to a depth of 22 feet was authorized in the 1930 River and Harbor Act. Local cooperation.-Fully complied with. Terminal facilities.-The terminal facilities consist of 7,500 feet of wharf frontage. On the west shore of the harbor is a large pri- vate coal and supply wharf of about 1,500 feet frontage, 800 feet of which has a depth of 26 feet at mean low water and is approached by a branch channel from the main ship channel, dredged to 22 feet at mean low water. On the north shore of the harbor are two wharves owned by the city of Lynn, one of 555-foot frontage, and one of 115-foot frontage, both in poor condition. Westerly and adjacent to the property of the Lynn Gas & Electric Co. the city of Lyrmn has constructed a bulkhead with a length of about 4,450 feet and the above-mentioned branch channel has been extended along a portion of the face of this bulkhead as required by the act of July 3, 1930. A filled area of about 137 acres behind this bulkhead affords an opportunity for development of wharves and storage sheds. On the Saugus River, about 1.5 miles above the mouth of the river, is a wharf with about 516-foot frontage on the north bank of the river. At a point about 1,500 feet farther up the river, on the north bank, is a wharf with about 175-foot frontage; and on the north bank, in the town of Saugus, is a large wharf having a frontage of about 500 feet. All the wharves in Lynn Harbor and Saugus River except the city wharves are privately owned and are not open to general public use. These facilities are considered adequate for existing commerce. Operations and results during fiscal year.-Improvement dredging, under contract, was resumed April 23, and completed June 30, 1934. During the period dredging and dragging operations were in prog- ress over a length of about 6,200 feet of the channel at its outer end, and it is estimated that 48,300 cubic yards, scow measurement, of ordinary material and 6.22 cubic yards of boulders were removed. The yardage removed is subject to correction upon completion of final survey. Project depth was secured except where ledge was encountered at a point about 100 feet harborward of a point abreast of the outer channel dolphin. The costs were $9,524.45, all for new work. The expenditures were $9,162.04. RIVERS AND HARBORS-BOSTON, MASS., DISTRICT 39 Condition at end o fiscal year.-The existing project, with the exception of the removal of the small ledge area encountered in dredging operations near the close of the fiscal year, is completed. The ledge area restricts the channel width on the easterly side to about 160 feet and on the westerly side to about 60 feet. The control- ling' depth in the channel easterly and westerly of the ledge area is 22 feet. The controlling depth over the ledge is about 16.4 feet at mean low water. The costs under the existing project have been $330,025.04, and the expenditures have been $319,242.29, all for new work. Proposed operations.-The balance unexpended at the end of the fiscal year amounting to $15,361.65 will be applied as follows: , Accounts payable June, 30, 1934 _______________------- ------ $10, 782.75 New work: Complete by Aug. 15, 1934, all work in connection with contract dredging under project authorized by the 1930 River and Harbor Act------------ ------------------------- 4, 578. 90 Total_________ 15, 361. 65 It is not believed that any maintenance operations will be required during the fiscal year ending June 30, 1936. Cost and financial sunm/mary Cost of new work to June 30, 1934---------------------------- $742, 254. 18 Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1934---------------------------- 59, 707. 86 Total cost of permanent work to June 30, 1934-------------- 801, 962. 04 Minus accounts payable June 30, 1934---------------------------- 10, 782. 75 Net total expenditures ---------------------------------- 791, 179. 29 Unexpended balance June 30, 1934-------------------------------15, 361. 65 Total amount appropriated to June 30, 1934---------------- 806, 540. 94 Fiscal year ending June 30 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 Cost of new work .. . __--------- _... $880. 27 $158, 025.95 $161, 594. 37 $9, 524. 45 Cost of maintenance------------------------ - Total expended -------------- -- - - 880. 27 112, 190. 64 197, 009. 34 9, 162. 04 Allotted------------------------------- 240, 000. 00 -65, 000. 00 143, 838. 89 15, 765. 05 Balance unexpended July 1, 1933-____ $8, 758.64 Amount allotted from War Department Appropriation Act approved July 14, 1932---------------------- 15, 900. 00 Amount to be accounted for __ 24, 658. 64 Deductions on account of revocation of allotment 134. 95 Net amount to be accounted for ------------------------- 24, 523. 69 Gross amount expended_ ___ 9, 162. 04 Balance unexpended June 30, 1934----__ 15,361.05 Outstanding liabilities June 30, 1934 -_ $558. 79 Amount covered by uncompleted contracts _ 14, 365. 12 e----------- 14, 923. 91 Balance available June 30, 1934__ __________ _ 437. 74 40 REPORT OF CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMY, 1934 6. BOSTON HARBOR, MASS. Location.-This harbor includes all the expanse of tidewater lying within a line from Point Allerton to Point Shirley and extending from that line westward to the mainland. This comprises an area of about 47 square miles, exclusive of the islands. (See U. S. Coast and Geodetic Survey Chart No. 246.) Previous projects.-Adopted by the River and Harbor Acts of March 2, 1867, June 14, 1880, and September 19, 1890. The total cost and expenditures were $1,355,698.93 for new work, of which $139,064.51 was applied to the Nantasket Beach and Jeffries Point Channels and Charles River, and the balance, $1,216,634.42, to the 23-foot channel. For further details see page 1743 of Annual Report for 1915. Existing project.-This provides for a channel 40 feet deep in general, but 45 feet deep through rock, from the sea to President Roads through Broad Sound, 2 miles, 900 feet wide except at the outer end where it is widened to 1,100 feet; a channel 35 feet deep from the sea (along the same line as the 40-foot channel) through Broad Sound to the navy yard at Charlestown and the Chelsea North, Meridian Street, and Charles River Bridges, 1,500 feet wide from the sea to President Roads, 1.5 miles, and thence 1,200 feet wide for the remaining distance of 6 miles; a channel 2 miles long, 30 feet deep, and 1,200 feet wide from the sea to President Roads through Broad Sound by a less direct route than the 35- and 40-foot channels; a channel 27 feet deep and 1,000 feet wide from Nantasket Roads to President Roads, 3 miles; a channel 15 feet deep, 300 feet wide, and 550 feet long through the bar which extends from the north head of Long, Island to Nixes Mate Shoal, known as Nixes Mate or Nubble Channel; a channel in Chelsea Creek 25 feet deep and 150 feet wide, from the Meridian Street Bridge, at the head of the 35-foot channel in Boston Harbor, to the old East Boston (Chel- sea Street) Bridge, a distance of about seven-eighths of a mile, and a channel about 1 mile in length next below the head of navigation, 8.4 feet deep and 150 feet wide, the lower end of this channel being about 2 miles above the mouth of the river; the Fort Point Channel, 23 feet deep and 175 feet wide from its entrance, in Boston Harbor, about four-fifths of a. mile to near the Dorchester Avenue (old Fed- eral Street) Bridge; and sea walls of coursed stone and riprap protecting the most exposed headlands and islands. All depths are referred to mean low water. The mean range of tide is 9 feet at Boston Light and 9.6 feet in the upper harbor, in Chelsea Creek, and in Fort Point Channel. The extreme range is about 4 feet greater. The estimate of cost for new work, revised in 1928, exclusive of amount expended on previous projects and of sea walls for which no estimate was given, was $10,925,000. The latest (1928) approved estimate for annual cost of maintenance is $81,000. The existing project was authorized by the following river and harbor acts: The act of March 2, 1825, provided for the preservation of the islands by sea walls; the act of August 5, 1886, provided for Fort Point Channel (H. Ex. Doc. No. 206, 48th Cong., 2d sess.); the act of July 13, 1892, provided for the 27-foot channel (see p. 766 of Annual Report for 1893); the act of June 3, 1896, provided for RIVERS AND HARBORS--BOSTON, MASS., DISTRICT 41. the channel in upper Chelsea Creek (H. Ex. Doc. No. 162, 53d Cong., 3d sess.) ; the act of June 13, 1902, provided for the 35-foot channel (H. Doc. No. 119, 56th Cong., 2d sess.), the estimate differing from any in that document, owing to the different: widths of the channels adopted; and the omission from the project of the removal of Finns Ledge, at the outer entrance, was authorized by the Chief of Engi- neers March 11, 1913; the act of July 25, 1912, provided for the channel in lower Chelsea Creek (H. I)oc. No. 272, 62d Cong., 2d sess.) ; the act of August 8, 1917, provided for the 40-foot channel (H. Doc. No. 931, 63d Cong., 2d sess.). References to latest published maps: President Roads to Bridges, House Document No. 244, Seventy-second Congress, first session; sea walls and Nixes Mate Channel, page 1178 of Annual Report for 1911; 27, 30, 35, and 40 foot channels, House Document No. 931, Sixty- third Congress, second session; upper Chelsea Creek, House Execu- tive Document No. 162, Fifty-third Congress, second session; lower Chelsea Creek, House Document No. 272, Sixty-second Congress, second session; Fort Point Channel, location shown on map facing page 770 of the Annual Report for 1903. Supplementing the work authorized by Congress the dredging of an anchorage area 40 feet deep, 2,000 feet wide, and 5,500 feet long on the north side of President Roads, as recommended by the Chief of Engineers in House Document No. 244, Seventy-second Congress, first session, has been included in the public-works pro- gram under the National Industrial Recovery Act. Recommnended modifications of project.-Under date of February 6, 1932, the Chief of Engineers recommended modification of the existing project so as to provide for deepening the main ship channel from President Roads to Commonwealth Pier No. 1, East Boston, to 40 feet for a width of 600 feet with suitable widening at the bend in the channel, and for dredging to afford an anchorage area 40 feet: deep. 2,000 feet wide, and 5,500 feet long on the north side of Presi - dent Roads, at a total estimated cost of $4,800,000, with maintenance at the rate of $30,000 annually, subject to certain conditions of local cooperation (H. Doc. No. 244, 72d Cong., 1st sess.). Dredging of anchorage area authorized under Public Works program. Terminal facilities.-The wharf development of Boston Harbor lies westerly of Governors and Castle Islands. Bordering on the 35-foot channel and below all bridges there is about 4 miles of water front, fully developed with wharves of various types devoted to com- mercial purposes; and on the Charlestown shore is located the United States navy yard, with a frontage of about five-eighths of a mile. Easterly of the wharf development on the East B ston front the Commonwealth of Massachusetts contemplates the development of an extensive area of shore frontage which will ultimately include a system of large modern piers, extensive manufacturing and storage areas, and complete railroad connections. Only a portion of the bulkheading and filling has been done on this development to date. The Boston Airport has been established on the westerly portion of the filled area. There are numerous public and private wharves, piers, ferry slips, and dry docks; for description, see pages 56 to 59 of the Annual Report for 1932. and Port Series No. 2, Corps of Engineers. 42 REPORT OF CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMY, 1934 OPERATIONS AND RESULTS DURING FISCAL YEAR Project adopted by Congress.-Maintenance work, under contract, for repairs to Lovells Island sea wall in progress at the beginning of the fiscal year was completed August 24, 1933. The costs were $6,210.06 for maintenance. Maintenance work, under contract, for repairs to sea wall at Point Allerton was commenced November 7, 1933; and was completed February 1, 1934. The costs were $6,221.16 for maintenance. Maintenance work, under contract, for repairs to sea walls at Deer Island was commenced January 19, and was completed June 19, 1934. The costs were $7,904.65 for maintenance. Maintenance dredging, under contract, in the 35-foot channel inner harbor, under Emergency Relief and Construction Act of 1932, in progress at the beginning of the fiscal year was completed January 9, 1934. Shoal areas in a section of the channel extending from Castle Island, South Boston, to the bridges at the head of the harbor were removed to a depth of 35 feet at mean low water. During the period there were removed 387,737 net cubic yards, scow measure- ment, of material at a cost of $82,873.65 for maintenance. Additional maintenance operations included field examinations of the various channels, supervision of the harbor, investigation of complaints, and the general administration in the interests of naviga- tion of'this extensive harbor and its channels of approach, at a cost of $452.57 for maintenance. The total cost from regular funds was $103,662.09, all for main- tenance. Expenditures were $124,875.88. Project authorized by Federal Emergency Administration of Public Works.-Improvement work, under Public Works contract, for dredging section "A" the westerly portion of the 40-foot anchor- age was commenced October 30, 1933, and was in progress at the close of the fiscal year. During the period 701,686 net cubic yards, scow measurement, of ordinary material and 4.99 cubic yards of boulders were removed. The costs were $288,451.59 for new work. Improvement work, under Public Works contract, for dredging section " B " the easterly portion of the 40-foot anchorage was commenced December 1, 1933, and was in progress at the close of the fiscal year. During the period 950,112 net cubic yards, scow measurement, of material were removed. The costs were $299,868.66 for new work. The total costs under Public Works funds were $588,320.25 all for new work. Expenditures were $512,958.56. Condition at end of fiscal year.-The existing project was com- pleted in 1930. Under the existing project sea walls of a total length of about 3.75 miles have been built and are being maintained on Great Brewster, Lovells, Gallops, Long, Rainsford, Deer, and Georges Islands, and on Point Allerton. Some of the walls are in need of repairs. The costs of the sea walls amount to $1,377,369.69, of which $1,263,022.85 was for new work and $114,346.84 for main- tenance. The Nixes Mate or Nubble Channel was completed in 1892, the 30-foot channel in 1905, the 27-foot channel in 1907, the upper channel in Chelsea Creek in 1907, Fort Point channel in 1909, RZVERS ANT)D HARBORS-BOSTON, 1ASS., DISTRICT 43 the 35-foot channel in 1915, the lower channel in Chelsea Creek in 1916, and the Broad Sound 40-foot channel in 1930. The total costs of these channels have been $9,118,264.59 for new work and $904,- 910.18 for maintenance, or $10,023,174.77 in all. Cost of the Broad Sound 40-foot channel has been $568,367.62 for new work. The controlling depth in the 35-foot channel, as ascertained in 1934 was 35 feet at mean low water. The controlling depth of Fort Point Channel, as ascertained in 1930, was 21.5 feet at mean low water; of upper Chelsea Creek in 1930, 8 feet; lower Chelsea Creek in 1930, 23.5 feet; and of Nixes Mate Channel in 1930, 15 feet. The total costs have been $12,333,058.01, of which $10,949,655.06 was for new work, and $1,383,402.95 for maintenance. The total expenditures have been $12,363,908.52. The dredging of an anchorage area 40 feet deep, 2,000 feet wide, and 5,500 feet long on the north side of President Roads, authorized by the Public Works Administration, is about 57 percent completed. The total costs under the Public Works program have been $588,320.25, all for new work. The total expenditures were $512,958.56. Proposed operations.-The balance unexpended, including ac- counts receivable, at the end of the fiscal year, together with an allotment of $260,000 made during 1934 from Public Works Admin- istration funds, a total of $580,106.22, of which $33,064.78 pertains to regular funds and $547,041.44 to Public Works Administration funds, will be applied as follows: Regular funds: Accounts payable June 30, 1934----------------------------$4, 181. 57 Maintenance: Repairing sea walls at Long Island, Great Brewster Island, Georges Island, and Rains- ford Island by contract (September 1934-June 1935) ------------------------------------- $27, 500. 00 Miscellaneous surveys of project channels -_____ 1, 383. 21 28, 883. 21 Total -__------------------------------------ 33, 064. 78 Public Works Administration funds: Accounts payable June 30, 1934-----------------------___ 75, 361. 69 New work: C(ompletion of dredging section B of 40-foot anchorage by a contract now in force-------------------------- 231, 765. 60 Completion of dredging section A of 40-foot anchorage except about 200,000 cubic yards in northwest corner, by a contract now in force----------------------------- 239, 914. 15 Total---------------------------------------------- 547, 041.44 The sum of $80,000 can be profitably expended during the fiscal year 1936, to be applied to completion of dredging section A of the 40-foot anchorage to full project dimensions by contract (July- October 1935). 44 REPORT OF CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMY, 1934 Cost and finaowial summary MAINTENANCE AND IMPROVEMENT FUNDS Cost of new work to June 30, 1934____________ - -______ $12, 305, 353. 99 Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1934_________ --------- 1, 383, 402. 95 Total cost of permanent work to June 30, 1934 __.______ 13, 688, 756. 94 Value of plant, materials, etc., on hand June 30, 1934_________ 30, 019. 93 Net total cost to June 30, 1934 _________------13, 718, 776. 87 Plus accounts receivable June 30, 1934 .------------------- 5, 012. 15 Gross total costs to June 30, 1934_ _____----- -__. 13, 723, 789. 02 Minus accounts payable June 30, 1934_ --- ___----4, 181. 57 Net total expenditures__---__---------- -------- 13, 719, 607. 45 Unexpended balance June 30, 1934_ .... __ __--____ _- - 28, 052. 63 Total amount appropriated to June 30, 1934___________ 13, 747, 660. 08 Fiscal year ending June 30 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 Cost of new work______________ $30, 410. 80 $22,156. 30 ____________.................... Cost of maintenance__ 16, 994. 90 8,338. 29 052.97 $103, 662. 09 $2, 841. 78 $117, Total cost_ 47, 405. 70 30, 494. 59 2, 841. 78 117, 052. 97 103, 662. 09 Total expended_________ ________________ 49,776. 90 37, 684. 90 9, 212. 51 '104, 776.02 124, 87.'88 Allotted_ _______________ ________________ 55, 000. 00 32, 500. 00 -237, 902. 52 -17, 605. 02 Balance unexpended July 1, 1933 _______________________ _____$170, 533. 53 Amount allotted from War Department Appropriation Act approved Apr. 26, 1934________________________ $26, 000.00 Amount allotted from War Department Appropriation Act approved July 14, 1932 8, 500. 00 Amount allotted from War Department Appropriation Act approved Feb. 23, 1931______________________ 8, 500.00 43, 000. 00 Amount to be accounted for______________________________ 213, 533. 53 Deductions on account of revocation of allotment 60, 605. 02 Net amount to be accounted for ____________________ _ 152, 928. 51 Gross amount expended_________________________ 197, 343. 90 Less: Reimbursements collected _______ _ $72, 158.82 Receipts from sales __ __- - -____ 309. 20 72, 468. 02 124, 875. 88 Balance unexpended June 30, 1934______________________ 28, 052. 63 Outstanding liabilities June 30, 1934________________ 5,672. 93 Amount covered by uncompleted contracts______ ___-__ 58. 45 5, 731. 38 Balance available June 30, 1934________________________ 22, 321.25 Accounts receivable June 30, 1934 __ _____ ____________ 5, 012. 15 Unobligated balance available June 30, 1934____________ 27, 333. 40 RIVERS AND HARBORS-BOSTON, MASS., DISTRICT 45 PUBLIC WORKS FUNDS Cost of new work to June 30, 1934_----------------------------_ $588, 320. 25 Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1934_ Total cost of permanent work to June 30, 1934----------_ 588, 320. 25 Minus accounts payable June 30, 1934 ---- ------ 75, 361. 69 Net total expenditures _ -- 512, 958. 56 Unexpended balance June 30, 1934----------------------------- 287, 041. 44 Total amount appropriated to June 30, 1934-._._ 800, 000. 00 Fiscal year ending June 30 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 Cost of new work-__ .. .. $588, 320.25 Cost of maintenance Total expended___ 512, 958. 56 Allotted soo800, 000. 00 Amount allotted from National Industrial Recovery Act approved June 16, 1933 _______________________ $800, 000. 00 Gross amount expended ______________________________________ 512, 958. 56 Balance unexpended June 30, 1934 -------- 287, 041. 44 Amount covered by uncompleted contracts--------------------- 256, 231. 35 Balance available June 30, 1934------------------------ 30, 810. 09 Amount allotted by Public Works Administration Emergency Ap- propriation Act, fiscal year 1935---------------------------- 260, 000. 00 Balance available for fiscal year 1935------------------- 290, 810. 09 Amount (estimated) required to be appropriated for completion of Public Works Administration project____________________ 4, 059, 800. 00 Amount that can be profitably expended in fiscal year ending - June 30, 1936, for new work 1_____________ ______________ 80, 000. 00 CONSOLIDATED COST AND FINANCIAL SUMMARY FOR BOSTON HARBOR, MASS, Cost of new work to June 30, 1934 ------- 12, 893, 674, 24 Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1934__ ----------------------- 1, 383, 402. 95 Total cost of permanent work to June 30, 1934---------- 14, 277, 077. 19 Value of plant, materials, etc., on hand June 30, 1934 .------ __ 30, 019. 93 Net total cost to June 30, 1934------_ 14, 307, 097. 12 Plus accounts receivable June 30, 1934_ ------------------------ 5, 012. 15 Gross total costs to June 30, 1934-------------------- 14, 312, 109. 27 Minus accounts payable June 30, 1934____________________ 79, 543. 26 Net total expenditures--------------------------- 14, 232, 566. 01 Unexpended balance June 30, 1934____________________________ 315, 094. 07 Total amount appropriated to June 30, 1934 - -- 14, 547, 660. 08 1Exclusive of available funds. 46 REPORT OF CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMY, 1934 Fiscal year ending June 30 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 Cost of new work_ $30, 410. 80 $22, 156. 30 .... ___.. ... ____________ $588, 320. 25 Cost of maintenance__ 16, 994. 90 8, 338. 29 $2, 841. 78 $117, 052. 97 103, 662. 09 Total cost__________________________ 47, 405. 70 30, 494. 59 2, 841. 78 117, 052. 97 691, 982. 34 Total expended-....... 49, 776. 90 37, 684. 90 9, 212. 51 104, 776. 02 637, 834. 44 Allotted .____________________________ 55, 000. 00 32, 500. 00 237, 902. 52 782, 394. 98 Balance unexpended July 1, 1933____________ $170, 533. 53 Amount allotted from War Department Appropriation Act approved Apr. 26, 1934________________ _______ $26, 000 Amount allotted from War Department Appropriation Act approved July 14, 1932 --------------------------- 8, 500 Amount allotted from War Department Appropriation Act approved Feb. 23, 1931 8, 500 Amount allotted from National Industrial Recovery Act approved June 16, 1933------------______ ______ 800, 000 843 vvv. 00 vi, non VV Amount to be accounted for--------------------------- 1, 013, 533. 53 Deductions on account of revocation of allotment__ ____---__- - 60, 605. 02 Net amount to be accounted for_ 952, 928. 51 Gross amount expended___________________________ $710, 302.46 Less: Reimbursements collected ________ $72, 158. 82 Receipts from sales ____---__---._ 309. 20 72, 468. 02 637, 834. 44 Balance unexpended June 30, 1934________________________ 315, 094. 07 Outstanding liabilities June 30, 1934 5, 672. 93 $---------------- Amount covered by uncompleted contracts- -- ___-__ 256, 289. 80 261, 962. 73 Balance available June 30, 1934________ 53, 131. 34 Accounts receivable June 30, 1934____.____ ________________ 5, 012. 15 Unobligated balance available June 0, 1934__ ________ 58, 143. 49 Amount allotted by Public Works Administration Emergency Ap- propriation Act, fiscal year 1935__ 260, 000. 00 Balance available for fiscal year 1936_____________ 318, 143. 49 Amount (estimated) required to be appropriated for completion of Public Works Administration project 1_____________________ 4, 059, 800. 00 Amount that can be profitably expended in fiscal year ending June 30, 1936, for new work 1_- - _- - - _________________ 80, 000. CO 7. PLYMOUTH HARBOR, MASS. Location.-This harbor is 45 miles by water south of Boston. Its outer anchorage, the " Cow Yard ", is common to Plymouth, Dux- bury, and Kingston. (See U. S. Coast and Geodetic Survey Chart No. 245.) Previous pro)ects.-Adopted by acts of May 26, 1824, March 3, 1875, and 1877, 1884, and 1885. The cost and expenditures were $188,646.59 for new work and $2,013.21 for maintenance, a total of $190,659.80, from United States funds. For further details see page 1746 of Annual Report for 1915. 1Exclusive of available funds. RIVERS AND HARBORS-BOSTON, MASS., DISTRICT 47 Existing project.-This provides for (a) protecting by riprap the sections of Long Beach damaged by the storm of November 1898, and for restoring Eel River to its former course; (b) dredging a channel 18 feet deep at mean low water and 200 feet wide, increased at the entrance and on curves, from the bay to the town wharves, a distance of about 2.5 miles, with a suitable turning basin at the inner end; and (c) dredging a channel 150 feet wide, 15 feet deep at mean low water, extending in a northwesterly direction about 0.3 mile from a point off the site of northerly Craigs Wharf (now State Pier) with a turning basin 300 feet square, and of the same depth, at its north- westerly end; this channel to be connected with the 18-foot channel by an area to be dredged by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts or other local interests. The mean range of tide is 9.6 feet; the extreme range is 13.7 feet. The estimates of cost for new work, exclusive of amounts expended on previous projects, were as follows: (a) For beach protection, $95,700, made in 1899; (b) for dredging, $167,000, made in 1911; (c) for dredging channel and turning basin, $102,000, made in 1920. The latest (1917) approved estimate for annual cost of maintenance is $500 for beach protection and $5,000 for dredging. The existing project was authorized by the following river and harbor acts: (a) The act of March 3. 1899, provided for the beach protection (Annual Report for 1899, p. 1089); (b) the act of March 4, 1913, provided for dredging the 18-foot channel (H. Doc. No. 1194, 62d Cong., 3d sess.) ; (c) the act of September 22, 1922, provided for the 15-foot extension, including the turning basin (H. Doc. No. 996, 66th Cong., 3d sess.) The latest published map is in the last-men- tioned document. Local cooperation.-Fully complied with. Terminal facilities.-There are two wharves open to the public free of charge; one of which is owned by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, the other by the town. The easterly end of the town wharf is used for the receipt and storage of coal. The facilities appear to be adequate for existing demands. Operations and results during fiscal year.-Maintenance dredging, under contract, for restoring a depth of 15 feet at mean low water was commenced December 2, 1933, and was completed April 30, 1934. During the period 128,188 net cubic yards, scow measurement, of ma- terial was removed. A depth of 15 feet was secured from the harbor entrance to the town wharf at Plymouth. The costs and expenditures were $49,466.55, all for maintenance. Condition at end of fiscal year.-The existing project was com- pleted in 1927 at a saving of $68,129 under the estimated cost. Work of protecting by riprap the sections of Long Beach damaged by the storm of 1898 was completed in 1905. Eel River was restored to its former course in 1904. The dredging of a channel 18 feet deep at mean low water was completed in 1915. The 15-foot channel was completed in 1927. The controlling depth in 1934 was 15 feet at mean low water. Cost and expenditures under the existing project have been $279,991.55, of which amount $188,571.16 was for new work, and $91,420.39 for maintenance. In addition, $108,400 has been expended from contributed funds, of which $108,000 was for new work, and $400 was for maintenance. 91536-ENG 1934-4 48 REPORT OF CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMY, 1934 Proposed operations.-No funds are available and no work is pro- posed during the fiscal years of 1935 and 1936. Cost and financial summary Cost of new work to June 30, 1934-- $377, 217. 75 Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1934 9---------------------- 93, 433. 60 Total cost of permanent work to June 30, 1934 ----------- 1470, 651. 35 Net total expenditures-- 1470, 651. 35 Unexpended balance June 30, 1934__ 6, 384. 30 Total amount appropriated to June 30, 1934 4---------------77, 035. 65 Fiscal year ending June 30 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 Cost of new work__ - - - -- - - - - - -.. Cost of maintenance . ___ - --. $49, 466. 55 Total expended-___ _ _49, 466.55 Allotted_-_ 55, 850. 85 Amount allotted from War Department Appropriation Act approved July 14, 1932------ ---------------------------------- $56, 000. 00 Deductions on account of revocation of allotment 49. 15 1------------------ Net amount to be accounted for----------------------------55, 850. 85 Gross amount expended- --- _ ------ ------ 49, 466. 55 Balance unexpended June 30, 1934-------------------------- 6, 384. 30 8. CAPE COD CANAL, MASS. Location.-This waterway is a sea-level canal, extending from the head of Buzzards Bay, Mass., to a point on Cape Cod Bay, about 15 miles southeast of Plymouth Harbor, Mass. In general direction the canal trends from Buzzards Bay easterly to Cape Cod Bay. (See U. S. Coast and Geodetic Survey Charts Nos. 251 and 1208.) Existing project.-This provides for the purchase of the canal from the Boston, Cape Cod & New York Canal Co. at a cost of $11,500,000 in accordance with the contract dated July 29, 1921, exe- cuted by the Boston, Cape Cod & New York Canal Co. and printed in House Document No. 139, Sixty-seventh Congress, second session. The purchase of the canal was authorized by section 2 of the river and harbor act approved January 21, 1927. The construction of bridges over the canal and widening, as recom- mended by the Chief of Engineers in House Document No. 795, Seventy-first Congress, third session, have been included in the Pub- lic-Works program under the National Industrial Recovery Act. A map of the canal and approaches is printed in House Document No. 795, Seventy-first Congress, third session. Recommended modifications of project.-Under date of March 2, 1931, the Chief of Engineers recommended modification of the exist- ing project so as to provide a lock canal with one lock 110 feet wide 1Exclusive cf $108,400 expended from contributed funds. RIVERS AND HARBORS-BOSTON, MASS., DISTRICT 49 and 1,000 feet in usable length, having 40 feet over the sills, and a depth in the canal and approaches of 30 feet, with a width of 250 feet in the land cut, a width through Buzzards Bay of 400 feet to Wings Neck in a new straight alinement and of 700 feet beyond Wings Neck, together with a highway bridge of adequate vertical clearance and suitable railroad crossing, and a 15-foot channel into Onset Bay, all at an estimated cost of $23,250,000, with $250,000 annually for maintenance. (H. Doc. No. 795, 71st Cong., 3d sess.) Construction of bridges and dredging authorized under Public Works program. Terminal facilities.-The only terminals on the canal are those of the Canal Fish Freezing Co. and the Standard Oil Co. The former is used for the receipt and freezing of fish and the latter for the receipt and storage of oil. The terminals are considered adequate for the purposes for which they are used. The Commonwealth of Massachusetts has constructed a State pier on the north bank of the canal at Bourne Neck. OPERATIONS AND RESULTS DURING FISCAL YEAR Project adopted by Congress.-The U. S. sea-going dredge 1Min- quas was employed throughout the year in maintenance dredging in the canal and approaches thereto. There were removed 295,197 cubic yards, bin measurement, of material and 88,850 cubic yards by agita- tion, resulting in a total of 384,047 cubic yards, at a cost of $89,527.23 for maintenance. The contract for dredging a strip 25 feet deep and 70 feet wide from the vicinity of station 190+00 to station 400+00, all main- tenance, in progress at the beginning of the fiscal year was suspended December 29, 1933. During the period there were removed 65,742 cubic yards, scow measurement, of ordinary material and 3,167.5 cubic yards of boulders, each exceeding 112 cubic yards, of which amount 29,404 cubic yards of ordinary material and 429.2 cubic yards of boulders, have been paid for at a cost of $22,069.04, all for main- tenance. Payment for the balance of the material removed has been withheld due to termination of the contract February 10, 1934. The contractor filed a petition in bankruptcy January 17, 1934, and contract was terminated February 10, 1934. Under a contract for performing the uncompleted portion of the dredging contract, which was terminated February 10, 1934, work was commenced June 5, 1934 and was in progress at the close of the fiscal year. During the period 161,508 cubic yards, scow measure- ment, of ordinary material, and 1,325.2 cubic yards of boulders, each exceeding 112 cubic yards, were removed at a cost of $76,812.11 for maintenance. Under a contract for revetment of portions of the south bank of the canal. maintenance work was commenced May 25, 1934, and was in progress at the close of the fiscal year. During the period 1,299 tons of riprap and broken stone were placed within a length of 1,375 feet of the canal bank at a cost of $4,143.03 for maintenance. By hired labor, emergency riprapping of portions of the south bank of canal was done. There were placed 538.23 tons of stone at a cost of $2,071.01 for maintenance. 50 REPORT OF CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMY, 1934 The total costs from regular funds were $194,755.43, all for main- tenance. Expenditures were $171,792.29. Project authorized by Federal Emergency Administration of Pub- lic Works.--The following work was done under Public Works' con- tracts: The construction of substructures of two high-level highway bridges was commenced December 8, 1933, and was in progress at the close of the fiscal year. During the period the four bridge seat por- tions of the abutments and the four intermediate piers of the Bourne Bridge were completed. Cofferdam work was in progress on the four main channel piers which are about 75 percent completed. The costs were $925,872.79 for new work. The contract is about 65 per- cent completed. The construction of substructure of a vertical-lift railroad bridge was commenced December 18, 1933, and was in progress at the close of the fiscal year. During the period the north abutment was prac- tically completed and cofferdam work on the two main channel piers was in progress. The costs were $164,244.05 for new work. The contract is about 40 percent completed. The construction of superstructures of two high-level highway bridges was commenced May 1, 1934, and was in progress at the close of the fiscal year. On the Bourne Highway Bridge, two steel spans were erected, but not riveted, between the abutments and interme- diate piers on both sides of the canal. The costs were $263,080.65 for new work. The contract is about 35 percent completed. The construction of approaches to Sagamore Bridge was com- menced May 24, 1934, and was in progress at the close of the fiscal year. Work consisted in clearing and grubbing of brush and trees,, about 17 acres of land, the excavation of 23,238 cubic yards of earth, ledge, peat, and the laying of drainage pipe. The costs were $7,- 872.72 for new work. The contract is about 5 percent completed. The construction of approaches to Bourne Bridge was commenced June 21, 1934, and was in progress at the close of the fiscal year. Work consisted in clearing and grubbing of brush, about 6 acres of land. The costs were $575.68 for new work. The contract is about 1 percent completed. Under contract for expert engineering services in designing and supervising construction of vertical-lift railroad bridge the, costs were $19,962.53 for new work. Under contract for expert engineering services in designing and supervising construction of two high-level highway bridges the costs were $54,370.94 for new work. By hired labor with Public Works funds, test borings were made at the bridge sites with Government owned and.rented equipment at a cost of $14,565.75 for new work. Other hired labor operations with Public Works funds consisted in fencing reservation for right-of-way at Sagamore Bridge and making metal signs, etc. The costs were $971.04 for new work. The total costs from Public Works funds were $1,451,516.15, all for new work. Expenditures were $970,243.77. Condition at end of fiscal year.-The controlling depth in the canal on June 30, 1934, was 19.2 feet at mean low water. The con- trolling depths in the Buzzards Bay and Cape Cod Bay approach channels were, respectively, 22.6 and 22.3 feet at mean low water. RIVERS AND HARBORS-BOSTON, MASS., DISTRICT 51 'The canal and properties were taken over by the United States on March 31, 1928, at a cost of $11,500,000. The total cost of the existing project has been $12,571,958.68, of which $11,500,000 (the purchase price) was for new work and $1,- 071,958.68 for maintenance. Expenditures have been $12,638,055.85. The work of constructing two high-level highway bridges: and a vertical-lift railroad bridge with Public Works funds is about 30 percent completed. The total costs from Public Works funds were $1,451,516.15, all for new work. Expenditures were $970,243.77. Proposedoperations.-The balance unexpended, including accounts receivable, at the end of the fiscal year, together with an allotment of $1,000,000 made during July 1934 from Public Works Adminis- tration funds, a total of $5,070,703.41, of which $440,947.18 pertains to regular funds and $4,629,756.23 to Public Works Administration funds, will be applied as follows: Regular funds: Accounts payable June 30, 1934----- -------------------- $30, 104. 73 Maintenance : Dredging by Government-owned dredges throughout the fiscal year____________________________________ 135, 000. 00 Complete by Nov. 30, 1934, dredging under a contract in force, widening the canal channel to a bottom width of 170 feet and project depth of 25 feet at mean low water_ 272, 202. 84 Complete by Aug. 31, 1934, revetment of portions of the south bank of the canal---------------------------- 3, 639. 61 Total---------------_-------- 440, 947. 18 Public Works Administration funds: Accounts payable June 30, 1934---------------------------- 483, 773. 83 New work: Construction of bridges by contract, as follows: Vertical-lift railroad bridge at Buzzards Bay (July 1934-Mar. 1936)---------- $1,407, 128.99 High-level 4-lane highway bridges at Bourne (July-Dec. 1934) and Sagamore (July 1934-June 1935) _---------------- 2, 338, 853.41 3, 745, 982. 40 Dredging, widening of the land cut channel between stations 70+00 and 400+00, by contract (Nov. 1934-Apr. 1935) at an estimated cost of----------------------- ---------- 400, 000. 00 Total----------------------------------------------4, 629, 756.23 Completion of the new highway bridges by June 1935 and of the new railroad bridge about 6 months later will permit extensive operations for the enlargement of the canal to be carried on during the fiscal year 1936. The funds that can be profitably expended during the fiscal year ending June 30, 1936 ($3,090,000) will be applied about as follows: New work: Completion by June 30, 1936, of the new straight channel through Hog Island to a width of 250 feet and a depth of 25 feet, removing 3,646,000 cubic yards of material by contracts to be en- tered into___---------------------------------$1,468, 000 Purchase of land, excavation in the dry, and placing of riprap for the complete project_--- 1,532, 000 ------ $3, 000, 000 Maintenance: Dredging by United States hopper dredge---- 90,000 Total -- ----- __-_-_------ 3, 090, 000 52 REPORT OF CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMY, 1934 Cost and financial summary MAINTENANCE AND IMPROVEMENT FUNDS Cost of new work to June 30, 1934 ____________________ $11, 500, 000. 00 Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1934_ 11, 071, 958. 68 Total cost of permanent work to June 30, 1934______ 12, 571, 958. 68 Value of plant, materials, etc., on hand June 30, 1934________ 95, 897. 60 Net total cost to June 30, 1934__ _________________ 12. 667. 856. 28 Plus accounts receivable June 30, 1934______________________ 304. 30 Gross total costs to June 30, 1934 ________________ 12. 668, 160. 58 Minus accounts payable June 30, 1934________________------- 30, 104. 73 Net total expenditures _ _-_-_______ - - 12, 638, 055. 85 Unexpended balance June 30, 1934 _______________________ 440, 642. 88 Total amount appropriated to June 30, 1934__________ 13, 078, 698. 73 Fiscal year ending June 30 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 Cost of new work ....-. . I-- -------- Cost of maintenance $157, 904. 56 $116, 043. 24 $167, 380. 79 1 $325, 180. 49 $194, 755. 43 Total expended------ - -- 139, 274. 02 147, 454. 83 157, 606. 93 317, 722. 09 171, 792. 29 Allotted--------- --- 205, 000. 00 153, 000. 00---------- 663, 640. 11 227, 503. 17 1 Increased by $742.65 due to absorbing proportionate share of cost of division idle plant. Balance unexpended July 1, 1933___________________________ $384, 932. 00 Amount allotted from War Department Appropria- tion Act approved Apr. 26, 1934 ---. $87, 000. 00 Amount allotted from War Department Appropria- tion Act approved July 14, 1932 ______________ 127, 204. 05 Amount allotted from War Department Appropria- tion Act approved Mar. 4, 1933__________________ 20, 000. 00 234, 204. 05 Amount to be accounted for________________________________ 619, 136. 05 Deductions on account of revocation of allotment_____________ 6, 700. 88 Net amount to be accounted for ________________ 612. 435. 17 Gross amount expended-. - 178, 366. 33 Less reimbursements collected -- 6, 574. 04 171, 792. 29 Balance unexpended June 30, 1934______________________ 440, 642. 88 Outstanding liabilities June 30, 1934________________ 2, 160. 56 Amount covered by uncompleted contracts- ---.--- 362, 326. 67 364, 487. 23 Balance available June 30, 1934_____________________ 76, 155. 65 Accounts receivable June 30, 1934___________________________ _ 304. 30 Unobligated balance available June 30, 1934__________________ 76, 459. 95 Amount that can be profitably expended in fiscal year ending June 30, 1936, for maintenance 2______ 90, 000. 00 1Increased by $742.65 due to absorbing proportionate share of cost of division idle plant. 2 Exclusive of available funds. RIVERS. AND HARBORS BOSTON, MASS., DISTRICT 53 PUBLIC WORKS FUNDS Cost of new work to June 30, 1934--------------------- $1, 451, 516. 15 Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1934________________________ Total cost of permanent work to June 30, 1934__________ 1, 451, 516. 15 Value of plant, materials, etc., on hand June 30, 1934 __________ 2,501. 45 Net total cost to June 30, 1934 1, 454, 017. 60 Minus accounts payable June 30, 1934________________________ 483, 773. 83 Net total expenditures____________________________ 970, 243. 77 Unexpended balance June 30, 1934____________________________ 3, 629, 756.23 Total amount appropriated to June 30, 1934_____________ 4, 600, 000. 00 Fiscal year ending June 30 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 -- -- - - - - - Cost of new work___ $1,451,516.15 Cost of maintenance -------------- I --------------- Total expended 970, 243.77 A llotted _ _........ .... .... .. 00 4,600,000. Amount allotted from National Industrial Recovery Act approved June 16, 1933-------------------------------------------- $4, 600, 000. 00 Gross amount expended 244.34 $-------------------------970, Less reimbursements collected--- -- 0. 57 970, 243. 77 Balance unexpended June 30, 1934-__ _ 3, 629, 756. 23 Outstanding liabilities June 30, 1934__ ---- 2, 771. 88 Amount covered by uncompleted contracts ----- 2, 712, 842.66 2, 715, 614.- 54 Balance available June 30, 1934___----------------- --- ---- 914, 141. 69 Amount allotted by Public Works Administration Emergency Appropriation Act, fiscal year 1935_ _ ____ _ __--._._ 1, 000, 000. 00 Balance available for fiscal year 1935_ __- ____---- 1, 914, 141. 69 Amount (estimated) required to be appropriated for completion of Public Works Administration project--------------------- 8, 118, 000. 00 Amount that can be profitably expended in fiscal year ending June 30, 1936; for new work 2_____ 3, 000, 000.00 CONSOLIDATED COST AND FINANCIAL SUM MARY FOR CAPE COD CANAL Cost of new work to June 30, 1934 _ $12, 951, 516. 15 Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1934 31, 071, 958. 68 Total cost of permanent work to June 30, 1934 -------- 14, 023, 474. 83 Value of plant, materials, etc., on hand June 30, 1934 ------- 98, 399. 05 Net total cost to June 30, 1934_- 14, 121, 873. 88 Plus accounts receivable June 30, 1934------------------------- 304. 30 Gross total costs to June 30, 1934 .--- _ 14, 122, 178. 18 Minus accounts payable June 30, 1934-...... 513, 878. 56 Net total expenditures __ ---- 13, 608, 299. 62 Unexpended balance June 30, 1934_.. -- - - 4, 070, 399. 11 Total amount appropriated to June 30, 1934_-- 17, 678, 698. 73 2Exclusive of available funds. 3Increased by $742.65 due to absorbing proportionate share of cost of division idle plant. 54 REPORT OF CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMY, 1934 Fiscal year ending June 30 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 Cost of new work --- S$325, 180. 49 $1, 451, 516. 15 Cost of maintenance- $157, 904. 56 $116, 043. 24 $167, 380. 79 194, 755. 43 325,180.49 Total cost ----- 904.56 157, 116, 24 043. 167, 380. 79 1, 646, 271.58 Total expended ..... 139, 274. 02 147, 454. 83 157,606.93 317, 722.09 1, 142, 036. 06 Allotted _-- 000. 00 205, 153, 000. 00 663,640. 11 4, 827, 503. 17 1Increased by $742.65 due to absorbing proportionate share of cost of division idle plant. Balance unexpended July 1, 1933_--- $384, 932. 00 Amount allotted from War Department Appropria- tion Act approved Apr. 26, 1934 _________________ $87, 000. 00 Amount allotted from War Department Appropria- tion Act approved July 14, 1932__________________ 127, 204. 05 Amount allotted from War Department Appropria- tion Act approved Mar. 4, 1933_ 20, 000. 00 Amount allotted from National Industrial Recovery Act approved June 16, 1933_____________________ 4, 600, 000. 00 4, 834, 204. 05 Amount to be accounted for _____________________________ 5, 219, 136.05 Deductions on account of revocation of allotment_ ____ 6, 700. 88 Net amount to be accounted for------------------------- 5, 212, 435. 17 Gross amount expended ... ------ $1, 148, 610. 67 Less reimbursements collected__________________ 6, 574. 61 1--, 142, 036. 06 Balance unexpended June 30, 1934______________________ 4, 070, 399. 11 Outstanding liabilities June 30, 1934_______________ $4, 932. 44 Amount covered by uncompleted contracts--------- 3, 075, 169. 33 3. 080 101.77 Balance available June 30, 1934 ________ 990, 297. 34 Accounts receivable June 30, 1934___ 304. 30 Unobligated balance available June 30, 1934_ 990, 601. 64 Amount allotted by Public Works Administration Emergency Ap- propriation Act, fiscal year 1935_______________-____________ 1, 000, 000. 00 Balance available for fiscal year 1935___ 1, 990, 601. 64 Amount (estimated) required to be appropriated for completion of Public Works Administration project--------------------- 8, 118, 000. 00 Amount that can be profitably expended in fiscal year ending June 30, 1936 : For new work 1___----------------------------------- 3, 000, 000. 00 For maintenance __------------------------------90,000. 00 Total _____----------------------- 3,090, 000.00 9. OPERATING AND CARE OF CAPE COD CANAL, MASS. The improvement for which report is made under this caption forms part of the project for the Cape Cod Canal, Mass. See pages 48 to 54, where general information regarding the improvement can be found. The canal has been operated and maintained under the permanent indefinite appropriation since March 31, 1928. 1 Exclusive of available funds. RIVERS AND HARBORS-BOSTON, MASS., DISTRICT 55 Operations and results during fiscal year.-The canal was open to navigation throughout the year. Hired labor was employed in making repairs to bulkheads, dolphins, bridges, lighting and signal system, floating plant, and buildings. The two highway bridges and the railroad bridge were operated throughout the year. The ex- penditures during the year were $172,946.65, and the costs $176,- 347.79, all for maintenance. Condition at end of fiscal year.-The canal and properties were taken over by the United States on March 31, 1928, at a cost of $11,500,000. The controlling depth on June 30, 1934, was 19.2 feet at mean low water in the canal and 22.6 and 22.3 feet at mean low water in the Buzzards Bay and Cape Cod Bay approach channels, respectively. The total amount expended from the permanent in- definite appropriation to the close of the fiscal year was $1,441,- 164.43, and the total cost has been $1,448,580.76, all for maintenance. Proposed operations.-The canal, highway, and railroad bridges, and signal system, will be operated and maintained under allotments from appropriations made available for such purposes. Cost and financial summary Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1934 _______________ - $1, 448, 580. 76 Value of plant, materials, etc., on hand June 30, 1934_ -944. 08 Net total cost to June 30, 1934_______________ 1, 447, 636. 68 Plus accounts receivable June 30, 1934______________ 1, 358. 91 Gross total costs to June 30, 1934_ 1, 448, 995. 59 Minus accounts payable June 30, 1934______________ 7, 831. 16 Net total expenditures____________________ 1,441, 164.43 Unexpended balance June 30, 1934__________________ 24, 781. 58 Total amount appropriated to June 30, 1934__ 1, 465, 946.01 Fiscal year ending June 30 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 Cost of new work . --------- - Cost of maintenance _........... $273, 760. 03 $278, 210. 94 $235, 803. 51 1$203, 109. 44 $176, 347. 79 Total expended ------------ 275, 827. 13 294, 417. 61 241, 948. 65 197, 740. 57 172, 946. 65 Allotted _ _ 275, 000. 00 300, 000. 00 245, 000. 00 211, 755. 28 165,190. 73 1 Reduced by $3.44 due to reimbursement of impounded savings. Balance unexpended July 1, 1933________________________________ $32, 537. 50 Amount allotted from permanent indefinite appropriation, sec. 6, River and Harbor Act, Mar. 3, 1909________________________ 185, 625. 00 Amount to be accounted for______________________________ 218, 162. 50 Deductions on account of revocation of impounded funds-........ 20, 434. 27 Net amount to be accounted for_____________ 197, 728. 23 Gross amount expended $186, 805.97 Less reimbursements collected__ 13, 859. 32 172, 946. 65 Balance unexpended June 30, 1934 _________________ 24, 781. 5& 1Reduced by $3.44 due to reimbursement of impounded savings. 56 REPORT OF CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMY, 1934 Outstanding liabilities June 30, 1934_____ $8, 828. 17 Amount covered by uncompleted contracts- 2, 500. 00 $11, 328. 17 Balance available June 30, 1934___________________________ 13, 453. 41 Accoints receivable June 30, 1934______________________________ 1, 358. 91 Unobligated balance available June 30, 1934 14, 812. 32 Amount allotted for fiscal year 1935_______________________ 175, 000. 00 Balance available for fiscal year 1935___________________ 189, 812. 32 10. EXAMINATIONS, SURVEYS, AND CONTINGENCIES (GENERAL) The cost of work during the year amounted to $13,367; the ex- penditures were $13,198.65. The balance unexpended June 30, 1934, amounting to $30,682.41, will be applied as needed during the fiscal year 1935 to payment of expenses incurred in connection with the above items. The additional sum of $30,000 can be profitably expended during the fiscal year ending June 30, 1936. Cost and filancial summary Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1934_______________ - $197, 023. 12 Value of plant, materials, etc., on hand June 30, 1934_ 1, 342.13 Net total cost to June 30, 1934_ 198, 365. 25 Plus accounts receivable June 30, 1934______________ 5.00 Gross total costs to June 30, 1934___ 198, 370. 25 Minus accounts payable June 30, 1934_______________ 898.48 Net total expenditures_________ 197, 471. 77 Unexpended balance June 30, 1934______________ 30, 682.41 Total amount appropriated to June 30, 1934__ 228, 154.18 Fiscal year ending June 30 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 Cost of new work__ Cost of maintenance ---- _-___ $20, 037. 55 $59, 474. 06 $72, 635. 36 1 $26, 927. 95 $13, 367. 00 Total expended --- - 20, 406. 79 58, 553. 04 73, 565. 23 28, 322. 56 13, 198. 65 Allotted-.... 18, 000. 00 100, 400. 00 20, 000. 00 27, 385. 97 43, 868. 21 1 Reduced by $4.52 due to reimbursement of impounded savings. Balance unexpended July 1, 1933 _ _ -_______--- _- $12. 85 Amount allotted from War Department Appropriation Act approved Apr. 26, 1934------------------------ $29, 000. 00, Amount allotted from War Department Appropriation Act approved March 4, 1933- --- 36, 500. 00 65, 500. 00 Amount to be accounted for __ 65, 512. 85 Deductions on account of revocation of allotment ------------ _ 21, 631. 79 Net amount to be accounted for___ 43, 881. 06 1Reduced by $4.52, due to reimnbursement of impounded savings. RIVERS AND HARBORS-BOSTON, MASS., DISTRICT 57 Gross amount expended_ ________ $17,263. 05 Less reimbursements collected ___ -- - _ _ 4, 064. 40 $13, 198. 65 Balance unexpended June 30, 1934 30, 682. 41 Outstanding liabilities June 30, 193s - - 921. 32 Balance available June 30, 1934_ 29, 761. 09 Accounts receivable June 30, 1934 __ -_- - -- 5. 00 Unobligated balance available June 30, 1934 ___ 29, 766. 09 Atmount that can be profitably expended in fiscal year ending June 30, 1936, for maintenance 1 _____ ____________ 30, 000. 00 11. Other projects for which no estimates are submitted [Commercial statistics for these projects are given in pt. 2 of report] Cost and expenditures to For last full June 30, 1934 Estimated Name of project report see amount re- Annual Re- quired to port for New work Maintenance complete St. Croix River, Maine 1- 1924 $200, 441. 46 $6, 450. 19 Completed. Bar Harbor, Maine 2_ 1931 406, 591. 12 $57, 900. Penobscot River, Maine 1_- 1922 501, 020. 53 5, 279. 47 Completed. Belfast Harbor,1 Maine 1__ 1897 61, 561. 45 Do. Camden Harbor, Maine 1 - 1931. 102, 400. 00 30, 200. 00 Do. Rockland Harbor, Maine 2---------------------.. 1931 915, 862. 73 24, 637. 27 Do. Boothbay Harbor, Maine 1 1915 18, 000. 00 Do. Kennebec River, Maine 1- 1931 895, 849. 41 26, 061. 62 Do. Saco River, Maine 1 1932 3 4 489, 352. 84 19, 843. 42 $22, 500. Kennebunk River, Maine 1 1933 83, 584. 01 48, 030. 23 Completed. Union River, Maine 15... 1 1912 176, 854. 85 14, 095. 15 Do. Portsmouth Harbor, N. H. 1892 130, 567. 11 Do. Newburyport Harbor, Mass.2 ------------------. 1933 463, 843. 62 ' 42, 864. 51 $135, 700. Merrimack River, Mass.' 1924 369, 891. 49 34, 575. 23 Completed. Ipswich River, Mass.' 5 2 1895 5, 617. 91 Do. Rockport Harbor, Mass. 5 1905 91, 229. 25 Do. Manchester Harbor, Mass.1 5 .-................. 1908 23, 985. 57 591.89 Do. Beverly Harbor, Mass.1...... 1931 7246, 047. 76 642. 65 Do. Salem Harbor, Mass.___ 1931 100, 456. 57 7, 500. 00 Do. Mystic River, Mass.18 - 1932 281, 150. 11 25, 534. 73 Do. Malden River, Mass. -- 1.922 9104, 853. 08 45, 096. 92 Do. Dorchester Bay and Neponset lRiver, Mass.' _ _ 1932 94, 584. 55 33, 591. 89 $162,000. Weymouth Fore River, Mass."- ---------------- 1932 12635, 900. 00 5, 250. 00 Completed. Weymouth Back River, Mass." 1932 20; 478. 68 6, 521. 32 Do. Hingham Harbor, Mass.'_____ 2 1913 28, 316. 58 10, 000. 00 Do. Scituate Harbor, Mass. -. 1931 95, 090. 98 31, 500. 00 $196,000. Duxbury Harbor, Mass.' 5 ------------------. 1908 37, 000. 00 - ___ $5,800. Provincetown Harbor, Mass.2 1931 347, 453. 72 609. 00 $13,300. 1 Channel adequate for commerce. 2 Improvement adequate for commerce. 3 Exclusive of $20,000 expended from contributed funds. 4 Revoked during fiscal year 1933, $460.21. 5 Abandonment recommended in H. Doc. No. 467, 69th Cong., 1st. sess. 67 Remission of liquidated damages $410 and $40 revoked, fiscal year 1934. Exclusive of $100,000 expended from contributed funds. 8 Under State maintenance. 9 Exclusive of $62,000 expended from contributed funds. to Awaiting local cooperation. 11Awaiting congressional action on further improvement. 12 Exclusive of $100,000 expended from contributed funds. 1 Exclusive of available funds. 58 REPORT OF CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMY, 1934 Status of reports called for by river and harbor acts and conmmittee resolutions I I Locality Authorization act Transmitted Doc. Recommenda- to Congress no. tion SI 1 I __ !!_I __ __ _ Boston Harbor, Mass. (Navy Rivers and Harbors Com- drydock). mittee resolution, Apr. 10, 1934. Boston Harbor, Mass. (Shirley Rivers and Harbors Com- Gut). mittee resolution, Feb. 10, 1934. Boston Harbor (Winthrop Rivers and Harbors Com- Aug. 10, 1933 Unfavorable. Beach), Mass. mittee resolution, Feb. 7, 1933. Cape Cod Canal, Mass _________ Rivers and Harbors Com- mittee resolution, June 13, 1934. Chandlers River, Maine ....... Rivers and Harbors Com- mittee resolution, June 15, 1934. Corea Harbor, Maine __________ Rivers and Harbors Com- mittee resolution, Apr. 13, 1934. Dorchester Bay and Neponset Rivers and Harbors Com- River, Mass. mittee resolution, Sept. 16, 1933. Long Cove, Maine______________ Senate committee resolution, June 5, 1934. Lynn Harbor and Saugus River, Senate committee resolution, Mass. Apr. 12, 1934. New Hampshire Coast, Rye River and Harbor Act, May 3, 1934 Do. Beach to Fox Head Point. July 3, 1930. Ogunquit Harbor and Perkins River and Harbor Act, July 1,1933 Do. Cove, Maine. July 3, 1930. Portland Harbor, Maine, South River and Harbor Act, Dec. 13, 1933 Do. Portland waterfront. July 3, 1930. Royal River, Maine .__________ River and Harbor Act, July 3, 1930. Rye Harbor, N. H_____________ River and Harbor Act, July 3, 1930. Saco River, Maine___________ Rivers and Harbors Commit- tee resolution, Mar. 20, 1934. Scituate Harbor, Mass _________ Rivers and Harbors Commit- tee resolution, Mar. 20, 1934. Wohoa Bay and Pleasant River, Rivers and Harbors Act, July Maine. 3, 1930. IMPROVEMENT OF RIVERS AND HARBORS IN THE PROVIDENCE, R. I., DISTRICT This district includes a part of the State of Massachusetts, com- prising its southern coast line, extending as far north as Chatham Harbor on the east coast line of Cape Cod, and the whole of the States of Rhode Island and Connecticut, including the Connecticut River, Conn. and Mass. District engineer: Maj. Charles J. Taylor, Corps of Engineers, to September 11, 1933; Lt. Col. John J. Kingman, Corps of Engi- neers since that date. Division engineer: Col. G. M. Hoffman, Corps of Engineers. RIVERS AND HARBORS-PROVIDENCE, R. I., DISTRICT 59 IMPROVEMENTS Page Page 1. Pollock Rip Shoals, Nan- I1. Thames River, Conn ...... 77 tucket Sound, Mass ..... 59 12. Connecticut River b el o w 2. Harbor of Refuge at Nan- Hartford, Conn __..._ 79 tucket, Mass_ 61 13. Duck Island Harbor, Conn__ 82 3. Cross R'p Slicals, Nantucket 14. Branford Harbor, Conn_--. 83 Sound, Mass--_ 62 15. New Haven Harbor, Conn__ 84 4. New Bedford and Fairhaven 16. Milford Harbor, Conn ..... 88 Harbor, Mass- 64 17. Housatonic River, Conn .- 90 5. Fall River Harbor, Mass___ 66 18. Bridgeport Harbor, Conn___ 92 6. Taunton River, Mass-- 67 19. Norwalk Harbor, Conn..... 95 7. Providence River and Har- 20. Fivemile River Ha rb or, bor, R. I -______ _ 69 Conn___ 96 8. Pawtucket (Seekonk) River, 21. Stamford Harbor, Conn ... 97 R. I_ 71 22. Examinations, surveys, and 9. Harbor of Refuge at Block contingencies (general)__ 99 Island, R. I_--______ _ 73 23. Other projects for which no 10. New London Harbor, Conn__ 75 estimates are submitted_ 100 1. POLLOCK RIP SHOALS, NANTUCKET SOUND, MASS. Location.Pollock Rip Channel is the northerly passage through the shoals off the eastern entrance to Nantucket Sound connecting the deep water of the sound with that of the ocean. It is about 26 miles east from the harbor of Vineyard Haven, on the island of Marthas Vineyard, Mass., and 60 miles south from Provincetown Harbor, at the northern extremity of Cape Cod. (See U. S. Coast and Geodetic Survey Chart No. 250.) Existing project. This provides for dredging through the shoals at the eastern entrance to Nantucket Sound with a Government dredge, which is to assist the natural agencies in obtaining such depth and width as may be found practicable, but not exceeding a depth of 30 feet at mean low water and a width of 1 mile. The mean ranges of the tide are, respectively, about 3.7 feet at Monomoy Point, the nearest land, and 6.7 feet at Chatham Light, about 9 miles to the north of this point. The ranges of spring tides at these two points are 4.4 and 7.9 feet. The ranges are largely affected by direction and force of storms. The original expenditure authorized for experimental work was $250,000, and later the operation of a dredge was authorized at an estimated annual cost of $200,000. The estimated cost, revised in 1928, of providing a channel of suitable dimensions is $1,100,000 for new work and $30,000 for annual main- tenance. The existing project was adopted by the River and Harbor Act of July 25, 1912 (H. Doc. No. 536, 62d Cong., 2d sess.), and extended by the act of July 27, 1916 (Rivers and Harbors Committee, Doc. No. 3, 64th Cong., 1st sess.). The la,test map is published in the Annual Report for 1915, page 2056. Terminal facilities.-None. Operations and resauts during fiscal year.-Maintenance dredging was in progress with the U. S. dredge W. L. Marshall July 3 to 6, 7 to 9, both inclusive, and July 13, 1933. During these periods a total of 39 875 cubic yards, bin measurement, was removed from the shoals at the eastern end of the channel. Maintenance was resumed by the Marshall on April 16 and completed on June 30, 1934. During 60 REPORT OF CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMY, 1934 this period there were removed, bin measurement, 427,777 cubic yards of sand and gravel from the cut at the eastern end of the shoals; 84,509 cubic yards from shoals on the south side of the modified alinement between buoys no. 3 and no. 5; similarly 4,119 cubic yards from between buoys no. 7 and no. 9; and 43,351 cubic yards from Bearse Shoal at no. 6 buoy, a total of 559,756 cubic yards. The total cost was $50,791.56, all for maintenance. The expenditures were $46,299.73. Condition at end of fiscal year.-The project is practically com- pleted. The depths previously secured over the northern tongue of the Stone Horse Shoal have been maintained and the bend in the channel materially improved. A cut 2,000 feet wide has been dredged through Bearse and Pollock Rip Shoals, in which the general depth was 32 feet and over, and the least depth at the edges, 30 feet. On June 30, 1934, the controlling depths were about 33 feet in the cut at the eastern end of the shoals and 28 feet at the extreme southern edge west of buoy no. 3 on the modified alinement. The costs under the project have been $1,083,504.41 for new work and $334,925.89 for maintenance, a total of $1,418,430.30, and the total expenditures, $1,413,336.98. Proposed operations.-It is proposed to apply the funds unex- pended on June 30, 1934, amounting to $53,692.28, as follows: Accounts payable, June 30, 1934 .... $9, 561. 54 Maintenance operations with a seagoing hopper dredge for about 2 months during the spring of 1935 __-- 44, 130. 74 Total- __ _ - _ 53, 692. 28 The additional sum of $50,000 can be profitably expended during the fiscal year 1936 in maintenance operation of a seagoing hopper dredge for about 2 months. Cost and financial summary Cost of new work to June 30, 1934 _____________ $1, 083, 504. 41 Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1934___ ______________________ 334, 925. 89 Total cost of permanent work to June 30, 1934 __ ______ 1, 418, 430. 30 Value of plant, materials, etc., on hand June 30, 1934_________ 4, 468. 22 Net total cost to June 30, 1934_________________________ 1, 422, 898. 52 Minus accounts payable June 30, 1934________________________ 9, 561. 54 Net total expenditures___________________________ 1, 413, 336. 98 Unexpended balance June 30, 1934___________________________ 53, 692. 28 Total amount appropriated to June 30, 1934____________ 1, 467, 029. 26 Fiscal year ending June 30 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 Cost of new work___________________ i-;-- -------- Cost of maintenance______ .... $29, 315. 17 $24, 466. 41 $8, 512. 55 $40, 300.06 $50, 791. 5& Total expended----....------------- 24, 895. 09 19, 367. 42 14, 310. 69 38, 620.99 46, 299.73 Allotted---..................-------------------------42.............. 845. 6 -- -- -- -- -1, 443. 67 49, 672. 65 85, 954. 60 RIVERS AND IIARBORS-PROVIDENCE, R. I., DISTRICT 61 Balance unexpended July 1, 1933______________ __________ $14, 037.41 Amount allotted from War Department Appropriation Act approved Apr. 26, 1934___________________-___ $40, 000. 00 Amount allotted from War Department Appropriation Act approved July 14, 1932________________________ 26, 298. 10 Amount allotted from War Department Appropriation Act approved Mar. 4, 1933_ _________________ ___ 4, 517. 16 Amount allotted from War Department Appropriation Act approved Feb. 23, 1931______________________ 15, 184. 74 86, 000. 00 Amount to be accounted for . .-..-- - 100, 037.41 Deductions on account of revocation of allotment -- _ 45. 40 Net amount to be accounted for __ -- 99, 992. 01 Gross amount expended------------- 72, 810. 82 Less reimbursements collected_----------------------- 26, 511. 09 46, 299. 73 Balance unexpended June 30, 1934 ....- 53, 692.28 Outstanding liabilities June 30, 1934---------------------------- 9, 764.49 Balance available June 30, 1934 - -__ --- -- 43, 927.79 Amount that can be profitably expended in fiscal year ending June 1- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 30, 1936, for maintenance -- --- __ 50, 000. 00 2. HARBOR OF REFUGE AT NANTUCKET, MASS. Location.- On the north shore of Nantucket Island about 32 miles east-southeast from Vineyard Haven, Mass. (See U. S. Coast and Geodetic Survey Chart No. 343.) Previous projects.-Adopted by the act of March 2, 1829. The costs and expenditures under this project were $45,834.75, for new work. For further details of the previous project, see page 1747, Annual Report for 1915. Existing project.-This provides for a channel 15 feet deep at mean low water, without prescribed width, through the bar at the entrance and for converging jetties of riprap, 6,987 feet and 5,755 feet long on the east and west sides, respectively, of the entrance. The mean range of the tide is 3.1 feet, and the maximum range due to the combined effect of wind and other causes, is 5 feet or more. The estimate of cost for new work, revised in 1931, is $522,500, exclusive of amounts expended under previous project. The latest (1928) approved estimate for annual cost of maintenance is $10,000. The project was authorized by the following river and harbor acts: The act of June 14, 1880, provided for the west jetty (H. Doc. No. 18, 46th Cong., 2d sess., and Annual Report for 1880, p. 423); the act of August 5, 1886, provided for the east jetty (Annual Report for 1885, p. 579); the acts of March 3, 1905, and March 2, 1907, provided for dredging in the channel between the jetties, the estimate for which had not been included in the 1885 estimate. For latest published map see annual report for 1916, page 1912. Local cooperation.-None required by law. The Commonwealth of Massachusetts and local interests have expended for dredging and rock removal nearly $59,000. Terminal facilities.-These consist of four piers affording about 3,000 feet of berthing space. Facilities are considered adequate for present commerce. 1 Exclusive of available funds. 62 REPORT OF CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMY, 1934 Operations and results during fiscal year.-None. Condition at end of fiscal year.-The project is about 87 percent completed. The channel has been dredged to project depth with a width of 300 feet, increased at the inner end, and to 12 feet for an additional width of 150 feet. The jetties have been built to varying height and cross section with a view to controlling and regulating scour between them. The west jetty is in fair condition; the east jetty needs repairs. On June 30, 1934, the controlling depth at mean low water in the channel was about 14 feet on the outer bar. To complete the project, the west jetty is to be extended about 800 feet and the height of the east jetty raised if necessary. The costs and expenditures under the existing project have been $456,482.25 for new work and $192,265.83 for maintenance, a total of $648,748.08. Proposed operations.-No funds available and no operations pro- posed during the fiscal year 1935. The sum of $140,000 can be profitably expended during the fiscal year 1936, as follows: Maintenance: Repairs to the inner and the outer ends of the east jetty, by con- tract, July to October 1935, about 17,000 tons of riprap_-...... $85, 000 Dredging in entrance channel, by contract, July to October 1935, about 125,000 cubic yards --------------- -------- 55, 000 Total------------- -------------------------------------- 140, 000 The repairs will lessen the encroachment of sand into the channel and give increased protection to commerce entering and leaving the harbor during northeast storms. Dredging is required for the removal of shoals on the outer bar and in the turn off Brant Point. Cost and financial surnmmary Cost of new work to June 30, 1934---------------------------- $502, 317.00 Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1934- ---------------- 192, 265. 83 Total cost of permanent work to June 30, 1934 694, 582. 83 Net total expenditures------------ ----- -------- ------ 694, 582. 83 Total amount appropriated to June 30, 1934 694, 582. 83 Fiscal year ending June 30 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 Cost of new work---------- $29, 886. 55 -------------------------- -- Cost of maintenance -------------------- 19, 552. 49 . .----------.--------------- - Total cost- ------ --------- --- - - 49, 439. 04 ..................................... Total expended _------------ -- ------ 61, 234.19 --- .. .------------ . . . -------.. A llotted _ . . . . . -------.. . . 6,109.33 _.. .. ...--- . . . . . . . . . . Amount (estimated) required to be appropriated for completion of existing project - -------------------------- $66, 00u Amount that can be profitably expended in fiscal year ending June 30, 1936, for maintenance-___------------ --------------------------- 140, 000 3. CROSS RIP SHOALS, NANTUCKET SOUND, MASS. Location.-Nantucket Sound lies south of Cape Cod and north of Nantucket and the eastern part of Marthas Vineyard Islands. Cross Rip Shoals are a little southerly and easterly of the geographi- RIVERS AND HARBORS-PROVIDENCE, R. I., DISTRICT 63 cal center of the sound. They are about 17 miles east from Vineyard Haven on the island of Marthas Vineyard and about 15 miles north- west from Nantucket Harbor. (See U. S. Coast and Geodetic Sur- vey Chart No. 1209.) Existing project.-This provides for a channel 4,000 feet wide and 30 feet deep at mean low water between Half Moon Shoal and Cross Rip Shoal, about 1.7 miles. The mean tidal range is about 2 feet and the maximum range, due to the combined effect of wind and other causes, is 3 feet or more. The estimate of cost for new work, made in 1928, was $27,000. The latest (1928) approved estimate for annual cost of maintenance is $4,000. The existing project was authorized by the River and Har- bor Act of July 3, 1930 (H. Doc. No. 182, 70th Cong., 1st sess.). The latest published map is in the project document. Terminal facilities.-None. Operations and results during fiscal year.-Maintenance dredging by the U. S. dredge Marshall was in progress July 1 and 2, July 6, and July 10 to 15, inclusive, 1933. During these periods a total of 59,264 cubic yards of sand was removed, mainly from the northeast- ern shoal. The total cost and expenditure was $6,667.50, all for maintenance. Condition at end of fiscal year.-The existing project was com- pleted in 1931 at a saving of $2,800 under the estimated cost. The controlling depths on June 30, 1934, were 30 feet at the edge of the western shoals and over 31 feet through the sailing course, and on the eastern shoals 28 to 30 feet. The costs and expenditures have been $24,200.13 for new work and $17,289.51 for maintenance, a total of $41,489.64. Proposed operations.-It is proposed to apply the funds unex- pended on June 30, 1934, amounting to $6,000, to maintenance opera- tions with a seagoing hopper dredge for about 10 days in the spring of 1935. The sum of $6,000 can be profitably expended during the spring of 1936 in maintenance dredging by seagoing hopper dredge. Cost and financial summary Cost of new work to June 30, 1934______________________________ $24, 200. 13 Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1934________________________ 17, 289. 51 Total cost of permanent work to June 30, 1934______________ 41, 489. 64 Net total expenditures___________________________ 41, 489. 64 Unexpended balance June 30, 1934____________--__--__ 6, 000. 00 Total amount appropriated to June 30, 1934 ______________ 47, 489. 64 Fiscal year ending June 30 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 Cost of new work . _______. ... . _ .... _______ ... $5, 037. 69 $19, 162.44 --....... .. -.. . __- -- - ___--___. -- Cost of maintenance---------___ ____ .. $10, 622.01 $6, 667. 50 Total expended------- ---------- 6. 67 25, 500.64 9,314.83 6, 667. 50 Allotted9 15_-6---3---___--27, 000.00 _ 14, 967. 20 5, 522. 44 91536-ENG 1934-5 64 REPORT OF CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMY, 1934 Balance unexpended July 1, 1933----------------------------- $7, 145. 06 Amount allotted from War Department Appropriation Act approved Apr. 26, 19346----------------------------------------------- , 000. 00 Amount to be accounted for___________ ___-_______ 13, 145. 06 Deductions on account of revocation of allotment ------------------ 477. 56 Net amount to be accounted for 2,667. 50 1--------------------_____ Gross amount expended___ ______ _------ 6, 667. 50 Balance unexpended June 30, 1934___ 000. 00 6,______________---_ Amount that can be profitably expended in fiscal year ending June 30, 1936, for maintenance 1------------------------------- 6, 000. 00 4. NEW BEDFORD AND FAIRHAVEN HARBOR, MASS. Location.-New Bedford Harbor is a tidal estuary on the western side of Buzzards Bay, about 21 miles by water northwesterly from the harbor at Vineyard Haven, Mass., and about 42 miles to the Eastward of Point Judith Harbor, R. I. (See U. S. Coast and Geodetic Survey Chart No. 252.) Previous projects.-Adopted by the acts of July 4, 1836, March 3, 1875, and August 11, 1888. The costs and expenditures under these projects prior to the adoption of the existing project in 1907 were $170,700 for new work. For further details see page 1748, Annual Report of 1915. Existing project.-This provides for a channel 30 feet deep at mean low water and 350 feet wide from deep water in Buzzards Bay to a point just above the New Bedford-Fairhaven Bridge, nearly 5 miles, with increased widths for anchorage and maneuvering pur- poses in the areas north of Palmers Island and above the bridge; and a channel 100 feet wide and 18 feet deep at mean low water from the 30-foot area north of Fish Island to Belleville, a distance of about 2 miles, with a turning basin at the upper end 300 feet wide. The mean range of the tide is 4 feet, and the maximum range, due to the combined effect of wind and other causes, is 7 feet or more. The estimate of cost for new work, revised in 1930, is $1,384,000, exclusive of amounts expended on previous projects. The latest (1980) approved estimate for annual cost of maintenance is $21,000. The existing project was authorized by the following river and harbor acts: The act of July 25, 1912, provided for the 18-foot chan- nel in the Acushnet River to Belleville (H. Doc. No. 442, 62d Cong., 2d sess.); and the act of July 3, 1930, provided for the 30-foot chan- nel and increased widths in the anchorage and maneuvering areas (H. Doc. No. 348, 71st Cong., 2d sess.) ; except that the width of the channel was limited to 350 feet, the limit of cost being fixed at $718,000. The latest published map is in the last-mentioned document. Local cooperation.-The River and Harbor Act of July 25, 1912, imposed the condition that local interests construct a new bridge at Coggeshall Street with a draw opening of at least 100 feet and build a substantial wharf upon the city property at Belleville, the name given to the northern part of the city. These conditions have not been met, and there is no present prospect of their being complied with. 1Exclusive of available funds. RIVERS AND HARBORS-PROVIDENCE, R. I., DISTRICT 65 Terminal facilities.-These consist of piers and wharves with a total of about 18,500 feet of docking space. The facilities are con- sidered adequate for the existing commerce. (For further details see Port Series No. 18, Corps of Engineers.) Operations and results during fiscal year.-- Vork was confined to maintenance survey and sweeping operations in the main channel, using hired labor and Government plant. The costs were $17,321.80, all for maintenance. The expenditures were $9,784.43. Condition at end of fiscal year.--The existing project is about 70 percent completed. Under previous authorizations a 25-foot chan- nel along the New Bedford water front and an anchorage area east of the channel have been completed. The entrance channel between Butler Flats and the bridge, the channel through the bridge, and channel and turning basin above the bridge, and the western maneu- vering area have been dredged to 30 feet except for isolated ledge and boulder areas. The controlling depths on June 30, 1934, were 26 feet in the entrance channel, nearly 26 feet in the channel through the basin and the turning basin above the bridge, 30 feet in the west- ern maneuvering area below the bridge except in the southwestern portion north of Palmer Island, and in the Acushnet River about 23 feet to about 1,200 feet below the Coggeshall Street Bridge and thence 7 feet to Belleville. The head of navigation is about 7 miles north of the entrance, opposite Sconticut Point. To complete the project requires the completion of the entrance channel, the deepen- ing of the anchorage and maneuvering areas, and the dredging of the 18-foot channel up to Belleville. The costs and expenditures have been $965,108.71 for new work and $201,394.63 for maintenance, a total of $1,166,503.34. The expenditures have been $1,166,503.34. Proposed operaticns.-No funds are available and no operations are contemplated during the fiscal year 1935. The sum of $140,000 can be profitably expended during the fiscal year 1936 in the removal of rock and boulders from the entrance channel inside of Butler Flats Light and the operation of a sea- going-hopper dredge outside of Butler Flats. The work is necessary to secure the full benefit of the completed channel through the har- bor. Under existing conditions, no maintenance work is necessary. Cost and financial summary Cost of new work to June 30, 1934 ------------------- 308. 71 $1, 135,135, Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1934------------------------- 201, 394. 63 Total cost of permanent work to June 30, 1934__ - 1, 337, 203. 34 Net total expenditures_ -------------- 1, 337, 203. 34 Total amount appropriated to June 30, 1934 _ 1, 337, 203. 34 Fiscal year ending June 30 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 Cost of new work.. ---------------- --------- $188, 115. 41 $104, 136. 58 $90, 942. 67 .--- --..... Cost of m aintenance_ ._...... ........-- _-------- -- 1.---------- 834. 30 . 67 $17, 321.80 Total cost .....------------------- ----------- 188,115.41 104, 970.88 90, 942. 67 17, 321.80 Total expended__...--....---- ----- -------- - - --- 137, 486.53 156, 074. 79 98, 005.01 9, 784.43 Allotted--...........---------------------__ -$2, 257. 42 282, 000.00 14, 694. 27 105, 301. 68 -645. 19 66 REPORT OF CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMY, 193 4 Balance unexpended July 1, 1933_------------------------------- $10, 429. 62 Amount allotted from War Department Appropriation Act approved Feb. 23, 1931_ ---------------- 5, 500. 40 Amount to be accounted for 15, 930. 02 1----------------- Deductions on account of revocation of allotment----------- 6, 145. 59 Net amount to be accounted for-- - 9, 784. 43 Gross amount expended----------------------------------------- 9, 784. 43 Amount (estimated) required to be appropriated for completion of existing project -------------------------------------------- 334, 000. 00 Amount that can be profitably expended in fiscal year ending June 30, 1936, for new work-------------------------------------- 140, 000.00 5. FALL RIVER HARBOR, MASS. Location.-Situated at the mouth of Taunton River, on the east side and at the head of Mount Hope Bay, which empties into the ocean through Narragansett Bay and Sakonnet River. It is about 18 miles northerly from Newport Harbor. (See U. S. Coast and Geodetic Survey Chart No. 353.) Prelious projects.-Adopted by the acts of June 23, 1874, March 3, 1899, June 13, 1902, and June 25, 1910. The total cost and ex- penditures under these projects were $330,204.16 for new work and $81,410.31 for maintenance, a total of $411,614.47. For further details see page 1749 of Annual Report for 1915. Existing project.-This provides for a channel 30 feet deep at mean low water and 400 feet wide through Mount Hope Bay and Fall River Harbor, about 6.8 miles, with increased width opposite the wharves below Slades Ferry Bridge, for the removal of the lower end of Hog Island Shoal, and for the maintenance of the 25-foot anchorage, about 42 acres in area, west of the harbor chan- nel. The mean tidal range is 4.9 feet and the maximum range, due to the combined effect of wind and other causes, is 8 feet or more. The estimate of cost for new work, made in 1929, is $420,000, ex- clusive of amounts expended on previous projects. The latest (1929) approved estimate for annual cost of maintenance is $11,000. The existing project was authorized by the River and Harbor Act of July 3, 1930 (H. Doc. No. 158, 71st Cong., 2d sess.). The latest published map is in the project document. Terminal facilities.--These consist of 17 piers having 12,000 feet of docking space and wharves affording 7,000 feet additional dock- ing space. Three of the piers have direct railroad connection. The facilities are considered adequate for the commerce of the port. (For further details see Port Series No. 18, Corps of Engineers.) Operations and results duoing fiscal year.-Improvement dredging at Hog Island Shoal, using the U. S. dredge W. L. Marshall, was in progress July 3 and July 16 to August 7, inclusive, 1933. During these periods a total of 64,288 cubic yards, bin measurement, of sand and gravel was removed from the shoal at a cost of $11,907.53. A survey was made of the dredged area in Fall River Harbor at a cost of $1,346.24. The costs were $13,253.77, all applied to new work. The expenditures were $11,460.98. Condition at end of fiscal year.-The project is about 90 percent completed. Under previous authorization an anchorage has been dredged opposite the wharves. The channel has been dredged to RIVERS AND HARBORS-PROVIDENCE, R. I., DISTRICT 67 project dimensions up to Slades Ferry Bridge and the removal of Hog Island Shoal about 52 percent completed. The controlling depths at mean low water on June 30, 1934, were: Entrance channel to Slades Ferry Bridge and through the bridge to the head, 30 feet; anchorage area, 20 to 25 feet; Hog Island Shoal, 18 to 30 feet. To complete the project requires the removal of the remainder of Hog Island Shoal and the widening of the channel above the bridge. The total costs and expenditures have been $378,472.86, for new work. Proposed operations.-There were no funds available at the close of the year and no work is contemplated. The completion of the removal of Hog Island Shoal and the slight widening of the channel above the bridges is not urgently necessary. Maintenance work will not be required for 2 or 3 more years. Therefore no funds can be profitably expended during the fiscal year 1936. Cost and financial summary Cost of new work to June 30, 1.934-----------------------------$708, 677. 02 Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1934-------------------------- 81, 410. 31 Total cost of permanent work to June 30, 1934------------ 790, 087. 33 Net total expenditures------------------------------------- 790, 087. 33 Total amount appropriated to June 30, 1934-----------------_ 790, 087. 33 Fiscal year ending June 30 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 Cost of new work ..........-----------------... $139, 058. 74 $129,651. 07 $96, 509. 28 $13, 253. 77 ------------ Cost of maintenance--------------------------------------------------------------- ---- Total expended-.-------------------------------- 80, 163. 37 190,085. 17 96, 763.34 11, 460.98 Allotted---- ............. ..--------------------- ....------------ 253, 000. 00 25, 000. 00 129, 668. 22 -29, 195. 36 Balance unexpended July 1, 1933 ----------- $40, 656. 34 Deductions on account of revocation of allotment ----------------- 29, 195. 36 Net amount to be accounted for----------------------------11, 460. 98 Gross amount expended----------------------------- $13, 055. 65 Less reimbursements collected 594. 67 1------------------------, 11, 460. 98 Amount (estimated) required to be appropriated for completion of existing project---------------------------------------------65, 000. 00 6. TAUNTON RIVER, MASS. Location.-Rises in Norfolk County, Mass., flows in a general south by west direction about 44 miles, and empties into Mount Hope Bay at Fall River. (See U. S. Geological Survey sheets Taunton and Fall River.) Previous projects.-Adopted by acts of July 11, 1870, and June 14, 1880. The cost and expenditures under these projects prior to the adoption of the existing project in 1930 were $171,497.93 for new work and $32,831.26 for maintenance, a total of $204,329.19. For further details see page 1748 of Annual Report for 1915. Existing project.-This provides for a channel 12 feet deep at mean low water generally 100 feet wide up to a point about 2,800 68 REPORT OF CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMY, 1934 feet below Weir Bridge; thence 80 feet wide for about 2,000 feet, and thence 60 feet wide to the bridge. The mean tidal range is 4.9 feet at the mouth, 4.8 feet at Dighton, and 4.2 feet at Weir Bridge. The maximum range, due to the com- bined effects of wind and other causes, is 8 feet or more at the mouth and at Dighton, and about 6 feet at the head of navigation. The estimate of cost for new work, made in 1930, is $780,000, exclusive -of amount expended on previous projects. The latest (1930) approved estimate for annual cost of maintenance is $10.000, including maintenance of the turning basin to be constructed by local interests. The existing project was authorized by the River and Harbor Act of July 3, 1930 (H. Doc. No. 403, 71st Cong., 2d sess.). The latest published map is in the project document. Local cooperation.--The River and Harbor Act of July 3, 1930, adopted the existing project subject to the provisions that local interests shall provide, at their own expense, a suitable turning basin near the head of navigation and furnish, without cost to the United States, suitable bulkheaded areas for spoil disposal. Under date of March 26, 1931, the Chief of Engineers accepted the assurances of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts that the requirements would be fully met. Terminal facilities.-These consist of wharves with docking space of about 6,200 feet. The facilities are considered adequate for the existing commerce. Operations and results during fiscal year.-New work under con- tract dated June 10, 1932, for dredging and rock removal, in prog- ress at the beginning of the fiscal year, was completed October 6, 1933. During the period, 10,674 cubic yards of ledge rock and 17,421 cubic yards of overburden were removed and properly dis- posed of at a cost of $70,475.19. Survey for the removal of boulders and ledge rock below Dighton was made at a cost of $2,886.65. The total amounts removed under the contract were 18,383 cubic yards of ledge rock and 24,127 cubic yards of overburden. The costs were $73,361.84, for new work. The expenditures were $60,300.97. Condition at end of fiscal year.-The existing project is about 23 percent completed. The channel above Dighton, dredged under the previous project, has suffered some deterioration in depth and width. Project dimensions except for minor deficiencies have been secured up to the upper end of the rock area off Peters Point. On June 30, 1934, the controlling depth up to the upper end of the rock area at Peters Point was about 8 feet; above this point it is claimed by those using the channel constantly that it cannot be used safely by vessels drawing more than 9 feet intending to make the round trip on one tide. To complete the project requires the deepening of the channel from Peters Point to Taunton. The total costs and expenditures under the existing project have been $179,456.28 for new work. Proposed operations.-There were no funds available at the close of the year and no work is contemplated during the fiscal years 1935 and 1936. RIVERS AND HARBORS-PROVIDENCE, R. I., DISTRICT 69 Cost and financial surnonary Cost of new work to June 30, 1934---------------------------- $350, 954. 21 Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1934---------------------------32, 831. 26 Total cost of permanent work to June 30, 1934--- 383, 785. 47 Net total expenditures ------------ 383, 785. 47 Total amount appropriated to June 30, 1934_ ---- -- 383, 785.47 Fiscal year ending June 30 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 Cost of new work_----------------------------____ _________ $54, 437. 52 $51, 656. 92 $73, 361. 84 Cost of maintenance--- .-. ------------ - -------------------- --------- ---------- 'Total expended......-------------------------------- $2, 219. 69 67, 440. 49 49, 495. 13 60, 300. 97 .Allotted_ ----------------------------- $359. 99 110, 000. 00--- - 115, 446. 67 -45, 990.39 Balance unexpended July 1, 1933------ $106, 291.36 Deductions on account of revocation of allotment_____________ 45, 990. 39 Net amount to be accounted for __ ______________--- 60, 300. 97 Gross amount expended_--________ $60, 305. 24 Less reimbursements collected....---------------4. 27 60, 300. 97 Amount (estimated) required to be appropriated for completion of existing project _______ ________---------------__ 487, 000. 00 7. PROVIDENCE RIVER AND HARBOR, R. I. Location.-Providence River is formed at the city of Providence by the junction of the Pawtucket (Seekonk) River and two small streams which rise in northern Rhode Island. It is tidal and flows .southerly in a deep channel between broad flats about 8 miles, empty- ing into Narragansett Bay. (See U. S. Coast and Geodetic Survey Chart No. 278.) Previous projects.-Adopted by the acts of August 30, 1852, March 3, 1873, June 18, 1878, August 2, 1882, August 5, 1886, June 3, 1896, June 13, 1902, March 2, 1907, and June 25, 1910. The cost and expen- ditures under previous projects were $2,422,730.35 for new work and $58,538.96 for maintenance, a total of $2,481,269.31. For further ,details see page 1750, Annual Report of 1915. Existing project.-This provides for an approach channel 30 feet deep at mean low water and 600 feet wide through the river from the deep water of Narragansett Bay opposite North Point, on Popa- squash Neck, up to Fields Point, 8.8 miles, and thence with the same depth through the harbor, from 1,300 feet wide to 1,800 feet wide, reducing to 800 feet at Fox Point, and limited on the east and west sides by the harbor lines, excepting the area formerly known as " Green Jacket Shoal ",about 1.6 miles to Fox Point. The mean tidal range is about 4.7 feet and the maximum range, due to the combined effect of wind and other causes, is 8 feet or more. The estimate of cost for new work, revised in 1928, was $1,350,000, exclusive of amounts expended on previous projects. The latest (1928) approved estimate for annual cost of maintenance is $35,000. 70 REPORT OF CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMY, 1934 The existing project was authorized by the River and Harbor Act of March 4, 1913 (H. Doc. No. 1369, 62d Cong., 3d sess.). The latest published map is in the Annual Report for 1915, page 2068. Local cooperation.-Fully complied with. Terminal facilities.-The facilities are considered adequate for existing commerce. (For further details see Port Series No. 18, Corps of Engineers.) Operations and results during fiscal year.-None. Condition at end of fiscal year.-The existing project was com- pleted in 1932 at a saving of $11,318 under the estimated cost. The controlling depths at mean low water are: Approach channel up to Fields Point, 30 feet (nearly full width) as determined in 1927, and in the harbor area over 30 feet except at the edges; Green Jacket Shoal (not included in the existing project), 17 to 24 feet, both as determined in 1932. The total costs under the existing project have been $1,338,681.21 for new work and $472,091.92 for maintenance, a total of $1,810,773.13, and the expenditures $1,819,521.47. Proposed operations.-It is proposed to apply the funds unex- pended on June 30, 1934, amounting to $6,748.77, to maintenance contingencies throughout the year. No additional funds can be profitably expended during the fiscal year 1936, as the channel and harbor are believed to be in satisfactory condition to serve existing traffic through that period. Cost and financial summary Cost of new work to June 30, 1934___________________________ $3, 761, 411. 56 Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1934_____________________ 530, 630. 88 Total cost of permanent work to June 30', 1934____________ 4, 292, 042. 44 Value of plant, materials, etc., on hand June 30, 1934_ 8, 136. 64 Net total cost to June 30, 1934__ _______________________ 4, 300, 179. 08 Plus accounts receivable June 301, 1934_______________________ 826. 19 Gross total costs to June 30, 1934______________________ 4, 301, 005. 27 Minus accounts payable June 30, 1934 __ 214. 49 Net total expenditures_-- --------- 4, 300, 790. 78 Unexpended balance June 30, 1934______________________ 6, 748. 77 Total amount appropriated to June 30, 1934___________ 4, 307, 539. 55 Fiscal year ending June 30 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 Cost of new work_______- .. ____ -_____ $300.00 - -- $32, 102. 68 $2, 653. 83 -.......... Cost of maintenance------------_ ...... $169, 706. 92 22, 250. 24 195. 59- ------------------------ Total cost .... ..... . 300. 00 169, 706. 92 54, 352.92 2, 849. 42 Total expended-.......................... 3,677. 62 146, 032.79 )54, 047.98 13, 701.26 - 81. 65 Allotted -- --.......... ___ --......... 258, 000.00-----------0 00.00 -5,721.92 -597. 50 Balance unexpended July 1, 1933__ __ _____ __---------------- $7, 164. 62 Deductions on account of revocation of allotment _________--------597. 50 Net amount to be accounted for_______________ _ 6,567. 12 RIVERS AND IIARBORS-PROVIDENCE, R. I., DISTRICT 71 Gross amount expended___ $11, 809.60 Less reimbursements collected _________________--- __ 11, 991. 25 -$181. 65 Balance unexpended June 30, 1934________________________ 6,748. 77 Outstanding liabilities June 30, 1934___ 1, 013. 01 Balance available June 30, 1934_________________________ 5, 735. 76 Accounts receivable June 30, 1934 ___________________-__ -- __ 826. 19 Unobligated balance available June 30, 1934___ ___________ 6, 561. 95 8. PAWTUCKET (SEEKONK) RIVER, R. I. Location.-This river rises in the vicinity of Worcester, Mass., and flows in a general southeasterly direction for about 52 miles, emptying into Providence Harbor at Providence. (See U. S. Coast and Geodetic Survey Chart No. 278.) Previous projects.-Adopted by the acts of March 2, 1867, July 5, 1884, and March 3, 1899. The cost and expenditures under this project, prior to operations under the existing project in 1906, were '$334,425.32 for new work. For further details see page 1749 of Annual Report for 1915. Existing project.-This provides for a channel 16 to 18 feet deep at mean low water and 150 to 230 feet wide from Red Bridge up to the ledge rock between the wharves at Pawtucket, 3.2 miles; thence with same depths 100 to 60 feet wide through the ledge to Division Street Bridge, 0.2 mile. The mean tidal range is about 4.7 feet at the mouth of the river and about 5 feet at Pawtucket, and the maxi- mum ranges due to the combined effect of wind and other causes are about 8 and 7 feet, respectively. The estimate of cost for new work, revised in 1922, was $423,035, exclusive of amounts expended on previous projects; but including the expenditure of funds contributed by the State of Rhode Island to the amount of $67,792. The latest (1928) approved estimate for annual c'ost of maintenance is $10,000. The existing project was authorized by the following river and harbor acts: The act of March 3, 1905, provided for the 16-foot channel from Red Bridge, in Providence, to Division Street Bridge in Pawtucket (H. Doc. No. 113, 56th Cong., 1st sess.); the act of March 3, 1909, authorized the expenditure of any balance remaining after the completion of work then under contract in deepening the channel to 18 feet at mean low water and increasing the width of such places as would best serve the interests of navigation; the act of March 2, 1919, provided for widening the channel, except through the ledge at Pawtucket, to 150 feet (H. Doc. No. 1283, 64th Cong., 1st sess.); and the act of September 22, 1922, provided for the pres- ,ent width of channel through the ledge at Pawtucket (H. Doc. No. 654, 66th Cong., 2d sess.). The latest published map is in House Document No. 1283, Sixty-fourth Congress, first session. Local cooperation.-Fully complied with. Terminal facilities.-Including the five terminals at and near Phillipsdale, the facilities cover about 5,260 feet of docking space, of which 700 feet is owned by the State of Rhode Island and 4,560 feet 72 REPORT OF CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMY, 1934 owned and used by private owners. The facilities are considered adequate for the existing commerce. Operations and results during fiscal year.-Maintenance dredging under contract between Walkers Point and Pawtucket was begun on June 2, 1934, and was in progress at the close of the year. During this period a total of 60,931 cubic yards of mud was removed from the channel reach above Phillipsdale. The costs were $24,902.85, applied to maintenance. The expenditures were $16,499.10. Condition at end of fiscal year.-The project was completed in 1927 at a saving of $17,454 under the estimated cost. The controlling depth at mean low water as determined in 1934 was 16 feet to Phillipsdale; thence 141/ feet to the Pawtucket wharves; and thence about 13 feet to Division Street. The head of navigation is at the head of Pawtucket Falls, about 5.2 miles above the mouth of the river. The costs under the existing project have been $337,788.85 for new work and $202,869.45 for maintenance, a total of $540,658.30, and the total expenditures $532,254.55. In addition, the sum of $67,792 was expended from contributed funds. Proposed operations.-It is proposed to apply the funds unex- pended on June 30, 1934, amounting to $105,492.23, as follows: Accounts payable, June 30, 1934_ __ -__- _ ________ $8, 403. 75 Maintenance dredging under contract in progress, to be completed in October 1934 ---------------------------------------- _ 97, 088. 48 Total __ ------------------------------ 105, 492.23 No additional funds can be profitably expended during the fiscal year 1936, as the completion of the above work will leave the channel in satisfactory condition for several years. Cost and financial summary ------------------------- Cost of new work to June 30, 1934_ $672, 214. 17 Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1934---- 202, 869. 45 Total cost of permanent work to June 30, 1934___ 875, 083. 62 Minus accounts payable June 30, 1934 -------------------- 8,403. 75 Net total expenditures ------------------------------- 866, 679. 87 Unexpended balance June 30, 1934___--------------------- 105, 492. 23 Total amount appropriated to June 30, 1934--------------972, 172. 10 Fiscal year ending June 30 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 Cost ofnew work_------------ Cost ofmaintenance--------------- - -- - ---- - $24, 902. 85 Total expended----- .............. ..---------------.$2. 03 - -- -- -- 16, 499. 10 Allotted--........... ...... - -9, 032. 72 ------------------------ 121,991. 33 RIVERS AND HARBORS-PROVIDENCE, R. I., DISTRICT 73 Amount allotted from War Department Appropriation Act approved Sept. 22, 1922 ----- $994. 77 Amount allotted from War Department Appropriation Act approved July 14, 1932__- --- --- 110, 702.94 Amount allotted from War Department Appropriation Act approved Feb. 28, 1929__ 1,746.89 Amount allotted from War Department Appropriation Act approved May 28, 1930 __ - _ 4,478. 79 Amount allotted from War Department Appropriation Act approved Feb. 23, 1931-------------------- __ ______ _ 4, 076. 61 Amount to be accounted for______ 122, 000. 00 Deductions on account of revocation of allotment------ 8. 67 Net amount to be accounted for_ _-- -- ---- 121, 991. 33 Gross amount expended_______________________- 16, 499. 10 Balance unexpended June 30, 1934_ ------------------------ 105, 492.23 Outstanding liabilities June 30, 1934_ _--__ ____- $8, 403. 75 Amount covered by uncompleted contracts__ -------------- 95, 931. 09 - 04,.334. 84 Balance available June 30, 1934_------------------------_ 1,157. 39 9. HARBOR OF REFUGE AT BLOCK ISLAND, R. I. Location.--Located on the east side of Block Island, near the south end of the inner curve of the shore line. It is 13 miles south- southwest from Point Judith Harbor and about 25 miles southeast- erly from Stonington Harbor, Conn. (See U. S. Coast and Geodetic Survey Chart No. 276.) Existing project.-This provides for a rubble-mound breakwater extending northerly about 1,950 feet from the shore; a similar breakwater about 1,100 feet long, extending northerly and easterly, enclosing, with the main breakwater, an area about 800 feet square designated as the inner harbor; masonry walls in the southeastern corner of the inner harbor enclosing an area nearly 300 feet square designated as the basin; and for dredging to a depth of 15 feet at mean low water the outer protected area and about 67 percent of the inner harbor and of the basin. The mean tidal range is about 3 feet, and the maximum range, due to the combined effects of wind and other causes, is 7 feet or more. The estimate of cost for new work, revised in 1928, is $615,300. The latest (1928) approved estimate for annual cost of maintenance is $3,000. The existing project was authorized by the following river and harbor acts: The act of July 11, 1870, provided for the main break- water (Annual Report for 1868, p. 785, and S. Misc. Doc. No. 81, 40th Cong., 2d sess.); the act of August 5, 1886, provided for the breakwater enclosing the inner harbor (S. Doc. No. 27, 48th Cong., 2d sess., and Annual Report for 1885, p. 610); the act of June 3, 1896, provided for raising the crest of the main breakwater and making it sand tight (H. Doc. No. 83, 54th Cong., 1st sess.), the act of July 25, 1912, made final provision for the basin walls and for the present dimensions of the dredged areas (H. Doc. No. 828, 60th Cong., 1st sess.). The latest published map is in the last-mentioned document. 74 REPORT OF CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMY, 1934 Reconmmended modifications of project.-It is recommended that this project be modified by eliminating the dredging of the outer harbor west of the entrance channel (H. Doc. No. 467, 69th Cong., 1st sess.). Terminal facilities.-These consist of two wharves with a total of 680 feet of docking space, which is adequate for present needs. Operations and results during fiscal year.-Maintenance dredg- ing under contract was commenced on May 22, 1934, and was in progress at the end of the fiscal year. During the period 9,927 cubic yards of mud were removed from the channel through the inner harbor. The costs were $4,332.37. Under a contract for main- tenance, repairs to the main breakwater were commenced June 18 and completed June 26, 1934. About 640 linear feet of breakwater were tightened against the passage of sand by the use of 803.66 long tons of broken stone. The costs were $3,898.32. The total cost was $8,230.69, for maintenance, and the total expenditures were $8,405.46. Condition at end of fiscal year.-The existing project is about 94 percent completed. The breakwater and harbor walls were com- pleted in 1916. The inner harbor and basin have been dredged to proper dimensions and a channel 60 to 130 feet wide and 15 feet deep has been dredged from deep water outside of the harbor up to the town wharf. The controlling depth at mean low water on June 30, 1934, in the channel through the inner and outer harbors to the head of the basin was 15 feet except at the edges. The breakwaters and basin walls are in fair condition. To complete the project requires the deepening of the outer protected area adjacent to the dredged channel. The costs have been $576,856.47 for new work and $126,014.43 for maintenance, a total of $702,870.90, and the expenditures a total of $701,599.52. Proposed operations.-It is proposed to apply the funds unex- pended on June 30, 1934, amounting to $2,932.98, as follows: Accounts payable, June 30, 1934 ____________--------------$1, 271.38 Maintenance dredging under contract in progress, to be completed in July 1934-----------______-----------------__ 1,661.60 Total ____-- _-----_ 2, 932.98 The channel is being restored and the breakwaters are in good condition. There is no present necessity for dredging the outer area. Therefore no funds can be profitably expended during the fiscal year 1936. Cost and financial summ ary Cost of new work to June 30, 1934-------- ----------------- $576, 856. 47 Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1934------------------------126, 014. 43 Total cost of permanent work to June 30, 1934----------_ 702, 870. 90 Minus accounts payable June 30, 1934------------------------- 1,271. 38 Net total expenditures---------------------------------- 701, 599. 52 Unexpended balance June 30, 1934 ----------------------------- 2, 932. 98 Total amount appropriated to June 30, 1934-------------704, 532. 50 RIVERS AND HARBORS-PROVIDENCE, R. I., DISTRICT 75 Fiscal year ending June 30 I 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 C ostofnew w ork ... . . . . . . - . . . . .- -. . . . . -.... . . ..- - -.. Cost of maintenance---------------------------- $11, 793. 65 $5,799.81 $13,590.30 $8,230.69 Total expended..------------------------ $333. 50 11, 498. 21 773. 85 17, 170. 36 8, 405.46 Allotted-----------------_____________15, 700.00- 11, 923.79 9, 741. 97 Balance unexpended July 1, 1933-------------------------------- $1, 596.47 Amount allotted from War Department Appropriation Act approved July 14, 1932 _ _------------------- 9,900. 00 Amount to be accounted for-__ 11,496.47 Deductions on account of revocation of allotment--------------- 158.03 Net amount to be accounted for---------------------------- 11, 338. 44 Gross amount expended---------------------------__------ 8,405. 46 Balance unexpended June 30, 1934------------------__ 2,932. 98 Outstanding liabilities June 30, 1934-..... $1, 271.38 Amount covered by uncompleted contracts_ ___ 1,383. 50 2, 654. 88 Balance available June 30, 1934-__ _ 278. 10 Amount (estimated) required to be appropriated for completion of existing project 1 ----------------------------------- 38, 500.00 10. NEW LONDON HARBOR, CONN. Location.-This harbor is on the north shore of Long Island Sound, at its eastern end, and about 14 miles east of the mouth of the Connecticut River. (See U. S. Coast and Geodetic Survey Chart No. 293.) Previous projects.-Adopted by acts of June 14, 1880, March 3, 1881, and July 13, 1892. The cost and expenditures, prior to the adoption of the existing project in 1902, were $19,800 applied to new work in New London Harbor and $21,000 applied to new work in Shaws Cove, a total of $40,800. For further details see page 1753 of Annual Report for 1915. Existing project.-This provides for an entrance channel 600 feet wide, 33 feet deep, and about 31/2 miles long from Long Island Sound to the natural deep water in the upper harbor; a channel 400 feet or more in width, 23 feet deep, and about 6,000 feet long skirting the water front of the city; and for dredging Shaws Cove to a depth of 15 feet. The plane of reference is mean low water, the mean tidal range being 2.4 feet. The maximum tidal range, due to the com- bined effects of wind and other causes, is 7 feet or more. The esti- mate of cost for new work, revised in 1928, was $543,000, exclusive of amounts expended on previous projects. The latest (1914) approved estimate for annual cost of maintenance is $3,300. The existing project was authorized by the following river and harbor acts: The act of June 13, 1902, provided for the water-front channel (H. Doc. No. 392, 56th Cong., 1st sess.) ; the act of June 25, 1910, provided for dredging in Shaws Cove (H. Doc. No. 329, 60th Cong., 1st sess.) ; the act of July 27, 1916, provided for the entrance 1Exclusive of available funds. 76 REPORT OF CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMY, 1934 channel (H. Doc. No. 613, 63d Cong., 2d sess.). The latest published map is in the last-mentioned dog ument. Local cooperation.-Fully complied with. Terminal facilities.-The total developed shore frontage is nearly 3 miles. The total length of berthing space available is about 19,755 feet. The facilities are considered adequate for the existing com- merce. (For further details see Port Series No. 18, Corps of Engineers.) Operations and results during fiscal year.-Dredging in Shaws Cove by contract for maintenance was commenced December 4, 1933, and completed February 22, 1934. A net total of 19,023 cubic yards of mud, sand, and gravel, and 5.813 cubic yards of boulders were removed, completing the maintenance work. The costs were $8,392.45, for maintenance. The expenditures were $7,716.17. Condition at end of fiscal year.--The existing project was com- pleted in 1933. The controlling depths at mean low water are: Main channel from entrance to State Terminal, 33 feet as determined in 1933; channel along the water front, except in Winthrops Cove, 24 feet, ascertained in 1930; Shaws Cove, 16 feet, ascertained in 1934. The costs have been $558,390.18 for new work and $49,584.26 for maintenance, a total of $607,974.44, and the total expenditures $607,298.25. Proposed operations.-It is proposed to apply the funds unex- pended June 30, 1934, amounting to $4,226.68, as follows: Accounts payable, June 30, 1934 ----------------------- $676. 19 Balance remaining--------------------------------------------- 3, 550.49 Total ------------------------------------------------ 4, 226. 68 The harbor channels are in condition to meet the needs of existing traffic for several years. Therefore no funds can be profitably expended during the fiscal year 1936. Cost and financial sumnnary Cost of new work to June 30, 1934--------------------------- $599, 190. 18 Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1934------------------------- - 49, 584. 26 Total cost of permanent work to June 30, 1934-------------- 648, 774. 44 Minus accounts payable June 30, 1934--------------------------- 676. 19 Net total expenditures ___ 648, 098. 25 Unexpended balance June 30, 1934----------------------------- 4, 22:6. 68 Total amount appropriated to June 30, 1934- 652, 324. 93 Fiscal year ending June 30 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 Cost of new work ...-- - - - - --- ----------- $90, 902. 92 . - ------ Cost of maintenance ---------------- $20, 591. 01 $10, 56 - 11, 677. 59 $8, 392. 45 Total cost- ------------------------ 20, 591. 01 10. 56 102, 580. 51 8,392. 45 Total expended-----------------------20, 570. 46 10. 56 ---- 102, 580. 51 7, 716. 17 Allotted .----------------------- - .- . 4, 836. 49 -4, 000. 00 --------. 102, 345. 69 11, 942. 85 RIVERS AND HARBORS-PROVIDENCE, R. I.1 DISTRICT 77 Amount allotted from War Department Appropriation Act approved Mar. 4, 1933_ ___-___ $12, 000. 00 Deductions on account of revocation of allotment___ ---- 57. 15 Net amount to be accounted for ------------------------ _ 11, 942. 85 Gross amount expended __ $7, 716.26 Less reimbursements collected------------------------. 09 7, 716. 17 Balance unexpended June 30, 1934-------------------- 4, 226. 68 Outstanding liabilities June 30, 1934--------------------------- 676. 19 Balance available June 30, 1934---------------------------- 3, 550. 49 11. THAMES RIVER, CONN. Location.-This is a tidal estuary varying in width from about 400 feet to three-fourths of a mile, and extending from the junction of the Yantic and Shetucket Rivers at Norwich, Conn., 15 miles southerly to Long Island Sound at New London. (See U. S. Coast and Geodetic Survey Chart No. 359.) Previous projects.-Adopted by the River and Harbor Acts of July 4, 1836, and March 3, 1879. The cost and expenditures prior to operations under the existing project in 1882, were $184,943.46, of which $148,347.59 was for new work and $36,595.87 was for main- tenance. For further details see page 1754 of Annual Report for 1915. Existing project.-This provides for a channel 25 feet deep and 250 feet wide to the upper end of Bartletts Crossover and thence 200 feet wide to Allyns Point; thence 18 feet deep and 200 feet wide to Norwich; the construction of five training walls, with their tops at mean high water, located, respectively, at Mohegan, pile and stone, about 2,750 feet long; Trading Cove, riprap, 2,325 feet long; Long Rock, riprap, about 2,750 feet long; Rolling Mill, riprap, about 3,300 feet long; and Norwich, riprap, 1,050 feet long; and the re- moval of obstructions in the Shetucket River at Norwich. The plan: of reference is mean low water, the mean tidal range being 2.4 feet at New London, 2.7 feet at Allyns Point, and 2.5 feet at Norwich. The maximum range, due to the combined effect of wind and other causes, is 7 feet or more. The estimate of cost for new work, revised in 1930, was $818,200, exclusive of amounts expended on previous projects. The latest (1930) approved estimate for annual cost of maintenance is $24,300. The existing project was authorized by the following river and harbor acts: The act of August 2, 1882, provided for the training walls and for the present channel widths above Allyns Point (An- nual Report for 1882, p. 606); the act of June 25, 1910, provided for removal of obstructions in the Shetucket River (H. Doc. No. 397, 61st Cong., 2d sess.) ; the act of January 21, 1927, provided for the present channel depth above Allyns Point (H. Doc. No. 107, 69th Cong., 1st sess.) ; and the act of July 3, 1930, provided for the present channel dimensions up to Allyns Point (River and Harbor Committee Doc. No. 14, 71st Cong., 2d sess.). The latest published maps are in the above-mentioned documents. Terminal facilities.-Wharves along the river and at Norwich are mainly of the bulkhead type, both with and without pile aprons. The facilities are considered adequate for the existing commerce. 78 REPORT OF CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMY, 1934 Operationsand results during fiscal year.-Improvement dredging under contract below Allyns Point, in progress at the beginning of the fiscal year, was completed July 13, 1933. During this period, 90,135 cubic yards of material were removed completing the channel up to Allyns Point. The total yardage removed under the contract was 541,463. Maintenance dredging under contract was commenced June 19, 1934, and was in progress at the close of the year. A total of 62,640 cubic yards was removed from the channel north of Allyns Point. The costs were $11,540.41 for new work and $28,279.55 for maintenance, a total of $39,819.96. The expenditures were $36,913.71. Condition at end of fiscal year.--The existing project was com- pleted in 1933 at a saving of $129,924.04 under the estimated cost. The training walls were completed in 1906, except the upper end of the Rolling Mill Dike, which is replaced by adjacent shore im- provements. The training walls are in fair condition. The con- trolling depth at mean low water on June 30, 1934, was 25 feet to Allyns Point, thence about 171/2 feet to Norwich, and thence 12 feet on the Shetucket River up to the town wharf. The costs under the project have been $688,275.96 for new work and $234,674.68 for maintenance, a total of $922,950.64, and the total expenditures $906,911.87. Proposed operations.-It is proposed to apply the funds unex- pended on June 30, 1934, amounting to $216,750.20, as follows: Accounts payable June 30, 1934-- $16, 038.77 Maintenance dredging above Allyns Point under contract in prog- ress to be completed in November 1934___ 200, 711. 43 Total----------_ _ 216, 750.20 No additional funds can be profitably expended during the fiscal year 1936, as the completion of the above work will leave the river channels in good condition. Cost and financial summary Cost of new work to June 30, 1934---------------------- $836, 623. 55 Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1934------ _ 2171, 270. 55 Total cost of permanent work to June 30, 1934---------- 1, 107, 894. 10 Minus accounts payable June 30, 1934---------------------- 16, 038. 77 Net total expenditures-- - - 1, 091, 855. 33 Unexpended balance June 30, 1934 --- - 216, 750. 20 Total amount appropriated to June 30, 1934--- -- 1, 308, 605. 53 Fiscal year ending June 30 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 Cost of new work____________ _____________ $148, 939. 08 $88, 170. 33 -$7, 628. 00 $49, 456. 28 $11, 540. 41 Cost of maintenance_______________________ 16, 104. 57 42, 987. 15 - - -_ 28, 279. 55 Total cost___--------- -___-___-_ 165, 043. 65 131, 157. 48 -7, 628. 00 49, 456. 28 39, 819.,96 Total expended_____ ______________________ 177, 865. 02 145, 473. 72 36, 323. 76 36, 913. 71 Allotted_______________________ _________ 90, 000. 00 23, 000. 00 -12, 782. 14 67, 801. 22 222, 186. 45 RIVERS AND HARBORS-PROVIDENCE, R. I., DISTRICT 79 Balance unexpended July 1, 1933 $31, 477. 46 Amount allotted from War Department Appropriation Act approved July 14, 1932----------------------------------------------229, 000. 00, Amount to be accounted for----------------------------- 260,477.46 Deductions on account of revocation of allotment ------------ ___ 6, 813. 55, Net amount to be accounted for--------------------------253, 663. 91 Gross amount expended ---------------------------------------- 36, 913. 71' Balance unexpended June 30, 1934---------------------- 216,,750.20) Outstanding liabilities June 30, 1934--------------- $16, 038. 77 Amount covered by uncompleted contracts------------- 197, 097. 74 -------- 213, 136. 51 Balance available June 30, 1934_-----------__ _ 3, 613. 69 12. CONNECTICUT RIVER BELOW HARTFORD, CONN. Location.-This river has its source in Connecticut Lake, in north- ern New Hampshire, flows southerly 380 miles, and empties into Long Island Sound at Saybrook, Conn., 14 miles west of New London. Hartford, now the head of commercial navigation, is 51.9) miles by channel from the mouth. A dam at Holyoke, 34 miles above Hartford, completely interrupts navigation. (See U. S. Coast and Geodetic Survey Charts nos. 215, 254, 255, and 256.) Previous projects.-Adopted by the River and Harbor Acts of July 4, 1836, and July 11, 1870. The cost and expenditures, prior to operations under the existing project in 1911, were $287,374.29, for new work and $366,348.47 for maintenance, a total of $653,722.76.. For further details see page 1754 of Annual Report for 1915. Existing project.-This provides for a channel 300 feet wide, 15 feet deep at mean low water, and about 0.6 mile long, across the bar at the mouth, and thence 100 feet wide and 12 feet deep at mean low water (2 feet on the Hartford gage) for 51.3 miles to Hartford; the channels to be obtained by dredging and the construction of dikes, training walls, revetments, and accessory works; for two riprap jetties at the mouth of the river, the tops to be 5 feet above high water and 6 feet wide, the easterly one about 2,300 feet and the westerly about 2,250 feet in length; and for a training dike about 3,700 feet long at Hartford. The mean tidal range is 3.4 feet at the mouth and, on low water, 1.2 feet at Hartford. The maximum tidal range at the mouth, due to wind or other causes, is 8 feet or more. At. Hartford the usual rise due to spring freshets is between 16 and 24 feet above mean low water. The maximum recorded freshet at Hart- ford (May 1854) was 27.8 feet above mean low water. Below Hart- ford the height of the crest of the freshet decreases rapidly. The estimate of cost for new work, revised in 1917, is $388,000, exclusive of amounts expended on previous projects. The latest (1928) approved estimate for annual cost of maintenance is $20,000, The existing project was authorized by the following river and harbor acts: The act of June 10, 1872, provided for the jetties at the mouth (present dimensions approved by the Chief of Engineers Dec. 22, 1887); the act of March 3, 1881, provided for the Hart- ford Dike (present dimensions authorized by the Chief of Engineers 91536-ENG 1934--6 80 REPORT OF CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMY, 1934 in 1889); the act of February 27, 1911, provided for the present channel dimensions (H. Doc. No. 1294, 61st Cong., 3d sess.) ; and the act of March 2, 1919, made final provisions for the dikes, training walls, revetments, and accessory works (H. Doc. No. 132, 65th Cong., 1st sess.). For latest published maps see Annual Report for 1913, page 1602, the last-mentioned document, and House Document No. 49, Seventy-third Congress, first session. Recommended modifioaltions of project.-Under date of December 21, 1932, the Chief of Engineers recommended modification of the existing project so as to provide for a channel 15 feet deep at mean low water, 300 feet wide from the mouth to the Lyme railroad bridge, thence generally 150 feet wide to Hartford, to be obtained by dredg- ing and the construction of additional dikes, training walls, and revetments at an estimated cost of $530,000 for new work, with main- tenance estimated at $33,000 annually in addition to that now re- quired, subject to certain conditions of local cooperation. (H. Doc. No. 49, 73d Cong., 1st sess.) Terminal facilities.-There are two or three wharves at each of the river towns, one or more in each town being open to public use. At Hartford and at Middletown there is approximately one-half mile of wharf frontage along the west bank of the river. The facili- ties are considered adequate for existing commerce. Operations and results during fiscal year.-Under a contract for maintenance, in progress at the beginning of the fiscal year and com- pleted on November 3, 1933, the channels through the river bars were restored to project depth and widths of 50 to 75 feet. During this period the total length of channel thus dredged was about 12,460 feet and a total of 48,607 cubic yards was removed. The cost of this dredging was $14,161.38, all applied to maintenance. The total net yardage removed under the contract was 55,326. Contract dredg- ing for maintenance commenced on May 31, 1934, in progress at the close of the fiscal year, removed 17,734 cubic yards of material from Pistol Point and Dividend Bars at a cost of $6,717.39, applied to maintenance. Using hired labor and plant, minor repairs were made to the revetments at Cys Hollow, Naubuc, Press Barn, Crow Point, Glastonbury, Two Piers, and Gildersleeve, using 660.26 tons of stone; and three snags were removed, two at Hartford and one at Clay Banks Bar. The costs for this work were $1,861, applied to maintenance. The total costs were $22,739.77, for maintenance, and the total expenditures were $21,997.22. Condition at end of fiscal year.-The existing project is over 99 per- cent completed. The channel from the mouth to Hartford was com- pleted in 1914. The Saybrook jetties and training walls at Hartford, Clay Banks, and Sears Shoal were completed in 1915. The stone dikes and timber spurs at Pistol Point, Glastonbury, Press Barn, Naubuc, Cys Hollow, and Clay Banks were completed in 1927. The Clay Banks, Cys Hollow, Naubuc, Press Barn, Glastonbury (includ- ing Two Piers), and Gildersleeve Island Reaches have been revetted. The jetties, training walls, dikes, and revetments are in fair condi- tion, except that the east jetty at Saybrook needs extensive repairs; minor repairs are needed to the west jetty and to some of the other structures above named. RIVERS AND HARBORS-PROVIDENCE, R. I., DISTRICT 81 The channel dimensions are somewhat diminished. On June 30, 1934 the controlling depths at mean low water were about 16 feet across the bar at the mouth, thence about 10 feet to Hartford. To complete the project requires the construction of a small amount of additional permanent works. The costs under the existing project have been $386,096.72 for new work and $525,178.85 for maintenance, a total of $911,275.57, and the total expenditures $909,436.40. Proposed operations.-It is proposed to apply the funds unex- pended on June 30, 1934, amounting to $25,609.47, as follows: Accounts payable June 30, 1934-_ $1, 839.17 Maintenance: Dredging on river bars under contract in progress, to be com- pleted in September 1934_ 16, 113. 56 Repairs to permanent works, August and September 1934, by hired labor--------------------------------------- 1, 656. 74 Dredging on river bars, by contract, May and June 1935, 20,000 cubic yards- -- 6, 000. 00 Total ----------------------------------------------- 25, 609. 47 The additional sum of $23,000 can be profitably expended during the fiscal year 1936, as follows: Maintenance : Dredging through river bars, July to September 1935, and June 1936, by contract, about 60,000 cubic yards __ ________--__ $21, 000. 00 Repairs to permanent works, August and September 1935, by hired labor ---- _-__ 2, 000.00 _-----------_ Total----- ---------------------------------- 23, 000. 00 The above funds are required to meet routine maintenance re- quirements after the spring freshets. Cost and financial summary Cost of new work to June 30, 1934_ _____________________--- __ $673, 471. 01 Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1934 ------------------------ _ 891, 527. 32 Total cost of permanent work to June 30, 1934-.....-___ 1, 564, 998. 33 Minus accounts payable June 30, 1934 ---------------------- 1, 839. 17 Net total expenditures--------------------------------1, 563, 159. 16 Unexpended balance June 30, 1934 ____________-________ 25, 609. 47 Total amount appropriated to June 30, 1934___------------ 1, 588, 768. 63 Fiscal year ending June 30 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 Cost of new work----------------------------- Cost of maintenance ---------------------- $66, 051. 82 $21, 177. 14 $15, 090. 84 $16, 682. 03 $22, 739. 77 Total expended - .- ....-------------------- 70, 291. 57 19, 002. 02 17, 022. 99 16, 482. 68 21, 997. 22 Allotted...-----..---------------------- 42, $00. 00 19, 500. 00 ------------ 19, 766. 79 22, 891. 15 Balance unexpended July 1, 1933_------------------------------ $24, 715. 54 Amount allotted from War Department Appropriation Act approved Mar. 4, 1933------------------------------- 23, 000.00 Amount to be accounted for_________________------- _ 47, 715. 54 Deductions on account of revocation of allotment- _______--___-_ 108. 85 Net amount to be accounted for____________________---_- 47, 606.69 82 REPORT OF CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMY, 1934 Gross amount expended ------- $21, 997. 58 Less reimbursements collected-______ . 36 $21, 997. 22 Balance unexpended June 30, 1934------------------------- 25, 609. 47 Outstanding liabilities June 30, 1934 , 839. 17 1----------------- Amount covered by uncompleted contracts------------- 16, 113. 56 17, 952. 73 Balance available June 30, 1934--------------------------- 7, 656. 74 Amount (estimated) required to be appropriated for completion of existing project 1---__----------- 1, 900. 00 Amount that can be profitably expended in fiscal year ending June 30, 1936, for maintenance 1 ----- ------ 23, 000. 00 13. DUCK ISLAND HARBOR, CONN. Location.-On the north shore of Long Island Sound about 23 miles east of New Haven, Conn. (See U. S. Coast and Geodetic Survey Chart No. 216.) Previous projects.-Adopted by the act of September 19, 1890. The cost and expenditures prior to the adoption of the existing project in 1910 were $114,867.90 for new work and $5,334.10 for maintenance, a total of $120,202. For further details see page 1755 of Annual Report for 1915. Existing project.-This provides for the construction of 3 riprap breakwaters, viz: 1 extending northwardly from Duck Island 1,100 feet; 1 extending westwardly from Duck Island 2,697 feet; and 1 extending southwardly from Stone Island, just south of Kelsey Point, 3,750 feet-each breakwater to be 8 feet wide on top, 9 feet high above mean low water, with side slopes of 2 on 3, except on the northerly side of the one extending westerly from Duck Island and the westerly side of the one extending northwardly from Duck Island, where the slopes are to be 1 on 1; and for dredging to a depth of 16 feet at mean low water a portion of the protected area back of the breakwaters at Duck Island. The mean tidal range is. 4.2 feet, and the maximum range, due to the combined effect of wind and other causes, is 9 feet or more. The estimate of cost for new work, revised in 1916, was $370,000, exclusive of amounts expended on previous projects. The latest (1928) approved estimate for annual cost of maintenance is $10,000. The existing project was authorized by the following river and harbor acts: The act of June 25, 1910, provided for the breakwaters: (H. Doc. No. 398, 60th Cong., 1st sess.) ; the act of July 27, 1916, provided for the dredging (H. Doc. No. 812, 64th Cong., 1st sess.). For map, see the last-mentioned document. Terninal facilities.-None. Harbor used for refuge only. Operations and results during fiscal year.-None. Condition at end of fiscal year.-The existing project was com- pleted in 1917 at a saving of $2,702 under the estimated cost, the breakwaters having been completed in 1914. The breakwaters are in fair repair but portions of the anchorage area are shoaler than project depth. The controlling depths in the protected area behind the breakwaters as determined in 1931 were 12 to I7 feetl in the 1Exclusive of available funds. RIVERS AND HARBORS--PROVIDENCE, R. I., DISTRICT 83 northern portion and in the southern portion about 8 feet, all at mean low water. The costs and expenditures under the existing project have been $367,297.91 for new work and $158,154.34 for maintenance, a total of $525,452.25 Proposed operations.-There were no funds available at the close of the year and no work is contemplated. The sum of $92,000 can be profitably expended during the fiscal year 1936 on maintenance dredging of about 460,000 cubic yards from behind the breakwaters, by contract, July to October 1935. These funds are required to remove extensive shoaling in the an- ,chorage area. Cost and financial summary Cost of new work to June 30, 1934___________________________ $482, 165. 81 'Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1934____________________________ 163, 488. 44 Total cost of permanent work to June 30, 1934 645, 054. 2:5 Net total expenditures____________________________ 645, 654. 25 Total amount appropriated to June 30, 1934 -- -- 645, 654. 25 Fiscal year ending June 30 1930 1931 i 1932 1933 1934 Cost of new work-------- ------------------ -------- ---------------------------------- ------------ Cost of maintenance __ ------------------ ---------- $33, 356. 40 $33, 558. 44 ------------- Total expended ----------------- - $334. 04 9, 760. 49 56, 820. 31 ------- ------ Allotted - -------------- -------- 74,200.00 -8,556.33- Amount that can be profitably expended in fiscal year ending June 30, 1936, for maintenance __-________------------ ___ $92, 000.00 14. BRANFORD HARBOR, CONN. Location.-On the north shore of Long Island Sound, 5 miles east of New Haven Harbor. (See U. S. Coast and Geodetic Survey Chart No. 217.) Existing project.-This provides for a channel 81/2 feet deep and 100 feet wide through the shoals at the mouth of the harbor, about 1/2mile and of the same depth, width, and length between the lower and upper wharves in the river. The plane of reference is mean low water. The mean tidal range is 51/2 feet, and the maximum range, ,due to the combined effect of wind and other causes, is 10 feet or more. The estimate of cost for new work, revised in 1905, was $10,000. The latest (1928) approved estimate for annual cost of maintenance is $2,500. The existing project was authorized by the following river and harbor acts: The act of June 13, 1902, provided for dredging be- tween the lower and upper wharves in the river (H. Doc. No. 100, .56th Cong., 2d sess., and Annual Report for 1901, p. 1188); the act of March 2, 1907, provided for the dredging at the mouth of the harbor. (For map. see H. Doc. No. 1292, 64th Cong., 1st sess.) Terminal facilities.-Terminal facilities are limited to two wharves near the head of the harbor and one at the mouth of the river. These facilities are considered adequate for the existing commerce. 84 REPORT OF CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMY, 1934 Operations and results during fiscal year.-Maintenance dredging under contract was begun on August 1 and completed on August 17, 1933. A total of 46,220 cubic yards of mud was removed, completing the maintenance of the channel outside of Branford Point. The costs were $9,366.04 for maintenance. Expenditures were $9,178.52. Condition at end of fiscal year.-The project was completed in 1907 at a saving of $462 under the estimated cost. The controlling depths were 9 feet through the shoals at the mouth, as determined in August 1933, and thence 8 feet nearly to the head of the improved channel, as determined in 1932. The costs and expenditures under the project have, been $9,537.45 for new work and $47,845.47 for maintenance, a total of $57,382.92. Proposed operations.-There were no, funds available at the, close of the year and no work is contemplated during the fiscal years 1935 and 1936. Cost and financial summary Cost of new work to June 30, 1934__ __ $9, 537. 45- Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1934--------------------------- 47, 845. 47 Total cost of permanent work to June 30, 1934--------------57, 382. 92 Net total expenditures------------------------------------ 57, 382. 92 Total amount appropriated to June 30, 1934---------------------- 57, 382. 92 Fiscal year ending June 30 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 Cost of new work_ Cost of maintenance ------------------ $22, 794. 35 $6. 00 - $9, 366. 04 Total expended__-----------------------21, 572. 12 1, 228. 23 $187. 52 9, 178. 52 Allotted ------------------------- 15, 000. 00 -1, 000. 00 -- - . 12, 781.40 -3, 615. 01 Balance unexpended July 1, 1933- --..... $12, 793.53 Deductions on account of revocation of allotment __ 3, 615. 01 Net amount to be accounted for----------------------_ 9, 178. 52 Gross amount expended_ _____ 9, 178. 52 15. NEW HAVEN HARBOR, CONN. Location.-The harbor is on the north shore of Long Island Sound, about 71 miles to the east of New York City. (See U. S. Coast and Geodetic Survey Chart No. 218.) Previous projects.-Adopted by the acts of August 30, 1852, June 10, 1872, March 3, 1871, and March 3, 1905. The cost and expendi- tures in the main harbor prior to the adoption of the 1899 project and in West River prior to its consolidation with the main harbor were $331,625.66 for new work and $32,570 for maintenance, a total of $364,195.66. For further details, see'page 1755 of Annual Report for 1915. Existing project.-This provides for a channel 20 feet deep, 400 feet wide, and 3 miles long from Long Island Sound to the inner end of the 20-foot anchorage basin; thence of same depth, 700 to 500 feet wide (increased to 1,200 feet at the turn opposite Long Wharf), 1.2 miles to Tomlinson Bridge; three anchorage basins: below Tomlinson Bridge of 20-, 16-, and 15-foot depths; a pile-and- RIVERS AND HARBORS-PROVIDENCE, R. I., DISTRICT 85 riprap dike, total length about 4,200 feet, to contract the tidal flow at Fort Hale Bar; a channel 12 feet deep and 100 to 150 feet wide, from the southwest corner of the 16-foot anchorage basin via Oyster Point and the West Haven Wharf front to Kimberly Avenue Bridge; thence 12 feet deep and prevailing width of 75 feet up West River approximately to the railroad bridge, and an anchorage basin 6 feet deep in West River opposite Mars Wharf; a channel 100 feet wide and 12 feet deep from the 15-foot anchorage basin toward Brewery Street, about 1,500 feet; a channel 200 feet wide and 18 feet deep up Quinnipiac River to Ferry Street Bridge, and thence 200 feet wide. and 16 feet deep to Grand Avenue; a channel up Mill River 12 feet deep, 200 feet wide, to the junction of the two branches above- Chapel Street, thence 12 feet deep to Grand Avenue, 100 feet wide in the east branch and generally 125 feet wide in the west branch; and the removal of certain obstructive rocks in Morris Cove. All depths refer to mean low water, the mean tidal range being 5.8 feet. The maximum tidal range, due to the combined effect of wind and other causes, is 10 feet or more. The estimate of cost for new work, revised in 1930, was $643,000,. exclusive of amounts expended on previous projects. The latest (1930) approved estimate for annual cost of maintenance is $27,500. The existing project was authorized by the following river and harbor acts: The act of August 2, 1882, provided for the Sandy Point Dike (plans approved by a Board of Engineers Oct. 2, 1882); the act of March 3, 1899, provided for the present depth of the main channel and the dimensions of its lower end and for the 20- and 16-foot anchorage basins (H. Doc. No. 82, 55th Cong., 1st sess.) ; the act of June 25, 1910, provided for the Brewery Street Channel,. for the removal of rocks in Morris Cove, and made provisions for the present dimensions of the 15-foot basin (H. Doc. No. 1159, 60th Cong., 2d sess.); the act of July 25, 1912, made provisions for the present dimensions of the channels in Mill River, (H. Doc. No. 26, 62d Cong., 1st sess.), and for the present dimensions of the West River Channel and anchorage (H. Doc. No. 535, 62d Cong., 2d sess.) ; the act of March 4, 1913, provided for the present widths in the upper part of the main channel (H. Doc. No. 1258, 62d Cong., 3d sess.) ; and the act of July 3, 1930, made final provisions for the present channel dimensions in Quinnipiac River (H. Doc. No. 686, 69th Cong., 2d sess.). For maps see the last-named document and House Documents Nos. 497, Sixty-fourth Congress, first session, and 479, Seventy-second Congress, second session. Supplementing the work authorized by Congress, the further im- provement of New Haven Harbor, Conn., to provide for a depth of 25 feet in the main channel extending from Long Island Sound to Tomlinson Bridge, following substantially the lines of the present channel, with a width of 400 feet in the outer portion and 500 feet in the inner portion, and widened at the bend, recommended by the Chief of Engineers in House Document No. 479, Seventy-second Congress, second session, was included in the Public Works program under the National Industrial Recovery Act. Recommended modifications of project.-Included in the Public Works program. 86 REPORT OF CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMY, 1934 Terminal facilities.-The wharves and piers served by this im- Iprovement are grouped near the head of the main harbor; on both sides of Mill River between Chapel Street and Grand Avenue; on .both sides of Quinnipiac River throughout the greater part of its improved portion; at Oyster Point and along the westerly side of West River. The total length of berthing space available is about :26,525 feet. The facilities are not considered adequate, and various plans have been prepared and considered by the municipality for extensive additions and improvements. (For further details see Port Series No. 18, Corps of Engineers.) Operations and results during fiscal year.--None under the exist- ing project. As authorized by the Federal Emergency Administration of Pub- lic Works, improvement dredging in the main channel using Govern- ment plant was begun November 1, 1933, and was in progress at the 'close of the fiscal year. During this period the U. S. dredge W. L. Marshall, operating from November 1, 1933, to January 20, 1934, removed 692,494 cubic yards, bin measurement, and the U. S. dredge Atlantic, operating after January 22, 1934, removed 1,209,792 cubic yards, bin measurement. As a result the channel had been com- pleted, except for the removal of minor shoals, up to opposite Fort -Hale. The costs were $170,909.51, all for new work. The expendi- tures amounted to $161,336.87. Condition at end of fiscal year.-The existing project was com- pleted in 1931 at a saving of $45,006 under the estimated cost. The controlling depths at mean low water are main channel up to Fort -Hale, 25 feet, except for a small ledge area, with 21 feet opposite Southwest Ledge Light., as determined in 1934; thence to Tomlinson Bridge, 20 feet as determined in 1933; anchorage basins, 20 feet, 14 to 16, and one-half foot to 6 feet, respectively; West River, 13 feet as determined in 1931; Mill River, 12 feet as determined in 1932; Quin- nipiac River to Ferry Street, 18 feet, and thence to Grand Avenue, nearly 16 feet; and Brewery Street Channel, nearly 13 feet as deter- mined in 1931. The dike at Fort Hale Bar is in poor repair and the {channels are generally in good condition. The costs and expendi- tures have been $597,993.54 for new work and $795,936.36 for main- tenance, a total of $1,393,929.90. Work in the main channel authorized by the Public Works Admin- istration is nearly completed up to Fort Hale and a small amount of .dredging has been done between there and Tomlinson Bridge. The costs have been $170,909.51, all for new work, and the expenditures have amounted to $161,336.87, all from Public Works funds. Proposed operations.-There were no funds from regular appro- priations available at the close of the fiscal year and no operations are contemplated. It is proposed to apply the Public Works funds unexpended on June 30, 1934, amounting to $130,663.13, together with $100,000 al- lotted in July, as follows: Accounts payable June 30, 1934 __ __________________ $10, 255. 33 Improvement dredging in main channel by sea-going hopper dredge in progress, to be completed in February 1935____ -_______ __- 201,407. 80 Rock removal from main channel opposite Southwest Ledge, by con- tract, August to October 1934, about 344 cubic yards____--_-- 19, 000.00 Total--_-_---- _----___ __---__-_____ 230,663. 13 RIVERS AND HARBORS-PROVIDENCE, R. I., DISTRICT 87 The harbor channels and anchorages are believed to be in condition to meet the needs of present traffic for at least 2 more years. There- fore no additional funds can be profitably expended during the fiscal year 1936. Cost and financial summary MAINTENANCE AND IMPROVEMENT FUNDS Cost of new work to June 30, 1934 __ ---------- $929, 619. 20 Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1934_ ____-______ ___ 828, 506. 36 Total cost of permanent work to June 30, 1934 1, 758, 125. 56 ---------- Net total expenditures _______-- -1, 1_______-________ 758, 125. 56 Total amount appropriated to June 30, 1934_ ........ ___ ___--- 1,758, 125. 56 Fiscal year ending June 30 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 Cost of new work _- __ - __--.... -_______. $106, 887. 26 $1, 581. 34 ... . 04............... Cost of maintenance .------ .. $131, 389. 48 60,592. 37 24, 088. 74 $18, 040. 04 .. ..... ................ 131,389. 48 Total cost------------ 167, 479. 63 25, 670. 08 18, 040. 04 Total expended ...--- --- .-- 85, 507. 98 186, 245. 17 51, 062. 48 16, 766. 00 --- Allotted- ....-.............. -..... __ 189, 000. 00 -16, 807. 48 -3, 007. 88 PUBLICO WORKS FUNDS Cost of new work to June 30, 1934___--_________- _____ $170, 909. 51 Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1934_ Total cost of permanent work to June 30, 1934___-__-__ 170, 909. 51 Value of plant, materials, etc., on hand June 30, 1934-.. ________ 682. 69 Net total cost to June 30, 1934 - - - ___-- 1___________--- 171, 592'. 20 Minus accounts payable June 30, 1934 __________ __________10, 255. 33 Net total expenditures___________________ _ 161, 336. 87 -------------------------- Unexpended balance June 30, 1934__________ 130, 663. 13 Total amount appropriated to June 30, 1934- ---- ______-- 292, 000. 00' Fiscal year ending June 30 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 ---- Cost of new work__-_---------------------- $170,909. 51 Cost ofmaintenance-------- - --------------- ------------ ------------------------- Total expended...--------------- ------------------------------------------ 161, 336. 87 Allotted........ ------------------------------------------------------- 292, 000. 00 Amount allotted from National Industrial Recovery Act approved June 16, 1933 ---------------------------------------- $292, 000. 00 Gross amount expended______------_______-- - _ 161, 336. 87 Balance unexpended June 30, 1934________________________ 130, 063. 13 Outstanding liabilities June 30, 1934 0, 255. 33 1------------------------- Balance available June 30, 1934_ ----------------------- 120, 407. 80 Aniount allotted by Public Works Administration Emergency Ap- propriation Act fiscal year 1935____________________________-- 100, 000. 00 Balance available for fiscal year 1935------------------- 220, 407. 80 '88 REPORT OF ChIEF OF ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMY 1934 CONSOLIDATED COST AND FINANCIAL SUMMARY FOR NEW HAVEN HARBOR. CONN. 'Cost of new work to June 30, 1934__ $1, 100, 528. 71 Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1934-----------------------_ 828, 506. 30 Total cost of permanent work to June 30, 1934 ------ 1, 929, 035. 07 * Value of plant, materials, etc., on hand June 30, 1934---------- 682. 69 Net total cost to June 30, 1934 ,929, 717. 76 1--------------------- .Minus accounts payable June 30, 1934----------------------- 10, 255. 33 Net total expenditures------- 1,919, 462. 43 Unexpended balance June 30, 1934------------------------- 130, 663. 13 Total amount appropriated to June 30, 1934----------- 2,050, 125. 56 Fiscal year ending June 30 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 Cost of new work______________ $106,887.26 $1, 581. 34_ $170, 909. 51 Cost of maintenance_______ $131, 389. 48 60, 592. 37 24, 088. 74 $18, 040. 04____________ Total cost---------------- 131, 389. 48 167, 479. 63 25, 670. 08 18, 040. 04 170, 909. 51 Total expended----------------- 85,507. 98 186, 245. 17 51,062. 48 16, 766. 00 161, 336. 87 Allotted _---------- --------------------- ______________ 189, 000. 00 -16, 807. 40 -3, 007. 88 292, 000. 00 Amount allotted from National Industrial Recovery Act approved June 16, 1933--------------------------------------------- $292, 000. 00 Gross amount expended__ ______--___----- __--_---- 161, 336.87 ------------------------ Balance unexpended June 30, 1934_ 130, 663. 13 Outstanding liabilities June 30, 1934 ______-----___-_._ --------- 10, 255. 33 Balance available June 30, 1934___-_ ________--------- 120, 407. 30 Amount allotted by Public Works Administration Emergency Ap- propriation Act, fiscal year 1935 _------------------------.... 100, 000. 00 Balance available for fiscal year 1935_ ______-___----- 220, 407. 80 16. MILFORD HARBOR, CONN. Location.- This harbor is on the north shore of Long Island Sound, about 8 miles west of New Haven Harbor. (See U. S. Coast and Geodetic Survey Chart No. 219.) Previous projects.---Adopted by acts of June 23, 1874, June 18, 1878, June 14, 1880, and August 2, 1882. The cost and expenditure, prior to the adoption of the existing project in 1902, were $42,340.44 for new work and $3,159.56 for maintenance, a total of $45,500. For further details see Annual Report for 1915, page 1756. Existing project.-This provides for two riprap jetties 510 and 250 feet in length on the east and west sides, respectively, of the en- trance to the river; a channel across the bar and through the lower harbor 100 feet wide and 10 feet deep to Merwin's Wharf, a dis- tance of about 3,000 feet; an anchorage basin of same depth, of about 6 acres in area, on the east side of the channel; and a channel 90 feet wide and 6 feet deep through the river from Merwin's Wharf to the Straw Works Wharf, a distance of about 3,500 feet. All depths re- fer to the plane of mean low water. The mean tidal range is 6.2 feet and the extreme range, due to the combined effects of wind and other causes, is 10 feet or more. RIVERS AND HARBORS-PROVIDENCE, R. I., DISTRICT 89 The estimate of cost for new work, revised in 1928, is $48,000, ex- clusive of amounts expended on previous projects. The latest (1928) approved estimate for annual cost of maintenance is $1,300. The existing project was authorized by the following river and harbor acts: The act of June 23, 1874, provided for the east jetty at the mouth of the river (H. Ex. Doc. No. 107, 42d Cong., 3d sess., and Annual Report for 1873, p. 1042) ; the west jetty at the mouth of the river was authorized October 16, 1879 (Annual Report for 1879, p. 342); the act of June 13, 1902 provided for the present channel dimensions and for an anchorage basin (H. Doc. No. 280, 56th Cong., 1st sess., and in Annual Report for 1900, p. 1357). For maps, see House Document No. 232, Sixty-third Congress, first session. Terminal facilities.-There are five wharves in commercial use on this improvement, one of which is owned by the town. The unload- ing facilities are inefficient. Enlarged and improved facilities are desirable. Operations and results during fiscal year.-Under a contract for maintenance in the 10-foot channel, dredging in progress at the beginning of the fiscal year was completed July 17, 1933. During the period 16,911 cubic yards were removed by the hydraulic proc- ess, completing the restoration of the channel. The total yardage removed under the contract was 38,705. The costs were $3,793.68, all for maintenance, and the expenditures were $6,062.15. Condition at end of fiscal year.-The existing project is 49 percent -completed. The jetties were completed in 1880 and the entrance =channel in 1905. The channel through the river has been dredged to a point 500 feet above the town wharf, and 21/3 acres of the anchorage area on the east side of the channel has been dredged 10 feet deep; further extension of the new channel and anchorage at reasonable cost was prevented by ledge rock; to compensate for the lack of anchorage on the east side, a basin 1.6 acres in area has been dredged on the west side. The head of navigation is 1 mile from the head of the bay. The jetties are in fair condition. The con- trolling depths at mean low water are 101/2 feet to Merwins Wharf as determined in July 1933; thence about 5 feet to the town wharf, thence not over 3 feet to the head, as determined in 1930. The average depths in the east and west basins are about 7 and 5 feet, respectively. To complete the project requires the dredging of about 1.9 acres additional anchorage area and the extension of the 6-foot channel about 560 feet. The costs and expenditures under the existing project to the end of the fiscal year have been $23,617.33 for new work and $26,653.43 for maintenance, a total of $50,270.76. Proposed operations.-There were no funds available at the close ,of the year and no operations are contemplated. The channels are believed to be in condition for existing traffic and there is no immediate necessity for extending the anchorages and channel. Therefore no funds can be profitably expended during the fiscal year 1936. 90 REPORT OF CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMY, 1934 Cost and financial summary Cost of new work to June 30, 1934_11111111111111111 1 $65, 957. 77 Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1934 -------- 29, 812. 99 Total cost of permanent work to June 30, 1934------------- 95, 770. 76 Net total expenditures ------------------------------------ 95, 770. 76 Total amount appropriated to June 30, 1934------------------- 95, 770. 76 Fiscal year ending June 30 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 Cost of new work-......------------------------- ------------ - --- Cost of maintenance___ .- -____________--___ ------ ---------- $4,477.07 $3, 793. 68 Total expended ------------------------------------------------- 2, 208. 60 6, 062. 15. Allotted--------- ---------------------------------------------- 9,949 67 -1, 678. 92 Balance unexpended July 1, 1933--------------------------------$7, 741. 07 Deductions on account of revocation of allotment 678. 92' 1------------------, Net amount to be accounted for ---------------------- 6, 062. 15 Gross amount expended 062. 15 6--------------------------- Amount (estimated) required to be appropriated for completion of existing project ----------------------------------------- 24, 300. 00 17. HOUSATONIC RIVER, CONN. Location.-Rises in northwestern Massachusetts, flows southerly 130 miles through Massachusetts and Connecticut, and empties into Long Island Sound at Stratford, 5 miles east of Bridgeport Harbor. (See U. S. Coast and Geodetic Survey Chart No. 219.) Existing project.-This provides for a channel 18 feet deep at mean low water and 200 feet wide from the mouth to the lower end of Culvers Bar, about 5 miles, and thence 7 feet deep and 100 feet wide to Derby and Shelton, about 8 miles; a riprap breakwater at: the mouth, consisting of an inner arm 3,250 feet long, 3 feet high above mean low water, top width 6 feet, side slopes 1 on 1, and an outer arm 2,500 feet long, 6 feet high above mean high water, top width 12 feet, outer slope 1 on 2, inner slope 1 on 1; a riprap dike in the river below Stratford not to exceed 1,500 feet in length; and a riprap jetty 163 feet long at Sow and Pigs Rocks. The mean tidal range, exclusive of the winter season and freshets, is 6.4 feet at the mouth, 5.4 feet at Stratford, and 5.1 feet at Shelton; the extreme range due to combined effect of wind and other causes is about 11 feet at the mouth, diminishing toward the head. The spring freshets occasionally rise to a height of 18 feet or more above summer low water, but only average about 12 feet above that datum. The estimate of cost for new work, revised in 1928, is $810,000, of which $150,000 is to be contributed by local interests. The latest (1930) approved estimate for annual cost of maintenance is $19,000. The existing project was authorized by the following river and harbor acts: The act of March 3, 1871, provided for a jetty at Sow and Pigs Reef and the present width of the channel across the outer bar (H. Doc. No. 95, 41st Cong., 3d sess., and Annual Report for 1871, p. 781); the act of August 11, 1888, provided for the break- water at the mouth and for the present dimensions of the river RIVERS AND HARBORS-PROVIDENCE, R. I. DISTRICT 91 channel above the lower end of Culvers Bar (S. Doc. No. 103, 50th Cong., 1st sess., and Annual Report for 1888, p. 554). The con- struction of the Stratford Dike, in accordance with the project sub- mitted by the district engineer officer July 15, 1892, was authorized by departmental action. The act of July 3, 1930, made final pro- vision for the present channel dimensions up to Culvers Bar (H. Doc. No. 449, 70th Cong., 2d sess.). The latest published map is in the last-named document. Local cooperation.-The River and Harbor Act of July 3, 1930, authorized the 18-foot channel up to Culvers Bar subject to the pro- vision that no work shall be started until local interests have con- tributed $150,000 toward the cost of the work, and provided further, that local interests shall furnish, free of cost to the United States, suitable bulkheaded areas for the deposit of dredged material, or in lieu thereof an additional $50,000 in cash. These conditions have not been complied with, but spoil areas have been secured and the provision of more than one-half of the necessary funds assured. Terminal facilities.-There are 3 wharves for commercial use at Stratford, 1 at Devon, and 8 at Shelton and Derby. The facilities are considered adequate for the existing commerce. Operations and results during fiscal year.-Maintenance dredging under contract, in progress from June 1, to June 23, 1934, restored the project depth through a shoal formed just above Drews Bar by an ice jam, by the removal of 5,028 cubic yards of sand. The costs were $3,496.84, all for maintenance. Expenditures were $3,296.60. Condition at end of fiscal year.-The existing project is about 29 percent completed. The upriver channels were completed in 1893. The breakwater at the mouth is completed, except that the outer arm has a top width of 8 feet and outer slope of 1 to. 11/2 instead of the respective project dimensions; the Stratford Dike is 1,255 feet long, and the jetty at Sow and Pigs Rocks is completed. The breakwater, dike, and jetty are in fair condition. The bar channels have been maintained to depths of 7 feet. The controlling depth on June 30, 1934, is about 7 feet at mean low water up to Shelton. To complete the project requires the enlargement of the outer arm of the break- water to provide a top width of 12 feet and an outer slope of 1 on 2, which is not required for performance, the extension of the Stratford Dike not more than 245 feet, and the deepening and widening of the channel from the mouth up to the lower end of Culvers Bar. The costs have been $234,364.92 for new work and $175,500.33 for mainte- nance, a total of $409,865.25, and total expenditures $409,665.01. Proposed operations.-It is proposed to apply the funds unex- pended on June 30, 1934, amounting to $200.24, to the payment of accounts payable. No additional funds can be profitably expended during the fiscal year 1936, as the bar channels are believed to be in condition to meet the requirements of commerce during that period. The enlargement of the outer breakwater and the extension of Stratford Dike are not urgently required, and the fulfillment of conditions of local co- operation as to the 18-foot channel authorized by the act of July 3, 1930, is not assured. 92 REPORT OF CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMY, 1934 Cost and financial summary Cost of new work to June 30, 1934___ ________ _ -- -- $234, 364. 92i 11 11 Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1934_ __________________11 175, 500. 33 Total cost of permanent work to June 30, 1934 ------------ 409, 865. 25 Minus accounts payable June 30, 1934. 200. 24 Net total expenditures-------------------------409,----- 665. 01 Unexpended balance June 30, 1934 200. 24 Total amount appropriated to June 30, 1934______________ 409, 865. 25 Fiscal year ending June 30 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 Cost of new work------ Cost of maintenance--------------- -- $75. 00 $9, 574. 67 $3, 496. 84- Total expended------------------ $50. 75 $664. 42 807. 67 8,177. 68 3, 296. 60 Allotted -------- --------- 15, 000. 00 - ------ ---- -7,081. 59 3,496. 84 Amount alloted from War Department Appropriation Act approved July 14, 1932_ ______-- _--- $3, 500. 00 Deductions on account of revocation of allotment-- -- 3. 16 Net amount to be accounted for--_- 3, 496. 84 Gross amount expended -- -- - ------- 3, 296. 60 Balance unexpended June 30, 1934------------------------- 200. 24 Outstanding liabilities June 30, 1934----------------------------- 200. 24 Amount (estimated) required to be appropriated for completion of existing project 1------------------------------ 425, 000. 00 18. BRIDGEPORT HARBOR, CONN. Location.--On the north shore of Long Island Sound, about 57 miles east of New York City. (See U. S. Coast and Geodetic Survey Chart No. 220.) Previous projects.-Adopted by the River and Harbor Acts of' July 4, 1836, March 3, 1871, July 4, 1836, and July 5, 1884. The cost and expenditures prior to operations in 1900 under the project of' 1899, were as follows: New work Maintenance Total Bridgeport Harbor --..---------------------------- - $311,899. 53 $5, 948. 97 $317,;848.50; Black Rock Harbor ...- 66, 550. 00 6,000. 00 72, 550. 00. Total--------------------................ -- .- - ---- --- 378, 449. 53 11, 948. 97 390, 398. 50: For further details see page 1756 of Annual Report for 1915,. Existing project.-This provides for- (1) Two riprap breakwaters, one about 3,190 feet long on the easterly side, and one 2,110 feet long on the westerly side of the entrance to the main, harbor. (2) The construction and maintenance of shore protection on Fayerweather Island, including a sea wall connecting the northerly and southerly portions of the island. (3) Main channel 25 feet deep and 300 feet wide from Long Island Sound to the inner end of the 25-foot anchorage basin, thence 18 feet deep and 300 feet wide to Stratford Avenue Bridge across the Poquonock River. (4) Three anchorage basins: One 25 feet deep and 29.4 acres in area, oppo- site the inner breakwater; one 18 feet deep and 30.6 acres in area, adjoining the main channel on the east above the inner breakwater; and one 12 feet deep, in two areas, aggregating 28.4 acres to the east of the IS8foot anchorage.. 1In addition, $150,000 is to be contributed by local interests. RIVERS AND HARBORS-PROVIDENCE, R. I., DISTRICT (5) Poquonock River Channel, 18 feet deep and from 125 to 200 feet wide, from the lower bridge to a point about 500 feet below the dam at Berkshire Avenue, about 1.1 miles. (6) Yellow Mill Channel, 18 feet deep and 150 to 200 feet wide from the 18-foot anchorage to a point about 370 feet from Crescent Avenue, about 1 mile. (7) Johnsons River Channel, 18 feet deep and 150 to 250 feet wide from the 25-foot anchorage to a point 600 feet below Hollisters Dam, about 1 mile. (8) Black Rock and Cedar Creek Channel, 18 feet deep and 100 to 200 feet wide, from the 18-foot curve in Black Rock Harbor to the heads of both branches of Cedar Creek, about 2.4 miles. (9) Burr Creek Channel, 7 feet deep and from 100 to 75 feet wide, from its. junction with Cedar Creek Channel to the head of navigation, about one-half mile. All depths refer to mean low water, the mean tidal range being 6.4 feet. The extreme tidal range, due to wind and other causes, is, 11 feet or more. The estimate of cost for new work, revised in 1930, is $1,217,500, of which $39,000 is to be contributed by local interests, exclusive of amounts expended under previous projects. The latest (1930) ap- proved estimate for annual cost of maintenance is $25,000. The existing project was authorized by the following river and harbor acts: The act of July 4, 1836, provided for the Fayerweather Island sea wall; the act of March 3, 1899, provided for the shore protection of Fayerweather Island (Annual Report for 1899, p. 1173); the act of March 2, 1907, provided for the west breakwater and the present dimniensions of the east breakwater (H. Doc. Nos. 275 and 521, 59th Cong., 2d sess.) ; the act of March 2, 1919, pro- vided finally for the present dimensions of the 18- and 12-foot an- chorage basins and Burr Creek Channel (H. Doc. No. 898, 63d Cong., 2d sess.) ; the act of July 3, 1930, made final provisions for the present dimensions of the 25-foot channel, the 25-foot anchorage, the channels through the main harbor, Poquonock River, Yellow Mill Pond, Johnsons River, Black Rock Harbor, and Cedar Creek (H. Doc. No. 281, 71st Cong., 2d sess.). The latest published map is in the last-mentioned document. Local cooperation.-The River and Harbor Act of July 3, 1930, required as a condition precedent to work on the Johnsons River Channel that local interests contribute one-half ($39,000) of the esti- mated cost of that work. This condition has not been met. Pre- liminary surveys and studies for the development of the contiguous territory have been made, but financial arrangements have not been completed. Terminal facilities.-The total length of berthing space available is 18,905 feet. While the existing wharves appear to be adequate for the present commerce, increased terminal and transfer facilities are desirable to serve the increased commerce to be expected by a rapidly growing municipality. (For further details see Port Series No. 18, Corps of Engineers.) Operations and results during fiscal year.-Under a contract for improvement, dredging in the main channel and 25-foot anchorage basin, in progress at the beginning of the fiscal year, work was com- pleted September 20, 1933. During the period 60,759 cubic yards of mud and sand were removed from the channel, deepening it to 25 feet. The amounts of material removed under the contract were 367,186 cubic yards from the anchorage and 592,741 cubic yards from the channel, a total of 959,927 cubic yards. The costs were $15,153.71 for new work. Expenditures were $30,766.10. 94 REPORT OF CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMY, 1934 Condition at end of fiscal year.-The existing project is about 85 percent completed. The Black Rock, Cedar Creek, and Yellow Mill Channels have been completed. The 25-foot anchorage and the entrance channel have been completed. The other harbor channels and basins have been dredged to the dimensions previously author- ized. The breakwaters were completed in 1908. The anchorage basins and channel are in fair condition. The breakwaters at the entrance are in need of repairs; the shore-protection works on Fayer- weather Island are in good condition; and the Fayerweather Island breakwater and sea wall need repairs. The controlling depths at mean low water are: Main channel to just inside the inner breakwater, 25 feet as determined in 1933, and thence nearly 18 feet to the lower bridge, as determined in 1927; Poquonock River, 16 feet to Black's coal wharf, and thence to the head of the improved channel, nearly 12 feet as determined in 1932; Yellow Mill Channel, 18 feet to the head of the improved channel except for rocky shoal on east side near upper end as determined in 1932; Johnsons River, 12 feet to the first bend at the entrance to the river, and thence nearly 10 feet to the head of the channel as de- termined in 1929; Black Rock Harbor, 18 feet, as determined in 1932; Cedar Creek, 18 feet to the head of the branches, as determined in 1931; Burr Creek, about 31/2 feet to its head, as determined in 1923; anchorage basins, 14 to 22 feet, 18, and 9 to 12 feet respectively. Costs have been $1,032,797.60 for new work and $265,844.59 for maintenance, a total of $1,298,642.19 and total expenditures $1,298,642.19. Proposed operations.-There were no funds available at the close of the year and no work is contemplated during the fiscal year 1935. The sum of $74,500 can be profitably expended during the fiscal year 1936, as follows: New work : Dredging Poquonock River, by contract, September-December 1935, 50,000 cubic yards--------------------------------------- $13, 000 Maintenance : Dredging Poquonock River, by con ract, September-D :ecember 1935, 70,000 cubic yards----------- 17, 500 Repairs to breakwaters at entrance to harbor, by contract, 8,000 tons-- ----- - 40, 000 Repairs to Fayerweather Island breakwater and sea wall, by hired labor--------------------------- ---------------------- 4, 000 Total for all work -- 4,500 7-------------------------- Cost and financial summary Cost of new work to June 30, 1934--------------------------- $1,411, 247. 13 Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1934-------------------- 277, 793. 56 Total cost of permanent work to June 30, 1934 ----- _- 6, 040. 69 1 689, Net total expenditures---------------------------------------_ 1, 689, 040. 69 Total amount appropriated to June 30, 1934___ 1, 689, 040. 39 Fiscal year ending June 30 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 Cost of new work _____-....-___ - ._______...$78, 666. 27 $53, 499. 45 $171, 987. 52 $15, 153. 71 Cost of maintenance-____ ......... ... . ______ ______ _ $6, 438. 79 - ______ 5, 055. 63 ___________ Total cost ... -----......--- ....... 6, 438. 79 78, 666. 27 53, 499. 45 177, 043. 15 15, 153.71 Total expended--...... ----------- 6, 144. 87 61, 987. 07 64, 332. 53 168, 708. 59 30, 766. 10 Allotted. ---------------------------------_ 137, 000. 00----- 171, 882. 52 6, 026. 21 ERVERS AND HARBORS-PROVIDENCE, R, I., DISTRICT 95 Balance unexpended July 1, 1933------- ____ _____________ $24, 739. 89 Amount allotted from Emergency Relief and Construction Act approved July 21, 1932_____________________----------------------------------- 6, 252. 97 Amount to be accounted for--------------------------- 30, 992. 86 Deductions on account of revocation of allotment----------------- 226. 76 Net amount to be accounted for- ___--_____---,, - -__ 30, 766. 10 Gross amount expended ------------------------- $30,766.28 Less reimbursements collected--- --------------------- . 18 30, 766. 10 Amount (estimated) required to be appropriated for completion of existing project 1--- --- ----- -- - 52, 000. 00 Amount that can be profitably expended in fiscal year ending June 30, 1936: For new work --------------------------------------- 13, 000. 00 For maintenance__--- ----- ___ 61, 500. 00 Total ------- -------- 4, 500. 00 7--- 19. NORWALK HARBOR, CONN. Location.-On the north shore of Long Island Sound, about 44 miles east of New York City. (See U. S. Coast and Geodetic Survey Chart No. 221.) Previous projects.-Adopted by acts of June 10, 1872, June 3, 1896, and March 2, 1907. The cost and expenditures on these projects .were $162,516.81 for new work and $66,120.44 for maintenance, a total of $228,637.25. For further details see page 1757 of Annual Report for 1915. Existing project.-This provides for a channel 12 feet deep from the outer harbor to the highway bridge at South Norwalk, about 31/s miles, 200 feet wide to Dorlons Point, thence 150 feet wide to South Norwalk, and 250 feet wide along the South Norwalk wharves; an anchorage basin 10 feet deep and about 17 acres in area opposite Fitchs Point; a channel 10 feet deep and generally 100 feet wide from South Norwalk to the head of navigation at Norwalk, about 1.5 miles; and for the maintenance of the channel 6 feet deep and 75 feet wide along the east side of the harbor to the head of naviga- tion at East Norwalk. The reference plane is mean low water, the mean tidal range being 6.8 feet. The maximum range due to the combined effect of wind and other causes is 12 feet or more. The estimate of cost for new work, revised in 1927, was $284,000, exclusive of amounts expended on previous projects. The latest (1919) approved estimate for annual cost of maintenance is $8,000 for the first 3 years and $4,000 thereafter. The existing project was adopted by the River and Harbor Act of March 2, 1919 (H. Doc. No. 1143, 63d Cong., 2d sess.). For the latest published map see the project document. Local cooperation.-Fully complied with. Terminal facilities.-The facilities are considered adequate for the existing commerce. The total length of berthing space available is 6,165 feet. (For further details see Port Series No. 18, Corps of Engineers.) Operations and results during fiscal year.-None. 1In addition, $39,000 is to be contributed by local interests. 91536-ENG 1934-- 7 96 REPORT OF CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMY, 1934 Condition at end of fiscal year.-The project was completed in 1929 at a saving of $27,310 under the estimated cost. The controlling depths at mean low water are: To Gregorys Point, nearly 13 feet; as determined in 1930; thence to Washington Street Bridge at South Norwalk, 11 feet; in the anchorage basin, 8 to 11 feet, as determined in 1932; between South Norwalk and Norwalk, about 9 feet (not full width) as determined in 1933; and in the East Norwalk Channel about 7 feet to the head, as determined in 1933. The head of navi- gation is at Norwalk. The costs and expenditures under the existing project have been $256,689.72 for new work and $84,327.19 for main- tenance, a total of $341,016.91. Proposed operations.-It is proposed to apply the funds unex- pended on June 30, 1934, amounting to $43,000 to maintenance dredging in Norwalk River Channel, by contract, August to Novem- ber 1934, in removing about 172,000 cubic yards. The completion of the above, work will leave the harbor channels in condition to meet the requirements of navigation for at least 2 more years. Therefore no additional funds can be profitably ex- pended during the fiscal year 1936. Cost and financial summary Cost of new work to June 30, 1934 ------------------------- $419, 206. 53 Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1934------------------------ 150, 447. 63 Total cost of permanent work to June 30, 1934 ........... 569, 654. 16 Net total expenditures----------------------------------- 569, 654. 16 Unexpended balance June 30, 1934---------------------------43, 000. 00 ---- Total amount appropriated to June 30, 1934---------- 612, 654. 16 Fiscal year ending June 30 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 Cost ofnew work ___------------- _-... $149.65 --------------------------------- Cost of maintenance --------------------- 8, 331. 86 $38, 264. 44 ----------- $11, 869. 66 . Total cost------ ---------------- 8, 481. 51 38, 264. 44 -________ _ 11, 869. 66 _-.......... Total expended ...........-- - ------- - 6, 069. 06 40, 676.89 _.------ 11, 869. 66 .... Allotted-..-------. ----.---- --------.---- 35,000. 00 -4, 000. 00 ------------ 11, 241. 16 $43, 000 Amount allotted from War Department Appropriation Act approved Apr. 26, 1934-------------------------------------------- $43,000 Balance unexpended June 30, 1934 ---------- ___ -------------------- 43, 000 20. FIVEMILE RIVER HARBOR, CONN. Location.-On the north shore of Long Island Sound about 41 miles to the east of New York City. (See U. S. Coast and Geodetic Survey Chart No. 221.) Existing project.-This provides for a channel 8 feet deep, 100 feet wide, and 6,000 feet long. The plane of reference is mean low water, the mean tidal range being 7.2 feet and the extreme range, due to the effects of wind and other causes, 12 feet or more. The estimate of cost for new work revised in 1928 is $46,000. The latest (1894) approved estimate for annual cost of maintenance is $1,000. The existing project was adopted by the River and Harbor Act of August 11, 1888 (Annual Report for 1887, p. 639; for map, see H. Doc. No. 1419, 63d Cong., 3d sess.). RIVERS AND HARBORS-PROVIDENCE, R. I., DISTRICT 97 Terminal facilities.--There are several small- wharves and piers. Thefacilities are adequate for the existing commerce. ReCommended mdi b ea tio s of project.--Under date of Depei- her 15, 1914, the Chief of Engineers recommended that the project be modified to omit all work above a point 3,800 feet from the inner end of the entrance channel (H. Doc. No. 1419. 63d Cong., 3d sess.). Operations and results during fiscal year.--None. Condition at end of fiscal year.-The existing project is 77 percent completed. A channel of project dimensions has been dredged about 5,300 feet up the harbor and thence 200 feet farther with widths of 25 to 75 feet. The head of navigation is about 1 mile above the mouth. The controlling depths as determined in 1934 are 61/2 feet over the outer bar, thence in the river 11 to 15 feet to opposite Butler Island Creek; thence along the wharves 7 feet, diminishing to 4 or 5 feet at the upper wharf. To complete the project requires the com- pletion of the upper 700 feet of channel. The costs and expenditures have been $35,490.44 for new work and $10,846.65 for maintenance, a total of $46,337.09. Proposed operations.-There were no funds available at the close of the year and no work is contemplated during the fiscal year 1935. The sum of $3,000 can be profitably expended during the fiscal year 1936 in removing by contract July 1935 about 5,000 cubic yards from the shoal at the entrance to the river. Cost and financial summary Cost of new work to June 30, 1934-------------------------------$35, 490. 44 Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1934---------------------------- 10, 846. 65 Total cost of permanent work to June 30, 1934-------------- 46, 337.09 Net total expenditures ------ -- 46--------------------------- 4, 337. 09 Total amount appropriated to June 30, 1934------------------- 46, 337.09 Amount (estimated) required to be appropriated for completion of existing project__-- __ ______-____--__ __-__------- 9, 500.00 Amount that can be profitably expended in fiscal year ending June 30, 1936, for maintenance----------------------------------- .3, 000. 00 21. STAMFORD HARBOR, CONN. Location.-On the north shore of Long Island Sound, 36 miles east of New York City. (See U. S. Coast and Geodetic Survey Chart No. 221.) Previous projects.-Adopted by the acts of August 5, 1886, and July 13, 1892. The cost and expenditures on these projects were $135,142.85 for new work and $59,419.99 for maintenance, a total of $194,562.84. For further details see page 1758 of Annual Report for 1915. Existing project.-This provides for an entrance channel 12 feet deep, 200 feet wide, and about 0.6 mile long; a channel in the east branch 12 feet deep and 100 feet wide, with increased width at the turns, to a point 1,100 feet from the head of navigation, thence of the same depth and from 85 to 125 feet wide to the head of naviga- tion, a total distance of about 1.5 miles; a channel in the west 'branch 9 feet deep, 100 feet wide, and about three-fourths mile long, and a basin of the same depth and 200 feet wide at the head of the branch. The plane of reference is .mean low water, the mean tidal range being 9S REPORT OF CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMY, 1934 7.3 feet. The extreme tidal range, due to the combined effects of wind and other causes, is 12 feet or more. The estimate of cost for new work, revised in 1928, is $205,000, exclusive of amounts expended on previous projects. The latest (1932) approved estimate for annual cost of maintenance is $10,000. The existing project was adopted by the River and Harbor Act of March 2, 1919 (H. Doc. No. 1130, 63d Cong., 2d sess.). For the latest published map see the project document. Local cooperation.-Fully complied with. Terminal facilities.--The total length of berthing space available is 6,015 feet. The facilities are considered adequate for the exist- ing commerce. (For further details see Port Series No. 18, Corps of Engineers.) Operations and results during fiscal year.-Using hired labor and Government plant, 262.81 cubic yards of boulders and rock fragments were removed from the channel edges. Work was begun in the West Branch on May 17, 1934, and was in progress in the East Branch at the close of the fiscal year. The costs were $8,840.39, applied to maintenance, and the expenditures $5,378.01. Condition at end of fiscal year.-The project is practically com- pleted. The entrance channel and the West Branch Channel and Basin have been completed, and the East Branch Channel has been completed except for a slight deficiency in width in the turn oppo- site Ludlow Street. On June 30, 1934, the controlling depths at mean low water were: In the entrance channel, 12 feet; in the East Branch, 11 feet; in the West Branch, nearly 12 feet to the basin; and in the basin, 8 to 10 feet. To complete the project requires a slight widening (not essential to navigation) in the channel oppo- site Ludlow Street. Costs have been $188 414.94 for new work and $107,964.42 for maintenance, a total of $296,379.36, and the total expenditures $292,916.98. Proposed operations.-It is proposed to apply the funds unex- pended on June 30, 1934, amounting to $4,618.01, as follows: Accounts payable June 30, 1934--------------------------------$3, 462. 38 Removal of boulders by Government plant and hired labor, in prog- ress, to be completed in July 1934--------------------_ 1, 155. 63 Total - --- -- ------------ 4, 618. 01 No funds can be profitably expended during the fiscal year 1936 as the channels are in satisfactory condition to meet the needs of navigation through that period. Cost and financial surrmary Cost of new work to June 30, 1934_------------------------ $323, 557. 79 Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1934----------------------_ 167, 384. 41 Total cost of permanent work to June 30, 1934__________ 490, 942. 20 Minus accounts payable June 30, 1934------------------------- 3, 462. 38 Net total expenditures_ ------------------------------ _ 487, 479. 82 Unexpended balance June 30, 1934_ ___ ___ 4, 618. 01 Total amount appropriated to June 30, 1934-------------_ 492, 097. 83 RIVERS AND HARBORS-PROVIDENCE, R. I., DISTRICT 99 Fiscal year ending June 30 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 Cost of new work--------------- ------------------ ------ - -------- Cost of maintenance ___$25, 545. 62 $34, 695. 66 $8, 840. 39 Total expended-_____________________ ______-_ $311. 45 25, 736. 14 34,193.69 5,378.01 Allotted_-__-----34, 500.00 -6,000. 0031, 741.228 9, 996. 02 Amount allotted from War Department Appropriation Act approved July 14, 1932___ 000.,00 $------------------- Deductions on account of revocation of allotment---------------- -3. 98 Net amount to be accounted for---------------------------- 9, 996. 02 Gross amount expended ----------------------------------------- 5, 378. 01 Balance unexpended June 30, 1934 ------------------------- 4, 618.,01 Outstanding liabilities June 30, 1934----------------------------- 4, 618.01 Amount (estimated) required to be al:p. opriated for com- - -- --- -- -- --- --- - pletion of existing project 1 __ 16, 500. 00 22. EXAMINATIONS, SURVEYS, AND CO NTINGENCIES (GENERAL) The cost of work during the year amounted to $17,832.80.; the expenditures were $19,338.01. The balance unexpended and a~aeounts receivable on June 30, 1934, amounting to $26,594.12, will be applied as needed during the fiscal year 1935 to pay nent of expenses incurred in connection with the above items. The, additional sum of $24,000 can be profitably expended during the fiscal year ending June 30, 1936. Cost and financial summary Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1934--------------------------$119, 746. 71 Value of plant, materials, etc., on hand June 30, 1934 -- - -1, 654. 05 Net total cost to June 30, 1934---------------------------- 118, 092. 66 Plus accounts receivable.June 30, 1934-------------------------- 4, 288. 67 Gross total costs to June 30, 1934 381. 33 1-------------------------22, Minus accounts payable June 30, 1934---------------------------1, 721. 17 Net total expenditures------------------ 120, 660. 16 Unexpended balance June 30, 1934-------------------------_ 22, 305. 45 Total amount appropriated to June 30, 1934 965 .61 1---------------42, Fiscal year ending June 30 1930 1931 1932 1933 1534 Cost of new work .__________.__..___ Cost of maintenance_...-.. -$17, _-..... ...... 512. 44 $15, 670. 96 $38, 513. 21 $17, 427. 20 $17, 832. 80 Total expended_---- --------- ____ ----___ 16, 363. 59 15, 577. 00 38, 940. 34 14, 355. 50 19, 338. 01 Allotted -----------------.................. 16, 000. 00 21, 000. 00 21, 000. 00 29, 897. 01 25, 568. 60 1 Exclusive of available funds. 100 REPORT OF CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMY, 1934 Balance unexpended July 1, 1933--------------------------- $16. 074. 86 Amount allotted from War Department Appropriation Act approved Apr. 26, 1934------------------------ $10,000. 00 Amount allotted from War Department Appropriation Act approved July 14, 1932------------------------- 297. 5: Amount allotted from War Department Appropriation Act approved Mar. 4, 1933- ----------------------- 10, 236. 16 Amount allotted from War Department Appropriation Act approved May 28, 1930---- ---- -------. ------ 224. 65 2R 758 40 c.", v . Amount to be accounted for---------------------- --------- - 42, 833. 26 .Deductions on account of revocation of allotment_ -__--__ 1, 189.80 Net amount to be accounted for _------- 41, 643.46 Gross amount expended_____ --------------------- 39, 931. 53 Less : :Reimbursements collected _________- $20, 577. 97 Receipts from sales-_________------_ 15. 55 20, 593. 52 19, 338. 01 Balance unexpended June 30. 1934___ _______--------_ 22, 305. 45 Outstanding liabilities June 30, 1934___________________ __ 4, 270. 89 Balance available June 30, 1934_______________-----_----- 18, 034. 56 Accounts receivable June 30, 1934 ----------------- 4, 288. 67 Unobligated balance available June 30, 1934_______________ 22, 323.23 Amount that can be profitably expended in fiscal year ending June 30, 1936, for maintenancea ________________-_ ___ 24",000. 00 23. Other projects for which no estimates are submitted [Commercial statistics for these projects are given in pt. 2 of report] Cost and expenditures to For last June 30, 1934 Estimated Name of project full report amount re- see annual quired to report for- New work Mainte- complete nance i i--~-I 1. Marthas Vineyard (Edgartown -Harbor), - - - - - - - - Mass.' - - - -_ 1897 $30, 000. 00 (2) 2.. Vineyard Haven Harbor, Mass. _ 1909 55,387. 35 (2) 1 3. Newport Harbor, R. I. 1924 680, 025. 52 $24, 229. 79 (2) 4. Warren River, R. I.1 1890 5, 000. 00 ............ (2) 5. Wickford Harbor, R. I.1_' 1900 16, 300. 00 (2) 6. Harbor of Refuge at Point Judith, R. I.3 ......... 1929 2, 371, 467. 55 463, 208. 73 (2) 7. Great Salt Pond, Block Island, R. I.1' 1924 189, 036. 65 24, 173. 03 $116, 000 8. Pawcatuck River, R. I. and Conn.' 4 1933 182, 835. 11 119, 553. 93 64, 600 9. Stonington Harbor, Conn.' 3_ 1919 337, 453. 83 6, 000. 00 2, 500 10. Mystic River, Conn.1 .____________..-------- 1919 48, 125. 50 134. 50 2, 500 11. Connecticut River above Hartford, Conn.5 .. __ 1932 116, 324. 81 14, 373. 54 6 1, 000, 000 12. Southport Harbor, Conn. 1 3 River. Conn.' 1930 59, 213.03 8,931.91 (2) 13. Westport Harbor and Saugatuck River, Conn.l__ 1927 32, 104. 55 3, 360. 44 2, 800 14. Cos Cob Harbor and Mianus River, Conn. 7 ..... 1904 18, 935. 19 64. 81 (2) 15. Greenwich Harbor, Conn.l. 1932 854, 312. 64 43, 169. 90 (2) 16. Hay (West) Harbor, N. Y.1 1931 8, 401. 15 (2) 1 Channels adequate for commerce. 2 Completed. 3 Maintenance of breakwaters not urgent. 4 Revoked during fiscal year $5,729.01, and maintenance costs reduced $4.46 account corrections to inspec- tion expenses. 5 Awaiting local cooperation. Modification of conditions affecting lock and dam construction at Enfield Rapids is recommended in H. Doc. No. 27, 73d Cong., 1st sess. 6 Estimated cost of existing project, $3,384,000; expenditure limited by law to $1,000,000. 7 Abandonment approved in 1905. 8 Revoked during fiscal year 1933, $1,017.34. a Exclusive of available funds. RIVERS AND HARBORS-FIRST NEW YORK, N. Y., DISTRICT 101 Status of reports called for by river and harbor acts and committee resolutions Locality Authorization act Transmitted to Congress Document no. Recommenda- Recomenda- Connecticut River, Flood Control Act Mass. (Preliminary June 13, 1934. examination for flood control and bank ero- sion.) Fivemile River Harbor, Rivers and Harbors - Conn. Committee resolu- tion, Jan. 29, 1934. Nantucket Harbor, Rivers and Harbors Mass. Committee resolu- tion, Jan. 5, 1934. New: 'Bedford Harbor, Rivers and Harbors -'Mass. Committee resolu- tion, Feb. 27, 1934. New London Harbor, Rivers and Harbors Mar. 7,1934 .........--------------------.. Unfavorable. Conn. Committee resolu- tion, June 14, 1933. Pawcatuck River, R. I__ Rivers and Harbors Feb. 23, 1934 ...---..------------------..... Do. Committee resolu- tion, May 24, 1932. Southport Harbor, Rivers and Harbors Conn. Committee resolu- tion, Mar. 29, 1934. Stamford Harbor, Rivers and Harbors Conn. Committee resolu- tion, Jan. 29,1934. Thames River, Conn., Rivers and Harbors . improvement below Committee resolu- Allyn's Point. tion, June 15, 1934. Thames River, Conn., Rivers and Harbors deepening channel to Committee resolu- 22 feet from Allyn's tion, Feb. 27, 1934. Point to Norwich. IMPROVEMENT OF RIVERS AND HARBORS IN THE FIRST NEW YORK, N. Y., DISTRICT This district includes all of the principal channels and anchorages of the greater part of the Lower and Upper Bays, New York Har- bor, from the Battery, New York City, to the Atlantic Ocean; the rivers and harbors of Long Island, N. Y., Long Island Sound, and the rivers and harbors on its northern shore west of the Connecticut boundary line; East River from the head of Long Island Sound at Throgs Neck to the Battery, New York City, including its tributaries from the north; Hudson River and tributaries to the head of navi- gation about 250 miles north from the Battery; and Lake Cham- plain and tributaries from Whitehall, N. Y., to the Canadian border. District engineer: Col. G. R. Lukesh, Corps of Engineers. Division engineer: Col. G. M. Hoffman, Corps of Engineers. 102 REPORT OF CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMY, 1934 IMPROVEMENTS Page Page 1. Port Chester Harbor, N. Y__ 102 17. Buttermilk Channel, N. Y_- 139 2. Mamaroneck Harbor, N. Y__ 104 18. Gowanus Creek Channel, 3. New Rochelle Harbor, N. Y_ 105 N. Y_ __ 143 4. Westchester Creek, N. Y ____ 106 19. East River, N. Y -- 144 5. Bronx River, N. Y_ 107 20. Newtown Creek, N. Y -- 152 6. Harbor at Flushing Bay, 21. Harlem River, N. Y __---- 155 N. Y _________ 109 22. Hudson River Channel, N. Y_ 157 7. Hempstead Harbor, N. Y___ 111 23. New York Harbor: Collec- 8. Glencove Creek, N. Y - 112 . .. tion of drift_________ 165 9. Huntington Harbor, N. Y__- 115 24. Tarrytown Harbor, N. Y___ 167 10. Great South Bay, N. Y ___ 117 25. Peekskill Harbor, N. Y ____ 169 11. Browns Creek, N. Y .___. 118 26. Wappinger Creek, N. Y ____ 170 12. East Rockaway (Debs) in- 27. Rondout Harbor, N. Y -- 171 let, N. Y-___ 120 28. Saugerties Harbor, N. Y __ 173 13. Jamaica Bay, N. Y ________ 125 29. Hudson River, N. Y________ 174 14. New York Harbor : Am- 30. Operating and care of lock brose, Main Ship, Bayside, and dam in Hudson River and Gedney Channels, in- at Troy, N. Y- -_ _--- 182 cluding Anchorage Chan- 31. Narrows of Lake Cham- nel and Craven Shoal and plain, N. Y. and Vt- .... 183 channel between Staten 32. Burlington Harbor, Vt __.. 186 Island and Hoffman and 33. Examinations, surveys, and Swinburne Islands, N. Y_ 128 con; ingencies (general) - 187 15. Coney Island Channel, N. Y_ 133 34. Other projects for which no 16. Bay Ridge and Red Hook estimates are submitted__ 188 Channels, N. Y__ ____ 134 1. PORT CHESTER HARBOR, N. Y. Location.-This harbor is located at the boundary between the States of New York and Connecticut, and about 32 miles by water east of the Battery, New York City. (See U. S. Coast and Geodetic Survey Chart No. 222.) Previous projects.-Adopted by acts approved June 10, 1872, March 3, 1899, and March 2, 1907. The cost and expenditures were $74,995.10 for new work and $16,369.12 for maintenance, a total of $91,364.22. For further details see Annual Report for 1915, page 1758. Ewisting project.-This provides for an anchorage basin near the breakwater, 12 feet deep, for fenders on the east bank opposite the southern end of Fox Island, and for a channel 12 feet deep at mean low water and 150 feet wide from Long Island Sound to the mouth of the river at the southerly point of Fox Island; thence 10 feet deep and 100 feet wide to 900 feet below the fixed bridge at Mill Street in Port Chester, including a turning basin opposite the steam- boat landing; and thence 3 feet deep and 175 to 100 feet wide to 100 feet below the fixed bridge. The length of the section included in the project is about 15/ miles. Mean tidal range, 7.1 feet; mean range of spring tides, 8.4 feet; irregular fluctuations due to wind and barometric pressure vary from 4 feet below mean low water up to 4.5 feet above mean high water. The estimate of cost for new work, revised in 1930, is $454,000, exclusive of amounts expended on previous projects, of which $5,500 is to be contributed by local interests. The latest (1927) approved estimate for annual cost of maintenance after completion is $3,000. The existing project was adopted by the River and Harbor Act of June 25, 1910 (H. Doc. No. 1165, 60th Cong., 2d sess.), and modified RIVERS AND HARBORS-FIRST NEW YORK, N. Y.1 DISTRICT 103 by the River and Harbor Act of July 3, 1930 (Rivers and Harbors Committee Doc. No. 23, 70th Cong., 2d sess.), the latter act providing for widening the turning basin, for an anchorage basin, and for fenders on the east bank. The latest published maps are in the project documents. Local cooperation.-The River and Harbor Act of July 3, 1930, provides that local interests shall contribute $5,500 in cash toward widening the channel at the turning basin. This condition has not been complied with. Terminal facilities.-Water terminals, 24 in number, with avail- able dockage of 3,697 feet, are located on Byram River at and be- tween Fox Island and the fixed bridge. The existing facilities appear to be adequate for existing commerce. (For further details see Annual Report for 1932, p. 149.) Operations and results during fiscal year.-None. Condition at end of fiscal year.-About 75 percent of the existing project has been completed. The work remaining to be done under the existing project consists in the removal of scattered rock shoals, widening the turning basin, and constructing fenders on the bank opposite the southern end of Fox Island. When examined in May 1931, May-June and September 1932, and June 1933 the controlling mean low-water depth was 12 feet for a width of 150 feet from Long Island Sound to Byram Point just below Fox Island; the anchorage basin is 12 feet deep; thence to 400 feet north of Purdy Avenue the depth was 10 feet for a width varying from 100 to 50 feet; to the turning basin 50 feet wide and 9.5 feet deep; in the turning basin it is about 10 feet deep, and to the head of the improvement it is about 3 feet deep and 50 feet wide. The total costs and expenditures have been $400,080.11-$341,669.02 for new work and $58,411.09 for maintenance. Proposed operations.-An allotment of $10,000 made during July 1934 will be applied in maintenance dredging by contract (Septem- ber 1934) to restore project depth in the project channel from Purdy Grove to the upper limit of the turning basin. It is believed that no additional maintenance dredging throughout the project channel will be necessary during the next 2 years, and therefore no additional funds can be profitably expended during the fiscal year 1936. Cost and financial summary Cost of new work to June 30, 1934_ _ . -- $413, 886. 23 Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1934________________________ 77, 558. 09 Total cost of permanent work to June 30, 1934__________ 491, 444. 32 Net total expenditures 491, 444. 32 Total amount appropriated to June 30, 1934____________________ 491, 444. 32 Fiscal year ending June 30 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 ------------------ Cost of new work_______ ... . $433.42 $15, 457. 15 $10,430. 07 ........... Cost of maintenance ------------------- $4, 147. 63 437. 78 2, 880. 35 9, 836. 98 ............ Total cost_----------------------- 4, 147. 63 871. 20 18, 337. 50 20, 267. 05 _ Total expended----.----- 4,105. 96 846. 17 18,170.17 20, 501. 07 Allotted--...................---------------------------- ______-------------- 44, 588. 43 -10,244.11. 104 REPORT OF CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMY, 1934 Amount allotted from War Department Appropriation Act approved Mar. 4, 1933_-------------------------------------------------- $10, 000 Balance unexpended June 30, 1934-___ 10, 000 Amount (estimated) required to be appropriated for completion of existing project 1 -- - -- 17, 500 2. MAMARONECK HARBOR, N. Y. Location.-This harbor is situated on the north shore of Long Island Sound, 5 miles west of the Connecticut State line, and 27 miles by water east of the Battery, New York City. (See U. S. Coast and Geodetic Survey Chart No. 222.) Previous projects.-Adopted by acts of August 2, 1882, and July 25, 1912. The total cost and expenditures were $94,139.29-$80,- 724.43 for new work and $13,414.86 for maintenance. For further details see Annual Reports for 1915 and 1924, pages 1759 and 141, respectively. Existing project.-This provides for an anchorage area near the head of navigation and for a channel 10 feet deep at mean low water and 100 feet bottom width from deep water in Long Island Sound to Orienta Point, and thence 80 feet bottom width following the lines of the project adopted by the River and Harbor Act of July 25, 1912 (H. Doc. No. 1087, 61st Cong., 3d sess.), to a point about 150 feet below the Boston Post Road, with an extension having the same bottom width 300 feet northeast of the main channel, with widening at bends. Length of section included in project, 11/4 miles. Mean tidal range, 7.1 feet; mean range of spring tides, 8.4 feet; irregular fluctuations due to wind and barometric pressure vary from 4 feet below mean low water up to 4.5 feet above mean high water. Estimated cost for new work, made in 1919, was $103,000, exclusive of amounts expended on previous projects; estimated cost of annual maintenance, made in 1919, $1,000. The existing project was adopted by the River and Harbor Act of September 22, 1922 (H. Doc. No. 651, 66th Cong., 2d sess.). The latest published map is printed in House Document No. 1087, Sixty- first Congress, third session. Local cooperation.-Fully complied with. Terminal facilities.-Waterterminals, five in number, with a total available dockage of 1,200 linear feet, are located near the head of navigation. These facilities afford ample accommodation for pres- ent and immediately prospective requirements of commerce. (For further details see Annual Report for 1932, p. 152.) Operations and results during fiscal year.-None. Condition at end of fiscal year.-The project was completed in 1933. The controlling mean low-water depth when examined in May 1934 was 10 feet throughout the adopted channel length, vary- ing from 100 feet in width at the entrance in Long Island Sound to 80 feet wide elsewhere with the exception of a 1,200-foot stretch off Orienta Point where the depth is 9 feet. The depth in the anchor- age area is 8 feet. The total cost of the existing project to June 30, 1934, was $135,593.01-$107,951.78 for new work and $27,641.23 for maintenance. The expenditures were $135,563.59. Proposed operations.-The balance unexpended at the end of the fiscal year amounting to $6,000 will be applied in the payment of 1Exclusive of available funds. RIVERS AND HARBORS-FIRST NEW YORK, N. Y., DISTRICT 105 accounts payable June 30, 1934, amounting to $29.42, and in main- tenance dredging by contract (August-September 1934) in the pro- ject channel opposite Orienta Point. It is believed that further maintenance dredging will not be necessary during the next 2 years. Therefore no additional funds can be profitably expended during the fiscal year ending June 30, 1936. Cost and financial summary Cost of new work to June 30, 1934-..-__ $188, 676. 21 Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1934----------------------- 41, 056. 09 Total cost of permanent work to June 30, 1934 229, 732. 30 ------------- Minus accounts payable June 30, 1934---------------------------- 29.42 Net total expenditures ---------------------------- 229, 702.188 Unexpended balance June 30, 1934------------------------- 6,000. 00 Total amount appropriated to June 30, 1934--------------- 235, 702.:88 Fiscal year ending June 30 1930 1961 1932 1933 1934 Cost of new work ...-------------------------- ------------ $1, 538. 27 $29, 002. 88 . Cost of maintenance------ ------------------------ $505.14 46. 21 Total cost---------- ---------------------------- 505. 14 1, 584. 48 29, 002. 88 ------------ Total expended ---------------------------------- 484. 68 1, 604. 94 29, 002. 88 . Allotted------------------------------ -1, 700. 00 29, 045. 27 $5, 957. 61 Balance unexpended July 1, 1933------------------------------- $42. 39 Amount allotted from War Department Appropriation Act approved Apr. 26, 1934--_---------------- ----- --------- ------- ------ , 00000 00 Amount to be accounted for__------------------------- 6, 042.39 Deductions on account of revocation of allotment ------- 42. 39 Net amount to be accounted for 000. 00 6----------------------, Balance unexpended June 30, 1934 --------------------------- 6, 000,00 Outstanding liabilities June 30, 1934-- 29. 42 Balance available June 30, 1934---------------------- 5,970, 58 3. NEW ROCHELLE HARBOR, N. Y. Location.-This harbor is situated on the north shore of Long Island Sound, 9 miles west of the Connecticut State line and 23 miles by water east of the Battery, New York City. (See U. S. Coast and Geodetic Survey Chart No. 222.) Previous projects.-Adopted by act of March 3, 1881. The total cost and expenditures were $43,174.79, all for new work. For further details see Annual Report for 1932, page 157. Existing project.-This provides for a channel 8 feet deep at mean low water, 120 feet wide, and about 3,400 feet long, extending from the deep-water channel between Glen Island and Davenport Neck up to a point about 300 feet below a dam at the head of navigation in the vicinity of Leland Avenue, New Rochelle, N. Y. Mean tidal range 7.1 feet; mean range of spring tides, 8.4 feet; irregular fluctu- 1After adding $29.42 to adjust amount reported in 1933 Annual Report, 106 REPORT OF CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMY, 1934 ations due to wind and barometric pressure vary from 4 feet below mean low water up to 4.5 feet above mean high water. Estimated cost for new work, made in 1921, was $35,000, exclusive of amounts expended on previous projects. Estimated cost of annual maintenance, made in 1921, $1,000. The existing project was adopted by the river and harbor act of September 22, 1922 (H. Doc. No. 110, 67th Cong., 1st sess.). The latest published map is in the project document. Local cooperation.-Fully complied with. Terminanl faciities.-Water terminals, eight in number, with ,available dockage of 1,200 feet, are located parallel to the channel. These facilities afford ample accommodation for present and imme- diately prospective requirements of commerce. (For further details see Annual Report for 1932, p. 158.) Operations and results diurng fiscal yea.-None. Condition at end of fiscal year.-The existing project was coim- pleted in 1924 at a saving of $4,961 under the estimated cost. When examined in May 1934 the project depth of 8 feet existed for the full length of the channel. The width was as follows: 120 feet from the entrance upstream for a distance of about 700 feet and 50 to 90 feet to the head of the improvement, a distance of about 2,700 feet. The total cost of the existing project up to June 30, 1934, was $38,800-$30,038.88 for new work and $8,761.12 for maintenance. The total expenditures amounted to $38,800. Proposed operations.-There are no funds available and no work proposed during 1935. It is believed that further dredging for maintenance will be neces- sary to restore the channel to project dimensions during the next 2 years.. There:fore, the sum of $4,000 can be profitably expended during the fiscal year ending June 30, 1936, in maintenance dredging under contract during September 1935. Cost and financial summary Cost of new: work to June 30, 1934-------------------------$73, 213.67 Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1934-------------------------8, 761. 12 Total cost of permanent work to June 30, 1934-------------81, 974. 79 Net total expenditures__----_---_ ----------------------- 81, 974. 79 Total amount appropriated to June 30, 1934--------------------81, 974. 79 Fiscal year ending June 30 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 Cost of new work --------- _-------------- --------------------------------------- Cost of maintenance-------------- ---------------- $159.19 $8, 013. 99 Total expended --- ---- - -- ------------ 159. 19 8,013. 99------------------ A llotted - _----- -- --------- - ------- 8,000.00 ------- ---- -- Amount that can be profitably expended in fiscal year ending June 30, -- ___________________ 1936, for maintenance _ $4, 000 4. WESTCHESTER CREEK, N. Y. The project was cosmpleted in May 1933 at a saving of $19,562 under the estimated cost. The expenditures during the year amounted to $1,241.81, of which $13.76 was applied to payment of RIVERS AND HARBORS- -- FIRST NEW YORK, N. Y., DISTRICT 107 outstanding liabilities at the beginning of the fiscal year, and $1,228.05 to cost (new work) involved in final payment, for the removal of 50 cubic yards of rock and 291 cubic yards of other material, placie measurement, under a contract completed during the previous fiscal year. The balance remaining at the end of the fiscal year was $0.61. It is believed that dredging for maintenance will not be necessary during the next 2 years. Therefore, no funds can be profitably ex- pended during the fiscal year ending June 30, 1936. For last full report, see page 100, Annual Report for 1933.. Cost and financial summary Cost of new work to June 30, 1934 ------------------------- $175, 848. 52 Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1934 __--- -________ 66, 632. 35 Total cost of permanent work to June 30, 1934------------- 242, 480. 87 Minus accounts payable June 30, 1934 ______-- ___ . _____-. 61 Net total expenditures ________________________ - __ 242, 480. 26 Unexpended balance June 30, 1934- 61 ._____________ Total amount appropriated to June 30, 1934 ......--.. .242.480. 87 Fiscal year ending June 30 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 Cost of new work__________.-------------- . .------- $10, 738. 22 $69, 717. 04 $16, 982. 96 $1, 228. 05 Cost of maintenance________-___- _____ $2, 680. 22 326. 66 .32.21 Total cost.------------ ---------- 2, 680. 22 11,064. 88 69,749. 25 16,.982. 96 1, 228. 05 Total expended .____-------....... ..... __ .. 2,689. 48 10, 155. 61 40, 122. 42 49, 494. 17 .1,241. 81 Allotted___-- .......---------- 212,350. 00 ..------- ... -126,100.00 16, 025. 25 1, 225 62 Balance unexpended July 1, 1933-----------------------------$16. 80 Amount allotted from Emergency Relief and Construction Act ap- proved July 21, 1932_--------------- --------------------- , 500.00 Amount to be accounted for -------------------- 1,. 516. 80 Deductions on account of revocation of allotment ----------------- 274, 38 Net amount to be accounted for _______-- ______- ____ 1, 242. 42 Gross amount expended-----------------------241. 81 Balance unexpended June 30, 1934 --------------------------- .6 Outstanding liabilities June 30, 1934__ __________________________ . 5. BRONX RIVER, N. Y. Location.-This stream empties into a shallow bay, :1mile long and 300 to 4,500 feet wide, in the north shore of East River, 11 miles by water northeast of the Battery, New York City. (See U. S. Coast and Geodetic Survey Chart No. 226.) Previous project.-Adopted by act of June 3, 1896. The total cost and expenditures were $95,957.05-$69,035.72 for new work and $26,921.33 for maintenance. For further details see Annual Report for 1915. page 1762. Existing project.-This provides for a channel 10 feet deep at mean low water and a minimum bottom width of 100 feet, with widening 1 After adding $0.61 to adjust amount reported in 1933 Annual:Report. 2 After adding $1,945.87 to adjust amount reported in 1933 Annual Report. 108 REPORT OF CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMY, 1934 at the bends, to extend from deep water in East River to the head of navigation at the, dam at East One Hundred and Seventy-seventh Street, involving the first dredging from East River to Randall Avenue to a width of 200 feet; thence to Spofford Avenue, 150 feet; thence to Watson Avenue, 125 feet; thence to the railroad bridge near Westchester Avenue, 100 feet, except in the southern approach to ,the bridge, where it is to be 140 feet; and above the, bridge 100 feet, with increase at bends where permissible, including a turning basin at the head of the improvement. It also provides for main- taining the channel excavated under the project adopted June 3, 1896, until the channel provided for under the existing project is open to traffic to the railroad bridge. The length of the section included in the project is about 31/4 miles. Mean tidal range, 6.7 feet in the estuary; mean range of spring tides, 8 feet; irregular fluctuations due to wind and barometric pressure vary from 4 feet below mean low water up to 3.5 feet above mean high water. The estimate of cost for new work revised in 1928 is $2,700,000, exclusive of the amounts expended on previous projects. The latest (1928) approved estimate for annual cost of maintenance is $7,500. The existing project was adopted by the River and Harbor Act of March 4, 1913 (H. Doc. No. 897, 62d Cong., 2d sess.). For latest published map see Annual Report for 1912, page 1470. Local cooperation.-Fullycomplied with. Terninal facilities.-Water terminals, 18 in number, with avail- able dockage of 7,300 feet, are located-1 at the mouth, 17 along the east and west banks for about 23/4 miles above the mouth to the upper limits of the projected channel. Additional terminals with modern facilities will be needed when the existing project is developed. (For further details see Port Series No. 20, Corps of Engineers.) Operations and results during fiscal year.-None. Condition at end of fiscal year.-About 29 percent of the project has been completed. The channel provided for under the existing project has been completed from deep water in East River up to Westchester Avenue highway bridge; above this no work has been done under the existing project pending the replacement of existing bridge by a bridge suited to the conditions to be met when the enlarged channel north of the bridge has been excavated. When last examined in May 1934 the controlling mean low-water depth from deep water in East River to Eastern Boulevard, a length of about five-eighths mile, 10 feet deep, full width; to Ludlow Avenue bridge, a length of about 1 mile, 10 feet deep, width varying from 50 to 80 feet; to Westchester Avenue bridge, 5 feet deep, and 50 feet wide. The examination showed that the channel excavated under the previous project was 50 to 30 feet wide and 5 feet deep from West- chester Avenue up to about 500 feet above the New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad bridge above Westchester Avenue: thence to about 500 feet below the dye works near the head of the projected improvement the depth gradually reduces to zero. Above this to the head of improvement the bottom is exposed at mean low water and rises to an extreme height of about 4.5 feet above mean low water just below the dam. To complete the project the channel RIVERS AND HIARBORS-FIRST NEW YORK, N. Y., DISTRICT 109 above the Westchester Avenue highway bridge must be excavated to project dimensions by dredging and rock removal. The total cost of the existing project up to June 30, 1934, was $922,617.57-$797,803.65 for new work and $124,813.92 for mainte- nance. The total expenditures amounted to $922,617.57. Proposed operations.-There are no funds available for this project and no work is contemplated during the fiscal year 1935. The work necessary to carry the improvement above the Westches- ter Avenue bridge has been deferred until the city of New York shall have reconstructed the Westchester Avenue highway bridge pending the replacement of the existing bridge by one suited to the enlarged channel. It is believed that further dredging for maintenance will be neces- sary during the next 2 years. Therefore, the sum of $20,000 can be profitably expended during the fiscal year ending June 30, 1936, by contract to restore the channel previously dredged from the East River to the Westchester Avenue bridge to project dimensions. Cost and financiali summary Cost of new work to June 30, 1934----------------------------- $866, 839. 37 Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1934---------------------------- 151, 735. 25 Total cost of permanent work to June 30, 1934------------ 1, 018, 574. 62 Net total expenditures-------------------------------------- 1, 018, 574. 62 .Total =amount appropriated to. June 30, 1934------------------- 1, 018, 574. 62 Fiscal year ending June 30 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 Cost of new work----- Cost of maintenance--------- -- ----- --- .-----------$88. 84 $27, 849. 87 -- $62. 03 ------------ ------- Total expended __--------__---_----------- 142. 21 27, 853. 15 72. 75 ----------------------- Allotted, --------------------- 30, 000. 00 ....------------------ -2,399.24....... Amount (estimated) required to be appropriated for completion of existing project---------------------------------- $1,900, 000 Amount that can be profitably expended in fiscal year ending June 30, 1936, for maintenance------------------------------------- 20, 000 6. HARBOR AT FLUSHING BAY, N. Y. Location.-This stream empties into a shallow bay, 2 miles long and 300 feet to 1.4 miles wide, in the south shore of East River, 12 miles by water northeast of the Battery, New York City. (See U. S. Coast and Geodetic Survey Chart No. 226.) Previous projects.--Adopted by acts of March 3, 1879, and March 3, 1913. Cost and expenditures amounted to $3'58,981.33-$238,872.91 for new work and $120,108.42 for maintenance. For further details see Annual Report for 1915, page 1772, and for 1932, page 169. Existing project.-This provides for a channel 12 feet deep at mean low water and 200 feet wide from the 12-foot contour in East River to the Broadway Bridge, thence 12 feet deep to the Main Street Bridge, narrowing uniformly in width from 200 feet at the Broadway Bridge to 160 feet at Main Street Bridge; and for the 110 REPORT OF CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMIY, 1934 construction of about 1,300 linear feet of new dike and repairs to 4,365 linear feet of old dike including the reconstruction of 1,600 linear feet. Pending compliance by local interests with the condi- tions imposed by Congress in adopting this project (see under Local cooperation), available funds are being applied to maintenance of the superseded project for a 10-foot depth up to Broadway Bridge, and thence to Main Street Bridge a 7-foot depth. The length of the section included in the project is about 15,000 feet-about 5,000 feet in the creek and about 10,000 feet in the bay. Mean tidal range, 6.8 feet; mean range of spring tides, 8 feet; irregular fluctuations due to wind and barometric pressure vary from 4 feet below mean low water up to 3.5 feet above mean high water. The estimate of cost for new work, revised in 1928, is $365,000, exclusive of amounts expended on previous projects. The latest (1923) approved estimate for annual cost of maintenance is $10,000. The existing project was authorized by the River and Harbor Act approved March 3, 1925 (H. Doc. No. 124, 68th Cong., 1st sess.). For latest published map see Annual Report for 1914, page 1746. Local cooperation.-The River and Harbor Act of March 3, 1925, in adopting the enlarged project, requires that local interests will dredge and maintain at their own expense, under plans to be ap- proved by the Secretary of War, a channel 160 feet wide and 12 feet deep at mean low water from Main Street Bridge to Meteor Street. No steps have yet been taken to meet this condition. All prior requirements have been complied with. Terminal facilities.-Water terminals, 17 in number, with avail- able wharfage of 4,490 feet are located--15 along the east bank and 2 on the west bank-within the limits of the adopted project. The facilities are considered adequate for existing commerce. (For fur- ther details see Port Series No. 20, Corps of Engineers.) Operationsand results during fiscal year.-None. Condition at end of fiscal year.-The conditions prescribed by Con- gress in adopting the existing project (see under Local cooperation) have not yet been fulfilled; therefore no work had been done there- under. When examined in February 1933 the controlling mean low-water depth was 11 feet through a channel varying in 'width from 200 to 100 feet, from the entrance in the East River up to the north side of Broadway Bridge; thence through a channel 50 to 150 feet wide to 1,000 feet north of Main Street Bridge 10 feet; thence to the head of improvement of the existing project (Main Street Bridge) 8 feet through a channel 100 feet wide. No expendi- tures have been made under the existing project. Proposed operations.-No funds are available and no work is con- templated during the fiscal year 1935. It is believed that additional maintenance dredging will be nec- essary during the next 2 years. Therefore, the sum of $40,000 can be profitably expended during the fiscal year ending June 30, 1936, by contract to restore the channel to the dimensions authorized under the previous project at the mouth of the creek. It is not expected that local cooperation will be complied with in time to permit of undertaking new work on the project during the fiscal year 1936. RIVERS AND HARBORS-FIRST NEW YORK, N. Y., DISTRICT 111 Cost and financial summary Cost of new work to June 30, 1934 ------------------------- $238, 872. 91 Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1934 ------------------------ 120, 108. 42 Total cost of permanent work to June 30, 1934 ------------ 358, 981.33. Net total expenditures-------------------------------- 358, 981.33. Total amount appropriated to June 30, 1934------------------- 358, 981.33. Fiscal year ending June 30 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 Cost of new work-------------.........................---------------------------------------------------- Cost of maintenance_------------------________ $15, 477. 02 $81. 35 $17, 820. 52 Total expended--- ------------------- 16, 202. 82 _...-..- 17, 901. 87.........--------....----... Allotted_ -----------------------------------------------20, 000. 00 -$5, 907. 34...... Amount (estimated) required to be appropriated for completion of existing project --- -------------------------------- $365, 000. 00 Amount that can be profitably expended in fiscal year ending June 30. 1936. for maintenance_ 40, 000. 00 7. HEMPSTEAD HARBOR, N. Y. Location.--This is an indentation of the north shore of Long Island, 25 miles by water northeast of the Battery, New York City, and 13 miles southwest of Stamford Harbor, Conn. (See U. S. Coast and Geodetic Survey Chart No. 223.) Existing project.-This provides for dredging a channel 6 feet deep at mean low water and 100 feet wide from the entrance to a point opposite Ward's Wharf, a distance of about 5,600 feet; thence 80 feet wide to the Roslyn Town Wharf, a distance of about 3,200 feet; and thence 50 to 70 feet wide to the head of navigation, a dis- tance of about 1,700 feet. Total length of channel included in the project is 2 miles. Mean tidal range, 7.1 feet; mean range of spring tides, 8.4 feet; irregular fluctuations due to wind and barometric pressure vary from 4 feet below mean low water up to 4.5 feet above mean high water. The estimate of cost of new work, made in 1910, was $47,000. The latest (1910) approved estimate for annual cost of maintenance is $3,000. The existing project was adopted by the River and Harbor Act of June 25, 1910 (Rivers and Harbors Committee Doc. No. 1, 61st Cong., 2d sess.). There is no published map. Local cooperation.-Fully complied with. Termninal facilities.-Water terminals, 9 in number, with available dockage of 2,700 feet, are located-8 along the east shore of the harbor from Glen Cove to Roslyn and 1 on the west shore; none has railroad connection. The facilities are adequate for existing commerce, which is local, and there is ample water front, both public and private for extensions as needs arise. Operations and results during fiscal year.-None. Condition at end of fiscal year.-The project was completed in 1913 at a saving of $7,532 under the estimated cost. The controlling mean low-water depth, as shown by survey made in May 1933, was 91536--ENG 1934--8 112 -REPORT OF CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMY, 1934 6 feet up to about 2,400 feet below the head of the improvement; thence to the head 4 feet. The total costs and expenditures have been $89,443.90-$39,468.11 for new work and $49,975.79 for maintenance. Proposed operations.--No funds are available and no work is proposed during the fiscal year 1935. The sum of $15,000 can be profitably expended during the fiscal year ending June 30, 1936, in the removal of shoals from the chan- nel near -,the 'head of navigation during the period August to September 1935. Cost and financial summ.ary Cost of new work to June 30, 1934_____________________________ $39, 468.11 Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1934-----------------------49, 975. 79 Total cost of permanent work to June 30, 1934----------- 89,443. 90 Net total expenditures .-- ___------------_ 89, 443.90 Total amount appropriated to June 30, 1934______________________ 89, 443. 90 Fiscal year ending June 30 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 Cost of new work------------------------------------------ ------------------------ cost of maintenance----------------------- $22. 00 $200. 53 $42.96_____-_____ _-____-____ STotalexpended.------- ---------- 22. 00 ------- ----176.71 66. 7 Allotted .... .......... Amount that can be profitably expended in fiscal year ending June 30, 1936, for maintenance------------------------------------ $15, 000. 00 8. GLENCOVE CREEK, N. Y. Location.-This is a narrow tidal inlet extending eastwardly about 1 mile from the east side of Hempstead Harbor on the north shore of Long Island, 26 miles northeast of the Battery, New York City. (See U. S. Coast and Geodetic Survey Chart No. 223.) Existing project.-This provides for a channel 100 feet wide and 8 feet ,deep at :mean low water from deep water in Hempstead Har- bor, to the head of navigation at the city of Glen Cove, a total length of about 5,000 feet, to be protected by a sand fence along its north side where it crosses the beach. Mean tidal range, 7.1 feet; mean range of spring tides, 8.4 feet; irregular fluctuations due to wind and barometric pressure vary from 4 feet below mean low water up to 4.5 feet above mean high water. The estimate of cost for new work (of which one-half is to be borne by local interests, see Local cooperation), revised in 1934, is $109,000, with $6,000 the first year and $4,000 annually thereafter for maintenance. The existing project was adopted by the River and Harbor Act of March 3, 1925. (H. Doc. No. 207, 68th Cong., 1st sess.) The latest published map is in the project document. Local cooperation.-The River and Harbor Act of March 3, 1925, provides that local interests shall pay one-half the first cost of the work, provide without cost to the United States all rights-of-way, spoil-disposal areas, and bulkheads, and give assurances, satisfactory RIVERS AND HARBORS-FIRST NEW YORK, N. Y., DISTRICT 113 to the Secretary of War, that adequate terminals will be built. Complied with as to contribution of one-half of first cost of work done to date or in progress, cession of rights-of-way, provision of disposal areas, and the construction of terminals. Pending construc- tion of bulkheads by local interests along the southerly side of the channel in the upper 1,600 feet of they improvement, a channel of less than project width has been excavated. Terminalfaeitties.-There are three terminals at present which are adequate for present needs. Operations and results du +mfg fiscal year.-Under a contract for dredging to a depth of 8 feet, work was commenced August 10, 1933, and was completed May 28, 1934. There was removed a total of 196,509 cubic yards of material, place measurement; also the re- mains of an old tide gate, sill and abutments, and old timbers, at a total cost of $53,827.07 for new work. The United States gasoline tug Astoria was employed from June 4 to 24, 1934, in removing timbers from old bulkhead. The cost was $1,117.80 for new work. The total cost was $54,944.87, all for new work, of which $12,300 were United States funds and $42,644.87 contributed and advanced funds. In the final distribution of costs one-half of this amount -will' be charged to United States funds and one-half to contributed funds. The expenditures were' $53,321.60, of which $12,300 were United States funds and $41,021.60 contributed and advanced funds. Condition at end of iscal year.-The project is about 50 percent completed. The work done provided a channel 100 feet in width from deep water in Hempstead Harbor for a distance of 3,470 feet, thence gradually decreasing to, 50 feet in width for a distance of 180 feet, and 50 feet in width for a distance of about 1,450 feet to the head of improvement. When examined in April-May 1934, the con- trolling mean low water depth was 8 feet through a navigable chan- nel varying from 100 feet wide at the mouth to 30 feet wide at the head of improvement, except at a point 1,580 feet above the mouth where it is 7.6 feet deep and 50 feet wide. The work remaining to be done to complete the existing project consists in widening to 100 feet the upper 1,630 feet of channel and building a sand fence along the north side of channel where it crosses the beach. The total cost to June 30, 1934, was $54,944.87, all for new work. In the final dis- tribution of costs one-half of this amount will be charged to United States funds and one-half to contributed funds. The total expenditures were $53,321.60, of which $12,300 were United States funds and $41,021.60 contributed and advanced funds. Proposed operations.-The balance unexpended at the end of the fiscal year, amounting to $27,978.40, will be applied as follows: Accounts payable June 30, 1934_____ ________________--_ -- _ $1, 623.27 Refund to the city of Glen Cove, N. Y., the amount advanced to the United States for new work on the adopted project ________-- 19, 600. 00 New work: Operate United States derrick lighter E. R. 101 about one-third month during August 1934 to remove large boulders from the channel------------------------------------------------- 1,800.00 Balance remaining- - --- 4, 955. 13 Total_ -- - - __________ ---- -- - _______-_ ___ 27,978.40 114 REPORT OF CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMY 1934 It is believed that maintenance dredging will be necessary to restore the channel to project: dimensions during the next 2 years. Therefore, the sum of $6,000 can be profitably expended in this work during the fiscal year ending June 30, 1936, under contract. Cost and financial summary UNITE STATEIS FNDS Cost of new work to June 30, 1934_-------------------------_ $30, 944. 87 Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1934 .... Total cost of permanent work to June 30, 1934------------- 30, 944. 87 Minus accounts payable June 30, 1934------------------------- 1, 623. 27 Net total expenditures_________________-_______ 29, 321. 60 Unexpended balance June 30, 1934 __- --- _____-______-__ 27, 978. 40 Total amount appropriated and advanced to June 30, 1934__ 57, 300. 00 Fiscal year ending June 30 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 Cost of new work....----------- ----- -------------------- ---------- ------------ $30,944. 87 Cost of maintenance------- --- ---------------------------- Total expended-------------------- --------------------------------------- 29, 321. 60 Allotted and advanced------------ ----------------------------------------- 57, 300. 00 Amount advanced by local interests, act of Mar. 3, 1925__________ $24, 000. 00 Amount allotted from War Department Appropriation Act approved Apr. 26, 1934- ---------------------------- 21, 000. 00 Amount allotted from War Department Appropriation Act approved July 14, 1932 ------------------------------------------ 12, 300. 00 Amount to be accounted for_____-____---------- 57,300. 00 Gross amount expended - _____-__-___-- - - - __ - ___- 29, 321. 60 Balance unexpended June 30, 1934 __ ______________ 27, 978. 40 Outstanding liabilities June 30, 1934 __ ______________ $974. 73 Amount covered by uncompleted contracts______________ 648. 54 1,623. 27 Balance available June 30, 1934__... __ ______----- 26, 355. 13 Amount (estimated) required to be appropriated for completion 1 of existing project 2___________________________________ 21, 200. 00 Amount that can be profitably expended in fiscal year ending - June 1936, for maintenance 1 ----------- __ 6,000. 00 CONTRIBUTED FUNDS Cost of new work to June 30, 1934 ________ _________--__ $24, 000. 00 Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1934____________ _______________ Total cost of permanent work to June 30, 1934 ______-__ 24, 000. 00 Net total expenditures ___-----------__--------- 24, 000. 00 Total amount contributed to June 30, 1934________ 24, 000. 00 1 Exclusive of available funds. 2 In addition to $26,100 to be contributed by local interests. RIVERS AND HARBORS--FIRST NEW YORK, N. Y., DISTRICT 115 Fiscal year ending June 30 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 Cost of new work------------------------------------------------------------ $24, 000 Cost of maintenance__ Total expended-- --- _ _ - -- --------------. -24, .. 000 Contributed ----------------- .----------- ------------------------ ----------- ------- - 24, 000 Amount contributed, act of Mar. 4, 1915 --------------------- $24, 000. 00 Gross amount expended----------------- 24, 000. 00 Amount (estimated) required to be contributed for completion of existing project ---------------- -- 26, 100. 00 CONSOLIDATED COST AND FINANCIAL SUMMARY FOR GLENCCVE CIEE:K, . Y. Cost of new work to June 30, 1934 -.....- $54, 944.87 Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1934_ ____________________ __-- -- Total cost of permanent work to June 30, 1934-- 54, 944.87 Minus accounts payable June 30, 1934_- - 1, 623. 27 Net total expenditures -- -53, 321. 60 Unexpended balance June 30, 1934---------------------------27, 978. 40 Total amount contributed, advanced, and appropriated to June 30, 1934 _______________________----------------------------------- 81, 300. 00 Fiscal year ending June 30 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 Cost of new work . . - - -I I $54, 944. 87 Cost of maintanence ..------- ---.. Total expended_ _ _----------- 53, 321. 60 Allotted, contributed, and advanced-- __- _ 81, 300. 00 Amount contributed and advanced___________________________ $48, 000. 00 Amount allotted from War Department Appropriation Act approved Apr. 26, 1934________________----------------- 21, 000. 00 Amount allotted from War Department Appropriation Act approved July 14, 1932_ ------------------------------------------ 12, 300. 00 Amount to be accounted for ----------- 81, 300. 00 Gross amount expended------------------------ 53, 321.60 Balance unexpended June 30, 1934-.... 27, 978. 40 Outstanding liabilities June 30, 1934____________________ $974.73 Amount covered by uncompleted contracts______________ 648. 54 1, 623.27 Balance available June 30, 1934__ ---------- 26, 355. 13 Amount (estimated) required to be appropriated and contributed for completion of existing project 1_--_ -- 47, 300. 00 Amount that can be profitably expended in fiscal year ending June 30, 1936, for maintenance -- ---------------------- 6, 000.00 9. HUNTINGTON HARBOR, N. Y. Location.-This is an indentation of the north shore of Long Island, 40 miles northeast of the Battery, New York City, and 8 1 Exclusive of available funds. 116 REPORT OF CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMY, 1934 miles southeast of Stamford Harbor, Conn. (See U. S. Coast and Geodetic Survey Chart No. 224.) Previous project.-The project was adopted by the act of June 10, 1872. The cost and expenditures were $22,500. For further details of previous projects see page 1772 of Annual Report for 1915. Existing project.-This provides for dredging a channel 8 feet deep at mean low water and 100 feet wide from the 8-foot contour in Huntington Bay about 1,100 feet north of Sandy Point on East Neck to the Old Town Dock, with a turning basin 200 feet wide and with a protecting dike on the west side if necessary. The length of the section included in the project is about 9,100 feet. Mean tidal range, 6.7 feet; mean range of spring tides, 8 feet; irregular fluctua- tions due to wind and barometric pressure vary from 4 feet below mean low water up to 3.5 feet above mean high water. The estimate of cost for new work, made in 1885, was $32,000, exclusive of amounts expended under previous projects. The latest (1928) approved estimate for annual cost of maintenance is $2,000. The existing project was adopted by the River and Harbor Act of September 19, 1890 (H. Ex. Doc. No. 200, 48th Cong., 2d sess.). For latest published map see House Document No. 827, Sixty-first Congress, second session. Terminal facilities.-There are six available wharves with a total length of 1,200 feet. These terminals suffice the present commerce of the harbor. For further details see page 191 of Annual Report for 1931. Operations and results during fiscal year.-None. Condition at end of fiscal year.-The existing project was com- pleted in 1904 at a saving of $2,511 under the estimated cost. The dike was never built, the purpose for which it was intended having been covered by dredging to a greater width at the inner section of the channel. The controlling mean low water depth as shown by an examination made in July 1933, was 8 feet in the entrance at Sandy Point; thence up to within 300 feet below the head of the improvement, the channel is of project depth and width, except for a 500-foot section just below Town-Park where the depth is reduced to 7 feet and in the turning basin where the project depth prevails. for a width of 130 feet; above this the depth becomes gradually less and at the head it is but 4 feet and less. The total costs and expendi- tures have been $65,032.20-$29, 489. 06 for new work and $35,543.14 for maintenance. Proposed operations.-The balance unexpended, at the end of the fiscal year, amounting to $15,000, will be applied in maintenance dredging by contract (August-September 1934) in the channel near the head of navigation. It is believed that further maintenance dredging will not be neces- sary during the next 2 years. Therefore, no funds can be profitably expended during the fiscal year ending June 30, 1936. RIVERS AND HARBORS-FIRST NEW YORK, N. Y., DISTRICT 117 Cost and financial summary Cost of new work to June 30, 1934------__ -------------------- $51, 989. 06: Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1934------------------------ 35, 543. 14 Total cost of permanent work to June 30, 1934----------- 87, 532. 20 Net total expenditures ------------------------------------- 87, 532. 20 Unexpended balance June 30, 1934 000. 00 1---------------------------- Total amount appropriated to June 30, 1934_______________ 102, 532.20- Fiscal year ending June 30 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 Cost of new work __-------------------------------I Cost of maintenance . ..----------_-_------------ _._ 38 $79. $51. 55 ------ - Total expended__ ... .-.--- . $32. 08 49. 76 81. 17- . Allotted ----- ,_ -------------- ------------ ------------ ---------- -$83. 99 $15, 000 Amount allotted from War Department Appropriation Act approved Apr. 26, 1934---__ ____ $15, 000. 00, _------------------------- Balance unexpended June 30, 1934__ ---- ___ 15,000. 00 10. GREAT SOUTH BAY, N. Y. Location.-This is a lagoon inside the south shore of Long Island,. N. Y., about 26 miles long and 2 to 6 miles wide. The principal entrance, through Fire Island Inlet, is about 38 miles east of the- entrance to New York Harbor and about 60 miles east of New York City. (See U. S. Coast and Geodetic Survey Chart No. 578.) Previous projects.-Adopted by the River and Harbor Act of September 19, 1890. The cost and expenditures were $40,000. The records do not show how much of this was for maintenance. For further details of previous projects see page 1773, Annual Report for 1915. Existing project.-This provides for dredging a channel 200 feet wide and 10 feet deep at mean low water from Fire Island Inlet to, the central basin in Great South Bay, and a channel 8 feet deep and 100 feet wide from the central basin in the bay to the head of naviga- tion in Patchogue River. The length of section included in the proj- ect is about 17 miles. Mean tidal range in the bay, 1 foot; mean range of spring tides, 1.1 feet; extreme range due to wind and bar- ometric pressure, 2.5 feet. The estimate of cost for new work, made in 1900, is $66,000, exclusive of amount expended under previous project. The latest (1900) approved estimate for annual cost of maintenance is $2,000. The existing project was adopted by the River and Harbor Act of June 13, 1902 (H. Doc. No. 103, 56th Cong., 2d sess.). For latest published map see Annual Report for 1916, page 2018. Terminal facilities.--Water terminals, 7 in number, with available wharfage of 4,100 feet, are scattered along the shore of Patchogue River between its mouth and the head of the projected improvement, 1 on the east bank and 6 on the, west bank. Three, with available wharfage of 700 feet, are publicly owned. Four, with available wharfage of 3,400 feet, are privately owned. All are open to the 118 REPORT OF CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMY, 1934 public. One, with available wharfage of 2,000 feet, has rail con- nection. These facilities are adequate for the water-borne commerce. Operations and results during fiscal year.-None. Condition at end of fiscal year.-The project is 90 percent com- pleted. The channel in Patchogue River was completed in 1904. Of projected channels through three bars in the bay only the easterly one, bar C, was dredged; it had been practically obliterated. The work remaining to be done to complete the project consists in the ,excavation of a channel through bars A and B and a bar extending out from the jetties to the 8-foot contour in the bay; but no further work of improvement appears to be necessary at this time. A west jetty, 1,700 feet long, was completed under the previous project in 1897 and repaired in 1914. An east jetty, formed of a sand spit 1,000 feet long with a riprap extension 330 feet long, completed in 1917, was built for the purpose of maintaining the depth in the ,entrance channel to the river. Both jetties are in good condition. When examined in May 1933, the controlling mean low water depth was about 6 feet through a channel of navigable width in Patchogue River. The total costs and expenditures have been $148,363.97- $59,820.82 for new work and $88,543.15 for maintenance. Proposed operations.-No funds are available and no work is proposed during the fiscal year 1935. It is believed that dredging for maintenance will be necessary dur- ing the next 2 years. Therefore, the sum of $15,000 can be profitably expended during the fiscal year ending June 30, 1936, in mainte- nance dredging by contract (August-September 1935) in the channel leading from deep water in Great South Bay to the entrance to Patchogue River. Cost and financial summary Cost of new work to June 30, 1934 -- ------ $99, 820. 82 Cost cf maintenance to June 30, 1934 __ --------------- __ 88, 543. 15 Total cost of permanent work to June 30, 1934----------- 188, 363. 97 Net total expenditures ----------------- 188, 363. 97 Total amount appropriated to June 30, 1934 --- 188, 363. 97 Fiscal year ending June 30 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 Cost of new work - - - Cost of maintenance $1, 085. 77 $39. 75 $10. 60 Total expended ---- 2, 085. 38 59.75 10.60--------------------- Allotted -- - - - - - ----- - - --. 600.00 -.. ---- --- 1--- -$36.03 - Amount (estimated) required to be appropriated for completion of existing project------------------ ------------------------ $6, 100 Amount that can be profitably expended in fiscal year ending June 30, 1936, for maintenance----------------------------------_-- 15, 000 11. BROWNS CREEK, N. Y. Location.-This is a narrow, crooked tidal stream emptying into Great South Bay, near Sayville, Long Island, N. Y., about 12.5 miles northeast of Fire Island Inlet, and about 55 miles east of New York City. (See U. S. Coast and Geodetic Survey Chart No. 578.) RIVERS AND HARBORS-FIRST NEW YORK, N. Y., DISTRICT 119 Eisting project.-This provides for a channel 100 feet wide and 6 feet deep at mean low water from the 6-foot contour in Great South Bay for a distance of 1,850 feet, and thence, with same width, 4 feet deep to the head of navigation; also for two stone jetties to protect the entrance, the east jetty to be 1,400 feet long and the west jetty 1,600 feet long. The total length of channel under improvement is about 6,500 feet. Mean tidal range, 1 foot; mean range of spring tides, 1.1 feet; extreme range due to wind and barometric pressure, 2.5 feet. The estimate of cost for new work, revised in 1928, is $85,000. The latest (1928) approved estimate for annual cost of maintenance is $2,000. The existing project was adopted by the River and Harbor Act of September 19, 1890 (H. Ex. Doc. No. 22, 51st Cong., 1st sess.). For latest published map, see House Document No. 991, Sixty-fourth Congress, first session. Terminal facilities.-Water terminals, 7 in number, with available dockage of 1,450 feet, are scattered along the shore of the creek be- tween its mouth and the head of the improved channel, 6 on the west bank and 1 on the east bank. Three, with available dockage of 600 feet, are publicly owned; all others are privately owned. All are open to the public. None has rail connection. The facilities are adequate for the amount and kind of commerce involved. Operations and results during fiscal year.-None. Condition at end of fiscal year.-The project is about 36 percent completed. The channel has been dredged to project width for a length of 3,200 feet, 1,850 feet of which length, beginning at the 6- foot contour in the bay and extending inland, was dredged to 6 feet at mean low water; the remaining 1,350 feet was dredged to a depth of 4 feet. The east jetty was built up to a height of 1 foot above mean high water, a width of 3 feet on top and a length of 448 feet, in 1893; it is now in very poor condition. The west jetty was com- pleted to a length of 492 feet in 1892; in 1927 it was carried up to a height of 3 feet above high water and widened to about 35 feet by the deposit along its western side of sand dredged from the entrance channel. When examined in July 1930 and May 1933 the con- trolling mean low water depth from the entrance in Great South Bay for a distance of 900 feet upstream and 100 feet wide was 5.6 feet; thence to 1,500 feet south of the Sayville highway bridge it was 3.7 feet through a navigable channel 40 feet to 100 feet in width; thence to the head of the project it was 1.3 feet through a navigable channel 40 feet to 100 feet in width. The work remaining to be done to complete the project consists in extending the jetties and length- ening the channel of 4 feet depth northward, about 3,300 feet. The total cost and expenditures have been $83,360.08-$30,312 for new work and $53,048.08 for maintenance. Proposed operations.-No funds are available and no work is proposed during the fiscal year 1935. It is believed that dredging for maintenance will be necessary during the next 2 years. Therefore, the sum of $10,000 can be profitably expended on this work during the fiscal year ending June 30, 1936, in maintenance dredging by contract (August-September 1935) at the mouth of the creek and at a point about three-fourths of a mile upstream from the mouth. 120 REPORT OF CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMY, 1934 Cost and financial summary Cost of new work to June 30, 1934-------------------------$30, 312. 00 ----------------------- 'Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1934_ 53, 048.08 Total cost of permanent work to June 30, 1934-------------83, 360. 08 Net total expenditures-- -------------------------------- 83, 360. 08 'Total amount appropriated to June 30, 1934---------------_- __ 83; 360. 08 Fiscal year ending June 30 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 'Cost of new work-__......------------ ----------------------------------------- "Cost of maintenance- ------- ______ ----- $40.45--------------- ----- 'Totaespended_ ____ ----------------------------------- 40.45----------------------------------- Allotted- ----- ---------------. -------------------------------. -$361. 92....... Amount (estimated) required to be appropriated for completion of existing project______________-__________ - $54, 600 Amount that can be profitably expended in fiscal year ending June _ 30, 1936, for maintenance ------------- -- 10, 000 12. EAST ROCKAWAY (DEBS) INLET, N. Y. Location.-On the south shore of Long Island between the main body of the island and the western end o'f Long Beach. It is 10 miles east of Rockaway Inlet and about 27 miles by water from the Battery, 'New York City. (See U. S. Coast and Geodetic Survey 'Charts Nos. 579 and 1215.) Existing project.-This provides for a channel 12 feet deep at -mean low water and 250 feet wide from the 12-foot contour in the Atlantic Ocean to the 12-foot contour in Long Beach Channel, pro- tected by jetties. Mean tidal range, 3.9 feet; mean range of spring tides, 4.7 feet; irregular fluctuations due to wind and barometric pressure vary from about 31/2 feet below mean low water up to about 31/2 feet above mean high water. The estimate of cost for new work made in 1929 is $710,000 (of -which $100,000 was contributed by local interests). The latest (1929) 'approved estimate for annual cost of maintenance is $20,000. The existing project was adopted by the River and Harbor Act of July 3, 1930 (H. Doc. No. 19, 71st Cong., 1st sess.). The latest pub- lished map is in the project document. Local cooperation.--The River and Harbor Act of July 3, 1930, provides that local interests shall contribute $100,000 to the cost of the work; give assurances satisfactory to the Secretary of War and the Chief of Engineers that they will provide and maintain at their own expense interior channels suitable for navigation, not less than 12 feet deep, from East Rockaway Inlet, to the Hempstead-Oyster Bay line, a distance of about 15 miles, to Hewlett Harbor, and to Freeport Harbor; furnish, without expense to the United States, necessary land, easements, and rights-of-way for construction and maintenance of the jetties, and agree to hold and save the United States free of claims for damages to public and private property resulting from the improvement. Local interests have furnished the necessary easement, right-of- way for construction, and release of claims for damages necessary :for the construction of the east jetty, and have contributed $100,000. RIVERS AND HARBORS-FIRST NEW YORK, N. Y., DISTRICT 121 Terminal faclities.-No terminals are within the area immediately aadjacent to the improvement. The water front on the north side of Long Beach has been bulkheaded. A town wharf with available =dockage of about 400 feet exists at Woodmere. There is also a town wharf at East Rockaway. It is expected that additional dockage will become available when needed. Operations and results during fiscal year.-Under a continuing contract for the construction of a riprap east jetty for a length of about 4,250 feet at the westerly end of Long Beach, work commenced February 27, 1933, and was in progress at the end of the fiscal year 1934. There were placed in the jetty 113,830 tons of stone at a total cost ofE$40949083 of which $406;672:22 were regular ;funds .and $2,818.61 were contributed funds, all for new work. The contract is .about 99 percent completed. The expenditures were $424,268.18, including $40,001.18 contributed funds. With Public Works funds a survey preliminary to contract for dredging was made (May-June 1934) at a total cost of $916.81, for new work. The expenditures were $527.25. The total cost was $410,407.64, all for new work, of which $407,- 589.03 were United States funds and $2,818.61 contributed funds. The total expenditures were $424,795.43, of which $384,794.25 were United States funds and $40,001.18 contributed funds. Condition at end of fiscal year.-The project is about 72 percent ,completed. About 4,250 linear feet of the east jetty were completed at the end of the fiscal year. No dredging has been done. The ,controlling mean low-water depth, as shown by an examination made in April-May 1934, was 6.8 feet in the adopted channel across the bar to deep water in East Rockaway Inlet. The work remaining to be done to complete the existing project consists in dredging the en- trance channel to a depth of 12 feet and width of 250 feet, completing the east jetty now under construction and in building a west jetty, if necessary to protect the channel. The total cost to June 30, 1934, was $512,385.84, of which $412,385.84 were regular funds and $100,000 contributed funds, all for new work. The total expendi- tures were $488,045.67, of which $388,045.67 were regular funds, and :$100,000 contributed funds. With funds allotted by the Public Works Administration, a survey preliminary to contract for dredging has been made. The cost to June 30, 1934, was $916.81 for new work. The expenditures were $527.25. The total cost of all work to June 30, 1934, was $513,302.65, for new work, of which $413,302.65 were United States funds and $100,000 contributed funds. The total expenditures were $488,572.92, of which $388,572.92 were United States funds and $100,000 contributed funds. Proposed operations.-The balance unexpended at the end of the fiscal year, amounting to $34,364.67, will be applied as follows: Accounts payable June 30, 1934-------------------------------- $24, 340. 17 New work: Complete during July 1934, construction of the east jetty under a continuing contract in force. Amount to be ex- pended to complete----------------------------------------- 10, 024. 50 Total- -------------- --- - - 34, 364.67 122 REPORT OF CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMY, 1934 The balance unexpended at the end of the fiscal year, amounting to $69,472.75, of allotment from the National Industrial Recovery Act of 1933 will be applied as follows: Accounts payable June 30, 1934_______-__-_________ $389. 56 New work: Complete by Oct. 31, 1934, under contract to be entered into, dredging the entrance channel to project dimensions ___ -- 69, 083. 19 Total --------------------------------------------------- 69, 472. 75 The construction of the west jetty is not at the present time con- sidered necessary. It is believed that maintenance work will not be necessary during the next 2 years. Therefore, no funds can be profitably expended during the fiscal year ending June 30, 1936. Cost and financial summary MAINTENANCE AND IMPROVEMENT FUNDS Cost of new work to June 30, 1934 ___________ $412, 385. 84 -____________ Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1934___________________________ Total cost of permanent work to June 30, 1934___ 412, 385. 84 Minus accounts payable June 30, 1934________________________ 24, 340. 17 Net total expenditures____________________________ 388, 045. 67 Unexpended balance June 30, 1934------------------------------ 34, 364. 67 Total amount appropriated to June 30, 1934_____________ 422, 410.34 Fiscal year ending June 30 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 Cost of new work__________ ...... ________---- ------------------------ $5, 713. 62 $406, 672. 22 Cost ofmaintenance__ __________----------------------- ------------------------ Total expended...... ---------------------------- 3, 778.67 384, 267. 00 Allotted ------------------------------------------------- 149, 823. 91 272, 586. 43 Balance unexpended July 1, 1933____________________________ $146, 045. 24 Amount allotted from War Department Appropriation Act approved July 14, 1932____________________ $265,000.00 Amount allotted from War Department Appropriation Act approved Mar. 4. 1933____________- __-___--8, 000. 00 273, 000. 00 Amount to be accounted for----------------------- 419, 045. 24 Deductions on account of revocation of allotment------- --------- 413.57 Net amount to be accounted for--------------------------- 418, 631. 67 Gross amount expended____________________________ $384,290.88 Less reimbursements collected ----------------------- 23. 88 384, 267.00 Balance unexpended June 30, 1934______________________ 34, 364. 67 Outstanding liabilities June 30, 1934________________ $10. 67 Amount covered by uncompleted contracts--_______ _ 34, 140. 77 34, 151. 44 Balance available June 30, 1934 _______________________ 213. 23 Amount (estimated) required to be appropriated for completion of existing project 1_---- _117, --- 500. 00 1Exclusive of available funds. RIVERS AND IIARBORS-FIRST NEW YORK, N. Y., DISTRICT 123 PUBLIC WORKS FUNDS Cost of new work to June 30, 1934_-----------__-_____-______ $916. 81 Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1934___ Total cost of permanent work to June 30, 1934-------------- 916.81 Minus accounts payable June 30, 1934 __ .____ . ______________ 389.56 Net total expenditures---------------------------------- 527. 25 Unexpended balance June 30, 1934 -------------------------- 69,472. 75 Total amount appropriated to June 30, 1934 -___ ___________ 70, 000. 00 Fiscal year ending June 30 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 Cost of new work-----------------------------------_ $916. 81 or Cost of maintenance .. ---------------------------------------------- $916-. Total expended--........-- ..--------------.. ---------... ---------------------------------- 527. 25 Allotted------------------------- -------- ---------------------- - ------ 70,000.00 Amount allotted from National Industrial Recovery Act approved June 16, 1933---------------------------------------------- $70, 000. 00 Gross amount expended---------------------------------- -- 527. 25 Balance unexpended June 30, 1934_ ____________ - -__ 69, 472. 75 Outstanding liabilities June 30, 1934 ____ -- - - -__ -- _____ _- 389. 56 Balance available June 30, 1934------------------------ 69, 083. 19 CONSOLIDATED COST AND FINANCIAL SUMMARY FOR UNITED STATES FUNDS Cost of new work to June 30, 1934_ -_ _- $413, 302. 65 Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1934___________________________________ Total cost of permanent work to June 30, 1934___ 413, 302. 65 Minus accounts payable June 30, 1934_______________________ 24, 729. 73 Net total expenditures___--_____ __--_ 388, 572. 92 Unexpended balance June 30, 1934______________________________ 103, 837.42 Total amount appropriated to June 30, 1934 __-_____ ___ 492, 410. 34 Fiscal year ending June 30 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 Cost of new work...-----------------__-- Cost of maintenance.....--. ..-- -- -- - -- - - -- $5,713. 62 $407, - - - - b89. 03 Total expended------_-.----__---- ______________. . 3,778. 67 384, 794. 25 Allotted-------------------------------------......................------....------------ 149,823.91 342, 586. 43 Balance unexpended July 1, 1933_------------- $146, 045. 24 Amount allotted from War Department Appropriation Act approved July 14, 1932_______________________ $265, 000. 00 Amount allotted from War Department, Appropriation Act approved Mar. 4, 1933________________ 8, 000. 00 Amount allotted from National Industrial Recovery Act approved June 16, 1933 -------- 70, 000. 00 343, 000. 00 Amount to be accounted for_____________________________ 489, 045. 24 Deductions on account of revocation of allotment-- ........ 413. 57 Net amount to be accounted for-- .. 488, 631. 67 124 REPORT OF CHIEF OF ENGINEER, 1U. S. ARMY, 1934 Gross amount expended--------------------------- $384, 818.13 Less reimbursements collected ----------------- 23. 88 _.. $384. 794. 25 Balance unexpended June 30, 1934 --------------------- 103, 837. 42 Outstanding liabilities June 30, 1934-....---- -. $400. 23 Amount covered by uncompleted contracts-----------34, 140. 77 34, 541.00 Balance available June 30, 1934 - ________--- __----- 69, 296. 42 Amount (estimated) required to be appropriated for completion 1- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - of existing project 117, 500. 00 CONTRIBUTED FUNDS Cost of new work to June 30, 1934111111111111111111 100, 000. 00 Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1934--------------- Total cost of permanent work to June 30, 1934 00, 000. 00 1----------- Net total expenditures -- ------------------------------ 100, 000. 00 Total amount contributed to June 30, 1934-------------- 100, 000. 00 Fiscal year ending June 30 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 Cost of new work--..--. ----- ------------------------------------ $97,181.39 $2, 818. 61 Cost of maintenance-....-- ------------ ---------------------------------------- Total expended ____ __------------------ _..-----------.-------- 59, 998.82 40, 001. 18 Contributed.....-----.....-- ------------------------------------------ 100, 000. 00 Balance unexpended July 1, 1933_------------------------- $40, 001. 18. Gross amount expended--- ---------------------- 40, 001. 18 CONSOLIDATED COST AND FIN.ANCIAL SUMMARY FOR EAST ROCKAWAY (DEBS) INLET, N. Y. Cost of new work to June 30, 1934_____ _________-_________ Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1934-----__--__--______-- . _ $513, 302. 65 ..... --- Total cost of permanent work to June 30, 1934__---_____-- - 513, 302. 65 Minus accounts payable June 30, 1934 -- _.--------______-__-- 24, 729. 73- Net total expenditures________________________ 488, 572.92 Unexpended balance June 30, 1934_________________________ 103, 837. 42 Total amount contributed and appropriated to June 30, 1934 ------------------------------------------- 592, 410. 34 Fiscal year ending June 30 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 Cost of new work_..-----------___________--------... $102, 895.01 $410, 407. 64 Cost of maintenance...................... Total expended-............------------------------------------ ------------ 63, 777. 49 424, 795.43 Allotted -------------------------------- ----------------------- 249,823. 91 342, 586. 43 1 Exclusive of available funds. RIVERS AND HARBORS-FIRST NEW YORK, N. Y., DISTRICT 125 Balance unexpended July 1, 1933__--------- --------- $186, 046.42 Amountallotted from War. Department Appropration Act -approved July 14, 1932 - ---- --- .. $265 ,000.00 Amount allotted from War Department Appropriation Act approved Mar. 4, 1933 -- -__-____ 8, 000. 00 Amount allotted from National Industrial Recovery Act approved June 16, 1933______-- ---- _____ 70, 000. 00 343, 000. 00, Amount to be accounted for---------- ____________ 529, 046. 42 Deductions on account of revocation of allotment_--__----------- 413. 57 Net amount to be accounted for ______________________ 528, 632. 85 Gross amount expended_ ______________________ $424, 819. 31 Less reimbursements collected ______--____ ____ 23. 88 424, 795. 43 Balance unexpended June 30, 1934________________________ 103, 837. 42 Outstanding liabilities June 30, 1934--- $400. 23 Amount covered by uncompleted contracts__ 34, 140. 77 34, 541.00, Balance available June 30, 1934 69, 296. 42 Amount (estimated) required to be appropriated for completion of existing project 1______________ ___ 117, 500. 00, 13. JAMAICA BAY, N. Y. Location.-This is an indentation in the south shore of Long Island, the entrance being about 8 miles east of the Narrows, New York Harbor. (See U. S. Coast and Geodetic Survey Chart No. 542.) Previous projects.-Adopted by the acts of June 14 1880, and July 13, 1892. The cost and expenditures amounted to $82,293.81- $79,332.36 for new work and $2,961.45 for maintenance. For further details see page 1770 of Annual Report for 1915. Existing project.-This is a cooperative project for making a gen- eral harbor in Jamaica Bay. It provides for making and maintain- ing an entrance channel 30 feet deep at mean low water and 1,500 feet wide, with widening at bends; a main channel extending from the entrance channel up to the mouth of Cornells Creek, to be 30 feet deep at mean low water and 1,000 feet wide, with widening at bends; and for the protection of the entrance channel by one, or two, riprap jetties, as may be necessary. The prosecution of work to be done at the expense of the United States is to be subject to the conditions specified under local cooperation. Length of section included in the project, 14 miles; mean tidal range, 4.9 feet at Barren Island to 5.1 feet at Canarsie and Hammels; mean range of spring tides, 5.8 and 6.1 feet, respectively; irregular fluctuations due to wind and barometric pressure vary from 4 feet below mean low water up to 3.5 feet above mean high water. Estimated cost to the United States for new work, made in 1919, is $11,806,000. Estimated cost of annual maintenance work, made in 1919, in entrance channel, $160,000; in main channel, $100,000; total, $260,000, all exclusive of amounts expended on previous projects (Rivers and Harbors Committee Doc. No. 4, 66th Cong., 2d sess.). 1Exclusive of available funds. 126 REPORT OF CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMY, 1934 The existing project as printed in House Document No. 1488, Sixtieth Congress, second session, was adopted by the River and Harbor Acts of June 25, 1910, and September 22, 1922. The latest published map is in House Document No. 1488, Sixtieth Congress, second session. Local cooperation.-In adopting the enlarged project the River and Harbor Act of September 22, 1922, provided that any fund here- tofore or hereafter appropriated for this improvement may be ap- plied to providing the channel specified in House Document No. 1488, Sixtieth Congress, second session, with a depth of 30 feet at mean low water whenever and to such extent as the city of New York shall construct or provide for the construction of terminals with facilities suitable to channels of that depth. It also provided that the city of New York may be reimbursed for dredging and disposing of the material dredged in the main interior channel at actual cost, which shall not exceed a rate of 10 cents per cubic yard, including any cost of inspection borne by the United States, such reimbursement to include overdepth allowance not exceeding 1 foot. To meet these conditions the city of New York had, up to December 31, 1932, appropriated a total of $14,294,929.11, of which amount $3,254,000 was applied to airport construction. The airport is lo- cated in the vicinity of Barren Island. There had been expended up to December 31, 1932, $14,214,861.26, including $3,173,932.15 for airport construction and with the funds appropriated the city has proceeded as follows: (a) Has secured title to 2,710 acres of upland and land under water located along about 7 miles of the water front of Jamaica Bay between Barren Island and the Long Island Railroad crossing on the north side of the bay at Hamilton Beach; this includes 339 acres which will afford the city an opportunity for constructing a railroad connection from the New York Connecting Railroad to and around the entire Jamaica Bay water front in accordance with a plan adopted by the city authorities June 25. 1925. The city of New York has expended up to December 31, 1932, $5,444,687.49 for acquisition of property along the shores of Jamaica Bay. (b) Has dredged a channel 18 feet deep in Mill Basin at a cost of $66,937. (c) Built a wooden bulkhead platform 400 feet long at the head of Mill Basin at a cost of $63,114. (d) Has expended about $534,700 constructing a reinforced concrete bulk- head platform in Mill Basin extending about 2,700 feet southward from Avenue U. (e) Has extended Flatbush Avenue southward to the water front of Barren Island and inaugurated a ferry service across Rockaway Inlet, connecting Flatbush Avenue with the Rockaways. (f) In cooperation with the president of the Borough of Queens, constructed a boulevard across Jamaica Bay connecting Borough of Queens at Woodhaven with the Rockaways at Holland, thus shortening the previous vehicular route by about 10 miles. A cross-bay channel was excavated in connection with this work, the excavated material being used in constructing the boulevard. Has dredged a channel 18 feet deep, 300 feet wide, and 7,500 feet long in Paerdegat Basin at a cost of $269,921. (g) The construction of a pier at Canarsie suited to vessels requiring a channel 30 feet deep is completed except for the construction of storage sheds and the installation of freight-handling facilities, which are to be of a type adapted to the requirement of the lessee. Contract price, $487,269. Rockaway Parkway, leading to the pier, is being widened to 120 feet. (h) Progress has been made by a committee appointed by the city authorities to make a study of proposed arrangements for interchange of freight between rail and water. RIVERS AND HARBORS-FIRST NEW YORK, N. Y., DISTRICT 127 The main interior channel of 30 feet depth and 1,000 feet width has been dredged from Barren Island to Canarsie Pier, a length of :about 20,000 feet. Repayment to the city of the cost of dredging the main interior channel up to but not exceeding 10 cents per cubic yard, place measurement, including the cost of inspection, is made by the United States. Terminal facilities.-Besides the landings at Barren Island, Can- arsie, and other points built before the improvement was begun and little affected by it, 3,106 linear feet of bulkhead made by the city in Mill Creek Basin are used. The existing facilities are fairly ade- ,quate for the existing commerce, but are wholly inadequate for the commerce anticipated and for which the project was adopted. (For latest full description of terminal facilities see Port Series No. 20, °Corps of Engineers.) Operations and results during fiscal year.-Under a continuing contract for the construction of the east jetty for a length of about :8,400 feet, work commenced March 11, 1931, was completed August .5, 1933. There were placed in the jetty 4,855 tons of stone at a total ,effect cost of $19,149.45 for new work. The cost of a survey to determine of jetty construction was $1,316.58 for new work. The total cost was $20,466.03, all for new work. The total expenditures were !$57,724.42. Condition at end of fiscal year.-The project is about 36 percent completed. The main interior channel has been dredged to a depth ,of 30 feet at mean low water and width of 1,000 feet from Barren Island up to Canarsie, a length of about 18,100 feet; thence up to a point 500 feet east of Fresh Creek Basin, a stretch of about 3,400 feet. it has been dredged to a depth of 18 feet at mean low water and width of 500 feet. The east jetty was completed August 4, 1933, for a total length of about 8,400 feet. The controlling mean low water depth through a navigable channel 500 to 1,000 feet wide from the ocean to Canarsie was about 20 feet, from a survey made in June-July 1932 and June-July 1934. The work remaining to be -done at the expense of the United States to complete the existing project consists in dredging the entrance channel to a depth of 30 feet and width of 1,500 feet, and in building a west jetty, if necessary to maintain a channel of project dimensions, and in dredging the main interior channel to a depth of 30 feet at mean low water and width of 1,000 feet from Canarsie up to the head of the projected improvement at the mouth of Cornell Creek. The city of New York has, at its expense, met the conditions prescribed by Congress in adopting the project to the extent outlined -under Local cooperation. The terminal at Canarsie has been partly completed; highway and railroad connections with this terminal have yet to be made, and facilities for handling cargoes, suited to the kind of freight to be handled by lessees, are to be installed at the time of leasing. Additional terminals suited to vessels requiring a channel of 30 feet depth, with highway and railroad connections, and freight-handling facilities are to be provided by the city of New York in advance of the extension of the channel northward from the pier at Canarsie. 91536--ENG 1934-9 128 REPORT OF CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMY, 1934 The total cost to the United States of the existing project up to June 30, 1934, was $4,280,164.57-$4,227,861.06 for new work and $52,303.51 for maintenance. The total expenditures amounted to $4,279,787.97. Proposed operations.-The balance unexpended at the end of the fiscal year, amounting to $1,390.62, will be applied to, the payment of accounts payable at the end of the fiscal year, amounting to $376.60, and to the cost of contingencies pertaining to. maintenance of the improvement. Further dredging for improvement or maintenance will not be necessary during the next 2 years. Therefore, no additional funds can be profitably expended during the fiscal year ending June 30,. 1936. Cost and financial summary Cost of new work to June 30, 1934_--------------------------- $4, 307, 193. 42 Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1934-------------------------- 55, 264. 96. Total cost of permanent work to June 30, 1934----------- 4, 362, 458. 38 Minus accounts payable June 30, 1934-------------------------- 376. 60 Net total expenditures--- ------------------ --- 4, 362, 081. 78 Unexpended balance June 30, 1934----------------------------- 1, 390. 62 Total amount appropriated to June 30, 1934-------------- 4, 363, 472. 40 Fiscal year ending June 30 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 Cost of new work _------------------ $138, 078. 66 $86, 908. 03 $896, 492. 14 $1, 016, 209. 55 $20, 466. 03. Cost of maintenance ...___ ______-----_ _ ______ 2, 535. 61 542. 07 Total cost- -_............. 138, 078. 66 86, 10S. 03 899, 027. 75 1, 016, 751. 62 20, 466. 03 Total expended -------------------- 358, 677. 14 77, 212. 24 790, 750. 90 1,.097, 110. 27 57, 724. 42 Allotted------------------------- -311, 200. 00 506, 000. 00 -37, 699. 06 1, 036, 675. 49 -2, 097. 84 Balance unexpended July 1, 1933----------------__ $61, 212. 88 Deductions on account of revocation of allotment ---------------- 2, 097. 84 Net amount to be accounted for--------------- -59, 115. 04 Gross amount expended----------------------------$57, 725. 13 Less reimbursements collected ----------------------- . 71 57, 724. 42 Balance unexpended June 30, 1934------------------------ 1, :90. 62 Outstanding liabilities June 30, 1934---------------------------- 376. 60 Balance available June 30, 1934--------------------- 1, 014. 02 Amount (estimated) required to be appropriated for completion of existing project 1----------------------------------- -- , 578, 000. 00 14. NEW YORK HARBOR: AMBROSE, MAIN SHIP, BAYSIDE, AND GED- NEY CHANNELS, INCLUDING ANCHORAGE CHANNEL AND CRAVEN SHOAL, AND CHANNEL BETWEEN STATEN ISLAND AND HOFFMAN AND SWINBURNE ISLANDS, N. Y. Location.The works included under the above title are in the Lower Bay and in the lower part of the Upper Bay, New York Harbor. The Lower Bay is 330 miles southwest by water of Boston 1Exclusive of available funds. RIVERS AND HARBORS-FIRST NEW YORK, N. Y., DISTRICT 129 Harbor, Mass., and 165 miles northeast of the entrance to Delaware Bay, N. J., and Del. The Upper Bay extends southerly from the junction of Hudson and East Rivers opposite the Battery, New York City, a distance of about 51 miles. The Lower Bay extends from the Narrows to the sea, a distance of about 9 miles. (See U. S. Coast and Geodetic Survey Charts Nos. 369 and 541.) Existing project.-This provides for the Ambrose Channel 40 feet deep and 2,000 feet wide, extending from the sea to deep water in the Lower Bay, length about 7.5 miles; for the Anchorage Channel, an extension of Ambrose Channel, with the same depth and width,. in the Upper Bay, opposite the anchorage grounds, length about &35 miles; for the Main Ship-Bayside-Gedney Channel, 30 feet deep and 1,000 feet wide, extending from the sea to deep water in the Lower Bay, length about 101/2 miles; for the removal of Craven Shoal to, a depth of 30 feet; for a channel 16 feet deep, 200 feet wide, and about 12,500 feet long, extending from Bell Buoy 23 to Hoffman and Swinburne Islands. The project depths refer to mean low water. Mean tidal range, 4.7 feet; mean range of spring tides, 5.6 feet; irregular fluctuations due to wind and barometric pressure vary from 4 feet below mean low water up to 4 feet above mean high water. The estimate of cost for new work, revised in 1930, is $8,803,000. The latest (1930) approved estimate for annual cost of maintenance: is $165,000. The existing project was authorized by the following river and harbor acts: The act of July 5, 1884, provided for the Main Ship- Bayside-Gedney Channel, and the dimensions of this channel were fixed by the Secretary of War, December 27, 1886, under authority of the act of August 5, 1886 (A. R. 1887, p. 62, and 1888, p. 63) : the act of March 3, 1899, provided for the Ambrose Channel (H. Doc. No. 159, 55th Cong., 3d sess.) ; the act of June 25, 1910, provided for the maintenance of the entrance channels under one head; the act of August 8, 1917, provided for extending the Ambrose Channel into the Upper Bay opposite the.anchorage grounds (H. Doc. No. 518, 63d Cong., 2d sess.), for the removal of Craven Shoal (H. Doc. No. 557, 64th Cong., 1st sess.), and for the channel to the Quarantine Islands (H. Doc. No. 625, 64th Cong., 1st sess.) ; the act of July 3, 1930, provided for changing the position of the southerly section of Anchorage Channel to give a fairway 2,000 feet wide and 40 feet deep (River and Harbor Committee Doc. No. 18, 71st Cong., 2d sess.). The latest published map of Ambrose Channel is in the Annual Report for 1914, page 1734, and the latest published maps of the other localities in their respective project documents. Recommended modifications of project.-Under date of September 12, 1933, the Chief of Engineers recommended modification of the existing project for New York Harbor so as to provide for dredging the area at the south end of Red Hook Flats 40 feet and 30 feet; dredging the north half of the Jersey Flats to 20 feet and dredging a channel 20 feet deep and 500 feet wide along the New Jersey pier- head line from Kill Van Kull to this anchorage, at an estimated first cost of $3,750,000, with maintenance at $125,000, in addition to that now required (H. Doc. No. 183, 73d Cong., 2d sess.). 130 REPORT OF CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, IT. S. ARMY, 1934 Terminal facilities.-In the harbor (Lower Bay, the Narrows, and the Upper Bay) there are 35 piers, 4 ferry terminals, 4 car-float (railroad) terminal bridges, and various bulkheads and wharves. The Lower Bay is largely undeveloped, having 11 piers and 12 bulk- heads along the shores. At the Narrows, along the Staten Island water front, and along the westerly shore of the Upper Bay from Greenville, N. J., to Ellis Island, terminals are located as follows: On Staten Island there are 23 piers in addition to the United States quarantine station for the Port of New York. The remaining fea- tures are: 1 shipyard and 2 ferry terminals. Along the westerly shore of the Upper Bay (Greenville, N. J., to Ellis Island) there are 4 large railroad freight terminals. One terminal is equipped with facilities for handling ocean-going vessels. The terminals in Buttermilk Channel, Bay Ridge and Red Hook Channels, and Gowanus Creek (see separate reports under respective titles) are reached through New York Harbor. By compact dated April 30, 1921, the States of New York and New Jersey established the Port of New York District, embracing the territory roughly 25 miles in radius around the Statue of Liberty, and created the Port of New York Authority. (For latest full description of terminal facilities see Port Series No. 20, Corps of Engineers.) Operations and results during fiscal year.-The U. S. sea-going dredge Navesink was employed in the Anchorage Channel, dredging to 40 feet, from July 1 to 31, 1933, removing a total of 12,698 cubic yards, bin measurement, of mud and sand, at a cost of $3,081.13 for maintenance. The U. S. sea-going dredge Raritan was employed in Main Ship Channel, dredging to 30 feet, from July 1 to August 31, 1933, re- moving a total of 271,410 cubic yards, bin measurement, of mud and sand, at a cost of $35,946.28 for maintenance. The U. S. sea-going dredges Atlantic and Marshall were employed in Ambrose Channel, dredging to 40 feet, from July 1 to 31, 1933, and from September 17 to 30, 1933, respectively, in removing a total of 296,014 cubic yards, bin measurement, of mud and sand, at a cost of $24,498.88 for maintenance. The U. S. sea-going dredge Marshall was employed in Bayside Channel, dredging to 30 feet from March 7 to 18, 1934, removing a total of 50,065 cubic yards, bin measurement, of mud and sand, at a cost of $7,639.29 for maintenance. The total cost of all work was $71,165.58, all for maintenance. The total expenditures were minus $177,303.73. Condition at end of fiscal year.-The project has been considered completed since 1932; the channel between Staten Island, Hoffman, and Swinburne Islands at its southern limits for a length of 300 feet was not improved because deemed unnecessary. Main Ship-Bayside- Gedney Channel was completed in 1891; the depth was increased from its original depth of 23.7 feet to the project depth of 30 feet at mean low water. The cost of new work amounted to $1,579,985.65, including $116,530 applied to removing wrecks and a sunken rock, authorized by acts of July 25, 1868, and January 8, 1873. Subsequent RIVERS AND HARBORS-FIRST NEW YORK, N. Y., DISTRICT 131 to the completion of the channels in 1891, up to June 30, 1928, the net cost of maintaining the entrance channels was $1,893,028.56. Ambrose Channel was completed in 1914; it was increased in depth from its original depth of 16 feet to the project depth of 40 feet at mean low water. The estimated cost of this improvement was $6,688,000; it was completed at a gross cost of $5,190,507.08, including the cost of building dredges specially designed for the work. Anchorage Channel has been completed to 40 feet depth at mean low water. -Dredging made necessary in this locality by a relocation, moving the channel to the eastward, authorized in the River and Harbor Act of July 3, 1930, was completed in 1932. The channel between Staten Island and Hoffman and Swinburne Islands was completed in 1920 to project dimensions up to within 300 feet of the southern limits of the project. The dredged channel now meets all the demands of navigation, therefore further work of improvement is not contemplated for the present. As shown by an examination made during June 1932, December 1933, and April 1934, shoals at and near the junction of Bayside- Gedney Channels have reduced the width of the channel of project depth to about 600 feet. The controlling depths for the full width of the several channels at mean low water are as follows: Ambrose Channel, 40 feet; Main Ship, 27 feet; Bayside-Gedney Channel, 26 feet from an examina- tion made during June-September 1932; Anchorage Channel (June- July 1932), 40 feet; Craven Shoal (January 1932), 30 feet; channel between Staten Island and Hoffman and Swinburne Islands (Janu- ary 1932), 15 feet to Hoffman Island; thence to Swinburne Island, 12 feet. In the table following are shown the cost of prosecuting work in each of the channels included in the project, and the total cost of the project up to June 30, 1934. Appropriations for- New work Maintenance Total Ambrose Channel--...---........ ..--------------------------. $3, 853, 184. 01 $50, 464. 70 $3, 903, 648. 71 Total for Ambrose Channel----------------------3, 853, 184. 01 50, 464. 70 3, 903, 648. 71 Maintenance, including Ambrose Channel, Main Ship- Bayside-Gedney Channel, Anchorage Channel, and Craven Shoal ----------------------------------------------------- 2, 151, 941.04 2,151, 941.04 Main Ship-Bayside-Gedney Channel___-------------------- 1, 579, 985. 65 -__ _ 1, 579, 985. 65 Anchorage Channel.... ..... ...--------------------------------- 1, 762, 796. 93 -_ _ 1, 762, 796.93 Craven Shoal. ________------------------------- 138, 471. 53 -_ 138, 471. 53 Total for maintenance of Entrance Channel 3, 481, 254. 11 ..---------- 2, 151, 941. 04 5, 633, 195. 15 Channel between Staten Island and Hoffman and Swin- burne Islands..__-.. ____ --------- ___--___ _- 129, 337. 05 2, 162. 95 131, 500. 0& Total-----------....... ---------------------------- 7, 463, 775.17 2, 204, 568. 69 9, 668, 343. 86 The total expenditures up to June 30, 1934, amounted to $11,280,178.45. Proposed operations.-The balance unexpended, including ac- counts receivable, amounting to $699,503.45, will be applied as follows: 132 REPORT OF CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMY, 1934 Accounts payable June 30, 1934--------------------------------- $3, 372. 55 Maintenance: Operate 1 United States sea-going dredge for 2 months (May and June 1935) in removing shoals near the junction of Bay- side and Main Ship Channels----------------------------- 40, 000. 00 Operate 1 United States seagoing dredge for a total of 2 dredge months during the period March-June 1935, in Main Ship Channel near the junction with Ambrose Channel 40, 000. 00 Operate 1 United States sea-going dredge in Anchorage Chan- nel near junctions with Bay Ridge Channel and Buttermilk Channel for a total of 4 dredge months during the period February-June 1935 ------------------------------------- 85, 482. 71 Operating fund for dredges -------------------------------- 530, 648. 19 Total 503. 45 6------------------------------ The full project dimensions should be maintained in the entrance channels. Therefore, the sum of $165,000 can be profitably expended on this work durng the fiscal year ending June 30, 1936, in the operation of one United States sea-going dredge about 8 months in the entrance channels (July 1935 to February 1936). Cost and financial summary Cost of new work to June 30, 1934---------------------------_ $7, 463, 775. 17 Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1934----------------------- 22,204, 568. 09 Total cost of permanent work to June 30, 1934----------- 9, 668, 343. 80 Value of plant, materials, etc., on hand June 30, 1934----------- , 554, 744. 38 Net total cost to June 30, 1934-----------------------11, 223, 088. 24 Plus accounts receivable June 30, 1934------------------------ 101, 611. 71 Gross total costs to June 30, 1934---------------------- 11, 324, 699. 95 Minus accounts payable June 30, 1934------------------------- 44, 521. 50 Net total expenditures---------------------------- 11, 280, 178. 45 Unexpended balance June 30, 1934_------------------- 597, 891. 74 Total amount appropriated to June 30, 1934-------------- 11, 878, 070. 19 Fiscal rear ending June 30 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 Cost of new work ------ ----------------- - ___ $104, 952. 16 $221, 821. 61 $2, 826. 74 Cost of maintenance ------------ - -- $128, 639. 03 53, 371. 89 2, 998. 59 57, 733.91 $71, 165. 58 Total cost ____ _.. . ....------ - 128, 639. 03 158, 324. 05 224, 820. 20 60, 560. 65 71, 165. 58 Total expended___------------------- 51, 110. 35 231, 199. 51 398, 232. 36 6, 531. 95 -177, 303. 73 Allotted..._---------- 233, 200. 00 ...---------------- 415, 000. 00 -186, 630. 00 58, 553. 35 71, 073. 24 Balance unexpended July 1, 1933_ -- - -- -___ $349, 514. 77 Amount allotted from War Department Appropriation Act approved Apr. 26, 1934------------------- $165, 00. 00 Amount allotted from War Department Appropriation Act approved Apr. 15, 1926---------------------- 23, 080. 71 Amount allotted from War Department Appropriation Act approved March 4, 1933---------------------- 37,000. 00 225, 080. 71 Amount to be accounted for----------------------------------- 574, 595. 48 Deductions on account of revocation of allotment----------------154, 007. 47 Net amount to be accounted for_-------- 420, 588. 01 1 After deducting $47.69 to adjust amount reported in 1933 Annual Report. 2After adding $15,144.76 to adjust amount reported in 1933 Annual Report. RIVERS AND HARBORS-FIRST NEW YORK, N. Y., DISTRICT 133 Gross amount expended-____ch_______ $843, 725. 36 Less: Reimbursements collected -_-_- $1, 019, 858. 53 Receipts from sales------------ 1, 170. 56 1, 021, 029. 00 -$177, 303. 73 Balance unexpended June 30, 1934_ 597, 891. 74 ,Outstanding liabilities June 30, 1934--------------------------- 100, 600. 95 Balance available June 30, 1934___ - 497, 290. 79 Accounts receivable June 30, 1934-------------------------- 101, 611. 71 Unobligated balance available June 30, 1934___ -- 598, 902. 50 Amount that can be profitably expended in fiscal year ending 1 June 30, 1936, for maintenance 165, 000. 00 15. CONEY ISLAND CHANNEL, N. Y. Location.-This channel is situated in New York Harbor, Lower Bay, about 9 miles south of the Battery, New York City. The channel is shown on United States Coast and Geodetic Survey Chart No. 369, but it is not named. Existing project.-This provides for a channel 600 feet wide and 20 feet deep at mean low water, and 7,000 feet long between 20-foot contours. Mean tidal range, 4.7 feet; mean range of spring tides, 5.6 feet; irregular fluctuations due to wind and barometric pressure vary from 4 feet below mean low water up to 4 feet above mean high water. The estimate of cost for new work, made in 1906, is $168,300. The latest (1928) approved estimate for annual cost of maintenance is $12,000. The existing project was adopted by the River and Harbor Act of March 2, 1907 (H. Doc. No. 442, 59th Cong., 2d sess.). The latest published map is in the project document. Terminal facilities.-There is a privately owned pier built out from the Coney Island shore for summer passenger travel; it does not extend to the channel. It is sufficient for this use. Commer- cially the channel is part of the water route between New York Har- bor and Jamaica Bay and points east along the southern shore of Long Island. (For further details see Port Series No. 20, Corps of Engineers.) Operations and results during fiscal year.-The U. S. sea-going dredge Marshallwas employed in Coney Island Channel, dredging to %0feet, from August 7 to September 16, 1933, removing a total of 128,336 cubic yards, bin measurement, of sand, at a total cost and (expenditure of $21,845.21, all for maintenance. Condition at end of fiscal year.-The project is about 66 percent completed. The channel in its western end was dredged in 1913 to a depth of 20 feet at man low water and width of 400 to 600 feet; no work has been done on the shoal in its eastern end. When ex- amined in October 1932, project depth existed for the entire length of the project through a channel varying in width from 250 to 600 feet. The work remaining to be done consists in increasing the channel to its full project width, but it is not contemplated to under- take this work for the present. The total costs and expenditures to June 30, 1934, were $307,844.87-$111,371.21 for new work and $196,473.66 for maintenance. 1Exclusve of available funds. 134 REPORT OF CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMY, 1934 Proposed operations. No funds are available and no operations, are contemplated during the fiscal years 1935 and 1936. Cost and financial sunvmary Cost of new work to June 30, 1934----------------------------- $111, 371. 21 Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1934----------------------_ _ 196, 473. 66 Total cost of permanent work to June 30, 1934------------- 307, 844. 87 Net total expenditures ----------------------------------------- 307, 844. 87 Total amount appropriated to June 30, 1934-.... 307, 844. 87 Fiscal year ending June 30 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 Cost of new work___ Cost of maintenance ------------------$79, 634. 08 $38, 458. 39 $402. 14 $1, 885. 09 $21, 845. 21 Total expended------------------------- 64,879. 05 55, 128. 16 257. 85 2, 069. 00 21, 845. 21 Allotted.........------------------------98, 200. 00 22, 500. 00 _.-------- -22, 000. 34 21, 845. 21 Amount allotted from War Department Appropriation Act, Feb. 23, 1931---------------------------------------------------------$946. 01 Amount allotted from War Department Appropriation Act approved Mar. 4, 1933------------------------------------------------ 20, 900.00 Amount to be accounted for------------------------------ 21, 846. 01 Deductions on account of revocation of allotment--------------- .80 Net amount to be accounted for___-- 21, 845.21 Gross amount expended_____________________________ 21, 845. 21 Amount (estimated) required to be appropriated for completion of existing project --------------------------------------------- 56, 000. 00 16. BAY RIDGE AND RED HOOK CHANNELS, N. Y. Location.-These channels lie along the east shore of the Upper Bay, New York Harbor, and, with Buttermilk Channel, form an easterly channel along the Brooklyn water front from the Narrows to East River. (See U. S. Coast and Geodetic Survey Chart No. 541.) Previous projects.-Adopted by acts of March 3, 1881, August 11, 1888, September 19, 1890, August 18, 1894, and June 3, 1896. The total cost and expenditure amounted to $1,246,100. For further details see page 1768 of Annual Report for 1915. Existing project.-This provides for a channel 1,200 feet wide and 40 feet deep at mean low water from the Narrows to Bay Ridge, Avenue, Brooklyn, thence 1,750 feet wide to the junction of Bay Ridge and Red Hook Channels, thence 1,200 feet wide through Red Hook Channel to the junction with Buttermilk Channel, and from the junction of Bay Ridge Channel with Red Hook Channel nar- rowing uniformly in width to about 500 feet wide off Twenty-eighth Street, Brooklyn. Length of section included in the project, 41/2: miles. Mean tidal range, 4.7 feet; mean range of spring tides, 5.6 feet; irregular fluctuations due to wind and barometric pressure vary from 4 feet below mean low water up to 4 feet above mean high water. RIVERS AND HARBORS-FIRST NEW YORK, N. Y., DISTRICT 135 The estimate of cost for new work, revised in 1930, is $4,609,000, exclusive of amounts expended on previous projects. The latest (1930) approved estimate for annual cost of maintenance is $150,000. This project was adopted in specific terms by River and Harbor Act of March 3, 1899, no prior estimates for channels of these dimen- sions having been published. A report upon a survey of these chan- nels showing the depths in 1897 was printed on page 1177 of the Annual Report for 1897 and in House Document No. 337, Fifty- fourth Congress, second session, with map. The River and Harbor Act of 1907 authorized prosecution of the work so as to obtain, first, a 'depth of 35 feet, subsequently increasing the depth to 40 feet for the full width, in accordance with the project of 1899; this permitted a change in the order of the work without a change in the project. The River and Harbor Act of July 3, 1930, provided for the widening &ofBay Ridge Channel to 1,750 feet (Rivers and Harbors Committee -Doc. No. 44, 71st Cong., 2d sess., this document containing the latest published map). Terminal facilities.-There are 76 piers and bulkheads used by shipping interests along the water front of these channels. The terminal facilities occupy practically all of the available wharf room along the water front, and they are mostly of modern equipment. (For latest full description of terminal facilities see Port Series No. :20, Corps of Engineers.) OPERATIONS AND RESULTS DURING FISCAL YEAR Regular funds.-The U. S. sea-going dredges Navesink and At- lantic were employed during the period July 1 to September 30, 1933; and the U. S. sea-going dredges Marshall, Raritan, and At- .lantic were employed during the period March 19 to June 12, 1934, in dredging Bay Ridge Channel to 40 feet, removing a total of 599,754 cubic yards, bin measurement, of material, at a total cost of $104,681.25 for maintenance. The cost of surveys and contingencies was $6,129.54--$767.95 for ,new work and $5,361.59 for maintenance. The total cost was $110,810.79-$767.95 for new work and $110,- 042.84 for maintenance. The expenditures were $125,198.24. Public Works funds.-The U. S. sea-going dredges Atlantic and Raritan were employed during the period October 1 to December 16, 1933, in widening Bay Ridge Channel, removing a total of 409,256 cubic yards, bin measurement, of material, at a cost and expenditure of $64,559.68 for new work. The total cost, all funds, was $175,370.47-$65,327.63 for new work and $110,042.84 for maintenance. The total expenditures were $189,757.92. Condition at end of fiscal year.-The existing project is 85 percent completed. Red Hook Channel has been dredged to project depth and width for a length of 3,000 feet northward from its junction with Bay Ridge Channel and thence 1,000 feet wide and from 38 to 40 feet deep at mean low water a farther distance of 3,500 feet. About 72 percent of the work of widening Bay Ridge Channel to 1,750 feet from Bay Ridge Avenue to its junction with Red Hook Channel has been completed. The controlling mean low-water depths as shown by examinations made in July to September 1933, 136 REPORT OF CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMIY, 19.34 December 1933 to January 1934, and July to August 1934, are as follows: In Bay Ridge Channel from deep water in the Narrows, along the Brooklyn waterfront from Ninety-first Street to Fifty- ninth Street, through a navigable channel varying in width from 200 to 1,400 feet, 40 feet deep; to Thirty-ninth Street through a channel 1,200 feet wide, thence to Twenty-eighth Street, through a channel 500 feet wide, 35 feet. In Red Hook Channel, from its junction with Bay Ridge Channel to its junction with Buttermilk Channel through a channel varying in width from 200 to 1,200 feet, it is 32 feet, as shown by an examination made in July 1934. To complete the project, about 3,500 feet in length of the upper portion of Red Hook Channel is to be widened from the width of 1,000 feet secured in the first dredging to the project width of 1,200 feet, and complete the widening of Bay Ridge Channel to 1,750 feet from, opposite Bay Ridge Avenue to its junction with Red Hook Channel. The total cost to June 30, 1934, was $5,438,336.62-$3,864,136.56 for new work and $1,574,200.06 for maintenance. The total expenditures amounted to $5,437,122.78. With Public Works funds the widening to 1,750 feet from Bay Ridge Avenue to the junction with Red Hook Channel, authorized by act approved July 3, 1930, previously commenced, has been con- tinued. It is about 72 percent completed. The costs and expendi- tures were $64,559.68 for new work. The total cost, all funds, was $5,502,896.30-$3,928,696.24 for new work and $1,574,200.06 for maintenance. The total expenditures were $5,501,682.46. Proposed operations.-The balance unexpended, including ac- counts receivable, at the end of the fiscal year, amounting to $204,- 576.21, will be applied as follows: Accounts payable June 30, 1934--------------------------------- $1, 698. 08 Maintenance: Operate 2 United States sea-going dredges for a total of 10 dredge-months (November 1934 to June 1935)-----------202, 878. 15 Total------------------------------------------------- 204, 576. 21 The balance unexpended at the end of the fiscal year of allotment from the National Industrial Recovery Act of 1933, amounting to $110,440.32, will be applied to operation of one United States sea- going dredge to complete the widening in Bay Ridge Channel along the west side of the existing channel from Bay Ridge, Brooklyn, to the junction of Bay Ridge and Red Hook Channels during the period, September to December 1934. The dredging for maintenance will partially restore Bay Ridge- and Red Hook Channels where previously dredged to project depth. The dredging for improvement will complete about 80 percent of the widening of Bay Ridge Channel authorized by the act of July 3,1930. It is believed that further work of improvement to complete Red Hook Channel will not be required during the next 2 years. Main- tenance dredging will be necessary in Bay Ridge Channel and in parts of Red Hook Channel. The sum of $150,000 can be profitably expended during the fiscal year ending June 30, 1936, in maintenance dredging by the operation of one United States seagoing dredge for RIVERS AND: HARBORS-FIRST NEW YORK, N. Y., DISTRICT 137 10 months (July 1934 to April 1935). This dredging should restore Bay Ridge and Red Hook Channels where previously dredged to project dimensions. Cost and financial summary MAINTENANCE AND IMPROVEMENT FUNDS Cost of new work to June 30, 1934________________________ $5, 110, 236. 56 Cost of maintenance to June 30, 19341____________- - - _ 1, 574, 200. 06 Total cost of permanent work to June 30, 1934_ ______- 6, 684, 436. 62 -- Plus accounts receivable June 30, 1934__________ __ 484. 22 Gross total costs to June 30, 1934____________ 6, 684, 920. 84 Minus accounts payable June 30, 19.34 _______________1__ -___ 1, 698. 06 Net total expenditures _6__________----___----- 6, 683, 222. 78 Unexpended balance June 30, 1934__ 204, 091. 99 Total amount appropriated to June 30, 1934 _______ __- 6, 887, 314. 77 Fiscal year ending June 30 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 Cost of new work ._____-____ -___--.... -$110, 810. 51 $441,400. 02 $212, 259. 50 $767. 95 Cost of maintenance--...-_ _..-. $278, 025. 66 245, 146. 70 70. 63 70, 151. 56 110, 042. 84 Total cost ........... ..--------------- 278, 025. 66 355, 957. 21 441, 470. 65 282, 411.06 110, 810. 79 Total expended---............._. 286, 057. 72 318, 788. 46 473, 442. 54 294, 539. 53 125, 198. 24 Allotted --....--------------.--. 397, 500. 00 384, 000. 00 171, 200. 00 299, 670. 34 286, 729. 48 Balance unexpended July 1, 1933_________________________ _ $42, 560. 75 Amount allotted from War Department Appropriation Act approved Apr. 26, 1934_____________________ $200, 000. 00 Amount allotted from War Department Appropriation Act approved Mar. 4, 1933 _______- _________-- - 127, 000. 00 327, 000. 00 Amount to be accounted for________--________ - _ 369, 560. 75 Deduction on account of revocation of allotment ----- _______ 40, 270. 52 Net amount to be. accounted for-----------------------329, 290.23 Gross amount expended_-... ____ _ -159, 905. 75 -__________ Less reimbursements collected 34, 707. 51 125, 198. 24 Balance unexpended June 30, 1934______________________ 204, 091. 99 Outstanding liabilities June 30, 1934 ____________________ __ 1, 698. 06 Balance available June 30, 1934__________________--_ 202, 393.93 Accounts receivable June 30, 1934______________-____ - - -____-_ 484. 22 Unobligated balance available June 30, 1934______________ 202, 878. 15 Amount (estimated) required to be appropriated for completion of existing project 1________________ 589, 800. 00 Amount that can be profitably expended in fiscal year ending June 1 30, 1936, for maintenance __ ______1----------------50, 000.00 1Exclusive of available funds. 138 REPORT OF CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMY, 1934 PUBLIC WORKS FUNDS Cost of new work to June 30, 1934 _______________________________ $64, 559. 68 ,Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1934 Total cost of permanent work to June 30, 1934___________ __ 64, 559. 68 Net total expenditures ----------------------------------------- 64, 559. 68 Jnexpended balance June 30, 1934_______________________________ 110, 440. 32 Total amount appropriated to June 30, 1934_______________175, 000. 00 Fiscal year ending June 30 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 Cost of new work _---------------___ ------.---------. ---. --------.-- $64, 559. 68 Cost of maintenance------------------------------------ Total expended---------- ------------ ------------------------------ 64, 559. 68 Allotted_ - - -- ____ ______ _______ ______ ____ 175, 000. 00 Amount allotted from National Industrial Recovery Act approved June 16, 1933- ___ $175, 000. 00 Gross amount expended___ --- $79, 174.84 Less reimbursements collected- -- 14, 615. 16 64, 559. 68 Balance unexpended June 30, 1934 110, 440. 32 CONSOLIDATED COST AND FINANCIAL SUM MARY FOR BAY RIDGE AND RED HOOK CHANNELS, N. Y. Cost of new work to June 30, 1934----------------------------$5,174, 796. 24 Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1934 -- ----- 1, 574, 200.06 Total cost of permanent work to June 30, 1934__- ---- 6, 748, 996. 30 Plus accounts receivable June 30, 1934---- 484. 22 Gross total costs to June 30, 1934_- 6, 749, 480. 52 Minus accounts payable June 30, 1934 , 698. 06 1------------------------ Net total expenditures-_ - 6, 747, 782. 46 Unexpended balance June 30, 1934 ---- - 314, 532. 31 Total amount appropriated to June 30, 1934______________ 7, 062, 314. 77 Fiscal year ending June 30 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 Cost of new work__ ______________ $110,810.51 $441, 400. 02 $212, 259. 50 $65, 327. 63 Cost of maintenance_ ..-- -_- - $278, 025. 66 245, 146. 70 70. 63 70, 151. 56 110, 042. 84 Total cost_------------ 278, 025. 66 355, 957. 21 441, 470. 65 282, 411. 06 175, 370. 47 Total expended .. _----_ --- 286, 057. 72 318, 788. 46 473, 442. 54 294, 539. 53 189, 757. 92 Allotted------------- . -------- 397, 500. 00 384, 000. 00 171, 200. 00 299, 670. 34 461, 729.48 Balance unexpended July 1, 1933__________ __________________ $42, 560. 75 Amount allotted from War Department appropriation act, approved Apr. 26, 1934----------------------------- $200,000 Amount allotted from War Department appropriation act, approved Mar. 4, 1933 27, 000 1------------------------------- Amount alloted from National Industrial Recovery Act, approved June 16, 1933------------------------------ 175, 000 502, 000. 00 Amount to be accounted for_ __------------- 544, 560. 75 Deductions on account of revocation of allotment --------------- 40, 270. 52 Net amount to be accounted for_ ___---- ----------------- 504, 290. 23 RIVERS AND HARBORS-FIRST NEW YORK, N. Y., DISTRICT 139 Gross amount expended --------------------------- $239, 080. 59 Less reimbursements collected---------------------- 49, 322. 67 $189, 757. 92 Balance unexpended June 30, 1934-------------------------314, 532. 31 Outstanding liabilities June 30, 1934----- ---------------- ---- 1 1, 698. 06 Balance available June 30, 1934--------------------------- 312, 834. 25 Accounts receivable June 30, 1934 ......--- 484. 22 Unobl gated balance available June 30, 1934---------------- 313, 318.47 Amount ( estimated) required to be appropriated for completion 1 ---- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -- - of existing project 589, 800. 00 Amount that can be profitably expended in fiscal year ending June 30, 1936, for maintenance 1___________________________________ 150, 000. 00) 17. BUTTERMLK CHANNEL, N. Y. Location.-This channel connects deep water in the Upper Bay, New York Harbor, southwest of Governors Island, with deep water in East River northeast of Governors Island, and with Bay Ridge and Red Hook Channels forms an easterly channel along the Brook- lyn water front from the Narrows tb East River. It lies between Governors Island and Brooklyn Borough, New York City. (See U. S. Coast and Geodetic Survey Charts Nos. 541 and 745.) Previous projects.-Adopted by the acts of June 14, 1880, July 13, 1892, and June 3, 1896. The total cost and expenditures were $496,250. For further details see page 206, Annual Report for 1932. Existing project.-This provides for a channel 1,200 feet wide and not less than 30 feet deep at mean low water, connecting deep water in the Upper Bay southwest of Governors Island with deep water in the East River northeast of Governors Island. Length of section included in the project, 21/4 miles. Mean tidal range, 4.5 feet; mean range of spring tides, 5.5 feet; irregular fluctuations due to wind and barometric pressure vary from 4 feet below mean low water up to 4 feet above mean high water. The estimated cost of new work for a channel 40 feet deep and 1,200 feet wide revised in 1933 is $2,200,000, exclusive of amounts expended on previous projects. The latest (1927) approved estimate for annual cost of maintenance is $20,000. This project was adopted by the River and Harbor Act of June 13, 1902 (H. Doc. No. 122, 56th Cong., 2d sess.). For latest published map see House Document No. 44, Sixty-third Congress, first session. Terminal facilities.-There are 37 terminals with a length of 36,253 feet of available dockage, comprising 24 open-pile piers, 4 crib and concrete bulkheads, 3 open-pile wharves, 4 railroad float bridges, and 2 timber ferry racks. (For latest full description of terminal facilities see Port Series No. 20, Corps of Engineers.) OPERATIONS AND RESULTS DURING FISCAL YEAR Regular funds.-Under a contract for dredging to a depth of 40 feet, work commenced February 15, 1933, was in progress at the end of the fiscal year 1934. The material removed during the fiscal year was 1,123,278 cubic yards, place measurement, at a cost of $218,- 647.17 for new work. The contract is about 76 percent completed. 1 Exclusive of available funds. 140 REPORT OF CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMY, 1934 Under a contract for work of deepening an area to a depth of 40 feet, trenching for and relaying cables and water mains, work comn- menced June 27, 1933, was completed February 8, 1934. There were removed 111,888 cubic yards, place measurement of all material at a cost of $45,166.82 for new work. The cost of removing and relay- ling the cables and water mains and for backfilling was $97,537.91 lor new work. The cost of preliminary surveys preparatory to operations under the above contracts was $3,989.62. The total cost of all work, including an adjustment of minus $1,555.24 for survey costs transferred to costs under Public Works funds, was $363,786.28 for new work. The expenditures were $355,754.50. Public TVorks funds.-Under a contract for dredging and rock removal for a widened entrance at the junction of Buttermilk Chan- nel with East River, work was commenced October 25, 1933, and completed May 29, 1934. There were removed 6,335 cubic yards of rock and 27,572 cubic yards of other material, place measurement, at a cost of $119,328.83 for new work. The cost of surveys and contingencies was $2,722.41 for new work. The total cost of work was $122,051.24, all for new work. The expenditures were $119,636.26. The total cost, all funds, was $485,837.52 for new work. The total expenditures were $475,390.76. Condition at end of fiscal year.-The project is about 32 percent completed. When examined in April 1933, to June 1934, the con- trolling mean low-water depth was 40 feet through a channel 500 feet wide from deep water at southerly entrance from Anchorage Channel to the junction of Buttermilk Channel with East River, except for the middle stretch of about 3,000 feet where it is 30 feet. The westerly 700-foot width is about 20 feet deep for the full length of the channel except along the westerly channel line opposite Atlan- tic Basin and adjacent to Governors Island where it is 10 feet deep and less. The work of deepening the channel to 40 feet at mean low water for a width of 500 feet from Anchorage Channel to East River is about 90 percent completed. The work remaining to be done to complete the project consists in increasing the depth of the chan- nel to 40 feet at mean low water, with project width of 1,200 feet by dredging and rock removal. The total costs have been $750,101.61- $589.213.04 for new work and $160,888.57 for maintenance. The ex- penditures were $710,751.89, all regular funds. With Public Works funds the 500-foot channel has been widened at the junction with East River. The total cost was $122,051.24 for new work. The expenditures were $119,636.26. The total cost of all work to June 30, 1934, was $872,152.85- $711,264.28 for new work and $160,888.57 for maintenance. The total expenditures were $830,388.15. Proposed operations.-The balance unexpended at the end of the fiscal year, amounting to $149,114.69, will be applied as follows: Accounts payable June 30, 1934_ ______--------------------------- $39, 349.72 New work, complete by Nov. 30, 1934, under a contract in force, dredging a channel 500 feet wide from the Upper Bay to East River- - - - - - ___-___ -_-- - __ -- 109,764.97 Total _----------------- -_-- _149,114. 69 RIVERS AND HARBORS-FIRST NEW YORK, N. Y., DISTRICT 141 The balance unexpended at the end of the fiscal year, amounting to $11,363.74, of allotment from the National Industrial Recovery Act of 1933, will be applied as follows: Accounts payable June 30, 1934--------------------------------$2, 414.98 Balance remaining ------------------------------------ 8,948. 76 Total ----------------------------------- ___ 11, 363.74 Further widening beyond the 500-foot width is not considered necessary in the next 2 years. The channel already deepened should be maintained. Therefore, the sum of $20,000 can be profitably expended in this work during the fiscal year ending June 30, 1936, 'by the operation of one United States seagoing dredge for 1 month to remove a shoal near the junction with Anchorage Channel. Cost and financial summary MAINTENANCE AND IMPROVEMENT FUNDS bridge on:the Port Arthur-Sabine road and .are,constructing another highway bridge west of the Mud Bayou railroad bridge. Local interests have been requested to secure rights-of-way and dumping grounds as needed from the Galveston-Brazoria County line to Corpus Christi, Tex. The controlling depth in completed sections of the waterway was 8 feet on June 30, 1934. The total cost of the existing project to the end of the fiscal year was $1,646,669.58, of which $1,230.233.16 was for new work and $26,449.64 for maintenance, from maintenance and improvement funds, and $389,986.78 for new work from Public Works funds. The total expenditures were $1.588,115.66, of which $835,728.11 were Public Works funds. Maintenance (previous projects).-The controlling depths in the 5 by 40 foot waterway on June 30, 1934, were as follows: West Galveston Bay and Brazos Canal, Tex., 4.5 feet below mean low Gulf level over a bottom width of 40 feet. RIVERS AND HARBORS-GALVESTON, TEX., DISTRICT 661 Channel between Brazos River and Matagorda Bay, 2.5 feet below mean low Gulf level over a bottom width of 40 feet. Channel from Pass Cavallo to Aransas Pass, 3 feet below mean low Gulf level over a bottom width of 40 feet. The costs and expenditures on the 5 by 40 foot waterway are in- cluded in the costs and expenditures given in paragraph " Previous projects." Proposed operations.-The balance unexpended and accounts re- ceivable at the end of the year, amounting to $94,479.83, will be applied as follows: Accounts payable June 30, 1934----------------- _ $6, 151. 58 Maintenance (existing project) : Complete contract for furnishing plans and specifications and supervision as requested for railroad bridge at Mud Bayou near High Island, Tex. (July and August 1934) --------------------- $450. 00 Dredging where necessary with Govern- ment contract or leased plant from Sabine River to Galveston-Brazoria County line (July 1934 to June 1935)__ 74, 800. 00 Total for existing project $75, 250. 00 Maintenance (previous projects) : .Complete contract for dredging between Brazos River and Matagorda Bay (July and August 1934) ------- 11, 578. 25 Maintenance and operation of two log booms (July 1934 to June 1935) --- _--- 1, 500. 00 Total for previous projects------------------ 13, 078. 25 Total for maintenance-------------------------------- 88, 328. 25 Total----------------------------------------- 94, 479. 83 The balance unexpended and accounts receivable at the end of the year from allotment made from the National Industrial Recovery Act of June 16, 1933, amounting to $117,003.06, will be applied as follows : Accounts payable June 30, 1934_-------------------------------- $54, 880. 01 Complete construction of the Mud Bayou railroad bgdge by contract (July and,ugust .1934) _-$37 123. 05 Complete contract for placing emnbankment at steel sheet pile and stone dike near Port Bolivar, Tex. (July and August 1934) --------------- 25, 000. 00 62, 123. 05 Total---------------- ----------- 117, 003. 06 The additional sum of $350,000 can be profitably expended during the fiscal year 1936 as follows: Maintenance (existing project) : Dredging the waterway where nec- essary from Sabine River to Freeport, Tex., by leased, contract, or Government plant (July 1, 1935, to June 30, 1936)------------ $265, 000 Maintenance (previous project) : Dredging channel where necessary from Freeport, Tex., to Aransas Pass (July 1, 1935, to June 30, 1936)----- $60, 000 Dredging bar at mouth of Colorado River by contract or leased plant (July and August 1935)----------- 25, 000 85,000 Total .---------------- 350, 000 662 REPORT OF CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMY, 1934 Cost and financial sumctmary MAINTENANCE AND IMPROVEMENT FUNDS Cost of new work to June 30, 1934------------------------- $1, 764, 394. 86 Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1934 480, 332. 27 1--------------------------, Total cost of permanent work to June 30, 1934 ---------- 3, 244, 727. 13 Value of plant, materials, etc., on hand June 30, 1934 91. 55 Net total cost to June 30, 1934----------------------- 3, 244, 818. 68 Plus accounts receivable to June 30, 1934 -------------------- 192. 02 Gross total costs to June 30, 1934-------------------3, 245, 010. 70 Minus accounts payable June 30, 1934------------------ , 151. 5 6------ Net total expenditures-------------------------------- 3, 238, 859. 12 Unexpended balance June 30, 1934__---------- 94, 287. 81 Total amount appropriated to June 30, 1934------------ 3, 333, 146. 093 Fiscal year ending 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 June 30 Cost of new work ..... $6, 556. 81 $67, 994. 66 $441, 753. 30 $526, 934. 38 $103, 627. 29 Cost of maintenance___ 86, 151. 61 128, 305. 69 81, 956. 05 51, 877. 76 95, 096. 43 Total cost_...... 92, 708. 42 196, 300. 35 523, 709. 35 578, 812. 14 198, 723. 72 Total expended ------- 97, 884. 06 204, 886. 13 350, 600. 29 604, 132. 81 216, 666. 56 Allotted _---- --- 1, 139, 000. 00 -280, 500. 00 -1, 115, 014. 57 692, 041. 09 -137, 161. 08 Balance unexpended July 1, 1933------------------------------ $448, 115. 45 Amount allotted from War Department Appropriation :Act approved Apr. 26, 1934----------------------$64, 000. 00 Amount allotted from War Department Appropriation Act approved Mar. 4, 1933------------------------ 30, 000. 00 94, 000. 00 Amount to be accounted for ___ 542, 115. 45 Deductions on account of revocation of allotment--------------- 231, 161. 08 Net amount to be accounted for---------------------- 310, 954. 37 Gross amount expended---------------------------219, 471. 33 Less reimbursements collected------------------- 2, 804. 77 216, 666. 56 Balance unexpended June 30, 1934------------ 94, 287. 81 Outstanding liabilities June 30, 19384.............. 6, 207. 68 Amount covered by uncompleted contracts----------- 358. 81 6, 566. 49 Balance available June 30, 1934_----------------------_ ---- 7, 721. 32 Accounts receivable June 30, 1934______ 192. 02 Unobligated balance available June 30, 1934------------- 87, 913. 34 Amount (estimated) required to be appropriated for completion of existing project 5, 400, 000. 00 _----------------------- Amount that can be profitably expended in fiscal year ending June 30, 1936, for maintenance --------------------------- 350, 000. 00 1Exclusive of available funds. RIVERS AND HARBORS-GALVESTON TEX.z DISTRICT 663 PUBLIC WORKS FUNDS Cost of new work to June 30, 1934 --- - -______- 986. 78 -_______-$389, Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1934__ _________ ------------ Total cost of permanent work to June 30, 1934 ----------- 389, 986. 78 Value of plant, materials, etc., on hand June 30, 1934 __________ 594. 39 Net total cost to June 30, 1934_--__- ____------- 390, 581. 17 Plus accounts receivable June 30, 1934 __________-------------------------- -26. 95 Gross total costs to June 30, 1934____ ________________ 390, 608. 12 Minus accounts payable June 30, 1934____________________ __ 54, 880 . 01 Net total expenditures------------------------------- 335, 728. 11 Unexpended balance June 30, 1934 -------------------------- 116, 976. 11 Total amount appropriated to June 30, 1934_____________ 452, 704. 22 Fiscal year ending June 30 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 Cost of new work _............. . -..- - - --- - $389,986.78 Cost of maintenance- ----------------------------------- Total expended - 335, 728. 11 Allotted -- _.... ____-- _.. . ----------... . .452, 704. 22 Amount allotted from National Industrial Recovery Act approved June 16, 1933___--__---- - - --- -_ $452, 704. 22 Gross amount expended __________________________ $335, 838. 13 Less reimbursements collected_ - 110. 02 335, 728. 11 Balance unexpended June 30. 1934----------------------- 116, 976. 11 Outstanding liabilities June 30, 1934_---------- 247. 18 2, Amount covered by uncompleted contracts --------- 96, 314. 07 98, 501. 25 Balance available June 30. 1934--------------------- 18, 414. 86 Accounts receivable June 30, 193------------------------------ 26. 95 Unobligated balance available June 30, 1934______________ 18, 441. 81 CONSOLIDATED COST AND FINANCIAL SUMMARY FOR LOUISIANA-TEXAS WATERWAY Cost of new work to June 30, 1934__________________________ $2, 154, 381. 64 Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1934 ______1 __________ 1, 480, 332. 27 Total cost of permanent work to June 30, 1934 -- ___ -3, 634, 713. 91 Value of plant, materials, etc., on hand June 30, 1934 ---------- 685. 94 Net total cost to June 30. 1934________________________ 3, 635, 399. 85 Plus accounts receivable June 30, 1934 -- __- ________________ 218. 97 Gross total costs to June 30, 1934____________________ 3, 635, 618. 82 Minus accounts payable June 30, 1934-- _ 1,031. 59 6----------------- Net total expenditures _____________..__________ 3, 574, 587. 23 Unexpended balance June 30, 1934_____________-- __211, 263.92 Total amount appropriated to June 30, 1934___________ 3;785, 851. 15 664 REPORT OF CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMY, 1934 Fiscal year ending June 30 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 Cost of new work .... $6, 556. 81 $67, 994. 66 $441, 753. 30 $526, 934. 38 $493, 614. 07 Cost of maintenance__ 86, 151. 61 128, 305. 69 81, 956. 05 51, 877. 76 95, 096. 43 Total cost -- 92, 708. 42 196, 300. 35 523, 709. 35 578, 812.14 588, 710. 50 Total expended ...... 97, 884. 06 204, 886. 13 350, 600. 29 604, 132. 81 552, 394. 67 Alotted ....-- - --- 1, 139, 000. 00 -280, 500. 00 -- 1, 115, 014. 57 692,041.09 315, 543. 14 Balance unexpended July 1 1933 ______ ___-_-__ ___ $448, 115. 45 Amount allotted from War Department Appropriation Act approved Apr. 26, 1934-----------------_ $64, 000. 00 Amount allotted from War Department Appropriation Act approved Mar. 4, 1933-------------------- 30,000. 00 Amount allotted from National Industrial Recovery Act approved June 16, 1933_____________________ 452, 704. 22 546, 704. 22 Amount to be accounted for-------------------__ - - 994, 819. 67 Deductions on account of revocation of allotment--------------- 231, 161. 08 Net amount to be accounted for--------------------------763, 658. 59 Girss amount expended---------------------------_ 555, 309. 46 Less reimbursements collected__ _--------------- 2, 914. 79 552, 394. 67 Balance unexpended June 30, 1934-__ ___-_ 211, 263. 92 Outstanding liabilities June 30, 1934 ------ 8, 454. 86 Amount covered by uncompleted contracts---------- 96, 672. 88 105, 127. 74 Balance available June 30, 1934 136. 18 1--------------------------06, Accounts receivable June 30, 1934_ _---- 218. 97 Unobligated balance available June 30, 1934--------------- 106, 355. 15 Amount (estimated) required to be appropriated for completion of existing project 1 __--_-__ 5, 400, 000. 00 Amount that can be profitably expended in fiscal year ending June 30, 1936,. for maintenance _______ _ 350, 000.. 00 3. GALVESTON HARBOR, TEX. Location.-This harbor is situated on the Gulf of Mexico, on the northern portion of the coast of Texas, 345 miles west of the mouth of the Mississippi River and 330 miles northeast from the mouth of the Rio Grande. (See U. S. Coast and Geodetic Survey Chart No. 520.) Previous projects.-Adopted by acts approved June 23, 1874, June 14, 1880, and August 5, 1886. Total cost and expenditures under previous projects, including repairs made to jetties damaged by storm of 1900, were $8,508,123.29, of which $8,421,996.57 was for new work and $86,126.72 was for maintenance. For further details see page 1854, Annual Report for 1915. Exmisting project.-This provides for two rubblestone jetties ex- tending from Galveston Island (on the south) and Bolivar Peninsula (on the north) into the Gulf of Mexico (the south jetty being 35,900 IExclusive of available funds. RIVERS AND HARBORS-GALVESTON, TEX., DISTRICT 665 feet long and the north jetty 25,907 feet long) and for the dredging of a channel between them 35 feet deep at mean low tide and 800 feet wide on bottom from the Gulf to Galveston Channel, a distance of about 6 miles. It further provided that this channel should be maintained for a period of 2 years, at the end of which time the advisability of permanently adopting these dimensions would be de- termined. Upon the completion of the 2-year period the Board of Engineers for Rivers and Harbors, in connection with the 30-foot depth authorized for Galveston Channel, approved the tentative adoption of depths of " 32 feet on the inner bar and not over 34 feet on the outer bar." In the River and Harbor Act approved January 21, 1927, Congress authorized an increase in the project depth of Gal- veston Channel to 32 feet, and depths of 34 and 35 feet on the inner and outer bars. (H. Doc. No. 307, 69th Cong., 1st sess.) Under ordinary conditions the mean tidal range is 2 feet on the outer bar and 1.64 feet on the inner bar. The extreme ranges are 2.76 and 2.27 feet, respectively. The height of the tides is dependent largely on the wind, and during strong "northers " in the winter season the water surface may be depressed 2 feet below mean low tide. The estimated cost of maintaining a 35-foot depth in the outer bar and a 34-foot depth in the inner bar, made in 1928, is $150,000 annually. The present jetties were authorized by the River and Harbor Act approved August 5, 1886 (H. Doc. No. 85, 49th Cong., 1st sess.); their extension and the construction and operation of a new dredge by the River and Harbor Act approved March 2, 1907 (H. Doc. No. 340, 59th Cong., 2d sess., as modified by Rivers and Harbors Com- mittee Doc. No. 11, 59th Cong., 2d sess.), the deepening of the chan- nel to 35 feet, with width of 800 feet for an experimental period of 2 years, by the River and Harbor Act approved July 18, 1918 (H. Doc. No. 758, 65th Cong., 2d sess.). The latest published maps are printed in the Annual Report for 1915, page 2623, and in Rivers and Harbors Committee Document No. 31, Seventy-second Congress, first session. Supplementing the work authorized by Congress, the maintenance of channels 12 feet deep and 100 feet wide: to the highway ferry landings on Galveston Island and Bolivar Peninsula channelward of harbor lines, as recommended by the Chief of Engineers in Rivers and Harbors Committee Document No. 31, Seventy-second Congress, first session, was included in the Public Works program under the National Industrial Recovery Act. Recomnended modifications of project.-Included in Public Works program. Terminal facilities.-Extensive terminal facilities are located on Galveston Channel, Texas City Channel, Port Bolivar Channel, and the Houston Ship Channel. (See Port Series No. 6, Corps of Engineers.) OPERATIONS AND RESULTS DURING FISCAL YEAR Existing project.-Maintenance: The U. S. hopper dredge Gal- veston, between July 1 and August 5, 1933, partly redredged the inner and outer bar channel, removing a total of 364,135 cubic yards 666 REPORT OF CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, IJ. S. ARMY, 1934 of sand and silt (hopper measurement) at a cost of $19,988.32. The Chinook, between August 7 and September 7, 1933, and between April 23 and June 30, 1934, worked in redredging the inner and outer bar channel, removing a total of 1,519,263 cubic yards of sand and silt (hopper measurement) at a cost of $89,974.43. Total cubic yards removed in the above dredging was 1,883,398. Total cost of above dredging was $109,962.75. There were additional costs amounting to $3,465.35 for miscellaneous surveys and inspections. Total cost of maintenance work was $113,428.10. Project authorized by the Federal Emergency Adm inistration of Public Works.-The U. S. dredge San Houston, between Septem- ber 22 and 28, 1933, did maintenance dredging in the channel leading to the highway ferry landings on Galveston Island and Bolivar Peninsula, redredging 1,400 linear feet of the channel extending from the harbor line at Bolivar Peninsula to deep water in Galveston Harbor, removing a total of 43,722 cubic yards of sand and silt at a cost of $3,839.59. The total cost of all work on this improvement for the year was $117,267.69, all for maintenance, including $3,839.59 from Public Works funds. Total expenditures were $115,001.03, of which $3,839.59 were Public Works funds. Condition at end of fiscal year.-The existing project was com- pleted in 1910, except the 35-foot channel, which was completed in 1922. The tidal scour, assisted by dreding, had previously formed a channel midway between the jetties 32.5 feet deep at mean low tide and 1,450 feet wide between the 30-foot contours. Under the project authorized by the Public Works Administration the channel leading to the highway ferry landings on Galveston Island and Bolivar Peninsula was dredged in 1933. On June 30, 1934, the ruling depth at mean low tide was about 331/2 feet on the inner bar and 341/2 feet on the outer bar and about 10 feet in the highway ferry channel. The total cost of the existing project to June 30, 1934, was $4,845,- 378.86, of which $2,441,080.43 was for new work and $2,404,298.43 for maintenance. The total expenditures were $4,836,431.70, all regular funds. The total cost and expenditures on the work authorized by the Public Works Administration was $3,839.59, all for maintenance. Proposed operations.-The balance unexpended July 1, 1934, amounting to $112,750.74, will be applied as follows: Accounts payable June 30, 1934_._____ $8, 947.'16 Maintenance: Dredging of inner- and outer-bar channel by United States seagoing hopper dredge, July and August 1934; March and April 1935--------------------------- 103, 803. 58 Total -------------------------------- 112, 750.74 The balance unexpended July 1. 1934, amounting to $11,160.41 from the $15.000 allotted to Galveston Harbor and Channel, Tex., from the National Industrial Recovery Act approved June 16, 1933, will be applied to dredging of the highway ferry channels leading to Galveston Island and Bolivar Peninsula by contract between November 1934 and January 1935. RIVERS AND HARBORS-GALVESTON, TEX., DISTRICT 667 The additional sum of $157,500 can be profitably expended during the fiscal year 1936, to be applied to maintenance dredging of inner and outer bar channels by the United States seagoing hopper dredge, January to May 1936, and maintenance dredging of the highway ferry channel between Galveston Island and Bolivar Peninsula. Cost and financial summary MAINTENANCE AND IMPROVEMENT FUNDS Cost of new work to June 30, 1934_ _----- -- $10, 863, 077. 00 Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1934----------------------- 2, 490, 425. 15 Total cost of permanent work to June 30, 1934 -- 13, 353, 502.15 Minus accounts payable June 30, 1934-........... 8, 947. 16 Net total expenditures _ _ ------- 13, 344, 554. 99 Unexpended balance June 30, 1934_--------------------------- 112, 750. 74 Total amount appropriated to June 30, 1934 _ 13, 457, 305. 73 I I I I I Fiscal year endi June 30 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 -------------- .............. -------------- Cost of new work ------------ Cost of maintennce .......... $163, 731.83 $140, 865.64 $38,918.57 $89,900.89 $113,428.10 Total expended__ 192, 966. 15 94, 140. 62 30, 949. 32 -- 18,089.54 111, 161. 44 Allotted-____..-... 55, 000. 00 126, 000. 00 -140,000. 00 84, 923.13 62, 829.53 Balance unexpended July 1, 1933_ ----------------------------- $161, 082. 65 Amount allotted from War Department Appropriation Act approved Apr. 26, 1934_____________________ $100, 500. 00 Amount allotted from War Department Appropriation Act approved Mar. 4, 1933------------------------ 15, 000. 00 115, 500. 00 Amount to be accounted for-_____-_____ -___________ 276, 582. 65 Deductions on account of revocation of allotment---------------- 52, 670. 47 Net amount to be accounted for-.------- ------------ _ 223, 912. 18 Gross amount expended------ --------------------------- 111, 161. 44 Balance unexpended June 30, 1934------------------- 112, 750. 74 Outstanding liabilities June 30, 1934------------------------_ 8, 955. 26 Balance available June 30, 1934___ 103, 795. 48 Amount that can be profitably expended in fiscal year ending June 1- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 30, 1936, for maintenance _ 150, 000. 00 PUBLIC WORKS FUNDS Cost of new work to June 30, 1934-------------------------------------- Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1934 ---------------------------- $3, 839. 59 Total cost of permanent work to June 30, 1934 3------------- , 839. 59 Net total expenditures , 839. 59 3-------------------------- Unexpended balance June 30, 1934----- --------------------- 11, 160. 41 Total amount appropriated to June 30, 1934 ----------- ___ 15,000. 00 1 Exclusive of available funds. 668 REPORT OF CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMY, 1934 Fiscal year ending June 30 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 Cost of new work --------- ------- ----------- ----------- Cost of maintenance - - ------ ----- $3,839. 5 Total expended .---_ ----.-- - --- 3,839 59 Allotted _ ----- - 50) 11-100 Amount allotted from National Industrial Recovery Act approved June 16, 1933_ .......... -- - - - $15, 000. 00 Gross amount expended------------------------------ 3,839. 59 Balance unexpended June 30, 1934--------------- 11,160.41 Amount that can be profitably expended in fiscal year ending June 30, 1936, for maintenance 1 7, 500. 00 CONSOLIDATEDI COST AND FINANCIAL SUMMARY FOR, GALVESTON HARBOR, TEX. Cost of new work to June 30, 1934-------------------------- $10, 863, 077. 00 Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1934------------------------- 2, 494, 264. 74 Total cost of permanent work to June 30, 1934----------_13, 357, 341.74 Minus accounts payable June 30, 1934 ----------------------- 8, 947. 16 Net total expenditures -------------------------------- 13; 348, 394.58 Unexpended balance June 30, 1934--------------------------- 123, 911. 15 Total amount appropriated to June 30, 1934------------ 13, 472, 305. 73 Fiscal year ending June 30 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 C ost of n ew wo rk-....... ....... ..... .. . .. ..... ....... ........ ....... ....... ........ ....... ....... Cost of maintenance-....... _ $163, 731. 83 $140, 865. 64 $38, 918. 57 $89, 900. 89 $117, 267. 69 Total expended_- 192, 966. 15 94, 140. 62 30, 949. 32 -18, 089. 54 115, 001. 03 Allotted. _ __-_ __ 11___ 55,000. 00 126,000. 00 -140, 000. 00 84,923. 13 77, 829. 53 Balance unexpended July 1, 1933----------------------------- $161,082.65 Amount allotted from War Department Appropriation Act approved Apr. 26, 1934---------------------- $100, 500. 00 Amount allotted from War Department Appropriation Act approved Mar. 4, 1933-------------------------15,000. 00 Amount allotted from National Industrial Recovery Act approved June 16, 1933----------------- __ 15, 000.00 130, 500. 00 Amount to be accounted for___ 291, 582. 65 Deductions on account of revocation of allotment---------------- 52, 670. 47 Net amount to be accounted for---------------------_ 238, 912. 18 Gross amount expended --------------------------------------- 115, 001.03 _ Balance unexpended June 30, 1934 --------------------- 123, 911. 15 Outstanding liabilities June 30, 1934---------------------------- 8, 955. 26 Balance available June 30, 1934--------------------------114, 955.89 Amount that can be profitably expended in fiscal year ending June 30, 1936, for maintenance 1---------------------------------- 157, 500.00 1Exclusive of available funds. RIVERS AND HARBORS-GALVESTON, TEX., DISTRICT 669 4. GALVESTON CHANNEL, TEX. Location.-This channel extends from a point in Galveston Har- bor between Bolivar Peninsula and Fort Point across the former inner bar to and along the wharf front of Galveston. (See U. S. Coast and Geodetic Survey Chart No. 520.) Emisting project.-This provides for a channel 32 feet deep at mean low tide and 1,200 feet wide from the outer end of the old inner bar near Fort Point to Fifty-first Street in the city of Galves- ton, and for its extension, when the interests of navigation and commerce require it, with a width of 1,000 feet and depth of 32 feet at mean low tide, to Fifty-seventh Street in the city of Galveston; and for an extension of the existing sea wall, which lies along the Gulf front of Galveston, from its angle, at Sixth Street and Broad- way to the south jetty, with protection at its junction with the south jetty, this extension of the sea wall being for the purpose of protect- ing the outer end of the channel from the effects of hurricanes. Under ordinary conditions the mean tidal range is about 1.1 feet and the extreme range about 1.6 feet. The height of tide is depend- ent largely on the wind, and during strong north winds in the win- ter season the water surface may be depressed 2 feet below mean low tide. The estimated cost of new work on the channel, revised in 1927, is $3,041,000 and of the sea-wall extension, revised in 1922, $2,986,000. The latest (1928) approved estimate for annual cost of maintenance of the channel is $225,000. The existing project was authorized by the following river and harbor acts: The act of June 13, 1902, provided for the excavation of the channel 1,200 feet wide and 30 feet deep from outer end of inner bar to Fifty-first Street (H. Doc. No. 264, 56th Cong., 2d sess.); the act of March 3, 1905, provided for the purchase or con- struction of a hydraulic pipe-line dredge; the act of March 2, 1907, provided for the extension of the channel from Fifty-first Street to Fifty-sixth Street, with a width of 700 feet and a depth of 30 feet (H. Doc. No. 768, 59th Cong., 2d sess.) ; the act of June 25, 1910, provided for the extension of the channel at such time as the in- terests of navigation and commerce demand to Fifty-seventh Street, with a width of 1;000 feet and depth of 30 feet between Fifty-first and Fifty-seventh Streets (H. Doc. No. 328, 61st Cong., 2d sess.); the act of July 27, 1916, provided for the extension of the sea wall from angle at Sixth Street and Broadway to a point abreast of the nearest battery at Fort San Jacinto (H. Doc. No. 1390, 62d Cong., 3d sess.); the act of September 22, 1922. provided for the further extension to junction with the south jetty and protecting it at this junction and for repairing the sea wall in front of the Fort Crockett Reservation (H. Doc. No. 693, 66th Cong., 2d sess.); and the act of January 21, 1927, provided for the present channel dimensions (H. Doc. No. 307, 69th Cong., 1st sess.). The latest maps are pub- lished in the Annual Report for 1914, page 2285, House Document No. 693, Sixty-sixth Congress, second session, and House Document No. 307, Sixty-ninth Congress, first session. 670 REPORT OF CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMY, 1934 Local cooperation.-Fully complied with. Terminal facilities.-The terminal facilities at Galveston are the most extensive on the Texas coast. They are located almost entirely on the south side of the channel and extend from Tenth Street to Forty-fifth Street, a distance of 21/2 miles. The wharf system has sufficient capacity to furnish berthage for about 79 average-size ocean-going freight carriers at one time. The terminal facilities at Galveston are considered adequate for existing commerce. (For further details see Port Series No. 6, Corps of Engineers.) Operations and results during fiscal year.-New woork.-None. Maintenance.-The channel was redredged under contract between September 1, 1933, and February 9, 1934. A total of 4,724,644 cubic yards of silt and sand was removed at a cost of $242,916.75. A small force was employed occasionally in maintenance of the sea-wall extension, viz, filling small gullies, cutting weeds on the rear slope, and making repairs to the brick pavement, at a total cost of $4,901. There were additional costs, amounting to $580.40, for mis- cellaneous surveys and inspections. The total cost of all work on this improvement for the year was $248,398.15, all for maintenance. The total expenditures were $248,- 667.80. Condition at end of fiscal year.-The channel dredging is about 70 percent completed and the entire project about 90 percent com- pleted. The sea-wall extension, with fill and pavement, was com- pleted in 1926. The channel was completed from Fort Point Light to Forty-third Street in the fiscal year 1929. To complete the exist- ing project the uncompleted portion of the channel between Forty- third Street and Fifty-seventh Street remains to be dredged, which wbrk is contingent on the development of the water-front facilities on the properties of the Chicago, Rock Island & Gulf Railway and of other adjacent owners. The ruling depth in the channel on June 30, 1934, was about 321/2 feet at mean low tide for a least width of 1,000 feet. The total cost of the existing project to June 30, 1934, has been as follows: New work Maintenance Total United States: Channel _ ,.610, 874. 19 $3, 194, 082. 67 $4, 804, 956. 86 Seawall_ 2, 300, 589. 49 2, 300, 589. 49 Total United States funds__ 3, 911, 463. 68 3, 194, 082. 67 7, 105, 546. 35 Contributed funds...----------- 710, 274. 77 710, 274. 77 Total --------- ---------------------------- 4, 621, 738. 45 3, 194, 082. 67 7, 815, 821. 12 The total expenditures on the existing project have been $7,154,- 638.41. In addition, $710,274.77 was expended from contributed funds for sea-wall construction. Proposed operatiorts.-The balance unexpended and accounts re- ceivable July 1, 1934, amounting to $81,702.54, will be applied during the fiscal year 1935, as follows: RIVERS AND HARBORS-GALVESTON, TEX.1 DISTRICT 671 Accounts payable June 30, 1934_-__ ___- - -_______________-- $369. 69 Maintenance : Dredging of channel by contract (February to May 1935) --- --------------------------- $72, 800. 00 Maintenance of sea-wall extension slope and paving by hired labor with Government plant (July 1, 1934,, to June 30, 1935) ---------------------- 5, 032. 85 Operation of dragline machine constructing levees for dredging by hired labor and Government plant_ 3, 500. 00 81, 332. 85 Total-- ------------------------------------------- 81, 702. 54 The additional sum of $200,000 can be profitably expended during the fiscal year 1936, as follows: Maintenance dredging of the channel by contract (February to May 1936) ----------------------------------- ----- $190, 000 Maintenance of sea-wall extension slope and paving by hired labor and Government plant (July 1, 1935, to June 30, 1936)--------------10, 000 Total ----------------------------------------------- 200, 000 Cost and financial summary Cost of new work to June 30, 1934_ - $3, 911, 463. 68 Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1934 ___-------------__ .__- 3, 194, 082. 67 Total cost of permanent work to June 30, 1934 _________ 7, 105, 546. 35 Value of plant, materials, etc, on hand June 30, 1934- ---------- 49, 173. 81 Net total cost to June 30, 1934 ---------------------- 7, 154, 720. 16 ..... Plus accounts receivable June 30, 1934_----- ---------- _ 287. 94 Gross total costs to June 30, 1934____ ________------ 7, 155, 008. 10 Minus accounts payable June 30, 1934___.________----- ------ 369. 69 -- Net total expenditures_______________----- 1 7, 154, 638. 41 Unexpended balance June 30, 19341 1111111111------- --1 1 81, 414. 60 Total amount appropriated to June 30, 1934 ____________ 7, 236, 053:01 Fiscal year ending June 30 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 Cost of new work...------------------ Cost of maintenance------ $----------- $214, 219. 64 $142, 608. 95 $198, 247. 46 $15, 623. 05 $248, 398. 15 Total expended--_--------_------------ 159, 016. 63 221, 110. 37 214, 458. 63 -94, 169. 84 248, 667. 80 Allotted ...-----.------------------ 200, 000. 00 200, 000. 00 -15, 000. 00 119, 721. 40 103, 831. 61 Balance unexpended July 1, 1933 ___-__- - -__ ___-$226, 250. 79 Amount allotted from War Department Appropriation Act approved Apr. 26, 1934_______________________ $73, 500.00 Amount allotted from War Department Appropriation -- Act approved July 14, 1932_____________ 32, 250. 00 105, 750. 00 Amount to be accounted for__ ____---- --------------- 332, 000. 79 Deductions on account of revocation of allotment__-------------_ 1, 918. 39 Net amount to be accounted for --- _---------_________ 330, 082. 40 'Exclusive of $719,274.77 expended from contributed funds. 91536-ENO 1934- 43 672 REPORT OF CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMY, 1934 Gross amount expended------------------------ $253, 559.29 Less reimbursements collected--------------------- 4, 891. 49 $248, 667. 80 Balance unexpended June 30, 1934---------------------- 81, 414. 60 Outstanding liabilities June 30, 1934---------------------------- 378. 18 Balance available June 30, 1934 --- ----- 81, 036. 42 Acoounts receivable June 30, 1934------------------------------ 287.94 Unobligated balance available June 30, 1934---------_ 81, 324. 36 Amount (estimated) required to be appropriated for completion of existing project------------------------------------- 1, 430, 000. 00 Amount that can be profitably expended in fiscal year ending 1 June 30, 1936, for maintenance -_ _-_-- _- -- ___ 200, 000. 00 5. CHANNEL FROM GALVESTON HARBOR TO TEXAS CITY, TEX. Location.-Texas City is on the mainland of Texas on the west side of Galveston Bay, about 71/2 miles northwest of the city of Galveston. (See U. S. Coast and Geodetic Survey Charts Nos. 520 and 1282.) Previous projects.-Adopted by River and Harbor Act approved March 3, 1899, and enlarged by River and Harbor Act approved June 25, 1910 (H. Doc. No. 328, 61st Cong., 2d sess.). The cost and ex- penditures prior to the beginning of the present project in 1913 were $561,905.69, of which $366,822.48 was for new work and $195,083.21 was for maintenance. (For further details see p. 1856, Annual Report for 1915.) Existing project.-This provides for a channel 30 feet deep at mean low tide and 300 feet wide on bottom from deep water in Galveston Harbor to the harbor at Texas City, a distance of about 7 miles, with J pile dike on its north side 28,200 feet long covered with clay and other material dredged from the channel, with a harbor 800 feet wide on bottom and 30 feet deep at mean low tide extending from a point 1,000 feet to the southward of the present oil pier to the south prop- erty line of the Texas Sugar Refining Co., and for the construction of a rubble-mound dike a short distance south of the existing pile dike and extending between stations 4+000 and 26+000 of that dike. Under ordinary conditions the mean tidal range is about 11/4 feet and the extreme range is about 1/2 feet. The height of tide is dependent largely on the wind, and during strong "northers" in the winter season the water surface may be depressed 2 feet below mean low tide. The estimate of cost for new work, revised in 1930, is $1,890,000, exclusive of amounts expended on previous projects, of which $49,450 was contributed by local interests. The latest (1930) approved esti- mate for annual cost of maintenance of the channel and dike is $161,500. The existing project was adopted by the River and Harbor Act of March 4, 1913 (H. Doc. No. 1390, 62d Cong., 3d sess.), which pro- vided for all features of the project except the southerly extension of the harbor and the rubber-mound dike, these latter works being au- thorized by the River and Harbor Act of July 3, 1930 (H. Doc. No. 107, 71st Cong., 1st sess.). The latest published maps are in the last- 1Exclusive of available funds. RIVERS AND HARBORS-GALVESTON, TEX., DISTRICT 673 mentioned document and in Rivers and Harbors Committee Docu- ment No. 4, Seventy-third Congress, first session. Supplementing the work authorized by Congress the extension of the rubble-mound dike to shore, at an estimated cost of $219,000, as recommended by the Chief of Engineers in Rivers and Harbors Committee Document No. 4, Seventy-third Congress, first session, was included in the Public Works program under the National Industrial Recovery Act. Recommended modifications of project.-Under date of June 15, 1934, the Chief of Engineers recommended modification of the ex- isting project so as to authorize a depth of 32 feet throughout, at an estimated cost of $80,000, with no increase in the annual cost of maintenance. (Rivers and Harbors Committee Doc. No. 46, 73d Cong., 2d sess.). Local cooperation.-Fully complied with. Terminal facilities.-Modern terminal facilities are located on the mainland at the inner end of this channel and are considered ade- quate for existing commerce. (See Port Series No. 6, pt. 3, revised 1928, Corps of Engineers.) OPERATIONS AND RESULTS DURING FISCAL YEAR Project authorized by FederalEmergency Administration of Pub- lio Works.-New work: The rubble-mound dike was extended to the shore line under contract between November 14, 1933, and February 19, 1934. A total of 5,600 linear feet of dike was constructed. A total of 31,478.75 tons of stone were placed, at a total cost of $136,295.78. Existing project-Maintenace.-Miscellaneoussurveys and in- spections were made at a cost of $3,455.16. Total cost of all work on this improvement for the year was $139,750.94, of which $136,295.78 was for new work from Public Works funds and $3,455.16 was for maintenance from regular funds. The total expenditures were $140,092.98, including $136,295.78 from Public Works funds. Condition at the end of the fiscal year.-The existing project is completed. The channel was completed in 1916, the harbor in 1931. The pile dike was completed in 1915 and the rubble-mound dike in 1932. In addition to the above, the project authorized by the Public Works Administration was completed in 1934. The ruling depth on June 30, 1934, was about 301/2 feet at mean low tide. The total cost of the existing and Public Works Administration projects to June 30, 1934, were as follows: New work Maintenance Total Regular funds______ _______ __________ ___________________ $2, 028, 766. 48 $2, 733, 349. 17 $4, 762, 115. 65 Public Works funds __________. _____________________________ 136, 295 78 _ 136, 295. 78 Total United States funds_ 2, 165, 062. 26 2, 733, 349. 17 4, 898, 411. 43 Contributed funds__________________________________ 28, 740. 68 28, 740. 68 Total (all funds) 2, 193, 802. 94 2, 733, 349. 17 4, 927, 152. 11 674 REPORT OF CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMY, 1934 The total expenditures on the existing project have been $4,761,- 967.49 from regular funds and $28,740.68 from contributed funds. The total expenditure on the project authorized by the Public Works Administration was $136,295.78 from Public Works funds. Proposed operations.--The balance unexpended July 1, 1934, amounting to $126,954.87, will be expended during the fiscal year 1935 as follows: Accounts payable June 30, 1934------------------------------ $148. 16 Maintenance: Dredging of channel by contract, July 1934 to De- cember 1934 ------------------ --------- -------------- 126, 806. 71 Total----------------- ------------------------- 126, 954. 87 The additional sum of $160,000 can be profitably expended during the fiscal year 1936 in maintenance dredging of the channel and harbor, July to December 1935. Cost and financial summary MAINTENANCE AND IMPROVEMENT FUNDS Cost of new work to June 30, 1934 1------------ --- $2, 395, 588. 96 Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1934 ----------------------- 2, 9128, 432. 38 Total cost of permanent work to June 30, 1934---------- 5, 324, 021.34 Minus accounts payable June 30, 1934 -------------------------- 148. 16 Net total expenditures 1------------5, 323, 873.18 Unexpended balance June 30, 1934-------------------------- 126, 954. 87 Total amount appropriated to June 30, 1934------------- 5, 450, 828. 05 Fiscal year ending June 30 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 Cost of new work _____________ ____-$104, 559. 66 $740, 182. 91 Cost of maintenance---__----- - _ $266, 427. 89 161, 034. 58 65, 688. 62 $133, 571.47 $3, 455. 16 Total cost-------- ------------ 266, 427. 89 265, 594. 24 805, 871. 53 133, 571. 47 3, 455. 16 Total expended- __----- __._ .------- 236, 348. 83 233, 678. 01 799, 729. 09 96, 792. 83 3, 797. 20 Allotted_-----___ __ -------- . -___-__ 155, 000. 00 475, 525. 00 426, 000. 00 61, 664. 17 81, 638. 88 Balance unexpended July 1, 1933---------------------------- $49, 113. 19 Amount allotted from War Department Appropriation Act approved Apr. 26, 1934------- ------------------------------------88, 800. 00 Amount to be accounted for-- ------------------ 37, 913.19 1----- Deductions on account of revocation of allotment---------------- 7, 161. 12 Net amount to be accounted for------------------------130, 752. 07 Gross amount expended-------------- --------------------- 3, 797. 20 Balance unexpended June 30, 1934--------------------- 126, 954. 87 Outstanding liabilities June 30, 1934 ---------------------------- 148. 16 Balance available June 30, 1934-------------------------- 126, 806. 71 Amount that can be profitably expended in fiscal year ending June - - - -- - - -- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -- - - - 30, 1936, for maintenance 2 160, 000. 00 1 In addition $28,740.68 was expended from contributed funds. SExclusive of available funds. RIVERS AND HARBORS-GALVESTON, TEX., DISTRICT 675 PUBLIC WORKS FUND Cost of new work to June 30, 1934__.____ _____ _______ $136, 295. 78 Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1934_- Total cost of permanent work to June 30, 1934 ____--__- 136, 295. 78 Net total expenditures 295. 78 1------------------------------- Total amount appropriated to June 30, 1934 _________________ 136, 295. 78 Fiscal year ending June 30 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 Cost of new work---------- -------------------------------------------- $136, 295. 78 Cost of maintenance---------------------- -------------------- -------- Total expended----- -------------------- 136, 295.78 Allotted-------- -------------------- ------------ ------------------------ 136, 295. 78 Amount allotted from National Industrial Recovery Act approved June 16, 1933 ---------------------------------------- $219, 000. 00 Deductions on account of revocation of allotment------------___ 82, 704. 22 Net amount to be accounted for--------------------- __ _ 136, 295. 78 Gross amount expended ____________ ___ ___ $136, 338.55 Less reimbursements collected _---__- ______- 42. 77 136, 295. 78 CONSOLIDATED COST AND FINANCIAL SUMMARY FOR CHANNEL FROM GALVESTON HAR- BOR TO TEXAS CHANNEL, TEX. - Cost of new work to June 30, 1934_____ $2, 531, 884. 74 .____________1 Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1934 928, 432. 38 2-----------------------, Total cost of permanent work to June 30, 1934----------5, 460, 317. 12 Minus accounts payable June 30, 1934______ _________-----148. 1 16 Net total expenditures__________--_________ 15, 460, 168. 96 Unexpended balance June 30, 1934-------------------------- 126, 954. 87 Total amount appropriated to June 30, 1934.----------- 5, 587, 123. 83 Fiscal year ending June 30 ' 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 Cost of new work.-----------------------------$104, 559. 66 $740, 182. 91 ----------- _ $136, 295. 78 Cost of maintenance_ _ $266, 427. 89 161, 034. 58 65, 688. 62 $133, 571. 47 3, 455. 16 Total cost- -------------------- 266, 427. 89 265, 594. 24 805, 871. 53 133, 571. 47 139, 750. 94 Total expended---------------------- 236, 348. 83 233, 678. 01 799, 729. 09 96, 792. 83 140, 092. 98 Allotted ---------------------------------- 155, 000. 00 475, 525. 00 426, 000. 00 61, 664. 17 217, 934. 66 Balance unexpended July 1, 1933 $49, 113. 19 Amount allotted from War Department Appropriation Act approved Apr. 26, 1934_ .- ___.-- ___ ___ $88, 800. 00 Amount allotted from National Industrial Recovery Act approved June 16, 1933 ___----- 219, 000. 00 307, 800. 00 Amount to be accounted for_ ______------------- 356, 913.19 Deductions on account of revocation of allotment---------------89, 865. 34 Net amount to be accounted for ________ _____-------- 267, 047.85 1 In addition $28,740.68 was expended from contributed funds. 676 REPORT OF CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMY, 1934 Gross amount expended___________--______-- $140, 135. 75 Less reimbursements collected ---_-- - __-- -- _ 42. 77 $140, 092. 98 Balance unexpended June 30, 1934_________________________ 126, 954. 87 Outstanding liabilities June 30, 1934_ - -_____-__-______________ 148. 16 Balance available June 30, 1934_________________________ 126, 806.71 Amount that can be profitably expended in fiscal year ending June 30, 1936, for maintenance 1__________________ 160, 000.00 6. CHANNEL TO PORT BOLIVAR, TEX. Location.-Port Bolivar is at the end of Bolivar Peninsula, which is on the east coast of Texas, between the Gulf of Mexico and Galveston Bay. It is on Galveston Harbor and about 4 miles north of the city of Galveston. (See U. S. Coast and Geodetic Survey Chart No. 520.) Previous projects.-Adopted by the River and Harbor Act ap- proved March 2, 1907. The cost and expenditures were $94,811.50, of which $48,710.75 was for new work and $46,100.75 for maintenance. For further details see page 1856, Annual Report for 1915. Existing projet.-This provides for a channel 30 feet deep at mean low tide and 200 feet wide on bottom, beginning at deep water in Galveston Harbor and extending to a turning basin 1,600 feet long, with an average width of about 750 feet and 30 feet deep at mean low tide in front of the wharves. Under ordinary conditions the mean tidal range is about 1.7 feet and the extreme range about 2.3 feet. The height of tides is dependent largely on the wind, and during strong "northers" in the winter season the water surface may be depressed 2 feet below mean low tide. The estimated cost of new work, revised in 1928, is $187,000, exclu- sive of amount expended on previous projects. The latest (1928) approved estimate for annual cost of maintenance of the channel and turning basin is $20,000, which provides for a depth of 20 feet in the channel and 20 feet in the turning basin, 500 feet square, these dimensions being sufficient for the operations of the railway ferry and occasional small lumber schooners which use the port. The existing project was adopted by the following river and harbor acts: The act of June 25, 1910, provided for all except the present dimensions of the turning basin (H. Doc. No. 328, 61st Cong., 2d sess.), and the act of March 2, 1919, provided for the present dimensions of the turning basin (H. Doc. No. 1122, 65th Cong., 2d sess.). The latest published map is in the last-mentioned document. Recommended modifications of project.-Under date of June 24, 1926, the Chief of Engineers recommended that the project be cur- tailed by providing for a channel depth of 20 feet, 200 feet wide, with a turning basin of the same depth 500 feet square (H. Doc. No. 467, 69th Cong., 1st sess.). Terminal facilities.-The terminals consist of two piers, one 400 feet wide by 1,200 feet long and the other 1,200 feet long by 210 feet wide. The facilities are considered adequate for the existing commerce. 1 Exclusive of available funds. RIVERS AND HARBORS-GALVESTON TEX., DISTRICT 677 Operations and results during fiscal years-Maintenance.--The turning basin in front of slip no. 3 was redredged to a width of 500 feet and a depth of 25 feet by U. S. dredge Sam Houston between October 17 and 28, 1933. Total cubic yards of silt and sand re- moved, 142,660. The cost of this dredging was $7,434.15. The cost of miscellaneous surveys and inspections was $130.36. Total cost during the fiscal year was $7,564.51, all for maintenance. The total expenditures were $7,649.19. Condition at end of fiscal year.--The existing project is about 90 percent complete. The channel, 200 feet wide, and turning basin, 1,000 feet square, were completed in 1912. To complete the project, the change in the turning basin called for in the revised project remains to be dredged. This change has not been made for the rea- son that there is no demand for a turning basin of those dimensions. Constant shoaling occurs and the project dimensions have been only partly maintained, as greater depth than the 20 feet now dredged is not demanded by shipping. The ruling depth on June 30, 1934, was 21 feet in the channel and 15 feet at mean low tide in the turning basin at the entrance to slip no. 3. Total cost of the existing project to June 30, 1934, was $540,104.67, of which $85,213.85 was for new work and $454,890.82 was for main- tenance. The total expenditures were $540,104.67. Proposed operations.-The balance unexpended July 1, 1934, amounting to $16,650. 81, will be applied during the fiscal year 1935 for maintenance dredging in the channel and parts of the turning basin to 20-foot depth by United States pipe-line dredge or by contract (October and November 1934). The additional sum of $24,000 can be profitably expended during the fiscal year 1936, to be applied to dredging in the channel and basin to 20-foot depth during July and August 1935. It is not proposed to maintain full project dimensions for the reason that lesser depth and width are sufficient for commerce at this port. Cost and financial summary Cost of new work to June 30, 1934------------------------- $133, 924. 60 Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1934------------------------ 500, 991. 57 Total cost of permanent work to June 30, 1934 916. 17 6------------34, Net total expenditures__-------------------- --------------- 634, 916. 17 Unexpended balance June 30, 1934--------------------------- 16, 650. 81 Total amount appropriated to June 30, 1934 51, 566. 98 6-------------- Fiscal year ending June 30 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 Cost of new work ..---- Cost of maintenance..... ------------------ $13, 336. 67 -- $17, 451. 66 $7, 514. 39 $22,863.42 $7, 564. 51 Total expended-........................... 13, 399. 49 17, 077. 76 7, 829. 45 22, 922. 26 7, 649. 19 Allotted --......---------------------___ 16, 250. 00 24, 000. 00 -20, 000. 00 39, 822. 70 -85. 72 678 REPORT OF CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMY, 1934 Balance unexpended July 1, 1933 ---------------------------- $24, 385. 72 Deductions on account of revocation of allotment------------ 85. 72 Net amount to be accounted for ------------------------ 24, 300. 00 Gross amount expended----------- ------------------------- 7, 649. 19 Balance unexpended June 30, 1934--------------------- 16, 650. 81 Amount (estimated) required to be appropriated for completion of - - - - -- --- ---- ---- ----- ----- ---- ----- - - - existing project 102, 000. 00 Amount that can be profitably expended in fiscal year ending June 30, 1936, for maintenance 1------------------ 24, 000. 00 7. HOUSTON SHIP CHANNEL, TEX. Location.-The channel connects Galveston Harbor, at a point opposite Port Bolivar, with the city of Houston, Tex., extending 50 miles in the northwesterly direction across Galveston Bay through the San Jacinto River and Buffalo Bayou to a turning basin at the head of Long Reach with a light-draft channel 7 miles long from the turning basin to Main Street, Houston. (See U. S. Coast and Geo- detic Survey Charts Nos. 1282 and 532.) Previous projects.-Authorized by acts of June 10, 1872; 1877, March 3, 1879, March 3, 1899, February 20, 1900, March 3, 1905,. and March 4, 1913. The cost and expenditures were (including the pur- chase of the Morgan cut and canal), $5,308,739.27, of which $4,105,- 156.87 was for new work and $1,203,582.40 was for maintenance. In addition to these amounts $1,409,178.78 was expended from con- tributed funds, $1,209,178.78 being for new work and $200,000 for maintenance. (For further details see p. 1856 of the Annual Report for 1915.) Existing project.-This provides for a channel 30 feet deep at mean low water, 250 feet wide across Galveston Bay to and through Morgan Point to the upper end of Morgan cut, thence with a general width of,200 feet through San Jacinto River to a point 4,000 feet above Baytown, thence 150 feet wide through San Jacinto River and Buffalo Bayou to head of Long Reach where it ends in a turning basin about 1,000 feet wide and 30 feet deep, and for widening the bends at Lynchburg, Norsworthy, Manchester, and Harrisburg. The project also provides for suitable widening of the channel in front of the wharf at Manchester, for certain cut-offs and easing of sharp bends, for the construction of a dike 26,000 feet long to protect the channel in upper Galveston Bay, and for a light-draft extension of the channel, 10 feet deep at mean low water and 60 feet wide, without easing the bends, through Buffalo Bayou from the turning basin to the mouth of White Oak Bayou in Houston, Tex. The mean tidal range under ordinary conditions is about 1.3 feet in the lower part of Galveston Bay, 0.6 foot in the upper bay, and less than 0.5 foot in the San Jacinto River and Buffalo Bayou. The extreme ranges under ordinary conditions are about 1.6 feet, 1.3 feet, and 1 foot, respectively. Freshets sometimes cause rises of over 12 feet in Buffalo Bayou. The height of the tides, however, is depend- ent largely on the wind, and during strong " northers " in the winter season the water surface may be depressed 2 feet below mean low tide. 1Exclusive of available funds. RIVERS AND HARBORS-GALVESTON, TEX., DISTRICT 679 The estimate of cost for new work, revised in 1930, is $7,082,000, exclusive of amounts expended on previous projects, but inclusive of $1,365,000 contributed by local interests. The latest (1930) approved estimate for annual cost of maintenance is $550,000. The existing project was adopted by the following river and har- bor acts: The act of March 3, 1905, provided for the easing or cut-off of sharp bends and the construction of the pile dike (Rivers and Harbors Committee Doc. No. 35, 61st Cong., 2d sess.) ; the act of March 2, 1919, provided for the 30-foot channel, the widening at Manchester, and the present dimensions of the turning basin (H. Doc. No. 1632, 65th Cong., 3d sess.); the act of March 3, 1925, provided for the light-draft extension of the channel to the mouth of White Oak Bayou (H. Doc. No. 93, 67th Cong., 1st sess.); and the act of July 3, 1930, provided for widening the channel through Morgan Point and to a point 4,000 feet above Baytown and for widening cer- tain bends (H. Doc. No. 13, 71st Cong., 1st sess.). The latest pub- lished maps are in the last-mentioned document and Rivers and Harbors Committee Document No. 28, Seventy-second Congress, first session. Supplementing the work authorized by Congress, the modification of the project to provide a channel 32 feet deep from deep water in Galveston Bay to and including the Houston turning basin with a width of 400 feet through Galveston Bay, 300 feet in the cut through Morgan Point, 200 feet thence to a point 4,000 feet above Baytown, and 150 feet thence to the turning basin, suitably widened at the bends, as recommended by the Chief of Engineers in Rivers and Harbors Committee Document No. 28, Seventy-second Congress, first session, was included in the Public Works program under the National Industrial Recovery Act. Recommended modiflcations of project.-Included under Public Works program. Local cooperation.-The work included under the Public Works program is subject to the provision that local interests shall furnish free of cost to the United States suitable areas for the disposal of dredged material during initial construction and for future mainte- nance as and when needed. These conditions have not yet been com- plied with, but it is understood that they will be promptly complied with when disposal areas on land are needed. All cooperation re- quired under prior acts has been fully complied with. Terminal facilities.-The city of Houston and the Harris County Houston Ship Channel navigation district have constructed modern terminals which supplement privately owned wharves. The existing facilities serve existing commerce. Plans are said to be in preparation to extend the facilities as rapidly as commerce jus- tifies and funds are available. (See Port Series No. 6, Corps of Engineers.) OPERATIONS AND RESULTS DURING FISCAL YEAR Project adopted by Congress--New work.-Under contract, the widening or easing of the bend at Harrisburg was completed and work was begun on the easing at Manchester. About 1,000 linear feet of the upper end of the Manchester easing had been completed when the contractor stopped work on July 14. A total of 104,746 680 REPORT OF CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMI\Y, 1934 cubic yards of material was removed in all this work at a cost of $10,117.66. Between July 1 and 31 the U. S. derrick barge No. 8 was engaged in removing a ledge of rock from the Harrisburg bend widening which the contractor's dredge was unable to remove and which he was permitted to leave unexcavated. A total of 453 cubic yards of rock, clay, and sand was removed at a cost of $3,623.31, completing this work. Total cost of all new work for the year prosecuted with regular funds was $13,740.97. Maintenance.-During the year maintenance dredging was done by the U. S. pipe-line dredges Raymond and Sam Houston. The Raymond between June 25 and 30 redredged 600 linear feet of the section of the channel at the Baytown curve to remove shoaling on the west side of the channel, excavating 28,000 cubic yards of sand and silt. The Sam Houston between November 1 and December 31 redredged 3,300 linear feet of the channel beginning at Morgan Point and extending upstream, removing 337,851 cubic yards to 3'5 feet below mean low tide; also between July 1 and September 22 and between January 1 and February 19 redredged the existing channel in lower Galveston Bay between beacons 3 and 4 and the first turn above Bolivar Roads covering a total distance of about 15,780 feet and removing a total of 456,950 cubic yards of material. Total cubic yards removed in all this maintenance dredging 822,801. Total cost $106,525.31. The U. S. derrick barge No. 8, between August 1 and 9, removed a few snags, logs, and other obstructions from waters adjacent to the channel and cleaned up the banks of the waterway of logs, over- hanging trees, etc., at a cost of $1,529.79. There were additional costs amounting to $10,411.40 for miscellaneous surveys, inspections, building levees, preparing dumping grounds, etc. The total cost of all maintenance work from regular funds was $118,466.50. Project authorized by Federal Emergency Administration of Pub- lio Works-New work.-Under the Public Works program, work was prosecuted under two contracts for the widening to 400 feet on bottom and deepening to 32 feet at mean low tide, plus 3 feet over- depth, of that part of the channel through Galveston Bay from the first turn above Bolivar Roads (station 129) to station 29 at about the first turn below Morgan Point, a total distance of about 19 miles. Work was begun on the contract extending from station 129 to Red Fish Reef on October 12 and to the end of the fiscal year 38,400 linear feet of the channel had been completed from Red Fish Reef south and 7,010,646 cubic yards of material removed. Work was begun on the contract extending from Red Fish Reef to station 29 on October 21 and to the end of the fiscal year 33,070 linear feet of the channel had been completed from Red Fish Reef north and 7,323,903 cubic yards of material removed. Total length of channel completed 71,470 feet. Total cubic yards removed 14,334,549. Total cost $1,097,408.89. The cost of miscellaneous surveys for the year was $1,613.25. Under contract a small concrete field office building was con- structed at Houston between October 18 and January 22 for this channel at a cost of $18,123.86, including $578.37 for sewer, walks, etc., done by Government hired labor. RIVERS AND HIARBORS-GALVESTON, TEX., DISTRICT 681 Total cost of all work for the year, prosecuted with Public Works funds, was $1,099,022.14. Total expenditures were $902,949.90. The total cost of all work on this improvement for the year was as follows: New work Maintenance Total Regular funds _______- - _____________________ -- $13, 740. 97 $118, 466. 50 $132, 207. 47 Public Works funds____________________________ ______ 1, 099, 022. 14 1, 099, 022. 14 Total_ 1, 112, 763. 11 118, 466. 50 1, 231, 229. 61 The total expenditures were $1,286,215.23, including $902,949.90 from Public Works funds. CONDITION AT END OF FISCAL YEAR Project adopted by Congress.-The existing project is about 93 percent completed. The entire ship channel, including the widening in front of the wharf at Manchester, has been completed to existing project dimensions except for the widening of the bend at Manchester and the completion of the widening of the bend at Norsworthy and the dredging of a small area in the extreme end of the southwest extension of the turning basin. To complete the existing project the uncompleted portion of the turning basin, the widenings referred to above, and the light-draft extension of the channel above the turning basin are to be dredged, and the dike, 26,000 feet long, to protect the channel in upper Galveston Bay is to be completed. A side or tributary channel, 10 to 12 feet deep and 3,700 feet long, has been excavated from the ship channel to the mouth of Goose Creek. Project authorized by Public Works Administration.-This project is about 50 percent completed. A total of about 131/2 miles of the 25-mile length of the channel across Galveston Bay has been com- pleted to the new dimensions provided by this modified project. To complete this project the remainder of the channel across Galveston Bay and the cut through Morgan Point are to be widened and deep- ened and the channel from Morgan Point to and including the turning basin is to be deepened. The ruling depths at mean low tide along the center line of the channel on June 30, 1934, were as follows: Through Galveston Bay, 31 feet; thence to mouth of Vinces Bayou, 27 feet; thence to the turning basin, 30 feet, with 30 to 35 feet in the turning basin; thence to Houston, 3 feet. The ruling depth in the channel to mouth of Goose Creek was about 6 feet. The total cost of all work on this improvement to June 30, 1934, was as follows: New work Maintenance Total Regular funds-. .-- - ------------------------------.. $5, 192, 126. 66 $5, 865, 480. 18 $11, 057, 606. 84 Public Works funds ....--- 1,099, 022. 14--- 1, 099, 022. 14 Total, United States funds-- - -------.- 6,291, 148.80 5, 865, 480. 18 12, 156, 628. 98 Contributed funds-- -----..........----- 1,365, 000. 00--------- 1, 365, 000. 00 Total, all funds-----..------------------- -- - -- 7,656, 148. 80 5, 865, 480. 18 13, 521, 628. 98 682 REPORT OF CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMY, 1934 The total expenditures on the improvement have been $13,598,- 237.60, including $902,949.90 from Public Works funds. In addition, $1,365,000 was expended from contributed funds. Proposedoperations.-The balance unexpended, including accounts receivable July 1, 1934, amounting to $429,266.88, will be applied as follows : Accounts payable June 30, 1934 .......- $37, 650. 99 Maintenance: Dredging by United States plant or by contract to remove shoaling in channel and turning basin (between July 1, 1934, and June 30, 1935)---- $380, 000.00 Building levees and preparing dumping grounds for United States plant (between July 1, 1934, and June 30, 1935) -------------------------- 11,615.89 391, 615. 89 Total ------------------------------------------- 429, 266. 88 The balance unexpended July 1, 1934, amounting to $597,050.10 from the funds allotted by the Public Works Administration, to- gether with $1,043,000 allotted during July 1934, will be applied as follows: Accounts payable June 30, 1934______---- $214, 196. 10 New work: Continuation of widening and deepening lower Galveston Bay section of channel between first turn above Bolivar Roads and Red Fish Reef by contract (between July 1, 1934, and October 1934) ------------------------------- $162, 781. 14 Continuation of widening and deepening upper Galveston Bay section of channel from Red Fish Reef to and through Morgan Point by contract (between July 1, 1934, and April 1935) -- -------------------------------- 651, 072. 86 Widening and deepening by United States hopper dredge lower Galveston Bay section of channel between Bolivar Roads and first turn (be- tween July 1, 1934, and June 1935) ---------- 50, 000.00 Completion of remainder of project as far as funds will permit by deepening channel above Morgan Point-----------------_ 562, 000. 00 1 425. 854 00 Total- ---------- --------------------- 1, 640, 050. 10 The additional sum of $709,250 can be profitably expended during the fiscal year 1936, as follows: Maintenance: Removal of shoaling from the turning basin and ship channel by the operation of one United States pipe-line dredge and booster when required, or by contract (between July 1, 1935, and June 30, 1936) --------------------------------------- ----- $700, 000 Building levees and preparing dumping grounds for United States plant (between July 1, 1935, and June 30, 1936) -------------- 9, 250 Total--------------- ------------------------------------ 7091, 250 RIVERS AND HARBORS-GALVESTON, TEX., DISTRICT 683 Cost and finawcial summary MAINTENANCE AND IMPROVEMENT FUNDS Cost of new work to June 30, 1934 1_______-------------__ $9, 297, 283. 53 Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1934 ____-___----_7, 069, 062. 58 Total cost of permanent work to June 30, 1934 .- ____--- 16, 366, 346. 11 Value of plant, materials, etc., on hand June 30, 1934------ - 1, 625, 142. 65 Net total cost to June 30, 1934 _____-... __________- 17, 901, 488. 76 Plus accounts receivable June 30, 1934 .---------- .-------- 50, 189. 20 Gross total costs to June 30, 1934______________________-- 18,041, 677. 96 Minus accounts payable June 30, 1934_ .-.-- ---------- - 37, 650. 99 Net total expenditures 1---- ---- - - 18, 004, 026. 97 Unexpended balance June 30, 1934__ -- ___--___--______ 379, 077. 68 Total amount appropriated to June 30, 1934__________ 18, 383, 104. 65 Fiscal year ending June 30 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 Cost of new work.___............$34,116. 45 _ $209, 437.51 $312, 723.43 $13, 740. 97 1, 249, 853.08 Cost of maintenance-............. $335, 871. 60 519, 683. 71 58, 658. 82 118, 466. 50 Total cost-------------- 1, 283, 969. 53 335,871. 60 729, 121. 22 371, 382. 25 132,207. 47 Total expended.....--.........------------ 1,302,116.96 357, 628. 41 568, 324.58 912, 783.83 383,265. 33 000. 00 Allotted_.---------------------. 650, 814, 000. 00 -190, 000. 00 1, 160, 154. 47 224, 287. 08 Balance unexpended July 1, 1933_ $538, 055. 93 Amount allotted from War Department Appropria- tion Act approved Apr. 26, 1934____--- $133, 000. 00 Amount allotted from War Department Appropria- tion Act approved July 14, 1932___------ 487, 752. 79 Amount allotted from War Department Appropria- tion Act approved Mar. 4, 1933--------------- 25, 000. 00 645 752 vZv, 79 ..... Amount to be accounted for_______--- ----- 1, 183, 808. 72 Deductions on account of revocation of allotment __-------__--421, 465. 71 Net amount to be accounted for_ 762, 343.01 Gross amount expended______________----___ 1, 515, 881.84 Less: Reimbursements collected ------- $986, 707.29 Receipts from sales__________--- 145, 909. 22 1, 132, 616. 51 383, 265. 33 Balance unexpended June 30, 1934_______ 379, 077. 68 Outstanding liabilities June 30, 1934______________ 60, 186. 83 Amount covered by uncompleted contracts--------- 15, 000. 00 75, 186. 83 Balance available June 30, 1934------------------------ 303, 890. 85 Accounts receivable June 30, 1934----------------------------50, 189. 20 Unobligated balance available June 30, 1934--------------354, 080. 05 Amount (estimated) required to - be appropriated for completion - - - -- - -- -- - -- -- - - -- -- - -- - -- - -- - -- - - of existing project 2 480. 000. 00 Amount that can be profitably expended in fiscal year ending -- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - June 30, 1936, for maintenance 1 709, 250. 00 1 In addition $1,365,000 was expended from contributed funds. 2 Exclusive of available funds. 684 REPORT OF CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMY, 1934 PUBLIC WORKS FUNDS Cost of new work to June 30, 1934--------------------------- 1, 099, 022. 14 Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1934 ............ Total cost of permanent work to June 30, 1934 ----------- 1, 099, 022. 14 Value of plant, materials, etc., on hand June 30, 1934---------- 18, 123. 86 Net total cost to June 30, 1934 -, _ 1, 117, 146. 00 Minus accounts payable June 30, 1934------------------------ 214, 196. 10 Net total expenditures------------------------------902, 949. 90 Unexpended balance June 30, 1934--------------------------597, 050. 10 Total amount appropriated to June 30, 1934------------- 1, 500, 000. 00 Fiscal year ending June 30 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 Cost of new work........------------------- -------------------------------- $1, 099, 022. 14 Cost of maintenance------------- -------------- --------------.. ---------------------------- -------------- Total expended----..........------------------------------- ------------- -------------- 902, 949.90 Allotted-----------..............-------......... ---------------------....-------..--- 1, 500,000.00 Amount allotted from National Industrial Recovery Act approved June 16, 1933--------_----------------------_------1, 500, 000. 00 Gross amount expended-------------------- $903,029. 90 Less reimbursements collected---- ----------- 80. 00 902, 949. 90 Balance unexpended June 30, 1934---------------------597, 050. 10 Outstanding liabilities June 30, 1934--------------- 4, 081. 04 Amount covered by uncompleted contracts--------- 586, 223. 29 590, 304. 33 Balance available June 30, 1934------------------------- 6, 745. 77 Amount allotted by Public Works Administration Emergency Ap- propriation Act fiscal year 1935-------------------------1, 043, 000.00 Balance available for fiscal year 1935--------------- -- 1, 049, 745. 77 CONSOLIDATED' COST AND FINANCIAL SUMMARY FOR HOUSTON SHIP CHANNEL, TEX. Cost of new work to June 30, 19341--------------------- ---- $10, 396, 305. 67 ------------------------ Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1934__ 7, 069, 062. 58 Total cost of permanent work to June 30, 1934---------17, 465, 368. 25 Value of plant, materials, etc., on hand June 30, 1934---------1, 643, 266 51 Net total cost to June 30, 1934 ---------------------- 19, 108, 634. 76 Plus accounts receivable June 30, 1934----------------------- 50, 189. 20 Gross total costs to, June 30, 1934_- 19, 158, 823. 96 Minus accounts payable June 30, 1934----------------------- 251, 847. 09 --- ----- ----- ---- ----- ----- - Net total expenditures 1---- 18, 906, 976. 87 Unexpended balance June 30, 1934-------------------------- 976, 127. 78 Total amount appropriated to June 30, 1934-----------19, 883, 104. 65 1 In addition $1,365,000 was expended from contributed funds. RIVERS AND HARBORS GALVESTON, TEX., DISTRICT 685 Fiscal year ending June 30 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 Cost of new work____....__ __ $34, 116. 45 Cost of maintenance.......----------- 1,249, 853. 08 -_. ..... $335, 871. 60 $209, 437. 51 $312, 723.43 $1, 112, 763. 11 519, 683. 71 58, 658.82 118, 466. 50 Total cost.........-------------...... 1,283, 969.53 335, 871. 60 729, 121. 22 371, 382. 25 1, 231, 229. 61 Total expended.-------------- 1,302, 116. 96 357, 628. 41 568, 324. 58 912, 783.83 1, 286, 215. 23 Allotted_---------------------___ 650, 000. 00 814, 000. 00 -190, 000. 00 1, 160, 154. 47 1, 724, 287. 08 Balance unexpended July 1, 1933_....__.____-- ___ $538, 055. 93 Amount allotted from War Department Appropria- tion Act approved Apr. 26, 1934_______----_____- $133, 000. 00 Amount allotted from War Department Appropria- tion Act approved July 14, 1932 487, 752. 79 Amount allotted from War Department Appropria- tion Act approved Mar. 4, 1933--- ___-------- 25, 000. 00 Amount allotted from National Industrial Recovery Act approved June 16, 1933----------------- 1, 500, 000. 00 2, 145, 752. 79 Amount to be accounted for ___-_____--__ 2, 683, 808. 72 Deductions on account of revocation of allotment __----- - 421, 465. 71 Net amount to be accounted for- -____-___--- _____ 2, 262, 343. 01 Gross amount expended_ -___--- - - ___-2, 418, 911.74 Less: Reimbursements collected -------- $986, 787. 29 Receipts from sales __________- 145, 909. 22 1, 132, 696. 51 1, 286, 215. 23 Balance unexpended June 30, 1934___________------- 976, 127. 78 Outstanding liabilities June 30, 1934 4, 267. 87 6_____________ Amount covered by uncompleted contracts --------- 601, 223. 29 665, 491. 16 Balance available June 30, 1934----------___-___-- ------ 310, 636. 62 Accounts receivable June 30, 1934_...... __ 50, 189. 20 Unobligated balance available June 30, 1934__ ___ -- - 360, 825. 82 Amount allotted by Public Works Administration Emergency Ap- propriation Act, fiscal year 1935__-- __----------------- 1, 043,000. 00 Balance available for fiscal year 1935 __------__---------_ 1, 403, 825. 82 Amount (estimated) required to be appropriated for completion of 1 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -- - - - - - -- - - - - - -- - - existing project ---- 480, 000. 00 Amount that can be profitably expended in fiscal year ending June 30, 1936, for maintenance 1-------------- 709, 250. 00 8. DOUBLE BAYOU, TEX. Location.--This bayou enters upper Galveston Bay on the east side about 30 miles north of Galveston and about 81/4 miles south of Anahuac. (See U. S. Coast and Geodetic Survey Chart No. 1282.) Existing project.-The existing project provides for a channel 6 feet deep at mean low tide and 100 feet wide through the bar at the mouth of Double Bayou. Under ordinary conditions the mean tidal range is about 0.7 foot, and the extreme range is about 0.9 foot. The height of tides is dependent largely on the wind, and during 1Exclusive of available funds. 686 REPORT OF CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMY, 1934 strong "northers." in the winter season the water surface may be depressed 11/2 feet below mean low tide. The estimate of cost for new work, revised in 1928, is $12,500. The latest (1928) approved estimate for annual cost of maintenance is $10,000. The project was authorized by the River and Harbor Act approved March 3, 1899 (H. Doc. No. 387, 55th Cong., 2d sess.). The latest published map is contained in the project document. Terminal facilities.-The terminal facilities on this waterway are confined to small wharves for local use. They are considered ade- quate for the present commerce. Operations and results during fiscal year.-Under contract the en- trance channel in Galveston Bay was redredged between March 26 and April 14 to depth of 6 to 7 feet at mean low tide, and width of 60 feet on bottom from a point in the bay about 1,600 feet outside the outer light beacon to the mouth of the bayou, a distance of 8,300 feet, a total of .58,057 cubic yards of sand and silt being removed, restoring project depth. No other work was done. Total cost and expenditure charged to this improvement for the year was $6,926.49, all for maintenance. Condition at end of fiscal year.-The project is about 70 percent completed, a channel 5 to 7 feet deep at mean low tide and 60 to 85 feet wide having been dredged. The channel has yet to be widened to 100 feet whenever commerce justifies. Ruling depth at mean low tide on June 30, 1934, was 6.8 feet in the entrance channel and about 5.8 feet inside the bayou. The cost of new work has been $6,953.20 and of maintenance $105,789.93, a total of $112,743.13. The total expenditures were $112,743.13. Proposed operations.-The balance unexpended July 1, 1934, amounting to $773.51 will be applied to miscellaneous surveys, in- spections, and estimates. No work is expected to be necessary during the fiscal year ending June 30, 1936, and no funds can be profitably expended. Cost and financial summary Cost of new work to June 30, 1934________________---------_ $6, 953. 20 Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1934_________________________-- 105, 789. 93 Total cost of permanent work to June 30, 1934______________ 112, 743. 13 Net total expenditures--.--- __------------___ 112, 743. 13 Unexpended balance June 30, 1934_______________________________ 773. 51 Total amount appropriated to June 30, 1934______________ 113, 516.64 Fiscal year ending June 30 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 Cost of new work ..........---- ..-- - -- - Cost of maintenance -- -------- $6, 937. 94 ----- -- $4, 624. 28- - ------- $6, 926. 49 Total expended ----------------------- 6, 950. 94 - - - $4, 624. 28 6, 926. 49 Allotted-...... __- ...... ... --- _---- 5, 000. 00 $9, 000 -13, 000. 00 4, 355. 55 700. 00 RIVERS AND HARBORS-GALVESTON, TEX., DISTRICT 687 Balance unexpended July 1, 1933---------------------------- $7, 000. 00 Amount allotted from War Department Appropriation Act approved July 14, 1932------------ --------- 700. 00 Amount to be accounted for----------------------------7, 700. 00 Gross amount expended--------------- --------------------- 6, 926.49 Balance unexpended June 30, 1934------------------------- 773. 51 Amount (estimated) required to be appropriated for completion of existing project ------------------------ -------- 5, 500. 00 9. ANAHUAC CHANNEL, TEX. Location.-The town of Anahuac is on the northeast side of upper Galveston or Trinity Bay, opposite the mouth of the Trinity River, 38 miles north of Galveston and 25 miles northeast of Seabrook. (See U. S. Coast and Geodetic Survey Chart No. 1282.) Existing projet.-There is no definite project for this channel. The River and Harbor Act approved March 3, 1905, contained an item for " Improving West Galveston Bay Channel, Double Bayou, and mouths of adjacent streams, including Trinity River, Anahuac Channel, and Cedar Bayou ", but at the time of the appropriation no recommendation of definite channel dimensions had been made to Congress. A channel 6 feet deep at mean low tide and 80 feet wide was dredged in 1905 from Galveston Bay to the wharves at Anahuac, a distance of 16,000 feet. Under ordinary conditions the mean tidal range is about 0.7 of a foot and the extreme range about 0.9 of a foot. The height of tides is dependent largely on the wind, and during strong " northers " in the winter season the water surface may be depressed 11/2 feet below mean low tide. The latest (1928) ap- proved estimate for annual cost of maintenance is $12,500. The latest published map is contained in House Document No. 440, Fifty- sixth Congress, first session. Terminal facilities.-The terminal facilities are at Anahuac and consist of several small wharves and slips for local use. They are considered adequate for the existing commerce. Operations and results during fiscal year.-During the year a rud- der boom was maintained at the head of Browns Pass, Trinity River, to divert drift down the Southwest Pass and prevent, so far as possi- ble, its movement into the Anahuac Channel. The total cost of its maintenance and repair for the year was $772.88. Under contract the outer portion of this channel was redredged between January 24 and March 14 to depth of 6 to 7 feet at mean low tide and width of 80 feet on bottom from a point about 1,000 feet south of the inner light beacon to a point in Galveston Bay about 2 miles outside or south of the outer light beacon, a distance of 16,200 feet. One hundred and fifty-one thousand three hundred and sixty- five cubic yards of sand and silt were removed in restoring project depth. The cost of this redredging was $18,460.68. In addition, $42.58 was charged to miscellaneous surveys. 1 Exclusive of available funds. 91536-ENG 1934-44 688 REPORT OF CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMY, 1934 Total cost of all the work on this improvement for the year was $19,276.14, all for maintenance; the total expenditure for the year was $19,288.26. Condition at end of fiscal year.-The project was completed in 1911. The ruling depth on June 30, 1934, was about 6.5 feet at mean low tide. The cost of new work under the existing project has been $5,975.10 and of maintenance $200,987.01, a total of $206,962.11. The total expenditures were $206,938.22. Proposed operations.-The balance unexpended July 1, 1934, amounting to $3,578.54 will be applied during the fiscal year 1935, as follows : Accounts payable June 30, 1934____------------------------------- $23. 89 Maintenance : Operation and maintenance of boom to prevent forma- tion of drift jams (between July 1, 1934, and June 30, 1935) ---------------------------------------- $1, 100. 00 Removal of snags by the operation of a United States derrick barge for about 1 month at $2,000 per month (between July 1, 1934, and June 30, 1935)--------- 2, 000. 00 Miscellaneous surveys, inspections, and estimates (be- tween July 1, 1934, and June 30, 1935)------------- 454. 65 3, 554. 65 Total-- ---------------------------------------- 3, 578. 54 This is an important light-draft channel serving communities with- out railroads, and its maintenance to project dimensions is necessary. The additional sum of $11,000 can be profitably expended during the fiscal year 1936, as follows: Maintenance: Dredging with United States dredge or by contract or leased dredge (between July 1, 1935, and June 30, 1936) ------------------- $8, 700 Removal of snags by a United States derrick barge, if required (be- tween July 1, 1935, and June 30, 1936) 000 1---------------------- Operation of boom by hired labor (between July 1, 1935, and June 30, 1936) ------------------------------------ 1, 300 Total------ ------------------------------------------ 11, 000 Cost and financialt summary Cost of new work to June 30, 1934 5, 975. 10 $------------------- Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1934----------------------- - 200, 987. 01 Total cost of permanent work to June 30, 1934- -------.-- 206, 962. 11 Minus accounts payable June 30, 1934---------------------------- 23. 89 Net total expenditures ------------------------------ 206, 938. 22 Unexpended balance June 30, 1934-------------------------3, 578. 54 Total amount appropriated to June 30, 19,341--------_ 210, 516. 76 Fiscal year ending June 30 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 Cost of new work- .......... ......... ..------------ Cost of maintenance---- ....--------------- $7, 842. 59 $22, 297. 58 $10, 354. 53 $1, 741.34 $19, 276. 14 Total expended ...-------------- ------- 7, 853. 52 21, 641.26 8, 792. 08 4, 023. 40 19, 288. 26 Allotted ---------------------------. -2, 500. 00 11, 000. 00 7,000. 00 8, 853. 57 12, 245. 70 RIVERS AND HIARBORS-GALVESTON, TEX., DISTRICT 689 Balance unexpended July 1, 1933-----------------------------___ $10, 621. 10 Amount allotted from War Department Appropriation Act approved July 14, 1932---------------------------_ 12, 330. 00 Amount to be accounted for------------------------------ 22, 951.10 Deductions on account of revocation of allotment------------------ 84. 30 Net amount to be accounted for -------------------------- 22, 866. 80 Gross amount expended-------- -------------------------------- 19, 288.26 .Balance unexpended June 30, 1934------------------------ 3, 578. 54 Outstanding liabilities June 30, 1934-- -------------------------- 23. 89 Balance available June 30, 1934--------------------__ 3, 554. 65 Amount that can be profitably expended in fiscal year ending June 30, 1936, for maintenance 1 --- 11, 000. 00 10. CEDAR BAYOU, TEX. Location.-This bayou is about 30 miles long, flowing south and emptying from the eastern shore into the northwest corner of upper Galveston Bay, about 11/2 miles below the mouth of San Jacinto River and about 281/2 miles north of Galveston, Tex. (See U. S. Coast and Geodetic Survey Chart No. 1282.) Previous projects.-Adopted by the River and Harbor Acts of September 19, 1890, and July 13, 1892. The cost and expenditures were $108,871.28, of which amount $39,087.1.5 was for new work and $69,784.13 was for maintenance. Existing project.-This provides for a channel 10 feet deep at mean low tide and 100 feet wide from the Houston Ship Channel to a point on the bayou 11 miles above the mouth. The project also includes the jetties at the mouth of the bayou provided for under the previous project. Under ordinary conditions the mean tidal range is about 0.6 foot and the extreme range 1.3 feet. The height of tides is dependent largely on the wind, and during strong " northers " in the winter season the water surface may be depressed 2 feet below mean low tide. The estimate of cost for new work made in 1930, exclusive of amounts expended on previous projects, is $50,000, of which $25,000 is to be contributed by local interests. The latest (1930) approved estimate for annual cost of maintenance is $20,000. The existing project was adopted by the River and Harbor Act of July 3, 1930 (S. Doc. No. 107, 71st Cong., 2d sess.). The latest published map is in this document. Local cooperation.-The River and Harbor Act approved July 3, 1930, provides that local interests shall contribute 50 percent of the estimated first cost of the improvement, but not to exceed $25,000, and shall furnish, without cost to the United States, all necessary easements, rights-of-way, and dumping grounds. These conditions have not yet been completely met, but local inter- ests have complied with all the necessary requirements to complete the channel to the first bend in Cedar Bayou above the mouth. Terminal facilities.-The terminal facilities consist of a few small wharves for local use located at various places along Cedar Bayou. They are considered adequate for the commerce that exists at present. Operations and results during fiscal year.-None. The costs and expenditures were $97.91, charged to maintenance. 'Exclusive of available funds. 690 REPORT OF CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMY, 1934 Condition at end of fiscal year.--The existing project is about 50 percent completed. The channel has been completed to existing project dimensions from a connection with the Houston Ship Channel to the first bend in Cedar Bayou above the mouth. Two brush and stone jetties--north jetty, 1,413 feet long, and south jetty, 2,888 feet long-have been built from shore along the sides of the channel, both jetties being built to an elevation 2.5 feet above mean low tide. To complete the project the bayou is to be dredged to project dimen- sions to a point 11 miles above the mouth. The ruling depth in the channel on June 30, 1934, was 10 feet from the Houston Ship Channel to the first bend in Cedar Bayou above the mouth and about 6.7 feet thence to mile 11. The total costs under the existing project to the end of the fiscal year were $25,151.13 for new work, of which $12,575.56 were United States funds and $12,575.57 contributed funds, and $26,555.37 for maintenance, a total of $51,706.50. The expenditures were $39,130.93 from United States funds and $12,575.57 from contributed funds, a total of $51,706.50. Proposed operations.-The balance unexpended July 1, 1934, amounting to $19,402.09, will be applied to maintenance dredging by United States plant or by contract or leased dredge to remove shoaling in channel as required. Recent increase in traffic of barging oil requires the maintenance of channel at all times. The additional sum of $20,000 can be profitably expended during the fiscal year 1936, to be applied to maintenance dredging throughout the year as required. Cost and financial summary Cost of new work to June 30, 1934 _-------- ---------------- $51, 662. 71 Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1934------------------------- 96, 339. 50 Total cost of permanent work to June 30, 1934------------ 148, 002. 21 Net total expenditures- 1148, 002. 21 Unexpended balance June 30, 1934------------- -------------- 19, 402. 09 Total amount appropriated to June 30, 1934---------------- 167, 404. 30 Fiscal year ending June 30 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 Cost of new work .-------------- ------------------------- $12, 575. 56 Cost of maintenance______----------------_ $21, 652. 61 $20. 34 ----------. $26, 437. 12 $97. 91 Total expended__----------------------- 21, 655. 86 20. 34 12, 575. 56 26, 437. 12 97. 91 Allotted------------ ---------------- 21,00.00 28, 500.00 -23, 000. 00 45, 723. 84 -451. 64 Balance unexpended July 1, 1933------------------------ $19, 951. 64 Deductions on account of revocation of allotment----------------- 451. 64 Net amount to be accounted for------------------------19, 500. 00 Gross amount expended---------------------- ----------------- 97. 91 Balance unexpended June 30, 1934 ---------------------- 19, 402.09 Amount (estimated) required to be appropriated for completion of existing project 2 -------------------------------------- 312, 500. 00 Amount that can be profitably expended in fiscal year ending June 30, 1936, for maintenance 2-------------- 20, 000. 00 'Exclusive of $12,575.57 expended from contributed funds. SExclusive of available funds. SIn addition $12,400 to be contributed by local interests. RIVERS AND HARBORS-GALVESTON, TEX., DISTRICT 691 11. CLEAR CREEK, TEX. Location.-Clear Creek has its source about 13 miles south of Houston, Tex., and flows southeast for a distance of about 25 miles, emptying into the west side of upper Galveston Bay at a point 24 miles northwest of Galveston, Tex. (See U. S. Coast and Geodetic Survey Chart No. 1282.) Existing project.-This provides for a channel 4 feet deep at mean low tide and 50 feet wide across the bar at the mouth in Galveston Bay and through Clear Lake to deep water in Clear Creek. Under ordinary conditions the mean tidal range is about 0.6 foot and the extreme range 1.3 feet. The height of tides is dependent largely on the wind, and during strong "northers " in the winter season the water surface may be depressed 2 feet below mean low tide. The original estimate of cost for new work, made in 1900, was $10,000. The latest (1928) approved estimate for annual cost of mainte- nance is $6,000. The project was authorized by the River and Harbor Act ap- proved June 13, 1902 (H. Doc. No. 449, 56th Cong., 1st sess.). The latest published map is printed in House Document No. 264, Seventy- third Congress, second session. Recommended modifications of project.-Under date of February 14, 1934, the Chief of Engineers recommended modification of the existing project so as to provide for a channel 6 feet deep and 60 feet wide in Clear Creek from deep water in Galveston Bay to the bridges 1 mile above the mouth at an estimated increased cost for maintenance of $3,500 per annum. (H. Doc. No. 264, 73d Cong., 2d sess.) Terminal facilities.-The terminal facilities consist of small wharves for local use located at the town of Seabrook, at the mouth of the creek, and at various points along the length of the water- way. They are considered adequate for existing commerce. Operations and results during fiscal year.-Under contract the shoaled part of the entrance channel in Galveston Bay was redredged between May 12 and 23 to a depth of 6 feet at mean low tide and width of 50 feet. A total length of channel of 3,000 feet was re- dredged, beginning at a point about 1,500 feet west of the light beacon and extending nearly to the mouth of the creek, and 14,217 cubic yards of sand and silt removed. Total cost and expenditure for the year was $4,002.47, all for main- tenance. Condition at end of fiscal year.-The project was completed in 1908. Ruling depth on June 30, 1934, was about 5 feet in the en- trance channel and 3.1 feet across the lake at mean low tide. The cost of new work under the existing project has been $14,290.95 and of maintenance $62,373.49, a total of $76,664.44. The total expenditures were $76,664.44. Proposed operations.-The balance unexpended July 1, 1934, amounting to $2,997.53, will be applied to miscellaneous surveys, in- spections, and estimates. No work is expected to be necessary during the fiscal year ending June 30, 1936, and no additional funds can be profitably expended. 692 REPORT OF CHIEF OF ENGINEERS9 U. S. ARMY, 1934 Cost and financial summary Cost of new work to June 30, 1934------------------------------ $14, 290. 95 Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1934------------------_ -_ 62, 373. 49 Total cost of permanent work to June 30, 1934--------------- 76, 664. 44 Net total expenditures 664. 44 7----------------------------- Unexpended balance June 30, 1934- --.. 2, 997. 53 Total amount appropriated to June 30, 1934--------------- 79, 661. 97 Fiscal year ending June 30 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 Cost of new work -.....- - -I- .- --... . Cost of maintenance . $11, 119. 02 $19. 34 __ $4, 002. 47 Total expended ----------------------- 11, 160. 18 19. 34 4, 002. 47 Allotted_ ---------------------------- -6, 000. 00 7,00. 00 -$7, 731.27 --$ 6. 92 7, 000.0 0 Amount allotted from War Department Appropriation Act approved Mar. 4, 1933 -------------------------------------- $7, 000. 00 Gross amount expended ----------------------------------------- 4, 002. 47 Balance unexpended June 30, 1934---_ 2, 997. 53 12. FREEPORT HARBOR, TEX. Location.-This harbor is formed by the improvement of the Brazos River, Tex., from the mouth to Freeport, about 6 miles above. (See U. S. Coast and Geodetic Survey Chart No. 525.) The mouth of the Brazos River is about 47 miles southwest of Galveston Harbor entrance and about 137 miles northeast of Aransas Pass (Port Aransas). Previous projects.-Adopted by River and Harbor Act approved June 14, 1880. The total cost and expenditures were $147,098.43, all for new work. For further details see page 1860 of Annual Report for 1915. Eisting project.-This provides for a channel about 22 feet deep at mean low tide and not to exceed 25 feet deep and 150 feet wide from the jetties up to the present steamship wharf, and for such extension of the project upstream toward the town of Freeport as may be found desirable, to be attained by dredging, by jetties at the mouth of the harbor, and by a diversion dam in the Brazos River, a diversion channel, and necessary auxiliary works in general accord- ance with plan no. 6, as proposed by the district engineer, together with a lock in the diversion dam approximately 200 feet long, 55 feet wide, and 121/2 feet deep over the miter sills. The Secretary of War is authorized to modify the route of the diversion channel and any or all of the auxiliary features in such manner as may seem to him satisfactory and desirable, after con- sideration of such alternative plans as may be submitted by local interests; provided, however, that in no such case shall the total first cost to the Government of the modification of the project author- ized by the act of March 3, 1925, exceed the sum of $500,000, nor the estimated annual maintenance cost to the Government exceed $75,000, including care and operation of a lock, if provided. The River and RIVERS AND HARBORS-GALVESTON, TEX., DISTRICT 693 Harbor Act of July 3, 1930, modified the act of March 3, 1925, so as to provide that, when local interests shall have furnished assurances satisfactory to the Secretary of War that they will maintain the diversion channel, the United States shall assume the cost of main- tenance of the navigable channel, estimated at $75,000 annually, in- cluding care and operation of the lock, if provided. (See Rivers and Harbors Committee Doc. No. 18, 70th Cong., 1st sess.) Under ordinary conditions the mean tidal range is about 1.8 feet and the extreme range about 21/2 feet. Freshets in the river, except under extreme conditions, do not cause a greater variation in the water surface than the tidal action. The estimate of cost for new work, revised in 1928, is $2,260,000, exclusive of amounts expended on previous projects, but including $1,100,000 to be contributed by local interests. The latest (1928) ap- proved estimate for annual cost of maintenance is $75,000. The existing project was authorized by the following river and harbor acts: The act of March 3, 1899, provided for " dredging and such other work as may be deemed most effective in the judgment of the Secretary of War in improving and developing the harbor ", and also provided for taking over the jetties and other auxiliary works built at the mouth of the river by a private company; as a result of an examination authorized by the River and Harbor Act of March 2, 1907, the work was confined to maintenance of the jetties (H. Doc. No. 1087, 60th Cong., 3d sess.); by the River and Harbor Act of February 27, 1911, dredging was again authorized in addition to repairs to the jetties. The act of March 4, 1913, provided for the construction of the seagoing hopper dredge, one-half the cost to be charged to this improvement and one-half to Aransas Pass. The act approved August 8, 1917, modified the project by providing for the purchase of one 15-inch pipe-line dredge and equipment, its opera- tion for an experimental period of 3 years, the operation of the seagoing dredge one-half time for 3 years, and repairs to the jetties (H. Doc. No. 1469, 63d Cong., 3d sess.). The River and Harbor Act of March 3, 1925, provided for the diversion dam, the diversion channel, and necessary auxiliary works (Rivers and Harbors Com- mittee Doc. No. 10, 68th Cong., 2d sess.) and the act of July 3, 1930, further modified the project to provide for maintaining the diversion channel at the expense of local interests (Rivers and Harbors Com- mittee Doc. No. 18, 70th Cong., 1st sess.). The latest published maps are printed in Rivers and Harbors Committee Document No. 15, Seventy-second Congress, first session. Supplementing the work authorized by Congress the modification of the project so as to provide a channel from deep water in the Gulf of Mexico to the jetty entrance 32 feet deep and 300 feet wide, thence 30 feet deep and 200 feet wide to the turning basin at Brazosport as recommended by the Chief of Engineers in Rivers and Harbors Committee Document No. 15, Seventy-second Congress, first session, was included in the Public Works program under the National In- dustrial Recovery Act. Recommended modifications of project.-Under date of May 3, 1932, the Chief of Engineers recommended modification of the exist- ing project so as to provide a channel from deep water in the Gulf of Mexico to the jetty entrance, 32 feet deep and 300 feet wide; 694 REPORT OF CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMY, 1934 thence a channel 30 feet deep and 200 feet wide to the turning basin at Brazosport, and a depth of 30 feet in the turning basin, at an estimated cost of $226,500, with $100,000 annually for maintenance, this being $25,000 more than now required; and so as to provide for a channel 30 feet deep and 200 feet wide to and including the turning basin near the Stauffer chemical plant at Freeport, at an additional cost of approximately $79,000; subject to certain condi- tions of local cooperation, including the contribution of $100,000 toward the cost of the improvements from the Gulf to the Brazosport turning basin, and 50 percent of the cost of the improvements above Brazosport (Rivers and Harbors Committee Doc. No. 15, 72d Cong., 1st sess.). Channel to Brazosport included under Public Works program. Under date of February 14, 1934, the Chief of Engineers recom- mended further modification of the project so as to provide for the maintenance of a channel 32 feet deep from deep water in the Gulf of Mexico to a point about one-half mile below the Stauffer Chemi- cal Plant with two turning basins, one 700 by 700 feet at Brazosport and one 600 by 600 feet at the upper end of the channel, the channel to have a width of 300 feet seaward of the jettied entrance, 200 feet from the jettied entrance to the Brazosport turning basin, widened at the bend, and averaging 375 feet, thence to the upper turning basin, the widths in the approaches to the turning basins to converge within a distance of 800 feet from the width of the turning basin to the width of the channel, all at an estimated cost for maintenance of $115,000 annually for the first 2 years and $100,000 annually thereafter; and to provide also for the extension of the channel with a depth of 30 feet and a width of 200 feet to and including the turning basin near the Stauffer Chem- ical Plant at Freeport at a cost of $18,000 when required in the in- terests of commerce and navigation; subject to certain conditions of local cooperation. (Rivers and Harbors Committee Doc. No. 29, 73d Cong., 2d sess.). Lodal cooperation.--All conditions of local cooperation required for prosecution of that modification of the project contained in Rivers and Harbors Committee Document No. 15, Seventy-second Congress, first session, and now included in the Public Works program under the National Industrial Recovery Act, as well as those required by prior acts, have been fully met. Terminal facilities.-The terminal facilities are located at the towns of Freeport and Velasco at the upper end of this improvement and at a point about a mile above the inner ends of the jetties. The facilities at Freeport consist of a small wharf, privately owned, and one free public wharf owned by the municipality of Freeport. The wharves at Velasco are in such a bad state of repair as to be practically useless. The facilities just inside the mouth of the river consist of 1 sulphur-loading dock, about 250 feet long, 1 oil dock, and 1 steamship wharf, about 450 feet long, with wooden shed. The existing facilities are considered adequate for the commerce that exists. Provision has been made for the construction of a public wharf. RIVERS AND HARBORS-GALVESTON, TEX., DISTRICT 695 OPERATIONS AND RESULTS DURING FISCAL YEAR Project authorized by FederalEmergency Administration of Pub- lic Works--New Work.-With a combination of funds provided from the National Industrial Recovery Act under the Public Works program, and funds contributed by local interests, work was begun on the modified project in improving the channel from deep water in the Gulf of Mexico to the turning basin at Brozosport (in ac- cordance with the provisions of Rivers and Harbors Committee Doc. No. 15, 72d Cong., 1st sess.). Under the provisions of section 4 of the River and Harbor Act of March 4, 1915, the Secretary of War accepted the contribution by local interests of $125,000 to pro- vide for an interior channel of 32 feet depth throughout, widened to 375 feet above Brazosport, a turning basin 700 feet square at Brazosport, and a turning basin 600 feet square at the head of the channel. The U. S. hopper dredge Galveston dredged on the channel sea- ward of the jettied entrance from April 10 to 27, excavating 298,407 cubic yards at a cost of $13,115.29. Under contract the portion of the channel from the jettied entrance to and including the upper turning basin is being widened and deepened with a combination of funds from the National Industrial Recovery Act and those contributed by local interests. At the end of the fiscal year there had been excavated 313,289 cubic yards at a cost of $22,581.65 from Public Works funds, and 1,696,241 cubic yards at a cost of $124,846.42 from contributed funds. Total cost of all work for the year prosecuted with Public Works funds was $35,696.94. Total expenditure was $33,507.62. Total expenditure from contributed funds was $109,356.93. Existing project--Maintenance.-Between August 7 to September 1, 1933, and March 4 and April 9, 1934, the U. S. hopper dredge Galveston, operating on the channel seaward from the Brazosport turning basin, removed 875,303 cubic yards at a cost of $41,475.61. Between October 2 and 15, the U. S. dredge Sam Houston, operat- ing in the jetty channel, removed 35,664 cubic yards of material at a cost of $7,639.02. Miscellaneous surveys, etc., during the fiscal year cost $3,595.30. Under two contracts for the repairs to both the jetties, between July 7 and December 31, 1933, there was placed 17,241.92 tons new cover stone, 3,426.08 tons new core stone, and 1,740 pieces of old cover stones picked up and replaced, all at a cost of $96,043.41. The cost for maintenance during the fiscal year was $148,753.34, and the total expenditures $148,976.54, all from regular funds. Condition at end of fiscal year.-The existing project was com- pleted in 1931. The two jetties were repaired during the year and are now restored to former cross section and length. The project authorized by the Public Works Administration and the additional enlargement with funds contributed under section 4, act of March 4, 1915, as described under existing project is about 53 percent completed. A total of about 13,600 linear feet of the inside channel, including a portion of the Brazosport turning basin, have been completed to the new dimensions provided by this modified 696 REPORT OF CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMY, 1934 project. The channel seaward of the jetty entrance is about 57 percent completed to the modified dimensions. The ruling depth at mean low tide of the modified channel sea- ward of the jettied entrance is 27 feet along the center line. The modified channel from the jetty entrance to the Brazosport turning basin has a ruling depth at mean low tide of 32 feet to about station 103+00. The Brazosport turning basin has a ruling depth of 25 feet at mean low tide over project widths. From the upper end of the Brazoport turning basin, about station 123+00 to station 152+ 00, the modified channel has a ruling depth of 32 feet below mean low tide over the modified width. In the remainder of the channel to and including the upper turn- ing basin there is a ruling depth of 25 feet below mean low tide over the project width. The total cost of this improvement to June 30, 1934, has been as follows: New work Maintenance Total Regular funds ... ------------------------------------ .. $1, 101,061. 89 $1, 648, 642. 35 $2, 749, 704. 24 Public works funds----------------.............. ... 35, 696. 94-.-.---------- 35, 696. 94 Total United States funds ------------------------- 1, 136, 758. 83 1, 648, 642. 35 2, 785, 401. 18 Contributed funds....--------------------------------- 533, 302. 79 .......------------....... 533, 302. 79 Contributed funds (sec. 4, River and Harbor Act, Mar. 4, 1915) 124, 846. 42-------------- 124, 846. 42 Total (all funds)- ------------------------------- 1, 794, 908. 04 1, 648, 642. 35 3, 443, 550. 39 The total expenditures on the existing project have been $3,282,- 757.03, of which $2,715,946.62 were regular funds, $33,507.62 Public Works funds; and $533,302.79 were from contributed funds. The total expenditures on the Public Works Administration proj- ect were $142,864.55, of which $33,507.62 were derived from Public Works funds and $109,356.93 from contributed funds. Proposed operations.-The balance of United States funds un- expended July 1, 1934, amounting to $81,789.18, together with funds to be contributed by local interests amounting to $75,000, a total of $156,789.18, will be applied during the fiscal year 1935, as follows: UNITED STATES FUNDS Accounts payable June 30, 1934- $250. 00 Maintenance: Dredging sea bar channel with Government plant as needed from time to time, 600,000 cubic yards (between Nov. 1, 1934, and June 30, 1935) --------------------------------- 55, 000. 00 Dredging channel from jettied entrance to Brazosport, includ- ing the turning basin, with United States pipe-line dredge or by contract, 260,000 cubic yards (between Jan. 1, 1935, and Apr. 30, 1935)---------------------------------------- 26, 539. 18 Total -------------------------------------------- 81, 789. 18 CONTRIBUTED FUNDS Maintenance: Engineering and contingencies, to provide for any needed chan- nel protection, intracoastal canal protection, and rectification of works other than normal maintenance------------ ----- 75, 000. 00 Total contributed and United States funds--------------156, 789. 18 RIVERS AND HARBORS-GALVESTON, TEX., DISTRICT 697 The balance unexpended at the end of the year from allotment made from the National Industrial Recovery Act of June 16, 1933, amounting to $92,992.38, and funds contributed, amounting to $115,- 643.07, a total of $208,635.45, will be applied as follows during the fiscal year 1935: Accounts payable June 30, 1934-------------------- $17, 678. 81 New work : Dredging sea bar channel with Government plant 32 feet deep and 300 feet wide on bottom, 800,000 cubic yards (between Oct. 15, 1934, and Nov. 30, 1934) ------------------- __---------------- $79, 159. 94 Complete existing contract for dredging channel 32 feet deep, 200 feet wide on bottom from the outer ends of the jetties to Brazosport, thence about 375 feet wide, 32 feet deep to station 224 just be- low Freeport (between July 1, 1934, and June 26, 1935) ----------------------------------- 111, 796. 70 190, 956. 64 Total for new work---__ _2-----------------------------08, 635.45 The additional sum of $100,000 can be profitably expended during the fiscal year 1936, as follows: Maintenance: Dredging sea bar channel with Government plant, 700,000 cubic yards (during October and December 1935 and March 1936) .... $70, 000 Dredging channel from jetty entrance to Freeport under contract, 400,000 cubic yards (during January and March 1936)---------30, 000 Total ----------------------------------------- --- 100, 000 Cost and financial summary MAINTENANCE AND IMPROVEMENT FUNDS Cost of new work to June 30, 1934________________________---- $1, 248, 160. 32 Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1934_________________------1, 648, 642. 35 Total cost of permanent work to June 30, 1934----------2, 896, 802. 67 Minus accounts payable June 30, 1934 ------ 250. 00 Net total expenditures--_ -------------------------- _ 2, 896, 552. 67 Unexpended balance June 30, 1934-...._.....------------- 81, 789. 18 Total amount appropriated to June 30, 1934__ ________ 2, 978, 341. 85 Fiscal year ending June 30 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 Costof new work--------___ $10, 052.18----------------- Cost"of maintenance---.........._ ..... 37, 829. 22 $77, 833. 29 $87, 823. 77 $46, 201.84 $148, 753. 34 Total cost ---- .......------------------ 47, 881. 40 77, 833. 29 87, 823. 77 46, 201. 84 148, 753. 34 Total expended_________-----------------________ 102, 755. 22 86, 951. 41 86, 834. 82 48, 146. 15 148, 976. 54 Allotted_ ------- __------___-- 25, 000. 00 130, 000. 00 -50, 000. 00 -________ 190, 274. 67 72, 456. 10 Balance unexpended July 1, 1933--------------------------- $158, 309. 62 Amount allotted from War Department Appropriation Act approved Apr. 26, 1934 ------------------------------------------- 77, 000.00 Amount to be accounted for ------------ 235, 309. 62 Deductions on account of revocation of allotment ------ 4, 543. 90 Net amount to be accounted for- - 230, 765. 72 698 REPORT OF CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMY, 1934 Gross amount expended--- -- - _________------ $149, 185. 02 Less reimbursements collected_------ --- ---- 208. 48 $148, 976. 54 Balance unexpended June 30, 1934__-- -- ______---_____ 81, 789. 18 Outstanding liabilities June 30, 1934 ---- __________________- 250. 00 Balance available June 30, 1934 ________ __________ _ 81, 539.18 Amount that can be profitably expended in fiscal year ending 'June 30, 1936, for maintenance 1______________________________ 75, 000. 00 PUBLIC WORKS FUNDS Cost of new work to June 30, 1934___ -___ - $35, 696. 94 -___________-__ Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1934 _____ __ ________ Total cost of permanent work to June 30, 1934 _ ------ 35, 696. 94 Minus accounts payable June 30, 1934-- ----------------------- 2, 189. 32 Net total expenditures_________________ _____-_ 33, 507. 62: Unexpended balance June 30, 1934 92, 992. 38 Total amount appropriated to June 30, 1934________________ 126, 500. 00 Fiscal year ending June 30 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 Cost of new work----....-- ---- ------------ ------------ $35, 696. 94 Cost of m aintenance-. . .. . .. .... ---..... ---. ....----...- ---------- . ... Total expended------------------ ------ --------------------------------- 33, 507. 62 Allotted ...... .126, 500. 00, Amount allotted from National Industrial Recovery Act approved June 16, 1933-------- ----------------------------- $126, 500. 00 Gross amount expended ______________ ___.. $48, 256.12 Less reimbursements collected-------- ------ __ 14, 748. 50 33, 507. 62 Balance unexpended June 30, 1934---__________________ 92, 992.38 Amount covered by uncompleted contracts___________________ -13, 832. 44 Balance available June 30, 1934 _____________ _______ 79, 159. 94 Amount that can be profitably expended in fiscal year ending June 30, 1936, for maintenance 1 _____________________________25, 000. 00 C'ONTRIBTJT D FUNDS Cost of new work to June 30, 1934__-_____________________ 658, 149.21 Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1934_____ ___-_______--___----------- Total cost of permanent work to June 30, 1934 ---- __--- 658, 149. 21 Minus accounts payable June 30, 1934________________________ 15, 489. 49, Net total expenditures_ -_____--- - ___ _____- 642, 659. 72 Unexpended balance June 30, 1934____-... ____--------- 115, 643. 07 Total amount contributed to June 30, 1934_____ __ 1_____ 758, 302. 79 Fiscal year ending June 30 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 Cost of new work..------------------- $398, 241. 92 $126, 947. 12 $1, 839. 46 $12. 83 $124, 846. 42 Cost of maintenance-----------.... ------------------------------------ ---------------- Total expended-------.------.--.--_ -- 319, 972. 38 211,438. 05 1,802. 35 90. 01 109, 356. 93 ........--..-.--- Contributed---- - - 475, 000. 00 50, 000. 00 -16, 697. 21 225, 000. 00 SExclusive of available funds. RIVERS AND -HARBORS-GALVESTON TEX., DISTRICT 699 Amount contributed by Brazos River navigation district of Brazoria County__ -------------------------------------- $225, 000. 00 'Gross amount expended----------------------- $109, 373. 93 Less reimbursements collected 7. 00 1--------------------- 109, 356. 93 Balance unexpended June 30, 1934-------------------- 115, 643. 07 outstanding liabilities June 30, 1934---------------- 920. 11 Amount covered by uncompleted contracts----------114, 722. 96 115, 643. 07 CONSOLIDATED COST ANDI FINANCIAL SUMMARY FOR FREEPORT HARBOR, TEX. Cost of new work to June 30, 1934--------------------------- $1, 942, 006. 47 Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1934-------------------------1, 648, 642. 35 Total cost of permanent work to June 30, 1934-- --------- 3, 590, 648. 82 Minus accounts payable June 30, 1934 7, 928. 81 1------------------------ Net total expenditures -------------------------------- 3, 572, 720. 01 Unexpended balance June 30, 1934---------------------------- 290, 424. 63 Total amount appropriated and contributed to June 30, 1934----------------------------------- 3, 863, 144. 64 Fiscal year ending June 30 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 Cost of new work___... - __......_..... . $408, 294. 10 $126, 947. 12 $1, 839. 46 $12. 83 $160, 543. 36 Cost of maintenance-- _ _....--------.. . 37, 829. 22 77, 833. 29 87, 823. 77 46, 201. 84 148, 753. 34 Total cost-----__ -_______-_446,123. 32 204, 780. 41 89, 663. 23 46, 214. 67 309, 296. 70 Total expended_ -__------__ __--422, 727. 60 298, 389. 46 88, 637. 17 48, 236. 16 291, 841. 09 Allotted and contributed ------------- 500, 000. 00 180, 000. 00 -50, 000. 00 173, 577. 46 552, 511. 50 Balance unexpended July 1, 1933----------------- ------- $158, 309. 62 Contributed by Brazos River navigation district of Brazoria County-------------------------------$225, 000. 00 Amount allotted from War Department Appropriation Act approved Apr. 26, 1934----------------------- 77, 000. 00 Amount allotted from National Industrial Recovery Act approved June 16, 1933_-------------------- 126, 500. 00 428, 500. 00 Amount to be accounted for------------------------------586, 809.62 Deductions on account of revocation of allotment ---------------- 4, 543. 90 Net amount to be accounted for--------------------------582, 265. 72 Gross amount expended---------------------------- 306, 815.07 Less reimbursements collected----------------------- 14, 973. 98 291, 841. 09 Balance unexpended June 30, 1934------------------------ 290, 424. 63 Outstanding liabilities June 30, 1934---------------- 1,170. 11 Amount covered by uncompleted contracts------------ 128, 555. 40 '129,725.51 Balance available June 30, 1934-------------------------- 160, 699. 12 Amount that can be profitably expended in fiscal year ending June 30, 1936, for maintenance 1---------------- 100, 000. 00 1Exclusive of available funds. 700 REPORT OF CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMY, 1934 13. CHANNEL FROM ARANSAS PASS TO CORPUS CHRISTI, TEX. Location.-This channel extends from Aransas Pass through the depression known as " Turtle Cove " and through Corpus Christi Bay to Corpus Christi Harbor, on the west side of the bay, a distance of 203/4 miles west of Port Aransas. (See U. S. Coast and Geodetic Survey Charts Nos. 1285 and 1286.) Previous projects.-Adopted by River and Harbor Acts approved March 2, 1907, and June 25, 1910. The cost and expenditures were $342,907, of which $280,455.14 was for new work and $62,451.86 for maintenance. Existing project.-This provides for a channel 30 feet deep at mean low tide and 200 feet wide on bottom, provided with widened passing places from deep water at Port Aransas through Turtle Cove and Corpus Christi Bay to the east side of the Corpus Christi breakwater. Under ordinary conditions the mean tidal range is about 1 foot and the extreme range about 11/2 feet. The heights of tides are dependent largely on the winds, and during strong " north- ers " in the winter season the water surface may be depressed 2 feet below mean low tide. The estimate of cost for new work, revised in 1930, was $2,232,800, exclusive of amount expended on previous projects. The latest (1930) approved estimate for annual cost of maintenance is $249,000. The existing project was adopted by the River and Harbor Act of September 22, 1922, which provided for a channel 25 feet deep (H. Doc. No. 321, 67th Cong., 2d sess.) and the River and Harbor Act approved July 3, 1930, provided for the present dimensions of the project (Rivers and Harbors Committee Doc. No. 9, 71st Cong., 1st sess.). The latest published maps are in the last-mentioned docu- ment and House Document No. 130, Seventy-second Congress, first session. Recommended modifications of project.-Under date of December 5, 1931, the Chief of Engineers recommended modification of the existing project so as to include maintenance by the Federal Gov- ernment of the channel and maneuvering basin between the break- water and the shore line of Corpus Christi Bay, at an estimated cost of $5,000 per annum (H. Doc. No. 130, 72d Cong., 1st sess.). Local cooperation.-Fully complied with. Terminal facilities.-Terminals have been constructed at Corpus Christi, Aransas Pass, Harbor Island, and Ingleside. The present facilities are adequate to care for the existing commerce. (See Port Series No. 6, pt. 3, revised 1932, Corps of Engineers.) Operations and results during fiscal year- Maintenance.- Under contract during July, August, and September 1933, sections 3 and 4 were redredged. Section 2 was redredged with a leased dredge during October 1933. During March, April, May, and June 1934, the U. S. dredge Sam Houston redredged a portion of sections 1 and 2. Total quan- tity of material dredged during the year was 3,822,897 cubic yards. The total cost for maintenance work for the fiscal year, including surveys, inspections, etc., was $257,168.80. The total expenditures were $252,992.73. Condition at end of fscal year.-The existing project was com- pleted in 1931 at a saving of $109,354 under the estimated cost. The RIVERS AND HARBORS-GALVESTON, TEX., DISTRICT 701 ruling depths June 30, 1934, were section 1, 28 feet; section 2, 28 feet; section 3, 30 feet; and section 4, 31 feet; all 200 feet wide on the bottom. The total cost under the existing project to June 30, 1934, was $3,555,718.50, of which $2,123,446.59 was for new work and $1,432,- 271.91 for maintenance. The total expenditure was $3,609,978.97. In addition $16,903.75 was expended from contributed funds for maintenance. Proposed operations.-Thebalance unexpended, including accounts receivable, July 1, 1934, amounting to $150,989.48, will be applied as follows : Accounts payable June 30, 1934 -------------------------- $5, 009. 26 Maintenance: Dredging channel by Government plant or contract, 2,800,000 cubic yards (July 1, 1934, to June 30, 1935)----------- 145, 980. 22 Total -------------------------------------------- 150, 989. 48 The additional sum of $249,000 can be profitably expended during the fiscal year 1936, in maintenance dredging throughout the project, January to June 1936. Cost and financial summary Cost of new work to June 30, 1934 ------------------------ $2, 403, 901. 73 Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1934 1--------- 1, 494, 723. 77 Total cost of permanent work to June 30, 1934---------- 3, 898, 625. 50 Value of plant, materials, etc., on hand June 30, 1934---------- 58, 689. 63 Net total cost to June 30, 1934----------------------- 3, 957, 315. 13 Plus accounts receivable June 30, 1934 --- -- 80. 10 5-------------------- Gross total costs to June 30, 1934-------------------- 3, 957, 895. 23 Minus accounts payable June 30, 1934------------------------- 5, 009. 26 Net total expenditures 1----------- 3, 952, 885. 97 Unexpended balance June 30, 1934 ---------------------------- 150, 409. 38 Total amount appropriated to June 30, 1934-------------4, 103, 295. 35 Fiscal year ending June 30 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 Cost of new work ________________ $168, 105. 79 $237, 540. 51 _____________.___________.- Cost of maintenance .... ........ $137, 864. 91 122, 403. 84 221, 823. 47 $42, 056. 81 $257, 168. 80 Total cost--- 137, 864. 91 290, 509. 63 459, 363. 98 42, 056. 81 257, 168. 80 Total expended 187, 105. 24 241, 974. 06 362, 553. 71 -238, 719. 82 252, 992. 73 Allotted____________________ 105, 000. 00 565, 000. 00 -180, 000. 00 -40, 769. 11 189, 787. 53 Balance unexpended July 1, 1933--------------------------$213, 614.58 Amount allotted from War Department Appropriation Act approved Apr. 26, 1934___ ----------------------- $85, 000. 00 Amount allotted from War Department Appropriation Act approved Mar. 4, 1933-------------------- - 108,385. 42 193, 385. 42 Amount to be accounted for_ ________ _ _------------- 407, 000. 00 Deductions on account of revocation of allotment---------------- 3, 597. 89 Net amount to be accounted for ________-------- 403, 402. 11 1 In addition, $16,903.75 was expended from contributed funds for maintenance. 702 REPORT OF CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMY, 1934 Gross amount expended ------------------ $261, 334. 87 Less reimbursements collected -------------------- , 342..14 $252, 992. 73 Balance unexpended June 30, 1934--------------------- 150, 409.38 Outstanding liabilities June 30, 1934_ --------------------- 5, 186. 77 Balance available June 30, 1934------------------------ 145, 222. 61 Accounts receivable June 30, 1934---------------------------- 580. 10 Unobligated balance available June 30, 1934 --------------- 145, 802. 71 Amount that can be profitably expended in fiscal year ending June 30, 1936, for maintenance 1------------------------- 249, 000. 00 14. CHANNEL FROM PASS CAVALLO TO PORT LAVACA, TEX. Location.-The bar at Pass Cavallo is 125 miles southwest of Gal- veston entrance and 54 miles north of Aransas Pass. Port Lavaca lies 26 miles to the northward of the pass, across Matagorda and Lavaca Bays. (See U. S. Coast and Geodetic Survey Chart No. 1117.) Existing,project.-This provides for a channel 7 feet deep at mean low tide and 80 feet wide from deep water in lower Matagorda Bay to Port Lavaca, a distance of about 8 miles. Under ordinary condi- tions the mean tidal range is about 1 foot and the extreme range about 2 feet. The height of tide is dependent largely on the wind, and during strong " northers " in the winter season the water surface may be depressed 2 feet below mean low tide. The original estimate of cost for new work was $10,000, with $2,500 annually for mainte- nance. These estimates were made in 1908. The existing project was adopted by the River and Harbor Act of June 25, 1910 (H. Doc. No. 1082, 60th Cong., 2d sess.). The latest published map is in the project document. Terminal facilities.-The terminal facilities located at Port Lavaca consist of two wooden piers, 30 feet wide and 500 feet long, with a slip between about 200 feet wide. They are sufficient for the demands of the port commerce. Operations and results during fiscal year.-None. Condition at end of fiscal year.-The existing project was com- pleted in 1910. On June 30, 1934, the ruling depth was 7 feet in the Gallinipper Reef Channel and 7 feet in the Sand Point Reef Chan- nel over a bottom width of 75 feet. Elsewhere the channel had a ruling depth of 7 feet. The total costs and expenditures have been $19,500, of which $9,699.48 was for new work and $9,800.52 for maintenance. Proposed operations.-The balance unexpended July 1, 1934, amounting to $10,000, will be applied to maintenance dredging in the channels, through Sand Point and Gallinipper Reefs by leased plant or by contract, as may be needed during the fiscal year of 1935. No funds are expected to be required for the fiscal year of 1936, as it is probable the channel depths will remain ample during that year. 1 Exclusive of available funds. *RIVERS AND HARBORS--GALVESTON, TEX., DISTRICT 703 Cost and financial summary Cost of new work to June 30, 1934___ $9, 699. 48 Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1934--- --------------- ___ 9,800. 52 Total cost of permanent work to June 30, 1934 ___ 19, 500. 00 Net total expenditures ..---------------------------------- 19,500. 00 Unexpended balance June 30, 1934 ..--------------------------- 10,000.00 Total amount appropriated to .June 30, 1934-------------- 29, 500. 00 Fiscal year ending June 30 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 Cost of new work . Cost of maintenance--..... ..... . $2, 145. 94 $28. 48------------ $52.47 ..--------- Total expended-..----------------------_________ 4, 419.05 --------------------................... 52. 47 . Allotted-....._._ ........ ..... 4,500.0 ----------- $10,000.00 10, 000. 00 -..... ..... Balance unexpended July 1, 1933---------------------------------- $10, 000 Balance unexpended June 30, 1934---------------------------------10, 000 15. PORT ARANSAS, TEX. Location.-PortAransas is on the southern portion of the coast of Texas, 180 miles southwest of Galveston and 132 miles north of the mouth of the Rio Grande. (See U. S. Coast and Geodetic Survey Map No. 1285.) Previous projects.-Adopted by the River and Harbor Act of March 3, 1879. The improvement was taken over by the Aransas Pass Harbor Co. on June 30, 1890, under authority of the act of May 12, 1890. This company relinquished its rights to the United States on March 27, 1899. The cost and expenditures by the United States were $1,092,079.29, all for new work. In addition thereto there was expended by the citizens of Rockport and Corpus Christi the sum of $9,938.93, and by the Aransas Pass Harbor Co. the sum of $401,- 554.18, making a total of expenditures by the United States and local interests of $1,503,572.40. For further details see page 1861 of Annual Report for 1915. Existing project.-This provides for two rubblestone jetties ex- tending into the Gulf from St. Joseph and Mustang Islands, the project lengths of which are 11,190 and 8,650 feet, respectively, and for a channel .between them 30 feet deep at mean low tide in the inner part, 33 feet deep at mean low tide in the outer part, and 600 feet wide on the bottom, from the Gulf to Harbor Island Basin. The project further provides for a stone dike on St. Joseph Island about 19,100 feet long connecting with the north jetty and extending up this island to prevent a channel being cut around the north jetty; for an inner basin at Harbor Island, 30 feet deep at mean low tide, 650 feet wide, and about 3,000 feet long; .and for the dredging of an approach channel 12 feet deep at mean low tide and 100 feet wide with basin at end leading from Harbor Island Basin to the town of Port Aransas. 91536-ENG 1934----45 704 REPORT OF CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMY, 1934 Under ordinary conditions the mean tidal range is about 1.1 feet and the extreme range about 2 feet. The height of tides is de- pendent to some extent on the winds, and during strong " northers " in the winter season the water surface may be depressed 2 feet below mean low tide. The estimate of cost for new work, revised in 1931, exclusive of amounts expended on previous projects and of $105,000 contributed by local interests, is $2,664,500. The latest (1928) approved estimate for annual cost of maintenance is $200,000. The existing project was authorized by the following river and harbor acts: The act of March 3, 1899, provided for taking over the old or curved portion of the north jetty, which had been constructed by private parties; the acts of June 13, 1902, and March 3, 1905, pro- vided for the completion of this old or curved portion according to the plans of its builders; the act of March 2, 1907, provided for the extension shoreward of the old curved portion of the north jetty to connect with St. Joseph Island and for the construction of the south jetty (Rivers and Harbors Committee Doc. No. 5, 59th Cong., 2d sess.); the act of February 27, 1911, provided for the dredging of the roadstead in the Harbor Island Basin to a depth of 20 feet and for 10,000 linear feet of the stone dike on St. Joseph Island (H. Doc. No. 1094, 61st Cong., 3d sess.); the act of March 4, 1913, provided for the deepening of the channel between the jetties and the Harbor Island Basin to 25 feet, for the extension of the jetties, the extension of the stone dike on St. Joseph Island 9,100 feet, and for the ap proach channel 12 feet deep to the town of Port Aransas (H. Doc No. 1125, 62d Cong., 3d sess.); and the River and Harbor Act of July 3, 1930, provided for deepening the entrance channel from the Gulf of Mexico to Harbor Island and the provision of an inner basin at Harbor Island of reduced area but greater depth (H. Doc. 214, 70th Cong., 1st sess.). The latest published maps are in the last-mentioned document and Rivers and Harbors Committee Docu- ment No. 35, Seventy-second Congress, first session. Supplementing the work authorized by Congress, the modification of the existing project to provide a channel 37 feet deep and 700 feet wide from deep water in the Gulf to a point opposite the outer end of the south jetty, thence decreasing to 35 feet deep and 400 feet wide to a point opposite Spur Dike A, thence 35 feet deep and 400 feet wide to the inner basin, thence a channel 35 feet deep and 400 feet wide (decreasing to a width of 300 feet) to a point opposite the western end of the basin dredged by the Humble Oil & Refining Co. at its docks on Harbor Island with widening opposite the northwest corner of Mustang Island at an estimated cost of $210,000, with $80,000 annually for maintenance in addition to that now required for the adopted project, as recommended by the Chief of Engineers in Rivers and Harbors Committee Document No. 35, Seventy-second Congress, first session, was included in the Public Works program under the National Industrial Recovery Act. Reconmended mmodifications of pioject.-The modification recom- mended in Rivers and Harbors Committee Document No. 35, Seventy- second Congress, first session, was included in the Public Works RIVERS AND HARBORS-GALVESTON, TEX., DISTRICT 705 program. Under date of April 24, 1934, the Chief of Engineers recommended further modification of project so as to provide a channel 600 feet wide and 35 feet deep from a point opposite station 90, north jetty, to the vicinity of Clines Point at an estimated cost of $60,000, with $10,000 annually for maintenance in addition to the amount now required for the modified project. (Rivers and Har- bors Committee Doc. No. 40, 73d Cong., 2d Sess.) Local cooperation.-All conditions of local cooperation required for prosecution of that modification of the project contained in Rivers and Harbors Committee Document No. 35, Seventy-second Congress, first session, and now included in the Public Works pro- gram under the National Industrial Recovery Act as well as those required by prior acts have been fully met. OPERATIONS AND RESULTS DURING FISCAL YEAR Project authorized by Federal Emergency Administration of Public Works.-New= work..-With funds provided under the Public Works program, work of widening and deepening the bar and jetty channels were prosecuted by the U. S. hopper dredge Gal- veston from December 6, 1933, to March 2, 1934, removing 1,096,577 cubic yards of sand and silt at a cost of $57,412.56, and by the U. S. hopper dredge Chinook from March 19 to April 7, 1934, re- moving 96,370 cubic yards of sand and silt at a cost of $19,212.69. A total of 1,192,947 cubic yards of material was removed by these two dredges at a cost of $76,625.25. Under contract, October 16, 1933, to January 4, 1934, a channel was dredged from the inner end of the jetty channel 35 feet deep and 400 feet wide (decreasing to width of 300 feet to a point oppo- site the western end of the basin dredged by the Humble Oil & Refin- ing Co. at its docks on Harbor Island, with widening opposite the northwest corner of Mustang Island (Clines Point)). A total of 862,834 cubic yards of clay and sand and 2,959.15 cubic yards of rock were removed and replaced as revetment on Clines Point, at a total cost of $126,737.28, completing this work. The cost of all new work prosecuted with Public Works funds was $203,362.53. The total expenditures were $203,362.53. Eisting project-Maintenance.-Under contract January 6-10, 1934, the 12-foot channel leading to and turning basin at the Port Aransas public wharf were redredged. A total of 19,056 cubic yards of sand was removed at a cost of $2,934.02. During March 1934 the U. S. dredge Sam Houston removed a por- tion of the old Mansfield jetty, removing 25,000 cubic yards of sand and rock, at a cost of $11,009.22. The derrick barge No. 8 worked during February, March, and April 1934 on the removal of the Mansfield and Nelson Jetties, re- moving 771 tons of rock at a cost of $13,586.10. The derrick barge No. 2 worked during December 1933 and Jan- uary, March, April, May, and June 1934 on the removal of the Mansfield and Nelson Jetties, removing 904 tons of rock at a cost of $10.499.02. 706 REPORT OF CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMY, 1934 Between September 2 and November 30, 1933, and May 4 and June 30, 1934, the U. S. hopper dredge Galveston redredged the inner and outer channels, removing 1,750,354 cubic yards of sand at a cost of $86,612.52. During the fiscal year, miscellaneous surveys, repairs to St. Joseph dike, etc., were made at a total cost of $9,341.09. The total cost of all maintenance for the year prosecuted with regular funds was $133,981.97. Total expenditures were $126,987.75. Condition at end of fiscal year.-The existing project is about 65 percent complete. Two jetties have been built, the north jetty 9,240 feet long, and the south jetty 7,385 feet long. A stone dike connect- ing with the north jetty has been constructed on St. Joseph Island, its total length being 20,991 feet; this part of the project was com- pleted in 1916. The channel between the jetties from the Harbor Island Basin to the Gulf has been dredged to 30 feet at mean low tide inside and 33 feet deep at the Gulf end. Harbor Island Basin has been deepened to 30 feet at mean low tide over an area 650 feet wide and about 1,000 feet long at the lower end adjacent to the dock. The approach channel from Harbor Island Basin to the town of Port Aransas was completed in 1914. The Harbor Island Basin is yet to be completed 650 feet wide and 3,000 feet long. Project authorized by Public Works Administration.-This project is about 50 percent complete. To complete this project the jetty channel has to be deepened and widened. The ruling depths at mean low tide along the center line of the channel June 30, 1934, were as follows: Channel seaward of the jetty entrance 35 feet, thence from end of jetties to opposite spur A 31 feet, thence from spur A to inner end of jetties 35 feet, thence from inner end of jetties to western end of Humble Oil Refining Co. basin 35 feet. Harbor Island Basin has a ruling depth of 30 feet over project dimensions. The approach channel to Port Aransas has a ruling depth on center line and in the turning basin 12 feet. The total cost of this improvement to June 30, 1934, has been as follows: New work Maintenance Total Regular funds.._------ --------------------- _________ $2, 269, 515. 46 $2, 728, 048. 28 $4, 997, 563. 74 Public Works funds__ .... ....----------------------- 203, 362.53 -------------- 203, 362. 53 Total United Statesfunds_____ _... . ..........- -- - 2, 472, 877. 99 - 2, 728, 048. 28 5, 200, 926. 27 ,Contributed funds_ ...-------- - ------- --------------- ----- 135, 651. 34 135, 651. 34 Total, all funds ____-- ___-. -------------------------- 2, 472, 877.99 2, 863, 699. 62 5, 336, 577. 61 The total expenditures on the existing project have been $4,990,- 126.85. In addition, $135,651.34 was expended from contributed :funds for maintenance. The total expenditures from Public Works funds were $203,362.53. Proposed operations.-The funds unexpended July 1, 1934, includ- ing accounts receivable, amounting to $314,244.98, will be applied as follows during the fiscal year 1935: RIVERS: AND, HARBORS-GALVESTON, TEX., DISTRICT 707 Accounts payable June 30, 1934---------------- -$7, 222. 26 Maintenance: Dredging channel, by Government plant, from deep water in the Gulf of Mexico to abreast of Clines Point, about 850,000 cubic yards (between July 1, 1934, and June 30, 1935) ------------------ $85, 000.00 Dredging inner harbor, with Government plant or by contract, about 600,000 cubic yards (between ..Sept. 1, 1934, and Jan. 1, 1935) 000. 00 6------------------5, Repairs of the jetties, by contract, during the fiscal year, 25,000 tons of stone --------- __--150, 000.00 Repairs to St. Joseph Island dike and sand dam, etc., by contract (July 1 to Nov. 1, 1934)--------- 7, 022. 72 Total for maintenance ---------------------------- 307, 022. 72 Total-------------------------------------314, 244.98 The balance of funds allotted from the National Industrial Re- covery Act of June 16, 1933, amounting to $68,637.47, will be applied to new work, dredging channel with Government plant from deep water in the Gulf of Mexico to a point opposite the end of the south jetty, 37 feet deep, 700 feet wide on bottom, thence to a point oppo- site spur A, 35 feet deep, reducing in width to 400 feet at spur A, thence 35 feet deep and 400 feet wide to near Clines Point, about 690,000 cubic yards, between July 1, 1934, and December 31, 1934. The additional sum of $260,000 can be profitably expended during the fiscal year 1936 as follows: Maintenance: Dredging channel with Government plant, about 2,000,000 cubic yards (between July 1, 1935, and June 30, 1936) -------------- $175, 000 Dredging inner harbor, by Government plant or by contract, about 400,000 cubic yards (between July and August 1935 and Jan- uary and February 1936) ------------------------------- 50, 000 Dredging channel to the town of Port Aransas, as needed, about 180,000 cubic yards------------------------------------ 20, 000 Repairs to St. Joseph Island dike, sand dam, .and Clines Point revetment by hired labor, as needed during the year 15, 000 ---------- Total for maintenance__------------------------------ 260,000 Cost and financial summary MAINTENANGE AND IMPROVEMENT FUNDS Cost of new work to June 30, 1934_____ ____ __ $3, 361, 594. 75 Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1934 -- ___--- -------------- 2, 728, 048. 28 Total cost of permanent work to June 30, 1934 089, 643. 03 6----------, Value of plant, materials, etc., on hand June 30, 1934 - --- --- -230. 57 Net total cost to June 30, 193411 6, 089, 412. 46 Plus accounts receivable June 30, 1934 __- _____ _____________15. 94 Gross total costs to June 30, 1934 089, 428. 40 6--------------------, Minus accounts payable June 30, 1934_ .____.______-______ -7, 222. 26 Net total expenditures ---- , 082, 206. 14 6----------------------- Unexpended balance June 30, 1934...------------------------- 314, 229. 04 Total amount appropriated to June 30, 1934------------- 6 396. 435. 18 1In addition $135,651.34 was expended from contributed funds for maintenance. 708 REPORT OF CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMVY, 1934 Fiscal year ending June 30 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 Cost of new work-----.......---------.. --------.... --------------- ------------------- Cost of maintenance----------------------.. $154, 588. 94 $123, 433. 70 $138, 220. 68 $121, 234. 90 $133, 981.97 Total expended..........--------------------- 173, 504. 91 111, 410. 65 133, 275. 15 137, 044. 12 126, 987. 75 Allotted----------- --------------- 200, 000.00 190,000.00 -90,000.00 182, 273.42 324, 411.76 Balance unexpended July 1, 1933------------------------------ $116, 805.03 Amount allotted from War Department Appropriation Act approved Apr. 26, 1934_---------- - $297, 000. 00 Amount allotted from War Department Appropriation Act approved Mar. 4, 1933_-____------------- 33, 194. 97 330, 194. 97 Amount to be accounted for-__------------ -------------- 447, 000. 00 Deductions on account of revocation of allotment 5, 783. 21 Net amount to be accounted for ------------------- 441, 216. 79 Gross amount expended---------------------------- 140, 451. 41 Less reimbursements collected - ----- - -- 13, 463. 66 126, 987. 75 Balance unexpended June 30, 1034-----------------------314, 229. 04 ------------------- Outstanding liabilities June 30, 1934_____ - 7, 244. 30 Balance available June 30, 1934_------------------- 306, 984. 74 Accounts receivable June 30, 1934--------_--------------------- 15.94 Unobligated balance available June 30, 1934___ __ 307, 000. 68 Amount (estimated) required to be appropriated for completion of existing project ---------------------------------------- 395, 000. 00 Amount that can be profitably expended in fiscal year ending June - -- -- - -- -- -- -- - -- -- -- -- ----- ---- 30, 1936, for maintenance 1 180. 000. 00 PUBLIC WORKS FUNDS Cost of new work to June 30, 1934______________________ $203, 362. 53 Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1934_.......__ ____....... ......__ Total cost of permanent work to June 30, 1934----------- 203, 362. 53 Net total expenditures-------------------- 203, 362. 53 Unexpended balance June 30, 1934______-____----______________ 68, 637. 47 Total amount appropriated to June 30, 1934_ - -- _______-- 272, 000. 00 Fiscal year ending June 30 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 Cost of new work ---------------------------------------------------------- $203, 362. 53 Cost of maintenance---...------------------- ----------- ------------------- -------------......................--------- Total expended ------------------------------------------------ 203, 362.53 Allotted----- --------------------------------- ------ -------------- ------------------------ 272,000. 00 1Exclusive of available funds. RIVERS AND HARBORS-GALVESTON, TEX., DISTRICT 709 Amount allotted from National Industrial Recovery Act approved June 16, 193-------------- ------- ----------------- - $272, 00. 00 Gross amount expended ___-------___----------- $214, 834.72 Less reimbursements collected-_------------------- 11, 472. 19 203, 362. 53 Balance unexpended June 30, 1934---------------------- 68, 637. 47 Outstanding liabilities June 30, 1934_ ------------- 18. 15 Amount covered by uncompleted contracts--- 6------00 -650. 668. 15 Balance available June 30, 134 7, 969. 32 6------------------------ Amount that can be profitably expended in fiscal year ending June 30, 1936, for maintenance ---------------------------------- 80, 000. 00 CONSOLIDATEDI COST AND FINANCIAL SUMMARY FOR PORT ARANSAS, TEX. Cost of new work to June 30, 1934_ _ $3, 564, 957.28 Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1934 2 _----------- 2, 728, 048. 28 'Total cost: of permanent work to June 30, 1934--------- 6, 293, 005. 56 Value of plant, materials, etc., on hand June 30, 1934---- ___- -230. 57 -------------------- Net total cost to June 30, 1934 6, 292, 774. 99 Plus accounts receivable June 30, 19,34_ ...---. ----- --- -15.94 Gross total costs to June 30, 1934-------------------- 6, 292, 790. 93 Minus accounts payable June 30, 1934-------------------- - 7, 222. 26 Net total expenditures------ --------------------- 6, 285, 568. 67 Unexpended balance June 30, 1934_------__ __ -- - 382, 866. 51 -_________- Total amount appropriated to June 30, 1934------------ 6, 668, 435. 18 Fiscal year ending June 30 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 Cost of new work------------------ _ _ ---------------------------- ------------ $203,362.53 Cost of maintenance.------------------$154, 588.94 $123, 433. 70 $138, 220. 68 $121, 234. 90 133, 981.97 Total cost--------------------------- 154, 588.94 123, 433. 70 138, 220. 68 121, 234. 90 337,344. 50 Total expended....-------.....--------------- 173, 504. 91 111, 410. 65 133, 275. 15 137, 044. 12 330, 350. 28 Allotted-------------------------------- 200, 000, 00 190, 000.00 -90, 000. 00 182, 273.42 596, 411.76 Baltance unexpended July 1, 1933 __ _ _____________________ $116, 805.03 Amount allotted from War Department Appropria- tion Act approved Apr. 26, 1934 ________-----$297, 000. 00 Amount allotted from War Department Appropria- tion Act approved Mar. 4, 1933-----------------33, 194. 07 Amount allotted from National Industrial Recovery Act approved June 16, 1933-------------------- 272, 000. 00 602, 194. 97 Amount to be accounted for--_-- ____________ __ 719, 000. 00 Deductions on account of revocation of allotment_ .... ____ -__ _- 5, 783. 21 Net amount to be accounted for ----------------------- 713, 216.79 Gross amount expended --------------- 355, 286. 13 Less reimbursements collected-___-------------- 24, 935. 85 ---- 330, 350. 28 Balance unlexpended June 30. 1934-------- 382, 866. 51 1 xclusiie e if available funds. SIn addition $L35,651.34 was expended from contributed funds for maintenance. 710 REPORT OF CHIEF OF ENGINEERS,: U . .. ARMY, 19:334 Outstanding liabilities June 30, 1934__---___---- __$7, 262. 45 Amount covered by uncompleted contracts ___----- - 650. 00 $7, 912.45 Balance available June 30, 1934_--------------------------374, 954. 06 Accounts receivable June 30, 1934_____________ __-------------- 15. 94 Unobligated balance available June 30, 1934----------- 374, 970.00 Amount (estimated) required to be appropriated for completion of existing project 1-____----------_ _----- 395, 000. 00 Amount that can be profitably expended in fiscal year ending June 30, 1936, for maintenance.. ---------------------- 260, 000. 00 16. BRAZOS ISLAND HARBOR, TEX. Location.-This harbor is at the extreme south end of the coast of Texas, about 7 miles north of the mouth of the Rio Grande, and about 125 miles south of Port Aransas. The harbor is at the inner end of Brazos Santiago Pass, which lies between Brazos and Padre Islands, and is the natural outlet from the Laguna Madre to the Gulf of Mexico. (See U. S. Coast and Geodetic Survey Chart No. 1288.) Previous projects.-Authorized in 1878, 1881, and March 2, 1919. The costs on the original and modified projects were $675,855.30. In addition, $123,361.67 was expended from contributed funds for new work. The total expenditures were $677,393.46 United States funds and $123,361.67 contributed funds, a total of $800,755.13. For fur- ther details see page 1017, Annual Report for 1932. Existing project.-This provides for a channel 25 feet deep and 300 feet wide through Brazos Santiago Pass, with jetty protection; for a channel 25 feet deep and 100 feet wide from the pass to a point on the westerly side of Long Island; for a channel 25 feet deep and 100 feet wide from the end of the Brazos Santiago Pass-Long Island Channel to and including a turning basin 500 feet square at Point Isabel; and for a channel 25 feet deep and 100 feet wide from the end of Brazos Santiago Pass-Long Island Channel to and including a turning basin, 1,000 feet square in the vicinity of Brownsville. Under ordinary conditions the mean tidal range is about 11/2 feet and the extreme range about 2 feet. The height of the tides is dependent to some extent on the wind, and during strong " northers " in the winter season the water surface in the southern end of the Laguna Madre may be raised 4 feet or more above the mean low tide in the Gulf. The estimate of cost for new work, made in 1930, is $4,783,000, of which local interests are to contribute $2,425,000, exclusive of amounts expended on previous projects. The estimate of annual cost of maintenance made in 1930 is $150,000. The existing project was adopted by the River and Harbor Act of July 3, 1930. (Rivers and Harbors Committee Doc. No. 16, 71st Cong., 2d sess.). The latest published maps are in Rivers and Har- bors Committee Document No. 9, Seventieth Congress, first session, and Rivers and Harbors Committee Document No. 10, Seventy-first Congress, first session. 1 Exclusive of available funds. RIVERS AND HARBORS-GALVESTON, TEX., DISTRICT 711 Recommended modifications of project.-Under date of April 2, 1932, the Chief of Engineers recommended that the project be modi- fied to eliminate the provision requiring the contribution of specific sums of money and to provide, in lieu thereof, that local interests shall contribute funds sufficient to cover the entire cost of the origi- nal dredging of all channels and turning basins inside of the entrance channel through Brazos Santiago Pass and that no work shall be undertaken upon the channel through the pass until local interests have contributed sufficient funds for the execution of either or both of the channels to Point Isabel and/or to Brownsville, respectively, including the turning basins, all other conditions of local cooperation heretofore established to remain in full force and effect. (Rivers and Harbors Committee Doc. No. 10, 72d Cong., 1st sess.). Local cooperation.-The River and Harbor Act of July 3, 1930, in adopting the existing project for further improvement at this locality provides: (a) That local interests shall donate to the United States the north end of Brazos Island from a due east and west line 2,000 feet south of the old Coast Guard station, and the south end of the Padre Island from a due east and west line 500 feet north of the quarantine station. (b) That local interests shall give assurances satisfactory to the Chief of Engineers and the Secretary of War that suitable terminal facilities will be made available. (c) That no work shall be undertaken on the channel to Brownsville until the sum of $2,175,000 has been contributed to the cost of the project and neces- sary rights-of-way and spoil-disposal areas have been furnished free of cost to the United States. (d) That nb work shall be undertaken on the channel to Point Isabel until the sum' of $450,000 has been contributed to the cost of the project and neces- sary rights-of-way and spoil-disposal areas have been furnished free of cost to the United States. (e) That no work shall be undertaken on any part of the project until local interests shall have contributed either or both of the sums aforesaid. In adopting the project the act provides that no expense shall be incurred for the acquiring of any lands required to be donated to the United States for the purpose of this improvement or for other purposes; that the channel from the inner side of the pass to Long Island and thence to the turning basin near Brownsville shall be situated entirely within what is known as the " Brownsville naviga- tion district " and shall take the most direct practicable route toward Brownsville; that if both the Brownsville and Point Isabel Channels and turning basins are constructed, the total amount to be contrib- uted in cash by local interests shall be in the sum of $2,425,000, thus avoiding duplication of the expense of constructing the channel from the inner side of the pass to Long Island, estimated at: $200,000; and that the width of any or all inner channels may be widened provided such proposed widening meets the approval of the Chief of Engi- neers and all expense incident thereto is paid by local interests. The south end of Padre Island and the north end of Brazos Island have been deeded to the United States as required under (a) above. The transfer was approved and title accepted by the United States Attorney General November 15, 1932. The plans of the terminals, required under (b) above for the Port Isabel-San Benito navigation district, were approved by the Chief of Engineers October 24, 1932, and those for the Brownsville navi- 712 REPORT OF CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U. S. ARVIY, 1934 gation district were approved by the Chief of Engineers January 5, 1933. The requirements under (c) above have not been completed. Deeds with, abstracts of title in favor of the United States for all lands except two tracts needed for the channel to Brownsville have been furnished and are now being examined by the United States district attorney. At the request of the Secretary of War the United States district attorney is instituing condemnation suits to secure to the United States title to the two remaining tracts. The requirements under (d) and (e) above have been fully com- plied with by the Port Isabel-San Benito navigation district. The Brownsville navigation district has not furnished the funds to be contributed under (e). Terminal facilities.--There are no terminal facilities at Brazos Island. The approved terminal of the Port Isabel-San Benito navigation commission at Port Isabel is now under construction and will prob- ably be completed for public use about July 30, 1934. Operationsand results during fiscal ear-Neo work.-With funds contributed by the Port Isabel-San Benito navigation district, the contract for dredging the channel from Brazos Santiago to and in- cluding the turning basin at Port Isabel was completed on September 15, 1933. A total of 1,934,760 cubic yards of material was removed at a cost of $132,629.78. The expenditures were $165,494.23. During the fiscal year, with funds contributed by the Brownsville navigation district, rights-of-way surveys in connection with ease- ment deeds and spoil disposal areas for the channel from westward of Long Island to and including the turning basin near Brownsville, Tex., were made. The cost of all new work prosecuted with funds contributed by the Brownsville navigation district was $284.16, and expenditures for the fiscal year were $284.16. With funds allotted by the Federal Emergency Administration of Public Works, work on the existing project was prosecuted under a contract for the construction of the north and south jetties at Brazos-Santiago Pass. Work was begun on the contract November 5, 1933, and to the end of the fiscal year 56,933 tons riprap base, 42,261 tons core, and 34,971 tons cover stone, a total of 134,165 tons, were placed in both jetties, completing 32 percent of the work. The total cost of all new work prosecuted with Public Works funds was $873,668.47. Total expenditures were $700,498.34. Maintenance.-With regular funds the work carried on during the fiscal year consisted of making surveys of the bar and inside chan- nels. The total cost of the above operations was $5,131.69. Total expenditure was $5,290.75. The total cost of all work during the year was $1,011,714.10, of which $873,668.47 were Public Works funds and $132,913.94 were contributed funds ($132,629.78 contributed by the Port Isabel navi- gation district and $284.16 contributed by the Brownsville naviga- tion district), a total of $1,006,582.41, all charged to new work, and $5,131.69 regular funds for maintenance, which included the survey of both the outside and inside channels. Total expenditure was RIVERS AND HARBORS-GALVESTON, TEX., DISTRICT 713 $871,567.48, of which $700,498.34 were Public Works funds, $5,290.75 regular funds, and $165,778.39 contributed funds. Condition at end of fiscal year.--The work on the jetty channel and the channel from westward of Long Island to and including the turn- ing basin near Brownsville has not yet been started. The jetties are under construction but have not reached sufficient length to affect the bar. The channel across the bar and through Brazos-Santiago Pass had on June 30, 1934, a controlling depth of 14 feet about 200 feet wide across the bar, 18 feet about 400 feet wide through the pass, and 6 feet about 700 feet wide for a distance of 2,100 feet at outer end of channel. All depths refer to mean low tide. The dredged channel now abandoned across the Laguna between the pass and railroad wharf at Point Isabel has a controlling depth of 2 feet and bottom width of 100 feet. The railroad wharf, how- ever, can be reached through the Laguna with a controlling depth of 4 feet. Dredging on the channel from the pass across the Laguna to a point westward of Long Island, and thence, to and including the turning basin at Point Isabel, was completed September 15, 1933, completing during the fiscal year 8,226 linear feet of the channel, 25 feet deep below mean low tide over a bottom width of 100 feet, and the turning basin 25 feet deep below mean low tide over a bottom length of 700 feet and a bottom width of 600 feet. On June 30, 1934, the channel throughout its length had a ruling depth of 21 feet below mean low tide over a bottom width of 100 feet, and the turning basin 25 feet below mean low tide over its entire bottom area. The total cost of the existing project to June 30, 1934, has been as follows : New work Maintenance Total Regular funds...------------ -------- ------------------------ $9, 324. 70 $9, 590. 80 $18, 915. 50 Public Works funds...--------------- ------------------------- 87366. 47 -------------- 873, 668. 47 Total, United States funds....------------------- ------- 882, 993. 17 9, 590. 80 892, 583. 97 Contributed funds...---------------------------- ------- 269, 925. 24 -------------- 269, 925. 24 Total all funds-- .... ------------------------------ 1, 152, 918. 41 9, 590. 80 1, 162, 509. 21 The total expenditures under the existing project were $987,667.26, of'which $17,244.28 were regular funds, $700,498.34 Public Works funds, and $269,924.64 contributed funds. Proposed operations.-The balance unexpended and accounts re- ceivable July 1, 1934 ($9,122.61 United States funds and $2,373.64 contributed funds and $1,967,000 to be contributed, a total of $1,978,- 496.25), will be applied during the fiscal year 1935 as follows: UNITED STATES FUNDS Accounts payable June 30, 1934----------------------- $8. 14 Maintenance: Continuation of repairs to shore branches of the jetties by contract or hired labor (between July 1, 1934, and June 30, 1935) --------------------- -------------------- 9, 114. 47 To.tal United States funds--------------- 9, 122. 61 714 REPORT OF CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMY, 1934 CONTRIBUTED FUNDS Accounts payable June 30, 1934-_____._____ $0. 60 New work : Rights-of-way surveys, preparation of plans, and specifications for dredging channel from west- ward of Long Island to and including the turning basin near Brownsville------------- $2, 373. 04 Dredging 17,400,000 cubic yards from inner channel westward of Long Island to and in- cluding turning basin near Brownsville, by contract, between Sept. 1, 1934, and Feb. 28, 1936 (funds to be contributed) ------------- _ 1, 967, 000. 00 1, 969, 373. 04 Total contributed funds------------------------------ 1, 969, 373.64 Total United States and contributed funds-------------1,978,496. 25 The balance unexpended July 1, 1934, amounting to $2,099,501.66, including accounts receivable from the $2,800,000 allotted to this improvement from the National Industrial Recovery Act approved June 16, 1933, will be applied as follows: Accounts payable June 30, 1934__ ------ _____________ $173, 720. 87 New work: Construction of 2 jetties under existing contract at Brazos- Santiago Pass (July 1, 1934, to June 30, 1935)------------1, 825, 780. 79 Dredging jetty channel with United States hopper dredge (between Aug. 1, 1934, and Dec. 30, 1934) ----------------- 100, 000. 00 Total ------------------------------------ 2,099, 501. 66 The additional sum of $431,500 can be profitably expended during the fiscal year 1936, as follows: New work: Completion of the 2 jetties at Brazos Island Harbor, Tex. (July 1, 1935, to Aug. 30, 1935) __---------------------------------- $321, 500 Maintenance : Maintenance dredging of the jetty channel with United States hopper dredge (between July 1, 1935, and June 30, 1936)------ 60, 000 Maintenance dredging by contract of channel from Brazos-Santi- ago Pass to Long Island (between July 1, 1935, and June 30, 1936) ---------------------- 40, 000 Maintenance dredging, by contract, of channel from Long Island to and including turning basin at Port Isabel (between July 1, 1, 1935, and June 1936) --------- ------------ ------ 10,000 Total for maintenance --------------- 110, 000 Total for all work--------------------------------------- 431, 500 Cost and financial summary MAINTENANCE AND IMPROVEMENT FUNDS Cost of new work to June 30, 1934 ---- _-_-__ $685, 180. 00 Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1934--.----------------------- 91,590. 80 Total cost of permanent work to June 30, 1934------------- 694, 770. 80 Value of plant, materials, etc., on hand June 30, 1934------------- -141. 35 Net total cost to June 30, 1934----------------------------694, 629.45 Plus accounts receivable June 30, 1934--------------------------- 16.43 Gross total costs to June 30, 1934------------------------- 694, 645. 88 Minus accounts payable June 30, 1934- 8. 14 Net total expenditures- ---- ------- 694, 637. 74 Unexpended balance June 30, 1934__--------- - 9, 10:6. 18 Total amount appropriated to June 30, 1934... 703, 743. 92 RIVERS AND HARBORS--GALVESTON, TEX., DISTRICT 715 Fiscal year ending June 30 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 Cost of new work....................---------------------. $8, 966. 89 $5, 338. 27 $4, 225. 76 $11. 40------ Cost of maintenance__..... .....____________----------- ---------------------- 4, 459.11 $5, 131. 69 Total cost.. ..----------------------- 8, 966. 89 5, 338. 27 4, 225. 76 4, 470. 51 5, 131. 69 Total expended.... ..----.. ..------------------ 10, 501. 26 5, 928. 96 2, 336. 00 3, 688. 57 5, 290. 75 Allotted..... -- ..-- ....---------------------6, 250. 00 9, 000.00 -5, 000.00 8, 498. 64 4, 081. 50 Balance unexpended July 1, 1933.---------------------------- $10, 315. 43 Amount allotted from War Department Appropriation Act approved Apr. 26, 1934 _ -------------------------------------- 5, 200. 00 ______--------- Amount to be accounted for------------------------------- 15, 515. 43 Deductions on account of revocation of allotment--------- 1, 118. 50 Net amount to be accounted for---------------------------- 14, 396. 93. Gross amount expended----------- -- ---- $5, 986. 10 Less reimbursements collected --- 695. 35 5, 290. 75 Balance unexpended June 30, 1934__ 9, 106. 18 Outstanding liabilities June 30, 1934--- - 23. 16 Balance available June 30, 1934._______________-------- - 9, 083. 02 Accounts receivable June 30, 1934 ____------__ __---------16. 43 Unobligated balance available June 30, 1934-- , 099. 45 9-------------- Amount (estimated) required to be appropriated for completion of existing project 1--- --.------------- 321, 500. 00 Amount that can be profitably expended in fiscal year ending June 30, 1936: For new work -- ---- -- -- 321, 500. 00 For maintenance ------------------------------------------ 110, 000. 00 Total 1--------------------------------------2-- 431, 500. 00 PUBLIC WORKS FUNDS Cost of new work to June 30, 1934-....-- ---- 873, 668. 47 Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1934 Total cost of permanent work to June 30, 1934_......... 873, 668. 47 Value of plant, materials, etc., on hand June 30, 1934------------ 550. 74 N...Net --------------------------- total cost to June 30, 1934.______________ __ 874, 219. 21 Minus accounts payable June 30, 1934-------------------------- 173, 720. 87 Net total expenditures ----------------------------- 700, 498. 34 Unexpended balance June 30, 1934-__ 2, 099, 501. 66 Total amount appropriated to June 30, 1934_____________ 2, 800, 000. 00 Fiscal year ending June 30 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 Cost of new work---__________ -_____--____..____ .----------- -------- _$873, 668. 47 Cost of maintenance ... -------------- Total expended ------- -- ---- ----- -------- 700, 498. 34 A llotted ------- .............. _ ..... -. --- ... ..- 2, 800,000.00 1 Exclusive of available funds. 716 REPORT OF CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMY, 1934 Amount allotted from National Industrial Recovery Act approved June 16, 1933_-- 2, 800, 00. 00 $------------- Gross amount expended-- -------------- $700, 576. 63 Less reimbursements collected------------------- 78. 29 700, 498. 34 Balance unexpended June 30, 1934 ------------------ 2, 099, 501. 66 Outstanding liabilities June 30, 1934------------- 4, 584. 00 Amount covered by uncompleted contracts---- 2, 043,110. 76 2, 047., 694. 76 Balance available June 30, 1934------------------------ 51, 806. 90 CONSOLIDATED COST AND FINANCIAL SUMMARY FOR UNITED STATES FUND)S Cost of new work to June 30, 1934___------------------------ $1, 558, 848. 47 Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1934--- ----------------- 9, 590. 80 Total cost of permanent work to June 30, 1934--------- 1, 568, 439. 27 Value of plant, materials, etc., on hand June 30, 1934----------- 409. 39 Net total cost to June 30, 1934-- , 568, 848. 66 1-------------------- Plus accounts receivable June 30, 1934------------------------ 16. 43 Gross total costs to June 30, 1934---------------------- 1, 568, 865. 09 Minus accounts payable June 30, 1934------------------------173, 729. 01 Net total expenditures , 395, 136. 08 1----------------------------- Unexpended balance June 30, 1934 ---------------------- 2, 108, 607. 84 Total amount appropriated to June 30, 1934------------ 3, 503, 743. 92 Fiscal year ending June 30 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 Cost of new work__-......... -_$8,966.89 (5, 338.27 $4, 225. 76 $11.40 $873,668.47 Cost of maintenance-...... .__----.------.----.------------------- _.--- - 4, 459. 11 5, 131. 69 Total cost --------- ---- 8, 966. 89 5, 338. 27 4, 225. 76 4, 470. 51 878, 800. 16 .... Total expended---------------- 10, 501. 26 5, 928. 96 2, 336. 00 3, 688. 57 705, 789. 09 Allotted -------- __----------- -6, 250. 00 9, 000. 00 -5, 000. 00 8, 498.64 2, 804, 081.50 Balance unexpended July 1, 1933---------------------------- $10, 315. 43 Amount allotted from War Department Appropria- tion Act approved Apr. 26, 1934-----------------$5, 200. 00 Amount allotted from : National Industrial Recovery Act approved June 16, 1933------------------2, 800, 000. 00 2, 805, 200. 00 Amount to be accounted for------------------------- 2, 815, 515. 43 Deductions on account of revocation of allotment----------- 1, 118. 50 Net amount to be accounted for----------------------2, 814, 396. 93 Gross amount expended------------------------- 706, 562. 73 Less reimbursements collected__--------------------- 773. 64 705, 789. 09 Balance unexpended June 30. 1934-------------------- 2, 108, 607T. 84 Outstanding liabilities June 30, 1934-------------- 4, 607. 16 Amount covered by uncompleted contracts-------- 2, 043. 110. 76 2. 047, 717. 92' Balance available June 30, 1934---......------ 60. 8<9. 92 RIVERS AND HARBORS-GALVESTON, TEX., DISTRICT 717 Accounts receivable June 30, 1934____ __ $______________ $16. 43 Unobligated balance available June 30, 1934_____ ____ 6-- 906. 35 60, Amount (estimated) required to be appropriated for completion of - - - - - existing project 1 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 321, 500. 00 Amount that- can be profitably expended in fiscal year ending June 30, 1936: For new work ------------------------------------ 321, 500. 00 For maintenance 1 ------------------------------- 110, 000. 00 Total 1--------------------- 431, 500. 00 CONTRIBUTED FUNDS Cost of new work to June 30, 1934-------------------------- 393, 286.91 Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1934__ ___--------- ------------ Total cost of permanent work to June 30, 1934 ------ 393, 286. 91 Minus accounts payable June 30, 1934------------------------- .60 Net total expenditures--_ --------------------------- 393, 286. 31 Unexpended balance June 30, 1934_ _ 2, 373. 64 Total amount contributed to June 30, 1934---------- 395, 659. 95 Fiscal year ending June 30 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 Cost of new work......------------------------------ $3, 992.69 $2, 213.66 $131,018. 77 $132, 913.94 Cost of maintenance-------------- -------------------------------------------------- Total expended --------------------------------- 2, 339.08 3, 324. 23 98,482.94 165, 778.39 Contributed---....--------------------------....................... ----- 30, 000. 00 .....---...-------....23, 000. 00 -- 11, 340. 05 Balance unexpended July 1, 1933_ -------------------------- $179, 492. 08 Deductions on account of refund to local interests ------------ 11, 340. 05 Net amount to be accounted for ____ 152. 03 -168,1------------- Gross amount expended____------------- $166, 007. 29 Less reimbursements collected_- ----- __---------- 228. 90 165, 778. 39 Balance unexpended June 30, 1934________________----- 2, 373. 64 Outstanding liabilities June 30, 1934__-,__------------- 21. 00 Balance available June 30, 1934____________ ____ 2, 352. 64 CONSOLIDATED COST AND FIINANCTL SUMMARY FOR RAZOS ISLAND HARBOR, TEXAS Cost of new work to June 30, 1934-------------------------- $1, 952, 135. 38 Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1934-------------------------- 9, 590. 80 Total cost of permanent work to June 30, 1934 .-- __-- Value of plant, materials, etc., on hand June 30, 1934 ......... - 1, 961, 409. 726. 18 39 Net total cost to June 30, 1934 _____ _______________ 1, 962, 135. 57 Plus accounts receivable June 30, 1934 ------------------------- 16. 43 Gross total costs to June 30, 1934______________________ 1, 962, 152. f0 Minus accounts payable June 30, 1934_______________________ 173, 729. 61 Net total expenditures. -------------------------- 1, 788, 422. 39 Unexpended balance June 30, 1934___________________________ 2, 110, 981. 48 Total amount appropriated and contributed to June 30, 1934-------.- _ - ----- 3, 899, 403. 87 1Exclusive of available funds. 718 REPORT OF CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMY, 1934 Fiscal year ending June 30 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 Cost of new work-................ $8, 966. 89 $9, 330. 96 $4, 867. 86 $131, 030. 17 $1, 006, 582. 41 Cost of maintenance ____ __________________-- 4, 459. 11 5, 131. 69 Total cost----... - --- __ -_8, 966. 89 9, 330. 96 4, 867. 86 135, 489. 28 1, 011, 714. 10 Total expended ..------------- 10, 501. 26 8, 268, 04 5, 660. 23 102, 171. 51 871, 567. 48 Allotted and contributed....-------- -6, 250. 00 39, 000. 00 -5, 000. 00 261, 498. 64 2, 792, 741. 45 Balanice unexpended July 1, 1933--------- -------------- $189, 807. 51 Amount allotted from War Department Appropria- tion Act approved Apr. 26, 1934----------------- $5, 200. 00 Amount allotted from National Industrial Recovery Act approved June 16, 1933 -------------- __ 2, 800, 000. 00 -.------ 2,805, 200. 00 Amount to be accounted for__ ---- __ Deductions on account of refund and revocation of allotment .- -____------ 2, 995, 007. 51 12, 458. 55 Net amount to be accounted for ________- ____ ___ 2, 982, 548. 96 Gross amount expended__ -__________________ $872, 570. 02 Less reimbursements collected 002. 54 1--------------------- 1, 871, 567. 48 Balance unexpended June 30, 1934__ _________--_- -- 2, 110, 981. 48 Outstanding liabilities June 30, 1934_____________ 4, 628. 16 Amount covered by uncompleted contracts--------- 2, 043, 110. 76 2, 047, 738. 92 Balance available June 30, 1934 242. 56 6------------------3, Accounts receivable June 30, 1934 ..----------------------------- 16. 43 Unobligated balance available June 30, 1934_ - 63, 258. 99 Amount (estimated) required to be appropriated for completion of existing project 1_____________________________ 321, 500. 00 Amount that can be profitably expended in fiscal year ending June 30, 1936: For new work 1----------------- 321, 500. 00 For maintenance 1_________ ________________________ 110, 000. 00 1 ---.-------------- -Total 431, 500. 00 17. EXAMINATIONS, SURVEYS, AND CONTINGENCIES (GENERAL) The cost of work during the year amounted to $53,874.44; the expenditures were $56,273.12. The ,balance unexpended June 30, 1934, will be applied as needed during the fiscal year 1935, to pay- ment of expenses to be incurred in connection with the above items. The additional sum of $30,000 can be profitably expended during the fiscal year ending June 30, 1936. 1 Exclusive of available funds. RIVERS AND HARBORS-GALVESTON TEX.1 DISTRICT 719 Cost and financial summary Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1934__---------------------- $182, 894. 67 Value of plant, materials, etc., on hand June 30, 1934_ .-------- 5, 150. 51 Net total cost to June 30, 1934___ - 1------------ 045. 18 188, Plus accounts receivable June 30, 1934---------------------------371. 36 Gross total costs to June 30, 1934----------------------- 188, 416. 54 Minus accounts payable June 30, 1934 ------------------ 1, 868. 19 Net total expenditures----- -------------------------- 186, 548. 35 Unexpended balance June 30, 1934__ 99, 779. 81 Total amount appropriated to June 30, 1934-------------- 286, 328. 16 Fiscal year ending June 30 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 Cost of new work----....-- ------------------- Cost of maintenance.......----..............------------ $8, 180. 66 $13, 541. 12 $53, 029. 11 $36, 974. 51 $53, 874. 44 Total expetded-----......-------------------- 8, 180. 66 13, 470. 70 54, 498. 39 36, 980. 47 56, 273. 12 Allotted. ------------------------ 11, 000.00 10,000.00 55, 000. 00 41, 587. 19 133, 740. 97 Balance unexpended July 1, 1933__ __ ___ $22, 311.96 Amount allotted from War Department Appropriation Act approved Apr. 26, 1934 -___ -__________-- ---- $20, 000. 00 Amount allotted from War Department Appropriation Act approved July 14, 1962 - - -________________ 93, 000. 00 Amount allotted from War Department Appropriation Act approved Mar. 4, 1933 -------- ----------- 21, 188. 04 134, 188. 04 Amount to be accounted for -- ________--____________ 156, 500. 00 Deductions on account of revocation of allotment------- ..------------ 447. 07 Net amount to be accounted for ....- __ ____-----------_ 156, 052. 93 Gross amount expended -------------------------- 58, 729. 26 Less : Reimbursements collected ------------ $2, 409. 14 Receipts from sales------------ - -47. 00 2, 456. 14 56, 273. 12 Balance unexpended June 30, 1934_.......____--------- 99, 779. 81 Outstanding liabilities June.30 1934___---------_ -.-- 1, 903.46 Balance available June 30, 1934_ ,_ ...- 97, 876. 35 Accounts receivable June 30, 1934__________------------__ -__-_ 371. 36 Unobligated balance available June 30, 1934--..------------ 98, 247...71 Amount that can be profitably expended in fiscal year ending June 30, 1936, for maintenance-- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 30, 000.00 1 Exclusive of available funds. 91536--ENG 1934--46 720 REPORT OF CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMY, 1934 18. Other projects for which no estinmates are submitted [Commercial statistics for these projects are given in pt. 2 of report] For last Cost and expenditures to full re- June 30, 1934 Estimated Name of project port see amount re- Annual quired to Report New work Maintenance complete for- 1. Turtle Bayou, Tex.1... ------------------------ . 1932 $8, 899. 97 $57, 685. 83 Completed. 2. Johnsons Bayou, La. ----------------------- . 1933 2 2, 261. 35 54, 042. 26 Do. 3. Mouth of Trinity River, Tex. ---------------- 1928 79, 540. 44 10, 870. 95 Do. 4. Trinity River, Tex.------------------------ 1932 2, 002, 661. 37 352, 680. 90 Do. 5. Dickinson Bayou, Tex........--------------------- 1931 6, 287. 28 55, 553. 83 Do. 6. Chocolate Bayou, Tex.1_-------------------- 1922 6, 512. 12 33, 248. 17 $8,500. 7. Brazos River, Tex., from Velasco to Old Wash- 1924 216, 989. 48 223, 010. 52 Completed. ington.' 8. Bastrop Bayou, Tex.'t...----------------------- 1 1931 9, 920.22 27, 129. 21 $10,000. 9. Guadalupe River to Victoria, Tex. _-------------1922 172, 547. 28 106, 100. 36 Completed. I Channel adequate for commerce. 2 Revoked during fiscal year 1934, $986.72. 19. FLOOD CONTROL, RIO GRANDE, NEAR SAN BENITO, TEX. Location.-The territory embraced by this emergency project in- cluded the whole of the lower Rio Grande Valley from Mission, Tex., to the Gulf of Mexico. Existing project.-No project has been authorized by Congress. An emergency flood-control project was authorized with funds allotted by the Public Works Administration under the National Industrial Recovery Act approved June 16, 1933. The project provided for doing all things necessary for protection of life and property in the threatened area. The necessary work for immediate flood protection in the lower Rio Grande Valley was carried out during the months of September and October 1933 by an emergency organization and consisted of patrolling the levees on the American side of the river and flood ways, location and closing of culverts, locating and tamping cracks, reinforcing levees and threatened banks with sandbags, topping with sandbags, stopping erosion with brush and bags, sacking of roads across levees, and placing gates to close threatened siphons. The El Fusti syphon at a point where it crosses the Arroyo Colo- rado near Mercedes was threatened with destruction by undercutting on the downstream side, and, to prevent this, about 600 tons of stone riprap were placed just below the siphon to stop the eroding action of the flood waters. As this was a temporary project, and all danger for the particular period for which the instructions were issued has passed, no further work is required. Operations and results during fiscal year.-During very high stages in the river, the levees on the river and flood ways were re- paired and patrolled, all drainage outlets located and closed, erod- ing banks were located and protected with brush and sandbags, low places along the levees where roads and highways crossed were closed with bags filled with earth, all at a cost of $40,933.84. During October 1933 the El Fusti syphon across the main flood way. 1 mile south of Mercedes, Tex., was protected against undermining by placing about 400 tons riprap on the downstream side at a cost of $900. RIVERS AND HARBORS-GALVESTON, TEX. 1 DISTRICT 721 The total cost of all work with Public Works funds was $41,833.84. The total expenditure was $41,833.84. Condition at end of fiscal year.-The emergency work was com- pleted during November 1933. Although the work was assigned only a few days before the river had reached its highest stages, prac- tically no damage was done to this area. As the work was an emergency measure, no maintenance work or repa rs were made to the damaged levees,banks, roads, etc. The total cost and expenditures to the end of the fiscal year amounted to $41,833.84, all from Public Works funds. Proposed operations.-The balance unexpended at the end of the year, amounting to $166.16, has been recommended for revocation. Cost and financial summ-ary Cost of new work to June 30, 1934__--------___ __----_ $41, 833. 84 Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1934_ ___ . .... Total cost of permanent work to June 30, 1934_............. 41, 833. 84 'balance Net total expenditures--------- --------------------------- Unexpended June 30, 1934_-------------------------- 41, 833. 84 166. 16 Total aiount appropriated? to June 30,i1934_____________-42, 00000 Fiscal year ending June 30 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 --------- Cost ofnew work-------------.......... ------------------------------------ $41, 833. 84 Cost ofmaintenance ------------ ---- --------------------------------- Total expended-----__ ------------------------------ _-__ 41, 833. 84 Allotted. ----- --- - ----------- -------- ---------------------------------- 42, 000. 00 Amount allotted from National Industrial Recovery Act approved June 16, 1933---------------------------------------- $120, 000. 00 Deductions on account of revocation of allotment---------------- 78, 000. 00 --------------- Net amount to be accounted for_ 42, 000. 00 Gross amount expended_____________ $41,.835.54 Less reimbursements collected ___-___------------ 1. 70 41, 833.84 Balance unexpended June 30, 1934-___---___-----_ 166. 16 Status of reports called for by river and karbor acts and committee resolutions Locality Authorization ac Transmitted Document number Recommenda- to Congress tion Aransas Pass, Port Rivers and Harbors Aransas, Rockport, and Corpus Christi (vicinity on coast of Committee resolu- tion, May 14, 1934. --------------- Texas). -... Aransas Pass to Corpus Rivers and Harbors Christi, Tex., in vi- Committee resolu- cinity of Rockport. tion, July 27, 1934. River and Harbor Baffins Bay, Tex__....__ Act, Jan. 21, 1927. Brazos River, Tex., up ....do ..--------------- Sept. 16, 1933 _ I Unfavorable. .--------------------. to Rosenberg. Brazos River up to Rivers and Harbors Feb. 14, 1934 Rivers and Harbors Favorable. Velasco, Tex. Committee resolu- Committee 29, 73d tion, July 3, 1933. Cong., 2d sess. 722 REPORT OF CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMY, 1934 Status of reports called for by river and harboracts and committee resolutions- Continued Locality Authorization act Transmitted Document number Recommenda- to Congress tion Clear Creek and Clear River and Harbor Feb. 15, 1934 House 264, 73d Cong., Favorable. Lake, Tex. Act, July 3, 1930. 2d sess. Colorado River, Tex., Rivers and Harbors Feb. 28, 1934 ...----------------- Unfavorable. improvement for 9-foot Committee resolu- navigable channel. tion, Dec. 17, 1931. Colorado River, Tex., Rivers and Harbors Jan. 19, 1934 Rivers and Harbors Favorable. prevention of silt de- Committee resolu- Committee 26, 73d posits in Matagorda tion, Julyl19; 1933. Cong., 2d sess. Bay. Corpus Christi to Point River and Harbor Isabel, Tex., intra- Act, Jan. '21, 1927. coastal waterway, in- cluding Arroyo, Colo., to Missouri Pacific bridge near Harlingen. Galveston Bay, Tex., River and Harbor June 5, 1.934 House 400, 73d Cong., Do. beach erosion. Act, July 3, 1930. 2d sess. Galveston Harbor, Tex., Rivers and Harbors June 15, 1934 Rivers and Harbors Do. to Texas City, Tex., Committee resolu- Committee 46, 73d channel. tion, Jan. 5, 1934.. Cong., 2d sess. Galveston West Bay River and Harbor July 8,1933 ........................ Unfavorable. and adjacent waters, Act, July 3, 1930. Tex. Guadalupe River, Tex. Flood Control Act .......................... (preliminary examina- May 31, 1924. tion for flood control). Guadalupe River, Tex__ River and Harbor Act, Mar. 3, 1925. Guadalupe River, Tex., River and Harbor and channel in San Act, July 3,1930. Antonio Bay connect- ing Guadalupe River -- -- - -- -- -- - - - - - --- - - with intracoastal waterway. Louisiana and Texas .. do . .. . .-.. intracoastal waterway from Corpus Christi to the Rio Grande Valley. Louisiana-Texas Intra- Rivers and Harbors Nov. 4,1933 Do. coastal Waterway Committee resolu- tion, Jan. 19, 1932. Lynns Bayou, Tex ..... Rivers and Harbors Committee resolu- tion, Sept. 1, 1934. Offatts Bayou, Tex .... River and Harbor July 10, 1933 ---- ---- ---------- Do. Act, July 3, 1930. Port Aransas, Tex.. Rivers and Harbors Apr. 24, 1934 Rivers and Harbors Favorable. Committee resolu- Committee 40, 73d tion, Nov. 21, 1933. Cong., 2d sess. Sabine-Neches Water- Senate Committee res- Nov. 24, 1933 Unfavorable. way and Port Arthur olution, Mar. 16, Canal. 1933. Sabine-Neches Water- Rivers and Harbors way, Tex. Committee resolu- tion, Mar. 19, 1934. Sabine River, La. and Rivers and Htarbors Sept. 14, 1933 Do. Tex. Committee resolu- tion, Apr. 21, 1932. Trinity River, Tex., River and Harbor flood protection. Act, July 27, 1916. Trinity River, Tex. Flood Control Act, (preliminary examina- May 31, 1924. tion for flood control). Trinity River, Tex ..... River and Harbor Act, July 3, 1930. Do .----- - ------- Senate Committee res- olution, Dec. 10, 1929. Turtle Bayou, Tex ..... River and Harbor Mar. 3, 1934 Do. Act, July 3, 1930. D o --- . ----- .---- ... Rivers and Harbors Committee resolu- tion, Feb. 2, 1934. RIVERS AND IIARBORS--VICKSBURG, MISS., DISTRICT 723 IMPROVEMENT OF RIVERS AND HARBORS IN THE VICKSBURG, MISS. DISTRICT The streams under improvement in this district are tributaries of the Mississippi River which flow through northwestern Mississippi, southern Arkansas, southern Oklahoma, northern Texas, and the northern half of the State of Louisiana. District engineer: Maj. Thomas B. Larkin, Corps of Engineers, to October 28, 1933; Maj. Clark Kittrell, Corps of Engineers, from October 28 to November 13, 1933; Maj. Lunsford E. Oliver, Corps of Engineers, since that date. Division engineer: Brig. Gen. H. B. Ferguson, Corps of Engineers. IMPROVEMESNTS Page Page 1. Red River below Fulton, 7. ]Bayous D'Arbonne and Cor- Ark _ 723 ney, La - -- 738 2. Cypress Bayou and Water- 8. Yazoo River, Miss 740 way between Jefferson, 9. Yalobusha River, Miss 742 Tex., and Shreveport, La_ 726 10. Big Sunflower River, Miss__ 744 3.Ouachita and Black Rivers, 11. Operating and care of lock Ark. and La__ _ 728 and dam, Big Sunflower 4. Operating and care of locks River', Miss 746 and dams, Ouachita River, 12. Mouth of the Yazoo River, Ark. and La ---------- _ 732 Miss___ -748 5. Tensas River and Bayou 13. Examinations, surveys, and Macon, La _--_ _ 734 contingencies (general) 749 6. Boeuf River, La -- 736 14. Other projects for which no estimates are submitted__ 750 1. RED RIVER BELOW FULTON, ARK. Location.-Red River rises in the arid regions of eastern New Mexico, flows in a general easterly and southeasterly direction for 1,300 miles and enters the Mississippi River at Red River Landing, La. (See U. S. Geological Survey State maps.) Previous projects.--The project was adopted May 23, 1828. Modi- fications were made June 10, 1872, June 18, 1878, March 3, 1879, August 2, 1882, July 5, 1884, August 11, 1888, and September 19, 1890. The cost and expenditures before existing project was adopted, July 13, 1892, were $1,553,877.50, for new work. For further details, see page 1868 of Annual Report for 1915. Existing project.-This provides for continuing improvement of Red River from Fulton, Ark., to the Atchafalaya River, La., 463 miles by systematic clearing of the banks, snagging, dredging shoals, building levees (either alone or in cooperation with riparian States), closing outlets, revetting caving banks, and preventing injurious cut-offs. The lower end of the section included in the project is 7.6 miles above the mouth of the river. No proposed channel dimensions were given. Floods ordinarily cause fluctuations of stage between high and low water of from 30 to 45 feet. Unusual floods occasionally increase this range about 10 feet. The work being continuous, no estimate for completion was made. The latest (1933) approved estimate for annual cost of maintenance is $75,000. The existing project was adopted by the River and Harbor Act of July 13, 1892 (Annual Reports for 1890, p. 1829, and for 1891, 724 REPORT OF CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMY, 1934 p. 1957). (For latest published map see H. Doc. No. 848, 65th Cong., 2d sess.) Terminal facilities.--Red River Barge Line owns a warehouse at Moncla Landing. The city of Alexandria, La., has constructed a warehouse for receiving steamboat freight. Both of these ware- houses are open to the general public. Operations and results during fiscal year.--From October 5 to 17, 1933, the U. S. dredge Todd removed 95,904 cubic yards of material from the channel near the mouth of Kings Bayou. From June 9 to 30, 1934, the U. S. dredge Waterway removed 124,634 cubic yards of material from the channel at the mouth of Old River, Texas & Pacific Railroad Bridge and the mouth of Kings Bayou. From August 21 to October 21, 1933, U. S. quarterboat No. 5 removed 6,563 obstructions from the channel between Shreveport, La., and the mouth of Black River, a distance of 271.5 miles. This work is classed as maintenance and was all done by hired labor. Cost of dredging ------------------------------------------- $19, 335. 05 ---- Cost of chopping___ -.---- --------- 5, 638. 92 Cost of channel surveys and gage observations 056. 77 1----------- 1, Total cost of maintenance---------- ------------------- 26, 030. 74 Total expended ______--_______-.__---------29, 956. 10 Condition at end of fiscal year.-The work under the existing project being continuous and no estimate being made, the date or percentage of completion cannot be stated. From January to July the prevailing stage is 6 feet and over, and minimum depths are about 4 feet to Fulton, Ark., 5 feet to Shreveport, La., and 6 feet to Alexandria, La. During the remainder of the year stages near zero may be expected, with minimum depths less than 1 foot from Fulton to Shreveport, 1 to 2 feet from Shreveport to Alexandria, 4 feet from Alexandria to the mouth of Black River, and 6.5 feet thence to the mouth. The controlling depth at the end of the fiscal year was 8.5 feet to the mouth of Black River and about 1 foot from there to Fulton, Ark. Cost of new work under existing project to June 30, 1934_----- $409, 928. 91 Cost of maintenance -------------------- 462, 177. 59 1,------------ Total cost , 872, 106.50 1--------------------------- Total expended---------------------------------- 1, 960, 722.88 Proposed operations.-The balance unexpended plus accounts re- ceivable at the end of the year will be applied to maintenance using Government plant and hired labor as follows: Accounts payable June 30, 1934 _ - ----- $32, 292. 58 Maintenance : Dredging to mouth of Black River with U. S. pipe- line dredge Waterway, 2 months (September and October 1934) ----------------- $33000. 00 Chopping, mouth of Black River to Shreveport, La., with U. S. quarterboat No. 5, 21/2 months (last half July, August, and September 1934) ---------- 12, 000. 00 45, 000.00 Total for all work_--------- 77, 292.58 Balance remaining_ -------------- 39, 832. 79 Total----- 117,125. 37 RIVERS AND HARBORS-VICKSBURG, MISS., .DISTRICT 725 The additional sum of $55,000 can be profitably expended during the fiscal year 1936, using Governmnent plant and hired labor, as follows: Maintenance: Dredging to mouth of Black River with U. S. pipeline dredge Waterway, 2 months (September and October) -------------- $33, 000 Chopping, mouth of Black River to Shreveport, La., with U. S. quarterboat No. 5, 5 months (July to November 1935) 22, 000 ----------- Total------------ ---------------------------------- 55, 000 Cost and financial summary Cost of new work to June 30, 1934_-----------------------$1, 963, 806. 41 Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1934-------- -------------- 1, 462, 177. 59 Total cost of permanent work to June 30, 1934---------- 3, 425, 984. 00 Value of plant, materials, etc., on hand June 30, 1934----------- 90, 492. 77 Net total cost to June 30, 1934 ---------------------- 3, 516, 476. 77 Plus accounts receivable June 30, 1934------------------------ 30, 416. 19 Gross total costs to June 30, 1934--------------- ---- 3, 546, 892. 96 Minus accounts payable June 30, 1934 ----------------------- 32, 292. 58 Net total expenditures----------------------------- 3, 514, 600. 38 Unexpended balance June 30, 1934-------------------------- 114, 871. 74 Total amount appropriated to June 30, 1934--------- ---- 3, 629, 472. 12 Fiscal year ending June 30 1930 1931 1932 ' 1933 1934 C ost of new work----- Cost work-... . . . . . . . . . . . . ------------- . ------------------------ . . . . .- . .- . - . .- - Cost of maintenance.......------------ $52, 635. 74 $42, 108. 91 $71, 908. 31 $34, 380. 90 $26, 030. 74 Total expended------------------ 61, 492. 17 101, 238. 43 72, 922. 94 21, 296. 40 -29, 956. 10 Allotted..------------------- -- 112, 600. 00 162, 500. 00 -7, 770. 96 23, 957. 14 -10, 445. 97 Balance unexpended July 1, 1933 ------------- ----- $95, 361. 61 Amounted allotted from War Department Appropriation Act ap- proved Apr. 26, 1934------------------------------------ 30, 000. 00 Amount to be accounted for-------------------------- 125, 361. 61 Deductions on account of revocation of allotment--------------- 40, 445. 97 Net amount to be accounted for------------------------84, 915. 64 Gross amount expended --------------------- $155, 053.16 Less reimbursements collected--------------- ---- 185, 009. 26 -29, 956. 10 Balance unexpended June 30, 1934--------------------- 114, 871. 74 Outstanding liabilities June 30, 1934 025. 56 8,--------------- Amount covered by uncompleted contracts------------ 3, 725. 00 11, 750. 56 Balance available June 30, 1934-----------------------10, 121.18 Accounts receivable June 30, 1934------------------------------ 30, 416. 19 Unobligated balance available June 30, 1934-------------- 133, 537. 37 Amount that can be profitably expended in fiscal year ending June - -- -- - - - - - - -- - - - - - - - - -- - - -- - - - - 30, 1936, for maintenance 55, 000. 00 SExclusive of available funds. 726 REPORT OF CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMY, 1934 2. CYPRESS BAYOU AND WATERWAY BETWEEN JEFFERSON, TEX., AND SHREVEPORT, LA. Location.-This bayou rises in northeast Texas and flows in a southeasterly direction to Caddo Lake, through this lake to Big Willow Pass, and through Big and Little Willow Passes, Soda Lake, Twelve Mile Bayou, the new diversion canal, and Cross Bayou to the Red River at Shreveport, La., a distance of about 132 miles. (See U. S. Geological Survey State maps.) Strictly speaking, Cypress Bayou proper ends where it enters Caddo Lake, but the name is frequently applied to the whole water- way above described. Existing project.-This provides for dredging and straightening the channel, removing obstructions, and clearing the banks in the lower 66 miles of Cypress Bayou from the Red River at Shreveport, La., to Jefferson, Tex., and for the construction of a dam without a lock at the foot of Caddo Lake. CADDO LAKE I)AM Location: At foot of Caddo Lake, La. and Tex., about 23 miles above mouth of Jefferson-Shreveport Waterway. Below Mooringsport, La.: 2 miles. Length: 3,400 feet. Type: Fixed, on pile foundation. Date of completion: December 21, 1914. Cost : $100,553.47. Below the dam the fluctuations of the water level depend chiefly upon backwater from the Red River, the maximum being about 10 feet. At the dam the fluctuations are from zero to 8 feet above the crest of the spillway, and at Jefferson the maximum is 24.2 feet. The estimate of cost for new work was $20,000 for open-channel work (Annual Report, 1872) and $100,000 for the dam (1907). The latest (1933) approved estimate for annual cost of maintenance is $1,700. The existing project was authorized by the following river and harbor acts: The act of June 10, 1872, provided for open-channel work (Annual Report for 1872, p. 572); the act of June 25, 1910, provided for the construction of the dam (H. Doc. No. 220, 60th Cong., 1st sess.). The latest published map is in House Document No. 236, Sixty-third Congress, first session. Terminal facilities.-There are 5 private wharves and landings at Mooringsport and 1 wharf at Jefferson. They are adequate for the existing commerce. Operations and results during fiscal year.-The work consisted of caring for the Caddo Lake Dam. The cost was $1,159.75 and the expenditure $1,142.35, all for maintenance. Condition at end of fiscal year.-The dam at the foot of Caddo Lake was completed in 1914, completing the project. Its construc- tion and maintenance insures a 4-foot navigable depth at low water from that point to Jefferson, but cuts off all possible navigation to Shreveport except for such light draft boats as may pass over the dam at high stages. Below the dam navigation is largely dependent on backwater from Red River. A stage from 15 to 24 feet on the RIVERS AND HARBORS-~VICKSBURG, MISS.,_ DISTRICT 727 Red River. gage at Shreveport, depending on the run-off from the Cypress Bayou drainage area, is necessary to provide a 4-foot depth up to the dam.. Such stages are short in duration and irregular in occurrence. The controlling depth between the dam and Jefferson was 4 feet at the end of the fiscal year. The total cost and expenditures under the existing project to June 30, 1934, have been as follows: United States Contributed Total funds funds Cost of new work...... ----------------------------------- $202,817.48 -------------- $202,817.48 Cost of maintenance.................... ... 233, 535. 43 .....---------------------------------- $50,000.00 283, 535. 43 .....-________._______ Total cost-____-... . .__ 436, 352. 91 50, 000. 00 486, 352. 91 Total expended-------------------------------------436, 310. 46 50, 000. 00 486, 310. 46 Proposed operations.-The balance unexpended will be applied to maintenance, as follows: Accounts payable June 30, 1934--------------------------------- $42. 45 Maintenance : Salary for dam tender-- ----------- , 260. 00 $1------ Miscellaneous work------------------------------- 440. 00 1, 700. 00 Total for all work 742. 45 1--------------------------- Balance remaining-- ---------------------------------------- 579. 61 Total----- ------------------- 2,322. 06 The additional sum of $1,700 can be profitably expended during the fiscal year 1936, as follows: Salary for dam tender---- -------------------- $1,260 Minor items of work------------------------------------------- 440 Total ------------------------------------------------ 1, 700 Cost and ftinancia summary Cost of new work to June 30, 1934--- ---------------------- $202, 817.48 Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1934-_- --------------------- 233, 535. 43 Total cost of permanent work to June 30, 1934------------ 436, 352. 91 Minus accounts payable June 30, 1934--------------------------- 42. 45 Net total expenditures------------------------------436, 310. 46 Unexpended balance June 30, 1934----------------------------2, 322. 06 Total amount appropriated to June 30, 1934111111111 438, 632. 52 Fiscal year ending June 30 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 Cost of new work------ ---------------- ---------------------------------- Cost of maintenance. ---------------------- $9, 128. 73 $1, 446. 52 $1,433. 40 $1, 248. 28 $1, 159. 75 Total expended 9, 141. 82 .--.----------------------- 1, 433. 26 1, 557. 40 1, 223. 23 1, 142. 35 Allotted........-------.............-----------------------------------------------............ -6, 000. 00 1, 387. 41 1, 626. 50 728 REPORT OF CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMIY6 1934 Balance unexpended July 1, 1933---------------------------------- $1,837.91 Amount allotted from War Department Appropriation Act approved Apr. 26, 1934------- ------ ----------------------------- 1, 700. 00 Amount to be accounted for ----------------------------3,537.91 Deductions on account of revocation of allotment ------------------ 73. 50 Net amount to be accounted for ------------------------ 3, 464. 41 Gross amount expended-_ _- $1, 218.17 Less reimbursements collected 5. 82 7------------------------- 1, 142. 35 Balance. unexpended June. 30, 1934----------------------- 2,322. 06 Outstanding liabilities June 30, 1934----------------------- 31. 50 Balance available June 30, 1934------------------------2,290. 56 Amount that can be profitably expended in fiscal year ending June -- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 30, 1936 for maintenance 1 ____ 1,700. 00 3. OUACHITA AND BLACK RIVERS, ARK. AND LA. Location.-Ouachita River rises in Polk County, Ark., and flows about 600 miles in a general southeasterly and southerly direction through Arkansas and Louisiana. It is joined by Tensas and Little Rivers at Trinity, La. (Jonesville, La.), below which place it is called " Black River ", and enters Red River 35.5 miles above its mouth. (See U. S. Geological Survey State maps.) Previous projects.-The project was adopted March 3, 1871. Mod- ifications were made June 10, 1872, August 14, 1876, and July 5, 1884. The amount expended before existing project was adopted, June 13, 1902, was $605,802.19 for new work. A separate project for work in the Ouachita River between Camden and Arkadelphia was adopted August 11, 1888, and $9,000 was expended on this por- tion of the river for new work. There was expended on Lock and Dam No. 7, since eliminated from the project, the sum of $59,265.44, making a grand total of $674,067.63', all for new work, which also represents the cost. (For further details, see p. 1869 of the Annual Report for 1915.) Existing project.-This proposes to obtain a navigable depth of 61/2 feet at low water from the mouth of Black River, La., to Cam- den, Ark., a distance of 351 miles, by the construction of six locks and dams, with necessary dredging, and to remove logs, wrecks, and overhanging trees, etc., between mouth of Black River and Arkadel- phia, Ark., 417 miles. The location and description of the locks and dams which are included in the project are contained in the table following. 1 Exclusive of available funds. RIVERS AND HARBORS-VICKSBURG, MISS., DISTRICT 729 Distance from Greatest Depth town or Width available Lift at on miter No. Location mouth mouth oflock length low, sill at ofRiver Black for full normal nearest chamber width water pool naviga- of lock level ble trib- utary Miles Miles Feet Fee Feet Feet 2 Harrisonburg, La .................. 1 0. 1 73. 3 55 268 14. 4 6. 9 3 Riverton, La------ 1 2.0 134.0 55 268 14.8 6.5 4 Monroe, La.---------. ------- 1 24.0 178.1 55 268 8.9 6.5 5 (terl tor°Rach, La _ - 1 .6 208.3 55 268 6. 9 6. 6 6 Near Felsenthal, Ark-------------- 3. 3 238.7 55 268 9. 7 7. 6 8 Near Calion, Ark_.---------------- 1 10. 5 297. 5 55 268 13. 5 6. 5 Year No. Location foundationof Character Kind dam of Type of construction of com- Cost pletion 2 Harrisonburg, La_ -Piling in clay Movable: Concrete Poiree needle dam; 1921 $470, 394. 69 steel mitering lock gates. 3 Riverton, La-...... Piling in sand -. do ---- do --- 1920 681, 072. 84 4 Monroe, La -.-.. do - -_- do ....- -- do .-------- ---- - 1915 3 641, 630. 23 5 Sterlington Reach, Piling in clay.... do --- Concrete Chanoine wicket 1926 901, 096. 17 La. dam; steel mitering gates. 6 Near Felsenthal, Piling in sand _--do ------. do _---------- -------- 1923 4914, 844. 67 Ark. 8 Near Calion, Ark __ Piling in clay-_ - do ------ do ------ --------- 1926 5 915, 445. 96 I Nearest town. 2 By river-2 miles by highway. :, am fdailed Aug. 10,;1917 and was rebuiltuder pertarnient nd elit~ approprition for' dperating and care of canals. Type of dam now is concrete Poiree needle pass and Chanoine wicket weir. 4 Includes cost of original structure to June 30, 1919 ($559,539.34), and the cost of modifications to permit elimination of Lock and Dam 7 ($355,305.33). 5Includes actual cost of original structure to June 30, 1919 ($592,922.43), and the cost of modifications to permit elimination of Locks and Dams 7 and 9 ($322,523.53). Floods ordinarily cause fluctuations of stage from 25 to 45 feet between high and low water. Extreme floods occasionally increase this range about 10 feet. The latest revised estimate of cost of the system of locks and dams, made in October 1920, as modified by the actual cost of nos. 2, 3, 4, and 6, since completed, was $4,576,838.52. The latest (1933) ap- proved estimate for annual cost of maintaining the improvement by removing obstructions to navigation between Camden, Ark., and the mouth of Black River, La., is $100,000. No estimate for maintenance above Camden has been approved. The existing project 'was authorized by the following river and harbor acts: The act of June 13, 1902, provided for the construction of Locks and Dams Nos. 4 and 6; the act of March 2, 1907, provided for Locks and Dams Nos. 2 and 8; the act of June 25, 1910, provided for obtaining sites for Locks and Dams Nos. 3 and 7; the act of July 25, 1912, for their construction; the act of August 8, 1917, provided for the construction of Lock and Dam No. 5; and the act of March 2, 1919, provided for modifying Locks and Dams Nos. 6 and 8 to raise their pool levels, which with dredging will obviate the neces- sity for constructing Locks and Dams Nos. 7 and 9. 730 REPORT OF CHIEF' OF ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMY, 193 4 The act of March 3, 1871, provided for open-channel work from Arkadelphia to the mouth, and the act of July 5, 1884, provided for the extension of such work in that portion of the stream known as " Black River." The canalization work of the project is based on re- port contained in House Document No. 448, Fifty-seventh Congress, first session (Annual Report for 1902, p. 1435). The River and Harbor Act of March 2, 1919, provided for certain changes in Locks and Dams Nos. 6 and 8 (Rivers and Harbors Com- mittee Doc. No. 7, 65th Cong., 2d sess.). Lock and Dam No. 1 was eliminated from the plan by the Secretary of War under au- thority given by the river and harbor act of March 2, 1907. The open-channel work of the project is based on reports submitted in House Executive Document No. 60, part 4, Forty-first Congress, third session, and the Annual Report of 1883, page 1155. The latest published map of the section of these rivers included in the project is in the Annual Report for 1913, page 2336. Local cooperation.-None required. Local interests contributed $5,000 during the fiscal year 1929, which was expended in connection with United States funds in prevention of cut-off near Camden, Ark. Terminal facilities.-At Monroe, La., there is 1 municipal ware- house, 1 private electric crane, and 1 private warehouse. At West Monroe there are three private warehouses with conveyors. At Calion, Ark., there is one private warehouse with conveyor. At Camden, Ark., there are three private warehouses. These existing facilities are considered adequate for the present commerce. Operations and results during fiscal year.-During periods from July 21, 1933, to June 22, 1934, the U. S. dredge Todd removed 995,840 cubic yards of material from the channel at Island Bayou, Upper Glade, Plouden Bayou, Montgomery Landing, Harriman Landing, Jonesville, Harrisonburg, Harrisonburg Bridge, upper ap- proach to Lock 2, Minden Hall Landing, Smithland Bar, Breston, lower- approach to Lock 3, Place Lake, Loch Lomond, Youngs Shoals, lower approach to Lock 5, Jacks Island; approaches ,to Lock 8, Eldorado Landing, Blue Beach, Cape Horn, Little Buffalo, Pedren, Upper Pedren East Two Bayou, Hodges Shoals, Sulphur Springs, Treadway, Buzzard Roost, and Camden Cut. -removed During periods from September 5, 1933, to June 7, 1934, the U. S. dredge Waterway 475,551 cubic yards of material from the channel at upper approach to Lock 2, Bayou Louis, I. N. Davis Landing, W. H. Hough Landing, Thompson's Bayou, Columbia, Jacks Landing, Minden Hall Landing, Bayou Duchesne, Missouri- Pacific Railroad bridge, Faust Bar, Rose Lawn Landing, lower approach to Lock 4, Spoon Camp, Cold Bite Shoals, Frenchport Shoals, and West Two Bayou. From October 22 to November 27, 1933, U. S. quarterboat No. 5 removed 5,097 obstructions from the channel between the mouth of Black River and Lock and Dam No. 6, a distance of 238.7 miles. From May 7 to June 30, 1934 ,U. S. quarterboat No. 3001 removed 6,166 obstructions from the channel between Camden, Ark., and Burnham Landing, a distance of 36.5 miles. This work is' classed as maintenance and was all done by hired labor. RIVERS AND HARBORS-VICKSBURG, MISS., DISTRICT 731 Cost of dredging---------------------------------------$205, 811. 74 Cost of chopping---- -------------------------------------- 9, 539. 29 Cost of channel surveys and gage observations -- ____________ 1, 229. 43 Total cost of maintenance-__-__ -________-____ 216, 580. 46 Total expended----------------------------------------- 137, 618. 01 Condition at end of 7fscal year.--The six locks and dams embraced in the existing project for slack-water improvement of the Ouachita River were completed in 1924 and provide navigation to Camden, Ark. (See table under existing project,. p. 729.) The head of navigation is Arkadelphia, Ark., to which point boats may occasion- ally run during high water if snags, overhanging trees, or other similar obstructions do not interfere. From January to June the gage at Monroe, La., generally reads 10 feet or more, caused by the river above, and minimum depths exceeding 7 feet are usual between the mouth of Black River and Camden, Ark., a distance of 350.8 miles. At intervals during this period the reading of the Camden gage exceeds 15 feet, and minimum depths of 7 feet may be expected between Camden and Arkadelphia. During the remainder of the year the pools furnished by Dams Nos. 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, and 8, with mod- erate dredging in Black and Ouachita Rivers, provide depths of 6.5 feet between the mouth of Black River and Camden, Ark. The controlling depth at the end of the fiscal year was 8.5 feet to Lock and Dam No. 2 and 6.5 feet from there to Camden, Ark. Cost of new work_- ... ________------------ $4, 574, 551. 31 Cost of maintenance--------- -------------------------- 1, 350, 127. 05 Total cost---------------------------------- 5, 924, 678. 36 Total expended-_ --------------------- 6, 197, 664. 39 Proposed operations.--The balance unexpended will be applied to maintenance, using Government plant and hired labor, as follows: Accounts payable June 30, 1934 ____.--.-.-_--. ------ $37, 155. 97 Maintenance: Dredging with U. S. pipe-line dredge Todd, 3 months (July, August, September) ------------ $56, 000.00 Dredging with U. S. pipe-line dredge Waterway, 2 months (July and August)--------- ---------- 38, 000. 00 Snagging with U. S. snagboat Jos. E. Randell, 2 months (September and October) ------------ 17, 00. 00 Chopping with U. S. quarterboat No. 10, 2 months (July and August) ----------------------- 7, 672. 18 118, 672. 18 Total for all work --------------------------------- 155, 828.15 The additional sum of $120,000 can be profitably expended during the fiscal year 1936, using Government plant and hired labor, as follows : Maintenance: Dredging with U. S. pipe-line dredges Todd and Waterway, 61/2 months (both dredges during July and August, and dredge Todd alone during September and October and first half of November)_ $103, 000 Snagging with U. S. snagboat Jos. E. Ransdell, 1 month (July) 9, 000 Chopping with U. S. quarterboat No. 10, 2 nonths (July and August) _- ---------------------------------------------- 8, 000 Total- ___ ___---------------------_ _ 120, 000 732 REPORT OF CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMY, 1934 Cost and financial summary Cost of new work to June 30, 1934----------------------- $5, 2:48, 618. 94 Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1934----------------------- 1, 350, 127. 05 Total cost of permanent work to June 30, 1934 ---------- 6, 598, 745. 99 Value of plant, materials, etc., on hand June 30, 1934----------- 286, 310. 90 Net total cost to June 30, 19346____-___-___ - ___- 6, 885, 056. 89 Plus accounts receivable June 30, 1934_.... _____-- - ____ 23, 831. 10 Gross total costs to June 30, 1934--------------------- 6, 908, 887. 99 Minus accounts payable June 30, 1934 __________________ __ 37, 155. 97 Net total expenditures--- ------------------------- 6, 871, 732. 02 Unexpended balance June 30, 1934___ _______________________ 155, 828. 15 Total amounted appropriated to June 30, 1934- 027, 560. 17 7----------, Fiscal year ending June 30 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 Cost of new work ..--------------------- $6, 619. 57 Cost of maintenance - ..------------------- 95, 172. 14 $62, 167. 44 $139, 702. 43 $154, 926. 75 $216, 580. 46 Total cost-............... ..-----. 101, 791. 71 62, 167. 44 139, 702. 43 154, 926. 75 216, 580. 46 Total expended---------------------- 94, 972. 78 62, 442. 29 404, 316. 39 155, 895.88 137, 618. 01 Allotted....................--------------------------- 127, 000. 00 445, 200. 00- ........ 228, 061. 51 171, 640. 17 Balance unexpended July 1, 1933----------------------------- $121, 805. 99 Amount allotted from War Department Appropriation Act approved Apr. 26, 1934--------------------- $100, 000. 00 Amount allotted from War Department Appropriation Act approved July 14, 1932 --- ------ __- _ 78, 000. 00 178, 000. 00 Amount to be accounted for__ ____-_,____- - - 299, 805. 99 Deductions on account of revocation of allotment____-__- - 6,359. 83 Net amount to be accounted for ----------------------- 293, 446. 16 Gross amount expended- ___ -- __-____-- ____ 268, 421. 62 Less reimbursements collected_------------ 130, 803. 61 137, 618. 01 Balance unexpended June 30, 1934____-----------,_-- 155, 828. 15 Outstanding liabilities June 30, 1934 _.............. 9, 454. 84 Amount covered by uncompleted contracts---------- 3,840. 00 - 13, 294.84 Balance available June 30, 1934 533. 31 1-----------------------42, Accounts receivable June 30, 1934--- -- ________ - ____- -23, 831. 10 Unobligated balance available June 30, 1934 166, 364. 41 1________________ Amount that can be profitably expended in fiscal year ending June - - - - , _- 30, 1936, for maintenance 1_ __ ______ __ ___ __ _ 120, 000. 00 4. OPERATING AND CARE OF LOCKS AND DAMS, OUACHITA RIVER, ARK. AND LA. The improvement for which report is made under this caption forms part of the project for improving Ouachita and Black Rivers, Ark. and La. (See pp. 728 to 732, where general information may be 'Exclusive of available funds. RIVERS AND HARBORS--VICKSBURG, MISS., DISTRICT 733 found.) The completed locks and dams have been operated and maintained under the permanent indefinite appropriation for the following periods: No. 2, since November 1, 1918; no. 3, since Jan- uary 1, 1919; no. 4, since January 1, 1915; no. 5, since October 14, 1924; no. 6, from January 25, 1913, to June 30, 1919, and since January 1, 1923; no. 8, from October 1, 1912, to August 31, 1923, and since November 16, 1924. Operations and results during fiscal year.-The improvement was operated and maintained in a satisfactory condition throughout the year. Cost of operating and care_------- ------------------- $63, 124. 18 Cost of improvement and reconstruction----------------------- 98, 114. 78 Total cost------- ------------------------------ 161, 238. 96 Total expended -- _________ _____________- ---- 161, 579. 39 Condition at end of fiscal year.-The existing project was com- pleted :in 1924. The locks and dams are in good condition. The dams are raised when needed, ordinarily between July and December, and furnish continuous pools which, supplemented by moderate dredging, provide a navigable depth of 6.5 feet from the mouth of Black River to Camden, Ark. When river stages are high, usually between January and June, the dams are not operated. The con- trolling depth at the end of the fiscal year was 8.5 feet to Lock and Dam No. 2 and 6.5 feet from there to Camden. Cost of operating and care to June 30, 1934------------------ $1, 121, 771. 28 Cost of improvement and reconstruction ---------- 1-------- , 600, 055. 22 Total cost ------ ------------------------- 2, 721, 826. 50 Total expended__________-_ 729, 726. 24 2,2------- Proposed operations.-The locks and dams will be operated and maintained under allotments from appropriations made available for such purposes. Cost an financial summary Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1934------------------------- $2, 72:1, 826.50 Value of plant, materials, etc., on hand June 30, 1934---------- 27, 105. 40 Net total cost to June 30, 1934__----------------------_ 2, 748, 931. 90 Plus accounts receivable June 30, 1934----------- 3, 772. 26 1------------ Gross total costs to June 30, 1934--------------------- 2, 762,704. 16 Minus accounts payable June 30, 1934------------------------ 32, 977. 92 Net total expenditures ----------------------------- 2, 729, 726. 24 Unexpended balance June 30, 1934------------------ --------- 48, 704. 36 Total amount appropriated to June 30, 1934 - ....-..... 2, 778, 430. 60: Fiscal year ending June 30 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 Cost of new work -.................. I. . . .. . . . . Cost of maintenance -- -- -------- ... $153, 884. 98 $243, 741. 73 $225,193. 87 $194, 831. 66 $161, 238. 96 Total expended_ ----------------------- 162, 300. 88 242, 639. 24 173, 496. 73 226, 311. 69 161, 579. 39 Allotted.......-------------------------- 200, 000. 00 225 000. 00 2250, 000. 00 173, 007. 54 128, 985. 59 734 REPORT OF CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMY, 1934 Balance unexpended July 1, 1933___-_-_-- ___-__ _ $81, 298. 16 Amount allotted from permanent indefinite appropriation, sec. 6, River and Harbor Act, Mar. 3, 1909 --___---____--_----- 137, 700. 00 Amount to be acounted for___________________________ 218, 998. 16 Deductions on account of revocation of allotment----_ 714. 41 8--------- 8, Net amount to be accounted for__------ 210, 283. 75 Gross amount expended__ _--__---___- ____----- $266, 614. 22 Less reimbursements collected ___________________ 105, 034. 83 161, 579. 39 Balance unexpended June 30, 1934 ______-. __... ___-_ 48, 704. 36 Outstanding liabilities June 30, 1934_.___________ - 12, 019. 32 Amount covered by uncompleted contracts 178. 79 9-------------, 21, 198. 11 Balance available June 30, 1934__------- --- __------- 27, 506. 25 Accounts receivable June 30, 1934--------- __------------- 13, 772. 26 Unobligated balance available June 30, 1934__ ___---__ 41, 278. 51 Amount allotted for fiscal year 1935------------------------- 169, 000. 00 Balance available for fiscal year 1935__________ -___210, 278. 51 5. TENSAS RIVER AND BAYOU MACON, LA. Location.--Tensas River has its source in Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La., flows about 166 miles in a general southerly di- rection and joins Ouachita and Little Rivers at Jonesville, La., in forming Black River. Bayou Macon rises in Desha County, Ark., flows about 250 miles in a general southerly direction and enters Tensas River, 42.7 miles above the mouth. (See Mississippi River Commission map, "Alluvial Valley of the Mississippi River.") Previous projects.-The original project was adopted by the River and Harbor Act approved March 3, 1881. The cost and expenditures prior to adoption of existing project July 5, 1884, were $3,000 for new work. (For further details see p. 1871 of Annual Report for 1915.) Existing project.-This provides for the removal of snags, sunken logs, and overhanging timber on Tensas River from Tendal (for- inerly Dallas), La., to the mouth, 137.8 miles, and on Bayou Macon from Floyd, La., to the mouth, 111.6 miles, and for dredging the bars between Chamberlain Bar and Kirk Ferry, in the Tensas River, 10 miles and 38 miles, respectively, above the mouth to a depth of 4 feet and width of 60 feet. At medium and high stages the channel under improvement in these streams has an average width of about 150 feet, with minimum depth of about 8 feet. Floods ordinarily cause fluctuations of stage of about 45 feet between high and low water. Extreme floods occa- sionally increase the range about 10 feet. The estimate of cost for new work, revised in 1922, exclusive of amount expended on previous project is $48,395, of which $4,200 is to be contributed by local interests. The latest (1933) approved estimate for annual cost of maintenance is $2,500. The existing project was adopted by the following river and har- bor acts: The act of July 5, 1884, provided for removal of snags, etc. (HI. Ex. Doc. No. 38, 46th Cong., 3d sess.), and the act of September 22, 1922, provided for dredging the channel in Tensas River (H. Doc. RIVERS AND HARBORS---VICKSBURG, MISS., DISTRICT 735 No. 95, 67th Cong., 1st sess.). A map of both streams is published in the Annual Report for 1913, page 2336. Local cooperation.--The River and Harbor Act of September 22, 1922, required that local interests contribute $4,200 to be used for dredging bars between Chamberlain and Kirk Ferry. Local interests have made no progress in complying with this requirement, and do i)ot appear to be interested. Terminal f acilities.-None. Operations and results during fiscal year.-From April 2 to April 30, 1934, the U. S. quarterboat No. 5 removed 975 leaning trees from the banks of Tensas River between Tendal, La., and Clayton, La., a distance of 110.6 miles. This work is classed as maintenance and was done by hired labor using Government-owned plant. Cost of ma ntenance ---------------------------- $2, 194. 21 Total expended ___ __----------------------- 2, 194. 32 Condition at end of #seal year.-The existing project is about 75 percent completed. Tendal, La., on Tensas River, and Floyd, La., on Bayou Macon, are the heads of navigation, but due to the non- completion of the project above Westwood Place on Tensas River, navigation above this point is limited to small craft and rafted tim- ber. However, recent bank clearing has made such navigation less difficult. In ordinary seasons a depth of 6 feet or more may usually be ex- pected from January to June on these streams. During the re- mainder of the year the depth is usually reduced to about 1 foot. A gage reading of 3.5 feet or more at Delhi, La., is favorable for light- draft navigation, and 6.5 feet or more for heavy-draft navigation on Bayou Macon. A gage reading of 20 feet or more at Clayton, La., is favorable for light-draft navigation and 23 feet or more is favorable for heavy-draft navigation on Tensas River. The con- trolling depths at the end of the fiscal year were 2.6 feet on Tensas River and 1.3 feet on Bayou Macon. The work remaining to com- plete the project consists in removing the remaining obstructions from Tensas River between Westwood Place and Tendal (formerly Dallas), and dredging in that river between Chamberlain and Kirk Ferry, authorized by the River and Harbor Act approved September 22, 1922. Cost of new work--------------------------------- ---- $35, 366. 57 Cost of maintenance__ _________ 3, 362. 91 Total cost-- -------------------------------- 8, 729. 48 11--- Total expended--- ---------------------------------- 118, 723.43 Proposed operations.-The balance unexpended will be applied to maintenance between Delhi, La., and mouth of Bayou Macon and be- tween Tendal, La., and mouth of Tensas River, using Government plant and hired labor as follows: Accounts payable June 30, 1934 $6. 05 Maintenance: Bank clearing and removing obstructions with U. S. quarterboat No. 5, one-half month (January)------------------ 2, 500. 00 Total for all work___ 2, 506. 05 Balance remaining - - - ----------- --- 246. 87 .. Total .. __________-.. . . . 2- 752.92 91536-ENG 1934----47 736 REPORT OF CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMY, 1934 The additional sum of $2,500 can be profitably expended during the fiscal year 1936, using Government plant and hired labor, to be applied to bank clearing and, removing obstructions from Delhi, La., to mouth of Bayou Macon, La., and Tendal, La., to mouth of Tensas River, during December 1935. Cost and financial summary Cost of new work to June 30, 1934------------------------- $38, 366. 57 Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1934------------------------83, 362. 91 Total cost of permanent work to June 30, 1934------------121, 729. 48 Minus accounts payable June 30, 1934--------------------------- 6. 05 Net total expenditures-__ 723. 43 1-----------------121, Unexpended balance June 30, 1934----------------------------2, 752. 92 Total amount appropriated to June 30, 1934 ------------ 124, 476. 35 Fiscal year ending June 30 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 Cost of new work ------- - - --- ---- .----------- --- $2, 504.13 .-------- Cost of maintenance ---------------- -- $1,469. 93 $177. 75 1, 883. 46 $2, 194. 21 Total cost ..--------- --------- 1, 469.93 177.75 4, 387. 50 2,194. 21 Total expended ------------- 11, 566. 43 -2, 147. 79 -3, 389. 53 2, 194. 32 Allotted-...................--------- ------ $5, 576. 35 5, 000. 00 7, 770. 96 -15, 229. 70 2, 358. 74 Balance unexpended July 1, 1933 $2, 588. 50 Amount allotted from War Department Appropriation Act approved Apr. 26, 1934-- --------------------------------------- 2, 500. 00 Amount to be accounted for___----------------------------5, 088. 50 Deductions on account of revocation of allotment----------------- 141. 26 Net amount to be accounted for--------------------- _ 4, 947. 24 Gross amount expended__ ___--_______-_________ $2, 241. 27 Less reimbursements collected-------------------------- 46. 95 2, 194. 32 Balance unexpended June 30, 1934----------------------- 2, 752. 92 Outstanding liabilities June 30, 1934_-11111111111111111111111 1 4. 50 Balance available June 30, 1934---------------------- 2:, 748. 42 Amount that can be profitably expended in fiscal year ending June - 30, 1936, for maintenance 1---- 2, 500. 00 6. BOEUF RIVER, LA. Location.-This river rises in Desha County, Ark., flows about 240 miles in a general southerly direction, and enters Ouachita River at Sicily Island Gorge. (See Mississippi River Commission Map "Alluvial Valley of the Mississippi River.") Existing project.-This provides for the removal of snags, logs, and overhanging trees between Wallace Landing and the mouth, a distance of 166 miles. The project was afterward modified to in- clude the closure of three outlets near Point Jefferson. 1Exclusive of available funds. RIVERS AND HARBORS-VICKSBURG, MISS., DISTRICT 737 At medium and high stages the channel has an average width of about 200 feet with minimum depth of about 8 feet. Floods ordi- narily cause fluctuations of stages of about 30 feet between high and low water. Extreme floods occasionally increase this range about 10 feet. The estimate of cost for new work for removing snags, etc., made in 1880, is $20,020. The estimate of cost for new work for closing the outlets, revised in 1928, is $15,000. The latest (1933) approved estimate for annual cost of maintenance is $2,500. The existing project was authorized by the following river and harbor acts: The act of March 3, 1881, provided for the removal of snags, etc. (H. Ex. Doc. No. 38, 46th Cong., 3d sess.), and the acts of August 5, 1886, and August 11, 1888, provided for closing the outlets (H. Ex. Doc. No. 99, 48th Cong., 2d sess.). (For latest pub- lished map see Annual Report for 1913, p. 2336.) Recomnmended modifications of project.-It is recommended that this project be modified by the elimination of all work above Girard, La. (The abandonment of the entire project was erroneously recom- mended in H. Doc. No. 467, 69th Cong., 1st sess.) Terminal facilities.-None. Operations and results during fscal year.-None. The expendi- tures were $3.71, applied to liabilities incurred during the preceding fiscal' year. Condition at end of fiscal year.-The existing project is about 67 percent completed. The head of navigation is Wallace Landing. The removal of snags was completed in 1896 as far upstream as Point Jefferson, 150.8 miles above the mouth. Navigation above this point is limited to small craft and rafted timber. The outlets were closed in 1887-88, but the dams were washed away in 1890. The outlets deplete the channel and make navigation more difficult. The work remaining to complete the project consists in reclosing the above- mentioned outlets and the removal of obstructions from Point Jef- ferson to Wallace Landing, a distance of about 15 miles. In ordi- nary seasons a depth of 6 feet or more may usually be expected between January and June from the mouth to Point Jefferson. During the remainder of the year the depth is usually reduced to 1 foot. A gage reading at Girard, La., of 3.5 feet or more is favor- able to light-draft navigation, and 6.5 feet or more is favorable to heavy-draft navigation. The controlling depth at the end of the fiscal year was 1.5 feet. Cost of new work ------------------ $30, 000. 00 Cost of maintenance------ 101, 236. 88 Total cost-------------------------------- 131, 236. 88 Total expended -------- 131,.236. 88 Proposed operations.-The balance unexpended will be applied to maintenance between Girard, La., and the mouth, using Government plant and hired labor, as follows: Bank clearing and removing obstructions, with U. S. quarterboat No. 5, one-half month (February) $2, 500. 00 Total for all work-------------------------------------- 2, 500. 01) Balance remaining --------------------------------------------- 2, 351. 49 Total ------- - - 4, 851. 49 738 REPORT OF CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMY, 1934 The additional sum of $2,500 can be profitably expended during the fiscal year 1936, using Government plant and hired labor to be ap- plied to bank clearing and removing obstructions between Girard, La., and the mouth during December 1935. Cost and financial summary Cost cof new work to June 30, 1934_ ------------------------ $30, 000. 0) Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1934 ------- 101, 236, 88 Total cost of permanent work to June 30, 1934_- --- 131, 236. 88 Net tcotal expenditures -- 131, 236. 88 Unexi pended balance June 30, 1934_... 4, 851. 49 Total amount appropriated to June 30. 1934_- - 088. 37 13.3(6, __ _ _ Fiscal year ending June 30 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 Cot fne or Cost of new work ......- Cost of maintenance ____ $2, 648. 51 ....---.---- $356. 97 $138. 53 - - Total expended .......... 2, 555. 17 448.31 134. 82 $3. 71 Allotted .-..- . -.. -$576. 35 3,000.00 --- -- -- -4.01 2, 499.51 Balance unexpended July 1, 1933-------------------------------- $2, 355. 69 Amount allotted from War Department Appropriation Act approved Apr. 26, 1934-------------------------------------------- 2,500. 00 Amount to be accounted for--___ 4, 855. 69 Deductions on account of revocation of allotment..... 0. 49 Net amount to be accounted for___________________________________ 4, 855. 20 Gross amount expended---------------- 3. 71 Balance unexpended June 30, 1934--------------------------------4, 851. 49 Amount that can be profitably expended in fiscal year ending June 30, 1936, for maintenance 1----------------------- 2, 500. 00 7. BAYOUS D'ARBONNE AND CORNEY, LA. Location.-Bayou D'Arbonne is formed by the junction of three tributaries near Farmerville, La. These streams rise in Claiborne Parish, La. Bayou Corney flows about 76 miles; the middle fork flows about 55 miles, both in a southeasterly direction; and Little D'Arbonne flows about 56 miles in an easterly direction. Below the junction Bayou D'Arbonne flows 37.7 miles in a southeasterly direction and enters Ouachita River, 189 miles above the mouth of Black River. (See Mississippi River Commission map "Alluvial Valley of the Mississippi River.") Existing project.-This provides for the improvement of Bayous D'Arbonne and Corney between the mouth of the former and Cobb Landing on the latter, a distance of 57 miles, by removing snags, logs, stumps, and leaning trees obstructing navigation. At medium and high stages the channel under improvement in these streams has an average width of about 125 feet, with minimum 'Exclusive of available funds. RIVERS AND HIARBORS-VICKSBURG, MISS., DISTRICT 739 depth of about 8 feet. Floods ordinarily cause fluctuation of stage of about 20 feet between high and low water. Extreme floods occa- sionally increase this range about 10 feet. The latest approved estimate of cost for new work in Bayou D'Arbonne, and about 3 miles up Bayou Corney, made in 1883, was $15,000; and for the new work in Bayou Corney alone, made in 1887, $8,000. The latest approved estimate of cost for maintenance in both streams, made in 1933, is $2,500 a year until 1935, and bian- nually thereafter. The existing project was authorized by the following river and harbor acts: The act of July 5, 1884, provided for work in both streams as far up as Stein Bluff (S. Ex. Doc. No. 69, 48th Cong., 1st sess.); and the act of July 13, 1892, provided for extending work up to Cobb Landing (same document and p. 1489, Annual Report for 1887). A map of both streams is published in the Annual Report for 1913, page 2336. Terminal facilities.-None. Operations and results during fiscal year.-None. The expendi- tures were $5.56, for liabilities incurred during the preceding fiscal year. Condition at end of fiscal year.-The existing project was com- pleted in 1896 at a saving of $4,000 under the estimated cost. Cobb Landing, on Bayou Corney, is the head of navigation. In ordinary seasons a depth of 7 feet or more may be expected from January to June within the limits of the project. During the remainder of the year the depth is reduced to about 1 foot. A gage reading of 3.5 feet or more at Farmerville, La., is favorable to light-draft naviga- tion, and 6.5 feet or more is favorable to heavy-draft navigation. The controlling depth at the end of the fiscal year was 1.6 feet. Cost of new work-------------------------------------------- $19, 000. 00 Cost of maintenance--- ------------------------------- 37, 803. 88 Total cost--- ---------------------------------- 56, 803.88 Total expended-- - ------------------------- - 56, 803. 88 Proposed operations.-No operations are proposed during the fiscal years 1935 and 1936. Cost and financial summary Cost of new work to June 30, 1934 _____---___------- $19, 000. 00 Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1934 ------------------------ 37, 803.88 Total cost of permanent work to June 30, 1934_________ __ 56, 803. 88 Net total expenditures--..________-- _____-__-__-- -56, 803..88 Unexpended balance June 30, 1934------- 2, 289.37 Total amount appropriated to June 30, 1934_ -- 59, 093. 25 Fiscal year ending June 30 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 Cost ofnew work...------------------- ---- ---------- - ---- --- Cost of maintenance--------..........--------------............----------- $307.19 $188.91 $207.78 ----------- Total expended------------------.--------- -- -391. 29 204. 81 202. 22 $5.50 Allotted.------------ ----------------- $2,500 500.00 ------------ -6.00 -0.75 740 REPORT OF CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, UT. S. ARMY, 1934 Balance unexpended July 1, 1933___ $2, 295.68 Deductions on account of revocation of allotment__-- - - -__-__- 0. 75 Net amount to be accounted for__ 2, 294. 93 Gross amount expended ______ ________________________ 5. 56 Balance unexpended June 30, 1934___________________________ 2, 289. 37 8. YAZOO RIVER, MISS. Location.-This river is formed by the junction of Tallahatchie and Yalobusha Rivers, in Leflore County, Miss., flows about 189 miles in a southerly and southwesterly direction, and enters the Mississippi River at Vicksburg, Miss. (See Mississippi River Com- mission. map "Alluvial Valley of the Mississippi River.") Previous projects.-The original project was adopted by the River and Harbor Act of March 3, 1873. Total cost and expenditures under it prior to adoption of existing project, March 3, 1875, were $39,023.06 for new work. For further details see page 1871 of Annual Report for 1915. Existing project.-This provides for the removal of snags, wrecks, sunken logs, overhanging trees, and other obstructions throughout the entire length of the river, a distance of 189 miles. The channel under improvement has an average width of about 200 feet and a minimum depth of 4 feet at all stages during the entire year. Floods ordinarily cause fluctuations of stage of about 35 feet between high and low water. Extreme floods occasionally increase this range about 5 feet. The latest approved estimate of cost for new work to be finished in 4 years , made in 1874, was $120,000, exclusive of amount expended on previous project. The latest (1914) approved estimate for an- nual cost of maintenance is $16,000. The existing project was adopted by the River and Harbor Act of March 3, 1875 (p. 364 of Annual Report for 1874). A map .of the stream is published in the Annual Report for 1913, page 2336. .:T.erminal facilities.-Data for terminal facilities is contained in Transportation Series No. 2, 1929," Transportation in the Mississippi and Ohio Valleys". Operations and results during fiscal year.-From September 7 to September 12, 1933, the U. S. combined dredge and snagboat Sun- flower removed 1,520 cubic yards of material from the channel at agid'inear the mouth of O'Neals Creek.. Durihg the period August 14 to October 15, 1933, the Snflower and 'attendant quarterboat No.:,9 removed 8,121 obstructions from the channel between the head of the stream and the head of Yazoo Canal, a distance of 182 miles. From December 11, 1933, to January 6, 1934, the Sunflower and quarterboat No. 9 removed 2,708 obstruc- tions: between mile 149 and Yazoo City, mile 75. On May 31 and June 25, 1934, slides were blasted from the channel at Liverpool Landing, 57 miles above the. mouth. This work is classed as maintenance and was all done by hired labor. RIVERS AND HARBORS---VICKSBURG, MISS., DISTRICT 741 Cost of dredging _ _---------------- -- -- $1, 240. 07 Cost of snagging and chopping ------- 8,553. 78 Cost of channel surveys and observations- -- ------ 1. 213. 48 Total cost of maintenance -_ _ _11, 007. 33 Total expended--- ------------------------ _-_ 10, 991. 86 Condition at end of fiscal year.-The existing project was colm- pleted in 1888. The river is navigable throughout its length. In ordinary seasons the gage at Yazoo City usually reads 6 feet or more between January and June and depths exceeding 10 feet may be expected from the mouth to the head of the river. During the remainder of the year this gage frequently registers below zero, and depths of 4 feet or more are usually found. The controlling depth at the end of the fiscal year was 4 feet. Cost of new work-------------------------------------------$320, 637. 64 Cost of maintenance-- 361, 873. 59 Total cost -------------------------82, 511. 23 6----------- Total expended--------------------------------- ------ 82, 443. 11 Proposed operations.-The balance unexpended will be applied to maintenance of channel between the mouth and Greenwood, Miss., using Government plant and hired labor as follows: Accounts payable June 30, 1934---------------------------------- $1, 107. 32 Maintenance: Dredging with U. S. combined dredge and snagboat Sun- flower, one-half month (September) ------------------ $2, 500 Snagging and chopping with U. S. combined dredge and snagboat Sunflower and U. S. quarterboat No. 9 1%4 months (July and August) -- - 8, 000 10, 500. 00 Total for all work ------------ 11, 607. 32 Balance remaining ----------------------------------------- 5, 726. 22 Total--- ------------------------------------ 17, 333.54 The additional sum of $12,000 can be profitably expended d urin the fiscal year 1936 using Government plant and hired labor, as follows: Maintenance : Dredging channel between mouth and Greenwood, Miss., with U. S. combined dredge and snagboat Sunflower, one-half month (Sep- tember) ------ ____________ $3, 000 Snagging and chopping between mouth and Greenwood, Miss., with U. S. combined dredge and snagboat Sunflower and U. S. quarter- boat No. 9, 2 months (July and August)------------------------ 9,000 Cost and financial summary 12,.000 Cost of new work to June 30, 1934-----------------------_ $359; 660. 70 Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1934__- - 361, 873.. 59 Total cost of permanent work to June 30, 1934 --------- 721, 534.29 Value of plant, materials, etc.. on hand June 30, 1934_ __ 1, 039. 20 Net total cost to June 30, 1934-------------------------- 722, 573. 49 Minus accounts payable June 30, 1934_ 1, 107. 32 Net total expenditures--------___ 721, 466. 17 Unexpended balance June 30, 1934------_ ------- 17, 333. 54 Total amount appropriated to June 30, 1934-- 738. 799. 71 742 REPORT OF CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMY, 1934 Fiscal year ending June 30 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 Cost of new work - - - - - - - - - - - - -- - - - Cost of maintenance $6, 176.52 $13, 086.16 $22,171.05 $1, 900. 00 $11, 007. 33 Total expended 6, 330. 15 12, 973. 65 22, 396. 16 1, 581. 12 10, 991.86 Allotted -- -- - - - - - - - - -- 3, 293.80 20, 000.00 6, 000.00 15, 968. 24 10, 344.44 Balance unexpended July 1, 1933- -------------------------- $17, 980. 96 Amount allotted from War Department Appropriation Act approved Apr. 26, 1934 ----------------------------------- 10, 500. 00 Amount to be accounted for______________________ ____ 28, 480. 96 Deductions on account of revocation of allotment------------------ 155. 56 Net amount to be accounted fo,r------------------------ 28, 325. 40 Gross amount expended ------------------------- $11, 883.12 Less reimbursements collected_- -__ -------------- 891. 26 10, 991. 86 Balance unexpended June 30, 1934 ---------------------- 17, 333. 54 Outstanding liabilities June 30, 1934----------------------------- 22. 95 Balance available June 30, 1934------------------------ 17, 310. 59 Amount that can be profitably expended in fiscal year ending June 30, 1936, for maintenance 1 __________________________ 12, 000. 00 9. YALOBUSHA RIVER, MISS. Location.-The Yalobusha River rises in Chickasaw County, Miss., and flows about 165 miles westerly across north central Mississippi to a junction with Tallahatchie River, 3 miles above Greenwood. Miss. (See Mississippi River Commission map "Alluvial Valley of the Mississippi River.") Existing project.-This provides for the removal of leaning timber, drift, and the most dangerous snags, between Grenada, Miss., and the mouth, 63 miles. At medium and high stages the channel under improvement was 125 to 225 feet wide with depths suitable for 3-foot navigation. The Yalobusha River is subject to violent fluctuations in stage and to in- termittent and frequent periods of low flow. Floods ordinarily cause fluctuations in stage of about 25 feet between high and low water. The estimate of cost for new work made in 1881, was $7,000. No approved estimate for annual maintenance has been made. The existing project was authorized by the River and Harbor Act of March 3, 1881 (S. Ex. Doc. No. 35, 46th Cong., 2d sess., and p. 1414 of Annual Report for 1881). No map of the stream has been pub- lished. Recommended modifications of project.-The project is recom- mended for abandonment. (H. Doc. No. 467, 69th Cong., 1st sess.) Terminal facilities.-None. Operations and results during fiscal year.--At various times be- tween April 1 and June 30, 1934, drift was removed from the 1Exclusive of available funds. RIVERS AND HARBORS-VICKSBURG, MISS., DISTRICT 743 channel at the mouth of Potacocowa Creek, 13.5 miles above the mouth, as an aid to the current in cutting a deeper channel at this point. This work is classed as maintenance and was done by hired labor. Cost of maintenance $795. 22 Total expended ------------------------ 795. 22 Condition at end of fiscal year.--The existing project was com- pleted in 1884. Granada, Miss., 62.9 miles above the mouth, is the head of navigation. In ordinary seasons from January to June the gage at Granada may be expected to read 5 feet or more, and depths exceeding 3 feet are generally found between the mouth and head of navigation. During the remainder of the year the stage often falls to about 2.5 feet and minimum depths of less than 1 foot are frequent. The controlling depth at the end of the fiscal year was 1.3 feet. Cost of new work ---------------------------------------- 7, 000. 00 Cost of maintenance - 12, 954. 57 Total cost-------------------------------------- 19, 954. 57 Total expended__------------------------- 19, 954.57 Proposed operations.-No operations are proposed during the fiscal years 1935 and 1936. Cost and financial summary Cost of new work to June 30, 1934--------------_ - $7, 000. 00 Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1934 954. 57 1------------------------2, Total cost of permanent work to June 30, 1934 954. 57 1-------------9, Net total expenditures - -------------- 19, 954. 57 1----- Unexpended balance June 30, 1934---------------------------- 2, 981. 81 Total amount appropriated to June 30, 1934_-------------- 22, 936. 38 Fiscal year ending June 30 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 Cost of new work Cost of maintenance _ _- -_ -- _ ---___---$8, 159.35 $795. 22 Total expended----- ----------------------------------- - 8, 159.35 795. 22 Allotted-------------- - ---------------- 9,000 00 2,936.38 Balance unexpended July 1, 1933 --------- $840. 65 Amount allotted from War Department Appropriation Act approved July 14, 1932 ------------------------------------------ 3, 000. 00 Amount to be accounted for_ 3, 840. 65 Deductions on account of revocation of allotment--------------- 63. 62 Net amount to be accounted for---------------- 3, 777. 03 Gross amount expended-- -------------------------- $815. 81 Less reimbursements collected ------------------------ 20. 59 795. 22 Balance unexpended June 30, 1934_._- 2. 981. 81 744 REPORT OF CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U. S. ARM1Y, 1934 10. BIG SUNFLOWER RIVER, MISS. Location.-This river has its source in Mud Lake, Coahoma County, Miss., flows about 240 miles in a southerly direction, and enters Yazoo River about 44 miles above its mouth. (See Mississippi River Commission map "Alluvial Valley of the Mississippi River.") Previous projects.-The original project was authorized March 3, 1879. The cost and expenditures under this project prior to adop- tion of existing project, March 2, 1907, were $101,637.44, of which $66,000 was for new work and $35,637.44 for maintenance. (For further details see page 1871 of Annual Report for 1915.) Existing project.-This provides for the improvement of the river from the mouth to Baird, a distance of 96.1 miles, by the closure of outlets, the construction of contraction works, and the removal of snags, sunken logs, leaning trees, and other obstructions; and from Baird to the mouth of the Hushpuckena, 75.3 miles, by the construc- tion of a lock and dam at Little Callao Landing and open-channel work, including dredging and construction work. The principal fea- tures of the lock and dam are as follows: Number: i. Location: Little Callao Landing, Miss. From nearest town: 17 miles. Above mouth of river : 62 miles. Lock: Width of lock chamber, 36 feet; greatest available length for full width of lock, 160 feet; lift at low water, 16.9 feet; depth on miter sill at low water, 5.11 feet; gates; wooden miter; character of foundation, piling in sand. Kind of dam: Movable, Poiree, needle. Type of construction: Concrete. Percentage of completion: Officially finished 1918. Actual cost: $402,288.40. The project proposes to obtain a channel at low water from the mouth of Big Sunflower River to the mouth of the Hushpuckena, a distance of 171.4 miles, with an average width of about 100 feet and a least available depth of 41/2 feet. Floods ordinarily cause fluctuations of stage between high and low water of about 30 feet. Unusual floods occasionally increase this range about 5 feet. Exclusive of amount expended on previous project, the latest ap- proved estimate of cost for new work for closing outlets, made in 1906, was $75,000; for constructing lock and dam, revised in 1914, $500,000; and for open-channel work, revised in 1928, $186,700. The latest (1933) approved estimate for annual cost of maintenance by removing snags, etc., is $8,000. The existing project was authorized by the following river and harbor acts: The act of March 2, 1907, providing for closing outlets, constructing contraction works, and removing obstructions from the mouth to Baird (H. Doc. No. 667, 59th Cong., 1st sess.) ; and the act of July 25, 1912, provided for construction of lock and dam and open-channel work above Baird (Rivers and Harbors Committee Doec. No. 2, 62d Cong., 2d sess.). A map of the stream is published in the Annual Report for 1913, page 2336. RIVERS AND HARBOIS- VIC]SBURG, MISS., DISTRICT 745 Recommended modifications of project.-It is recommended that this project be modified by the elimination of all work between Pentecost and the mouth of the Hushpuckena River. (The abandon- ment of the entire project was erroneously recommended in H. Doc. No. 467, 69th Cong., 1st sess.). Terminal facilities.-None. Operations and results during fiscal year.-None. Cost of main- tenance as applied to overhead, plant repairs, and plant improve- ments was $5,640.63. Expenditures were $3,978.13. Condition at end of fiscal year.-The outlets were closed under the existing project in 1909 and the contraction work was finished in '1912. The single lock and dam contemplated was completed in 1918, as stated in the table in the existing project, at a saving of $97,711.60. The open-channel work above the dam is about 20 per- cent completed. The mouth of Hushpuckena River, mile 171.4, is the head of navigation. However, due to the incompletion of the project above Pentecost, mile 124.6, navigation above that point is limited to small craft and rafted logs. A minimum depth of 5 feet below Pentecost may be expected from January to June. During the balance of the year the pool formed by the lock and dam in connection with open-channel work now furnishes a depth of 4.5 feet up to Pentecost. In that part of the river below the dam a gage reading of 69.5 feet or more at Holly Bluff, Miss., is favorable to light-draft navigation and 72.5 feet or more is favorable to heavy- draft navigation. The controlling depth at the end of the fiscal year was 1 foot. The work remaining to be done to complete the project consists of dredging the channel to a minimum depth of 4.5 feet from Pentecost to the mouth of Hushpuckena River and depositing the soil along the banks to contract the width of the river, and the completion of open-channel work above Baird, Miss. Cost of new work-------------------------------------------_ $494, 026. 65 Cost of maintenance_--------------- 240, 589. 95 Total cost --- ---------- 734, 616. 60 Total expended -------- ---- - __--------------- ---. 755, 087. 13 Proposed operations.-The balance unexpended plus accounts re- ceivable at the end of the year will be applied to maintenance of channel between the mouth and Lock and Dam No. 1, using Govern- ment plant and hired labor, as follows: Accounts payable June 30, 1934________________________________ $2, 480. 62 Maintenance: Snagging and chopping with U. S. combined dredge and snagboat Sunflower and U. S. quarterboat No. 9 during Novem- ber 1934 ---------------------------------------------------- 2, 99. 64 Total for all work------------------- 5, 480. 26 The additional sum of $5,000 can be profitably expended during the fiscal year 1936, using Government plant and hired labor, in snagging and chopping between the mouth and Lock and Dam No. 1 with U. S. combined dredge and snagboat Sunflower and U. S. quar- terboat No. 9 during October 1935. 746 REPORT OF CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMY, 1934 Cost and financial summnary Cost of new work to June 30, 1934__________________________ $560, 026. 65 Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1934_------------------__----- 276, 227. 39 Total cost of permanent work to June 30, 1934_______ ___ 836, 254. 04 Value of plant, materials, etc., on hand June 30, 1934_ - 21, 827. 07 Net total cost to June 30, 1934 ----------- 858, 081. 11 Plus accounts receivable June 30, 1934___ ____- ___ 1, 124. 08 Gross total costs to June 30, 1934____ _______________ 859, 205. 19 Minus accounts payable June 30, 1934_ 2, 480. 62 Net total expenditures ------- 856, 724. 57. Unexpended balance June 30, 1934_____________________________ 5, 448. 34 Total amount appropriated to June 30, 1934_ 62, 172. 91 8______________ Fiscal year ending June 30 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 Cost of new work ---------- Cost of maintenance ---------------- $2,645.86 $8, 176. 19 $179.46 $10, 724. 12 $5, 640. 63 Total expended _-_ 4, 948. 53 2,780.22 -3, 745. 78 9, 744. 19 3, 978.13 Allotted- - ... ----- --- -3,172. 34 8, 200. 00 ---- -- -- 5, 061. 55 2, 993.55 Balance unexpended July 1, 1933---------------------- $6, 432. 92 Amount allotted from War Department Appropriation Act approved Apr. 26, 1934----------- --------------------------------- 4, 000. 00 Amount to be accounted for------------------------------10, 432. 92 Deductions on account of revocation of allotment 006. 45 1------------------, Net amount to be accounted for __ 9, 426. 47 Gross amount expended__ -- $37, 511.13 Less : Reimbursements collected 508. 00 $---------------33, Receipts from sales ,, 25. 00 33, 533. 00 3. 978. 13 Balance unexpended June 30, 1934 ---------------------- ___ 5,448. 34 Outstanding liabilities June 30, 1934-------11. - -- - - 199. 80 Balance available June 30, 1934-............ 5, 248. 54 Accounts receivable June 30, 1934---------------------_ __ 1, 124. 08 Unobligated balance available June 30, 1934----------------6, 372. 62 Amount that can be profitably expended in fiscal year ending June 30, 1936, for maintenance 1---_ 5,000. 00 11. OPERATING AND CARE OF LOCK AND DAM, BIG SUNFLOWER RIVER, MISS. The improvement for which report is made under this caption forms part of the project for improving Big Sunflower River, Miss. See pages 744 to 746 where general information may be found. The completed lock and dam has been operated and maintained under the permanent indefinite appropriation since May 1, 1918. Operations and results during fiscal year.-The lock and dam at Little Callao Landing has been operated as required during the fiscal 1Exclusive of available funds. RIVERS AND HARBORS-VICKSBURG, MISS., DISTRICT 747 year, and plant, structures, and grounds have been maintained in good condition. The cost was $1,993.83 and the total expenditure was $2,003.24, all for operating and care. Condition at end of fiscal year.-The lock and dam is in good con- dition. The dam is raised when needed during the low-water season, which occurs ordinarily between July and December. It provides a pool varying in depth from 22 feet to 1 foot for a distance of 61.8 miles upstream when the gage at the lock reads 22 feet. During low water the pool extends the navigable portion of the river to Pentecost, Miss., 124.6 miles above the mouth. When river stages are high, usually between January and June, the lock and dam is not operated. The controlling depth in the vicinity of the lock and dam at the end of the fiscal year was 4.1 feet. Cost of operating and care to June 30, 1934___ $94, 909. 19 Cost of improvement and reconstruction ------ 51, 330. 45 Total cost ------------ 146, 239. 64 Total expended------ -- 146, 168. 26 Proposed operations.-The lock and dam will be operated and maintained under allotments from appropriations made available for such purposes. Cost and financial summary Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1934__ $146, 239. 64 Minus accounts payable June 30, 1934- - - -- 71. 38 Net total expenditures___ 146, 168. 26 Unexpended balance June 30, 1934---------------------------- 3, 931.84 Total amount appropriated to June 30, 1934 -- - 150, 100. 10 Fiscal year ending June 30 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 C ost of new work .. . .. . .. . ... .. . .. .- -.. . .. . - --..- - Cost of maintenance- ............... - $7, 473. 15 $5, 744. 10 $5, 426. 85 $5, 461. 50 $1, 993. 83 Total expended.. .. . 7, 502. 88 5, 762. 36 5, 630. 85 5, 586. 08 2,003. 24 Allotted-- - ___--------- ---- - 7,000. 00 7,000.00 7,000. 00 2, 658. 13 4, 536. 26 Balance unexpended July 1, 1933___---------- $1, 398. 82 Amount allotted from permanent indefinite appropriation, sec. 6, River and Harbor Act, Mar. 3, 1909-------- 5 600. 00 Amount to be accounted for_ 6, 998. 82 Deductions on account of revocation of allotment-------------- 1, 063.74 Net amount to be accounted for___ 5, 9:35. 08 Gross amount expended $2, 139. 30 Less reimbursements collected----- 136. 06 2, 003. 24 Balance unexpended June 30, 1934_ -- 3, 931. 84 Outstanding liabilities June 30, 1934-------------------- 74. 85 Amount covered by uncompleted contracts 6. 95--------------- 6.95 81. 80 Balance available June 30, 1934.--------------- 3, 850. 04 Amount allotted for fiscal year 1935__ 000. 00 1-----------------, Balance available for fiscal year 1935_-- 850. 04 4-----------, 748 REPORT OF CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMY, 1934 12. MOUTH OF THE YAZOO RIVER, MISS. Location.-See report for Yazoo River, page 740. Eisting project.-This provides for opening a new outlet for the Yazoo River through the wrong end of Old River, across a neck of lowland to Lake Centennial, around the head of De Soto Island, and down the east arm of Lake Centennial to the Mississippi River just below the city of Vicksburg. The total length of the proposed canal is 9.3 miles, with least width of 98.5 feet, and bottom of canal prism 6.5 feet below zero on the Vicksburg gage. The ordinary fluctuation between high and low water is about 44 feet. Extreme floods occasionally increase this range about 15 feet. The latest approved estimate of cost for new work, made in 1893, was $1,200,000. The latest (1933) approved estimate for cost of maintenance is $3,000, biennially, or an average annual cost of $1,500. The existing project was adopted by the River and Harbor Act of July 13, 1892 (H. Ex. Doc. No. 125, 52d Cong., 1st sess.). A map of the project is published in the Annual Report for 1902, page 1422. Terminal facilities.-At Vicksburg, Miss., there is a paved munici- pal wharf 375 feet in length with inclined ramp exits through sea wall. This is considered adequate for existing commerce. Additional data for terminal facilities is also contained in Transportation Series No. 2, 1929, Transportation in the Mississippi and Ohio Valleys. Operations and results during fiscal year.-From October 16 to November 27, 1933, U. S. combined dredge and snagboat Sunflower removed 29,727 cubic yards of material from the channel between the head of the canal and the Vicksburg city front. The work was done by hired labor. The total cost and expenditure was $6,000, charged to maintenance. Condition at end of fiscal year.-The existing project was com- pleted in 1904 at a saving of $20,789 under the estimated cost. The canal is navigable at all times, the minimum depths being generally about 6 feet greater than the simultaneous readings of the Vicksburg gage. The controlling depth at the end of the fiscal year was about 6 feet. Cost of new work ______ $1, 179, 210. 87 Cost of maintenance --- ----------------------- 94, 099. 71 Total cost----------------------------------- 1, 273, 310. 58 Total expended-------------------------------- 1, 273, 310. 58 Proposed operations.--The balance unexpended will be applied to maintenance of channel, using Government plant and hired labor, as follows: Maintenance: Dredging channel with U. S. combined dredge and snagboat Sun- flower, nine-tenths month (October) --------------------- $5, 000. 00 Balance remaining------------- 3, 285.60 Total - ----------- 3, 285. 60 The additional sum of $5,500 can be profitably expended during the fiscal year 1936, using Government plant and hired labor, in dredging channel with U. S. combined dredge and snagboat Sun- flower during November 1935. RIVERS AND HARBORS-VICKSBURG, MISS., DISTRICT 749 Cost ant financial summary Cost of new work to June 30, 1934 1----------------------------, 179, 210. 87 Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1934 4, 099. 71 9-------------------------- Total cost of permanent work to June 30, 1934---------- 1, 273, 310. 58 Net total expenditures------------------------------------ 1, 273, 310. 58 Unexpended balance June 30, 1934---------------------------- 8, 285. 60 Total amount appropriated to June 30, 1934---- 281, 596. 18 1---------, Fiscal year ending June 30 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 Cost of new work__---------------------- Cost of maintenance- ------ __ _ _ $6, 957. 66 $56. 74 - $6, 000. 00 Total expended ... ..------------------------- 6, 986. 90 29. 50 ------------ 6, 000. 00 Allotted------------------ ..-------------------- 8, 300. 00 ------------ 3,000. 00 10, 000. 00 Balance unexpended July 1, 1933- - -- - $4,. 285. 60 Amount allotted from War Department Appropriation Act ap- proved Apr. 26, 1934----------------------------------- $5, 000 Amount allotted from War Department Appropriation Act ap- proved July 14, 1932 -- ---- -- __ 5, 000 -- 10, 000. 00 Amount to be accounted for------------------------------ 14, 285.60 Gross amount expended__- - 6, 000. 00 Balance unexpended June 30, 1934 -8-- 8. 285. 60 Amount that can be profitably expended in fiscal year ending June 30, 1936, for maintenance 1 -- -- 5, 500. 00 13. EXAMINATIONS, SURVEYS, AND CONTINGENCIES (GENERAL) The cost of the work during the year was $6,388.86. The expendi- tures were $6,339.06. The balance unexpended June 30, 1934, will be applied as needed during the fiscal year 1935 to payment of ex- penses to be incurred in connection with the above items. The addi- tional sum of $11,000 can be profitably expended during the fiscal year 1936. Cost and financial summnmary Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1934---------------------------- $43, 235. 22 Plus accounts receivable June 30, 1934--------------------- 13. 75 Gross total costs to June 30, 1934---------------------------43, 248. 97 Minus accounts payable June 30, 1934 268. 54 Net total expenditures----------------------------------- 42, 980. 43 Unexpended balance June 30, 1934 __ - 11, 292. 79 Total amount appropriated to June 30, 1934---------------- 54. 273. 22 Fiscal year ending June 30 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 Cost of new work--- ------------ ------ --- Cost of maintenance - $4, 721. 89 $11, 655. 43 $6, 466. 83 $8,071. 73 $6, 388. 86 Total expended_ 7, 498. 12 11, 924. 26 6, 551. 70 7, 641. 37 6, 339. 06 Allotted 4,500. 00 14, 000. 00 _ -- 14, 703. 29 10, 569. 93 1Exclusive of available funds. 750 REPORT OF CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMY, 1934 Balance unexpended July 1, 1933______ _ $7, 061.92 Amount allotted from War Department Appropriation Act approved Apr. 26, 1934 __ ---- _ --------------- _ 11, 00.00 Amount to be accounted for______________________________ 18, 061. 92 Deductions on account of revocation of allotment------------------- 430. 07 Net amount to be accounted for 17, 631.85 Gross amount expended6--------------- $, 665. 55 Less reimbursements collected -. __- 326. 49 6, 339. 06 Balance unexpended June 30, 1934--------------------_ 11, 292. 79 Outstanding liabilities June 30, 1934------------------------------ 238. 69 Balance available June 30, 1934--------------------------- 11, 054. 10 Accounts receivable June 30, 1934--------------------------------- 13. 75 Unobligated balance available June 30, 1934--------------- 11, 067. 85 Amount that can be profitably expended in fiscal year ending June 30, 1936, for maintenance ---------------------------------------- 11, 000. 00 14. Other projects for which no estimnates are submitted [Commercial statistics for these projects are given in pt. 2 of report] For last Cost and expenditures to full re- June 30, 1934 port see port.seerequired Estimated amount to Name of project annual required to report New work Mainte- complete for- New work nance 2 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- - 1. Little River, La. 1 1890 $2, 500. 00 -_._______ Completed. 2. Bayou Bartholomew, La. and Ark. 2------ 1931 45, 873. 53 $42, 857. 25 Do. 3. Saline River, Ark.2 -- - 1931 26, 900. 00 12, 791. 67 Do. 4. Steele and Washington Bayous and Lake 1931 19, 049. 81 8, 000. 00 $40,000. Washington, Miss.' 2 5. Tallahatchie and Coldwater Rivers, Miss__ 1933 43, 481. 48 173, 066. 02 Completed. 6. Red River from Fulton, Ark., to mouth of 1924 378, 573. 82 182, 157. 05 Maintenance only Washita River, Okla.' 3 1Channels adequate for existing commerce. 2 Abandonment recommended (H. Does. Nos. 1692 and 1694, 64th Cong., 2d sess, and 467, 69th Cong., 1st sess.). 3 Curtailment of project recommended (H. Doc. No. 947, 64th Cong., 1st sess.). Status of reports called for by river and harbor acts and committee resolutions Locality Authorization act TransmittedRecommended to Congress ended Ouachita River, Ark-- Rivers and Harbors Committee Resolu- tion, July 26, 1934. Red River, Ark. and La., from Fulton to the River and Harbor mouth. Act, Mar. 3, 1925. Red River, Ark., Okla., and Tex., from Fulton, River and Harbor Ark., to mouth of Washita River, Okla. Act, July 3, 1930. Steele Bayou, Miss ------------------. Do------------- May 25, 1934 Unfavorable. Sunflower River, Miss -- .... Do--......--------------- 1Exclusive of available funds. RIVERS AND HARBORS-MEMPHIS, TENN., DISTRICT 751 IMPROVEMENT OF RIVERS AND HARBORS IN THE MEMPHIS, TENN., DISTRICT This district includes the Arkansas, White, and St. Francis Rivers and their tributaries in the northern half of the State of Arkansas, the northeast portion of Oklahoma, the southeast portion of Kansas, and the southern portion of Missouri; and the rivers in the western part of the State of Tennessee that flow into the Mississippi River.. District engineer: Maj. Edwin C. Kelton, Corps of Engineers,. acting district engineer to August 2, 1933; Maj. W. M. Hoge, Corps of Engineers, acting district engineer to November 1, 1933, and dis- trict engineer since that date. Division engineer: Brig. Gen. Harley B. Ferguson, Corps of Engi- neers. IMPROVEMENTS Page Pagse 1. Arkansas River, Ark. andl . Oi;e. atinl a: cave of Locks Okla- 75i and Dais Nos. 1, 2, and 3, 2. White River, Ark_ __ 754 Upper White River, Ark __ 764 3. Black River, Ark. and Mo___ 4. Current River, Ark. and Mo_ 757 760 7.8 Wolf River, Tenn----------- Examinatins, surv eys, and 76T 5. St. Francis and L'Anguille contingencies (general) 769 Rivers and Blackfish Bay(:u, Ark - 761 1. ARKANSAS RIVER, ARK. AND OKLA. Location.-This river rises in central Colorado and flows 1,460 miles in a southeasterly direction to the Mississippi River, 37 miles above Arkansas City, Ark. (See Mississippi River alluvial valley map, scale 1: 62,500, for river from mouth to vicinity Pine Bluffl Ark.) Previous projects.-Adopted by the River and Harbor Acts of July 3, 1832; April 8, 1876; March 3, 1879; June 14, 1880; July 5, 18841 August 5, 1886; and August 11, 1888. The cost and expenditures under these projects prior to June 30, 1902, were as follows: For new work: Construction of permanent works _ $903. 311. 93 For maintenance: Maintenance of permanent works $315, 817. 40 Operating snagboats_ 1. 031, 654.13 1, 347, 471. 53 Total expended on previous projets __________________ 2,250, 783. 46 For further details see page 1872, Annual Report for 1915. Existing project.-This provides for improving the river from its: mouth to Neosho (Grand) River (465 miles) by snagging and dredg- ing operations, by contraction works and revetments, and by a levee near Pine Bluff, Ark. (117 miles above the mouth). The dimensions of the channel are not specified. The several types of structures used in the improvement are shown in the Annual Report of the Chief of Engineers for 1902, page 1576. The ordinary freshet fluctuation is about 16 feet throughout the portion of the river covered by the project. The flood fluctuation is 60 feet at the mouth of the river, 32 feet at Little Rock, and 33 feet at Neosho (Grand) River. As the 9 1536--ENG 1934----48 752 REPORT OF CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMY, 1934 project is indefinite, no estimate of the cost of completion has been made. The latest (1928) approved estimate for annual cost of main- tenance is $40,000. The existing project results from the combination of prior proj- ects by the River and Harbor Act of June 13, 1902. To this the River and Harbor Act of March 2, 1907, added a levee near Pine Bluff to prevent a cut-off (H. Doe. No. 71, 61st Cong., 1st sess.). Index to published maps of sections of the river is given on page 1171, Annual Report of the Chief of Engineers for 1921. Terminal facilities.-Other than a paved bank slope at Little Rock, and private-owned log slips at saw and stave mills at Little Rock, and sand derricks and elevators at Little Rock and Pine Bluff, there are no terminal facilities. Those mentioned are adequate for existing commerce. Operations and results .during fiscal year.-All operations were for maintenance. The snagging operations were by hired labor with Government plant. Repairs to revetment at Pine Bluff were made by contract. In snagging operations during the periods July 27 to August 10, 1933, and January 1 to January 12, 1934, the snagboat Arkansas operating over the river below Pine Bluff (117 miles above the mouth of the river) removed 149 snags, 2 stumps, and 4 drift rafts from the channel, and felled 620 trees on caving banks. Re- pairs to revetment at Pine Bluff in November and December 1933 were placing 1.250 linear feet of channel mattress (140 feet wide), and 1,440 squares of pocket mattresses between Nebraska and Colo- rado Avenues. The costs for maintenance during the year were: Snagging operations -_-- __-- _- $1, 489. 04 Revetment at Pine Bluff_ __ _ 44, 145. 46 Total__ 45, 634. 50 The expenditures during the year were: Snagging operations, including care and repair of plant ------------- $711. 02 Revetment at Pine Bluff __ 44, 145. 46 Total 44, 856. 48 Condition at end of fiscal year.-The construction of permanent works for general improvement of the river was suspended in 1902, and completion of the project is not contemplated. Of the works erected prior to 1902 only those in a short reach of river immediately above Little Rock and the bank revetment at Pine Bluff remain effective. The new works of permanent nature since then were for protecting a levee against caving bank and for preventing a cut-off. Snagging operations are the activities now relied upon to benefit navigation. They render it easier and safer, but because of addi- tional obstructions brought into the river by caving banks and shift- ing channels these must be repeated continually. Under average conditions 4-foot draft can be taken to Little Rock from the middle of February to the middle of July. From the middle of August to the middle of December the draft is generally limited to about 2 feet. During this fiscal year stages suitable for navigation by boats of 4-foot draft obtained during the periods September 1-13, January 9-14, March 26-April 17, and May 9-12. RIVERS AND HARBORS-MEMPHIS, TENN., DISTRICT 753 The total costs under the existing project to the end of the fiscal year were: For new work: Construction of revetment in Trusty Bend--------------- $60, 000. 00 Construction of levee opposite Pine Bluff_--___________ __- - 55, 200. 00 Total ----------- ----------------------------- 115, 200. 00 For maintenance: Operating snag boats 772, 35S. 14 Maintenance of original permanent works, excepting those at Pine Bluff--------------------------------------18, 771. 73 Maintenance of works at Pine Bluff: Levee ------------------------------ $16, 341.89 Revetment______________________________ 412, 056. 62 428, 3981. 51 Bank protection at Little Rock--------------------------- 35,559. 00 Hydraulic dredging ..- ______-________--- 667, 744. 15 Total cost of maintenance __ , 922, 831. 53 1______________________ Grand total to June 30, 1934----------------------------- 2,038, 031. 53 The total expenditures under the existing project to the end of the fiscal year were $2,047,765.86. Proposed operations.-The balance unexpended July 1, 1934 ($31,344.42) will be expended for channel and levee maintenance under approximate distribution as follows: For snagging operations during summer and fall of 1934---------- $19, 200. 00 For repairs to Pine Bluff revetment during August 1934---------- 9,800. 00 For repairs to United States levee on Vaugine Neck opposite Pine Bluff during August and/or September 1934________________ 2,344. 42 Total-----___ ---- 31, 344. 42 The additional sum of $16,000 can be profitably expended during the fiscal year ending June 30, 1936, in channel maintenance by snagging operations in the summer and fall of 1935. Cost and financial summary Cost of new work to June 30, 1934 _____________----__--$1, 018, 511. 93 -- Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1934_______- -------- ___ 3, 270, 303. 0 Total cost of permanent work to June 30, 1934------------ 4, 288, 814. 99 Value of plant, materials, etc., on hand June 30, 1934_- ---- ___ 10, 707. 75 Net total cost to June 30, 1934 ___- ___--______-4, 299, 522. 74 Plus accounts receivable June 30, 1934------------------------- 364. 60 Gross total costs to June 30, 1934___ --- ____-----4, 299, 887. 34 Minus accounts payable June 30, 1934 ------- 1---------------- 1, 338. 02 Net total expenditures ------ _------4, Unexpended balance June 30, 1934__-------------------------- _ 298, 549. 32 31, 344.42 Total amount appropriated to June 30, 1934--___-----__ 4, 329, 893. 74 Fiscal year ending June 30 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 Cost of new work------------ Cost of maintenance $29, 610. 26 $35, 403. 41 $25, 183. 69 $10, 324. 05 $45, 634. 50 Total expended 31, 904. 95 26, 814. 41 23, 697. 99 10, 473. 77 44, 856. 48 Allotted 22, 696. 03 26, 750. 00 -2, 889. 62 21, 910. 68 62, 089. 96 754 REPORT OF CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMY, 19 34 Balance unexpended July 1, 1933------------------------------ $14, 110. 94 Amount allotted from War Department Appropriation Act approved Apr. 26, 1934--------- 8, 660. 00 $----------------- Amount allotted from War Department Appropriation Act approved July 14, 1932 - -- -- 55, 600. 00 64, 260. 00 Amount to be accounted for_ 78, 370. 94 Deductions on account of revocation of allotment and impounded funds -------------------- _ 2, 170. 04 Net amount to be accounted for---------------------------76, 2'00. 90 Gross amount expended $62, 262. 41 Less: Reimbursements collected -- 17 396. 33 Receipts from ales__9_______________. 60 17, 405. 93 44, 856. 48 Balance unexpended June 30, 1934--------------------------31, 344. 42 Outstanding liabilities June 30, 1934 -__1. 338. 02 Amount covered by uncompleted contracts 574. 55 1, 912. 57 Balance available June 30, 1934_ 29, 431. 85 Accounts receivable June 30, 1934 ___-- 364. 60 Unobligated balance available June 30, 1934 --------------- 29, 796. 45 Amount that can be profitably expended in fiscal year ending June 30, 1936, for maintenance 1 - - _ _-_ ___-- 16, 000. 00 2. WHITE RIVER, ARK. Location.-This river rises in northwestern Arkansas and flows 690 miles,. first north into Missouri, then southeasterly through Ar- kansas to the Mississippi River, 45 miles above Arkansas City, Ark. (See Mississ'ppi River alluvial valley map, scale 1: 62,500 for river from mouth to vicinity of Newport, Ark.) Previous projects.-Adopted by the River and Harbor Acts of March 3, 1871; June 23, 1874; August 4, 1876; June 14, 1880; July 5, 1884; and March 3, 1899. The cost and expenditures on the previous project prior to com- mencement of existing project in 1899, which applied solely to White River, were $366,000, distributed as follows: New work: For open-channel improvements----- $351, 740. 11 For special works at Batesville 11. 061. 46 362, 801. 57 Maintenance for open-channel improvement 3, 198. 43 Total-------------------------------------- 366, 000. 00 For further details see page 1874 of Annual Report for 1915. Fxisting project.-This provides for channel maintenance between the mouth of the river and Batesville, 301 miles, by snagging and dredging and by contraction works. The stream has an ordinary freshet fluctuation of 15 feet throughout the portion covered by the project, and an extreme flood fluctuation of 60 feet at the mouth, and ' Exclusive of available funds. RIVERS AND HARBORS- EMPHIS, TENN., DISTRICT 755 of 36 feet at Clarendon, Newport, and Batesville. No estimate of cost has been given, and since 1899 the work has been prosecuted under annual estimates for maintenance by snagging and dredging. The latest (1934) approved estimate for annual cost of maintenance is $145,000. The existing project was authorized by the River and Harbor Act of July 13, 1892, which made appropriation for completion of prior project for improving the river from its mouth to Forsyth, Mo., and provided that the additional sum appropriated should be expended " in the discretion of the Secretary of War." The River and Harbor Act of March 3, 1899, adopted a project for the improvement of the river above Batesville by locks and dams, thereby making that place the head of the open-river improvement project. Sketch map of Little Rock district printed in Annual Report for 1911, opposite page 1877, includes a sketch outline of this stream. Terminal facilities.-Railway spur tracks are available for trans- fer of freights between car and boat at Newport and Clarendon. There are log slips for use of the owners only at those towns and at Augusta, Des Arc, Crocketts Bluff, and St. Charles. Steamboat warehouses are maintained at St. Charles and Crocketts Bluff pri- marily for the use of the owners. In 1932 a rice terminal was erected by local interests at Prestons Ferry, and a cotton, rice, and general merchandise terminal was built at Devalls Bluff. Operations and results during fiscal year.-All actual operations were for maintenance by hired labor with Government and leased plant and consisted of snagging and dredging operations. The snag ging was done between the mouth and Jacksonport (264 miles) by the Government snagboats Arkcansas, C. B. Reese, and Tom Stallings. By those operations 1,133 snags, 8 saw logs, 69 stumps, and 17 drift rafts were removed from the channel, and 3,065 trees felled on caving and sliding banks. The Arkansas operated between the mouth and Little Red River (183 miles) between the dates of August 11, 1933, and December 31, 1933. The C. B. Reese operated between the mouth and DeValls Bluff (125 miles) between the dates of October 5, 1933, and October 15, 1933, and laid up for the season at DeValls Bluff. The Tom Stallings worked over the river between the mouth and Jacksonport between the dates of July 20, 1933, and September 30, 1933, and laid up at the end of the working season at Newport, Ark. (258 miles above the mouth). The dredging operations were car- ried on over the river at various shoals between the mouth and Clarendon, Ark. (100 miles), by hired labor and the 'use of the leased 12-inch Diesel-powered cutter-head dredge Grizzly and its attendant plant. Shoals were dredged to provide a 41/2-foot depth between the mouth and DeValls Bluff (125) miles during the low-water period between August 7 and December 28, 1933. The costs during the year were for snagging $27,535.67 and for dredging $44,020.18, a total cost of $71,555.85. The expenditures for the year were for snagging $21,506.39 and for dredging $44,020.18, a total of $65,526.57. Conditions at end of fiscal year.-The project being for mainte- nance, completion is not contemplated. All channels dredged in the section of the river between the mouth of Black River and Batesville 756 REPORT OF CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMY, 1934 have been obliterated by floods, and there is no increase in channel depth over the shoals in that section of the stream. Snagging opera- tions have materially improved the condition of the channel from the mouth as far as the mouth of Black River, 265 miles. This river is generally spoken of as navigable to the mouth of Black River by boats of 3-foot draft at any time. Under ordinary conditions 6-foot draft may be taken to the mouth of Black River from the first of February to the last of June, and again from the middle of November to the end of December. During the fiscal year ending June 30, 1933, a navigable depth of 41/2 feet was maintained throughout the year as far as DeValls Bluff (125 miles). Three- foot draft could be taken to the mouth of Black River (265 miles) at any time, and 5-foot draft from February 28 to May 25, and for an aggregate of 81 additional days during several short periods between July 29, 1933, and January 29, 1934. The total costs under the existing project to June 30, 1934, are: For maintenance : Snagging operations --------------------------------- $652, 892. 60 Dredging operations_- 98, 785. 74 Total 678. 34 7---------------------51, Specials : Augusta, for prevention of cut-off___ 314. 84 DeValls Bluff, for prevention of cut-off - 883. 36 Little Red River, snagging (1914)--------------------------- 500. 00 Total ------------------ __ 1, 698.20 Total costs to June 30, 1934____________________________________ 753, 376. 54 The total expenditures were $791,037.92. Additional expenditures ($50,620.16) for the prevention of cut-off at Augusta are shown on page 1060, Annual Report of Chief of Engineers for 1924, under appropriation title White River at Augusta Narrows. Proposed operations.-The balance unexpended at the end of the year will be applied to maintenance of channel under approximate distribution as follows: Accounts payable July 1, 1934___________________________ __ $4, 098.17 Snagging operations, about 3 months with Government snagboats Arkansas and Stallings, July-December 1934- -__-_________- 25, 500. 00 Care and repair of snagging plant during high-water season------ 11, 209.00 Dredging between mouth and Newport with leased plant and hired labor, 5 months, August-December 1934____ _____________ 100, 000. 00 Balance remaining___ ___--__________ 6, 975.18 Total for all work__ __--------------______- 147, 782. 35 -___-_ The additional sum of $144,000 can be profitably expended during the fiscal year 1936, as follows: Snagging operations, about 4 months with Government snagboats, with hired labor, August-December 1935- .. ------------- __--- $30, 000 Care and repair of snagging plant during high-water season---------- 14, 000 Dredging with leased plant and hired labor between the mouth of the river and Newport, Ark., August-December 1935------------ 100, 000 Total for all work----- .... 144, 000 RIVERS AND HARBORS-MEMPHIS, TENN.? DISTRICT 757 Cost and financial snummary Cost of new work to June 30, 1934--------------------------- $362, 801.57 Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1934------------------------- 756, 574.,97 Total cost of permanent work to June 30, 1934------------ , 119, 376. 54 Value of plant, materials, etc., on hand June 30, 1934---------- 37, 651. 45 Net total cost to June 30, 1934 1, 157, 027.99 Plus accounts receivable June 30, 1934-------------------------- 1, 509.99 Gross total costs to June 30, 1934-----------------------1, 158, 537. 98 Minus accounts payable June 30, 1934 , 500. 06 1-------------------------- Net total expenditures--------------------------------1, 157, 037.92 Unexpended balance June 30, 1934----------------------------147, 782.35 Total amount appropriated to June 30, 1934--------------1, 304, 820. 27 Fiscal year ending June 30 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 Cost of new work-- -- - -- -- - -- - - - ---- ............. Cost of maintenance- $42, 340. 35 $51, 610. 09 $39, 135. 18 $69, 385. 33 $71, 555. 85 Total expended__ 16, 165. 64 32, 804. 53 39, 481. 54 76, 834. 72 65, 526.57 Allotted_- _ 20, 832. 78 30, 750. 00 42, 841. 28 124, 446. 22 124, 055.15 Balance unexpended July 1, 1933 - $89, 253. 77 Amount allotted from War Department Appropriation Act ap- proved Apr. 26, 1934 -------------------------------- 127, 670. 0) Amount to be accounted for_ 216, 923. 77 Deductions on adcount of revocation of allotment and impounded funds ------------------------------------------------------- 3, 614. 85 Net amount to be accounted for-------------------------- 213, 308.92 Gross amount expended 137. 69 $----------------------------- Less: Reimbursements collected - $31, 525. 12 Receipts from sales-------------- 86. 00 31, 611. 12 65, 526. 57 Balance unexpended June 30, 1934------------------------ 147, 782. 35 Outstanding liabilities June 30, 1934 , 500. 06 1---------------- Amount covered by uncompleted contracts------------ 2, 558. 03 4, 058. 09 Balance available June 30, 1934 43, 724.26 1---------------------- Accounts receivable June 30, 1934-------------------------------1,509. 99 Unobligated balance available June 30, 1934 234.25 1----------------45, Amount that can be profitably expended in fiscal year ending June 30, 1936, for maintenance --------- -- 1------------------- -44,000.00 3. BLACK RIVER, ARK. AND MO. Location.--This river rises in Iron County, Mo., and flows in a southerly direction 300 miles to White River, at Jacksonport, Ark. (See Mississippi River alluvial valley map, scales, 1: 62,500 and, 1: 500,000.) 1Exclusive of available funds. 758 REPORT OF CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMY, 1934 Previous projects.-Adopted by the River and Harbor Act of March 3, 1871. It is not practicable to state the amount expended under the project; however, it is known to have been very small. For further details see page 1877, Annual Report for 1915. Existing project.-This contemplates improvement of the river below Poplar Bluff, Mo., 213 miles, by snagging operations, by deep- ening the water on shoals by wing dams, and by concentrating the water into one main channel by the closure of secondary channels. The stream has an ordinary freshet fluctuation of 10 feet at Poplar Bluff, 4 feet near Corning, Ark., and 15 feet at the mouth. Its flood-stage fluctuations are 19 feet at Poplar Bluff, 11 feet near Corning, Ark., and 36 feet at the mouth. The original estimate was $80,800, to be expended in two working seasons (Annual Report for 1880, p. 1326). The River and Harbor Act of September 19, 1890, appropriated an amount to complete the estimate and author- ized maintenance of the improvement. While dredging is not men- tioned in the project, it is necessary as a means of maintenance and has been authorized. The latest (1928) approved estimate for annual cost of maintenance is $18,000. The existing project was adopted by the River and Harbor Acts of June 14, 1880, and March 3, 1881. (Annual Report for 1880, p. 1325.) The approximate location and course of the navigable por- tion of this stream are shown in district map (sketch) printed in Annual Report for 1911 opposite page 1877. Terminal facilities.-Private-owned log slips or chain conveyors for the use of the owners are maintained at the several saw and stave mills. The facilities are adequate for the existing commerce. Operations and results during fiscal year.-All operations were for maintenance by hired labor and Government plant. The operations were by the snagboat Toz, Stallings, which worked over the river from its mouth to Black Rock, 67 miles, and by the snagbarge Harve Goodwin, which worked over the river between Black Rock (67.4 miles above the mouth) and Poplar Bluff (213 miles above the mouth). The results accomplished were the removal from the chan- nel of 1,058 snags, 285 logs, 153 stumps, and 24 drift rafts, and the felling of 347 trees. The costs during the year were $1>5,405.66, and the expenditures $14,456.90, all for maintenance. Condition at end of fiscal year.-The project being for mainte- nance, completion is not contemplated. The wing dams built at two shoals and the dams built across the secondary channels at two islinds during the early operations under this project are of no effect now. Of the channels dredged under later operations, only that at Julia Dean remains, and it is only fairly effective. Snagging operations have materially improved conditions, and made naviga- tion possible at Poplar Bluff (213 miles) by boats of 18-inch draft and to Current River (96 miles) by boats of 2.5-foot draft during low-water period. During the fiscal year the period for 4-foot navi- gation to mouth of Current River was December 18 to May 31. The period.of: 3-foot navigation to Poplar Bluff was December 18 to May 20. One and six-tenths feet was the controlling depth to Poplar .Bluff duringthe period of lowest water. The costs were $80,000 for new work and $442,740.15 for mainte- nance, a total of $522,740.15. The total expenditures were $598,116.40. RIVERS AND HARBORS-MEMPHIS, TENN., DISTRIICT 759 Proposed operations.-The balance unexpended at the end of the year, $18,392.89, will be expended for maintenance of channel :by snagging operations, using Government plant and hired labor, and care and repair of plant, as follows: Accounts payable June 30, 1934----------------------------------_ $209. 34 Snagging with U. S. snagboat T.om Stallings, 2 m'onths during the summer and fall of 1934_----- --------------------------- ,000. 00 Snagging with U. S. snagbarge Harve Goodwin, between the mouth and Poplar Bluff, Mo., 6 months during the summer and fall of 1934-- --------------------------------------------- 6, 600. 00 Care and repair of plant during the high-water period following---. 5, 583.55 Total for all work -- 18, 392.89 The additional sum of $19,000 can be profitably expended during the fiscal year 1936 as follows: Snagging operations about 5 months with Government plant and hired labor, August-December 1935-- __--------------- $13, 500 Care and repair of snagging plant during high-water season----------- 5, 500 Total for all work-- --------------------------------- 19, 000 Cost and financial summiary Cost of new work to June 30, 1934 -------------------------- $80, 000. 00 Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1934-----------------------442, 740. 15 Total cost of permanent work to June 30, 1934-__--- -- _ 52_, 740. 15 Value of plant, materials, etc., on hand June 30, 1934____________ 76, 613 26 Net total cost to June 30, 1934 ...... _ ...------- ___ 599, 353.41 Minus accounts payable June 30, 1934 ----- ---------- 1,237. 01 Net total expenditures_----- ----------------------- 598, 116. 40 Unexpended balance June 30, 1934----------------------- 18, 392. 89 Total amount appropriated to June 30, 1934 509. 29 6--------------16, Fiscal year ending June 30 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 Cost ofnew work_.............. Cost of maintenance $30, 280.05 .........------------------ $14, 979. 35 $22, 614. 31 $24, 697. 67 $15, 405.66 Total expended_-----___.-______-__ _- 72, 471.75 18, 111. 15 16, 676. 53 17, 939. 37 14, 456. 9 Allotted- - 74, 590. 14 16,000. 00 -2,144. 36 31, 171. 16 17, 011. 85 Balance unexpended July 1, 1933---------------------__-- -- $15, 837. 94 Amount allotted from War Department Appropriation Act approved Apr. 26, 1934------ - $18, 170.00 Amount allotted from War Department Appropriation Act approved Mar. 4, 1933------------------------- 244. 35 18, 414. 35 Amount to be accounted for_ --------- 34,252. 20 Deductions on account of revocation of allotment and impounded funds------------------------_ 1, 402. 50 Net amount to be accounted for. .------- 32, 849. 79 Gross amount expended __ $17, 037. 04 , Less reimbursements collected---------------__ __ 2 580. 14 14, 456. 90 Balance unexpended June 30, 1934_ 18, 392. 8 760 REPORT OF CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMY, 1934 Outstanding liabilities June 30, 1934_________ $1, 235. 90 Amount covered by uncompleted contracts ------------ 528. 46 $1, 764. 36 Balance available June 30, 1934______________ _________ 16, 628. 53 Amount that can be profitably expended in fiscal year ending June 30, 1936, for maintenance 1__________19, 000. 00 4. CURRENT RIVER, ARK. AND MO. Location.-This river rises in Dent County, Mo., and flows in a southerly direction 200 miles to Black River, about 5 miles above Pocahontas, Ark. (See Mississippi River alluvial valley map, scales 1: 62,500 and 1: 500,000.) Previous projects.-Adopted by the River and Harbor Act of June 10, 1872. The cost and expenditures thereunder and a further proj - ect adopted by the River and Harbor Act of March 3, 1881, were $7,000. For further details see page 1878, Annual Report for 1915. Eaisting project.-This provides for the improvement of the river from its mouth to Van Buren, Mo., 94 miles, by snagging operations and by contracting the channel at the worst shoals by wing dams. The stream has an ordinary freshet fluctuation of 13 feet throughout the portion covered by the project and an extreme flood fluctuation of 26 feet at Van Buren, Mo., and of 22 feet at its mouth. The esti- mate of cost for new work was $10,000, exclusive of amounts ex- pended on previous projects. The latest (1928) approved estimate for annual cost of maintenance is $4,500. The existing project was adopted by the River and Harbor Act of August 18, 1894 (Annual Report for 1891, p. 2065). A sketch map of the river is given in House Document No. 157, Fifty-first Con- gress, second session. Terminal facilities.-Privately owned log slips and tie hoists for the use of the owners only exist at Van Buren and Doniphan. Operations arnd resuilts during fiscal year.-None. There were no expenditures. The costs were $37.15 for maintenance inspection. Condition at end of fiscal year.--The project being for mainte- nance, completion is not contemplated. Operations under the project have been lirited to removal of snags and boulders between Van Buren and Doniphan, Mo., and removal of snags below Doniphan. At the close of the fiscal year the channel obstructions are only those that have been brought in by late freshets. The controlling channel depths in low-water seasons are 3 feet from the mouth to- White Horse Shoal, 31 miles; 14 inches to Caughorn Creek, 19 miles farther; and 10 to 12 inches to Van Buren, an additional 46 miles. The costs have been $10,000 for new work and $112,954.04 for maintenance, a total of $122,954.04. The expenditures were $122,916.89. '.Proposed operations.-The balance unexpended at the end of the year, $4,020.69, will be expended for maintenance by a chopping party working between the mouth of Current River and Van Buren, Mo.' removing snags and obstructions. These operations will absorb the unexpended balance by about December 1, 1934. 'Exclusive of available funds. RIVERS AND HARBORS-MEMPHIS, TENN., DISTRICT 761 The additional sunm of $3,500 can be profitably expended during the fiscal year ending June 30, 1936, in channel maintenance by snag- ging operations between the mouth of the river and the Arkansas- Missouri State line. Cost and financial summary Cost of new work to June 30, 1934__ _ -_ $17, 000. 00 Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1934---------------------------112, 954. 04 Total cost of permanent work to June 30, 1934--------------129, 954. 04 Minus accounts payable June 30, 1934-------------------------- 37. 15 Net total expenditures _________ _________________ 129, 916. 89 Unexpended balance June 30, 1934_ ------------------------- 4, 020. 69 Total amount appropriated to June 30, 1934---------------- 133, 937. 58 Fiscal year ending June 30 1930 1931 1932, 1933 1934 -- Cost of new work _-. - -- --- -- Cost of maintenance .-- ..---------- _ - $1, 688. 51 $2, 607. 09 $2, 061. 40 $2, 377. 64 $37. 15 Total.expended--- _ -16, 247. 95 2,607.09 2,061.40 2, 377. 64 ------------ Allotted---------------------------- -20,162. 67 2, 750.00 -771.44 3, 437. 22 2, 899. 47 Balance unexpended July 1, 1933 -.-- $1, 121. 22 Amount allotted from War Department Appropriation Act approved Apr. 26, 1934------------------------------------------------ 2, 900. 00 Amount to be accounted for_ _ -- 4, 021. 22 Deductions on account of revocation of allotment . 53 Net amount to be accounted for --------- 4, 020. 69 Gross amount expended _____________- - - - _______-- ___-$12. 22 Less reimbursements collected-__ 12. 22 Pal''nce unekpended June 30. 1934_- 4, 020. 69 Out.ta1di-ing liabilities June 30, 1934----------------------37. 15 Amount°eovered by uncompleted contracts----------------171.66 -_- 208. 81. Balance availab'e June 30, '1934___ ------ 3, 811. 88 Amount that can be profitably expended in fiscal year ending June 30, 1936, for maintenance -------------------------- 3, 500. 00 5. ST. FRANCIS AND L'ANGUILLE RIVERS AND BLACKFISH BAYOU, ARK. Location.-The St. Francis River rises in St. Francois County, Mo., and flows in a southerly direction 460 miles to the Mississippi River, 8 miles above Helena, Ark. The L'Anguille River has its source in the flat lands of Poinsett and Craighead Counties, Ark., whence it flows 109 miles in a southerlydirection, cutting through Crowleys Ridge and entering the St. Fraincis Basin at Marianna and flowing into the St. Francis River 12 miles above the mouth of the t Exclusive of available funds. 762 REPORT OF CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMY, 1934 latter. Blackfish Bayou rises in the west-central portion of Critten- den County, Ark., flows 52 miles in a southwesterly direction, and empties into the St. Francis River about 38 miles above the latter's mouth. (See Mississippi River alluvial valley map, scales, 1: 62,500 and 1: 500,000.) Previous projects.-The original project for improvement of St. Francis River was adopted by the River and Harbor Acts of March 3, 1871; June 14, 1880; July 5, 1884; August 11, 1888; and June 13, 1902, the latter adding L'Anguille River to the improvement. The original project for L'Anguille River was adopted by River and Harbor Act of June 18, 1878. The original project for Blackfish Bayou was adopted by River and Harbor Act of June 25, 1910 (H. Doc. No. 73, 65th Cong., 1st sess.). The total cost and expendi- tures were $92,000.34 for new work and $90,345.15 for maintenance, a total of $182,345.49. For further details see pages 1878 and 1879, Annual Report for 1915, and page 1147, Annual Report for 1918. Existing project.-This provides for the removal of snags in St. Francis River from its mouth to Marked Tree, in L'Anguille River from its mouth to Marianna, and in Blackfish Bayou from its mouth to Fifteenmile Bayou, with the object of maintaining the channels clear of snags and similar obstructions at the lowest navi- gable stage. The latest (1928) approved estimate for annual cost of maintenance is $8,500. Within the limits of the project the St. Francis River has an ordi- nary freshet fluctuation of about 12 feet when not affected by back- water from the Mississippi River. The extreme flood fluctuation is about 26 feet at Marked Tree, gradually increasing to 60 feet at the mouth. These extreme flood fluctuations are produced by overflow and backwater from the Mississippi River. When not influenced by the flood stages of that river the maximum stage of the St. Francis below Marked Tree does not exceed 20 feet. The ordinary freshet fluctuation of L'Anguille River is about 6 feet and extreme flood range 50 feet at Marianna; this latter, however, is due to backwater from the Mississippi River. L'Anguille River when uninfluenced by the Mississippi River never has a fluctuation exceeding 12 feet. The fluctuation of stage in Blackfish Bayou is about 48 feet, due entirely to backwater from the Mississippi River. The existing project was adopted by the River and Harbor Act of March 2, 1919 (H. Doc. No. 60, 64th Cong., 1st sess.). A published map of these streams is in that document. Terminal facilities.-At Parkin a railroad-owned log slip provides a means of transfer of rafted commerce to railway car. Log slips or chain conveyors for the use of the individuals owning them exist at the several mills along the river. The present terminal facilities are adequate for the existing commerce. Operations and results during fiecal year.-All operations were for maintenance by hired labor and Government plant. The snagbarge Stephen Anderson worked over the St. Francis River between the mouth and 10 miles above Marked Tree (158 miles above the mouth), over the L'Anguille River up to Marianna (8 miles) and in Black- fish Bayou up to the mouth of Fifteenmile Bayou (6 miles). The results of these operations are shown in the following table: RIVERS AND HARBORS-MEMPHIS, TENK., DISTRICT 763 Summary of snagging operations Snags Logs Stumps cut St. Francis River-...-------- - - - ------ 1, 113 539 9 1, 006 L'Anguille River___-------- --- 35 14 - - 37 Blackfish Bayou_ -- ----- -------- -- 38 29 ----- 56 Total----------- - 1, 186 582 9 1,099 The costs were $8,214.23 and the expenditures $6,685.62, all for maintenance. Condition at end of fiscal year.-Snagging operations have been the only activities under existing or previous projects. The chan- nels within the limits of the project are in good condition for navi- gation during medium and higher stages. At low stages snags are the principal obstruction. Under average conditions boats of 4-foot draft can ply St. Francis River to Marked Tree until the middle of July, and boats of 2-foot draft until the latter part of August each year. During period of lowest water, which generally occurs in October and November, channel depths do not exceed 12 to 16 inches in any part of the river. The low-water depths in Blackfish Bayou to Fifteenmile Bayou and L'Anguille River to Marianna are but 8 to 10 inches. The navigation periods on those streams are controlled in the main by backwater stages from the Mississippi River. During this fiscal year the period for 4-foot draft to Marked Tree prevailed through the entire year, and to Marianna for an aggregate of 122 days. During periods of lowest water, con- trolling depths were less than 2 feet. The costs under the existing project to June 30, 1934, were $126,877.56 and the expenditures $137,617.70, all for maintenance. Proposed operations.-The balance unexpended at the end of the year, $10,551.83, will be expended in channel and plant maintenance by hired.labor and the use of Government plant approximately as follows : For snagging operations on the three rivers with Government plant and hired labor in the summer and fall of 1934----------------- $9, 200. 00 For care and repair of plant during the high-water period following_ 1, 351. 83 Total for all work------------ 10, 551. 83 The additional sum of $9,500 can be profitably expended during the fiscal year 1936 in, snagging operations on the three rivers with Government plant and hired labor in the summer and fall of 1935. Cost end financial summary Cost of new work to June 30, 1934----------------------------- $92, 000. 34 Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1934--------------------------- 217, 222. 71 Total cost of permanent work to June 30, 1934-------------309, 223. 05 Value of plant, materials,, etc., on hand June 30, 1934---------- 10, 884. 62 Net total cost to June 30, 1934_-------------- 320, 107. 67 Minus accounts payable June 30, 1934-__ _--------------------- 144. 48 Net total expenditures_ __ -------------------- 319, 963. 19 _- Unexpended balance June 30, 1934_ ____-------------- 10, 551.83 Total amount appropriated to June 30, 1934 ----------- 330, 515. 02 764 REPORT OF CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMY, 1934 Fiscal year ending June 30 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 Cost of new work---------- Cost of maintenance ------- --------------- $8, 739. 50 $10,911. 64 $11, 160. 35 $10, 196. 47 $8, 214. 23 Total expended --------------------------- 8, 676. 86 9, 473. 90 10, 208. 88 8, 746. 83 6, 685. 62 Allotted-------- ------------------------ - 8, 801.00 9, 750. 00 1, 964.14 17, 283. 50 7, 962.14 Balance unexpended July 1, 1933------------------------- -- $9, 277. 89 Amount allotted from War Department appropriation act approved Apr. 2, 1934_------ ------------------------------------- 8, 770. 00 Amount to be accounted for ----- 18, 047. 89 Deductions on account of revocations, impounded funds ------------ 07. 86 Net amount to be accounted for------------------------17, 240. 03 Gross amount expended - $7, 805. 55 Less reimbursements collected---------------- _ 1, 117. 35 6, 688. 20 Balance unexpended June 30, 1934 551.83 1----------------------0, Outstanding liabilities June 30, 1934 44. 48 1-------------------- Amount covered by uncompleted contracts--------------- 252. 37 3916. 85 Balance available June 30, 1934------------- ---- __ 10, 154. 98 Amount that can be profitably expended in fiscal year ending June 30, 1936, for maintenance 1 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 9, 500. 00 6. OPERATING AND CARE OF LOCKS AND DAMS NOS. 1, 2, AND 3, UPPER WHITE RIVER, ARK. Location.-These works are on the White River, Ark.; no. 1 being 1 mile below Batesville, Ark.; and nos. 2 and 3 being 7.8 and 19.7 miles, respectively, above that city. Previous projects.-See Previous projects of White River, page 1874, Annual Report for 1915. Fxistinq project.-This provides for the construction of 10 fixed dams with concrete locks to give 4 feet navigation the year around. The River and Harbor Act of March 2, 1907, after providing for the completion of the third lock and dam, abandoned further cbnstruc- tion work, its language fixing the appropriation carried therein as the final one. The stream is nontidal, with an ordinary freshet fluc- tuation of 16 to 18 feet, and with an extreme flood fluctuation of 38 feet just below Lock No. 1 and of 51 feet at Calico Rock, 39 miles above Lock No. 3. The estimated cost for the 10 locks and dams originally projected was $1,600,000. The maintenance of the three that have been constructed is provided for under the permanent in- definite fund for operation and care of canals and other works of navigation under varying annual estimates. The existing project was adoptec by the River and Harbor Act approved March 3, 1899 (H. Doc. No. 78, 54th Cong., 2d sess.). The River and Harbor Act of March 2, 1907, directed the abandonment of further new work on the project (H. Doc. No. 150, 59th Cong., 1st sess.). 1 Exclusive of available funds. RIVERS AND HARBORS-MEMPHIS, TENN., DISTRICT 765 The locations, dimensions, etc., of the three completed locks and dams are as follows: Lock No. 1 Lock No. 2 Lock No. 3 Location__.. - _Batesville .........- Earnheart...__...--- Walls Ferry. Distance from mouth of river- 300.6 miles -------- 309.4 miles----------... 321.3 miles. Dimensions of locks: Length available-..----- 147 feet -___ _ __ 147 feet__-- ------ 147 feet. Width between walls ------ 36 feet - _- - 36 feet___.____ _ 36 feet. Lift at low water__ ...... 13.5 feet 14 feet_____ 15 feet. Depth on lower sill -------- 5.5 feet -- 5 feet_ 4 feet. Depth on upper sill 5 feet_ -- _do ..... 5 feet. Foundations .. ____.--- Bedrock__ - _ Bedrock __ -____ _ Bedrock. Dams: Kind of _______________ - . Fixed ..- -_______ Fixed________________ Fixed. Type of construction -. Timber crib filled with Timber crib filled with Timber crib filled with stone. stone. stone. Length------------ ------- 660.5 feet_ ----- --- 658 feet ... - 750.7 feet. .-------- Date of completion___------ ---- 1904 --------- ----- 1905_ ----------- - 1908. Cost of construction ----- --- $278,587.56.. -- ---- $297,627. 94 _ __..... $236,981.31. All dams are with concrete caps. The approximate location of these locks and dams is shown on district map (sketch) printed in Annual Report for 1911, opposite page 1877. Terminal facilities.-Log slips, derricks, and conveyors exist at the several woodworking establishments, all for the individual use of the owners. The terminal facilities are adequate for the present commerce. Operationsand results during fiscal year.-All work was for main- tenance with hired labor and Government plant. Lock and Dam No. 1.-Other than the operations of the lock and routine maintenance of buildings and grounds, work consisted in grading and paving 1,023 square yards of bank with 341 cubic yards of one-man stone at lower end of riprap below west abutment of dam. Lock and Dam No. 2.-Other than the operations of the lock and routine maintenance of buildings and grounds, work consisted of paving 2,160 square yards of bank with 725 cubic yards of one-man stone at lower end of riprap below north abutment. Lock and Dam No. 3.-Work during the year was limited to opera- tion of the lock and to routine maintenance of appurtenant river structures and buildings and grounds. CHANNEL DREDGING The dredging operations consisted in dredging a cut 420 feet long, 30 feet wide, and containing 235 cubic yards of stone and 910 cubic yards of gravel, into lower approach to Lock No. 1 during the month of July, and in dredging 341 cubic yards of sand and gravel from a cut 105 feet long by 30 feet wide at Earnhart Shoal in December 1933. Floating plant.-Repair to floating plant was limited to routine annual overhaul. The cost for operation, maintenance, and repair of the works dur- ing the fiscal year was $34,342.88 and the expenditures during the fiscal year were $19,517.83. Condition at end of fiscal year.-The new work accomplished to the end of the fiscal year is the construction of the three locks and 766 REPORT OF CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMY, 1934 dams mentioned under paragraph Existing project. They represent the project as 30 percent completed when further construction was suspended. These works give, by aid of dredging, all-year-round :slack-water navigation for 3-foot draft from 1 mile below Batesville to Guion, 33 miles. The total costs to the end of the fiscal year were: For new work (construction of locks and dams) .- $813, 196. 81 For maintenance (operating and care) --------------------- , 149, 027.42 Total cost to June 30, 1934___________________________ 1, 962,224. 23 The total expenditures to the end of the fiscal year were: For, new work (construction of locks and dams) --------------- _ $813, 196. 81 For maintenance (operating and care)_____________________ 1, 173, 794.26 Total expenditures to June 30, 1934-------------- 1, 986, 991. 07 Proposed operations.-The locks and dams will be operated and maintained under allotments from appropriations made available for such purposes. Cost and financial, smnmary for maintenance and improvement funds Cost of new work to June 30, 1934___________________________ $813, 196. 81 Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1934___________________________ Net total expenditures____________________________ 813, 196. 81 Total amount appropriated to June 30, 1934------------------- 813, 196. 81 Cost and financial summary for operating and care funds Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1934_--- -- $1, 149, 027. 42 Value of plant, materials, etc., on hand June 30, 1934___ ______ 25, 185. 78 Net total cost to June 30, 1934______________ , 174, 213. 20 1___________ Minus accounts payable June 30, 1934 ________-- _____-------__ 418. 94 Net total expenditures _--------------__ 1, 173, 794. 26 Unexpended :balance June 30, 1934______________-__________ 3, 498. 58 Total amount appropriated to June 30, 1934 ____________ 1 , 177, 292. 84 Fiscal year ending June 30 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 Cost of new work---.--- - ------.. ---- -- ------------ ---- -------- ------- --------------. --------- Cost of maintenance.....---------------------- $51, 176. 90 $41, 356. 58 $41, 619. 13 $58, 397. 16 $34, 342. 88 rTotal expended-- .--....--..--------------------. 54, 463. 51 37, 044. 65 64, 260. 30 47, 974. 19 19, 517. 83 Allotted....................---------------------------- 50, 000. 00 45, 000. 00 50, 000. 00 47, 884. 92 16, 875. 81 Balance unexpended July 1, 1933____---------- ----------- $6, 140. 60 Amount allotted from permanent indefinite appropriation, section 6, River and Harbor Act, Mar. 3, 1909 _------------------------- 18, 560. 00 Amount to be accounted for___-------------------- 24, 700. 60 ]Deductions on account of revocation of allotment, and impounded funds-__-- - ---------------------- 1, 684. 19 Net amount to be accounted for__------------------------ 23, 016. 41 RIVERS AND HARBORS--M EMPHIS, TENN., DISTRICT 767 Gross amount expended____-__________________________ $19, 714. 48 Less reimbursements collected____-- ___- -- ________ 196. 65 19, 517. 83 Balance unexpended June 30, 1934________________________ 3, 498. 58 Outstanding liabilities June 30, 1934____________________ 418. 94 Amount covered by uncompleted contracts______________ 600.90 479. 84 Balance available June 30, 1934________________________ 3, 018. 74 Amount allotted for fiscal year 1935_______________________________ 31, 500. 00 Balance available for fiscal year 1935________________________ 34, 518. 74 7. WOLF RIVER (MEMPHIS HARBOR), TENN. Location.-Wolf River rises in Benton County, Miss., and flows generally northwesterly about 100 miles, through Shelby County, Tenn., emptying into the Mississippi River within the corporate limits of the city of Memphis, Tenn. (See Mississippi River alluvial valley map, scale 1: 62,500.) Previous projects.-The River and Harbor Act of August 7, 1894, authorized dredging at the mouth of Wolf River as an item in the improvement of Memphis Harbor, the work being carried out under the supervision of the Mississippi River Commission. Existing project.-No project has been authorized by Congress. The improvement of Wolf River, Tenn., to provide a channel 9 feet deep at low water (71/2 feet below zero on the Memphis gage) from its mouth to North Second Street Road with bottom widths of 250 feet from the mouth to Keel Avenue and 200 feet from Keel Avenue to North Second Street Road, as recommended by the Chief of Engineers in Rivers and Harbors Committee Document No. 26. Seventy-second Congress, first session, at an estimated cost of $738,000, with $64,000 annually for maintenance, was included in the Public Works program under the National Industrial Recovery Act. (Sketch map is published in the above document.) Recommended modifications of project.-Includedin Public Works program. Local cooperation.-The work included in the Public Works pro- gram is subject to the condition that local interests shall furnish and free of cost to the United States all rights-of-way required for channel enlargement and straightening, suitable areas with re- taining levees where needed for disposal of dredged material during initial construction and future maintenance as and when needed, and shall furnish assurance satisfactory to the Secretary of War saving the United States free from damages resulting from the work. These conditions are being complied with. Terminal facilities.-There are 16 terminals operating in the port of Memphis, 5 being located on the Mississippi River front, 3 on Tennessee Chute, and 8 on Wolf River. (See pp. 74, 89, and 90 of " Transportation in the Mississippi and Ohio Valleys, Transporta- tion Series No. 2, 1929.") Operations and results during fiscal year.-There were 1,092,562 cubic yards of material removed under contract during the year. The length of the channel dredged was 6,900 linear feet, of which 1,900 91536-ENG 1934-49 768 REPORT OF CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMY, 1934 feet, 200 feet wide, was completed, and 2,000 feet, 200 feet wide, and 3,000 feet, 250 feet wide, was partially completed. The costs under the project to June 30, 1934, were $173,782.83, and the expenditures $135,410.76, all for new work. Condition at end of fiscal year.-A channel 9 feet in depth was available throughout the year with the exception of a few days in March, when there was 7 feet in the channel, and a few days in May, when there was 7 to 8 feet in the channel. The work is 32.7 percent complete; approximately 2,268,438 cubic yards remain to be removed to complete the project. Proposed operations.-The balance unexpended June 30, 1934, from funds allotted under the provisions of the National Recovery Act ($467,589.24), will be applied to completion of present contract dredging operations to provide a navigable channel from the mouth to the North Second Street Road, during the period July 1934 to February 1935. The additional sum of $64,000 can be profitably expended during the fiscal year ending June 30, 1936, by dredging operations for channel maintenance within the limits stated above. Cost and financial summary Cost of new work to June 30, 1934________ _______---__$173, 782. 83 Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1934_ Total cost of permanent work to June 30, 1934 ------------ 73, 782. 83 Minus accounts payable June 30, 1934 ________________________ 38, 372.07 Net total expenditures____------------------- ___135,410. 76 Unexpended balance June 30, 1934_________----------_____ 467, 589. 24 Total amount appropriated to June 30, 1934- ____-____-_ 603, 000. 00 Fiscal year ending June 30 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 Cost of new work------.............--------------------------------------------- $173, 782.83 Cost of maintenance------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Total expended..------------------- ------ ----- --------------------------------- 135, 410. 76 Allotted------------------------------------- ------------------------------------ 603,000. 00 Amount allotted from National Industrial Recovery Act approved June 16, 1933 ------------------------ --------- $738, 000.00 Deductions on account of revocation of allotment_ 135, 000. 00 1_____---__ Net amount to be accounted for. ______________-- ______ 603, 000. 00 Gross amount expended --------------------------- $152, 934. 51 Less reimbursements collected __________----------- 17, 523. 75 135, 410. 76 Balance unexpended June 30, 1934__________--------------- 467,589. 24 Outstanding liabilities June 30, 1934______ 38, 372. 07 Amount covered by uncompleted contracts ------------ 336, 716.15 375, 088.22 Balance available June 30, 1934______ __ 92, 501.02 Amount that can be profitably expended in fiscal year ending June - - - - -- - - - - - - -- - - - - - - - - -- - - - - - 30, 1936, for maintenance 1 64, 000. 00 1Exclusive of available funds. RIVERS AND HARBORS-MEMPHIS, TENN., DISTRICT 769 8. EXAMINATIONS, SURVEYS, AND CONTINGENCIES (GENERAL) The cost of work during the year amounted to $7,914.08; the expenditures were $7,907.59. The balance unexpended June 30, 1934, will be applied as needed during the fiscal year 1935 to pay- ment of expenses to be incurred in connection with the above items. The additional sum of $19,000 can be profitably expended during the fiscal year ending June 30, 1936. Cost and financial sucInary Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1934__ ---- $47, 372.30 Plus accounts receivable June 30, 1934_- 53.96 Gross total cost to June 30, 1934___ 47, 426.26 Minus accounts payable June 30, 1934_ 228. 63 Net total expenditures_______ 47, 197. 63 Unexpended balance June 30, 1934_ __ 19, 257. 72 Total amount appropriated to June 30, 1934 ______________ 66, 455. 35 Fiscal year ending June 30 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 Cost of new work .- .- -.- - Cost of maintenance---- ......... $2, 047. 37 $5, 812. 88 $14, 138.26 $15, 874. 71 $7, 914. 08 Total expended--------------------- 2, 126. 18 4,873.82 14, 737. 90 15, 967. 14 7, 907. 59 Allotted-----------------.-.--------- 4, 000. 00 6, 000. 00 12, 500.00 22, 984. 84 18, 885. 51 Balance unexpended July 1, 1933------------------------------- $8,279. 80 Amount allotted from War Department Appropriation Act approved Apr. 26, 1934___ _____________-------$12,430. 00 Amount allotted from War Department Appropriation Act approved July 14, 1932------------------__ __ 7, 000. 00 19, 430. 00 Amount to be accounted for___-__--______ ______--___--- 27, 709. 80 Deductions on account of revocation of allotment and impounded funds--------------------------------------------------------- 544. 49 Net amount to be accounted for--------------------------- 27, 165. 31 Gross amount expended ---------------------------- 8, 492. 14 Less reimbursements collected ______--_ 584. 55 7, 907. 59 Balance unexpended June 30, 1934______ ____ ____ 19, 257. 72 Outstanding liabilities June 30, 1934 ------------------ 228. 63 Amount covered by uncompleted contracts__ __- - - 518. 46 747.09 Balance available June 30, 1934_________- 18, 510. 63 -_____________ Accounts receivable June 30, 1934------------------------------. 53. 96 Unobligated balance available June 30, 1934______________ 18, 564. 59 Amount that can be profitably expended in fiscal year ending June 30, 1936, for maintenance 1______________________19, 000. 00 SExclusive of available funds. 770 REPORT OF CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMY, 1934 Status of reports called for by river and harbor acts and committee reso~sitions Locality Authorization Transmitted to Congress Document no. Reeommenda- tion to Congress no. to; Arkansas River and tributaries, River and Harbor Act, _ Ark. and Okla. Jan. 21, 1927. Arkansas River, Kans., Okla. and Flood Control Act, Ark. (preliminary examination for May 31, 1924. flood control) Cache River, Ark --------- - River and Harbor Act, _-......................... Jan. 21, 1927. Canadian North Fork, Tex. and Flood Control Act, - Okla. (preliminary examination May 31, 1924. for flood control). Canadian River, N. Mex., Tex.,-... do and Okla. (preliminary examina- tion for flood control). Cimarron River, N. Mex. and Okla. .... _do............_ _ .____..------------ (preliminary examination for flood control). Deep Fork, Okla. (preliminary ex- _..do_ ----- amination for flood control). Hatchie River, Tenn------------ Rivers and Harbors May 25, 1934 .----- Unfavorabbl. Committee resolu- tion, Feb. 9, 1934. Little River, Okla. (preliminary ex- Flood Control Act, amination for flood control). May 31, 1924. 4Obion and Forked Deer Rivers, Rivers and Harbors Tenn. Committee resolu- tion, Feb. 9, 1934. .-Verdegris River, Okla. (preliminary Flood Control Act, examination for flood control). May 31, 1924. IMPORVEMENT OF RIVERS AND HARBORS IN THE ST. LOUIS, MO. DISTRICT This district includes the Mississippi River between the Ohio River and Clarksville, Mo., and the Missouri River between the mouth and Hermann, Mo. That section of Mississippi River between Missouri River and Clarksville is included in the report of Missis- :sippi River between Missouri River and Minneapolis, Minn., and that portion of Missouri River in this district is included in report of Missouri River, Kansas City to the mouth. District engineer: Maj. William A. Snow, Corps of Engineers, to December 1, 1933; Capt. Bartley M. Harloe, Corps of Engineers, :since that date. Division engineer: Col. George R. Spalding, Corps of Engineers, to November 27, 1933, and Lt. Col. Edmund L. Daley, Corps of Engineers, since that date; Lt. Col. Richard C. Moore, Corps of Engineers, was acting division engineer, July 1 to 28, 1933. IMPROVEMENTS Page Page 1. Mississippi River between 4. Removing snags and wrecks the Ohio and Missouri from the Mississippi River, Rivers __--------------- 770 below the mouth of the Missouri River, and from 2. Mississippi River between the the Old and Atchafalaya Missouri River and Clarks- Rivers .... - - - -- - - 778 ville, Mo __---------------- 783 Examinations, surveys, and 3. Missouri River between the contingencies (general) __- 781 mouth and Hermann, Mo__ 823 Other projects for which no estimates are submitted___ 782 1. MISSISSIPPI RIVER BETWEEN THE OHIO AND MISSOURI RIVERS Location.--The Mississippi River rises in Lake Itasca, Minn., flows in a southerly direction 2,434 miles, and empties into the Gulf of Meicn_ The nortion included in this renort embraces the 195-mile RIVERS AND HARBORS-ST. LOUIS, MO., DISTRICT 771 section known as the " middle Mississippi ", between the tributaries Ohio and Missouri Rivers, 1,078 to 1,273 miles from the Gulf. Previous projects.-The original project for the improvement of the Mississippi River between the Ohio and Missouri Rivers was recommended by a board of engineers in a report dated April 13, 1872, and concurred in by the Chief of Engineers. The cost and expenditures for the middle Mississippi prior to the adoption of the present project in 1881 were $1,610,000 for new work. (For further details see p. 1879 of the Annual Report for 1915.) Existing project.-This provides for obtaining and maintaining a minimum channel depth of not less than 9 feet, a minimum width of not less than 300 feet at low water, with additional width in bends from the mouth of the Ohio River (1,078 miles from the Gulf) to the northern boundary of the city of St. Louis, 191 miles; thence 200 feet wide, with additional width in bends to the mouth cf the Mis- souri River, 4 miles. all to be obtained by regulating works and dredging. First, by regulating works, for closing sloughs and secondary chan- nels, and narrowing the river. The following table shows the project width for middle Mississippi: Low water Mean stage Bank full Subdivision of river Length i W t Width Mean Width Mean Width Mean depth depth depth -files Feet Feet Feet Feet Feet Feet River Des Peres to Grays Point_ --125. 7 2, 250 8 3, 250 14. 8 4, 600 23. 3 Commerce to Commercial Point . 7. 2 2, 500 8 4, 500 1.3.0 6,000 20. 3 Commercial Point to Ohio River 32. 2 2 000 8 3, 500 14. 0 4, 800 24. 9 Building new banks where the natural width is excessive and protecting new and old banks from erosion where necessary to secure permanency. Second, by dredging or other temporary expedients to maintain channels of project dimensions. The project for regulating works was adopted in 1881 (Annual Report, 1881, p. 1536). Dredging was introduced as a part of the project by the River and Harbor Acts of 1896, 1902, 1907, and 1922, the latter of which provides for dredging channels to landing places on the main river and subsidiary sloughs for the river above the mouth of the Missouri River. That part of the project for the middle Mississippi which proposed regulating works was practically abro- gated by acts of March 3, 1905, March 2, 1907, and the joint resolution of June 29, 1906. The River and Harbor Act of June 25, 1910, re- stored regulating works to the project and began appropriations with a view to the completion of the improvement between the Ohio and Missouri Rivers within 12 years, at an estimated cost of $21,000,000, exclusive of amounts previously expended. (H. Doc. No. 50, with accompanying atlas, 61st Cong., 1st sess.; and H. Doc. No. 168. 58th Cong., 2d sess.) The River and Harbor Act of January 21, 1927, provided for a depth of 9 feet and width of 300 feet from the Ohio River to the northern boundary of St. Louis and increased the esti- mate for maintenance to $900,000 annually. (Rivers and Harbors Committee Doc. No. 9, 69th Cong., 2d sess.) The River and Harbor Act of July 3, 1930, modified the project between the northern bound- 772 REPORT OF CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMY, 1934 ary of the city of St. Louis and Grafton (mouth of Illinois River) to provide for a channel 9 feet deep and generally 200 feet wide with additional width around bends, at an estimated cost of $1,500,000, with $125,000 annually for maintenance. (Rivers and Harbors Committee Doc. No. 12, 70th Cong., 1st sess.) The estimated cost of new work, revised in 1934, is $43,000,000, with $1,300,000 for annual maintenance. Terminal facilities.-The water terminal and transfer facilities of the district are fully described as of December 31, 1918, in House Document No. 652, Sixty-sixth Congress, second session, pages 1211- 1239. Additional data for terminal facilities is also contained in Transportation Series No. 2, 1929, Transportation in the Mississippi and Ohio Valleys. Operations and results during fiscal year.-River stages were very favorable to construction work, which was carried on extensively by hired labor with Government plant and by contract throughout the year. The districts standard specifications for construction work were used. Regulating works were maintained, and project dimen- sions of channels were secured by dredging. Location, quantities, and costs of regulating works follow: Miles Dikes or hurdles above Class of work and locality mouth of Ohio No. Linear feet Costs Ri ser New work, by contract: Greenfield Bend - 5 Cairo Protection_____________________________ 7 2 2, 380 $64, 313.75 Elk Island-Boston Bar_ 9 Beechridge-Elk Island ____________________-______-_ 11 15 7, 655 198, 947. 21 Sliding Towhead _--- --- -- --- -- _ --- -- --- -- -- -- 24 Dogtooth Island-Brooks Point_ 24 4 4, 340 107, 440. 39 Brooks Point, Ill _ ____________________________ _ 25 6 5, 480 156, 709.74 Pow ers Island ___- --- ------------------------ 36 Clear Creek-Graysboro ........ 45 Cape Girardeau, Mo-_- 49 Giboney Island 50 5 4, 530 88, 925. 17 Little Flora-Swiftsure . . . . . . 57 Devils Island-Kinney Point_______________ 60 6, 000 153, 620. 59 Hanging Dog Island_ 70 6 4, 500 99, 369. 07 W ittenberg, M o.. ................... .................. 82 Brunkhorst, Ill-_ 86 7 3, 540 106. 984. 36 Seventy-Six, M o .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92 Liberty Bend, Ill_ 97 Liberty, Mo_ 99 8 3, 080 96, 265.03 Rockwood, Ill_ 100 4 1,795 51, 764. 57 Kaskaskia Island_ __ 113 4 2, 810 85, 719. 27 Kaskaskia Island and Ste. Genevieve, Ill 120 4 3, 000 83, 454.73 Ellis Grove, Ill.-Ste. Genevieve, Mo_ 121 Establishment Island______ 129 Fort Chartres, Ill. and Mo_ ___ _ 131 6 7, 070 177, 884. 90 Establishment-Sycamore-Harlow __ 135 7 5, 615 215, 561. 39 Danby Landing-James Landing _ 141 Calico Island-Sulphur Springs __ 153 12 4, 500 145, 309. 97 Chesley Island-Pulltight _ 161 6 3, 145 111, 917. 66 Total_ 102 69,440 1,944, 187.80 New work by United States plant and hired labor: Dogtooth Bend ---- .. .. ... .. .. .. ... .. .. .. .. 22 Sliding Towhead -...... 24 Cape Girardeau, Mo_ 49 Brunkhorst 85 (1) (1) 3.,093. 62 Seventy-Six, Mo 90 Rockwood, Ill___ 102 2 860 11, 004. 78 Total __ _ 2 860 14, 098. 40 Maintenance by United States plant and hired labor...____1____ 3, 240 86, 734. 95 Work completed during fiscal year 1933. RIVERS AND HARBORS-ST. LOUIS, MO., DISTRICT 773 Bank protection (revetment) Miles labove Mattress Class of work and locality mouth Paving squares of Ohio No. Linear Squares 100 Costs River feet, 100 square bank pro- square feet tected feet New work, by contract: Greenfield Bend 5 2 3, 595 4, 866 4, 235 $214, 588. 17 Cairo Protection_ 7 ....... - - Elk Island-Boston Bar------------------ 9 3 4, 040 4, 359 2, 778 150, 085. 76 Beechridge-Elk Island_ 11 2 1, 395 1, 603 2, 212 67, 035. 67 Sliding Towhead_._ _ -_ 24 .___ (1) (1) (1) 2, 392. 56 Dogtooth Island-Brooks Point 24 Brooks Point, Ill._ 25 1 3, 160 3, 389 2, 582 103, 721.74 Powers Island -_-_- 36 1 2, 150 2, 150 935 44, 225. 70 Clear Creek-Graysboro- 45 1 1, 335 985 852 34, 330. 16 Cape Girardeau, Mo_ 49 1 660 552 330 7, 259. 76 Giboney Island 50 Little Flora-Swiftsure_ - 57 2 4, 500 4, 480 2, 160 122, 879. 88 Devils Island-Kinney Point-............ 60 - - Hanging Dog Island 70 Wittenberg, Mo__ 82 1 4, 150 4, 185 1, 958 79, 058. 08 Brunkhorst, Ill__ 86 -- - - Seventy-Six, Mo__ 92 1 4, 875 3, 331 5.,668 171, 816. 64 Liberty Bend, Ill_- 97 1 2, 345 1, 933 1, 162 54, 098. 04 Liberty, Mo__ - 99- ---.......... . - Rockwood, Ill -100 100 - . .- . . .--- : - ..- Kaskaskia Island _ .. 1.3. Kaskaskia Island and Ste. Genevieve, Il1_ 120 Ellis Grove, Ill.-Ste. Genevieve, Mo 1.21 2 9, 000 9, 340 6, 717 320, 043. 91 Establishment Island__ - 129 1 9, 000 9, 356 6, 120 278, 791. 15 Fort Chartres, Ill. and Mo------------- 131 2 1,165 1,114 1, 234 41, 865. 39 Establishment-Sycamore-Harlow ...... 135 21 2 535 2 614 2 133-- Danby Landing-James Landing ........ 141 1 4, 000 2, 955 1, 827 73, 225. 32 Calico IslandlSulphur Springs ..... 153 Chesley Island-Pulltight_ - - 161. 1 3, 385 3, 640 2, 533 113, 614. 08 Total __ _ - - 24 59, 290 58. 852 43, 436 1, 879, 032. 01 New work by United States plant and hired labor: Dogtooth Bend_______________________ 22 1 1, 700 1, 735 801 34, 273. 14 Sliding Towhead -. _ ... - 24 1 4, 080 3, 926 2, 799 133, 106. 62 Cape Girardeau, Mo- - 49 1 2, 035 2, 034 1, 224 49. 223. 69 Brunkhorst _--------------------------- 85 Mo- :Seventy-Six, 90 -- ---------- __-------- --------- __-_- 377 72 13,078. Rockwood, Ill-- 102 1 430 350 262 13, 073. 30 Total_ _ _ 4 8, 245 8, 045 5, 463 242, 755. 47 Maintenance by United States plant and hired labor ----------------------- I--- ---------- 4, 842 16, 970 472, 549. 82 1 Work completed during fiscal year 1933. 2 Cost included with dikes; as dikes were not built work listed as bank protection. The cost of new regulating work was $4,080,073.68, including $3,823,219.81 for contract work; the cost of maintenance was $1,659,616.53. The above new work included the following operations conducted with allotment from the Federal Emergency Administration of Public Works: 71 dikes totaling 46,425 feet in length were built under contract at a cost of $1,324,926.68; 14 revetments totaling 45,830 feet in length, consisting of 44,173 squares of mattress and 31,056 squares of paving, were built under contract at a cost of $1,363,612.86; and 2 revetments totaling 5,100 feet in length, con- sisting of 5,485 squares of mattress and 2,209 squares of paving, were built by hired labor with Government plant at a cost of $114,065.97, all Public Works funds. The total cost, Public Works funds, was $2,802,605.51, all new work. All projects for which funds were allotted by the Public Works Administration were completed during the fiscal year. 774 REPORT OF CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMY, 1934 The following maintenance Work was conducted with regular funds. The required 9-foot channel was maintained except for short periods needed to move, a dredge to the shoal by 1 contract and 10 United States dredges. During the year 112 shoals developed, of which 89 were dredged once, 22 were dredged twice, and 1 required dredging three times. There were 17,980,633 cubic yards of sand and gravel removed by United States dredges from 112 channels through 89 bars, and 2,616,861 cubic yards of material removed in outside-the-channel dredging. In addition 1,307,884 cubic yards of material were dredged by contract from outside the channel. The channels dredged had combined length of 65 miles, an average width of 320 feet, and an average gain in depth of 4.4 feet. The total cost of dredging was $933,157.25, including $108,372.04 for contract dredg- ing, all charged to maintenance. During the year 17 wrecks and miscellaneous obstructions were removed at a total cost of $71,798.79, charged to maintenance. Hydrographic surveys were made covering 333 miles of river. The cost of surveys and gages was $95,375.72, charged to maintenance. The total cost of the work was $5,739,690.21, of which $1,277,468.17, maintenance and improvement funds, and $2,802,605.51, Public Works funds, a total of $4,080,073.68, was for new work, including $3,823,219.81 for contract work; and $1,659,616.53, from maintenance and improvement funds, was for maintenance, including dredging, surveys, and removal of snags. The total expenditures were $5,725,- 543.35, of which $2,819,258.11 was from Public Works funds. Condition at end of fiscal year.-The regulating works are about 70 percent completed. The quantities required to complete the projects are estimated as follows: 28 dikes, 77,700 linear feet, and 71 revet- ments, 291,800 linear feet. All work is in very good repair and has greatly improved the channel. Dredging is required at low stages to remove temporary shoals and maintain the required channel depths. In recent years, notwithstanding the unusual low water that has prevailed, the project dimensions of channels have generally been maintained throughout the navigation season with only slight and infrequent delays to navigation. The navigation season usually lasts from the early part of February to the latter part of December, the river being generally closed by ice the remainder of the year. The river is usually above a 10-foot stage, St. Louis gage, for 6 months of the year, during which time the minimum channel depth generally prevails without dredging. The total costs under the existing project to the end of the fis- cal year are $28,224,409.61 (including $2,802,605.51 Public Works funds), for new work and $17,057,793.29 for maintenance, including dredging, surveys, and snagging, a total of $45,282,202.90. The total expenditures on the existing project are $48,374,492.16, of which $2,819,258.11 was from Public Works funds. Proposed operations.-The balance unexpended, including ac- counts receivable at the end of the year, will be applied as follows: Regular funds : Accounts payable June 30, 1934_______________ $103, 427.30 Maintenance : Dikes and revetments __________________--____-_--226, 500. 00 Dredging _- - - - -___746, 000.00 Surveys, gages, and studies .----------..- - 105, 000.00 Balance remaining -- -- - - 2, 651. 06 Total regular funds_-------------- - 1, 183, 578. 36 RIVERS AND HARBORS-ST. LOUIS, MO., DISTRICT 775 Public Works funds.-The balance unexpended, $98,122.36, and account receivable, $37,175.40, together with an allotment of $640,000, made during July 1934, will be applied as follows: New Work : By contract: Account payable June 30, 1934---- $20, 522. 80 Piling dikes: Giboney Island, Ill--------------------------90, 00. 00 Willard ----------------------------------- 70, 000. 00 Liberty, Mo., Crain Island----------------- 105, 000. 00 $285, 522. 80 Revetment: Hurricane Field-Boston Bar__----------------- 84, 000. 00 Dogtooth Bend------------------------------96, 000. 00 Giboney Island_____________--------------- 56, 000. 00 Cape Girardeau 28, 000. 00 Devils Island----------------- 60, 000. 00 Grand Tower Island-------------------- 56, 000.00 380, 000. 00 By United States plant and hired labor-Dikes: Danby Landing---------------------------- 34, 000. 00 Grain Island-----------------------------_ 75, 000. 00 Balance remaining --------------------------- 774.96 109, 774. 96 Total N. I. R. A. funds__ _ ------------------------- 775, 297. 76 The additional sum of $3,500,000 can be profitably expended dur- ing the fiscal year ending June 30, 1936, as follows: New work by contract : Dikes ----------------------------------------------------- $935, 000 Revetments---_ 1, 265, 000 Total new work----------------------------------------- 2,200, 000 Maintenance by'hired labor with United States plant: Dikes and revetments ---------------------------------------- 345, 000 Dredging --------------------------------------------- 780, 000 Snagging ----- 65, 000 6----------------------- Surveys, gages, and studies-----------------------------------110, 000 Total maintenance___ -------------------- 1, 300, 000 Total for all work, fiscal year 1936 --------------- 3, 500, 000 Cost and financial summary MAINTENANCE AND IMPROVEMENT FUJNDS Cost of new work to June 30, 1934 --- ------- $27, 031, 804. 10 Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1934_ ---------------------- 17, 057, 793. 29 Total cost of permanent work to June 30, 1934---------- 44, 089, 597. 39 Value of plant, materials, etc., on hand June 30, 1934-.. _.... 3, 054, 970. 43 Net total cost to June 30, 1934_ ----------------------- 47, 144, 567. 82 Plus accounts receivable June 30, 1934------------------------ 124, 093. 53 Gross total costs to June 30, 1934------------------- 47, 268, 661.35 Minus accounts payable June 30, 1934---------------------_ 103, 427. 30 Net total expenditures--------------------------------- 47, 165, 234. 05 Unexpended balance June 30, 1934__------------------------- 1, 059, 484. 83 Total amount appropriated to June 30, 1934_ 48, 224, 718. 88 776 REPORT OF CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMY, 1934 Fiscal year ending June 30 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 Cost of new work________________ $2, 029, 138. 39 $2, 238, 192. 43 $1, 008, 610. 87 $2, 354, 097. 86 $1, 277, 468. 17 Cost of maintenance_ - 1, 011, 136. 09 888, 250. 60 1, 120, 165. 37 951, 859. 78 1, 659, 616. 53 Total cost__----------------3, 040, 274. 48 3, 126, 443. 03 2, 128, 776. 24 3, 305, 957. 64 2, 937, 084. 70 Total expended ----------------- 2, 409, 153. 46 3, 400, 331. 60 2, 704, 331. 23 3, 599, 802. 51 2, 906, 285. 24 Allotted ----------------------- 1,973, 396. 90 3, 218, 906. 65 269, 578. 67 5, 122, 994. 46 2, 243, 564. 23 Balance unexpended July 1, 1933_---------------------------- _ $1, 722, 205. 84 Amount allotted from War Department Appro- priation Act approved Apr. 26, 1934_________- _ $865, 600. 00 Amount allotted from War Department Appro- priation Act approved July 14, 1932___________ 675, 027. 84 Amount allotted from War Department Appro- priation Act approved Feb. 23, 1931 370, 000. 00 Amount allotted from War Department Appro- priation Act approved Mar. 4, 1933 660, 806. 50 2, 571, 434. 34 Amount to be accounted for ______________________----4, 293, 640. 18 Deductions on account of revocation of allotment (includes $140,409.97 impounded funds) ------------------------------ 327, 870. 11 Net amount to be accounted for___-____ ___ _______ 3, 965, 770. 07 Gross amount expended________________ $5,344, 247. 51 Less : Reimbursements collected __ $2, 423, 528. 16 Receipts from sales __.... 14, 434. 11 2, 437, 962.27 4 2, 906, 285. 24 Balance unexpended June 30, 1934__ ----------------- 1, 059, 484. 83 Outstanding liabilities June 30, 1934______----------- 255, 918. 20 Balance available June 30, 1934______________-- - -__-- 803, 566. 63 Accounts receivable June 30, 1934____ -________ ________- -124, 093. 53 Unobligated balance available June 30, 1934----__----927, 660. 16 Amount (estimated) required to be appropriated for completion of existing project 1_____-_____ 11, 585, 000. 00 Amount that can be profitably expended in fiscal year ending June 30, 1936: For new work ------------------------------------- -- 2, 200, 000. 00 For maintenance 1________ _________ 1, 300,000. 00 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Total 1 3, 500, 000. 00 PUBLIO WORKS FUNDS Cost of new work to June 30, 1934 ____ _________ _______ $2, 802, 605. 51 Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1934 Total cost of permanent work to June 30, 1934 _____ -_ 2, 802, 605. 51 Plus accounts receivable June 30, 1934_______________________ 37, 175. 40 Gross total costs to June 30, 1934 ____________________ 2, 839, 780. 91 Minus accounts payable June 30, 1934_________________- 20, 522. 80 Net total expenditures _____------__ __--2, 819, 258. 11 Unexpended balance June 30, 1934------- 98, 122. 36 Total amount appropriated to June 30, 193411 1 2, 917, 380. 47 1Exclusive of available funds. RIVERS AND HARBORS-ST. LOUIS, MO., DISTRICT 777 Fiscal year ending June 30 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 Cost of new work __-------------- ------------------- $2, 802, 605. 51 W w---------- Cost of maintenancen - I--------- - ------------- -------- ---- -- Total expended - ------------------ ---------------- ------------------ 2,819, 258. 11 Allotted ---------------.----- 2, 917, 380. 47 Amount allotted from National Industrial Recovery Act ap- proved June 16, 1933--------------------------------------- $2, 917, 380. 47 Gross amount expended ---------- $2, 890, 443. 60 Less reimbursements collected ------------ 71, 185. 49 2, 819, 258. 11 Balance unexpended June 30, 1934 98, 122. 36 Amount covered by uncompleted contracts 20, 522. 80 Balance available June 30. 1934 --------- 77, 599. 56 Accounts receivable June 30, 1934----------------------------- 37, 175. 40 Unobligated balance available June 30, 1934_ 114, 774. 96 Amount allotted by Public Works Administration Emergency _ Appropriation Act, fiscal year 1935_---------- ----- 640, 000. 00 Balance available for fiscal year 1935-- 754, 774. 96 CONSOLIDATED C'ST' AND FINANCIAL SUMMARY FOR MISSISSIPPI R.IER ET'WEEN OHIO AND MISSOURI RIVERS Cpst of new work to June 30, 1934__ $29, 834, 409. 61 Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1934_ 17, 057, 793.29 Total cost of permanent work to June 30, 1934 -------- 46, 892, 202. 90 Value of plant, materials, etc., on hand June 30, 1934 ---------- , 054, 970. 4l Net total cost to June 30, 1934 ------ 49, 947, 173. 33' Plus accounts receivable June 30, 1934__ 161, 268. 93 Gross total costs to June 30, 1934 -- --- - 50, 108, 442. 26 Minus accounts payable June 30, 1934....- 123, 950. 10 Net total expenditures____ 49, 984, 492. 16 Unexpended balance June 30, 1934 - - ------ 1, 157, 607. 19 Total amount appropriated to June 30, 1934 __ 51,142, 099. 35 Fiscal year ending June 30 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 Cost of new work--... $2,029,138. 39 $2, 238, 192. 43 $1, 008, 610. 87 $2, 3544, 097. 86 $4, 080, 073. 68 Cost of maintenance____ 1,011,136. 09 888, 250. 60 1, 120,165. 37 9511, 859. 78 1, 659, 616. 53 ----- 1I----- - I - - - - Total cost _- 3, 040, 274. 49 3, 126, 443. 03 2, 128, 776. 24 3, 3055, 957. 64 5, 739, 690. 21 Total expended--__ 2, 409,153. 46 3, 400, 331. 60 2, 704, 331. 23 3, 599), 802. 51 5, 725, 543. 35 - - - Allotted____________ 1, 973,396.90 3, 218, 906. 65 269, 578. 67 5, 1212, 994. 46 5, 160, 944. 70 I I I Balance unexpended July 1, 1933_________________ __-____-_ $1, 722, 205. 84 Amount allotted from War Department Appropri- ation Act approved Apr. 26, 1934__ $865, 600. 00 Amount allotted from War Department Appropri- ation Act approved July 14, 1932_ 675, 027. 84 Amount allotted from War Department Appropri- ation Act approved Feb. 23, 1931_-- 370, 000. 00 778 REPORT OF CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMY, 1934 Amount allotted from War Department Appropri- ation Act approved Mar. 4, 1933______________ $660, 806. 50 Amount allotted from National Industrial Recov- ery Act approved June 16, 1933--------------- 2, 917, 380. 47 $5,488, 814. 81 Amount to be accounted for _ 7, 211, 020. 65 Deductions on account of revocation of allotment (inc!udes $140,409.97 impounded funds) - 327, 870. 11 Net amount to be accounted for- 6, 883,150. 54 Gross amount expended_____________________ $8, 234, 691. 11 Less: Reimbursements collected $2, 494, 713. 65 R: ceipts from sales _--- --- 14, 434. 11 2, 5049, 147. 76 5, 725, 543. 35 Balance unexpended June 30. 1934 1, 157, 607. 19 Outstanding liabilities June 30, 1934_ $255, 918. 20 Amount covered by uncompleted conracts ...... 20, 522. 80 276, 441. 00 Balance available June 30, 1934 881, 166. 9 Accounts receivable June 30, 1934____________________________ 161, 268. 93 Unobligated balance available June 30, 1934- 1, 042, 435. 12 Amount allotted by Public Works Administration Emergency Ap- propriation Act, fiscal year 1935_________ 640, 000. 00 Balance available for fiscal year 1935_ 1, 082, 435. 12 Amount (estimated) required to be appropriated for completion of existing project 1 11, 585, 000. 00 Amount that can be profitably expended in fiscal year ending June 30, 1936: For new work 1 2, 200, 000. 00 For maintenance 1 --- 1, 300, 000. 00 TotalK -- 3, 500, 000. 00 2. MISSISSIPPI RIVER BETWEEN MOUTH OF MISSOURI RIVER AND CLARKSVILLE, MO. See report, "Mississippi River between the Missouri River and Minneapolis, Minn.", page 783. 3. MISSOURI RIVER, HERMANN TO THE MOUTH See report, " Missouri River, Kansas City to the mouth ", page 823. 4. REMOVING SNAGS AND WRECKS FROM THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER BELOW THE MOUTH OF MISSOURI RIVER AND FROM OLD AND ATCHAFALAYA RIVERS The section of the Mississippi River covered in this report was formerly in charge of the St. Louis engineer district, but for the purpose of administration on July 1, 1930, it was divided into three reaches, which are under the supervision and direction of the district engineers at St. Louis, Mo., Memphis, Tenn., and Vicksburg, Miss. L Exclusive of available funds. RIVERS AND IARBORS-ST. LOUIS, MO., DISTRICT 779 The St. Louis district extends from the mouth of the Missouri River to the mouth of the Ohio River, a distance of 195 miles. Thee Memphis district extends from the mouth of the Ohio River to the, mouth of the Arkansas River, a distance of 398 miles. The Vicks- burg district extends from the mouth of the Arkansas River to the Head of the Passes, 671 miles, and includes 8 miles of Old River and 30 miles of the Atchafalaya River. District engineers: St. Louis, Mo., Maj. William A. Snow, Corps of Engineers to December 1, 1933; Capt. Bartley M. Harloe, Corps of Engineers, since that date; Memphis, Tenn., Maj. W. M. Hoge, Corps of Engineers; Vicksburg, Miss., Maj. Lunsford E. Oliver, Corps of Engineers. Division engineers: For the river below the mouth of the Ohio, Brig. Gen. H. B. Ferguson, Corps of Engineers; for the river above the mouth of the Ohio, Col. George R. Spalding, Corps of Engineers, to November 27, 1933, and Lt. Col. Edmund L. Daley, Corps of Engineers, since that date. Lt. Col. R. C. Moore, Corps of Engi- neers, was acting Division Engineer, July 1 to 28, 1933. Location.-The snagging district embraces that portion. of the river between Head of Passes and the mouth of Missouri River, 1,260 miles, 8 miles of Old River (present mouth of Red River), and 30 miles of Atchafalaya River from Red River to Melville, La.; total, 1,295 miles. Previous projects.--For the removal of these obstructions general appropriations were made at irregular intervals as early as 1824. The amount expended prior to 1879, when the first definite allot- ment was made for the work, was approximately $358,627.35. For further details, see page 1880, Annual Report for 1915. Existing project.-This is a continuation of the plan adopted in 1879, and provides for the removal and destruction of snags, wrecks, drift heaps, and other obstructions to navigation in the Mississippi River between Head of Passes (13 miles from mouth of South Pass) and mouth of Missouri River, and in Old and Atchafalaya Rivers (38 miles) to Melville, La.; also for the felling of large trees on or near caving banks, thereby decreasing the number of snags to be destroyed thereafter. The work is done by the Department's steel-hull snagboats, J. N. Macomb, built in 1874; H. G. Wright, built in 1881; C. B. Reese, built in 1879 (rebuilt 1901) ; and the C. W. Howell, built in 1881; all fitted with the necessary equipment and appliances and operated by Government employees. Annual appropriations or allotments were made for this work 1879 to 1886, inclusive, except in 1883 and 1885. A continuous an- nual expenditure of $100,000, or as much thereof as might be neces- sary for the maintenance of this service, was authorized by section 7 of the River and Harbor Act of August 11, 1888, and has been available each year to the present time. In addition thereto, and to cover costs greatly increased by war conditions, an appropriation of $50,000 was made in the River and Harbor Act of March 2, 1919, and allotments of $25,000, $20,000, $17,500, and $13,000 were made from War Department Appropriation Acts of June 30, 1922, Marchi 2, 1923, June 7, 1924, and April 15, 1926, respectively. 780 REPORT OF CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMY, 1934 No modification of the project has been made since its adoption except that the River and Harbor Act of March 3, 1909, included the Atchafalaya and Old Rivers from their junction with the Missis- sippi and Red Rivers to Melville, La., in the district to be served. Terminal facilities.-Forinformation under this heading reference should be made to the report on improving the Mississippi River between Ohio and Illinois Rivers and to reports of the Mississippi River Commission and district engineers thereunder. Operations and results during fiscal year.-The entire section of river included in the project was patrolled and cleared of obstruc- tions, except from Warrenton to Head of Passes, 454 miles, where work was not required. Mouth of Missouri River to mouth of Ohio River (St. Louis dis- trict).-The work in this district was done with maintenance funds of the district and is reported under project, " Mississippi River be- tween the Ohio and Missouri Rivers." Mouth of Ohio River to mouth of White River (Memphis dis- trict).-During the year 2,571 miles were run, 726 snags destroyed, 42 stumps removed, 1 drift heap destroyed, and 2 trees cut, at a total cost and expenditure of $26,614.50. Milouth of White River to Head of Passes and Old and Atchafalaya Rivers (Vicksburg! district).-Ten complete trips were made be- tween the mouth of White River and Warrenton, Miss. No snag- ging was necessary below that point. During these trips, 2,500 miles were run and 514 snags were destroyed, at a total cost and expendi- ture of $23,385.50. The total cost of all work for the year was $50,000 and the total expenditure $62,865.03. Condition at end of fiscal year.-The project being one of con- tinuous maintenance of channel, no estimate of completion and total cost can be made. Each freshet brings down new obstructions and changes in location of channel, which are constantly going on, un- cover old obstructions. The number of obstructions destroyed annu- ally varies from several hundred to several thousand. (Anual Re- port, 1920, p. 2503.) This work is of great benefit to commerce and navigation of the river, and disasters caused by vessels striking channel obstructions seldom occur. Operations in the various districts provided a channel reasonably free from snags at the end of the fiscal year, and there is sufficient plant available to take care of future work. The total cost of the existing project at the end of the fiscal year was $4,781,537.82. The total expenditures under the existing project were $4,818,547.48, of which $4,062,672.75 was from appropriation provided under section 7 of the act of August 11, 1888. Proposed operations.-This work is continuous, since new obstruc- tions are brought down by each freshet. The funds unexpended, consisting of an appropriation of $96,500, provided under the act of August 11, 1888, will be applied to work in the following districts: St. Louis district------------- ------------------------------ $46, 500 Memphis district ------------------------- -------------- 25, 000 Vicksburg district__ 2--------------------- 25, 000 96, 500 RIVERS AND HARBORS-ST. LOUIS, MO., DISTRICT 781 The work will be done by hired labor with Government plant. For the fiscal year 1936 it is believed that the sum of $98,200 can be profitably expended. Cost and fnancial sumvmnary Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1934------------ _- ____ _ $5, 140, 165. 17 Value of plant, materials, etc., on hand June 30, 1934 _________ 37, 009. 66 Net total expenditures___________________________ 5, 177, 174. 83 Unexpended balance June 30, 1934__ _ 11, 536. 04 Total amount appropriated to June 30, 1934_____________ 5, 188, 710.87 Fiscal year ending June 30 1930 1931 1932 1.933 1934 Cost of new work .. -- ----- 9.--- $9 ----- ---- --- , ---- - -$8-0-. -- - ---- Cost of maintenance-- ------------- $89, 009. 50 $88, 632. 19 $97, 494. 01 $88, 086. 08 $50, 000. 00 Total expended--_---------- --------- 90, 347. 26 61, 996. 78 78, 295. 48 79, 651. 07 62, 865. 03 Allotted .............---------------------------- 99, 980. 89 81, 506. 24 85, 502. 05 52, 556. 41 43, 465. 13 Balance unexpended July 1, 1933------------------------------- $30, 935.94 Amount allotted from War Department Appropriation Act approved Aug. 11, 1888 ------------------------------------------- 51, 614. 50 Amount to be accounted for___________________------__ 82, 550. 44 Deductions on account of revocation of allotment (includes $387.92 impounded funds) ------- ---------------------- 8, 149. 37 Net amount to be accounted for - -, ------ 74, 401. 07 Gross amount expended___--------_____ $63, 730. 11 Less reimbursements collected------------------------ 865. 08 62, 865. 03 Balance unexpended June 30, 1934__--- ___-__--___-__ 11, 536. 04 Amount that can be profitably expended in fiscal year ending June -- --- ---- 30, 1936, for maintenance 1________________ 98, 200. 00 5. EXAMINATIONS, SURVEYS, AND CONTINGENCIES (GENERAL) The cost of the work during the year was $82,566.68; and the ex- penditures were $85,000. The balance unexpended June 30, 1934, $18,766.33, will be applied as needed during the fiscal year 1935 to payment of expenses incurred in connection with the above items. The additional sum of $30,000 can be profitably expended during the fiscal year ending June 30, 1936. Cost and financial summary Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1934_______ ________----- $174, 523. 76 Value of plant, materials, etc., on hand June 30, 1934_______ ____ 2, 933. 32 Net total cost to June 30, 1934___ -------------- __--- 177, 457. 08 Net total expenditures _____--------------------- 177, 457. 08 TJnexpended balance June 30, 1934__________________-_______ 18, 766. 33 Total amount appropriated to June 30, 1934 .. 196, 223. 41 1 Exclusive of available funds. 782 REPORT OF CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U. S. ARIMY, 1934 Fiscal year ending June 30 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 Cost ofnew work__-------------------- - Cost of maintenance------------------ $8, 774. 80 $7, 168. 39 $6, 903. 55 $60, 457. 08 $82, 566. 68 Total expended. ----------------------- 8, 282. 01 7, 462. 14 7, 552.96 61, 018. 06 85, 000. 00 Allotted-----------------------------9, 000. 00 7, 500. 00 ----------- 131, 443. 98 33, 279. 43 Balance unexpended July 1, 1933------------------------ $70, 486. 90 Amount allotted from War Department Appropriation Act approved Apr. 26, 1934--------------------- $15, 000. 00 Amount allotted from War Department Appropriation Act approved Mar. 4, 1933--------------------- 20, 000.00 35, 000. 00 Amount to be accounted for ___-____- ---- - - 105, 486. 90 Deductions on account of impounded funds revoked ------------- 1, 720. 57 Net amount to be accounted for ----------------------- 103, 766.33 Gross amount expended-__----------- -------- 85, 000. 00 Balance unexpended June 30, 1934_ .......... .____-__ 18, 766.33 Amount that can be profitably expended in fiscal year ending June - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 30, 000. 00 30, 1936, for maintenance 1 6. Other projects for which no estimates are submitted [For last full report see annual report for 1933, p. 1301] Cost and expenditures to June 30, 1934 Name of project New work Maintenance Experimental Towboat Board 1 .......--------- ..------ .........------ $416, 386. 58 $23, 241. 97 1 Work during fiscal year 1934 consisted of routine studies, no expenditures being involved. Balance unexpended June 30, 1934, $60,371.45. MISSISSIPPI RIVER BETWEEN THE MISSOURI RIVER AND MINNEAPOLIS, MINN. The section of the river covered in this report is divided into three reaches under the supervision and direction of district engineers at St. Louis, Mo., Rock Island, Ill., and St. Paul, Minn. The section in the St. Louis district extends from the mouth of the Missouri River to Clarksville, Mo., a distance of 78 miles; the Rock Island district extends from Clarksville, Mo., to the mouth of the Wisconsin River, a distance of 358 miles; and the St. Paul dis- trict extends from the mouth of the Wisconsin River to and includ- ing theharbor of Minneapolis, Minn., a distance of 222 miles. District engineers: At St. Paul, Minn., Major Dwight F. Johns, Corps of Engineers; at Rock Island, Ill., Lt. Col. Glen E. Edgerton, Corps of Engineers, to August 31, 1933, and Capt. John M. Silkman, Corps of Engineers, acting district engineer, to September 22, 1933, 1 Exclusive of available funds. RIVERS AND H[ARBORS-UPPER MISSISSIPPI RIVER 783 and Maj. Raymond A. Wheeler, Corps of Engineers, since that date; at St. Louis, Mo., Maj. William A. Snow, Corps of Engineers, to December 1, 1933, and Capt. Bartley M. Harloe, Corps of Engi- neers, since that date. Division engineer: Col. George R. Spalding, Corps of Engineers, to November 27, 1933, and Lt. Col. Edmund L. Daley, Corps of Engineers, since that date. Maj. William A. Snow, Corps of Engi- neers, assistant to division engineer, since December 1, 1933. Lt. Col. R. C. Moore, Corps of Engineers, was acting division engineer, July 1, 1933, to July 28, 1933. IMPROVEMENTS Page Page 1. Mississippi River between 2. Operating and care of locks the Missouri River and and dams---------- 803 Minneapolis, Minn -------- 783 1. MISSISSIPPI RIVER BETWEEN THE MISSOURI RIVER AND MINNEAPOLIS, MINN. Location.-The Mississippi River rises in the northern part of Minnesota. It flows in a southerly direction and empties into the Gulf of Mexico. The portion included in this report extends from the mouth of the Missouri River, to and including the harbor of Minneapolis, Minn., a distance of 658 miles. Previous projects.-Adopted by the acts of June 10, 1872; June 18, 1878; August 18, 1894; February 9, 1905; March 3, 1905; March 2, 1907; June 25, 1910; September 22, 1922; March 3, 1925; January 21, 1927, and July 3, 1930. The costs on the different projects prior to the commencement of work on the existing project were as follows : New work Maintenance Between Missouri River and Clarksville, Mo..-------.....----------------- $4, 987, 452. 91 $1, 705, 886. 00 Between Clarksville, Mo., and Wisconsin River - ----------- 29, 189, 537. 01 1, 317, 928. 11 Wisconsin River to Minneapolis ---------------------------------- 14, 380, 626. 04 742, 836. 19 Total..---------------------------- --------------------------------- 48, 557, 615. 96 3, 766, 650. 30 Total, new work and maintenance, $52,324,266.26. In addition, an amount of $2,482,996.41 was expended for plant, materials, and stock used on the existing project, making the total expenditures $54,807,262.67. For further details see pages 1879, 1880, and 1887 of the Annual Report for 1915, and pages 1106, 1107, and 1108 of the Annual Report for 1932. Existing project.--This project, which provides for channel depths of 9 feet, with suitable widths to be obtained by open channel work and locks and dams, was adopted by an item in the River and Harbor Act of July 3, 1930, amended by Public Resolution No. 10, Seventy. 91536--ENG 1934 50 784 REPORT OF CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMY, 1934 second Congress, first session, approved February 24, 1932, to read as follows: The existing project is hereby modified so as to provide a channel depth of 9 feet at low water with widths suitable for long-haul common-carrier service, to be prosecuted in accordance with the plan for a comprehensive project to procure a channel of 9-foot depth, submitted in House Document No. 290, Seventy-first Congress, second session, or such modification thereof as in the discretion of the Chief of Engineers may be advisable; and the sum of $7,500,000, in addition to the amounts authorized under existing projects is hereby authorized to be appropriated for the prosecution of initial works under the modified project: Provided, That all locks below the Twin City Dam shall be of not less than the Ohio River standard dimensions. The amounts authorized under the then existing projects, on July 3, 1930, were $6,270,000, thereby limiting the amount authorized by law for the prosecution of initial works to $13,770,000. Additional funds amounting to $50,500,000 were allotted by the Federal Emer- gency Administration of Public Works. The latest map and profile published showing this section of the river have been inserted between pages 20 and 21 of House Document No. 137, Seventy-second Congress, first session. A map of the sec- tion, Minneapolis to Lake Pepin, is published in House Document No. 583, Sixty-ninth Congress, second session. The latest published maps of the locality at Moline are in House Document No. 397, Fifty-eighth Congress, second session, and House Document No. 263, Sixty-ninth Congress, first session. Pertinent data for existing and proposed locks and dams are given in the following table: LocaionLoc Location Lock I - Estimated cost of each Dimensions Depth on Year lock and Miles miter sill Per- dam in- below Character of dam cent- opened cluding Name N. P. Distance from nearest town age to foundation com- navi- flowage Ry. or mouth of navigable Width Greatest Character of damages gj bridge, tributary foundation pleted gation under of length Lower Minne- cham- available Lift 1 Up- existing TR apolis chaer- for full per () project 2 May width (12 Feet Feet Feet Feet Feet 6.2 miles above Omaha Twin City Lock and Dam- 5.4 R. R. bridge, St Paul, 56 56 400 400 33. 9 33.9 12. 5 13.5 9. 5 12. 0 Sandstone a n d piles in gravel. Gravel, boulder, ! and sandstone. J 100 1917 3,12$1,000,539.26 I Minn. 1.3 miles above Hastings, 110 500 14. 1 17. 5 14. 7 Hastings Lock and Dam__ 37. 8 Mini. 5 110 5 500 5 14.1 514.7 }Pilesin sand- Piles in sand __ 6 100 1930 4 3, 809, 000. 00 Lock and Dam No. 3___ 56. 1 6.1 miles above Red Wing, Minn. 110 600 8.0 17. 0 14.0 Piles in sand, silt, Piles in sand, silt, and clay. and clay. -------.6, 128, 000. 00 d Lock and Dam No. 4__ -__ 100. 2 0.6 mile above Alma, Wis__ 110 600 7.0 17. 0 13. 0 Piles in sand and Piles in sand and 7 100 4, 331, 000. 00 gravel. gravel. 840 Lock -a d Dam No. 5_.... 114. 9 5.1 miles ,agboveFountain 110 600 9.0 18. 0 12. 0 ---_ do ........... do ----------- 7 100 4, 796, 000. 00 City, Wis. 848 ci Lock and Dam No. 5A .__ 124. 5 3.0 miles above Winona, 110 600 5.5 18. 0 12. 5 Piles in silt, sand, Piles in silt, sand, 7 40 4, 842, 000. 00 It Minn. and gravel. and gravel. (12 Lock and Dam No. 6 ------ 138. 7 0.2 mile below Trempea- 110 600 6. 5 17.0 12. 5 -- - do _..... -- ----- do---- --- - - 7 44 5, 445,000 00 leau, Wis. H Lock and Dam No. 7 -... 150. 5 4.6 miles above La Crosse, 110 600 8.0 18. 0 12.0 Piles in sand, Piles in sand and 7 22 5, 785, 000. 00 Wis. gravel, and gravel. n broken rock. (12 Lock and Dam No. 8 .-- 173.8 0.4 mile below Genoa, Wis_ 110 600 11. 0 22. 0 14. 0 -- do --- - - ___do.---- ... . 7 29 7, 220, 000. 00 w n Lock and Dam No. 9 .... 205. 1 3.3 miles below Lynxville, 110 600 9. ( 16. 0 13.0 -___do ____do__ 7 17 7, 436, 000. 00 (12 Wis. (12 Lock and Dam No. 10 .... 238. 0 Guttenberg, Iowa_ . ... 110 600 8.0 15.0 12.0 Piles in sand and ----- do- .. .. .. . 7 18 5, 488, 000. 00 gravel. H Lock and Dam No. 11__ __ 270. O0 3.7 miles above Dubuque, 110 600 11. 0 18. 5 12. 5 ---- do -_-- ---- do __ 7 18 5, 776, 000. 00 Iowa. 4- Lock and Dam No. 12 .____ 296. 1 0.6 mile below Bellevue, 110 600 9.0 17. 0 13.0 Rock, piles in sand Piles in sand-.---_ 7 13 5, 494, 00 000. Iowa. and gravel. O 1 Lifts, and depths on miter sills, based on completion of all locks and dams. 2 Total estimated flowage damages, $13,749,000. 3 In addition, $1,948,772.95 was expended from previous projects and $1,349,557.78 from operating and care appropriation for reconstruction of first of twin locks. 4 In addition, $1,965,316.22 was expended from previous projects. Includes $1,500,000 for auxiliary lock. 5 Proposed auxiliary lock. 6 Not including second lock and land-flowage acquisition. 7 Lock. 8 Dam. o oI Location I I I I Lock i Estimated cost of each Depth on lock and Miles Dimensions miter sill Per- Year dam in- below Character of dam cent- opened Name age to cluding N. P. Distance from nearest town IULlu 1 bUIUL flowage Character of com- navi- Ry. or mouth of navigable Width Greatest damages bridge, tributary foundation pleted gation under 0 Minne- of length i STT, Up- Lower cham- available Lift 1 per 1 existing (1) apolis for full project 2 H ber width 0 Feet Feet Feet Feet Feet 0 Lock and Dam No. 13 -_-- 330. 5 2.4 miles above Fulton, 110 600 11.0 19. 0 13. 0 Piles in sand, Piles in sand and 760, 000. $5, 00 0 Iowa. clay, and gravel. gravel. Lock and Dam No. 14 --__ 359. 7 3.7 miles below Le Claire, 110 600 11.0 20.5 13. 5 Rock ..------- Rock ---- 5, 783, 000. 00 Iowa. Le Claire Lock (Canal)___ 359. 9 3.9 miles below Le Claire, Iowa. 80 320 11.0 17. 8 10. 8 100 1922 (I) Q Moline Lock ----------- 367. 9 -- - - - - - -- - - - - - 1907 (10) Foot of Arsenal Island 110ii 600 16.0 27. 0 11. 0 Rock - Lock and Dam No. 15 -. Lock and Dam No. 16 -- - 370. 3 396. 0 Rock Island Ill., 1.6 miles above Muscatine, 11110 110 11360 1116.0 600 9.0 11 27. 0 1111. 17.0 12.0 0 Rock- --- Piles in sand and Piles in sand and 100 1933 12 6, 418, 351. 62 5, 492, 000.00 z 7 48 Iowa. clay. gravel. Lock and Dam No. 17 --- 416. 0 3.3 miles above mouth 110 600 8.0 16. 0 13.0 Piles in sand and ----- do---- . . 5, 366, 000. 00 Iowa River. gravel. Lock and Dam No. 18...__ 442. 5 6.5 miles above Burlington, 110 600 9.8 16.5 13.7 Piles in sand, gray- _..do.-------- 7 28 5, 207, 000. 00 Iowa. el, and clay. T32 Lock and Dam No. 19 110 358}382 (Keokuk). } 488.8 Keokuk, Iowa _............ i 110 2 600 14. 0 9.2 Rock-..........-- Rock.--------- 100 1913 131, 928, 000. 00 piles in Rock, dfPiles in sand,g ,rav- 7 100 Co Lock and Dam No. 20_.. _ 509. 7 1.0 mile above Canton, Mo_ 110 600 10.0 15.0 12.0 Rock,ppiles in sandel, and clay. s 22 ....... 4, 929, 000. 00 Lock and Dam No. 21- ... 528. 1 2.1 miles below Quincy, Ill_ 110 600 10.5 16. 5 12. O0 Piles in sand.---- Detailed sur vey 7 36 5, 397, 000. 00 rd not made. Lock and Dam No. 22__.. 551.9 7.9 miles below Hannibal, 110 600 10.5 18.0 13. 5 Rock - - - - -do ------- ..... 716 4, 968, 000. 00 wo Mo. Lock and Dam No. 23 .____ 574. 4 4.2 miles below Louisiana, 110 600 11.5 18.0 -- 12. 5 ..... do -- -- -- - - . do -........... 5, 374, 000. 00 Mo. w~ Lock and Dam No. 24 .-. 597. 8 3.2 miles below Hamburg, 110 600 7.5 17. O0 14. 5 Detailed survey .....d o .--- -- -- 7, 040, 000. 00 Ill. not made. Look and Dam No. 25.. 612. 7 1.1 miles below Cap Au 110 600 11.0 18. 0 13.0 do _...... ... .....do . .--------- 6, 020, 000. 00 Gris, Mo. 110 600 20.0 34. 0 1114.0 14.0 }Piles in sand.. - Lock and Dam No. 26 .... 650. 2 Alton, Ill------------------ 11 110 i360 1120. 0 11ii 11 16. 0 - - _--.do .-.--....... 715 10, 065, 000. 00 Total locks and dams-----------------------------------------____^ Total................ locks.....and....dams.........-.-$147, 297, 890.88 Additional features entering into cost of project Dredging and regulating works --- - $1, 155, 000. 00 Pool 15, earth levee and rock excavation. ..-------------------- - - - - - - 400, 000. 00 Pool 16, rock excavation in vicinity of Horse Island_______________________________ 400, 000. 00 Henderson River diversion, natural mouth in pool 18, to be diverted into pool 19_________________________________ ______________________________________________ 250, 000. 00 Examinations, surveys, engineering, and design -- .. _.... . . . ..---------------- 497, 109.12 Total additional features .-- - - - -__--- -- - -- -- - - _ - 2, 702, 109. 12 Total existing project .____________________________ _-- 150, 000, 000. 00 1 Lifts and depths on miter sills, based on completion of all locks and dams. 6 Proposed auxilary lock. 7 Lock. B Dam. 9 Existing Le Claire Lock will be used as auxiliary to Lock No. 14, previous project costs, $540,000. 10 Abandoned subsequent to completion of Lock and Dam No. 15, previous project costs, $198,763. 11Auxiliary lock. 12Actual cost. 13 In addition, cost of $640,868, for first lock, was reported by the Mississippi River Power Co., transferred to Government free in lieu of improvements destroyed (A. R. 1928, pp. 1118-1119). Ci 788 REPORT OF CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMY, 1934 The estimate, according to the final report of the special board, for the completion of the comprehensive 9-foot project between Illi- nois River and Minneapolis, Minn., is $124,006,139, but Congress lim- ited the appropriation of funds for work on the project to $7,500,000 in addition to the amounts authorized under existing projects, which the board found to be $6,035,000. In addition, the sum of $220,000 was authorized for a change in Hastings Dam and $15,000 for certain dredging in Minneapolis Harbor-altogether totaling $13,770,000, and in maintaining the existing channel for navigation at an esti- mated annual cost of $1,000,000. The estimate of cost for new work, revised in 1934, is $150,000,000, exclusive of amounts expended on previous projects. The estimated cost for annual maintenance is $1,000,000. Recommended modifications of project.-Under date of December 9, 1931, the Chief of Engineers recommended that the project for the improvement of the upper Mississippi River from the mouth of the Missouri to Minneapolis provide a channel of 9 feet depth and of adequate width between the mouth of the Missouri and the Northern Pacific Railroad bridge at Minneapolis, Minn., by the construction of a system of locks and dams, supplemented by dredging in accordance with plans prepared under the direction of the Chief of Engineers, at a total estimated cost of $124,000,000, and also recommended the authorization of the appropriation of the entire sum required for the completion of the project (H. Doc. No. 137, 72d Cong., 1st sess.). Local cooperation.-Fully complied with. Terminal facilities.-A complete list of terminals available to the public on the Mississippi River between the mouth of the Ohio River and Minneapolis, Minn., as of January 1, 1933, can be obtained from the division engineer, Upper Mississippi Valley Division, St. Louis, Mo. OPERATION AND RESULTS DURING FISCAL YEAR Mouth of Wisconsin River to Minneapolis, Minn. (St. Paul dis- trict)-Regular funds.-Maintenance channel dredging was done at 103 localities, by contract and by hired labor with use of Government and rented plant, the lengths of cuts aggregating 42.28 miles. A total of 2,911,857 cubic yards of sand, gravel, and rock was removed, 2,711,983 cubic yards being removed by hired labor and 199,874 cubic yards by contract. The cost of dredging during the fiscal year was $375,965.95. Land and flowage acquisition.-Payments were made into court for all lands in the third and fourth condemnations for Hastings Lock and Dam (No. 2). Condemnation proceedings were continued on 162 acres of flowage area. The cost of land and flowage acquisitions during the year was $802,705.37. Lock and dam above Alma, Wis. (no. 4).-Construction of the lock and the upper gate bay of an auxiliary lock under contract was com- pleted January 5, 1934. The cost for the year was $496,481.35. Lock and dam above Fountain City, Wis. (no. 5).-Construction of the lock and the upper gate bay of an auxiliary lock under con- tract was completed June 16, 1934. The cost for the year was $771,280.65. RIVERS AND HARBORS-UPPER MISSISSIPPI RIVER 789 Public Works funds-Lock and damr above Red Wing, Minn (no. 3).-Exploratory borings and pile-driving tests were made at the site by contract and hired labor at a cost of $15,785.50. Only pre- liminary work was done. Lock and dam above Almna, Wis. (no. 4).-A contract for the con- struction of the dam was entered into October 7, 1933. At the end of the fiscal year all preliminary work had been done, excavation and work on the cofferdam practically completed and earth dike built. The contract was 40 percent completed. A contract was en- tered into for the construction and installation of the power, con- trol, and lighting system for the locks and dam. At the end of the fiscal year the percentage completed was negligible. Work under the contracts for the clearing of the pool area was completed March 21, 1934. A total of 7,435 acres was cleared. Channel markers, constructed under contract, were completed April 4, 1934. The cost for the year was $1,244,308.58. Lock and daln above Fountain City, Wis. (no. 5).-A contract for the construction of the dam was entered into October 5, 1933. At the end of the fiscal year all preliminary work had been done, cofferdams 1, 2, and 3 built and unwatered, work begun on founda- tion, and tainter gates completed and erected. The contract was 48 percent completed. A contract for the improvement of discharge area and construction of an earth dike was entered into October 10, 1933. At the end of the fiscal year the contract was 50 percent completed. Work under the contracts for the clearing of the pool area was completed February 7, 1934. A total of 550 acres was cleared. The cost was $1,255,844.50. Lock and dam above Winona, Minn. (no. 5A ).-A contract for the construction of the lock was entered into December 22, 1933. At the end of the fiscal year all preliminary work had been done, cofferdam built and unwatered, and excavation and work on foundation begun. The contract was 44 percent completed. The cost was $646,649.70. Lock and dam above Trempealear, Wis. (no. 6).-A contract for the construction of the lock was entered into November 13, 1933. At the end of the fiscal year all preliminary work had been done, cofferdam built and unwatered, and excavation and work on foun- dation begun. The contract was 44 percent completed. The cost was $646,649.70. Funds were made available for construction of the dam, work on which will be started early in fiscal year 1935. Lock and dam above La Crosse, Wis. (no. 7).-A contract for the construction of the lock was entered into November 16, 1933. At the end of the fiscal year all preliminary work had been done, cofferdam built and unwatered, and excavation and work on foundation begun. The contract was 22 percent completed. The cost was $357,767.73. Lock and dam below Genoa, Wis. (no. 8).-A contract for the construction of the lock was entered into December 7, 1933. At the end of the fiscal year all preliminary work had been done, cofferdam built and unwatered, and excavation and work on foundation begun. The contract was 29 percent completed. The cost was $482,856.52. Lock and damn below Lynxville, Wis. (no. 9).-A contract for the construction of the lock was entered into December 29, 1933. At the end of the fiscal year all preliminary work had been done, cofferdam built and unwatered, excavation practically completed, and work 790 REPORT OF CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMY, 1934 begun on foundation. The contract was 17 percent completed. The cost was $321,103.08. Flowage surveys.-Field and office work on the surveys of land for pools 3, 7, 8, and 9 were carried on throughout the year. Stage, discharge, and other hydraulic data were taken. Work was done by hired labor with Government plant at a cost of $54,108.64. The total cost of all work (St. Paul district) during the fiscal year was $7,658,961.80 of which $2,088,701.97 from regular funds and $5,194,009.10 from Public Works funds, a total of $7,282,711.07 was for new work and $376,250.73 from regular funds for maintenance. The total expenditures were $6,458,288.88, including $3,876,219.87 Public Works funds. Clarks ile, Mo., to mouth of Wisconsin River (Rock Island dis- trict)-Regularf n ds.-Construction and maintenance of regulating works were carried on during the year by hired labor and Govern- ment plant and contract. Twenty-two dams aggregating 9,810 linear feet and 4 pieces of shore protection aggregating 3,055 linear feet were built at a cost of $122,276.71, and 36 dams and 7 pieces of shore protection were repaired and maintained at a cost of $154,581.33. Seven pipe-line dredges, two derrick boats and one dipper dredge were engaged in channel maintenance work in 74 localities. The total channel dredged had a length of 55 miles, with widths varying from 100 to 300 feet. A total of 2,920,450 cubic yards of material was removed at a cost of $380,500.64. During the fiscal year a total of 166 snags and obstructions were removed by the various Engineer Department boats in the district at a cost of $4,454.25. Lock and damr at Rock Island, Ill. (no. 15) .- Construction of Dam No. 15 (roller dam) and appurtenant sea wall and intercepting sewer was completed under contract on May 9, 1934. The lock was com- pleted in fiscal year 1933. The contract for supplying, assembling and installing the lock-operating machinery, power-house machinery and electric-control system for both locks and dam was completed on March 31, 1934. The construction of a reinforced-concrete pipe sewer and an earth levee along the Mississippi River and Duck Creek, west of Bettendorf, Iowa, was completed on August 31, 1933. A contract for the construction of a driveway, curb drain, catch basin, and lawn inlet in esplanade was completed on June 23, 1934. The cost for the year was $745,221.83. Some additional work is being done in the pool under Public Works funds. Lock and dam at Canton, Mo. (no. :20).-The contract for con- struction of the lock was completed November 29, 1933; the cost for the year was $475,294.62. The dam is now under construction from Public Works funds. Removing obstructions, Rock River, Ill.-Under authority of the provisions of section 3 of the River and Harbor Act approved July 3, 1930, an allotment of $1,000 was made for the removal of obstruc- tions in the pool formed by the dam on Rock River at Sterling, Ill., a tributary of the Mississippi River. No work was done during the year, and no expenditures were made. Public Works funds--Lock and damn at Guttenberg, Iowa (no. 10).-Test borings at lock and dam sites were completed under con- tracts. A contract for the construction of temporary buildings was RIVERS AND IIARBORS-UPPER 1MISSISSIPPI RIVER 791 completed on March 26, 1934. A contract was let on February 24, 1934, for the construction of a lock, operating machinery, and central control station. At the end of the fiscal year all preliminary work had been done, cofferdam built and unwatered, and work on founda- tion begun. The contract was 18 percent completed. The cost was $254,670.90. Lock and dam above Dubuque, Iow a (no. 11).-Test borings at lock and dam sites were completed under contracts. A contract for the construction of temporary buildings was completed on February 17, 1934. A contract for the construction of a roadway to the lock was completed on June 21, 1934. A contract was let on January 31, 1934, for the construction of a lock, operating machinery, and central control station. At the end of the fiscal year all preliminary work had been done, cofferdam built and unwatered, and driving of wood piles and common excavation within the cofferdam was in progress. The contract was 18 percent completed. The cost for the year was $314,009. 80. Lock and damn at Bellevue, Iowa (no. 12).-Test borings at lock and dam sites were completed under contracts. A contract was let on February 12, 1934, for the construction of a lock, operating ma- chinery, and central control station. At the end of the fiscal year all preliminary work had been done, cofferdam built and unwatered, and driving of wood piles and common excavation within the coffer- dam was in progress. This contract was 13 percent completed. The cost was $201,173.41. Lock and dam above Clinton, Iowa (no. 13).-Test borings at lock and dam sites were completed under contract. Only preliminary work was done. Lock and dam below, Le Claire, Iowa (no{. 14).-Test borings at lock and dam sites were completed by hired labor. Only prelimi- nary work was done. Lock and dam at Rock Island, Ill. (no. 15).-The contract for con- struction of a levee, fill, and roadway, reconditioning other road- ways, and clearing certain areas along the north shore of Arsenal Island was completed on February 15, 1934, at a cost of $70,759.96. Lock and dam above Muscatine, Iowa (no. 16).-The construction of temporary buildings was completed under contract on January 17, 1934. The contractor completed test borings for dam site. A con- tract was let on November 3, 1933, for the construction of a lock, operating machinery, and central control stations. At the end of the fiscal year all preliminary work had been done, cofferdam built and unwatered and driving of wood piles, common excavation within the cofferdam and pouring concrete for land and river walls was in progress. The contract was 48 percent completed. The cost of all work during the fiscal year was $686,400.25. A contract was let on October 20, 1933, for the excavation of rock to a depth of 11 feet in the vicinity of Horse Island (Pool No. 16), 476 to 478 miles above the Ohio River. At the close of the fiscal year the work was about 47 percent completed, the cost being $160,531.41. Lock and dam above New Boston, Ill. (no. 17).-Test borings at lock and dam sites under contract were completed on February 12, 1934. Only preliminary work was done. 792 REPORT OF CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMY, 1934 Lock and dam above Burlington, Iowa (no. 18).-Test borings for lock site were completed under contract on January 30, 1934. Test borings for dam sites were completed by hired labor. The con- tractor completed construction of temporary buildings on February 6, 1934. The construction of a roadway to lock site was completed under contract on June 9, 1934. A contract was let on January 26, 1934, for the construction of a lock, operating machinery, and central control station. At the end of the fiscal year all preliminary work had been done, cofferdam built and unwatered, and driving piles and pouring concrete for monoliths and guide walls was in progress. The contract was 28 percent completed. The cost of all work for the year was $427,685.49. Lock and dam at Keokuk, Iowa (no. 19).-Test borings for the lock site were in progress by hired labor. At the close of the fiscal year the work was 20 percent completed. Only preliminary work was done. Lock and dam at Canton, Mo,. (no. 20).-A contract was let on October 16, 1933, for the construction of a tainter and roller dam, levee, shore protection, and roadway. At the end of the fiscal year all preliminary work had been done, the first cofferdam built and un- watered, excavation and driving wood piles within the cofferdam in progress, and work on foundation begun. The contract was 22 per- cent completed. The lock was completed from regular funds. A contract for excavation and disposal of material in the river bed below the lock was completed on May 1, 1934. The cost for the year was $850,079.74. Lock and dam below Quincy, Ill. (no. 21).-Test borings for lock site were completed by hired labor. Test borings for dam site were completed under contract on January 20, 1934. A contract was let on November 28, 1933, for the construction of a lock, operating machinery, and central control station. At the end of the fiscal year all preliminary work had been done, cofferdam built, and unwatered and excavation and driving piles within the cofferdam and pouring concrete for upper guide wall was in progress. The contract was 36 percent completed. The cost for the year was $631,490.37. Lock and darn below Saverton, Mo. (no. 22).-Test borings for lock and dam sites were completed by hired labor. The construc- tion of temporary buildings was completed under contract on Feb- ruary 15, 1934. Construction of a roadway to the lock site was completed under contract on June 14, 1934. A contract was let on January 8, 1934, for the construction of a lock, operating machin- ery, and central control station. At the end of the fiscal year all preliminary work had been done, cofferdam built and unwatered, and excavation and driving piles within the cofferdam and pouring concrete for upper guide wall was in progress. The contract was 16 percent completed. The cost for the year was $327,476.24. Lock and damn below Louisiana, Mo. (no. 23).-Test borings for lock and dam sites were completed under contract. Only prelimi- nary work was done as no funds have been allotted for construction of the lock and dam. Extensive surveys in connection with the location of the proposed dam sites, flowage areas, land acquisition, stream gaging, etc., were carried on by hired labor at a cost of $513,066.32. RIVERS AND HARBORS-IPPER MISSISSIPPI RIVER 793 The total cost of all work (Rock Island district) during the fiscal year was $6,390,467.47, of which $1,213,827.52 from regular funds and $4,464,594.11 from Public Works funds, a total of $5,678,421.63 was for new work and $712,045.84, regular funds for maintenance. The total expenditures were $5,367,940.82, including $3,448,703.53 from Public Works funds. Missouri River to Clarksville, Mo. (St. Loais district)-Regular funds.-Unusually low river stages were very favorable, and exten- sive construction work was carried on throughout the year by hired labor with Government plant and by contract from July 1, 1933, to June 30, 1934. The district's standard specifications for construction work were used. Regulating works were maintained and project dimensions of channels were secured by dredging. Locations, quan- tities, and costs of regulating works follow: Dikes or hurdles Bank protection (revetment) Miles Mattress above Class of work and locality mouth Paving Ohio Num- her Linear feet CostsNum ee Linear Sqar squares 100 Costs River bank 100 square pro- square feet tected New work, by contract: Wood River, Ill ....... 196 $19, 951. 37 (1) () 256 1, 019 $47, 117. 04 New work, by United States plant and hired labor: Alton, Ill _--------- 203 (2) (2) 4, 435. 47 Cuivre Island ........ 236 ------- ...... .____ '___---- 1 920 592 346 16, 171. 41 W ilson Island-------- 244 ............. 1 975 423 373 16, 466. 89 Sandy Island ........ 245 .. 1 865 346 218 11, 611. 99 Maple Island ........ 249 1 2, 560 1, 027 1, 062 35, 962, 51 Sterling Island .------ 252 _--- .- _____- 1, 1------- 070 651 256 13, 447. 21 Total______________ ________________ ________ 4, 435. 47 5 6, 390 3, 039 2, 255 93, 660. 01 Maintenance by United States plant and hired labor _- 130 4, 975.22 1.. 4, 300 8, 368 205, 494. 19 1 Reported in Annual Report, 1933. 2 Driving guide piles at Alton railroad bridge. The cost of regulating works from regular funds was $375,633.30 of which $165,163.89 was for new work (including $67,068.41 for contract work), and $210,469.41 for maintenance. The U. S. dredges Dundee, Ste. Genevieve, Selma, Clark, Thebes, and Grafton dredged a total of 10,747,090 cubic yards of material in dredging 67 channels through 75 bars obtaining a mini- mum depth of 9 feet. In addition, 1,821,337 cubic yards of material were removed in dredging outside the channel. The cost of dredg- ing was $406,886.50, all charged to maintenance. The snagboat Wright removed numerous obstructions at a cost of $1,669.69, charged to maintenance. Hydrographic surveys were made covering 90 miles of river, costing $21,508.68, charged to maintenance. Public Works funds.-At Wood River, Ill., 197 miles above the Ohio River, 5,615 linear feet of new bank protection, consisting of 794 REPORT OF CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMY, 1934 324,700 square feet of mattress and 240,600 square feet of paving, was completed under contract at a cost of $82,619.53. Look and Dam at Alton, Ill. (no:. 26).-On December 29, 1933, a contract was entered into for construction of twin locks. At the end of the fiscal year all preliminary work had been done, cof- ferdam built and unwatered and work begun on foundation of lock walls and interceptor sewer. The contract was about 15 percent completed. The cost of all work during the fiscal year was $276,- 364.43. Flowage surveys by Government plant with hired labor were about 40 percent completed at the close of the fiscal year and the cost was $57,365.75. The total cost of all work (St. Louis district) during the fiscal year was $1,289,219.15 of which $232,335.16 were regular funds and $416,349.71, Public Works funds, a total of $648,684.87 was for new work and $640,534.28 regular funds for maintenance. The total ex- penditures were $1,234,771.92, including $358,369.19 from Public Works funds. The total cost during the fiscal year for the three sections from the mouth of the Missouri River to Minneapolis, Minn., was $15,- 338,648.42 of which $13,609,817.57 ($3,534,864.65 regular funds, and $10,074,952.92 Public Works funds), were for new work, and $1,728,830.85 regular funds for maintenance. The total expenditures were $13,061,001.62, of which $5,377,709.03 were regular funds and $7,683,292.59 were Public Works funds. CONDITION AT END OF FISCAL YEAR The 9-foot canalization project as a whole is about 16 percent completed. Mouth of Wisconsin River to Minneapolis, Minn. (St. Paul dis- trict)-Regularfunds.-The Minneapolis turning basin; dredging of the upper limits of the Hastings Pool; widening of the channel at the St. Paul terminal; channel realinement at Crooked Slough; the Twin City Locks and Dam; the Hastings Lock and Dam (except auxiliary lock) ; and Locks Nos. 4 and 5 have been completed. Most of the flowage easements required for Hastings Lock and Dam have been acquired, and all of the estimated awards in condemnation have been paid into court. Clearing of the Hastings Pool has been com- pleted to elevation 685.75 mean sea level. Public Works f ds.-Work was in progress on the construction of dams above Alma, Wis., and above Fountain City, Wis.; locks above Winona, Minn., above Trempealeau, Wis., above LaCrosse, Wis., below Genoa, Wis., and below Lynxville, Wis.; stream gaging, and surveys for land flowage acquisition. Funds were made avail- able for construction of dams above Winona, Minn., and above Trempealeau, Wis., work to begin in fiscal year 1935. For percent- age of completion of locks and dams see table under paragraph Existingy project. Flowage surveys for pools of proposed locks and dams have been completed as follows: Field work and mapping for pools nos. 4, 5, 5A, 6, and 7, 100 percent; field work 90 percent and mapping 50 per- RIVERS AND HARBORS--UPPER MISSISSIPPI RIVER 795 cent for no. 3; fieldwork 95 percent and mapping 75 percent for no. 8; field work 10 percent for no. 9. LAND AND FLOWAGE ACQUISITION The acquisition of lands for the sites, and areas under flowage, of the locks and dams has progressed as follows: No. 4, Alma, Wis.-Possession of all lands for lock and dam sites and pool area, 3,700 acres, has been acquired by condemnation. No. 5, Fountain City, Wis.-Condemnation proceedings are pend- ing and have been partially completed on all lands for lock and darn sites and pool area, 9,500 acres. No. 5A, Winona, Minn.-Condemnation proceedings for the lock site, 53 acres, have been completed. No. 6, Trempealeau, IWis.-Negotiations for purchase were begun, and possession acquired, of 57 acres for the lock site. Con- demnation proceedings are now pending on 56 acres for the dam site. Nos. 7, 8, 9.-Possession of the lock sites has been acquired by condemnation. The total cost under the existing project (St. Paul district) to June 30, 1934, was $12,229,182.49 of which $10,819,732.49 ($5,625,- 723.39 regular funds and $5,194,009.10 Public Works funds) were for new work and $1,409,450 regular funds for maintenance. The total expenditures have been $11,055,062.65, including $3,876,219.87 from Public Works funds. Clarksville, Mo., to mouth of Wisconsin River (Rock Island dis- trict)-Regular funds.-At the end of the fiscal year work was in progress on the construction and repair of dams and shore protection, pipe-line dredging, rock excavation, and removal of snags. Lock and Dam No. 15 and Lock No. 20 have been completed. Public Works funds.-Work was in progress on the construction of a Tainter and roller dam at Canton, Mo., locks at Guttenberg, Iowa, above Dubuque, Iowa, at Bellevue, Iowa, above Muscatine, Iowa, above Burlington, Iowa, below Quincy, Ill., and below Saver- ton, Mo., excavation of rock in the vicinity of Horse Island, stream gaging, and surveys for land flowage acquisition. Funds were made available for construction of dams at Guttenberg, Iowa, and above Muscatine, Iowa, work to begin in fiscal year 1935. For percentage of completion of locks and dams see table under paragraph Existing project. The following table gives the condition of the channel: Affording Affording Affording Proted over 9 feet 6 to 9 feet less than channeld Controlling Section section of Length 1 at low at low 6 feet at width depths 2 water water low water Wisconsin River to Rock Is- Miles Miles Miles Miles Feet Feet land Rapids_-.-----. .134. --- _ 4 124. 1 9. 9 0. 4 900 5. 1 Rock Island Rapids to Rock Island_----. ------ ----- 13. 7 12. 0 1. 7 0. 0 250-300 6. 8 Rock Island to Keokuk....... 118. 6 103. 0 15. 5 0. 1 1, 000 5. 0 Keokuk to Hannibal----------.......... 54. 4 40. 9 12. 7 0. 8 1, 000 5. 0 Hannibal to Clarksville....... 36. 9 22. 3 14. 0 0. 6 1, 200 4. 7 358. 0 302. 3 53.8 1.9 _ _ _ 1Revised mileage measured along a midchannel line established in 1931. 2 Since the reefs (shoal areas) rise as the river rises and fall as the river falls, the controlling depth, in years when there is no extreme low water, can be determined only approximately. 796 REPORT OF CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMY, 1934 During April, May, and June a draft of approximately 7 feet is usually practicable with a gage reading of 5 feet. During July, August, September, and October the gage reading is usually above 2 feet. At such times and even when the gage is lower a 5-foot draft is usually practicable. The total cost under the existing project (Rock Island District) to June 30, 1934, was $14,997,066.12, of which $12,238.633.20 ($7,774,- 039.09 regular funds and $4,464,594.11 Public Works funds) were for new work and $2,758,432.92 regular funds for maintenance. The total expenditures were $12,688,539.24, including $3,448,703.53 from Public Works funds. Missouri River to Clarksville, Mo. (St. Louis district)-Regular funds.-The existing channel in this stretch of the river was main- tained by dredging with the aid of some new regulating works below Alton, Ill. Public Works funclds.-New regulating works were completed be- low Alton, Ill. Work was in progress on twin locks at Alton, Ill., stream gaging, and surveys for land flowage acquisition. For per- centage of completion of the locks see table under paragraph Existing project. The total cost under the existing project (St. Louis District) to June 30, 1934, was $2,030,831.30, of which $564,637.88 ($148,288.17 regular funds and $416,349.71 Public Works funds) were for new work and $1,466,193.42 regular funds for maintenance. The total expenditures were $1,972,850.78, including $358,369.19 from Public Works funds. The total cost under the existing project on the three sections to June 30, 1934, was $29,257,079.91, of which $23,623,003.57 ($13,548,- 050.65 regillar funds and $10,074,952.92 Public Works funds) were for new work and $5,634,076.34 regular funds for maintenance. The total expenditures were $25,716,452.67, of which $18,033,160.08 were regular funds and $7,683,292.59 were Public Works funds. Proposed operations-Regular funds.-The balance unexpended, including accounts receivable, at the end of the year will be applied as follows: Accounts payable, June 30, 1934-----___------------------------ $94, 103.96 New work : Hastings Lock and Dam: Land and flowage ac- quisition (definite dates cannot be stated) --- $200, 000. 00 Construction of channel markers (emergency construction funds), act July 21, 1932) -------- 19,000'. 00 Total new work------------------------------_ 219, 000. 00 Maintenance: Channel maintenance dredging (July 1934 to June 1935) -------------------------- $877, 957. 46 Maintenance of existing regulating works and shore protection (July 1934 to June 1935)___ 208, 500. 00 Examinations, surveys, engineering studies, and design of structures by hired labor (definite dates cannot be stated) ---------------------- 265, 000. 00 Construction of two gasoline work launches and one quarterboat by contract (definite dates cannot be stated)_ ------------------------- 17, 000. 00 Construction of 2-story fireproof shed and bulk- head wall at Fountain City boat yard by con- tract (definite dates cannot be stated)------- 20, 000. 00 RIVERS AND HIARBORS-UPPER MISSISSIPPI RIVER 797 Maintenance-Continued. Surveys and snagging (July 1934 to June 1934)- $35, 000. 00 Removal of snags and stumps in Rock River, Ill. (August and September 1934) -------------- 1, 000. 00 Total, maintenance__--- _____-_________ _ $1, 424, 457. 46 Unallocated balance___________-______________ 64, 265. 35 Total, regular funds __________________1, 801, 826. 77 Public Works funds.-The balance unexpended, including accounts receivable, at the end of the year, together with allotment of $17,360,000 made since June 30, 1934, will be applied as follows: Accounts payable, June 30, 1934___ $2,430, 880.72 Dam No. 4 (Alma) (by contract): Complete construction of dam (July 1934 to, April 1935) $1, 500, 000. 00 Complete electrical installation (July 1934 to May 1935) ---------------------- 100, 000. 00 Complete Taintor gate hoists, locomotive crane, and miscellaneous equipment (July 1934 to April 1935) ,80, 000. 00 Construction of lockkeepers' dwellings and service buildings (January to July 1935) -- 25, 000. 00 Reconstruction of Lake City pier (August to December 1934)____ __________ 60, 000. 00 Complete land and flowage acquisition by hired labor (definite dates cannot be stated) _ -_________- -_____-___ 180, 000. 00 -- 1, 945, 000. 00 Dam No. 5 (Fountain City) (by contract): Complete construction of dam (July 1934 to April 1935) 1, 200, 000. 00 Complete dredging to improve discharge channel, and constructing earth dike (July 1934 to April 1935)______________________ 250, 000. 00 Complete electrical installation (July 1934 to May 1935)-} - _-___- 100, 000. 00 Complete Tainter gate hoists, locomotive crane, and miscellaneous equipment (July 1934 to April 1935---------------------- 80,000. 00 Construction of lockkeepers' dwellings and service buildings (January to July 1935)__ 25, 000. 00 Construction of channel markers (October 1934 to March 1935) 30, 000. 00 Clearing pool area (September 1934 to March 1935)___-- 550, 000. 00 Complete land and flowage acquisition by hired labor (definite dates cannot be stated.) 390, 000. 00 2, 625, 000. 00 Lock and Dam No. 5A (Winona) (by contract) : Complete construction of lock (July 1934 to February 1935) ___ 910, 000. 00 Construction of dam (November 1934 to April 1935____-------------- 1, 750, 000. 00 Clearing pool area (16 percent complete) (lands now owned by United States) (Sep- tember 1934 to March 1935) 55, 000. 00 Construction of earth dike (November 1934 to April 1936)-------------- 500, 000. 00 Electrical installation (March 1935 to May 1936)- 90, 000. 00 Construction of lockkeepers' dwellings (Jan- uary to June 1936) 25. 000. 00 798 REPORT OF CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMY, 1934 Lock and Dam No. 5A-Continued. Tainter gate hoists, locomotive crane, etc. (June to December 1935) --------------- $30, 000. 00 $3, 360, 000.00 Lock and Dam No. 6 (Trompealeau) (by contract) : Complete construction of lock (July 1934 to January 1935)--------------------------800, 000. 00 Construction of dam (September 1934 to March 1936) __ -- -- 2, 450, 000. 00 Electrical installation (March 1935 to May 1936) __---------------------------------- 90, 000. 00 Construction of lockkeepers' dwellings (Janu- ary to June 1936) ----------------------- 25, 000. 00 Tainter gate hoists, locomotive crane, etc. (June to December 1935) ----------------- 30, 000. 00 Clearing pool area (17 percent complete) (land now owned by United States) (Sep- tember 1934 to March 1935) --------- 30, 000. 00 3, 425, 000. 00 Lock No. 7 (La Crosse) (by contract) : Complete construction of lock (July 1934 to February 1935) ----------------------- 1, 050, 000. 00 Lock No. 8 (Genoa) (by contract) : Complete construction of lock (July 1934 to January 1935) -------------------------- 1, 200, 000. 00 Lock No. 9 (Lynxville) (by contract) : Complete construction of lock (July 1934 to February 1935) ----------------------- 1, 375, 072. 21 Lock and Dam No. 10 (Guttenberg) (by con- tract) : Complete construction of main lock (July 1934 to February 1935)---------------- $1, 226, 420. 52 Construction of dam (October 1934 to Octo- ber 1936) ---------------------------- 3, 000, 000. 00 4, 226, 420. 52 Lock No. 11 (Eagle Point) (by contract): Complete construc- tion of main lock (July 1934 to February 1935)-------------1, 373, 455. 22 Lock No. 12 (Bellevue) (by contract) : Complete construction of main lock (July 1934 to February 1935) ------------------- 1, 288, 134.73 Pool No. 15 (by contract) : Remove Dams 9 and 39, and loose rock in pro- jected channel at Duck Creek, mile 488 above Cairo, Ill.(July 1934 to January 1935) --------------------------------------------- 402, 690.77 Lock and Dam No. 16 (Muscatine) (by contract) : Complete construction of main lock (July to December 1934) ------------------------ $743, 839. 22 Construction of dam (September 1934 to September 1936) ---------------------- 3, 000, 000. 00 3, 743, 839. 22 Pool No. 16 (by contract) : Complete rock excavation in vicinity of Horse Island, miles 475 to 478 above Cairo, Ill. (July 1934 to June 1935) ---------------------------------- ----- 392, 371. 51 Lock No. 18 (Burlington) (by contract) : Complete construction of main lock (July 1934 to February 1935) ----------------- 1, 093, 166. 37 Dam No. 20 (Canton) (by contract): Complete construction of dam, machinery, and shore protection (July 1934 to June 1935 _ ----------------------------------------- 2,310, 821. 52 Lock No. 21 (Quincy) (by contract) : Complete construction of lock (July to December 1934) - 060,524.19 1-------------------------, Lock No. 22 (Saverton) (by contract) : Complete construction of lock (July 1934 to January 1935) --------------------- 1, 054, 100. 32 RIVERS AND HARBORS-UPPER MISSISSIPPI RIVER 799 Lock and Dam No. 26 (Alton) (by contract) : Complete construction of locks and operating machinery (July 1934 to September 1935) _ $3, 411, 000. 00 Complete construction of interceptor sewer from Piasa Junction to end of lock (July to September 1934)-------------------------- 35, 000. 00 Complete construction of cut-off wall (July to October 1934)------------------------ 250', 000. 00 Construction of dam and accessories (Septem- ber 1934 to September 1936) ------------- 3, 950, 000.00 Pier protection (January to June 1935)- -- 250, 000. 00 Purchase of land for abutment (July to De- cember 1935)___________________________ 14, 000. 00 Abstracts, negotiation for flowage easements and clearing (March to June 1935) --.--. 240, 000.00 Surveys of pool by hired labor (July 1934 to April 1936) __ 65, 140. 63 $8, 215, 140. 63 Maple Island (by contract) : Solid dikes (September 1934 to January 1935) --------------------------------------------- 360, 000.00 Engineering studies for locks and dams for which funds have not otherwise been provided-------------------------------- 345, 000. 00 Total, Public Works funds ----------------------- 43, 276, 617. 93 It is not possible to state definitely the rate at which funds avail- able at the close of the year will or can be expended as the rate of progress is controlled largely by weather and river conditions. However, it is believed that the balance available will be practically exhausted at the end of the fiscal year 1935. The sum of $36,400,000 can be profitably expended during the fiscal year 1936 as follows: New work: Lock and Dam No. 3 (Red Wing) : Construction of lock---- $2, 000, 000 Lock and Dam No. 7 (La Crosse) : Construction of dam- ___- 3, 000, 000 Lock and Dam No. 8 (Genoa) : Construction of dam ---_.___ 3, 000, 000 Lock and Dam No. 9 (Lynxville) : Construction of dam-.____ 3, 000, 000 Lock and Dam No. 11 (Eagle Point) : Construction of dam- 3, 000, 000 Lock and Dam No. 12 (Bellevue) : Construction of dam------- 3, 000, 000 Lock and Dam No. 13 (Clinton) : Construction of lock-____ 2, 000, 000 Lock and Dam No. 14 (Le Claire) : Construction of lock------- 2, 000, 000 Lock and Dam No. 17 (New Boston).: Construction of lock___ 2, 000, 000 Lock and Dam No. 18 (Burlington) : Construction of dam ___ 3, 000, 000 Lock and Dam No. 21 (Quincy) : Construction of dam_ ... ___ 3, 000, 000 Lock and Dam No. 23 (Louisiana) : Construction of lock------ 2, 000, 000 Lock and Dam No. 24 (Hamburg) : Construction of lock------- 2,000, 000 Lock and Dam No. 25 (Cap Au Gris) : Construction of lock__ 2, 000, 000 Total, new work_____________---------------------------------------- 35, 000, 000 Maintenance: Channel maintenance dredging and maintenance of existing regulating works (July 1935 to June 1936) ----------------- 1, 375, 000 Snagging, surveys, gages, and studies ---------------- 25, 000 Total maintenance ---------------------- 1, 400, 000 Total-------------------------------------- 36, 400, 000 It is expected that the proposed expenditure will complete about 66 percent of the project. 91536-ENG 1934 51 800 REPORT OF CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMY, 1934 Cost and financial summary MAINTENANCE AND IMPROVEMENT FUNDS Cost of new work to Jupe 30, 1934_ -- __$62, 105, 666. 61 Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1934 ___.11111____1 9, 400, 726.64 Total cost of permanent work to June 30, 1934 ______--- 71, 506, 393. 25 Value of plant, material, etc., on hand June 30, 1934 _.___ _ 1, 398, 567. 16 Net total cost to June 30, 1934-- -------- 7------_____ 72, 904, 960. 41 Plus accounts receivable June 30, 1934___ ____________-____-- 29, 566. 30 Gross total costs to June 30, 1934 ________ ___--... 72, 934, 526. 71 Minus accounts payable June 30, 1934 --- _____----.__ ----- _ 94, 103. 96 Net total expenditures____-- ____-__________ 72, 840, 422. 75 -____ Unexpended balance June 30, 1934__________. ___ _ 1, 772, 260. 47 Total amount appropriated to June 30, 1934___-------- -74, 612, 683. 22 Fiscal year ending June 30 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 Cost of new work-.. --........... $3, 072, 538. 23 $1, 623, 095. 63 $4, 383, 205. 26 $4, 916, 248. 31 $3, 534, 864. 65 Cost of maintenance---------........... 760, 982. 05 2, 163, 165. 69 1, 217, 577. 20 1, 569, 682. 17 1, 728, 830. 85 Total cost.--------------3, 833, 520. 28 3, 786, 261. 32 5, 600, 782. 46 6, 485, 930. 48 5, 263, 695. 50 Total expended...........--------------... 3, 725, 820. 24 3, 809, 495. 02 4, 924, 556. 94 6, 320, 428. 24 5, 377, 709. 03 Allotted.------------------------ 2, 317, 280. 22 6, 410, 342. 42 191, 421. 33 9, 235, 577. 14 2, 766, 905. 74 Balance unexpended July 1, 1933---- ---------------- ___- $4, 383, 063. 76 Amount allotted from War Department Appro- priation Act approved Apr. 26, 1934-.---- $1, 359, 500. 00 Amount allotted from War Department Appro- -- priation Act approved July 14, 1932 _________ 704, 559. 76 Compensation deductions reimbursed from other departments ----------------------------- 797. 32 Amount allotted from War Department Appro- priation Act approved Mar. 4, 1933-----------1, 732, 556. 18 3, 797, 413. 26 Amount to be accounted for-__ --- _____-______ - 8, 180, 477. 02 Deductions on account of revocation of-- Allotments----------------------------- $956, 212. 92 Impounded funds--------------------- . 74, 294. 60 1, 030, 507. 52 Net amount to be accounted for.-------------------- 7, 149, 969.50 Gross amount expended__--__---- ---- __- $6, 619, 267. 18 Less: Reimbursements collected .... $1, 165, 070. 20 Receipts from sales---------- 76, 487. 95 1, 241, 558. 15 5, 377, 709.03 Balance unexpended June 30, 1934 -------- ------ 1, 772, 260. 47 RIVERS AND HARBORS-UPPER MISSISSIPPI RIVER 801 Outstanding liabilities June 30, 1934_---------- $128, 163. 65 Amount covered by uncompleted contracts--... 9, 257. 71 $137, 421. 36 Balance available June 30, 1934 ___ -- -- _______ 1, 634, 839. 11 Accounts receivable June 30, 1934---. __..-------------- 29, 566. 30 Unobligated balance available June 30, 1934__ -______- 1,664, 405.41 Amount that can be profitably expended in fiscal year ending June 30, 1936, for maintenance 1_____- -__-_____ -___ 1, 400, 000. 00 PUBLIC WORKS FUNDS Cost of new work to June 30, 1934 ._______-__-.________ $10, 074, 952. 92 Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1934______ ___________ Total cost of permanent work to June 30, 1934 -----------. 10, 074, 952. 92 Value of plant, materials, etc., on hand June 30, 1934 21, 929. 40 --------- Net total cost to June 30, 1934_________________ 10, 096, 882. 32 Plus accounts receivable June 30, 1934_______________________ 17, 290. 99 Gross total costs to June 30, 1934_______________-__ 10, 114, 173. 31 Minus accounts payable June 30, 1934 ___- ___ ___- ___-_2, 430, 880. 72 Net total expenditures- ------------------------- - 7, 683, 292. 59 Unexpended balance June 30, 1934______-_____ ________-__ 25, 899, 326. 91 Total amount appropriated to June 30, 1934_ ____________ 33, 582, 619. 53 Fiscal year ending June 30 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 ..................--------------........-------------.. Cost of new work--------------------..............--------............. $10, 074, 952. 92 Cost of maintenance....--------- ------------- ----------------- --------------------- Total expended........---------- ------------- ---------.......-------------- 7, 683, 292. 59 Allotted..........------------------------------...------------.. .... 33, 582, 619. 53 Amount allotted from National Industrial Recovery Act ap- proved June 16, 1933----------------------------------- $33, 582, 619. 53 Gross amount expended ---------------- _ $7, 787, 879.02 Less: Reimbursements collected--- $104, 541.43 Receipts from sales-.____-.. 45. 00 104, 586. 43 7, 683, 292. 59 Balance unexpended June 30, 1934 ___ ______---_25, 899, 326. 94 Outstanding liabilities June 30, 1934__.________ $31, 318. 68 Amount covered by uncompleted contracts---- 23, 175, 028. 20 23, 206, 346. 88 Balance available June 30, 1934_____------- 2, 692, 980. 06 Accounts receivable June 30, 1934_-............ ___... _ -___ 17, 290. 99 Unobligated balance available June 30, 1934------------2,710, 271. 05 Amount allotted by the Public Works Administration Emer- gency Appropriation Act, fiscal year 1935----------------- 17, 360, 000. 00 Balance available for fiscal year 1935-----------------20, 070, 271. 05 Amount (estimated) required to be appropriated for completion of existing project --------------------------------------- 85, 200, 000. 00 Amount that can be profitably expended in fiscal year ending .Tune 30, 1936, for new work 1 --- - - - - 35, 000, 000. 00 1Exclusive of available funds. 802 REPORT OF CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMY, 1934 CONSOLIDATED COST AND FINANCIAL SUMMARY FOR MISSISSIPPI RIVER, MISSOURI RIVER TO MINNEAPOLIS, MINN, Cost of new work to June 30, 1934- --------------------- $72, 180, 619. 53 Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1934__....____.____- 9, 400, 726. 64 Total cost of permanent work to June 30, 1934---------- 81, 581, 346. 17 Value of plant, materials, etc., on hand June 30, 1934-------- 1, 420, 496. 56 Net total cost to June 30, 1934- __ ___-__________ 83, 001, 842. 73 Plus accounts receivable June 30, 1934_.____.__ _______-- - 46, 857. 29 Gross total costs to June 30, 1934_. 8______________ 83, 048, 700. 02 Minus accounts payable June 30, 1934___--. ________ -__ 2, 524, 984. 68 Net total expenditures________--____ ----- __ 80, 523, 715. 34 Unexpended balance June 30, 1934____ _______________ 27, 671, 587.41 Total amount appropriated to June 30, 1934 ---------- 108, 195, 302. 75 Fiscal year ending June 30 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 Cost of new work ..------------ $3, 072, 538. 23 $1, 623, 095. 63 $4, 383, 205. 26 $4, 916, 248. 31 $13, 609, 817. 57 Cost of maintenance-........-_ 760, 982. 05 2, 163, 165. 69 1, 217, 577. 20 1, 569, 682. 17 1, 728, 830. 85 Total cost ...-------------- 3, 833, 520. 28 3, 786, 261. 32 5, 600, 782. 46 6, 485, 930. 48 15, 338, 648. 42 Total expended .-------------- 3, 725, 820. 24 3, 809, 495. 02 4, 924, 556. 94 6, 320, 428. 24 13, 061, 001. 62 Allotted----------------------2, 317, 280. 22 6, 410, 342. 42 191, 421. 33 9, 235, 577. 14 36,349,525.27 Balance unexpended July 1, 1933 .--. _-- $4, 383,063. 76 Amount allotted from War Department Appro- priation Act approved Apr. 26, 1934__________ $1, 359, 500. 00 Amount allotted from War Department Appro- priation Act approved July 14, 1932_ 704, 559. 76 Compensation deductions reimbursed from other departments---------------------------- 797. 32 Amount allotted from War Department Appro- priation Act approved Mar. 4, 1933__-_____ 1, 732, 556. 18 Amount allotted from National Industrial Re- covery Act approved June 16, 1933----------33, 582, 619. 53 37, 380, 032. 79 Amount to be accounted for------------------------ 41, 763, 096. 55 Deductions on account of revocation of- Allotments--------------------------------- $956, 212. 92 Impounded funds -------------------------- 74, 294. 60 1, 030, 507. 52 Net amount to be accounted for---___- ______-------- 40, 732, 589. 03 Gross amount expended------------------- $14, 407, 146. 20 Less: Reimbursements collected.... $1, 269, 611. 63 Receipts from sales -------- 76, 532. 95 1, 346, 144. 58 13, 061, 001. 62 Balance unexpended June 30, 1934 -- _-----------------27, 671, 587.41 RIVERS AND HARBORS-UPPER MISSISSIPPI RIVER 803 Outstanding liabilities June 30, 1934_ __--_ $159, 482. 33 Amount covered by uncompleted contracts -_- 23, 184, 285. 91 --------- $23, 343, 768. 24 Balance available June 30, 1934__ _ 4, 327, 819. 17 Accounts receivable June 30, 1934_ ---------------------------- 46, 857. 29 Unobligated balance available June 30, 1934------------4, 374, 676. 46 Amount allotted by the Public Works Administration Emer- gency Appropriation Act, fiscal year 1935 ---------- 17, 360, 000. 00 Balance available for fiscal year, 1935---------------- 21, 734, 676. 46 Amount (estimated) required to be appropriated for completion -- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - of existing project 1- - - - 85, 200, 000. 00 Amount that can be profitably expended in fiscal year ending June 30, 1936 : For new work 1-------- 35, 000, 000. 00 For maintenance 1 1, 400, 000. 00 _--------------- Total 1---------------------------------------- -- 36, 400, 000. 00 2. OPERATING AND CARE OF CANAL, LOCKS, AND DAMS ON THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER ABOVE THE MISSOURI RIVER The improvements fo'r which reports are made under this caption form part of the project for improvement of the Mississippi River, between the mouth of the Missouri River and Minneapolis, Minn., see pages 783 to 803, where general information regarding the im- provement may be found. The completed locks and dams have been operated and maintained under the permanent indefinite appropriation, at five locations, as follows: The Twin City Lock and Dam, at Minneapolis (replacing Lock and Dam No. 2 drowned out), since June 30, 1917. Due to the col- lapse of the lower gate on August 19, 1929, it was deemed desirable to replace the old lock with twin locks. The first of these was con- structed with funds from the permanent indefinite appropriation and was placed in operation September 11, 1930. The second was constructed with maintenance and improvement funds and placed in operation May 28, 1932. Hastings Lock and Dam, about 1 mile above Hastings, since July 1, 1930. Le Claire Canal and Lock, for the improvement of the upper 3.6 miles of the Rock Island Rapids, opened to navigation November 29, 1922. Moline Lock and Dam, near the foot of the Rock Island Rapids, operated since December 23, 1907. Lock and Dam No. 15, at Rock Island, Ill., at the foot of the Rock Island Rapids, opened to navigation August 16, 1933. Keokuk Lock and Drydock, submerging the Des Moines Rapids, built by the Mississippi River Power Co., operated since June 13, 1913. Operations and results during fiscal year.--The locks and dams were operated as required and the necessary repairs made thereto and to the appurtenant structures. 1 Exclusive of available funds. 804 REPORT OF CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMY, 1934 The costs during the year were as follows: (St. Paul district), $24,054.36 for operating and care; the expenditures were $19,133.81; (Rock Island district), $99,004.53 for operating and care; the ex- penditures were $98,057. The total costs during the year (St. Paul and Rock Island dis- tricts) were $123,058.89 for operating and care; the expenditures were $117,190.81. Condeiton at end of fiscal year.-The above structures were in good condition and in operation at the end of the fiscal year. The total cost to June 30, 1934, was $4,128,494.48, of which $2,- 778,936.70 was for operating and care and $1,349,557.78 for recon- struction of lock system. The total expenditures were $4,138,479.90, being $2,788,922.12 for operating and care and $1,349,557.78 for re- construction of lock system. Proposed operations.-The locks, dams, and canal will be oper- ated and maintained under allotments from appropriations made available for such purposes. Cost and financial summary Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1934----------------------$4, 128, 494. 48 Value of plant, materials, etc., on hand June 30, 1934___________ 13,370. 03 Net total cost to June 30, 1934_______ ______________ 4, 141, 864. 51 Minus accounts payable June 30, 1934--________-....___ 3,384. 61 Net total expenditures ----- --------------- ---- 4, 138, 479. 90 Unexpended balance June 30, 1934_..... 26, 846. 80 Total amount appropriated to June 30, 1934------------- 4,165, 326. 70 Fiscal year ending June 30 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 Cost ofnew w ork .- Cost of maintenance - .----------- $847,378.68 - - - - - - - - $695, 237. 56 - - - $102,000.13 - -- - - - - $78, 607. 21 -- ----- $123, 058. 89 Total expended.....---------------- 682, 873. 79 874, 933. 26 103, 645. 63 78, 826. 39 117, 190. 81 Allotted--_------------------- 1, 539, 650.00 31, 000.00 102, 000.00 108,436. 57 95, 227. 16 Balance unexpended July 1, 1933--------------------------- $48, 810. 45 Amount allotted front permanent indefinite appropriation, section 6, River and Harbor Act, Mar. 3,1909_______ 1______ ____1 100, 300. 00 Amount to be accounted for ____________________----_ 149, 110. 45 Deductions on account of impounded balances revoked--------_ 5,072. 84 Net amount to be accounted for___ _ 1_______---___ 144, 037. 61 Gross amount expended------------------------- $126, 582. 11 Less: Reimbursements collected___----_--_-- $8, 351. 80 Receipts from sales-----------------1, 039.50 9, 391.30 117, 190. 81 Balance unexpended June 30, 1934 _____-_____------- 26,846. 80 Outstanding liabilities June 30, 1934______,______------- - -- __ 4, 707. 81 Balance available June 30, 1934__---------------- __.---- 22, 138. 99 Amount allotted for fiscal year 1935 ------------------------- 134, 500. 00 Balance available for fiscal year 1935 ------------------- 156, 638. 99 RIVERS AND HARBORS-ROCK ISLAND, ILL., DISTRICT 805 IMPROVEMENT OF RIVERS AND HARBORS IN THE ROCK ISLAND, ILL., DISTRICT The Rock Island district comprises the watershed of the Mississippi River from the mouth of the Wisconsin River to Clarksville, Mo., a distance of 3'08 miles, and includes locks at Keokuk, Rock Island, Moline, and at Le Claire Canal; and also the Illinois and Mississippi Canal. The district at one time extended frolm the mouth of the Missouri River to Minneapolis, Minn., but that p.art above the mouth of the Wisconsin River was transferred to the St. Paul district on December 1, 1919, that part below the Illinois River was transferred to the St. Louis district on August 1, 1928, and that part between Clarksville, Mo., and the mouth of the Illinois River was transferred to the St. Louis district on March 24, 1933. District engineer: Lt Col. Glen E. Edgerton, Corps of Engineers, to August 31, 1933; Capt. J. M. Silkman, Corps of Engineers, acting district engineer to September 22, 1933; and Maj. R. A. Wheeler, Corps of Engineers, since that date. Division engineer: Col. George R. Spaulding, Corps of Engineers, to November 27, 1933, and Lt. Col. E. L. Daley, Corps of Engineers, since that date. Lt. Col. R. C. Moore, Corps of Engineers, acting division engineer July 1, 1933, to July 28, 1933. IMPROVEMENTS Page Page 1. Mississippi River between 4. Operating and care of Illinois W i s c o n s i n River and and Mississippi Canal, Il _ 807 Clarksville, Mo __ 783 5. Mill Creek and South Slough 2. Operating and care of locks at Milan, Ill ____________- 811 and dams, etc., Mississippi 6. Examinations, surveys, and River between' Wisconsin contingencies (general) ___ 812 River and Clarksville, Mo_ 803 3. Operating snag boats on upper Mississippi R i v e r and tributaries----------- 805 1 and 2. For reports on these improvements see pages 783 and 803. 3. OPERATING SNAGBOATS ON UPPER MISSISSIPPI RIVER AND TRIBUTARIES Location.-That portion of the Mississippi River covered by snag- boat operations extends from the mouth of the Missouri River to the head of navigation at Washington Avenue Bridge, Minneapo- lis, Minn. Snagboat operations extend up the Illinois River from its mouth to La Salle, Ill., and to the improved or partially improved portions of the Minnesota, St. Croix, Chippewa, Black, Galena, and Rock Rivers. Existing project.-This provides for operating snagboats and re- moving snags, wrecks, trees, and other obstructions, and such tem- porary aid to navigation as may be proper and practicable in the Mississippi River between the mouth of the Missouri River and Minneapolis, 669 miles; in: the Illinois River between its mouth and La Salle, 223 miles; and in the Minnesota, St. Croix, Chippewa, Black, Galena, and Rock Rivers. These operations are prosecuted under a permanent appropriation of not to exceed $25,000 annually. 806 REPORT OF CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMY, 1934 The existing project was adopted by the following river and har- bor acts: The act of March 2, 1867, provided for the purchase and operation of two dredge boats and snagboats on the upper Missis- sippi River, and the act of August 11, 1888, provided for a perma- nent annual appropriation for the work; the act of March 2, 1907, added the Illinois River from its mouth to Copperas Creek to the project; and the act of March 3, 1909, added the Minnesota River and other tributaries of the upper Mississippi now or heretofore improved by the United States, i. e., the Illinois River from Cop- peras Creek to La Salle, and the Minnesota, St. Croix, Chippewa, Black, Galena, and Rock Rivers. A map on a very small scale, in three parts, is published in the Annual Report for 1914, pages 2448-2452 and 2454. Terminal facilities.-See reports on sections of the Mississippi River above the Missouri. Operations and results during fiscal year.-All snagboat work was performed by Engineer Department boats and the cost was paid from funds allotted for "Maintenance and improvement of exist- ing river and harbor works." The operations are therefore shown under that caption. Condition at end of fiscal year.-The rivers were in good condi- tion with respect to snags and other obstructions. The cost of snag- boat work to June 30, 1934, was $1,559,685.90. The expenditures were: From specific appropriations, $549,640; from annual appro- priations authorized by act of August 11, 1888, $1,010,045.90. Total, $1,559,685.90. Proposed operations.-Snags and other obstructions in the main river and certain tributaries will be removed through occasional use, when necessary, by Engineer Department plant normally employed on other tasks. Cost and financial summary Cost of maintenance to June 30, 19341------------------------ $1,559, 689.45 Net total expenditure 1---------------_______ __ 1, 559, 689. 45 Unexpended balance June 30, 1934_-- _ 12, 724. 22 Total amount appropriated to June 30, 1934 1----------------- 1, 572, 413. 67 Fiscal year ending June 30 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 Cost of new work------------------.----.--------- Cost of maintenance..------------------$11, 520. 40 $14, 077. 35 $22, 604. 41 1 $12,307. 25 $15. 25 Total expended .-- _ 11, 831. 15 12, 254. 95 23, 224. 95 13, 505. 56 15. 25 Allotted___ ------------------------- 24, 785. 84 17, 489. 01 10, 797. 76 14, 025. 09 -2, 300. 16 1 Includes $3.55 account claim adjustment. Balance unexpended July 1, 1933 --------------------- 039. 63 $1---------5, $15, Deductions on account of amount carried to surplus fund--------- 2,300. 16 Net amount to be accounted for_------------------------ 12, 739.47 Gross amount expended---------------------------------15.25 Balance unexpended June 30, 1934---------------- 12, 724.22 1Includes $3.55 account claim adjustment. RIVERS AND IIARBORS-ROCK ISLAND, ILL., DISTRICT 807 4. OPERATING AND CARE OF ILLINOIS AND MISSISSIPPI CANAL, ILL. Location.-This canal connects the Illinois and Mississippi Rivers, proceeding from a point on the Illinois River about 12 miles from La Salle, across the State of Illinois to the Mississippi River at the mouth of Rock River. Existing project.-This provides for the construction of a canal from the Illinois River, near Bureau Junction, running westerly via the Bureau Creek Valley to Rock River, near Colona, thence in the bed of Rock River to the rapids near Milan, Ill., and thence to the Mississippi River at the mouth of Rock River, at Rock Island, the length of the main line being 75 miles. The feeder, 29.3 miles in length, extends from Rock Falls on Rock River, to, the summit level of the canal, about 28 miles from the Illinois River. There are 32 locks in the main canal, described in the following tabulation. There is also a lock and controlling works at the head of the feeder at Rock Falls, and a lock in Rock River at Rock Falls connecting the pool of the Government dam with the power com- pany's dam below. This lock has dimensions similar to those in the main canal and cost $75,000. The estimate of cost for new work, revised in 1902 (H. Doc. No. 297, 57th Cong., 1st sess.), is $8,911,551.12. The cost of operation and maintenance is payable from the permanent indefinite appropri- ation for operating and care of canals. The existing project was adopted by the River and Harbor Act of September 19, 1890 (H. Doc. No. 316, 51st Cong., 1st sess.). The latest published map is shown on page 2013 of Annual Report for 1908. The River and Harbor Act of July 3, 1930, provided for the pay- ment of $8,450.75 to the Mud Creek special drainage district for work accomplished by the said district in reducing the maintenance cost on the canal to the United States (H. Doc. No. 108, 70th Cong., 1st sess.). The act also authorized the Secretary of War to expend from funds appropriated and available for maintenance and im- provement of existing river and harbor works the sum of $25,235 as a contribution toward the relocation and reconstruction of the high- way bridge across the Illinois and Mississippi Canal at Wyanet, Bureau County, Ill., known as Bridge No. 10: Provided, That the highway authorities of Bureau County, Ill., furnish assurances satis- factory to the Secretary of War that they will reconstruct and main- tain said bridge without further cost to the United States. Table showing important features of locks in Illinois and Mississippi Canal Length Great- Dis- of lock est Depth Depth tance cham- Width of length Lift at on up- on lower Year Gates, Cost of Designation Distance from nearest city from ber be- cham- avail- low per sill sill at Foundation com- material Gates, kind lock 'd Illinois tween ber able for water at low pleted River miter full water low sills width water ___ O Miles Feet Feet Feet Feet Feet Feet No. 1--------- Illinois River, 2,000 feet west_. 0.38 163. 08 35 143. 08 9.0 8.17 7.0 Sand and clay_ __--- 1906 Wood---- Miter ...... $43, 263.04 Q No. 2- At Bureau Junction .._ _.-___ 1.25 163. 08 35 143. 08 9.0 8.17 7.0 Sand, clay, and gravel_ 1906 ___do-----_ _ do ..... 43, 598. 60 N o. 3 ......-- 2 mile west of Bureau Junc- 1.95 163. 08 35 143. 08 9.0 8.17 7.0 Quicksand and gravel_ 1906 __do---------do-..... 40, 687. 10 L tion. N o. 4 ........... 214 miles west of Bureau Junc- 3.45 08 163. 35 143. 08 9.0 8.17 7.0 Sand and gravel ...... 1906 ___do.---------do-..... 39, 688.37 tion. 0 No. 5 . -------- 34 miles west of Bureau Junc- 4.60 08 163. 35 143. 08 8. 0 8.17 7.0 do- -.... ---- - 1906 do --. S.. do ..-- 40, 596. 20 tion. No. 6 ..- ---- 5 miles west of Bureau Junc- 6.50 163. 08 35 143. 08 10. O0 8.17 7.0 Sand, hardpan, and 1906 __do-- ...do. . 42, 944. 48 LJ tion. gravel. N o. 7 ..-- ----- 3 m iles east of Tiskilwa --.. 7.20 163.08 35 143.08 8.0 8.17 7. O Loam and sand -_.. 1906 ___do...... .. do . . . 37, 347. 55 No.8 ----- 2 miles east of Tiskilwa .----- 8.20 163.92 35 149.75 8.0 8.17 7.0 ___do ------------ 1906 do-..- Marshall 36, 930.86 5 and miter. No. 9- -------- 1 miles east of Tiskilw a .... 8.50 163.92 35 149. 75 8. O0 8.17 7. O0 Clay _-__-- 1906 do-- - _-- do.--- 32, 747.89 No. 10 --------- At Tiskilwa---------------- 10. 30 163.92 35 149. 75 9.0 8.17 7. O0 Sand and gravel-..... 1906 do-- . .. do._ 34, 549. 94 No. 11 ......-- 1 mile west of Tiskilwa- --.... 11. 10 163. 92 35 149. 75 9.0 8.17 7. O0.... ..... do---------------- do_ 1906 ___do --. .... do -- 37, 154. 43 N o. 12 ..... ----- 134 miles west of Tiskilwa __.. 11. 60 163.92 35 149. 75 8.0 8.17 7. O0_--__ do __- -- -- 1906 .. do._- 36, 476. 36 No. 13 ...... -.- 3 miles west of Tiskilwa ____-- 12. 35 163. 92 35 149. 75 10. O0 8.17 7. O0 Loam and clay ------- 1906 _do..-- 32, 869. 11 N o. 14 .......... 3 miles east of Wyanet.. --.. 13. 25 163. 92 35 149.75 10. O0 8.17 7. O0 Sand and gravel ----- 1906 ___do-- -- do --- - dodo_-- 31, 972.98 r No. 15- --------- 234 miles east of W yanet ..... 16----------- 2 miles east of Wyanet ....... 13. 80 14. 00 163.92 35 35 149. 75 10.O 11. 8.17 7. O0 --. do____------------ 8. O0 Loam, clay, and sand_ 1906 1906 do- 30, 324.44 No. 163.92 149. 75 8.17 do -- ..do.. . . 34, 607. 85 No. 17 13 miles east of Wyanet --- 14. 30 163.92 35 149. 75 10. 0 8.17 7. O0 Sand and gravel ------ 1906 do ... . do...... 32, 975. 11 N o. 18 .......... 1 mile east of Wyanet ........ 15. 20 163. 92 35 149. 75 9. O0 8.17 7. O0 Clay and gravel _..... 1906 ___do .-- ..do . . . 35, 901. 29 No. 19 ...----- At Wyanet ___________ 16. 10 163. 92 35 149. 75 10. O0 8.17 7. O0 Sand and gravel .-... 1906 ___do - --- ..do . . 34, 620. 29 No. 20 -------- 1 mile west of Wyanet -.. 17. 10 163. 92 35 149.75 11. 8.17 7. O0 Loam, clay, and sand_ 1906 38, 292. 39 No. 21 .. ------- 1% miles west of Wyanet ....__ 17. 40 163. 92 35 149. 75 11.0 8.17 8. O0 .do___------------ 1906 ___do..- ---- ....d o ..... 39, 632. 51 02 ___do..---- Miter . .. Guard lock ---2 29 miles north main-line canal_ 57. 00 168. 75 35 149. 00 (1) 8.30 6.5 Limestone --- ----- 1906 ___do _-- 32, 712. 57 RockRiverLock@ At Rock Falls, Ill ____________ 57. 13 163. 17 35 143. 08 (1) 8.47 6.6 - do- 1912 - ...do 75, 605. 01 N o. 22 .......... 13 miles west of Wyanet...... 28. 80 163.08 35 143. 08 9. O0 8.17 7. O0 Clay _............... 1906 ___do------- . .do -. 41, 863, 97 No. 23 ..-...... 10 miles east of Geneseo ...... 38. 30 163.08 35 143.08 11. O0 8.17 7. O0 ---- do 1906 ___do------ .. .do . . 41, 356.46 N o. 24 ---------- At Geneseo___ 48.30 163. 08 35 143. 08 11. O0 8.17 7. O0 Clay and gravel .---- 1906 -_do.---- 47, 034. 32 No. 25 ..------ - 51 miles west of Geneseo ___- 53. 75 163. 08 35 143. 08 8. O0 8.17 7. O0 Sand__---- -- 1906 ___do ------ 40, 479. 10 N o. 26 ...------ __ 5 miles east of Colona .. ___ 54. 70 163. 08 35 143. 08 9. O0 8.17 7. O0 ----- do --------------- 1906 ___do....-.. ... do..... 40, 404. 75 No. 27.--- .--- 21% miles east of Colona _ -- 57. 00 163. 08 35 143. 08 8. O0 8.17 7. O0 Gravel__ 1906 ___do.....-- - ... do._ . 39, 077. 16 No, 28.__ ..... At Colona-- .-------------- 59. 50 163. 08 35 143. 08 8. O0 8.17 7. O0 Rock ................ 1906 __.do.....-- 30, 786. 53 No. 29_____. - 2% miles west of Colona-.. 61. 90 163. 08 35 143.08 11. 0 8. 17 7.0 ____do_------- 1906 _do-o-- - ... 36, 631. 54 No. 30___------__ 1~ miles east of Milan _ _ 70. 20 168. 75 35 149. 00 0. 0 7. 00 7. 0 Rock, etc., hardpan.. 1894 ___do -- ___---.. do- ... 71, 588. 00 No. 31 ______ 1 mile west of Milan ___ 72. 90 165. 42 35 145. 42 6. 0 7. 17 7. 0 Clay and gravel- 1894 ___do--_ _-----do-. 38, 711. 44 No. 32 ___________ ... 3 miles west of Milan ___.. . 75. 00 163. 08 35 143. 08 12. 00 8. 0 7.0 .do- .... __- _ 1894 ___do ...-------_.do ..... 85,468. 31 1 Variable. 2 Rock River Lock is on Rock River at Rock Falls, Ill. It is located in the south end of the Sterling Dam and about 600 feet below the guard lock of the Illinois and Mississippi Canal (feeder section). NOTE.-There are no dams except at the guard lock and Lock 30. At the former locality there is a fixed dam across the Rock River, with a movable crest constructed of wood, concrete, and steel; at Lock 30 there are crib dams across the north and south channels of Rock River. The north dam has a 60-foot opening and has been superseded by a concrete power dam a short distance below; the south dam adjoining Lock 30 has been reinforced with concrete laid in the water. O 0 Q tj 810 REPORT OF CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMY, 1934 Local cooperation.-Fully complied with. Terminal facilities.-None. Operations and results during fiscal year.-The work done during the fiscal year consisted in removing deposits of mud from canal prism, aqueducts, seep ditches, and creek channels; repairs to locks, bridges, buildings, and telephone lines; and painting houses, bridges, and floating plant. Canal banks were riprapped where necessary. During the fiscal year 1934 the canal was open to navigation 275 days. The cost of operation was $147,687.65. Expenditures were $135,829.32. Condition at end of fiscal year.-All locks (33 in number), dams, aqueducts, buildings, and other appurtenances are in fair condition. The channel has an existing depth of approximately 7 feet, a bottom width of 52 feet, and a water surface width of 80 feet, except at aqueducts where the width is 40 feet and at locks 35 feet. The cost of operation and care of the canal to June 30, 1934, was $3,947,106.11. The total costs and expenditures under the existing project for the construction of the canal were $7,580,143.41. The amount expended from the permanent indefinite appropriation to June 30, 1934, was $3,968,047.91. Proposed operations.-The canal will be operated and maintained under allotments from appropriations made available for such purposes. Cost and financial suummary MAINTENANCE AND IMPROVEMENT FUNDS Cost of new work to June 30, 1934---------------------------- $7, 580, 143. 41 Total cost of permanent work to June 30, 1934_______________ 7, 580, 143. 41 Net total expenditures----------------------------------- 7, 580, 143. 41 Total amount appropriated to June 30, 1934_________________ 7, 580', 143. 41 Fiscal year ending June 30 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 Cost of new work ..------------------------------ $33, 685. 75 Cost of maintenance------------------------------------------------------ ---------- Total expended . 8,450. 75 $25, 235. 00 - _ - - -- Allotted. - 33, 685. 75 -- -....----- OPERATING AND, CARE FUNDS Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1934___.___ 1_____ __ $3, 947, 106. 11 Value of plant, materials, etc., on hand June 30, 1934 ----------- 25, 981. 67 -- Net total cost to June 30, 1934 _______________- ___ 3, 973, 087. 78 Plus accounts receivable June 30, 1934_ ________-___-- -___ 8. 65 Gross total costs to June 30, 1934--------------------- 3, 973, 096. 43 Minus accounts payable June 30, 1934______________ ______ - - 5, 048. 52 Net total expenditures _____ ___ _________--__ 3, 968, 047. 91 Unexpended balance June 30, 1934- _______- __--___-___ 29, 309. 21 Total amount appropriated to June 30, 1934 ------------ 3, 997, 357. 12 RIVERS AND HARBORS--ROOK ISLAND, ILL., DISTRICT 811 Fiscal year ending June 30 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 Cost of new work--------------------- - - - Cost of maintenance----------------- $170, 006. 53 $176, 749. 93 $217, 035. 77 $167, 957. 26 $147, 687. 65 ..... Total expended---...------------------- 172, 668. 29 190, 331. 18 197, 218. 87 183, 101. 64 135, 829. 32 Allotted------................---------......-----------... 177, 500. 00 185, 740. 00 213, 000. 00 175, 356. 05 139, 323. 54 Balance unexpended July 1, 1933__________------------------ $25, 814. 99 Amount allotted from permanent indefinite appropriation, section 6, River and Harbor Act, Mar. 3, 1909------------------------ 152, 000. 00 Amount to be accounted for_____________ ----------- 177, 814.99 Deductions on account of revocation of impounded balances-..__.- 12, 676. 46 Net amount to be accounted for__________________________ 165, 138.53 Gross amount expended___________________________ $139, 015. 01 Less: Reimbursements collected____________ $2, 213. 08 Receipts from sales_______________-___ 972. 61 3, 185. 69 135, 829. 32 Balance unexpended June 30, 1934 ------- 29, 309. 21 Outstanding liabilities June 30, 1934______________________________ 5, 096. 82 Balance available June 30, 1934___________________________ 24, 212. 39 Accounts receivable June 30, 1934_-- -______-- _______-- -_____ 8. 65 Amount allotted for fiscal year 1935___________________________ 146, 000. 00 Balance available for fiscal year 1935______________________ 170, 221. 04 5. MILL CREEK AND SOUTH SLOUGH AT MILAN, ILL. Location.-Mill Creek empties into South Slough about 1 mile east of the town of Milan, Ill., and 6.5 miles above the mouth of South Slough, which empties into the Mississippi River. Previous projects.-Adopted by the act of January 21, 1927. The costs and expenditures amounted to $85.24. (For further details see p. 1132, Annual Report for 1932.) Existing project.-This provides for floodgates in the walls of the canal, or other devices for carrying the flood waters of Mill Creek across the canal right-of-way into Rock River; for the con- struction of a levee on the east bank of Mill Creek extending from the Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad to the canal embank- ment; for the construction of a levee on the west bank of Mill Creek and its extension in a westerly direction to a connection with Water Street at the point E, shown on map in project document; and for the removal of obstructions in Mill Creek and South Slough, at an estimated cost of $87,500 for new work and $2,000 annually for maintenance. The project was adopted by the River and Harbor Act approved July 3, 1930 (Rivers and Harbors Committee Doc. No. 19, 71st Cong., 2d sess.). The latest published map is in the project document. Terminal facilities.-None. Operations and resuzlts during fiscal year.-The work done con- sisted of the removal of debris from the spillways and creek chan- 812 REPORT OF CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMY, 1934 nel. The cost and expenditures were $1,102.34 all of which was maintenance. Condition at end of fiscal year.--The existing project was coin- pleted in 1933. At the end of the fiscal year the project was in good condition. The total cost under the existing project to June 30, 1934, was $64,735.92, of which $63,633.58 was for new work and $1,102.34 was for maintenance. The expenditures were $64,735.92. Proposed operations.-The balance unexpended July 1, 1934 will be applied to minor dredging and snagging to maintain channel. The additional sum of $2,000 can be profitably expended during the fiscal year 1936 to be applied to minor dredging and snagging as needed. Cost and financial summary - Cost of new work to June 30, 1934_ __________-- - ______ $63, 718. 82 Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1934____ ____--- 1, 102. 34 Total cost of permanent work to June 30, 1934__-_____-- 64, 821. 16 Net total expenditures-- ------------------- ------- 64, 821. 16 Unexpended balance June 30, 1934_____ -- ____-______ 2, 897. 66 Total amount appropriated to June 30, 1934---------------67, 718. 82 Fiscal year ending June 30 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 Cost of new work __._ _------ ...------------.... $9, 368. 33 $52,111.16 $2,154. 09 -__-__---- Cost of maintenance---...------ --------------- ------------------- -------------------- $1, 102. 34 Total expended_______---------------------------- _ 4, 531.05 53, 308. 85 5, 793. 68 1, 102. 34 Allotted---------..................-----------------.....------------ 87, 500. 00 ------ 23, 866. 42 4, 000. 00 Amount allotted from War Department Appropriation Act approved Apr. 26, 1934------------------------------ $2, 000. 00 Amount allotted from War Department Appropriation Act approved Mar. 4, 1933--------------------- --------------- 2, 000. 00 Amount to be accounted for____________ _______ 4, 000. 00 Gross amount expended ___---------------------------- 1, 102. 34 Balance unexpended June 30, 1934--.....------------ __---- 2, 897.66 Amount that can be profitably expended in fiscal year ending June - - - -- - -- - -- - -- - -- - -- - -- - -- - -- - -- - 30, 1936, for maintenance 2, 000. 00 6. EXAMINATIONS, SURVEYS, AND CONTINGENCIES (GENERAL) The cost of work during the year amounted to $22,936.49; the ex- penditures were $23,172.67. The balance unexpended June 30, 1934, together with accounts receivable will be applied as needed during the fiscal year 1935 to payment of expenses incurred in connection with the above items. The additional sum of $36,000 can be profit- ably expended during the fiscal year ending June 30, 1936. 1Exclusive of available funds. RIVERS AND HARBORS-ROCK ISLAND, ILL., DISTRICT 813 Cost and financial summary Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1934_.. ________- ____- __ $57, 439. 05 Plus accounts receivable June 30, 1934 _...______- ____ -- - -____- - 32.24 Gross total costs to June 30, 1934_-__ ___----_______ 57, 471. 29 Minus accounts payable June 30, 1934_...... _______--____ _- -_ 69.40 Net total expenditures -------------------------------- 57, 401. 89 Unexpended balance June 30, 1934--------------------------- 35, 343. 52 Total amount appropriated to June 30, 1934_.-------------- 92, 745. 41 Fiscal year ending June 30 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 Cost of new work.. .. ..---.------ Cost of maintenance.- ------------------- $1, 573. 30 $4, 233.89 $12, 241.07 $16, 060. 36 $22, 936. 49 Total expended......----------------------- 1, 573. 30 3, 894. 88 12, 220. 03 16, 147. 07 23, 172. 67 Allotted_-----_----- ------------------- 7, 000. 00 10, 000. 00 .........------------ 49, 297. 23 24, 948. 18 Balance unexpended July 1, 1933__------------------------------ $33, 568. 01 Amount allotted from War Department Appropriation Act approved Mar. 4, 1933 ____________________________ 5_____ 56, 000. 00 Amount to be accounted for__________________________ 89, 568.01 Deductions on account of revocation of allotment and impounded funds ------------------------------------------------ 31, 051. 82 Net amount to be accounted for_____________________ 58, 516. 19 Gross amount expended _______________------------------------- $27, 087.42 Less reimbursements collected______________________ 3, 914. 75 23, 172. 67 Balance unexpended June 30, 1934--------------------- 35, 343. 52 Outstanding liabilities June 30, 1934__________________________ 593. 58 Balance available June 30, 1934_________________________ 34, 749. 94 Accounts receivable June 30, 1934.________________________- -__ 32.24 Unobligated balance available June 30, 1934_______-______ 34, 782. 18 Amount that can be profitably expended in fiscal year ending June - -- - - - -- - - - - - - - -- -- -- - - - - - - 30, 1936, for maintenance _ 36, 000. 00 Status of reports called for by river and larbor acts and committee resolutions Locality Authorization act Transmitted toCongress Document no. Recommenda- Recommenda- Illinois and Mississippi River and Harbor Canal, Ill., from Bu- Act, July 3, 1930. reau Junction on the Illinois River to Rock Island on the Missis- sippi River. Mississippi River be- Rivers and Harbors Mar. 8,1934 Rivers and Harbors Favorable. tween Missouri River Committee resolu- Committee, 34, 73d and Minneapolis, tion Jan. 29, 1932. Cong., 2d sess. seepage. Rock River, Ill., from River and Harbor Oct. 2,1933 ___.-------------------- Unfavorable. Rockford to the Illi- Act, July 3, 1930. nois and Mississippi Canal, near Sterling. Rock River, Ill., and .... do-_...... do _ _. -----. . . ... Do. Wis., from Janesville to Rockford. 1Exclusive of available funds. 814 REPORT OF CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMY, 1934 IMPROVEMENT OF RIVERS AND HARBORS IN THE ST. PAUL, MINN., DISTRICT This district includes the Mississippi River and its tributaries from its source to and including the Wisconsin River; Red River of the North, Minn. and N. Dak., and its tributaries; and those waters in North Dakota north of the Missouri River watershed. On July 31, 1919, the international boundary waters in Minnesota which flow toward Hudson Bay, prior to that date included in this district, were transferred to the Duluth, Minn., district. On December 1, 1919, the Mississippi River between the mouth of the Wisconsin River and Minneapolis, Minn., formerly a part of the Rock Island, Ill., district, was transferred to this district. On February 7, 1930, the Wisconsin River, formerly included in the Milwaukee, Wis., district, was transferred to this district. District engineer: Maj. Dwight F. Johns, Corps of Engineers. Division engineer: Col. George R. Spalding, Corps of Engineers, to November 27, 1933, and Lt. Col. Edmund L. Daley, Corps of Engi- neers, since that date. Lt. Col. R. C. Moore, Corps of Engineers, acting division engineer, July 1 to July 28, 1933. IMPRO VMENTS Page Page 1. Mississippi River between 5. Gaging Mississippi River and mouth of Wisconsin River its tributaries, at or near and Minneapolis, Minn___ 783 St. Paul, Minn___________ 818 2. Operating and care of locks 6. St. Croix River, Wis. and and dams on the Missis- Minn _- 819 sippi River between the 7. Examinations, surveys, and Wisconsin River and Min- contingencies (general)__ 821 neapolis, Minn 803 8. Other projects for which no 3. Reservoirs at headwaters of estimates are submitted__ 821 Mississippi River_________ 814 4. Operating and care of reser- voirs at headwaters of Mis- sissippi River ____________ 817 1 and 2. For reports on these improvements see pages 783 and 803. 3. RESERVOIRS AT HEADWATERS OF MISSISSIPPI RIVER Location.-- Reservoirs are located on the Mississippi River and several of its tributaries, in Itasca, Beltrami, Hubbard, Aitkin, Cass, and Crow Wing Counties, Minn., as follows: Outlet Area Name of reservoir Water- River Above St. Paul shed Original Reser- lake voir Miles Sq. miles Sq. miles Sq. miles Winnibigoshish--___.....- __ Mississippi---- ____________ 408 1,442 117 179. 4 Leech Lake__----_______ __ Leech. _____________-__ 410 1, 163 173 250. 9 Pokegama---....------ --- Mississippi__-... _______ 344 660 24 35. O Sandy Lake__ ___- -_____ Sandy---------------------- 267 421 8 16. 6 Pine River_ - Pine __----------------------- 199 562 18 23.7 Gull Lake........Gull ----------------------- 168 287 20 20. 5 RIVERS AND HARBORS-ST. PAUL, MINN., DISTRICT Previous project.-Adopted by the River and Harbor Act of June 14, 1880. The cost and expenditures on the original project were $782,662.10-$681,805 being for new work and $100,857.10 for main- tenance of such reservoirs as were completed prior to 1894. These expenditures wvere prior to the adoption of the existing project in 1899. For further details see page 1888 of the Annual Report for 1915. Existing project.-This provides for the reconstruction of the five original reservoir dams, viz, Winnibigoshish, Leech Lake, Poke- gama, Sandy Lake, and Pine River, and the construction of Gull Lake Reservoir. The estimated cost, revised in 1928, exclusive of amount expended on previous projects, is $895,000. The above dams are of solid concrete construction, Pokegama being built on bedrock and the others on pile foundations. The Sandy Lake Dam includes a lock 160 feet long, 30 feet wide, with a maximum lift of 9.5 feet and a depth of 2.5 feet on the lower sill at low water. The construc- tion of an equalizing canal between Winnibigoshish and Leech Lake Reservoirs, at an estimated cost of $61,200 (later increased to $71,200), was subsequently added to the project, but no work was done, and this part of the project was abandoned in the River and Harbor Act of March 4, 1915. The abandonment of the ditches to connect Long Lake to Round Lake and Round Lake to Gull Lake was recommended in House Document No. 413, Sixty-fourth Congress, first session, and was ordered by Congress in the River and Harbor Act of July 27, 1916. The maintenance of the reservoirs is provided for by annual allotments from the indefinite appropriation for "operating and care of canals and other works of navigation." The existing project was authorized by the following river and harbor acts: The act of March 3, 1899, provided for the reconstruc- tion of 4 of the 5 original dams and surveys to determine the extent of lands overflowed by the reservoirs; the act of March 2, 1907, provided for the reconstruction of Sandy Lake Dam and the construction of Gull Lake Reservoir; the act of June 25, 1910, pro- vided for the construction of an equalizing canal between Winnibi- goshish and Leech Lake Reservoirs (H. Doc. No. 363, 61st Cong., 2d sess.), but this part of the project was abandoned in the River and Harbor Act of March 4, 1915. For maps see pages 1973 and 1978 of Annual Report for 1911. Upper and lower operating limits authorized by regulations approved Feb. 11, 1931 Maximum stage Minimum Maximum Minimum stage stage stage Winnibigoshish___.__ - 14. 20 6. 00 Sandy ________ 11. 00 7. 00 Leech Lake_____________.. 5. 24 1. 00 - Pine ____________.----- 15. 00 9. 00 Pokegama______ _________12. 00 6. 00 Gull _- _ 7. 00 5. 00 Local cooperation.-Complied with. Terminal facilities.-There is at Cohasset one small privately owned dock, which is also open to the public, and is used for dock- ing launches and outboard motor boats. 91536-ENG 1934-52 816 REPORT OF CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMY, 1934 Operation and results during fiscal year.-None. Condition at end of fiscal year.-The project is 99 percent com- pleted, the only work remaining to be done being the acquisition of flowage rights on a number of tracts around the reservoirs. The five dams originally built of timber have been reconstructed of concrete. A concrete dam has been constructed at Gull Lake. Three dikes at Winnibigoshish, 4 at Pokegama, 2 at Sandy Lake, and 16 at Pine River have been constructed. Flowage rights have been acquired on practically all lands affected by the construction, maintenance, and operation of the reservoirs. Previous projects Existing projects Reservoir Capacity Cost Cost eed (approxi- mdt (approxi- pleted mate) pleted mate) Cubic feet W inn ib igosh ish .___ _.___ __. . . . . __. . . . . 43, 430, 000, 000 1884 $214, 000 1900 $154, 200 Leech Lake_____ - 33, 230, 000, 000 1884 171, 805 1902 75, 000 PFokegma_____ 5, 260, 000, 000 1884 85, 000 1904 112, 000 Sandy Lake______________________________ 3, 160, 000, 000 1895 114, 000 1909 104, 000 Pine River 7, 730, 000, 000 1886 97, 000 1907 118, 500 Gull Lake 3, 090, 000, 000 - - 1913 77, 200 Total___ ____________________________ 95, 900, 000, 000 __ 681, 805 -.- ____ 640, 900 The total costs and expenditures to June 30, 1934, were $884,604.17, being $880,139.35 for new work and $4,464.82 for maintenance. Proposed operations.-The balance unexpended at the end of the year will be applied as follows: Payment of such awards as may be made in the pending proceedings for the acquisition of flowage rights---------------------------$16, 000. 00 Balance remaining -------------------------------------------- 20, 112. 14 Total---- _------------------- ---------------------------- 36, 112. 14 No additional funds can be profitably expended during the fiscal year 1936. Cost and financial sunmary Cost of new work to June 30, 1934--------------------------- $1, 561, 944. 35 Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1934-------------------------- 105, 321. 92 Total cost of permanent work to June 30, 1934---------- 1, 667, 266. 27 Net total expenditures---------- ---------------------------- , 667, 266. 27 Unexpended balance June 30, 1934_ ------------------ 36, 112. 14 Total amount appropriated to June 30, 1934------------ 1, 703, 378. 41 Fiscal year ending June 30 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 Cost of new work ___---------------------_$3, 417. 94 $325. 26 ------------- $55 Cost of maintenance ______________ _____ .. __ 4, 459. 42 $5. 40 .........----- ....---------....----- Total cost___----------------------- 3, 417. 94 4, 784. 68 5.40 55 . Total expended_---_.... ------ 3, 417.94 4, 621. 70 168. 38 55--.-. Allotted- -----................------ ------------.------------------------------ RIVERS AND HARBORS-ST. PAUL, MINN., DISTRICT 817 Balance unexpended July 1, 1933_________________________---------- $36, 112.14 Balance unexpended June 30, 1934__________________ __ 36, 112. 14 4. OPERATING AND CARE OF RESERVOIRS AT HEADWATERS OF MISSISSIPPI RIVER The improvement for which report is made under this caption forms part of the project for reservoirs at headwaters of Mississippi River. See page 814, where general information can be found. The completed reservoirs have, been operated and maintained under the permanent indefinite appropriation since February 1, 1895. Operations and results during fiscal year.--The reservoirs were operated and maintained. A new bridge was erected over Winni- bigoshish Dam. Considerable work was done improving the bridge over Leech Lake Dam and in sealing of the apron at Lake Winni- bigoshish Dam. Minor repairs and improvements were made to the appurtenant structures and grounds. Mean monthly stages for the fiscal year 1933 1934 Reservoir July Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec. Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May June Winnibigoshish_ 2. 64 2. 11 1. 68 1. 39 1. 38 1. 42 1.45 1. 46 1. 49 1. 60 1. 69 1. 88 Leech Lake-_ .30 -. 16 -. 53 -. 74 -. 68 -. 62 -. 54 -. 43 -. 33 -. 17 -. 03 -. 04 Pokegama------...... 7. 48 6. 38 5. 92 5. 12 4. 82 4. 72 4. 75 4. 77 4. 84 5. 02 5. 16 4. 92 Sandy Lake----. 9. 20 8. 84 8. 54 7. 83 7. 37 7.13 7. 22 7. 06 7.14 8. 04 8. 47 8. 52 Pine River-.... 14.05 13. 37 13.04 12. 29 11.85 11. 68 11. 54 11.51 11. 53 11.56 11.55 11.49 Gull Lake..------ 6. 51 6. 20 5. 94 5. 57 5. 55 5. 71 5. 80 5. 67 5. 54 5. 22 5.12 5.16 The costs for the year were $48,385.56. The expenditures were $46,179.79. Condition at end of fiscal year.-All reservoirs and appurtenances were in good condition. The total costs to June 30, 1934, were $944,293.95. The total expenditures were $942,024.78. Proposed operations.-The reservoirs will be operated and main- tained under allotments from appropriations made available for such purposes. Cost and financial summnary Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1934___________________________ $944, 293. 95 Minus accounts payable June 30, 1934 ---------------------------- 2, 269. 17 Net total expenditures------------------------------------ 942, 024. 78 Unexpended balance June 30, 1934______________________________ 3, 524. 66 Total amount appropriated to June 30, 1934_____________ 945, 549. 44 Fiscal year ending June 30 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 Cost of new work .---------------------------- Cost of maintenance.......---------------- $17, 391. 73 $22, 404. 55 $18, 127. 57 $12, 103. 74 $48, 385. 56 Total expended__ .-------------------- 16, 732. 79 22, 500. 15 16,093. 47 14, 130. 39 46, 179. 79 Allotted_- ------------------------ - __ 16, 000. 00 22, 000. 00 17, 500. 00 14, 850. 68 45, 398.35 818 REPORT OF CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMY, 1934 Balance unexpended July 1, 1933-----------------------------_ $4, 306. 10 Amount allotted from permanent indefinite appropriation, section 6, River and Harbor Act, Mar. 3, 1909 46, 350. 00 Amount to be accounted for-_ __ 50; 656. 10 Deductions on account of revocation of impounded funds---------- 951. 65 Net amount to be accounted for__-- ---- _____ 49, 704. 45 Gross amount expended _-.-- $46, 305.71 Less reimbursements collected------------------------- 125. 92 46, 179. 79 Balance unexpended June 30, 1934--------------------------3, 524. 66 Outstanding liabilities June 30, 1934 --------------------------- 3, 081. 16 Balance available June 30, 1934__ ----------- 443. 50 Amount allotted for fiscal year 1935 __- ------- 24, 000. 00 Balance available for fiscal year 1935 443. 50 2----------------------4, 5. GAGING MISSISSIPPI RIVER AND ITS TRIBUTARIES AT OR NEAR ST. PAUL, MINN. The improvement for which report is made under this caption forms part of the project for gaging the waters of the Mississippi River and its tributaries. The work carried on is the establishment, maintenance, and reading of gages at or near St. Paul, Minn. Gages have been maintained under annual allotments from the appropria- tion provided for in joint resolution of February 21, 1871, and modi- fied by section 6 of River and Harbor Act of August 11, 1888, and section 9 of River and Harbor Act of June 13, 1902. Operations and results during fiscal year.-Gages were read at Montevideo and Mankato on the Minnesota River, during the fiscal year. The costs and expenditures were $260. Condition at end of fiscal year.-Gages have been established, read, and maintained at various points on the, Mississippi River and its tributaries in the vicinity of St. Paul. The total costs and ex- penditures to June 30, 1934, were $13,991.31. Proposed operations.-The reading and maintenance of gages in the Mississippi River at St. Paul and vicinity, and in the Minne- sota River at Montevideo and Mankato will be continued. Cost and financial summary Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1934---------------------------$13, 991.31 Net total expenditures----------------------------------------- 13, 991. 31 Total amount appropriated to June 30, 1934 ____----------------13, 991. 31 Fiscal year ending June 30 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 Cost of new work--------------- Cost of maintenance---------------------- $350 $350 $350 $249 $260 Total expended--------------------------- 350 350 350 249 260 Allotted-------..... ..-------------------------- 350 350 350 249 260 RIVERS AND HARBORS-ST. PAUL, MINN., DISTRICT 819 Amount allotted from River and Harbor Act approved June 13, 1902------------------- ---------------------------- $350'.00 Deductions on account of revocation of allotment------------------- 90. 00 Net amount to be accounted for _-- 260.00 Gross amount expended _ ----------------------------------- _ 260. 00 6. ST. CROIX RIVER, WIS. AND MINN. Location.-The source of the river is in northwestern Wisconsin. It is about 160 miles long and for its greater part forms the bound- ary between Wisconsin and Minnesota. It flows southwesterly and then southerly into the Mississippi River at Prescott, Wis., 29.5 miles below the Omaha Bridge, St. Paul, Minn. The portion in- cluded in this improvement extends from the mouth to Taylors Falls, a distance of 52.3 miles. (See U. S. Geological Survey map of Minnesota, scale 1: 500,000, for general location.) Existing project.-This provides for a channel 200 feet wide and 6 feet deep at low water between the mouth and Stillwater (24 miles) and a channel 3 feet deep at mean low water between Stillwater and Taylors Falls (28 miles), also the improvement of the harbor and water front at Stillwater. The ordinary fluctuations between mean low and mean high water are about 7.5 feet at Osceola and about 17.8 feet at Stillwater. The estimate of cost of new work, revised in 1927, is $150,400. The latest (1927) approved estimate for annual cost of maintenance is $3,000. The existing project was authorized by the following river and harbor acts: The act of June 18, 1878, provided for dredging, etc., for a 3-foot channel between the mouth and Taylors Falls (H. Doc. No. 75, pt. 6, 43d Cong., 2d sess.); the act of June 3, 1896, provided for the harbor and water front at Stillwater; and the act of January 21, 1927, provided for the 6-foot channel to Stillwater (H. Doc. No. 378, 69th Cong., 1st sess.). The latest printed map is in House Document No. 1008, Sixty- fourth Congress, first session. Recommended modifications of project. Under date of December 15, 1931, the Chief of Engineers recommended modification of the existing project so as to provide for the maintenance of a channel 9 feet deep and of suitable width from the mouth to Stillwater at an estimated cost of $5,000 annually, in connection with the improve- ment of the upper Mississippi River to afford a depth of 9 feet (H. Doc. No. 184, 72d Cong., 1st sess.). Terminal facilities.-At Stillwater there is a concrete-paved levee, 550 feet long and 40 feet wide, sloping from the top of the river bank to the water. There is also a piling and timber trestle wharf on the right bank, of which 276 feet is dock and 96 feet approach. At other points along the river, landings are made on the banks. Operations and results during fiscal year.-Maintenance channel dredging was done at the mouth of Kinnikinnic River by hired labor and the use of Government plant, the length of cuts aggregating 3,170 feet. A total of 65,262 cubic yards of sand and gravel was removed. A total of 1,007 snags was removed from the river from Taylors Falls to the mouth by hired labor and Government plant. The costs and expenditures during the year were $8,980, all for maintenance. 820 REPORT OF CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMY, 1934 Condition at end of fiscal year.-The project was completed in 1930. The maximum draft that could be carried June 30, 1934, was 1 foot at low water of 1933 above Stillwater and 5 feet at low water of 1933 between Stillwater and the mouth. The total costs and expenditures were $209,386, being $150,409.50 for new work and $58,976.50 for maintenance. Proposed operations.-The balance unexpended will be applied as follows: Maintenance dredging between Stillwater and mouth of river, by hired labor and Government plant, as navigation needs require__ $2, 300. 00 Removal of snags between Taylors Falls and Stillwater, by hired labor and Government plant (Aug. and Sept. 1934) 1,018. 11 ------------ Total-------- ------------------- ----------------- 3, 318. 11 The additional amount of $3,000 can be profitably expended dur- ing the fiscal year 1936, in maintenance dredging between Stillwater and mouth of river, by hired labor and Government plant, as naviga- tion needs require. Cost and financial summary Cost of new work to June 30, 1934_-----___---- __-_----- $150, 409 50 Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1934------------------------ 58, 976. 50 Total cost of permanent work to June 30, 1934 ----------- 209, 386. 00 Net total expenditures_-----------------__ __--______ 209, 386. 00 Unexpended balance June 30, 1934------------------------------ 3, 318. 11 Total amount appropriated to June 30, 1934 ____-- 212, 704. 11 -___ Fiscal year ending June 30 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 Cost of new work-------- $11, 014. 78 ------------ -------------------------------- Cost of maintenance----- - --- ...--.-- --- $1, 460. 69 $11, 737. 48 $3, 942.83 980. 00 $8, Total expended__------------------------11, 226. 42 842. 54 8, 872. 98 7,425. 48 8, 980. 00 Allotted ----------------------------- 3,000. 00 5, 500. 00 5, 000. 00 4, 982. 59 10, 956. 52 Balance unexpended July 1, 1933 ----------- $1, 341. 59 Amount allotted from War Department Appropriation Act approved Apr. 26, 1934-------------------------- $3, 000.00 Amount allotted from War Department Appropriation Act approved Mar. 4, 1933_-- 11 - ------- 8, 000. 00 11, 000. 00 Amount to be accounted for 341. 59 1----------------------------2 Deductions on account of revocation of impounded funds_----------- 43. 48 Net amount to be accounted for------------------------ 12, 298. 11 Gross amount expended --------------------------------- 8, 980. 00 Balance unexpended June 30, 1934_________________________ 3, 318. 11 Amount that can be profitably expended in fiscal year ending June 30, 1936, for maintenance 1__- __-- 3, 000.00 1 Exclusive of available funds. RIVERS AND HARBORS-ST. PAUL, MINN., DISTRICT 821 7. EXAMINATIONS, SURVEYS, AND CONTINGENCIES (GENERAL) The cost of work during the year was $66,763.35; the expenditures $64,130.17. The balance unexpended June 30, 1934, will be applied as needed to payment of expenses to be incurred in connection with the above items. The additional sum of $35,000 can be profitably expended during the fiscal year ending June 30, 1936. Cost and financial summary Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1934_--------------------------- $164, 845. 07 Value of plant, materials, etc., on hand June 30, 1934------------ 1, 972. 71 Net total cost to June 30, 1934----------------------__ 166, 817. 78 Minus accounts payable June 30, 1934--------------------------- 3, 934.34 Net total expenditures ---------------------------------- 162, 883. 44 Unexpended balance June 30, 1934------------------------------- 36, 584.31 Total amount appropriated to June 30, 1934--------------- 199, 467. 75 Fiscal year ending June 30 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 Cost of new work -----------............... .......................... ................. Cost of maintenance----...................-------------- $5, 801. 24 $25, 831. 15 $29, 327. 24 $36, 631. 32 $66, 763. 35 Total expended --- _-------------------- 5, 490. 53 26, 198. 39 30, 141. 32 36, 432. 26 64, 130. 17 Allotted--- ---------------------------- 23, 000. 00 36, 500. 00 3, 000. 00 109, 620. 11 25, 847. 64 Balance unexpended July 1, 1933_------------------------------ $74, 866.84 Amount allotted from War Department Appropriation Act approved Mar. 4, 1933 __---- ------------- 30, 000.00 Amount to be accounted for----------------------------- 104, 866. 84 Deductions on account of revocation of impounded funds------------ 4, 152. 36 Net amount to be accounted for ---------------------- ___ 100, 714. 48 Gross amount expended-----------------------------$82, 613.12 Less reimbursements collected ______ 18, 482. 95 64. 130. 17 Balance unexpended June 30, 1934 36, 584. 31 Outstanding liabilities June 30, 1934------------------------__ , 581.15 Balance available June 30, 1934 ----------- 31, 003. 16 Amount that can be profitably expended in fiscal year ending June 30, 1936, for maintenance 1 -.-..----.------------ 35, 000. 00 8. Other projects for which no estimates are submitted [Commercial statistics for these projects are given in pt. 2 of report] For last Cost and expenditures to Estimated full report June 30, 1934 1 Estimated Name of project see An- amount re- nual Re- quired to port for New work Maintenance complete Minnesota River, Minn....--------------------- 1933 $130, 273. 48 $23, 555. 18 Completed. 1 This includes an unpaid claim of $18.88. No commerce, channels adequate for pleasure craft. 1Exclusive of available funds. 822 REPORT OF CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMVIY, 1934 Status of reports called for by river and hlarbor acts and committee resolutions Authorization act Transmitted to Congress Doc. no. Recommenda Locality Minnesota River, Minn_ River and Harbor Oct. 2, 1933 - ------- Unfavorable. Act, July 3, 1930. Mississippi River, from -. Do ...-- ._.----- do Do. Brainerd to Minneap- olis, Minn. Mississippi River from Rivers and Harbors Missouri River to Committee resolu- Minneapolis. tion, July 27, 1934. Mouse River, N. Dak. Flood Control Act, (survey for flood con- Feb. 27, 1931. trol). IMPROVEMENT OF RIVERS AND HARBORS IN THE MISSOURI RIVER DIVISION The improvement of the Missouri River above Hermann, Mo. (about mile 97 1), was under the jurisdiction of the Kansas City, Mo., district, upper Mississippi Valley division, until October 27, 1933, when the Missouri River division was organized with juris- diction over this section. The Missouri River division is divided as follows: Kansas City, Mo., district, Hermann, Mo. (about mile 97), to mouth of Nodaway River; Omaha, Nebr., district, organized January 2, 1934, mouth Nodaway River (about mile 482 1) to mouth Yellowstone River; and Fort Peck, Mont., district, organized De- cember 1, 1933, above the mouth of the Yellowstone River (about mile 1,690 2). The improvement of that section of the Missouri River from its mouth to Hermann, Mo., is under the jurisdiction of the St. Louis district, upper Mississippi Valley division. District engineers: At Kansas City, Mo., Capt. Theodore Wyman, Jr., Corps of Engineers, to January 2, 1934, and First Lt. O. E. Walsh, Corps of Engineers, since that date. At St. Louis, Mo., Maj. W. A. Snow, Corps of Engineers, to December 1, 1933, and Capt. B. M. Harloe, Corps of Engineers, since that date. At Omaha, Nebr., Capt. J. M. Young, Corps of Engineers, since January 2, 1934. At Glasgow, Mont., Maj. T. B. Larkin, Corps of Engineers, since November 21, 1933. Division engineers: At Kansas City, Mo., Lt. Col. R. C. Moore, Corps of Engineers, since October 27, 1933. At St. Louis, Mo., Lt. Col. R. C. Moore, Corps of Engineers, acting until July 28, 1933; Col. George R. Spalding, Corps of Engineers, until November 27, 1933, and Lt. Col. E. L. Daley, Corps of Engineers, since that date. IMPROVEMENTS Page Page 1. Missouri River, Kansas City 5. Osage River, Mo---------- 846 to mouth__________ ___ 823 6. Operating and care of Lock 2. Missouri River, Kansas City and Dam No. 1, Osage to Sioux City, Iowa _____ 832 River_-------------------_ 847 3. Missouri River, Sioux City, 7. Examinations, surveys, and Iowa, to Fort Benton, contingencies (general) ___ 848 Mont____----------- 839 8. Other projects for which no 4. Missouri River at Fort Peck, estimates are submitted__ 850 Mont ----------- 841 1 All mileage is 1932 channel mileage above the mouth unless otherwise designated. 21890 channel mileage. RIVERS AND HARBORS--MISSOURI RIVER DIVISION 823, MISSOURI RIVER Location.-The Jefferson, Madison, and Gallatin Rivers conjoin at Three Forks, Mont., to form the Missouri River, which flows southeasterly 2,473 miles across or along 7 States to the Mississippi River, 17 miles above St. Louis. For description see page 1149, Annual Report for 1932. 1. MISSOURI RIVER, KANSAS CITY TO THE MOUTH Location.-See preceding paragraph. Practically the entire length is contained within the State of Missouri. Previous projects.-The first appropriation for improvement by regulation was made in the River and Harbor Act of June 18, 1878. The original plan for comprehensive improvement was adopted by the River and Harbor Act of August 2, 1882, modified by River and Harbor Acts of July 5, 1884, September 19, 1890, and June 13, 1902. The cost and expenditures on all projects prior to that of 1912 were $7,663,130.48, distributed as follows: Prior to project of 1902, $6,970,- 510.57 for new work and maintenance; subsequent to project of 1902, $289,592.82 for new work, and $403,027.09 for maintenance. For details of previous projects see page 1891 of Annual Report for 1915. Existing project.-This provides for securing a permanent naviga- ble channel with a minimum low-water depth of 6 feet and a mini- mum width of 200 feet, with a reasonable additional width around the bends, by means of bank revetment, permeable dikes to contract and stabilize the waterway, removal of snags, and occasional dredg- ing. Ordinary and extreme fluctuations of stage are 16 and 38 feet, respectively. The estimate of cost for new work, revised in 1934, is $69,000,000, exclusive of amounts expended on previous projects. The estimated cost for annual maintenance is $2,000,000. The existing project was adopted by the River and Harbor Act of July 25, 1912 (H. Doc. No. 1287, 61st Cong., 3d sess.), and modified by the River and Harbor Act of August 8, 1917, which fixed the up- stream limit of the improvement at the upper end of Quindaro Bend, 388 miles from the mouth, and providing for dredging (H. Doc. No. 463, 64th Cong., 1st sess.) ; and the River and Harbor Act of March 3, 1925, provided for a minimum width of 200 feet. For latest pub- lished map see page 2876 of Annual Report for 1919. Recommended modifications of project.-Under date of October 3,. 1933, it was recommended to Congress that the project for naviga- tion on the main stem of the Missouri River as heretofore authorized, namely, from the mouth to Sioux City, be vigorously pressed to coin- pletion, and that, in addition, the reservoir at the site of Fort Peck be built to the maximum practicable capacity, and be operated primarily for navigation, with such arrangement for future instal- lation of power as will permit the maximum production of hydro- electric power consistent with the primary demands of navigation and for these purposes an authorized expenditure of $145,000,000 be authorized, together with the maintenance that may be found 824 REPORT OF CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMY, 1934 necessary. (H. Doc. No. 238, 73d Cong., 2d sess.) Partially included in the Public Works program. Local cooperation.-The project provides that cooperation from benefited localities may be required, in case a comprehensive plan is adopted by Congress for an apportionment of expense, where any improvement confers special benefit; and receipt of contributions from private parties, to be expended with Government funds upon authorized works where such would be in the interest of navigation, is authorized by the River and Harbor Act of March 4, 1915. The Secretary of War has approved the general principle of cooperative construction on the Missouri River below Kansas City on the basis that 25 percent of the cost of any special installation shall be paid by the United States and 75 percent by the local interests. The total amount contributed by local interests in cooperation with the United States from 1918 to June 30, 1934, was $665,662.80, of which $8,647.11 was returned to contributors. Contributed funds .expended during the fiscal year amounted to $4,000. Work done by private interests for the benefit of the public was as follows: Kansas City, Kans., mile 385, right bank, 1,000 cubic yards of old concrete and stone were used to repair the bank and an old stone intake pier was removed, at a cost of $520 to the city of Kansas City, Kans., and approximately $5,950 to the Civil Works Administration. Randolph Bend, mile 373, left bank, 385 cubic yards of riprap stone paving were placed and brush and drift removed, at a total cost of $1,280 to the Wabash Railway Co. Missouri City, Mo., mile 350, left bank, 143 squares of wire and brush mattress, 65 cubic yards of riprap stone paving and 20 cubic yards of stone ballast were used to, repair the revetment, at a total cost of $5,605 to the Wabash Railway Co. DeWitt Bend, mile 258, left bank, 35 cubic yards of riprap stone were used to repair revetment, at a total cost of $105, to the Wabash Railway Co. Rocheport Reach, mile 185, left bank, 6,173 cubic yards of riprap stone were used to protect 795 feet of bank, at a total cost of $8,789 to the Missouri, Kansas, Texas Railroad Co. Howard Bend, mile 36.5, right bank, 174 linear feet of steel-sheet, pile sea wall were constructed and 3,600 cubic yards of earth and stone were removed from the river, to protect and improve the St. Louis water works intake. The total cost to the city of St. Louis, Mo., was $8,331.36. Terminal facilities.-At Kansas City, Mo., a municipal terminal consists of a reinforced concrete and brick warehouse and offices (300 by 85 feet); a machine shop (30 by 30 feet); and a loading platform. There is a total floor space of 25,500 square feet. About 400 feet downstream there is a bulk-handling dock consisting of a 250-foot timber pile railroad trestle and a concrete loading platform. A second municipal terminal at the foot of Main Street consists of a steel and stucco warehouse (306 by 40 feet) and a reinforced con- crete loading platform (180 by 48 feet). Miami has a two-story brick warehouse (50 by 80 feet) in fair con- dition, and a frame warehouse (40 by 60 feet) in poor condition. RIVERS AND HARBORSV-MISSOURI RIVER DIVISION 825 Hermann has two municipal warehouses and two elevators. The foregoing terminals are adequate for existing needs. OPERATIONS AND RESULTS DURING FISCAL YEAR Kansas City to Hermann, Mo.-New work completed during the year with Government funds consisted of 127 dikes totaling 77,277 linear feet and 11 pieces of revetment totaling 22,109 linear feet. In addition to completed work, there are in process of construction under contract and by hired labor, 6 dikes to total about 8,716 linear feet and 5 pieces of revetment to total about 25,075 linear feet. Mainte- nance and repairs were made to 16,890 linear feet of dikes, 34,438 linear feet of revetment, 200 linear feet of retards and 3,000 linear feet of levee. Snagging operations resulted in the removal of 310 snags, 95 piles, 4 drift heaps, 3 barges, 1 shanty boat, 2 retards, and 8 boulders; cutting of 28 trees from along the bank; and the lower- ing of 1 mattress. Dredging operations consisted of the removal of 19,965,731 cubic yards from 74 localities by the U. S. dredges, Clark, Lewis, St. Paul, and McGregor at a cost of $341,231.99, all charged to new work. Unallocated surveys amounted to $21,257.10. The total cost of channel marking during the year amounted to $36,971.49. Plant construction during the year by the Kansas City District con- sisted of two 210-horsepower diesel towboats, Patrick Gass and John Ordway (for Fort Peck district), 3 launches, 1 mattress barge, and 56 skiffs, all by hired labor. The following is under construction: Dredges William M. Black and William S. Mitchell, attendant pon- ton pipe lines, 6 launches (for Fort Peck district) by contract, and 4 fuel oil barges and 2 launches by hired labor. New boilers were installed on the dredged McGregor. The radio communication sys- tem was enlarged by the addition of 1 land and 8 floating stations. The cost of new work was $3,627,715.31 ($1,855,320.91 from Public Works funds and $1,772,394.40 from regular funds), and the cost of maintenance was $281,215.34, a total of $3,908,930.65. The expendi- tures during the fiscal year amounted to $4,768,553.36, of which $1,692,274.58 were Public Works funds and $3,076,278.78 were regular funds. Hermann, Mo., to the mouth.-New work completed during the year with Government funds consisted of 107 dikes totaling 52,480 linear feet and 13 pieces of revetment, 24,200 linear feet. In addition to completed work, there are under construction by contract 13 dikes to total about 5,665 linear feet and 2 pieces of revetment to total about 4,225 linear feet. Of the above work, 94 dikes totaling 46,225 linear feet and 9 pieces of revetment totaling 14,685 linear feet were built with Public Works funds. All the work now under construction is being done with Public Works funds. Snagging operations resulted in removal of 143 snags from the channel, the cost of which, $10,506.19, is charged to maintenance. Dredging operations resulting in an average gain of 7.5 feet in chan- nel depth, consisted of the removal of 7,180,550 cubic yards of mate- rial from 52 localities by the U. S. dredges Dundee, Clark, Ste. Gene- 826 REPORT OF CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMY, 193 vieve, Thebes, Fort Chartres, and Potter, and the leased dredges Vulcan and Baltimore II, at a cost of $271,561.04, of which $73,875.87 was for contract dredging and the balance for operation of United States dredges, all charged to maintenance. Hydrographic surveys were made covering 94 miles of river. The cost of surveys and gages was $19,206.35, charged to maintenance. The cost of new work was $1,844,394.81, of which $1,439,510.26 was paid from Public Works funds and $404,884.55 from regular funds, and the cost of maintenance was $386,877.92, a total cost of $2,231,- 272.73. The expenditures during the fiscal year amounted to $2,009,- 710.14 of which $1,215,870.74 was from Public Works funds and $793,839.40 from regular funds. Kansas City to the mouth.-The total cost of work during the fiscal year on both sections was $6,140,203.38, of which $5,472,110.12 ($3,294,831.17 Public Works funds and $2,177,278.95 regular funds), was for new work and $668,093.26 for maintenance. The total ex- penditures were $6,778,263.50, including $2,908,145.32 from Public Works funds. For expenditures by local interests see paragraph Local cooperation. Condition at end of fiscal year.-Under the existing project, be- ginning with the appropriation of June 25, 1910, for systematic work on the 6-foot channel, the work for a completely controlled and regulated river is about 95 percent completed, based on 1934 estimate. The work accomplished includes 824,968 linear feet of revetment and five revetment spillways for the purpose of permanently fixing the banks; 1,474,204 linear feet of pile dikes, 35,842 linear feet of retards, 16,561 linear feet of levee, and 28,500 linear feet of abatis for stabil- ization of channel widths and closing of auxiliary chutes; and the removal of 45,962,308 cubic yards of material dredged from the channel to obtain channel depths. Of the 388 miles of river within the project, 376 miles are regarded as substantially completed and 12 miles as partially completed. From the opening of navigation early in March to the close of August, the ruling depth generally fluctuates between 4 and 11 feet above mean low water. A low-water season of 3 months succeeds (to Dec. 1) with river stage about ordinary low water, during which period a dependable channel depth of 6 feet or greater is maintained when the discharge at Kansas City, Mo., is greater than 20,000 cubic feet per second. When the discharge at Kansas City falls below 2.0,000 cubic feet per second, the channel depths in partially im- proved sections may not exceed 5 feet. Dredging is required at low stages to remove temporary shoals and maintain the required channel depth for navigation. The total cost for Kansas City to Hermann, Mo., under the exist- ing project is $56,116,020.74, of which $48,621,761.80 was for new work and $7,494,258.94 for maintenance. The total expenditures were $58,607,264.82. The total cost for Hermann, Mo., to the mouth, under the existing project, was $16,323,464.23 of which $14,547,286.94 was for new work and $1,776,177.29 for maintenance. The total expenditures were $16,099,824.71. RIVERS AND HARBORS-MISSOURI RIVER DIVISION 827 The net total expenditures under the existing project, beginning with the appropriation of June 25, 1910, for systematic work on the 6-foot channel amounts to $74,707,089.53, including $2,908,145.32 from Public Works funds. The cost of new work is $63,169,048.74, in- eluding $3,294,831.17 from Public Works funds, and the cost of maintenance is $9,270,436.23, a total of $72,439,484.97. For expen- ditures by local interests, see paragraph Local cooperation. Proposed operations.--The balance unexpended ($1,636,967.87) and accounts receivable ($19;660.79), at the end of the year, to- gether with an allotment of $844,600 made during July 1934 will be applied as follows: Estimated Kansas City Hermann, date of com- to Her- Mo., to Total pletion mann, Mo. mouth Accounts payable June 30, 1934- - -- ___ $266, 515. 67 - - -_ $266, 515. 67 New work (channel-contraction and bank- protection work by dike and revetment con- struction): By contract: Sheeps Nose and Berlin Bends .........Nov. 30, 1934 157, 791. 71 -------------............... W ilhoite Bend- -_....do .. do--- 281, 353. 98 ---................. Little Missouri and Glasgow Bends .........-do...... 177, 559. 61 - - Marion, Burlington, and Stanley Bends .-- .-- - . ._ . ....------.-- do- 75, 305. 30 -------------............... By hired labor: Teteseau and Thomas Bends ---------------- do- 97, 387. 52 . . Total new work _-___ - - 789, 398. 12 ------- ----- 789, 398. 12 IMaintenance by hired labor: Maintenance and repair of existing works _ June 30, 1935 127, 814. 87 $121, 000 248, 814. 87 Snagging operations .-------------------- do .--- 20, 000. 00 15, 000 35, 000. 00 Project dimensions of channel by dredging-..... do..-... 600, 000. 00 536, 500 1, 136, 500. 00 Surveys, gages, and studies - .- do ----- 0. 00 25, 000 25, 000. 00 - ----. Total maintenance .---.--------------- --- - 747, 814. 87 697, 500 1, 445, 314. 87 Total for all work- - ___ _ ----------- - 1, 803,728.66 697, 500 2, 501, 228. 66 The balance unexpended ($2,051,854.68) from funds provided un- der the provisions of the National Industrial Recovery Act, and accounts receivable ($44.70), together with an allotment of $1,736,000 made during July 1934, will be applied as follows: Estimated Kansas City Hermann, date of com- to Her- Mo., to Total pletion mann, Mo. mouth Accounts payable .------------------------------------ $138,178. 53 $223, 639. 52 $361, 818. 05 New work: Uncompleted contracts: Camden to Baltimore Bends, dikes .... July 31, 1934 86, 173. 59 ----------..... Waverly to Malta Bends, dikes -- Aug. 30, 1934 58,788. 63 - Rocheport Reach to Plow Boy Bend, dikes.------------------------ ....... July 31,1934 67,696.85 Providence and Sandy Hook Bends, dikes and revetments_ Oct. 30,1934 90, 115. 13 Chamois Bend to McGirks Island Reach, dikes and revetments_ -_....July 31, 1934 118, 220. 82 - - -- __ Amazon Bend, dikes__--------------- June 30, 1935 -- . . 45, 010. 71 - Bellefontaine Reach, dikes ------------- do------------_ -------- 44, 037. 45 -- -- St. Charles Reach, dikes. -------------- do ------- -------------- 13, 697. 58 - - Lower Pelican Bend, revetment ...---------- do ----.- _---.-.....32, 331. . 00 Bonhomme Bend, revetment- --........ _ - . do-.... 137. 00 82, New Haven, Pinckney, and Bates Island Bends, dikes and revetment _ do------ -------------- 34, 448. 66 - 828 REPORT OF CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMVIY, 1934 Estimated Kansas City Hermann, date of com- to Her- Mo., to Total pletion mann, Mo. mouth New work-Continued. Uncompleted contracts-Continued. Weldon Springs Bend, dikes and revet- ment___ June 30, 1935 $22, 200. 07 Washington Reach, dikes and revet- ment ._ - -- __ --- do___ 48, 253.07 Spring House Bend, dikes and revet- ment ___- -- - -- _ _do _- 38, 374. 20 Total existing contracts ............. $420, 995. 02 360, 489.74 $781,484. 76 Extension of existing contracts: Waverly to Malta Bends, dikes - __ -- Nov. 30, 1934 58, 000. 00 ----- . 58, 000. 00 Proposed contracts: Kansas River Bend, dikes 1,500 feet --- June 30, 1935 45, 000. 00 ............................ Liberty and Blue Mills Bends, dikes, 1,100 feet.--- do 65, 000. 00 Lexington Reach, revetment, 1,600 feet. DeWitt Bend to Euphrase Bend, dikes, 6,765 feet- - _.... ------------. do ...... 202, 950. 00 Boonville Reach, dikes, 3,870 feet ..-.. -. do .... 116, 100. 00 Rocheport Reach to Lupus Reach: Dikes, 5,500 feet- - - ...d o ....... Revetment, 2,100 feet- --- do ...... } 208, 800. 00 Providence Bend to Eureka Bend, dikes, 4,570 feet_ do -. .. 137, 100. 00 Cote Sans Dessein Bend to Isbell Reach, dikes, 2,870 feet_- ---- __do ---- _ 86, 100. 00 Pelican and Mullanphy Islands, dikes and revetment_ __do --- _-_ 118, 052. 00 Bonhomme Island, dikes _............ ----. do ....--- 62, 029. 00 Howard Bend to St. Albans, dikes and revetment ___ - - _ ----. do .....-. 72, 121. 50 -- - - - - - Washington, dikes and revetment ....- .. do . . . 89, 149. 50 Marthasville-New Haven, dikes and revetment ___- ...--- do - - - 103, 081.00 Bates Island-Berger Bottom, dikes- .- ..... d o ....... 124, 569.50 Total proposed contracts ....-- --- 861,050. 00 569, 002. 50 1, 430, 052. 50, New work by hired labor: Dredging, for shaping the channel to the desired alignment. -- - Nov. 30, 1934 Lexington Reach -_ __ 10,000.00 _----------- .. ............. Tabo Bend- ... - - __-do ------. 15,950. 00 ----- -- -- ..... ..... Wilhoite Bend----_- . - - _do ....... 27, 000. 00 .------ -----... . .. . .. . . Glasgow Bend _--__ _do ------ 54, 000.00 - Burlington and Stanley Bends ........ d o ------ ..... 10, 000. 00 ........... . -------. . . Pelican Bend, revetment-.. _ - - _do -- ---. -. Ao--- -- - 130000.00 3, 000. 00 --- Total proposed hired labor work - 116,950. 00 130, 000.00 246,950.00 Total new work I _.....------------ -----....... 1, 456, 995. 02 1,059, 492. 24 2, 516,487. 26 Plant: 2 34-inch pipe-line dredges (contract)....... Oct. 30,1934 687,579.39........................... Pontons and pipe line for above dredges (contract) - - . . -- - - __-- - - Aug. 30,1934 36, 460. 66 ---- ----------. ---......... 4 oil barges, 2 launches, and equipment for dredges (hired labor) --- -........ .. do.....--- 114,511.82 . 83,5.83 ,55.8 Total plant._ --- - - __--- -- -- -- -- .......... 838, 551.87 838,551.87 Balance remaining-......... .. -.........-. .......... 70, 044. 70 997. 50 71, 042. 20 Total all work-------..............---..... ....... . 2, 503,770. 12 1, 284,129. 26 3, 787, 899. 38 -- RIVERS AND HARBORS-MISSOURI RIVER DIVISION 829 The additional sum of $4,261,598 can be profitably expended dur- ing the fiscal year ending June 30, 1936, as follows : Kansas ermann, ityermann, to Mo.,to Total Hermann, mouth Mo. New work (July 1, 1935, to June 30, 1936), channel, contraction and bank-protection work by dike and revetment construction: By __...------- ------------------ contract_ --------------------- $902,000 $1,500,000 $2,402,000 Maintenance (July 1, 1935, to June 30, 1936), by hired labor: Maintenance and repair of existing works.....__------------ ___ _ 400, 000 245, 000 645, 000 Snagging operations_------------------------------------- 30, 000 15, 000 45, 000 Project dimensions of channel by dredging (by hired labor) ... 579, 598 500, 000 1, 079, 598 Surveys, gages, and studies__------------------------------ 50, 000 40, 000 90, 000 Total maintenance__------------------ ________ - 1, 059, 598 800,000 1, 859, 598 Total for all work..........____- ...... _-------- __-..-.... 1,961, 598 2, 300, 000 4, 261, 598 Cost and financial sunmary MAINTENANCE AND IMPROVEMENT FUNDS Cost of new work to June 30, 1934__------------------__ -_ $67, 134, 320. 96 Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1934_-- .--- __---- -__--- 9,673, 463.32 Total cost of permanent work to June 30, 1934.-------- 76, 807, 784.28 Value of plant, materials, etc., on hand June 30, 1934- .------- 2,901, 145. 29 Net total cost to June 30, 1934---------------------- 79, 708, 929. 57 Plus accounts receivable June 30, 1934.---------__ --------- __ 19, 660. 79 Gross total costs to June 30, 1934-- - ............ ___ 79, 728, 590. 36 Minus accounts payable June 30, 1934------------------------ 266, 515. 67 Net total expenditures_-__---------------------- _79, 462, 074. 69 Unexpended balance June 30, 1934------------------------ 1, 636, 967. 87 Total amount appropriated to June 30, 1934 ---- _______ 81, 099, 042. 56 Fiscal year ending 1930 1931 1932 1933 June 30 1934 Cost of new work- ... $13, 819, 854. 64 $9,694,631.02 $6,769,662. 95 $8,350,995.71 $2,177,278.95 Cost of maintenance___ 1, 785, 691. 68 1, 331, 820. 97 2, 090, 293. 21 811, 188. 38 668, 093. 26 Total cost-..... 15, 605, 546. 32 11, 026, 451. 99 8, 859, 956. 16 9, 162, 184.09 2, 845, 372. 21 Total expended-...._ 14, 041, 498. 84 10, 916, 775. 76 9,499, 29 153. 9, 208, 311. 07 3, 870, 118. 18 Allotted-- ------------ 14, 390, 000. 00 14, 614, 245. 70 2, 668, 600. 00 7, 874, 672. 44 3, 342, 973. 24 Balance unexpended July 1, 1933____ _------------------------- $2,164, 112. 81 Amount allotted from War Department Appropria- tion Act approved Feb. 23, 1931____________ $883, 822. 67 Amount allotted from War Department Appropria- tion Act approved Apr. 26, 1934 ______- ___ 697, 500. 00 Amount allotted from War Department Appropria- tion Act approved July 14, 1932____________ 656, 000. 00 Amount allotted from Emergency Relief and Con- struction Act approved Mar. 4, 1933________ 1,217, 975. 76 3, 455, 298. 43 Amount to be accounted for__ __- _______ -___-__ 5,619, 411. 24 830 REPORT OF CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMY, 1934 Deductions on account of revocation of: Allotment ----------------------------------- _ $15, 298. 97 Impounded funds_____________________________ 97, 026. 22 $112, 325. 19 Net amount to be accounted for_________________________ 5, 507, 086. 05 Gross amount expended_______________________ $4, 585, 921.20 Less: Reimbursements collected------ $703, 205. 28 Receipts from sales ------------ 12, 597. 74 715, 803. 02 3, 870, 118. 18 Balance unexpended June 30, 1934 _______________- _ 1, 636, 967. 87 Outstanding liabilities June 30, 1934______________ $140, 453. 60 Amount covered by uncompleted contracts ------- 799, 014. 27 939, 467. 87 Balance available June 30, 1934_____ __.___________-- 697, 500. 00 Accounts receivable June 30, 1934__________________ - ___ 19, 660. 79 Unobligated balance avilable June 30, 1934 ______--... 717, 160. 79 Amount (estimated) required to be appropriated for completion of existing project 1--------------- 4, 902, 000. 00 Amount that can be profitably expended in fiscal year ending June 30, 1936: For new work 1- ----------- 2, 402, 000. 00 For maintenance 1 -1-----------1, 859, 598. 06 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - --- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Total 1 4, 261, 598. 00 PUBLIC WORKS FUNDS Cost of new work to June 30, 1934 ____________-_-- ___ ___ -_ 3, 294, 831. 17 Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1934---------------- ___------------- Total cost of permanent work to June 30, 1934--. .--. 3, 294, 831. 17 Value of plant, materials, etc., on hand June 30, 1934 -24, 912. 50 Net total cost to June 30, 1934_----------------------- 3, 269, 918. 67 Plus accounts receivable June 30, 1934 -------__ -------- ---- 44. 70 Gross total costs to June 30, 1934 _______ ___ ----__----- 3, 269, 963. 37 Minus accounts payable June 30, 1934------------------------- 361, 818. 05 Net total expenditures__-----__--__ _--_ -------- 2, 908, 145. 32 Unexpended balance June 30, 1934___________________________ 2, 051, 854. 68 Total amount appropriated to June 30, 1934 ...------ 4, 960, 000. 00 Fiscal year ending June 30 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 Cost of new work .. --- ------- --------.--.- ------------ . $3, 294, 831. 17 Cost of maintenance - ----- ---------------------------- ---------------------------------------- Total expended ------------------------ ----------- 2, 908, 145. 32 Allotted .-...... - ................. 4, 960, 000. 00 1Exclusive of available funds. RIVERS AND HARBORS-MISSOURI RIVER DIVISION 831 Amount allotted from National Industrial Recovery Act ap- proved June 16, 1933------------------------------------ $4, 960, 000. 00 Gross amount expended-_ $2, 910, 320. 96 Less reimbursements collected------------------ 2, 175. 64 2, 908, 145. 32 Balance unexpended June 30, 1934----------------------2, 051, 854. 68 Outstanding liabilities June 30, 1934------------ $87, 920. 70 Amount covered by uncompleted contracts------ 1, 744, 235. 27 1, 832, 155. 97 Balance available June 30, 1934---------------- 219, 698. 71 Accounts receivable June 30, 1934--- 44. 70 Unobligated balance available June 30, 1934 219, 743. 41 Amount allotted by Public Works Administration, Emergency Appropriation Act, fiscal year 1935------------------------- 1, 736, 000. 00 Balance available for fiscal year 1935,__ 1, 955, 743. 41 , CONSOLIDATED COST AND FINANCIAL SUMMARY FOR MISSOURI RIVER, KANSAS CITY TO MOUTH Cost of new work to June 30, 1934_- $70, 429, 152. 13 Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1934------------------------ 9, 673, 463. 32 Total cost of permanent work to June 30, 1934- ------- 80, 102, 615. 45 Value of plant, materials, etc., on hand June 30, 1934 --------- 2, 876, 232. 79 Net total cost to June 30, 1934__ 82, 978, 848. 24 Plus accounts receivable June 30, 1934_ 19, 705. 49 Gross total costs to June 30, 1934-------------------- 82, 998, 553. 73 Minus accounts payable June 30, 1934------------------------ 628, 333. 72 Net total expenditures 2, 370, 220. 01 8------------------------------- Unexpended balance June 30, 1934__--------------------------_ 3, 688, 822. 55 Total amount appropriated to June 30, 1934------------ 86, 059, 042. 56 Fiscal year ending 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 June 30 Cost of new work------ $13, 819, 854. 64 $9, 694, 631. 02 $6, 769, 662. 95 $8, 350, 995. 71 $5, 472, 110. 12 Cost of maintenance: 1, 785, 691. 68 1, 331, 820. 97 2, 090, 293. 21 811, 188. 38 668, 093. 26 Total cost_...... 15, 605, 546. 32 11, 026, 451. 99 8, 859, 956. 16 9, 162,184. 09 6, 140, 203. 38 Total expended.... 14, 041, 498. 84 10, 916, 775. 76 9, 499, 153. 29 9, 208, 311. 07 6, 778, 263. 50 Allotted_ - _ 14, 390, 000. 00 14, 614, 245. 70 2, 668, 600. 00 7, 874, 672. 44 8, 302, 973. 24 Balance unexpended July 1, 1933---------------------------- $2, 164, 112. 81 Amount allotted from War Department Appropria- tion Act approved Apr. 26, 1934---------------- $697, 500. 00 Amount allotted from War Department Appropria- tion Act approved Feb. 23, 1931--------------- 883, 822. 67 Amount allotted from War Department Appropria- tion Act approved July 14, 1932---------------- 656, 000. 00 Amount allotted from War Department Appropria- tion Act approved Mar. 4, 1933--------------- 1, 217, 975. 76 Amount allotted from National Industrial Re- covery Act approved June 16, 1933------------4, 960, 000. 00 8, 415, 298. 43 Amount to be accounted for--_____________________ 10,579,411.24 91536-ENG 1934- 53 832 REPORT OF CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMY, 1934 Deductions on account of revocation of-- Allotment------------------------------- $15, 298. 97 Impounded funds------------------------- 97, 026. 22 $112, 325. 19 Net amount to be accounted for-------------------- 10, 467, 086. 05 Gross amount expended -------------------- $7, 496, 242. 16 Less- Reimbursements collected ---- - $705,380.92 Receipts from sales------------12, 597. 74 717, 978.66 6, 778, 263. 50 Balance unexpended June 30, 1934------------------- 3, 688, 822.55 Outstanding liabilities June 30, 1934------------ $228, 374. 30 Amount covered by uncompleted contracts ----- 2, 543, 249. 54 2, 771, 623. 84 Balance available June 30, 1934 ----------------------- 917, 198. 71 Accounts receivable June 30, 1934--------------------------- 19, 705. 49 Unobligated balance available June 30, 1934------------- 936, 904. 20 Amount allotted by Public Works Administration Emergency Appropriation Act fiscal year 1935 736, 000.00 1-----------------------, Balance available for fiscal year 1935----------------2, 672, 904. 20 Amount (estimated) required to be appropriated for comple- tion of existing project 1---4---------------------------- , 902, 000. 00 Amount that can be profitably expended in fiscal year ending June 30, 1936: For new work 1 -- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 2, 402, 000. 00 For maintenance 1 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - , 859, 598. 00 Total ----------------------------------------- 4, 261, 598. 00 2. MISSOURI RIVER, KANSAS CITY, MO., TO SIOUX CITY, IOWA Location.-See page 823. The river is the boundary between the States of Missouri, Kansas, Nebraska, and Iowa. Previous projects.-Under the River and Harbor Act of August 14, 1876, the first regulation works were constructed at St. Joseph and Nebraska City; but a project for systematic river improvement was not adopted until August 2, 1882, modified by the River and Harbor Acts of July 5, 1884, September 19, 1890, and June 13, 1902. The costs and expenditures up to, but not including, the allotment from the War Department Appropriation Act of March 23, 1928, were $2,586,616.56 for new work, and $570,203.93 for maintenance; a total of $3,156,820.49. Existing project.-This provides for securing a permanent navi- gable channel 6 feet in depth and to conform to the character and methods of improvement of the section of river between the upper end of Quindaro Bend and the mouth, namely, by means of bank revetment, permeable dikes to contract and stabilize the waterway, removal of snags, and occasional dredging. The ordinary fluctuation is about 14 feet and the extreme fluctuation about 38 feet. The estimated cost of new work, revised in 1932, exclusive of amounts expended on previous projects, is $77,000,000. Appropri- ations are limited by law to an amount of $27,000,000. SExclusive of available funds. RIVERS AND HARBORS-MISSOURI RIVER DIVISION 833 The existing project was adopted by the River and Harbor Act of January 21, 1927 (H. Doc. No. 1120, 60th Cong., 2d sess.), which authorized the appropriation of $12,000,000 for the prosecution of this project and the River and Harbor Act approved July 3, 1930, authorized the additional appropriation of $15,000,000, or a total of $27,000,000. Additional allotments totaling $29,153,108, were made by the Public Works Administration under the provisions of the National Industrial Recovery Act of June 16, 1933. Local cooperation.-No conditions have been imposed by law for the initiation of cooperative works on the Missouri River between Kansas City and Sioux City. No cooperative funds were received or expended during the fiscal year 1934. Works for the benefit of the public constructed by private interests at their own expense were as follows: Gibson bend, right bank, mile 654.5: 2,970 tons of rock and miscel- laneous material were used to repair retards nos. 1 and 3, and to repair the revetment. Work was completed May 25, 1934, at a total cost of $6,275.65 to the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad Co. Sioux City Bend, mile 807.3, left bank: The city of Sioux City, Iowa, during fiscal year 1934, made a fill of approximately 16,000 cubic yards of miscellaneous material along the left highbank in the vicinity of the combination bridge. All costs charged against other local projects for removal of material. Terminal facilities.-The facilities are considered adequate for existing commerce. Operations and results during fiscal year.-New work completed during the year, with Government funds, consisted of 138 dikes total- ing 133,495 linear feet, 4 abatis totaling 3,337 linear feet, 1 revetment drain totaling 130 linear feet, and 20 pieces of revetment totaling 57,200 linear feet. In addition to completed work there are in proc- ess of construction, under contract and by hired labor, 74 dikes to total about 157,467 linear feet and 19 pieces of revetment to total about 91,435 linear feet. Maintenance consisted of repairs to 8,359 linear feet of dikes, 3,400 linear feet of revetment, and 2,660 linear feet of retards. Snagging operations, Kansas City to Sioux City, resulted in the removal of 407 snags and 1 wreck from the channel, and 5,366 trees and 116 cords of underbrush cut from along the bank. Dredging operations during the year, by the U. S. dredge Robert McGregor resulted in the removal of 3,673,386 cubic yards from 4 localities at a total cost of $94,795.54, charged to new work, and 42,940 cubic yards from 2 localities at a total cost of $7,313.09, charged to maintenance. Unallocated surveys amounting to $24,- 235.41 were made during the fiscal year, charged to new work. The cost of the stream gaging was $853.08, charged to maintenance. The total cost of channel marking during the year amounted to $263.93. Construction of two land pile drivers by hired labor was completed during the fiscal year. The cost of new work was $10,326,287.16 ($2,533,689.94 regular funds and $7,792,597.22 Public Works funds) and the cost of mainte- nance $94,642.49, a total of $10,420,929.65. The expenditures during the fiscal year amounted to $9,657,974.14, including $6,929,385.88 Public Works funds. 834 REPORT OF CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMY, 19:34 Condition at end of fiscal year.-Considerable work has been done between Kansas City and Nodaway River, a distance of 102 miles, resulting in a marked improvement of the channel and stabilization of the banks. The entire channel in this section is becoming fixed, and at ordinary stages a 5-foot depth is available. Dredging is required at low stages to remove temporary shoals and maintain the required channel depth for navigation. Between Nodaway River and Sioux City the work has not progressed sufficiently for a com- parison between minimum channel dimensions and project dimen ;sions. Under the existing project, beginning with the allotment from War Department Appropriation Act of March 23, 1928, for sys- tematic work on the 6-foot channel, the work accomplished includes 168,366 linear feet of revetment for permanently fixing the banks; 396,597 linear feet of pile dikes, 7,155 linear feet of abatis, 2,287 linear feet of jetties, recrowning 700 linear feet of an existing levee, 19,218 linear feet of retards for stabilization of channel widths and ,closing of auxiliary chutes; 130 linear feet of revetment drains; and the removal of 5,007,519 cubic yards of material dredged from the channel to obtain channel depths. The total cost of work under the existing project is $21,473,436.21, of which $20,969,116.24 ($13,176,519.02 regular funds and $7,792,- 597.22 Public Works funds) was for new work and $504,319.97 for maintenance. The expenditures were $20,423,459.73, including $6,929,385.88 from Public Works funds. (For expenditures by local interests see paragraph Local cooperation.) Proposed operations.-The balance unexpended ($859,803.68), and accounts receivable ($1,104.11) at the end of the year will be applied as follows: Kansas Rulo, City to Nebr. to itulo, Sioux Total Nebr. City, Iowa Accounts payable June 30, 1934_----- ------------------- -- $247, 872. 45 $29, 721. 02 $277, 593. 47 New work (channel-contraction and bank-protection work by dike and revetment construction), by contract (June 30 to Dec. 30, 1934): Existing contracts: Weavers and Pomeroy Bends, dikes and revetment 94, 672. 56 94, 672. 56 Oak Mills and Iatan Bends, dikes and revetment ------- _ 197, 575. 85 197, 575. 85 Pomeroy Bend, dikes_ _.------------ ------------------ 68, 588. 98 68, 588. 98 Floyd and Dakota Bends, dikes and revetment 69, 571. 56 69, 571. 56 Total - - -- ____ --- ---- ----------------- 360, 837. 39 69. 571.56 430, 408.95 Maintenance (July 1, 1934, to June 30, 1935), by hired labor: Main- t ena nc e a n d r e p ai r o f e x i st i ng w o r ks _ _ . . . . . . . . . . . .- . . ..- . . . .. 9 2 , 8 0 3 . 13 60 , 10 2 . 2 4 15 2 , 9 05. 37 Total for all work ------------------------------------------- 701, 512. 97 159, 394. 82 860, 907. 79 The balance unexpended ($7,223,722.12) from funds provided un- der the provisions of the National Industrial Recovery Act, and accounts receivable ($28,890.99), together with an allotment of $15,000,000 made during July 1934, will be applied as follows: RIVERS AND HARBORS-MISSOURI RIVER DIVISION 835 I I I I Estimated Kansas City Rulo, Nebr., date of to Rulo, to Sioux Total completion Nebr. City, Iowa Accounts payable_------------ $281,049.14 $632, 610.49 $913, 659. 63 New work: Completion of existing contracts: Bon Ton-St. Joseph Bends, dikes, and revetment ..... . . . Nov. 30, 1934 194, 946.82 Burr Oak and Amazonia bends, dikes, and revetment_ ._ ----.do __-- 532, 251. 47 Dallas and Burr Oak Bends, dikes, and revetment_ ....... Sept. 1, 1934 225, 414. 22 Floyd and Dakota Bends, dikes and revetment _...... .... . - Dec. 31,1934 ------------- 624, 125. 92 Florence Bend and The Narrows, dikes and revetment--------- Apr. 30,1935 - -- - - - -- - - - 378, 256. 60 The Narrows and Council Bend, dikes and revetment_ _ July 31,1934 .- - - - - - - - 38, 255. 73 Omaha and Gibson Bends, dikes and revetment________ ___ _ June 30,1935 - - - - - - - - - - - 359, 364. 61 Tobacco and Rock Bluff Bends, dikes and revetment ___._. __ ....do ....... . . .-- -- - 929, 434. 56 Nebraska, Frazers, and Otoe Bends, dikes and revetment ______ -- ___do........ . -- -- - 971, 856. 37 Peru and Sonora Bends, dikes and re- vetment- . -... ...... ...........- Dec. 31,1934 . . . .. . - --- 94, 650. 61 Sonora and Brownville Bends, dikes and revetment__.....___.... _ ..do---- ------------- 215, 095. 58 Brownville and Langdon Bends, dikes and revetment._______________ ... do..... 444, 726. 99 183, 000...00 Rulo Bend, dikes and revetment .---. ----.. do----- . 85, 585. 83 White Cloud, Tarkio, and Wolf Creek Bends, dikes and revetment_ __ Oct. 30,1934 244, 533. 16 Mount Vernon and Charleston Bends, dikes___- - - - - - - - - - - - - - July 31, 1934 55, 084.86 Charleston and Dallas Bends, dikes and revetment_________________ Dec. 31,1934 945, 370. 15 Total existing contracts------ 952, 612. 51 97 5, 386,340. 6, 338,953.48 Extensions to existing contracts: White Cloud, Tarkio, and Wolf Creek Bends, dikes and revetment--- ---- June 30,1935 184, 000. 00 ------------ Burr Oak and Amazonia Bends, dikes and revetment ------------ __ - ---- do ..... 128, 000. 00 Brownville and Langdon Bends, dikes_ -- --do ...... 224, 000. 00 Nebraska-Frazer-Otoe Bend, dikes -- -- do .- - 561, 000. 00 Tobacco-Rock Bluff Bend, dikes -_- -- do ... 157, 000. 00 Floyd and Dakota Bends, dikes ..--- ---- do------- 192, 000. 00 Total extensions to existing contracts_ 312, 000. 00 1, 134, 000. 00 1, 446, 000. 00 Proposed contracts: Delaware Bend, dikes'_- June 30,1935 75, 000. 00 Kickapoo and Weston Bends, dikes and revetment ..__ -- - do ....... 183, 000.00 McQueens Bend, dikes-----------_ do ....... 75, 000.00 ....- Rulo to Nemaha Bends, dikes --_-_-- ---- do-- ----- 00 1,013,000. Squaw and White Cloud Bends, dikes_ ----- do ....... 894, 000. 00 White Cloud and Tarkio Bends, dikes_ - d o .- ----- 1, 028, 000. 00 Indian Cave-Hemmies Bend, dikes and revetm ent _.......... ......... -- do - - - 1, 740, 000. 00 Nishnabotna-Peru Bend, dikes and revetment__- -- -- - - -- - __-do ....... 477, 000. 00 Kansas-Nishnabotna Bend, dikes, re- vetment, and abatis-............... ---- do ....... 772, 000. 00 Hamburg Bend, dikes and revetment_ do ------. ----- 372, 000. 00 Copeland-Nebraska Bend, dikes and revetment...................________ ..... do ....... 747, 000. 00 Copeland Bend, dikes and revetment_ ..- do ...... 240, 000. 00 Civil-Copeland Bends, dikes and revetment--____.. ---- ..-- ..--- ---- do----- -- 513, 000. 00 Civil Bend, dikes and revetment______ ---- do ------- 661,000.00 St. Marys-Papillon-Plattsmouth Bend, ... ...... .. . dikes, revetment, and Abatis ....... --- do - 1, 325, 000. 00 Bellevue-St. Marys Bends, dikes...... ----do 354, 000. 00 Bellevue Reach, dikes and revetment_ ----do- 698, 000. 00 Gibson-Manawa Bend, dikes and re- vetment - - - d o ....... ..... 651, 000. 00 Blair Bend, dikes and revetment ... ----- do .. ---- 330, 000. 00 Decatur Bend, revetment_____________ ----- do ------ 200, 000. 00 Langdon Bend, dikes_________________ --- do ------- 186, 000. 00 Total proposed contracts- ....- - --------------- 00 12,201,000.00 000. 333, 000.00 12,534, 836 REPORT OF CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMY, 1934 Estimated Kansas City Rule, Nebr., date of to Rule, to Sioux Total completion Nebr. City, Iowa New work-Continued. Proposed work by hired labor: Wolf Creek-Forbes Bend, dikes----- .....------------------------......$739, 000. 00 Elwood-St. Joseph Bend, revetment---------------- $12, 000. 00 Parkville Bend, dikes--------- -------------- I 192, 000. 00 - - Dredging for shaping river to desired alinement: Parkville Bend ------------------ --------------- 50, 000. 00 - Pomeroy Bend------------------ -------------- 27, 000. 00 __ Total proposed works (hired labor, National Industrial Recovery I Administration funds) ..-------------..-----...--. 281, 000. 00 739, 000. 00 1, 020, 000. 00 Total for all work.._.......... .........-.. 2, 159, 661. 65 20, 092, 951.46 22, 252, 613. 11 The additional sum of $16,540,000 can be profitably expended during the fiscal year ending June 30, 1936, as follows: Kansas City Rulo, Nebr., to Rule, to Sioux Total Nebr. City, Iowa New work (July 1, 1935, to June 30, 1936), channel-contraction and bank-protection work by dike and revetment construc- tion: --- By contract_- ____________ ----------- ___- - $1, 324, 610 $14, 500, 000 $15, 824, 610 Project dimensions of channel by dredging (2 dredges, 3 months each)_____---.._...--__---- _....---- ..------- .........--------------. 150, 000 150, 000 1, 324, 610 14; 650, 000 15, 974, 610 Maintenance (July 1 ,1935, to June 30, 1936), by hired labor: Maintenance and repair of existing works----------------- 170, 000 300, 000 470, 000 Snagging operations_____---_-----___-_-____ _-_-__ 15, 390 50, 000 65, 390 Surveys, gages, and studies__----------------------------- 30, 000 -------------- 30, 000 215, 390 350, 000 565, 390 Total for all work--- -- ._ ...-.-----------......... 1, 540, 000 15, 000, 000 16, 540, 000 Cost and financial summary MAINTENANCE AND IMPROVEMENT FUNDS Cost of new work to June 30, 1934------------------- $15, 763, 135. 58 Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1934___ --- ___---------- 1, 074, 523. 90 Total cost of permanent work to June 30, 1934--______ 16, 837, 659. 48 Value of plant, materials, etc., on hand June 30, 1984-- __-__ _ 153, 746. 11 Net total cost to June 30, 1934_--__ -____-___- ___ 16, 991, 405. 59 Plus accounts receivable June 30, 1934--__---__ _____ -1, 104. 11 Gross total costs to June 30, 1934-------___________ 16, 992, 509. 70 Minus accounts payable June 30, 1934---_-- ______________- 277, 593. 47 Net total expenditures--- ___ -- ------ ____ __--- 16, 714, 916. 23 Unexpended balance June 30, 1934 -________________________ 8599, 803. 68 Total amount appropriated to June 30, 1934 17, 574, 719. 911 RIVERS AND HARBORS-MISSOURI RIVER DIVISION 837 Fiscal year ending June 30 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 Cost of new work--... .......... $2, 734, 550. 24 $2, 316, 465. 56 $1, 001, 638. 96 $4, 161, 251. 93 $2, 533, 689. 94 Cost of maintenance-----__-------__...... 82, 405. 64 22, 292. 94 193, 155. 39 96, 159. 60 94, 642. 49 Total cost-------------- 2, 816, 955. 88 2, 338, 758. 50 1, 194, 794. 35 4, 257, 411. 53 2, 628, 332. 43 Total expended_-------------- 2, 440, 322. 95 2, 565, 619. 44 1, 180, 384. 90 4, 110, 050. 44 2, 728, 588. 26 Allotted ---. ---------------- 2, 875, 000. 00 1, 925,000. 00 271, 400. 00 6, 109, 296. 51 1, 073, 181. 02 Balance unexpended July 1, 1933 515, 210. 92 $------------------------2, Amount allotted from War Department Appropria- tion Act approved July 14, 1932_--- - ___-_-$882, 500. 00 Amount allotted from War Department Appropria- tion Act approved Mar. 4, 1933---------------___ 220, 000. 00 1, 102, 500. 00 Amount to be accounted for__ ___---__------- - 3,617, 710. 92 Deductions on account of revocation of-- Allotment--------------------------------$3, 000. 00 Impounded funds------------------- 26, 318.98 29, 318. 98 Net amount to be accounted for-- ----------- 3, 588, 391. 94 Gross amount expended -------- - __- $3, 021, 069.99 Less-- Reimbursements collected------ $213, 066. 52 Receipts from sales-- _______--- 79, 406. 21 292, 472. 73 2, 728, 588. 26 Balance unexpended June 30, 1934- -----.- --------- 859, 803.68 Outstanding liabilities June 30, 1934------------ $253, 856. 63 Amount covered by uncompleted contracts -------- 546, 192. 35 800, 048.98 Balance available June 30, 1934---------------- 59, 754. 70 Accounts receivable June 30, 1934 --------------------- 1,104. 11 Unobligated balance available June 30, 1934_----------- 60, 858. 81 Amount that can be profitably expended in fiscal year ending June 30, 1936 for maintenance 1_ 565, 390. 00 PUBLIC WORKS FUNDS Cost of new work to June 30, 1934 ---__.....--- - $7, 792, 597. 22 .---------- Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1934__________ ------------- Total cost of permanent work to June 30, 1934___ ___ _ 7, 792, 597. 22 Value of plant, materials, etc., on hand June 30, 1934_--------- 21, 557. 30 Net total cost to June 30, 1934__ --------- ____ -- 7, 814, 154. 52 Plus accounts receivable June 30, 1934_-------------------- 28, 890. 99 Gross total costs to June 30, 1934 ____--- ----- 7, 843, 045. 51 Minus accounts payable June 30, 1934___ _ - -- _____ _- 913, 659. 63 Net total expenditures__--- _------- 6, 929, 385. 88 Unexpended balance June 30, 1934_________---_----___ 7, 223, 722. 12 Total amount appropriated to June 30, 1934____________ 14, 153, 108.00 1 Exclusive of available funds. 838 REPORT OF CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMY, 1934 Fiscal year ending June 30 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 Cost of new work- - - - - - _-_ - -- -- $7, 792, 597. 22 Cost of maintenance- Total expended 6, 929, 385. 88 Allotted_- 14, 153, 108. 00 Amount allotted from National Industrial Recovery Act ap- proved June 16, 1933----------------------------------- $14, 153, 108. 00 Gross amount expended $7, 177, 030. 58 Less- Reimbursements collected ..... $246, 654.23 Receipts from sales _ 990. 47 247, 644. 70 6, 929, 385. 88 Balance unexpended June 30, 1934 --------------------- 7, 223, 722. 12 Outstanding liabilities June 30, 1941111111_ $352, 574. 08 Amount covered by uncompleted contracts------ 6, 871, 148. 04 7, 223, 722. 12 Accounts receivable June 30, 1934 ________ - -______ - -__ 28, 890. 99 Amount allotted by Public Works Emergency Appropriation Act fiscal year 1935_____------ ______________________ 15, 000, 000. 00 Balance available for fiscal year 1935------------------15, 028, 890. 99 Amount (estimated) required to be appropriated for completion of existing project 1-_- -- - _____________ 34, 000, 000. 00 Amount that can be profitably expended in fiscal year ending June 30, 1936, for new work 1____-___-_ 15, 974, 610. 00 CONSOLIDATED COST AND FINANCIAL SUMMARY FOR MISSOURI RIVER, KANSAS CITY TO SIOUX CITY Cost of new work to June 30, 1934___________________________ $23, 555, 732. 80 Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1934__- 1, 074, 523. 90 Total cost of permanent work to June 30, 1934 ---------- 24, 630, 256. 70 Value of plant, materials, etc., on hand June 30, 1934 -------- 175, 303. 41 Net total cost to June 30, 1934------------------- 24, 805, 560. 11 Plus accounts receivable June 30, 1934_ 29, 995. 10 Gross total costs to June 30, 1934---------------------- 24, 835, 555. 21 Minus accounts payable June 30, 1934__________ _________ 1, 191, 253. 10 Net total expenditures___________________________ 23, 644, 302. 11 Unexpended balance June 30, 1934__-__________-__________ 8, 083, 525. 80 Total amount appropriated to June 30, 1934------------ 31, 727, 827. 91 Fiscal year ending 1930 1931 1932 June 30 1933 1934 Cost of new work $2, 734, 550. 24 $2, 316, 465. 56 $1, 001, 638, 96 $4, 161, 251. 93 $10, 326, 287. 16 Cost of maintenance___ 82, 405. 64 22, 292. 94 193, 155. 39 96, 159. 60 94, 642. 49 Total cost-...... 2, 816, 955. 88 2, 338, 758. 50 1, 194, 794. 35 4, 257, 411. 53 10, 420, 929. 65 Total expended-------- 2, 440, 322. 95 2, 565, 619. 44 1, 180, 384. 90 4, 110, 050. 44 9, 657, 974. 14 Allotted- _--------- 2, 875, 000. 00 1, 925, 000. 00 271, 400. 00 6,109, 296. 51 15, 226, 289. 02 1Exclusive of available furnds. RIVERS AND HARBORS-MISSOURI RIVER DIVISION 839 Balance unexpended July 1, 1933_____________ ___________ $2, 515, 210. 92 Amount allotted from War Department Appro- priation Act approved July 14, 1932_-_______ $882, 500. 00 Amount allotted from War Department Appro- priation Act approved Mar. 4, 1933_-- __--- 220, 00. 00 Amount allotted from National Industrial Recov- ery Act approved June 16, 1933 __.____ __ 14,153, 108. 00 15, 255, 608. 00 Amount to be accounted for _____ _________-____- 17, 770, 818. 92 Deductions on account of- Revocation of allotment ______________ $3, 000. 00 Revocation of impounded funds____-__ - _ 26, 318. 98 29, 318. 98 Net amount to be accounted for _________------------17, 741, 499. 94 Gross amount expendedd___________________ $10, 198,091. 57 Less-- Reimbursements collected $459, 720. 75 Receipts from sales ________ 80, 396. 68 540, 117. 43 9, 657, 974. 14 Balance unexpended June 30, 1934________________-____ 8, 083, 525. 80 Outstanding liabilities June 30, 1934___________ $606, 430. 71 Amount covered by uncompleted contracts 7, 417, 340. 39 8, 023, 771. 10 Balance available June 30, 1934___ ___________________-59, 754. 70 Accounts receivable June 30, 1934- --- ___---__- ----------- 29, 995. 10 Unobligated balance available June 30, 1934 _._____- 89, 749. 80 Amount allotted by Public Works Administration Emergency Appropriation Act fiscal year 1935------------------------- 15, 000, 000. 00 Balance available for fiscal year 1935------------------ 15, 089, 749. 80 Amount (estimated) required to be appropriated for completion of existing project 1 ___--- -------- 34, 000, 000. 00 Amount that can be profitably expended in fiscal year ending June 30, 1936: - - 15 , 9 7 4 , 6 1 0 . 0 0 For new work 1 - For maintenance 1-------------------- 565, 390. 00 Total 1--___________ __. 16. 5401, 000. 00 3. MISSOURI RIVER, SIOUX CITY, IOWA, TO FORT BENTON, MONT. Location.-See page 823. Through this section the river flows across the States of Montana and North Dakota and South Dakota, forming the northeastern boundary of Nebraska. Previous projects.-Projects were adopted and modified by river and harbor acts as follows: August 14, 1876, above the mouth of the Yellowstone; June 18, 1878, Sioux City; March 3, 1879, Ver- milion; and August 2, 1882, Sioux City to Fort Benton. Modifica- tions of September 19, 1890, and August 18, 1894, extended the im- provement to Great Falls, then to Stubbs Ferry, Mont. The total costs and expenditures up to June 30, 1912, were $2,823,- 061.61, of which $2,606,655.87 was for new work, $216,405.74 for 1 Exclusive of available funds. 840 REPORT OF CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMIY, 1934 maintenance. (For further details see p. 1108 of Annual Report for 1927, and p. 1894 of Annual Report for 1915.) Existing project.-This provides for the expenditure of from $75,000 to $150,000 yearly for 5 years from date of the project in the removal of snags and rocks from the channel and in bank protec- tion within easy boat reach of landings, towns, and railroad cross- ings between Sioux City, 769 miles above the mouth, and Fort Ben- ton. Since the expiration of the 5-year limit funds have been ex- pended in the maintenance of existing landings. At Sioux City the ordinary fluctuation is about 10.4 feet, and the extreme fluctuation (freshet of 1892 from Floyd River) is about 25 feet. At Fort Ben- ton the ordinary fluctuation is about 7.3 feet, and the extreme fluctua- tion about 17 feet. The project was adopted by the River and Harbor Act of July 25, 1912 (H. Doc. No. 91, 62d Cong., 1st sess.). The latest published map is in the project document. Terminal facilities.-The facilities are considered adequate for existing commerce. Operations and results during fiscal year.-Unallocated surveys during the year, charged to new work, amounted to $439. Snagging by contract resulted in the removal of three snags from the channel and the cutting of 4,340 overhanging trees from along the banks of the 91 miles of river operated upon at a total cost of $1,330.33. Additional maintenance consisted of the upkeep of the harbor and yard at Rockhaven. The total cost was $8,157.09, of which the cost of new work was $439 and maintenance $7,718.09. The expenditures were $2,021.57. Condition at end of fiscal year.-As cutting of the banks is less marked above Sioux City and is of little moment above the mouth of the Yellowstone River, demand for bank-protection work is not so urgent as on the lower Missouri River. In 1878 rock dams and dikes were built between Fort Benton and Carroll, Mont., to con- centrate the meager low-water flow, and the rapids were cleared of rocks and boulders; but, lacking maintenance, the river has reverted for the most part to the previous state. Limited appropriations hold Government expenditures to meritorious cooperative projects and a small amount of repairs to existing works. From April to October, inclusive, drafts of 30 inches are practica- ble to Pierre, 26 inches to the Montana State line, and 22 inches to Fort Benton. The cost of new work under the existing project up to June 30, 1934, was $513,404.22 and the cost of maintenance was $409,199.83, a total of $922,604.05. Expenditures were $920,560.04. Proposed opterations.-The balance unexpended, $7,976.35, at the end of the year, together with an allotment of $2,500 made during July 1934, will be applied as follows: Maintenance (July 1, 1934, to, June 30, 1935): Maintenance and repair of existing works (by hired labor) ..--- $8, 476. 35 Snagging operations (by contract) ------------------------- 2, 000. 00 Total_---------------------- --------------------- 10, 476. 35 The additional sum of $10,000 can be profitably expended during the fiscal year 1936 for maintenance and repair of existing works by contract. RIVERS AND HARBORS--MISSOURI RIVER DIVISION 841 Cost and financial summary Cost of new work to June 30, 1934 .------------- Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1934__ _---_---_--- $3, 120, 060. 09 6----__-___ -______ 625, 605. 57 Total cost of permanent work to June 30, 1934__ .__._ 3, 745, 665. 66 Value of plant, materials, etc., on hand June 30, 1934----------- 2, 162. 44 Net total cost to June 30, 1934_111111111111111 3,747, 828. 10 Net total expenditures-------------------- 3,747, 828. 10 Unexpended balance June 30, 1934 ----------- -----.... 7, 976..35 Total amount appropriated to June 30, 1934- .-.----- - 3, 755, 804. 45 Fiscal year ending June 30 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 Cost of new work...-------------------- $36, 094. 34 $8, 477. 12 $42, 332. 32 -- $439. 00 Cost of maintenance_ __---.------- 8,165. 27 10, 277. 47 12, 742. 45 $4, 285. 43 7, 718. 09 Total cost ......---------------------- 44, 259. 61 18, 754. 59 55, 074. 77 4, 285. 43 8, 157. 09 Total expended_----------__-__---_ 43, 951. 18 18, 159. 89 59, 025. 14 3, 814. 31 2, 021. 57 Allotted___-. .-..----------- _- -- 10, 000. 00 5, 000. 00 59, 000. 00 -198. 98 5, 735. 37 Balance unexpended July 1, 1933 ___-__- _____--------___ $4, 262. 55 Amount allotted from War Department Appropriation Act ap- proved March 4,1933_ 10, 000. 00 Amount to be accounted for - --------- 14, 262. 55 Deductions on account of, revocation of- Allotment--------------------------------$4, 262. 55 Impounded funds-.----------------------- 2. 08 4, 264. 63 Net amount to be accounted for__-------- 9,997. 92 Gross amount expended_ __-------- ---- Less reimbursements collected--------------------- $2,333.83 312. 26 2, 021. 57 Balance unexpended June 30, 1934 _____ ___------------ 7, 976.35 Outstanding liabilities June 30, 1934________ - 1___---------- -100.00 Balance available June 30, 1934__-- ----------- 7,876. 35 Amount that can be profitably expended in fiscal year ending -- ----- - - - June 30, 1936 for maintenance___ ____ _ 10, 000. 00 4. MISSOURI RIVER AT FORT PECK, MONT. Location.-The site of the Fort Peck Reservoir is in the Missouri River Valley in McCone, Valley, Garfield, and Phillips Counties, Mont. The dam site is approximately 11 miles above the mouth of Milk River in secs. 14, 15, 16, 21, 22, and 23, T. 26 N., R. 41 E. The west (left) abutment is in Valley County and the east (right) abut- ment is in McCone County. Nearest towns are Glasgow, 17 miles northwest, and Nashua, 9 miles north. Existing project.-No work has been authorized by Congress. The provision of an earth dam for impounding water for the improve- ment of navigation on the Missouri River, Sioux City to the mouth, 1Exclusive of available funds. 842 REPORT OF CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMY, 1934 as recommended by the Chief of Engineers, September 30, 1933, was included in the Public Works program under the National Industrial Recovery Act (H. Doc. No. 238, 73d Cong., 2d sess.). Detailed data regarding the dam are as follows: Description Concrete spillway in right abutment, discharge capacity (second- feet) -- --------------------------------------- ------ 250, 000 Height of main dam above stream bed (feet) ---------------------- 240 Height of top of parapet wall above stream bed (feet) 254 Crest elevation of dam (feet, mean sea level) __ 2, 270 Tunnels for releasing water from reservoir (4), diameter (feet)__ 26 Maximum pool level (feet, mean sea level) ---------------------- 2, 250 Normal pool level (feet) ---------------- 2, 246 Crest length of dam (feet) -------------------------------------- 21, 160 Maximum storage capacity (acre-feet) --------------- 19, 412, 000 Normal operating storage capacity (acre-feet) ------------------- 18, 400, 000 Total construction cost of reservoir (estimated) ----------------- $86, 000, 000 Annual operation and maintenance cost (estimated) -- _ $106, 000 Date construction started------------------------------- Oct. 23, 1933 Estimated date of completion---------- Oct. -, 1939 Datum-mean sea level (1929 Adjustment U. S. Coast and Geodetic Survey). Terminal facilities.-The facilities are considered adequate for existing commerce. Operations and results during fiscal year.-The work accomplished during the fiscal year was as follows: Clearing of timber from the dam site was commenced on October 23, 1933, and was completed, with the exception of a small area of the borrow pit, on December 10, 1933. The construction of four diversion tunnels commenced on May 16, 1934, and the stripping of the base of the dam commenced on June 19, 1934. Surveys and borings necessary to the carrying out of the program were made. Negotiations and acquirement of lands were commenced. Railroad connection with the Great Northern Railroad at Wiota, Mont., has been established and a line extended to the dam. site, comprising a total main-line trackage of 76,353 feet and 46,670 feet of side tracks, the cost of which was $612,705.77. The combination railroad and highway bridge across the Missouri River at the dam site was com- menced on February 28, 1934, and is 45 percent complete. A rail- road trestle along the upstream toe of the dam on the right bank was begun. The construction of dredging plant was commenced on January 10, 1934, and the first dredge hull was launched on June 12, 1934. The construction of a 154,000-volt electric-power line from Rainbow (near Great Falls, Mont.) to Fort Peck, about 287 miles, was begun on May 21, 1934, and is 12 percent complete. Camp con- struction, which includes quarters for labor, 12 permanent houses, and 213 temporary houses, together with the necessary stores, office and warehouse buildings, roadways, water, gas, electric, and sewer lines, was commenced in the spring of 1934. This work is about 20 percent completed, the cost thereon for the fiscal year being $1,408,046.97. The cost of new work during the fiscal year was $957,647.87. The total expenditures were $3,659,557.40. Condition at end of fiscal year.-The dam site has been cleared and grubbed. The borrow-pit area has been partially cleared and RIVERS AND HIARBORS- MISSOURI RIVER DIVISION 843 grubbed. A Government-owned railroad from Wiota to Fort Peck is in operation. The following work is in progress: Stripping of the dam site; construction of the four diversion tun- nels; construction of a combination railroad and highway bridge along the downstream toe of the darnm; construction of a railroad trestle on the right bank along the upstream toe of the dam; construc- tion of a town or camp, complete with electric, gas, water, road, and sewer systems, for housing Government and contractors' employees; construction of approximately 287 miles of 154,000-volt power line, complete with necessary substations from Rainbow (near Great Falls), to Fort Peck; construction of four 28-inch electric dredge units, complete with necessary attendant plant. Permanent work on the project is approximately 1 percent completed. The work remain- ing. to be done to complete the project consists of the completion of work in progress, constructing spillway, steel sheet piling cut-off wall, dredging for earth fill, facing upstream slope of dam, lining diversion tunnels, and acquisition of necessary lands. The cost of new work under the existing project, up to June 30, 1934, was $957,647.87. There were no maintenance costs. Expendi- tures were $3,659,557.40. Proposed operations.-The balance unexpended ($21,340,442.60) and accounts receivable ($2,882.45) at the end of the year, together with an allotment of $25,000,000 made during July 1934, will be ap- plied toward the completion of the Fort Peck Dam and Reservoir, purchase of necessary land and plant, general supervision, surveys, tests, and inspections. It is believed that available funds will be exhausted by June 30, 1935. It is proposed to carry on operations during the fiscal year 1935 as follows: Estimated date of Amount completion Accounts payable June 30, 1934 ...............- - --..----- -- $1, 573, 196. 80 New Work (July 1, 1934, to June 30, 1935), construction of Fort Peck Dam and Reservoir, including all works incidental thereto: Existing contracts: Underpass and railroad bridge over Missouri River at Fort Peck dam site -_- ____------------ - --- -- --- -- - Aug. 30, 1934 605, 955. 57 Trestle and track for upstream tunnel spur and upstream toe of dam_ Sept. 30, 1934 362, 268. 06 Transmission line, Great Falls to Fort Peck _ Oct. 30, 1934 1,064, 654. 54 Substations: Rainbow - -------- -------- -------- -------- ----- --------- Sept. 30, 1934 221, 270. 00 Fort Peck -- - -- - -- - -- - -- - -- - -- - -- - -- - -- - - do - 574, 055. 81 Building at Fort Peck- -- - - July 30, 1934 5, 017. 56 Total- 800, 343.37 Camp buildings: G roup 1 --- -- --- -- --- -- --- -- -- --- -- --- -- --- -- Sept. 30, 1934 1, 198, 903. 47 Group 2------- Oct. 30, 1934 691, 083. 55 G roup 3 -- -- -- - -- -- - -- -- - -- -- -- - -- -- - --- do- . . 739, 908. 49 Total- - - - - - - - - - - - - - 2, 629, 895.51 Sewerage and water distribution system _ Aug. 30, 1934 105, 659. 31 Water filtration and intake. ..------------- Sept. 30, 1934 137, 819. 73 Electrical distribution system for construction camp- __ Oct. 30, 1934 75, 982. 41 Pavement, walks, and driveways for construction camp-............ Sept. 30, 1934 148, 249. 86 Gravel roads, Fort Peck ------------------- -- -- ------ ---- Aug. 30, 1934 40,;116. 95 Diversion tunnels ------ _----------- --------- - -- M ar. 15, 1936 7, 455, 260. 14 Coarse aggregate and sand for diversion tunnels Oct. 30, 1934 230, 000. 00 Left-bank trestle . .....-.. . . . . do 156, 653. 66 Overburden excavation and stripping -.............. Dec. 30; 1934 1,380, 443. 83 Test borings (2 contracts) ............ .........- - July 30, 1934 22,,055. 45 844 REPORT OF CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMY, 1934 Estimated date of Amount completion New Work (July 1, 1934, to June 30, 1935), constuction of Fort Peck Dam and Reservoir, including all works incidental thereto-Continued Existing contracts-Continued Dredge feeder lines ------..................... Cement for tunnels------------------------------------- __.... Nov. 30,1934 $434, 341. 39, June 30,1935 541, 080. 00 Total of existing contracts------ ........-................... -. 16,190, 779. 78 Agreements for electricity, telephone, gas, railroad hauling, etc -- --------------- 1,775, 000. 00 . Plant, construction and purchase of by hired labor--------- _----------.. ----. 3, 177, 000. 00 Miscellaneous work by hired labor_---.--------------__ ----------_---197, 685. 86 Total, agreements and hired-labor work-------.... ------........-. __ ..... 5, 149, 685. 86 Proposed contracts: Cement for tunnels . ..... .... 609, 799. 77 ....--------------------------------------------------- Coarse aggregate and sand for diversion tunnels.. ....------------------------------ 720, 000. 00 Spillway (first contract).....------------------------------- -------------.......... 13, 000, 000. 00 Sheet piling, cut-off wall---------... ----. 2, 294, 862. 84 Dam construction, gravel for upstream and downstream toe of dam_ -------------- 2, 625, 000. 00 Steel lining for tunnels ..__--....-_----- ......-......------- ..--.... 2, 700, 000. 00 Total, proposed contracts ._-.----........ ..--------...- 21, 949, 662. 61 Proposed work by hired labor: Acquisition of necessary land ....-------....--------------------..............--------------- 500, 000. 00, Dredging for earth fill, 4 dredges 3 months each (to move approxi- mately 8,000,000 cu. yds.) . -------------------------------------------- 980, 000.00 Total, proposed hired-labor work .- __.-.- --..------- ..- __.---------.. .... 1,480, 000.00 Total, new work .......----------------- ----------------------------.... 44, 770,128. 25 It is impossible to give the exact time of completing the various items of work, but with reasonable weather conditions all major portions of the work will be well started during the fiscal year 1935. All existing contracts will be completed by June 30, 1935, except the first contract for tunnels, which will be completed by June 30, 1936. Provided funds are made available, the entire dam and reservoir is expected to be completed and in operation by October 1939. The additional sum of $20,000,000 can be profitably expended dur- ing the fiscal year ending June 30, 1936, as follows: New work (July 1, 1935, to June 30, 1936) : Lining of diversion tunnels with steel shell and concrete, and placing gates, etc. (contract) -------------------------- $5, 000, 000 Spillway (second contract) --- , 000, 000 1------------------------------ Dam construction (hired labor) : Dredging 1 year, 4 dredges, 71/2 months each (to move approxi- mately 26,000,000 cubic yards) -------- ---------------- 5, 875, 000 Producing paving rock for paving face of dam-----------------1, 000, 000 Producing and placing rock and gravel for upstream and down- stream toes of dam----------------- -------- --------- 3, 125, 000 Total-- -------------- ---------- 10, 000, 000 Acquisition of land----------------------------- ---------- 3, 000, 000 Power-plant construction (contract) , 000, 000 1----------------------------- Total proposed operations for fiscal year 1936--------------20, 000, 000 It is estimated that at the close of the fiscal year ending June 30, 1936, all major preliminary operations, including construction of the town site, construction of railroads, bridges, and power lines, will have been completed; that the excavation for the four 26-foot tunnels RIVERS AND HARBORS-MISSOURI RIVER DIVISION 845 aggregating 24,766 linear feet in length will have been completed, and the concrete lining to be placed outside of the plate steel shell reinforcing will have been completed; that the contract for the plac- ing of the steel lining and the inner concrete lining for these tunnels will have been awarded and actual construction commenced; that the greater portion of the excavation for the spillway, estimated at ap- proximately 12,000,000 cubic yards, and the concrete lining for this channel, amounting to approximately 150,000 cubic yards; and that 34,000,000 cubic yards, or approximately one-third, of the earth fill for the dam proper will have been placed. Cost and financial summary Cost of new work to June 30, 1934_______________------------- $957, 647. 87 Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1934________ Total cost of permanent work to June 30, 1934______----------- 957, 647. 87 Value of plant, materials, etc., on hand June 30, 1934_ _____ 4, 272, 223. 88 Net total cost to June 30, 1934_____-- _____---__---- 5, 229, 871. 75 Plus accounts receivable June 30, 1934_________...__..-____ 2, 882. 45 Gross total costs to June 30, 1934_ _--___- -- __ -- _-5, 232, 754. 20 Minus accounts payable June 30, 1934------------------ 1, 573, 196. 80 Net total expenditures --------------------------- 3, 659, 557. 40 Unexpended balance June 30, 1934___ 21, 340, 442. 60 Total amount appropriated to June 30, 1934-------- __. 25, 000, 000. 00 Fiscal year ending June 30 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 Cost of new work------................------------------------ ---------------------------................. $957, 647. 87 Cost of maintenance___--------------------- Total expended--- ------------------------------------------------- 3, 659, 557. 40 Allotted------------------------------- ----------------- 25, 000, 000. 00 Amount allotted from National Industrial Recovery Act ap- proved June 16, 1933- - -__ $25, 000, 000. 00 Gross amount expended__________________ $3, 659, 834. 20 Less : Reimbursements collected--------$119. 25 Receipts from sales_____________ 157. 55 276. 80 3, 659, 557.40 Balance unexpended June 30, 1934______________ ________ 21, 340, 442. 60 Oustanding liabilities June 30, 1934__--- _____ $410, 768. 59 Amount covered by uncompleted contracts -- 17, 204, 093. 84 17, 614, 862. 43 Balance available June 30, 1934___________- __-____ 3, 725, 580. 17 Accounts receivable June 30, 1934 __-- --..... ____ - ___-- - 2, 882. 45 Unobligated balance available June 30, 1934_______-______ 3, 728, 462. 62 Amount allotted by Public Works Administration, emergency appropriation act, fiscal year 1935-- __- __ -____________25, 000, 000. 00 Balance available for fiscal year 1935___________________ 28, 728, 462. 62 Amount (estimated) required to be appropriated for comple- tion of existing project 1__---___ --- 36, 000, 000. 00 Amount that can be profitably -expended in fiscal year ending - - - - - - - - - - - - June 30, 1936 for new work 20, 000, 000. 00 SExclusive of available funds. 846 REPORT OF CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMY, 1934 5. OSAGE RIVER, MO. Location.-This river, rising in eastern Kansas, flows easterly 516 miles in sinuous bends to the Missouri River, 129 miles above its mouth and 14 miles below Jefferson City. Existing project.-This provides for a lock and dam and for open- channel work consisting of wing dams and training walls, removal of obstructions and dredging between the mouth and Warsaw, a distance of 170 miles. However, actual improvement is being con- fined to the section below the Bagnell Dam (mile 75.2) to obtain a channel 80 feet wide and 3 feet deep at low water. Ordinary and extreme fluctuations are 15 and 41 feet. The estimate of cost of new work, revised in 1928, is $250,000, exclusive of Lock and Dam No. 1, for open-channel work as far as Niaangua River. The latest (1928) approved estimate for annual cost of maintenance is $12,500. LOCK AND DAM NO. 1, OSAGE RIVER Nearest railroad station--------------------- Osage City, Mo., 6 miles. Distance above mouth of river 7.4 miles. Lock dimensions--------------------------- 42 by 220 feet. Lift of lock-- --------------------------- _ 16 feet. Depth on lower miter sill at low water---------- 9 feet. Character of foundation---------------------Piles in gravel. Kind of dam_ with movable crest.' F------------------------------ixed Type of construction -----------------------. Concrete. Year completed ---------------------------- Lock, 1906; dam, 1911. Cost------------------------------------- $468,419.98 The project was adopted by the River and Harbor Act of March 3, 1871 (H. Doc. No. 60, 41st Cong., 3d sess., Annual Report for 1871, p. 327), which provided for deepening the channel over the shoals by dredging as far as Roscoe, 238.5 miles above the mouth. It was modified by the following river and harbor acts: The act of Septem- ber 19, 1890, provided for commencement of construction of a lock and dam; the act of March 3, 1899, provided for a lock and dam (Annual Report for 1898, p. 3474); the act of June 24, 1902, de- clared the river nonnavigable above the dividing line between Benton and St. Clair Counties, Mo., 185 miles; and the act of March 4, 1904, provided for the construction of a power dam without lock at War- saw, Mo., 172 miles above the mouth, the act of January 14, 1901, having authorized the construction of the dam. For latest published map see Annual Report for 1911, page 2012. Terminal facilities.-On the Lake of the Ozarks there are numer- ous private docks. Operations and results during fiscal year.-There were no opera- tions during the fiscal year. Receipts from sales amounted to $975.76. The total costs during the fiscal year amounted to minus $414.30, all for maintenance; net expenditures were minus $975.76. Condition at end of fiscal year.-The existing project is 91 per- cent complete as far as Bagnell Dam (Federal Power Commission project no. 459, hydroelectric plant and dam, completed in 1931), mile 75.2, or 4.7 miles above Bagnell, Mo. The river has been in good 1 9-foot fixed dam of concrete with 7-foot mniovable crest of chanoine nickets and Chit- tenden drum weirs. RIVERS AND HARBORS-MISSOURI RIVER DIVISION 847 condition as far as Bagnell Dam, affording channel depths of 2 feet or more. Light-draft traffic has been made feasible below mile 75.2, throughout the year as a result of channel contraction, dredging, and the removal of obstructions, except when blocked by ice. The net total expenditures on the project amount to $1,201,922.93" to June 30, 1934. The cost of new work for the period July 1, 1903,. to June 30, 1934, was $658,075.71 (including $468,419.98 for lock and dam), and the cost of maintenance for the same period was $543,847.22 (including $260,171.72 for maintenance and replacement of lock and dam). Proposed operations.-No operations are proposed during the fiscal year 1935. The sum of $3,000 can be profitably expended during the, fiscal year 1936 for snagging operations and such emergency work as may be necessary. Cost and financial summary Cost of new work to June 30, 1934----------------- $658, 075. 71 Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1934_---___- -_ ____----543, 847. 22 Total cost of permanent work to June 30, 1934____________ 1, 201, 922. 93 Net total expenditures_ __-----1, 201, 922. 93 Total amount appropriated to June 30, 1934____________________ 1, 201, 922. 93 Fiscal year ending June 30 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 Cost of new work- .------ --- -- - - --------- - - - ------ -- -- - Cost of maintenancen-W wok..- $14, 36i. 82 $6, 155. 81 -$12. 00 $573. 63 -$414. 30° Total expended- - - -- -- ---- - 9, 390. 65 -101. 33 -1, 360. 97 -1, 105. 72 -975. 76 A llotted -. -.. .. . .. . .. . ...... -- - - - - - - - - - -. - 9, 077. 07 Balance unexpended July 1, 1933_ $8, 101. 31 Deductions on account of revocation of allotment _____________ 9, 077. 07 Net amount to be accounted for_______________-______ -- 975. 76 Less receipts from sales ______________--------- $975. 76 --975. 76 Amount that can be profitably expended in fiscal year ending June 30, 1936, for maintenance___ _-- ___---------_----__- 3, 000. 00 6. OPERATING AND CARE OF LOCK AND DAM, OSAGE RIVER The improvement for which report is made under this caption forms part of the project for improving Osage River, Mo. See page 846, where general information regarding the improvement can be found. The completed lock and dam has been operated and main- tained under the permanent indefinite appropriation since July 1, 1912. Operations and results during fiscal year.--The structures were maintained and operated in satisfactory condition. The total ex- penditure during the fiscal year was $4,395.19. Condition at end of fiscal year.-The lock has been in operation since March 1906 and the dam since February 1911, although the 91536-ENG 1934-- 4 848 REPORT OF CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMY, 1934 latter was not entirely completed until January 1, 1914. Actual cost of both structures was $728,591.70, of which $260,171.72 was expended in reconstruction and repairs after partial failure of the dam. The completed project affords a dependable channel depth of 3 feet at low water to mile 21 above the mouth, or 14 miles above the dam. There is a privately owned and operated dam on the Osage River at mile 75.2. The total expenditures to the end of the fiscal year from the indefinite appropriation amounted to $186,177.83. Proposed operations.-The lock and dam will be operated and maintained under allotments from appropriations made available for such purposes. Cost and financial summary Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1984__---..__-.__- - __- $186, 211.43 Value of plant, materials, etc., on hand June 30, 1934------------- -33.60 Net total cost to June 30, 1934 . ..------------------------- 186, 177. 83 Net total expenditures------------------------------------ 86, 177. 83 Unexpended balance June 30, 1934 ------------ 1,------ 031.82 Total amount appropriated to June 30, 1934-- ....- 187, 2009. 65 Fiscal year ending June 30 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 Cost of new work - - - - - - -- - - - - - -- - -- - - Cost of maintenance . ..------------------ $13, 209. 44 $6, 366. 93 $8, 042. 23 $6, 212. 55 $4, 459. 96 Total expended........----------------------- 10, 151. 25 8, 447.86 8, 289. 57 6,239. 12 4, 395. 19 Allotted_ ..----------------------------- 8, 000. 00 10, 000. 00 8, 000. 00 5,909. 09 3, 470. 16 Balance unexpended July 1, 1933-------------- ----------- $1, 956.85 Amount allotted from permanent indefinite appropriation, sec. 6, River and Harbor Act, Mar. 3, 1909- ---- - - 5, 350. 00 Amount to be accounted for----- __ 7, 306. 85 Deductions on account of revocation of impounded funds----------- 1, 879. 84 Net amount to be accounted for ___--------- -___-__- 5, 427. 01 Gross amount expended-----________ ____ -_____ _ $4. 457. 39 Less reimbursements collected__----_----------------- 62. 20 4, 395. 19 Balance unexpended June 30, 1934_____________________ 1, 031. 82 Outstanding liabilities June 30, 1934 ------- - -_______-- --- 797. 74 Balance available June 30, 1934_......__.-__----------- 234. 08 Amount allotted for fiscal year 1935.- -_----------_____ 5, 700. 00 Balance available for fiscal year 1935_---- ___- ____ 5, 934.08 7. EXAMINATIONS, SURVEYS, AND CONTINGENCIES (GENERAL) Kansas City district.-The cost of work during the year amounted to $96,522 31; the expenditures were $95,928.12. The balance un- expended June 30, 1934, together with accounts receivable and amount allotted during fiscal year 1935, will be applied as needed during the fiscal year 1935 to payment of expenses to be incurred in connection with the above items. The additional sum of $20,000 can be profitably expended during the fiscal year ending June 30, 1936. Oiaha dstrict.-The cost of work during the year amounted to $2,405.69; the expenditures were $2,369.19. The balance unexpended RIVERS AND I-IARBORS-1ISSOURI RIVER DIVISION 849 June 30, 1934, together with amount allotted during fiscal year 1935, will be applied as needed during the fiscal year 1935 to payment of expenses to be incurred in connection with the above items. The additional sum of $10,000 can be profitably expended during the fiscal year ending June 30, 1936. Division revolving fund.-A net total expenditure of $30,099.60 was made by the Missouri River division from a monthly revolving fund for division operations. The net total expenditures during the, year for all operations were $128,396.91, and the total cost was $98,928. Cost and financial summary Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1934---------------------------$351, 489. 36 Value of plant, materials, etc., on hand June 30, 1934------------26, 653. 96 Net total cost to June 30, 1934____-______________-_ 378, 143. 32 Plus accounts receivable June 30, 1934------------------------ 3, 331. 50 Gross total costs to June 30, 1934------------------------- 381, 474. 82 Minus accounts payable June 30, 1934---------------------------- 339. 65 Net total expenditures ------------------------------ 381, 135. 17 Unexpended balance June 30, 1934--------------------------- 45, 065. 52 Total amount appropriated to June 30, 1934_...... ____ --- 426, 200. 69 Fiscal year ending June 30 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 Cost of new work .. .- .-. - --. .-.. .-. . . . . . . .. . . . . Cost of maintenance...------------------ $13, 118. 65 $47, 292. 46 $157, 625.82 $34, 524. 43 $98, 928. 00 Total expended_- ----------------------- 12, 967. 14 47, 066. 27 157, 709. 89 34, 994. 96 128, 396. 91 Allotted.......---.......................-------------------------- 8, 500. 00 50, 000. 00 150, 000. 00 115, 003. 64 92, 197. 05 Balance unexpended July 1, 1933 ----------- $81, 265. 38 Amount allotted from War Department Appropriation Act approved July 14, 1932___________________ $78, 000. 00 Amount allotted from War Department Appropriation Act approved Mar. 4, 1933----------------------20, 000. 00 98, 000. 00 Amount to be accounted for ____________________ ____ 179, 265. 38 Deductions on account of revocation of impounded funds --------- 5, 802. 95 Net amount to be accounted for------------------------173, 462. 43 Gross amount expended------------------------ $343,311. 55 Less: Reimbursements collected ---------- $214, 891. 98 Receipts from sales----------------- 22. 66 - 214, 914. 64 128, 396. 91 Balance unexpended June 30, 1934---------------------- 45, 065. 52 Outstanding liabilities June 30, 1934____-___.__________ ___ 4, 236. 58 Balance available June 30, 1934------------------------ 40, 828. 94 Accounts receivable June 30, 1934_____- -_______-____________ 3, 331. 50 Unobligated balance available June 30, 1934 _______________ 44, 160. 44 Amount that can be profitably expended in fiscal year ending June 30, 1936, for maintenance 1--- ---- -- - - 30, 000. 00 1Exclusive of available funds. 850 REPORT OF CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMY, 1934 8. Other projects for which no estimates are submitted [Commercial statistics for these projects are given in pt. 2 of report] For last Cost and expenditures to full re- June 30, 1934 Estimated Name of project port see amount re- annual quired to report New work Maintenance complete for- 1. Missouri River at and near the towns of Nio- brara, Nebr., and Yankton, S. Dak.1 __....._ 1932 _ $170, 000. 00 2. Gasconade River, Mo.2 _. 1931 $139, 003. 21 $85, 076. 57 (3) 3. Yellowstone River, N. Dak., Mont., and Wyo.4__ 1900 122, 029. 59 -(5) I Awaiting local cooperation. 2 Present conditions adequate for existing needs. Curtailment of project recommended in H. Doc. No. 467, 69th Cong., 1st sess. 34 Maintenance only. Abandonment approved in 1902. b Completed. Status of reports called for by river and harbor acts and committee resolutions Transmitted Document no. Recommenda- Locality Authorization act Authorization Locality act to Congress tion Kansas (Kaw) River, River and Harbor Dec. 13, 1933 __ Unfavorable. Kans. and Mo. Act, July 3, 1930. Missouri River, from _---do- Kansas City, Mo., to Yankton, S. Dak. Missouri River from River and Harbor Quindaro Bend to its Act, Jan. 21, 1927. mouth. Missouri River from River and Harbor - Sioux City, Iowa, to Act, July 3, 190. mouth of Yellowstone River, N. Dak. IMPROVEMENT OF RIVERS AND HARBORS IN THE CHICAGO, ILL., DISTRICT This district lies partly within the upper Mississippi Valley divi- sion and partly within the Great Lakes division. The. portion. within the upper Mississippi Valley division includes the Illinois River and its tributaries in Illinois, Indiana, and Wisconsin, together with connecting waterways to the heads of Federal projects on the Chicago and Calumet Rivers. The portion within the Great Lakes division includes the harbors on Lake Michigan from Waukegan, Ill., to Michigan City, Ind., inclusive, together with the navigable waterways entering Lake Michigan at Chicago and Michigan City, or between them, and the navigable tributaries of such waterways. On November 16, 1933, the first and second Chicago districts were combined to form the Chicago district. District engineer: Former second Chicago district, Col. W. G. Caples, Corps of Engineers, to November 16, 1933. Since that date, district engineer, Chicago district, Lt. Col. Dan I. Sultan, Corps of Engineers. Division engineer, upper Mississippi Valley division: Col. George R. Spaulding, Corps of Engineers, to November 27, 1933. Lt. Col. E. L. Daley, Corps of Engineers, since that date. RIVERS AND HARBORS-CHICAGO, ILL., DISTRICT 851 Division engineer , Great Lakes division: Col. E. M. Markham, Corps of Engineers, to October 18, 1933. Lt. Col. Max C. Tyler, *Corpsof Engineers, since that date. IMPROVEMENTS Page Page (Upper Mississippi Valley (Great Lakes Division) Division) 4. Waukegan Harbor, Ill____ 867 1. Illinois River, Ill ..-..... 851 5. Chicago Harbor, Ill_______ 870 2. Operating and care of locks 6. Chicago River, Ill 873 and dams, Illinois River, 7. Calumet Harbor and River, Ill ----------------------- 864 Ill. and Ind(l___ 875 :3.Examinations, surveys, and 8. Indiana Harbor, idd .881 contingencies (general) 867 9. Michigan City Harbor, Ind_ 887 10. Examinations, surveys, and contingencies (general) __ 890 1. ILLINOIS RIVER, ILL. Location.--The Illinois River (entirely within the State of Illi- nois), formed by the confluence of the Kankakee and the Des Plaines Rivers, flows in a southwesterly direction and enters the Mississippi at Grafton, Ill., about 38 miles above St. Louis. The Illinois Waterway extends from the upper end of the Federal project on the Illinois River at Starved Rock, near Utica, to Lock- port, a distance of 60 miles. At Lockport connection is made with the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal, which extends 30 miles from Lockport Lock to the west fork of the south branch of the Chicago River at Damen Avenue, 6.1 miles from Lake Michigan. At a point 12.4 miles from Lockport Lock the Calumet-Sag Channel, 16.2 miles long, joins the Chicago Sanitary Canal with the Little Calumet River at Blue Island, Ill., at a point 14.2 miles from Lake Michigan via the Little Calumet and Calumet Rivers. (For further detailed description see p. 1171 of Annual Report for 1932.) Previous projects.-The original project was adopted by the River and Harbor Acts of August 30, 1852: April 10, 1869; July 11, 1870; June 14, 1880, and March 2, 1907. The cost of work under these projects was $3,017,370.06, of which $2,569,102.04 was for new work and $448,268.02 was for maintenance. The expenditures were $3,144,650. (For further details see p. 1945 of Annual Report for 1915 and p. 1172 of Annual Report for 1932.) Existing project.-This provides for a channel with least dimen- sions of 9 feet in depth and 200 feet wide from the mouth of the Illinois River to Utica, Ill., and a navigable channel with a mini- mum depth of 9 feet from Utica to the heads of the Federal projects on the Chicago and Calumet Rivers. The existing project was authorized by the River and Harbor Acts of January 21, 1927, and July 3, 1930. The act of January 21, 1927, provided for a channel with least dimensions of 9 feet in depth and 200 feet wide from the mouth of the Illinois River to Utica, a distance of 230 miles; for the modification of the two United States locks and dams and for the removal of the two State dams when title thereto had been transferred to the United States. (Rivers and Harbors Committee Doc. No. 4, 69th Cong.. 1st sess., and S. Doc. No. 130, 69th Cong., 1st sess.) The act in adopting the project 852 REPORT OF CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMY, 1934 authorized the appropriation of not to exceed $3,500,000 for carry- ing on the work. The act of July 3, 1930, provided for an extension of the project so as to provide a navigable channel depth of not less than 9 feet from Utica, Ill., to the heads of the present Federal projects on the Chicago and Calumet Rivers, distances of 96.1 miles (to Lake Street) and 98.2 miles (to Turning Basin No. 5), respectively, to be secured by means of completed dams, locks, lateral canals, and dredging begun by the State of Illinois, in general accordance with the present plans of the State for that work. (S. Doc. No. 126, 71st Cong., 2d sess.) The act in adopting the project authorized the appropriation of not to exceed $7,500,000 for carrying on the work. The total amount authorized to be appropriated is $11,000,000 for new work, in addition to amounts expended on previous projects. The estimated cost of annual maintenance is $373,000. The act of 1930 in adopting the extension of the project provides- That the said project shall be so constructed as to require the smallest flow of water with which said project can be practically accomplished in the development of a commercially useful waterway; that the water authorized at Lockport, Ill., by the decree of the Supreme Court of the United States, rendered April 21, 1930, and reported in volume 281, United States Reports, in cases nos. 7, 11, and 12, original; October term, 1929, of Wisconsin and others against Illinois and others, and Michigan against Illinois and others, and New York against Illinois and others, according to the opinion of the Court in the cases reported as Wisconsin against Illinois, in volume 281, United States Re- ports, page 179, is hereby authorized to be used for the navigation of said waterway : That as soon as practicable after the Illinois Waterway shall have been completed in accordance with this act, the Secretary of War shall cause a study of the amount of water that will be required as an annual average flow to meet the needs of a commercially useful waterway as defined in said Senate document (S. Doc. No. 126, 71st Cong., 2d sess.), and shall, on or before Janu- ary 31, 1938, report to the Congress the results of such study with his recom- mendations as to the minimum amount of such flow that will be required annually to meet the needs of such waterway and that will not substantially injure the existing navigation on the Great Lakes to the end that Congress may take such action as it may deem advisable. That the project thus adopted shall be in all its parts a navigable waterway of the United States, forever free to the public use of all, unencumbered by any tolls or restrictions of any kind whatsoever except such as may be imposed by Congress. That no claim shall lie against the United States because of any contractual obligations which have been or may be entered into by the State of Illinois as regards the construction of a waterway between Utica and Lake Michigan. Locks and dams forming a part of the project are described in the following table: Illinois River from the mouth to Utica Location Dimensions Depth on miter sills Character of foundation at low water I Lift at Avail- low Name of lock Miles able water, above Nearest town Width of length 1927 Lock Dam mouth chamber for full project Lower Upper width ~F1 ~ m Feet Feet Feet Feet If eea AM Piles in clay and sandd-... Piles in clay and sand. Kampsville 31. 5 Kampsville, Ill____________ 73 300 6. 2 10 Pieimdn Piles in mud and sand__-- Piles in mud and sand. .. La Grange.________.. 77. 5 Versailles, Ill--------_____ 73 300 4. 7 11 td Type of construction Percent- Name Kind of dam age comple- Cost 0 comple- ticomple- Cost { Lock Dam tion tion 0 Kampsville -------------------- Fixed---------------------- Masonry-------------------- Pile .....---------------------------- 100 1893 $444, 100 La Grange --- ------ -------------do- .....---------- --------.......----- do------------------------- do-------------------------- 100 1889 485, 034 0 0 t/2 H 0 H C0 Illinois waterway from Utica to Lockport Location Dimensions Depth on miter sills 1 -- i I Name of lock Lift at Available low water 1 Miles above Width of mouth Nearest town chamber length for Lower Upper full width Feet Feet Feet Feet Feet 0 Starved Rock__ 231.0 Utica, Ill...... 110 600 16. 3 2 14. 8 16. 85 j Marseilles _.... 244. 5 Marseilles, Ill_ 110 600 24. 25 14. 0 18. 6 Dresden Island_ 271. 5 Morris, Ill ... 110 600 21. 75 12. 25 16. 85 C Brandon Road_ Lockport_ 286. 0 291. 1 ---- Joliet, Ill Lockport, Ill__ 110 110 600 34. 0 600 1331.5-41.0 13.8 15. 0 17.85 3 11.5-22. 0 4H Character of founda- Type of construction Character of founda- tion Ccost to the Percentage Name Kind of dam Year of of comple- completion United tion States for Lock Dam Lock Dam mpletion 4 co] Starved Rock ___ Movable (taintor gates)--------- Concrete__ Concrete and structural steel-... Rock Rock ..... 100 1933 $777, 676. 46 z Marseilles ------------------- do_ _do-. . do- -_do ..... .-do . - . .100 1933 1, 659, 945. 61 M Dresden Island----------- do _do . .do_ -do -do 100 1933 2, 287, 158. 17 Brandon Road- - - --- do _do . do - do -do_. 100 1933 1, 524, 474. 94 Lockport----- ---------- Movable (sector gates) _do _ do do - do- 100 1933 52, 109. 15 1 Lifts and depths on miter sills are those obtainable with flat pools. 2Depths on lower miter sill is that which will obtain after construction of new dam at Peoria and a minimum flow of 2,900 c. f. s. at Starved Rock Lock (2,400 c. f. s. at Lockport). CIl 3 Variation in lift and depth on upper miter sill at Lockport is due to fluctuation of water surface in the Sanitary District Canal. 4 Cost to the United States for completion includes all pool costs (dredging, clearing, etc.) except flowage easements. 03- RIVERS AND HARBORS-CHICAGO, ILL., DISTRICT 855 The latest published map and profile of the Illinois and Des Plaines Rivers are contained in House Document No. 184, Seventy- third Congress, second session, and a map of the Calumet-Sag Channel is printed in House Document No. 180, Seventy-third Con- gress, second session. Recommended modifications of project. Under date of December 6, 1933, the Chief of Engineers recommended that the project be modified so that the slack-watering of the river be completed by the construction of modern locks and dams at La Grange and Peoria, and that to provide a fully useful commercial waterway the project for the improvement be modified to provide for a channel at least 9 feet deep and 300 feet wide below Lockport, at an estimated cost of $15,530,000 with $350,000 annually for the operation and care of locks and dams and $150,000 annually for channel maintenance (H. Doc. No. 184, 73d Cong., 2d sess.). Under date of December 9, 1933, the Chief of Engineers recom- mended that the further improvement of the Illinois Waterway system is advisable to provide channel 9 feet deep and 300 feet wide in Calumet and Little Calumet Rivers, from Turning Basin No. 5 at the head of the present deep-draft channel to the eastern end of the Sag Channel, for three passing places along the Sag Channel 9 feet deep and 150 feet wide, and for dredging areas at the entrance and to the south end of Lake Calumet to a depth of 21 feet at an estimated cost of $2,814,500 with an annual maintenance at $85,000 in addition to that now authorized; subject to certain conditions of local cooperation (H. Doc. No. 180, 73d Cong. 2d sess.). Local cooperation.-The River and Harbor Act of January 21, 1927, modified the existing project subject to the condition that the State of Illinois transfer to the United States without cost all rights and titles in the two State-owned dams on the Illinois River, and that local interests furnish the United States without cost all necessary areas for the disposal of materials dredged in creating and maintain- ing' the channel authorized. By deed dated March 28, 1928, the State of Illinois transferred these locks and dams to the United States. Permission has been granted by many riparian landowners for use of their lands for the disposal of dredged material. The State of Illinois appropriated $20,000,000 for the construction of a waterway providing minimum 8-foot depths in channels not less than 150 feet wide, from the upper end of the Federal project on the Illinois River to Lockport. The lock and dam at Starved Rock was about 95 percent complete, the Marseilles Lock was about 95 percent, the Marseilles Canal 98 percent, Dresden Island Lock and Dam about 20 percent, Brandon Road Lock and Dam about 70 percent, and the Lockport Lock about 95 percent complete before the passage of the River and Harbor Act of July 3, 1930, which requires that the State of Illinois shall proceed, subject to the supervision and approval of all expenditures and obligations by the Secretary of War, to con- struct the highway bridges at the Brandon Road and Marseilles Canal, to make the necessary alterations in other highway bridges across the Illinois Waterway, to make the necessary arrangements and agreements for the alterations of the railroad bridges across 856 REPORT OF CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMY, 1934 said waterway, and to do such other work on said waterway as the Secretary of War shall direct and the available funds of the State make possible; the bridges mentioned not to become the property of the United States, and no obligations to be incurred by the United States to maintain, operate, or replace them. For further details see page 1176 of Annual Report for 1932. Terminal facilities.-Of the 13 principal cities and towns along the Illinois River, about 5 own dock frontage, more or less improved for boat landings; 4 own dock frontage with no improvements; and 4 own no frontage except at street ends. Grain elevators are available at 18 points between Grafton and Hennepin where grain can be loaded directly into barges. A cement-loading plant is located at Peru. At Peoria, the largest city on the river, a municipal terminal has been constructed. Of an available frontage of 1,100 feet, 205 is occupied by a dock house and 190 feet by an open dock. The dock house is served by a wharf boat 45 feet by 230 feet, and an escalator capable of handling 1,000 tons a day. OPERATIONS AND RESULTS DURING FISCAL YEAR Mouth to Utica, Il.-Regular funds-New work.-Operations have been in progress throughout the year. A total of 1,983,427 cubic yards of material was dredged from the channel by contract. Surveys in connection with widening the channel were continued. Monuments marking locations of proposed locks and dams near miles 80 and 158 have been placed. Improvement of boat yard at Peoria, Ill., by contract and hired labor was continued. The breakwater and bulkhead were completed in October 1933. Maintenance.-A total of 508,180 cubic yards of material, was dredged from the channel by contract, 73,162 cubic yards of ma- terial was dredged from the channel by hired labor and Govern- ment plant, and 10,673 cubic yards of material removed by hired plant. Surveys in connection with maintenance dredging were continued. A total.of 25 snags was removed at a cost of $729.74. Discharge observations were taken throughout the year at seven different points on the river. Gage readings were continued. The total cost of the work for this section was $386,544.39, of which $232,665.75 was for new work and $153,878.64 for maintenance. The total expenditures were $349,293.42. All from regular funds. Utica, Ill., to heads of Federal projects on the Chicago and Calu- met Rivers.-Contracts covering boiler houses at Dresden Island, Marseilles, and Starved Rock; lockkeepers' dwellings at Starved Rock and Marseilles; dredging in Starved Rock Pool; dredging in Marseilles Pool; and dredging to improve critical points in all pools, were awarded. Portion of the Brandon Road Pool near Ruby Street was dredged by hired plant. Flowage easements were secured "r the Dresden Island and Brandon Road Pools. RIVERS AND HIARBORS-CHICAGO, ILL., DISTRICT 857 Starved Rock Lock and Dam-New work.-Lockkeepers' dwell- ings were constructed at a cost of $12,769.17. In the pool and chan- nel 5,375.1 cubic yards of earth and 16,875.9 cubic yards of rock were removed by contract at a cost of $13,644.47. Marseilles Pool.--Portions of the pool were dredged by contract, 429,017 cubic yards of earth and 30,652 cubic yards of rock being removed at a cost of $226,662.53. Marseilles Lock and Dam.-Lockkeepers' dwellings were con- structed at a cost of $11,425.23. Dresden Island Pool.-Flowage easements were secured at a cost of $3,109.58. Brandon Road Pool.-Flowage easements were secured at a cost of $11,081.61. Miscellaneous work was done at a cost of $432.95. Maintenance.--Contractwork was as follows: Starved Rock Lock and Dam.--A boiler house was constructed at a cost of $11,499.54. Marseilles Lock and Dam.-A boiler house was constructed at a cost of $22,428.0. Dresden Island Lock and Dam..-A boiler house was constructed at a cost of $11,470.38. Pools.--A total of 60 snags has been removed. The cost was $643.44. In the Starved Rock Pool portions of the pool were dredged by contract at a cost of $4,176; by hired labor the cost was $3,898.25. In the Marseilles Pool portions of the pool were dredged; by con. tract the cost was $1,276; by hired labor the cost was $3,986.89. In the Dresden Island Pool portions of the pool were dredged. The cost was $37,977.17. In the Brandon Road Pool portions of the pool were dredged. The cost was $9,558. Miter gate seals were installed at Starved Rock at a cost of $1,443.83, at Brandon Road Lock at a cost of $1,340.86, and at Lock- port at a cost of $719.46. A buffer barge was placed near the old E. J. & E. Ry. bridge in the Brandon Road Pool at a cost of $2,901.16. Other miscellaneous work was done at a cost of $47,648.40. The total cost of the work for this section was $429,607.12, of which $262,896.15 was for new work and $166,710.97 for mainte- nance. The total expenditures were $691,132.33. The total cost for the two sections was $816,151.51, of which $495,561.90 was for new work and $320,589.61 for maintenance. The total expenditures were $1,040,425.75, all maintenance and improvement funds. Public Works funds.-Contracts covering cutting stop-log recesses at Starved Rock, Marseilles, Brandon Road, and Lockport Locks; lock-keepers' dwellings, Dresden Island Lock; alteration to lower ap- proach walls at Marseilles and Starved Rock Locks; altering man- holes at Brandon Road Pool; snubbing posts and fenders at Bran- don Road Pool; road construction at Goose Lake pump house, Dresden Island Pool; splashboards at Dresden Island and Starved 858 REPORT OF CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMY, 1934 Rock Dams; lighting at Starved Rock, Marseilles, Dresden Island,. and Brandon Road Dams; Wall Extension No. 2, Joliet Walls, Bran- don Road Pool; fire protection, water distribution, and sewer system at Starved Rock, Marseilles, Dresden Island, and Brandon Road;: winter program, Starved Rock, Marseilles, Brandon Road, and Lock- port; standby power units all locks; Channahon Road, Dresden Island Pool; and dredging portions of Brandon Road, Marseilles, and Dresden Island Pools were awarded. New work.-Contract work was as follows: An emergency dam was constructed for use at all locks at a cost of $16,508.40. Starved Rock Lock and Da~i.-Stop-log recesses were cut at a cost. of $12,676.52. The alteration to lower approach wall was completed at a cost of $53,654.65. Splashboards were installed. The cost was $3,197.11. Lighting of the lock and dam was completed for $3,866.01L Fire protection, water distribution, and sewer system were installed. The cost was $7,245.82. Work was started on the stand-by power unit and 44.97 percent completed. The cost was $3,935.97. A winter program of repairing the lock gates was completed at a cost of $45,137.42. Marseilles Lock and Dam.-Stop-log recesses were cut at a cost of' $11,782.80. The alteration to the lower approach wall was completed at a cost of $13,664.17. Lighting of lock and dam was completed for $6,933.20. Fire protection, water distribution, and sewer system were installed. The cost was $7,528.07. Work was started on the stand-by power unit and 47.59 percent completed. The cost was: $4,165.23. A winter program of repairing the lock gates was com- pleted at a cost of $52,457. Dresden Island Lock and Dam.-Lockkeepers' dwellings were coinpleted at a cost of $17,568.14. Splashboards were installed on the dam at a cost of $2,847.47. Lighting of lock and dam was com- pleted at a cost of $3,706.62. Fire protection, water distribution, and sewer system were installed. The cost was $9,395.97. Work was started on the stand-by power unit and 71.18 percent completed. The cost was $6,229.68. Brandon Road Lock and Dam .- Stop-log recesses, including stop- logs, were constructed at a cost of $16,528.88. Lighting of lock and dam was completed at a cost of. $8,745.15. Fire protection, water distribution, and sewer system were installed. The cost was $540.88. Work was started on the stand-by power unit and 47.88 percent coin- pleted. The cost was $4,190.67. A winter program of repairing the lock gates was completed at a cost of $35,645.16. Critical points were dredged by contract. A total of 38,259 cubic yards of material was removed at a cost of $154,432.52. Lockport Look.-Stop-log recesses, including stop logs, were con- structed at a cost of $29,413.32. Work was started on the stand-by power units and 65.06 percent completed. The cost was $5,693.69. Pools.-In Brandon Road Pool manholes were altered, snubbing posts and fenders were installed, and Joliet wall extension no. 2, completed, at a cost of $94,517.72. Dredging to improve channel was completed. A total of 80,948 cubic yards of material other than rock was' removed and 24,671 cubic yards of back fill was placed at a cost of $72,241.80. RIVERS AND HARBORS-CHICAGO, ILL., DISTRICT 859 In the Dresden Island Pool, Channahon Road and a road to the Goose Lake pumphouse were constructed. The cost was $20,729.24. A total of 252,729 cubic yards of material was removed by contract at a cost of $90,930.52. Dredging in the Marseilles pool to improve channel was completed by the removal of 89,056 cubic yards of excavation other than rock at a cost of $34,195.04. The total cost of the work for this section with Public Works funds was $852,687.42. Expenditures were $817,003.70. The total cost for this section, all funds, was $1,282,294.54, of which $1,115,583.57 was for new work and $166,710.97 for mainte- nance. The total expenditures were $1,508,136.03. Total cost for the two sections, all funds, was $1,668,838.93, of which $1,348,249.32 was for new work and $320,589.61 for mainte- nance. The total expenditures were $1,857,429.45. CONDITION AT END OF FISCAL YEAR Mouth to Utica, Ill.-The project as modified by the act of Jan- uary 21, 1927, is complete, except for dredging to increase channel widths at bends and other restricted points. At Kampsville the controlling depth of the river, as it prevails with a flow of 6,500 cubic feet per second through the Chicago Sanitary Canal (author- ized until Dec. 31, 1935), was 9 feet. Due to the lowering of Kamps- ville Dam 2 feet in 1905-6 by the Sanitary District of Chicago under permit of the Secretary of War, the controlling low-water depth over the upper miter sill at Kampsville Lock was 6.5 feet. The restora- tion of the original height of a part of the Kampsville Dam during May and June 1931 has increased this depth to approximately 9 feet. The total cost under existing project for this section to June 30, < 1934, was $3,064,475.07, of which $2,760,130.99 was for new work and $304,344.08 for maintenance. The total expenditures were $3,110,- 120.86. All from regular funds. Utica, Ill., to heads of Federal projects on the Chicago and Cal- umet Rivers.-In the section between Utica and Lockport, Ill., com- prising the upper 43 miles of the Illinois and the lower 18 miles of the Des Plaines Rivers, the channels in their present condition are navigable. At the E. J. & E. Ry. bridge, near Devine, Ill., mile 270.6, the horizontal clearance is 113 feet. The vertical clearance is limited to 21.5 feet at ordinary pool stage at the Morris Highway Br.idge, Morris, Ill., mile 263.2; a new bridge is under construction. Channel depths of 9 feet are available throughout the section. Prior to the adoption of the Federal project, the Sanitary District of Chicago had constructed a channel (the Chicago Sanitary Canal) having a.minimum width of 160 feet and a controlling depth of 20 feet at normal water level between Lockport Lock and the head of Federal navigation on the Chicago River, and a channel (the Calu- met-Sag Channel) 16.2 miles: long with a minimum surface width of 60 feet (50 feet at the controlling works lock at Blue Island, Ill.), minimum bottom width of 36 feet, and a constructed depth of 20 feet (the depth in the channel is now restricted to not more than 9 feet by silting just below the controlling works) connecting the 860 REPORT OF CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMY, 1934 Chicago Sanitary Canal with the head of Federal navigation on the Calumet River. Five locks and four dams are complete. The following work remains to be done to complete the project: Permanent control houses at Brandon Road and Dresden Island, lockkeepers' dwellings at Brandon Road and Lockport Locks, im- provement of channels at Ruby Street, and miscellaneous small items of work. The existing project is 99 percent complete. The cost under the existing project for this section to June 30, 1934, was $6,942,196.23, of which $6,723,281.78 was for new work and $218,914.45 for maintenance. The total expenditures were $6,915,529.39, all regular funds. With Public Works funds the cost was $852,687.42 for new work, and the total expenditures $817,003.70. The total cost, all funds, was $7,794,883.65, of which $7,575,969.20 was for new work and $218,914.45 for maintenance. Total expendi- tures were $7,732,533.09. The total cost of the existing project for the two sections from the mouth of the Illinois to the heads of Federal projects on the Chicago and Calumet Rivers to June 30, 1934, was $10,006,671.30, of which $9,483,412.77 was for new work and $523,258.53 for mainte- nance. The total expenditures were $10,025,650.25, all regular funds. With Public Works funds the cost was $852,687.42 for new work and the total expenditures $817,003.70. The grand total cost, all funds, was $10,859,358.72, of which $10,336,100.19 was for new work and $523,258.53 for maintenance. The grand total expenditures were $10,842,653.95. PROPOSED OPERATIONS, MOUTH TO UTICA, ILL. Regular funds.-The balance unexpended ($315,810.03), including accounts receivable ($15,060.19) at the end of the year, a total of $330,870.22, will be applied as follows: Accounts payable June 30, 1934________________________________ $41, 090'. 69 New work: Completion of existing contracts for dredging between miles 56.5 and 220.5, July to October 1934-------------------- 16, 408. 00 Maintenance: Miscellaneous surveys, including cross-sec- tions, discharge observations, and maintenance of gages__ $30, 000 Operating snag and dredge boats------------------- 2, 000 Dredging to maintain channel depths and width, by con- tract or hired labor, July 1934 to June 1935 ........ 216, 000 248, 000. 00 Total --------------------------------------- 305, 498. 69 Balance remaining --------------------------------------- 25, 371. 53 Total------------------_ -------------------------- 330, 870. 22 The additional sum of $266,000 can be profitably expended during the fiscal year 1936 as follows: Maintenance dredging-------------------------------------- $210, 000 Miscellaneous surveys, including cross-sections, discharge observa- tions, and maintenance of gages------------------------------ 35, 000 Operating snag and dredge boats -------------------------------- 3, 000 Boat yard at Peoria ----------------------------------------- 18, 003 Total- --- ------------------- 266, 000 RIVERS AND HARBORS-CHICAGO, ILL., DISTRICT 861 The contemplated work will provide a channel with least dimen- sion of 9 feet in depth and 200 feet in width, widened at bends and critical areas, from the mouth to Utica, Ill. Proposed operations, Utica, Ill., to heads of Federal projects on the Chicago and Calumet Rivers--Regular funds.-The balance un- expended ($581,572.70), including accounts receivable ($12,042.81) at the end of the year, a total of $593,615.51 will be applied as follows: Accounts payable June 30, 1934_-------------------------------- $82, 183. 17 Maintenance: Maintenance dredging in all pools as required___. $450, 000. 00 Miscellaneous surveys, including cross-sections, discharge observations, and maintenance of gages------------------------------------ 25, 000. 00 Land and flowage easements------------- ------ 18, 700.00 Operating snag and dredgeboats-------------- __2, 000. 00 ------ 495, 700. 00- Total------------------------------------------- 577, 883. 17 Balance remaining___ --------------- -- --------------- 15, 732. 34 Total---------- ------------------------------ 593, 615. 51 Public Works funds.-The balance unexpended ($92,996.30), in- cluding accounts receivable ($956.90), at the end of the year, plus an allotment of $203,000, a total of $296,953.20 will be applied as follows : Accounts payable June 30, 1934 __________...... $34, 736. 58, Completion of work: Stand-by power units, July to September 1935- $21, 100. 00 Dredging between miles 247 and 282.6, July to Sep- tember 1935 --------------------- _ 38, 116. 62 59, 216. 62 New work: Dredging Dresden Island and Marseilles Pool .... 77, 000. 00 Pattern shed, Government moorings, Brandon Road_ 4, 000. 00 Lockkeepers' dwellings, Lockport and Brandon Road ------------------ ------ --- 32, 000. 00 Control house, Brandon Road------------------ 18, 000. 00 Dredging Utica to Lockport __________________ 50, 000. 00 Capstans, all locks ------------------ 22, 000. 00 203. vv, (00 v . 00 Total ---------------- 296, 953. 20 The additional sum of $177,000 can be profitably expended dur- ing the fiscal year 1936, as follows: Maintenance dredging -------------------------------------- $150, 000 Miscellaneous surveys, including cross sections, discharge observa- tions and maintenance of gages_____________________________ 25, 000 Operating snag and dredge boats ---------------------------- 2, 000 Total ----------------------------------------------- 177, 000 862 REPORT OF CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMY, 19 34 Cost and financial summary MAINTENANCE AND IMPROVEMENT FUNDS Cost of new work to June 30, 1934 _______ $12, 052,514. 81 Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1934___ 971, 526. 55 Total cost of permanent work to June 30, 1934____ 13, 024, 041. 36 Value of plant, materials, etc., on hand June 30, 1934_ 242,429. 75 Net total cost to June 30, 1934___________________ 13,266, 471.11 Plus accounts receivable June 30, 1934___ 27, 103.00 Gross total costs to June 30, 1934________________ 13, 293, 574. 11 Minus accounts payable June 30, 1934_ 123, 273. 86 Net total expenditures_______ 13, 170, 300. 25 Unexpended balance June 30, 1934__ 897, 382. 73 Total amount appropriated to June 30, 1934______ 14, 067, 682.98 Fiscal year ending June 30 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 Cost of new work___ $737. 164. 60 $2, 024, 841. 13 $2, 732, 426. 62 $3, 497, 697. 11 $495, 561. 90 C ost of m aintenance____ .........- 4, 021. 35 72, 787. 67 119, 295. 03 320, 589. 61 Total cost..------- 737, 164. 60 2,028, 862. 48 2, 805, 214. 29 3, 616, 992. 14 816, 151. 51 Total expended------------ 573, 940. 84 1, 959, 387. 17 2, 643, 624. 09 3, 698, 739. 78 1, 040, 425. 75 Allotted----...-----...---------- 849, 500. 00 3, 390, 300. 00 349, 000. 00 4, 158, 158. 36 751, 074. 62 Balance unexpended July 1, 1933 _____________________________ $1, 186, 733.86 Amount allotted from War Department Appropria- tion Act approved Apr. 26, 1934________________ $686, 500. 00 Amount allotted from War Department Appropria- tion Act approved July 14, 1932__ 1, 503.40 Amount allotted from War Department Appropria- tion Act approved Mar. 4, 1933__ 496, 900. 38 1, 184, 903. 78 Amount to be accounted for___---- 2, 371, 637.64 Deductions on account of revocation of: Impounded funds_ $18, 829. 16 Allotment______ _______ _________ 415, 000. 00 433, 829. 16 Net amount to be accounted for_ _____-- _______ ___ 1, 937, 808.48 basin, and contract dredging and removal of the old elevator wharf were begun. The work was about 3 percent completed at the end of the fiscal year. The cost of this new work for the fiscal year was $10,642.17, and the expenditure was $1,189. Condition at end of fiscal year.-The existing project was com- pleted in 1919 at a saving of $59,433 under the estimated cost. The upstream entrance channel has a controlling depth of 19 feet. The Oswegatchie River from Lake Street Bridge to its mouth has a con- trolling depth of 18 feet; the city-front channel from the mouth of Oswegatchie River to the Rutland Railroad car-ferry dock has a con- trolling depth of 19 feet; and the lower entrance channel and basin have a controlling depth of 19 feet. The total cost of the existing project at the end of the fiscal year was $350,274.59, of which $200,536.61 was for new work and $149,737.98 for maintenance. The total expenditure was $347,961.02. The work authorized by the Public Works Administration is 3 percent completed. Deepening and enlarging of the lower basin and removal of the old elevator wharf, by contract, in force at the end of the fiscal year, will complete the work authorized. The total cost of this new work to the end of the fiscal year was $10,642.17. The total expenditure was $1,189. The total cost, all funds, was $360,916.76, of which $211,178.78 was for new work and $149,737.98 for maintenance. The total expendi- ture was. $ 49,150.02. Proposed operations.-The balance unexpended at the end of the year will be applied as follows: ------ Regular funds: Accounts payable June 30, 1934 _________-- $2,313.57 Maintenance: Dredging by U. S. hopper dredge Taylor, June 1935___ 14, 841.56 Total --------------------------------------------- 17, 155. 13 The balance unexpended of allotment from the National Indus- trial Recovery Act will be applied as follows: Accounts payable June 30, 1934__________________-_-__------- $9, 453. 17 New work: Complete deepening to 21 feet and enlarging the lower turning basin, and removing the old elevator wharf by contract in force July 1934-June 1935-- --------------- _________- 176, 357. 83 Total----------------------------------------------- 185, 811. 00 Redredging is required annually and the sum of $19,000 can be profitably expended during the fiscal year 1936 in maintenance dredging by U. S. hopper dredge Taylor. 1234 REPORT OF CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMY, 1934 Cost nd,financial summary MAINTENANCE AND IMPROVEMENT FUNDS Cost of new work to June 30, 1934 $471, 916. 43 Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1934 ----------------------- 280, 250. 30 Total cost of permanent work to June 30, 1934 ---------- 752, 166. 73 Minus accounts payable June 30, 1934_-----__.--__ 2,313. 57 Net total expenditures_---- ---------- - -- -- 749, 853.16 Unexpended balance June 30, 1934___- -------------- 1-----, 17, 155.13 Total amount appropriated to June 30, 1934 ___________ 767, 008. 29 Fiscal year ending June 30 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 Cost of new work- -- Cost of maintenance------------------- $5, 986. 95 $16, 229. 20 $9, 185.42 $44, 064. 18 $12, 517. 20 Total expended ------------------------- ..... 724. 51 15, 514. 46 8,917. 76 49, 989. 88 10, 520. 77 Allotted. -------------------------- ..-- 15, 000. 00 33, 500.00 -14,000.00 45, 000. 00 22, 600. 00 Balance unexpended July 1, 1933------ ----------- ---------- $5, 075. 90 Amount allotted from War Department Appropriation Act approved Apr. 26, 1934_......__. __--- - $14, 500. 00 Amount allotted from War Department Appropriation Act approved Mar. 4, 1933----------------------- 8, 100. 00 22, 600. 00 Amount to be accounted for-- ------------------------- 27, 675. 90 Gross amount expended----------------------------------- 10, 520. 77 Balance unexpended June 30, 1934_- 17,155. 13 -___-__--------- Outstanding liabilities June 30, 1934_ . __________----_---. 2,313. 57 Balance available June 30, 1934_ __ _--__-______ 14, 841. 56 Amount that can be profitably expended in fiscal year ending June 1- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -- - -- - -- - - 30, 1936, for maintenance _ 19,000. 00 PUBLIC WORKS FUNDS Cost of new work to June 30, 1934 -------------------------- $10, 642. 17 Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1934.....____. ______ ___ ...... Total cost of permanent work to June 30, 1934 __---__ _ 10, 642. 17 Minus accounts payable June 30, 1934 ___9-__. _____. 9____ 9,453. 17 Net total expenditures--__----- __--__ _____-1, 189. 00 Unexpended balance June 30, 1934_____1__- -_____________ 185, 811.00' Total amount appropriated to June 30, 1934_____________ 187, 000. 00 Fiscal year ending June 30 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 Cost of new work--___------------ -- - - $10, 642. 17 Cost of maintenance....................... - -------------- -------- ------------ ------------ ------------ ------------ 21 Total expended .... ....... . 1, 189. 00 Allotted ............... ... 187, 000. 00 t Exclusive of available funds. RIVERS AND HARBORS-BUFFALO, N. Y., DISTRICT 1235 Amount allotted from National Industrial Recovery Act approved June 16, 1933--------------------------------------------- $187, 000. 00 Gross amount expended---------------------------------------- 1, 189.00 Balance unexpended June 30, 1934-.............. 185, 811. 00 Amount covered by uncompleted contracts------------------ 163, 811. 00 --------------------------- Balance available June 30, 1934_ 22, 000.00 CONSOLIDATED COST AND FINANCIAL SUMMARY FOR OGDENSBURG HIARBOR, N. Y. (Cost of new work to June 30, 1934---------------------------- Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1934---------------------------- $482, 558. 60 280, 250.30 -Minus Total cost of permanent work to June 30, 1934---------- accounts payable June 30, 1934--------------------------11, 762, 808. 90 766. 74 Net total expenditures_ ---------------------------------- 51, 042. 16 Unexpended balance June 30, 1934----------------------------- 202, 966. 13 Total amount appropriated to June 30, 1934-------------- 954, 008. 29 Fiscal year ending June 30 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 Cost of new work _ . ..---------------... .......-- --- --- - $10,642.17 Cost of maintenance---- -------------- $5, 986. 95 $16, 229. 20 $9,185. 42 $44, 064.18 12, 517. 20 Total cost . 5,986. 95 __----------------------- 16, 229. 20 9, 185. 42 44, 064. 18 23, 159. 37 'Total expended--------------------------- 724. 51 15, 514. 46 8,919. 76 44, 989. 88 11, 709. 77 Allotted--------------------------- 15, 000. 00 33, 500. 00 -14,000. 00 45, 000. 00 209, 600. 00 Balance unexpended July 1, 1933------ --------------- $5, 075. 90 Amount allotted from War Department Appropriation Act approved Apr. 26, 1934------------------------ $14, 500.00 Amount allotted from War Department Appropriation Act approved Mar. 4, 1933---------------------- 8,100. 00 Amount allotted from National Industrial Recovery Act approved June 16, 1933---------------------------- 187, 000. 00 209', 600. 00 Amount to be accounted for----------------------------- 214, 675. 90 Gross amount expended----------------------------------------11, 709.77 Balance unexpended June 30, 1934------------------------ 202, 966. 13 Outstanding liabilities June 30, 1934------------------- $2,313. 57 Amount covered by uncompleted contracts-------------163, 811. 00 166,124. 57 Balance available June 30, 1934----------- 3, 841. 56 Amount that can be profitably expended in fiscal year ending June 30, 1936, for maintenance 1____------ -------- 19, 000. 00 22. EXAMINATIONS, SURVEYS, AND CONTINGENCIES (GENERAL) The cost of the work during the year amounted to $59,166.96; the 'expenditures were $61,502.94. The balance unexpended June 30, 1934, $26,497.06, will be applied as needed during the fiscal year 1935 to payment of expenses incurred in connection with the above items. The additional sum of $35,000 can be profitably expended during the fiscal year 1936. 'Exclusive of available funds. 1236 REPORT OF CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMY, 1934 Cost and financial summary Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1934--__- _____________________ $233, 046. 79' Minus accounts payable June 30, 1934-- 3, 013. 71 Net total expenditures____________________ 230, 033. 08. Unexpended balance June 30, 1934_____________________________ 26, 497. 06 Total amount appropriated to June 30, 19,34________ 256 530.14 Fiscal year ending June 30 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 Cost of new work ....... Cost of maintenance------------------ $19,515.63 $37, 120.04 $54, 818.82 $47, 220.57 $59, 166. 96 Total expended----- -- ----- 21, 068. 19 32, 216. 61 57, 291. 24 44, 409. 17 61, 502. 94 Allotted ----------------------------... 18, 000. 00 49, 000. 00 37, 888. 49 54, 838. 16 70, 803. 49 Balance unexpended July 1, 1933------------------------------ $17, 196.51 Amount allotted from War Department Appropriation Act approved Apr. 26, 1934---------------------- $15, 000.00 Amount allotted from War Department Appropriation Act approved Mar. 4, 1933_____________________ 55, 925. 09 70, 925. 09 Amount to be accounted for------------------------------- 88, 121. 60 Deduction on account of revocation of impounded funds-------- 121.60 Net amount to be accounted for ____________-- 000. 00 -_________-88, Gross amount expended_______________________ ___ $78, 447. 72 Less reimbursements collected___________ -- ___ _ 16, 944.78 61, 502. 94 Balance unexpended June 30, 1934 _______ -_____ _ _..._ 26, 497. 06 Outstanding liabilities June 30, 1934-----------------------------6, 065. 81 Balance available June 30, 1934 ___________________ _ 20, 431.25" Amount that can be profitably expended in fiscal year ending June 30, 1936, for maintenance 1___________________________________ 35, 000. 00 23. Other projects for whikchno estimates are submitted [Commercial statistics for these projects are given in pt. 2 of report] For last Cost and expenditures to full June 30, 1934 Estimated Name of project report annual see _required amount to report complete for- New work Maintenance 1. Vermilion Harbor, Ohio 1 2____ _______ 1932 $133, 277. 55 $51, 009. 64 ---- -- 2. Sackets Harbor, N. Y.2 --- __ 1898 3 20, 000. 00 --------------.-------------- 3. M orristown Harbor, N. Y.2--- -...------- -_ 1931 6, 220. 93 479. 07 -........-..... 4. Waddington Harbor, N. Y.2- ------ - 1932 35, 500. 00-$20, 000 1 Revoked $14,500, fiscal year 1933. 2 Channels and protection adequate for commerce. 3 Amount includes maintenance. Not separable. 4 No work has been done on the existing project and none proposed pending consideration of major improvement ;of St. Lawrence River. 1 Exclusive of available funds. RIVERS AND HARBORS-LOS ANGELES, CALIF., DISTRICT 1237 Status of reports called for by river and harbor acts and committee resolutions Transmitted Recommen- Locality Authorization act to Congress Doc. No. dation -i Conneaut Harbor, Ohio_ Rivers and Harbors Committee resolu- tion, June 13, 1934. Dunkirk Harbor, N. Y__ Rivers and Harbors Oct. 31, 1933 .... Unfavorable. Committee resolu- tion, June 1, 1932. Great Lakes-Atlantic Rivers and Harbors Tidewaters deeper Committee resolu- waterways. tion, Mar. 7, 1928. Great Lakes to Hudson Rivers and Harbors Sept. 28, 1.933 Rivers and Harbors Favorable. River waterway. Committee resolu- Committee, 20, 73d tion, May 26, 1932. Cong., 2d sess. Do- .... .. ....... Rivers and Harbors .........................- Committee resolu- tion, Feb. 2, 1934. Great Lakes-St. Law- Jan. 10, 1934 Senate committee, 116, Do. rence seaway. 73d Cong., 2d sess. Lorain Harbor, Ohio __ Senate committee res- June 8, 1934 .-- .... __ --- -- Do. olution, May 11, 1933. Oswego Harbor, N. Y___ Rivers and Harbors Sept. 19, 1934 ..................... Do.. Committee resolu- tion, Dec. 16, 1932. Sackets Harbor, N. Y___ Rivers and Harbors Apr. 24, 1934 .... ..... Unfavorabl'e. Committee resolu- tion, Aug. 29, 1933. Wilson Harbor, N. Y___ River and Harbor Act, July 6, 1933 ... . . . . . . . . . Do. July 3, 1930. IMPROVEMENT OF RIVERS AND HARBORS IN THE LOS ANGELES, CALIF., DISTRICT This district comprises that part of California which lies south of Cape San Martin (about 265 miles north of the entrance to Los Angeles Harbor) and south of the San Joaquin Valley drainage basin, together with the drainage basin of the Colorado River and its tributaries: District engineer: Maj. W. H. Lanagan, Corps of Engineers, to July 13, 1933; Lt. Col. V. L. Peterson, Corps of Engineers, from that date to February 3, 1934; and Maj. H. H. Stickney, Corps of Engineers, since that date. Division engineer: Lt. Col. Thomas M. Robins, Corps of Engineers. IMPROVEMENTS Page Page 1. San Diego Harbor, Calif_____ 1237 4. San Luis Obispo Harbor, 2. Newport Bay Harbor, Calif__ 1241 Calif 1---------------------250 3. Los Angeles and Long Beach 5. Examinations, surveys, and Harbors, Calif___ 1244 contingencies (general) __ 1251 { 6, ii 1. SAN DIEGO HARBOR, CALIF. Location.-San Diego Harbor is located just north of the United States-Mexico boundary line, and is about 96 and 506 miles south- east of Los Angeles Harbor and San Francisco Bay, respectively. (See U. S. Coast and Geodetic Survey Chart No. 5107.) 1238 REPORT OF CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMY, 1934 Previous projects.-Adopted by the River and Harbor Acts of March 3, 1875, September 19, 1890, and June 25, 1910. The costs and expenditures were $154,703.68 for new work and $59,904.21 for maintenance, a total of $214,607.89. For further details see page 1976 of Annual Report for 1915. Existing project.-This provides for a rubble-mound jetty 7,500 feet long on Zuninga Shoal; for an entrance channel 40 feet deep, 800 feet wide; for a bay channel 35 feet deep, 900 to 2,000 feet wide, from deep water near Ballast Point to the turning basin opposite the municipal piers; for a turning basin 35 feet deep opposite the municipal piers; for a channel to National City and Chula Vista 20 feet deep and 300 feet wide; and for an earthen dike 7,735 feet long to divert the San Diego River from San Diego Bay to False Bay. The plane of reference is mean lower low water. The range between mean lower low water and mean higher high water is 5.6 feet. The extreme range is about 9 feet. The estimated cost for new work, revised in 1930, is $2,304,800, exclusive of amounts expended on previous projects, of which $10,- 000 is to be contributed by local interests. The latest (1930) ap- proved estimate for annual cost of maintenance is $20,000 for dredg- ing entrance channel. The existing project was authorized by the following river and harbor acts: The act of March 3, 1875, provided for the diversion dike (Annual Report, 1873, p. 1142); the act of September 19, 1890, provided for the jetty on Zuninga Shoal (H. Doc. No. 177, 50th Cong., 1st sess.) ; the act of March 4, 1913, provided for a 35-foot channel through the outer bar (H. Doc. No. 1309, 62d Cong., 3d sess.); the act of July 27, 1916, provided for widening the approach (area B) to San Diego Municipal Pier No. 2 by dredging area C (north of area B) (H. Doc. No. 648, 64th Cong., 1st sess.) ; the act of August 8, 1917, provided for dredging area A (south of area B) (Rivers and Harbors Committee Doc. No. 8, 64th Cong., 2d sess.), and for dredging the 35-foot channel through the middle ground (H. Doc. No. 140, 65th Cong., 1st sess.); the act of September 22, 1922, provided for dredging areas D and E (H. Doc. No. 1000, 66th Cong., 3d sess.) ; the act of March 3, 1925, provided for widening the approach (area C) to San Diego Municipal Pier No.. 1 by dredging a portion of area F (north of area C) (Rivers and Harbors Commit- tee Doc. No. 2, 68th Cong., 1st sess.) ; and the act of July 3, 1930, pro- vided for the 40-foot channel through the outer bar, for dredging along the south and north banks of the main channel; for dredging the turning basin, for dredging area H, and for dredging channel to National City and Chula Vista (S. Doc. No. 81, 71st Cong., 2d sess.). For latest published maps see the last-mentioned document, and House Document No. 223, Seventy-third Congress, second session. Recommended modifications of project.-Under date of January 17, 1934, the Chief of Engineers recommended that the bay channel be widened to 2,200 feet, with a depth of 35 feet at an estimated cost of $1,800,000, with $5,000 annually for maintenance in addition to that now required (H. Doc. No. 223, 73d Cong., 2d sess.). Local cooTperation.-The River and Harbor Act of July 3, 1930, provides that before any work is undertaken on the turning basin local interests shall furnish necessary disposal areas and give as- RIVERS AND HARBORS-LOS ANGELES, CALIF., DISTRICT 1239 surances satisfactory to the Secretary of War and the Chief of Engineers that they will deepen the areas adjacent to the municipal piers and the part of area F covered by the existing project to a depth of 35 feet, and that before any work is undertaken on the channel to Chula Vista local interests shall contribute $10,000 in cash. These conditions have been complied with, except in the case of the channel to Chula Vista. Terninal faoilities.-There are 46 wharves on the water front of San Diego, 2 at Coronado, and 1 at North Island. The existing terminal facilities are considered adequate for existing commerce. (See Port Series No. 13, pt. 2, revised 1930, Corps of Engineers.) Operations and results during fiscal year.-No operations were conducted with regular funds. The expenditures were $1,644.15, applied to accounts payable for the preceding fiscal year. The fol- lowing work was conducted under allotments from the Public Works Administration: The United States dredge A. Mackenzie widened the entrance channel from 570 feet to 800 feet for its full length and to project depth of 40 feet, removing therefrom a total of 1,004,796 cubic yards, place measurement, between October 16, 1933, and Feb- ruary 17, 1934, thus completing this new work. The cost and expenditures were $86,352.01. Condition at end of fiscal ylear.-The existing project is completed, except the dredging of the channel to Chula Vista. The dike was completed in 1876, the Zuninga Jetty in 1904, and the entrance chan- nel 800 feet wide and 40 feet deep was completed in February 1934. At the end of the fiscal year the controlling depths were 38 feet in the entrance channel, 35 feet in the bay channel, the turning basin and area H, and 17 feet in the Chula Vista Channel. The costs of the existing project were $2,101,909.65 for new work, and $112,521.05 for maintenance, a total of $2,214,430.70 from regular funds, and $86,352.01 for new work from Public Works funds. The total expenditures were $2,300,782.71, including $86,352.01 from Pub- lic Work funds. In addition, $4,440.59- contributed by the city of San Diego was expended for dredging in front of the municipal piers. Proposed operations.-No funds are available and no work is con- templated for the fiscal year 1935. The sum of $250,000 can be profitably expended during the fiscal year 1936 for maintenance as follows: Repair to Zuninga Shoal Jetty by contract July 1935 to June 1936-- $200, 000 Redredging entrance and bay channels by Government plant and hired labor November and December 1935------------------------------ 50, 000 Total-----------------------------------------------------250,; 000 Cost and financial summary MAINTENANCE AND IMPROVEMENT FUNDS Cost of new work to June 30, 1934 ----------------------- $2, 256, 613. 33 Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1934 ------------------------ 172, 425.26 Total cost of permanent work to June 30, 1934---------- 2, 429, 038. 59 Net total expenditures--------------------------------- 2, 429, 038. 59 Total amount appropriated to June 30, 1934_____-- - 2; 429, 038.59 1 In addition $4.440.59 was expended from contributed funds. 1240 REPORT OF CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMY, 1934 Fiscal year ending June 30 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 Cost of new work-__------- __ __. .$260, 293. 42 $136, 476. 65 $156, 394. 68 ..... ____.. Cost of maintenance..........------------ $626. 24 -------------- 1, 552. 84 21, 167. 79 Total cost. --------------- 626. 24 260, 293. 42 138, 029. 49 177, 562. 47 Total expended----------------- 1, 700. 64 197, 259. 45 199, 956. 56 175, 893. 32 $1, 644.15 Allotted_..-.---..-.-.---._ - -16, 938. 50 395, 000. 00 ------------ 193, 593. 30 -18, 364. 58 Balance unexpended July 1, 1933-------------------------------$20, 008. 73 Deductions on account of revocation of allotment _______- - - -___ 18, 364. 58 Net amount to be accounted for------------- 1, 644. 15 Gross amountkexpended--___$1, 685. 57 Less reimbursements collected _____________ - _______ 41. 42 1, 644. 15 Amount (estimated) required to be appropriated for completion of existing project--------------------------------------------- 20, 000. 00 Amount that can be profitably expended in fiscal year ending June 30, 1936, for maintenance____________________________ _ 250, 000. 00 PUBLIC WORKS FUNDS Cost of new work to June 30, 1934__ $86. 352. 01 Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1934 Total cost ,of permanent work to June 30, 1934______________ Net total expenditures 86, 352. 01 86, 352. 01 Total amount appropriated to June 30, 1934______________________ 86, 352. 01 Fiscal year ending June 30 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 Cost of new work.....--------------------- ------------ ------------------------ ------------ $86, 352. 01 Cost of maintenance --- ---- Total expended_..---------------- _- -----------------.. 86, 352. 01 Allotted----...----------------- ------------------------------- 86, 352. 01 Amount allotted from National Industrial Recovery Act approved June 16, 1933 ---------------- $124, 500. 00 Deductions on account of revocation of allotment________________ 38, 147. 99 Net amount to be accounted for- - ____ __-______-__ 86, 352. 01 Gross amount expended----_------.. ----- $86, 919. 55 Less reimbursements collected______--_--- --- 567. 54 86, 352. 01 CONSOLIDATED COST AND FINANCIAL SUMMARY FOR SAN DIEiGO HARBOR Cost of new work to June 30, 19341____________________________ $2, 342, 965. 34 Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1934_____________________ 172, 425. 26 Total cost of permanent work to June 30, 1934___________ 2,515, 390. 60 Net total expenditures_______-_-- ____---_--_----_ 2,515, 390. 60 Total amount appropriated to June 30, 1934_______________ 2, 515, 390. 60 1 In addition $4,440.59 was expended from contributed funds. RIVERS AND HARBORS-LOS ANGELES, CALIF., DISTRICT 1241 Fiscal year ending June 30 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 Cost of new work_. _____--------_-_---------_ _$260, 293. 42 $136,476. 65 $156,394. 68 $86, 352. 01 Cost of maintenance.----------------- $626. 24- _--------- 1, 552. 84 21,167. 79 Total cost__----- ----------- 626. 24 260, 293. 42 138,029.49 177, 562. 47 86, 352. 01 Total expended.__ ___--------------- 1, 700. 64 197, 259. 45 199, 956. 56 175, 893. 32 87, 996. 16 Allotted ---------------------------- 16,938.50 395,000.00 ----------- 193, 593.30 67, 987.43 -------------- Balance unexpended July 1, 1933____________---- $20, 008. 73 Amount allotted from National Industrial Recovery Act approved June 16, 1933----------- ----------------------------------- 124, 500.00 Amount to be accounted for____________-________- -__ - 144. 508. 73 Deductions on account of revocations of allotment----------------- 56, 512. 57 Net amount to be accounted for-......__-_______-- 87, 996. 16 Gross amount expended----------------------------- $88, 605.12 :Less reimbursements collected------------------------ 608. 96 87, 996. 16 Amount (estimated) required to be appropriated for completion of existing project---------------------------------- 20, 000. 00 Amount that can be profitably expended in fiscal year ending June 30, 1936, for maintenance--------------------__- 250, 000. 00 2. NEWPORT BAY HARBOR, CALIF. Location.-This harbor is 24 miles southeast of Los Angeles- Long Beach Harbor, and 72 mi!es northwest of San Diego Harbor. (See U. S. Coast and Geodetic Survey Chart No. 5108.) Emisting project.-No work has been authorized by Congress. The construction of entrance jetties, 900 feet apart, 2,860 feet and 1,620 feet in length, respectively; and dredging an entrance channel 20 feet deep by 500 feet wide, main inner channels to 20-foot depth and suitable width, a yacht anchorage basin to 15-foot depth, and the remainder of the bay to a 10-foot depth, all at an estimated cost of $1,835,400 for new work, of which amount local interests are required to contribute not to exceed $918,000; all as recommended by the Chief of Engineers to the Secretary of War under date of September 25, 1933, was authorized by the Federal Emergency Administration of Public Works. The plane of reference is mean lower low water. The range between mean lower low water and mean higher high water is 5.1 feet. The extreme range is about 9 feet. Local cooperation.-The existing project requires that local inter- ests contribute not to exceed $918,000, or half the cost of new work, and furnish the necessary land, rights-of-way, and disposal areas. 'These conditions have been complied with, except transfer to the Government of land at the roots of the jetties which is now in progress. Temporary permits covering facilities necessary for con- struction have been given. In addition thereto the city of Newport Beach and Orange County have expended for dredging and jetty work the sum of $1,670,802 since 1916. Terminal facilities.-There are numerous small wharves and land- ings, practically all for yachts. 1242 REPORT OF CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, Ui. S. ARMY, 1934 Operation and results during fiscal year.-No operations were conducted with regular funds. The following work was conducted under authority of the Federal Emergency Administration of Public Works. Surveys were largely completed; bids for the jetty work were opened May 28, 1934; and specifications for dredging were partly prepared. The cost of new work was $448.73, and of maintenance $2,954.12, a total of $3,402.85, all from Public Works funds. There were no expenditures. Condition at end of fiscal year.-Considerable work has been done by the city of Newport Beach. The west jetty was constructed in 1916, repaired and extended in 1927, and groins constructed in 1929. The east jetty, constructed of concrete in 1927, has had only minor repairs and is in good condition. The city of Newport Beach has spent $1,065,000 on jetty and dredging work, and Orange County has spent $605,802 for rights-of-way, etc., dredging, and jetty work. Private interests have spent $611,000 for dredging, etc., making the total expenditures for harbor improvements by local interests $2,281,802. The placing of about 330,000 tons of stone for the jetty work, and the dredging of about 8,500,000 cubic yards of material will be re- quired to complete the work authorized by the Federal Emergency Administration of Public Works. Dredging by the city of Newport Beach has resulted in the fol- lowing controlling channel dimensions as of January 1, 1934: Entrance channel 15 feet deep and 300 feet wide; main bay channel 16 feet deep and 100 feet wide; turning basin 600 feet by 700 feet, 17 feet deep; and zero in the anchorage area. The cost of the Public Works Administration project was $448.73 for new work and $2,954.12 for maintenance, a total of $3,402.85, all from Public Works funds. There were no expenditures. Proposed operations.-An allotment of $918,000 made from Na- tional Industrial Recovery Act funds during July 1934 and con- tributed funds amounting to $918,000, a total of $1,836,000, will be applied to new work as follows: Repairing and extending jetties by contract August 1934 to June 1935----------- --------------------------------- $636, 000i Dredging the bay and entrance channels by contract, January 1935 to January 1936 - -------------- ,- 1, 200, 000 Total 836, 000 1---------------------------- No additional funds are required for the fiscal year 1936 and no work is contemplated. Cost and flnancial summary PUBLIC WORKS FUNDS Cost of new work to June 30, 1934__ ------------------------------ $448. 73 Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1934---------------------------- 2, 954. 12 Total cost of permanent work to June 30, 1934-------------- 3, 402. 85 Minus accounts payable June 30, 1934---------------------------- 3, 402. 85 Net total expenditures_ Unexpended balance June 30, 1934 ----------------- 918, 000. 00 Total amount appropriated to June 30, 1934 -----.---- 918, 000. 00 RIVERS AND HARBORS-LOS ANGELES, CALIF., DISTRICT 1243 Fiscal year ending June 30 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 Cost of new work------ ...------- ------------------------------------------------ $448. 73 ost of maintenance-----------------------------------------------.....-----------............. 2, 954. 12 Total cost----------- --------------------------------------------- 3, 402. 85 Total expended _-....---- ..... ......... .---- Allotted --------------------------------..------------ 918, 000. 00 ......---------.....----------------------- Amount allotted from National Industrial Recovery Act approved June 16, 1933 ---- ------------------------------------ $918, 000. 00 Balance unexpended June 30, 1934__ ----------- 9________---- 000. 00 918, Outstanding liabilities June 30, 1934___________--------------------------- 3, 402. 85 Balance available June 30, 1934_________________--___- 914, 597. 15 CONTRIBUTED FUNDS Cost of new work to June 30, 1934________________ ---- Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1934__________________________ -- Total cost of permanent work to June 30, 1934 Net total expenditures __ ----------- Unexpended balance June 30, 1934______________________-_____ $918, 000 Total amount contributed to June 30, 1934__________________ 918, 000 Fiscal year ending June 30 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 C ost of new work -... - ......... .. ...... ..... ... .... Cost of maintenance__ _______ Total expended..- Contributed.......----------------------------------------------------------- $918, 000.00 Amount contributed by Orange County, Calif $918, 000. 00 Balance unexpended June 30, 1934_____ ____-- - ____--- -__-_ 918, 000. 00 CONSOLIDATED COST AND FINANCIAL SUMMARY FOR NEWPORT BAY HARBOR, CALIF. Cost of new work to June 30, 1934----------------------------- $448. 73 Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1934_-------------------- 2,954. 12 Total cost of permanent work to June 30, 1934 ------------ 3, 402. 85 Minus accounts payable June 30, 1934_-__ ___ ____---------3, 402. 85 Net total expenditures---------------------------------------- -- Unexpended balance June 30, 1934__ _____________--------1, 836, 000. 00 Total amount appropriated and contributed to June 30, 1934-__. 1,836, 000. 00 Fiscal year ending June 30 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 Cost of new work-------------------------------- ----- $448. 73 Cost of maintenance----------- __------------------- ---- ----------- ----------- 2,954.12 Total cost----...__------------------...... ._ _ _. 3, 402. 85 Total expended ,_-----:---_------------------------_ Allotted and contributed--- _--------- ---- -------------- ---------------- 1, 836, 000. 00 1244 REPORT OF CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMY, 1934 Contributed by Orange County, Calif--------------------------- $918, 000. 00 Amount allotted from National Industrial Recovery Act approved June 16, 1933---------------------------------------------- 918, 000. 00 Amount to be accounted for__--------------------------1, 836, 000. 00 Balance unexpended June 30, 1934_---------------------------1, 836, 000.00 Outstanding liabilities June 30, 1934--------------------------- 3, 402, 85 Balance available June 30, 1934------------------------ 1,832, 597. 15 3. LOS ANGELES AND LONG BEACH HARBORS, CALIF. Location.-These harbors are 410 miles southeast of San Francisco Harbor and 96 miles northwest of San Diego Harbor. (See U. S. Coast and Geodetic Survey Chart No. 5146.) Previous projects-Los Angeles Harbor.-There was no project for the outer harbor prior to the existing project. Original project for the inner harbor was adopted by the River and Harbor Act of March 3, 1871, and modified by the River and Harbor Acts of March 3, 1881, June 3, 1896, June 13, 1902, June 25, 1910, and July 18, 1918. The cost of previous projects was $2,187,046.59 for new work and $139,347.45 for maintenance, a total of $2,326,394.04, which was the total amount expended. Long Beach Harbor.-There was no previous project. For further details see page 1977 of Annual Report for 1915. Existing project.-This provides for a breakwater 11,152 feet long extending easterly from Point Fermin and a detached breakwater 12,500 feet long in prolongation easterly thereof; for an entrance channel 35 feet deep and 1,000 feet wide with a turning basin at Los Angeles 35 feet deep; for a channel 35 feet deep and 650 feet wide in the east basin from the turning basin to United States station 406; for dredging to a depth of 35 feet and 400 feet wide in Cerritos Channel from United States station 406 to the Long Beach turning basin; for a turning basin 35 feet deep at Long Beach; for an en- trance channel to Long Beach Harbor 35 feet deep and 300 to 500 feet wide; for maintenance of the Long Beach Breakwater south of the outer end of Pier A; for dredging to a depth of 35 feet an area 2,300 feet long, with an average width of about 1,200 feet in the outer harbor on the west side of the entrance to Los Angeles inner harbor; for dredging to a depth of 35 feet the area east of the Los Angeles entrance channel and southwest of a line running S. 60 ° E. from the southwest corner of Reservation Point; and for the con- struction of silt-diversion works for tHe protection of Los Angeles and Long Beach Harbors. The plane of reference is mean lower low water. The range of tide between mean lower low water and mean higher high water is 5.5 feet. The extreme range is about 9 feet. The estimate of cost for new work, revised in 1931, is $17,500,000, exclusive of amounts expended on previous projects. The latest (1930) approved estimates for annual cost of maintenance are $125,000 for dredging and $50,000 for repairs to the breakwater. The existing project was authorized by the following river and harbor acts: The act of July 25, 1912, provided for dredging in Los RIVERS AND HARBORS-LOS ANGELES, CALIF., DISTRICT 1245 Angeles outer harbor west of the entrance channel (Rivers and Har- bors Committee Doc. No. 8, 62d Cong., 2d sess.); the act of August 8, 1917, provided for the silt-diversion works (Rivers and Harbors Committee Doc. No. 9, 64th Cong., 2d sess.); the act of September 22, 1922, provided for a triangular area of approach to Los Angeles, inner harbor entrance channel (H. Doc. No. 1013, 66th Cong., 3d sess.) ; the act of March 3, 1925, provided for dredging the main- entrance channel to a depth of 35 feet and width of 1,000 feet, in. cluding the reclamation of Reservation Point (H. Doc. No. 349, 68th Cong., 1st sess.); the act of July 3, 1930, provides for a detached breakwater 12,500 feet long (Rivers and Harbors Committee Doc,. No. 33, 71st Cong., 2d sess.) in prolongation of the existing break- water (authorized by the act of June 3, 1896); for widening the. fairway on the easterly side of the entrance to Los Angeles inner harbor; for dredging a channel 35 feet deep and 650 feet wide in, the east basin from the turning basin to United States station 406; for dredging to depth of 35 feet and 400 feet wide in Cerritos Chan- nel from United States station 406 to the Long Beach turning basin;: for a turning basin 35 feet deep at Long Beach; for the entrance channel of Long Beach Harbor, 35 feet deep and 500 feet wide; and for maintenance of the Long Beach Breakwater south of the outer end of Pier A (S. Doc. No. 130, 71st Cong., 2d sess.). For latest published maps see House Document No. 349, Sixty-eighth Congress, first session, and Senate Document No. 130, Seventy-first. Congress, second session. The River and Harbor Act approved July 3, 1930, provides that in no case shall dredging be done within 50 feet of established pierhead lines, or existing piers and wharves. Local cooperation.-Fully complied with. Terminal facilities.-In Los Angeles Harbor there is a total of 66,002 linear feet of wharves. In Long Beach Harbor there is a total of 7,355 linear feet of wharves. The existing terminal facilities are considered adequate for present commerce. (See Port Series No. 13, Corps of Engineers, pt. 1.) Operationsand results during fiscal year--New u'ork..-Operations conducted with regular funds consisted of work on the composite type detached breakwater, first section, 1,400 feet in length, was continued under existing contract throughout the year and the sec- tion completed, except for the placing of about 1,289 tons of super- structure stone. The sand and clay core of this section was com- pletedilthe previous fiscal year and during this ficald year 87,247 cubic yards of substructure stone at a cost rof $197,80628, and 115,342 tons; of superstructure stone at a cost of $256,301.21, were placed in the, breakwater all for new work. This work has completed the core, the full length or 1,400 feet of substructure, and 1,368 linear feet of the superstructure. Operations conducted on the existing project under allotments, from the Federal Emergency Administration of Public Works con- sisted of new work under contract on the second section, 4,000 feet in length, commenced November 29, 1933, and continued the balance. of the fiscal year. This work involved the dredging from the en- trance channel and the depositing of 475,500 cubic yards of core material at a cost of $303,953.60, the placing of 125,057 solid cubic yards of substructure at a cost of $291,746.83, and 1,749 tons of superstructure stone at a cost of $3,835.73, all for new work. This 1246 REPORT OF CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMY, 1934 work has completed 3,768 feet of the core of the 4,000-foot section of the breakwater, 1,564 linear feet of the substructure, and 24 linear feet of the superstructure or 37.1 percent of the cost of the section. The sum of $392.83 was expended from regular funds by hired labor for new work in determining, by use of Goldbeck cells, the pressures of the breakwater rockments on the sand-clay core. The following operations, accomplished with regular funds, were all for maintenance: Replacing by hired plant dislodged stones in San Pedro breakwater, $72.25; dredging an irregularly shaped area immediately west of the entrance channel to Los Angeles Harbor to 36 feet by contract, involving 173,467 cubic yards of material and costing $56,238.22; dredging by hired plant within the same area small nodules of hard material at a cost of $2,326.58; dredging 19,000 cubic yards of material from shoals in the Long Beach entrance channel at a cost of $5,538.80; placing by contract on the east and south revetments around Reservation Point, Los Angeles Outer Harbor 4,110 tons of stone for repairs at a cost of $13,442.29. The costs of all operations on the existing project were distributed as follows: Regular funds: New York__- $454, 500. 32 Maintenance----------------------------------------------77, 618. 14 Public Works funds : New work 599, 536. 16 Total cost, all funds----------------------------------1, 131, 654. 62 The expenditures were $535,508.52 from regular funds and $543,- 023.71 from Public Works funds, a total of $1,078,532.23. Condition at end of fiscal year.-The existing project is 75.3 per- cent completed. The San Pedro Breakwater was completed in 1912, and the silt diverision works in 1923. The dredging of the entrance channel to full project width, most of the material of which is being used for the core of the detached breakwater, is about 43 percent completed. All other authorized dredging is completed. The 1,400- foot or first section of the detached breakwater at its easterly end was 99.4 percent completed. The sand and clay core of the adjoining 4,000-foot section of this breakwater is 94.2 percent completed; 39.1 percent of its substructure enrockment; and 0.6 percent of its superstructure also were com- pleted. The San Pedro Breakwater is in perfect repair and the Long Beach Breakwater is in reasonably good condition. The entrance channel to Long Beach has shoaled in spots. On June 30, 1934, the controlling depths in the two harbors were: Los Angeles Harbor.-Thirty-five feet in the entrance channel and turning basin and 35 feet in the east basin channel and Cerritos Channel. Long Beach Harbor.-Thirty-five feet in Cerritos Channel and en- trance channel and 38 feet in turning basin. The work remaining to be done is to complete the 12,500-foot detached breakwater, and to widen the fairway at the entrance to Los Angeles Inner Harbor. The total cost of the existing project to end of fiscal year, including Public Works funds, was $10,943,749.98 for new work and $531,521.43 for maintenance, a total of $11,614,618.86. The total expenditure was $11,395,895.i5. RIVERS AND HARBORS-LOS ANGELES, CALIF., DISTRICT 1247 The cost of the work paid for by allotments from the Federal Emergency Administration of Public Works was $599,536.16 and the expenditures were $543,023.71, all for new work. Proposed operations.-The balance unexpended from National Industrial Recovery Act funds on July 1, 1934, will be applied as follows: Accounts payable June 30, 1934_. .. _______ $56, 961. 18 New work: Completion of 4,000 feet of detached breakwater under existing contract------------------------------- 1, 050, 015. 11 Total ------------------------------------------ 1,106, 976.29 The balance unexpended from regular appropriations on July 1, 1934, will be applied as follows: Accounts payable June 30, 1934____________-------------- $23, 889.29 New work: Completion of 1,400 feet of detached breakwater under existing contract___------------------------------ 10, 471. 50 Total ------- ------------------------------------ 34, 360. 79 The additional sum of $1,387,000 can be profitably expended dur- ing the fiscal year 1936 as follows: New work: Construction of an additional length of breakwater about 3,100 feet long under contract, July 1935 to June 1936.... $1, 350, 000 Maintenance: Redredging entrance channel to Long Beach Harbor by United States hopper dredge, January and February 1936, about 11/2 months--- ---------- --------- ---- ---- 37, 000 Total for all work___________________------------------------- 1, 387, 000 The completion of the work will finish the detached breakwater to a length of about 8,500 feet, and will restore project depth in the entrance channel to Long Beach Harbor. Cost and financial summary MAINTENANCEI AND IMPROVEMENT FUNDS Cost of new work to June 30, 1934_ .. __-__ - $12, 531,260. 41 Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1934____________---------- 670, 868. 88 Total cost of permanent work to June 30, 1934---____ 13, 202, 129. 29 Value of plant, materials, etc., on hand June 30, 1934_....... 976. 86 Net total cost to June 30, 1934_ _______ __----- 13, 203, 106.15 Plus accounts receivable June 30, 1934 --- ------------ 48. 62 Gross total costs to June 30, 1934_-__-------------- 13,203,154. 77 Minus accounts payable June 30, 1934- ------------------- 23, 889. 29 Net total expenditures_---------- ----------- 13, 179, 265.48 Unexpended balance June 30, 1934------------------------- 34, 360.79 Total amount appropriated to June 30, 1934 ______ -__ 13, 213, 626.27 Fiscal year ending June 30 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 Cost of new work...-----------.......... $131, 866. 23 $486, 132. 52 $200, 056. 88 $209,903. 18 $454, 500. 32 Cost of maintenance ------------ 763. 67 194, 689. 68 410. 00 3, 153. 61 77, 618. 14 Total cost---...............------------ 132, 629.90 680, 822. 20 200, 466. 88 213, 056. 79 532, 118. 46 Total expended--.....------------ 103, 317. 31 606, 075. 95 284,162. 01 198, 966. 63 535, 508. 52 Allotted --------------------- 195, 000. 00 656, 500. 00 i5, 000. 00 644, 300. 64 91, 197. 90 91536--ENG 1934 79 1248 REPORT OF CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMY, 1934 Balance unexpended July 1, 1933 _----------__ $478, 671. 41 Amount allotted from War Department Appropriation -------- Act approved July 14, 1932___________ $38, 000. 00 Amount allotted from Emergency Relief and Con- struction Act approved July 21, 1932------ --- 54, 000. 00 Amount allotted from War Department Appropriation Act approved Mar. 4, 1933_ ___ 3, 200. 00 95, 200,. 00 Amount to be accounted for ______________________---_ 573, 871. 41 Deductions on account of- Revocation of allotment___ ------------------------ $1, 148. 21 Revocation of impounded funds ------------------ 2, 853. 89 4, 002. 10 Net amount to be accounted for____________________--__- 569, 869. 31 Gross amount expended_________________ $562, 503. 75 Less reimbursements collected_________-_______- 26, 995. 23 535, 508. 52 Balance unexpended June 30, 1934_______________------ 34, 360. 79 Amount covered by uncompleted contracts------------------__ 29, 621. 75 Balance available June 30, 1934_______ 4. 739. 04 Accounts receivable June 30, 1934_______________--____-------- 48. 62 Unobligated balance available June 30, 1934--- ________ 4, 787. 66 Amount (estimated) required to, be appropriated for completion - --- --- -- --- -- --- --- -- --- -- --- - of existing project - - - - - - - - 5, 400, 000. 00 Amount that can be profitably expended in fiscal year ending June 30, 1936 : For new work - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1, 350, 000. 00 For maintenance 7, 500. 00 3___________________ Total 1----------------- 1, 387, 500. 00 PUBLIC WORKS FUNDS Cost of new work to June 30, 1934____________________________ $599, 536. 16 Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1934___ Total cost of permanent work to June 30, 1934 -___ 599, 536. 16 Value of plant, materials, etc., on hand June 30, 1934- -- - 448. 73 Net total cost to June 30, 1934___________________________ 599, 984. 89 Minus accounts payable June 30, 1934------------------- 56, 961. 18 Net total expenditures____________________________ 543, 023. 71 Unexpended balance June 30, 1934 ___________________________ 1.106, 976. 29 Total amount appropriated to June 30, 1934______________ 1, 650, 000. 00 Fiscal year ending June 30 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 Cost of new work------------------ , ------------------- --- $599, 536. 16 Cost of maintenance ---- ----- -------- - -- -------- ------- - 59 --- Total expended----------------------- -------------- ------------- 543, 023. 71 Allotted -----------------............--............------------- .------------- ---------- 1,650, 000. 00 1Exclusive of available funds. RIVERS AND HARBORS-LOS ANGELES, CALIF., DISTRICT 1249 Amount allotted from National Industrial Recovery Act ap- --------- proved June 16, 1933______________________ $1, 650, 000. 00 Gross amount expended------------------------- $543, 862. 04 Less reimbursements collected_____ 838. 33 543, 023. 71 Balance unexpended June 30, 1934______________------- 1, 106, 976. 29 Amount covered by uncompleted contracts------------------ 1,040, 725. 65 Balance available June 30, 1934------------------------ 66, 250. 64 CONSOLIDATED COST AND FINANCIAL SUMMARY FOR LOS ANGELES AND LONG BEACH HARBORS Cost of new work to June 30, 1934_ $13, 130, 796. 57 Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1934 70, 868. 88 6____________________ Total cost of permanent work to June 30, 1934---------- 13, 801, 665. 45 Value of plant, materials, etc., on hand June 30, 1934---------- 1, 425. 59 Net total cost to June 30, 1934________________________ 13, 803, 091. 04 Plus accounts receivable June 30, 1934 _______------ ___- __ 48. 62 Gross total costs to June 30, 1934------------------- 13, 803, 139. 66 Minus accounts payable June 30, 1934----------------------- 80, 850. 47 Net total expenditures______________________________ 13, 722', 289. 19 Unexpended balance June 30, 1934________________________ 1, 141, 337. 08 Total amount appropriated to June 30, 1934_________ 14, 863, 626. 27 Fiscal year ending June 30 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 Cost of new work .. ....-------------..$131, 866. 23 $486, 132. 52 $200, 056. 88 $209, 903. 18 $1, 054, 036. 48 Cost of maintenance ------------- 763. 67 194, 689. 68 410. 00 3, 153. 61 77, 618. 14 Total cost..........------------ 132, 629. 90 680, 822. 20 200,;466. 88 213, 056. 79 1,131, 654. 62 Total expended--.......----------.. 103, 317. 31 606, 075. 95 284, 162. 01 198, 966. 63 1,078, 532. 23 Allotted...................---------------- 195, 000. 00 656, 500. 00 15, 000. 00 644, 300. 64 1, 741, 197. 90 Balance unexpended July 1, 1933------__ ____-. _______- - $478, 671. 41 Amount allotted from War Department Appropria- tion Act approved July 14, 1932 -____---____ - $38, 000. 00 Amount allotted from Emergency Relief and Con- struction Act approved July 21, 1932------------ 54, 000. 00 Amount allotted from War Department Appropria- tion Act approved Mar. 4, 1933 --- __---_____ - 3, 200. 00 Amount allotted from National Industrial Re- covery Act approved June 16, 1933--- 1, 650,000.00 1, 745, 200. 00 Amount to be accounted for_ .. Deductions on account of- __-__-________ 2, 223, 871. 41 ___ Revocation of allotment--------------------- $1, 148. 21 Revocation of impounded funds .------- -- - 2, 853. 89 __ 4, 002.10 Net amount to be accounted for ___----------------- 2, 219, 869. 31- Gross amount expended __ _____ _____-__ - $1, 106, 365. 79 Less reimbursements collected __- ____-_______ 27, 833. 56 1, 078, 532. 23' Balance unexpended June 30, 1934-.......... --- 1, 141,337. 08 1250 REPORT OF CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMY, 1934 $1070, 347. 40 Amount covered by uncompleted contracts ------------------ $, Balance available June 30, 1934------------------------ Accounts receivable June 30, 1934----------------------------- 70, 989. 48. 62 08 Unobligated balance available June 30, 1934-------------- 71, 038. 30 Amount (estimated) required to be appropriated for completion of existing project 1 ---- -------- 5, 400, 000. 00 Amount that can be profitably expended in fiscal year ending June 30, 1936: For new work ------------------------------------- 1, 350, 000. 00 For maintenance 1 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 37, 500. 00 -- - -- - -- - -- - -- -- - -- - -- - - -- - -- -- - -- - -- - -- - - Total 1, 387, 500. 00 4. SAN LUIS OBISPO HARBOR, CALIF. Location.-This harbor is 9 miles south of the city of San Luis Obispo, 190 miles northwest of Los Angeles Harbor, and 220 miles southeast of San Francisco Harbor. (See U. S. Coast and Geodetic Survey Chart No. 5386.) Existing project.-This provides for the construction on Whaler Reef of a rubble-mound breakwater 6 feet above mean high water with a top width of 20 feet, extending from Point San Luis to Whaler Island, a distance of 336 feet, and southeasterly from the island a distance of 1,820 feet, giving a total distance, including the island, of 2,401 feet. The range of tide between mean lower low water and mean higher high water is 5.3 feet. The extreme range is about 9 feet. The estimate of cost for new work, revised in 1893, was $568,660. The latest (1928) approved estimate for annual cost of maintenance is $1,500. The existing project was adopted by the River and Harbor Act of August 11, 1888 (S. Doc. 81, 49th Cong., 2d sess.). Enlarged dimensions were authorized under date of January 17, 1893 (Annual Report for 1893, p. 3226). In 1898 the line of the breakwater was deflected about 11 ° toward the harbor (Annual Report for 1898, p. 2933). Terminal facilities.-There are three wharves, with total berthing frontage of 2,734 feet, which are considered to be adequate for pres- ent needs. (See Port Series No. 13, pt. 2, revised 1930, Corps of Engineers.) Operations and results during fiscal year.--Work preparatory to repairing the damaged portions of the breakwater by contract was done, but no funds were expended. Condition at end of fiscal year.-The existing project was com- pleted in 1913. The results have been to give increased security to vessels anchored at the wharves. The minimum usable depths in the protected areas are practically stable and vary from 20 to 33 feet at mean lower low water. The storms of the past two winters have damaged the breakwater principally on the harbor side between 300 and 700 feet seaward of Whaler Island and about 100 feet shoreward from the seaward end. About 5,500 tons of concrete or large stone will be required to repair the damage. 1Exclusive of available funds. RIVERS AND HARBORS-LOS ANGELES, CALIF., DISTRICT 1251 The total cost of the existing project was $568,417.13 for new work and $19,715.08 for maintenance, a total of $588,132.21. The expendi- tures were $588,132.21. Proposed operations.-No funds are available and no operations are contemplated during the fiscal year 1935. The sum of $50,000 can be profitably expended during the fiscal year 1936 for repair of the breakwater by contract, July and August 1935. Cost and financial summary Cost of new work to June 30, 1934- __- .__._______________ $568, 417. 13 Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1934 -------- __--__ ___-.__ 19, 715. 08 Total cost of permanent work to June 30, 1934----------- 588, 132. 21 Net total expenditures------------------------------------588, 132. 21 Total amount appropriated to June 30, 1934 ____----- 588, 132.21 Amount that can be profitably expended in fiscal year ending June 30, 1936, for maintenance------- -- ------------------ 50, 000. 00 5. EXAMINATIONS, SURVEYS, AND CONTINGENCIES (GENERAL) The cost of work during the year amounted to $9,982.07; the ex- penditures were $9,978.64. The unexpended balance on June 30, 1934, of $21,449.52 will be applied as needed during the fiscal year 1935 to payment of expenses incurred in connection with the above items. For the fiscal year ending June 30, 1936, an additional allotment of $20,000 can be profitably expended. Cost and financial summary Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1934 ______________------$56, 053. 54 Minus accounts payable June 30, 1934 ---------------------------- 3. 43 Net total expenditures___ ------------------------- 56, 050. 11 Unexpended balance June 30, 1934---- ------------------- 21, 449. 52 Total amount appropriated to June 30, 1934 . 77, 490. ----- 63 Fiscal year ending June 30 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 C ost of new work .-- - - -- - ---- -------------...... ........................ .......-- ... . . .. . . .. . . .. . . Cost of maintenance------------ $15, 390. 91 $7, 968. 38 $12, 640. 71 $8, 871. 47 $9, 982. 07 Total expended. --...-------------... 15, 499. 08 7, 749. 56 12, 775. 80 8, 871. 47 9, 978. 64 Allotted.. ---------------------- 18, 700. 00 16, 000. 00 ----------- 20, 704. 96 19, 594. 67 Balance unexpended July 1, 1933--- ------------------------ $11, 833. 49 Amount allotted from War Department Appropriation Act approved Apr. 26, 1934--------------------- $19, 000. 00 Amount allotted from War Department Appropriation Act approved Mar. 4, 1933------------------------- 906. 51 19, 906. 51 Amount to be accounted for_----------__ -- ___-_ 31, 740. 00 Deductions on account of revocation of impounded balances 311. 84 -------- Net amount to be accounted for----------------------- - 31, 428. 16 Gross amount expended--- $12, 666. 50 Less reimbursements collected ----------- 2, 687. 86 9, 978. 64 Balance unexpended June 30, 1934-------___-___ _21, 449. 52 1252 REPORT OF CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMY, 1934 Outstanding liabilities June 30, 1934-------------------- $82. 90 Amount covered by uncompleted contracts , 595. 43 1------------ $1, 678. 33 Balance available June 30, 1934-------------------------- 19, 771. 19 Amount that can be profitably expended in fiscal year ending June 30, 1936 for maintenance 1-------------------------------------__ 20, 000. 00 Status of reports called for by river and harbor acts and committee resolutions Locality Authorization Transmitted Document number Recommenda- to Congress tion I-- --- I I- Alamitos Bay, Calif .. __River and Harbor Act July 3, 1930. Hueneme Harbor, Calif_ River and Harbor Act Jan. 21, 1927. Los Angeles and Long Senate Committee res- Aug. 18,1934 ------------------------ Favorable. Beach Harbors, Calif. olution Apr. 8, 1932. Los Angeles Harbor, River and Harbor Act Nov. 14, 1933 ------------------------ Unfavorable. Calif. July 3, 1930. I Morro Bay, Calif .-_- - Senate Committee res- ................ ------------------------ olution Oct. 10,1929. I Newport Bay, Calif .... River and Harbor Act Nov. 14, 1933 - Do. Sept. 22, 1922. San Diego Harbor, Calif_ River and Harbor Act Jan. 18, 1934 H. 223, 73d Cong., 2d Favorable. July 3, 1930. sess. Do__- Senate Committee res- olution May 17, 1934. Santa Barbara Harbor, Senate Committee res- Calif. olution Oct. 26, 1933. Santa Monica Harbor, Senate Committee res- Calif. " olution June 14, 1934. Ventura Harbor, Calif___ Senate Committee res- olution Feb. 1, 1934. IMPROVEMENT OF RIVERS AND HARBORS IN THE SAN FRANCISCO, CALIF., DISTRICT This district comprises all the waterways and their tributaries along the Pacific coast from Cape San Martin, Calif. (about 150 miles south of the entrance to San Francisco Bay), on the south to the Oregon State line on the north, except the waters of Suisun Bay and the Sacramento and San Joaquin Rivers and their tributaries. District engineer: Lt. Col. H. A. Finch, Corps of Engineers. Division engineer: Lt. Col. Thomas M. Robins, Corps of Engi- neers. IMPROVEMENTS Page Page 1. San Franciscd Harbor, Calif_ 1252 7. Humboldt Harbor and Bay, 2. Oakland Harbor, Calif______ 1257 Calif- 1271 3. Richmond Harbor, Calif __ 1261 8. Examinations, surveys, and 4. San Pablo Bay and Mare contingencies (general) __ 1273 Island Strait, Calif_______ 1264 9. Other projects for which no 5. Monterey Harbor, Calif __ 1267 estimates are submitted ___ 1274 6. Noyo River, Calif____ ____ 1269 1. SAN FRANCISCO HARBOR, CALIF. Location.-The works included under this project are in San Francisco Bay, in the vicinity of San Francisco, and in the approach channels to the Golden Gate, the bay entrance. (See U. S. Coast and Geodetic Survey Chart No. 5532.) Previous projects.-Adopted by the River and Harbor Acts of July 25, 1868, June 10, 1872, June 23, 1874, March 3, 1899, June 13, 1902, June 25, 1910, and September 22, 1922. The total cost was $1,505,- 1 Exclusive of available funds. RIVERS AND HARBORS-SAN FRANCISCO, CALIF., DISTRICT 1253 719.94 of which $1,030,398.99 was for new work and $475,320.95 for maintenance. The total expenditures were $2,631,562.34. For fur- ther details see page 1978 of Annual Report for 1915, page 1749 of Annual Report for 1921, and page 1633 of Annual Report for 1929. Existing project.-This provides for dredging a channel through the San Francisco Bar on the line of the main ship channel, 45 feet deep and 2,000 feet wide; the removal of Presidio Shoal, Rincon Reef Rock (inner), Rincon Reef Rock (outer), Blossom Rock, and Alcatraz Shoal westward of a north-and-south line 2,000 feet west of Alcatraz Light to a depth of 40 feet; the removal of Arch Rock, Shag Rocks Nos. 1 and 2, Harding Rock, Raccoon Shoal, and Point Knox Shoal westward of a north-and-south line through Point Stuart Light to a depth of 35 feet; and the removal of a portion of the shoal channelward of the pierhead line near the mouth of Islais Creek to a depth of 34 feet, including the approach channel E shown on map printed in House Document No. 337, Sixty-ninth Congress, first session, and the area adjacent to and immediately south of it. All depths refer to mean lower low water. The tidal range between mean lower low water and mean higher high water is 5.7 feet, with an extreme range of 10.2 feet. The estimate of cost for new work made in 1930 is $1,418,600, exclusive of amounts expended on previous projects. The latest (1930) approved estimate for annual cost of maintenance is $225,000. The existing project was adopted by the following river and harbor acts: The act of January 21, 1927, providing for the dredg- ing at Islais Creek (H. Doc. No. 337, 69th Cong., 1st sess.), and the act of July 3, 1930, provided for the remainder of the project (H. Doc. No. 196, 70th Cong., 1st sess.). The latest published map is in Rivers and Harbors Committee Document No. 50, Seventy-second Congress, second session. Supplementing the work authorized by Congress, the deepening of the bar channel to a depth of 50 feet and the removal of Black Point Shoal to 40 feet, as recommended by the Chief of Engineers in Rivers and Harbors Committee Document No. 50, Seventy-second Congress, second session, has been included in the Public-Works program under the National Industrial Recovery Act. Recommnended mnodifications of project.-Under date of October 31, 1932, the Chief of Engineers recommended modifications of the existing project so as to provide for a depth of 50 feet for the main ship channel over the bar; for the removal of Black Point Shoal to a depth of 40 feet; for limiting the removal of Alcatraz Shoal to that portion westward of a north-and-south line 2,500 feet west of Alcatraz Light; for a depth of 35 feet in the approach channel to Islais Creek; and for the elimination from the project of the area south of the flared approach channel to Islais Creek; all at an esti- mated cost of $498,000, in addition to cost of completing the present 1NSi.:- project, with no increase in the present estimated cost of mainte- { -.- :--. j.: j i nance (Rivers and Harbors Committee Doc. No. 50, 72d Cong., 2d sess.) (Included in part in the Public Works program.) Terminal facilities.-The State has 43 piers, 15 passenger- and ::1 . . ''..r automobile-ferry slips, 5 car-ferry slips, a large union passenger depot, some 5 miles of bulkhead wharves parallel to the sea wall, 1254 REPORT OF CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMY, 1934 providing an aggregate of 17.2 miles of berthing space. The exist- ing facilities are considered to be adequate for present needs. (See Port Series No. 12, Corps of Engineers.) Operations and results during fiscal year--Existing project.-The U. S. hopper dredge San Pablo removed 27,989 cubic yards from Presidio Shoal as maintenance. The cost was $3,236.16, all for main- tenance; the expenditures were -$38,015.13. Project authorized by Federal Emergency Administration of Pub- lic Works.-The U. S. hopper dredge Culebra worked on this project for about 61/3 months, during the winter, and removed the following quantities: Bar channel, 2,542,421 cubic yards; Point Knox Shoal, 225,361 cubic yards; Black Point Shoal, 292,828 cubic yards. Under this program, also, the U. S. hopper dredge San Pablo removed 4,295 cubic yards from Point Knox Shoal. This was all new work. The cost was $140,812.64; the expenditures were $143,134.91. Condition at end of fiscal year.-The existing project is 59 percent completed. The dredging of area E of the Islais Creek Shoal was completed in 1930, the deepening of Presidio Shoal in 1931, the re- moval of various rocks in 1932, and the bar channel in 1933. Under the Public Works Administration project, Point Knox Shoal was completed in 1934 and the bar channel deepened to 48 feet. The controlling depths over various items of the project and the dates on which these depths were determined are as follows: Bar channel, 48 feet, March 8, 1934; Islais Creek Shoal, 33 feet, April 6, 1934; Presidio Shoal, 37 feet, February 21, 1934; Point Knox Shoal, 35 feet, March 22, 1934; Rincon Reef Rock (inner), 41 feet, August 27, 1932; Rincon Reef Rock (outer), 41 feet, August 20, 1932; Blos- som Rock, 42 feet, May 10, 1932; Arch Rock, 35 feet, August 19, 1932; Shag Rocks Nos. 1 and 2, both 37 feet, August 25, 1932; Harding Rock, 35 feet, August 3, 1932. Work on the other features of the project has not advanced sufficiently to affect the depths shown in the project document. The work remaining to be done on the entire improvement is the completion of the removal of Alcatraz Shoal, Black Point Shoal, and Raccoon Shoal and a portion of Islais Creek Shoal south of and adjacent to area E. The last named has been recommended for abandonment. The cost of the existing project to the end of the fiscal year was $835,801.03 for new work and $29,559.33 for maintenance, a total of $865,360.36. The expenditures were $765,649.53. The cost of work under the Public Works Administration project was $140,812.64, all for new work; the expenditures were $143,134.91. The total cost, all funds, was $1,006,173, of which $976,613.67 was for new work and $29,559.33 for maintenance. The total expenditure was $908,784.44. Proposed operations.-The balance unexpended from the National Industrial Recovery Act, including accounts receivable, on July 1, 1934, will be applied as follows: Accounts payable June 30, 1934__ ___________-_____________ $220. 95 Deepening the bar channel and removing Raccoon, Alcatraz, and Black Point Shoals, with Government plant and hired labor, September and October 1934_ ______ _______________ 46,187. 36 Removing the wreck of the A. H. Lunsman, by contract, April 1935_ 23, 000. 00 Total------------_--__- 69, 408.31 RIVERS AND HARBORS-SAN FRANCISCO, CALIF., DISTRICT 1255 The balance unexpended from regular appropriations, including accounts receivable, on July 1, 1934, will be applied as follows: Accounts payable June 30, 1934----------------------------- $3,375.32 Maintenance dredging on the bar channel and on Presidio Shoal, with Government plant and hired labor, -November 1934 to Feb- ruary 1935 -------------------------------------------- 95, 000. 00 Balance remaining ------ 40, 546. 24 Total_ 1--------------------138, 921. 56 The additional sum of $110,000 can be profitably expended during the fiscal year 1936 for maintenance dredging on the bar channel and the shoals within the bay, with Government plant and hired labor, from November 1935 to February 1936. This work will be necessary to maintain adequate depths for commerce. Cost and financial summary MAINTENANCE AND IMPROVEMENT FUNDS Cost of new work to June 30, 1934_____ $1,866,200.02 Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1934----------------------- 504, 880. 28 Total cost of permanent work to June 30, 1934 ------- 2, 371, 080. 30 Value of plant, materials, etc., on hand June 30, 1934---------- 1,020, 639. 28 Net total cost to June 30, 1934---------------------3, 391, 719. 58 Plus accounts receivable June 30, 1934---------------- ---- - 8, 867. 61 Gross total costs to June 30, 1934------------------- 3,400, 587. 19 Minus accounts payable June 30, 1934 --- -------- 3, 375. 32 Net total expenditures---------------------------- 3, 397, 211. 87 Unexpended balance June 30, 1934 30, 053. 95 1------------------------- Total amount appropriated to June 30, 1934-----------3, 527, 265. 82 Fiscal year ending June 30 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 Cost of new work---------__ $41, 902. 75 $30, 718. 43 $329, 724. 99 $421, 755.94 . Cost of maintenance-- .....---------.. 14, 678. 01 145, 578. 83 25, 496. 93 448. 36 $3, 236.16 Total cost---------------- 56, 580. 76 176, 297. 26 355, 221.92 422, 204. 30 3, 236. 16 Total expended_-----_----------- 50, 234. 59 114, 798. 30 351, 886. 52 382, 113. 99 -38, 015. 13 Allotted... 30, 000. 00 ........ .....---------------------- 360, 000. 00 -6, 184.94 433, 114. 15 25, 732. 87 Balance unexpended July 1,1933 $66, 305.95 Amount allotted from War Department Appropriation Act approved Apr. 26, 1934-------------------------- 69,200. 00 Amount to be accounted for --------------------------- 135, 505. 95 Deductions on account of revocation of allotment __- 43, 467. 13 Net amount to be accounted for------------------------- 92, 038. 82 1256 REPORT OF CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMY, 1934 Gross amount expended__-----------------------$157, 803. 18 Less- Reimbursements collected -------- $195, 814. 31 Receipts from sales--__________ 4. 00 195, 818. 31 -$38, 015. 13 Balance unexpended June 30, 1934_--..................- 130, 053. 95 Outstanding liabilities June 30, 1934________________________ 4, 690. 86 Balance available June 30, 19364______-----------4 --- 125, 363.09 Accounts receivable June 30, 1934__-______________--- ____ 8,867. 61 Unobligated balance available June 30, 1934 --.-------- - 134, 230. 70 Amount that can be profitably expended in fiscal year ending June _ 30, 1936, for maintenance 1 -- ---- - _ - __- 110, 000. 00 PUBLIC WORKS FUND Cost of new work to June 30, 1934_________________--------- $140, 812. 64 Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1934___________________________ Total cost of permanent work to June 30, 1934 ______________ 140,812. 64 Plus accounts receivable June 30, 1934____.___________--____ 2,543. 22 Gross total costs to June 30, 1934________------- _____ 143, 355. 86 Minus accounts payable June 30, 1934 _______________--________ 220. 95 Net total expenditures__-__-__-------------------- 143, 134. 91 --------------------------- Unexpended balance June 30, 1934_ 66, 865. 09 Total amount appropriated to June 30, 1934_____________ 210, 000. 00 Fiscal year ending June 30 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 Cost ofnew work--- _---------------------- $140, 64 812. Cost of maintenance----- ------------- Total expended .---.. -. ------ ---- ----- ------- 143,134. 91 Allotted ------...._.___-_- _ ... . -............. -. - ----- --- 210, 000. 00 Amount allotted from National Industrial Recovery Act approved June 16, 1933 ---------------------------------------- $275, 000. 00 Deductions on account of revocation of allotment--------------- 65, 000. 00 Net amount to be accounted for---_- -- -------- 210, 000. 00 Gross amount expended --- _---_------------------ $197, 657. 02 Less reimbursements collected -------------------- 54, 522.11 143, 134. 91 Balance unexpended June 30, 1934_ ....---.--------- 66, 865.00 Outstanding liabilities June 30, 19341111111111111111111 1 1,393. 56 Balance available June 30, 1934 .-------. ------------ - 65, 471.53 Accounts receivable June 30, 1934---------------------------- 2, 543.22 Unobligated balance available June 30, 1934_ ....... ___ -- 68, 014. 75 1Exclusive of available funds. RIVERS AND HARBORS-SAN FRANCISCO, CALIF., DISTRICT 1257 CONSOLIDATED COST AND FINANCIAL SUMMARY FOR SAN FRANCISCO HARBOR Cost of new work to June 30, 1934___ $2, 007, 012. 66 Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1934__ - ___ ___-___- 504, 880. 28 Total cost of permanent work to June 30, 1934_.......... 2, 511, 892. 94 Value of plant, materials, etc., on hand June 30, 1934_......... 1, 020, 639. 28 Net total cost to June 30, 1934 ----------------------- 3, 532, 532. 22 Plus accounts receivable June 30, 1934------------------------ 11, 410. 83 Gross total costs to June 30, 1934___-_____-- -- 3, 543, 943. 05 Minus accounts payable June 30, 1934-- - ___ 3, 596. 27 Net total expenditures ---------------------------- 3, 540, 346. 78 Unexpended balance June 30, 1934 __________-----__ _- 196, 919. 04 Total amount appropriated to June 30, 1934___------- 3, 737, 265. 82 Fiscal year ending June 30 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 Cost of new work............-------------- $41, 902. 75 $30,718. 43 $329,724.99 $421, 755. 94 $140, 812. 64 Cost of maintenance--.......... 14, 678. 01 145, 578. 83 25, 496. 93 448. 36 3, 236. 16 Total cost---------------- 56, 580. 76 176, 297. 26 355, 221. 92 422, 204. 30 144, 048. 80 ......---------. Total expended------- 50, 234. 59 114, 798. 30 351, 886. 52 382, 113. 99 105, 119. 78 Allotted ... ---..............-... 30, 000. 00 360, 000. 00 -6, 184. 94 433, 114. 15 235, 732. 87 Balance unexpended July 1, 1933 $66, 305.95 Amount allotted from War Department Appropriation Act approved Apr. 26, 1934____________________-- $69, 200. 00 Amount allotted from National Industrial Recovery Act approved June 16, 1933_----- __------__-------- 275, 000.00 344, 200. 00 Amount to be accounted for___ __________-_____- 410, 505. 95 Deductions on account of revocation of allotment-_-------- 108, 467. 13 Net amount to be accounted for- - __----__ 302, 038. 82 Gross amount expended __-- __ -_______ ___ $355, 460. 20 Less: Reimbursements collected ----- $250, 336. 42 Receipts from sales__------------ 4. 00 250, 340. 42 105, 119. 78 Balance unexpended June 30, 1934_________________________ 196, 919. 04 Outstanding liabilities June 30, 1934_6__6_______----_____ - 6, 084. 42 Balance available June 30, 1934 .__. ____ 1__________ 190, 834. 62 Accounts receivable June 30, 1934_______________ 11, 410. 83 Unobligated balance available June 30, 1934_...__- ____ 202, 245. 45 Amount that can be profitably expended in fiscal year ending June 1 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --- -- -- 30, 1936, for maintenance _________________ __ 110, 000.00 2. OAKLAND HARBOR, CALIF. Location.--Located on the eastern side of San Francisco Bay. opposite the city of San Francisco. The inner harbor is situated between the cities of Oakland and Alameda. (See U. S. Coast and Geodetic Charts Nos. 5531 and 5532.) 1Exclusive of available funds. 1258 REPORT OF CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMY, 1934 Previous pro jects.-Adopted by the River and Harbor Acts of June 23, 1874, June 13, 1902, March 2, 1907, and June 25, 1910. The costs and expenditures of the original and modified projects prior to the adoption of the existing project were $4,386,801.03 for new work and $684,028.18 for maintenance, a total of $5,070,829.21. For further details see page 1979 of Annual Report for 1915, and page 1755 of Annual Report for 1921. Existing project.-This provides for an entrance channel about 12 miles long, 30 feet deep, and 800 feet wide, through the shoal southeast of Yerba Buena Island, narrowing to 600 feet at the ends of Oakland Jetties; a channel from the ends of the jetties to the tidal canal, 30 feet deep, 600 feet wide, to the west end of Gov- ernment Island, thence 500 feet wide through Brooklyn Basin; for dredging to a depth of 30 feet a triangular area about 2,700 feet long and of a maximum width of 300 feet at the western end of Brooklyn Basin; a turning basin at the east end of Brooklyn Basin 30 feet deep, 500 feet wide, and 1,200 feet long; a channel 1.9 miles long in the tidal canal, 30 feet deep and 275 feet wide from the Brooklyn Basin to Park Street, and 25 feet deep above the Park Street Bridge, to San Leandro Bay; a total channel length of 81/2 miles. The project provides also for an entrance channel to the outer harbor, 30 feet deep and 800 feet wide at the bay end, narrowing to 600 feet at the pierhead line. The project also includes parallel rubble-mound jetties at the entrance, a north jetty 9,500 feet long, and a south jetty 12,000 feet long; the maintenance of the north channel of Brooklyn Basin, 25 feet deep and 300 feet wide, the main- tenance to 30-feet depth and to within 75 feet of the pierhead line of the area along the south side of the channel from Harrison Street eastward to harbor line point no. 58 in Brooklyn Basin; and 3 highway bridges across the tidal canal, constructed by the United States and operated by local authorities, one of which (at Park Street) is being replaced by local interests. All depths refer to mean lower low water. The range between mean lower low water and mean higher high water is 6.1 feet and the extreme range is 11 feet. The estimated cost of new work, authorized by the acts of Sep- tember 22, 1922, January 21, 1927, and July 3, 1930, is $1,492,000, exclusive of amounts expended on previous projects and of which $150,000 is to be contributed by local interests. Overdepth dredg- ing in the main channel, in the nature of deferred maintenance, involved an estimated expenditure of $1,035,000. The latest (1930) approved estimate for annual cost of maintenance is $110,000. The existing project was authorized by the following river and harbor acts: The jetties, by the act of June 23, 1874 (Annual Report for 1874, pp. 382-383); the north channel in Brooklyn Basin, by the act of June 25, 1910 (H. Doc. No. 647, 61st Cong., 2d sess.); the channel across the shoal southeast of Yerba Buena Island, and thence to Webster Street, the south channel in Brooklyn Basin, the turning basin at the east end of Brooklyn Basin, the channel in the tidal canal from Brooklyn Basin to Park Street, by the act of September 22, 1922 (H..Doc. No. 144, 67th Cong., 2d sess.); the entrance chan- nel to the outer harbor by the act of January 21, 1927, as modified by the act of July 3, 1930 (Rivers and Harbors Committee Docu- ment No. 43, 71st Cong., 2d sess.); the channel from Webster Street RIVERS AND HARBORS-SAN FRANCISCO, CALIF., DISTRICT 1259 to Brooklyn Basin, the maintenance of the area to within 75 feet of the pierhead line south of the channel from Harrison Street to harbor line point no. 58 in Brooklyn Basin, the dredging of a triangular strip about 2,700 feet long and having a maximum width of 300 feet and the deepening to 25 feet of the tidal canal above Park Street to San Leandro Bay, by the act of January 21, 1927 (H. Doc. No. 407, 69th Cong., 1st sess.), as modified by the act of April 28, 1928. The drawbridges across the tidal canal were required by the decree of the court in the condemnation proceedings whereby title was obtained to the right-of-way for the tidal canal. The latest published maps are in House Document No. 407, Sixty-ninth Con- gress, first session, and Rivers and Harbors Committee Document No. 43, Seventy-first Congress, second session. Local cooperation.--All requirements of local cooperation have been satisfactorily met except those pertaining to the maintenance of the north channel in Brooklyn Basin and the deepening of the tidal canal. Terminal facilities.-There are 84 wharves and 13 ferry slips in the harbor. These facilities are considered adequate for existing commerce. (See Port Series No. 12, Corps of Engineers.) Operations and results during flscal year.-The U. S. hopper dredge San Pablo worked in Oakland Inner Harbor easing the bend just east of the shoreward end of the north training wall, removing 13,131 cubic yards of material as maintenance. The cost was $3,476.03, all for maintenance. The expenditures were $3,211.88. Condition at end of fiscal year.-The project is about 82 percent completed. In February 1934 the channel across the shoal south- east of Yerba Buena Island was 31 feet deep for the full width of 800 feet except along the extreme northern edge, where the depth is 29 feet. The entrance channel to the outer harbor was 32 feet deep, 800 feet wide at the bay end, and 600 feet wide at the pierhead line. The inner harbor channel was 32 feet deep, 800 feet wide at the bay end, 600 feet wide from the harbor entrance to Oak Street, Oak- land, widening to 800 feet at the outfitting wharf of the Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation, again widening to 1,200 feet at the west- ern end of Brooklyn Basin; thence narrowing to 500 feet at the eastern end of Fortmann Basin, which width continues to Chestnut Street, Alameda. A small shoal 29 feet deep existed in the south- erly part of the above channel between Alaska Basin and Fortmann Basin. The depth in the turning basin at the east end of Brooklyn Basin varied from 18 to 29 feet. Thence in the tidal canal, the depth was 29 feet to Oak Street, Alameda. The north channel in Brooklyn Basin was 20 feet deep and 200 feet wide. In July 1933 the tidal canal between Oak Street, Alameda, and San Leandro Bay was 16 feet deep and 300 feet wide. The work remaining to be done is the deepening of the tidal canal. The cost of the existing project to the end of the fiscal year was $1,218,009.23 for new work, of which $1,134,462.21 were United States funds and $83,547.02 contributed funds, and $1,326,752.96 for maintenance, a total of $2,544,762.19. The expenditures were $2,556,371.51, of which $2,472,824.49 were from United States funds and $83,547.02 from contributed funds. 1260 REPORT OF CHIEF OF ENGINEERS3 U. S. ARMY, 1934 Proposed operations.-The balance unexpended, including ac- counts receivable, on July 1, 1934, will be applied as follows: Accounts payable June 30, 1934 _ _____-------- $101. 80 Maintenance dredging in the entrance channels and in the inner harbor, by contract and with Government plant and hired labor, August 1934 to February 1935------ ----------------- 21,026.08 Total--__--------------- ------------------------- 21, 127.88 The sum of $65,000 can be profitably expended during the fiscal year 1936 for maintenance dredging in the entrance channels and in the channel in the inner harbor, with Government plant and hired labor, during the period April to June 1936. The work will be neces- sary to maintain the project channels. Cost and financial summary Cost of new work to June 30, 19341 --------------------------- $5, 521, 263. 24 Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1934-----------------------2, 010, 781. 14 Total cost of permanent work to June 30, 1934---------- 7, 532, 044. 38 Value of plant, materials, etc., on hand June 30, 1934---------- 11, 070. 26 Net total cost to June 30, 1934----------------------- 7, 543, 114. 64 Plus accounts receivable June 30, 1934 ----------------------- 640. 86 Gross total costs to June 30, 1934-------------------- 7, 543, 755. 50 Minus accounts payable June 30, 1934------------------------ 101. 80 Net total expenditures ----------------------------- 7, 543, 653. 70 Unexpended balance June 30, 1934--------------------------- 20, 487. 02 Total amount appropriated to June 30, 19341------------- 7, 564, 140. 72 Fiscal year ending June 30 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 Cost of new work.__....__. . _ $53, 792. 70 $125, 475. 02 $65, 110. 18 _ Cost of maintenance ..------------ 202, 874. 01 393, 114. 78 99, 734. 70 $19. 699. 97 $3, 476. 03 Total cost--------------- 256, 666. 71 518, 589. 80 164, 844. 88 19, 699. 97 3. 476. 03 Total expended.. .......---------------- 253, 486. 12 427, 568. 28 289, 527. 10 18, 665. 83 3, 211.88 Allotted--- ........ -- .. ..... - 480, 000. 00 195, 000.00 22, 888. 41 19, 562. 79 20, 552. 33 Balance unexpended July 1, 1933 _____ $3, 146. 57 Amount allotted from War Department Appropria- tion Act approved Apr. 26, 1934____ ____ __ $15, 700. 00 Amount allotted from War Department Appropria- tion Act approved Mar. 4, 1933-------------------- 5, 00 000. 20, 700. 00 Amount to be accounted for _- -- ___- -__ - -__________-_ 23, 846. 57 Deductions on account of revocation of allotment ___ _____-- ----- 147. 67 Not amount to be accounted for __- _-------.-__ -___-_23, 698 90 Gross amount expended----------------------- - $8, 208. 43 Less reimbursements collected_______ _____ ____ 4, 996. 55 3, 211. 88 Balance unexpended June 30, 1934 ______ _____ _ 20, 487. 02 Outstanding liabilities June 30, 1934__---------------------------- 170. 38 Balance available June 30, 1934______________- -____ 20, 316. 64 1 In addition, $83,547.02 was expended from contributed funds. RIVERS AND HARBORS-SAN FRANCISCO, CALIF., DISTRICT 1261 Accounts receivable June 30, 1934----------------------------- $640. 86 Unobligated balance available June 30, 1934-------------- 20, 957. 50 Amount (estimated required to be appropriated for completion of existing project ------------------------------------- 207, 500. 00 Amount that can be profitably expended in fiscal year ending June 30, 1936, for maintenance 1---------- --------------------- 65, 000. 00 3. RICHMOND HARBOR, CALIF. Location.-Located on the eastern shore of San Francisco Bay about 10 miles north of Oakland. (See U. S. Coast and Geodetic Chart No. 5532.) Existing project.-This provides for a channel 30 feet deep from San Francisco Bay to Ellis Slough, 400 feet wide between the bay and the turning basin at Municipal Wharf No. 1; thence 300 feet wide to Point Potrero; thence 475 feet wide to the north turning basin; for a turning basin 800 feet square with suitable approach widening at the northerly end of the improvement; for the main- tenance of a turning basin opposite Point Potrero with a maximum width of 750 feet; and for the construction of a training wall 10,000 feet long extending in a general westerly direction from Brooks Island. All depths refer to mean lower low water. The tidal range between mean lower low water and mean higher high water is 5.9 feet, with an extreme range of 11.0 feet. The estimate of cost for new work, revised in 1930, is $1,174,000. The latest (1933) approved estimate for annual cost of maintenance is $20,000. The existing project was adopted by the following river and harbor acts: The act of August 8, 1917, provided for a channel 24 feet deep, 600 feet wide, and for the training wall (H. Doc. No. 515, 63d Cong., 2d sess.); and the act of July 3, 1930, provided for a channel 30 feet deep, with widths as specified above (Rivers and Harbors Committee Doc. No. 16, 70th Cong., 1st sess.). The latest published map is in Rivers and Harbors Committee Document No. 7, Seventy-third Congress, first session. Supplementing the work authorized by Congress, the provision of a channel 30 feet deep and 500 feet wide between Terminals Nos. 1 and 2, and widening the channel to 1,000 feet off Point Potrero and a turning basin 850 feet wide and 1,000 feet long opposite Terminal No. 3, as recommended by the Chief of Engineers in Rivers and Harbors Committee Document No. 7, Seventy-third Congress, first session, has been included in the Public Works program under the National Industrial Recovery Act. Recommended modifications of project.-Included in Public Works program. Local cooperation.-The acts adopting the project require local interests to contribute one-half the first cost of the work. Local interests have fulfilled all requirements for work done to date. The work included in the Public Works program is subject to the condition that local interests furnish all disposal areas. Terminal facilities.-There are. 8 wharves and 4 ferry slips in Richmond Harbor and 5 wharves in Ellis Slough and minor water- ways tributary to Richmond Harbor at its northern extremity. 1 Exclusive of available funds. 1262 REPORT OF CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMY, 1934 Operations and results during fiscal year.--Project authorized by Federal Emergency Administration of Public Works. The channel between Terminal No. 1 and Point Potrero was widened to 500 feet, the turn at Point Potrero to 1,000 feet, and a turning basin, 850 feet wide and 1,000 feet long dredged opposite Terminal No. 3, by contract under the Public Works program. A total of 1,683,495 cubic yards of material were removed, all new work. The cost and expenditures were $105,000 for new work. Existing project.-A strip 200 feet wide between Terminal No. 3 and the harbor line at the head of the project was dredged 30 feet deep by contract, involving the removal of 38,800 cubic yards. The United States hopper dredge San Pablo removed 155,825 cubic yards of material from various small shoals between the turn in the channel west of Point Richmond and Point Potrero. Under contract, 8,274.9 tons of stone were placed on the training wall. These last three items were maintenance work. The cost and expenditures were $29,487.54 for maintenance. Condition at end of fiscall year.-The entire improvement is about 90 percent completed. The chanenl from deep water in San Fran- cisco Bay to Terminal No. 1 near Point Richmond is now 400 feet wide, thence to Point Potrero 500 feet wide, thence 1,000 feet wide around the turn at Point Potrero, thence 475 feet wide to a point 125 feet north of the southern end of Terminal No. 2, thence 200 feet wide to the pierhead line at the northern end of the channel with a widen- ing to 850 feet for a length of 1,000 feet opposite Terminal No. 3. All the channel is 30 feet deep at mean lower low water. The work remaining to be done is the widening of the turning basin to 800 feet and deepening to 30 feet, and constructing a suitable approach. The cost of the existing project to the end of the fiscal year was $1,043,730.06 for new work ($518,952.40 from regular funds and $524,777.66 from contributed funds) and $253,555.74 for maintenance ($218,755.54 from regular funds and $34,800.20 from contributed funds), a total of $1,297,285.80. The expenditures were $1,297,285.80, of which $737,707.94 was from regular funds and $559,577.86 from contributed funds. Under the Public Works Administration project the costs and ex- penditures were $105,000 for new work. Proposed operations.-The balance unexpended July 1, 1934, amounting to $502.01, will be applied to surveys and inspections. No work is contemplated for the fiscal year 1936. Cost and fin ancial summary MAINTENANCE ANEI IMPROVEMENT FUNDS Cost of new work to June 30, 1934 __......___-- ___ ------ $518, 952. 40 Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1934___ _____ __ ________218, 755. 54 Total cost of permanent work to June 30, 19341____ ____ 737, 707.94 Net total expenditures 1______________ 737, 707. 94 Unexpended balance June 30, 1934----..--------------__--__ 502.01 Total amount appropriated to June 30, 19341__________ 738, 209. 95 1Excluding $559,577.86 contributed funds, of which $524,777.66 was for new work and $34,800.20 for maintenance; in addition $275,414.77 was expended from contributed funds for work outside the project. RIVERS AND HARBORS-SAN FRANCISCO, CALIF., DISTRICT 1263 Fiscal year ending June 30 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 Cost of new work.-------.-.. $82, 703. 33 $106, 979. 83 $58, 459. 15 .. ............. Cost of maintenance_____ .... ___________________ _______----- 34, 579. 61 $83. 00 $29, 487. 54 Total cost----------------82, 703. 33 106, 979. 83 93, 038. 76 83. 00 29, 487. 54 Total expended...-.-............ 57, 658. 92 103, 567. 60 121, 628. 59 83. 00 29, 487. 54 Allotted_--.-----------.----140, 000. 00 ------------ 16, 800. 00 -79. 60 29, 989.55 Amount allotted from War Department Appropriation Act approved Mar. 4, 1933 ---------------------------------------------- $30, 000. 00 Deductions on account of revocation of allotment__--------------- 10. 45 Net amount to be accounted for--------------------------- 29, 989. 55 Gross amount expended__--_---__--------------___-_ 29, 487. 54 Balance unexpended June 30, 1934------------------------- 502. 01 Amount (estimated) required to be appropriated for completion of existing project 1-------------------------------------------- 12, 000. 00 PUBLIC WORKS FUNDS Cost of new work to June 30, 1934 ______ __--__---___ $105, 000 Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1934---------------------- -------- Total cost of permanent work to June 30, 1934_ 1______-____ 105, 000 Net total expenditures ------------------ 105, 000 Total amount appropriated to June 30, 1934 ----------------------- 105, 000 Fiscal year ending June 30 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 Cost of new work ..---------- ----------------------------------------------- $105, 000.00 _--- Cost of maintenance----- ------------ ------- ------- ------------------------ Total expended ...--------------- ----------------------------------- 105, 000. 00 I... . Allotted_...------------------------------------------------.. . 105, 000. 00 Amount allotted from National Industrial Recovery Act approved June 16, 1933--------------------------------------------- $105, 000. 00 Gross amount expended ___ ___________----___105, 000. 00 CONSOLIDATED COST AND FINANCIAL SUMMARY FOR RICHMOND HARBOR Cost of new work to June 30, 1934-----------------------------$623, 952. 40 Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1934______-__________-- 218, 755. 54 Total cost of permanent work to June 30, 1934 2-------------842, 707. 94 - - - - Net total expenditures 2_______________ __ _ ________ _ 842, 707. 94 Unexpended balance June 30, 1934------------------------------ 502. 01 Total amount appropriated to June 30, 1934 2________ ____ 843, 209. 95 1 Exclusive of available funds. " Excluding $559,577.86 contributed funds, of which $524,777.66 was for new work and $34,800.20 for maintenance; in addition $275,414.77 was expended from contributed funds for work outside the project. 91536--ENG 1934- 80 1264 REPORT OF CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMY, 1934 Fiscal year ending June 30 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 Cost of new work---.......-----------.. $82, 703. 33 $106, 979. 83 $58, 459. 15------ _ $105,000. 00 Cost of maintenance_______------ -------------- 34, 579. 61 $83. 00 29, 487. 54 Total cost..------------- --- 82, 703. 33 106, 979. 83 93, 038. 76 83. 00 134, 487. 54 Total expended- ---------------- 57, 658. 92 103, 567. 60 121, 628. 59 83. 00 134, 487. 54 Allotted ......--------........ ------------ 140, 000. 00 ------------- 16, 800. 00 -79. 60 134, 989. 55 Amount allotted from War Department Appropriation Act approved Mar 4, 1933--$30,----------------------------------------------$30, 000. 00 Amount allotted from National Industrial Recovery Act approved June 16, 1933-------------------------------- -------------- 105, 000. 00 Amount to be accounted for----------------------------- 135, 000.00 Deductions on account of revocation of allotment------------------ 10. 45 Net amount to be accounted for--------------------------- 134, 989. 55 Gross amount expended --------------------------- -134, 487. 54 Balance unexpended June 30, 1934------------------------- 502. 01 Amount (estimated) required to be appropriated for completion of existing project 1--- ---- --------- 12, 000. 00 4. SAN PABLO BAY AND MARE ISLAND STRAIT, CALIF. Location.-The channel extends from a point in the lower end of San Pablo Bay west of Pinole Point in a general northeasterly direction across Pinole Shoal in San Pablo Bay to the junction of Carquinez Strait and Mare Island Strait, thence northwesterly in Mare Island Strait to the causeway connecting the Mare Island Navy Yard with the city of Vallejo. (See U. S. Coast and Geodetic Survey Chart No. 5533.) Previous projects.--Adopted by the River and Harbor Acts of June 13, 1902, February 27, 1911, and August 8, 1917. The total cost was $2,446,083, of which $1,086,703.45 was for new work and $1,359,- 379.55 was for maintenance. The total expenditures were $2,639,- 730.97. The above total does not include $22,422.40 recovered by a contractor subsequently through a ruling by the auditor for the War Department. (For further details for San Pablo Bay see p. 1981 of Annual Report for 1915, and for details of Mare Island Strait improvement by the Navy Department see p. 4 of H. Doc. No. 1103, 60th Cong. 2d sess.) Existing project.-This provides for dredging a channel across Pinole Shoal in San Pablo Bay 600 feet wide and 35 feet deep; thence through Mare Island Strait a channel 600 feet wide and 30 feet deep, with a turning basin 1,000 feet wide in front of the quay wall, 30 feet deep, except in the northeast corner adjacent to the causeway and the northerly limits of the city of Vallejo, where the project depth is 26 feet. All depths refer to mean lower low water. The tidal range between mean lower low water and mean higher high water is 5.9 feet at the lower end of San Pablo Bay, and 6.6 feet opposite the Mare Island Navy Yard, with an extreme range of about 10 feet. 1Exclusive of available funds. RIVERS AND HARBORS-SAN FRANCISCO, CALIF., DISTRICT 1265 The estimate of cost for new work, revised in 1928, was $750,000, including $500,000 estimated cost of maintenance during progress of work, but exclusive of amounts expended on previous projects. The latest (1931) approved estimate for annual cost of maintenance is $165,000. The existing project was authorized by the following river and harbor acts: The act of February 27, 1911, provided for a depth of 30 feet through Pinole Shoal (H. Doc. No. 1103, 60th Cong., 2d sess.); the act of August 8, 1917, provided for a depth of 35 feet and the turning basin (H. Doc. No. 140, 65th Cong., 1st sess.) ; and the act of January 21, 1927, provided for increasing the width of the channel to 600 feet and decreasing the channel depth in Mare Island Strait to 30 feet (H. Doc. No. 104, 69th Cong., 1st secs.). The latest published map is in the last-mentioned document. Terminal facilities.-There are 3 wharves along the southern shore of San Pablo Bay, 2 along the northern shore, 11 wharves along the southern shore of Carquinez Strait, and 4 on the northern shore of this strait. In Mare Island Strait there are 5 commercial wharves and 2 ferry slips, in addition to the navy yard facilities. The facili- ties are adequate for existing needs. Operations and results during fiscal year.-The U. S. hopper dredges San Pablo and A. Mackenzie removed 1,042,576 cubic yards of material from the Mare Island Strait Channel and turning basin. The cost was $51,705.54, all for maintenance. The expenditures were - $2,95729. Condition at end of fiscal year.--The project was completed in 1929. On May 3, 1933, the channel through Pinole Shoal was 36 feet deep for the full width of 600 feet, except on the northern edge at Buoy No. 7 where the depth was about 31 feet. On March 30, 1934, the channel in Mare Island Strait was 29 feet deep to the magazine wharf; thence 26 feet deep to the turning basin; thence the con- trolling depth was 25 feet except in the extreme upper end where the least depth was about 20 feet. The cost of the existing project to the end of the fiscal year was $132,923.90 for new work and $490,515.39 for maintenance, a total of $623,439.29. The expenditures were $537,223.12. Proposed operations.-The balance unexpended, including ac- counts receivable, on July 1, 1934, will be applied as follows: Accounts payable, July 1, 1934 ------------------------------ $1, 146. 99 Maintenance dredging in Mare Island Strait Channel and turning basin, and in Pinole Shoal Channel, with Government plant and hired labor, July 1934, October 1934 to January 1935 and June 1935 --------------------------------------- ----- 09, 027. 68 Total --- -------------------------------------- 110, 174. 67 The additional sum of $90,000 can be profitably expended during the fiscal year 1936 on maintenance dredging in Mare Island Strait Channel and turning basin, and in Pinole Shoal Channel, with Gov- ernment plant and hired labor, September 1935 to February 1936. The work will be necessary to provide adequate depths for navigation. 1266 REPORT OF CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMY, 1934 Cost and financial summary Cost of new work to June 30, 1.934----------------------- $1, 219, 627. 35 Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1934__1______1_____ 1 1, 849, 894.94 Total cost of permanent work to June 30, 1934----------3, 069, 522. 29 Value of plant, materials, etc., on hand June 30, 1934_ .... __ -- 95, 702.03 Net total cost to June 30, 1934-_______-- ----------- 3, 165, 224. 32 Plus accounts receivable June 30, 1934------------------------ 12, 876.76 Gross total costs to June 30, 1934 ---. _____--------- 3, 178, 101. 08 Minus accounts payable June 30, 1934 _____------------__- 1, 146. 99 Net total expenditures_____---------- ------------------ 3, 176, 954.09. Unexpended balance June 30, 1934-------------------------- 97,297. 91 Total amount appropriated to June 30, 1934__--- ___-_ 3, 274, 252. 00, Fiscal year ending June 30 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 Cost of new work_---------------- $311. 69 --------------------------. .. Cost of maintenance------------ 61, 745. 96 $74, 820. 05 $101, 516. 80 $20, 665. 86 $51, 705. 54 Total cost-... . - - ..- - 62, 057. 65 74, 820. 05 101, 516. 80 20, 665. 86 51, 705. 54 Total expended---------------- 38, 037. 43 83, 327. 82 48, 157. 46 47, 256. 29 -2, 957. 29 Allotted------------------------ -65, 000. 00 100, 000. 00 -115, 497. 91 44, 263. 41 74, 095. 69 Balance unexpended July 1, 1933 _____ $20,244.93 Amount allotted from War Department Appropriation Act approved Apr. 26, 1934_ _____ $81, 500.00 -__________ Amount allotted from War Department Appropriation Act approved Mar. 4, 1933___---------- ___ 10, 000. 00 91, 500.00, Amount to be accounted for______________ -__________---111,744.93 Deductions on account of revocation of allotment _____--------17, 404. 31 Net amount to be accounted for ____-__-- -- _____ 94, 340. 62 Gross amount expended ______-____ -- -______$188, 197.04 Less-- Reimbursements collected---------- $191, 077. 58 Receipts from sales------- ------ --- 76. 75 191, 154. 33 -- 2, 957. 29 Balance unexpended June 30, 1934__. ________ ___ 97, 297. 91 Outstanding liabilities June 30, 1934-----------------__ _ -- 3, 567.15 Balance available June 30, 1934 -----____---_____- 93,730. 76 Accounts receivable June 30, 1934.___.____.. ____ __---- 12, 876.76 Unobligated balance available June 30, 1934_.-- ___---- 106,607.52 Amount that can be profitably expended in fiscal year ending June 30, 1936, for maintenance 1 ____ 90, 000. 00, 1 Eclusive of available funds. RIVERS AND HARBORS-SAN FRANCISCO, CALIF., DISTRICT1267 5. MONTEREY HARBOR, CALIF. Location.-Located about 90 miles south of San Francisco Bay, at the south end of Monterey Bay, an indentation in the coast of California. (See U. S. Coast and Geodetic Survey Chart No. 5403.) Previous projects.-Adopted by the River and Harbor Act of July 25, 1912. No work was done. No expenditures were made. Ewisting project.-This provides for a breakwater 1,300 feet long, with the shore connection extending about 750 feet due east from a point about half-way between Reeside Avenue and the Presidio boundary, and the outer section bearing about S. 70 ° E. The tidal range between mean lower low water and mean higher high water is 5.5 feet. The extreme range is about 10 feet. The estimate of cost for new work, made in 1929, is $610,000. The latest (1929) approved estimate for annual cost of maintenance is $18,000. The existing project was adopted by the River and Harbor Act of July 3, 1930 (Rivers and Harbors Committee Doc. No. 12, 71st Cong., 1st sess.). The latest published map is contained in this document. Supplementing the work authorized by Congress the extension of the breakwater for a length of about 400 feet as recommended by the Chief of Engineers in Rivers and Harbors Committee Document No. 45, Seventy-second Congress, first session, has been included in the Public Works program under the National Industrial Recovery Act. Recommended modifications of project.-Included in Public Works program. Local cooperation.-Complied with. Terminal facilities.-The existing facilities consist of two wharves with a total of about 2,600 feet of berthing space. The facilities are considered adequate for existing commerce. Operations and results during fiscal year.-The existing project breakwater, 1,300 feet long, was completed, under contract, 23,352 tons of stone being placed thereon, making a total of 213,315 tons of stone in the structure. The cost was $49,250.08, all for new work; the expenditures were $71,943.43. Under the project authorized by the Federal Emergency Admin- istration of Public Works, the breakwater was extended an additional 400 feet, 114,912 tons of stone being placed thereon, under contract, as new work. The cost and expenditures were $207,374.44. Condition at end of fiscal year.-The existing project was com- pleted in 1934, at a saving of $164,849 under the estimated cost. The total cost of the existing project to the end of the fiscal year was $445,151, all new work; the expenditures were $445,151. The extension authorized under the Public Works Administration is practically completed. The cost and expenditures to the end of the fiscal year were $207,374.44. Proposed operations.-No work is contemplated during the fiscal years 1935 and 1936. 1268 REPORT OF CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMY, 1934 Cost and financial summary MAINTENANCE AND IMPROVEMENT FUNDS Cost of new work to June 30, 1934__________________------ $445, 151. 00 Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1934____ _____ __ ---------- Total cost of permanent work to June 30, 1934 45, 151. 00 4--------___ Net total expenditures _________---__ 445, 151. 00 Total amount appropriated to June 30, 1934 _----_____--------_ 445, 151.00 Fiscal year ending June 30 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 Cost of new work.._________.___________ ___......_... $197, 935. 03 $197, 965. 89 $49, 250. 08 Cost of maintenance___ ____-_---_......-.-- ................ Total expended.....------- ------------ ......-------------- 186, 958. 11 186, 249.46 71, 943. 43 Allotted------------- __---------- $200, 000. 00 -------------- 244, 446. 29 704. 71 Balance unexpended July 1, 1933___--------------------------- $71,238.72 Amount allotted from War Department Appropriation Act approved Mar. 4, 1933--------------------------------------------- 800. (10 Amount to be accounted for-.. _____ _____---- _ _ _ 72, 038. 72 Deductions on account of revocation of allotment------------------ 95. 29 Net amount to be accounted for 7_______________ 1, 943. 43 Gross amount expended ----------------------------------- 71, 943. 4.3 PUBLIC WORKS FUNDS Cost of new work to June 30, 1934_______ __------------ $207, 374. 44 Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1934 Total cost of permanent work to June 30, 1934-----------207, 374. 44 Net total expenditures _______--------____ - -- 207, 374. 44 Unexpended balance June 30, 1934 .----------------------------- 425. 56 Total amount appropriated to June 30, 1934______________ 207, 800. 00 Fiscal year ending June 30 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 Cost of new work.....---------- ...... .....- ---------------------- --------------..-----..--- $207, 374.44 Cost of maintenance---------------------------.------------------------------- Total expended----------- -------------------------------------------- 207, 374. 44 Allotted----------------------------------------------------- ------------------- 207, 800. 00 Amount allotted from National Industrial Recovery Act approved June 16, 1933-- -- ---------------------------------- $240, 000. 00 Deductions on account of revocation of allotment________________ 32, 200. 00 Net amount to be accounted for------------------------207, 800. 00 Gross amount expended ________ ___________ 207, 374.44 ____-------- Balance unexpended June 30, 1934_____________________ 425. 56 RIVERS AND HARBORS-SAN FRANCISCO, CALIF., DISTRICT 1269 CONSOLIDATED COST AND FINANCIAL SUMMARY FOR MONTEREY HARBOR Cost of new work to June 30, 1934__________________------ $652, 525. 44 Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1934 -- __--------------- ---------- Total cost of permanent work to June 30, 1934-----------652, 525. 44 Net total expenditures------- --- -------------------------- 652, 525.44 Unexpended balance June 30, 1934 ___._________ __ __ _.- 425. 56 Total amount appropriated to June 30, 1934__---------- 652, 951. 00 Fiscal year ending June 30 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 Cost of new work-..-............ -...-........ .. .... ..... $197, 935.03 $197, 965. 89 $256, 624. 52 Cost of maintenance-------------------...........-------.......... ....... --- ------- ------------------------- Total expended _----- -__................ _ -_ 186, 958. 11 186, 249.46 279, 317. 87 _ Allotted------------ I___ _____ $200, 000. 00 ------------- 244, 446. 29 208, 504. 71 Balance unexpended July 1, 1933----------------------------- $71, 238. 72 Amount allotted from War Department Appropriation Act approved Mar. 4, 1933------------------------ $800. 00 Amount allotted from National Industrial Recovery Act approved June 16, 1933_-------------------- 240,000. 00 240, 800. 00 Amount to be accounted for__________--- ------------- 312,038. 72 Deductions on account of revocation of allotment _--------- 32, 295. 29 Net amount to be accounted for-__-------------- 279, 743.43 Gross amount expended___________ ____---- 279,317.87 Balance unexpended June 30, 1934_____ ____--------425. 56 6. NOYO RIVER, CALIF. Location.-This stream rises in the Coast Range Mountains and flows westerly, emptying into the Pacific Ocean through Noyo Cove, about 135 miles northwest of San Francisco. (See U. S. Coast and Geodetic Chart No. 5703.) Previous projects.-Adopted by the act of September 22, 1922. The cost under this project was $11,985.28 (not including $7,179.86 contributed funds) for new work and $32,096.55 (not including $820.14 contributed funds) for maintenance, a total of $44,081.83. The expenditures were $44,081.83 from United States funds and $8,000 from contributed funds. Existing project.-This provides for an entrance channel 10 feet deep and 100 feet wide and a channel in the river 10 feet deep and 150 feet wide extending to the highway bridge at Noyo, to be ob- tained by dredging and jetty construction. All depths refer to mean lower low water. The tidal range between mean lower low water and mean higher high water is 5.9 feet. The extreme range is about 11.5 feet. The estimate of cost for new work, made in 1930, was $180,000. The latest approved estimate for annual cost of maintenance is $10,000. 1270 REPORT OF CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMY, 1934 The project was adopted by the River and Harbor Act of July 3, 1930 (S. Doc. No. 156, 71st Cong., 2d sess.). The latest published map is contained in this document. Local cooperation.-Complied with. Terminal facilities.-There are 7 wharves, 3 oil terminals for fuel- ing fishing boats, and 1 boat-repair plant, equipped with marine rail- way. These facilities are considered adequate for existing commerce. Operations and results during fiscal year.-Maintenance dredging was begun in the channel at the mouth of the river near the end of the year, and 3,800 cubic yards of material were removed. At the end of the fiscal year the work was not yet completed. The cost was $4,073.04, and the expenditures were $3,381.13. Condition at end of fiscal year.-The existing project was com- pleted in 1931. At the end of the fiscal year the controlling depth in the channel at the mouth of the river was about 6 feet; thence 9 feet to within 200 feet of the head of the project. The total cost of the existing project to the end of the fiscal year was $183,684.66 for new work, and $22,325.75 for maintenance, a total of $206,010.41. The total expenditures were $205,318.50. Proposed operations.-The balance unexpended July 1, 1934, will be applied as follows: Accounts payable, June 30, 1934 ---------------- _______ _ $691. 91 Maintenance, completion of dredging, and the removal of boulders in the channel at the mouth of the river, by contract, July and August 1934 -------------------------------------------------- 3, 915. 87 Balance remaining_____________________________ 3, 324. 68 Total------------------- --------------------------- 7, 932. 46 The additional sum of $7,500 can be profitably expended during the fiscal year 1936 for maintenance dredging at the mouth of the river, by contract, from April to May 1936. Cost and financial summary Cost of new work to June 30, 1934------------------------- $195, 669. 94 Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1934 4, 422. 30 5________________--__ Total cost of permanent work to June 30, 19341-__--______ 250, 092. 24 Minus accounts payable June 30, 1934 ___-___-- __ 6__________ 691. 91 Net total expenditures 1- - - - - - - - - - ___ 249, 400. 33 Unexpehded balance June 30, 1934________________________-__ 7, 932.46 Total amount appropriated to June 30, 1934 -------------- 257, 332. 79 Fiscal year ending June 30 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 Cost of new work_.__.-----.- ---------- ___ _ __ _ _ . $48, 471. 82 $127, 912. 84 .____________---.....-- Cost of maintenance__------------------- $2, 444. 21 ..... _____. 11, 546. 10 $6, 706. 61 $4, 073. 04 Total cost .......----------------------- 2, 444. 21 48, 471. 82 139, 458. 94 6, 706. 61 4, 073. 04 Total expended ... __...------------------ 2, 504. 79 10, 308. 95 167, 036. 90 24, 591. 52 3, 381. 13 Allotted----------------------........................-------.......... 3, 000. 00 190, 000. 00 20, 000. 00 -64. 20 -3. 01 1 Not including $8,000 contributed by local interests; $7,179.86 for new work, and $820.14 for maintenance. RIVERS AND HARBORS-SAN FRANCISCO, CALIF., DISTRICT 1271 Balance unexpended July 1, 1933------------------------- $11,316. 60 Deductions on account of revocation of allotment --------- -- 3. 01 Net amount to be accounted for --------------------- 11, 313.59 Gross amount expended- --- -------------------- 3, 381.13 Balance unexpended June 30, 1934 _.___._____---. ___-- 7, 932. 46 Outstanding liabilities June 30, 1934_____-... __-... $658. 63 Amount covered by uncompleted contracts----------- 3, 949. 15 4, 607. 78 Balance available June 30, 1934_------__---------- 3, 324. 68 Amount that can be profitably expended in fiscal year ending June - - 30, 1936, for maintenance. __________ _________ 7, 500. 00 7. HUMBOLDT HARBOR AND BAY, CALIF. Location.-Humboldt Bay is a small, land-locked harbor on the coast of California, 225 miles north of San Francisco Bay and 70 miles south of Crescent City Harbor. (See U. S. Coast and Geodetic Survey Chart No. 5832.) Previous projects.-Adopted by the River and Harbor Acts of March 3, 1881 March 3, 1889, September 19, 1890, July 32 1892, and March 2, 1907. The costs and expenditures on the original and modified projects were $2,261,370.93 for new work and $98,205.75 for maintenance, a total of $2,359,576.68. For further details see pages 1982 to 1984 of Annual Report for 1915 and page 1673 of Annual Report for 1929. Existing project.-This provides for two rubble-mound jetties at the entrance-the north jetty about 4,500 feet in length and the south jetty 5,100 feet long, not including shore revetments; for a channel 20 feet deep and 300 feet wide from deep water in Humboldt Bay to the foot of N Street, Eureka; a channel 20 feet deep and 250 feet wide across Indian Island Shoal; a channel 18 feet deep and 150 feet wide to Arcata Wharf; and a channel 20 feet deep and 250 feet wide through the shoals at the entrance to Fields Landing Chan- nel. All depths refer to mean lower low water. The tidal range between mean lower low water and mean higher high water is 6.4 feet at the south jetty and 6.7 feet at Eureka. The extreme range is 12.5 feet at the south jetty and 12 feet at Eureka. The estimate of cost for new work on the jetties, revised in 1922, was $3,200,000, and for the channels, made in 1927, $187,000, of which $95,000 was to be contributed by local interests. These esti- mates are exclusive of the amounts expended on previous projects. The latest (1928) approved estimate for annual cost of maintenance by dredging is $14,000. There is no approved estimate for main- tenance of the jetties. The existing project was authorized by the following river and harbor acts: The act of June 25, 1910, providing for rebuilding the jetties (H. Doc. No. 950, 60th Cong., 1st sess.), and the act of July 3, 1 Exclusive of available funds. 1272 REPORT OF CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMY, 1934 1930, providing for the channels in front of Eureka, across Indian Island Shoal, to Arcata Wharf, and at the entrance to Fields Land- ing Channel (H. Doc. No. 755, 69th Cong., 2d sess.). The latest pub- lished map is contained in the latter document. Local cooperation.-Complied with. Terminal facilities.-There are 40 wharves and 7 small boat land- ings. These facilities are considered adequate for existing com- merce. Operations and results during fiscal year.-The only work done during the year was the repairing, by hired labor, of a small amount of storm damage done to the south jetty. Two watchmen were kept on at the north jetty plant throughout the year. The cost was $3,724.66, all for maintenance. The expenditures were $9,068.46. Condition at end of fiscal year.-The existing project was com- pleted in 1931. The north jetty was completed in 1925, the south jetty in 1927, and the channel dredging in 1931. The controlling depths in the various channels in the bay and the dates on which these depths were determined are as follows: Entrance channel be- tween the jetties, 28 feet in 1931; channel in front of Eureka, 19 feet, October 1932; Samoa (Indian Island) Channel, 21 feet, Sep- tember 1932; Arcata Channel, 18 feet, October 1932; Fields Landing entrance channel, 22 feet, October 1932; Fields Landing channel, 19 feet, July 1932. The total cost of the existing project to the end of the fiscal year was $2,554,856.89 for new work ($2,459,856.89 from United States funds and $95,000 from contributed funds), and $3,263,563.03 for maintenance (all United States funds), a total of $5,818,419.92. The total expenditures to the same date were $5,836,906.44 ($5,741,- 906.44 from United States funds and $95,000 from contributed funds). Proposed operations.-The balance unexpended July 1, 1934, will be applied as follows: Accounts payable, June 30, 1934__------------------------------- $3. 47 Maintenance, repairs to the jetties with Government plant and hired labor, July 1934 to June 1935--------------------------- 10,000.00 Maintenance, dredging in the channels in the harbor and across the bar, with Government plant and hired labor, September and Oc- tober 1934 -------------------------------------------- 30, 275.33 Total ------------------------------------------------- 40, 278.80 The additional sum of $30,000 can be profitably expended during the fiscal year 1936 for maintenance, as follows: Repairs to the jetties, with Government plant and hired labor, July 1935 to June 1936--------------------------------- --- $10, 000 Redredging the channels in the harbor and across the bar, with Gov- ernment plant and hired labor, October 1935------------------ 20, 000 Total----------------------------------------------- 30, 000 RIVERS AND HARBORS-SAN FRANCISCO, CALIF., DISTRICT1273 Cost and financial summary Cost of new work to June 30, 19341-------------------------- $4, 721, 227. 82 Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1934_______--------- 3,361, 768. 78 Total cost of permanent work to June 30, 1934----------8, 082, 996. 60 Value of plant, materials, etc., on hand June 30, 1934 18, 489. 99 ---------- Net total cost to June 30, 1934-------------------- 8, 101, 486. 59 Minus accounts payable June 30, 1934 ---- ______ __ ----. 3. 47 Net total expenditures 1 ------------- 8, 101, 483. 12 Unexpended balance June 30, 1934_...______ _______--------40, 278. 80 Total amount appropriated to June 30, 19341__- _____ 8,141, 761. 92 Fiscal year ending June 30 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 ,Cost of new work .......-------------------------.. $66, 764. 94 $17, 820. 05--------------- Cost of maintenance......------------ $29,635.24 56, 743. 21 247, 037. 92 $129, 743. 42 $3, 724. 66 Total cost............---------------- 29, 635. 24 123, 508. 15 264, 857. 97 129, 743. 42 3, 724. 66 Total expended ---------------- 40, 556. 28 92, 885. 94 318, 950. 09 109, 547. 49 9, 068.46 Allotted----------------------60, 000. 00 293, 000. 00 70, 600. 00 112, 639. 12 507. 80 31, Balance unexpended July 1, 1933_----_---__------------------ $17,839.46 Amount allotted from War Department Appropriation Act approved Apr. 26, 1934___ ------------------------------------------ 32, 100. 00 Amount to be accounted for_ -____---. _____------ 49, 939. 46 Deductions on account of revocation of allotment---------------- 592. 20 Net amount to be accounted for____-__________---- -__ 49, 347. 26 Gross amount expended _________________-- $12, 478. 01 Less reimbursements collected----------------------3, 409. 55 9, 068. 46 Balance unexpended June 30, 1934________________------ 40, 278. 80 -Outstanding liabilities June 30, 1934 ___________________________ 59. 65 Balance available June 30, 1934------------------------40, 219. 15 Amount that can be profitably expended in fiscal year ending June 30, 1936, for maintenance 2__ ______,____30, 000. 00 8. EXAMINATIONS, SURVEYS, AND CONTINGENCIES (GENERAL) The cost of work during the year amounted to $18,008.59; the ,expenditures were $17,952.28. The funds unexpended June 30, 1934, amounting to $25,132.92, will be applied as needed during the fiscal year 1935 to payment of expenses incurred in connection with the above items. The additional sum of $25,000 can be profitably ex- pended during the fiscal year 1936. Cost and financial summary ,Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1934----------------------- $62, 060. 87 Minus accounts payable June 30, 1934---------------------- 401.53 Net total expenditures---------------------------- 61, 659. 34 Unexpended balance June 30, 1934-------------------------- 25, 132.92 Total amount appropriated to June 30, 1934--- 86, 792. 26 addition, $95,000 was expended from contributed funds. SIn, Exclusive of available funds. 1274 REPORT OF CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMY, 1934 Fiscal year ending June 30 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 Cost of new work - --- - - - - - - - - - - - - - -- - Cost of maintenance-.------------------- $8, 791. 03 $14, 001. 99 $10, 741. 93 $7, 682. 62 $18, 008. 59 Total expended--.-----------------------.. 8, 568. 28 13, 441.85 11, 212.87 7, 686.04 17, 952. 28 Allotted........-----......---- -------------------- 8, 000. 00 13, 500. 00 6, 000. 00 32, 515.41 16, 576. 85 Balance unexpended July 1, 1933--------------------------- $26, 508.35 Amount allotted from War Department Appropriation Act approved Apr. 26, 1934-------------------- $21, 500. 00 Amount allotted from War Department Appropriation Act approved Mar. 4, 1933---------------------- 8,917. 43 30, 417. 43: Amount to be accounted for---__----....__ __-__- 56, 925. 78 Deductions on account of revocation of allotment___---_--_--- _ 13, 840. 58 Net amount to be accounted for-------------------- 43, 085. 2& Gross amount expended ----- __- ____-- ____ $18, 048.60 Less reimbursements collected---------------------- 96. 32 17, 952. 28 Balance unexpended June 30, 1934------ --- ---------- 25, 132.92 Outstanding liabilities June 30, 1934 ________--------------- 401. 53 Balance available June 30, 1934________ _______- - 24, 731.391 Amount that can be profitably expended in fiscal year ending June 30, 1936, for maintenance ------------------------------- 25, 000. 00 9. Other projects for which no estimates are submitted [Commercial statistics for these projects are given in pt. 2 of report] For last Cost and expenditures to full re- June 30, 1934 Estimated Name of project port see amount re- annual quired to report New work Maintenance complete for- Redwood Creek Calif.1 --------.. _---------------_ 1933 2$67, 763.46 $7, 023. 41 (to) Napa River, Calif.___ 4 - - - - -..--------------------------- -- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1930 27, 555. 55 34, 595. 68 $78, 500 Petaluma Creek, Calif. _.. 1933 5 297, 145. 52 314, 692. 30 (10) - San Rafael Creek, Calif 8- .... .. -- -- --- .. 1933 732, 358. 85 139, 747. 10 (10) Crescent City Harbor, Calif.8.--------------------- 1933 9690, 611. 34 191, 941..47 (10) 1 Inactive pending action by Congress on modifications recommended by the Chief of Engineers, May 25, 1933 (Rivers and Harbors Committee Doc. No. 10, 73d Cong., 1st sess.). 2 In addition, $26,000 was expended from contributed funds. 8 Inactive pending action by Congress on modifications recommended by the Chief of Engineers, Dec. 8, 1931 (Rivers and Harbors Committee Doc. No. 6, 72d Cong., 1st sess.). 4 Channel adequate for commerce. Expended during fiscal year for outstanding liabilities, $348. 5 In addition, $15,558.55 was expended from contributed funds. 6 Channel adequate for commerce. 7 In addition, $41,093.81 was expended from contributed funds. 8 No maintenance necessary. Expended for miscellaneous work during fiscal year $76.74. 9 In addition, $245,000 was expended from contributed funds, $217,115.54 for new work and $27,884.46 for maintenance. toCompleted. 1 Exclusive of available funds. RIVERS AND HARBORS-SACRAMENTO, CALIF., DISTRICT 1275 Status of reports called for by river and harbor acts and committee resolutions Locality Authorization act Transmitted Docu- Recommen- to Congress ment no. dation i i Albany Harbor, Calif...._____.. River and Harbor Act, July 3, 1930. Berkeley Harbor, Calif ______... -_ d o .. -.........---------- Crescent City Harbor, Calif-.... Rivers and Harbors Com- mittee resolution, June 14, 1933. Emeryville Harbor, Calif -.... River and Harbor Act, July 3, 1930. Humboldt Harbor and Bay, Senate Committee resolu- July 1933 Unfavorable. Calif. tion, Dec. 24, 1929. Humboldt Bay and Harbor, Rivers and Harbors Com- Calif., improvements of Ar- mittee resolution, Jan. 7, cata Channel. 1932. Humboldt Bay and Harbor, Rivers and Harbors Com- Calif., improvement of inner mittee resolution, Dec. 9, channel. 1932. Humboldt Harbor and Bay, Rivers and Harbors Com- Calif., modification of existing mittee resolution, Sept. project. 15, 1933. Oakland Harbor, Celif_..... __ Rivers and Harbors Com- mittee resolution, Aug. 18, 1933. Petaluma Creek, Calif........__ Rivers and Harbors Com- mittee resolution, Mar. 15, 1934. Richmond Harbor, Calif__--..... Rivers and Harbors Com- mittee resolution, Apr. 3, 1934. Santa Cruz Harbor, Calif., and Rivers and Harbors Com- Port Watsonville, Calif. mittee resolution, Feb. 7, 193-i. Trinidad Bay, Calf............. River and Harbor Act Aug. 10,1933 __________ Do. July 3, 1930. IMPROVEMENT OF RIVERS AND HARBORS IN THE SACRAMENTO, CALIF., DISTRICT This district embraces the drainage basins of Suisun Bay, the Sac- ramento and San Joaquin Rivers and their tributaries, and those parts of southern Oregon and of northwestern Nevada which con- stitute that portion of the Great Basin that tends to drain toward central Nevada. District engineer: Capt. J. G. Drinkwater, Corps of Engineers. Division engineer: Lt. Col. Thomas M. Robins, Corps of Engineers. IMPROVEMENTS Page Page 1. San Joaquin River, Calif____ 1276 6. Middle River and Empire 2. Stockton and Mormon Chan- Cut, Calif______________ 1290 nels (diverting canal), 7. Suisun Bay Channel, Calif__ 1292 Calif _-__- 1282 8. Suisun Channel, Calif ___ __ 1294 3. Mokelumne River, Calif__. 1284 9. Examinations, surveys, and 4. Sacramento River, Calif __ 1286 contingencies (general) ___ 1295 5. Feather River, Calif_____ . 1289 t ;r "N~ 1276 REPORT OF CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMY, 1934 1. SAN JOAQUIN RIVER, CALIF. Location.--San Joaquin River rises in the Sierra Nevada and flows 320 miles westerly and northerly to Suisun Bay. Existing project.-This provides for a channel 26 feet deep at mean lower low water and 100 feet wide on the bottom, except in New York Slough, where the width is to be 300 feet, following the river route, from the mouth of New York Slough to the city of Stockton, a distance of 41.5 miles, via New York Slough, San Joaquin River, and Stockton Channel, with levees set back 230 feet from the center of the channel, and having suitable passing places with a turning basin at Stockton; for dredging in Mormon Channel from its mouth to Center Street, Stockton, a distance of 1.7 miles, to a depth of 9 feet at mean lower low water and a width of 100 feet; for a depth of 9 feet in Fremont Channel and McLeod Lake; for cutting off sharp bends and making cut-offs in the river; for partial closing of side channels at Lairds Slough and Paradise Cut by weirs to con- fine the low-water flow to one main channel; and for snagging, re- moving overhanging trees, and constructing brush wing dams from the mouth of Stockton Channel to Hills Ferry, 86 miles, to facilitate light-draft navigation on this part of the river during higher stages of water. All depths are referred to mean lower low water. The following table shows the tide and flood conditions prevailing: San Joaquin River Miles Range in feet from Place mouth of Mean Extreme Ordinary Extreme river tidal ' tidal flood flood Collinsville_-- _--------------------------------- 0 5. 8 7. 0 8. 0 9. 9 Mouth, Stockton Channel------------------------ 38.5 3. 2 4. 5 8. 5 13. 7 San Joaquin Bridge..----------------------------- 54. 5 1. 1 1. 5 17. 21. 0 Hills Ferry .--.....----------------------------------- 124. 5-------------------- 12. 0 16. Mean lower low water to mean higher high water. The estimate of cost for new work, revised in 1927, is $4,046,400. This amount includes $1,100,000 for the construction of two dredges and also $1,307,500 contributed by local interests toward the cost of dredging. The latest (1927) approved estimateof annual cost of maintenance is $181,000 during the first year and $111,000 annually thereafter. The existing project was authorized by the following river and harbor acts: The acts of August 14, 1876; March 3, 1881; July 5,. 1884; August 11, 1888; July 13, 1892; August 18, 1894; and June 3, 1896, provided for cutting off sharp bends and making cut-offs in San Joaquin River below the mouth of Stockton Channel, dredging: Mormon Channel, snagging, removing obstructions, and construct- ing wing dams in San Joaquin River from Stockton Channel to Hills Ferry, and the partial closing of side channel at Laird Slough and Paradise Cut, without adopting any specific dimensions; the act of June 25, 1910, provided for the 9-foot channel up to Stockton (H. Doc. No. 1124, 60th Cong., 2d sess.); the act of July 25, 1912, provided for the improvement of Fremont Channel and McLeod RIVERS AND HARBORS-SACRAMENTO, CALIF., DISTRICT 1277 Lake (H. Doc. No. 581, 62d Cong., 2d sess.); and the act approved January 21, 1927, provided for the 26-foot project (H. Doc. No. 554, 68th Cong., 2d sess.). The latest published maps are in House Documents No. 332, Sixty-fifth Congress, first session, and No. 554. Sixty-eighth Congress, second session. Supplementing the work authorized by Congress, the deepening of the 26-foot channel in San Joaquin River and Stockton Channel to 30 feet at mean lower low water, and for channel bottom widths of 150 feet above Criminal Point (Venice Island), and 300 feet below Criminal Point, as recommended by the Chief of Engineers under date of June 10, 1933 (Senate Committee print, 73d Cong., 1st sess.), is included in the Public Works program under the National Industrial Recovery Act. Reconmmended modifications of project.-Included in Public Works program. Local cooperation.-The work included in the Public Works pro- gram is subject to the condition that local interests shall furnish free of cost to the United States, suitable areas for the disposal of dredged material during initial construction and future maintenance as and when needed. Conditions of local cooperation required under prior acts have been fully complied with, except that rights-of-way for deepening and widening Mormon Channel have not been furnished. Terminal facilities.-In New York Slough there are 13 wharves; 1 is for deep-sea vessels and the remainder for river boats and fish boats; 1 has spur track; 2 have oil pipe lines. The city of Stock- ton port terminal is provided with rail service over a public belt railroad. There are seven privately owned warehouses on the river between Stockton Channel and the mouth of Old River, and one warehouse just above Santa Rita Slough. On the river below Stockton Chan- nel, landings and sheds are used to handle traffic, except at Antioch and below, where extensive wharves and warehouses exist. In the delta country on both sides many warehouses have been constructed to store commodities later shipped on the main river. The terminal facilities are considered adequate for existing commerce. Operations and results during fiscal year.-Project authorized by the Federal Emergency Administration of Public Works. New work during the year consisted in widening and deepening the channel to provide a 30-foot channel to Stockton, Calif. Suc- tion dredges, undei contract, removed 8,275,415 cubic yards from the 30-foot project channel at a cost of $1,013,861.77. Surveys cost $1,213.70. Existing project-Maintenance.-A Government suction dredge removed 38,640 cubic yards in dredging a channel 150 feet wide and 10 feet deep from Roe Island Lighthouse to deep water and 168,740 'cubic yards in dredging Fisthermans Channel 150 feet wide and 10 feet deep, at a cost of $10,798.03. Hired labor planted Holland grass on 30 acres of spoil area at a cost of $1,568.70. Dredges, under contract, placed 71,767 cubic yards in spoil levees and removed 711,000 cubic yards from the 26-foot Stockton Channel, at a cost of $83,561.96. Grading levees by United States plant and hired labor, cost $739.09; and surveys and maintenance of tide gages cost $7,514.09. 1278 REPORT OF CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U. S, ARMY, 1934 Under authority of section 3 of the River and Harbor Act approved July 3, 1930, a clam-shell dredge, under contract, removed shoals from the following waterways, for maintenance, at a cost of: Salmon Slough, Calif., 7,760 cubic yards------------------------$951. 60 Old River, Calif., 8,160 cubic yards--- -------------------------- 946.48 Tom Paine Slough, Calif., 7,960 cubic yards----------------------944.94 Doughty Cut, Calif., 3,980 cubic yards---------------------------498.01 King Island Cut, Calif., 5,280 cubic yards------------------------744. 67 Grant Line Canal, Calif., 5,980 cubic yards-----------------------749. 74 The total costs for the year were $1,126,764.40, of which $2,671.62 from regular funds and $1,015,075.47 from Public Works funds were for new work and $109,017.31 was for maintenance. Total expendi- tures were $1,084,357.61, including $977,246.81 from Public Works funds. Condition at end of fiscal year.-The existing project is 84 percent completed, the work remaining being the dredging of a 9-foot chan- nel in Mormon Channel to Center Street, Stockton. Completion of the portion of this project affected by operations authorized by the Federal Emergency Administration of Public Works is now under way. The controlling depth from Suisun Bay to Stockton, via New York Slough, San Joaquin River, and Stockton Channel, 41 miles, is 26 feet. A 4-foot depth is available in Mormon Channel. The controlling depth in Fremont Channel and McLeod Lake is 8 feet. The river from the mouth of Stockton Channel up to Hills Ferry usually has a controlling depth of 6 feet from April to June, inclusive. Navigation in this section above San Joaquin Bridge (Southern Pacific Railroad crossing) is impracticable in the low stages after June. The costs have been as follows: Regular funds: New work--------------------------------------- $1, 971, 221. 89 Maintenance--------------------------------- 889, 733. 58 Public Works funds: New work-------------------------- 1, 015, 075.47 Total United States funds -------------------------- 3, 876, 030. 94 The total expenditures were $3,841,290.30, including $977,246.81 from Public Works funds. In addition, $1,307,500 was expended from contributed funds. Proposed operations.-The balance unexpended at the end of the year, amounting to $92,277.49, including accounts receivable, $2,- 497.94, will be applied as follows: Accounts payable, June 30, 1934___----------------------------- $6, 385. 09 Maintenance: Dredging 9Lfoot channel in Stockton Channel above Edison Street, in Fremont Channel and McLeod Lake, at Stockton, by clamshell dredge under con- tract, in September or October 1934----------- $4, 000. 00 Dredging 30-foot channel in Stockton Channel below mouth of Mormon Channel, and in San Joaquin River below the mouth of Stockton Channel, at va- rious bars and shoals, total distance 41 miles, by U. S. hydraulic dredge Sacramento, and hired labor, August and September 1934 and April 195----------------------------------- 46, 000. 00 RIVERS AND HARBORS--SACRAMENTO, CALIF., DISTRICT 1279 Maintenance--Continued. Dredging various shoals in 30-foot channel to Stock- ton by Government hopper dredge and hired labor, January and February 1935----------------- $15, 000. 00 Dredging shoals in main river above mouth of Stockton Channel at various locations up to Southern Pacific Co. Lathrop Bridge, 16 miles, by clamshell dredge under contract, November 1934 . __------------------------------------ 5, 000. 00 Snagging in main river, above and below mouth of Stockton Channel, by Government plant and hired labor, July to October 1934, and in June 1935__ _----------------- 11, 000.00. Dredging in tributary channels by clamshell dredge, under contract, May and June 1935----------- 4, 892. 40 Total for maintenance __----_____--------____ $85, 892. 40 Total --- ------------------------------------- 92, 277. 49 The balance unexpended at the end of the year from National Industrial Recovery Act funds, amounting to $169,101.18, together with an additional allotment of $12,000 received in July 1934, will be applied to payment of accounts payable as of June 30, 1934, $36,008.56, and to new work as follows: Completing the dredging of the 30-foot channel in Stockton Channel and San Joaquin River, from Stockton to a point 8 miles downstream (pt. I), under an exist- ing contract, from July to September 1934, at a cost of $117,500; and to completing the 30-foot channel in Suisun Bay Channel, at Bulls Head Point, by the U. S. hopper dredge San Pablo, at a cost of $27,692.62. The additional sum of $80,000 can be profitably expended during the fiscal year 1936, as follows: Maintenance: Dredging 9-foot channel in Stockton Channel above Edison Street, Stockton, and in Mormon Channel, Fremont Channel, and McLeod Lake at Stockton, by clamshell dredge under contract, August to November 1935 --- ------------------ ----------------- $3, 500 Dredging 30-foot channel in Stockton Channel below mouth of Mor- mon Channel, and in San Joaquin River below the mouth of Stockton Channel and in New York Slough, at various bars and shoals, total distance 41 miles; by United States hydraulic dredge, and hired labor, August to October 1935---- _______-____---- 47, 000 Dredging various shoals in 30-foot channel to Stockton by Govern- ment hopper dredge and hired labor, January and February 1936_ 15, 000 Dredging shoals in main river above mouth of Stockton Channel, at various locations up to Southern Pacific Co. Lathrop Bridge, 16 miles, by clamshell dredge under contract, October or November 1935 ------------------------------------------------- 3, 000 Snagging in main river, above and below mouth of Stockton Chan- nel, by Government plant and hired labor, as required----------3, 500 Dredging in tributary channels by clamshell dredge under contract, July and August 1935, and June 1936_----------------------- 5, 000 Resurveys of channels and levees, and miscellaneous inspections, by Government plant and hired labor, July 1935 to April 1936... 3, 000 Total------------- ----------------------------------- 80, 000 91536--ENG 1934-81 1280 REPORT OF CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMY, 1934 Cost and financial summary MAINTENANCE AND IMPROVEMENT FUNDS Cost of new work to June 30, 1934-------------- $1, 971, 221. 89 Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1934 ------------------------- 1889, 733. 58 Total cost of permanent work to June 30, 1934---------- 2, 860, 955. 47 Value of plant, materials, etc., on hand June 30, 1934 6, 975. 17 -------- Net total cost to June 30, 1934--------------------- 2, 867, 930'. 64 Plus accounts receivable June 30, 1934------------------------ 2, 497. 94 Gross total costs to June 30, 1934-------------------- 2, 870, 428. 58 Minus accounts payable June 30, 1934 385. 09 6------------------------, Net total expenditures-----------------------------2, 864, 043. 49 Unexpended balance June 30, 1934------------------------ 89, 779. 55 Total amount appropriated to June 30, 1934,----------- 2, 953, 823.04 Fiscal year ending June 30 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 Cost of new work__- --- $55, 055. 85 $648, 899. 42 $509, 536. 08 $287, 135. 09 $2, 671. 62 Cost of maintenance--------- --- 3, 331. 06 6, 766. 93 17, 293. 52 64, 140. 66 109, 017. 31 Total cost__------------- 58, 386. 91 655, 666. 35 526, 829. 60 351, 275. 75 111, 688. 93 Total expended... ..----------------. 29, 579. 74 421, 059. 57 679, 436. 73 466, 547. 30 107, 110. 80 Allotted. -_ -------------- _--_ 248, 000. 00 236, 000. 00 145, 000. 00 575, 887. 74 84, 133. 30 Balance unexpended July 1, 1933---------------------------$112, 757. 05 Amount allotted from War Department Appropriation Act approved Apr. 26, 1934----------------- --- $80, 000. 00 Amount allotted from War Department Appropriation Act approved July 14, 1932---------------------- 6, 347. 55 Amount allotted from War Department Appropriation Act approved Mar. 4, 1933- -------------------- 34, 600. 00 120, 947. 55 Amount to be accounted for--------------------------233, 704. 60 Deductions on account of: Revocation of impounded balances--------------$3, 709. 65 Revocation of allotments---------------------33, 104. 60 36, 814. 25 Net amount to be accounted for --------------------- 196, 890. 35 Gross amount expended------------------------ $124,270.41 Less: Reimbursements collected---------- $16, 857. 94 Receipts from sales------------------ 301. 67 17, 159. 61 107, 110. 80 Balance unexpended June 30, 1934-----------------_ 89, 779. 55 Outstanding liabilities June 30, 1.934- - - $2, 561. 12 Amount covered by uncompleted contracts .. ___-... 3, 823. 97 6, 385. 09 Balance available June 30, 1934__ - ___ ____._-_ 83, 394. 46 Accounts receivable June 30, 1934_______________ 2, 497. 94 Unobligated balance available June 30, 1934--------------85. 892. 40 Amount (estimated) required to be appropriated for completion of -- - -- - -- - -- - -- - -- - -- - -- - -- - -- - -- - -- - -- - existing project 112. 000. 00 Amount that can be profitably expended in fiscal year ending June 30, 1936, for maintenance 2- - - - - -___ 80, 000. 00 1 In addition, $1,307,500 was expended from contributed funds. SExclusive of available funds. RIVERS AND HARBORS-SACRAMENTO, CALIF., DISTRICT 1281 PUBLIC WORKS FUNDS Cost of new work to June 30, 1934__ ____--________ $1, 015, 075. 47 Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1934- ---------- -------------- Total cost of permanent work to June 30, 1934--------_ 1,015, 075. 47 Value of plant, materials, etc., on hand June 30, 1934--..... --1, 820. 10 Net total cost to June 30, 1934_ 1, 013,255. 37 Minus accounts payable June 30, 1934_______________________ 36, 008. 56 977, 246. 81 Unexpended balance June 30, 1934___________________________ 169, 101. 18 Total amount appropriated to June 30, 1934- __________ 1, 146, 347.99 Fiscal year ending June 30 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 Cost of new work---------------- --------------------------------------- $1,015,075.47 Cost of maintenance-------------------- ------ --------- --------------------- Total expended--------- ---------------------------------------------- - 977, 246. 81 Allotted.- ..-------------------- - ------------------------------------------ 1, 146, 347. 99 Amount allotted from National Industrial Recovery Act approved June 16, 1933-- ----------------------------------- $1, 146, 347.99 Gross amount expended----------------------$977, 257.76 Less: Reimbursements collected __________-$4. 45 Receipts from sales.... 6. 50 10.95 977, 246. 81 Balance unexpended June 30, 1934 ________________ 169, 101. 18 Outstanding liabilities June 30, 1934___._______ $2, 987. 82 Amount covered by uncompleted contracts-------- 151, 695. 24 154, 683. 06 Balance available June 30, 1934----------------- 14, 418. 12 CONSOLIDATED COST AND FINANCIAL SUMMARY FOR SAN JOAQUIN RIVER Cost of new work to June 30, 1934________-- ___---- ---- _1 $2, 986, 297. 36 Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1934_ ____________----- -- 889, 733. 58 Total cost of permanent work to June 30, 1934----------3, 876, 030. 94 Value of plant, materials, etc., on hand June 30, 1934-_______- - 5, 155. 07 Net total cost to June 30, 1934______________________ 3,881, 186. 01 Plus accounts receivable June 30, 1934________________ ---- 2, 497. 94 Gross total costs to June 30, 1934____________________ 3, 883, 683. 95 Minus accounts payable June 30, 1934 _____________________ 42, 393. 65 Net total expenditures -------------- ------------- 3, 841, 290. 30 -------------------------- Unexpended balance June 30, 1934_ 258, 880. 73 Total amount appropriated to June 30, 1934__------------ 4, 100, 171. 03 3 In addition, $1,307,500 was expended from contributed funds. 1282 REPORT OF CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMY, 1934 Fiscal year ending June 30 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 Cost of new work-............ . $55, 055. 85 $648, 899.42 $509, 536. 08 $287, 135. 09 $1, 017, 747.09 Cost of maintenance ..------ _ 3, 331. 06 6, 766. 93 17, 293. 52 64, 140. 66 109, 017. 31 Total cost...........---------------- 58, 386. 91 655, 666. 35 526, 829. 60 351, 275. 75 1, 126, 764. 40 Total expended.. ...----------------29, 579. 74 421, 059. 57 679, 436. 73 466, 547. 30 1, 084, 357. 61 Allotted--- ------.---------.-- _248, 000. 00 236, 000. 00 145, 000. 00 575, 887. 74 1, 230, 481. 29 Balance unexpended July 1, 1933_____________ $112, 757.05 Amount allotted from War Department Appropria- tion Act approved Apr. 26, 1934 _____________ $80, 000. 00 Amount allotted from War Department Appropria- tion Act approved July 14, 1932 6, 347. 55 Amount allotted from War Department Appropria- tion Act approved Mar. 4, 1933 ------------ __ 34, 600. 00 Amount allotted from National Industrial Act ap- proved June 16, 1933-_---- -- -- ____ __ 1,146, 347. 99 1, 267, 295. 54 Amount to be accounted for------- ----------------- 1, 380, 052. 59 Deductions on account of: Revocation of impounded balances------------- $3, 709. 65 Revocation of allotments------------------- 33, 104. 60 36, 814. 25 Net amount to be accounted for---------------------1, 343, 238.34 Gross amount expended--------------------- $1,101, 528.17 Less: Reimbursements collected--------$16, 862. 39 Receipts from sales---------------- 308. 17 17, 170. 56 1, 084, 357. 61 Balance unexpended June 30, 1934---------------------258, 880. 73 Outstanding liabilities June 30, 1934------------- $5, 548.94 Amount covered by uncompleted contracts ------ 155, 519. 21 161, 068. 15 Balance available June 30, 1934 ------------------------ 97, 812. 58 Accounts receivable June 30, 1934---------------------------- 2,497. 94 Unobligated balance available June 30, 1934- -------- ___ 1001, 310. 52 Amount (estimated) required to be appropriated for completion of existing project 1------------------------------------ - 112, 000. 00 Amount that can be profitably expended in fiscal year ending June 1- - - -- - - - - - - - - - - - -- ----- ---- 30, 1936, for maintenance --- 80, 000. 00 2. STOCKTON AND MORMON CHANNELS (DIVERTING CANAL), CALIF. Location.-This is an artificial cut located about 2 miles northeast of Stockton. (See U. S. Geological Survey Sheet " Stockton quad- rangle.") Existing project.--This provides for diverting the waters of Mor- mon Slough before reaching Mormon and Stockton Channels by means of a dam in the slough 3 miles east of Stockton, and a canal 150 feet wide, with average cut of 7.9 feet, thence to the north branch of the Calaveras River, 4.63 miles; by the enlargement of the cross 1 Exclusive of available funds. RIVERS AND HARBORS-SACRAMENTO, CALIF., DISTRICT 1283 section of this branch to 1,550 square feet, thence to its mouth at the San Joaquin River, 5 miles; and by the construction of a levee along the west side of the canal and the south side of the north branch of the Calaveras River from the material excavated. The height of the levee is limited by necessary railway and highway crossings to about 3 feet above the contemplated flood surface. The canal is empty during the greater part of the year, but at times of extreme flood there is a depth of about 12 feet, and at ordinary flood a depth of about 10 feet. The estimate of cost for new work, revised in 1906, was $280,395. The latest (1918) approved estimate for annual cost of maintenance is $5,000. The existing project was authorized by the River and Harbor Act of June, 13, 1902 (H. Doc. No. 152, 55th Cong., 3d sess., and Annual Report for 1899, p. 3188). The latest published map is in House Document No. 256, Sixty-third Congress, first session. Local cooperation.-Complied with. Terminal facilities.-See report on San Joaquin River, Calif. Operations and results during fiscal year.-Brush and trees were cleared from 3.6 acres of the canal by hired labor at a cost of $181.75. Surveys and inspections cost $717.79. Total costs were $899.54, for maintenance. The expenditures were $959.05. Condition at end of fiscal year.-The existing project was com- pleted in 1910 at a saving of $27,244 under the estimated cost. Most of the silt formerly deposited in Stockton and Mormon Channels is diverted therefrom by this canal, thereby obviating serious inconven- iences to navigation and the expensive annual dredging formerly necessary in these channels. Total cost and expenditure were $338,- 027.71, of which $253,151.03 was for new work and $84,876.68 for maintenance. Proposed operations.-The balance unexpended at the end of the year, amounting to $5,196.36, will be applied to maintenance as follows: Removal of brush, overhanging trees, and other obstructions from the channel and banks of both sections of the diverting canal, by Gov- ernment plant and hired labor, April and May 1935---------------$3, 000.00 Dredging deposits of silt from the Calaveras section of the diverting canal, by contract, July 1934----------------------------------- 2,196. 36 Total ---------------------------------------------- 5,196. 36 The additional sum of $2,000 can be profitably expended during the fiscal year 1936 for maintenance in removal of brush, overhang- ing trees, and other obstructions from the channel and banks of both sections of the diverting canal, by Government plan and hired labor, April and May 1936. Cost and financial siummary ----------------------------- Cost of new work to June 30, 1934__ $253, 151. 03 Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1934----------------------------84, 876. 68 Total cost of permanent work to June 30, 1934------------ 338, 027. 71 Net total expenditures_------------_ 338, 027. 71 Unexpended balance June 30, 1934 -------- 5, 196. 36 Total amount appropriated to June 30, 1934_ - -___ 343, 224. 07 1284 REPORT OF CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMY, 1934 Fiscal year ending June 30 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 Cost of new work-................. Cost of maintenance------------------- $4, 907. 91 $3, 222. 93 $2, 988. 70 $6, 704.01 $899, 54 Total expended----------------------- 5, 174. 34 2, 417. 03 3, 148. 90 7, 328. 02 959. 05 Allotted----------------------------- 5, 000. 00 4, 500. 00 --- 4, 425. 34 4, 703. 73 Balance unexpended July 1, 1933-------------------------------- $1,451.68 Amount allotted from War Department Appropriation Act approved Apr. 2;6, 1934------------------------------------------ 5, 000. 00 Amount to be accounted for________________---___------ 6, 451. 68 Deductions on account of: Revocation of impounded balances_--_----- --- _ $44.59 Revocation of allotment------ -------------------- 251. 68 296. 27 Net amount to be accounted for------------------------ 6, 155. 41 Gross amount expended 59. 05 9----------------------- Balance unexpended June 30, 1934------------------------ 5, 196. 36 Amount that can be profitably expended in fiscal year ending June 30, 1936, for maintenance _______----________________ - ___ 2, 000. 00 3. MOKELUMNE RIVER, CALIF. Location.-This river rises near the crest of the Sierra Nevada and empties into the San Joaquin River 20 miles above the mouth of the latter. (See U. S. Geological Survey " Topographic Map of the Sacramento Valley, Calif.") Existing project.-This provides for the removal of snags and obstructions and occasional dredging of shoals from the mouth of the river to Galt-New Hope Bridge, a distance of 35 miles, including both forks. The mean lower low-water depths considered sufficient for needs of navigation are as follows: Moklelumne River Location of section going upstream Depth Length Feet Miles Mouth of river to lower junction North and South Forks___ ----- 11 4 Lower junction North and South Forks to Snodgrass Slough via North Fork ----- 9 8 Snodgrass Slough to upper junction North and South Forks via North Fork-....... 4 1 Lower junction North and South Forks to upper junction of same at New Hope Landing via South Fork_ 9 14 New Hope Landing to Galt-New Hope Bridge --- ---------- 3 8 At low-river stages the range between mean lower low water and mean higher high water at the mouth is 4 feet, with extreme tidal range of 5 feet; there is no tide at the upper end, just above Galt- New Hope Bridge. Ordinarily flood fluctuation is 5.5 feet at the mouth and 12 feet at the upper end. Extreme flood fluctuation is 8 feet at the mouth and 17 feet at the upper end. The estimate of cost for new work, made in 1881, was $8,250. The latest (1930) approved estimate for annual cost of maintenance is $2,000. The exist:ng project was adopted by the River and Harbor Act of July 5, 1884 (Annual Report for 1882, p. 2637). For latest pub- 1Exclusive of available funds. RIVERS AND HARBORS-SACRAMENTO, CALIF., DISTRICT 1285 lished map see House Document No, 1160, Sixty-third Congress, second session. Terminal facilities.-The Western Pacific Railroad has a ware- house at Terminous, on Potato Slough; otherwise commodities are handled on landings or directly on the banks at various points. The facilities are considered adequate for existing commerce. Operations and results during fiscal year.-Government plant and hired labor removed 49 stumps and 335 overhanging trees from the river channel and banks at a cost and expenditure of $9,927.80 for maintenance. Condition at end of fiscal year.-The existing project was com- pleted in 1885. Controlling depths are as shown in the table under " Existing project ", except in the third section, where 3 feet is the controlling depth. The channel is reasonably free of obstructions to the head of navigation, except for a few that usually develop at low-water stages in the fall. Total cost and expenditures were $64,525.36, of which $8,500 was for new work and $56,025.36 for maintenance. Proposed operations.-The balance unexpended at the end of the year, amounting to $2,011.96 will be applied to maintenance, dredg- ing of sand bars and shoals by contract, in August 1934. The additional sum of $1,000 can be profitably expended during the fiscal year 1936, for maintenance, removing snags, overhanging trees, and other obstructions, by Government plant and hired labor. Cost and financial summary Cost of new work to June 30, 1934 $8, 500. 00 Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1934----------------------------56, 025. 36 Total cost of permanent work to June 30, 1934-------------- 64, 525. 36 Net total expenditures ----------------------------------------- 4, 525. 36 Unexpended balance June 30, 1934__ 2, 011.96 Total amount appropriated to June 30, 1934-------------- 66, 537. 32 Fiscal year ending June 30 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 Cost of new work------------------------------------------------- Cost of maintenance ...----..------------------- $3, 030. 77 $4, 905. 59 ------- _-- $1, 637. 56 927.80 $9, Total expended--------------------------- 9, 369. 25 4,905. 59 ------------ 1,637. 56 9, 927. 80 Allotted ----------------------------- 3,000. 00 3, 700. 00 -------- ---- 1,998. 32 11, 579. 00 Balance unexpended July 1, 1933------------------------------$360. 76 Amount allotted from War Department Appropriation Act approved Apr. 26, 1934--------------------------------$2, 000. 00 Amount allotted from War Department Appropriation Act approved July 14, 1932--------------------- 9, 639. 24 11, 639. 24 Amount to be accounted for ---------------------------- 12, 000.00 Deductions on account of revocation of impounded balances--------- 60. 24 Net amount to be accounted for------------- 11, 939. 76 Gross amount expended _____-- ___ - - 927. 80 9------------ -9, Balance unexpended June 30, 1934-------------- 2,011. 96 Amount that can be profitably expended in fiscal year ending June 30, 1936, for maintenance - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1, 000. 00 1 Exclusive of available funds. 1286 REPORT OF CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMY, 1934 4. SACRAMENTO RIVER, CALIF. Location.-This river is formed by numerous streams draining the Trinity and Warner Mountains in northern California, and empties into Suisun Bay at Collinsville. (See U. S. Geological Survey Topo- graphic map of the Sacramento Valley, Calif.) Previous projects.-Adopted by the River and Harbor Acts of March 3, 1875, August 7, 1882, December 21, 1889, July 13, 1892, and August 18, 1894. The cost and expenditures thereunder prior to commencement of operations under the existing project in 1899 were $738,918.14, of which $185,198.19 is estimated as for new work and $553,719.95 for maintenance. For further details see page 1985, Annual Report for 1915. 'Existing project.-This provides for a channel 10 feet deep at mean lower low water and 150 to 200 feet wide from the mouth of the river to Sacramento, 59 miles; thence 4 feet deep at low water to Colusa, 86.2 miles; thence 3 feet deep at low water to Chico Land- ing, 51.3 miles; and such depths as practicable thence to Red Bluff, 52.4 miles. Below Sacramento the results are to be obtained by means of wing dams at or near shoals, supplemented by dredging. Above Sacramento the results are to be obtained by removal of snags and concentration of the channel by temporary works. The follow- ing table shows the tidal and flood conditions prevailing: Sacramento River Miles Range in feet Place rom- mouth Mean Extreme Ordinary Extreme of river tidal 1 tidal flood flood Collinsville------.........---------------------------- 0 5.8 7.0 8 9.9 Sacramento .------------ ---------------- ------ 59. 0 2 2. 0 3. 0 20 30. 0 Vernon------......---- ....---------------------------------- 79.3 ---------- Trace 20 24. 0 Colusa .--.. .145. --.------------------------ -------- 1.5.. 2 .. ....--. 25 32. 0 chico Landing . ......-------------------------------- 196. 5 .--.. .......... 20 25. 0 Red Bluff..L.................__... .. ...- 248. 9- .._____ _.-.-.... 24 29. 0 1 Mean lower low water to mean higher high water. 2Tide at low-water season only. The estimate of cost for new work, revised in 1927, was $198,000, exclusive of amounts expended on previous projects on the Sacra- mento River below Sacramento. The latest (1930) approved esti- mate for annual cost of maintenance is $200,000. The existing project was adopted by the following river and har- bor acts: The act approved March 3, 1899, provided for a depth of 7 feet below Sacramento (H. Does. No. 186, 55th Cong., 2d sess., and No. 48, 55th Cong., 3d sess.) ; the act of July 25, 1912, provided for the work above Sacramento (H. Doc. No. 76, 62d Cong., 1st sess.); and the act of January 21, 1927, provided for the 10-foot channel (H. Doc. No. 123, 69th Cong., 1st sess.). For latest published maps of the section below Sacramento, see House Document No. 1123, Six- tieth Congress, second session; and of the section above Sacramento, House Document No. 76, Sixty-second Congress, first session. Recommended modifications of project.-Under date of April 6, 1934, the Chief of Engineers recommended improvement of the Sac- ramento River so as to provide a depth of 6 feet between Sacramento RIVERS AND HARBORS-SACRAMENTO, CALIF., DISTRICT 1287 and Colusa, and 5 feet between Colusa and Chico Landing, at an estimated cost of $390,000, providing the flow of the river is increased to the minimum flow of 5,000 cubic feet per second through the operation of the proposed Kennet Reservoir. (Rivers and Harbors Committee Doc. No. 35, 73d Cong., 2d sess.) In House Document No. 1893, Sixty-fourth Congress, second ses- sion, it was recommended that Chico Landing, 1.1 miles downstream of Red Bluff, be made the head of the improvement. Terminal facilities.-At Sacramento there are 4,810 linear feet of wharves, of which 1,850 linear feet are owned by the city and 420 linear feet are open to general public use. There are 245,700 square feet of warehouse space, of which 103,700 square feet are owned by the city and 21,000 square feet are open to general public use. On the west bank, opposite Sacramento, are four wharves of a total length of 350 feet, with 108,560 square feet of warehouse space, all privately owned and used. Between Sacramento and Chico Landing there are 47 -warehouses, and numerous small landings. Freight is also handled directly on the bank. Between Sacramento and the mouth of the river there are, in addition to 1,440 linear feet of wharf with warehouse facilities at Rio Vista, 17 large wharves, about 36 large warehouses, and many small warehouses and landings, all owned and operated by private interests. The facilities are considered adequate for existing commerce. Operations and results during fiscal year.-Above Sacramento: Government plant and hired labor removed 4,410 cubic yards from shoals; 1,694 snags and other obstructions from the river channel and banks; and repaired 946 linear feet of old wing dams at a cost of $21,934.16. At and below Sacramento: Government plant and hired labor dredged 590,365 cubic yards from shoals in the Sacramento River at Sacramento; placed 4,500 cubic yards of material in spoil levees in West Sacramento; removed 91 snags and other obstructions from the river channel; and repaired 1,065 linear feet of wing dams at a cost of $75,842.34. Under authority of section 3 of the River and Harbor Act approved July 3, 1930, United States plant, operated by hired labor, removed 249 snags and other obstructions from Elkhorn Slough, at a cost of $970.36. A hired clamshell dredge removed 112,329 cubic yards of material from the Sacramento River and Steamboat Slough channels, at a cost of $13,011.16. Contractors built a road about 2,900 feet long; raised 2 vegetable packing build- ings; and removed and replaced 1,160 linear feet of railroad siding, all in West Sacramento, at a cost of $23,840.95. General and miscellaneous surveys of the river cost $4,573.19. The total cost was $140,172.16 for maintenance. Total expendi- tures were $148,270.44. Condition at end of fiscal year.-The existing project was com- pleted in 1931. The controlling low-water depths in August 1933 were as follows: From the mouth of the river to the mouth of Cache Slough, 18 feet; from the mouth of Cache Slough to Sacramento, 10 feet; from Sacramento to Colusa, 21/2 feet; from Colusa to Butte City (26 miles above), 2 feet; from Butte City to Sidds Landing (8 miles above), 2 feet. There is no regular navigation above Sidds Landing, 179.4 miles above the mouth. No maintenance work has been done above this point since 1921. 1288 REPORT OF CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMY, 1934 The total cost was $2,737,697.95, of which $196,616.74 was for new work and $2,541,081.21 for maintenance. The total expenditures were $2,811,428.47. Proposed operations.-The balance unexpended at the end of the year, amounting to $167,895.43, including accounts receivable, $927.69, will be applied as follows: Accounts payable June 30, 1934-____--------------------------- $15,210.70 Maintenance : Dredging at Sacramento by Government plant and hired labor, including purchase and preparation of additional spoil area, July and August 1934 and June 1935__________----,,- _______ $75, 000. 00 Dredging below Sacramento by contract, August 1934 ------------------------ 6,000. 00 0, Snagging below Sacramento by Government plant and hired labor, December 1934--------------- 4, 000. 00 Maintenance of wing-dam system at and below Sacramento by Government plant and hired labor, July to November 1934 ---------------- 33, 000. 00 Dredging above Sacramento, by Government plant and hired labor, July and August 1934---------- 3, 000. 00 Snagging above Sacramento by Government plant and hired labor, July to October 1934---------- 16, 684. 73 Maintenance of wing-dam system above Sacramento by Government plant and hired labor, July to November 1934-___ --- - __-- __--_______ 15, 000. 00 152, 684. 73 Total-- ------------------ -------------------167, 895. 43 The additional sum of $150,000 can be profitably expended during the fiscal year 1936 as follows: Maintenance : Dredging at Sacramento, by Government plant and hired labor, including expense for spoil area, July to September 1935_----- $75, 000 Dredging below Sacramento, by contract, August 1935------------ 5, 000 Snagging below Sacramento, by Government plant and hired labor, December 1935 ________-----------------_______________ 3, 000 Maintenance of wing-dam system at and below Sacramento, by Government plant and hired labor, July to November 1935----- 30, 000 Dredging above Sacramento by contract, September 1935 --------- 3, 000 Dredging above Sacramento by Government plant and hired labor, July and August 1935___-- _____ ______________________ 3, 000 Snagging above Sacramento by Government plant and hired labor, July to October 1935 __.______________ _______________ 16, 000 Maintenance of wing-dam system above Sacramento, by Govern- ment plant and hired labor, July to November 1935 ----------- 15, 000 Total --------------------------------------------- 150, 000 Cost and financial summary Cost of new work to June 30, 1934___---_--_--_______---- $381, 814. 93 Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1934_____ - __________---- 3, 094, 801. 16 Total cost of permanent work to June 30, 1934---------- 3, 476, 616. 09 Value of plant, materials, etc., on hand June 30, 1934_________ 88, 013. 53 Net total cost to June 30, 1934___----------------- 3, 564, 629. 62 Plus accounts receivable June 30, 1934 __.._____________----- -- 927. 09 Gross total costs to June 30, 1934___________ 3, 565, 557. 31 Minus accounts payable June 30, 1934------------------------ 15, 210. 70 Net total expenditures ______-__---_ 3, 550, 346. 61 __ Unexpended balance June 30, 1934_-_.. -_ -- 166, 967. 74 Total amount appropriated to June 30, 1934__ ------- 3, 717, 314. 35 RIVERS AND HARBORS-SACRAMENTO, CALIF., DISTRICT 1289 Fiscal year ending June 30 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 . Cost of new work ____--. .. $29, 443. 66 $25, 042. 46 . .. ...... ... ... ..--. Cost of maintenance_----..._-. 173, 447. 73 194, 989. 70 $171, 318. 45 $164, 749. 51 $140, 172. 16 Total cost---------------_ 202, 891. 39 220, 032. 16 171, 318. 45 164, 749. 51 140, 172. 16 Total expended---------------- 187, 276. 71 213, 255. 61 233, 209. 31 138, 889. 82 148, 270. 44 Allotted ... 147, 000. 00 ___ ..... _____....... 234, 000. 00 88, 699. 24 141, 252. 33 264, 300. 95 Balance unexpended July 1, 1933___---__----- __----------- $50, 937. 23 Amount allotted from War Department Appropriation Act approved Apr. 26, 1934_____________________ $150, 000. 00 Amount allotted from War Department Appropriation Act approved July 14, 1932_______________________ 23, 562. 77 Amount allotted from War Department Appropriation Act approved Mar. 4, 1933_____________________ 92, 700. 00 266, 262. 77 Amount to be accounted for _______ -__ _____ _____ _ 317, 200. 00 Deductions on account of revocation of impounded balances--------. 1, 961. 82 Net amount to be accounted for________________________ 315, 238. 18 Gross amount expended_________________________ $171, 515.62 Less reimbursements collected_____ ____--__-_____- -23, 245. 18 148, 270. 44 Balance unexpended June 30, 1934-_____________---- 166, 967. 74 Outstanding liabilities June 30, 1934_____ ____.. ________--- -- 18, 278. 28 Balance available June 30, 1934_______-___________--- 148, 689. 46 Accounts receivable June 30, 1934_____________________________- 927. 69 Unobligated balance available June 30, 1934_______________ 149, 617. 15 Amount that can be profitably expended in fiscal year ending June 30, 1936, for maintenance 1 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 150, 000. 00 5. FEATHER RIVER, CALIF. Location.-This river rises in the Sierra Nevada, and empties into the Sacramento River about 20, miles above the city of Sacramento. (See U. S. Geological Survey sheet " Topographic Map of the Sacra- mento Valley, Calif.") Previous projects.-Adopted by River and Harbor Act approved July 27, 1916, without previously published report. The cost and expenditures prior to the adoption of the existing project were $6,169.46, of which $6,159.90 was from contributed funds and $9.56 from the United States funds. Existing project.-This provides for improvement of the river from its mouth to Marysville by providing for a channel of such depths as may be practicable at an average annual cost not in excess of $10,000, and that no local cooperation be required in addition to the contribution already made by local interests in accordance with the requirement of the act of Congress of July 27, 1916. The latest (1931) approved estimate for annual cost of mainte- nance is $1,500. Ordinary flood fluctuation is 20 feet and extreme flood fluctuation is about 25 feet. The existing project was authorized by the River and Harbor Act approved January 21, 1927. (Rivers and Harbors Committee Doc. 1Exclusive of available funds. 1290 REPORT OF CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMY, 1934 No. 1, 69th Cong., 1st sess.) (For latest published map see U. S. Geological Survey " Topographic Map of the Sacramento Valley, Calif.") Local cooperation.-Fully complied with. Terminal facilities.-There are several small landings, all pri- vately owned. All other traffic is handled directly on the bank. These facilities are considered adequate for the existing commerce. Operations and results during fiscal year.-None. Condition at end of fiscal year.-This project is one of mainte- nance. The controlling depth from the mouth at Vernon up to Marysville is usually 3 feet from about February 15 to June 15. The channel and banks have been cleared of the worst obstructions and any possible navigation thereby facilitated. The work remain- ing to be done is the removal of obstructions and construction of wing dams as needed. The cost and expenditures for all work under this project were $7,819.05 for maintenance, of which $3,978.95 were United States funds and $3,840.10 contributed funds. Proposed operations.-No funds are available and no operations are proposed, for the fiscal year 1935. The sum of $1,500 can be profitably expended during the fiscal year 1936 for maintenance, in removing obstructions from channel and banks by snagging, wing dams, and dredging work as needed. Cost and ftnancial swmmary Cost of new work to June 30, 1934------------------------------ - Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1934_----------------------------- $3, 988. 51 Total cost of permanent work to June 30, 1934--------------3, 988. 51 Net total expenditures______--------------------- 3, 988. 51 Total amount appropriated to June 30, 1934------------------------3, 988. 51 Fiscal year ending June 30 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 Cost of new work---------------- ---------------------------------------- - Cost of maintenance----------------- ------------ $1, 356. 09 $2, 127. 61 ____ Total expended---------------- ------------ 1, 356. 09 2, 127. 61 ___________ Allotted.....--....-------- ---------- $2, 000. 00 1, 500. 00 -$16. 30 Amount that, can be profitably expended in fiscal year ending June 30, 1936, for maintenance ____________________-- $1, 500 6. MIDDLE RIVER AND EMPIRE CUT, CALIF. Location.-Middle River is a connecting slough in the delta region of the San Joaquin River. It connects with San Joaquin River 17 miles below the city of Stockton. Empire Cut is an artificial water- way, providing with Whiskey Slough and Turner Cut a connecting waterway between Middle River and San Joaquin River. (See U. S. Geological Survey, California quadrangles Bouldin, Wood- ward Island, Holt, Union Island, Stockton, and Lathrop.) Existing project.-This provides for a channel 9 feet deep at mean lower low water and 100 feet wide through the shoal at the junction of Empire Cut and Middle River, Calif. The length of the section RIVERS AND HARBORS-SACRAMENTO, CALIF., DISTRICT 1291 requiring dredging is about 500 feet. The mean range of tide in Middle River and Empire Cut is about 3 feet during seasons of extreme low water. The estimate of cost for new work made in 1928 was $3,000. The latest (1928) approved estimate for annual cost of maintenance is $800. The existing project was authorized by the River and Harbor Act of July 3, 1930 (H. Doc. No. 481, 70th Cong., 2d sess.). The latest published maps are in the above document and Rivers and Harbors Committee Document No. 48, Seventy-second Congress, first session. Recommended modifications of project.-Under date of July 13, 1932, the Chief of Engineers recommended modification of the exist- ing project so as to provide a channel 9 feet deep and 100 feet wide in Middle River below Borden Highway Bridge, in Latham Slough between Middle River and 'Empire Cut, and in Empire Cut, Whiskey Slough, and Turner Cut between Middle River and San Joaquin River, all at an estimated cost of $6,500 for new work, with $1,500 annually for maintenance, subject to certain conditions of local cooperation (Rivers and Harbors Committee Doc. No. 48, 72d Cong., 1st sess.). Terminal facilities.-There are no terminal facilities on these waterways, other than bank landings along the channels. Operations and results du/ring fiscal year.-A clamshell dredge, under contract, removed 7,494 cubic yards of material from the river channel, for maintenance, at a cost of $790.23. The expenditures were $783.03. Condition at end of fiscal year.-The existing project was com- pleted in January, 1931, at a saving of $1,400 under the estimated cost. The controlling depth is 9 feet at mean lower low water. The total cost was $2,390.23, of which $1,600 was for new work and $790.23 for maintenance. The total expenditures were $2,383.03. Proposed operations.-The balance unexpended at the end of the year, amounting to $516.97, will be expended for accounts payable, $7.20, and the balance in maintenance dredging, by contract, to restore the 9-foot channel across the shoal at the junction of Middle River and Empire Cut, in May 1935. No operations are proposed for the fiscal year 1936. Cost and financial summary Cost of new work to June 30, 1934______-- ____-______________ $1, 600. 00 Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1934-------__________ -790. 23 Total cost of permanent work to, June 30, 1934------------- 2, 390. 23 Minus accounts payable June 30, 1934_____----------7. 20 Net total expenditures______ 2, 383. 03 Unexpended balance June 30, 1934__--_-------------------------- 516. 97 Total amount appropriated to June 30, 1934______________ 2, 900. 00 Fiscal year ending June 30 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 Cost of new work-------- ---------------------- $1,600.00 --------------- -------- Cost of maintenance...------------------------ ----------- ----------------------- $790.23 Total expended-------......... --------- ------------ - , 600.-00( ...------------ 783.03 ---------- Allotted-- ....-------------- ------------------------ 1,600. 00 ------------ $800. 00 1 500.00 1292 REPORT OF CHIEF OF EN GIEER , U. S. ARMY, 1934 Balance unexpended July 1, 1933_-----------------------------$800.00 Amount allotted from War Department Appropriation Act approved Apr. 26, 1934_--------------------------------------------- 500. 00 Amount to be accounted for------------------- 1,300. 00 Gross amount expended -------------------------------------- 783. 03 Balance unexpended June 30, 1934------------------------- 516. 97 Outstanding liabilities June 30, 1934----------------------------- 7. 20 Balance available June 30, 1934_----------------_------------ 509. 77 7. SUISUN BAY CHANNEL, CALIF. Location.--Suisun Bay is about 30 miles northeast of San Fran- cisco. (See U. S. Coast and Geodetic Survey Chart No. 5534.) Previous projects.-Adopted by the River and Harbor Act ap- proved March 2, 1919. The cost to the United States of the original project was $118,718.26, of which $58,901.25 was for new work and $59,817.01 was for maintenance. In addition, $65,000 was contrib- uted, of which $59,551.24 was for new work and $5,448.76 for mainte- nance. The expenditures were $118,718.26 from United States funds and $65,000 contributed funds, a total of $183,718.26. For further details see page 1562 of Annual Report for 1926. Existing project.-This provides for a channel 30 feet deep and 300 feet wide across -Bulls Head Point Shoal, thence 26 feet deep and 300 feet wide across Point Edith and Middle Ground Shoals to the mouth of New York Slough, and for a channel 20 feet deep and 250 feet wide extending easterly south of Seal Islands from the main channel at Point Edith to the main channel again at Bay Point. All depths refer to mean lower low water. The tidal range between mean lower low water and mean higher high water is 6.3 feet. The extreme range is 9.5 feet. The estimate of cost for new work revised in 1930 is $172,000, ex- clusive of amounts expended on previous projects but inclusive of $20,000 to be contributed by local interests. The latest (1930) ap- proved estimate for annual cost of maintenance is $25,500. The existing project was authorized by the following river and harbor acts: The act of January 21, 1927, provided for a 26-foot channel through the bay (H. Doc. No. 554, 68th Cong., 2d sess.) ; and the act of July 3, 1930, provided for the 30-foot channel across Bulls Head Point Shoal, and for the channel south of Seal Islands (Rivers and Harbors Committee Doc. No. 23, 71st Cong., 2d sess.). The latest published map is in Rivers and Harbors Committee Docu- ment No. 4, Seventieth Congress, first session. Supplementing the work authorized by Congress, the deepening of the channel to 30 feet at mean lower low water and 300 feet wide through Bulls Head Point, Point Edith and Middle Ground Shoals to the mouth of New York Slough as recommended by the Chief of Engineers under date of June 10, 1933 (Senate Committee print, 73d Cong., 1st seas.), is included in the Public Works program under the National Industrial Recovery Act. Recommiended modifications of project.-Includedin Public Works program. Local cooperation.-Underthe provisions of the River and Harbor Act of July 3, 1930, local interests are required to contribute $20,000, RIVERS AND HARBORS-SACRAMENTO, CALIF., DISTRICT '1293 the entire estimated cost of deepening the channel across Bulls Head Point Shoal to 30 feet. Compliance with this condition will not now be required as the 30-foot Bulls Head Channel has been included in the Public Works program incidental to the 30-foot channel ,from deep water to Stockton. Terminal facilities.-Along the channel, between the western end of the bay and the mouth of New York slough, there are 3 wharves and 2 car-ferry slips. The facilities are considered adequate for the existing commerce. Operations and results during fiscal year.-Work for this fiscal year is reported under the project for San Joaquin River, and con- sisted of operations conducted under authority of the Federal Emergency Administration of Public Works. Condition at end of fiscal year.-The existing project was com- pleted in 1931, except for deepening the 26-foot channel across Bulls Head Point shoal to 30 feet. The controlling depth in the main channel in the bay is 30 feet, except between the Southern Pacific Company railroad bridge and Avon Wharf where the controlling depth is 26 feet. The controlling depth in the channel south of Seal Islands is 19 feet. The cost of the existing project previous to work done under the Public Works program as a part of the San Joaquin River 30-foot project, was $142,026.28 for new work and $27,525.68 for maintenance. The total expenditures were $169,551.96. Proposed operations.-The balance unexpended at the end of the year, amounting to $22,500, will be expended in maintenance dredg- ing in the 30-foot channel, by Government plant and hired labor, in November and December 1934. The additional sum of $22,500 can be profitably expended during the fiscal year 1936 for maintenance dredging in the 30-foot channel by Government plant and hired labor, in November and December 1935. The work is necessary to maintain project depths. Cost and financial summoary Cost of new work to June 30, 1934_ _$200, 927.53 .Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1934------------------------- 7, 342. 69 Total cost of permanent work to June 30, 1934------------ 288, 270. 22 Net total expenditures ___---------------------------------------- 288, 270. 22 Unexpended balance June 30, 1934----- -------------- 22, 500. 00 Total amount appropriated to June 30, 1934--------------310, 770. 22 Fiscal year ending June 30 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 Cost of new work . ..-----..---------------- $5, 590. 82 $136, 435. 46 _-------- .-------- .----------- Cost of maintenance -- ____- ------ 11. 29 ------- $20, 822. 77 $6, 691. 62 - Total cost.....----------------------- 5, 602. 11 136, 435. 46 20, 822. 77 6, 691. 62 Total expended__---------------------- 1, 365. 39 140, 686. 10 20, 949. 35 6, 693. 04 . Allotted------------c---------------- 20, 000. 00 86, 000. 00 ._-__- -5, 770. 22 $22, 500. 00 1 In addition, $65,000 was expended from contributed funds. 1294 REPORT OF CHIEF' OF ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMY, 1934 Amount allotted from War Department Appropriation Act approved Apr. 26, 1934 ----------------------------------------- $22, 500. 00 Balance unexpended June 30, 1934_ ---------------------- 22, 500.00 Amount that can be profitably expended in - fiscal year ending June 1- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -- - - - - 30, 1936, for maintenance 22, 500. 00 8 SUISUN CHANNEL, CALIF. Location.-Suisun Slough is a tidal inlet with its mouth on the northwest side of Suisun Bay, about 7 miles northeast of Benicia and 36 miles northeast of San Francisco. (See U. S. Coast and Geodetic Survey Chart No. 5534.) Existing project.-This provides for dredging a channel 125 feet wide and 6 feet deep at mean lower low water up to the head of navigation, with a harbor of the same depth at the town of Suisun 1,400 feet long and 150 feet wide, and the removal of a rock from the center of the channel about 2 miles below the head of navigation. The length of the section requiring dredging is about 1 mile, the lower end of this section being about 16 miles from the mouth of the slough. The range between mean lower low water and mean higher high water is 6.4 feet, with an extreme range of 10 feet. The estimate of cost for new work, made in 1908, was $25,000. The latest (1928) approved estimate for annual cost of maintenance is $4,000. The existing project was authorized by the River and Harbor Act of June 25, 1910 (H. Doc. No. 1110, 60th Cong., 2d sess.), and amended by the River and Harbor Act of March 4, 1913, to provide for modification of the project by the Secretary of War. The latest published map is in the document mentioned. Terminal facilities.-There are three wharves in the city of Suisun, with a total of 530 feet of berthing space. These facilities are considered adequate for existing commerce. Operations and results during fiscal year.-None. Condition at end of fiscal year.-The existing project was com- pleted in 1920 at a saving of $2,015 under the estimated cost. The controlling depth is 8 feet throughout the channel and harbor basin. The cost and expenditures of the existing project were $22,984.77 for new work and $31,922.64 for maintenance, a total of $54,907.41. Proposed operations.-No funds are available and no operations are proposed for the fiscal year 1935. The sum of $20,000 can be profitably expended during the fiscal year 1936 in maintenance dredging, by contract, to restore the 6-foot channel at and below the city of Suisun. Cost and $inancialsummary Cost of new work to June 30, 1934--------------------------- $22, 984. 77 Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1934------------------------ 31, 922. 64 Total cost of permanent work to June 30, 1934------------- 54,907. 41 Net total expenditures ----------------------------------- 54, 907. 41 Total amount appropriated to June 30, 1934--------------- 54, 907. 41 xExclusive of available funds. RIVERS AND HARBORS-SACRAMENTO, CALIF., DISTRICT 1295 Fiscal year ending June 30 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 Cost of new work ... Cost of maintenance_.................... $177. 21 ____-------------------- $15, 958. 40 .----- Total expended._--_ -.--------------- _ 177. 21 ------------------------ 15, 958.40 Allotted.. ------------------------------ 335.12 I 15, 958. 40 ...........------------.......--------- Amount that can be profitably expended in fiscal year ending June 30, 1936, for maintenance-____-__--_ ___-- ___-__ $20, 000. 00 9. EXAMINATIONS, SURVEYS, AND CONTINGENCIES (GENERAL) The cost of work during the year was $17,779.32, the expenditures were $16,445.68. The funds unexpended at the end of the year, amounting to $106,209.41, will be applied as needed during the fiscal year 1935 to payment of expenses to be incurred in connection with the above items. The additional sum of $15,000 can be profitably expended for similar activities during the fiscal year 1936. Cost and financial summary Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1934 ___ ____ ___--___--$79, 718. 91 Minus accounts payable June 30, 1934----------------------- 1, 404. 95 Net total expenditures--------------- 78,313. 96 Unexpended balance June 30, 1934___________________________ 106,209.41 Total amount appropriated to June 30, 1934 __--____-184, 523. 37 Fiscal year ending June 30 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 Cost of new work ----------------- Cost of maintenance ---------------------- $7, 602. 61 $13, 472. 00 $21, 708. 29 $13, 360. 22 $17, 779. 32 Total expended--- -------------------- 7, 243. 17 12, 735. 19 22, 665. 78 13, 526. 94 16, 445. 68 Allotted---.---------------------------- 4, 000. 00 18, 000. 00 14, 000. 00 14, 321. 49 121, 201. 88 Balance unexpended July 1, 1933--------------------------- $1, 453.21 Amount allotted from War Department Appropria- tion Act approved Apr. 26, 1934___________.. $15, 000.00 Amount allotted from War Department Appropria- tion Act approved July 14, 1932------------------- 98, 746. 79 Amount allotted from War Department Appropria- tion Act approved Mar. 4, 1933-_____--____-__ ___- 8,000. 00 ------- 121, 746.79 Amount to be accounted for_____________________________123, 200. 00 Deduction's on account of revocation of impounded balances_... 544. 91 Net amount to be accounted for__-__---------__- 122, 655. 09 Gross amount expended---------------------------------- 16, 445. 68 Balance unexpended June 30, 1934_____________________ 106, 209.41 Outstanding liabilities June 30, 1934 --- -_____1, 491. 82 1___________--- Balance available June 30, 1934_-__ _______---------104, 717. 59 Amount that can be profitably expended in fiscal year ending June 30, 1936, for maintenance 1______________________________ 15, 000. 00 1 Exclusive of available funds. 91536-ENG 1934- 82 1296 REPORT OF CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMY, 1934 c 1arbor acts and committee resolutions Status of reports called for by river and Locality Authorization act to Congress Document No. Recommenda- to Congress tion Mokelumne River, Flood Control Act, Calif., and its tribu- Jan. 31, 1931. taries (preliminary examination for flood control). Sacramento and Kern Rivers and Harbors Rivers, Calif., con- Committee resolu- 1 struction restraining tion, Jan. 5, 1933. I works near Cherokee Gorge. Sacramento River, Rivers and Harbors Calif., debris control, Committee resolu- Yuba River. tion, Aug. 18, 1933. S acramento River, Senate Committee res- . Calif., modification ex- olution, Oct. 26, 1933. isting project. Sacramento, San Joa- Rivers and Harbors Apr. 6, 1934 Rivers and Harbors Favorable. quin, and Kern Riv- Committee resolu- Committee 35, 73d ers, Calif. tion, Feb. 9, 1934. Cong., 2d sess. IMPROVEMENT OF RIVERS AND HARBORS IN THE PORTLAND, OREG., DISTRICT This district comprises Oregon, that part of the State of Wash- ington the waters of which are tributary to the Columbia River below the Snake River, and the Snake River Basin in Washington, Idaho, Wyoming, Utah, and Nevada. District engineer: Maj. Oscar O. Kuentz, Corps of Engineers, to July 21, 1933, and Maj. Charles F. Williams, Corps of Engineers, since that date. Division engineer: Lt. Col. Thomas M. Robins. IMPROVEMENTS Page Page 1. Coquille River, Oreg------ 1297 14. Operating and care of lock 2. Coos Bay, Oreg---------- 1299 and dam in Yamhill River, 3. Coos River, Oreg__.----- 1302 Oreg...------------------ 1333 4. Umpqua River, Oreg------ 1304 15. Columbia River at Bonne- 5, Yaquina !River; Oreg_ -_ - 1306 ville, Oreg 1334 6. Yaquina Bay and Harbor, 16. Operating and care of the Oreg------------------ 1308 Cascades Canal, Columbia 7. Tillamook Bay and Bar, River, Oreg------------ 1337 Oreg ----------------- 1311 17. Operating and care of the 8. Colunmbia River at the Dalles-Celilo Canal ------- 339 mouth, Oreg. and Wash,- 1313 18. Lake River, Wash ------- 1341 9. Skipanon Channel, Oreg.._ 1316 19. Lewis River, Wash ....____ 1343 10. Columbia and Lower Wil- 20. Cowlitz River, Wash------- 1344 lamette Rivers below Van- 21. Skamokawa Creek, Wash __ 1347 couver, Wash., and Port- 22. Grays River, Wash-------- 1348 land, Oreg----------- 1318 23. Deep River, Wash - ---.. - 1350 11. Clatskanie River, Oreg____ 1325 24. Columbia River at Bakers 12. Willamette River a b o v e Bay, Wash------------- 1351 Portland and Y amhill 25. Examinations, surveys, and River, Oreg------------1327 contingencies (general) __ 1353 13. Operating and care of canal 26 Other projects for which no and locks at Willamette estimates are submitted-_ 1354 Falls, Oreg____- __ 1331 RIVERS AND HARBORS PORTLAND, OREG., DISTRICT 1297 1. COQUILLE RIVER, OREG. Tocation.-This river rises in the Coast Range, flows in a general wsterly direction for about 100 miles, and empties into the Pacific Oean at Bandon, Oreg., about 225 miles south of the mouth of the Cdumbia River and 420 miles north of San Francisco Bay. (See U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey Charts Nos. 5802 and 5971.) ?revious projects.-Adopted by River and Harbor Acts of June 14.1880, and July 13, 1892. The cost and expenditures were, for nee work $340,725.58, and for maintenance $41,467.17, making a graid total of $382,192.75. For further details see page 1986 of the Annual Report for 1915. 1xisting project.-This provides for two rubble mound high-tide jettes at the river mouth, the south jetty 2,700 feet long and the norh 3,450 feet; and for a channel, 16 feet deep at mean lower low watr and 200 feet wide, between the sea and the eastern end of the norh jetty. Mean lower low water is the plane of reference. The tida range between mean lower low water and mean higher high wat(r at the river mouth is 6.8 feet, and the extreme range about 10 feet. Tie estimate of cost for new work, revised in 1930, is $275,600, exchsive of amounts expended on previous projects. The latest (193() approved estimate for annual cost of maintenance is $20,000 for dredging. There is no approved estimate for maintenance of jettie:. The existing project was adopted by the following river and harbor acts: The act of June 14, 1880, provided for the jetties (S. Ex. Doc. No. 14, 45th Cong., 3d sess., and Annual Report for 1879, p. 1806); the ad5 of June 25, 1910, provided for dredging shoals between the mouth and Riverton and removing obstructions between mouth of the Ncrth Fork and Bandon (H. Doc. No. 673, 61st Cong., 2d sess.); the act of March 2, 1919, provided for a 13-foot channel from the ocean lo Bandon (H. Doc. No. 207, 65th Cong., 1st sess.) ; and the act of July 3, 1930, provided for deepening the channel to 16 feet between the sea and the eastern end of the north jetty (H. Doc. No. 186, 70th Cong., 1st sess.). The latest published map of the entrance is found in the last-mentioned document. Local cooperation.-Fully complied with. Terminal facilities.-At Bandon there are four wharves, all pri- vately owned. The existing terminals are adequate for the present commerce. Operations and results during fiscal year.-The only operations consisted of making hydrographic surveys. The costs for the year were $337.79. The expenditures were $52.61. Condition at end of fiscal year.-The existing project, which in- cludes the entrance from the ocean to Bandon, is about 95 percent completed. New work on the revised 16-foot project below Bandon was discontinued January 14, 1933, as the expenditure of additional funds for the completion of the 16-foot project was considered unwarranted. 1298 REPORT OF CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMY, 1934 The jetties were completed in 1907, and the entrance channel was; dredged to 12 and 13 feet in November 1925. The outer 300 feet of the north jetty and the outer 200 feet of the south jetty en ck- ments have subsided below the ordinary low-water level. The crest of the remaining portions of the enrockments is above low water. A survey of the entrance in March 1934 shows a contro ing' depth of 9 feet in a channel 400 feet wide across the ocean ba on project channel line. The controlling depth from the ocean bar to: Bandon was 12 feet in a channel about 200 feet wide. The total cost of the work under the existing project was 36,- 201.37, of which $316,640.21 was for new work and $119,561.11 for maintenance, not including $72,891.20 for new work from contriluted funds. The total expenditures have been $437,313.87. Proposed operations.-The funds unexpended June 30, 1934, amounting to $1,128.62, will be applied as follows: Accounts payable June 30, 1934______________ 18. 90 Surveys ------------------------------------------------- 1,109. 72 Total 28. 62 11-------------- The sum of $19,000 can be profitably expended during the fiscal year 1936 for maintenance dredging of the entrance channe with Government plant and hired labor, July 1935 and April-Juni 1936. Cost and financial summary Cost of new work to June 30, 1934---------------------------- 1 $657, 365. 79 Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1934 - ------- 16, 028. 33 Total cost of permanent work to June 30, 1934-------- 818, 394. 12 Value of plant, materials, etc., on hand June 30, 1934 , 131. 40 1------------ Net total cost to June 30, 1934------------------------ 819, 525.52 Minus accounts payable June 30, 1934------------------- 18. 90 Net total expenditures_---------------------------------- 819, 506. 62 Unexpended balance June 30, 1934_____________-------------- 1,128. 62 Total amount appropriated to June 30, 1934__------------ 820, 635. 24 Fiscal year ending June 30 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 C os t o f n ew w or k _____.___..__ __. ......... . -.. . -.. . $35 , 4 38. 3 5 $8 6, 0 62. 8 8 $1 9 , 5 13 .02 .---..- Cost of maintenance $5, 817. 79 8, 445.80 _ _- - 1 $7, 253.94 Total cost 5, 817. 79 . ....----------------------- 43, 884. 15 86, 062. 88 19, 513. 02 7, 253. 94 Total expended _..._______ _.--- . _----. -. 773. 34 37, 033. 28 91, 422. 82 22, 924. 10 52. 61 Allotted ______--____-..-...... - - -- 8, 400. 00 108, 000. 00 30, 000. 00 18, 861.80 -18,919. 26 1 $6,916.15 charged into completed work account of loss on sale of plant. Balance nnexpended July 1, 1933_ __--__------------------------ $20, 100. 49 Deducticns on account of revocation of allotment_---------------- 18, 919. 26 Net amount to be accounted for ---_--_--------_------------1, 181. 23 Gross amount expended--------------- -------------- $549. 61 In addition $72,891.20 was expended from contributed funds. RIVERS AND HARBORS-PORTLAND, OREG., DISTRICT 1299 Less: Reimbursements collected---------________ $92. 00 Receipts from sales--------- ------------- 405. 00 $497. 00 $52. 61 Balance unexpended June 30, 1934 _____________________ 1, 128. 62 ,Outstanding liabilities June 30, 1934 _________________________-- 18.90 Balance available June 30, 1934 _______-1, 109. 72 Amount that can be profitably expended in fiscal year ending June 30, 1936, for maintenance 1 19, 000. 00 2. COOS BAY, OREG. Location.-This bay is located on the Oregon coast about 200 miles south of the mouth of Columbia River and 445 miles north of San Francisco Bay. It is about 13 miles long and 1 mile wide, with an area at high tide of about 15 square miles. (See U. S. ,Coast and Geodetic Survey Charts Nos. 5802 and 5984.) Previous projects.-Adopted by River and Harbor Acts of March :3, 1879, September 19, 1890, and August 18, 1894. Both the cost and expenditures thereunder were $980,897.27, of which $802,096.44 was for new work and $178,800.83 for maintenance. For further details see page 1987 of Annual Report for 1915. Existing project.-This provides for two rubble-mound high-tide jetties at the entrance; for dredging on the bar; and for a channel between the bar and Millington, on Isthmus Slough, 24 feet deep through Pigeon Point Reef and 22 feet elsewhere, 300 feet wide in front of Marshfield, North Bend, and through the rocky reef near Pigeon Point, and generally 200 feet elsewhere to Smith's mill, and 150 feet wide above Smith's mill to Millington. The plane of refer- ,ence is mean lower low water. ,andThe mean of the higher high waters above the plane of reference the extreme tidal ranges at the entrance are 6.7 feet and about 11 feet, respectively, and at Marshfield 6.9 and 10 feet, respectively. The estimate of cost for new work, revised in 1930, was $3,981,600, exclusive of amounts expended on previous projects. The latest (1930) approved estimate for annual cost of maintenance is $165,000, .not including repairs to the jetties. The existing project was adopted by the following river and harbor acts: The act of September 19, 1890, provided for two jetties (Annual Report for 1890, p. 2936); the act of June 25, 1910, pro- vided for dredging the ocean bar channel (H. Doc. No. 958, 60th Cong., 1st sess.); the act of March 2, 1919, provided for the 22-foot channel to Smith's mill (H. Doc. No. 325, 65th Cong., 1st sess.); the act of September 22, 1922 (H. Doc. No. 150, 67th Cong., 2d sess.), provided for the restoration of the north jetty, 9,600 feet long, ,construction of a south jetty about 3,900 feet long, and the extension of the 22-foot bay channel from Smith's mill to Millington; the act of January 21, 1927, authorized the extension of the jetties to such lengths as may be practicable within the estimate of total cost of the jetties, $3,250,000, as given in the former document; and the act of July 3, 1930, provided for a channel 24 feet deep and 300 1Exclusive of available funds. 1300 REPORT OF CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMY, 19 3 4 feet wide through Pigeon Point Reef, following a location along the westerly side of the bay (H. Doc. No. 110, 70th Cong., 1st sess.). The latest published maps are in the last-mentioned document, and. Senate Committee Print, Seventy-third Congress, second session. Recommended modifications of project.-Under date of April 26, 1934, the Chief of Engineers recommended that the existing project: for Coos Bay be modified so as to provide for a channel from Pigeon Point Reef to Smith's Mill 24 feet deep and generally 250 feet wide, with the width increased to 450 feet at the bridge and to 300 feet in front of North Bend and Marshfield, and for a turning basin 1,000, feet long and 600 feet wide opposite Coal Bank Slough, all at an estimated cost of $184,000 for new work with no increase in the pres- ent authorized annual cost of maintenance, subject to certain condi- tions of local cooperation. (Senate Com. Print, 73d Cong., 2d sess.) Terminal facilities.-At North Bend there is a municipal wharf 384 feet long fronting on the channel and about 1,400 feet of privately owned mill wharves. At Marshfield there is a broken line of privately owned wharves about 4,500 feet in length, and one public, wharf with a frontage of about 1,006 feet. About 1 mile above Marshfield there is a sawmill wharf about 1,000 feet in length. The, existing terminals are considered adequate for the needs of the present commerce. Operations and results during fisoal year.-Maintenance of bar- channel was in progress by the U. S. dredge Col. P. S. Michie from. March 1934, to end of year, and A. Mackenzie for 8 days in July 1933.. The Michie removing 285,064 cubic yards at a cost of about $0.068= per cubic yard and the Mackenzie removed 44,771 cubic yards at a field cost of about $0.12 per cubic yard. When conditions were un-- favorable for bar work the Michie dredged the bay channels, remov- ing a total of 107,115 cubic yards at a cost of about $0.07 per cubic- yard. A contract was entered into for maintenance dredging in the, bay channel between the Southern Pacific Railroad bridge and Smith's Mill, above Marshfield. At the end of the fiscal year the contractor had removed a total of 190,758 cubic yards, all from the Marshfield end of the work. Repairs to the dredge Michie were made at a cost of $74,708.91. The cost of all permanent work during the year under the existing project for Coos Bay totaled $59,091.37. The expenditures were- $49,939.48. Condition at end of fiscal year.-The existing project was com- pleted at a saving of $57,867 under the estimated cost. The south jetty was completed in 1928, its length being 4,576 feet, and the north jetty in 1929, its length being 7,616 feet. The other features; of the project were completed in 1932. At the beginning of the fiscal year the controlling depth was 32 feet on the ocean bar and between the jetties. After dredging ceased, during the winter months, the bar shoaled to 24 feet, and this condition continued until June 1934, when dredging was resumed. At the close of the fiscal year the controlling depth in the entrance channel was 25 feet. The con- trolling depth between the entrance and the Southern Pacific Rail- road bridge is 20 feet and from the railroad bridge to the head of the bay 18 feet in a channel 200 feet wide. RIVERS AND HARBORS-PORTLAND, OREG., DISTRICT 1301 The total cost of the work under the existing project was $6,435,- 012.11, of which $3,921,019.42 was for new work and $2,513,992.69 for maintenance, not including $2,713.14 for new work and $8,386.86 for maintenance from contributed funds. The total expenditures have been $6,754,065.74, of which $6,742,965.74 were United States funds and $11,100 contributed funds. Proposed operations.-The funds unexpended June 30, 1934, in- cluding accounts receivable and amounts expected to be received from rental of plant, will be applied as follows: Accounts payable June 30, 1934 _______--------_------- $32, 499. 46 Maintenance: Dredging bar and lower bay channels, by Government plant and hired labor, November and December 1934, and April to June 1935----------------------------------------- 71, 200. 00 Dredging upper bay channel by contract July and October 1934_ 38, 400. 00 Surveys and inspections---------------------------------2, 600. 00 Subtotal -- --------------------------------------- 144, 699. 46 Balance remaining--- -- 57 1--_________---154. Total __---------__ ____-_ 144, 854.03 The additional sum of $100,000 can be profitably expended for maintenance during the fiscal year 1936 as follows: Maintenance: Dredging bar and lower bay channels, with Government plant and hired labor, November 1935 and April-June 1936____________ $60, 000 Dredging upper bay channel, by contract, March-June 1936-_.... 40, 000 Total ----------------------------------------------- 100, 000 Cost and financial summary Cost of new work to June 30, 1934 __. ___---_______- $4, 723, 115.86 Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1934-----------------------2, 692, 793. 52 Total cost of permanent work to June 30, 1934 --------- 17, 415, 909. 38 Value of plant, materials, etc., on hand June 30, 1934----------- 340, 168. 09 Net total cost to June 30, 1934----------------------- 7, 756, 077. 47 Plus accounts receivable June 30, 1934 _____________--- -----. 285. 00 Gross total costs to June 30, 1934 ____-___________- 7, 756, 362. 47 Minus accounts payable June 30, 1934_ ..--- -__-_--_----- -- 32, 499. 46 Net total expenditures__--- --------------- _ 7, 723, 863. 01 Unexpended balance June 30, 1934 .---........ _________ 81, 369. 13 Total amount appropriated to June 30, 1934_ - ___-_- 7, 805, 232. 14 Fiscal year ending June 30 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 Cost of new work___ _______ _ $248, 747. 30 $45, 332. 15 $79,099.64 _____ Cost of maintenance_ ..------------308, 957. 35 438, 217. 81 114, 985.97 $180,347.43 a $72, 495.87 Total cost.--------------- 557, 704. 65 483, 549. 96 194, 085. 61 180, 347. 43 72, 495. 87 Total expended----------------561, 253. 45 441, 918. 13 153, 899. 60 161, 162. 41 49, 939. 48 Allotted-----------.---- _ -- 312, 000. 00 107, 000. 00 -139, 367. 02 223, 635. 13 25, 797. 27 o$13,404.50 charged into completed work account of loss on sale of plant. a In addition, $11,100 was expended from contributed funds. 1302 REPORT OF CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMY, 1934 Balance unexpended July 1, 1933 $105, 511.34 Amount allotted from War Department Appropriation Act ap- proved July 14, 1932_______ _____________ 1________1 44, 129. 47 Amount to be accounted for_______________________ 149, 640. 81 Deductions on account of revocation of allotment ____-_____- - 18, 332. 20 Net amount to be accounted for _____________________ 131, 308. 61 Gross amount expended-_-__ _________________ $202, 559. 59 Less- Reimbursements collected- -__- -$141, 472.92 Receipts from sales ______ -______ 11,147. 19 152, 620. 11 49, 939.48 Balance unexpended June 30, 1934_ .... _____-___---- 81, 369. 13 Outstanding liabilities June 30, 1934 __--______-- $29, 213. 82 Amount covered by uncompleted contracts----------44, 761. 60 73, 975.42 Balance available June 30, 1934_ __-.._______-___----- 7, 393. 71 Accounts receivable June 30, 1934___________ _____ 285. 00 Unobligated balance available June 30, 1934__--.. ___ 7, 678. 71 Amount that can be profitably expended in fiscal - year ending - June 30, 1936, for maintenance 1_ __ _______ ________ _ 100, 000. 00 3. COOS RIVER, OREG. Location.-This river rises in the Coast Range in southern Oregon, flows about 60 miles in a westerly direction, and empties into Coos Bay near Marshfield, Oreg. (See U. S. Geological Survey, Coos Bay quadrangle.) Existing project.-This provides for snagging and boulder re- moval in a channel width of 50 feet from the mouth of the river to the head of navigation in both forks, to provide a depth of 3 feet generally and 1 foot near, the heads of navigation. The section under improvement includes the mouth and 51/2 miles of the main river and about 81/2 miles of each fork. The plane of reference is mean lower low water. The mean of the higher high waters above the plane of reference and the extreme tidal ranges under ordinary conditions at the mouth of the river are 6.9 and 10 feet, respectively, and there is a tidal range of about 1 foot at the head of navigation in the forks. Freshet stages usually reach a height of from 10 to 15 feet at Allegany. The estimate of cost for new work, revised in 1898, was $8,000. The latest (1923) approved estimate for annual cost of maintenance is $3,000. The existing project was adopted by the River and Harbor Act of June 3, 1896 (H. Doc. No. 237, 53d Cong., 3d sess.). The latest published map is in this document. Terminal facilities.-There are several small privately owned wharves and landing places on the river that are used by small steamers and launches. There are no publicly owned wharves. The existing terminal facilities are believed to be adequate for the pres- ent needs of navigation. Operations and results during fiscal year.-Annual maintenance of the project channels in the main river and in the forks, was done 1Exclusive of available funds. RIVERS AND HARBORS-PORTLAND, OREG., DISTRICT 1303 during May and June 1934. The work was done by a 2 -cubic yard 11/ bucket dredge hired by the hour. During the year the dredge removed 5,677 cubic yards of sand and gravel at a cost of $2,029.16, or about $0.357 per cubic yard. The expenditures were $1,713.85. Condition at end of fiscal year.-The project was completed in 1899. The controlling depth after annual maintenance dredging is about 4 feet, with a zero gage reading, in a channel about 50 feet wide from the mouth to the head of navigation on both forks, a dis- tance of about 23 miles. During August and September the river is at its lowest stage. The costs have been $64,700.70, of which $8,000 was for new work and $56,700.70 for maintenance. The expenditures were $64,385.39. Proposed operations.-The funds unexpended June 30, 1934, amounting to $945.59, will be applied as follows: Accounts payable June 30, 1934 ------------------------------- $299. 56 Maintenance: Surveys----- ---- 6------------------ -- 646. 03 Total __----------------------------------------------- 945. 59 The additional sum of $2,400 can be profitably expended during fiscal year 1936, for maintenance, dredging, and snagging, by con- tract, on north and south forks, May and June 1936. Cost and financial summary Cost of new work to June 30, 1934_---------- $8,000.00 Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1934 ------------------------ 56, 700. 70 Total cost of permanent work to June 30, 1934-------------- 64, 700. 70 Value of plant, materials, etc., on hand June 30, 1934-------------- -15. 75 Net total cost to June 30, 1934------------------ 64, 684.95 Minus accounts payable June 30, 1934--------------------------- 299. 56 Net total expenditures------- ----------------------- 64, 385. 39 Unexpended balance June 30, 1934-------- --------------------- 945. 59 Total amount appropriated to June 30, 1934 -------------- 65, 330. 98 Fiscal year ending June 30 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 Cost ofnew work..-------------------------- Cost of maintenance---------------..... ------- $3, 892.46 $3, 068. 61 $901.46 $837.87 $2, 029. 16 Total expended....----------------------- 3, 069. 58 2, 695. 51 2, 227. 11 1, 123. 27 1, 713.85 Allotted ..-----...........----------------------------- 3, 000. 00 2, 000. 00 .....------------ 1, 937. 31 -6. 33 Balance unexpended July 1, 1933-----__---------------------- $2, 665.77 Deductions on account of revocation of allotment------------------_ 6. 33 Net amount to be accounted for------------------------ 2, 659. 44 Gross amount expended-------------------$--------1, 998. 85 Less reimbursements collected-------------------------285. 00 1,713.85 Balance unexpended June 30, 1934 45. 59 9----------------------- Outstanding liabilities June 30, 1934_----------------------------_ 299. 56 Balance available June 30, 1934 6----------------------- 646. 03 Amount that can be profitably expended in fiscal year ending June 30, 1936, for maintenance 1-------___ 2,400. 00 1Exclusive of available funds. 1304 REPORT OF CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMY, 1934 4. UMPQUA RIVER, OREG. Location.-This river rises in the Cascade Range, flows westerly about 120 miles, and empties into the Pacific Ocean about 180 miles south of the mouth of the Columbia River and about 465 miles north of San Francisco Bay. (See U. S. Coast and Geodetic Survey Charts Nos. 5802 and 6004.) Previous projects.-Adopted by act of March 3, 1871, and modi- fied in 1886. The total cost and expenditures under previous proj- ects were $39,242.29, all for new work. (For further details see p. 2967 of Annual Report for 1898.) Existing project.-This provides for a jetty on the north side of the entrance approximately 8,000 feet in length westerly from the high-water line to the sea; for dredging on the ocean bar; and for the construction of a south jetty if sufficient improvement is not af- forded by the north jetty and dredging. The present authorization for a south jetty is limited to an expenditure of $500,000. Mean lower low water is the plane of reference. The tidal range between mean lower low water and higher high water at the river mouth is 6.8 feet, and the extreme range is about 10 feet. The estimate of cost for new work, revised in 1930, is $1,753,000, exclusive of dredging and of amounts expended under previous projects. The latest (1930) approved estimate for annual cost of maintenance (north jetty only) is $50,000. The existing project was adopted by the following river and harbor acts: The act of September 22, 1922, provided for a north jetty 7,500 feet in length (H. Doc. No. 913, 65th Cong., 2d sess.) and the act of January 21, 1927, provided for the present dimensions of north jetty and for dredging the ocean bar (H. Doc. No. 320, 69th Cong., 1st sess.). The act of July 3, 1930, provided for a south jetty (H. Doc. No. 317, 70th Cong., 1st sess.). The latest published maps are in the last-mentioned document and Rivers and Harbors Com- mittee Document No. 9, Seventy-second Congress, first session. Recommended modifications of project.-Under date of February 15, 1932, the Chief of Engineers recommended modification of the existing project so as to provide for the construction of the south jetty extending to a point about 1,800 feet south of the outer end of the present north jetty, at an estimated cost of $1,200,000, and dredg- ing to provide a usable channel 26 feet deep at mean lower low water, at an estimated annual cost of $150,000, including jetty maintenance, subject to certain conditions of local cooperation. (Rivers and Harbors Committee Doc. No. 9, 72d Cong., 1st sess.) Local cooperation.-Fully complied with. Terminal facilities.-At Gardiner there is approximately 250 feet of wharf frontage, of which 60 feet is publicly owned. At Reeds- port, there is about 750 feet of usable wharf frontage, all privately owned. There is no public wharf at Reedsport, but there is about 700 feet of publicly owned water frontage. The port of Umpqua owns a wharf with about 75 feet of water frontage which has not been used generally for commercial shipping. The existing terminals are believed adequate for present commerce. Operations and results cdurinp fiscal year.-Construction of the south jetty, about 2,600 feet long from the high-tide line seaward, RIVERS AND 'HARBORS-PORTLAND, OREG., DISTRICT 1305 was completed in November 1933. During the year the contractor delivered and placed 124,781 tons of stone, completing the enrock- ment on November 15, 1933. Surveys of the entrance were made at a cost of $1,171.23. The total cost for the year was $163,864.70, of which $162,693.47 was for new work and $1,171.23 was for mainte- nance. The expenditures were $190,316.07. Condition at end of fiscal year.-The existing project is about 90 percent completed. The north jetty was completed in 1930. Experi- mental dredging only has been done on the bar. The short south jetty was completed in November 1933. The sea end of the north jetty for about 500 feet has been beaten down by the seas to such extent that it is submerged at high tide. Soundings taken on the bar near the close of the year show a con- trolling depth of 16 feet over a width of about 500 feet, following the channel range. Vessels drawing 18 feet may now cross the bar at high tide, under obtaining sea conditions. The channel from the entrance to Reedsport was dredged to a depth of 16 feet in 1924 by the port of Umpqua, but has shoaled to about 11 feet. No maintenance work has been done in the river channel, which is to be maintained by the port of Umpqua. The total cost of work under the existing project was $1,602,369.34, of which $1,265,666.38 was for new work and $336,702.96 for mainte- nance, not including $276,500 for new work from contributed funds. The expenditures have been $1,878,572.47, of which $1,602,072.47 were United States funds and $276,500 contributed funds. Proposed operations.-The funds unexpended June 30, 1934, amounting to $4,312.87 will be applied to maintenance as follows: Accounts payable June 30, 1934 ------------------------------- $355. 10 Surveys, inspection and engineering _---------------------- 3,957. 77 Total--------- ------------------------------- 4, 312. 87 The additional sum of $35,000 can be profitably expended during the fiscal year 1936 for maintenance dredging in entrance channel, with Government plant and hired labor during September and 'October 1935. Cost and financial sumnary Cost of new work to June 30, 1934 ------------------------ $1,304, 908. 67 Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1934--------------------- 2336, 702. 96 Total cost of permanent work to June 30, 1934---------- 1, 641, 611. 63 Value of plant, materials, etc., on hand June 30, 1934---------- 55. 63 Net total cost to June 30', 1934----------------------- 1,641, 667. 26 Minus accounts payable June 30, 1934-------------------------- 352. 50 Net total expenditures------- ------------------ 1, 641, 314. 76 Unexpended balance June 30, 1934 __ -- --. 4,312. 87 Total amount appropriated to June 30, 1934------ 1,645, 627. 63 1 In addition $276,500 was expended from contributed funds. 2 $2,420 credited to completed work account of gain on sale of plant. 1306 REPORT OF CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMY, 1934 Fiscal year ending June 30 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 Cost of new work___ ... ___ __ . $237, 116. 82 $89, 051. 13 $21, 060. 71 $130, 802. 49 $162, 693. 47 Cost of maintenance---......---_ 35, 103. 31 107, 950. 59 98, 675. 62 32, 222. 21 1 1, 171. 23 Total cost.--------------- 272, 220. 13 197, 001. 72 119, 736. 33 163, 024. 70 163, 864. 70 Total expended------_-------_ 286, 196. 26 180, 436. 63 127, 727. 55 102, 180. 86 190, 316. 07 Allotted--------------- ...... - 177, 000. 00 110, 000. 00 -30, 000. 00 299, 206. 04 -5, 320. 70 1 In addition $276,500 was expended from contributed funds. Balance unexpended July 1, 1933_-____ _-_- - ____----_-- $199, 949. 64 --- Deductions on account of revocation of allotment____________ 5, 320. 70 Net amount to be accounted for--__-----___--- - ___ 194, 628.94 Gross amount expended -_ _____ - -- _- $192, 893. 78 Less: Reimbursements collected ---------- $107. 71 Receipts from sales _________ ____ 2, 470. 00 2, 577. 71 190, 316. 07 Balance unexpended June 30, 1934__---------------------- 4, 312. 87 Outstanding liabilities June 30, 1934 _________________-- - - - 355. 10 Balance available June 30, 1934______ - -- _______----3, 957. 77 Amount that can be profitably expended in fiscal year ending June 30, 1936, for maintenance 1_-_ ,_- - - - 35, 000. 00 5. YAQUINA RIVER, OREG. Location.-This river rises in the Coast Range, flows about 50 miles in a westerly direction, and empties into Yaquina Bay, on the Oregon coast. (See U. S. Coast and Geodetic Survey Charts Nos. 6058 and 5802.) Existing project.-This provides for two controlling half-tide dikes of piling, brush, and stone, each about 1,100 feet long (constructed by local interests), and for a channel 10 feet deep and 150 feet wide in straight reaches and 200 feet wide on curves, and in Depot Slough from Yaquina at the mouth of the river to Toledo on Depot Slough, about 9 miles above the mouth. Mean lower low water is the plane of reference. The mean of the higher high waters above the plane of reference and the extreme tidal ranges under ordinary conditions at the mouth of the river are 8 feet and about 11.5 feet, and about the same at Toledo. Freshet heights are about 12 feet at the mouth of Depot Slough. The estimate of cost for new work, made in 1911, was $72,000, of which amount 60 percent was contributed by local interests. The latest (1911) approved estimate for annual cost of maintenance is $1,500. The existing project was adopted by the River and Harbor Act of March 4, 1913. (H. Doc. No. 519, 62d Cong., 2d sess.) The latest published map is in that document. Local cooperation.-Fullycomplied with. Terminal facilities.-At Yaquina, at the mouth of the river which is also the head of the bay, there is a small wharf of about 50 feet 1 Exclusive of available funds. RIVERS AND HARBORS-PORTLAND, OREG., DISTRICT 1307 frontage owned by the Southern Pacific Co., whose branch line termi- nates there. The port of Toledo has a public wharf in Depot Slough, at Toledo, with frontage of about 600 feet. The city of Toledo also has a public wharf of about 50 feet frontage on Depot Slough, built to accommodate small motor boats. There are also at Toledo two privately owned slips having special facilities for trans- ferring lumber to lighters. The existing terminals are adequate for the present needs of commerce. Operations and results during fiscal year.-The only operations were minor surveys and inspections. The costs for the year were $120.73. The expenditures were $97.80. Condition at end of fiscal year.-The existing project was coin- pleted in 1914. The controlling depth between the mouth of the river and Toledo is about 9 feet at mean lower low water in a channel 100 feet wide. The controlling depth is adequate for existing navigation, which consists mostly of barges used for lightering lumber from Toledo to ocean vessels with load drafts of about 18 feet at Newport on Yaquina Bay. In Depot Slough the depth is about 9 feet, except for a short distance at extreme upper end of the project channel, where the depth is about 7 feet. Above Toledo to the head of navigation the controlling depth is about 2 feet in a channel 100 feet wide at mean lower low water. The total cost of the work under the existing project was $70,- 699.41, of which $28,800 was for new work and $41,899.41 for main- tenance, not including $43,200 for new work and $3,000 for mainte- nance from contributed funds. The total expenditures have been $116,875.15, of which $70,675.15 were United States funds and $46,200 contributed funds. Proposed operations.-The funds unexpended June 30, 1934, amounting to $407.61, will be applied as follows: Accounts payable June 30, 1934 ----- $24. 26 Surveys and inspection--------------------------------------383.35 Total ----------- --------------------------------- 407. 61 The sum of $15,000 can be profitably expended during the fiscal year 1936 for maintenance dredging with Government plant and hired labor during November and December 1935 and January 1936. Cost and financial summary Cost of new work to June 30, 1934 ------------------------- $28, 800. 00 Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1934 ------------------------- 41, 899. 41 Total cost of permanent work to June 30, 1934 .------------- 70, 699. 41 Minus accounts payable June 30, 1934--------------------------- 24. 26 Net total expenditures- ------- ------------------------ 70, 675. 15 Unexpended balance June 30, 1934------------------------------ 407. 61 Total amount appropriated to June 30, 1934--------------- 71, 082. 76 1 in addition, $46,200 was expended from contributed funds. 1308 REPORT OF CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMY, 1934 Fiscal year ending June 30 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 Cost ofnew work --------------------- Cost of maintenance_ ..---- ---- ------- _---$16, _-------------.. 317. 05 $11,461. 63 $120.73 Total expended-------- -------------------------------- 12, 590. 38 15, 186. 97 97. 80 Allotted--.--- --.------------------------- $1, 500. 00 $9, 500. 00 ------------ 8, 384. 05 -101. 29 Balance unexpended July 1, 1933------------------------------$606. 70 Deductions on account of revocation of allotment-------------------101. 29 Net amount to be accounted for---------------------------505. 41 Gross amount expended_- __------- 97.80 Balance unexpended June 30, 1934------------------------ 407. 61 Outstanding liabilities June 30, 1934----------------------------- 24. 26 Balance available June 30, 1934--------------------------- 383.35 Amount that can be profitably expended in fiscal year ending June 30, 1936, for maintenance 1---------------______ 15, 000. 00 6. YAQUINA BAY AND HARBOR, OREG. Location.-This bay is located on the Oregon coast, about 115 miles south of the mouth of the Columbia River. (See U. S. Coast and Geodetic Survey Charts Nos. 5802 and 6058.) Previous projects.-The River and Harbor Act of June 14, 1880, provided for the improvement of the entrance. Subsequent projects were adopted by acts of June 3, 1896, June 6, 1900, and March 3, 1905. The total cost and expenditures were $713,338.96, of which $707,313.45 was for new work and $6,025.51 for maintenance. For further' details see the Annual Report for 1893, part 4, page 3314, and House Document No. 68, Fifty-fourth Congress, first session; House Document No. 110, Fifty-sixth Congress, first session; and House Document No. 109, Sixty-fifth Congress, first session. Existing project.-This provides for 2 high-tide, rubble-mound jetties at the entrance, 1,000 feet apart at the end of the north jetty; the north jetty to be 3,700 feet in length, and the south jetty to be 5,800 feet in'length and to project seaward about 800 feet beyond the end of the north jetty; for a spur jetty on the channel side of the south jetty 4,700 feet from its sea end, 800 feet in length, to deepen the channel across the inner bar between the jetties; for 5 groins channelward from the south jetty; for the removal of subaqueous rock from the reef between the jetties, to secure a depth of 20 feet at mean lower low water in the entrance; and for a channel 200 feet wide and 18 feet deep from the entrance to the railroad terminus at Yaquina, a distance of about 41/2 miles. Mean lower low water is the plane of reference. The mean of the higher high waters above the plane of reference and the extreme tidal ranges at the entrance and at the head of the bay are 8 feet and about 111/2 feet, respectively. The estimate of cost for new work, revised in 1920, was $1,518,430, exclusive of the amount expended on previous projects. The latest (1919) approved estimate for cost of maintenance is $5,000 eery 1Exclusive of available funds. RIVERS AND HARBORS-PORTLAND, OREG., DISTRICT, 1309 2 years to maintain 18 feet in the bay channel. The latest (1928) approved estimate for annual cost of maintenance is $30,000 for dredging' in the entrance. There is no, approved estimate for main- tenance of the jetties. The existing project was authorized by the following river and harbor acts: The act of June 14, 1880, provided for the improvement of the entrance; no project was adopted (see Annual Report for 1881, p. 2589); the act of June 6, 1900, provided for rock removal at en- trance (H. Doc. No. 110, 56th Cong., 1st sess.); the act of March 3, 1905, repealed the previous acts relating to the improvement of the entrance, but provided for 2 years' maintenance; the act of March 2, 1919, provided for the restoration and extension of the jetties con- structed under previous projects, rock removal in the entrance, and dredging in the bay up to the railroad terminus at Yaquina (H. Doc. No. 109, 65th Cong., 1st sess.). The latest published map is in the last-mentioned document. Local cooperation.-Fully complied with. Terminal facilities.-Newport has about. 750 feet of wharf front- age, of which about 450 feet is publicly owned. At Yaquina (the terminus of the- Southern Pacific Co.'s branch rail line) the railroad maintains a wharf with a frontage of albout 50 feet. There are no publicly owned terminals at Yaquina. The existing terminals are adequate for the present commerce. Operations and results during fiscal year.-The work of restora- tion of the north and south rubble mound jetties, in progress at the beginning of the year under contract, was completed on May 2, 1934. On the south jetty the contractor constructed 49 bents, or 784 lineal feet of pile and timber jetty tramway, to bent no. 463, the sea end; 91,603.93 tons of stone were placed in the jetty enrockment. On the north jetty 200 bents, or 3,200 lineal feet of pile and tim- ber jetty tramway ' was constructed 'to bent: no. 392, the sea end; 85,481.31 tons of stone were placed in the jetty enrockment. Surveys of the bay and entrance during the year cost $1,785.19. The total costs for the year were $351,928.32, all for maintenance. The expenditures were $394,119.46. Conditions at end of fiscal year.-The existing project was com- pleted in 1930. Since completion of restoration as noted above, the enrockment of both jetties has remained in good condition. A survey of the entrance made in May 1934 shows a mean lower low- water depth of 201/2 feet for 400 feet wide over a rocky reef near the sea end of the south jetty. Between the jetties, inside the rocky reef, the depth is 19 feet on channel range with depth of 20 feet between the range and the south jetty. On the ocean bar the depth is 131/2 feet for a width of 400 feet on the channel range, and a depth of 15 feet, 300 feet south of the range. In the bay channel to Yaquina the controlling depth is 17 feet. The total cost of the work under the existing project was $1,469,- 4 88.78, of which $823,992.83 was for new work and $645,495.95 for maintenance, not including $729,168.48 for new work from con- tributed funds. The total expenditures have been $2,198,688.67, of 1310 REPORT OF CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMY, 1934 which $1,469,520.19 were United States funds and $729,168.48 con- tributed funds. Proposed operations.-The funds unexpended June 30, 1934, amounting to $54,650.68, will be applied as follows: Accounts payable---- ------------------------------------- $572. 45 Balance remaining-______-_________ _____ _ 54, 078.23 Total -------------------------------------------- 54, 650. 68 The sum of $50,000 can be profitably expended during the fiscal year 1936 for maintenance dredging in bar and bay channels with Government plant and hired labor, July to September 1935. Cost and financial summary Cost of new work to June 30, 1934--_________ _-------- __ $1, 531, 306. 28 Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1934 ------------------------ 651, 521. 46 Total cost of permanent work to June 30, 1934 ---------- 2, 182, 827. 74 Value of plant, materials, etc., on hand June 30, 1934 ---------- 603. 86 Net total cost to June 30, 1934--------------------- 2, 183, 431. 60 Minus accounts payable June 30, 1934__------------------------- 572.45 Net total expenditures_----------------------------2, 182, 859. 15 Unexpended balance June 30, 1934-------------------------- 54, 650. 68 Total amount appropriated to June 30, 1934----------- 2, 237, 509. 83 Fiscal year ending June 30 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 Cost of new work _---- -__-.... $35, 723. 14 $19, 831. 02 ____________ __________ Cost of maintenance--___-- - __-- ___---_-_ 24, 534. 69 $82, 506. 11 $183, 680. 79 $351, 928. 32 Total cost---------------- 35, 723. 14 44, 365. 71 82, 506. 11 183, 680. 79 351, 928. 32 Total expended-.---------------- 38, 313. 01 52, 979. 13 78, 684. 01 145, 445. 89 394, 119. 46 Allotted _---------------------- 59, 000. 00 92, 000. 00 23, 000. 00 576, 977. 98 -3, 307. 11 Balance unexpended July 1, 1933 ----------------- $452, 077.25 Deductions on account of revocation of allotment----------------- 3, 307. 11 Net amount to be accounted for_ -___ ____-____-_ 448, 770. 14 Gross amount expended ----------------------- $394, 153. 81 Less reimbursements collected _______-_______ _ 34. 35 394, 119. 46 Balance unexpended June 30, 1934---------------------54, 650. 68 Outstanding liabilities June 30, 1934_--------__-____- $118. 90 Amount covered by uncompleted contracts ------------ 617. 95 736. 85 Balance available June 30, 1934 ------------------------ 53, 913. 83 Amount that can be profitably expended in fiscal year ending June 30, 1936, for maintenance 2 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 50, 000. 00 1 In addition, $729,168.48 was expended from contributed funds. s Exclusive sof available funds. RIVERS AND HARBORS-PORTLAND, OREG., DISTRICT 1311 7. TILLAMOOK BAY AND BAR, OREG. Location.-This bay is located on the Oregon coast about 50 miles south of the mouth of Columbia River. (See U. S. Coast and Geo- detic Survey Charts Nos. 5902 and 6112.) Previows projects.--Adopted by River and Harbor Acts of August 11, 1888, and July 13, 1892. Both the cost and expenditures were $148,707.39, of which $77,208.92 was for new work and $71,498.47 for maintenance. For further details see page 1989 of Annual Report for 1915. Existing project.-This provides for a jetty about 5,700 feet long on the north side of the entrance; for a channel through the bar 18 feet deep and of such width as can be practically and economically obtained; for a channel 200 feet wide and 18 feet deep from deep water in the bay to and including a turning basin 500 feet wide and 18 feet deep in Miami Cove; and for a channel 200 feet wide and 16 feet deep from the Miami Cove Channel to Hobsonville, with a turning basin 500 feet wide and 16 feet deep at that point, with regulating works as needed. Mean lower low water is the plane of reference. The mean of the higher high waters above the plane of reference and the extreme tidal ranges at the entrance under ordinary condi- tions are7.4 feet and about 11 feet, respectively. The estimate of cost for new work, revised in 1925, is $1,026,400, exclusive of amounts expended on previous projects. The latest (1925) approved estimate for annual cost of maintenance is $25,000 for entrance and bay channels. No provision was made for main- taining the jetty. The existing project was authorized by the River and Harbor Acts of July 25, 1912, and March 4, 1913 (H. Doc. No. 349, 62d Cong., 2d sess.); and the act of July 27, 1916, appropriated $5,000 for main- taining the channel between Bay City and Tillamook City, but no special report covers this item. The act of March 2, 1919, authorized the abandonment of that portion of the project above Bay City (H. Doc. No. 730, 65th Cong., 2d sess.). The act of March 3, 1925, authorized the Miami Cove and Hobsonville Channel and the aban- donment of the Bay City Channel (H. Doc. No. 562, 68th Cong., 2d sess.). The latest published map is in the last-mentioned document. Local cooperation.-Fully complied with. Terminal facilities.-At Garibaldi, 3 miles from the entrance, there is a privately owned and operated lumber-mill wharf of about 500 feet frontage. At Bay City, 5 miles from the entrance, there is a publicly owned float landing for small motor boats; also, a small privately owned wharf for small fishing boats. The terminal facilities are ade- quate for the present commerce. Operations and results during fiscal year.-Maintenance dredging of the bay channel to Miami Cove by the U. S. dredge Col. P. Miciie was in progress for a short period during September and S'. October 1933. A total of 113,188 cubic yards of sand was removed at a cost of $0.21 per cubic yard. These operations restored the 91536-ENG 1934-83 1312 REPORT OF CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMIIY, 1934 bay channel to Miami Cove to project depth of 18 feet. The cost for the year was $26,516.72 all for maintenance. The expenditures were $20,659.40. Condition at end of fiscal year.-The existing project is 98 per- cent completed. The jetty was completed to a length of 5,400 feet in October 1917 and restored and extended to full project length of 5,700 feet in February 1933. The jetty remains at project height except for about 300 feet at the outer end where it has been beaten down by the sea. The 18-foot channel from the entrance to Miami Cove was completed to project depth in April 1927, but no work will be done on the 16-foot Hobsonville Channel until navigation requires deeper water. A survey of the entrance, made in April and May 1934, shows a controlling depth of 19 feet in a channel 200 feet wide across the bar. From the ocean bar to the bay there is a channel along the north jetty about 250 feet wide, with depths from 25 to 45 feet. The controlling depth in the 18-foot project bay channel to Miami Cove was 151/2 feet. Boats drawing about 16 feet enter the bay at high tide and proceed to the mill wharf in Miami Cove. The cost of the work under the existing project was $1,304,707.64, of which $574,446.78 was for new work and $730,260.86 for main- tenance, not including $398,832.70 for new work and $5,450 for maintenance from contributed funds. The total expenditures have been $1,708,905.55 of which $1,304,622.85 were United States funds and $404,282.70 contributed funds. Proposed operations.-The funds unexpended June 30, 1934, amounting to $20,791.41, will be applied as follows: Accounts payable June 30, 1934----------------------------------- $84. 23 Maintenance: Dredging bay channel with hired plant and hired labor, July to October 1934-------18------------------- 1, 000. 00 Surveys and inspections___ 2, 000. 00 Subtotal_ ----------------- 20, 084. 23 Balance remaining ----------------------------------------------- 7017. 18 Total _____ ___----- -- 20', 791. 41 The sum of $18,000 can be profitably expended during the fiscal year 1936 for maintenance dredging in the bay channel, with Gov- ernment plant and hired labor, during August and September 1935. Cost and financial summary Cost o)f new work to June 30, 1934___________________________ $651, 655. 70 Cost o)f maintenance to June 30, 1934___________________________ 801, 759. 33 Total cost of permanent work to June 30, 1934___________ 11, 453, 415. 03 Value of plant, materials, etc., on hand June 30, 1934 .-.....--- -. 56 Net total cost to June 30', 1934 _________________________ 1, 453,414. 47 Minus accounts payable June 30, 1934___________ 84. 23 Net total expenditures --- ___ 1, 453, 330. 24 Unexp )ended balance June 30, 1934___ _________ ___ _____ 20,. 791. 41 Total amount appropriated to June 30, 1934 -------- __ 1, 474, 121. 05 1In addition $404,282.70 was expended from contributed funds. RIVERS AND HARBORS-PORTLAND, OREG., DISTRICT 1313 Fiscal year ending June 30 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 Cost ofnew work .----------------------- - --- --- Cost of maintenance------------------ $38, 541. 05 $32, 893. 02 $309, 077. 98 $257, 882. 25 1 $26, 516. 72 Total expended -_---------------------- 32, 965. 03 28, 669. 31 270, 267. 07 300, 937. 99 20, 659. 40 Allotted ............---------------------------- 43, 500. 00 458, 000. 00 -82, 000. 00 186, 640. 59 27, 981. 20 1 $6,279.90 credited to completed work account of Savannah transfer. Balance unexpended July 1, 1933_____------__------------------- $13, 469.61 Amount allotted from War Department Appropriation Act approved Apr. 26, 1934 _------------------------$16, 000. 00 Amount allotted from War Department Appropriation Act approved July 14, 1932------------------------- 16, 700. 00 32, 700. 00 Amount to be accounted for_-------------------------- ___ 46, 169. 61 Deductions on account of revocation of allotment------------ ------ 4, 718. 80 Net amount to be accounted for-------------------- ------- 41, 450. 81 Gross amount expended----------------------------___ $26, 998. 00 Less reimbursements collected 338. 60 6------------------------, 20, 659. 40 Balance unexpended June 30, 1934------------------------- 20, 791.41 Outstanding liabilities June 30, 1934 1------------------------ 117. 60 Balance available June 30, 1934----------------------------20, 673. 81 Amount that can be profitably expended in fiscal year ending June 30, 1936, for maintenance 1-------------- 18, 000. 00 COLUMBIA RIVER General description.-Thisriver rises in British Columbia, through which it flows for 425 m les. It enters the United States in north- eastern Washington, flows southerly to the mouth of Snake River, thence westerly between Oregon and Washington, and empties into the Pacific Ocean 610 miles north of San Francisco Bay and 160 miles south of the Straits of Juan de Fuca. The total length of the river is about 1,210 miles. (See U. S. Coast and Geodetic Survey Charts Nos. 5902, 6151, 6152, 6153, 6154, 6155, and 6146; also Geo- logical Survey map of Washington.) 8. COLUMBIA RIVER AT THE MOUTH, OREG. AND WASH. Location.-(See U. S. Coast and Geodet'c Survey Charts Nos. 5902 and 6151. For description of the Columbia River see preceding paragraph.) Previous projects.-Adopted by the River and Harbor Act of July 5, 1884. Both the cost and expenditures on this project were $1,986,253.14, all for new work. For further details see page 1999 of Annual Report for 1915. Existing project.-This provides for a channel across the bar 40 feet deep at mean lower low water, and of suitable width (not less than one-half mile), to be secured by dredging and by converging 1Exclusive of available funds. 1314 REPORT OF CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMYV, 1934 rubble-mound jetties, the south jetty being about 7 miles and the north jetty about 2 miles long, terminating 2 miles north of the end of the south jetty. Mean lower low water is the plane of refer- ence. The :tidal range on the bar between mean lower low water and mean higher high water is about 8 feet and the extreme tidal range is about 12 feet. The estimate of cost for new work was as follows: For the south jetty extension, revised in 1909, $8,014,164; for the north jetty, revised in 1913, $5,966,573; and for remodeling and operating the dredge, made' in 1905, $250,000; a total of $14,230,737, exclusive of amounts expended under previous projects. The latest (1928) approved estimate for annual cost of maintenance is $6,500, to cover the cost of hydrographic surveys only. Jetty maintenance is done only at intervals of several years and is covered by special allotments. The existing project was authorized by the following river and harbor acts: The act of March 3, 1905, made final provision for the south jetty, the construction of the north jetty, and dredging (H. Doc. No. 94, 56th Cong., 1st sess., and Annual Report for 1903, p. 2275). The construction of the north jetty was approved July 29, 1910, and a modification of its alinement December 27, 1913. The latest published map is in the Annual Report for 1921, opposite page 1868. Terminal facilities.-Forterminal and transfer facilities see report on Columbia and lower Willamette Rivers. Operations and results during fiscal year.-The operations con- sisted of work on restoration of enrockment of the south jetty west- ward from the knuckle for a distance of 4,750 feet; making hydro- graphic and beach-erosion surveys; erecting and maintaining sand fences on Clatsop Spit; and starting construction of a dike to stabilize the east end of Sand Island. Under the contract for maintenance of the south jetty, 355,371 tons of stone were placed. The cost of maintenance work during the year was as follows: Maintenance of south jetty----------------------------------- $703, 250. 04 Hydrographic surveys and current observations , 193.53 6-------------- Dike construction ---------------------------------------------- 22, 611.21 Beach-erosion and sand fences----------------------------------19, 688. 52 Total -------------------------------------------------- 751, 743. 30 The total expenditures were $592,983.65. Condition at end of fiscal year.-The existing project was com- pleted in 1918 at a saving of $2,873,231 under the estimated cost. The inshore end of the north jetty is in good condition. On the outer half sloughing of the enrockment into deep water along the south side has taken place, and at the outer end for a distance of about 1,000 feet the enrockment has been leveled down to about low water. The jetty as a whole is in fair condition. The south jetty has been reconstructed from Clatsop Spit to the knuckle, about 112 miles, and this part is in good condition. Beyond the knuckle of the jetty for a distance of 4,750 feet the enrockiment is being restored under contract. Beyond this work to the sea end of the jetty the old enrockment varies from about 3 feet below mean lower low water to 3 feet above, except at the outer end, where for a distance of about three-fourths of a mile it slopes down into deep water. RIVERS AND HARBORS-PORTLAND, OREG., DISTRICT 1315 Survey of June 1934 shows the channel westward of the ends of the jetties to have not less than the project depth of 40 feet at mean lower low water for a width of 5,000 feet, and on the outer bar a depth of 45 feet for a width of about 2,600 feet. Between the ends of the jetties, in the vicinity of Buoy No. 6, the channel depth is 43 feet. In the throat, about 21/2 miles inside the ends of the jetties, the :position of the channel has remained practically fixed, but a cutting off of the top and easterly side of Clatsop Spit is in evidence. Dikes constructed and under construction along the south side of Sand Island appear to have been effective in checking erosion along the south side of the island, and the movement of the main channel to the north. A draft of 35 feet is practicable at mean lower low water under ordinary conditions. The cost of the existing project totaled $15,- 984,416.97 of which $11,357,506.35 was for new work and $4,626,910.62 for maintenance. The expenditures totaled $15,825,135.81. In addi- tion, $475,000 and $25,000 were contributed by the ports of Portland and Astoria, respectively, and expended for new work. Proposed operations.-The funds unexpended June 30, 1934, in- cluding accounts receivable, amounting to $663,948.45, together with an allotment of $56,000, made during August 1934, will be applied as follows: Accounts payable June 30, 1934------------------------------- $159, 281. 16 Maintenance: Completion of enrockment of about 4,750 feet of south jetty westward from the knuckle, including trestle work, under contract, July to November 1934 ___________---_--__-- __ 454, 000. 00 Additional stone for maintenance of enrockment of south jetty between Clatsop Spit and the knuckle, under existing con- tract, July to November 1934 ...--- 18, 000. 00 Completion of Dike No. 110.0 at Sand Island, under contract, July to September 1.934----------------------------------- 20, 000. 00 Stone work for Dike No. 110.0 at Sand Island, under contract, July to November 1934---------------------------------- 28, 000. 00 Hydrographic surveys and other field and office work, fiscal year 1935 ------------------------------------------- --- 6,000. 00 -- Beach erosion surveys and investigations, fiscal year 1935 _- 15, 000. 00 Building and maintaining sand fences along Clatsop Spit, fis- cal year 1935----------------------___ --------------- 2,000.00 Repairs to existing dikes and shore protection at Sand Island by Government plant and hired labor, March to June 1935__ 17, 000. 00 Subtotal - 281. 16 719, 7------------------------------- 667. 29 Balance remaining--------------------------------------------- Total -------------------------- 719 948.45 The additional sum of $43,000 can be profitably expended during the fiscal year 1936, for maintenance as follows: Maintenance: Repairs to dikes and shore protection at Sand Island by Govern- ment plant and hired labor, July, August, and September 1935___ $35, 000 Hydrographic surveys and other field and office work, fiscal year 1936---_-------------------- ---------------------- 6, 000 Building and maintaining sand fences along Clatsop Spit, fiscal year 1936 -------- .------------------------- 2, 000 Total__--- -------- - -- ----- 43, 000 1316 REPORT OF CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMY, 1934 Cost and financial summary Cost of new work to June 30, 1934_ ..-------- ------------ 1 $13, 343, 759. 49 Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1934------------------------- 4, 626, 910. 62 Total cost of permanent work to June 30, 1934_--------- 17, 970, 670. 11 Value of plant, materials, etc., on hand June 30, 1934----------- -7, 350. 24 Net total cost to June 30, 1934__ 17, 963, 319. 87 Minus accounts payable June 30, 1934_ __-- -151, -___----- 930. 92 Net total expenditures__-__-----------_----_ 17, 811, 388. 95 Unexpended balance June 30, 1934___ ________________--___-- - 663, 948. 45 Total amount appropriated to June 30, 1934------------ 18, 475, 337. 40 Fiscal year ending June 30 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 Cost of new work--- -------- ---------------- - -------------- Cost of maintenance ____________ $1, 537. 92 $6, 247. 58 $611, 013. 73 $898, 261. 39 $751, 743. 30 Total expended ... ..----------------- 1,939. 82 6, 014. 66 490, 158. 01 1, 018, 962. 36 592, 983. 65 Allotted ..---- ....---------...-----------..------- 600, 000. 00 10, 000. 00 903, 031. 58 1, 248, 881. 82 Balance unexpended July 1, 1933_ $8, 050. 28 Amount allotted from War Department Appropria- tion Act approved July 14, 1932____________--___ $30, 000. 00 Amount allotted from War Department Appropria- tion Act approved Mar. 4, 1933_--____--__------- 1, 220, 000. 00 1, 250, 000. 00 Amount to be accounted for___ - __--____------------ 1, 258, 050.28 Deductions on account of revocation of allotment ---- 1, 118. 18 Net amount to be accounted for__--- - 1, 256, 932. 10 1__-------- Gross amount expended --___._____---.---- - ._ $603, 627. 56 Less reinbursements collected _-_---- ------------- 10, 643. 91 592, 983. 65 Balance unexpended June 30, 1934________-------- 663, 948. 45 Outstanding liabilities June 30, 1934_------------ $1, 006. 23 Amount covered by uncompleted contracts--------- 631, 387. 14 632,.393.,37 Balance available June 30, 1934__----------------------- 31, 555. 08 Amount that can be profitably expended in fiscal year ending June -------- 30, 1936, for maintenance 2_ ___ __________________ 43, 000.00 9. SKIPANON CHANNEL, OREG. Location.-This channel is a tidal waterway extending south 1.8 miles from deep water in Columbia River to the city of Warrenton, Oreg. The channel enters the Columbia about 10 miles above its mouth and 4 miles below Astoria., Oreg. (See U. S. Coast and Geodetic Survey Chart No. 6151.) Existing prPojeot.-This provides for a channel 30 feet deep and generally 200 feet wide extending from deep water in Columbia River to the railroad bridge at Warrenton, Oreg., a distance of 1.8 1 In addition $500,000 was expended from contributed funds. 2 Exclusive of available funds. RIVERS AND HARBORS-PORTLAND, OREG., DISTRICT 1317 miles, and for a turning basin 30 feet deep. The channel is to be obtained and maintained by dredging and the maintenace of existing bulkheads (the latter by local interests). Mean lower low water is the plane qf reference. The tidal range between mean lower low water and mean higher high water is about 8 feet; the extreme tidal range is about 12 feet. The estimated cost of new work, made in 1928, was $135,000, with $15,000 for annual maintenance. The existing project was authorized by the River and Harbor Act of July 3, 1930 (H. Doc. N6. 278, 70th Cong., 1st sess.). This docu- ment contains the latest published map. Local cooperation.-Fully complied with. Terminal facilities.-The city of Warrenton owns a wharf with 300-foot frontage open to the public. Three privately owned lumber mill wharves with total frontage of 1,100 feet are used for lumber shipments. The facilities are adequate for the present commerce. Operations and results during fiscal year.-Work consisted of maintenance dredging and making hydrographic surveys. The dredging was done by contract, 321,408 cubic yards being removed at a cost of $21,104.20. The expenditures were $20,988.76. Condition at end of fiscal year.-The existing project was com- pleted in 1931 at a saving of $13,574 under the estimated cost. Sur- vey.of March- 1934 showed a least channel depth of about 27 feet at mean lower low water over the shoal outside the entrance to the channel and 28 feet in the channel between bulkheads. The bot- tom width is about 200 feet. A draft of 25 feet is practicable at mean lower low water. The costs and expenditures under the exist- ing project were $121,425.60 for new work and $21,104.20 for main- tenance, a total of $142,529.80. Proposed operations.-No funds are available and no operations are proposed for the fiscal year 1935. The sum;nof $15,000 can be profitably expended during the fiscal year 1936 for maintenance dredging, by contract, during the period August to October, inclusive, 1935. Cost and financial summary Cost of new work to June 30, 1934_______-____ ________ $121, 425.60 Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1934_______ _______-_______ 21, 104. 20 Total cost of permanent work to June 30, 1934_________ 142,529. 80 Net total expenditures-- ------------------------------------- 142, 529.80 Total amount appropriated to June 30, 1934 1____________________ 142, 529. 80 Fiscal year ending June 30 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 Cost of new work_____ .- - -_____________. __ - $58, 313. 85 $63, 111. 75 _____ Cost of maintenance____-__-----------__________............ _ _ $21, 104. 20 Total expended------------------------23, 611. 06 97, 814. 54 $115. 44 20,988. 76 Allotted......................------------------------- .. 139, 000. 00 -17, 574. 40 17,988. 62 3, 115. 58 1318 REPORT OF CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMY, 1934 Balance unexpended July 1, 1933------------------------------ $17, 873. 18 Amount allotted from War Department Appropriation Act approved July 14, 1932------------------------------------------------ 3, 500. 00 Amount to be accounted for----------------------------- 21, 373. 18 Deductions on account of revocation of allotment ---------------- 384.42 Net amount to be accounted for--------------------------20, 988. 76 Gross amount expended__--------------------------------------- 20, 988. 76 Amount that can be profitably expended in fiscal year ending June - -- -- -- -- ------ ------------ ------- -- 30, 1936 for maintenance 1 - 15, 000. 00 10. COLUMBIA AND LOWER WILLAMETTE RIVERS BELOW VAN- COUVER, WASH., AND PORTLAND, OREG. Location.-This project embraces 1031/2 miles of Columbia River below Vancouver, Wash., and 14 miles of Willamette River below Portland, Oreg. For description of Columbia River see page 1313, and of Willamette River page 1327. Previous projects.-Some relief dredging was done between 1866 and 1876. Projects were adopted by the river and harbor acts of June 18, 1878; July 13, 1892; June 13, 1902; and March 3,1905. Both the cost and expenditures on these projects were $1,529,413.14 for new work and $1,214,864.79 for maintenance, a total of $2,744,277.93. For further details see pages 1995 and 1998 of Annual Report for 1915. Existing project.-This provides for a channel 35 feet deep and 500 feet wide in the Columbia River from its mouth to the mouth of the Willamette, 99 miles, and thence up the Willamette to Portland, about 14 miles; 25 feet deep and 300 feet wide in the Columbia from the mouth of the Willamette to Vancouver, Wash., 41/2 miles; and auxiliary channels 10 feet deep and 300 feet wide in the vicinity of Cathlamet, Wash., and 25 feet deep and 300 feet wide connecting deep water in Willamette Slough at St. Helens, Oreg., with deep water in the Columbia, about 2 miles, and for the construction of stone and pile dikes and revetments. The plane of reference in the estuary from the mouth to Harrington Point is mean lower low water; thence to Portland and Vancouver, low water. .'The tidal range between mean lower low water and mean higher high water at the mouth of the Columbia is about 8 feet, and at Portland and Vancouver about 21/2 feet at low stages of the rivers. Extreme tidal ranges are about 12 feet and 3 feet, respectively. An- nual freshets have but little effect on depths at the mouth of the Columbia; at Portland and Vancouver they average about 21 feet, while the highest known reached a stage of 33 feet above low water. The estimate of cost for new work exclusive of amounts expended on previous projects, revised in 1930, is $3,466,000, including the dike ::construction authorized in 1912 and 1922, and for a channel 35 feet deep by 500 feet wide, but not including work contributed by the port of Portland nor the estimate of $750,000 for a new dredge authorized by Congress in 1922 for better maintenance, nor enlarge- ment of the channel from the mouth of the Willamette to Vancouver, authorized by the act of March 3, 1925, estimated to cost $123,000. The latest (1930) approved estimate for annual cost of maintenance is $705,000. 1Exclusive of available funds. RIVERS AND HARBORS-PORTLAND, OREG., DISTRICT 1319 The existing project was authorized by the following river and harbor acts: The act of June 18, 1878, provided for the dike at St. Helens Bar (Annual Report for 1877, p. 1019); the act of July 13, 1892, provided for the closing dike at head of Oregon Slough and dikes at Deer Island and Walker Island (H. Doc. Nos. 36 and 38, 52d Cong., 1st sess.) ; the act of June 13, 1902, provided for replacing the revetment of Coon Island (H. Doc. No. 673, 56th Cong., 1st sess.); the act of February 27, 1911, provided for two pipe-line dredges and accessories, and the act of July 25, 1912, provided for increasing the main channel depth to 30 feet (H. Doc. No. 1278, 61st Cong., 3d sess.); the act of July 27, 1916, combined the improvements below Portland, Oreg., and between Vancouver, Wash., and the mouth of the Willamette (without prior report); the act of August 8, 1917, provided for Cathlamet Channel (H. Doc. No. 120, 63d Cong., 1st sess.); the act of September 22, 1922, authorized the construction of an additional dredge (which was not built) and accessories for better maintenance, and the construction of contraction works (H. Doc. No. 1009, 66th Cong., 3d sess.); Public Resolution No. 105, Sixty-seventh Congress, approved March 4, 1923, provided for the channel from deep water in Willamette Slough to deep water in Columbia River (H. Doc. No. 156, 67th Cong., 2d sess.); the act of March 3, 1925, provided for enlarged channel dimensions from the mouth of the Willamette River to Vancouver, Wash. (H. Doc. No. 126, 68th Cong., 1st sess.) ; the act of March 3, 1927, authorized the closing of the east channel at Swan Island in the Willamette River, on condition that the main channel be opened to project dimensions on the west side of the island by the port of Portland (Rivers and Harbors Commit- tee Doc. No. 10, 69th Cong., 2d sess.); and the act of July 3, 1930, provided for a 35-foot channel 500 feet wide from Portland to the sea (H. Doc. No. 195, 70th Cong., 1st sess., and Rivers and Harbors Committee Doc. No. 8, 71st Cong., 1st sess.). For latest published maps see House Documents Nos. 879, Sixty-third Congress, second session; 195, Seventieth Congress, first session; and 235 and 249, Seventy-second Congress, first session, and Rivers and Harbors Com- mittee Document No. 6, Seventy-third Congress, first session. Supplementing the work authorized by Congress of a channel 28 feet deep and 300 feet wide from mouth of Willamette River to Van- couver, Wash., with two turning basins, each generally 2,000 feet long and 800 feet wide, and 28 feet deep, as recommended by the Chief of Engineers in House Document No. 249, Seventy-second Congress, first session, has been included in the Public Works pro- gram under the National Industrial Recovery Act. Recommended modifications of project.-Modifications of the exist- ing project were recommended by the Chief of Engineers as follows: Under date of January 23, 1932, modification was recommended so as to provide a channel 30 feet deep and 300 feet wide in the St. Helens Channel, and a channel 30 feet deep and 500 feet wide con- necting the upper end of the St. Helens Channel with the main ship channel of the Columbia River, at an estimated cost of $50,000, with $6,600 annually for maintenance (H. Doc. No. 235, 72d Cong., 1st sess.). Under date of May 24, 1933, modification was recommended to pro- vide for maintenance of depths not to exceed 35 feet at low water over 1320 REPORT OF CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMY, 1934 such areas in the project channel of the Willamette River between its mouth and the Broadway Bridge, Portland, as have been dredged under the existing project by the port of Portland, at an additional annual cost of $100,000 (H. Doc. No. 6, 73d Cong., 1st sess.). Further modifications, recommended under date of February 15, 1932 (H. Doc. No. 249, 72d Cong., 1st sess.), have been included in the Public Works program. Local cooperation.-Fully complied with, except that during the past year project depth has not been maintained in the Willamette River. Terminal facilities.-At Portland, Oreg., there are under public ownership four terminals for general cargo. There is one drydock of 10,000 tons and another of 15,000 tons capacity, both under public ownership and operation. Under private ownership, but open to the public on equal terms, are 9 general cargo, 6 grain and flour, 8 lum- ber, 8 crude oil and gasoline terminals, besides outfitting and storage wharves. At Astoria, Oreg., there is a large municipal terminal with large grain elevator and coal bunkers in connection. There are also pri- vate wharves used for shipment of canned salmon, lumber, and flour, and for the receiving of coal, oil, and general merchandise. At Vancouver, Wash., there is a municipal terminal wharf. There are also privately owned wharves for shipment of lumber and other commodities, and a privately owned grain elevator and wharf are nearing completion. At Kalama, Wash., there is a municipal wharf. The port of Longview has a public terminal on the Columbia River at Longview, Wash., and the Long-Bell Lumber Co. and Weyerhaeuser Timber Co. have wharves in the same vicinity for the shipment of lumber. At other small towns on the Columbia River between Portland and Astoria there are sufficient private facilities to accommodate the river steamers, and at seven points there are large sawmill docks used entirely for the shipment of lumber in ocean-going carriers. These facilities, with the planned extensions, are considered ade- quate for the present needs of commerce. (For further details see Port Series No. 11, Corps of Engineers.) Operations and results during fiscal year.-With regular funds maintenance dredging was done by the U. S. dredges Multnomah, Wahkeiakwin, Clatsop, Mackenzie, and Michie, and the port of Port- land dredge Clackcamas working under lease. The work was done at all bars between Vancouver, Wash., and Flavel, Oreg., except Henrici, St. Helens, Martin Island, and Westport bars, where no work was necessary. The total excavation was 10,971,677 cubic yards, and length of channel dredged 29 miles. Other maintenance work consisted of repairs to existing dikes and revetments, repairs to plant, surveys, and miscellaneous work with Government plant. Under contract for construction of two dikes at Sand Island, emer- gency relief funds work was carried on intermittently by the sureties for the contractor. At the end of the year this work was about 67.7 percent completed. RIVERS AND HARBORS-PORTLAND, OREG., DISTRICT 1321 The cost of principal classes of work was as follows: Maintenance: Dredging, including surveys_______________________ ____ $453,244.85 Dike construction __-______.______________ ____ _ 101, 916. 07 Repairs to dikes and revetments_--------------------- 7, 929. 93 Removal of obstructions in Blind Slough (Sec. 3, River and Harbor Act, July 3, 1930) _--------------------------------_ 486. 71 Part of cost of transfer of dredge Savannah __ ____ --- _ 12, 537. 73 Total, for all work___________________________________ 576, 115.29 Expenditures were $404,011.47, all regular funds. Under the Public Works program work was done under contract on dredging a new channel at Harrington Point, and with Govern- ment plant a 28-foot channel and two turning basins were dug at Vancouver, Wash. Following is summary of the work. Location Quantity Cost Expendi- Percent tures complete Cubic yards Harrington Point_-____-_______-_______ -___ 5, 261, 928 $371, 212. 59 $292, 945. 69 95. 6 Vancouver ___-____________ ______-____-- _ - __ _ 879, 000 56, 983. 54 56, 983. 54 100 Total_______ __ -______________- -- ______ 6, 140, 928 428, 196. 13 349, 929. 23------ Condition at end of fiscal year.-The 35- by 500-foot channel project was completed in 1933, except that a channel revision is being made with Public Works funds at Harrington Point. A total of 121 dikes have been constructed, including 5 built by the port of Portland and 10 by the port of Vancouver. The channel is in good condition. A draft of 30 feet is practi- cable at low tide throughout the year and at high tide a draft of 32 feet is practicable. In the Columbia below the mouth of Willam- ette River the least depth referred to low-water datum at end of June 1934 was 28 feet. At the existing stage of river the least depth was 36 feet at low tide. At the mouth of Willamette River there was a small shoal with depth of 25 feet referred to low water, which at existing river stage gave a depth of 35 feet. In the Willamette in general a depth of 31 feet at low water is available. To Vancouver a draft of 241/2 feet at low tide is practicable from August to October, 25 feet from November to March, and 27 feet from April to July, with corre- sponding available river stages of 3 to 1, 1 to 4, and 4 to 7 feet, respectively. The total cost of the work under the existing project was $10,108,- 606.02, of which $3,263,606.57 was for new work and $6,844,999.45 for maintenance, from regular funds, and $98,527.20 for new work and $24,319.82 for maintenance from contributed funds. The ex- penditures have been $10,658,461.11 from United States regular funds and $122,847.02 from contributed funds, a total of $10,781,308.13. Under the Public Works program, dredging in new channel at Harrington Point, 32 feet deep and 500 feet wide, was nearly com- pleted, and a channel 28 feet deep and 300 feet wide from mouth of Willamette to Vancouver, and two turning basins were completed. In the latter channel the least depth on June 30 was 21 feet at low 1322 REPORT OF CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMY, 1934 water. At the existing river stage the depth was 31 feet. The cost was $428,196.13, for new work, and the expenditures were $349,929.23, all from Public Works funds. Proposed operations.-The funds unexpended June 30, 1934, in- cluding accounts receivable, will be applied as follows: Accounts payable June 30, 1934----------------------------- $34, 597.97 Maintenance: Dredging channel in Columbia River, with 4 Government dredges and hired labor and/or by contract, July 1934 to June 30, 1935_---------------------------------_ 414, 500. 00 Construction of Dike No. 88-5 at Harrington Point, under con- tract, July to September 1934_________________ 32, 500. 00 Repairs to existing dikes, etc., by contract and/or Government plant and hired labor, between September 1934 and April 1935 ------ -------------------------------------- 8, 695. 95 Construction of hydraulic laboratory model, under contract, at Berkeley, Calif., July to October 1934------------------ 15, 000. 00 Construction of new survey tug to replace tug Geo. H. Men- dell, by contract, September 1934 to, June 1935 -- ________ 240, 000. 00 Total maintenance_ ______________________ 745, 293.92 Balance remaining---- --------------------------------- 81, 239. 06 826, 532.98 The funds unexpended June 30, 1934, from the National Industrial Recovery Act, will be applied as follows: Accounts payable June 30, 1934_______________________________ $78, 266.90 Completion of dredging contracts for Harrington Point Channel, July 1934 ---------------------------- ------------ 18, 100. 06 Subtotal------------------------------------------- 96, 366. 96 Balance remaining -- - -- -- ________ -- 203. 81 Total -------------------------------------------- 96, 570. 77 The additional sum of $640,000 can be profitably expended, for maintenance, during the fiscal year 1936, as follows: Dredging channel in Columbia River, where necessary, between Van- couver, Wash., and the mouth, July 1935 to June 1936---------- $610, 000 Repairs to existing dikes and other works, September 1935 to April 1936-------------------------------------------------- 30, 000 Total ----------------------------------- 40, 000 6----------- Cost and financial summary MAINTENANCE AND IMPROVEMENT FUNDS Cost of new work to June 30, 1934___ ------------------------ $4, 793, 019. 71 Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1934__ ________-- 8, 059, 863. 84 Total cost of permanent work to June 30, 1934 --------- 12, 852, 883. 55 '- Value of plant, materials, etc., on hand June 30, 1934__________ 587, 648.16 Net total cost to June 30, 1934_____________________ 13, 440, 531. 71 Plus accounts receivable June 30, 1.934------------------------ 8,932. 55 Gross total costs to June 30, 1934____ _______-___- 13, 449, 464.26 Minus accounts payable June 30, 1934 ________-------47, 100. 22 Net total expenditures__-- ---------------- 13, 402, 364. 04 Unexpended balance June 30, 1934________________--_-- __ 817, 600.43 Total amount appropriated to June 30, 1934___________ 14,219, 964. 47 1 In addition, $122,847.02 was expended from contributed funds. 2 In addition, $472.80 was returned to contributors. RIVERS. AND. H ARBORS-PORTLAND, OREG., DISTRICT 1323 Fiscal year ending June 30 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 Cost of new work .___._________________ $293, 244. 94 $601, 448. 02 $370, 210. 46 Cost of maintenance .......... - $248,285.17 425, 718. 35 147, 898. 82 447, 079. 33 $576, 115. 29 Total cost 284, 285.17 .--------------- 718, 963. 29 749, 346. 84 817, 289. 79 576, 115. 29 Total expended--__ ------------ 380, 686, 83 605, 662. 83 686, 116. 55 .829, 019.09 404, 011. 47 Allotted_------ _--------------- 532, 400. 00 970, 000. 00 -1, 196. 88 1, 480, 071. 37 408,496.92 Balance unexpended July 1, 1933_ $813, 114. 98 Amount allotted from War Department Appropria- tion Act approved Apr. 26, 1934__________________ $595, 000. 00 Amount allotted from War Department Appropria- tion Act approved July 14, 1932_ 500.00 Amount allotted from War Department Appropria- tion Act approved Mar. 4. 1933___-- - - -_______ 500. 00 596, 000. 00 Amount to be accounted for____________________________ 1, 409, 114.98 Deductions on account of revocation of allotment-______ -- -187, 503. 08 Net amount to be accounted for ____________________--_ 1, 221, 611. 90 Gross amount expended____________________________ $742, 137. 53 Less Reimbursements collected---------- $215, 131. 18 Receipts from sales--________ _ 122, 994. 88 338, 126. 06 404, 011. 47 Balance unexpended June 30, 1934 ________ ________ _ 817, 600. 43 Outstanding liabilities June 30, 1934---------------- $65, 070. 27 Amount covered by uncompleted contracts---------- 104, 413. 55 169, 483. 82 Balance available June 30, 1934____________________------648, 116. 61 Accounts receivable June 30, 1934_________________________-- 8, 932. 55 Unobligated balance available June 30, 1934 _____________ 657, 049. 16 Amount that can be profitably expended in fiscal year ending June 30, 1936, for maintenance __________________________________ 640, 000. 00 PUBLIC WORKS, FUNDS Cost of new work to June 30, 1934____________________________ $428, 196. 13 Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1934___________ Total cost of permanent work to June 30, 1934___________ 428, 196. 13 Minus accounts payable June 30, 1934_________________ 78, 266. 90 Net total expenditures___________________________ 349, 929.23 Unexpended balance June 30, 1934_ 96, 570. 77 Total amount appropriated to June 30, 1934___ - 446, 590. 00 Fiscal year ending June 30 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 Cost of new work . . --... -.... - - $428, 196. 13 Cost of maintenance, ------. ------- --- . Total expended_ ___ --------- 349, 929. 23 Allotted__-------------------- - 446, 500. 00 1 Exclusive of available funds. 1324 REPORT OF CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMY, 19 3 4 Amount allotted from National Industrial Recovery Act approved June 16, 1933-------------------------------------------- $446, 500.00 Gross amount expended--- ------------- $350, 087. 51 Less reimbursements collected ---------------- 158. 28 349, 929. 23 Balance unexpended June 30, 1934------------------------- 96, 570. 77 Amount covered by uncompleted contracts__--------------------- 95, 304. 31 Balance available June 30, 1934____-------- - 1,266.46 CONSOLIDATED COST AND FINANCIAL SUMMARY FOR COLUMBIA AND LOWER WILLAMETTE Cost of new work to June 30, 1934_______________________ $5, 221,215., 84 Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1934 ______________------8, 059, 863. 84 Total cost of permanent work to June 30, 1934 ---------- 13, 281, 079. 68 Value of plant, materials, etc., on hand June 30, 1934 --------- 587, 648. 16 Net total cost to June 30, 1934111 ..... 1 13, 868, 727. 84 Plus accounts receivable June 30, 1934-------------- 8,932. 55 Gross total costs to June 30, 1934___________________- 13, 877, 660. 39 Minus accounts payable June 30, 1934------------------------- 125, 367. 12 Net total expenditures ___________________--__ ___-13, 752, 293.27 Unexpended balance June 30, 1934------------------------- 914, 171.20 Total amount appropriated to June 30, 1934------------214, 666, 464. 47 Fiscal year ending June 30 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 Cost of new work_____________ ................. $293. 244. 94 $601, 448. 02 $370, 210. 46 $428, 196. 13 Cost of maintenance_ _ $284, 285. 17 425, 718. 35 147, 898. 82 447, 079. 33 576, 115. 29 Total cost----------------- 284, 285. 17 718, 963. 29 749, 346. 84 817, 289. 79 1, 004, 311. 42 Total expended------------------ 380, 686. 83 605, 662. 83 686, 116. 55 829, 019. 09 753, 941. 70 Allotted ....------------- 532, 400. 00 970, C00. 00 -1, 196.88 1, 480, 071. 37 854, 996. 92 Balance unexpended July 1, 1933_,_-.__ $813, 114. 98 Amount allotted from War Department Appropriation Act approved Apr. 26, 1934--------------------$595, 000. 00 Amount allotted from War Department Appropriation Act approved July 14, 19d32__ _____________ ____ 500. 00 Amount allotted from War Department Appropriation Act approved Mar. 4, 1933-------- ---------------- 500. 00 Amount allotted from National Industrial Recovery Act approved June 16, 1933_- --- _____________ 446, 500. 00 1, 042;, 500. 00 Amount to be accounted for__________________ ________ 1, 855, 614.98 Deductions on account of revocation of allotment ---------------- 187, 503. 08 Net amount to be accounted for------------------------ 1, 668, 111. 90 Gross amount expended------------------------- $1, 092, 225. 04 Less: Reimbursements collected- --.---- $215, 289.46 Receipts fIom sales_____________ 122, 994. 88 338, 284. 34 753, 940. 70 Balance unexpended June 30, 1934-.- - -914, 171. 20 SIn addition, $122.847.02 was expended from contributed funds. 2 In addition, $472.80 was returned to contributors. RIVERS AND HARBORS-PORTLAND, OREG., DISTRICT 1325 Outstanding liabilities June 30, 1934----------- $65, 070. 27 Amount covered by uncompleted contracts- 190, 717. 86 1------- $264, 788. 13 Balance available June 30, 1934---------------------__ 649, 383. 07 Accounts receivable June 30, 1934------------------------------ 8, 932. 55 Unobligated balance available June 30, 1934_-------------- 658, 315. 62 Amount that can be profitably expended in fiscal year ending June 30, 1936, for maintenance___---------------------------------- 640, 00. 00 11. CLATSKANIE RIVER, OREG. Location.-This river rises in the Coast Range in Oregon, flows northwesterly about 28 miles, and empties through Beaver and Wal- lace Sloughs into the Columbia River about 47 miles from the mouth. (See U. S. Coast and Geodetic Survey Chart No. 6152.) Previous projects.-Adopted by River and Harbor Act of March 3, 1899. The total cost and expenditures were $39,026.29, of which $15,537.30 was for new work and $23,488.99 was for maintenance. For further details of original project, see page 2000 of Annual Report for 1915. Existing project.-This provides for dredging and maintaining a through channel 6 feet deep and 40 feet wide from the town of Clats- kanie to Columbia River, a distance of about 4 miles. Low water is the plane of reference. The variation of water levels due to tides is about 4 feet and to freshets in the Columbia River about 10 feet. The estimate of cost for new work, made in 1915, was $4,620. The latest (1924) approved estimate for annual cost of maintenance is $7,000. The existing project was authorized by the following river and harbor acts: The act of March 3, 1899, provided for improvement below Clatskanie (H. Doc. No. 218, 55th Cong., 2d sess.); the act of June 25, 1910, provided for dredging from Clatskanie to the railroad bridge (H. Doc. No. 633, 61st Cong., 2d sess.) ; the act of July 18, 1918, provided for the maintenance from the mouth to Clatskanie without: prior printed report; and the act of September 22, 1922, provided for improvement and maintenance from the town of Clats- kanie to the Columbia River (H. Doc. No. 698, 64th Cong., 1st sess.). The latest published map is in the last-mentioned document. Terminal facilities.-A wharf and a warehouse at Clatskanie are owned by a transportation company. On Beaver Slough there are five private wharves which have regular steamboat service. The terminal facilities are adequate for existing commerce. Operations and results dring fiscal year.-Dredging by contract between the town of Clatskanie and the Columbia River was com- pleted in October 1933. A total of 6,953 cubic yards of material was removed from the channel, at a cost of $2,180.19, all for maintenance. The channel was restored to project dimensions, 6 feet deep and 40 feet wide on the bottom. The expenditures were $2,117.66. The operations resulted in maintainiing the project depth and width be- tween the town of Clatskanie and the Columbia River. Condition at end of fiscal year.-The existing project was com- pleted in 1924 at a saving of $917 under the estimated cost. The 1Exclusive of available funds. 1326 IEPORT OF CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMY, 1934 channel is in fair condition, with project width and depth available, except near the junction of Clatskanie River with. Beaver Slough and near the town of Clatskanie, where shoals with a controlling depth of about 3 feet at low water have formed since dredging was completed. Cost of the existing project was $46,094.87, of which $3,703.34 was for new work and $42,391.53 for maintenance. The expenditures were $46,080.27. Proposed operations.-The funds unexpended June 30, 1934, amounting to $1,930.89 will be applied to maintenance as follows: Accounts payable June 30, 1934 -- ___---__-____-__________-____ $4. 60 Contract dredging between the mouth of the river and the town of Clatskanie, in August 1934 926.29 1--------------------------- Total------------------------------------------------- -- 1, 930.89 The sum of $4,000 can be profitably expended during the fiscal year 1936 for maintenance dredging between Clatskanie and the Columbia River, by contract, July 1 to, August 15, 1935. Cost and financial summary Cost of new work to June 30, 1934---------------------------- $19, 240. 64 Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1934________________------------ 65,880. 52 Total cost of permanent work to June 30, 1934_ - ____----- 85, 121. 16 Value of plant, materials, etc., on hand June 30, 1934 --- __----- -- 10.00 Net total cost to June 30, 1934 85, 111. 16 Minus accounts payable June 30, 1934______-- _____--------4.60 Net total expenditures------------------------------------85, 106. 56 Unexpended balance June 30, 1934______________________----- 1,930. 89 Total amount appropriated to June 30, 1934 7, 037.45 8________________ Fiscal year ending June 30 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 Cost of new work.... --------- Cost of maintenance------------------- $2, 615. 82 $2, 057. 78 $2, 766.03 $1, 538. 42 $2,180. 19 Total expended----.-------------------- 2, 615. 82 2, 057. 78 2, 766. 03 1, 586. 35 2, 117. 66 Allotted.....---------- ---------------- 00. 00 ------------ -323. 74 5, 655. 14 -20. 24 Balance unexpended July 1, 1933_________________________________ $4, 068. 79 Deductions on account of revocation of allotment----------------- 20. 24 - Net amount to be accounted for- ----------------- ____--4, 048. 55 Gross amount expended __---------------------------------_ _ 2,117. 66 Balance unexpended June 30, 1934_________________________ 1,930. 89 Outstanding liabilities June 30, 1934 1111111 4. 60 Balance available June 30, 1934 ___._________ ______ __ 1, 926. 29 Amount that can be profitably expended in fiscal year ending June - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 30, 1936, for maintenance _ 4, 000. 00 1Exclusive of available funds. RIVERS AND, HARBORS-PORTLAND, OREG., DISTRICT' 1327 12. WILLAMETTE RIVER ABOVE PORTLAND AND YAMHILL RIVER, OREG. Location.-The Willamette River rises in the Cascade Range in southwestern Oregon, flows northerly, and empties into the Columbia River about 100 miles from the sea. Its length from the source of -the middle fork is about 294 miles. (See U. S. Coast and Geodetic Survey Chart No. 6155 and the U. S. Geological Survey Map, State of Oregon.) The Yamhill River rises in the Coast Range, flows easterly, and empties into the Willamette River about 42 miles above Portland. Its length from the source of the south fork is about 52 miles. Previous projects.-For the Willamette River adopted by the River and Harbor Acts of March 3, 1871, and July 13, 1892. Both the cost and expenditures thereunder were $247,747.51 for new work. For further details see page 1997 of Annual Report for 1915. Existing project.-This provides for improvement of Willamette River between Portland (14 miles above the mouth) and Oregon City (26 miles above the mouth) by a channel 8 feet deep at low water, 200 feet wide below Cedar Island, and 150 feet wide thence to Oregon City; and for a channel 21/2 to 31/2 feet deep at low water and of no prescribed width from Oregon City to Corvallis (132 miles above the mouth); by snagging between Corvallis and Harrisburg (163 miles above the mouth) ; by the removal of Copeleys Rock, 9 miles above Portland, and by necessary dredging, snagging, dike, and revetment work between Portland and Corvallis. The project also provides for a channel in Yamhill River 4 feet deep at low water and 60 feet wide from its mouth to McMinnville (18 miles) to be secured by means of a lock and dam near Lafayette and the removal of obstructions. The section of Willamette River in the vicinity of Willamette Falls at Oregon City is covered by a project described on page 1331 of this report. Lock and dam on Yamhill River: Location: 11/2 miles from Lafayette, Oreg., 8 miles above the mouth. Usable lock dimensions: One lock, 175 by 40 feet. Lift of lock: 16 feet. Depth on sills at low water: 4 feet on upper sill; 2 feet on lower sill. Character of foundation: Timber piling in clay. Kind of dam: Fixed. Type of construction: Timber crib. Date of completion: September 21, 1900. Cost : $72,164.83. For the Willamette River below the falls at Oregon City ordinary fluctuation of stage of water is 15 feet and the extreme fluctuation due to flood conditions 35 to 50 feet. Above Oregon City the ordi- nary fluctuation is 12 to 20 feet and the extreme is 20 to 27 feet. For the Yamhill River the ordinary fluctuation is 35 feet and the ex- treme 48 feet. Tidal changes vary from about 21/2 feet at the mouth of the Willamette to zero 26 miles above the mouth. The estimate of cost for new work, revised in 1930, is $459,300, exclusive of the amount expended on previous projects. The latest (1932) approved estimate for anniual cost of maintenance is $80,000. 91536-0 No 1934-84 1328 REPORT OF CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMY, 19 3 4 The existing project was adopted by the following river and har- bor acts: The act of June 3, 1896, provided for the improvement of Willamette River above Oregon City (H. Doc. No. 260, 54th Cong., 1st sess., and Annual Report for 1896, p. 3309) and Yamhill River (Annual Report for 1895, p. 3602); and the act of July 25, 1912, provided for a 6-foot channel in the Willamette River below Oregon City (H. Doc. No. 438, 62d Cong., 2d sess.). The project was modi- fied in 1904 by abandoning the 20-mile stretch of the river between Harrisburg and Eugene as unworthy of improvement (Annual Re- port for 1904, p. 3529) ; and the act of July 3, 1930, provided for the 8-foot channel (H. Doc. No. 372, 71st Cong., 2d sess.). For latest published map see the last-mentioned document. Terminal facilities.-Between Portland and Willamette Falls the terminals are privately owned mill wharves and oil-receiving sta- tions. Above the falls there are small wharves privately owned or natural landings. These facilities are considered adequate for the existing commerce. Operations and results during fiscal year.-New work on the 8-foot channel of Willamette River between Portland and Oregon City, Oreg., consisted of the removal of 371,789 cubic yards of ma- terial, chiefly gravel, by contract, at a cost of $71,303.55, which in- cludes the construction of a gravel dike at the mouth of Clackamas River with a part of the dredged material; the modification of locks at Willamette Falls (Oregon City), and lower lock approach, con- sisting of lowering floor of Lock No. 1 and lock approach; construc- tion of new gates and miter sill at the lower end of Lock No. 1; retimbering lock lining; constructing emergency cofferdam recess, and riprapping gravel dike at mouth of Clackamas River, by con- tract, at a cost of $82,258.59. The 8-foot channel project is 95 per- cent complete. Maintenance dredging in Willamette River between Portland and Independence, Oreg., and in Yamhill River, consisted in the re- moval of 323,105 cubic yards of material, mostly gravel, by the U. S. dredge Monticello and the U. S. derrick barge No. 41, at a cost of $46,165.97, and 235,033: cubic yards by hired dredges at a cost of $35,881.68, and 18,510 cubic yards by contract at a cost of $4,601.53. Other maintenance work consisted of the removal of 1,404 snags from Willamette and Yamhill Rivers at, a cost of $9,550.80; the con- struction of 405 linear feet of pile and timber dike at a cost of $3,421.39. Repairs were made to existing dikes at a cost of $1,249.26. Surveys were made before dredging of, all bars between Portland and Independence, and Yamhill River at a cost of $7,825.19. These operations resulted in maintaining the project depths of 21/2 and 31/2 feet at low water between Oregon City and Independence and in Yamhill River, and 8-foot depth between Portland and Oregon City. The total cost was $262,616.99, of which $153,562.14 was for new work and. $109,054 85 for maintenance. TheftotaL expenditures were $258,342.99. Condition at end of fiscal year.-The existing project is about 95 percent completed. The new work on the 8-foot channel, Portland to Oregon City, is about 95 percent completed. Removal of Copeleys Rock will complete the existing project. The controlling depths at RIVERS AND IIARBORS-PORTLAND, OREG., DISTRICT 1329 low water on upper Willamette River at the end of the year were: 8 feet between Portland and Oregon City (13 miles); 3 feet from Oregon City to Independence (72 miles), and on Yamhill River, 2 feet from its mouth to McMinnville (18 miles). Traffic above Salem is confined to log rafts and occasional launches. The river is open between Salem and Corvallis (47 miles), but the steeper slope of the river above Corvallis discourages traffic. The controlling depth be- tween Salem and Corvallis is about 1 foot at low water. The bank revetment at Independence and the dam and revetment at Wheatland are all in fair condition. One lock and dam in Yam- hill River was completed in 1900 (see table under Existing project). For condition of lock and dam at the end of the fiscal year, see page 1333. The total cost of the existing project was $1,710,736.67, of which $437,606.35 was for new work and $1,273,130.32 for maintenance. The total expenditures were $1,779,958.79. Proposed operations.-The funds unexpended June 30, 1934, will be applied as follows: Accounts payable June 30, 1934____--------------------------------- $5. 972. 94 New work: Removal of Copeleys Rock by contract, September and October 1934 500. 00 6--------------------------- Maintenance : Contract dredging between Portland and Oregon City, Oneg., July and August 1934------------------------------------ 16,000. 00 Dredging by Government plant and hired labor, between Portland and Independence, Oreg., and in Yamhill River, 4 months July and August 1934 and May and June 1935____ 22, 000. 00 Dredging by hired plant, between Oregon City and Inde- pendence, Oreg., July and August 1934 and May 1935------- 25, 000. 00 Repairs to existing dams and dikes with Government plant and hired labor, August and September 1934--------------- 4,000. 00 Repairs to fish ladder near Oregon City, Oreg., by Govern- ment plant and hired labor, August 1934------------------__ ___ 3, 500. 00 Surveys before and after dredging, with Government plant and hired labor, between Portland and Independence, Oreg --- 6,000. 00 Snagging with Government plant and hired labor, between Portland and Harrisburg, Oreg., July-September 1934 and April-June 1935_------------------------------------------ 5,632. 59 Cdonstructionb of new quarterboat to replace quarterboat No. 3 ---------------------------------------------- 8,500. 00 Total maintenance --------------------------------------- 96, 605. 53 Total new work and maintenance-------------------------103, 105. 53 Balance remaining----------------------------------------3, 062. 58 Total ------------------------------------------------- 106, 168.11 The additional sum $80,000 can be profitably expended during the fiscal year 1936, as follows: Maintenance: Construction and repairs, dikes, dams, and revetments in Wil- lamette River, between Newberg and Independence, by contract, Julyi to:ept. 30, 195, and -Apr.' 1 to- June 30, 1936------------_ $10,000 Dredging in Willamette River between Portland and Independence, and in Yamhill River with Government plant and hired labor, July 1 to Sept. 30, 1935, and Apr. 1 to June 30, 1936------------ 15,000 Dredging in Willamette River between Portland and Oregon City, by contract July 1 to Aug. 31, 1935_ -- ___-_------- 10, 000 Dredging in Willamette River, between Portland and Independence, by hired plant, July 1 to Sept. 30, 1935, and Apr. 1 to June 30, 1936 ---------------------- - ___ 15, 000 1330 IREPORT OF CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMY, 1934 Maintenance :-Continued Dredging in Willamette River, between Newberg and Salem, by contract July 1 to Sept. 30, 1935--------------------------- - 15, 000 Snagging, by Government plant and hired labor, between Portland and Harrisburg, July 1, 1935, to June 30, 1936 ----------------- 7, 500 Surveys, Willamette River between Portland and Independence and Yamhill River, July 1 to Oct. 31, 1935, and Apr. 1 to June 30, 1936---------------------------------- 7, 500 Total for all work-------------------------------- -- 80, 000 Cost and financial summnary Cost of new work to June 30, 1934 ------------------------- $685, 353. 86 Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1934 ---------------------- 1, 273, 130. 32 Total cost of permanent work to June 30, 1934----------__ 1, 958, 484. 18 Value of plant, materials, etc., on hand June 30, 1934----------- 75, 148. 46 Net total cost to June 30, 1934------------------ ----- 2, 033, 632. 64 Plus accounts receivable June 30, 1934------------------------- 221. 60 Gross total costs to June 30, 1934--------------------2, 033, 854. 24 Minus accounts payable June 30, 1934 , 147. 94 6------------------------- Net total expenditures----------------------------- 2, 027, 706. 30 Unexpended balance June 30, 1934--------------------------105, 946. 51 Total amount appropriated to June 30, 1934------------- 2, 133, 652. 81 Fiscal year ending June 30 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 Cost of new work ._............._____.--- ---- $4, 241. 47 $7, 510. 41 $22,990.90 $153,562.14 .....------ Cost of maintenance---- $103, 432. 06 92, 563. 36 144, 950. 78 83, 220. 29 109, 054. 85 Total cost.........-------------------------..... 96, 804. 83 152, 461. 19 106, 211. 19 262, 616. 99 Total expended--------------- 89, 488. 39 129, 220. 39 167, 462. 42 108, 444. 86 258, 342. 99 Allotted_ - __ _ __ __ 232, 000. 00 85, 000. 00 24, 000. 00 355, 253. 32 94, 723. 28 Balance unexpended July 1, 1933 __---------- $269, 566. 22 Amount allotted from War Department Appropria- tion Act approved Apr. 26, 1934------------------ $62, 000. 00 Amount allotted from War Department Appropria- Act approved Mar. 4, 1933------------------------ 51, 300. 00 11.3, 300. 00 Amount to be accounted for__------------------------ 382, 866. 22 Deductions on account of revocation of allotment---------------- 18, 576. 72 Net amount to be accounted for ------------------ 364, 289. 50 Gross amount expended---- ----- ----------------- $267, 600. 70 Less reimbursements collected--_--------------------- 266. 71 - 258, 342.99 Balance unexpended June 30, 1934---------------------- 105, 946. 51 Outstanding liabilities June 30, 1934---------------- $29, 334. 63 Amount covered by uncompleted contracts 75. 00 1------------ 29, 509. 63 Balance available June 30, 1934-------------------------- 76, 436. 88 Accounts receivable June 30, 1934 21. 60 2------------------------ Unobligated balance available June 30, 1934--------------- 76, 658. 48 Amount that can be profitably expended in fiscal year ending June _ 30, 1936, for maintenance -- -- 80, 000. 00 1Exclusive of available funds. RIVERS AND HARBORS-PORTLAND, OREG., DISTRICT 1331 13. OPERATING AND CARE OF CANAL AND LOCKS AT WILLAMETTE FALLS, OREG. Location.-Willamette Falls is formed by a rocky reef in the Willamette River at Oregon City, Oreg., about 26 miles above the mouth of the river. For description of Willamette River see page 1773, Annual Report for 1932. Existing project.-This provides for the purchase, rehabilitation, and deepening to 6 feet at low water of the existing canal and locks and the separation of the canal from the water-power intake by the construction of a concrete division wall. LOOKS AND DAM ON WILLAMETTE RIVER Location: At Willamette Falls, near Oregon City, Oreg., 26 miles above the mouth. Usable lock dimensions: Series of four locks, each 175 by 37 feet. Lift of each lock: Lock No. 1 (lower), 22.5 feet ;2 Lock No. 2, 8.7 feet; Lock No. 3, 10.9 feet; Lock No. 4 (upper), 8.1 feet. Depth on miter sills at low water: Lower lock, 8.4 feet; upper lock, 6 feet. Character of foundation: Rock. Kind of dam: Fixed. Type of construction: Concrete. Year of completion: 1873. Purchased by United States April 26, 1915. Cost: Unknown. Purchase price, $375,000. The ordinary fluctuation of the stage of water above the locks is 12 feet, and the extreme, due to flood conditions, 20 feet. Below the locks the ordinary fluctuation is 15 feet and the extreme 50 feet. The estimate of cost for new work, made in 1912, was $680,000. This includes the price paid for the canal and locks. The existing project was authorized by the following river and harbor acts: The act of June 25, 1910, provided for the purchase and rehabilitation of the system and the construction of the concrete divi- sion wall (H. Doc. No. 202, 56th Cong., 1st sess., and Annual Report for 1900, p. 4374), and the act of August 8, 1917, provided for the deepening of the locks (H. Doc. No. 1060, 62d Cong., 3d sess.). The last-mentioned document contains the latest published map. Local cooperation.-Fullycomplied with. Terminal faiities.-The Crown Willamette Paper Co. has con- structed a timber wharf about 850 feet in length, extending to and supported by the concrete division wall built in the lock canal by the United States. This wharf is used mainly for the shipment of their products and receipt of material and supplies. Operations and results during fiscal year.-Repairs to and general policing and care of the property resulted in continuous service dur- ing the year, excepting when modification of Lock No. 1, under the 8-foot channel, Portland to Oregon City, was being done. The costs for the year were $28,080.99, all for maintenance. Expenditures for the year for maintenance, under allotments from permanent indefi- nite appropriation, were $28,267.92. 1A guard lock 210 by 40 feet, which is used only at higher stages of water, is located at the upper end of the canal basin. "A concrete division wall, 1,227 feet long, extending from Lock No. 4 to the guard lock, separates the upper basin of the canal from the headrace, which formerly led directly from the basin and supplied water for the power plants operated by the Crown Willamette Paper Co. and the Portland Railway, Light & Power Co. * The dam is owned by private parties. 1332 REPORT OF CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMY, 1934 Condition at end of fiscal year.-The final report on the project for purchase and rehabilitation of the canal and locks was given in the annual report for 1923, when the project was reported 98 percent complete. No further work is considered necessary. The depth over the miter sills is 6 feet at low water. The locks and grounds are in fair condition and are continuously serviceable, except when high water or necessary repairs prevent. Expenditures for purchase and rehabilitation of the locks and canal were $677,122.20, of which $300,000 was from contributed funds. Costs for maintenance from the permanent indefinite appro- priation was $415,009.46. Expenditures were $416,459.07. Proposed operations.-The canal will be operated and maintained under allotments from appropriations made available for such purposes. Cost and financial summary for maintenance and improvement funds Cost of new work to June 30, 1934---------------------------- $377, 122. 20 Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1934------------------------------------ Total cost of permanent work to June 30, 1934------------ 377, 122. 20 Net total expenditures ------------------------------------ 377, 122. 20 Total amount appropriated to June 30, 1934__ 377, 122. 20 Cost and financial summary for operating and care funds Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1934---------------------------$415, 009. 46 Value of plant, materials, etc., on hand June 30, 1.934 . -.. --- 3, 157. 92 Net total cost to June 30, 1934---------------------------418, 167. 38 Minus accounts payable June 30, 1934--------------------------- 1, 708. 31 Net total expenditures ----------------------------------- 416, 459. 07 Unexpended balance June 30, 1934------------------------------ 3, 408.29 Total amount appropriated to June 30, 1934---------------- 419, 867. 36 Fiscal year ending June 30 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 Cost of new work--------_--------- ------------------------------------------- Cost of maintenance------------------- $38, 062. 09 $29, 381. 26 $31, 952. 37 $27, 405. 92 $28, 080. 99 Total expended. - -------------------- 39, 247. 81 28, 007. 54 33, 813. 51 27, 907. 86 28, 267. 92 Allotted-------......------------..-------- .. 35, 000. 00 30, 000.00 35,000. 00 32, 671.94 21, 191. 12 Balance unexpended July 1, 1933------------------------------- $10, 485.09 Amount allotted from permanent indefinite appropriation, section 6, River and Harbor Act, March 3, 1909-------------------------- 22, 500. 00 Amount to be accounted for------------------------------32, 985. 09 Deductions on account of revocation of allotment----------------- 1, 308. 88 Net amount to be accounted for---------------------------31, 676. 21 1In addition, $300,000 was expended from contributed funds. RIVERS AND HARBORS-PORTLAND, OREG., DISTRICT 1333 Gross amount expended__________________________ $29, 339. 43 Less reimbursements collected__________-__ _____ 1, 071. 51 $28, 267. 92 Balance unexpended June 30, 1934___._______--....... 3,408.29 Outstanding liabilities June 30, 1934___________________________ 1, 899. 81 Balance available June 30, 1934____________________- 1, 508. 48 Amount allotted for fiscal year 1935-_______ ____________-__ 36, 000. 00 Balance available for fiscal year 1935 _____________ __ 37, 508. 48 14. OPERATING AND CARE OF LOCK AND DAM IN YAMHILL RIVER, OREG. The improvement for which report is made under this caption forms part of the project for Willamette River above Portland and Yamhill River, Oreg. See pages 1327 to 1330 where general infor- mation regarding the improvement can be found. The completed lock and dam has been operated and maintained under the permanent indefinite appropriation since September 24, 1900. Terminal facilities.-A country road, in good condition, leads from Lafayette, 11/2 miles, to the locks. There are no terminal facilities on the river nor at the locks. Operations and results during fiscal year.-Minor repairs were made to the lock, dam, and buildings, policing of grounds, and care of operating machinery. The work was done by hired labor at a cost of $3,111.42. Expenditures for the year for maintenance, under allotments from permanent indefinite appropriation, totaled $3,103.24. Condition at end of fiscal year.-The depth over the upper lock miter sill at low water is 4 feet, and 2 feet over the lower miter sill. The lock, dam, and grounds are in fair condition. The lock gates are in poor condition. The lock was in service the year around, except for short periods during high-water stages, and is used principally for the passage of log rafts. (For further details see table, p. 1327.) Costs for maintenance, from the permanent indefinite appropriation, were $94,025.66. Expenditures were $93,973.61. Proposed operations.-The canal will be operated and maintained under allotments from appropriations made available for such pur- poses. Cost and financial summary Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1934 _________________________ $94, 025. 66 Value of plant, materials, etc., on hand June 30, 1934______________ -5.00 Net total cost to June 30, 1934_____________________________ 94, 020. 66 Minus accounts payable June 30, 1934 ___________________-- __ 47. 05 Net total expenditures ________------------------93, 973.61 Unexpended balance June 30, 1934_______________--- 280. 90 Total amount appropriated to June 30, 1934________________ 94, 254. 51 1334 REPORT OF CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMY, 1934 Fiscal year ending June 30 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 Cost of new work----- - - - ------- Cost of maintenance------ .... ---------------- 919. 80 $3, $1, 458. 78 $2, 209. 13 $6, 855. 67 $3, 111. 42 Total expended---.- . 3, 904. 87 .-------------------- 1, 470. 59 2, 214. 38 6, 916. 80 3, 103. 24 Allotted-------------- ---------------- 3, 900. 00 3, 000. 00 6, 000.00 1, 578. 73 3, 088. 33 Balance unexpended July 1, 1933 _ ---- -------- $295. 81 Amount allotted from permanent indefinite appropriation, section 6, River and Harbor Act, Mar. 3, 1909--------------------------- 3, 200. 00 Amount to be accounted for------------------__------- 3, 495. 81 Deductions on account of revocation of allotment------------------- 111. 67 Net amount to, be accounted for--------- 3, 384. 14 Gross amount expended-----------------------------------------3, 103.24 Balance unexpended June 30, 1934 --------------------------- 280. 90 Outstanding liabilities June 30, 1934------------------------------- 86. 38 Balance available June 30, 1934----------------------------- 194. 52 Amount allotted for fiscal year 1935------------------ --- 15, 600. 00 Balance available for fiscal year 1935------------------------- 15, 794. 52 15. COLUMBIA RIVER AT BONNEVILLE, OREG. Location.-On the Columbia River, 42 miles east of Portland, Oreg., about 144 miles above the mouth of the river. For descrip- tion of the Columbia River see page 1313 of this report. E0is'ting project.-No work has been authorized by Congress. The project authorized by the Federal Emergency Administration of Public Works provides for acquisition of necessary lands and con- struction of a dam, power plant, and lock, for power and navigation. The work consists of a gravity type concrete spillway dam, 1,200 feet long, 165 feet wide at the base, surmounted by eighteen 50- by 50-foot movable crest steel gates, across the main river channel from the Washington shore to Bradford Island which divides the river at this point; a power house, with initial installation of two units of 43,000 kilowatts each (ultimate installation, 10 to 12 units) across Bradford Slough to the Oregon shore; and a single lift ship lock with clear dimensions of 76 feet in width, 500 feet in length, and 27 feet over the sills. The lift at low water and normal pool level is 66 feet. Elevation of the roadway over the spillway dam is 99 feet above sea level. The lock and power house will be con- structed on andesite foundation, and the main dam will rest upon solidified sedimentary rock of volcanic origin. The ordinary and extreme fluctuations of the river at the site of the work are about 21 feet and 47 feet, respectively. The estimated cost of the dam, lock, and two power units is $40,200,000. Terminal facilities.-None. Operations and results during fiscal year.-- ork started in Octo- ber 1933. Since that date engineer studies, surveys, exploratory drilling, construction roads, and camps, temporary shift in Oregon- Washington Railroad & Navigation Co. tracks and excavation f:or R IVERS AND HARBORS-PORTLAND, OREG., DISTRICT 1335 the navigation lock have been completed; work begun on excavating for the powerhouse foundation, relocation of Spokane, Portland & Seattle Railway Co.'s main line; construction of 20 permanent oper- ators' quarters; contract awarded for construction of main spillway dam, and for furnishing 300,000 barrels of cement; and bids called for construction of powerhouse substructure and lock masonry, and for two 60,000 horsepower turbines. All work except incidental and test pit work was done by contract. The total costs for the year amounted to $1,918,746.98 for new work. Total expenditures were $1,837,651.96. Condition at end of fiscal year.-Preliminary work on the project has been practically completed. The major portion of rights-of-way and flowage easements remain to be purchased; construction of the lock, powerhouse, spillway dam, highway and railroad relocation, purchase and installation of turbines, generators, machinery equip- ment, etc., to be completed. The total cost of the project to the end of the fiscal year amounted to $1,918,746.98. Total expenditures were $1,837,651.96. Proposed operations.-The funds unexpended June 30, 1934, in- cluding accounts receivable, and an additional $11,000,000 allotted during August 1934, amounting to $29,440,884.71, will be applied as follows: Accounts payable June 30, 1934---------------------.------- $268, 198. 45 New work: Complete contract plans and specifications for principal items of work, foundation exploration, model experiments, rail and highway relocation surveys, and general project surveys, by hired labor, July 1934 to October 1934_ _-- 147, 600. 00 Complete construction of 20 permanent operators' quarters under existing contract, July to December, 1934_ ___-__ 149, 600. 00 Complete excavation for powerhouse and locks under exist- ing contract, July to October 1934___ ___-__------ 711, 700. 00 Liquidation of contract for side dam and diversion channel excavation--------______-------------------------------- 25, 000. 00 Acquisition of lands, below and above Cascade Rapids, July 1934 to June 1937------------------____________- 1,968, 836. 26 Channel improvements through Columbia Gorge by contract September 1935 to March 1936--_-------------------- 330, 000. 00 Construct lock masonry, install gates, valves, machinery and emergency dams, complete upper and lower approach canals, and construct upper and lower guide walls, by contract, October 1934 to October 1935-_-------------- 1, 200, 000. 00 Power plant, construction of masonry substructure and skeleton, railroad siding to powerhouse, including bridge, install head gates, hoists, stop logs, fish-lifting facilities; construct draft tube, drainage, and pumping; and remove cofferdams, by contract, August 1934 to April 1936_ __ 5, 882, 950. 00 Construct main dam, including crest gates, gantry cranes, electric wiring, fish-lifting facilities and landscaping, by contract, July 1934 to December 1937_ ------- _-------- 14,368, 200. 00 Relocation of Spokane, Portland & Seattle Railway, Union Pacific .(Oregon-Washington Railroad & Navigation Co.) Railroad, Evergreen Highway (Washington side) below Cascade Rapids, by contract, July 1934 to December 1935, 4, 128, 800. 00 Total--__ ____------------------- ----- 29, 440, 884. 71 1336 REPORT OF CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMY, 1934 The additional sum of $8,400,000 can be profitably expended dur- ing the fiscal year 1936, as follows: New work: Complete powerhouse structure, machine shop, and trash racks; purchase and install 2 turbines and 2 generators and transformers, auxiliaries, switch and electrical gear, etc., and cranes, by contract, August 1935 to December 1937 ____ $5,300,000 Relocate Columbia. and Evergreen Highways, Union Pacific Railroad, above Cascade Rapids, by contract, August 1935 to August 1936_________________________________________ 1, 550, 000 Construct Bradford Island fishway, by contract, December 1936 to December 1937________________________________ 800, 000 Construction of levees and drainage facilities at The Dalles, Oreg., and modification of miscellaneous structures above Cascade Rapids, Oreg., by contract, August 1935 to Au- gust 1936------------------------------------------- 50, 000 Total------------- 8,400, 000 Cost and financial summary Cost of new work to June 30, 1934_______________ _______ $1, 918, 746. 98 Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1934__ _______----------- -Total cost of permanent work to June 30, 1934----------- 1, 918, 746. 98 Value of plant, materials, etc., on hand, June 30, 1934-------- 149, 266. 76 Net total, cost to Junle 30, 1934_______________________ 2,068, 013. 74 Plus accounts receivable, June 30, 1934---------------------- 37, 836. 67 Gross total costs to June 30, 1934_________________________ 2, 105, 850. 41 Minus accounts payable, June 30, 1934_________________ __ 268, 198. 45 Net total expenditures - ---------------------------- 1, 837, 651.96 Unexpended balance, June 30, 1934_________________________ 18,403, 048. 04 Total amount appropriated to June 30, 1934____________ 20, 240, 700.00 Fiscal .yearending June 30 1930 1931 1932 1933 1984 Cost of new work .--.....------- .. .....------...--------------------------... ..---------.. $1,918, 746. 98 Cost of maintenance.------------- ------------ --------------..-------- --------.-------- Total expended- ---------------- ---------------------------------------- 1,837,651.96 Allotted...-----.... ..-------------------.... ... -------------- ...-------------- 20,240,700. 00 Amount allotted from National Industrial Recovery Act approved June 16, 1933- ....- ____________ -__ -____$20, 250, 000. 00 Deductions on account of revocation of allotment--_________ 9,300. 00 Net amount to be accounted for ____-- ___ Gross amount expended------------------- $1, 942, 933. 09 _____ 20, 240, 700. 00 Less reimbursements collected _______________ 105, 281. 13 1, 837, 651.96 Balance unexpended June 30, 1934____ ________- -18, 403, 048. 04 Outstanding liabilities June 30, 1934----------- $128, 849.89 Amount covered by uncompleted contracts--- 2, 255, 153. 89 2, 384, 003.78 Balance available June 30, 1934 -- 16, 019, 044. 26 RIVERS AND IIARBORS-PORTLAND, OREG., DISTRICT 1337 Accounts receivable June 30, 1934___ ______________-----------$37, 836. 67 Unobligated balance available June 30, 1934___________ 16, 056, 880. 93 Amount allotted by Public Works Administration Emergency ______ Appropriation Act, fiscal year 1935__--_________--- 11, 000, 000. 00 Balance available for fiscal year 1935_______----------- 27, 056, 880. 93 Amount (estimated) required to be appropriated for completion of existing project 1____________________---- 8, 400, 000. 00 Amount that can be profitably expended in fiscal year ending June 30, 1936, for new work ---------- --------------- 8, 400, 000. 00 16. OPERATING AND CARE OF THE CASCADES CANAL, COLUMBIA RIVER, OREG. Location and description.-This improvement includes about 41/ miles of the river where it passes through the Cascade Range. There is a fall, at low water, of 24 feet in the upper one-half mile, and a total fall of about 37 feet to, the foot of the lower rapid. (For description of Columbia River see p. 1313 and U. S. Geological Sur- vey, Mount Hood quadrangle.) Existing project.-This provides for a canal with one lock around the upper Cascades Rapids and open-river improvement below the canal. The section of river under improvement is about 41/2 miles in length. rd its lower end is! about 141 -miles -from the mouth of the river. The canal has a length of 3,000 feet and a clear width be- tween side walls of 90 feet. The lock is located at the lower end of the canal and has two chambers in flight, with detailed information as follows: Dimensions of lock Dimensions Lift Available depth, Lock Foundation Greatest lower available ar At low At high miter sill, lengt full engthfor Clear width Atlow water Athigh water low atater width Feet Feet Feet Feet Feet Lower chamber_----.-.---- Rock ----------___ 469 90 24 0 8 Upper chamber...--..............do-- -----............ 462 90 0 18 8 There are no dams on the canal. The lower chamber only is used up to a 13-foot stage (upper pool), after which the upper chamber alone is used up to a 42-foot stage, lower gage, when the canal is "drowned out." The ordinary summer freshets reach a stage of 42 feet at the foot of the canal and 30 feet at the upper entrance. The highest freshet of record (1894) reached a height of 60 feet at the lower entrance and 50 feet at the upper entrance. Freshets occur during the winter months, due to rains, and reach a stage of 15 feet at the lower gage, but do not interfere with the navigation of the canal. Ice condi- 1 Exclusive of available funds. 1338 IEPORT OF CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMY, 1934 tions, which often close the river to navigation, occur usually in January or February. The estimate of cost for new work, revised in 1894, including $413,360 for the second lock chamber and protective works, is $3,856,763. The existing project was authorized by the following river and harbor acts: The act of August 14, 1876, provided for the construc- tion of a canal around the Cascades of the Columbia, in the State of Oregon, and the act of July 13, 1892, provided for contracts to com- plete the project; the act of June 3, 1896, provided for the second lock chamber and protective works (Annual Report for 1895, p. 3571); and the act of June 13, 1902, provided for the removal of obstructive rock in the rapids below the canal. For latest published map see Senate Executive Document No. 26, Fifty-third Congress, third session. Terminal facilities.-None. Operations and results during fiscal year.-The canal was in service throughout the year, there being no closure due to ice conditions nor to freshets. The costs from indefinite appropriations on account of operation, maintenance, repairs, etc., were $17,442.14. The expenditures were $12,613.77. Condition at end of fiscal year.-The canal, though in operation since 1896, was not fully completed until 1914 and is in excellent condition. The cost and expenditure for construction of the canal were $3,903,780.30. There has been considerable traffic during the past 3 years, due to log rafting and wheat shipments from the river above the canal. The controlling depth in the canal is 8 feet at low water. The cost of maintenance to June 30, 1934, was $507,315.44. The expenditures were $511,567.84. Proposed operations.-The canal will be operated and maintained under allotments from appropriations made available for such pur- ,poses. Cost and financial summary for maintenance and improvement funds Cost of new work to June 30, 1934__________________------------ $3, 903, 780. 30 Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1934____ Total cost of permanent work to June 30, 1934 -__-____ 3, 903, 780. 30 Net total expenditures--------------------------------- 3, 903, 780. 30, Total amount appropriated,to June 30, 1934-________-____ 3, 903, 780. 30 Cost and financial summary for operating and care funds Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1934___-_________--------- $507, 315. 44 Value of plant, materials, etc., on hand June 30, 1934------------ 4, 663. 70 Net total cost to June 30, 1934____________________________ 511, 979. 14 Minus accounts payable June 30, 1934--------------------------- 411. 30 Net total expenditures--_---__- -____--__ Unexpended balance June 30, 1934___ ___________ _______ 511, U67. 84 1, 711. 03 Total amount appropriated to June 30, 1934_.....---___ 513,278. 87 RIVERS AND HARBORS--PORTLAND, OREG., DISTRICT 1339 Fiscal year ending June 30 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 Cost of new work---------------.-------------------- Cost of maintenance---------------------- $18, 266. 77 $17, 455. 40 $16, 782. 66 $19, 801. 89 $17, 442. 14 Total expended.........---------------------. 17, 311. 11 17, 346. 36 15, 268. 39 19, 720. 02 12, 613. 77 Allotted_ .. .... 20, 000. 00 .......---------------------------- 17, 000. 00 15, 000. 00 16, 285. 47 11, 622. 60 Balance unexpended July 1, 1933 --------------------- --- $2, 702. 20 Amount allotted from permanent indefinite appropriation, sec. 6, River and Harbor Act, Mar. 3, 1909-------- 300.'00 1--------------------2, Amount to be accounted for------------------------------15, 002. 20 Deductions on account of revocation of allotment 77. 40 6------------------ Net amount to be accounted for 4, 324. 80 1--------------------------- Gross amount expended----------------------------- $15, 115.19 Less: Reimbursements collected-------------- $2, 386. 92 Receipts from sales--------------------- 114. 50 2, 501. 42 12, 613.77 Balance unexpended June 30, 1934-------------------------- 1, 711. 03 Outstanding liabilities June 30, 1934------------------------------ 613. 08 Balance available June 30, 1934___________________________ 1, 097. 95 Amount allotted for fiscal year 1935-----------------------------__ 14, 700. 00 Balance available for fiscal year 1935----------------------- 15, 797. 95 17. OPERATING AND CARE OF THE DALLES-CELILO CANAL Location.--This improvement embraces about 12 miles of the Co- lumbia River between The Dalles and Celilo, Oreg. (See U. S. Geo- logical Survey Map of Oregon.) Previous projects.-Adopted by the River and Harbor Act of Au- gust 18, 1894. The cost and expenditures were $47,112.83 for exam- inations and surveys. For further details, see page 1993 of Annual Report for 1915, Existing project.-This provides for open-river improvement from the foot of Threemile Rapids to the foot of The Dalles (Fivemile) Rapids, and a continuous canal on the Oregon shore from the foot of The Dalles (Fivemile) Rapids to the head of Celilo Falls, the canal to have a depth of 8 feet, width of 65 feet at the bottom, and length of 81/2 miles, with five locks, as follows: Detailed information of locks Dimensions Lift Miles Avail- from Great- able When lower Lock Foundation lest depth com-Cost en- length Clear Low Righ on pleted tranceable for width water water lower able sill full width Feet Feet Feet Feet Feet 0 Tandem Locks 1___. Rock ....--------- 265. 0 45. 0 70. 0 22. 0 7. 0 1915 $477, 600 1. 6 Fivemile Lock --------... do-....... 265. 0 45. 0 12. 0 15. 0 7. 0 1915 246, 700 5. 2 8. 1 Tenmile Lock 2-........do- ....... 265. 0 50. 0 --...... 7. 5 7. 0 1915 149, 600 Celilo Lock 2-- .... do .._-_.. 265. 0 45. 0 6. 5 7. 0 1915 103, 200 12 chambers in flight. 2 Not used at low water. 1340 REPORT OF CHIEF OF. ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMY, 1934 There are no dams in the canal. The lower end of the canal is about 4 miles and the lower end of the Threemile Rapids about 11/2 miles above The Dalles, Oreg. The normal river freshets at the lower end of the canal reach a stage of 45 feet and the highest flood 70 feet above low water. At the upper end of the canal the normal freshets are about 18 feet and the maximum rise 33 feet. The canal was designed to operate to a stage of 18 feet at the upper pool and is then "drowned out " until the river recedes to a stage of 18 feet. The estimate of cost for new work, revised in 1908, was $4,845,000, exclusive of amount expended on previous projects. The cost of operation and care of the canal and locks is paid from the perma- nent indefinite appropriation for operating and care of canals, etc. The existing project was adopted by the River and Harbor Act of March 3, 1905 (Annual Report, 1904, p. 3475). For latest published map see Annual Report for 1915, page 3380. Local cooperation.-Fully complied with. Terminal facilities.-Private interests own a warehouse with a capacity of 22,000 tons of wheat, fronting on the Dalles-Celilo Canal. The only other terminal on this stretch of the river is a landing at The Dalles, Oreg. Operations and results during fiscal year.-At the beginning of the fiscal year the work of repairing a break in the canal about 6 miles above lower entrance was in progress under contract. A temporary flume constructed around the break during the previous fiscal year permitted the lower (tandem) lock to be operated. Repairs were completed on September 22, 1933, at a cost of $37,972.64. Settlement of the fill under the concrete floor and on portions of the slope lining soon occurred, making further repairs necessary, which repairs were completed, by hired labor, on March 24, 1934. On April 11 a leak developed which caused the failure of a short section of the concrete slope lining on the river side adjoining the work completed on March 24, 1934. Repair work was again begun by hired labor but was soon suspended on account of the rising annual freshet which prevented further work during the year. The cost for the year of the hired-labor repair work was $20,436.41. Re- moval of sand in Celilo entrance, by contract, was in progress be- tween September 25 and October 3, 1933. A total of 6,480 cubic yards of sand was removed at a cost of $3,544.24. Dredging by hired labor removed 65,340 cubic yards of material from the canal and entrance at a cost of $15,584.46. The total costs from indefinite appropriation for operation, maintenance, and repair were $94,756.12. The expenditures were $107,755.82. Condition at end of fiscal year. The canal, which was completed in 1915, is in excellent condition, with the exception of the break now under repair, as noted above. The cost and expenditure for con- struction of the canal were $4,716,205.16. The lower end of the canal is about 4 miles above The Dalles, Oreg. For detailed infor- mation of the locks see table under " Existing project." The total cost of maintenance to June 30, 1934, was $431,159.15. The total expenditure from the indefinite appropriation was $444,957.29. Proposed operations.-The canal will be operated and maintained under allotments from appropriations made available for such purposes. R IVERS AND HARBORS-PORTLAND, OREG., DISTRICT 1341 Cost and financial summary for maintenance and improvement funds Cost of new work to June 30, 1934__.____------------- - $4, 716, 205. 16 Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1934 Total cost of permanent work to June 30, 1934_____ 4, 716, 205. 16 Net total expenditures ---------------------------------4, 716, 205. 16 Total amount appropriated to June 30, 1934 4,716, 205.16 Fiscal year ending June 30 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 Cost of new work---------------------- $248.12 ----------- $6,127. 97 - Cost of maintenance------ Total expended..... .......------------------ -1, 214. 34 ------------ -912. 37 Allotted .----------------------------------- --------- . .--------- . . - Cost and financial summary for operating and care funds Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1934 ____________________--- $431, 159. 15 Value of plant, materials, etc., on hand June 30, 1934 ___________ 15, 601. 96 Net total cost to June 30, 1934 ___-----____________ ____ 446, 761. 11 Minus accounts payable June 30, 1934 . 1, 1__________________ 803. 82 Net total expenditures_______________ _________ 444, 957. 29 Unexpended balance June 30. 1934______________-___- _____ 37, 378. 39 Total amount appropriated to June 30, 1934 ____- ______ 482, 335. 68 Fiscal year ending June 30 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 Cost of new work - - Cost of maintenance- - - - - - - $20, 902. 38 - -- $15, 894. 99 - - $16, 223. 59 - - $40, 841. 29 - - -- $94, 756. 12 Total expended ----------------------20, 407. 59 15, 970. 24 15, 425. 15 38, 591. 93 107, 755. 82 Allotted--------------- ------------- 21, 000.00 19, 000.00 25, 000.00 105, 413.78 64, 113. 15 Balance unexpended July 1, 1933____________________________ $81, 021.06 Amount allotted from permanent indefinite appropriation, sec. 6, iver and Harbor Act, Mar. 3, 1909__________________ 66, 865. 00 Amount to be accounted for____________________________ 147, 886. 06 Deductions on account of revocation of allotment__ ______ 2, 751. 85 Net amount to be accounted for __._______-____-__-__ - 145, 134. 21 Gross amount expended_______________________-__ _ 107, 755.82 Balance unexpended June 30, 1934________________________ 37, 378. 39 Outstanding liabilities June 30, 1934_____________________________ 2, 555. 70 Balance available June 30, 1934_______________________ 34, 822. 69 Amount allotted for fiscal year 1935___________________________ 24,000. 00 Balance available for fiscal year 1935------ ____ ____- 58, 822. 69 18. LAKE RIVER, WASH. Location.- This river, located in Clark County, Wash., is the outlet of Vancouver Lake, located about 2 miles northwest of Van- 1342 REPOT OF CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMIY, 1.934 couver, Wash. The stream flows in a northerly direction for about 11 miles and empties into the Columbia River about 91 miles above the mouth. (See map of Columbia National Forest, U. S. Forest Service, 1920.) Existing project.-This provides for a channel 6 feet deep at low water and 100 feet wide from the mouth of the river to Ridgefield (3 miles). The mean tidal range at the mouth of the river is 2 feet. The estimated cost of new work, made in 1930, was $3,000. The latest (1932) approved estimate for annual cost of maintenance is $2,000. The project was adopted by the River and Harbor Act of July 3, 1930, in accordance with House Committee Document No. 2, Sixty- ninth Congress, first session, as modified by the report of the War Department dated May 10, 1930, pursuant to the commerce com- mittee resolution of February 22, 1930. Terminal facilities.-There are four timber wharves on Lake River. These are at Ridgefield, 21/2 miles above the mouth of the river. Two of these wharves are open to the public, and two are privately owned. The principal traffic is floated logs, which are placed in the river from a log dump connected with the railway at Felida. The facilities are adequate for existing commerce. Operations and results during fiscal year.-None. Condition at end of fiscal year.-The project was completed in 1931, at a saving of $300 under the estimated cost. The controlling depth from the mouth of the river to Ridgefield is 4.5 feet at low water. The project width of 100 feet from the mouth to Ridge- field now obtains. The total cost of the existing project to the end of the fiscal year was $6,700, of which $2,700 was for new work and $4,000 for maintenance. The total expenditure was $6,700. Proposed operations.-The funds unexpended June 30, 1934, amounting to $2,000, will be applied for maintenance dredging be- tween town of Richfield and mouth of river, by contract during September and October 1934. The sum of $2,000 can be profitably expended during the fiscal year 1936 for maintenance dredging between Richfield and mouth of river, by contract, July 1 to August 31, 1935. Cost and financial summary Cost of new work to June 30, 1934______________________ _ $2, 700 Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1934 _._____..........____--__ 4, 000 Total cost of permanent work to- June 30, 1934-------------- 6,700 ---- Net total expenditures ___________-- -- ----------------- 6, 700 Unexpended balance June 30, 1934- _________----- -______ __ 2, 000 Total amount appropriated to June 30, 1934 _________________ 8, 700 Fiscal year ending June 30 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 Cost of new work .............------------------------------- $2,700.00 ----------... __---- -......-... Cost ofmaintenance-------------------------------------- $4,000.-00 ....----- .........--- Total expended ......... -------------------------------- . 2,700. 00 4,000. 00 Allotted------ -------------- 3,700.03 --- __ $3,000.00 ,------------- $2, 000. 0 RIVERS AND HARBORS-PORTLAND, OREG., DISTRICT 1343 Amount allotted from War Department Appropriation Act approved Apr. 26, 1934_____------ --------------------------- $2, 000.00 Balance unexpended June 30, 1934_ _____----_ _---------- 2, 000. 00 Amount that can be profitably expended in fiscal year ending June 30, 1- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - _- - - - - - - - - - - 1936 for maintenance ___ _ 2,000.00 19. LEWIS RIVER, WASH. Location.-This river rises in the Cascade Range in Washington, flows westerly and southwesterly 110 miles and empties into the Columbia River about 90 miles from the mouth. (See U. S. Coast and Geodetic Survey Charts Nos. 6153 and 6154.) Previous projects.-The original project was adopted by the River and Harbor Act of March 3, 1899, and modified by the River and Harbor Act of June 13, 1902. The cost and expenditures thereunder were $30,350, of which $22,251.62 was for new work and $8,098.38 for maintenance. For further details of previous projects see page 2001, Annual Report for 1915. Existing project.-This provides for a low-water channel 6 feet deep and 50 feet wide to the forks (33/4 miles); 4 feet deep and 50 feet wide on the East Fork from its mouth to La Center (3 miles); 4 feet deep and 50 feet wide on the North Fork from its mouth to Woodland (31/2 miles), to be secured by dredging and by the con- struction of regulating works and for clearing the channel to Run- yon (16 miles above Woodland). The variation of water level due to tide ranges from about 2 feet at the mouth to 11/2 feet at La Center and zero at Woodland. During ordinary freshets a stage of 18 feet and at extreme floods a stage of 28.5 feet in the main river at Wood- land, Wash., is reached. The estimate of cost for new work, made in 1913, was $61,500, ex- clusive of amounts expended under previous projects. The latest (1928) approved estimate for annual cost of maintenance is $2,000. The existing project was adopted by the River and Harbor Act of March 4, 1913 (H. Doc. No. 28, 62d Cong., 1st sess.). For latest published map see page 3557 of Annual Report for 1904. Recommended modifications of project. The Chief of Engineers has recommended that the project be modified by eliminating all work on the East Fork and on the North Fork above Woodland. (H. Doc. No. 467, 69th Cong., 1st sess.) Terminal facilities.-At La Center, on the East Fork, and at Woodland, on the North Fork, respectively, the terminals, pile, and timber structures, are publicly owned and are adequate for the existing commerce. Operations and results during fiscal year.-A survey was made of the river between the mouth and the town of Woodland, on the North Fork, and the town of Center, on the East Fork, at a cost of $474.75. A total of 76 snags were removed by hired labor at a cost of $525.25. The total cost and expenditures were $1,000, all for main- tenance. During the month of December 1933 the highest flood of record occurred. Levees were washed away, homes and barns destroyed, and some livestock drowned. Numerous trees and snags were washed 1 Exclusive of available funds. bl536-Ews 1934- 85 1344 REPORT OF CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMY, 1,934 into the channel. Levees were restored and some bank protection constructed by crews from the C. W. A. and S. E. R. A. organizations. Condition at end of fiscal year.-The existing project was com- pleted in 1927 at a saving of $25,619 under the estimated cost. The work done has extended low-water navigation to Woodland and La- Center, to which points the controlling depths are about 2 feet and 1 foot, respectively. The channel has deteriorated badly, due to the fact that no maintenance work has been done since 1922. Traffic is light and consists of rafted logs and piling and occasional pleasure launches. The total cost and expenditures were $95,324.58, of which $35,880.44 was for new work and $59,444.14 for maintenance. Proposed operations.-The funds unexpended June 30, 1934, amounting to $1,000, will be applied to maintenance snagging, Woodland to mouth of river, by contract in September 1934. The sum of $6,000 can be profitably expended during the fiscal year 1936, as follows: Maintenance: Removal of old dikes and small amount of repairs to existing dikes, Woodland to mouth of river, by contract, Aug. 1 to. Sept. 30, 1935_ $5, 000 Snagging, Woodland to mouth of river, by Government plant and hired labor, July 1 to Aug. 15, 1935--------------------------- 1, 000 Total -------------------------------------------- 6, 000 Cost and financial summary Cost of new work to June 30, 1984 ------------------------------ $58, 132. 06 Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1934-----------6----------------- 7, 542. 52 Total cost of permanent work to June 30, 1934-------------- 125, 674. 58 Net total expenditures ____-- ----------------- 125, 674. 58 Unexpended balance June 3.0, 1934------------------------------- 1, 000. 00 Total amount appropriated to June 30, 1934---------------- 12, 674. 58 Fiscal year ending June 30 1930 1931 1932 1933 • 1934 Cost of new work..... ..---------.------- . Cost of maintenance-- -____---....----- $0. 60 $48. 33 ----------. ------------------- ------------ . ..-------- $1, 000 Total expended-------------------...........................---. 60 48.33 ..---------------............ 1, 000 Allotted..---------..---.--- ----------- 2, 000. 00 1,000. 00 -$1, 275. 42 $1, 000 1, 000 Balance unexpended July 1, 1933------------------------------- $1, 000.00 Amount allotted from War Department Appropriation Act approved Apr. 26, 1934-----------------------------------------------1,000.00 Amount to be accounted for------------------------------- 2, 000.00 Gross amount expended-----------------------------------------1, 000. 00 Balance unexpended June 30, 1934-------------------------- 1, 000. 00 Amount that can be profitably expended in fiscal year ending June - 30, 1936, for maintenance 1------------------------ -- -- 6, 000.00 20. COWLITZ RIVER, WASH. Location.-This river rises in the Cascade Range in Washington, flows westerly and southerly about 120 miles, and empties into the 1Exclusive of available funds. RIVERS AND HARBORS-PORTLAND, OREG., DISTRICT 1345 Columbia River about 70 miles from the mouth. (See U. S. Coast and Geodetic Survey Chart No. 6153.) Previous projects.-Adopted by the River and Harbor Act of June 14, 1880. Both the cost and expenditures were $53,182.93, of which $4,999 was for new work and $48,183.93 for maintenance. For further details see page 2000 of Annual Report for 1915. Existing project.-This provides for a channel 4 feet deep at low water and 50 feet wide from the mouth to Ostrander (9 miles), thence 21 feet deep and 50 feet wide to Castle Rock (10 miles), and thence 2 feet deep at low water and not less than 40 feet wide to Toledo (18 miles), to be secured by snagging, dredging, and regulating works. The water level, due to tides, varies from 4 feet at the mouth to zero at Ostrander. During ordinary freshets a stage of 20 feet and at extreme floods a stage of 25.3 feet in the river at Kelso, Wash., is reached. The estimate of cost for new work, re- vised in 1912, was $39,100, exclusive of amounts expended on previ- ous projects. The latest (1928) approved estimate for annual cost of maintenance is $2,000. The existing project was adopted by the River and Harbor Act of June 25, 1910 (H. Doc. No. 1167, 60th Cong., 2d sess., from the mouth to Castle Rock, and H. Doc. No. 404, 61st Cong., 2d sess., from Castle Rock to Toledo). For the latest published map see House Document No. 1167, Sixtieth Congress, second session. Recommended modifcations of project.-The Chief of Engineers has recommended that the project be modified by the elimination of :all work above Castle Rock (H. Doc. No. 467, 69th Cong., 1st sess.). Terminal facilities.-Above Kelso the terminal facilities are limited to two log dumps. At Kelso there are a number of small private wharves and one public landing. Between Kelso and the mouth there are two private commercial wharves. These facilities are adequate for present commerce. Operations and results d'uring fiscal year.-A total of 410 linear feet of pile and stone dikes were completed by contract at ,a cost of $6,344.40. Repairs to existing dikes were made under contract at a cost of $9,306.87. Under contract 1,000 linear feet of river bank, about 1.3 miles above the mouth, was graded and riprapped at a cost of $9,502.46. Additional riprap was placed at the shore end of one dike by hired labor at a cost of $5,193.13. A predredging survey was made and 17 snags were removed by hired labor at a cost of $912.54. The total cost was $31,259.40, all for maintenance. The expendi- tures were $31,180.03. During the month of December 1933, the highest flood of record occurred. Some of the levees were washed away, and houses and barns destroyed. Pile and stone dikes constructed in the past 2 years were damaged slightly. Crews under the C. W. A. and S.E. R. A. organizations restored the levees, and in some sections the river banks were riprapped. The project depth and width was main- tained between the mouth of the river and Ostrander (9 miles). Condition at end of fiscal year.-The existing project was com- pleted in 1913 at a saving of $6,192 under the estimated cost. The project depth and width between the mouth and Ostrander are avail- 1346 REPORT OF CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMY, 1934 able. The total cost of the existing project was $171,344.76, of which $32,907.62 was for new work and $138,437.14 for maintenance. The total expenditure was $171,345.89. Proposed operations.--The funds unexpended June 30, 1934, will be applied as follows: Accounts payable June 30, 1934____ $201.86 Maintenance: Bank revetment, between miles 1.5 and 2 above the mouth of the river by contract in September 1934 --.--------------------- 3, 500. 00 Constructing pile dikes, between miles 8.5 and 9 above the mouth of the river, by contract September and October 1934 --------- 5, 600. 00 Snagging, between the mouth of the river and Ostrander by con- tract September and October 1934----------------------- 3, 500. 00 Surveys, between miles 0 and 10 above the mouth of the river, April 1935 -------------------------------------------- 596. 66 Total --------------------------------------------- 13, 398. 52 The additional sum of $10,000 can be profitably expended during the fiscal year 1936, as follows: Maintenance: Dredging between Ostrander and mouth of river by contract Aug. 1 to Sept. 15, 1935 ------- $3, 000 Repairs and construction of dikes between Ostrander and mouth of river by contract July 15 to Oct. 15, 1935-------------------- 5, 000 Snagging between Ostrander and mouth of river by Government plant and hired labor, July 1, 1935, to June 30, 1936 000 1-----------, Surveys between Ostrander and mouth of river, Sept. 15 to Oct. 31, 1935, and June 1 to 30, 1936___---------_________________ 1,000 Total--------- --- 10, 000 Cost and financial summary Cost of new work to June 30, 1934--------------------------- $37, 906. 62 Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1934 ------------------------ 186, 621.07 Total cost of permanent work to June 30, 1934------------- 224, 527. 69 Plus accounts receivable June 30, 1934------------------------ 202.99 Gross total costs to June 30, 1934-----.------------------ 224, 730. 68 Minus accounts payable June 30, 1934--------------------------- 201. 86 Net total expenditures------------------------------224, 528. 82 Unexpended balance June 30, 1934__--------------------------13, 195. 53 Total amount appropriated to June 30, 1934-------------- 237, 724. 35 Fiscal year ending June 30 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 Cost ofnew work ------------------ Cost of maintenance..-----. -------------- $1, 629. 78 $7, 924.74 $31, 313. 29 $1,381. 91 $31, 259. 40 Total expended-----............----------------------- 1, 690. 00 7, 864. 52 31, 026. 92 1, 748. 78 31, 180. 03 Allotted ---------------- ----------------- 18, 500. 00 15, 000. 00 5,000. 00 4,970.83 37 903.52 RIVERS AND HARBORS-PORTLAND, OREG., DISTRICT 1347 Balance unexpended July 1, 1933---------------------------- $6, 472.04 Amount allotted from War Department Appropriation Act approved Apr. 26, 1934-------- ----------- ---- $10, 000. 00 Amount allotted from War Department Appropriation Act approved July 14, 1932__------------- 25, 000. 00 Amount allotted from War Department Appropriation Act approved Mar. 4, 1933_----------------3------- , 000. 00 38, 00. 00 Amount to be accounted for_ --------------------------- 44, 472. 04 Deductions on account of revocation of allotment-------------- 96. 48 Net amount to be accounted for----- ------------ ____- 44, 375. 56 Gross amount expended ------------------------------------ 31, 180.03 Balance unexpended June 30, 1934----------------------- 13, 195. 53 Amount covered by uncompleted contracts ------------------ -- 201.86 Balance available June 30, 1934__ __________ __________ 12, 993. 67 Accounts receivable June 30, 1934------------------ ___----------- 202. 99 Unobligated balance available June 30, 1934___ ______-----13, 196.66 Amount that can be profitably expended in fiscal year ending June 30, 1936, for maintenance 1-___ __'_____ -__ _ 10, 000. 00 21. SKAMOKAWA CREEK, WASH. Location.-This creek rises in Wahkiakum County, in the south- western part of the State of Washington, flows southwesterly and southerly about 10 miles, and empties into the Columbia River about 36 miles from the mouth. (See U. S. Coast and Geodetic Survey Chart No. 6152.) Existing project.-This provides for a channel 61/2 feet deep at mean low water and 75 feet wide between Steamboat and Brooks Sloughs, about 1,600 feet. The variation of water level due to tides is about 5 feet and to freshets about 12 feet. During ordinary fresh- ets a stage of 9 feet and at extreme floods a stage of 12 feet in the creek at Skamokawa, Wash., is reached. The estimate of cost for new work, made in 1919, was $2,400. The latest (1925) approved estimate for annual cost of maintenance is $2,000. The existing project was authorized by the River and Harbor Act of March 2, 1919 (H. Doc. No. 111, 63d Cong., 1st sess.). The latest published map is in the project document. Terminal facilities.-There are 3 privately owned wharves, 1 on Steamboat Slough and 2 above Brooks Slough, used for general freight and passenger purposes, and these are adequate for the present commerce. Operations and results during fiscal year.-A total of 25,203 cubic yards were removed by contract from the navigation channel re- storing the project depth and width at a cost of $4,855.09. The expenditures were $4,269.08. Condition at end of fiscal year.--The project was completed in 1920. The controlling depth was6 1/2 feet at lower low water. The total cost of the existing project was $23,037.60 of which $2,400 was for new work and $20,637.60 was for maintenance. The total ex- penditures were $22,451.59. 1 Exclusive of available funds. 1348 REPOiT OF CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMY, 1934 Proposed operations.-The funds unexpended June 30, 1934, amounting to $411.18, will be applied to the payment of accounts payable June 30, 1934. The sum of $9,500 can be profitably expended during the fiscal year 1936 as follows: Maintenance : Dredging between Brooks and Steamboat Slough, by contract Jan. 15 to Feb. 15, 1936------------------------------------$2,000 Construction of 3 pile and stone dikes between Brooks and Steam- boat Slough, by contract, Jan. 1 to Feb. 15, 1936---------------7, 500 Total __---------------- 9, 500 Cost and finarcial summary Cost of new work to June 30, 194---- --------------- ------- $2, 400. 00 Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1934---- ------------ 20, 637. 60 Total cost of permanent work to June 30, 1934-----------23, 037. 60 Value of plant, materials, etc., on hand June 30, 1934 -175. 89 Net total cost to June 30, 1934------------------------22, 861. 71 Minus accounts payable June 30, 1934 --------------------------- 410.-12 Net total expenditures ------------------------------- 22, 451. 59 Unexpended balance June 30, 1934------------------------------ 411.18 Total amount appropriated to June 30, 1934-------------- 22, 862. 77 Fiscal year ending June 30 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 Cost ofnew work------------------ ------------ $ - -- Cost of maintenance-_ $877. 12 $1, 056. 54 $1, 529. 58 $1, 582.51 $4, 855. 09 Total expended ------------------------ 877. 12 1, 056. 54 1, 529. 58 1, 582. 51 4, 269. 08 Alltted __ ----------------- 2, 000. 00 ---------------------- 3, 575. 56 2, 687. 21 Balance unexpended July 1, 1933-----------------------------$1, 993.05 Amount allotted from War Department Appropriation Act approved Mar. 4, 1933----- -------------------------------------- 2, 700. 00 Amount to be accounted for -------------------- 4, 693. 05 Deductions on account of revocation of allotment 2. 79 1------------------ Net amount to be accounted for ------------------------ 4, 680. 26 Gross amount expended --------------------------- $4, 472. 07 Less reimbursements collected------------------------202.99 4, 269. 08 Balance unexpended June 30, 1934 ------------------------ 411. 18 Amount covered by uncompleted contracts------------------------ 410. 12 Balance available June 30, 1934--------------- ------------ 1. 06 Amount that can be profitably exjpended in fiscal year ending June 30, 1936, for maintenance -------------------------------- 9, 500. 00 22. GRAYS RIVER, WASH. Location.-This river rises in the Coast Range in Washington, flows southwesterly about 30 miles, and empties into Grays Bay in the estuary of the Columbia River, about 21 miles above the mouth. (See U. S. Coast and Geodetic Survey Chairt No. 6151.) Si~lusive of available funds. RIVERS AND IIARBORS-PORTLAND, OREG., DISTRICT 1349 Existing project.-This provides for the removal of snags and other obstructions from the channel and overhanging trees from the banks between the mouth and the town of Grays River, 8 miles above. The tidal range at the mouth between mean lower low water and mean higher high water is about 8 feet, and the extreme range is about 12 feet. The estimate of cost for new work, made in 1907, was $2,500. The latest (1918) approved estimate for annual cost of maintenance is $500. The existing project was adopted by the River and Harbor Act of March 2, 1907. (Rivers and Harbors Committee Doc. No. 1, 59th Cong., 2d sess.) There is no published map. Terminal facilities.-The terminals are natural landings or small wharves, privately owned, and are adequate for the present commerce. Operations and results during fiscal year.-None. Condition at end of fiscal year.-The existing project was com- pleted in 1909. There is at present no steamboat service on the river, and none in prospect. The river is in fairly good condition, but shoal. For about 61/2 miles above the mouth the controlling depth is 2 feet, and above that, to town of Grays River, 11/2 miles further up, it is practically dry in 2 places at low-water stage. The river is used for logs only above the town of Grays River. The total cost and amount expended under the existing project is $6,007.99, of which $2,500 was for new work and $3,507.99 for maintenance. Proposed operations.-The funds unexpended June 30, 1934, amounting to $500, will be applied to maintenance snagging between town of Grays River and mouth of river by Government plant and hired labor, September 1934. The sum of $1,000 can be profitably expended during the fiscal year 1936 for snagging between town of Grays River and mouth of river during July 1935. Cost and financial summary Cost of new work to June 30, 1934------------------------------ $2, 500. 00 Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1934------------------------------ 3, 507. 99 Total cost of permanent work to June 30, 1934 007. 99 6-------------, Net total expenditures----------------------------------- 6, 007.99 'Unexpended balance June 30, 1934------------------------------ 500. 00 Total amount appropriated to June 30, 1934---------------- 6, 507. 99 Fiscal year ending June 30 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 Cost of new world.k....- Cost of maintenance----------- ------ ---- -- -- --------- -------------------- Total expended.. -- - - -- ..--- Allotted. ----------------------------------------------- -$792. 01------------ $500. 00 1350 REPORT OF CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMY, 1934 Amount allotted from War Department Appropriation Act approved Apr. 26, 1934 $500 Balance unexpended June 30, 1934----------------------------_ __ 500 Amount that can be profitably expended in fiscal year ending June 30, 1936 for maintenance - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1,000 23. DEEP RIVER, WASH. Location.-This river is mainly a tidal slough of Grays Bay, Wash., an estuary on the north side of the Columbia River, about 20 miles from the mouth. The slough extends northerly about 4 miles from the northern end of Grays Bay, and the section above the head of the slough has several small tributaries. (See U. S. Coast and Geodetic Survey Chart No. 6151.) Existing project.-This provides for a channel 8 feet deep at mean lower low water, 100 feet wide through the bars at the mouth of the river and the entrance thereto, and 60 feet wide in the river up to the town of Deep River. The mean range of tide is 6 feet, during ordinary freshets a stage of 9 feet, and at extreme floods a stage of 14 feet in the river at the town of Deep River, Wash., is reached. The estimate of cost for new work, revised in 1927, was $18,200. The latest (1923) approved estimate of annual cost of maintenance is $2,400. The existing project was adopted by the River and Harbor Act of March 3, 1925 (H. Doc. No. 218, 68th Cong., 1st sess.). There is no published map. Terminal facilities.-There is one privately owned wharf at the town of Deep River for general freight and passenger purposes which is adequate for the present commerce. Operations and results during fiscal year.-Other than an investi- gation to ascertain channel conditions no work was done during the fiscal year. The cost for the year was $335.93 all for maintenance. The expenditures were $301.87. Condition at end of fiscal year.-The project was completed in 1928 at a saving of $2,815 under the estimated cost. There is now a channel between deep water in the Columbia River 71/2 feet deep at mean lower low water with a least width of 100 feet as far as the mouth of Deep River, and 8 feet deep and 60 feet wide thence to the town of Deep River. The total cost was $26,730.07, of which $15,- 384.40 was for new work and $11,345.67 for maintenance. The total expenditures were $26,730.07. Proposed operations.-The funds unexpended July 30, 1934, amounting to $2,403.32, will be applied to maintenance as follows: Dredging between town of Deep River and mouth of river, by con- tract, from July 1 to Aug. 15, 1934_-..... _______-------- $2, 200.00 Surveys and inspections------------ ---- 203. 32 Total 403. 32 2,-------------------------- The additional sum of $2,400 can be profitably expended during the fiscal year 1936, for maintenance dredging between town of Deep River and mouth of river, by contract, from July 1 to August 15, 1935. 'Exclusive of available funds. RIVERS AND HARBORS-PORTLAND, OREG., DISTRICT 1351 Cost and financial summary Cost of new work to June 30, 1934_.......__ __---------------- $15, 384. 40 Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1934_____ ________11111 11, 345. 67 Total cost of permanent work to June 30, 1934_-..... ____- 26, 730. 07 Net total expenditures __-__----______------ 26, 730. 07 Unexpended balance June 30, 1934__ _________ 2, 403.32 Total amount appropriated to June 30, 1934_ ... ____.___- 29, 133.39 Fiscal year ending June 30 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 Cost of new work.---------------------------- Cost of maintenance __--_ ___________ _ $1, 484. 61 -- -_$8, 014. 95 $1, 387. 18 $335. 93 Total expended____ ______________ , 484. 61 . -.. 4, 818. 68 4, 617. 51 301. 87 Allotted_ ----- ____ ________ -__-____- _ 2, 400.00 _--- - - 7, 500. 00 783. 78 249. 61 Balance unexpended July 1, 1933---------------------------- $2, 455. 58 Amount allotted from War Department Appropriation Act approved Apr. 26, 1934_--------------------- 250. 00 Amount to be accounted for - -- __-_ 2, 705. 58 Deductions on account of revocation of allotment _...._____--__- . 39 Net amount to be accounted for___ _______ 2, 705. 19 Gross amount expended___---- ---------------------------- 301. 87 Balance unexpended June 30, 1934__ 2, 403. 3.2 Amount that can be profitably expended in fiscal year ending June 30, - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -- - 1936, for maintenance 1_____ ____ 2, 400. 00 24. COLUMBIA RIVER AT BAKERS BAY, WASH. Location.-Bakers Bay is a shallow body of water about 15 square miles in extent lying on the north side of the Columbia River near its mouth. The bay is separated from the river by Sand Island, a low-lying sand bar only a few feet above high-tide level. Existing project.-No work has been authorized by Congress. The provision of a channel 10 feet deep and 200 feet wide extend- ing through the easterly passage at Sand Island to the port of Ilwaco, a distance of about .5 miles, as recommended by the Chief of Engineers in House Document No. 44, Seventy-third Congress, first session, was authorized by the Federal Emergency Administration of Public Works. The above-named document contains the latest published map. Mean lower low water is the plane of reference. The tidal range between mean lower low water and mean high water is about 8 feet; the extreme tidal range is about 12 feet. The estimate of cost for new work, as revised in 1934, is $80,000, with $6,000 for annual maintenance. Terminal facilities.-Terminals have been constructed at Ilwaco along Holman Waterway, 200 feet wide by 3,000 feet in length and on a dredged basin 400 by 1,000 feet. The facilities consist of wharves, floats, and ramps and berths for oil barges and oil boats. The facilities are adequate for the present commerce. x Exclusive of available funds. 1352 REPORT OF CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMY, 1934 Operationsand results during fiscal year.-New work dredging was done under contract. The contractor's dredge Natoma excavated 722,703 cubic yards and reached a point about 2,000 feet from the harbor of Ilwaco. Cost of the work was $59,816.82, and expendi- tures $29,978.40, all Public Works funds. Condition at end of fiscal year.-The project was about 75 percent completed. Sixteen thousand linear feet of the channel had been dredged to a depth of 10 feet at mean lower low water and width of '200 feet. There remained about 2,000 feet of channel to be dug to complete the project. In this section the least depth at mean lower low water is 4 feet. The total cost was $59,816.82 and the total ex- penditures were $29,978.40, all Public Works funds. Proposed operations.-The funds unexpended June 30, 1934, from the National Industrial Recovery Act, amounting to $50,021.60, will be applied as follows: Accounts payable June 30, 1934__ $29, 838.42 New work: Completion of dredging in Baker Bay, July 1 to 25, 1934--------------- -------------------------------- 20, 000. 00 Subtotal -------------------------------- 49, 838. 42 Balance remaining_________ ------------------- 183. 18 Total -------------------------------------------- 50, 021. 60 No additional funds can be profitably expended during fiscal year 1936. Cost and fina/ncial summary Cost of new work to June 30, 1934_______-- __--__--------------- $59, 816. 82 Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1934_-________------------ Total cost of permanent work to June 30, 1934------------ 59, 816. 82 Minus accounts payable June 30, 1934____________---------- 29,838. 42 Net total expenditures-------------------- ------------ 29, 978.40: Unexpended balance June 30, 1934______________------------- 50, 021.60 Total amount appropriated to June 30, 1934 _____________ 80,000. 00 Fiscal year ending June 30 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 Cost ofnew work------.....-------------------- -------------------------------- $59,816.82 Cost ofmaintenance------------------------------------------------------ Total expended- ..............---------------------------------------------------------.... .........29,978.40 Allotted---------------------------------------- ------------------------ ------------ 80, 000. 00 Amount allotted from National Industrial Recovery Act approved June 16, 1933---------------------------------------- $80, 000. 00 Gross amount expended-------------------------$35, 357.41' Less reimbursements collected --------------------- 5, 379. 01 29, 978. 40 Balance unexpended June 30, 1934 ____-_____-------- 50,02t1 60 Amount covered by uncompleted contracts- ------------------ 49, 941. 60 Balance available June 30, 1934------------------ - 80.00 RIVERS AND HARBORS-PORTLAND, OREG., DISTRICT 1353 25. EXAMINATIONS, SURVEYS, AND CONTINGENCIES (GENERAL) The cost of work during the year was $43,043.30; the expenditures were $45,062.45. The funds unexpended June 30, 1934, amounting to $28,221.12, will be applied as needed during the fiscal year 1935 to payment of expenses to be incurred in connection with the above items. The additional sum of $35,000 can be profitably expended during the fiscal year 1936. Cost and financial summary Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1934 672. 42 $------------------- Value of plant, materials, etc., on hand June 30, 1934 ------------ 85.00 Net total cost to June 30, 1934 --------------------------- 284, 757. 42 Minus accounts payable June 30, 1934--------------------------- 2, 940. 55 Net total expenditures ---------------------------------- 281, 816. 87 Unexpended balance June 30, 1934 ------------------------------ 28, 221, 12 Total amount appropriated to June 30, 1934---------------310, 037. 99 Fiscal year ending June 30 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 Cost of new work...----------- Cost of maintenance ------------ $23, 037. 57 $23, 687. 59 $105, 239. 51 $75, 459. 05 $43, 043. 30 Total expended-------_ --------- 21, 625. 75 25, 188. 63 102, 905. 48 73, 619. 68 45, 062. 45 Allotted---------------------- 18, 600. 00 40, 300. 00 75, 000. 00 103, 657. 24 39, 980. 75 Balance unexpended July 1, 1933..-------------------------------$33, 302.82 Amount allotted from War Department Appropriation Act approved Apr. 26, 1934----------------------- $23, 250.00 Amount allotted from War Department Appropriation Act approved Mar. 4, 1933------------------------ 18, 300. 00 41, 550. 00 Amount to be accounted for ------------------------------ 74, 852.82 Deductions on account of revocation of allotment--- 1, 569. 25 Net amount to be accounted for---------------------------- 73, 283. 57 Gross amount expended______ -________ $55, 037.: 20 Less reimbursements collected 974. 75 9,-------------------- 45, 062.45 Balance unexpended June 30, 1934---------------------------28, 221. 12 Outstanding liabilities June 30, 1934----------------------------- 3, 465. 41 Balance available June 30, 1934-------------------------- 24, 755. 71 Amount that can be profitably expended in fiscal year ending June 30, 1936, for maintenance 1 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 35, 000. 00 1 Exclusive of available funds. 1354 REPORT OF CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMY, 1934 26. Other projects for whick no estimates are submitted [Commercial statistics for these projects are given in pt. 2 of report] For last Cost and expenditures to full report June 30, 1934 Estimated Name of project see I amount re- Name of project annual quired to report New work Maintenance complete Siuslaw River, Oreg. 1 1931.....2$526, 588. 87 3 $42, 551. 43 _____ Nehalem Bay, Oreg.1 1933_____ 4 302, 691.71 11, 415. 59 ____-__- Columbia River and tributaries above Celilo Falls to mouth of Snake River, Oreg. and Wash. 15.. 1931 . 494, 610. 90 96, 889. 10 Snake River, Oreg., Wash., and Idaho 1 7. 1931 8302, 891. 74 9 182, 773. 72 $69,500 Skamokawa (steamboat) Slough, Wash.1 103_._._. 1932______ (11) 8, 300 1 Channel adequate for present commerce. 2Exclusive of $322,531.59 expended by local interests. 3 Expended $492.21 and $61.51 revoked, fiscal year 1934. 4 Expended during the fiscal year 1934 for general supervision and survey, $758.27. The costs were $769.27, accounts payable are $11.00. Does not include $304,825.61 contributed funds expended for new work. 6 Modification of project recommended in Rivers and Harbors Committee Doc. No. 16, 73d Cong., 2d sess. 6 Does not include $25,000 contributed funds expended for new work. 7 Modification of project recommended in Rivers and Harbors Committee Doc. No. 25,72d Cong., 1st sess. s Does not include $85,000 contributed funds expended for new work. 9 Includes $540.52 plant value. to Awaiting local cooperation. 11 Local interests are to contribute additional $20,000. Status of reports called for by river and harbor acts and committee resolutions Locality Authorization act Transmitted Document no. Recommen- to Congress dation i Beaver Slough, Oreg., Senate committee res- Apr. 3,1934 Unfavorable. Westport Slough to olution, Jan. 12, 1934. Wallace Slough. Columbia and lower Senate committee res- Sept. 22, 1933 Do. Willamette Rivers be- olution, Mar. 23,1933. tween Portland, Oreg., and the sea. Columbia River and Flood Control Act, tributaries, Wash. and June 13, 1934. Oreg. (preliminary ex- amination for flood control). Columbia River, Wash. Senate committee res- Aug. 21, 1933 Favorable. and Oreg. (Warren- olution, May 12,1932. dale Dam). Columbia River, Wash., Rivers and Harbors and Oreg., Willam- Committee resolu- ette River to Bonne- tion, Jan. 5, 1934. ville Dam. CooS Bay, Oreg _._. Senate committee res- Apr. 26, 1934 1- Do. olution, May 11, 1933. Coquille River, Bar Senate resolution, Dec. and Entrance, Oreg. 8, 1932. Cowlitz River, Wash., Flood Control Act, and tributaries (pre- June 13, 1934. liminary examination for flood control). Lewis River and tribu- do do -- taries, Wash. (prelimi- nary examination for flood control). Port Orford Harbor, River and Harbor Aug. 15, 1933 1 Unfavorable. Oreg. Act, July 3, 1930. Siletz River, Bar and Senate committee res- Entrance, Oreg. olution, Apr.19,1934. Siuslaw River, Oreg.. - Senate committee res- olution, May 31,1934. Smith River, Oreg...... River and Harbor Apr. 27,1934 House Document No. Do. Act, July 3, 1930. 322, 73d Cong., 2d sess. RIVERS AND HARBORS-SEATTLE, WASH., DISTRICT 1355 Status of reports called for by river and harbor acts and comnmittee resolutions- Continued !iii! A. . , Locality Authorization act Transmitted to Congress Document no. Document no. Recommen- Recommen H It 9 to Congress dation 441 Snake River, Oreg., Wash., and Idaho. Rivers and Harbors Committee resolu- _ - tion Jan. 29, 1934. Tillamook Bay and En- Rivers and Harbors Sept. 16, 1933 ------------------- Unfavorable trance, Oreg, Committee resolu- lution, May 5, 1932; Senate committee resolution, May 12, 1932. Tillamook River, Oreg_. Rivers and Harbors ------ ------------------------ Committee resolu- tion, June 13, 1934. Umpqua Harbor and Senate committee res- _.......-------------------- River, Oreg. olution, Dec. 20, 1933. Umpqua River, Oreg __ Rivers and Harbors----- ------------------------ Committee resolu- tion, June 15, 1934. Willamette River, Oreg., River and Harbor Aug. 23, 1933 ---------------------- Do. Portland to Eugene Act, July 3, 1930; and Salem. Senate committee resolution, May 29, 1930. E.u.gene..... Willamette River, Oreg., Senate committee res- .. .......... Portland to Eugene. olution,Sept.27,1933. Yaquina Bay, River Senate committee res- ...........---------------------.......................--- and Entrance. olution, July 25,1933. IMPROVEMENT OF RIVERS AND HARBORS IN THE SEATTLE, WASH., DISTRICT This district includes the States of Washington and Idaho except the basins of Snake River and Columbia River below the mouth of the Snake; also that part of Montana west of the Rocky Mountains, and Alaska. District engineer: Lt. Col. C. L. Sturdevant, Corps of Engineers. Division engineer : Lt. Col. Thomas M. Robins, Corps of Engineers. IMPROVEMENTS Page Page 1. Willapa River and Harbor, 11. Everett Harbor and Snoho- Wash 1356 mish River, Wash ______ 1383 2. Grays Harbor and Bar En- 12. Bellingham Harbor, Wash__ 1385 trance, Wash__ 1360 13. Wrangell Narrows, Alaska_ 1387 3. Grays Harbor, inner portion, 14. Harbor of Refuge, Seward, and Chehalis River, Wash_ 1363 Alaska 1389 4. Quillayute River, Wash .. 1366 15. Nome Harbor, Alaska .--. 1390 5. Puget Sound and its tribu- 16. Lowell Creek, Alaska, flood tary waters, Wash_____ 1368 control __ ____ 1394 6. Olympia Harbor, Wash 7. Tacoma Harbor, Wash_____ 1372 1369 --. 17. Salmon River, Alaska, flood control 1396 8. Seattle Harbor, Wash___ __ 1376 18. Examinations, surveys, and 9. Lake Washington Ship contingencies (general)__ 1397 Canal, Wash____________ 1378 19. Other projects for which no 10. Operating and care of Lake estimates are submitted__ 1398 Washington Ship Canal, Wash ---------------- __ 1382 1356 REPORT OF CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U. S. AR1VY, 19 3 4 1. WILLAPA RIVER AND HARBOR, WASH. Location.-Willapa Harbor consists of the lower reaches of Wil- lapa River and Willapa Bay, an inlet of the Pacific Ocean located about 30 miles north of the mouth of Columbia River. Willapa River rises in the State of Washington about 30 miles east of the harbor, flows in a general westerly direction and empties into the bay. (See U. S. Coast and Geodetic Survey Chart No. 6185.) Previous projects.-Adopted by the River and Harbor Act of July 13, 1892, and modified by the River and Harbor Acts of August 18, 1894, March 3, 1899, June 13, 1902, March 2, 1907, and June 25, 1910. The cost and expenditures on original and modified projects prior to the adoption of the existing project in 1916 were $228,083.83 for new work and $7,176.62 for maintenance, a total of $235,260.45. Contributed funds for new work amounted to $6,596.92. For further details of previous projects adopted prior to June 25, 1910, see page 2001 of Annual Report for 1915. Existing project.-This provides for the maintenance, by dredging, of a channel over the bar at the mouth of Willapa Bay, 23 feet deep at mean lower low water and of such width as is economically obtain- able, and for a channel 24 feet deep at mean lower low water and 200 feet wide from deep water in Willapa Bay to the forks of the river at Raymond, and 24 feet deep and 150 feet wide up the South Fork as far as the deep basin above the Cram lumber mill, and up the North Fork to a point opposite Twelfth Street, with a turning basin 250 feet wide, 350 feet long, and 24 feet deep at the latter point, and a closing dike at Mailboat Slough. The length of the section included in the project in 26 miles. The extreme tidal range at Willapa Bay entrance is 13.6 feet. The range between mean lower low water and mean higher high water is 8.1 feet at the entrance and 9.6 feet at South Bend. The estimate of cost for new work revised in 1918 was $819,170, exclusive of amounts expended on previous projects, but including $71,775 contributed by local interests. The latest (1926) approved estimate for annual cost of maintenance is $50,000. The project was authorized by the following river and harbor acts: The act of July 27, 1916 (H. Doc. No. 706, 63d Cong., 2d sess.), pro- vided for the river channel, and the act of January 21, 1927 (H. Doc. No. 565, 69th Cong., 2d sess.), provided for the maintenance of the bar channel. The latest published maps are printed in the former document and Rivers and Harbors Committee Document No. 41, Seventy-second Congress, first session. Recommended modifications of project.-Under date of June 29, 1932, the Chief of Engineers recommended modification of the exist- ing project so as to provide for a :channel over the bar at the mouth of Willapa Bay, 26 feet deep, with a minimum width of 500 feet, at an estimated cost of $80,000 annually for maintenance in addition to that now required. (Rivers and Harbors Committee Doc. No. 41, 72d Cong., 1st sess.) Included in Public Works program. On April 13, 1934, the Chief of Engineers recommended the further improvement of Willapa River and Harbor by htraightening the river channel at the "Narrows " about a mile downstream from RIVERS AND HARBORS-SEATTLE, WASH., DISTRICT 1357 Raymond, by ,a cut-off channel 200 feet wide, 24 feet deep, and about 3,100 feet long, at an estimated cost of $207,000 for new work, with maintenance estimated at $5,000 annually for the first 4 years, subject to certain conditions of local cooperation. (Rivers and Harbors Committee Doc. No. 37, 73d Cong., 2d sess.) Local cooperation.-Fully complied with. Terminal facilities.-There are 5 sawmill wharves, 2 city wharves, 1 port wharf, 1 railway wharf, and 2 oil wharves on Willapa River. The city, port, and railway wharves are open to general public use. These facilities are considered adequate for existing commerce. Operations and results during fiscal year.-Under regular appro- priations, maintenance dredging in the bar channel was continued by the U. S. dredge Mackenzie, a total of about 3 months, 822,301 cubic yards being removed. Surveys of the bar channel were made in August and October 1933, and March, May, and June 1934, and of the river channels in March, May, and June 1934. The total cost was $73,832.72, all for maintenance. The expenditures were $66,668.48. With Public Works funds, shoals in the Willapa River and South Fork were removed by dredging 553,177 cubic yards under contract, February 7 to May 22, 1934, at a cost of $78,532.41, for maintenance. The expenditures were $78,230.06. Condition at end of fiscal year.-The existing project was com- pleted in 1924 at a saving of $225,437 under the estimated cost. The dikes constructed under previous projects are in good condition. A survey in June 1934 showed a controlling depth of 25 feet over an indefinite width across the bar. The controlling depth in the river channels in June 1933 was 24 feet below Raymond, 24 feet in the North Fork, and 27 feet in the South Fork, except in the upper portions of the forks where there is no navigation at present and no recent soundings have been taken. Under regular appropriations, the total costs of the existing proj- ect have been $521,957.42 for new work and $474,298.46 for mainte- nance, a total of $996,255.88, and $71,775 for new work from con- tributed funds. The total expenditures have been $971,691.43. The costs and expenditures from Public Works funds for mainte- nance dredging have been $78,532.41 and $78,230.06 respectively. The total cost, all Federal funds, was $1,074,788.29, of which $521,957.42 was for new work, and $552,830.87 for maintenance. The total expenditures were $1,049,921.49. In addition, $71,775 was ex- pended from contributed funds. Proposed operations.-The balance unexpended June 30, 1934, from regular funds will be applied to maintenance, as follows: Accounts payable June 30, 1934------------------------------- $11, 610. 63 Dredging of bar channel, with Government plant and hired labor, May-June 1935 ------------------- ------------------- 40, 769. 42 Total ------- -------------------------------------- 52, 380.05 Of the balance unexpended June 30, 1934, from Public Works funds ($1,769.94), $302.35 will be applied to accounts payable, the remainder being available for reallotment. 1358 REPORT OF CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMY, 1934 The additional sum of $50,000 can be profitably expended during the fiscal year 1936, for maintenance of project depth in the bar channel, with Government plant and hired labor. This amount will be necessary to maintain the bar channel in a condition to serve exist- ing commerce. Cost and financial summary MAINTENANCE AND IMPROVEMENT FUNDS Cost of new work to June 30, 1934__________________________ 1 $750, 041. 25 Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1934 _______________-_____ 481, 475. 08 Total cost of permanent work to June 30, 1934---------- 1, 231, 516. 33 Value of plant, materials, etc., on hand June 30, 1934--------- -12, 953. 82 Net total cost to June 30, 1934____ __ _____________ 1,218, 562. 51 Minus accounts payable June 30, 1934_ .. _________---___. 11, 610.63 Net total expenditures----------------------------- 1,206, 951. 88 Unexpended balance June 30, 1934___________------------------ 52, 380. 05 Total amount appropriated to June 30, 1934_... __---___ 1, 259, 331.93 Fiscal year ending June 30 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 ....-----.-------------- Cost of new work--- Cost of maintenance------------- $4, 425. 22 $31, 591.15 $198, 741. 23 $67, 575. 70 $73, 832. 72 Total expended-----7---------- 7, 645.97 20, 538. 09 173, 027. 09 87, 248. 56 66, 668.48 Allotted ------------------------ -2, 000. 00 50, 000. 00 120, 000. 00 130, 142. 90 60, 707. 03 Balance unexpended July 1, 1933 ________________________________ $58, 341. 50 Amount allotted from War Department Appropriation Act approved Apr. 26, 1934___________ __________ $34, 000. 00 Amount allotted from War Department Appropriation Act approved July 14, 1932----------------------17, 950.86 Amount allotted from War Department Appropriation Act approved Mar. 4, 1933--------------------------9, 049. 14 61, 000. 00 Amount to be accounted for ______________ ______-119,341. 50 Deductions on account of revocation of allotment __-__---. ___--- 292. 97 Net amount to be accounted for ______________________- 119,048. 53 Gross amount expended__________________________ $68, 211. 30 Less reimbursements collected _______________________ 1, 542. 82 66, 668. 48 Balance unexpended June 30, 1934 __-__________ ______ 52, 380. 05 Outstanding liabilities June 30, 1934_.... .______ _ $11, 610.63 Amount covered by uncompleted contracts- ___- -___--303. 34 11,913.97 Balance available June 30, 1934_.__.... _____ - -40, 466. 08 Amount that can be profitably expended in fiscal year ending June 30, 1936, for maintenance -------- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 50, 000. 00 1 In addition, $78,371.92 was expended from contributed funds. 2 Exclusive of available funds. RIVERS AND HARBORS-SEATTLE, WASH., DISTRICT 1359 PUBLIC WVORKS FUNDS Cost of new work to June 30, 1934-- Cost of maintenance to. June 30, 1934 -- -------------------- $78, 532. 41 Total cost of permanent work to June 30, 1934------------- 78, 532. 41 Minus accounts payable June 30, 1934 302. 35 Net total expenditures-_ 78, 230. 06 Unexpended balance June 30, 1934 ----- --- 1, 769. 94 Total amount appropriated to June 30, 1934----------------80, 000. 00 Fiscal year ending June 30 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 Cost of new work_.... __.. ... . . Cost of maintenance.. ..-------------- ____________ ------ --.. ------------ 532. 41 ..... $78, Total expended..- ------------------------------------------------ 78, 230.06 Allotted- ............ ...... .. .. _-- -____I __ __....._ __ 80,000. 00 Amount allotted from National Industrial Recovery Act approved June 16, 1933__------------------------------------------- $80, 000. 00 Gross amount expended--------- 78,230. 06: Balance unexpended June 30, 1934--- 769.94 1,------------------ Amount covered by uncompleted contracts ____--------------302.35. Balance available June 30, 1934____________------ 1,467. 59 CONSOLIDATIED COST AND FINANCIAL SUMMARY FOR WILLAPA RIVER AND HARBOR, WASH. Cost of new work to June 30, 19341_____________________ $750, 041. 25 Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1934----------------------- 560, 007. 49 Total cost of permanent work to June 30, 1934 ---------- ,310, 048. 74 Value of plant, materials, etc., on hand June 30, 1934----------- -12, 953. 82 Net total cost to June 30, 1934____________1___-1___ 1,297, 094. 92 Minus accounts payable June 30, 1934_ -.---------------- - 11,912. 98 Net total expenditures 285, 181. 94 1------------------------------1, Unexpended balance June 30, 1934 ------------------------- 54, 149. 99 Total amount appropriated to June 30, 1934_ ........ __. 1, 339, 331.93 Fiscal year ending June 30 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 ... -- Cost of new work------ -------- -------- ----------- -- ,, Cost of maintenance- ------- -- $4, 425.22 $31,591. 15 $198, 741. 23 $67, 575. 70 -$152, 365. 13 Total expended-----.........---------.... 7, 645. 97 20, 538.09' 173,027. 09 87, 248. 56 144, 898. 54 Allotted--------.... --.-------- -2, 000. 00 50, 000. 00 120, 000. 00 130,142. 90 140, 707. 03; 2 In addition, ,78,371.92 was expended from contributed funds. 91536---ENG 1984- 86 1360 REPORT OF CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMY, 1934 Balance unexpended July 1, 1933 _--_-_-_---__-_-- $58, 341. 50 Amount allotted from War Department Appropriation Act approved April 26, 1934--__------- ----- $34, 000. 00 Amount allotted from War Department Appropriation Act approved July 14, 1932_.....------------ - 17, 950. 86 Amount allotted from War Department Appropriation Act approved March 4, 1933---------------------- 9, 049. 14 Amount allotted from National Industrial Recovery Act approved June 16, 1933----------------__ 80,000. 00 141, 000. 00 Amount to be accounted for-- . ---- ---------. 199, 341.50 Deductions on account of revocation of allotment ___---___------ - 292.97 Net amount to be accounted for- -- ______----__--199, 048. 53 Gross amount expended_ - -_______ _-___--__ $146, 441. 36 ---- Less reimbursement collected_--_ _-------____- 1, 542. 82 144, 898. 54 Balance unexpended June 30, 1934___ _________---- - - 54, 149. 99 ,Outstanding liabilities June 30, 1934___ $11, 610. 63 Amount covered by uncompleted contracts __ ____- - 605. 69 12, 216. 32 Balance available June 30, 1934_____________--_--_.... __- 41, 933. 67 Amount that can be profitably expended in fiscal year ending June 1 - - - - - - - 30, 1936, for maintenance . ______ __ ___ __ ___ 50, 000. 00 2. GRAYS HARBOR AND BAR ENTRANCE, WASHINGTON Location.-Grays Harbor lies at the mouth of Chehalis River, in the southwestern part of the State of Washington, 45 miles north of the entrance to Columbia River. (See U. S. Coast and Geodetic Survey Chart No. 6195.) Emisting project.-This provides for a south high-tide rubblestone jetty 13,734 feet long, and a north midtide jetty 16,000 feet long, and for a channel over the bar of such depth as can be secured by dredg- ing at an estimated annual cost of $250,000 without reconstruction or extension of the jetties. The width between the westerly ends of the jetties is 6,500 feet. The extreme tidal ranges are 14.4 feet on the bar and 16.6 feet in the harbor. The ranges between mean lower low water and mean higher high water are 9.1 feet on the bar and 10.1 feet in the harbor. The cost of the jetties is $2,567,993.34 for new work and $622,986.45 for maintenance. The project was authorized by the following river and harbor acts: The act of June 3,1896, provided for the south jetty (Annual Report for 1895, pp. 3517-3533); the act of March 2, 1907, provided for a north jetty 9,000 feet long (Rivers and Harbors Committee Doc. No.2, 59th Cong., 2d sess.) ; the act of June 25, 1910, provided for extension of the north jetty 7,000 feet and fixed the length of the south jetty at 13,734 feet (Rivers and Harbors Committee Doc. No. 29, 61st Cong., 2d sess.) ; and the acts of August 8, 1917 (H. Doc. No. 1729, 64th Cong., 2d sess.), and January 21, 1927 (H. Doc. No. 582, 69th Cong., 2d sess.), provide for dredging. The latest pub- lished map is in the Annual Report for 1916, page 3249. Recommnded modifctios of project. Under date of November 18, 1932, the Chief of Engineers recommended that the existing 1Exclusive of available funds. RIVERS AND HARBORS-SEATTLE, WASH., DISTRICT 1361 projects for Grays Harbor and bar entrance, Washington, and Grays Harbor, inner portion, and Chehalis River, Wash., be combined :under a modified project for Grays Harbor and Chehalis River, so as to provide for an entrance channel across the bar 600 feet wide and 30 feet deep, to be secured by a south high-tide jetty 13,734 feet long and a north midtide jetty 16,000 feet long and by dredging; for a channel 26 feet deep from deep water in Grays Harbor to the Union Pacific Railroad bridge at Aberdeen, to be 350 feet wide to Grays Harbor City, thence from 200 to 350 feet wide to Aberdeen; and for a channel 150 feet wide and 16 feet deep in the Chehalis River from Cosmopolis to Montesano, subject to certain conditions of local co- operation. The adoption of this project will increase the mainte- nance cost to the United States by an estimated amount of $58,000 per annum. (H. Doc. No. 53, 73d Cong., 1st sess.) Terminal facilities.-There are 17 sawmill wharves, 9 industrial wharves, 2 miscellaneous wharves, 1 oil wharf, 1 railroad wharf, and :2 port terminals, the last 3 being open to the general public. These facilities are considered adequate for existing commerce. (For fur- ther details see Port Series No. 7, Corps of Engineers.) Operations and results during fiscal year.-Maintenance dredging was continued intermittently by the U. S. dredges Culebra, Mac- .kenzie, and Michie, a total of 6 months, 1,214,817 cubic yards being removed from the bar channel and 117,313 cubic yards from the inner harbor at a total cost of $104,053.27, including incidental surveys and repairs. The expenditures were $94,129.64. The United States was reimbursed by the Port of Grays Harbor for the fuel and lubricating "oil used on the inner harbor work. Condition at end of fiscal year.-The existing project was com- pleted in 1916. The south jetty was completed in 1902 with a groin at station 1050. The enrockment slopes from high water to an ele- vation of minus 12 in a distance of about 4,300 feet. It then rises irregularly to 3 feet below datum in the next 1,500 feet. From this point to the end of the jetty it is very irregular, varying from 1 to 10 feet below datum, with an average elevation of about 7 feet below' datum. The north jetty was completed to midtide elevation in De- cember 1913. It was later restored and raised to or above ordinary high water, this work being completed in January 1916. The pres- ent enrockment slopes from about 12 feet above datum at the high- water shore line to elevation zero in about 900 feet. From this point it falls in an irregular manner to 3 feet below datum in the next; 2,600 feet and remains at about this elevation of minus 3 for about 3,300 feet. The last 400 feet of jetty enrockment are at about 1 foot below datum. The controlling depth in the bar channel on June 15, 1934, was 25 feet. The costs of the existing project have been $2,567,993.34 for new work and $2,576,739.89 (not including $15,393.33 contributed funds) for maintenance, a total of $5,144,733.23. The total expenditures have been $5,435,542.79 from Federal funds and $15,393.33 from con- tributed funds. Proposed operations.-The balance unexpended June 30, 1934, will be applied as follows: 1362 REPORT OF CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMY, 1934 Accounts payable June 30, 1934---------------------- - $9, 785. 28 Maintenance dredging of bar channel, with Government plant and hired labor, July-November 1934 and April-June 1935 ------- 168,529.71 Total -------------------------------------------- 178, 314. 99 The additional sum of $1,480,000 can be profitably expended during the fiscal year 1936 for maintenance, as follows: Dredging of bar channel, with Government plant and hired labor, July-November 1935 and April-June 1936-------------------- $180, 000' Construction of a new seagoing hopper dredge to replace the Culebra - 1, 300, 000, Total----------------------------- ---- 1,480,00( Cost and financial summary Cost of new work to June 30, 1934 __ ---------___-__ - -_ $2, 567, 993. 34 Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1934 ---------------------- 12, 576, 739'. 89 Total cost of permanent work to June 30, 1934---------- 5,144, 733. 23 Value of plant, materials, etc., on hand June 30, 1934---------- 300, 594. 84 Net total cost to June 30, 1934________________________ 5,445, 328. 07 Minus accounts payable June 30, 1934------------------------ 9, 785. 28 Net total expenditures _____________________ __- 5, 435, 542. 79) Unexpended balance June 30, 1934 __--____ _________ _ 178, 314. 99 Total amount appropriated to June 30, 1934------------5, 613, 857. 78; Fiscal year ending June 30 1930 1931 1932 1933 1984 Cost of new work_. _........ - Cost of maintenance.... 10 ___.....$204, 627. $165, 362. 18 760.80 $126, $199, 928. 04 $104, 053. 27 114, 144. 40 149, 439. 10 Total expended .----------------.............. 101, 486.36 186, 150.74 94, 129. 64 Allotted_. .. ------ _---------- 104, 500.00 180, 000.00 -109,000.00 336,187. 76 79,075.02' Balance unexpended July 1, 1933_____________________ ______ $193,369. 61' Amount allotted from War Department Appropriation Act approved April 26, '1934 _______________ $116, 000. 00 Amount allotted from War Department Appropriation Act approved July 14, 1932-- ____---__- 14, 129. 47 130, 129. 47 Amount to be accounted for --------------------------- 323, 499. 08 Deductions on account of revocation of allotment ________---- _ 51, 054. 45 Net amount to be accounted for Gross amount expended ______________--____ $274, 984. 55 ___--___ ____ 272, 444. 63 Less: Reimbursements collected---------- $180, 779. 16 Receipts from sales ----------- 75. 75 180, 854.91 94, 129. 64 Balance unexpended June 30, 1934---------------------- 178, 314. 99 Outstanding liabilities June 30, 1934--------------- $9, 785. 28 Amount covered by uncompleted contracts----------- 3, 787. 91 13, 573. 19 Balance available June 30, 1934________________________ 164, 741. 80 Amount that can be profitably expended in fiscal year ending June 30, 1936 for maintenance 2 ---- -1, - - - - 480, 000. 001 1 In addition, $15,393.33 was expended from contributed funds. 2 Exclusive of available funds. RIVERS AND HARBORS-SEATTLE, WASH., DISTRICT 1363 3. GRAYS HARBOR, INNER PORTION, AND CHEHALIS RIVER, WASH. Location.-See preceding report, " Grays Harbor and bar entrance, Wash." The inner harbor comprises two main channels, the south and the north, connecting the harbor proper with the Chehalis River at Aberdeen. Chehalis River rises in the southwestern part of the State of Washington, about 40 miles east of the Pacific Ocean, flows in a general northwesterly direction, and empties into the eastern part of Grays Harbor. (See U. S. Coast and Geodetic Survey Chart No. 6195.) Previous projects.-The original project for the Chehalis River was adopted by the River and Harbor Act of August 2, 1882. The orig- inal project for the inner harbor was adopted by the River and Har- bor act of July 13, 1892. The cost and expenditures on both projects prior to the adoption of the existing project in 1907 and 1910 were '$113,134.38 for new work and $37,415.45 for maintenance, a total o~f $150,549.83. For further details see pages 2002-2003 of Annual Report for 1915. Existing project.-This provides for a channel 18 feet deep at mean lower low water and 200 feet wide from deep water in the bay below IHoquiam to Cosmopolis, on the Chehalis River, a distance of 10 miles, and for a channel 16 feet deep at mean lower low water and 150 feet wide from Cosmopolis to Montesano, a distance of 1084 miles. The extreme tidal range at Hoquiam is 16.6 feet. The range between mean lower low water and mean higher high water is 10.1 feet. The estimate of cost for new work, revised in 1930, is $661,200, exclusive of amounts expended on previous projects, but inclusive of $211,500 to be contributed by local interests. The latest (1928) approved esti- mate for annual cost of maintenance is $1,000 for the section below Cosmopolis. Local interests are to maintain the work above Cos- mopolis. The project was adopted by the following river and harbor acts: The act of March ,, 1907, provided for the 18-foot channel (H. Doc. No. 507, 59th Cong., 1st sess.), and the act of June 25, 1910, for the 6-foot channel above Cosmopolis (H. Doc. No. 1125, 60th Cong., 2d sess.), and the act of July 3, 1930 (H. Doc. No. 315, 70th Cong., 1st sess.), provided for the 16-foot channel. For the latest published map see the latter document, and House Document No. 53, Seventy- third Congress, first session. Supplementing the work authorized by Congress, dredging the river channel to a depth of 26 feet, from 200 to 350 feet wide from deep water in Grays Harbor to the Union Pacific Railroad bridge at Aberdeen, as recommended by the Chief of Engineers in House Document No. 53, Seventy-third Congress, first session, has been included in the Public Works program under the National Industrial Recovery Act. Recommended modifications of project.-See preceding report on " Grays Harbor and bar entrance." Local cooperation.-The port of Grays Harbor contributed a total of $32,496.12 for dredging in the inner channels prior to 1931. In January 1919, the commission agreed to undertake the future main- tenance of the channels in the inner harbor to a depth commensu- rate with that obtained on the outer bar by the United States. 1364 REPORT OF CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMY, 1934 Under that agreement the commission has expended $845,050, ex- clusive of $466,388 expended for the maintenance of turning basins and slips at the public terminals. About 81/2 miles of channel, 200 to 350 feet wide, have been deepened to approximately 26 feet at mean lower low water and two turning basins have been dredged to the same depth. The River and Harbor Act of July 3, 1930, adopting the 16-foot channel, provides that local interests contribute one-half the first cost, estimated at $211,500, and give assurances satisfactory to the Secretary of War and Chief of Engineers that they will assume the , entire cost of maintenance of same, and provide a suitable public terminal at Montesano. These assurances have been given and $35,834.27 contributed, which was expended in 1931 with an equal amount of Government funds in securing a 12-foot channel to, Montesano, the remaining contribution necessary to complete the project being deferred until a later date, as approved by the Secre- tary of War, March 18, 1931. The Grays Harbor Port Commission has leased its pipe line dredge to the United States without charge other than reimbursement for operating costs, for the dredging under the Public Works program. Terminal facilities.-These are included in report on " Grays Har- bor and bar entrance," except two mill wharves at Montesano, one of which is open to the public on equal terms under a contract with the Port of Grays Harbor Commission. Operations and results during fiscal year.-No operations were conducted with regular funds. Under authority of the Federal Emergency Administration of Public Works, shoal places in the channel below Aberdeen were dredged to a depth of 26 feet for a total distance of about 33/4 miles. The work was done with leased: plant, 542,490 cubic yards being removed, at a cost of $55,926.15 for maintenance. The expenditures were $42,883. Condition at end of fiscal year.-The existing project is 41 percent completed. The 18-foot channel below Cosmopolis and 6-foot chan- nel between Cosmopolis and Montesano were completed in 1910, and the latter was deepened to 12 feet in 1931. The controlling depth at mean lower low water is 26' eiet: below Aberdeen, 21 feet thence to Cosmopolis, and 10 feet between Cosmopolis and Montesano. The work remaining to be done is increasing the channel between Cos- mopolis and Montesano to 16 feet as authorized by the River and Harbor Act approved July 3, 1930. The costs of the existing project under regular appropriations have been $274,022.52 for new work and $121,631.74 for maintenance, a total of $395,654.26. The total expenditures have been $395,654.26 from United States funds. In addition, $35,834.27 has been ex- pended from contributed funds for new work, and $32,496.12 for maintenance, a total of $68,330.39. With Public Works funds, the channel below Aberdeen was deep- ened to 26 feet in 1934 at a cost of $55,926.15. The expenditures were $42,883. Proposed' operations.-The :funds unexpended :June 30, 1i!934, amounting to $12,000 is available for,revocation. The additional sum of $58,000 can be profitably expended during the fiscal year 1936 for maintenance dredging in the 26-foot channel RIVERS AND HARBORS-SEATTLE, WASH., DISTRICT 1365 below Union Pacific bridge at Aberdeen under the modification of project authorized by the Federal Emergency Administration of Public Works, by lease of port dredge, July to November 1935. Cost and financial sumary MAINTENANCE AND IMPiROVEMENT FUNDS Cost of new work to June 30, 1934_ -------------- $387, 156. 90 Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1934 ___________________________ 159, 047. 19 Total cost of permanent work to June 30, 1934-----------546, 204. 09 Net total expenditures__________________________ 546,204. 09 Unexpended balance June 30, 1934___--_--------------- 12, 000. 00 Total amount appropriated to June 30, 1934_____________ 558, 204. 09 Fiscal year ending June 30 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 Cost of new work_-----.......---------___ $435.94 $35, 398.32 ..... __.................... Cost of maintenance.-------------... . -------------- __ .. 589. 06 _.......... _........__ Total cost......-----....------------------------ 435.94 35,987.38 .. Total expended...... 396.04 36, 027. 28 ------------------------- Allotted_ -$719. 23 50, 000. 00 ----------------------- -10, 000. 00 -$3, 576.68 $12, 000.00 Amount allotted from War Department Appropriation Act approved Apr. 26, 1934 ------------------------------------ ----- $12, 000 Balance unexpended June 30, 1934----------------------------- 12, 000 Amount (estimated) required to be appropriated for completion of existing project - -______------- ----- 161,500 PUBLIC WORKS FUNDS Cost of new work to June 30, 1934_ Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1934____ _______-------- $55, 926. 15: --- Total cost of permanent work to June 30, 1934_______- 55, 926. 15 Minus accounts payable June 30, 1934 ________________--__ 13, 043. 15 Net total expenditures _____---------_ ----------- 42, 883.00= Unexpended balance June 30, 1934_________________---------- 15, 117. 00 Total amount appropriated to June 30, 1934 .__ --- __-- __ 58, 000. 00} Fiscal year ending June 30 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 Cost of new work----------------- ---------------------------------------------- Cost of maintenance---.............-----------...--------- ..-----.....--------------- ----------......... $55, 926. 15 Total expended------------------------------------- -- ---------------------- 42,883.00 Allotted.--.------------------------- --------- ---------- ---------------------- 58,000.00 1In addition $35,834.27 was expended from contributed funds. Sni cls iv f$2'496.12 was :ex~pntded fromi: contrey ulteelfunds. .. lxcusive of available funds. 4 Exclusive of $161,500 to be contributed by local interests. 1366 REPORT OF CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMY, 1934 Amount allotted from National Industrial Recovery Act approved June 16, 1933--------------------------------- ------------ $58, 000.00 Gross 'amount expended----------------------------------------42, 88. 00 Balance unexpended June 30, 1934------------------------ 15,117.00 Amount covered by uncompleted contracts------------------------ 14, 440. 55 Balance available June 30, 1934-------------------------- 676.45 Amount that can be profitably expended in fiscal year ending June 30, 1936, for maintenance ------------------------------------ 58, 000. 00 CONSOLIDATED COST AND FINANCIAL SUMMARY FOR GRAYS HARBOR, INNER POR- TION, ETC. Cost of new work to June 30, 1934----------------------------2 $387, 156. 90 Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1934 -- "214, 973. 34 Total cost of permanent work to June 30, 1934------------ 602, 130. 24 MIinus accounts payable June 30, 1934--------------------------- 13, 043. 15 Net total expenditures-_ --------------------------------- 589, 087. 09 Unexpended balance June 30, 1934 ---------------------------- 27, 117. 00 Total amount appropriated to June 30, 1934---------------616, 204. 09 Fiscal year ending June 30 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 "Cost of new work...--------------------------- $435.94 $35, 398. 32 -----------------. Cost of maintenance ...------ --..---------- ----------- 589. 06 ------------- $55, 926. 15 Total cost --------------.---------- ---- 435. 94 35, 987. 38 ------------ 55, 926.15 Total expended__------------------------- 396. 04 36, 027. 28 -------------- 42, 883. 00 Allotted ---------------- ..---. -$719. 23 50, 000. 00 -10, 000. 00 -$3, 576. 68 70, 000. 00 Amount allotted from War Department Appropriation Act ap- proved Apr. 26, 1934_-- $12, 000. 00 Amount allotted from National Industrial Recovery Act approved June 16, 1933 ----- ___ - -- -- 58, 000. 00 Amount to be accounted for__ 70, 000. 00 Gross amount expended----------------------------------------42, 883. 00 Balance unexpended June 30, 1934------------------------ 27, 117. 00 Amount covered by uncompleted contracts ---------------------- 14, 440. 55 Balance available June 30. 1934___ 12, 676. 45 Amount (estimated) required to be appropriated for completion of existing project -_______________________________------ 161, 500. 00 Amount that can be profitably expended in fiscal year ending June 30, 1936, for maintenance 1- __ 58, 000. 00 4. QUILLAYUTE RIVER, WASH. Location.-This river is formed by the junction of the Soleduck and Bogachiel Rivers, and flows westerly 5 miles to the Pacific Ocean at La Push, Wash., about 30 miles south of Cape Flattery. (See U. S. Coast and Geodetic Survey Chart No. 6102.) 1Exclusive of available funds. SIn addition, $35,834.27 was expended from contributed funds. SIn addition, $32,496.12 was expended from contributed funds. Exclusive of $161,500 to be contributed by local interests. RIVERS AND HARBORS-SEATTLE, WASH., DISTRICT 1367 Existing project.-This provides for a jetty on the easterly side of the mouth, and a dike, with groins, on the westerly side, with a view to stabilizing the entrance channel. The length of the section included in the project is 1,500 feet. The range between mean lower low water and mean higher high water is 8.8 feet. The estimate of cost of new work, revised in 1931, is $84,000 and $4,000 annually for maintenance during the first 2 years and $1,000 annually thereafter. The project was adopted by the River and Harbor Act of July 3, 1930 (H. Doc. No. 125, 71st Cong., 1st sess.). This document con- tains the latest map of the locality. Local cooperation.-Fully complied with. Terminal falcilities.-There are no dockage facilities other than landing places for small boats. Operations and results during fiscal year.-None. Condition at end of fiscal year.-The existing project is 80 percent completed. The construction of the jetty and dike was commenced in April 1931, and completed in October 1931. The groins were omitted. The jetty and dike were damaged by flood and storm during the first winter so that it was found necessary to restore them and to reinforce the revetment at the shore end of the jetty. This work was completed in October 1932, the end of the jetty having been built up to 16 feet above mean lower low water. On June 8, 1933, the dike was found to have subsided about 3 feet in the middle of the length and the end of the jetty to have subsided about 12 feet, it being about 4 feet above mean lower low water. The controlling depth in the entrance channel was found to be 8 feet on that date. The work remaining to be done to complete the project is con- struction of the groins based on the dike and James Island. The costs and expenditures have been $68,000 for new work and $32,350.73 for maintenance, a total of $100,350.73. Proposed operations.-No funds are available, and no work is con- templated for the fiscal year 1935. The sum of $8,000 can be profitably expended during the fiscal year 1936 for repairing the jetty and dike by contract, July- August 1935. The work will be necessary to maintain the dike and jetty. Cost and fincnia summary Cost of new work to June 30, 1934_ .. .--- $$68,000.00 Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1934---------------------------- 32, 350. 73 Total cost of permanent work to June 30, 1934------------- 100, 350. 73 Net total expenditures ------ 100, 350. 73 Total amount appropriated to June 30, 1934----------------------100, 350. 73 Fiscal year ending June 30 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 Cost of new work.........-------------- ------------- $13, 136. 24 :$54,863. 76 ........ .......... Cost of maintenance------------ ----------------------------- ..... $32, 350. 73 .. Total expended--------------------------- 6, 563. 28 61, 436. 72 32, 350. 73 _--___ Allotted--,----------- --------------------- 72, 000. 00 31, 000. 00 -2, 649. 27 ------------ 1368 REPORT OF CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMY, 1934 Amount (estimated) required to be appropriated for completion of existing project---------------------------------------------- $16, 000 Amount that can be profitably expended in fiscal year ending June 30, 1936, for maintenance-------------------__ ____-- 8, 000 5. PUGET SOUND AND ITS TRIBUTARY WATERS, WASH. Location.-Puget Sound is located in the western part of the State of Washington. (See U. S. Coast and Geodetic Survey Charts Nos. 6300, 6450, and 6460.) Previous projects.-Adopted by the River and Harbor Act of August 2, 1882. The cost and expenditures under this project were $67,495.58 for maintenance prior to adoption of the existing project in 1892. For further details see page 2003 of Annual Report for 1915. Existing project.-This provides for maintenance of the rivers tributary to Puget Sound by snagging and dredging. The latest (1928) approved estimate for annual cost of maintenance is $25,000. The existing project was adopted by the River and Harbor Act of July 13, 1892. (Annual Report for 1893, p. 3425.) The latest published map is in the Annual Report for 1913, page 3127. Terminal facilities.-The terminal facilities at the numerous lo- calities on Puget Sound and its tributary waters are in general considered adequate for existing commerce. Operations and results during fiscal year.-The U. S. snagboat W. T. Preston operated 12 months in the waters tributary to Puget Sound, removing 2,710 snags, 283 piles, 105 trees, 3,722 tons of rock, dredging 27,108 cubic yards of material, placing channel mark- ers, disposing of derelict hulks, etc. The work was done by hired labor at a cost of $27,232.09, all for maintenance. The total ex- penditures were $16,367.90. Condition at end of fiscal year.-The work has consisted chiefly of snagging and dredging in the principal tributaries of Puget Sound. No permanent results are obtainable, but the maintenance of existing channels requires practically continuous operation of the snagboat. The controlling depths range from 1 to 40 feet at :mean lower low water. The costs have been $43,336.92 for new work and $717,936.36 for maintenance, a total of $761,273.28. The total expenditures have been $805,974.03. Proposed operations.-The funds unexpended June 30, 1934, will be applied as follows: Accounts payable June 30, 1934 ___________________________________ $1, 065. 96 Maintenance dredging and snagging with Government plant and hired labor throughout the year -- ___________ _ ___ 25, 162. 32 Total ________ _______----------------_-- 26, 228. 28 The additional sum of $25,000 can be profitably expended during the fiscal year 1936 for maintenance, dredging, and snagging with Government plant and hired labor throughout the year, the work ;being necessary to keep the project channels open for navigation. RIVERS AND IIARBORS-SEATTLE, WASH., DISTRICT 1369 Cost and financial summary Cost of new work to June 30, 1934----------------------------- $43,336. 92 Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1934-- ------------------- 785, 431. 94 Total cost of permanent work to June 30, 1934 -- 828, 768. 86 Value of plant, materials, etc., on hand June 30, 1934--------------45, 76. 71 Net total cost to June 30, 19,34----- 874, 535. 57 Minus accounts payable June 30, 1934 - ----- 1, 065. 96 Net total expenditures-------- 873, 469. 61 Unexpended balance June 30, 1934___________________--__ 26, 228. 28 Total amount appropriated to June 30, 1934. 899. 697C80D Fiscal year ending June 30 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 Cost of new work--------- Cost of maintenance_ $10, 570. 30 $14, 478. 71 $18, 072. 37 $23, 809. 75 $27, 232. 09 Total expended---- 6, 986. 43 12, 723. 67 21, 642. 86 21, 978. 03 21, 473. 75 Allotted_ -6, 000. 00 20, 000.00 -- 23, 608.37 22, 400. 00 Balance unexpended July 1, 1933_ ---------------------------- $21, 122.43 Amount allotted from War Department Appropriation Act approved Apr. 26, 1934----------------------------------------------- 22, 400. 00 Amount to be accounted for__ _______________----___-- 43, 522. 43 Deductions on account of revocation of allotment - 926. 25 Net amount to be accounted for---------------------------42, 596. 18 Gross amount expended_ $19, 037.95 Less reimbursements collected 2, 670. 05 16, 367. 90 Balance unexpended June 30, 1934 -- __----- 26, 228. 28 Outstanding liabilities June 30, 1934 --- $1, 065. 96 Amount covered by uncompleted contracts-- 118. 62 1, 184. 58 Balance available June 30, 1934 ----- 25, 043. 70 Amount that can be profitably expended in fiscal year ending June 30, 1936, for maintenance 1 __.- - -_-_ _ _ _ ________ 25, 000. 00 6. OLYMPIA HARBOR, WASH. Location.-This harbor is near the southern end of Puget Sound at the head of Budd Inlet, about 45 miles southwest of Tacoma. (See U. S. Coast and Geodetic Survey Chart No. 6462.) Existing project.-This provides for a channel on the east side of the harbor, 26 feet deep at mean lower low water and 250 feet wide, from deep water in Budd Inlet to the bend, and the same depth and 200feet-wide from the bend to a point 6,000 feet from Fourth Street in Olympia, and 12 feet deep and 250 feet wide thence to Fourth Street, with a turning basin 500 feet wide at the inner end, and a channel 12 feet deep at mean lower low water and 200 feet wide on the west side of the harbor, with a turning basin 800 feet long and Exclusive of available funds. 1370 REPORT OF CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMY, 1934 400 feet wide. The extreme tidal range is 21 feet. The range be- tween mean lower low water and mean higher high water is 14.8, feet. The estimate of cost for new work, revised in 1930, was $267,- 800. The latest (1930) approved estimate for annual cost of maintenance is $2,500. The project was authorized by the following river and harbor acts: The acts of July 13, 1892 (H. Doc. No. 32, 52d Cong., 1st sess., and Annual Report for 1892, p. 2733), January 21, 1927 (H. Doc. No. 244, 69th Cong., 1st sess.), and July 3, 1930 (Rivers and Harbors Committee Doc. No. 5, 71st Cong., 1st sess.), provided for the channel on the east side of the harbor, and the act of June 25, 1910, pro- vided for the channel on the west side of the harbor (H. Doc. No. 405, 59th Cong., 1st sess.). The latest published map is in Rivers and Harbors Committee Document No. 21, Seventy-third Congress, second session. Supplementing the work authorized by Congress, the dredging of a channel between deep water in Budd Inlet and the port terminal, 30 feet deep and generally 300 feet wide, with suitable additional width at the bend, and a turning basin adjacent to the port terminal 30 feet deep, 2,000 feet long and 800 feet wide, as recommended by the Chief of Engineers in Rivers and Harbors Committee Document No. 21, Seventy-third Congress, second session, has been included in the Public Works program under the National Industrial Recovery Act. Recommended modifications of project.-Under date of October 13, 1933, the Chief of Engineers recommended that the existing project for Olympia Harbor be modified so as to provide: (a) Elimination of the provision for a channel on the east side of the harbor, 12 feet deep and 250 feet wide, extending from the inner end of the entrance channel to Fourth Avenue, with a turning basin 500 feet wide on the inner end. (b) Elimination of the provision for a channel on the west side of the harbor, 12 feet deep and 200 feet wide, with a turning basin 800 feet long and 400 feet wide. (c) A channel between deep water in Budd Inlet and the port terminal, 30 feet deep and generally 300 feet wide, with suitable ad- ditional width at the bend (included in Public Works program), and a turning basin, adjacent to the port terminal, 30 feet deep, 2,000 feet long, and 800 feet wide, all at an estimated cost of $92,000 for new work, with $1,500 annually for maintenance. (Rivers and Harbors, Committee Doc. No. 21, 73d Cong., 2d sess.) Local cooperation.-Complied with. Termninal facilities.-There are 10 wharves, 1 a publicly owned terminal, and 9 privately owned. These facilities are considered adequate for existing commerce. (For further details see Port Se- ries No. 23, Corps of Engineers.) Operations and results during fiscal year.-No operation con- ducted with regular funds. As authorized by the Federal Emer- gency Administrator of Public Works, the dredging of the 30-foot channel and turning basin was.commenced under contract on April 10, 1934, a total of 524,000 cubic yards being removed to the end of the fiscal year at a cost of $76,649.57, all for new work. The expendi- tures were $55,469.23. RIVERS AND HARBORS-SEATTLE, WASH., DISTRICT 1371 Condition at end of fiscal year.-The existing project as adopted by Congress was completed in 1931 at a saving of $9,788.70 under the estimated cost. The project depths are available. The costs and expenditures from regular appropriations have been $258,011.30 for new work and $14,487.72 for maintenance, a total of $272,499.02. The dredging of the 30-foot channel as authorized by the Public Works Administration was 85 percent completed on June 30, 1934, the controlling depth being 26 feet. The costs were $76,649.57 for new work and the expenditures $55,469.23. Proposed operations.-The unexpended balance of allotment from the National Industrial Recovery Act, including additional funds made available this fiscal year, will be applied to new work, as -follows: Accounts payable June 30, 1934 _______________________________ $21, 180. 34 Continuing work of dredging 30-foot channel and basin under con- tract, July-August 1934--___-------------------------------- 28, 817. 43 Total --------- --------------------------------- 49, 997. 77 Cost and finanial summary MAINTENANCEG AND IMPROVEMENT FUNDS Cost of new work to June 30, 1934__--_--- ______--_________ $258, 011. 30 Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1934------------------------- 14, 487. 72 Total cost of permanent work to June 30, 1934__________ 272, 499. 02 Net total expenditures_------------------- -------- 272, 499. 02 Total amount appropriated to June 30, 1934__________-- __-__ 272, 499. 02 Fiscal year ending June 30 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 ,Cost of new work ....------------------------ $46, 247. 48 -- - -- --- Cost of maintenance .-------------------------------- Total expended.--------------------------------46, 247. 48 - Allotted....... ......-------- ...--..--------......- -$1, 500. 00 46, 000. 00 PUBLIO WORKS FUNDS Cost of new work to June 30, 1934-------------------------$76, 649. 57 Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1934____ .______ ___ -....... Total cost of permanent work to June 30, 1934 ______.___- 76, 649. 57 Minus accounts payable June 30, 1934 _______--____ __- 21, 180. 34 Net total expenditures - ________________- - - - -__ 55, 469. 23 Unexpended balance June 30, 1934___--_-_-_------..... 36, 530. 77 Total amount appropriated to June 30, 1934 .-- ______..__ 92, 000. 00 Fiscal year ending June 30 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 ...-, - - -- -- - -, _ _ .. . . . - Cost of new work----------- --------------------------------------------- 76, 649. 57 Cost of maintenance. • maintl Cost ofexpenanded--------------------------------------- Total expended------ ""' -.... --- -- - ------- ..........- ------------- 55, 469.----23 92,000.00 55, 4 23-------------------- Allotted ................................... _, __,_,1 __ _, __ __I_, _-,i: _ 9 , 00 0 1372 REPORT OF CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMY, 1934 Amount allotted from National Industrial Recovery Act approved June 16, 1933-------------- $92, 000. 00 Gross amount expended---------------- ------------------- 55, 469. 23 Balance unexpended June 30, 1934______________________ 36, 530. 77 Amount covered by uncompleted contracts--------------------36, 530. 77 Amount allotted by the Public Works Administration, Emergency Appropriation Act, fiscal year 1935--____---------------- 13, 467.00 Balance available for fiscal year 1935----------------------- 13, 467.00 CONSOLIDATED COST AND FINANCIAL SUMMARY FOR OLYMPIA HARBOR, WASH. Cost of new work to June 30, 1934_ ________- _______-- $334, 660. 87 Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1934------------------------ 14, 487. 72 Total cost of permanent work to June 30, 1934----------- 349, 148.59; Minus accounts payable June 30, 1934_____________--_--- 21, 180. 34 Net total expenditures__ ----------------- 327, 968. 25 Unexpended balance June 30, 1934_ -- 3_____----____-___ 36, 530. 77 Total amount appropriated to June 30, 1934 ----- ___-_ 364, 499. 02 Fiscal year ending June 30 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 Cost of new work._ _ $46, 247. 48 --------------------- ....------------------------ $76, 649. 57 Cost of maintenance--------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------- Total expended----------------------------------- 46, 247. 48 ------------ --------- 55, 469. 23 Allotted..-------- $1,500. 00 -------------- 46,000. 00--------------------- 92,000. 00 Amount allotted from National Industrial Recovery Act approved June 16, 1933 -------------------------- $92, 000. 00= Gross amount expended ---------------------------------- 55, 469. 23 Balance unexpended June 30, 1934_ .... __....---------- 36, 530. 77 Amount covered by uncompleted contracts ---- ___ __---___ 36, 530. 77 Amount allotted by Public Works Administration Emergency Ap- propriation Act, fiscal year 1935--------------------------- 13, 467. 00 Balance available for fiscal year 1935______________________ 13, 467. 00 7. TACOMA HARBOR, WASH. Location.-This harbor embraces all of Commencement Bay, an, arm of Puget Sound, 30 miles south of Seattle. (See U. S. Coast and Geodetic Survey Chart No. 6451.) Existing project.-This provides for (a) a city waterway having a channel 500 feet wide and 29 feet deep at mean lower low water from deep water in Commencement Bay to the Eleventh Street Bridge, 500 feet wide and 22 feet deep to the Fourteenth Street Bridge, and varying from 500 to 250 feet wide and 19 feet deep from the Fourteenth Street Bridge to the end of this waterway, a total length of 8,500 feet; (b) for a channel 500 feet wide, 3,650 feet long, and 32 feet deep at mean lower low water in the Puyallup, Waterway after the Puyallup River shall have been diverted there- from by local interests; and (c) for a channel in Hylebos Waterway 200 feet wide and 30 feet deep from Commencement Bay to Lincoln Avenue, a distance of about 10,000 feet, thence 150 feet wide and P2R RIVERS AND HARBORS-SEATTLE, WASH., DISTRICT 1373 feet deep to the head of the waterway,.a distance of about 3,000 feet. The extreme tidal range is 18.8 feet. The range between mean lower low water and mean higher high water is 11.8 feet. The estimate of cost for new work, revised in 1905, is $150,000 for the city waterway, $640,000 (revised in 1925) for the Puyallup Waterway, and $136,000 (made in 1930) for Hylebos Waterway, or a total of $926,000. The latest (1928) approved estimate for annual cost of maintenance of city waterway is $5,000. Puyallup Waterway will be maintained by local interests. The estimated (1930) cost of maintenance of Hylebos Waterway is $12,000 annually for the first 2 years and nominal expenditure after that time. The project was adopted by the following river and harbor acts: The act of June 13, 1902, provided for the city waterway (H. Doc. No. 76, 56th Cong., 2d sess.); the act of March 3, 1905, provided for the Puyallup Waterway (H. Doc. No. 520, 58th Cong., 2d sess.) ; the act of June 25, 1910, required the diversion of Puyallup River (S. Doc. No. 418, 61st Cong., 2d sess.) ; and the act of July 3, 1930, provided for the Hylebos Waterway (Rivers and Harbors Committee Doec. No. 25, 71st Cong., 2d sess.). The latest published maps of the locality are in the last-named document. on page 2540, Annual Report for 1905, and in House Document No. 167, Seventy-second Congress, first session. Supplementing the work authorized by Congress, the construction of two training walls each about 700 feet long, at the mouth of Puyallup River, as recommended by the Chief of Engineers in Rivers and Harbors Committee Document No. 55, Seventy-second Congress, second session, has been included in the Public Works program under the National Industrial Recovery Act. Recommended modifications of project.-Under date of March 2, 1933, the Chief of Engineers recommended the following modifica- tions to the existing project for Tacoma Harbor: (a) Abandonment of the project for improving Puyallup Water- way. (b) Construction of two training walls, each about 700 feet long at the mouth of Puyallup River, at an estimated cost of $50,000 with $2,500 annually for maintenance. (Included in Public Works program.) (c) Maintenance by the United States of a channel in Wapato Waterway to within 50 feet of the pierhead lines; this channel to be 700 feet wide and 34 feet deep over such length as shall have been dredged at the expense of local interests to dimensions stated, at an estimated annual cost for maintenance of $1,000. (Rivers and Harbors Committee Doc. No. 55, 72d Cong., 2d sess.) Local cooperiation.-Fully complied with, except as follows: Under the provisions of the River and Harbor Act of June 25. 1910, local interests are required to divert Puyallup River from Puyallup Waterway before the improvement by the United States may be continued. This has not been done. Terminal facilities.-There are 64 wharves and piers at Tacoma. Of these, 18 are located, on Commencement Bay, 26 on city waterway, 3 on middle waterway, 4 on Milwaukee Waterway, 6 on Wapato 1374 REPORT OF CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMY, 1934 Waterway, and 7 on Hylebos Waterway. Thirty-three of them, with 21,855 feet of berthing space, are suitable for the use of ocean- going carriers; 9 of this class are general cargo terminals engaged in foreign and domestic business and are open to public use on equal terms. These facilities are considered adequate for existing commerce. (For further details see Port Series No. 7, pt. 2, Corps of Engineers.) Operations and results during fiscal year.-Under regular appro- priations, maintenance dredging under contract was done in Hylebos Waterway in January 1934, a total of 33,100 cubic yards being re- moved. The costs and expenditures were $8,987.88. Under authority of the Federal Emergency Administrator of Public Works, two training walls at the mouth of Puyallup River were completed February 14, 1934, under contract. The costs and expenditures were $51,609,12, all for new work. Condition at end of fiscal year.-The existing project as adopted by Congress is 47 percent completed. The city waterway was completed in 1905. Project depths obtain except within 25 feet of the wharves and in the upper 300 feet of the waterway and a shoaling of 1 foot over a distance of 600 feet immediately below Eleventh Street, and between Eleventh and Four- teenth Streets, and shoaling of 2 feet above Fourteenth Street. The cost of new work on this waterway has been $150,018.58 and of maintenance $96,928.04, a total of $246,946.62, not including $5,000 expended for maintenance from contributed funds. The Hylebos Waterway was completed in 1931. The cost of this waterway has been $124,085.51 for new work and $8,987.88 for main- tenance, a total of $133,073.39. The project depths are available except in the upper 200 feet of the waterway. Work on the Puyallup Waterway was commenced in 1908 and suspended in April 1910. In November 1909, the channel excavated was practically obliterated by filling caused by a flood in the Puyal- lup River. The River and Harbor Act of June 25, 1910, authorized the suspension of work and directed that no further work be done on this project until local interests diverted the Puyallup River from the waterway or otherwise prevented excessive deposits therein. The waterway has shoaled to its original condition, and no navi- gation. is possible except small boats towing logs at high tide. The cost of new work on this waterway has been $159,584.46, and of maintenance $4,415.54, a total of $164,000. Except for the Puyallup Waterway the project is completed. The costs of the existing project as adopted by Congress have been $433,688.55 for new work and $110,331.46 for maintenance, a total of $544,020.01, not including $5,000 contributed funds for mainte- nance. The total expenditures from regular appropriations have been the same. As authorized by the Federal Emergency Administration of Public Works, two training walls at the mouth of Puyallup River were completed in 1934 at a cost and expenditure of $51,609.12, all for new work. Proposed operations.--No funds are available, and no operations are proposed during the fiscal years 1935 and 1936. ,RIVERS AND HARBORS-SEATTLE, WASH., DISTRICT 1375 Cost and financial summnary MAINTENANC:I AND IMPROVEMENT FUNDS Cost of new work to June 30, 1934_________________ __-- __ $433, 688. 55 Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1934------------------------ 110, 331. 46 Total cost of permanent work to June 30, 1934 544, 020. 01 ----------- Net total expenditures----------------- ------------ 544, 020. 01 Total amount apropriated to June 30, 19345------------------5 544, 020. 01 Fiscal year ending June 30 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 Cost of new work .-.------------- .... $90, 595. 73 $33, 489. 78 ............. Cost of maintenance .--------.. $426. 40 36, 485. 13 --------------------------- $8, 987. 88 Total cost- .--.----------- 426. 40 127, 080. 86 33, 489. 78 -------------- 8,987. 88 Total expended------------------ 426. 40 91, 442. 56 69, 128.08 -------------- 8, 987. 88 Allotted---------...........----------- 4, 500. 00 161, 000. 00 -11, 467. 87 8, 987. 88 Amount allotted from War Department Appropriation Act approved July 14, 1932 ------------------------------------------ $9, 000. 00 Deductions on account of revocation of allotment_-- ....--- 12. 12 Net amount to be accounted for--------------- ---------- , 987. 88 Gross amount expended _______________ ------------ $9, 013.68 Less reimbursements collected_--- -____--25. 80 8, 987. 88 Amount (estimated) required to be appropriated for completion of existing project___________ existing-project _____________ --------------------------------------- 480, 000.00 4000.0 PUBLIC WORKS FUNDS Cost of new work to June 30, 1934_ $51, 609. 12 Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1934-......... Total cost of permanent work to June 30, 1934----------------- 51, 609. 12 Net total expenditures ------------------------------------ 51, 609. 12 Total amount appropriated to June 30, 1934------------------_ 51, 609. 12 Fiscal year ending June 30 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 Cost of new work..-------------------- ------------------------------------- $51, 609.12 Cost of maintenance___ Total expended--------------------------------------------------..------ 51, 609. 12 Allotted---------- -----------------------------------------------------... ... 51,609. 12 Amount allotted from National Industrial Recovery Act approved June 16, 1933---------- ----------------------------- $56, 000. 00 Deductions on account of revocation of allotment-____--- ____ 4, 390. 88 Net amount to be accounted for- -- __ ____--------- 51, 609. 12 Gross amount expended-- ------------------------------- 51, 609. 12 1 In addition $5,000 was expended from contributed funds. 91536-ENG 1934- 87 1376 REPORT OF CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMY, 19 3 4 CONSOLIDATED COST AND FINANCIAL SUMMARY FOR TACOMA HARBOR, WASH. Cost of new work to June 30, 1934-------------------------1 $485, 297. 67 Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1934------------------------- 110, 331. 46 Total cost of permanent work to June 30, 1934------------ 595, 629. 13 Net total expenditures----------------------------------- 595, 629. 13 Total amount appropriated to June 30, 1934------------------- 5915, 629.13 Fiscal year ending June 30 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 Cost of new work. --------------------- $90, 595. 73 $33, 489. 78 --------- . $51, 609. 12 Cost of maintenance------------ $426.40 -------------- 36,485. 13 .............. 8, 987. 88 Total cost.. ---------- - 426. 40 127, 080. 86 33, 489. 78 --------- --. 60, 597. 00 Total expended.... 426. 40 91, 442. 56 69, 128. 08 ___ _ 60, 597. 00 Allotted-- --------------------- 4, 500. 00 161, 000. 00 -11,467. 87 -------------- 60, 597. 00 Amount allotted from War Department Appropriation Act approved July 14, 1932--------------------------------------------- $9, 000 Amount allotted from National Industrial Recovery Act approved June 16, 1933----------------.------------------.- 56, 000 Amount to be accounted for-___----------- ---------------------- 65, 000 Deductions on account of revocation of alloment-------------------- 4, 403 Net amount to be accounted for-------------------------- 60, 597 Gross amount expended-------------- $60, 622.80 Less reimbursements collected---------------------------- 25. 80 60, 597 Amount (estimated) required to be appropriated for completion of existing project------------------------------------------------ 480, 000 8. SEATTLE HARBOR, WASH. Location.--This harbor includes all waterways within the city limits of Seattle. The chief anchorage basin is Elliott Bay, an arm of Puget Sound, 30 miles north of Tacoma. (See U. S. Coast and Geodetic Survey Chart No. 6445.) Existing project.-This provides for maintenance of the east and west waterways to a depth of 34 feet at mean lower low water, with a width of 750 feet for distances of 6,500 and 5,200 feet, respectively, from the pierhead line in Elliott Bay, and for dredging the Duwam- ish waterway 200 feet wide and 30 feet deep at mean lower low water between the west waterway and First Avenue South, 150 by 20 feet between First and Eighth Avenues South, thence 150 by 15 feet to a point about 1.4 miles above Fourteenth Avenue South Bridge, with a turning basin 600 by 350 feet and 20 feet deep just south of the First Avenue South Bridge, and a turning basin 500 by 250 feet and 15 feet deep and settling basin with capacity of about 100,000 cubic yards, at the upper end of the waterway, a distance of 27,060 feet, or 5.12 miles. The total length of waterways included under the project is 7.34 miles. The range between mean lower low water and mean higher high water is 11.28 feet. The estimate of cost for new work, revised in 1930, was $381,000, of which $140,476 was to be contributed by local interests. The 1 In addition $5,000 was expended from contributed funds. RIVERS AND HARBORS-SEATTLE, WASH., DISTRICT 1377 latest (1928) approved estimate of annual cost of maintenance is $4,000 for the east waterway, $6,000 for the west waterway. The latest (1922) approved estimate for annual cost of maintenance is $48,000 for the Duwamish waterway. The project was adopted by the following river and harbor acts: The act of March 2, 1919 (S. Doc. No. 313, 65th Cong., 3d sess.), provided for maintenance of the east and west waterways 34 feet deep, and of the Duwamish waterway, 20 feet deep and 150 feet wide, as far south as the Eighth Avenue South Bridge; and the acts of March 3, 1925 (H. Doc. No. 108, 68th Cong., 1st sess.), and of July 3, 1930 (H. Doc. No. 126, 71st Cong., 2d sess.), provided for enlarg- ing the Duwamish waterway. The latest published maps of the locality are in the last-mentioned document and in House Document No. 211, Seventy-second Congress, first session. Reconommended modifications of project.---Under date of January 5, 1932, the Chief of Engineers recommended modification of the exist- ing project so as to provide, in addition to the work now authorized, for the maintenance of east waterway north of Spokane Street, 700 feet long and 400 feet wide, to a depth of 34 feet, and for the main- tenance of a turning basin, including the head of the east waterway at the junction of the waterways south of the Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul & Pacific Railway bridge, to a depth of 30 feet, all at an estimated cost of $4,750 annually, an increase of $750 over the cost of maintaining the existing project, subject to certain conditions of local cooperation. (H. Doc. No. 211, 72d Cong., 1st sess.) Local cooperation.-Complied with. Terminal facilities.-There are 90 piers and wharves located in Seattle, exclusive of those on Salmon Bay, Lake Union, and Lake Washington, which are given under " Lake Washington Ship Canal." Fifty-two are located on Elliott Bay, 16 on east waterway, 6 on west waterway, 15 on Duwamish waterway, and 1 on Shilshole Bay; 33 of them are commercial terminals open to public use on equal terms, 3 of which serve grain elevators. The present facilities are believed to be adequate for the existing commerce. (For further details see Port Series No. 7, Corps of Engineers.) Operations and results during fiscal year.-Survey of Duwamish waterway above Fourteenth Avenue South was made in December 1933. There were no other operations, and no costs or expenditures were charged to this project. Condition at end of fiscal year.-The existing project was com- pleted in 1931, except the settling basin. The controlling depths when last ascertained were as follows: East waterway, 34 feet ex- cept in southwest corner and along east side; west waterway, 34 feet except at sides, in April 1932; Duwamish waterway, below First Avenue South, 29 feet in October 1931; First to Eighth Ave- nue, 16 feet; thence to Fourteenth Avenue, 10.1 feet; above Four- teenth Avenue, 5.3 to -4.5 feet, in July 1934. The total costs and expenditures have been $169,442.46 from Federal funds and $69,332.64 from contributed funds for new work, and $51,028.47 from Federal funds for maintenance, a total of $220.470.93 from Federal funds and $69,332.64 from contributed funds. 1378 REPORT OF CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMY, 1934 Proposed operations.-The funds unexpended June 30, 1934 ($88,405.15), will be applied to maintenance dredging in Duwamish waterway under contract, October 1934-February 1935. The sum of $40,000 can be profitably expended during the fiscal year 1936 for maintenance dredging in Duwamish, east and west waterways, by contract, July-October 1935. Cost and financial summary Cost of new work to June 30, 1934----------------------- - $169, 442. 46 Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1934--__------------ 51,028. 47 Total cost of permanent work to June 30, 1934------------ 220,470. 93 Net total expenditures 470. 93 2------------------------------ Unexpended balance, June 30, 19341111111111111111111111 88, 405. 15 Total amount appropriated to June 30, 1934-------------- 308, 876.08 Fiscal year ending June 30 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 Cost of new work--__--------- $24, 538. 70 $199. 49 $33, 657. 15 Cost of maintenance ------------ 10, 695. 96 1,441. 19 921. 99 $25, 943. 77_______ Total cost____----------- - 35, 234. 66 1,640. 68 34, 579. 14 25,943.77 Total expended-__---------- 50, 475. 24 1, 680. 12 34, 463. 16 26, 074. 75 Allotted----------------------- 8, 000. 00 95, 026. 89 -80, 000. 00 53, 849. 19 $54, 001 Balance unexpended July 1, 1933------------------------------_ $34, 405.15 Amount allotted from War Department Appropriation Act ap- proved July 14, 1932- 000. 00 5---------------------------- Amount to be accounted for------------------------------88,405.15 Balance unexpended June 30, 1934_ 88, 405. 15 Amount (estimated) -required to be appropriated for completion --- --- -- --- --- -- --- -- --- -- --- --- -- -- - of existing project 2 3 10, 000. 00 Amount that can be profitably - expended in fiscal year ending June 30, 1936, for maintenance 2 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 40, 000. 00 9. LAKE WASHINGTON SHIP CANAL, WASH. Location.--This improvement lies entirely within the city of Seattle and extends from Puget Sound through Shilshole Bay, Salmon Bay, Lake Union, Portage Bay, and Union Bay to deep water in Lake Washington. (See U. S. Coast and Geodetic Survey Chart No. 6447.) Previous projects.-Adopted by the River and Harbor Act of Au- gust 18, 1894, and modified by the River and Harbor Act of June 13, 1902. The cost and expenditures on the original and modified proj- ect prior to commencement of operations under existing project in 1910 were $485,002.45, all of which was for survey and improvement by dredging. For further details see page 2003, Annual Report for 1915. In addition, $69,332.64 was expended from contributed funds. 2Exclusive of available funds. In addition, local interests are to contribute $10,000. RIVERS AND HARBORS-SEATTLE, WASH., DISTRICT 1379 Existing project.-This provides for a double lock and fixed dam with movable crest and necessary accessory works at the Narrows at the entrance to Salmon Bay, approximately 114 miles from deep water in Puget Sound; for a channel 34 feet deep at mean lower low water and 300 feet wide from Puget Sound to the Great Northern Railway bridge, about 5,500 feet, with a passing basin and log basin at the turn below the railway bridge; thence 34 feet deep and 150 to 200 feet wide to the locks, about 900 feet; and a guide pier 600 feet long; for the revetment of the canal banks between the locks and Lake Union and between Lakes Union and Washington; and for the excavation by King County or other local agency of a channel 25 feet deep at low water and 75 feet wide at the bottom from the locks into Lake Washington. The following table shows the principal features of the double lock and dam. (The structures are located at Seattle, Wash.) Large lock Small lock Miles above mouth ............ - -- 1% 1% Clear width of chamber-..... - . ..-- feet.- 80 30 Maximum available length ------------------------------------------- do .-- 760 123 Lift-......... ------------------------------------------ do 26 26 Depth on upper miter sill 1-................. --------------- do 36 16 Depth on intermediate miter sill 2 ---------- do -- 29 Depth on lower miter sill 2_______________________do 29 16 Character of foundation..----------------------------------------------- Clay Clay Kind of dam . ------------------------------------------------- (3) () Type of construction----------------------...... ..----------------------- (4) (4) Year completed- ...-- - .. -... .. .- __................. . 1916 1916 Cost--.. ....------------------------------------------------- (1) (5) 1 Low water in upper pool. 2 Mean lower low water in Puget Sound. 3 Fixed dam with movable crest. 4 Concrete. 5 The cost of double lock and dam was $2,224,712 and the emergency gates, completed in 1923, $174.698.31. The length of section included in this project is about 8 miles. The extreme tidal range is 19 feet. The range between mean lower low water and mean higher high water is 11.3 feet, and between mean lower low water and extreme low water is 4 feet. The ordi- nary fluctuation in the upper pool is approximately 6 inches and the extreme fluctuation is 2 feet. The estimate of cost of new work, revised in 1926, was $3,375,000, exclusive of amounts expended on previous projects. The cost of maintenance is defrayed from the permanent indefinite appropria- tion for operating and care of canals and other works of navigation. The existing project was adopted by the following river and har- bor acts: The act of June 25, 1910, as modified by the act of March 4, 1913, provided for a double lock and fixed dam with movable crest and necessary accessory works at the entrance to Salmon Bay, the dredging of a channel from the locks to deep water in Puget Sound, and excavation by local interests of a channel from the locks into Lake Washington (H. Doc. No. 953, 60th Cong., 1st sess.) ; the act of August 8, 1917, provided, for dredging below the locks and revet- ting canal banks (H. Doc. No. 800, 64th Cong., 1st sess.); and the act of September 22, 1922, provided for increased dimensions of the changnel between Puget Sound and the locks and a 600-foot extension of the lower guide pier (H. Dec. No. 324, 67th Cong., 2d sess.). The 1380 REPORT OF CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMY, 1934 latest published map is in House Document No. 140, Seventy-second Congress, first session. Supplementing the work authorized by Congress, the modification of the existing project so as to provide a channel 30 feet deep with a width of 100 feet from the locks to Lake Union, 200 feet thence to Portage Cut, 100 feet through Portage Cut, and thence 200 feet wide through Union Bay to Lake Washington, as recommended by the Chief of Engineers in House Document No. 140, Seventy-second Congress, first session, was included in the Public Works program under the National Industrial Recovery Act. Recommended modifications of project. Included in Public Works program. Local cooperation.-Fully complied with. Terminal facilities.-In Salmon Bay, 1 wharf is Government owned and 3 are municipally owned; 2 of the latter are open to public use. Of 11 privately owned wharves, 1 only is open to public use. Lake Union has 2 sawmill and 24 other private wharves. Four wharves are open to public use, 3 of which are publicly owned. Lake Washington has 4 wharves owned by the county which are open to public use and 4 private wharves. These facilities are considered adequate for existing commerce. (For further details see Port Series No. 7, pt. 1, Corps of Engineers.) Operations and results during fiscal year.-No operations were conducted with regular funds. Under authority of the Federal Emergency Administrator of Pub- lic Works, dredging of the 30-foot channel between the locks and Lake Washington was commenced under contract October 21, 1933. A total of 668,224 cubic yards of material was dredged and 18.45 cubic yards of rock was removed, completing about 90 percent of this work. The cost was $167,678.17 and the expenditure $156,508.09, all for new work. Condition at end of fiscal year.-The existing project as adopted by Congress was completed in 1932 at a cost and expenditure of $3,346,778.43 for new work and $110,201.86 for maintenance, a total of $3,456,980.29. In addition, there was expended by the State of Washington $246,567.07, and by King County $742,070.51 in the excavation of the channel above the locks and in the construction of concrete revetment at the portage. The water from the locks into Lake Washington is nontidal and is maintained at mean elevation of 21 feet above mean lower low tide of Puget Sound, with a maximum variation of 2 feet. The controlling depths at the end of the fiscal year were as follows: Puget Sound to the locks, 33 feet at mean lower low water; locks to Lake Union, 30 feet, and Lake Union to Lake Washington 25 feet, at normal pool level. The costs and expenditures from Public Works funds for the dredging in progress on the 30-foot channel have been $167,678.17 and $156,508.09, respectively, all for new work. Proposed operations.-The unexpended balance of funds allotted from the National Industrial Recovery Act will be applied to new work, enlarging the channel between the locks and Lake Washington, as follows: RIVERS AND HARBORS-SEATTLE, WASH., DISTRICT 1381 Accounts payable June 30, 1934____-------------------- $11, 170.08 Completing dredging of 30-foot channel under contract, July-October 1934 ------------------------------------------------------ 28, 712. 71 Total---------------------------------------------------39', 882. 79 This work will complete the project and, as it will be maintained by allotment from the permanent indefinite appropriation for oper- ating and care of canals, etc., no additional funds will be required. Cost and financial summary MANTENANCE AND IMPROVEMENT' FUNDS Cost of new work to June 30, 1934-------------------------- $3, 831, 780. 88 Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1934_____- ____------------ 110, 201, 86 Total cost of permanent work to June 30, 1934---------- 3, 941, 982. 74 Net total expenditures______________________ ___ 3,941, 982. 74 Total amount appropriated to June 30, 1934_------------ 3,941,982. 74 Fiscal year ending June 30 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 Cost of new work------------ $9, 057. 68 $6, 687. 54 $23, 703. 83 ------------------- Cost of maintenance. ------------------- 17, 748. 33 11, 707. 82 .---------------------------- Total cost....-- 26, 806. 01 ....------------------- 18, 395. 36 23, 703. 83 ..------------------------ Total expended .-.... - .-..-..----.---- 28, 270. 63 16. 389. 23 22, 251. 13 $53. 34 Allotted ---------------------------........ 39, 172.43 21,000.00 -7, 742.00 -1,480.01---------- PUBLIC WORKS FUNDS Cost of new work to June 30, 1934 ______--------------- $167, 678. 17 Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1934---------------------------- Total cost of permanent work to June 30, 1934------------ 167, 678. 17 Minus accounts payable June 30, 1934___-- _---------- 11, 170. 08 Net total expenditures _ __________ _____ _---_ 156, 508. 09 Unexpended balance June 30, 1934 -_____________------------39, 882. 79 Total amount appropriated to June 30, 1934__ 96, 390. 88 1________-__ Fiscal year ending June 30 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 Cost ofnew work--- ---- ----------------------------------------------- $167, 678. 17 Cost of maintenance---- ----------- ------- --- ------- -- ------ ------------ Total expended...--------------...............................----------------------..------------..-----------156, 508. 09 Allotted............------------------------..------------........ ------------ 196, 390. 88 Amount allotted from National Industrial Recovery Act, approved June 16, 1933---------- $199, 390. 88 Deductions on account of revocation of allotment______ ___ --- 3,000. 00 Net amount to be accounted for ------------------------ 196, 390. 88 Gross amount expended_______________________ $157, 135. 87 Less reimbursements collected -627. 78 156, 508, 09 Balance unexpended June 30, 1934- -------- _ 39, 882. 79 Amount covered by uncompleted contracts .....-- ______ -_ 39, 882. 79 1382 REPORT OF CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMY, 1934 CONSOLIDATED COST AND FINANCIAL SUMMARY FOR LAIKE WASHINGTON SHIP CANAL, WASH. Cost of new work to June 30, 1934________________----------- $3, 999, 459. 015 Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1934_------------------------- 110, 201. 86 Total cost of permanent work to June 30, 1934----------4, 109, 660. 91 Minus accounts payable June 30, 1934 -----__---------- ---- 11, 170. 08 Net total expenditures -- --- -______---- 4, 098, 490. 83 Unexpended balance June 30, 1934--------------------------- 39, 882. 79 Total amount appropriated to June 30, 1934-------------4, 138, 373. 62 Fiscal year ending June 30 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 Cost of new work-- ------------------ $9, 057. 68 $6, 687. 54 $23, 703. 83 $167, 678. 17 Cost of maintenance- .____.. ________.. . _ 17, 748. 33 11, 707. 82 _____________.____-____---- -------- Total cost__ _. ____--------- 26, 806. 01 18, 395. 36 23, 703. 83- _-------. 167, 678. 17 Total expended__-- -__----..___. ... _...... 28, 270. 63 16, 389. 23 22, 251. 13 $53. 34 156, 508. 09 Allotted------------------ ---------.. 39, 172. 43 21, 000. 00 -7, 742. 00 -1, 480. 01 196, 390. 88 Amount allotted from National Industrial Recovery Act approved June 16, 1933_________________ __$199, 390. 88 Deductions on account of revocation of allotment _ _---------- 3, 000. 00 Net amount to be accounted for___-___-___------ ___ 196, 390. 88 Gross amount expended------------------------$157, 135.87 Less reimbursements collected----------------------- 627. 78 156, 508. 09 Balance unexpended June 30, 1934 ______-_______------ 39, 882. 79 Amount covered by uncompleted contracts--------------------- 39, 882. 79 10. OPERATING AND CARE OF LAKE WASHINGTON SHIP CANAL, WASH. The improvement for which report is made under this caption forms part of the project for Lake Washington Ship Canal, Wash. (See pp. 1378 to 1382, where general information regarding the improvement can be found.) The large lock has been operated and maintained under the permanent indefinite appropriation since April 8, 1916, and the small lock and dam so operated since July 30, 1916. Operations and results during fiscal year.-The locks were operated throughout the year and work continued in connection with mainte- nance of gates, valves, machinery, buildings, and grounds, all work being done by hired labor. The cost was $84,505.80, all for mainte- nance. The expenditure was $88,510.99. Condition at end of fiscal year.-The project for the construction of the Lake Washington Ship Canal was completed in 1932. For details, see report on Lake Washington Ship Canal. The total costs for operating and care have been $1,505,021.11. The total expenditures from the permanent indefinite appropriation have been $1,510,743.93. Proposed operations.--The locks, dam, and canal will be operated and maintained under allotments from appropriations made avail- able for such purposes. RIVERS AND HARBORS-SEATTLE, WASH., DISTRICT 1383 Cost and financial sunmary Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1934___------------------ $1, 505, 021. 11 Value of plant, materials, etc., on hand June 30, 1934------------ 1, 903.69 Net total cost to June 30, 1934 506, 924. 80 1------------------------, Plus accounts receivable June 30, 1934_________ ___----- ----- 7, 647.29 Gross total costs to June 30, 1934--------------- 1, 514, 572. 09 Minus accounts payable June 30, 1934___ ________--------3, 828.16 Net total expenditures------ ------------------------ 1, 510, 743. 93 Unexpended balance June 30, 1934_______________------------- 33, 200. 77 Total amount appropriated to June 30, 1934 ._________ 1, 543, 944. 70 Fiscal year ending June 30 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 Cost of new work..-------------.9- Cost of maintenance.------------------ -------- $91, 857. 12 I-- --------------- $88, 174. 89 - ---- --- $98, 096.77 $80, 315. 31 ---------- $84, 505. 80 ---------------------- Total expended.__ 90, 316. 85 90, 022. 35 98, 977. 11 86, 075. 75 88, 510. 99 Allotted ---------------------------- 80 000. 00 90 000. 00 97 500. 00 96, 806. 70 101, 028. 30 Balance unexpended July 1, 1933___________--__---------- $20, 683. 46 Amount allotted from permanent indefinite appropriation, section 6, River and Harbor Act, Mar. 3, 1909___-------------------- 105,300. 00 Amount to be accounted for_ -- ___-- - -------------- 125, 983. 46 Deductions on account of revocation of allotment-------- 4, 271. 70 Net amount to be accounted for ___ __------------- 121, 711. 76 Gross amount expended --------------------------$89, 179. 09 Less reimbursements collected------------------------ 668. 10 88, 510. 99 Balance unexpended June 30, 1934 ____ ---------- 33, 200. 77 Outstanding liabilities June 30, 1934 ---------------- $3, 828. 16 Amount covered by uncompleted contracts__ ---- __- 31, 353.49 35, 181. 65 Balance available June 30, 1934 ____________-------- - -- 1, 980. 88 Accounts receivable June 30, 1934_ __--___----- - -- -__ - 7, 647.29 Unobligated balance available June 30, 1934-........--- . 5, 666. 41 Amount allotted for fiscal year 1935__--------- ------------- 88, 500. 00 Balance available for fiscal year 1935_---------- 94, 166. 41 11. EVERETT HARBOR AND SNOHOMISH. RIVER, WASH. Looation.-Everett Harbor is located on Port Gardner Bay, at the northern end of Possession Sound, an arm of Puget Sound, 30 miles north of Seattle and 45 miles south of Bellingham. (See U. S. Coast and Geodetic Survey Chart No. 6448.) Previouls projects.-Adopted by the River and Harbor Act of August 18, 1894, and modified April 23, 1902 (joint resolution of Congress), and River and Harbor Act of March 3, 1905. The cost and expenditures on original and modified projects prior to the adoption of the existing project in 1910 were $418,209.14 for new work and $5,868.63 for maintenance, a total of $424,077.77. For further details, see page 2005 of Annual Report for 1915. 1384 REPORT OF CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMY, 1934 Existing project.-This provides for a training dike with gap of such width as may prove advisable at the outlet of the Old River Channel; for raising 6,000 feet of the existing dike or bulkhead in Everett Harbor to an elevation of 14 feet above mean lower low water; for extending the spur dike on the south side of the gap eastwardly to the pierhead line; for maintaining to a depth of 30 feet, at mean lower low water, the channel designated as east water- way in Everett Harbor, which is to be dredged to 30 feet by local interests, to the east of the proposed municipal dike and fill; for maintaining a channel approximately 100 feet wide between deep water in Everett Harbor and the gap in the dike to a depth of not exceeding 8 feet; the construction of closing dikes and mattress sills across subsidiary sloughs of the main river. The length of improvement under this project is 2.5 miles. The extreme tidal range is 18 feet. The range between mean lower low water and mean higher high water is 11.3 feet. The estimate of cost for new work, revised in 1930, was $368,400, exclusive of amounts expended under previous projects. The latest (1930) approved esti- mate of annual cost of maintenance of the east waterway and the channel to the gap is $5,500. No estimate has been made for main- taining the Old River Channel, nor for maintenance of dikes. The project was adopted by the River and Harbor Act of June 25, 1910 (H. Doc. No. 1108, 60th Cong., 2d sess.), and modified by the River and Harbor Act of July 3, 1930 (H. Doc. No. 377, 71st Cong., 2d sess.). The latest published maps are in House Document No. 649, Sixty-third Congress, second session, and House Document No. 377, Seventy-first Congress, second session. Recommended modifications of project.-The dredging of certain shoals which interfere with the movement of navigation in Puget Sound and its tributary waters is recommended in House Document No. 307, Seventieth Congress, first session. Terminal facilities.-There are 19 piers and wharves at Everett, 10 being located on the deep-water harbor and the remainder on Snohomish River. On the harbor, 2 terminals do an overseas busi- ness and 1 serves local traffic, all three being open to the public on equal terms. On Snohomish River there are 9 sawmill wharves. These facilities are considered adequate for existing commerce. (For further details see Port Series No. 7, pt. 3, Corps of Engineers.) Operations and results during fiscal year.-None. Condition at end of fiscal year.-The existing project was com- pleted in 1931. The controlling depth in the Old River Channel is 1 foot at mean lower low water. The controlling depth through the opening in the dike. and westward over the tide flats to the sound is about 1 foot above mean lower low water. The channel southward of the opening in the dike to Port Gardner Bay, which was dredged to 8 feet in 1931, now has a controlling depth of 1.3 feet at mean lower low water, but a depth of 3.9 feet exists in a crooked channel as far up as the Great Northern Railway bridge. Dredging of the east waterway by local interests is practically completed. The costs and expenditures have been $310,246.15 for new work and $81,410.96 for maintenance, a total of $391,657.11. RIVERS AND HARBORS-SEATTLE, WASH., DISTRICT 1385 Proposed operations.-No funds are available, and no operations are proposed during the fiscal year 1935. The sum of $15,000 can be profitably expended during the fiscal year 1936 for maintenance dredging in Everett Harbor, by contract, July-August 1935. Cost and financial summary Cost of new work to June 30, 1934 $728, 455. 29 Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1934_:- _-_ 87, 279. 59 Total cost of permanent work to June 30, 1934 815, 734. 88 Net total expenditures_ __ __. 815, 734. 88 Total amount appropriated to June 30, 1934______________________ 815, 734. 88 Fiscal year ending June 30 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 Cost of new work... ...----------- -------------- $84, 809. 98 -$927. 50 Cost of maintenance $2, 079. 41 4, 876. 93 29, 193. 21 $1, 213. 41 - Total cost- .2, 079. 41 89, 686. 91 28, 265. 71 1, 213. 41 Total expended ----------------- __ 2, 067. 47 61, 902. 95 55, 527. 68 1, 747. 34 - Allotted-------------....-------------- 132, 000. 00 -14, 821. 24 -66. 72 - Amount that can be profitably expended in fiscal year ending June 30, 1936, for maintenance _-__---- _ ___ -- ___ $15, 000.00 12. BELLINGHAM HARBOR, WASH. Location.-This harbor is a part of Bellingham Bay, an arm of Puget Sound, about 18 miles south of the international boundary and about 100 miles north of Seattle. (See U. S. Coast and Geodetic Survey Chart No. 6378.) Previous projects.-Adopted by the River and Harbor Act of June 13, 1902. The cost and expenditures on this project prior to the adoption of the existing project in 1910 were $56,581.93 for new work and $1,092.05 for maintenance, a total of $57,673.98. For further details see page 2006 of Annual Report for 1915. Existing project.-This provides for (a) dredging a channel known as the Whatcom Creek waterway from deep water to the head of the harbor, 363.2 feet wide, 26 feet deep at mean lower low water for the outer 3,800 feet and 18 feet deep for the inner 1,300 feet; and (b) for an entrance channel in Squalicum Creek waterway, 200 feet wide, 26 feet deep, from deep water in the bay to the main pierhead line. The extreme tidal range is 16.5 feet. The range between mean lower low water and mean higher high water is 8.5 feet. The estimate of cost for new work revised in 1913, was $81,782 for Whatcom Creek waterway and $25,000 (made in-1927) for Squal- icum Creek waterway, exclusive of amount expended on previous project. The latest (1928) approved estimate for annual cost of maintenance is $2,000 for Whatcom Creek waterway and $500 after the first 2 years for Squalicum Creek waterway. The project was adopted by the following river and harbor acts: The act of June 25, 1910, provided for Whatcom Creek waterway (H. Doc. No. 1161, 60th Cong., 2d sess.); and the act of July 3, 1930, provided for Squalicum Creek waterway. (H. Doc. No. 187, 70th 1386 REPORT OF CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMY, 1934 Cong., 1st sess.). The latest published map of Whatcom Creek waterway is in the former document, and of Squalicum Creek water- way in the latter. Local cooperation.-Fully complied with. Terminal facilities.-There are 21 piers and wharves at Belling- ham Harbor, 7 of which are on Whatcom Creek waterway, 3 on Squalicum Creek waterway, and 11 on the bay, 10 being south of the waterways and 1 north of them. Two of those on Whatcom Creek waterway are publicly owned and open to general public use. The port commission wharf on Squalicum Creek waterway is open to public use and serves fishing boats mainly. These facilities are considered adeqate for existing commerce. (For further details see Port Series No. 7, pt. 3, Corps of Engineers.) Operations and results during fiscal year.-A survey of Squalicum Creek waterway was made in October 1933. There were no other operations, and no costs or expenditures. Condition at end of fiscal year.-The existing project was com- pleted in 1931. The dredging of the entrance channel in Squalicum Creek waterway was completed in 1931. The dredging of What- com Creek waterway was completed in 1913. The controlling depths at mean lower low water when last ascertained were as follows: Whatcom Creek waterway, 26 feet for the outer 2,900 feet over the full width, 24 feet over a width of 220 feet for the next 600 feet, 20 feet over a width of 240 feet for the next 300 feet (August 1932) ; 17 feet for the inner 1,300 feet (May 1933); Squalicum Creek water- way, 26 feet (October 1933). The costs and expenditures have been $112,013.16 for new work and $31,099.31 for maintenance, a total of $143,112.47. Proposed operations.-The funds unexpended June 30, 1934, $20,000, will be applied to maintenance dredging in Whatoom Creek waterway, by contract, October-November 1934. No additional funds can be profitably expended during the fiscal year 1936. Cost and financial summary Cost of new work to June 30, 1934---------------------------- $168, 595. 09 Cost of maintenance to June 30, 194---------------------------- 32, 191. 36 Total cost of permanent work to June 30, 1934------------ 200, 786. 45 Net total expenditures_ -------------------------------- 200, 786. 45 Unexpended balance June 30, 1934___ 20, 000. 00 Total amount appropriated to June 30, 1934--------------- 220. 786. 45 Fiscal year ending June 30 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 Cost of new work ________30, $. 231. 02 Cost of maintenance _ ------ --- 9, 929. 97 .2, - $-103. 30 - -- _- Total cost---------- --------------- ..-------- 40, 160. 99 2, 103. 30 Total expended ...... .. .... ............. . 40, 160. 99 2, 103. 30 Allotted____________ ------- ---- $12, 000. 00 28, 484.00 1, 780.29 $20,000.00 RIVERS AND HIARBORS-SEATTLE, WASH., DISTRICT 1387 Amount allotted from War Department Appropriation Act approved Apr. 26, 1934---- ------------------------------------- $20,000. 0 Balance unexpended June 30, 1934 _______-___-- 20, 000. 00 13. WRANGELL NARROWS, ALASKA Location.-Wrangell Narrows lies to the west of Mitkof Island, connects Sumner Strait with Frederick Sound, and forms a part of the inside water route from Puget Sound to southeastern Alaska. The locality is shown on Coast and Geodetic Survey Charts Nos. 8170 and 8200. Existing project.-This provides for a channel 200 feet wide on the bottom and 21 feet deep at mean lower low water, with increased depth in rock, and 27 feet deep at Shoal No. 2. The estimate of cost for the entire project outlined in House Docu- ment No. 179, Sixty-seventh Congress, second session, was $2,000,000 for new work and $10,000 annually for maintenance. This estimate was made in 1921. Congress adopted this project subject to the condition that " no greater sum than $500,000 shall be expended on this project until specifically authorized by law." The estimated annual cost of maintenance of the partial project so authorized is $5,000. The existing project was authorized by the River and Harbor Act approved March 3, 1925 (H. Doc. No. 179, 67th Cong., 2d sess.). The latest published maps are in the project document, and House Document No. 647, Seventy-first Congress, third session. Supplementing the work authorized by Congress, the modification of the existing project so as to provide for a channel 24 feet deep and 275 feet wide at Shoal No. 1, the easing of curves at Shoals Nos. 5, 6,7, and 12; the removal of a rock pinnacle opposite Anchor Point, and 5 small rock pinnacles in the towing channel, as recommended by the Chief of Engineers in House Document No. 647, Seventy-first Congress, third session, was included in the Public Works program under the National Industrial Recovery Act. Recommnended modifications of project.-Included in Public Works program. Terminal facilities.-The terminal facilities at Petersburg, the only port in the Narrows, consist of 1 cannery wharf, 2 oil wharves, and also 2 general wharves, which are privately owned but open to the public. These facilities are considered adequate for existing commerce. Operations and results during fiscal year.-Maintenance dredg- ing under regular appropriations by the U. S. dredge Col. P. S. Michie was continued from July 1 to September 2, 1933, a total of 319,362 cubic yards being removed, at a cost of $44,659.64. The ex- penditures were $53,277.21. Under authority of the Federal Emergency Administration of Public Works dredging and rock removal was commenced under contract December 13, 1933, and was 50 percent completed at the end of the fiscal year, a total of 5,527 cubic yards of rock having been drilled and blasted, 3,481 cubic yards of rock removed, and 1,469 cubic yards of material dredged. The costs were $74,079.50, and the expenditures $43,543.07, all from Public Works funds for new work. 1388 REPORT OF CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMY, 1934 Condition at end of fiscal year.-The limited project as author- ized by Congress was completed in 1928. The controlling depth on June 30, 1934, was 20 feet at mean lower low water. The costs and expenditures from regular appropriations have been $452,970.93 for new work and $177,679.97 for maintenance, a total of $630,650.90. The status of work authorized by the Public Works Administra- tion is as stated in paragraph Operations and results during fiscal year. Proposed operations.-The unexpended balance of allotment from the National Industrial Recovery Act will be applied to completing the new work pertaining to modification of project included in the Public Works program as follows: Accounts payable June 30, 1934__ $33, 643. 20 ,Completion of contract for dredging and rock removal, July-August 1934 ------------------------------------------------- 61, 813. 73 J3alance available for reallotment---------------------_ 6, 000. 00 Total ----------------------------------------- 101, 456. 93 No funds can be profitably expended during the fiscal year 1936 as no work is contemplated. Cost and financial summary MAINTENANCE AND IMPROVEMENT FUNDS Cost of new work to June 30, 1934__________------------------- $452, 970. 93 Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1934 __---------- -____-- __ 177, 679. 97 Total cost of permanent work to June 30, 1934 ____________ 30, 650. 90 Net total expenditures--- ---------------------------------- 630, 650. 90 Total amount appropriated to June 30, 1934-------------------630, 650. 90 Fiscal year ending June 30 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 Cost of new work------ ------------------------------------------------------- $747. 77 $44, 000. 00 $9, 243. 49 $44, 659. 64 Cost of maintenance_----- ----- __. . I$44, 232.82 Total expended----------_-------- 43, 484. 07 800. 73 44, 000.00 625. 92 53, 277.21 Allotted--__-_-_----- .........- __ -36, .. 747. 77 8,000.00 62, 977. 50 ........... Balance unexpended July 1, 1933_--_---------------------- $62,351.58 Deductions on account of revocation of allotment -------------- 9, 074.37 Net amount to be accounted for ------------------------ 53, 277. 21 Gross amount expended__--__-------- ------------- 53,277. 21 PUBLIC WORKS FUNDS Cost of new work to June 30, 1934 ___--------------$74, 079.50 Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1934______ Total cost of permanent work to June 30, 1934-__________ 74, 079. 50 Value of plant, materials, etc., on hand June 30, 1934__--- -____--3, 106. 77 Net total cost to June 30, 1934____________--- _________ 77, 186. 27 Minus accounts payable June 30, 1934 ____________------___ 33, 643. 20 Net total expenditures---_ --- --- 43, 543. 07 Unexpended balance June 30, 1934-- 101, 456.93 Total amount appropriated to June 30, 1934- 145,000.00 RIVERS AND HARBORS-SEATTLE, WASH., DISTRICT 1389 Fiscal year ending June 30 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 Cost of new work.______ _ -------------------------- _ $74, 079. 50 Cost of maintenance --- ... ...-- Total expended.------... ---- ------------------------------------------------ 43, 543.07 Allotted . ------------------------------------------------------------------ 145, 000. 00 Amount allotted from National Industrial Recovery Act approved June 16, 1933---------------------------------------- $145, 000. 00 Gross amount expended_ ... __---- - - ----------------- 43, 543.07 Balance unexpended June 30, 1934__------- -------- 101, 456. 93 Amount covered by uncompleted contracts____-------- -- 101, 095.22 Balance available June 30, 1934------------------------ 361. 71 CONSOLIDATED COST AND FINANCIAL SUMMARY FOR WRANGELL NARROWS, ALASKA Cost of new work to June 30, 1934 $527, 050. 43 Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1934 _____ _____________ 177, 679. 97 Total cost of permanent work to June 30, 1934_.......... 704, 730. 40 Value of plant, materials, etc., on hand June 30, 1934_ ....- -- 3, 106. 77 Net total cost to June 30, 1934_-------------------- 707, 837. 17 Minus accounts payable June 30, 1934_.------------------ 33, 643.20 Net total expenditures--- -------------------------- 674, 193. 97 Unexpended balance June 30, 1934_ ..... __....--- 101, 456. 93 Total amount appropriated to June 30, 1934 _---.--__-- 775, 650. 90 Fiscal year ending June 30 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 Cost of new work ...----------- ------------------------------------------------ $74, 079.50 Cost of maintenance--..--..-.---.. ----... $44, 232. 82 $747. 77 $44, 000. 00 $9, 243. 49 44, 659. 64 Total cost......---------------------- 44, 232. 82 747. 77 44, 000. 00 9, 243. 49 118, 739. 14 Total expended........----------------------43, 484. 07 800. 73 44, 000. 00 625. 92 96, 820. 28 Allotted..-------------------------------------... 36, 747. 77 8, 000. 00 62, 977. 50 145, 000. 00 Balance unexpended July 1, 1933______________-___ ________ $62, 351. 58 Amount allotted from National Industrial Recovery Act approved June 16, 1933------------------------------------------145, 000. 00 Amount to be accounted for __ __--- ------- 207, 351. 58 Deductions on account of revocation of allotment----------------9, 074. 37 Net amount to be accounted for___________----------- 198, 277. 21 Gross amount expended_ ---------- ___-___ ___ - 96, 820. 28 Balance unexpended June 30, 1934_____-__- - 101, 456. 93 -______ Amount covered by uncompleted contracts____________________ 101, 095. 22 Balance available June 30, 1934_________ ___ - -___ -___- 361. 71 14. HARBOR OF REFUGE, SEWARD, ALASKA Location.-This harbor is located at Seward, Alaska, on the west side of the north end of Resurrection Bay. The harbor is about 130 1390 REPORT OF CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMY, 1934 miles west of Cordova, Alaska. The locality is shown on Coast and Geodetic Survey Chart No. 8529. Existing project. This provides for the construction of a break- water 580 feet long and the dredging of an area of about 207,000 square feet to a depth of 12.5 feet at mean lower low water. The estimate of cost for new work made in 1927 was $85,000. The existing project was adopted by the River and Harbor Act approved July 3, 1930 (H. Doc. 109, 70th Cong., 1st sess.). The latest published map is in the project document. Terminal facilities.-Docking facilities at Seward include one commercial wharf, owned by the Alaska Railroad, which is avail- able to the use of the public on payment of the usual wharfage charges, one wharf owned by the Standard Oil Co., and one owned by the San Juan Cannery. These facilities are considered adequate for existing commerce. Operations and results during fiscal year.-A total of 2,020.94 cubic yards of armor rock was placed on the breakwater by the Alaska Railroad. The costs and expenditures were $9,198.31, all for maintenance. Condition at end of fiscal year.-The existing project was com- pleted in 1931. The controlling depth is 12 feet at mean lower low water. The total costs and expenditures have been $103,202.61 for new work and $9,198.31 for maintenance, a total of $112,400.92. Proposed operations.-No funds are available, and no operations are proposed during the fiscal years 1935 and 1936. Cost and financial summary Cost of new work -to June 30, 1934______________________________ $10, 202. 61 Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1934________________________ 9, 198. 31 Total cost of permanent work to June 30, 1934 ________112, 400. 92 Net total expenditures--- ---------------------------- 112, 400. 92 Total amount appropriated to June 30, 1934 _________________ 112, 400'. 92 Fiscal year ending June 30 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 Cost of new work ______________------------- $40, 172. 80 $63, 302. 81 -$273. 00 Cost of maintenance .. .. .. ...-- ----- ... . _ ..-- ... ... ... --.. ... $9, 198. 31 Total cost__ - -- 40, 172. 80 63, 302. 81 -273. 00 9, 198. 31 Total expended__ 39, 852. 85 63, 622. 76 -273. 00 9, 198. 31 Allotted_ 107, 000. 00 -3, 524. 39 -273. 00 -10, 801. 69 Balance unexpended July 1, 1933______________________________ $20, 000. 00 Deductions on account of revocation of allotment ___-___- ___-__ 10, 801. 69 Net amount to be accounted for ______ ___________--_ - 9', 198. 31 Gross amount expended_ _______------------ _ ----- 9', 198.31 15. NOME HARBOR, ALASKA Location.--Nome Harbor is in the portion of Norton Sound in front of the city of Nome, Alaska, at the mouth of Snake River. It is a shallow, open roadstead about 115 miles north of the Apoon mouth RIVERS AND HARBORS SEATTLE, WASH., DISTRICT 1391 of the Yukon River and 125 miles northwest of St. Michael Harbor. (See U. S. Coast and Geodetic Survey Chart No. 9380.) Existing project.-This provides for two parallel timber and con- crete jetties, each 400 feet long, at the mouth of Snake River, and a channel 8 feet deep at mean lower low water from Norton Sound,. through Snake River, to the mouth of Bourbon and Dry Creeks, in the city of Nome, ending in a basin of similar depth 200 feet wide and 250 feet long and revetting the banks of the river. The length of the section included in the project is 1,500 feet. The extreme tidal range is 2.8 feet. The range between mean lower low water and mean higher high water is 1.4 feet. The water levels are influenced more by wind than tide, an offshore wind sometimes causing a level of from 2 to 3 feet below mean lower low water for days at a time and a level of 14 feet above mean lower low water having been notec as a result of storms. The estimate of cost for new work, revised in 1921, was $273,000. The latest (1928) approved estimate for annual cost of maintenance is $25,000, of which $2,500 is to be contributed by the city of Nome. The project was adopted by the River and Harbor Act of August 8, 1917. (H. Doc. No. 1932, 64th Cong., 2d sess.) The latest published maps are in the above-mentioned docu- ment, and House Document No. 404, Seventy-first Congress, second session. Recommended 'modifications of project.-Under date of May 19, 1930, the Chief of Engineers recommended modification of the exist- ing project so as to provide for dredging the entrance channel and turning basin to a depth of 8 feet; for extending the east jetty approximately 616 feet; and for such extension of the west jetty, not more than 216 feet, as may be found to be necessary, at an esti- mated cost of $253,000, with $20,000 annually for maintenance; sub- ject to such modification in location and design as may be found to be advisable (H. Doc. No. 404, 71st Cong., 2d sess.). Under date of April 13, 1934, the Chief of Engineers recommended further modification of the existing project so as to provide for an extension to the present turning basin 250 feet wide, 400 feet long, and 8 feet deep, at an estimated cost of $16,500, with no increase in the present estimated cost of annual maintenance (Rivers and Harbors Committee Doc. No. 38, 73d Cong., 2d Sess.). Local cooperation.-Fully complied with. Terminal facilities.-Cargoes and passengers from ocean vessels are lightered to and from shore, a distance of about 2 miles. There° is one privately owned wharf outside the improvement area, which is: open to the general public. Traffic using the dredged channel and basin is handled over the revetment, where transfer facilities have been installed by the city and lighterage companies. These facili- ties are considered adequate for existing commerce. Operations and results duringfiscal year.-Seasonal repairs to jet- ties and revetment were made and 7,602 cubic yards dredged, by Government plant and hired labor. The costs were $29,611.92 from Federal funds and $2,500 from contributed funds, a total of $32,111.92, all for maintenance. The expenditures were $35,761.98 from Federal funds and $2,500 from contributed funds. 91536-ENG 1934--88 1392 REPORT OF CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U. S. ARIVIY, 1934 Condition at end of fiscal year.-The project was completed in 1923. The controlling depths when last ascertained were as follows: Chan- nel, 7 feet (June 1934) ; bar and basin, 6.5 feet (October 1933). The costs of the existing project have been $272,950.13 for new work and $238,631.71 for maintenance, a total of $511,581.84, from Federal funds, and $30,000 for maintenance from contributed funds. The total expenditures have been $540,608.02 from Federal funds and $30,000 from contributed funds. Proposed operations.-The funds unexpended June 30, 1934, $29,796.63 (including $2,500 contributed by the city of Nome) will be applied to maintenance, as follows: Accounts payable June 30, 1934_______-----------------------$2, 925. 21 Repairs to jetties and revetment, by hired labor, July-October 1934 and April-June 1935------------------------------------- 3, 500. 00 Dredging, by hired labor and Government plant, 25,000 cubic yards, July-October 1934 and April-June 1935---------------------- 22, 771. 42 Ice removal, by hired labor, April-May 1935----------------------- 00. 00 Total---------------- 796. 63 2-------------------, The additional sum of $25,000 (including $2,500 to be contributed) can be profitably expended during the fiscal year 1936, for mainte- nance, as follows: Repairs to jetties, by hired labor, July-October 1935------ -- $3, 000. 00 Repairs to revetment, by hired labor, July-October 193 --------- 3, 000. 00 Dredging, by hired labor, July-October 1935 and May-June 1936 ... 18, 400. 00 Ice removal, by hired labor, April-May 1936 ------- --------- 600. 00 Total_ __------------ 25, 000. 00 Cost and financia summary UNITED STATES FUNDS -- Cost of new work to June 30, 1934_________..-_____ - $272, 950. 13 Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1934 ________ _____----- 238, 631. 71 Total cost of permanent work to June 30, 1934 __________ 511, 581. 84 Value of plant, materials, etc., on hand June 30, 1934-----------31, 951. 39 Net total cost to June 30, 1934____-__________________ 543, 533. 23 Minus accounts payable June 30, 1934 ..------------------------- 2, 925.21 Net total expenditures __________-----___-_______ 540, 608. 02 Unexpended balance June 30, 1934___________ 27, 296. 63 Total amount appropriated to June 30, 1934__-----___________ 567, 904. 65 Fiscal year ending June 30 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 Cost of new work.---------.------------------------ Cost of maintenance- _ _------------ - $25, 216. 73 $21,437. 88 $22, 868. 10 $20, 069. 19 $29, 611.92 Total expended -------------------------- 31, 004.90 22, 888.85 23, 107. 56 38, 545. 43 35, 761. 98 Allotted---- ------------------------ 31, 300. 00 19, 400. 00 4, 000. 00 75, 735. 32 21, 019. 20 Balance unexpended July 1. 1933 ____ $42,039. 41 Amount allotted from War Department Appropriation Act approved Apr. 26, 1934________________,22, 000. 00 Amounted to be accounted for_- _ -- ______--- _ 64, 039. 41 Deductions on account of revocation of allotment ______--_ 980. 80 Net amount to be accounted for_ _ -______ 63, 058. 61 RIVERS AND HARBORS-SEATTLE, WASH., DISTRICT 1393 Gross amount expended____________________________ $38, 361. 98 Less reimbursements collected ---------------------- 2, 600. 00 $35, 761. 98 Balance unexpended June 30, 1934_______________ ____ _ 27, 296. 63 Outstanding liabilities June 30, 1934 _________________ $2, 925. 21 Amount covered by uncompleted contracts -------------- 10. 92 2, 936. 13 Balance available June 30, 1934____________________ __ 24, 360. 50 Amount that can be profitably expended in fiscal year ending June 30, 1936, for maintenance 1------------------------_ ___ 22, 500. 00 CONTRIBUTED FUNDS Cost of new work to June 30, 1934 Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1934 __________________--__ _ $30, 000. 00 Total cost of permanent work to June 30, 1934______________ 30, 000.00 Net total expenditures_________________ __________________--30, 000. 00 Unexpended balance June 30, 1934--------------- ------------- 2, 500. 00 Total amount contributed to June 30, 1934_______ __ 32, 500. 00 Fiscal year ending June 30 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 Cost of new work ..----- --------- -------- Cost of maintenance .------------------- $2, 500. 00 $2, 500. 00 $2, 500. 00 $2, 500. 00 $2, 500. 00 Total expended------- ..-----------.. 2,500. 00 2,500. 00 2,500. 00 2,500. 00 2,500. 00 Contributed.--------------------------- 2,500. 00 2,500. 00 2,500. 00 2,500. 00 5,000. 00 Contributed by city of Nome, July 8, 1933--------------------- $2, 500. 00 Contributed by city of Nome, June 21, 1934___ __ - - -_______-2, 500. 00 Amount to be accounted for___- __-------------_____ 5, 000. 00 Gross amount expended ___-----__.----------------- 2, 500. 00 Balance unexpended June 30, 1934____-....... 2, 500. 00 Amount that can be profitably expended in fiscal year ending June 30, 1936, for maintenance 1-_________________ 2, 500. 00 CONSOLIDATED COST AND FINANCIAL SUMMARY FOR NOME HARBOR, ALASKA Cost of new work to June 30, 1934 --__- - -_________-- __ $272, 950. 13 Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1934_ __.. ___ __-___--__ _ 268, 631. 71 Total cost of permanent work to June 30, 1934__---- ______ 541, 581. 84 Value of plant, materials, etc., on hand June 30, 1934_ __--__--__ 31, 951. 39 Net total cost to June 30, 1934--------------------__ 573, 533. 23 Minus accounts payable June 30, 1934_---_____ -___- ___ 2, 925. 21 Net total expenditures___----- -____--- ______ _ 570, 608. 02 Unexpended balance June 30, 1934 29, 796. 63 Total amount appropriated and contributed to June 30, 1934_ 600, 404. 65 1 Exclusive of available funds. 1394 REPORT OF CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, IT. S. ARVMY~ 1934 Fiscal year ending June 30 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 Cost of new work--------- -------------------------------------------------- -------- -------- Cost of maintenance----------------------- $27, 716. 73 $23, 937. 88 $25,368. 10 $22, 569.19 $32, 111. 92 Total expended ------------------------- 33, 504. 90 25, 388. 85 25, 607.56 41, 045.43 38, 261. 98 Allotted and contributed ------ ---- 33, 800. 00 21, 900. 00 6, 500. 00 78, 235.32 26, 019. 20 Balance unexpended July 1, 1933------------------------------ $42, 039. 41 Contributed by city of Nome, July 8, 1933_______________ $2, 500. 00 Contributed by city of Nome, June 21, 1934_________ 2,500. 00 Amount allotted from War Department Appropriation Act approved Apr. 26, 1934__ --------- 22,000. 00 27, 000. 00 Amount to be accounted for------------------------------69, 039. 41 Deductions on account of revocation of allotment----------------- 980. 80 Net amount to be accounted for___ 058. 61 6---------------------------- Gross amount expended___________________-- $40, 861. 98 Less reimbursements collected-------------______ 2, 600. 00 38, 261. 98 Balance unexpended June 30, 1934________________________ 29, 796. 63 Outstanding liabilities June 30, 1934 - $2, 925. 21 Amount covered by uncompleted contracts ________10. 92 2, 936. 13 Balance available June 30, 1934---------------------------- 26, 860. 50 Amount that can be profitably expended1 in fiscal year - -- - - - - - - - - ending June 30, 1936, for maintenance ___ __ ___ _ 25, 000. 00 16. LOWELL CREEK, ALASKA, FLOOD CONTROL Location.-Lowell Creek is a torrential, glacier-fed stream about 41/2 miles long, which rises in the mountains west of Seward, Alaska, and flows eastward into Resurrection Bay, an arm of the Gulf of Alaska, through the city of Seward. (See U. S. Coast and Geodetic Survey Chart No. 8529.) Existing project.-Public Resolution No. 52, Sixty-ninth Congress, approved February 9, 1927, authorized the Secretary of War to expend not to exceed $125,000 for the protection of property at Seward from damage due to floods and overflows of Lowell Creek, and the work contemplated by this resolution was assigned by the Secretary of War to the Alaska Road Commission. The regulation of Lowell Creek was accomplished by the construction of an intake dam 8 feet high and 330 feet long across the mouth of Lowell Creek canyon and a timber flume of rectangular section, 12 feet wide, 7 feet deep, and 3,300 feet long, extending from the dam, through the city of Seward, to Resurrection Bay, where the debris-laden flood flow was dumped in deep water. When the Alaska Road Commis- sion was transferred to the Department of the Interior (act ap- proved June 30, 1932, Public, No. 218, 72d Cong.) the project was assigned to the Chief of Engineers. The latest estimated cost of new work, contained in an unpublished report submitted by the president Alaska Road Commission to the Secretary of the In- SExclusive of available funds. RIVERS AND HARBORS-SEATTLE, WASH., DISTRICT 1395 terior, through the.Secretary of War, on January 19, 1925, was $120,000. The act approved February 14, 1933 (Public No. 336, 72d Cong.) authorizes the Secretary of War to submit estimates for the proper maintenance of the flood-control works. No approved esti- mate for annual maintenance has been made. Local cooperation.-In accordance with the Act of Congress ap- proved February 9, 1927, the city of Seward and the Territory of Alaska jointly contributed, the sum of $25,000 toward the cost of construction. Terminal facilities.-None. Operations and results during fiscal year.-Repairs were made to the flume and intake works, by hired labor, at a cost of $8,781.25, all for maintenance. The expenditure was $9,593.22. Condition at end of fiscal year.--The project was completed by the Alaska Road Commission in 1929 at a cost of $113,157.87, of which $25,000 was contributed jointly by the city of Seward and Territory of Alaska. The costs have been $88,157.87 for new work and $21,- 541.89 for maintenance, a total of $109,699.76 from United States funds, and $25,000 from contributed funds. The total expenditures have been $109,486.01 from United States funds and $25,000 from contributed funds. Proposed operations.-No operations are contemplated during the fiscal year 1935. No funds are available, the balance of the 1933-34 funds ($10,956.51) having lapsed on June 30, 1934. The sum of $2,000 can be profitably expended during the fiscal year 1936, for maintenance, repairs to flume structure, by hired labor, as required. Cost and financial summary Cost of new work to June 30, 1934 . $88, 157. 87 Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1934--------------------------- 21, 541. 89 Total cost of permanent work to June 30, 1934- __ 109, 699. 76 Minus accounts payable Jule 30, 1934--------------------------- 213. 75 Net total expenditures------------------------------- 109, 486. 01 Unexpended balance June 30, 1934 _.. 11, 171. 81 Total amount appropriated to June 30, 1934 20, 657. 82 1-------------- Fiscal year ending June 30 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 Cost of new work__ Cost of maintenance ----------- ------------------------------------ $1, 335. 72 $8, 781. 25 Total expended....... ---- 310.00 9,593.22 A llotted .- - - -- - -- - -- - -- .- -- - I- --....... - - -. 21, 409.31 (----------- Balance unexpended July 1, 1933 _ __---------- $21, 099.31 Deductions on account of revocation of allotment 334. 28 Net amount to be accounted for-------------------- 20, 765. 03 Gross amount expended----------------------------------------- 9, 593. 22 Balance unexpended June 30, 1934_ ------- 11,171. 81 1 In addition $25.000 was expended from contributed funds. 1396 REPORT OF CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMY, 1934 Outstanding liabilities June 30, 1934-------------------..$213. 75 Amount covered by uncompleted contracts---------------- 1. 55 $215. 30 Balance available June 30, 1934 956. 51 1---------------------------0 Amount that can be profitably expended in fiscal year ending June 30, 1936, for maintenance 1-------------- 2, 000. 00 17. SALMON RIVER, ALASKA, FLOOD CONTROL Location.-Salmon River rises in Canada and flows in a southerly direction into the southeastern part of Alaska and empties into Portland Canal at the town of Hyder. Its total length is about 25 miles. (See U. S. Coast and Geodetic Survey Chart No. 8051.) Existing project.-This provides for the control of floods at the town of Hyder by the reconstruction of 681 feet of existing dike, construction of 3,653 feet of new dike, and clearing of the flood plain west of the present channel. The estimated cost, made in 1931, is $53,000 (including $7,000 to be contributed by local interests) for new work and $1,000 annually for maintenance. The project was adopted by the act approved June 18, 1934 (H. Doc. 228, 72d Cong., 1st sess.). The latest published map is in the project document. Local cooperation.--In accordance with the provisions of the act of June 18, 1934, local interests are required to contribute $7,000 toward the first cost of the work and $200 annually for maintenance. An appropriation of $7,000 was made by the Territorial legislature in 1933 for this purpose. Prior to the adoption of the existing project, approximately $8,000 was expended by the United States Bureau of Public Roads for a rock dike, and $26,350 by Territorial and local, interests for dikes, revetment, and dredging with view to flood protection. Terminal facilities.-None. Operations and results during fiscal year.-None. Condition at end of fiscal year.-No work has been done under the existing project. Proposed operations.-No funds are available and no operations are proposed during the fiscal year 1935. The sum of $52,000 (including $7,000 to be contributed by local interests) can be profitably expended during the fiscal year 1936 for completing the project, by contract, April to June 1936, as follows: New work : Reconstruction of 681 feet of existing dike----------------------- $4,000 New construction, 3,653 feet of pile, brush, and rock dike----------44, 500 Clearing flood plain, 32 acres---------------------------------- 3, 500 Total-------------------------------------------------- ---- 52,000 1 Exclusive of available funds. RIVERS AND HARBORS-SEATTLE, WASH., DISTRICT 1397 Cost and financial summary Cost of new work to June 30, 1934__ - ---- Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1934___ Net total expenditures_ Total amount appropriated to June 30, 1934___ Amount (estimated) required to be appropriated for completion of existing project 1__ $45, 000 Amount that can be profitably expended in fiscal year ending June 30, 1936, for new work - __________-____ 45, 000 18. EXAMINATIONS, SURVEYS, AND CONTINGENCIES (GENERAL) The cost of working during the year amounted to $31,823.34; the expenditures were $30,883.55. The funds unexpended June 30, 1934, amounting to $50,470.68, will be applied as needed during the fiscal year 1935 to payment of expenses to be incurred in connection with the above items. The additional sum of $50,000 can be profitably expended during the fiscal year 1936. Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1934__ ____________________- $184, 283. 98 Minus accounts payable June 30, 1934 --------------------------- , 008. 48 Net total expenditures ------------------------------ 183, 275. 50 Unexpended balance June 30, 1934____ _______ __ 50, 470.68 Total amount appropriated to June 30, 1934_ __ -__ _-- 233, 746. 18 Fiscal year ending June 30 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 Cost of new work------.------------ ---------------------------- ------------ Cost of maintenance....------------------ $34, 799. 18 $29, 732. 04 $28, 173. 57 $36, 926. 22 $31, 823. 34 Total expended-.------------------------- 35, 117. 86 29, 130. 91 28, 697. 23 38, 040. 40 30, 883. 55 Allotted----------------------------........ 30, 250. 00 32, 500. 00 7, 287. 79 75, 775. 75 40, 632. 64 Balance unexpended July 1, 1933______________________-$40, 721.59 Amount allotted from War Department Appropriation Act ap- proved Apr. 26, 1934----------------------------------------- 47, 000. 00 Amount to be accounted for ______________-_-87, 721. 59 Deductions on account of revocation of allotment__-- __-__ - 6, 367. 36 Net amount to be accounted for-_______-- ___-- -____-- 81, 354. 23 Gross amount expended ----------------------------------- 30, 883. 55 Balance unexpended June 30, 1934 ------------------------- 50, 470. 68 Outstanding liabilities June 30, 1934________________ $1, 008. 48 Amount covered by uncompleted contracts -------------- 2. 75 1, 011. 23 Balance available June 30, 1934_ ----------------------- 49, 459.45 Amount that can be profitably expended in fiscal year ending June 30, 1936, for maintenance 1 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 50, 000. 00 1 In addition, local interests are to contribute $7,000. 2 Exclusive of available funds. 1398 REPORT OF CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMY, 1934 19. Other projects for which no estimates are submitted [Commercial statistics for these projects are given in pt. 2 of report] For last Cost and expenditures to full re- June 30, 1934 Estimated Name of project port see amount re- annual quired to report complete foro New work Maintenance I I 1. Hoquiam River, Wash.1 - - - 1933 $51,293.64 $3, 816. 35 Completed. 2. Waterway connecting Port Townsend Bay and 1333 73, 322.35 49, 523. 42 Do. Oak Bay Wash.' 3. Port Gamble Harbor, -Wash.' 2_ 1931 3 11, 911. 08 588.92 Do. 4. Skagit River, Wash.4 5 ___ 1931 99, 829. 80 29, 257.81 $117, 000 -6. 5.Swinomish Slough, Wash. ____ Anacortes Harbor, Wash.1- 7. Kootenai River, Idaho and M ont.'1 - ...... 1932 1931 1933 183, 029. 51 746, 376. 90 9, 254.54 44, 279. 07 5,642. 60 50, 000 Completed. Do. 8. Columbia River, Wenatchee to Kettle Falls, 1923 274, 390. 53 7, 692. 58 Do. Wash.8 9. Polson Bay, Flathead Lake, Mont.'1 1918 4,491.14 258.86 Do. 10. Ketchikan Harbor, Alaska 1'- 1933 224, 945. 84 Do. 11. Wrangell Harbor, Alaska 9________________ 1931 37, 321. 32 167. 43 Do. 12. Port Alexander, Alaska 1 - -- 1932 17, 000.00 Do. 1 No maintenance required at present. 2 Modifications recommended in H. Doc. No. 152, 72d Cong., 1st sess. 3 In addition, $21,260.09 was expended from contributed funds. 4 Awaiting local cooperation for work on Skagit City bar; no work required on remainder of project at present. 5 Further improvements recommended to be accomplished under the general project recommended for Puget Sound (H. Doc. No. 311, 70th Cong., 1st sess.). 6 Further work withheld pending adoption of project recommended under date of May 24, 1933. (S. Com Print., 73d Cong., 1st sess.). 7 In addition, $23,188.45 was expended from contributed funds. 8 Improvements fairly permanent and maintenance not required. o Modification recommended in House Doc. No. 202, 72d Cong., 1st sess. ,Status of reports called for by river and harbor acts and committee resolutions Locality Authorization act Transmitted Recommenda- to Congress Document no. tion i i -Bellingham Harbor, Rivers and Harbors Wash. Committee resolu- tion, Jan. 29, 1934. ,Chehalis River and Flood Control Act, tributaries, W as h. June 13, 1934. (preliminary examina- tion for flood control). 'Columbia River, Wash., Rivers and Harbors July 17,1934 __ .-_-___.__.I Favorable. mouth of Willamette Committee resolu- River to point 1 tion, Jan. 2, 1934. mile above Vancouver Rivers and Harbors (channels A and B). Committee resolu- tion, Feb. 27, 1934. Columbia River to Rivers and Harbors Puget Sound, Intra- Committee resolu- coastal Waterway. tion, Aug. 12, 1933. Cordova Harbor, Alas- Rivers and Harbors Mar. 7, 1934 Rivers and Harbors Do. ka. Committee resolu- Committee Doc. No. tion, Apr. 20, 1933. 33, 73d Cong., 2d sess. :Edmonds Harbor,Wash. Rivers and Harbors ............... ........................ Committee resolu- tion, Mar. 15, 1934. Everett Harbor, Wash__ Senate Committee re- ............... tion, Jan. 25, 1934. Do--------------- Rivers and Harbors Committee resolu- tion, Aug. 7, 1933. -Gastineau Channel, River and Harbor Oct. 3, 1933 - Unfavorable. Alaska. Act, Jan. 21, 1927. Grays Harbor, Wash___ Rivers and Harbors July 17, 1934 _ Favorable. Committee resolu- tion, Sept. 25, 1933. RIVERS AND HARBORS-SEATTLE, WASH., DISTRICT 1399 Status of reports called for by river and harbor acts and committee resolutions-Continued Locality Authorization act Transmitted Recommenda- to Congress Document no. tion Green River, Wash. Flood Control Act, Mar. 14, 1934 House Doc. No. 286, Favorable. (preliminary examina- Feb. 15, 1933. 73d Cong., 2d sess. tion for flood control). Do.............-.... Flood Control Act, ..................... June 14, 1934. Ketchikan Creek and Rivers and Harbors Oct. 31, 1933 Unfavorable. Saxman Harbor, Ton- Committee resolu- ........................ gass Narrows, Alaska. tion, May 26, 1933. Kootenai River, Idaho_. Senate Committee re- Feb. 21, 1934 Do. solution, Jan. 31, 1933. Neah Bay, Wash., har- River and Harbor Act, July 8, 1933 Do. bor of refuge. July 3, 1930. Nome Harbor, Alaska_._ Rivers and Harbors Apr. 13,1934 Rivers and Harbors Favorable. Committee resolu- Committee Doc. No. tion, Oct. 25, 1933. 38, 73d Cong., 2d sess. Nooksack River and Flood Control Act, tributaries, W as h. June 13, 1934. (preliminary examina- tion for flood control). Nooksack River, What- Flood Control Act, com County, Wash. Feb. 26, 1925. (preliminary examina- tion for flood control). Olympia Harbor, Wash- Rivers and Harbors Oct. 13,1933 Rivers and Harbors Do . Committee resolu- Committee Doc. No. tion, June 6, 1933. 21, 73d Cong., 2d sess. Puget Sound and tribu- Rivers and Harbors ....................... tary waters, Wash. Committee resolu- tion, Feb. 2, 1934. Seward Harbor, Alaska, Rivers and Harbors July 17, 1934 ........................ Do. harbor of refuge. Committee resolu- tion, Oct. 9, 1933. Skagit River and tribu- Flood Control Act, ........................ taries, Wash. (prelimi- June 13, 1934. nary examination for flood control). Skykomish River, Sno- Flood Control Act, ........................ homish County,Wash. Feb. 26, 1925. (preliminary examina- tion for flood control). Snohomish River, Sno- ....-- do............------------ ........................ homishCounty, Wash. (preliminaryexamina- tion for flood control). Snohomish River and Flood Control Act, ........................ tributaries, Wash. June 13, 1934. (preliminaryexamina- tion for flood control). Snoqualmie River, Sno- Flood Control Act, ........................ homish County,Wash. Feb. 26, 1925. (preliminary examina- tion for flood control). Stilaguamish River and Flood Control Act, tributaries, Wash. June 13, 1934. (preliminary examina- tion for flood control). Stilaguamish River, Sno- Flood Control Act, homish County,Wash. Feb. 26, 1925. (preliminary examina- tion for flood control). Willapa River and Har- Rivers and Harbors Apr. 13,1934 Rivers and Harbors Do. bor, Wash. Committee resolu- Committee Dec. No. tion Aug. 12, 1933. 37, 73d Cong., 2d sess. sess. 1400 REPORT OF CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMY, 1934 IMPROVEMENT OF RIVERS AND HARBORS IN THE HONOLULU, HAWAII, DISTRICT This district includes all islands in the Hawaiian group. District engineer: Maj. S. L. Scott, Corps of Engineers. Division engineer: Lt. Col. Thomas M. Robins, Corps of Engineers. IMPROVEMENTS Page Page 1. Honolulu Harbor, Hawaii 1400 5. Port Allen Harobor, Hawaii_ 1410 :2. Kahului Harbor, Hawaii____ 1404 6. Kaunakakai Harbor, Hawaii_ 1413 3. Hilo Harbor, Hawaii------. 1406 7. Examinations, surveys, and 4. Nawiliwili Harbor, Hawaii__ 1408 contingencies (general) ___ 1414 1. HONOLULU HARBOR, HAWAII Location.--This harbor is on the south coast of the island of Oahu, about 2,100 miles from San Francisco. (See U. S. Coast and Geodetic Survey Chart No. 4109.) Existing project.-This provides for an entrance channel 35 feet 'deep and 400 feet wide; deepening the inner harbor to 35 feet, with a general width of 1,200 feet; easing the curve where the entrance channel joins the inner harbor; dredging to 35 feet along the reserved channel a channel 800 feet wide and 1,000 feet long, and thence a channel along the northerly side of the reserved channel 300 feet wide and about 3,000 feet long to connect Honolulu Harbor with Kapalama Basin. The plane of reference is mean lower low water. The range of tide between mean lower low water and mean higher high water is 1.9 feet and the extreme tidal range under ordinary conditions is :2.3 feet. The estimate of cost for new work, revised in 1930, was $3,283,000. The estimate of cost for annual maintenance, revised in 1930, is $12,000. The existing project was authorized by the following river and harbor acts: The act of March 3, 1905, provided for all the improve- ment except the dredging along the reserved channel (Annual Report of 1905, p. 2565);.the act of August 8, 1917 (H. Doc. No. 392, 64th Cong., 1st sess.), provided for the channel 800 feet wide and 1,000 feet long; and the act of July 3, 1930 (H. Doc. No. 753, 69th Cong., 2d sess.), provided for the channel northerly of the reserved channel. The, latest published map is in the last-mentioned document. Supplementing the work authorized by Congress, the further im- provement of Honolulu Harbor so as to provide for an entrance channel 40 feet deep at mean lower low water and 500 feet wide; widening the harbor basin by cutting off a strip of Sand Island about 320 feet wide, including the replacement of such existing depot facilities of the Bureau of Lighthouses as are necessarily removed to make way for the improvement; and the maintenance of the im- proved portion of the reserved channel for its full width of 400 feet throughout, as recommended by the Chief of Engineers in House Document No. 54, Seventy-third Congress, first session, was included in the Public Works program under the National Industrial Recovery Act. RIVERS AND HARBORS-HONOLULU, HAWAII, DISTRICT 1401 Rec.mmanended modlifications of prooject.-Included in Public Works program. Ter ninal facilities.-The United States Government controls a small portion of the water front and has constructed terminal facili- ties for the use of the Army Transport Service, the Navy, and the Lighthouse Service. These facilities are not available for general use. By far the greater part of the improved portion of the water front is controlled by the Territory, and the facilities thereon, to- gether with those owned by private interests, are administered by the Board of Harbor Commissioners of the Territory and are open to all shipping on equal terms. There are 30 piers and wharves, of which 6 are owned by the United States Government, 14 by the Territory, and the others by ,corporations. The facilities are considered adequate for present commerce. (For .farther details see Port Series No. 17, Corps of Engineers.) .Operationsand results during fiscal year.-Under authority of the Federal Emergency Administrator of Public Works, new work under contract consisted of dredging the entrance channel 500 feet wide to a depth of 40 feet at mean lower low water and in widening the 'harbor basin by cutting off a strip of Sand Island about 320 feet wide. A total of 1,097,243 cubic yards (scow measurement) of ma- terial was removed by the contractor at a cost of $295,168.65 for new work. The construction of depot facilities for the Bureau of Lighthouses to replace those removed to make way for the above improvement was completed by the contractor at a cost of $24,847.90 for new work. In maintenance dredging, conducted with regular funds, the U. S. .of dredge San Pablo removed 181,335 cubic yards (place measurement) material at a cost of $30,694.97. In addition, harbor patrol and miscellaneous construction and maintenance work were performed at a cost of $5,277.53. The total costs were $355,989.05, of which -$320,016.55 was for new work from Public Works funds and $35,- 972.50 for maintenance from regular funds. The total expenditures were $334,478.86, including $297,227.75 from Public Works funds. Condition at end of fiscal year.-The project adopted by Congress was completed in 1932. The project authorized by the Federal Emergency Administration of Public Works is 87 percent completed. Approximately 963,866 cubic yards remained to be dredged to com- plete the widening and deepening of the entrance channel and the widening of the harbor basin. The controlling depth at the close of the fiscal year was 35 feet at mean lower low water. The total cost to June 30, 1934, was $3,773,178.99, of which $3,487,- 579.98 (including $320,016.55 from Public Works funds) was for new work and $285,599.01 for maintenance. The total expenditures were $3,792,456.40, including $297,227.75 from Public Works funds. Proposed operations.-The balance unexpended June 30, 1934, from regular appropriations, will be applied as follows: Maintenance: Hydrographic surveys of harbor, by hired labor, July 1934______ $1, 500 Patrolling harbor and operation of Engineer Department store- house, yard, and plant, by hired labor, July 1934-June 1935_____ 7, 500 Total . . .. _9, 000 1402 REPORT OF CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMY, 1934 The balance unexpended June 30, 1934, from funds allotted under authority of the National Industrial Recovery Act, amounting to $505,572.25, will be applied to completing the widening and deepen- ing of the entrance channel and the removal of a portion of Sand Island, by contract, July-November 1934. The additional sum of $15,000 can be profitably expended during the fiscal year 1936, for maintenance, as follows: Dredging channels and harbor basin by Government plant and hired labor (September 1935) ------ ________ $7, 000 Patrolling harbor and operation of Engineer Department storehouse, yard, and plant, by hired labor, July 1, 1934-June 1935 ------------ 8,000 Total-- -------------------- 15, 000 Cost and financial sun/mnary MAINTENANCE' AND IMPROVEMENT FUNDS Cost of new work to June 30, 1934________________________ $3, 167, 563. 43 Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1934------------------------ 285, 599. 01 Total cost of permanent work to June 30, 1934---------- 3, 453, 162. 44 Value of plant, materials, etc., on hand June 30, 1934 ---------- 42, 066.21 Net total cost to June 30, 1934______-__ ____ 3, 495, 228. 65 Net total expenditures_______-_____- ________ 3,495, 228. 65 Unexpended balance June 30, 1934---------------------------- 9,000. 00 Total amount appropriated to June 30, 1934------------ 3, 504,228. 65 Fiscal year ending June 30 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 Cost of new work__- ..___.. ..... -$30, 294. 18 $335, 398. 01 $113, 449. 18 $241, 055. 86 _ -- Cost of maintenance __------... 37, 888. 65 14, 147. 38 5, 871. 94 24, 390. 85 $35, 972. 50 Total cost-------- -------- 7, 594. 47 349, 545. 39 119, 321. 12 265, 446. 71 35, 972. 50 Total expended----------------- 4, 680. 97 239, 355. 08 257, 962. 31 276, 977. 85 37, 251. 11 Allotted ______________________......... -45, 172. 43 415, 000. 00 100, 000. 00 295, 101. 08 7, 000. 00 Balance unexpended July 1, 1933_----------------------------$39, 251. 11 Amount allotted from War Department Appropriation Act approved Apr. 26, 1934------------------------------------------------ 9, 000. 00 48, 251. 11 Deductions on account of- Revocation of allotment ------------- _ $1, 200. 00 Revocation of impounded funds__-- -- _________ __ 800. 00 2, 000. 00 Net amount to be accounted for---------------------------- 46,251. 11 Gross amount expended ------------------ --- $38, 151. 99 Less: Reimbursements collected__________________ $900. 38 Receipts from sales_------------------- .50 900. 88 37, 251. 11 Balance unexpended June 30, 1934_---- 9,000. 00 Amount that can be profitably expended in fiscal year ending June 30, 1936, for maintenance _ _______ __ 15, 000. 00 1Exclusive of available funds. RIVERS AND HARBORS-IIONOLULU, HAWAII, DISTRICT 1403 PULIO WORKS FUNDS Cost of new work to June 30, 1934___ $320, 016. 55 Cost of maintenance to June 30, 19384__ ,_ Total cost of permanent work to June 30, 1934------ _____ 320, 016. 55 Value of plant, materials, etc., on hand June 30, 1934 , 796. 71 1------------ Net total cost to June 30, 1934_11 ___1 1__ 1______ 321, 813. 26 Plus accounts receivable June 30, 1934___________--_________---- 2,448. 77 Gross total costs to June 30, 1934 --------------------- 324, 262. 03 Minus accounts payable June 30, 1934------------------------27, 034.28 Net total expenditures_ - -____ __-______________ 297, 227. 75 Unexpended balance June 30, 19,34_________-------- - ---- 505, 572. 25 Total amount appropriated to June 30, 1934______ _____- -802, 800. 00 Fiscal year ending June 30 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 Cots of new work---......------------------------------------------------ $320, 016. 55 Cost ofmaintenance___ .-- Total expended..---------------------------------------------------297, 227.75 Allotted............------------------- ........- - - - 802,800.00 Amount allotted from National Industrial Recovery Act approved JuneJune 1, 1933 16, ______________________ 193--------------------------------------------$86 $836, 400.00 0.0 Deductions on account of revocation of allotment_______________ 33, 600. 00 Net amount to be accounted ______-__________________ 802, 800. 00 Gross amount expended__________________________ $300, 604.90 Less reimbursements collected____________________ 3,377. 15 297, 227. 75 Balance unexpended June 30, 1934_______________________ 505, 572. 25 Outstanding liabilities June 30, 1934_________________ $27, 034. 28 Amount covered by uncompleted contracts -------- ___ 476, 586. 74 503, 621. 02 Balance available June 30, 1934-------------------------- 1,951. 23 Accounts receivable June 30, 1934------------------------------ 2, 448. 77 Unobligated balance available June 30, 1934_ _________ 4,400. 00 CONSOLIDATED COST AND FINANCIAL SUMMARY FOR HONOLULU HARBOR Cost of new work to June 30, 1934___ _____---____-$3, 487, 579. 98 Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1934____________________- 285, 599. 01 Total cost of permanent work to June 30, 1934------------ 3, 773, 178. 99 Value of plant, materials, etc., on hand June 30, 1934 ---------- 43, 862. 92 - Net total cost to June 30, 1934-___________- ______ 3, 817, 041. 91 Plus accounts receivable June 30, 1934------------------_ 2,448. 77 Gross total costs to June 30, 1934 _______-___________-- 3, 819, 490. 68 Minus accounts payable June 30, 1934.____________________ 27, 034.28 -------------------- Net total expenditures-____ 3, 792, 456. 40 Unexpended balance June 30, 1934---------------------------- 514, 572. 25 Total amount appropriated to June 30, 1934 4, 307, 028. 65 -...... 1404 REPORT OF CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMY, 1934 Fiscal year ending June 30 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 Cost of new work--------- _-- $30, 294. 18 $335, 398. 01 $113,449.18 $241, 055. 86 $320, 016.-55 Cost of maintenance. __ __ 37, 888. 65 14, 147. 38 5, 871. 94 24, 390. 85 35., 972. 50 Total cost-----------------... . 7, 594. 47 349, 545. 39 119, 321. 12 265, 446. 71 355., 989. 05 Total expended ----------------- 4, 680. 97 239, 355. 08 257, 962. 31 276, 977. 85 334, 478. 86 Allotted.--________ ___- - -_______ -45, 172. 43 415, 000. 00 100, 000. 00 295, 101. 08 809, 800. 001 Balance unexpended, July 1, 1933______________________________ $39, 251.11 Amount allotted from War Department Appropriation Act, approved Apr. 26, 1934 __________-$9, 000. 00 Amount allotted from National Industrial Recovery Act, approved June 16, 1933________________________ 836,400. 00 845, 400. 00 Amount to be accounted for______________________________ 884, 651. 11 Deductions on account of: Revocation of allotment______-------------- $34, 800. 00 Revocation of impounded funJs__ 800. 00 35, 600. 00 Net amount to be accounted for 849, 051. 11 Gross amount expended_______________---_____-- $338, 756. 89 Less : Reimbursements collected-_________-_ $4, 277.53 Receipts from sales_--- - ------ .50 4, 278.03 334, 478. 86 Balance unexpended June 30, 1934 _______________----- 514, 572.25, Outstanding liabilities, June 30, 194 __-__-------- - $27, 034. 28 Amount covered by uncompleted contracts--------- 476, 586.74 503, 621. 02 Balance available June 30, 1934_____ _________ __ 10, 951. 23 Accounts receivable, June 30. 1934__ ________________________ 2, 448. 77 Unobligated balance available, June 30, 1934____________ 13, 400. 00 Amount that can be profitably expended in fiscal year ending June 30, 1936, for maintenance 1_____________--__________ __ 15, 000. 00 2. KAH-ULUI HARBOR, HAWAII Location.-This harbor is on the north coast of the island of Maui, about 94 miles southeast of Honolulu. (See U. S. Coast and Geodetic Survey Chart No. 4105.) Existing project.-This provides for the extension to a total length of 2,850 feet of the privately constructed rubble-mound breakwater on the east side of the harbor, for a rubble-mound break- water on the west side with an approximate length of 2,396 feet, and for the dredging of a basin in the lee of the east breakwater to a depth of 35 feet, mean lower low water, and a maximum width of 1.450 feet. The range of tide between mean lower low water and mean higher high water is 2.4 feet and the extreme tidal range under normal conditions is 3.4 feet. The estimate of cost for new SExclusive of available funds. RIVERS AND HARBORS--RONOLULU, IHAWAII, DISTRICT 1405' work, revised in 1927, was $1,988,000. The latest (1931) approved estimate for annual cost of maintenance is $30,000. The existing project was authorized by the following river and harbor acts: The act of June 25, 1910, provided for the extension of the east breakwater and the dredging of basin (H. Doe. No. 5,93, 61st Cong., 2d sess.), and the act of July 27, 1916, provided for the west breakwater (H. Doc. No. 1330, 62d Cong., 3d sess.). The act of January 21, 1927, provided for the extension of both breakwaters and the enlargement of the dredged basin (H. Doc. No. 235, 69th: Cong., 1st sess.). The latest published map is in the last-mentioned document. Local cooperation.-Complied with. Terminal facilities.-There is one pier and one wharf at the end of the harbor, both owned by the Territory. Pipe lines for fuel oil, molasses, kerosene, gasoline, distillate, and water are available. The facilities are adequate for the commerce. (For further details see Port Series No. 17, Corps of Engineers.) Operations and results during fiscal year.-Minor repairs were made to the east breakwater by rented plant and hired labor by plac- ing 191 tons of rock and concrete at a cost of $2,238.87 for mainte- nance. The U. S. Dredge San Pablo removed 143,000 cubic yards (place measurement) of material from the harbor basin at a cost of $23,198.71 for maintenance. In addition miscellaneous harbor sur- veys were made and breakwaters and Government property cared for at cost of $1,817.95 for maintenance. The total cost of $27,255.53 for the year was for maintenance. The total expenditures were $27,120.25. Condition at end of fiscal year.-The project was completed in 1931. The controlling depth at last survey, November 1933, was 35 feet at mean lower low water. The total cost of the existing project to June 30, 1934, was $2,084,- 403.15, of which $1,778,560.46 was for new work and $305,842.69 for maintenance. The total expenditure was $2,090,929.54. Proposed operations.-The balance unexpended June 30, 1934, will be applied as follows: Accounts payable, June 30, 1934 __ $48 Maintenance : Repair of rubble-mound breakwater by Government plant and hired labor (Jan. 1935)------------------------- $10, 000 Survey of harbor by hired labor and operation of district motor boat Mamala, July 1934-June 1935---------- ---- 4, 900 ----- 14, 900 Total---------------------------------------------------- 14, 948 The additional sum of $70,000 can be profitably expended during the fiscal year 1936 for maintenance as follows: Concrete capping, east breakwater, by contract--------------------- $50, 000 Repair of breakwater enrockments by Government plant and hired labor (Feb.-June, 19,36) ----------------------------------------------- 15, 000 Survey of harbor, Aug. and Sept. 1935, and operation of district motor boat Mamala by hired labor July 1935-June 1936------------------- 5, 000 Total---- ---- 70, 000 1406 REPORT OF CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMY, 1934 Cost and financial summary Cost of new work to June 30, 1934 ------------------------ $1, 778, 560. 46 Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1934------------------------ 305, 842. 69 Total cost of permanent work to June 30, 1934---------- 2, 084, 403. 15 Value of plant, materials, etc., on hand June 30, 1934---------- 6, 574. 39 Net total cost to June 30, 1934---------------------- 2, 090, 977. 54 Minus accounts payable June 30, 1934----------------------- 48. 00 Net total expenditures________ __-----______ 2, 090, 929. 54 Unexpended balance June 30, 1934-------------------------- 14, 948. 00 Total amount appropriated to June 30, 1934----------- 2, 105, 877. 54 Fiscal year ending June 30 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 Cost of new work------ ____ _ $223,958. 63 $360, 379. 22 $116, 470. 18 .. ..- .... ___ Cost of maintenance__ 79, 244. 98 95, 617. 55 26, 918. 04 $4, 612. 77 $27, 255. 53 Total cost-----------------. 303, 203. 61 455, 996. 77 143, 388. 22 4, 612. 77 27, 255. 53 Total expended--------------- 271, 216. 80 503, 776. 47 201, 118. 22 4, 894. 73 27, 120. 25 Allotted---------....... ------------ 585, 000. 00 150, 000. 00 ----------- 8, 817. 58 18, 582. 30 Balance unexpended July 1, 1933_ --- -- ------ _ $23, 485.95 Amount allotted from War Department Appropriation Act approved Apr. 26, 1934_ ___---------$14, 900. 00 Amount allotted from War Department Appropriation Act approved Mar. 4, 1933 ----------- - -_ 5, 000. 00 19, 900. 00 Amount to be accounted for___ --- -------- - 43, 385. 95 Deductions on account of- Revocation of allotment_ -______--------- $1, 217. 70 Revocation of impounded funds---------- 100. 00 1 317 70 Net amount to be accounted for------------------------ 42, 068.25 Gross amount expended---____ ----------- 27,120. 25 Balance unexpended June 30, 1934--------------------- 14, 948.00 Outsta nding liabilities June 30, 1934_______- - - --- -- -48. 00 Balance available June 30, 1934 ______ -- -- -__ _ 14, 900.00 Amount that can be profitably expended in fiscal year ending June 30, 1936, for maintenance 1_________________________________ 70, 000. 00 3. HILO HARBOR, HAWAII Location.-This harbor is on the east coast of the island of Hawaii, about 200 miles southeast of Honolulu. (See U. S. Coast and Geo- detic Survey Chart No. 4103.) Existing project.-This provides for a rubble-mound breakwater 10,170 feet long; and for dredging to a depth of 35 feet at mean lower low water an entrance channel to Kuhio Bay, and an area within the bay about 1,400 feet wide and 3,000 feet long (areas A, B, and C). The range of tides between mean lower low water and mean higher high water is 2.3 feet, and the extreme range under 1 Exclusive of available funds. RIVERS AND HARBORS--HONOLULU, HAWAII, DISTRICT 1407 ordinary conditions is 3.2 feet. The estimate of cost of new work, revised in 1925, was $3,800,000. The latest (1925) approved estimate of annual cost of maintenance is $5,000. The existing project was authorized by the following river and harbor acts: The act of March 2, 1907, provided for a breakwater at a cost of $1,700,000 (H. Doc. No. 407, 59th Cong., 2d sess.); the act of July 25, 1912, provided for dredging the entrance to Kuhio Bay without increasing the original limit of cost (H. Doc. No. 417, 62d Cong., 2d sess.); and the act of March 3, 1925, provided for the extension of the breakwater and dredging areas A, B, and C, in the bay (H. Doc. No. 235, 68th Cong., 1st sess.). The latest published map is in the last-mentioned document. Terminal facilities.-The Territory of Hawaii has constructed three piers at the head of Kuhio Bay. The facilities are adequate for the commerce. For further details see Port Series No. 17, Corps of Engineers. Operations and results during fiscal year.In maintenance dredg- ing of the harbor, the U. S. Dredge San Pablo removed 47,000 cubic yards (place measurement) of material at a cost of $7,015.23. Mis- cellaneous surveys were made and breakwater and Government prop- erty cared for at a cost of $1,043.88 for maintenance. The total cost was $8,059.11 for maintenance. The total expendi- tures were $7,654.33. Condition at end of fiscal year.-The project was completed in 1930. The controlling depth at last survey, December 1933, was 35 feet at mean lower low water. The width of the entrance channel for 35-foot depth was 1,100 feet. The total cost of the existing project to June 30, 1934, was $3,455,853.60, of which $3,408,825.58 was for new work and $47,028.02 for maintenance. The total expenditures were $3,456,996.62. Proposed operations.-The balance unexpended June 30, 1934, will be applied to maintenance as follows: Repair of breakwater, by Government plant and hired labor, October-November 1934------------------ --------------- $3, 500. 00 Hydrographic surveys of harbor by hired labor and operations of district motor boat Mamala July 1934-June 1935--------------- 1, 408. 56 Total----------------------------- ---------------- 4, 908. 56 The additional sum of $5,000 can be profitably expended during the fiscal year 1936 for maintenance of the harbor basin and the breakwater. Cost and fina'ncial summary Cost of new work to June 30, 1934-- --------------------- $3, 408, 825. 58 Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1934------------------------- 47, 02& 02 Total cost of permanent work to June 30, 1934---------- 3, 455, 853. 60 Value of plant, materials, etc., on hand June 30, 1934----------- 1, 143. 02 Net total cost to June 30, 1934-----------------------3, 456, 996. 62 Net total expenditures--------------------------------- 3, 456, 996. 62 Unexpended balance June 30, 1934_----------------------- 4, 908. 56 Total amount appropriated to June 30, 1934 ----------- 3, 461, 905. 18 91536-ENG 1934- 89 1408 REPORT OF CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMY, 1934 Fiscal year ending June 30 1930 1931 1932. 1933 1934 Cost of new work--..... $246, 851. 64 $4, 770. 54 ..------------------------------... C ost of m aintenance_............ 15, 950. 88 2, 248. 02 4, 688. 79 $4, 582. 97 $8, 059. 11 Total cost--------------- 262, 802. 52 7, 018. 56 4, 688. 79 4, 582. 97 8, 059. 11 Total expended---------------- 323, 647. 59 7, 586. 01 5, 552. 19 4, 637.95 7, 654. 33 Allotted-. --------- 110, 000. 00 -5, 000. 00- 11, 846. 62 4, 058. 56 Balance unexpended July 1, 1933 ----------------------------- $8, 504. 33 Amount allotted from War Department Appropriation Act approved Apr. 26, 1934----------------------------------------- 4, 900. 00 Amount to be accounted for---------------------------13, 404. 33 Deductions on account of: Revocation of allotment------------------------- $750. 00 Revocation of impounded funds-------------------- 91. 44 841. 44 Net amount to be accounted for----1-------------------------2, 562. 89 Gross amount expended______------------------- $7, 666. 83 Less receipts from sales--- 2. 50 1----------------------------- 7, 654. 33 Balance unexpended June 30, 1934_______-------------------- 4, 90'8. 56 Amount that can be profitably expended - - -- - - - in fiscal year ending - June -- - - - - - - - - - - -- - - - -- - - 30, 1936, for maintenance - - --- 5, 000. 00 4. NAWILIWILI HARBOR, HAWAII Location.-This harbor is on the southeast coast of the island of Kauai, about 100 miles northwest of Honolulu. (See U. S. Coast and Geodetic Survey Chart No. 4111.) Existing project.-This provides for a rubble-mound breakwater about 2,150 feet in length along the reef which separates this bay into an inner and an outer harbor; for an entrance channel 35 feet deep with a minimum width of 600 feet and a length of about 2,400 feet; for a harbor basin 35 feet deep, 1,300 feet wide, and with an average length of about 2,000 feet protected by a filled area in addition to the protection afforded by the breakwater. The plane of reference is mean lower low water. The tidal range between mean lower low water and mean higher high water is about 1.8 feet, the extreme tidal range being about 4 feet. The estimate of cost for new work, revised in 1928, was $1,900,000, of which $200,000 was contributed by local interests. The latest (1931) approved estimate for annual cost of maintenance is $35,000. The existing project was authorized by the River and Harbor Act of March 2, 1919 (H. Doc. No. 609, 62d Cong., 2d sess.). The latest published map is found in the last-mentioned document. Local cooperation.-Complied with. Terminal facilities.--Approximately 47.5 acres of the reef extend- ing from the west side of the harbor have been reclaimed for ter- minal facilities. The Territory has constructed a concrete wharf with concrete-steel transit shed on the southern side of the reclaimed area. 1 Exclusive of available funds. RIVERS AND HARBORS--HONOLULU, HAWAII, DISTRICT 1409 A second wharf without transit shed has been constructed in prolongation of the present wharf and to the westward. The existing facilities are adequate for the existing commerce. Operations and results during fiscal year.-Surveys were made and breakwater and Government property cared for at a cost of $5,962.95 for maintenance. During May 1934, 750 tons of rock were stored at the site of the breakwater for use in emergency repairs. In maintenance dredging of the harbor, the U. S. dredge San Pablo removed 258,000 cubic yards (place measurement) of material at a cost of $43,890.61. The total cost for the year was $49,853.56 for maintenance. The total expenditures were $46,237.48. Condition at end of fiscal year.-The project was completed in 1930. The controlling depth at last survey, October 1933, was 35 feet at mean lower low water. The cost of the existing project to June 30, 1934, was $1,343,580.56, of which $1,197,178.23 was for new work and $146,402.33 for main- tenance. The total expenditures were $1,363,804.17. Proposed operations.-The balance unexpended June 30, 1934, will be applied to maintenance as follows: Repair of rubble-mound breakwater by Government plant and hired labor, July 1934-June 1935 ----------------------- --------- $4, 000 Surveys and operation of district motor boat Mamala by hired labor, July 1934-June 1935---------------------------------- 1, 800 Total ------------------------------------------------ 5, 800 The additional sum of $20,000 can be profitably expended during the fiscal year 1936 for maintenance as follows: Dredging harbor basin and entrance channel by Government plant and hired labor July 1935__.-__ __ _______-_____ $10, 000 Repairs to breakwater by hired labor July-August 1935______-- -- _ 6, 000 Survey of harbor and operations of district motor boat Mamall by hired labor, July 1934-June 1935------------------------------ 4, 000 Total------------------------- 20, 000( Cost and financial summnary Cost of new work to June 30, 1934----------$1, 197, 178.23 Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1934 ---- ________________ 146, 402.33 Total cost of permanent work to June 30, 1934_---------- 1, 343, 580. 56 Value of. plant, materials, etc., on hand June 30, 1934_....... 20, 223. 61 Net total cost to June 30, 1934----___--1_______________ , 363, 804. 17 Net total expenditures ---------- ____________1______ , 363, 804. 1T Unexpended balance June 30, 1934______ ________-________ -- 5, 800.00. Total amount appropriated to June 30, 1934 1____..____ 1, 369, 604. 17 Fiscal year ending June 30 1930 1931 , 1932 1933 1934 Cost of new work----___ $211,422. 96 $44, 560. 64 Cost of maintenance 11, 302. 72 52, 891.83 $4, 685. 81 $13, 532. 97 $49, 853. 56 Total cost_ - 222, 725. 68 97, 452. 47 4, 685. 81 13, 532. 97 49, 853. 56 Total expended___ 253, 382. 60 135, 190. 50 9, 936. 32 14, 064. 49 46, 237. 48 Allotted -- -- 115, 000. 00 89, 649. 19 __ _ 63, 566. 05 200. 00 1410 REPORT OF CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMY, 1934 Balance unexpended July 1, 1933---_____-- ______ __________ $51, 837.48 Amount allotted from War Department Appropriation Act approved Apr. 26, 1934-------- - ---- ------ __ 5, 800. 00 Amount to be accounted for------------------------- 57, 637. 48 Deductions on account of- Revocation of allotment _ - - -_________-- $5,250.00 Revocation of impounded funds__-------------- 350. 00 5, 600. 00 Net amount to be accounted for-- ------------ - _ 52, 037. 48 Gross amount expended___---- --- $47, 137.48 Less receipts from sales---------------------------- 900. 00 46, 237. 48 Balance unexpended June 30, 1934____---------------- 5, 800. 00 Amount that can be profitably expended in fiscal year ending June 1- - - - - -- - -- -- - -- -- - -- -- - -- - -- -- - 30, 1936, for maintenance 20, 000. 00 5. PORT ALLEN HARBOR, HAWAII Location.-This harbor is located on the southern coast of the island of Kauai, about 115 miles northwest of Honolulu. (See U. S. Coast and Geodetic Survey Charts Nos. 4108 and 4117.) Existing project.-No project has been authorized by Congress. The construction of a rubble-mound breakwater about 1,200 feet long on the east side of the bay; and dredging a harbor basin about 1,000 feet wide, 1,500 feet long and 35 feet deep at mean lower low water, with an entrance channel 500 feet wide and of the same depth, as recommended by the Chief of Engineers in House Document No. 30, Seventy-third Congress, first session, at an estimated cost of $880,000, including $200,000 to be contributed by local interests, with mainte- nance estimated at $15,000 annually, was included in the Public Works program under the National Industrial Recovery Act. Recommended modifications of project.--Included in Public Works program. Local cooperation.-Complied with. Terminal facilities.-There is a short breakwater and terminal facilities at the southeastern end of the bay for transfer of cargo by lighter to and from vessels moored well off shore. Oil and molasses are pumped through floating pipe lines between shore and ship. . Operations and results during fi year.--Contract work on the construction of a rubble-mound breakwater on the east side of the bay was in progress. There were placed 42,177 tons of rock and 137 feet of breakwater completed. The unit price under the con- tract was $3.12 per ton, in place. The cost for the year was $139,- 887.49 from Public Works funds and $1,905.18 from contributed funds, a total of $141,792.67 for new work. The expenditures were $126,664.81 from Public Works funds and $1,795.73 from contrib- uted funds, a total of $128,460.54. Condition at end of fiscal year.-The project is 20 percent com- pleted. The work remaining to be done is the completion of the rubble-mound breakwater to project length of 1,200 feet and the dredging of a harbor basin about 1,000 feet wide, 1,500 feet long, and 35 feet deep at mean lower low water with an entrance channel 500 feet wide. 1 Exclusive of available funds. RIVERS AND HARBORS--HONOLULU, HAWAII, DISTRICT 1411 The total cost of the existing project to June 30, 1934, was $141,- 792.67 for new work. Of this amount $139,887.49 was from Public Works funds and $1,905.18 from contributed funds. The expendi- tures were $126,664.81 from Public Works funds and $1,795.73 from contributed funds, a total of $128,460.54. Proposed operations.-The balance unexpended June 30, 1934, from funds allotted under authority of the National Industrial Re- covery Act, amounting to $553,335.19, together with $198,204.27 contributed funds, a total of $751,539.46, will be applied to new work as follows: Accounts payable, June 30, 1934______________________________ $13, 332.13 Completing construction of rubble-mound breakwater about 1,200 feet long, by contract, July 1, 1934-June 1935 ____________ 540, 112. 51 Dredging to a depth of 35 feet a harbor basin, about 1,000 feet wide by 1,500 feet long and an entrance channel 500 feet wide, by Gov- ernment plant and hired labor, November 1934-June 1935___ 198, 094. 82 Total -------------------------------------------- 751, 539. 46 The additional sum of $15,000 can be profitably expended during the fiscal year 1936 for maintenance as follows: Repairs to breakwater by contract ____________ ___________ $12, 000 Survey of harbor January-March 1936 and operations of district motor boat Mamala by hired labor, July 1935-June 1936 .- _____- - 3, 000 Total -------------- ---------------------------- 15, 000 Cost and financial summary UNITED STATES FUNDS Cost of new work to June 30, 1934------------------------ $139, 887.49 Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1934___ Total cost of permanent work to June 30, 1934----------- 139, 887. 49 Minus accounts payable, June 30, 1934 ________- __--____- 13, 222. 68 Net total expenditures ___________________-_ 126, 664.81 Unexpended balance, June 30, 1934 __---_____ ----- ___- 553, 335.19 Total amount appropriated to June 30, 1934 _______-680, 000. 00 Fiscal year ending June 30 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 Cost of new work............-----......-----........---------------------------------.................--------- $139,887.49 Cost ofmaintenance---------------------- ----------------------------------------- Total expended-..............---------------------............-----------......------------------------ 126,664.81 Allotted------------------ ...... ------------ ------------------------------------ 680, 000. 00 Amount allotted from National Industrial Recovery Act approved June 16, 1933 -- ------------------------- $680, 000. 00 Amount to be accounted for----___________ ___________________ 680, 000. 00 - Gross amount expended_______________-- - __________ 126, 664. 81 Balance unexpended June 30, 1934________________________ 553, 335.19 Outstanding liabilities June 30, 1934_________________$13, 222. 68 Amount coverec by uncompleted contracts ________-540, 112. 51 553, 335. 19 Amount that can be profitably expended in fiscal year ending June 30, 1936, for maintenance - _ -__ ----------- 15, 000. 00 1 E~xclusive of available funds. 1412 REPORT OF CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMY, 1934 CONTRIBUTED FUNDS Cost of new work to June 30, 1934________________________________ $1, 905. 18 Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1934_ Total cost of permanent work to June 30, 1934___--1-- _ Minus accounts payable June 30, 1934_____________________________ 1, 905. 18 109. 45 Net total expenditures_________________________________ 1, 795. 73 Unexpendel balance June 30, 1934 __198, 204. 27 Total amount contributed to June 30, 1934 ... --..... 200, 000. 00 Fiscal year ending June 30 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 Cost of new work ------------------------------------------------------------ $1,905. 18 Cost of maintenance------------------------------- 'Total expended 1, 795. 73 ,Contributed ---------- --------- ------- - 200, 000. CO Funds contributed for improvements of Port Allen Harbor, Hawaii (act of Mar. 4, 1915) --------------------------------------- ___ $200, 000. 00 Gross amount expended_ --- - 1, 795. 73 Balance unexpended June 30, 1934 --..... 198, 204. 27 Outstanding liabilities June 30, 1934 $109. 45 Amount covered by uncompleted contracts_--- --- 13, 427.00 13, 536. 45 Balance available June 30, 1934-- _____________________ 184, 667. 82 CONSOLIDATED COST AND FINANCIAL SUMMARY FOR PORT ALLEN HARBOR Cost of new work to June 30, 1934____________________________ $141, 792. 67 Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1934_________ Total cost of permanent work to June 30, 1934_____________ 141, 792. 67 Minus accounts payable June 30, 1934_____________________ 13, 332. 13 Net total expenditures_---- 128, 460. 54 Unexpended balance June 30, 1934--------------------- 751, 539. 46 Total amount appropriated and contributed to June 30, 1934 ---------------------------------------- --- 880, 000. 00 Fiscal year ending June 30 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 Cost of new work_----------.--------------------------------.------------ $141, 792. 67 .------------.--------------------.--------.------------ Cost of maintenance---- Total expended....------------------------------------------------------ 128, 460. 54 Allotted and contributed-_------------ ------------------------------------ 880, 000. 00 Funds contributed for improvement of Port Allen Harbor, Hawaii (act of Mar. 4, 1915) ----------------------------------- $200, 000. 00 Amount allotted from National Industrial Recovery Act approved June 16, 1933------------------------- ---------------- 680, 000. 00 Amount to be accounted for__-------------------------- 880, 000.00 Gross amount expended ---------------------------------- 128, 460. 54 Balance unexpended June 30, 1934 ------------ 751, 539.46 RIVERS AND HARBORS-HONOLULU, HAWAII, DISTRICT 1413 Outstanding liabilities June 30, 1934-__- ____--- $13, 332. 13 Amount covered by uncompleted contracts -- _____--553, 539. 51 $566, 871. 64 Balance available June 30, 1934 _____---- ____-_------ 184, 667. 82 Amount that can be profitably expended in fiscal year ending June 30, 1936, for maintenance 1____________________________ _ 15, 000. 00 6. KAUNAKAKAI HARBOR, HAWAII Location.-This harbor is located centrally on the southern coast ,of the island of Molokai, about 54 miles southeast of Honolulu. (See U. S. Coast and Geodetic Survey Chart No. 4121.) Existing project.-No work has been authorized by Congress. The provision for dredging a harbor basin about 1,500 feet long, 600 feet wide, and 23 feet deep at mean lower low water, as recommended by the Chief of Engineers in House Document No. 35, Seventy-third Congress, first session, at an estimated cost of $120,000, with mainte- nance estimated at the rate of $5,000 annually, was included in the Public Works program under the National Industrial Recovery Act. Recommended modifications of project.-Included in Public Works program. Local cooperation.-Complied with. Terminal facilities.-There is one open reinforced concrete wharf which is owned by the Territory and is open to all on equal terms. Operations and results during fiscal year.-Under authority of the Federal Emergency Administration of Public Works the dredging of a harbor basin about 1,500 feet long, 600 feet wide, and 23 feet deep was completed by the contractor January 17, 1934. The quantity removed was 297,660 cubic yards (place measure- ment) of material at a cost and expenditure of $103,107.28 for new -work. Condition at end of fiscal year.-The project was completed Janu- ary 17, 1934, at a saving of $16,892 under the estimated cost. The controlling depth is 24 feet at mean lower low water. The total costs and expenditures were $103,107.28 for new work. Proposed operations.-The balance unexpended June 30, 1934, $92.72, will be expended for accounts payable. No operations are proposed during the fiscal year 1935. The sum of $10,000 can be profitably expended during the fiscal year 1936 for maintenance dredging of harbor basin by contract dur- ing September 1935. Cost and financial summary ,Cost of new work to June 30, 1934_ ....... __ __---__ ____ $103, 107. 28 Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1934_________ __________ __ Total cost of permanent work to June 30, 1934 --------- 103, 107. 28 Net total expenditures ____-_ ___________ ____---- 103, 107.28 Unexpended balance June 30, 1934- ------- --- __....--- __---- - 92. 72 Total amount appropriated to June 30, 1934-------------- 103, 200. 00 Exclusive of available funds. 1414 REPORT OF CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMY, 1934 Fiscal year ending June 30 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 Cost of new work. ------------------------------------------ ------------ $103, 107. 28 Cost of maintenance---- ---------------------------------------------------------- Total expended........------------------------ 103, 107. 28 Allotted---- ------------------- - ------------------------------------ ----------- 103, 200. 00 Amount allotted from National Industrial Recovery Act approved June 16, 1933-------- -------- ---------------------- $120, 000. 00 Amount to be accounted for ---- ---- _____ -__-_____- 12,0, 000. 00 Deductions on account of revocation of allotment-- -__----- - 16, 800. 00 Net amount to be accounted for-- ___ __------____--103:, 200. 00 . Gross amount expended_---- -.- - - -- _________--_ 103, 107. 28 Balance unexpended June 30, 1934_.____-- --. _______--- 92. 72 Amount that can be profitably expended in fiscal year ending June 30, 1936, for maintenance 1 ______- -____ -- - ____________ 10, 000. 00 7. EXAMINATIONS, SURVEYS, AND CONTINGENCIES (GENERAL) The cost and expenditures during the year amounted to $2,780.73. The balance unexpended at the end of the year, amounting to $3,936.60, will be applied as needed during the fiscal year 1935 to payment of accounts payable June 30, 1934, and of expenses to be incurred in connection with the above items. The additional sum of $3,000 can be profitably expended during the fiscal year 1936. Cost and ftnancial sumnmary Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1934_.....____..__-- -. ___. $31, 097. 98 Net total expenditures__ ___ ______----------_____- 31, 097. 98 Unexpended balance June 30, 1934_________ ___________ ____ 3, 936. 60 Total amount appropriated to June 30, 1934_--- ______----_ 35, 034. 58 Fiscal year ending June 30 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 Cost of new work.............-------- Cost of maintenance...---------------------------- $6,327. 66 $20,105. 70 $1, 973. 89 $2, 780. 73 Total expended --------------------- ------------ 5, 382. 25 20, 937. 43 1,997. 57 2, 780. 73 Allotted -------------------------- ------------ 7, 000. 00 17, 500.00 2, 000. 00 6, 534. 5 Balance unexpended July 1, 1933 ______-------------------------------- $1821. 75 Amount allotted from War Department Appropriation Act approved Apr. 26, 1934__---------------------- $3, 900.00 Amount allotted from War Department Appropriation Act approved Mar. 4, 1933--------------------------------- 2, 800. 00 6,,700.00 Amount to be accounted for ____-- --- -- _-_- ______6, 882. 75 1 Exclusive of availabl4 funds. RIVERS AND HARBORS--PUERTO RICO DISTRICT 1415 Deductions on account of: Revocation of allotment___ ---- ____ 02 $5-2_. Revocation of impounded funds______________________ 113.40 $165. 42 Net amount to be accounted for_____________________________ 6, 717. 33 Gross amount expended-..... _______- - 2, 780. 73 Balance unexpended June 30, 1934------------------------------- 3, 936. 60 Amount that can be profitably expended in fiscal year ending June 30, 1936, for maintenance 1____________________ 3, 000. 00 IMPROVEMENT OF RIVERS AND HARBORS IN THE PUERTO RICO DISTRICT This district includes the rivers and harbors of Puerto Rico and adjacent islands. f t District engineer: Lt. Col. E. D. Ardery, Corps of Engineers. i Division engineer: Col. G. M. Hoffman, Corps of Engineers. IMPROVEMENTS Page Page 1. San Juan Harbor, P. R_-__ 1415 5. Reclamation of swamp areas_ 1422 2. Mayaguez Harbor, P. R----- 1417 6. Other projects for which no 3. Examinations, surveys, and estimates are submitted__ 1424 contingencies (general) __ 1419 4. Construction of roads and bridges -___-_- 142;0 1. SAN JUAN HARBOR, P. R. Location.-The harbor is located on the north coast of Puerto Rico, about 30 miles westward of Cape San Juan. (See U. S. Coast and Geodetic Survey Chart No. 908.) Proevious projects.-Before the American occupation about $647,000 had been expended under Spanish administration. The original project by the United States was authorized by the River and Har- bor Act of March 2, 1907. The cost and expenditure on the project adopted by the United States were $747,684.28 for new work and $44,730.86 for maintenance, a total of $792,415.14. (For further details see p. 2007, Annual Report for 1915, and p. 1718 of Annual Report for 1916.) Existing project.-This provides for a channel 30 feet deep at mean low water and 600 feet wide at the entrance, and thence 500 feet wide along the main fairway to a point opposite the city of San Juan, a distance of 11/4 miles; dredging to the same depth an area of about 162 acres within the harbor proper, and extending this depth into the San Antonio Channel for about 4,200 feet, with a width of about 1,200 feet at its mouth, narrowing to 600 feet 2,000 feet from the mouth, increasing to 800 feet at the easterly end. The mean tidal range is about 1.1 feet, and the extreme varies between 0.4 and 1.8 feet. The estimated cost of new work, revised in 1919, was $1,700,000, ex- clusive of amounts expended under previous projects. The latest (1918) approved estimate for annual maintenance is $24,000. E1xclusive of available funds. 1416 REPORT OF CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMY, 193 4 The existing project was adopted by the River and Harbor Act of August 8, 1917 (H. Doc. No. 865, 63d Cong., 2d sess.), and modified by the River and Harbor Act of September 22, 1922 (H. Rept. No. 775, 67th Cong., 2d sess.), and the River and Harbor Act approved July 3, 1930, modified the conditions of local cooperation. The latest published map is printed in the first-mentioned document. Local cooperation.-The River and Harbor Act of July 3, 1930, modified former conditions of local cooperation as follows: The existing project for the improvement of San Juan Harbor, Puerto Rico, is hereby modified in accordance with the report of the Chief of Engineers submitted April 9, 1930, so as to fix the total amount of cash cooperation re- quired from the people of Puerto Rico, at $150,000, which amount shall become payable 5 years from the date of the approval of this act: Provided, That the foregoing modification of the project stated shall be conditional upon the communication by the Government of Puerto Rico to the Secretary of War, within 1 year immediately following the date of approval of this act, of the acceptance by the Government of Puerto Rico of the arrangement hereinbefore outlined. The report of the Chief of Engineers referred to is printed as Rivers and Harbors Committee Document No. 45, Seventy-first Con- gress, second session. Terminal facilities.-There are six piers with aggregate berthing space of about 6,530 feet and bulkhead wharves of an aggregate length of about 3,750 feet on the northerly side of San Juan Harbor including San Antonio Channel, capable of docking deep-draft ves- sels. For further details see Port Series No. 21, Corps of Engineers. Operations and results during fiscal year.-Supervision of navi- gable waters of Puerto Rico and maintenance of the United States Engineer suboffice at San Juan, P. R., and preservation and repair of buildings and grounds were continued. The laid-up plant was overhauled and has been used since January 1934 under rental in connection with reclamation work that is being done under the National Industrial Recovery Act. The costs for the year were $2,126.63, all for maintenance. The total expenditures were $4,525.55. Condition at end of fiscal year.-The existing project was com- pleted in 1928. The controlling depth in the entrance channel on June 30, 1934, was about 30 feet at mean low water, and in the main harbor and San Antonio Channel was 30 feet at mean low water. The costs of the existing project to the end of the fiscal year were $1,825,162.45 for new work and $488,245.14 for maintenance, a. total of $2,313,407.59. The total expenditures were $2,315,119.78. Proposed operations.-It is proposed to apply the funds unex- pended and accounts receivable on June 30, 1934, amounting to $18,960.01, as follows: Accounts payable June 30, 1934---- -------------------------- $707.21 Maintenance of San Juan office and plant rented in connection with reclamation work and preservation and repair of buildings and _18, grounds, assigned to the Engineer Department------------------ 252. 80 Total------------ --------------------------------- 18, 960. 01 The sum of $5,000 can be profitably expended during the fiscal year 1936 for preservation and repair of buildings, structures, and grounds, assigned to the Engineer Department, and maintenance of laid-up plant. RIVERS AND HARBORS-PUERTO RICO DISTRICT 1417 Cost and financial summary Cost of new work to June 30, 1934---------------------- $2, 572,846.73 Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1934_---__ ___--_______ 532, 976. 00 Total cost of permanent work to June 30, 1934 .____ 3, 105, 822. 73 Value of plant, materials, etc., on hand June 30, 1934----------- -1, 206. 00 Net total cost to June 30, 1934 --------------------- 3, 104, 616. 67 Plus accounts receivable June 30, 1934 ___------_-_--- 8--625. 40 3, Gross total costs to June 30, 1934 ___ ________-- 3, 108, 242. 13 Minus accounts payable June 30, 1934- -_____________---___- 707. 21 Net total expenditures-----------------3, 107, 534. 92 Unexpended balance June 30, 1934--------------------------- 15, 334. 55 Total amount appropriated to June 30, 1934-----------__ 3, 122, 869. 47 Fiscal year ending June 30 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 Cost of new work.........-------------- $46, 892. 66 - Cost of maintenance-------------__ 8, 359. 22 $9, 305. 35 $140, 899. 13 $28, 258. 27 $2, 126. 63 Total cost---------------- 55, 251.88 9, 305. 35 140, 899. 13 28, 258. 27 2, 126. 63 Total expended--...........--------------... 12, 408. 48 14, 475. 31 109, 543. 17 20, 426. 38 4, 525. 55 Allotted ---------------------- 10, 000. 00 8, 200. 00 135, 000. 00 -657. 44 11, 862. 81 Balance unexpended July 1, 1933____----_-- --------------- $7, 997. 29; Amount allotted from War Department Appropriation Act approved Apr. 26, 1934 ----------------------------------------------- 12, 000. 00 Amount to be accounted for________________-- _ _____ 19, 997.29 Deductions on account of revocation of allotment 19 137. 1____________--- Net amount to be accounted for---- _____-19, 860. 10 Gross amount expended __________----- _______... $9, 554. 31 Less: --- Reimbursements collected____ - -_ $5, 020. 36 Receipts from sales_----- 8. 40 8-------------- 5, 028. 76 4, 525. 55 Balance unexpended June 30, 1934______________________ 15, 334. 55 Outstanding liabilities June 30, 1934 ---- __--------- - $940. 28 Amount covered by uncompleted contracts ___________ - 120. 90 1, 061. 18 Balance available June 30, 1934 ______ -_______----- 14, 273. 37 Accounts receivable June 30, 1934-_,___------------------ _3, 625. 46 Unobligated balance available June 30, 1934 ____ ___________ 17, 898. 83 Amount that can be profitably expended in fiscal year ending June 30, 1936 for maintenance 1____________________________________ 5, 000. 00 2. MAYAGUEZ HARBOR, PUERTO RICO Location.-The harbor is located at about the center of the west coast of Puerto Rico. The harbor lies between Point Algorrobo and Point Guanajibo, about 33/4 miles apart, and extensive coral reefs about 2 miles offshore. (See U. S. Coast and Geodetic Chart No. 901.) 1Eelusive of available funds. 1418 REPORT OF CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMY, 1934 " Existing project.-No work has been authorized by Congress. The provision of a channel of approach to the terminal 30 feet deep, with a width of 500 feet from its inshore end to a point opposite the westerly end of the terminal, thence increasing in width to 1,000 feet at the 30-foot contour, as recommended by the Chief of Engineers in House Document No. 215, Seventy-second Congress, first session, at an estimated cost of $179,000, with $3,000 annually for maintenance, was included in the Public Works program under the National Industrial Recovery Act. Recommended modifications of project.-Under date of April 10, 1934, the Chief of Engineers recommends the improvement of Maya- guez Harbor, as recommended in House Document No. 215, Seventy- second Congress, first session, with the further proviso that the U nited States shall reimburse local interests for such expenditures, not to exceed $21,000, as have been made by them for dredging within the project area recommended in the above document (Rivers and Harbors Committee Doc. No. 1, 73d Cong., 1st sess.). Local cooperation.-Fully complied with. Terminal facilities.-The terminals consist of three small piers used by lighters, located in shoal water in the east central sec- tion of the harbor and a modern deep-water terminal consisting of a bulkhead wharf about 1,270 feet in length and a storage shed 60 by 600 feet immediately shoreward thereof, located in the north- east section of the harbor. Operationsand results during fiscal year.-Under authority of the Federal Emergency Administration of Public Works a contract for new work of dredging begun on January 5, 1934, was completed on April 15, 1934. The cost for the year was $146,499.70, all for new work. The total expenditures were $146,273.71. Condition at end of fiscal year.--The project was completed on April 15, 1934. The controlling depth throughout the project was 30 feet at mean low water on June 30, 1934. The costs were $146,499.70 and the expenditures $146,273.71, all for new work. Proposed operations.-Thebalance unexpended including accounts receivable, $32,732.44, will be applied as follows: Accounts payable- 14 $-------------- Balance remaining ----------------------------- __ _ 32, 500. 30 32, 732. 44 No additional funds can be profitably expended during the fiscal year ending June 30, 1936. Cost and financial summary Cost of new work to June 30, 1934----------------------- $146, 491. 70 Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1934...... .___________. Total cost of permanent work to June 30, 1934____________ 146, 4991. 70 Plus accounts receivable June 30, 1934_ 15 6__-_________-_ 6. Gross total costs to June 30, 1934 ____-________________ 146, 505. 85 Minus accounts payable June 30, 1934--------------------------- 232. 14 Net total expenditures--- 273. 71 1---------------46, Unexpended balance June 30, 1934--__ --------------- 32, 726. 29 Total amount appropriated to June 30, 1934_ 79, 000. 00 1------------- RIVERS AND HARBORS-PUERTO RICO DISTRICT 1419 Fiscal year ending June 30 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 Cost of new work-------------------------------------------------------- $146,499.70 Cost of maintenance....------------------------------------------------------------- Total expended .... --------------------------------------- 146, 273.6,271 Allotted------ ------------------------- --------------------------------- 179,000.00 Amount allotted from National Industrial Recovery Act approved June 16, 1933---------------------------------------- $179, 000. 00 Gross amount expended----------------------- $146,274.46 Less receipts from sales_----___------------- .75 146, 273. 71 Balance unexpended June 30, 1934 ------------------- 32, 726. 29 Outstanding liabilities June 30, 1934_ --------------------------- 232. 14 Balance available June 30, 1934_____111__1111111....1 32, 494.15 Accounts receivable June 30, 1934 _------_-------_--_------- 6.15 Unobligated balance available June 30, 1934____- __- 32, 500. 30 3. EXAMINATIONS, SURVEYS, AND CONTINGENCIES (GENERAL) The cost of the work during the year amounted to $3,549.13. Ther expenditures were $3,401.64. The balance unexpended on June 30, 1934, amounting to $6,563.55, will be applied in the settlement of' accounts payable June 30, 1934, and as needed during the fiscal year 1935 to payment of expenses to be incurred in connection with the above items. The sum of $5,000 can be profitably expended during the fiscal year ending June 30, 1936. Cost and financial summary Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1934__.__________--__--- $15, 923. 09 Minus accounts payable June 30, 1934 __--------------------------- 52. 61 Net total expenditures ____________ ------------ 15, 770. 4 Unexpended balance June 30, 1934----------------------------6, 563. 5 Total amount appropriated to June 30, 1934- -- ___.________ 22, 334, 03 Fiscal year ending June 30 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 Cost of new work-------------------- -------------------------------------------- Cost of maintenance ____------------------- $2, 621. 40 $4, 644.88 $1, 787. 17 $2, 826, 48 $3, 549, 13 - Total expended...................----------------------- 2, 649. 68 4, 171. 54 2,295. 96 2, 823.10 3,4 1.64 Allotted---_----------------------------- 3,500.00 1,000.00 1, 000. 00 7,306,60 4, 877. 43: Balance unexpended July 1, 1933 $5, 087.7tf Amount allotted from War Department Appropriation Act approved April 26, 1934------------------- ---------------------- 5, 000. 00 Amount to be accounted for--- ----------------------- 10, 087. 76 Deductions on account of revocation of allotment ------------------ 122. 57 Net amount to be accounted for----------- - 9, 965. 19 1420 REPORT OF CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMY, 1934 Gross amount expended-------------- $3, 487. 99 Less reimbursemehnts collected-___-----_______- - - 86. 35 $3, 401. 64 Balance unexpended June 30, 1934_______________-----_6, 563. 55 Outstanding liabilities June 30, 1934____-....... .___----------- 160. 34 Balance available June 30, 1934 ______11. __________ 6, 403.21 Amount that can be profitably expended in fiscal year ending June 1-- - - - - -- - -- - - -- - -- -- - - -- -- - -- - -- 30, 1936, for maintenance 5, 000. 00 4. CONSTRUCTION OF ROADS AND BRIDGES Location.-Various localities on the Island of Puerto Rico. Existing project.-No work has been authorized by Congress. The work is authorized by the Federal Emergency Administration of Public Works under the National Industrial Recovery Act and is being executed by the Engineer Department at the request of the Bureau of Insular Affairs. Funds are being disbursed by the Finance Department of the Army. The work includes the construc- tion of municipal roads to serve as feeders to the insular road net, the construction of bridges, principally on the south shore of the island, and the construction of links in the insular road system. The roads are to be constructed of water-bound Telford macadam, and the bridges are to be of reinforced concrete. Local cooperation.-In determining the work to be undertaken, the approval of the Governor of Puerto Rico is required, and all work will be done in cooperation with the insular authorities. Operationsand results during fiscal year.-Operationsunder eight contracts for road construction were in progress at the end of the fiscal year. Contracts had been entered into for thliee additional roads. Bids had been invited for three roads and plans and specifica- tions were in preparation for all remaining roads and bridges to be constructed. The costs for the year, all for new work, were $119,390.42 for roads and $5,111.69 for bridges, a total of $124,502.11. The total expenditures were $81,915.75. Condition at end of ~fial year.-The project is about 12 percent completed based on the funds available. Construction was in prog- ress -on 8 road. There remains to be done to complete the project, completion of construction of 8 roads now in progress, and com- mencement and completion of work on 9 other roads and 8 bridges. The total cost for the year was $124,502.11, all for new work. The, total expenditures were $81,915.75. Proposed operations.-It is proposed to apply the funds unex- pended, including accounts receivable on June 30, 1934, from allot- ment under the National Industrial Recovery Act, amounting to $918,089.99, as follows: 1Exclusive of available funds. RIVERS AND HARBORS-PUERTO RICO DISTRICT 1421 Accounts payable June 30, 1934_---_ -- __ __--_______- $50, 278. 28 New work: Construction of municipal roads, under contracts in force, to be completed in the months indicated: Fronton-Ciales, October 1934, 7 km-_______- - $16, 700 Maguayo-Dorado, November 1934, 4.4 km-------- 18, 300 Tierras Nuevas-Manati, December 1934, 5 km- 21,400 Borinquen-Aguadilla, March 1935, 5.8 km........ 32, 900 Rio Prieto-Lares, September 1934, 3.5 km_... ____ 18, 700 Rancheras-Yauco, October 1934, 4 km _____-- 20, 800 Joyuda-Cabo Rojo, March 1935, 6 km- ___-___--- 28, 000 Guilarte-Adjuntas, August 1934, 3.2 km---------- 12, 100 Guama-San German, November 1934, 4.5 km-.... 30, 200 199, 100. 00 Construction of insular road bridges by contract: Martin Pena Channel, November 1934-September 1935---------------------------------- 90, 100 Patillas River, October 1934-March 1935_--- __ - 34, 300 Guamani River, October 1934-June 1935_........ 34, 800 Caguitas River, September 1934-March 1935-___. 25, 500 Tallaboa River, September 1934-May 1935 _...... 37, 100 Villodas River, October 1934-April 1935--.---- - 20, 000 Velazquez (Coamo) River, November 1934-May 1935 ----------------------------------- 20, 000 Jacaguas River, November 1934-July 1935_----- 39, 800 310, 600. 00 Examinations and surveys of bridge sites: Anasco River ------------------------------- 700 Salinas River ___ ____ ____ ____- 200 Jueyes River -------------------------------- 200 1, 100. 00 Construction of insular roads by contract: Cayey-Cidra, August 1934-April 1935, 6.7 km.__ 62, 800 Trujillo Alto-Gurabo, existing contract to be com- pleted, December 1934, 4 km --------- 33,100 Camuy-San Sebastian, August 1934-April 1935, 5.9 km --------------------------------- 54, 800 Rio Grande-Loiza, existing contract to be com- pleted, December 1934, 3.5 km __-___---- 17,200 Vega Baja-Morovis, existing contract to be com- pleteid,;DeGeber 1934; 2.5 km---------------30, 700 Lajas-Guanica (Vaiiat Lajas), existing con- tract to be completed, September 1934, 0.6 km__ 3, 800 Guayama-Carite, August 1934-December 1934, 2 km ---- ----------------------------- 44, 000 Coamo-Orocovis, September 1934-June 1935 7 km ------------------- --- 76, 400 32 82.0000 Eixainations and surveys of insular roads: Jayuya-Ponce-------------------------------------- 500. 00 Unallocated balance--------------------------------33, 711. 71 Total for all work -------------------------- 918, 089. 99 It, is expected that all work will be completed by September 30, 1935. Cost and financial summary Cost of 'new work to June 30, 1934 ------------------------- $124, 502. 11 Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1934-.... . --- Total cost of permanent work to June 30, 1934------------ 124, 502. 11 Value of plant, materials, etc., on hand June 30, 1934---------- 7, 686. 18 Net total cost to June 30, 1934------------------- 132, 188. 29 1422 REPORT OF CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMY, 1934 Plus accounts receivable June 30, 1934_____._________-- -- - $5. 74 Gross total costs to June 30, 1934__________________ 132, 194. 03 Minus accounts payable June 30, 1934__.___--__-___--__ 50, 278. 28 Net total expenditures___________-___________ 81, 915. 75 Unexpended balance June 30, 1934__--________- 918, 084.25 Total amount appropriated to June 30, 1934 -1, 000, 000. 00 Fiscal year ending June 30 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 Cost of new work-------------............... --......--- ..-----------------------........... $124, 502.11 Cost of maintenance-- I-------------- .---- ------ -...----- --------------------------- ----- Total expended--- ---------..---------------------------- ----................. 81, 915. 75 Allotted-----..............----------....... . -------------------------------------. . . 1, 000, 000. 00 Amount allotted from National Industrial Recovery Act ap- proved June 16, 1933------------------ ------------------ $1, 000, 000. 00 Gross amount expended __- -___- ________--______- _ 81, 915. 75 Balance unexepended June 30, 1934 -------- __-__-___ 918, 084. 25 Outstanding liabilities June 30, 1934______ __- $12, 982.49 Amount covered by uncompleted contracts-------- 274, 879. 19 287, 861. 68 Balance available June 30, 1934----------------------- 630, 222.57 Accounts receivable June 30, 1934- ------------------------- 5. 74 Unobligated balance available June 30, 1934 ---.----- 630, 228. 31 5. RECLAMATION OF SWAMP AREAS Location.-Swamp areas adjacent to San Juan Harbor and Ponce Harbor, P. R. Existing project.-No work has been authorized by Congress. The provision for filling four malarial swamp land areas in San Juan Harbor and one area in Ponce Harbor by the hydraulic method, and the use of one area in San Juan Harbor and the area in Ponce Harbor for airplane landing fields, and reclamation of two malarial swamp areas by the subsoil drainage method at Ponce Playa were authorized by the Federal Emergency Administration of Public Works under the National Industrial Recovery Act. Local cooperation.--In determining the work to be undertaken, the approval of the Governor of Puerto Rico is required. All work is being done in cooperation with the insular authorities. Operations and results during fiscal year.-Dredging with the United States Engineer Department dredge Captain Huston in San Juan Harbor, to reclaim the swamp area contained in Tras Talleres District, was commenced on January 9, 1934, and was in progress at the close of the fiscal year. Filling of this area was about 60 percent completed. The costs for the year were $149,504.23, all for new work. The total expenditures were $143,821.03. Condition at end of fiscal year.-The project is about 30 percent completed, based on the funds available. There remains to be done RIVERS AND IHARBORS-PUERTO RICO DISTRICT 1423 to complete the project, completion of the reclamation, by dredging, of Tras Talleres area; reclamation, by dredging, adjacent to San Juan Harbor of malarial areas at Miraflores Island, Puerto de Tierra, and Isla Grande; reclamation, by dredging, of an area adjacent to Ponce Harbor, and reclamation, by subsoil drainage, of swamp areas in Ponce Playa and Salinas, P. R. The total cost for the year was $149,504.23, all for new work. The total expenditures were $143,821.03. Proposed operations.-It is proposed to apply the funds unex- pended, including accounts receivable on June 30, 1934, from allot- ment under the National Industrial Recovery Act, amounting to $360,117.59, as follows: Accounts payable June 30, 1934 _________________----_______ $47, 360. 85 New work: (a) Dredging with Government plant and hired labor, reclaim- ing malarial swamp areas at the following localities: 1. San Juan Harbor, Tras Talleres District (July and Au- gust 1934) --------------------------- 45, 756. 74 2. San Juan Harbor, Miraflores Island (August 1934) ... 9, 900. 00 3. San Juan Harbor, Puerto de Tierra District (Septem- ber 1934) -------------------- _ 20, 700. 00 4. San Juan Harbor, Isla Grande (October 1934 to Febru- ary 1935), to provide an airplane field-------------99, 900. 00 5. To provide for a second airplane field probably at Ponce, P. R. (February to June 1935) -- __--_-- __ ____ 100, 000.00 (b) Reclamation of malarial swamp areas by subsoil drainage: 1. Ponce Playa (July 1934 to May 1935) -___________ 33, 000.00 2. Salinas, P. R. (period between September 1934 and June 1935) ------------------------------------ 3, 500. 00 Total for all work___------ ________ 360, 117.59 It is expected that all work on the project will be completed by June 30, 1935. Cost and financial summary Cost of new work to June 30, 1934___________----_______ $149, 504. 23 Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1934_ Total cost of permanent work to June 30, 1934_........... 149, 504. 23 Value of plant, materials, etc., on hand June 30, 1934------------ 37, 739. 03 Net total cost to June 30, 19341111 187, 243. 26 Plus accounts receivable June 30, 1934 ._______ _____________ 3, 938. 62 Gross total costs to June 30, 1934--------------------- 191, 181. 88 Minus accounts payable June 30, 1934 ------------------------ 47, 360. 85 Net total expenditures------------------------------ 143, 821. 03 Unexpended balance June 30, 1934-------------------------- 356, 178. 97 Total amount appropriated to June 30, 1934 500, 000. 00 Fiscal year ending June 30 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 Cost of new work---------- --------------------------------------------- $149, 504. 23 Cost of maintenance---------------------- - - ---- Total expended------------------------------ - -- 143, 821. 03 Allotted--------E ---- -4... 500,000.00 91536 ENG 1934--90 1424 REPORT OF CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMY, 1934 Amount allotted from National Industrial Recovery Act approved June16, ,133 --------------------------------------------- $500, 000. 00 Gross amount expended---------------------------$147, 687. 99 Less reimbursements collected ---------------------- 3, 866. 96 143, 821. 03 Balance unexpended June 30, 1934------------------____ 356, 178. 97 Outstanding liabilities June 30, 1934---------------- $55, 644. 97 Amount covered by uncompleted contracts------------ 4, 840. 55 60, 485. 52 Balance available June 30, 1934------------------------ 295, 693. 45 Accounts receivable June 30, 1934-------------------------____ 3, 938. 62 Unobligated balance available June 30, 1934-------------- 299, 632. 07 6. Other projects for which no estimates are submitted [Commercial statistics for these projects are given in pt. 2 of report] For last Cost and expenditures to full re- June 30, 1934 Estimated Name of project port see amount re- annual ' quited:to report New work Maintenance complete for- 1. Ponce Harbor, P. R.1 2--___ ____-- - _ 1933 3 $99, 126. 95 3 $37, 224. 48 3 $154, 900 499,126. 95- _4482, 800 Total_ - ---------------------.---- ___------198, 253. 90 37, 224. 48 637, 700 1 No estimate is submitted as channels are considered adequate for existing commerce. Expended foe general supervision $112.92, and revoked $4.46 during fiscal year 1934. 2Modification of local cooperation requirements is recommended in Rivers and Harbors Committer Document No. 18, 72d Cong., 1st sess. 3 United States funds. 4Contributed funds. Status of reports called for by river and harbor acts and cormittee resolutions Locality Authorization act Transmitted toCongress Document no. Document Recommenda Recommenda- tion Arecibo Harbor, P. R_-- .Rivers and Harbors Sept. 12, 1933 House, 214, 73d Cong. Favorable. Act.Mar. 3, 1925. 2d sess. San Juan Harbor, P. R - Rivers and Harbors ... Committee resolu- tion Dec. 6, 1932. SURVEYS FOR NAVIGATION, FLOOD CONTROL, POWER, AND IRRIGATION Existing project.-The existing project provides for making in- vestigations of those navigable streams and their tributaries whereon power development appears feasible and practicable, with a view to the formulation of general plans for the most effective improvement of such streams for the purposes of navigation and the prosecution of such improvement in combination with the most efficient develop- ment of the potential water power, the control of floods, and the needs of irrigation. The River and Harbor Act of January 21, 1927, adopted the project as laid down in House Document No. 308 Sixty-ninth Congress, first session, and added the following streams to those listed in that docu- SURVEYS FOR NAVIGATION, FLOOD CONTROL, POWER, ETC. 1425 ment: Red River, Yazoo River and tributaries, Pearl River, Alta- maha River and tributaries, tributaries of the Warrior, Coosa, and Tombigbee Rivers. The Flood Control Act approved May 15, 1928, extended the scope of the investigation and surveys so as to include tributaries of the Mississippi River system, subject to destructive floods, and laid down certain additional investigations on these tributaries. The estimated cost of the work described in House Document No. 308 is $7,322,400. In addition, the act of May 15, 1928, authorized the expenditure of $5,000,000 of flood-control funds for the surveys of the tributaries of the Mississippi River. Operations and results during fiscal year.-Work on each of the surveys involved was inaugurated in the spring of 1928. Valuable cooperation has been received from other Federal agencies; from States, county, and municipal engineers; from levee and drainage districts, hydroelectric companies, railroads, universities, and other local sources of information. Steam gaging stations, where needed, have been established mainly in cooperation with the United States Geological Survey. At the close of the fiscal year 1934, surveys of 173 streams had been completed and reports thereon transmitted to Congress, and reports on the remaining streams well advanced to completion. 1, 1, Allotment of funds by streams to June 30, 1933, for prosecution .J ' ' 1. of the studies has been as follows: y Allotted from- Engineer district and name of Transmitted Printed in document stream River and Flood-con- to Congress no. harbor funds trol funds Boston, Mass.: Androscoggin River.------------ $9, 751.23 Dec. 2, 1930 H. 646/71/3. Kennebec River--......---------- 9, 400. 54 Dec. 4, 1930 H. 658/71/3. Kennebunk River-- ....--------- 343. 93 June 18, 1930 H. 481/71/2. Machias River------------------ 1, 372. 47 Dec. 2, 1930 H. 642/71/3. Merrimack River..------------ 18, 599. 02 ---- do------- H. 649/71/3. Penobscot River--------------- 11, 001.61 ----- do-------- H. 652/71/3. Presumpscot River....---------- 412. 53 ---do __---- H. 645/71/3. Saco River---------------------- 5, 626. 88 Dec. 4, 1930 H. 659/71/3. St. Croix River------------..... 5, 550. 54 Dec. 2, 1930 H. 643/71/3. Salmon Falls River...---------.. 2, 525. 27 June 19, 1930 H. 483/71/2. Union River------------------ - 2, 950. 54 Dec. 2,1930 H. 648/71/3. Providence, R. I.: Connecticut River_--------- 133, 410. 39 Housatonic River..--...----------- 17, 100. 00 Feb. 9, 1932 H. 246/72/1. Pawcatuck River_------------ 652. 20 Nov. 26, 1929 R. & H. Com. 49/71/2. Pawtucket River......------------ 3, 400. 00 ----do-........ R. & H. Com. 50/71/2. Taunton River ..........------ 1,000.00 -- do-------- R. & H. Com. 51/71/2. .....------------ Thames River----- 17, 399. 17 Dec. 2, 1930 H. 644/71/3. First New York, N. Y.: Ausable River..------------- 797. 06 June H. 21,1930 488/71/2. Batten Kill_----------- ------ 3, 599. 46 Dec. H. 15,1930 685/71/3. Big Chazy River---------------- 6, 087. 38 June H. 23,1930 490/71/2. Boquet River------------------- 2, 744. 83 Aug. R. 9,1929 & H. Com. 48/71/2. Hoosic River-_------------------ 4, 726. 32 Dec. H. 15, 1930 684/71/3. Hudson River and tributaries--- 2, 877. 77 Dec. H. 9, 1931 149/72/1. Kinderhook Creek---------..---- 3, 981.37 Dec. H. 2, 1930 653/71/3. Lamoille River...--.----------- 23, 312. 63 Dec. H. 10,1931 145/72/1. Missisquoi River...----------- 5, 997. 91 June H. 27,1930 496/71/2. Mohawk River ..------ ------ 1,462.93 Dec. H. 10,1931 158/72/1. Otter Creek-------------------- 10, 234. 02 -_- do ---- - H. 144/72/1. Poultney River ....------------ 4, 557. 18 June 19, 1930 H. 485/71/2. Rondout Creek and Wallkill 5, 968. 10 Dec. 23,1930 H. 704/71/3. River. Saranac River..........------------... 1,115. 38 _ June 23, 1930 -. H. 492/71/2. Wappinger Creek . . .---------- 6, 203. 96 _--.. Apr. 23, 1930 R. & H. Com. 55/71/2. Winooski River----------- 36, 539. 17 .--.-....... Feb. 26, 1931 H. 785/71/3. Second New York, N. Y.: Raritan River ----------------- 2, 565.10 ----------- _ Dec. 27,1929 R. & H. Com. 53/71/2. 1426 REPORT OF CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMY, 1934 Allotted from- Engineer district and name of Transmitted Printed in document stream River and Flood-con- to Congress no. harbor funds. trol funds I I Philadelphia, Pa.: Delaware River and tributaries_ $77, 228. 56 ------- '---^- Oct. 9,1933 H. 179/73/2. Lehigh River.------------------ 13, 552. 08 ------------- Feb. 9, 1932 H. 245/72/1. Mon aup River----------------- 2, 058. 38 - -------- -- Dec. 4, 1930 H. 660/71/3. Neshaminy Creek....----------- 1, 599. 61 -- ------ --- May 24, 1930 H. 429/71/2. Neversink River----------.--- 3,123.46 Dec. 9, 1931 H. 147/72/1. Perikomen Creek........--------- 2, 407. 82 June 19, 1930 H. 482/71/2. ------------- Shohola Creek.....------------ 1, 875. 06 Dec. 10, 1931 H. 155/72/1. ..........------ Tohickon Creek----- 926. 85 ----------' June 19,1930 H. 486/71/2. Baltimore, Md.: Susquehanna River.....-------- 232, 203. 81 . ................ Washington, D. C.: Occoquan Creek ..------------ 210, 903. 71 Apr. 22, 1932 H. 101/73/1. P tomac River...-------------. Pamunkey River....----------- 9, 000. 00 Jan. 9,1930 R. & H. Com. 54/71/2. Patuxent River..-------------- 2, 900. 00 --- '------- ---- _do- ---- HI. 463/71/2. Rappahannock River----------- 30, 500. 00 Sept. 26, 1933 H. 186/73/2. Norfolk, Va.: James River------------------- 108, 107. 08 Aug. 23,1933 H. 192/73/2. Meherrin River----------------- 5,131. 84 June 2, 1930 H. 446/71/2. Roanoke-Staunton Rivers------- 180, 750. 32 - Wilmington, N. C.: Cape Fear River-..----------- 58, 901.43 Sept. 27, 1933 H. 193/73/2. Neuse River...--------------- 32, 278. 57 June 1, 1932 H. 500/72/2. Tar River----------------------- 4, 520. 00 Dec. 16,1931 H. 187/72/1. Charleston, S. C.: Santee River..------------- 109, 497. 68 Mar. 3,1933 H. 96/73/1. Yadkin-Peedee Rivers-..--------- 115;805. 45 May 16, 1933 H. 68/73/1. Savannah, Ga.: Altamaha River and tributaries_ 140, 902. 18 St. Marys River ___------------ 793. 23 Satilla River.-------------- 5, 842. 55 Dec. 27,1929 R. & H. Com. 52/71/2. Savannah River--......---------- 124, 140. 00 Jacksonville, Fla.: Suwannee River ....---------- . 9, 001. 22 Withlacoochee River..---------- 15, 476. 15 - Montgomery, Ala.: Apalachicola River....---------- 246, 631.44 -- Mobile River, including Coosa 258,305.69 ----. ....... River and tributaries. Mobile, Ala.: Pearl River ...---------------. 18, 590. 86 S-- June 2, 1930 H. 445/71/2. Tombigbee River and tribu- 67, 950. 00 taries. Oct. 27, 1932 H. 56/73/1. Warrior River and tributaries--- 877.71 185, New Orleans, La.: Amite River..--------------- 1,942. 31 June 18, 1930 H. 480/71/2. Bayou Nezpique---------------- Bayou Teche.------------------- 17, 798.95 19, 670. 60 ---------- ------------- I _ Dec. 9, 1932 H. 75/73/1. Calcasieu River ------------ 26, 994. 26 Chefuncte River ..------------ 876. 28 June 19, 1930 H. 487/71/2. ------... Tangipahoa River.....---------- 932. 82 ------------- ---- _- do- . H. 484/71/2. ------------- Aug. 9,1929 H. 110/71/1. Tickfaw River....----------------- 817.88 Galveston, Tex.: ... Guadalupe River------- --- 65, 578. 23 Vicksburg, Miss.: Big Black River---------------- 13,-000. 00 $21, 872. 75 Dec. 9, 1932 H. 72/73/1. Ouachita River...--------.---- 43, 000. 00 24, 000. 00 Dec. 7, 1933 H. 196/73/2. Red River---------------------- 64, 000. 00 625, 542. 23 Yazoo River and tributaries---- 138, 239. 52 Nov. 17, 1933 H. 198/73/2. Memphis, Tenn.: Arkansas River and tributaries- 25, 344. 04 428, 085. 50 Fourche La Fave River .------- 820. 77 7, 000. 00 Grand River---.-------------- 4, 060. 33 27, 000. 00 -- -- - - - - - Hickman, Ky. (flood control)..- Jan. 28,1931 H. 729/71/3. Illinois River---.-------------- 3, 865.51 7, 000. 00 Dec. 10,1931 Mayfield Creek-------------- --- 1, 000. 00 Dec. 16,1931 H. 156/72/1. Mississippi River below Cape H. 188/72/1. Girardeau, Mo. Petit Jean River ..----------- 758. 51 6, 000. 00 ----- - - - - Poteau River.....-------------- 677. 81 5, 000. 00 t. Francis River......--.---. IAug. 10, 1929 H. 159/71/2. St. Francis River (back-water 5, 001.21 May 24, 1930 H. 430/71/2. area). White River- ---------------- 19, 471.82 172, 955.93 Mar. 30, 1932 H. 102/73/1. St. Louis, Mo.: Meramec River _____-___- -- $7, 500. 00 S43,864.79 Dec. 15, 1930 i. 686/71/3. Mississippi River ____---- - 23, 000. 00 43, 864.79 __ -_-_ ---- ___ SURVEYS FOR NAVIGATION, FLOOD CONTROL, POWER, ETC. 1427 Allotted from- Engineer district and name of Transmitted Printed in document stream River and Flood-con- to Congress no. harbor funds trol funds Rock Island, Ill.: Des Moines River -------------- $5, 000. 00 $1, 800. 00 Dec. 16,1930 H. 682/71/3. L Iowa River _______-.... ___ -__ 5, 000. 00 ------------ Dec. 13, 1929 H. 134/71/2. Maquoketa River ______..._____________________ _ _ June 26, 1933 Mississippi River__-___ ___-__- 4, 500. 00 43, 311. 34 _-_-- Rock River_---- ----------------- 3, 000. 00 June 26, 1933 Skunk River -- ____________-__ -______________ 2, 500. 00 Dec. 14, 1931 H. 170/72/1. Turkey River .-________-_______ -- ______________ Mar. 3, 1933 H. 98/73/1. Wapsipinicon River -___________-_____________ ______ - June 20, 1933 St. Paul, Minn.: Chippewa River------------_ 11, 594. 91 3, 635. 00 Dec. 14, 1931 H. 171/72/1. Minnesota River-._______ ___ 2, 011. 69 9, 920. 00 -- Mississippi River: Belov Coon Rapids -- 41, 007. 56 30, 170. 04 May 25, 1933 H. 66/73/1. St. Croix River----------------- 9, 519. 17 3, 605. 33 June 9,1930 H. 462/71/2. Wisconsin River-------------__ 4, 296. 67 3, 220. 00 Jan. 17, 1930 H. 259/71/2. Kansas City, Mo.: Bad River_---------------_ 2, 500. 00 10, 500. 00 June 26,1933 H.189/73/2. White River-_________________ 3, 500. 00 16, 000. 00 H. 189/73/2. Big Sioux River___----___-- __ 4, 000. 00 8, 000. 00 Dec. 16,1931 H. 189/72/1. Little Sioux River ------------- 3, 500. 00 4, 500. 00 Cannon Ball River____ ________ 2, 000. 00 9, 500. 00 Grand River, S. Dak -.-- --... 2, 000. 00 9, 500. 00 Oct. 27,1932 H. 76/73/1. Moreau River _____________ 2, 500. 00 9, 500. 00 ° Cheyenne River.- - _ 9, 000. 00 55, 500. 00 Dec. 16, 1931 H. 190/72/1. Gallatin River __________ __ 2, 000. 00 5, 000. 00 Jefferson River -__________---_ 2, 500. 00 7, 000. 00 ----.... do....... H. 193/72/1. Madison River----- 4, 500. 00 5, 000. 00 Gasconade River -____________ 4, 500. 00 7, 000. 00 ---- do. H. 192/72/1. Grand River, Mo-------------- 17, 000. 00 24, 000. 00 Jan. 26, 1932 H. 236/72/1. James River--________________ 9, 000. 00 33, 400. 00 Mar. 24, 1933 H. 83/73/1. Kansas River-- -..------ -_ 39, 143. 88 143, 000. 00 Dec. 7, 1933 H. 195/73/2. Little Missouri River _..--- 2, 500. 00 14, 000. 00 May 10, 1933 H. 64/73/1. Marias River_-------------_ 4, 500. 00 5, 500. 00 Dec. 16,1931 H. 191/72/1. Milk River-------------------- 3, 000. 00 35, 500. 00 Oct. 27,1932 H. 88/73/1. Missouri River__-----_____ -_ 38, 919. 58 395, 872. 02 Oct. 3, 1933 H. 238/73/2. Musselshell River--------------- 3, 000. 00 7, 100. 00 Dec. 10,1931 H. 146/72/1. Niobrara River_- --- 4, 500. 00 19, 500. 00 Oct. 27, 1932 H. 90/73/1. Osage River_________________ 11, 000. 00 56, 500. 00 Dec. 23,1932 H. 91/73/1. Platte River...----------------- 20, 000. 00 227, 805. 50 Nov. 3,1933 H. 197/73/2. Yellowstone River-------------- 14, 000. 00 193, 000. 00 Feb. 10,1934 H. 256/73/2. Nashville, Tenn.: Cumberland River...------------- 141, 000. 00 205, 000. 00 Apr. 28,1933 H. 38/73/1. Chattanooga, Tenn.: Tennessee River-----......._ 313, 315. 00 2, 500. 00 Mar. 24, 1930 H. 328/71/2. Pittsburgh, Pa.: Allegheny River -__-__-____-- 8, 500. 00 65, 685. 60 --------------- Beaver River__-____________-- 2, 000. 00 39, 818.57 ------------- Monongahela River--- ________ _ 15, 900. 00 52, 883. 37 -- Ohio River.-------------------- 2, 600. 00 54, 031. 72 --------------- Huntington, W. Va.: Big Sandy River--__---________ 5, 268. 94 12, 065. 61 Guyandot River.--_______ __ 3, 621. 70 442. 13 Dec. 9, 1931 H. 150/72/1. Hocking River------- ... . ____ . _____ -___ 4, 752. 09 Feb. 11, 1933 H. 82/73/1. Kanawha River- ----.... -----. 47, 190. 49 30, 819. 21 Little Kanawha River__-.-- -__ 6, 671. 68 6, 459. 48 Feb. 2,1931 H. 732/71/3. Ohio River___...---- ..... .__.--------------- 14, 947. 69 --------------- Twelve Pole Creek----___________ __________ 3, 940. 52 June 20, 1933 Zanesville, Ohio: Muskingum River-------------- 7, 702. 29 17, 511. 99 --------------- Cincinnati, Ohio: Ohio River (Upper Mississippi Valley Division) ..------------ _ . _ ____ 2, 483. 31 Kentucky River--.....------------- 24, 400. 00 104, 889. 75 Oct. 27, 1932 H. 85/73/1. Licking River__-- .... - _ -- 26, 900. 00 13, 956. 93 June 30, 1932 H. 86/73/1. Little Miami River-----___ -____.__ -_____.__9, 982. 58 --- Miami River _---- 11, 700. 00 8, 110. 52 Dec. 16,1930 H. 681/71/3. Ohio River--------------------- 500. 00 10, 848. 49 -- Scioto River---------------- 29,029.46 --------------- Louisville, Ky.: Green, Barren, and Rough Rivers --------------------- . 57, 000. 00 71, 500. 00 Oct. 27, 1932 H. 81/73/1. Ohio River ........... OhoRvr----- ___ -----. ......... -------------22,09. 242, 094. 02 -- -0 Salt River_ ________-----___ ------------ 1, 200. 00 June 12, 1930 H. 477/71/2. Tradewater River -___-.... - 2, 200. 00 ------------ -____ June 19, 1930 H. 479/71/2. Wabash River-..... - - -- 33, 600. 00 305, 602. 87 Feb. 17, 1933 H. 100/73/1. 1428 REPORT OF CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMY, 1934 Allotted from- Engineer district and name of Transmitted Printed in document stream River and Flood-con- to Congress no. harbor funds trol funds i------ Duluth, Minn.: Amnicon River- ........... $4, 000. 00 Dec. 10,1931 H. 164/72/1. Bad River_-- - 8, 057. 87 Dec. 9,1932 H. 71/73/1. Baptism River-__------ 2, 600. 00 -------------- M anitou River----------------.. 2, 480. 00 --- -- .--- Feb. 15,1932 H. 250/72/1. Beaver Bay River .... ____.... 2, 480. 00 Big Fork River ........ Brule River, Minn- -----------. 14, 200. 00 4, 648. 55 -- ----.. -- - -- -- . Jan. 14,.1932 Oct. 27,1932 H. H. 226/72/1. 73/73/1. Brule River, Wis---......... Carp River -...---..--........ 3,860.00 2, 500. 00 -- -- -- ---- -- --- --...- -- - - Dec. 9, 1932 Jan. 14,1932 Dec. 9,1931 H. H. 74/73/1. 227/72/1. Cascade River .__ .__.. .___ 2, 280. 00 -- -- -- --.. Oct. 27,1932 H. H. 142/72/1. 77/73/1. Devil Track River ______ ____ Gooseberry River.______________ Kawishiwi River............... 2, 280.00 1,980.00 7, 379. 99 ---..---. -- -.-_ May 17, 1932 Jan. 26,1932 May 4,1933 H. H. H. 79/73/1. 238/72/1. 65/73/1. Little Fork River..-.-........ 11, 900. 00 Montreal River ......... Pigeon River............ _____ 4, 900. 00 8, 521.16 -------- Oct. 27,1932 ..--do------ Mar. 3,1933 H. H. H. 87/73/1. 89/73/1. 92/73/1. Poplar River....-------------- 3, 180.00 Temperance River ............. 2, 780. 00 }Apr. 30, 1932 H. 93/73/1. Rainy River............ 38, 399. 55 St. Louis River ________.____ 14, 244. 63 -- 7, 375.58 Jan. 14,1933 H. 95/73/1. -------- -- -- - -- - - Sturgeon River ..__._____ __ 10, 165. 83 Dec. 9,1932 H. 97/73/1. Vermilion River....--.......... 8, 188.81 Milwaukee, Wis.: -------- --. do ..----- H. 99/73/1. Grand River, Mich_____________ Kalamazoo River............ 32, 447. 27 20, 042. 36 -- -------- ------ Oct. Jan. 27,1932 14, 1932 H. 80/73/1. H. 224/72/1. Manistee River_____.. __________ 20, 766. 53 -- -------- Dec. 9, 1931 H. 159/72/1. ------ ------ Manistique River_ _______ __ 8, 176.10 Dec. 19, 1929 R. & H. Com. 56/71/2. Menominee River ...--------- Muskegon River.....-----..... 27, 015. 35 30, 175. 10 -- Dec. Dec. 9,1931 10,1931. H. H. 141/72/1. 143/72/1. Oconto River ---- ....... 9, 960. 39 June 23,1930 H. 489/71/2. Peshtigo River ..--.......... 1,978. 50 -do -. _--- H. 491/71/2. St. Joseph River............... 34, 263. 91 ---- - - -- - May 23, 1932 H. 94/73/1. Wolf River-..................... 32, 174. 49 Mar. 15, 1932 H. 276/72/1. Chicago, Ill.: $273•09 Fox River...................... 1, 809. 36 $273. 09 Apr. 26,1930 H. 410/71/2. Illinois River ................... 10, 237. 22 9,9, 351. 351. 6, 20O. 0 33 33 Dec. 16,1931 H. 182/72/1. Kankakee River- ------------- 11, 261. 20 6, 200. 00 Feb. 26,1931 H. 784/71/3. Sangamon River............... 19, 536. 03 7, 375. 58 Dec. 16,1931 H. 186/72/1. San Francisco, Calif.: Eel River .. _______________ 18, 995. 00 --.... Aug. 23, 1933 H. 194/73/2. Klamath River___ 9, 381.18 --_______. . Oct. 16,1933 H. 181/73/2. Mad River- 13, 000. 00 --... ... Aug. 23, 1933 H. 188/73/2. Sacramento, Calif.: Kern River_...._____ ________ 13, 700. 00 Sacramento River.. ____________ 115, 382.92 San Joaquin River______________ 67, 168. 27 JFeb. 27,19311 H. 791/71/3. Sacramento-San Joaquin-Kern -. . June 27,19332 H. 191/73/2. Rivers (Salt-Water Barrier). 126, 000. 00 Portland, Oreg.: Columbia (lower) River- ...... 256, 132. 49 Mar. 29, 1932 H. 103/73/1. Cowlitz River_...____________ 16, 460. 20 Dec. 11, 1930 H. 666/71/3. John Day River .......... 57, 699. 93 May 24,1932 H. 84/73/1. Lewis River-__ 11, 811. 05 Dec. 16, 1930 H. 680/71/3. Snake River ____ 51,302.11 Dec. 16,1933 H. 190/73/2. Willamette River- -............ 26, 182. 43 Feb. 27, 1932 H. 263/72/1. Seattle, Wash.: Chehalis River................. 9, 520. 96 Dec. 9,1931 H. 148/72/1. Columbia (upper) River-...... 392, 414. 53 Mar. 29, 1932 H. 103/73/1. Puyallup River------- 16, 049. 68 Dec. 10, 1931_ H. 153/72/1. Skagit River ................... 79, 159. 65 Sept. 14, 1933 H. 187/73/2. Snohomish River ----------- 64, 700. 19 Feb. 15,1934 H. 258/73/2. Stilaguamish River............. 20, 641. 76 Dec. 4, 1930 H. 657/71/3. Total ......-------------------- 5, 774, 997. 07 4, 243, 455.86 1 Partial report. 2 Final report. CALIFORNIA DEBRIS COMMISSION 1429 CALIFORNIA DEBRIS COMMISSION This Commission, consisting of three officers of the Corps of Engi- neers, was created by the act of Congress approved March 1, 1893 (27 Stat. L., p. 507), as amended by the act of February 27, 1907 (34 Stat. L., p. 1001), and has jurisdiction and duties extending over the drainage area of the Sacramento and San Joaquin Rivers, compris- ing the great central valley of California and extending from the crest of the Sierra Nevada on the east to that of the Coast Range on the west and from Mount Shasta and the Pit River Basin on the north to the Tehachapi Mountains on the south. These rivers empty into the head of Suisun Bay, ultimately discharging into the Pacific Ocean through the connecting bays and straits and the Golden Gate. The duties prescribed by the act creating the Commission are: First. To regulate hydraulic mining in such a way as to permit its resumption and continuance under such restrictions as to prevent the resulting debris from being carried into navigable waters or otherwise causing damage. Second. To study and report upon general hydraulic and hydrau- lic-mining conditions and matters affecting or affected by them and to make surveys, mature and adopt plans for the purpose of improv- ing the navigability, deepening the channels, and protecting the banks of the rivers, and affording relief from flood damages. While the Commission was to " adopt " plans as a result of its study, the act creating it did not provide means for directly carrying them out. Congress, however, has from time to time adopted certain of the plans formulated by the Commission and charged it with their execution, under the direction of the Secretary of War and the super- vision of the Chief of Engineers. During the past year until February 7, 1934, the Commission con- sisted of Lt. Col. Thomas M. Robins, Corps of Engineers (presi- dent); Lt. Col. Henry A. Finch, Corps of Engineers; and Capt. J. G. Drinkwater, Corps of Engineers (secretary). Since Febru- ary 7, 1934, the Commission consisted of Lt. Col. Thomas M. Robins, Corps of Engineers (president); Maj. E. S. J. Irvine, Corps of Engineers; and Capt. J. G. Drinkwater, Corps of Engineers (secretary). The secretary has immediate supervision of the work of the Commission. IMPROVEMENT'S Page Page 1. Regulation of hydraulic min- 3. Control of floods, removal of ing and preparation of debris, and improvement of 1429 plans___________________------------- Sacramento River, Calif___ 1435 2. Treatment of the Yuba River debris situation-restrain- ing barriers______________ 1431 1. REGULATION OF HYDRAULIC MINING AND PREPARATION OF PLANS Location.-Operationsare largely limited to the territory between Mount Lassen on the north and the Yosemite Valley on the south, on the western watershed of the Sierra Nevada. (See U. S. Geo- logical Survey sheets for the area, 25 in number.) 1430 REPORT OF CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMVY, 1934 Existing project.-This provides for regulating hydraulic-mining operations, planning the improvement of conditions upon the Sacra- mento and San Joaquin Rivers and their tributaries affected by such operations, and the preparation of plans to enable hydraulic mining to be resumed. On application by prospective miners, full investi- gation is made by the Commission, and permits to operate are issued to those who provide satisfactory debris-restraining basins'by con- struction of suitable damrns where necessary. The estimate of cost for this work, revised in 1916, is $18,000 per annum. The existing project was adopted by the act of March 1, 1893, as amended by the act of February 27, 1907, and the plan of operation is therein speci- fied. (For latest published map see Annual Report for 1913, p. 3170.) Local cooperation.-Mine owners are required to bear all expenses incurred in complying with the orders of the Commission for regu- lation of mining and restraint of debris. Terminal facilities.-None. Operations and results during fiscal year.-Maintenance, by hired labor: Surveys of 2 debris-storage reservoirs on the Yuba and Bear Rivers, at a cost of $1,736.41; and 188 hydraulic-mining inspections, at a cost of $4,781.37, were made. Operations of one gold-dredging company under permit, and somewhat similar operations of other companies, for which permits are not required, were supervised. The Commission has given con- sideration to reclamation and flood-control work in cooperation with State and local interests. Administrative work overlaps that of improvements nos. 2 and 3 hereunder and that of the Sacramento engineer district. The cost of these activities was $3,125.88. The total cost for all activities was $9,643.66. Total expenditures were $9,143.45. Condition at end of fiscal year.-The Commission has received 1,138 applications for licenses for hydraulic mining. Seventy mines are licensed. Surveys have been made of those portions of the Yuba, Feather, Bear, and American Rivers containing great deposits of mining debris. Plans have been made for flood and debris control in the Sacramento River basin; and flood control in the San Joaquin River basin. (See nos. 2 and 3 hereunder.) Work remaining to be done is, in general, the continuation and supervision of all the above or similar operations. The total cost of all work was $536,119.09 for maintenance. The total expenditures were $536,247.58. Proposed operations.-The balance unexpended at the end of the year, amounting to $10,573.76, will be applied as follows: Applications for permission to mine by hydraulic process will be duly investigated and considered; mines operating under existing permits will be regulated and there will be the necessary inspections, preparation, and approval of plans, etc., as during preceding years; studies, examinations, surveys, and miscellaneous operations will be continued. In order that the work as carried on in preceding years by the Commission may be continued and that the demands of the State and general public requiring consultation with the Commission may be met and the results of the Commission's studies made available CALIFORNIA DEBRIS COMMISSION 1431 thereto, the additional sum of $10,000 can be profitably expended during the fiscal year 1936.. Cost and financial summary Cost of new work to June 30, 1934 _____--------------- - ----------- Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1934__---------------- $536,119. 09 Total cost of permanent work to June 30, 1934 536, 119. 09 Value of plant, materials, etc., on hand June 30, 1934 ___________ 328. 52 Net total cost to June 30, 1934------------------------ 536, 447. 61 Plus accounts receivable June 30, 1934 -------- ---------- 86. 17 Gross total costs to June 30, 1934----------------------- 536, 533. 78 Minus accounts payable June 30, 1934--------------------------- 286. 20 Net total expenditures_______------- ----------- 536, 247. 58 Unexpended balance June 30, 1934 ----- 0, 573. 76 1------------------- -- Total amount appropriated to June 30, 1934___________ 546, 821. 34 Fiscal year ending June 30 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 Cost of new work .. I ------ --------------- -- ------- ----------- ----- Cost of maintenance _ _------------------ $13, 449.76 $18, 772. 33 $17, 387. 93 $6, 996. 47 $9, 643. 66 Total expended--------------------- 14, 991. 65 16, 085. 30 19, 535. 70 6, 676. 99 9, 143. 45 Allotted.............---------------------------- 18, 000. 00 17, 350. 00 ------------ 6, 666. 64 19, 550. 49 Balance unexpended July 1, 1933 ____$166. 72 Amount allotted from War Department Appropriation Act approved Apr. 26, 1934--------------------------- $10, 000. 00 Amount allotted from War Department Appropriation Act approved July 14, 1932_______________---------- 2, 933. 28 Amount allotted from War Department Appropriation Act approved Mar. 4, 1933- --------------------------- 6, 900. 00 19, 833.28 Amount to be accounted for ________- - -________- 20, 000. 00 Deductions on account of revocation of impounded balances--------- 282. 79 Net amount to be accounted for 717. 21 1-----------------------9, Gross amount expended-- ._- ------ - $11, 362.54 Less reimbursements collected---___-__ -______- - 2, 219. 09 9, 143. 45 Balance unexpended June 30, 1934_ __----______-_____- 10, 573.76 Outstanding liabilities June 30, 1934_..._________--____-____ 365. 90 Balance available June 30, 1934 .__. _______-____ 10, 207. 86 Accounts receivable June 30, 1934_.__.. _____-....________- -- 86. 17 Unobligated balance available June 30, 1934--------------- 10, 294. 03 Amount that can be profitably expended in fiscal year ending June 30, 1936, for maintenance - __- - 1_ - - __ _____ - - - - ________ 10, 000. 00 2. TREATMENT OF THE YUBA RIVER DEBRIS SITUATION- RESTRAINING BARRIERS Location.-The works are located on the Yuba River between Marysville and the place where the river emerges from the foot- SExclusive of available funds. 1432 REPORT OF CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U. S. ARM1VY, 1934 hills, near Hammonton, some 10 miles easterly from Marysville, and about 9 miles below the Narrows. (See U. S. Geological Survey " Topographic Map of the Sacramento Valley, Calif.") Existing project.-This provides for storage of mining debris within the bed of the Yuba River by means of a debris barrier, and by the restraint of the flow channel to narrow limits by means of training walls and other regulation works. The object of storing this debris in the Yuba River-a nonnavigable stream-is to keep it from passing into the Sacramento and Feather Rivers to the detriment of navigation therein. The variation in water levels due to floods is about 12 feet. The estimate of cost for new work made in 1900 is $800,000, one half of which was appropriated by the State of Cali- fornia. The latest (1922) approved estimate for annual cost of maintenance is $30,000. (For details of this project in its original form see Annual Report, 1917, page 1810, " Previous projects.") The existing project was adopted in a rather indefinite form by the River and Harbor Act of June 3, 1896, and in its more definite form by River and Harbor Act of June 13, 1902. (H. Doc. No. 431, 56th Cong., 1st sess.) (For latest published map see United States Geo- logical Survey " Topographic Map of the Sacramento Valley, Calif.") Local cooperation. Fully complied with. Terminal facilities.-None. Operations and results during fiscal year.-Maintenance: Hired labor was used to remove 1,360 snags and other obstructions; clear 21 acres of brush from the river channel and banks, blast 36,400 square feet of hardpan reefs; and repair seven retards, at a cost of $4,710.14. Four retards, four bankheads, and an embankment across overflow channels were constructed, under contract, along the northerly bank of the Yuba River, about one-half mile east of Marysville, at a cost of $9,494.50. Total costs were $14,204.64; total expenditures, $14,909.18, of which $3,373.39 was United States funds and $11,535.79 contributed funds. Condition at end of fiscal year.--The existing project is 99 percent completed. Three training walls, having a total length of 85,100 feet and providing two 500-foot channels, have been built, partly by gold- dredging companies and partly by the United States. A cut was made through Daguerre Point and a concrete spillway constructed therein. The channel between Marysville and the training walls has been cleared of obstructions, current retards have been installed, and old sand channels have been blocked. The result has been to hold millions of yards of mining debris in the Yuba River which would otherwise have passed into the navigable channels of the Feather and Sacramento Rivers. The total costs were as follows: New work Maintenance Total United States funds__-----------.-.-.-.-.- --__--..- $361,482.28 $127, 552. 70 $489, 034. 98 Contributed funds_____ ... ______.... ..... . 361, 776. 74 127, 259. 05 489, 035. 79 Total_ .---.- ___-.. _________-.__. .. .. 723, 259. 02 254, 811. 75 978, 070. 77 CALIFORNIA DEBRIS COMMISSION 1433 The total expenditures have been $978,775.31 of which $489,739.52 were United States funds and $489,035.79 contributed funds. Proposed operations.--The balance unexpended at the end of the year, amounting to $8,464.21, together with a contribution of $2,- 239.52 to be made by the State of California, will be used as needed, between July and December, 1934, to clear the channel between Marysville and Daguerre Point by removal of snags, brush, and trees, and blasting of hardpan; to confine the river to this channel by damming the heads of old channels, to repair, reinforce, and protect the Daguerre Point Dam; and for bank protection on both banks from 4 to 9 miles above Marysville. The additional sum of $15,000 (together with an equal contribu- tion from the State of California), can be profitably expended as needed during the fiscal year 1936, between July and December 1935, on work similar to the above. The work is necessary to prevent debris entering the Feather and Sacramento Rivers. Cost and financial summary UNITED STATES FUNDS Cost of new work to June 30, 1934_______ $361, 482. 28 Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1934_ _---------------------127, 552. 70 Total cost of permanent work to June 30, 1934- -- 489, 034. 98 Value of plant, materials, etc., on hand June 30, 1934------------ 704. 54 Net total cost to June 30, 1934-------------------------- 489, 739. 52 Unexpended balance June 30, 1934 ______---- ------- 5, 000. 00 Total amount appropriated to June 30, 1934------__ --- 494, 739. 52 Fiscal year ending June 30 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 Cost of new work ......- $.- .--- -- --$ --- Cost of maintenance _______________________$26, 638. 86 $8, 862. 18 $12, 664. 66 $10, 944. 03 $2, 668. 85 Total expended-------- ------ 26, 669. 18 8, 862. 18 12, 664. 66 10, 944. 03 3, 373. 39 Allotted 17, 500.00 14, 762. 81 2, 476. 71 Balance unexpended July 1, 1933_------------------- --------- $5, 896. 68 Amount allotted from War Department Appropriation Act approved April 26, 1934 5, 000. 00 _------------------------------__ Amount to be accounted for-------------------- ----- 101,896. 68 Deductions on account of-- Revocation of allotment----------------------- $2, 391. 57 Revocation of impounded balance-------------------131. 72 2, 523. 29 Net amount to be accounted for------------------------- 8, 373. 39 Gross amount expended------------- 3, 373. 39 Balance unexpended June 30, 1934----------------5, 000. 00 Amount that can be profitably expended in fiscal year ending June , 30, 1936, for maintenance _ 15, 000. 00 1Exclusive of available funds. 1434 REPORT OF CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMY, 1934 CONTRIBUTED FUNDS Cost of new work to June 30, 1934_----____ ---- _____ -- ___ $361, 776. 74 Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1934-------- ---------------- 127, 259. 05 Total cost of permanent work to June 30, 1934.---- -____- 489,035. 79 Unexpended balance June 30, 1934 _____-____ -- __-________- 3, 464. 21 Total amount contributed to June 30, 1934 ____ ___________ 492, 500. 00 Fiscal year ending June 30 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 "%.C o f,. k...1. Cost of maintenance_. .. $26, 669. 18 ______............ $8, 862. 18 $9, 913. 60 828. 96 $4, 535. 79 $11, Total expended----------------------- 26, 669. 18 8, 862. 18 9, 913. 60 4, 828. 96 11, 535. 79 Contributed. __ _____ ______________ 2, 773. 92 4, 000. 00 13, 500. 00 15, 000. 00 _____ ---------------------------- Balance unexpended July 1, 1933_____________ $15, 000. 00 Gross amount expended________________________________________ 11, 535. 79 Balance unexpended June 30, 1934----------------------------- 3,464. 21 Amount that can be profitably expended in fiscal year ending June 30, 1936, for maintenance 1__________________________________ 15, 000. 00 CONSOLIDATED COST AND FINANCIAL SUMMARY FOR YUBA RIVER, CALIF Cost of new work to June 30, 1934_________________________ $723, 259. 02 Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1934____________________________ 254, 811. 75 Total cost of permanent work to June 30, 1934___________ 978, 070. 77 Value of plant, materials, etc., on hand June 30, 1934 ______.___ 704. 54 Net total cost to June 30, 1934____.____-_______._______ 978, 775. 31 Net total expenditures________-____________- - 978, 775. 31 Unexpended balance June 301,1934--__------------------____ 8,464. 21 Total amount appropriated and contributed to June 30, 1934_ 987, 239. 52 Fiscal year ending June 30 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 Cost of new work ----------------------------------------------------------------- -- Cost of maintenance------------------__ $53, 308. 04 $17, 724. 36 $22, 578. 26 $15, 772. 99 $14, 204. 64 Total expended----__--------------_ 53, 338. 36 17, 724. 36 22, 578. 26 15, 772. 99 14, 909. 18 Allotted and contributed---------------- 2, 773. 92 21, 500. 00 13, 500. 00 29, 762. 81 2, 476. 71 Balance unexpended July 1, 1933------- ______-______ ___ $20, 896. 68 Amount allotted from War Department Appropriation Act approved Apr. 26, 1934---------------- ---------- ---------- 5, 000. 00 Amount to be accounted for---------------------------25, 896. 68 Deductions : Revocation of allotment-_____________________ $2,391. 57 Revocation of impounded balance-____--------- 131. 72 2, 523.29 Net amount to be accounted for __________-----__--23, 373.39 Gross amount expended--- --- ------- 14, 909.18 Balance unexpended June 30, 1934-- ---- __ __--8, 464.21 Amount that can be profitably expended in fiscal year ending June 30, 1936, for maintenance _-- -- --- ---- 30, 000. 00 1 Excusive of available funds. CALIFORNIA DEBRIS COMMISSION 1435 3. CONTROL OF FLOODS, REMOVAL OF DEBRIS, AND IMPROVEMENT OF SACRAMENTO RIVER, CALIF. Location.-Forlocation of Sacramento River see page 1286. Previous projects.-The original project was adopted by the River and Harbor Act of June 25, 1910, and was formerly reported under the title "Alleviation of debris conditions in the Sacramento and Feather Rivers." The costs under this project were $250,328.71 from United States funds and $680,000 from contributed funds, a total of $930,328.71, all for new work, prior to beginning work under the existing project in 1917. The total expenditures were $680,000 each from United States funds and contributed funds. For further details of this work see Annual Report for 1917, page 1815 et seq. Existing project.-This provides for the enlargement of the river channel below the mouth of Cache Slough, for making two cut-offs between the mouth of the Feather River and Colusa, for the construc- tion of four bypass weirs and the reconstruction of another, for the construction of outfall gates at mouth of Butte Slough, and the construction of project levees. These items of work are features of the general plan of flood control described in the two project docu- ments, the remaining portions of which are being provided entirely at State and other local expense. The above work is subject to the following provisions, viz: (a) That the United States assume responsibility for the execution of and pay for all work of enlargement and rectification of the river channels and the construction of weirs, including future purchases of land and easements for spoil areas. (b) That in the future the United States contribute one-half the cost of construction of the project levees to the grade and with the cross section adopted by the California Debris Commission, pro- vided the remaining funds needed be placed at the disposal of the commission and the work be done by the latter. (c) That the limit set on the contribution of the United States by the act of March 1, 1917, be increased from $5,600,000 to $17,600,000, including what has already been appropriated. (d) That the annual appropriations be increased to $1,000,000, the limit set by existing law, so as to permit completion of the work within a reasonable time. (e), That the United States return to the State of California the amount which has been expended on the project by the California Debris Commission from funds contributed by the State at the time of the modification approved by the act of May 15, 1928. (f) That the United States do whatever work may be found neces- sary to maintain the increased capacity of the channels of the rivers, sloughs, and other waterways, including protection of their banks, and to insure the preservation of the weir structures in effective condition. (g) That the added contribution and the assumption by the United States of the increased responsibility be conditional on the passage of legislation by the State of California which shall provide for the execution of the remainder of the project at the expense of the State and other local interests, in general conformity with the suggestions contained in the report of California Debris Commission in Senate Document No. 23, Sixty-ninth Congress, first session, and which shall 1436 REPORT OF CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMY, 1934 also make illegal any levees, ditches, or other works in the bypasses or on the lands reserved for overflow that might reduce or impede the flood run-off, unless approved by the California Debris Com- mission. The estimate of cost for new work, made in 1925, is $20,791,500, exclusive of amounts expended under previous projects, of which the sum of $3,191,500, half of the estimated cost of future levee construc- tion, is to be contributed by local interests. The United States is to assume responsibility for the maintenance of all work in the river channels and of the weirs, estimated in 1925 to cost $100,000 annu- ally, and local interests are to assume responsibility for the main- tenance of all other parts of the project. The operation of the mov- able top of the Sacramento weir is to be undertaken by the State, in accordance with schedules to be established by the California Debris Commission. The existing project was adopted by the Flood Control Act of March 1, 1917 (H.Doc. No. 81, 62d Cong., 1st sess., as modified by R. and H. Com. Doc. No. 5, 63d Cong., 1st sess.), and modified by the Flood Control Act of May 15, 1928 (S.Doc. No. 23, 69th Cong., 1st sess.). For latest published map see the latter document. Local cooperation.-The Flood Control Act of March 1, 1917, pro- vides that no money shall be expended until assurances have been given, satisfactory to the Secretary of War that the State of Cali- fornia will contribute annually for the work, until its full equal share thereof shall have been contributed, sums equal to those ex- pended annually for the work by the United States; that the river levees contemplated in the project document will be constructed to such grade and section and within such time as may be required by the California Debris Commission; that all rights-of-way, easements, and lands shall be provided free of cost to the United States, and that no money paid or expenses incurred therefor shall be computed as a part of the contribution by the State of California toward the work of improvement. Such assurances were approved by the Sec- retary of War as satisfactory on July 13, 1917, and this local coop- eration, progressive with the work, is now in force. The Flood Control Act of May 15, 1928, requires the State of Cali- fornia or other local interests to contribute one-half the cost of construction of the project levees to the grade and with the cross section adopted by the California Debris Commission. One-half the cost of these project levees was estimated in 1925 to be $3,191,500. The added contribution and the assumption by the United States of the increased responsibility is conditional on the passage of legisla- tion by the State of California which shall provide for the execution of the remainder of the project at the expense of the State and other local interests, in general conformity with the suggestions contained in Senate Document No. 23, Sixty-ninth Congress, first session, and which shall also make illegal any levees, ditches, or other works, in the bypasses or on lands reserved for overflow, that might re- duce or impede the flood run-off unless approved by the California Debris Commission. The State of California Act of May 4, 1925, in conjunction with section 2 of the Reclamation Board Act, fulfills the above-required conditions. CALIFORNIA DEBRIS COMMISSION 1437 Terminal facilities.-See page 1287. Operations and results during fiscal year.-New work: Govern- ment plant and hired labor placed 72,085 cubic yards of material at a cost of $17,350.15, and contractors 657,301 cubic yards at a cost of $96,086 in levees along the Sacramento and American Rivers and Yolo Bypass. Stream flow was metered and automatic water- stage recorders installed at four weirs at a cost of $6,143.26. Surveys and preparation of plans cost $19,052.03. Contractors reconstructed a power transmission line 11/2 miles long at a cost of $3,059.33, and placed 45,753 cubic yards of rock revetment backfilling at a cost of $3,431.43, below Cache Slough. Maintenance: Government plant and hired labor were used to remove 24,950 cubic yards of material and 2,095 trees for bank protection work below Knights Landing; clear brush and trees from 50 acres of land in front of three weirs; and repair needles in Sacramento Weir, at a cost of $24,977.40. A contractor placed 14,491.7 tons of riprap along the river bank above Knights Landing at a cost of $44,549.43. Work done with funds allotted by the Federal Emergency Admin- istration of Public Works consisted of enlarging the Sacramento River Channel below Cache Slough by dredging; protecting the river banks and enlarging existing and constructing new levees along the Sacramento River and tributaries: New Work: United States hydraulic dredge removed 1,843,500 cubic yards of material at a cost of $138,308.45, and two hydraulic dredges, under contract, 3,372,900 cubic yards at a cost of $379,592.35, in enlarging the Sacramento River Channel below Cache Slough. Contractors placed 60,437.3 tons of riprap shore protection along the river bank at a cost of $107,102.16, and raised an electric power transmission line crossing a spoil area at $4,571.29; and hired labor repaired embankments and power lines on spoil area at a cost of $2,580.66, below Cache Slough. Hired labor planted grass on 64.8 acres of spoil area at a cost of $4,639.65. United States plant and hired labor placed 24,700 cubic yards of earth and 11,060 tons of rock at a cost of $7,348.36; and a dragline, on an hourly basis con- tract, placed 3,000 cubic yards of earth at a cost of 334.11 in the Colusa Weir levees. Levees totaling 623,380 cubic yards, were con- structed, under contract, at a cost of $139,967.81, and hired labor reshaped levees, constructed drains, etc., at a cost of $5,094.67, along the Sacramento and Feather Rivers and Yolo Bypass. Surveys were made and plans prepared for outfall gates at the mouth of Butte Slough at a cost of $1,049.44. Surveys along the Sacramento, American, and Feather Rivers and Yolo Bypass cost $28,180.60, and a general survey of Sacramento River below Cache Slough, $1,856.61. Maintenance: United States plant and hired labor removed 230 trees and snags, and moved 120,560 cubic yards of material at a cost of $14,564.45. Draglines on an hourly basis contract shaped 2,100 linear feet of river bank and placed 11,200 cubic yards of material behind rock revetment, at a cost of $4,258.19; and contractors placed 24,797 tons of riprap at a cost of $72,872.87; all for bank-protection work above Knights Landing. 1438 REPORT OF CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMY, 1934 Total cost of all work under this project was as follows: New work Maintenance Total United States funds: Regular appropriation _________________- _______ $61, 579. 37 $54, 526. 83 $116, 106. 20 Public Works funds__ ______--____---------- 820, 626. 16 91, 695. 51 912, 321. 67 Total United States funds_____ __________--- 882, 205. 53 146, 222. 34 1, 028, 427. 87 Contributed funds____-----_..------------------------ 83, 542. 83 15, 000. 00 98, 542. 83 Total all funds.-----------.. ..----- ...--------------965, 748. 36 ......--- 161, 222. 34 1, 126, 970. 70 The total expenditures were $977,413.04, of which $878,870.21 was United States funds, including $738,032.95 Public Works funds and $98,542.83 contributed funds. Condition at end of fiscal year.-The existing project is 67 percent completed. The total excavation under the existing and previous projects, for new work and maintenance, is 172,519,256 cubic yards, of which 139,287,880 cubic yards, including 2,272,850 cubic yards for mainte- nance, were excavated by United States hydraulic dredges, 20,317,996 cubic yards by contract hydraulic dredges, and 12,913,380 cubic yards by contract clamshell dredges. It is estimated that this has produced a channel with a capacity of 575,000 second-feet below Cache Slough. Cut-offs at Collins Eddy and between Wild Irishman and Kinneys Bends were made in 1918 and 1919, respectively. Sacramento Weir was completed in 1917, Fremont Weir in 1924, Tisdale and Moulton Weirs in 1932, and Colusa Weir in 1933. Outfall gates at Knights Landing were constructed in 1930. No work has been done on the construction of the outfall gates at the mouth of Butte Slough. For controlling depths, see report on Sacramento River navigation project, page 1287. The total cost of the existing project was as follows: New work Maintenance Total United States funds: Regularappropriation......----------------------- $12, 593, 553. 86 $473, 576. 78 $13, 067, 130. 64 Public Works funds-....-------------------------- 820, 626. 16 91, 695. 51 912, 321. 67 Total United States funds----------------_ 13, 414, 180. 02 565, 272. 29 13, 979, 452. 31 Contributed funds--.-----------.--------... -- 612, 184. 39 15, 000. 00 627, 184. 39 Total all funds.-___-___________ _--___-__ _ 14, 026, 364. 41 580, 272. 29 14, 606, 636. 70 The total expenditures on the existing project were $14,167,115.24, of which $13,539,930.85 were United States funds including $738,- 032.95 Public Works funds, and $627,184.39 contributed funds. Proposed operations.-The balance unexpended at the end of the year, amounting to $1,420,240.55 (including $366,810.51 contributed or to be contributed by local interests, and accounts receivable, $13,476.39), will be applied as follows: Accounts payable June 30, 1934 -____ ______ __________________ $29, 755. 64 Unaudited liabilities (including completion of existing contracts)__ 14, 050. 24 CALIFORNIA DEBRIS COMMISSION 1439 New work: Completion of enlargement of river channel below the mouth of Cache Slough to mouth of river, 15 miles, from October 1934 to May 1935, by U. S. hydraulic pipe-line dredge Sacra- mento, and attendant plant, including related miscellaneous work and surveys, by hired labor; also drydocking and overhauling (by contract) ; and expenses of plant while idle (hired labor) _.___-- ____--------__------- $180, 000. 00 Revetment work as shore protection, including reenforcement by fill with clamshell dredge, August to December 1934, in vicinity of preceding locality by contract----------------- 43, 000. 00 Construction of outfall gates at mouth of Butte Slough, near Sutter City, Calif., by contract, August to December 1934__ 90, 000. 010 Reconstruction of abutments at Tisdale Weir by contract, August to October 1934_ ------------_--------------- --- 5, 000. 00 ,Construction of levees under cooperative program with local interests: Along Cache and Lindsay Sloughs, and Miner Slough, 10 miles north of Rio Vista (Yolo Bypass) ; near Marysville, along south side:of Yuba River and east side of Feather River; along Sacramento River, from Colusa Weir to Moulton Weir, from Colusa southerly 45 miles, and north- erly from 8 to 21 miles above Colusa (including miscellane- ous surveys, plans, and estimates), by contract and hired labor, throughout the fiscal year (about 90 percent contract work) -------- ----------- 596, 000.00 Total for new work___ __ -------- 914, 000. 00 1Maitntenance: Repair and preservation of :structures for which the United States is responsible including weirs and outfall gates and their approach and talus channels and bank protection below Cache Slough. -By contract and with government plant and hired labor, August. 1934 to May 1935_ -__ _-- 160, 000. 00 Dredging by U. S. hydraulic pipe-line dredge Sacramento and attendant plant, September 1934; and maintenance of store- house, yards, and grounds at Rio Vista, Calif., during the fiscal year ______--_-- -24, 000. 00 Total for maintenance ---------- 184, 000. 00 Total application of funds above, including contributions__ 1, 141, 805. 88 3Balance remaining ______----------------- --- 278, 434. 67 Total _----------------------------- 1, 420. 240. 55 The balance unexpended at the end of the year from funds re- ceived under the National Industrial Re:overy Act, amounting to $1,302,295.57, including accounts receivable $5,328.52, and $535,000 contributed, or to be contributed by the State of California, will be applied as follows: Accounts payable, June 30', .1934_ ------------------------ -- - $179, 595. 57 iNew work: Completion of 2 contracts for dredging, in enlargement of river channel below the mouth of Cache Slough, including related miscellaneous work and surveys, July 1934 to February 1935---------------------------------------- 242, 000. 00 Construction of project levees, with surveys, plans, and esti- mates, under cooperative program with local interests (contributing one-half the cost), July 1934 to June 1935, by .contract (including completion of existing contracts) : Along east levee of Yolo Bypass below Sacramento; the south bank of American River, east of Sacramento; the Feather River, near Marysville; and the Sacramento River, from 5 miles below to 2 miles above Colusa; and care of drainage intercepted by east levee of Sutter Bypass -. 822, 000. 00 91536-ENG 1934--91 1440 REPORT OF CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMY, 1934 New work-Continued. Revetment work as shore protection, from Cache Slough to mouth of river, by contract, September and October 1934, with surveys, etc---------------------------------- $48, 000.00 Total for new work ------------------------------- , 112, 000. 00 Maintenance: Completion of 2 contracts for riprap bank protec- tion above Colusa and near Knights Landing, July to Sep- tember 1935 ------------ ------------------------------- 10, 700. 00 Grand total --------------------------------------- 1, 302, 295. 57 The additional sum of $1,805,000, including a balance of $227,744 remaining from prior appropriations and $805,000 to be contributed by local interests, can be profitably expended during the fiscal year 1936 as follows: New work: Construction of project levees, with surveys and plans under cooperative program with local interests (contributing one- half the cost), by contract: Along the flood-control project lines of the Sacramento, American, and Feather Rivers, and Yolo Bypass, during entire fiscal year (exact location to be determined by mu- tual agreement with contributing interests)------------------ $1, 510, 000 Maintenance: Dredging flood channels, from Cache Slough to mouth of river, by U. S. hydraulic dredge Sacramento, or San Joaquin, July to December 1935 ------------------------------ __ _ 125,; 000 Repair and preservation of structures for which the United States is responsible, including weirs and outfall gates and their approach and talus channels, and bank protection below Cache Slough. By contract and with Government plant and hired labor, July 1935 to June 1936 ----------------------- 170, 000 Total for maintenance--------------------------------295, 000 Total application of funds _______-- _-----_----__ 1, 805, 000 The above amount for maintenance is in excess of the average cost of maintenance during the preceding 5 years due to the in- creased amounts of bank-protection work necessary (for which local interests will contribute one-third of the cost), as the project ap- proaches completion, and as a practically negligible amount of such work has been done in past years. Cost and financ al summary MAINTENANCE AND IMPROVEMENT FUNDS Cost of new work to June 30, 1934_______________________ $12, 843, 882. 57 Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1934_.... _-_-__- 473, 576. 78 Total cost of permanent work to June 30, 1934---------- 13, 317, 459. 35 Value of plant, materials, etc., on hand June 30, 1934 -------- 180, 717. 80 Net total cost to June 30, 1934 ___..... ____ __- 13, 498, 177. 15 Plus accounts receivable June 30, 1934_-........... __ __.. 13, 476. 39 Gross total costs to June 30, 1934_....... ____ __ 13, 511, 653. 54 Minus accounts payable June 30, 1934_.......... __ -____- 29, 755. 64 Net total expenditures ---------------------------- 13, 481, 897. 90 Unexpended balance June 30, 1934--.----------------- - 1, 039, 953. 65 Total amount appropriated to June 30. 1934-----.. ... 14, 521, 851. 55 CALIFORNIA DEBRIS COMMISSION 1441 Fiscal year ending June 30 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 Cost of new work .. ..---------- $744, 353. 60 $863, 217. 18 $734, 435. 63 $1, 080, 457. 62 $61, 579. 37 Cost of maintenance .-------- 47, 446. 97 96, 865. 47 4, 818. 61 105, 161. 82 54, 526. 83 Total cost ..------------791, 800. 57 960, 082. 65 739, 254. 24 1,185, 619. 44 116,106. 20 Total expended__.. _ __ 15, 127, 607. 84 920, 654. 77 815, 624. 50 976, 812. 07 140, 837. 26 Allotted__ --------- _- 1, 000, 000. 00 1,000, 000. 00 .- - 1,719, 418. 40 -17, 466.85 1 Includes $4,370,000 refunded to State of California. ---------- Balance unexpended July 1, 1933--_________ $1, 198, 257. 76 Deductions on account of revocation of impounded balances_..- 17, 466. 85 Net amount to be accounted for___ -______----1,1__180, 790. 91 Gross amount expended --- __-__________--_ $289, 198.89 Less: Reimbursements collected_____- $138,199.19 Receipts from sales ___________- -10, 162.44 148, 361. 63 140, 837. 26 Balance unexpended June 30, 1934 _____ _______--- 1, 039, 953. 65 Outstanding liabilities June 30, 1934_______________ $18, 109. 62 Amount covered by uncompleted contracts--------25,696.26 43, 805. 88 Balance available June 30, 1934__ -___-__ -___-___- 996, 147. 77 Accounts receivable June 30, 1934 _______ 13, 476.39 Unobligated balance available June 30, 1934__----- ----- 1, 009, 624.16 Amount (estimated) required to be appropriated for completion -- -- - -- - -- of existing projects 1___________________________ 2, 191, 620. 00 Amount that can be profitably expended in fiscal year ending June 30, 1936: -- - - - - - - - - - - - For new work 1- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 527, 256. 00 For maintenance- ________________________________ __ 245, 000. 00 Total _ _ ------------------ 772, 256. 00 PUBLIC WORKS FUNDS Cost of new work to June 30, 1934__ ____- -- - $820, 626. 16 Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1934-------------__ ------- 91, 695. 51 Total cost of permanent work to June 30, 1934 ________ 912, 321.67 Value of plant, materials, etc., on hand June 30, 1934 -------- 12.51 Net total cost to June 30, 1934_-__ __-__----- 912, 334. 18 Plus accounts receivable June 30, 1934____________________ 5, 328. 52 Gross total costs to June 30, 1934--------------------- 917, 662. 70 Minus accounts payable June 30, 1934----- ---------- _ 179, 629. 75 Net total expenditures ------------------------------- 738, 032.95 Unexpended balance June 30, 1934_ ______-__________-- 761, 967.05 Total amount appropriated to June 30, 1934_ -____-___- 1, 500, 000. 0 1 Exclusive of available funds. 1442 REPORT OF CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMY, 1934 Fiscal year ending June 30 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 Cost of new work--..-... . .. ... . . .. . .. . .. . . . .. .. . . $820, 626. 16, Cost of maintenance _ _ 91, 695. 51 Total cost .-------------- 912, 321. 67 Total expended --- - -------------------------. --.......... -----. --------. ...... ...... . . 738, 032. 95 Allotted .-- ......... -------------------------------------------------------- 1,500, 000. 00 Amount allotted from National Industrial Recovery Act ap- proved June 16, 1933_ $1, 500, 000. 00 Gross amount expended ---------------------- $751, 201. 81 Less : Reimbursements collected ________ $12, 792. 06 Receipts from sales___ -_____ 376. 80 13, 168. 86 738, 032. 95 Balance unexpended June 30, 1934 ______ ___ ____----761, 967. 05 Outstanding liabilities June 30, 1934____----- $8. 391 75 Amount covered by uncompleted contracts--------- 677, 766. 04 686, 157. 79 Balance available June 30, 1934 ----------------------- 75, 809. 26 Accounts receivable June 30, 1934_.... 5, 328. 52 Unobligated balance available June 30, 1934---_,_------- 81, 137. 78 CONSOLIDATED COST AND FINANCIAL SUMMARY FOR UNITED STATES FUNDS Cost of new work to June 30, 1934__- -$13, 664, 508. 73 $------------ Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1934___- -565, _______-------- 272. 29 Total cost of permanent work to June 30, 1934__-- __ -14, 229, 781. 02 Value of plant, materials, etc., on hand June 30, 1934__ -____ 180, 730. 31 Net total cost to June 30, 1934____------------------ 14, 410, 511. 33 Plus accounts receivable June 30, 1934----------------------- 18,.804. 91 Gross total costs to June 30, 1934-..._____- 14, 429, 316. 24 Minus accounts payable June 30, 1934_ - -209, -___ _____-- 385. 39 Net total expenditures__ --------------------- ---- 14, 219, 930. 85 Unexpended balance June 30, 1934_ ______ ________.... 1, 801, 920. 70 Total amount appropriated to June 30, 1934_.----- 16, 021, 851. 55 -___ -Fiscal year ending June 30 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 $744, 353. 60 $863, 217. 18 $734, 435. 63 $1, 080, 457. 62 $882, 205. 53 Cost of new work .......... Cost of maintenance ------- 47, 446. 97 96, 865. 47 4, 818. 61 105, 161. 82 146, 222. 34 Total cost----------- 791, 800. 57 960, 082. 65 739, 254. 24 1, 185, 619. 44 1, 028, 427. 87 Total expended_ _---------I 15, 127, 607. 84 920, 654. 77 815, 624. 50 976, 812. 07 878, 870. 21 Allotted-.....---------- ------ 1, 000, 000. 00 1, 000, 000. 00 1, 719, 418. 40 1, 482, 533. 15 1 Includes $4,370,000 refunded to State of. California. CALIFORNIA DEBRIS: COMMISSION 1443 Balance unexpended July 1, 1933 $1, 198, 257.76 Amount allotted from National Industrial Recovery Act approved June 16, 1933___ --------- __-_____-_________ 1, 500, 000. 00 Amount to be accounted for ________-------__ ____ 2, 698, 257. 76 Deductions on account of revocation of impounded balances___. 17, 466. 85 Net amount to be accounted for_______________________ 2, 680, 790. 91 Gross amount expended______________________ $1,040, 400. 70 Less: Reimbursements collected- -__ $150, 991.25 Receipts from sales-- ----- ___- 10, 539. 24 161, 530. 49 878, 870. 21 Balance unexpended June 30, 1934___________________ 1, 801, 920. 70 Outstanding liabilities June 30, 1934------------_ $26, 501. 37 Amount covered by uncompleted contracts-----.. 703, 462. 30 729, 963. 67 Balance available June 30, 1934----- ------------- 1, 071, 957. 03 Accounts receivable June 30, 1934--------------------------- 18, 804. 91 Unobligated balance available June 30, 1934__-___ __ 1,090, 761. 94 Amount (estimated) required to be appropriated for completion - - - - -- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 2, 191, 620. 0 0 of existing project 1 Amount that can be profitably expended in fiscal year ending June 30, 1936: For new work _____________________________________ 527, 256. 00 - For maintenance __ -__ --- -__ 245, 000. 00 Total' __ 772, 256. 00 CONTRIBUTED FUNDS Cost of new work to June 30, 1934_______________ _____ $1,292, 184. 39 Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1934_ __-..... _ 15, 000. 00 Total cost of permanent work to June 30, 1934---------- 1, 307, 184. 39 Net total expenditures ___ -_-_ 1,307, 184. 39 Unexpended balance June 30, 1934 _-------------------- 322, 899. 81 Total amount contributed to June 30, 1934 ------------- 1, 630, 084. 20 Fiscal year ending June 30 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 Cost of new work.__- -- - $21, 754. 82 $154, 026. 44 $94, 335.46 $258, 627. 00 $83, 542. 83 Cost of maintenance- ....---. ------.--------- ... ------------- ----------- ---------------- 15, 000.00 Total cost 754.82 __----------------21, 154, 026.44 94, 335.46 258, 627.00 98, 542. 83 Total expended --- 21, 754. 82 154, 026. 44 94, 335. 46 258, 627. 00 83, 542. 83 Contributed------------------- 86, 384. 00 116, 116. 93 144, 627. 63 301, 660. 04 301, 295. 60 1Exclusive of available funds. 1444 REPORT OF CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMY, 1934 Balance unexpended July 1, 1933--------------------- ----- $120, 147. 04 Amount contributed by State of California__ 301, 295. 60 Amount to be accounted for----------------------- 421, 442. 64 Gross amount expended ----------------------------------- 98, 542. 83 Balance unexpended June 30, 1934--------------------322, 899. 81 Amount (estimated) required to be contributed for completion of existing project --------------------------------- 2, 291, 415. 80 Amount that can be profitably expended in fiscal year ending June 30, 1936: For new work -------------------------------------- 755, 000. 00 For maintenance 1------------------------------------- 50, 000. 00 Total '-------------------805, 000. 00 CONSOLIDATED COST AND FINANCIAL SUMMARY FOR SACRAMENTO RIVER, CALIF. Cost of new work to June 30, 1934------------------- --- $14, 956, 693. 12 Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1934------------------------580, 272.29 Total cost of permanent work to June 30, 1934----------15, 536, 965.41 Value of plant, materials, etc., on hand June 30, 1934--------- 180, 730. 31 Net total cost to June 30, 1934---------------------15, 717, 695. 72 Plus accounts receivable June 30, 1934----------------------- 18, 804. 91 Gross total costs to June 30, 1934----------------- 15, 736,500. 63 Minus accounts payable June 30, 1934-------------- ------- 209, 385.39 Net total expenditures 5, 527, 115. 24 1---------------------------- Unexpended balance June 30, 1934__ 2, 124, 820. 51 Total amount appropriated and contributed to June 30, 194 _.------------------------------------------_-- 17, 651, 935. 75 Fiscal year ending June 30 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 Cost of new work............-... $766, 108. 42 $1,017, 243. 62 $828, 771.09 $1, 339, 084. 62 $965, 748. 36 Cost of maintenance -- ------- 47, 446. 97 96, 865. 47 4, 818. 61 105, 161. 82 161, 222. 34 Total cost-----..............---------- 813, 555. 39 1, 114, 109. 09 833, 589. 70 1, 444, 246. 44 1, 126, 970. 70 Total expended-------........---.........---15, 149, 362. 66 1, 074, 681. 21 909, 959. 96 1, 235, 439. 07 977, 413. 04 Allotted and contributed--------...... 1, 086, 384. 00 1,116, 116. 93 144, 627. 63 2, 021, 078. 44 1, 783, 828. 75 I Includes $4,370,000 refunded to State of California. Balance unexpended July 1, 1933 ------------------------ $1, 318, 404. 80 Amount contributed by State of California-------- $301, 295. 60 Amount allotted from National Industrial Recovery Act approved June 16, 1933----------------- 1,500, 000.00 1, 801, 295.60 Amount to be accounted for----------------------- 3, 119, 700. 40 Deductions on account of revocation of impounded balances--_. 17, 466. 85 Net amount to be accounted for-------------------- 3, 102, 233. 55 1 Exclusive of available funds. MISSISSIPPI RIVER COMMISSION 1445 Gross amnount expended _____-_ $1, 138,943. 53 _--- Less: Reimbursements collected-------- $150, 991. 25 Receipts from sales------------- 0, 539. 24 161, 530. 49 $977, 413. 04 Balance unexpended June 30, 1934----------------------2, 124, 820. 51 Outstanding liabilities June 30, 1934_ _.-------_ $26, 501. 37 Amount covered by uncompleted contracts-------- 703, 462. 30 729, 963. 67 Balance available June 30, 1934-----------------------4_-- 1, 394, 856. 84 Accounts receivable June 30, 1934--------------- -------------- 18, 804. 91 Unobligated balance available June 30, 1934-------------- 1, 413, 661. 75 Amount (estimated) required to be appropriated for completion of existing project --------------------------------------- 4, 483, 035. 80 Amount that can be profitably expended in fiscal year ending June 30, 1936: For new work ----------------------------------------- 1, 282, 256.00 For maintenance 1---------------------------------------- 295, 000. 00 Total ------------------------------------------------ 1, 577, 256. 00 MISSISSIPPI RIVER COMMISSION Coqmmission headquarters.-Vicksburg (Miss.) Office, Johnston Circle, Vicksburg National Military Park. Address, P. 0. box 665. Commissioners.-The commissioners during the fiscal year were Brig. Gen. H. B. Ferguson, Corps of Engineers, president; Edward Flad, civil engineer; Col. Ernest Graves, United States Army, re- tired; Col. George R. Spalding, Corps of Engineers; and Leo O. Col- bert, commander, United States Coast and Geodetic Survey. The Mississippi River Commission, constituted by act of Con- gress of June 28, 1879, is in charge of the improvements of the Mississippi River from Head of Passes to the mouth of the Ohio River, including the rectification of Red and Atchafalaya Rivers at their junction with the Mississippi, the building of levees, and the improvement of the several harbors for which specific appro- priations have been made. It was charged with the survey of the Mississippi River from Head of Passes to its headwaters and with gaging the river and its tributaries. Act of Congress approved March 4, 1913, provided funds for levees from Cape Girardeau, Mo., to Rock Island, Ill., and acts approved July 27, 1916, and March 1, 1917, provided for continuation of levee work between those points and extended the jurisdiction of:the commission to include work on the Ohio River from its mouth to the mouth of the Cache River, and on the Arkansas River from its mouth to its intersection with the division line between Lincoln and Jefferson Counties, Ark. By act of Congress approved September 22, 1922, the jurisdiction of the commission was extended for purposes of levee and bank protection to the tributaries and outlets of the Mississippi River between Cairo, Ill., and Head of Passes, and by act of Congress approved March 4, 1923, jurisdiction was extended to include the tributaries and outlets of the Mississippi between Rock Island, Ill., 1 Exclusive of available funds. 1446 REPORT OF CHIEF: OF ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMY, 1934 and Head of Passes, insofar as they may be affected by the flood waters of the Mississippi River. By the act of May 15, 1928, the project authorized therein is to be prosecuted by the Mississippi River Commission under the direction of the Secretary of War and supervision of the Chief of Engineers and subject to the pro- visions of that act. Location.-The Mississippi River rises at Lake Itasca, Minn. It flows in a general southerly direction 2,434 miles, and empties into the Gulf of Mexico. (See Mississippi River Commission maps and. charts.) Previous projects.-The original project contained in the report- of the Mississippi River Commission, dated February 17, 1880, con- templated the permanent fixing and improvement of the channel to a depth of at least 10 feet at the extreme low water by the contrac-- tion of the low-water width to about 3,000 feet, the protection of the banks against caving, and the control of the flood water by means of levees. Existing project.-The existing project is to maintain a channel not less than 9 feet deep and not less than 300 feet wide from the' mouth of the Ohio River to Head of Passes, near the Gulf of' Mexico, a distance of 1,070 miles, by open-channel work and by dredging; to confine the river below Cairo to. a permanent position by bank revetment and contraction works; to maintain a navigable channel between the waters of the Mississippi, Red, and Atchafalaya Rivers; to control flood waters from Rock Island to Head of Passes by levees; and to make such surveys, examinations, and investiga- tions of the Mississippi River and its tributaries as may be deemed necessary for the execution of the project. Specific provisions were made by the River and Harbor Act of June 3, 1896, for constructing dredging plant and maintaining for low-water navigation below Cairo a channel of 250 feet width and 9 feet depth at all periods of the year, except when stopped by ice; by the act of June 4, 1906, for extending the limits of levee construction from the mouth of the Ohio River up to Cape Girardeau, Mo.; by the River and Har- bor Act of July 27, 1916, for similar further extension of limits of levee construction from Cape Girardeau, Mo., up to Rock Island, Ill.; for the extension of limits of construction of both levees and revetment up the Arkansas River from its mouth to its intersec- tion with the division line between Lincoln and Jefferson Counties;: and for the improvement of the Ohio River from its mouth to the mouth of Cache River; and by the Flood Control Act of March 1, 1917, for the construction of levees needed for flood control in ad- dition to those needed for navigation, in accordance with "plans of the Mississippi River Commission heretofore or hereafter adopted,, to be paid for as appropriations may from time to time be made by law, not to exceed in the aggregate $45,000,000 ", subject to the provision that not more than $10,000,000 shall be expended therefor during any one fiscal year. The jurisdiction of the commission was extended by the River and Harbor Act approved September 22, 1922, for the purpose of levee 1The River and Harbor Act of Jan. 21, 1927, adopted a project providing for a chan- nel 35 feet deep at low water and 300 feet wide between Baton Rouge and New Orleans, La., a distance of 132 miles (H. Doc. No. 105. 69th Cong., 1st sess.). This work is under the jurisdiction of the first New Orleans engineer district. MISSISSIPPI RIVER COMMISSION 1447 protection and bank protection to the tributaries and outlets of the Mississippi River between Cairo, Ill., and Head of Passes, insofar as these tributaries and outlets are affected by the flood waters of the Mississippi River. The act approved March 4, 1923 (Public, No. 528, 67th Cong.), provides for continuing the improvement of the Mississippi River in accordance with the Flood Control Act approved March 1, 1917, " and a sum not to exceed $10,000,000 annu- ally is hereby authorized to be appropriated for that purpose for a period of 6 years beginning July 1, 1924 ", and also provides that any funds which may hereafter be appropriated under authority of this act, and which may be allotted to works of flood control, may be expended upon any part of the Mississippi River between Head of Passes and Rock Island, Ill., and upon the tributaries and outlets of said river insofar as they may be affected by the flood waters of said river. The project was further modified by the Flood Control Act ap- proved May 15, 1928, in accordance with the plan set forth in House Document No. 90, Seventieth Congress, first session. This act author- ized the appropriation of $325,000,000 for the purpose of carrying out the project recommended therein, which proposes to protect the alluvial valley of the Mississippi, consisting of the St. Francis, the Yazoo, the Tensas, and the Atchafalaya Basins, as well as the allu- vial lands around Lake Pontchartrain, from the maximum flood pre- dicted as possible. This is to be done by raising existing levees about 3 feet and strengthening them greatly and by permitting flood waters in excess of what the leveed channel will safely carry to find their way to the Gulf through the natural floodways in the lowlands of the basins adjacent to the river, which lowlands have always car- ried extraordinary flood waters. Protecting levees are planned on the edges of these natural floodways so as to restrain the waters within them so far as practicable and to protect the good lands out- side. These protecting levees are to be located so as to reclaim the maximum amount of land that is economically justified, and where there are already such levees (for example, in the Atchafalaya Basin), the project contemplates using the same levees but strength- ening them. The flood waters will not escape into the floodways until they have reached a dangerous stage in the main leveed chan- nel. This insures that the lands within the floodways will be sub- ject to overflow only during extraordinary floods. In general, the lands within the floodways will be protected from all floods except those extraordinary floods which occur on an average of only once in from 10 to 15 years. A- limited area in the St. Francis Basin in southeast Missouri, and the city of Cairo, Ill., is to be given addi- tional safety by a floodway between Birds Point and New Madrid, Mo., which will, during extraordinary floods only, become an ad- junct of the main channel and thereby widen the river and hold ,down stages. The city of New Orleans is to be given adequate pro- tection by a controlled spillway at Bonnet Carre emptying into Lake Pontchartrain from the river above the city. The adopted project also provides for revetting to stabilize the river channel and prevent excessive caving of banks; this, supple- mented by contraction works and dredging, will insure a navigable channel not less than 300 feet wide and 9 feet deep. 1448 REPORT OF CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMY, 1934 The Flood Control Act, in addition to the plan for control of floods in the alluvial valley, made provision by section 6 for flood- control work on the Mississippi River between Rock Island, Ill., and Cape Girardeau, Mo., and on tributaries and outlets, insofar as they are affected by backwater of the Mississippi; and by section 7 for an emergency fund to be used in rescue work or in the repair or mainte- nance of any flood-control work on any tributaries threatened or destroyed by flood, including the flood of 1927; and for examinations, surveys, and projects to be made as speedily as possible for flood control on the tributary streams. Section 7 was amended by act approved June 19, 1930, providing for reimbursement of levee districts or others for expenditures here- tofore incurred or made in repair, etc., of flood-control works de- stroyed, etc., by the flood of 1927 or subsequent flood or caving banks on any tributaries or outlets of the Mississippi River. In accordance with section 7 of the act dated May 15, 1928, author- izing appropriation of $5,000,000 for rescue work or in repair or maintenance of flood-control work on tributaries of Mississippi River, the sum of $3,689,291 has been appropriated as follows: Deficiency Act approved May 291, 1928------------------------ $1, 000, 000, War Department Appropriation Act approved Feb. 28, 1929 .--------- 800, 0, 000 War Department Appropriation Act approved May 28, 1930-------- 400, 000 War Department Appropriation Act approved Feb. 23, 193.1-------- 400, 000 War Department Appropriation Act approved July 14, 1932.---- 400, 000 War Department Appropriation Act approved Mar. 4, 1933-------- 348, 000 War Department Appropriation Act approved Apr. 26, 1934------- 341, 291 Total___-------------------------------------------- 3, 689, 291 Recommended modifications of project.-Under date of January 28, 1931, a report was transmitted to Congress recommending certain flood-control works at the city of Hickman, Ky. (IH. Doc. No. 729, 71st Cong., 3d sess.). Included in Public Works program. Under date of March 4, 1931, a report was transmitted to Con- gress on a review of existing projects for flood control and naviga- tion of the Mississippi River in its alluvial valley as shown by Public Document No. 391, Seventieth Congress (H. Doc. No. 798, 71st Cong., 3d sess.). Under date of December 16, 1931, a report was transmitted to Con- gress on the Mississippi River below Cape Girardeau, Mo., made in compliance with section 11 of the Flood Control Act of May 15, 1928 (H. Doc. No. 188, 72d Cong., 1st sess.). References to published articles not previously reported: Engi- neering News-Record issues of June 22 to August 10, 1933. Local cooperation.-The Flood Control Act approved May 15, 1928, provides as follows: Section 2 provides that no local contribution to the project therein adopted is required. Section 3 reads in part as follows: Except when authorized by the Secretary of War upon the recommendation of the Chief of Engineers, no money appropriated under authority of this act shall be expended on the construction of any item of the project until the States or levee districts have given assurances satisfactory to the Secretary of War that they will (a) maintain all flood-control works after their completion, ex- cept controlling and regulating spillway structures, including special relief levees; maintenance includes normally such matters as cutting grass, removal MISSISSIPPI RIVER COMMISSION 1449 of weeds, local drainage, and minor repairs of main river levees; (b) agree to accept land turned over to them under the provisions of section 4; (c) provide without cost to the United States all rights-of-way for levee foundations and levees on the main stem of the Mississippi River between Cape Girardeau, Mo., and the Head of Passes. Section 6 provides as follows: Funds appropriated under authority of section 1 of the act may be expended for the prosecution of such works for the control of the floods of the Mississippi River as have heretofore been authorized and are not included in the present project, including levee work on the Mississippi River between Rock Island, Ill., and Cape Girardeau, Mo., and on the outlets and tributaries of the Mississippi River between Rock Island and Head of Passes insofar as such outlets or tributaries are affected by the backwaters of the Mississippi: Provided, That for such work on the Mississippi River between Rock Island, Ill., and Cape Girar- deau, Mo., and on such tributaries, the States or levee districts shall provide rights-of-way without cost to the United States; contribute 331/3 percent of the costs of the works, and maintain them after completion: And provided further, That not more than $10,000,000 of the sums authorized in section 1 of this act shall be expended under the provisions of this section. The act approved April 23, 1934 (Pub., No. 171, 73d Cong.), pro- vides as follows: * * * That the Secretary of War is authorized, out of any money avail- able for carrying out the provisions of the act entitled "An act for the control of floods on the Mississippi River and its tributaries, and for other purposes ", approved May 15', 1928, to purchase from, or to reimburse States or local levee districts for the cost of, any levee rights-of-way or easements for the building of levees in the Mississippi Valley for which the United States was or is under obligation to pay under the provisions of the act of May 15, 1928, regardless of whether said States or local levee districts have furnished such rights-of-way in the past and regardless of the conditions under which such levee rights-of- way were furnished, or may be furnished in the future: Provided, That after careful investigation the prices are found to be reasonable: And provided further, That payments or reimbursements for levee rights-of-way or easements conveying the 'privilege of building levees may be made as soon as they have been acquired in conformity with local custom or legal procedure in such matters and to the satisfaction of the Chief of Engineers. The requirements of the above provisions as to local cooperation have been and are being fully complied with. Terminal facilities.-See Port Series No. 5, port of New Orleans, La., 1924 (revised 1932), and Transportation Series, Report No. 2, Transportation in the Mississippi and Ohio Valleys. Operations and results during fiscal ;year--Sessions of the com- mission.-The two hundredth session of the commission (Sept. 21-22, 1933) was held in the offices of the commission located in Vicksburg National Military Park, Vicksburg, Miss.; the two hundred and first session (Jan. 7-15, 1934) was held on the steamer Mississippi from Cairo, Ill. (0.0), to Vicksburg, Miss. (602) ,1 and on the steamer Gen. John Newton from Vicksburg, Miss., to New Orleans, La. (968)1 via Atchafalaya River and Bayou Plaquemine; and the two hundred and second session (May 1-8, 1934) was held on the steamer Inspector from Cairo, Ill., to Vicksburg, Miss., and on the steamer Gen. John Newton from Vicksburg, Miss., to New Orleans, La., via Atchafalaya River from Simmesport, La., to intracoastal canal at Morgan City, La., to Harvey Lock, La. (972)1. Public hearings were given to representatives of navigation, levee, commercial, and other interests at two of these sessions. 1 Distance in miles below Cairo. 1450 REPORT OF CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMY, 1934 Surveys, gages, and observations.-Gages were maintained and discharge, slope, and sediment observations made. Surveys were made over important works and along caving banks. Floodway, levee repair, and setback, revetment, dike, hydrographic, aerial, and construction surveys were also made. Observations were made in connection with the progress of cut-offs and channel rectification and stabilization on the Mississippi River and Atchafalaya Basin. Pub- lication of the map of the alluvial valley lower Mississippi River scale 1: 62,500 was continued. Bank protection and regulations.-Below Cairo 28,496 linear feet (5.4 miles) of new revetment and 793 linear feet of permeable pile dikes protecting 1,700 linear feet of bank were constructed and placed for bank protection; in addition, about 16,842,800 square feet of mattress and 1,226 linear feet of permeable pile dikes were con_ structed and placed as repairs to and renewals of old bank-pro- tection work. A total of 5 permeable pile dikes (aggregate length of 4,878 linear feet) and 6,500 linear feet of sand dikes under con- traction works program, Mississippi River, were constructed; in addition, 2,980 linear feet of permeable pile dikes were constructed for repairs to or renewals of existing contraction works. Levees.-A total of 126,368,330 cubic yards of material was placed in levees during the fiscal year, of which 122,083,871 cubic yards were placed under section 1 on the main river; 2,720,481 cubic yards under section 6 on the upper Mississippi or on tributaries; and 1,563,978 cubic yards under sections 6 and 7 of the act of May 15, 1928 (repairs of flood damage). Floodways and spillway.-The intercepting drainage ditch and set-back levee of the Bird's Point-New Madrid floodway and the appurtenant structures have been completed, except the closing of a small gap in the levee at the Missouri-Pacific Railroad crossing; all rights-of-way have been secured except a small section at the same railroad crossing on which condemnation proceedings have been filed. Boeuf Basin levee location surveys were continued as were hydraulic and other studies; plans and estimates for protection work on the east bank of Ouachita River at Monroe, La., and vicinity com- menced during fiscal year 1933, were completed; construction work under these plans was approximately 60 percent completed during the fiscal year 1934. All work in connection with the Bonnet Carre Spillway structure was completed on February 10, 1931; side levees have been raised to final grade and normal settlement in the swamp sections restored to project grade and section; extensive clearing was done in the wooded area to provide for efficient distribution of flow; gaps remain in the levees for highway and railroads, where bridges are now under construction, all right-of-way matters, except two minor cases in process of settlement, having been disposed of. Atcha- falaya Basin studies were continued; experimental dredging opera- tions were carried on throughout the greater part of the year to develop a main channel below the leveed section of the Atchafalaya River and improve the discharge of floodwaters; construction of protection levees on the east and west sides of the basin was con- tinued. Dredging operations-Chamnel maintenance dredging.-During the dredging season of 1933, ending June 30, 1934, 9 dredges were operated on Mississippi River on 67 crossings from Muscovalley to MISSISSIPPI RIVER COMMISSION 1451 mouth of White River, 25 to 392 miles below Cairo, in the Memphis District, a total of 29,673,173 cubic yards of material was moved; 1 dredge and 2 pump barges were operated in the Vicksburg District on 2 crossings, Indian Point (404)1 and Shipland Point (549)1 mov- ing a total of 902,570 cubic yards; and 1 dredge was operated in the second New Orleans District on one crossing, Buckridge (634)1 mov- ing a total of 208,215 cubic yards of material. With the exception of the dredging at Indian Point, Shipland, and Buckridge, no other channel maintenance dredging was required in the Vicksburg or Second New Orleans Districts in Mississippi River. Harbor dredging.-Dredgingwas also done in Memphis Harbor, 227 miles below Cairo, where 423,173 cubic yards of material were moved. Corrective, channel improvement, and miscellaneous dredging, Mississippi River.-Memphis District, 1,909,184 cubic yards; Vicks- burg district, 6,990,683 cubic yards; and second New Orleans District 14,041,570 cubic yards. Dredging in connection with cut-offs.-Dredging and excavation work to produce cut-offs and thereby straighten the river channel and lower flood heights was done at seven points on the Mississippi River, i. e.: In the Vicksburg District at four points using 4 pipe-line dredges and 10 levee machines; Leland Neck (472)1 (began through natural erosion on June 3, 1933), 272,000 cubic yards moved, con- tinuous flow from July 8, 1933; Worthington Point (505) , 10,580,265 cubic yards, opened December 22, 1933; Willow Point (564)1, 7,493,091 cubic yards, opened April 8, 1934; Marshall Point (587)1, 5,341,908 cubic yards, opened March 12, 1934; in the second New Orleans District at 3 points using 5 agitator dredges, 5 drag-line excavators, 4 pipe-line dredges, and 1 bucket dredge; Diamond Point (613), 1 422,864 cubic yards, opened January 8, 1933; Giles Bend (Cowpen Point) (690), 1 5,373,447 cubic yards, opened May 25, 1933; and Glasscock (723),1 8,813,679 cubic yards opened March 26, 1933. In the lower Atchafalaya River, 3 agitator dredges, 3 pipe-line dredges, and 2 bucket dredges were engaged in experimental correc- tive dredging and chahnel improvement, at the following locations: Butte La Rose cut (64) ,2 991,824 cubic yards; Little Devil cut (75) ,2 743,579 cubic yards; Splice Island and Splice Island Chute (79),2 1,131,589 cubic yards; and Tensas Bay (75 to 77),2 650,300 cubic yards; in addition to the above, 1,175,418 cubic yards of material were moved from eight other locations ...in improving the Atchafalaya Basin Channel. Two cut-off channels in the Atchafalaya Basin were deepened and widened during the fiscal year, 3 pipe-line dredges, 1 bucket dredge, and 2 drag-line excavators were engaged in the work; the location and work done on the two cut-offs are as follows: Bayou Chene cut-off (82),2 1,739,174 cubic yards, opened March 4, 1933; and Cow Island cut-off (72),2 685,631 cubic yards, opened December 23, 1932. Sand traps in the Atchafalaya Basin were made at three locations, Cowpen Bayou spillway (mile 8 below head of Grand River), Lake Long (mile 3 below head of Lake Long), and Grand River (mile 6 below head of Grand River), a total of 714,247 cubic yards of material was moved in connection with these projects by two bucket dredges. 1Distance in miles below Cairo. 2 Distance in miles below head of Atchafalaya River. 1452 REPORT OF CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMY, 1934 Waterways experiment station.-Experiments conducted included investigations relative to the placement and location of contraction works, tests on various proposed types of revetment, tests of the effects of various cut-offs, tide and wave studies as related to the maintenance and development of harbors, investigations aimed to determine critical tractive forces for movement of bed materials found in the Mississippi River and its tributaries, and experiments for the determination of methods applicable to the problem of di- verting the bed load of the Mississippi River as desired. The soils and sediment investigations have included the following: studies of the location of the hydraulic gradients in levees, study of subsid- ence in levees, sediment investigations, investigation of proposed core material for an earth-fill dam. Thirteen studies were under- taken for engineer districts outside the lower Mississippi Valley di- vision, as follows: Detroit, 1; Cincinnati, 1; St. Louis, 2; first New Orleans, 2; Savannah, 1; Galveston, 3; Charleston, 1; Jacksonville, 1; Fort Peck, 1. These experiments included such problems as studies of methods of channel improvement for navigation, determi- nation of effects of jetties and breakwaters in harbors, methods for restoring original water levels in one of the Great Lakes, channel improvement at Head of Passes and in Southwest Pass, Mississippi River, determination of the physical properties of proposed core material for the Fort Peck Dam. Research and experimentation were continued for the solution of general problems relating to the control and improvement of the Mississippi River system. Costs and expenditures during the year, exclusive of receipts from, sales, etc. Costs Net expenditures New work Maintenance New work Maintenance REGULAR FUNDS United States funds (specific appropriations) New project: Tributary levees and above Cairo (sec. 6, Flood Control Act approved May 15, 1928): Rock Island engineer district........ $43. 21 $543. 21 St Louis engineer district-........... 268, 455. 74 289, 134. 79 Memphis engineer district .......... i -71.43 11, 964. 05 Vicksburg engineer district..- .... _ 45, 021.62 -------------- 52, 135. 72 Mississippi levees, including levee work around Cairo and certain levees neces- sary to keep water out of St. Francis Basin (Memphis engineer district) .... 3, 607, 026. 47 $224, 231.75 3, 893, 956. 64 $180, 682.14 Mississippi levees (Vicksburg engineer district)------------------------------- 3, 059, 245. 71 185, 650. 29 2, 991, 947. 49 180, 957. 62 Mississippi levees (second New Orleans district) ---..--- _-..----- ...-- 2, 502, 407. 56 ------. 446, 295. 04 2, 497, 797. 10 558, 728. 11 South bank Arkansas (levees), Vicks- burg engineer district__ ___ 180, 106. 51 .......-.....-.- 120, 251. 80 Boeuf Basin levees (Vicksburg engineer district) ------------------------------ 116. 85 621.92 South bank Red (levees), second New Orleans district.. _ 182, 547. 07 ............... 182, 547. 07 24,032.54 Atchafalaya River levees (second New Orleans district) ............. 114, 748. 47 ...............- 114, 748. 47 4, 827. 34 Atchafalaya Basin protection levees (second New Orleans district)-......... 2, 931, 605. 39 106, 552. 56 I 2, 826, 552. 14 ............. South bank Red rights-of-way (levees), second New Orleans district-....--.. ' 655, 519. 81 ------.....---- 648, 100. 00 _ Atchafalaya River rights-of-way (levees), second New Orleans district....-------- 15, 610. 37 ------------............15, 610.37 7, 414. 81 Rights-of-way protection levees (second New Orleans district)--------------.......... 2, 641.32 --------------- 300.00 .. Flowage floodways (Memphis engineer district)------------------------------- 607, 214. 50 .... ... 612, 188. 77 ............. 1 Minus cost is accounted for by reducing current fiscal year cost instead of total cost to June 30, 1933, although the decrease is applicable to costs incurred in prior fiscal years. It is necessary that such decrease be reflected in current fiscal year costs in order to balance on form no. 90. MISSISSIPPI RIVER COMMISSION 1453 Costs and expenditures during the year, exclusive of receipts from sales, etc.- Continued Costs Net expenditures New work Maintenance New work Maintenance REGULAR FUNDS-continued UnitediStatesfunds (specific appropriations)- Continued New project--Continued. Drainages, Birds Point-New Madrid Floodway (Memphis engineer dis- trict) _---------------------------. . -$1, 632. 64 Rights-of-way and flowage, Bayou des Glaises set-back (second New Orleans district)---------------------------- $17, 453. 62-------------- 19, 873. 40 Construction Bonnet Carre (second New Orleans district)-........... ..... 124, 086. 80 ............. 116,181.42 Rights-of-way, flowage, and damages Bonnet Carre (second New Orleans district)...............------------------- 4, 361, 416. 88 4, 369, 201. 52 Revetments: Memphis engineer district ....... $35, 897. 10 -233, 170. 51 -$514, 066.50 Vicksburg engineer district ........ 68, 534. 94 261, 537.90 77, 478. 87 305, 321. 88 Second New Orleans district ......-- 822, 048. 78 36, 813. 96 578, 145. 25 Waterways experiment station (expendi- tures from revolving fund, reimburse- ments being made quarterly). --------- -42, 630. 62 *-14, 210. 20 Dredging: Memphis engineer district-........._ 1, 517, 683. 29 1, 755, 398. 04 Vicksburg engineer district........ 39, 670. 84 52, 142. 60 Second New Orleans district-....... 222, 452. 83 638, 553. 18 Contraction works: Memphis engineer district ....... 281, 671.18 11, 854. 61 81, 494. 38 -21, 978. 77 Vicksburg engineer district-........ 3, 483. 47 - - - - - - - - Mapping: - ---- --.-- Memphis engineer district.......... 793. 87 2, 378. 41 .. Vicksburg engineer district-......... 38, 833. 43 38, 824. 38 Second New Orleans district-..... 4, 926. 38 4, 918. 99 Surveys, gages, and observations: Rock Island engineer district.....---- 237. 53 237. 53 St. Louis engineer district- ........ 1 -3, 926. 19 3, 340. 58 Memphis engineer district ......- . 57, 720. 47 53, 081. 93 Vicksburg engineer district........-- 164, 420. 50 166, 116. 78 Second New Orleans district-........ 168, 231. 71 165, 667. 42 Office, Chief of Engineers (allotment for Mississippi River Commission work), revolving fund, reimbursed quarterly)_ 875.96 291.98 Mississippi River commission (expendi- tures from revolving fund for office of president, Mississippi River Commis- sion, reimbursements being made quarterly)...... -59, 367. 98 -19, 789. 33 Total....----- --.-.-. . ..-- . -... 22, 058, 496. 03 1, 308, 833. 21 22, 048, 991. 90 692, 211. 62 Total, new work and maintenance.-- ........--------------- 23, 367, 329. 24 --------------- 22, 741, 203. 52 Contributedfunds New project: Flood control, tributary levees and above Cairo (sec. 6, Flood Control Act ap- proved May 15, 1928): Rock Island engineer district......-- 1 -43. 56 -- -43. 56 - 4------------- St. Louis engineer district........... 144, 775. 22 ---------------- 144, 775. 22 ..------------- Memphis engineer district-.......... 5, 913. 75 -------------- 5, 913. 75 Vicksburg engineer district-......... 189.18 --------------- 189. 18 Improvement of Mississippi River (levees): Memphis engineer district-- ......-- 6, 991. 18 .. ........--------------- 6, 991.18 Vicksburg engineer district-----.......... 1, 200. 58 ......-------------- 1, 200. 58 ------------- Total............................- 159, 026. 35 -- - 159, 026. 35 Consolidated total of regular specific ap- propriations and contributed'funds.... 22, 217, 522. 38 1, 308, 833. 21 22, 208, 018. 25 692, 211. 62 Total-New work and maintenance_ __ --- ___ 23, 526, 355. 59 --------------- 22, 900, 229. 87 1 Minus cost is accounted for by reducing current fiscal year cost instead of total cost to June 30, 1933, although the decrease is applicable to costs incurred in prior fiscal years. It is necessary that such decrease be reflected in current fiscal year costs in order to balance on form no. 90. 1454 REPORT OF CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMY, 1934 Costs and expenditures during the year, exclusive of receipts from sales, etc.-- Continued Costs Net expenditures New work IMaintenance New work Maintenance PUBLIC WORKS ADMINISTRATION FUNDS United States funds (specific appropriations) New project: Tributary levees and above Cairo (sec. 6, Flood Control Act approved May 15, 1928), Memphis engineer district_ -- $8, 669. 95 $8,669.95 I. Mississippi levees, including levee work around Cairo and certain levees nec- ; essary to keep water out of St. Francis Basin (Memphis engineer district) ...-- 6, 449, 444. 36 $718. 92 5, 332, 377. 96 $711. 81 Mississippi levees (Vicksburg engineer district) _---------------------------- 459, 831. 18 149, 913. 78 383, 634. 54 138, 459. 28 Mississippi levees (second New Orleans district)--------------- 1, 786, 573. 26 3, 708. 47 1, 724, 289. 40 ............. Boeuf Basin levees (Monroe Circle), Vicksburg engineer district...-------- 700, 891. --- 28 ----------- 650, 493.06 .............. South bank Arkansas (levees), Vicks- burg.engineer district-....---------- 1, 374. 26 -------------- 1,175. 28 Atchafalaya Basin protection levees (second New Orleans district). ----- _. 1, 194, 884. 54 7, 938. 07 1, 149, 290. 34 Bonnet Carre floodway clearing and cleaning (second New Orleans district)_ 89, 947. 84 89, 947. 84 Revetments: Memphis engineer district.....----- 1, 305, 335. 09 2, 841,949, 84 1, 416, 278. 70 3, 083, 494.09 Vicksburg engineer district..-------- 1, 254, 562. 09 1, 663, 778. 89 1, 287, 839. 70 1, 711, 321. 23 Second New Orleans district .------ 257, 582. 54 1, 015, 132. 42 257, 582. 54 1, 160, 296. 92 Waterways experiment station (expen- ditures from revolving fund, reim- bursements being made quarterly).. -- -----------... 358, 030. 98 354. 66 118. 22 Dredging: Vicksburg engineer district.--------- 2, 836, 390. 60 2, 728, 190. 57 Second New Orleans district .------ 2, 398, 875. 10 ------- 00 2, 263, 800. 39 Contraction works (Memphis engineer d is t r i c t ) . . ._. . 76, 276. 21 96, 247. 44 451, 773. 46 Surveys, gages, and observations (Vicks- burg engineer district) ..---------- 6, 985. 87 -.----------- 5,666. 63 -- - - - - - - Total....... . -------------------- 18, 827, 624.17 6,041,171. 37 17, 395, 839.00 6, 546,175.01 Total--New work and maintenance_ _-___ 24, 868, 795. 54 --- --- - 23, 942, 014. 01 Contributedfunds Flood control, tributary levees and above Cairo (sec. 6, Flood Control Act approved May 15, 1928), Memphis engineer district. 4,334.97 - - -- - 4,334.97 . ------------ Total---.......------------------------- 4,334.97 - - -- 4,334.97 ----------- Consolidated total of United States and contributed funds for National Industrial Recovery Act work...... 18, 831, 959. 14 6, 041, 171. 37 17, 400,173. 97 6, 546, 175.01 Total-New work and maintenance.-- .- 24, 873, 130. 51 --_ _ 23, 946, 348. 98 Grand consolidated total of regular and National Recovery Administra- tion, United States, and contributed funds.........---....------------------ 41, 049, 481 52 7, 350, 004. 58 39, 608, 192. 22 7, 238, 386. 63 Grand total-New work and mainte- nance...------------------------------.. . ---- 48, 399, 486. 10 -- ....----------- 46, 846, 578. 85 UNITED STATES FUNDS (PERMANENT APPRO- PRIATIONS, ETC.) Gaging waters of the Mississippi River and 1----t-- its tributaries (Memphis engineer district)_ 7, 415. 23 7, 430. 90 Removing sunken vessels or craft obstruct- ing or endangering navigation, indefinite (Memphis engineer district).....-------.... 551. 49 2,152.56 7,I96. -. 9. 53.4 Total.......--..........----........ 7, 966. 721 - 9, 583. 46 MISSISSIPPI RIVER COMMISSION 1455 Condition at end of fiscal yeavr.-The general survey of the Mis- sissippi River from Head of Passes, La., to its headwaters at Lake Itasca, Minn., a distance by river of 2,434 miles, has been completed and maps of the river published. A resurvey from Cairo, Ill., to the Head of Passes, La., a distance of 1,070 miles, has been completed and maps published. Surveys in connection with topographic quad- rangle map of alluvial valley lower Mississippi River from Cape Giradeau, Mo., at head of St. Francis Basin to the Gulf of Mexico, have been made and the map is now in process of publication. Special surveys, including surveys of the Atchafalaya River and portions of the Red and Black Rivers, have been made. Various discharge, gage, sediment, and other observations have been made on the Mis- sissippi River and tributaries and the Gulf of Mexico. Works for the improvement of the channel have been executed at various places below Cairo and levees built for flood control from Rock Island, Ill., to near Head of Passes, La., 484 miles above to 1,070 miles below Cairo. Effective revetment below Cairo is now in place and in good condition on about 163 miles of river bank; about 5 miles of permeable dikes and about one-fourth mile of pile and rock groins for bank protection and about 34.2 miles of permeable dikes for channel regulation are also in place. There are 2,454 miles of levee (1,873 miles, sec. 1, main river, and 581 miles, sec. 6, upper river and tributaries), with earthwork aggregating 869,989,144 1 cubic yards (795,135,412 1 cubic yards, sec. 1, and 74, 853,732 cubic yards, sec. 6). The existing levee system protects a total of about 27,413 square miles (26,267 square miles, sec. 1, and 1,146 square miles under sec. 6 of act approved May 15, 1928) of land against ordinary floods. About 77.7 percent of the total yardage required to complete the levees under section 1 of the adopted grade and section is now in place; and about 86.1 percent of the total yardage required to com- plete the levees under section 6 to the approved grade and section is now in place. As a result of dredging, there is now, with rare exceptions, a good navigable channel at all stages, with a depth of 9 feet or more over a width of at least 300 feet for a distance of 842 miles below Cairo and a depth of not less than 35 feet over a width of several hundred feet for the remaining 240 miles to the Gulf of Mexico. The neces- sary plant required for surveys, dredging, and bank protection has been constructed and maintained. 1 Includes 65,939,404 cubic yards to be abandoned in course of construction. 91536-ENG 194 - -92 1456 REPORT OF CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMY, 1934 Cost and expenditures to June 30, 1934 Cost of new Cost of main- Total cost Total net ex- work tenance penditures United States funds (specific appropria- tions) Old project: River and harbor funds: Prior to Flood Control Act of Mar. 1, 1917-------------- $70, 514, 307. 01 $23,140,164. 37 $93, 654,471. 38 $93, 654,471. 38 Subsequent to Flood Control Act of Mar. 1, 1917..--..----------91,135. 35 ...-----------....--....... 91, 135. 35 91, 135. 35 Flood control funds (all subsequent to Flood Control Act of Mar. 1, 1917) -- ---------------------- 57, 386, 315. 22 23, 350, 783. 85 80, 737, 099. 07 80, 737, 099. 07 New project: Flood control, regular.------------ 145, 693, 430. 56 17, 834, 516. 94 163, 527, 947. 50 178, 505, 175. 23 Flood control, National Industrial .............---------...--- 18, 827, 624. 17 Recovery Act---- 6, 041, 171. 37 24, 868, 795. 54 23, 942, 014. 01 Total......----------------------- 292, 512, 812. 31 70, 366, 636. 53 362, 879, 448. 84 376, 929, 895. 04 Contributedfunds Old project-................-----------------------............. 18, 689, 451. 26 625, 763. 38 19, 315, 214. 64 19, 315, 214. 64 New project: Regular ...---------------------------- 1, 203, 921. 14 28, 390. 50 1, 232, 311. 64 1,232, 311. 64 National Industrial Recovery Act... 4, 334. 97 ---------------- 4, 334. 97 4, 334. 97 19, 897, 707. 37 654, 153. 88 Total.........----.....------........-----------.....---.20, 551, 861. 25 20, 551, 861. 25 Grand total---......................--------------- 312, 410, 519. 68 71, 020, 790. 41 383, 431, 310. 09 397, 481, 756. 29 Proposed operations.-The balance unexpended on June 30, 1934, will be applied during the fiscal year 1935 in the prosecution of work under the modified project adopted by the Flood Control Act ap- proved May 15, 1928. The sum of $27,360,368, including an estimated balance of $12,- 360,368 on June 30, 1935, from prior appropriations, can be profitably expended during the fiscal year ending June 30, 1936. Cost and financial summary UNITED STATES FUNDS (REGULAR) Cost of new work to June 30, 1934--- ----. .-. __ __--- $273, 685, 188. 14 Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1934--------- ------------- 64, 325, 465. 16 Total cost of permanent work to June 30, 1934__ ____ 338, 010, 653. 30 Value of plant, materials, etc., on hand June 30, 1934- -__-15, 481, 305. 42 Net total cost to June 30, 1934_ . ._______- -______353, 491, 958. 72 Plus accounts receivable June 30, 1934 -- ____-_____ -__ - 559, 927. 71 Gross total costs to June 30, 1934_________________ 354, 051, 886.43 Minus accounts payable June 30, 1934--______- ____ _________ 1, 064, 005. 40 Net total expenditures ________ - __________--- -_ 352, 987, 881. 03 Unexpended balance June 30, 1934-- -__------ - ___ _ 11, 405, 130. 42 Total amount allotted to June 30, 1934-------------- 1364, 393, 011. 45 1 Does not include $4,258,418.04, allotted for surveys under sec. 10 of Flood Control Act approved May 15, 1928 (these surveys not under supervision of Mississippi River Commission) ; $1,122,113.04, impounded savings carried to surplus fund as provided for in acts of June 30, 1932, Mar. 20, 19.33, and Mar. 28. 1934; unallotted balance as of June 30, 1934, amounting to $40,897,921.52; nor $44.000.000, National Industrial Recovery Act appropriation for Mississippi River Commission work. Amount of $174,482,705.80 included herein was expended on the old project: amount of $23,010, 312.27 was made available under provisions of par. 2, sec. 1 of Flood Control Act approved May 15, 1928; amount of $25.000 was aporopriated by Public Res. No. 41, May 16, 1928, for flood protection on White River, Woodruff and Monroe Counties, Ark.; and amount of $166.874,993.38 was allotted under par. 1 of sec. 1 of Flood Control Act approved May 15, 1928. MISSISSIPPI RIVER COMMISSION 1457 Fiscal year ending 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 June 30 Cost of new work-.. $22,711,470.04 $33, 709, 978. 46 $24,968,029.78 $31,784, 479. 67 $22, 058,496.03 Cost of maintenance... 4, 091, 921. 54 2, 467, 472.39 2,106,142.45 4, 865, 030. 43 1,308, 833. 21 Total cost ...... 26, 803, 391.58 36, 177, 450. 85 27, 074, 172. 23 36, 649, 510. 10 23, 367, 329. 24 Total expended--...... 23, 572, 070. 74 35, 008, 169. 17 26, 952, 142. 63 38, 053, 564. 87 22, 741, 203. 52 Allotted------ -------- 32, 147, 904. 57 37, 605, 831. 55 4, 239, 294. 96 50, 132, 504. 87 14, 957, 226. 35 1Does not include $21,240.17 allotted for surveys under sec. 10 of Flood Control Act approved May 15, 1928 (work not under supervision of Mississippi River Commission). Balance unexpended July 1, 1933----------------------------- $29, 189,085. 61 Amount allotted from War Department Appro- priation Act approved Feb. 23, 1931----------- $7. 09 Amount allotted from War Department Appro- priation Act approved May 28, 1930------- -826. 69 Amount allotted from War Department Appro- priation Act approved July 14, 1932---------- -- 172.26 Amount allotted from War Department Appro- priation Act approved Mar. 4, 1933---------- 5, 352, 098. 14 5. 351. 106. 28 34, 540, 91.89 Amount to be accounted for-- - -- -- 34, 540, 191. 89 Deductions on account of transfer of impounded savings to sur- plus fund as provided for in acts of Mar. 20. 1933. and Mar. 28, 1934---- ------------------------------------------ 393, 879. 93 Net amount to be accounted for __- - -_____------ 34, 146, 311. 96 Gross amount expended- -- _____------$35, 947, 094. 16 Less: Reimbursements collected___ $13, 071, 266. 37 Receipts from sales--------- 134, 624. 27 13, 205, 890. 64 22, 741, 203. 52 Balance unexpended June 30, 1934_____________--- 111,405, 108.44 Outstanding liabilities June 30, 1934 , 599, 277.28 1----------- Amount covered by uncompleted contracts------- 2, 785, 069. 08 4, 384, 346. 36 Balance available June 30, 1934-------------------- 7, 020, 762. 08 Accounts receivable June 30, 1934-__-__--- ------------- - 559, 909. 96 Unobligated balance available June 30, 1934----------- - 7, 580, 672. 04 Amount unappropriated under authority of sec. 1 of the Flood Control Act approved May 15, 1928 2-_--------------- 67, 846, 576. 00 Amount that can be profitably expended in fiscal year ending - - - - June 30, 1936, for new work and maintenance 2__ __ 15, 000, 000. 00 1 Does not include unallotted balance of $40,897,921.52 (act of July 14, 1932, $219.53; act of Mar. 4, 1933, $11,897,701.99; and act df Apr. 26, 1934, $29,000,000). SExclusive of available funds. Includes $741,581.96 for completion of surveys under sec. 10, Flood Control Act approved May 15, 1928. 1458 REPORT OF CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U. S. ARIMY, 1934 PUBLIO WORKS FUNDS Cost of new work to June 30, 1934___ ________ ______-- $18, 827, 624. 17 Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1934_____________________--__ 6, 041, 171. 37 Total cost of permanent work to June 30, 1934__________ 24, 868, 795. 54 Value of plant, materials, etc., on hand June 30, 1934___________ 789, 077. 21 Net total cost to June 30, 1934_________________________ 25, 657, 872. 75 Plus accounts receivable June 30, 1934_______ _____________- 240, 386. 06 Gross total costs to June 30, 1934____________________ 25, 898, 258. 81 Minus accounts payable June 30, 1934________________________ 1, 956, 244. 80 --- Net total expenditures.___________ -23, _______-- 942, 014. 01 Unexpended balance June 30, 1934 __________________________ 18, 205, 860. 94 Total amount allotted to June 30, 1934_______________ 42, 147, 874. 95 Fiscal year ending June 30 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 . Cost of new work____________ ..........---- __- - $18,827,624.17 Cost of maintenance .......... .-........... 6, 041, 171. 37 ....... Total cost_______ -------------- -------------- ... . 24, 868, 795. 54 - Total expended -__ 23, 942, 014. 01 l '---- I----- Allotted ---------------------- 42, 147,874.95 Amount allotted from National Industrial Recovery Act ap- proved June 16, 1933____________________________________ $42, 147,874. 95 Gross amount expended _______----------$33, 271, 802. 35 Less: Reimbursements collected__'- $9, 232, 398. 26 Receipts from sales ------- 97, 390. 08 9, 329, 788. 34 23, 942, 014. 01 Balance unexpended June 30, 1934 ____________________ 118, 205, 860. 94 Outstanding liabilities June 30, 1984____---- $1,848, 545. 53 Amount covered by uncompleted contracts----- 8, 159, 411. 11 10, 007, 956. 64 Balance available June 30, 1934_ 8, 197, 904. 30 'Accounts receivable June 30, 1934______________________ 240, 386.06 Unobligated balance available June 30, 1.934---------- 8, 438, 290. 36 CONSOLIDATED COST AND FINANCIAL SUMMARY FOR UNITED STATES FUNDS Cost of new work to June 30, 1934_________________________ $292, 512, 812. 31 Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1934___________________ 70, 366, 636. 53 Total cost of permanent work to June 30, 1934________ 362, 879, 448. 84 Value of plant, materials, etc., on hand June 30, 1934_________ 16, 270, 382. 63 Net total cost to June 30, 1934_______- ____________ 379, 149, 831. 47 Plus accounts receivable June 30, 1934----------------------- 800, 313. 77 Gross total costs to June 30, 1934___ 379, 950, 145. 24 Minus accounts payable June 30, 1934........ 3, 020, 250. 20 Net total expenditures________________________ 376, 929, 895. 04 Unexpended balance June 30, 1934 ______29, 610, 991. 36 Total amount allotted to June 30, 1934_ ..... ______ 406, 540, 886. 40 1 Does not include unallotted balance of $1,852,125.05, act of June 16, 1933. MISSISSIPPI RIVER COMMISSION 1459 Fiscal year ending 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 .June 30 Cost of new work ...... $22, 711,470. 04 $33, 709, 978. 46 $24, 968, 029. 78 $31, 784, 479. 67 $40, 886, 120. 20 Cost of maintenance___ 4, 091, 921. 54 2, 467, 472. 39 2, 106, 142. 45 4, 865, 030. 43 7, 350, 004. 58 Total cost_...... 26, 803, 391. 58 36, 177, 450. 85 27, 074, 172. 23 36, 649, 510. 10 48, 236, 124. 78 Total expended-...... 23, 572, 070. 74 35, 008, 169. 17 26, 952, 142. 63 38, 053, 564.87 46, 683, 217. 53 Allotted______ 32,147, 904. 57 ___..........__.... 37, 605, 831. 55 4, 239, 294. 96 50, 132, 504. 87 47, 105, 101. 30 Balance unexpended July 1, 1933___- ---------- __-____ $29, 189, 085. 61 Amount allotted from War Department Appro- priation Act Feb. 23, 1931_ _________--__- - $7. 09 Amount allotted from War Department Appro- priation Act approved May 28, 1930-.__--- -__- -826. 69 Amount allotted from War Department Appro- priation Act approved July 14, 1932___----- -172. 26 Amount allotted from War Department Appro- priation Act approved Mar. 4, 1933------- 5, 352, 098.14 Amount allotted from National Industrial Recov- ery Act approved June 16, 1933____-_ 42,147, 874.95 47, 498, 981. 23 Amount to be accounted for_____________________ 76, 688, 066. 84 Deductions on account of transfer of impounded savings to surplus fund as provided for in acts of Mar. 20, 1933, and Mar. 28, 1934 ----------------------------------------- 393, 879. 98 Net amount to be accounted for_____-,__----_--- 76, 294, 186. 91 Gross amount expended ------------------- $69, 218, 896. 51 Less: Reimbursements collected__ $22, 303, 664. 63 Receipts from sales------- 232, 014. 35 22, 535, 678. 98 46, 683, 217. 53 Balance unexpended June 30, 1934___________ _----- 29, 610, 969. 38 Outstanding liabilities June 30, 1934- --- $3, 447, 822. 81 Amount covered by uncompleted contracts_.___ 10, 944,480. 19 14, 392, 303. 00 Balance available June 30, 1934________ _________- 15, 218, 666.38 Accounts receivable June 30, 1934_______________ __-------- 800, 296.02 Unobligated balance available June 30, 1934----------- 16, 018, 962. 40 Amount unappropriated under authority of sec. 1 of the Flood Control Act approved May 15, 1928_--..... _______-__- 67, 846, 576. 00 Amount that can be profitably expended in fiscal year , ending June 30, 1936, for new work and maintenance __ - -- - -- - -- - -- 15, 000, 000. 00 CONTRIBUTED FUNDS (FOR; REGULAR WORK) Cost of new work to June 30, 1934------------------------- 19, 893, 372. 40 Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1934 54, 153. 88 6------------------------ Total cost of permanent work to June 30, 1934 ---------- 20, 547, 526. 28 Net total expenditures____________________________ 20, 547, 526. 28 Unexpended balance June 30, 1934 ___________________-- ___ 110, 680. 63 Total amount contributed to June 30, 1934 _____________ 20, 658, 206. 91 .1 Exclusive of available funds. 1460 REPORT OF CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMY, 1934 Fiscal year ending June 30 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 Cost of new work.....-.......... $130, 695. 68 $149, 391.82 $319, 330. 81 $358, 917. 61 $159, 026. 36 Cost of maintenance-------------............. 27, 429. 57 960. 93 --....-------..........------------------------ Total cost_---.------------ 158, 125. 25 150, 352. 75 319, 330. 81 358, 917. 61 159, 026. 36 Total expended----------------158, 125. 25 150, 352. 75 319, 330. 81 358, 917. 61 159, 026. 36 Contributed-------------------- 178, 652. 34 448, 567. 95 821. 31 515, -14, 791. 76 - 26, 209. 77 Balance unexpended July 1, 1933------- ------------------ $295, 916. 75 Amount contributed under sec. 6 of Flood Control Act of May 15, 1928--- ------------------------ $21, 500. 00 Amount contributed for improvement of Mississippi River under sec. 4 of River and Harbor Act of Mar. 4, 1915- .......----------------- -------- 3, 825. 00 25, 325. 00 Amount to be accounted for-----------_------------ 321, 241, 75 Deductions on account of unexpended balances returned to con- tributors ($51,324.54) and adjustment of impounded savings ($210.23) ----------------- ----------------------------- 51, 534.77 Net amount to be accounted for-.__--- ___.--------- 269, 706. 98 Gross amount expended----------------------- $159, 261.78 Less reimbursements collected- __ - - -_______-_- - 235. 43 159, 026. 35 Balance unexpended June 30, 1934-- - _ -__ __-- _..-.. 110, 680. 63 Outstanding liabilities June 30, 1934_ .-....------ - $320. 48 Amount covered by uncompleted contracts---------- 62, 791. 19 63, 111. 67 Balance available June 30, 1934 --.-------------- ---- 47, 568. 96 Accounts receivable June 30, 1934_------------------------ 17. 75 Unobligated balance available June 30, 1934_.___.__- - 47, 586. 71 CONTRIBUTE1D FUNDS (FOR PUBLIC WORKS PROGRAM) Cost of new work to June 30, 1934---------------------------- $4, 334. 97 Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1934_. .--- .--------- Total cost of permanent work to June 30, 1934- ._____--- ____- 4, 334.97 Net total expenditures_-- _ ___-- _____- 4,334. 97 Unexpended balance June 30, 1934__-- --------- ------ ---- 665. 03 Total amount contributed to June 30, 1934----.--------- 5,000. 00 Fiscal year ending June 30 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 Cost of new work __----------- ------------------------------------------------ $4, 334. 97 Cost of maintenance............................ Totalr epended... -------------------- .. ------------ ------------ ------------------ 4,334.97 Contributed------ --------------- ----------- --------- __------------------------ 5,000.00 Amount contributed under sec. 6 of Flood Control Act of May 15, 1928 $5, 000. 00 Gross amount expended --- __ __-______ ___ $4, 425.64 Less reimbursements collected -_________-__ _ 90. 67 4, 334. 97 Balance unexpended June 30, 1934-- --... ---- 665.03 MISSISSIPPI RIVER COMMISSION 1461 CONSOLIDATED COST AND FINANCIAL SUMMARY FOR UNITED STATES AND CONTRIBUTED FUNDS Cost of new work to June 30, 1934______________----------$312, 410, 519. 68 Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1934_---- ____- -_______ 71, 020, 790. 41 Total cost of permanent work to June 30, 1934------ __ 383, 431, 310. 09 Value of plant, materials, etc., on hand June 30, 1934 _______ 16, 270, 382. 63 Net total cost to June 30, 1934______________________ 399, 701, 692. 72 Plus accounts receivable June 30, 1934__ _____________ 800, 313. 77 Gross total costs to June 30, 1934--___------------- 400, 502, 006. 49 Minus accounts payable June 30, 1934 __ ___- __-___-__ 3, 020, 250. 20 Net total expenditures___--...- - ________-- - 397, 481, 756. 29 Unexpended balance June 30, 1934____------ -------------- 29, 722, 337. 02 Total amount allotted and contributed June 30, 1934___ 427, 204, 093.31 Fiscal year ending 1930 1931 1932 1933 June 30 1934 Cost of new work-.. $22, 842, 165. 72 $33, 859, 370. 28 $25, 287, 360. 59 $32, 143, 397. 28 $41, 049, 481. 52 Cost of maintenance... 4, 119, 351. 11 2, 468, 433. 32 2, 106, 142. 45 4, 865, 030. 43 7, 350, 004. 58 Total cost-.....26, 961, 516. 83 36, 327, 803. 60 27, 393, 503. 04 37, 008,427. 71 48, 399, 486. 10 Total expended-....... 23, 730, 195. 99 35, 158, 521. 92 27, 271, 473. 44 38, 412, 482.48 46, 846, 578.85 Allotted and contri- buted ...------------- 32, 326, 556. 91 38, 054, 399. 50 4, 755, 116. 27 50, 117, 713. 11 47,083,891.53 Balance unexpended July 1, 1933_ $29, 485, 002. 36 Amount allotted from War Department Appro- priation Act approved Feb. 23, 1931-- _ -__- - $7. 09 Amount allotted from War Department Appro- priation Act approved May 28, 1930________ -826. 69 Amount allotted from War Department Appro- priation Act approved July 14, 1932--------- -- 172. 26 Amount allotted from War Department Appro- priation Act approved Mar. 4, 1933_ 1___1 5, 352, 098. 14 Amount allotted from National Industrial Re- covery Act approved June 16, 1933_____--_ 42, 147, 874. 95 Amount contributed under sec. 6 of Flood Con- trol Act of May 15, 1928- For regular work- -______- _____-- 21, 500. 00 For Public Works program--___-------__-_ 5, 000. 00 Amount contributed for improvement of Missis- sippi River under sec. 4 of River and Harbor Act of Mar. 4, 1915__ 3, 825. 00 47, 529, 306. 23 Amount to be accounted for 77, 014, 308. 59 Deductions on account of United States funds transferred to sur- plus fund ($393,879.93) ; unexpended balances of contributed funds returned to contributors ($51,324.54); and adjust- ment of impounded savings under contributed funds. ($210.23) ------------------------------------- 445, 414. 70 Net amount to be accounted for --------------------- 76, 568, 893. 89 Gross amount expended------------------- $69,382, 583. 93 Less- Reimbursements collected- $22, 303, 990. 73 Receipts from sales-------- 232, 014. 35 - 22, 536, 005. 08 46, 846, 578. 85 Balance unexpended June 30, 1934----------------- 29, 722,315.04 1462 REPORT OF CHIEF OF ENGINEERSI U. S. ARMY, 1934 Outstanding liabilities June 30, 1934 ____.- $3, 448, 143. 29 Amount covered by uncompleted contracts_ 11, 007, 271. 38 $14, 455, 414. 67 Balance available June 30, 1934 ________________________ 15, 266, 900. 37 Accounts receivable June 30, 1934__ __________________________ 800, 313. 77 Unobligated balance available June 30, 1934 ________ _ 16, 067. 214. 14 Amount unappropriated under authority of sec. 1 of the Flood Control Act approved May 15, 1928___ - __ -__ 67, 846, 576. 00 Amount that can be profitably expended in fiscal year ending June 30, 1936-for new work and maintenance 1___________ 15, 000, 000. 00 EMERGENCY WORK ON TRIBUTARIES OF MISSISSIPPI RIVER Under section 7 of the Flood Control Act approved May 15, 1928, the appropriation of $5,000,000 was authorized as an emergency fund to be allotted by the Secretary of War on the recommendation of the Chief of Engineers, in rescue work or in the repair or maintenance of any flood-control work on any tributaries of the Mississippi River threatened or destroyed by flood, including the flood of 1927. The costs and expenditures under the emergency fund during the year, exclusive of receipts from sales, etc., are summarized below: Costs Net expenditures Emergency fund for flood control on tributaries of Mississippi River Mainte- Mainte- New work nance New work nance ROCK ISLAND ENGINEER DISTRICT Repair of levees: Iowa River in levee districts nos. 8, 11, and 14, Louisa County, Iowa---__----___-------- -_____ $3, 393. 68 $3, 393. 68 1-- Ellison Creek, tributary of the Mississippi River in Henderson County drainage district no. 2, Illinois (about 7 miles south of Oquawka, Ill.) --.------ 1,682. 50 1,682. 50 - Levee district no. 17, Cedar River, Muscatine County, Iowa .....------------------------------ 1, 233.00 1,233. 00 Mississippi-Fox drainage district, Missouri-... _.- 1, 759. 65 1,759. 65 Total.........-------------....-----------------------........ 8, 068. 83 8,068.83 ST. LOUIS ENGINEER DISTRICT Repair of levees on tributaries of Mississippi River: Perry County drainage and levee district no. 2, Missouri-------------------------------- .. $ 51. 84 Lost Creek drainage and levee district, Illinois ... 77. 50 Kelly Lake drainage and levee district, Illinois ................... 12. 50 City of Beardstown drainage and levee district, Illinois..._. -. ... . ..-- . ....--. ----- _-__.------ 117. 50 Repair of levees on tributaries of Mississippi River: South Beardstown drainage and levee district, Illi- nois --------------------------------- ----------- 210. 00 Crane Creek drainage and levee district, Illinois- ........... .. -..........-........25. 00 Mauvais Terre drainage and levee district, Illinois......---------- .. .....---------- ..---------- 73.75 Coon Run drainage and levee district, Illinois_.................. ------------------------ Meredosia drainage and levee district, Illinois__ Repair of levee on Illinois River in Lost Creek drainage -- $1, 114. 50------------3, 265. 38 25.00 and levee district, Cass County, Ill----...--- - .---------- 3,110. 48 ..------------ 3, 110, 48 Total--..........................----------------........----------.... 4, 224.98 .. __......._ 6, 968. 95 1 1Exclusive of available funds. MISSISSIPPI. RIVER COMMISSION - 1463 Costs Net expenditures Emergency fund for flood control on tributaries of Mississippi River Mainte- Mainte- New work nante- nance New work nanee Mainte- MEMPHIS ENGINEER DISTRICT Repair of levees on St. Francis River in drainage district no. 25, Dunklin County, Mo_ ___ $6, 140. 12 - $6, 140. 12 ........... Emergency flood protection on the St. Francis River and tributaries, Arkansas and Missouri__..________- Emergency flood protection on the Arkansas River and - 15, 166. 15 -- .. _____- 16, 336. 85 tributaries, Arkansas________________ 2, 624. 69 2, 685. 55 ------.... Emergency flood protection on the White River and tributaries, Arkansas..--------------------------2, 554.51------------2, 686. 64 -_--- Repair of levees: St. Francis drainage district, Clay and Greene Counties, St. Francis River, Ark__ -- - Drainage district no. 17, Little River, Mississippi 61, 268. 90 ------------.. 60, 118. 97 ........... County, Ark --------------..--- ..------...... -- 150, 887. 89 ----------- 148, 648. 47 ----------- St. Francis River in Cane Island drainage district no. 26, Craighead County, Ark __---------.--- 10,186.08 10,186.08 ..------------ Claim of St. Francis drainage district, Clay and Greene Counties, Ark-..._ _---- ..-------- - --------------- - - - --- 10, 967. 04 ----------- Repair of levees in the Village Creek and White River levee district, Jackson County, Ark_.__-.___------- -4, 770. 89 .....-- 4, 771, 39 Claim of Clarendon levee district, Monroe County, Ark 3, 584. 63 --- - - 3, 584. 63 - Repair of levees: Levee district no. 7, Conway County, Ark---------- 9,840.52 6-2.....98 9, 840.52 St. Francis River drainage district no. 17, Craig- head County, Ark ------------------.----------- 3,173. 12 .....------------ 3,173.12 ----------- Arkansas River in levee district no. 2, Conway County, Ark., near Morrilton, Ark-------------- 5,254.16 -----..------- 5,254,16 --.. Arkansas River in levee district no. 8, Conway County, Ark., near Menifee____--- --------- ~_ 1, 015.03 --- _____- 1, 015. 03 ---....... St. Francis River, levee district no. 4, Dunklin County, Mo .---------------------------------- 12, 882.93 _---- --- 12, 882.93 ........-- White River levee district of Woodruff, Prairie, and Monroe Counties, Ark __- -_____-------------. 4, 768. 74 ...... . 4, 768. 74 ........---------. Drainage district no. 12, Craighead County, St. Francis River, Ark____________----_---- - - 5,315. 06 _--- 5,315. 06 --------- Conway County levee district no. 1, Arkansas River, Conway County, Ark ------------------------ 6. 00 .......... Arkansas River in drainage and levee district no. 1, Pope County, Ark... ---------- 2, 818.03 _- .- 2, 818. 03 --------- Arkansas River in Crawford County levee district near Van Buren, Ark .... - -______________ ---- _ 23, 819. 23 - 7, 723. 43 _--- Total ------------------- --------------- 326, 070. 68 318, 922. 76 -------- VICKSBURG ENGINEER DISTRICT Emergency flood work: Upper Yazoo and tributaries, Mississippi --------- -512. 34 4, 000. 00 ....-...... Ouachita, Black, and Red Rivers, and tributaries, Arkansas and Louisiana---- - 13, 173. 61 . Repair to levees on Red River, in Saline levee and drain- age district, Avoyelles Parish, La ---- 968. 02 1, 015. 81 -.-- Repair of Roane levee on Tallahatchie River, Talla- hatchie and Leflore Counties, Miss ____------------ .. _ 2, 679. 32 2, 695.71 --- Repair of levees on Yazoo River in Belzoni drainage dis- trict, Washington County, Miss___ 3, 622. 82 -.-. 622. 3.. 3,622.82 Construction of loop levee, Red River, Garland levee district, Miller County, Ark_.. -- -__________________ 127. 55 ....---.. 689.63 - Levee construction on Red River, Miller levee district no. 2, Miller County, Ark___-------- ----------------- 33. 19 Repair of Red Lake levee, Orton levee district, Little R iver C ounty, A rk -_...............- ... --.. .. . . 9, 929. 90 . . .-----.. 9, 929. 90 ..... -.... Repair of levees in Panola-Quitman drainage district, Tallahatchie River, Miss _.........................._ 2, 159. 73 $3, 090. 90 2, 159. 73 $3, 090. 90 Total ---------- ---- ---- 32,148. 61 3, 090. 90. 24,146.79 3,090. 90 SECOND NEW ORLEANS DISTRICT Repair of levees in Red River and Bayou Des Glaises levee district, Louisiana; south bank Red River below Moncla, La-- _-------- ...------ ----.... - - ----- 1, 240. 39 -- 1, 240. 39 Total ----------------- ------- 1,240. 39 --------- 1, 240. 39 Grand total ------- ___. .. 366, 288. 12 .____________________ 8, 556.27 351,138. 38 11, 300.24 374, 844. 39 362, 438. 62 1464 REPORT OF CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMY, 1934 Cost and financial summary UNITED STATES FUNDS (SEC. 7) Cost of new work to June 30, 1934__________________ ______ $2, 462, 119. 86 Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1934_____.. _____________ 515, 937. 97 Total cost of permanent work to June 30, 1934_-------- 2, 978, 057. 83 -1,671. Plus accounts receivable June 30, 1934_.-____ ____-__--- 09 Gross total costs to June 30, 1934__-____-__-------- - 2, 979, 728. 92 -__ Minus accounts payable June 30, 1934 _________________ 27, 757. 52 Net total expenditures-_-____------ 2, 951, 971.40 Unexpended balance June 30, 1934__--__--- ---------..... 396, 331. 32 Total amount allotted to June 30, 1934-_______-__ 3, 348, 302.72 Fiscal year ending June 30 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 Cost of new work.------------- $261, 009. 75 $517, 260. 81 $557, 715.92 $342, 427. 87 $366, 288. 12 Cost of maintenance-----....---. 306, 287. 68 43, 390. 90 120, 000. 00 24,054. 70 8, 556. 27 Total cost ....---------------............567, 297. 43 560, 651. 71 677, 715. 92 366, 482. 57 374, 844. 39 Total expended----------------.................. 564, 859. 01 569, 635. 30 697, 014. 95 337, 304. 53 362, 438. 62 Allotted.....--..------------------- 419, 055. 06 425, 698. 83 785, 032. 29 580, 581. 04 407, 001. 88 Balance unexpended July 1, 1933_ $351, 768. 06 Amount allotted from War Department Appropria- tion Act approved Apr. 26, 1934 ____-__- $25, 000. 00 Amount allotted from War Department Appropria- tion Act approved July 14, 1932_-- ------- ___-45, 053.00 Amount allotted from War Department Appropria- tion Act approved Mar. 4, 1933--------------- 341, 730. 10 Amount allotted from War Department Appropria- tion Act approved Feb. 23, 1931.-___ _ ____-- 1, 828. 80 413, 611. 90 Amount to be accounted for____________________--___--- 765, 379. 96 Deductions on account of transfer of impounded savings to sur- plus fund as provided for in acts of Mar. 20, 1933, and Mar. 28, 1934-- _________ -__ _-- ____ 6, 610. 02 Net amount to be accounted for-___-_ 769. 94 7_______________-758, Gross amount expended_______________________ $376, 222.99 Less reimbursements collected_________________ 13, 784. 37 362, 438. 62 Balance unexpended June 30, 1934__________________--- 396, 331.32 Outstanding liabilities June 30. 1934_____________ _ $27, 933.34 Amount covered by uncompleted cortracts______- 158,294. 17 186 227.51 Balance available June 30, 1934_ 210, 103. 81 ____________---_-_ Accounts receivable June 30, 1934_________--- - --------- 1, 671. 09 Unobligated balance available June 30, 1934_ .______--- 211. 774.90 Amount unappropriated under authority of sec. 7 of flood- control act, approved May 15, 1928___________-------- 21.310,709.00 Amount that can be profitably expended in fiscal year ending June 30, 1936, for new work and maintenance 8 ___ - 499, 400. 00 1 Exclusive of unallotted balance amounting to $327,364.63 and impounded savings car- ried to surplus fund amounting to $13,623.65. *Exclusive of unallotted balance of $327,364.63. &Exclusive : of available funds. MISSISSIPPI RIVER COMMISSION 1465 CONTRIBUTED FUNDS (SEC. 7) Cost of new work to June 30, 1934___ --- -------- ____------- $2, 866.78 Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1934___----------------------- --------- Total cost of permanent work to June 30, 1934__------------ - 2, 866. 78 Net total expenditures_------------------------------------- 2, 866. 78 Unexpended balance June 30, 1934 ------------------ ----------- 439. 48 Total amount contributed to June 30, 1934__ ------------- 3, 306. 26 Fiscal year ending June 30 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 Cost of new work---------------.......... $2, 079. 22 $167. 04 .-.--------.---------- $620. 52 Cost of maintenance__...__---...................-----.......------------.................------------------ Total expended----- 2, 079. 22 ----------------- 167. 04 ------------------------ 620. 52 Contributed--....___-------...------- 2,079. 22 167. 04 ..... _. . .-- ----- 1, 060. 00 Amount contributed in fiscal year 1934-. ------------------ $1,060.00 -------- Gross amount expended________ _------------ 620. 52 Balance unexpended June 30, 1934--.. ------------------ 439. 48 CONSOLIDATED COST AND FINANCIAL SUMMARY FOR UNITED STATES AND CONTRIBUTED FUNDS (SEC. 7) Cost of new work to June 30, 1934____ __ ______---------- $2, 464, 986. 64 Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1934- . ...----------------- - 515, 937. 97 Total cost of permanent work to June 30, 1934_......... 2, 980, 924. 61 Plus accounts receivable June 30, 1934------- ------------- 1, 671. 09 Gross total costs to June 30, 1934 --------------------- 2, 982, 595. 70 Minus accounts payable June 30, 1934 .__.___ ____ -_____ 27, 757. 52 Net total expenditures__------------- ------- 2, 954, 838. 18 Unexpended balance June 30, 1934________ 396, 770. 80 Total amount allotted and contributed to June 30, 1934____ 3, 351, 608. 98 Fiscal year ending June 30 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 Cost of new work_....... _...... $263, 088. 97 $517, 427. 85 $557, 715. 92 $342, 427. 87 $366, 908. 64 Cost of maintenance------------............. 306, 287. 68 43, 390. 90 120, 000. 00 24, 054. 70 8, 556. 27 Total cost..--------------- 569, 376. 65 560, 818. 75 677, 715. 92 366, 482. 57 375, 464. 91 Total expended --------..................566, 938. 23 569, 802. 34 697, 014. 95 337, 304. 53 363, 059. 14 ....... Allotted and contributed------- 421, 134. 28 425, 865. 87 785, 032. 29 580, 581. 04 408, 061. 88 Balance unexpended July 1, 1933__--------------------------- $351, 768. 06 Amount allotted from War Department Appropriation Act approved Apr. 26, 1934_ ___----__ Amount allotted from War Department Appropriation $25, 000.00 __--- Act approved July 14, 1932___________-- - __ -45, 053.00 Amount allotted from War Department Appropriation Act approved Mar. 4, 1933__________________ 341, 730. 10 Amount allotted from War Department Appropriation Act approved Feb. 23, 1931-------___------------ 1, 828. 80 Amount contributed in fiscal year 1934_ 1, 060. 00 414, 671. 90 Amount to be accounted for_ ------- __-_____ 766, 439. 96 1466 REPORT OF CHIEF OF ENGINEERS U. S. ARMY, 19 3 4 Deductions on account of transfer of impounded savings to sur- plus fund as provided for in acts of Mar. 20, 1933, and Mar. 28,. 1934---------------------------------------------------- $6, 610. 02 Net amount to be accounted for----------------------------- 759, 829. 94 Gross amount expended $376, 843.51 Less reimbursements collected --------------------- 13, 784. 37 363, 059. 14 Balance unexpended June 30, 1934-_______-__-_______ _ 396, 770. 80 Outstanding liabilities June 30, 1934- ------------ $27, 933. 34 Amount covered by uncompleted contracts- -- ___-- 158, 294. 17 186, 227. 51 Balance available June 30, 1934 ____ __ ____-- 210, 543.29 Accounts receivable June 30, 1934------------------------------ 1, 671.09 Unobligated balance available June 30, 1934----------- _ 212, 214. 38 Amount unappropriated under authority of sec. 7 of Flood Control Act approved May 15, 1928____________________________ 1, 310, 709. 00 Amount that can be profitably expended in fiscal year ending June 30, 1936, for new work and maintenance 1 ________________ 499, 400. 00 ANNUAL REPORT OF THE PRESIDENT MISSISSIPPI RIVER COMMIS- SION FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDED JUNE 30, 1934 OFFICE PRESIDENT MISSISSIPPI RIVER COMMISSION, Vicksburg, Miss., August 18, 1934. Subject: Annual Report for 1934. To: The Chief of Engineers, United States Army. LOCATION AND DESCRIPTION The Mississippi River rises at Lake Itasca, Minn., and flows in a general southerly direction 2,434 miles and empties into the Gulf of Mexico, La. The project comprises navigation, flood-control, and correlated works on the Mississippi River from Cape Girardeau, Mo. (54 miles above Cairo, Ill., gage), to the Head of Passes, La. (1,070 miles below Cairo gage); and flood-control works in the upper Mississippi River from Cape Girardeau, Mo., to Rock Island, Ill. (430 miles); on the outlets of the Mississippi River, and on its tributaries up to the limit of backwater effect of the Mississippi River. OFFICE OF PRESIDENT AND DISTRICTS Seven engineer officers of the Army have been detailed as assist- ants to the president of the Commission of which one is secretary of the Commission and three are assigned to the waterways experiment station. The river has been divided into five engineer districts as a matter of convenience in administration, and engineer officers of the Army are detailed as district engineers in charge thereof. The duties of the district engineers consist of the prosecution of general surveys, including field work, reduction and plotting of field notes and maps, 1Exclusive of available funds. MISSISSIPPI RIVER COMMISSION 1467 and maintenance of permanent marks pertaining to surveys; main- tenance and observation of all high-water gages, regular river and tide gages; discharge and slope observations on the Mississippi River and its tributaries; preparing plans and specifications; main- tenance of a navigable channel; and carrying on general construc- tion and improvement work in accordance with Flood Control Act approved May 15, 1928, and amendment, under the supervision of the Chief of Engineers, in their respective districts; and the dis- bursement of funds allotted by the Chief of Engineers to their respective districts in carrying out the provisions of the existing project. The district limits for flood-control work are as follows: Rock Island engineer district.-Mississippi River from mouth of Illinois River to Rock Island, Ill., 262 miles. District headquarters are at Rock Island, Ill. St. Louis engineer district.-MississippiRiver, from upper limits of Memphis district to and including mouth of Illinois River, 176 miles on left (east) bank and 168 miles on right bank. This district also has charge of all Commission work on the Illinois and Missouri Rivers. The limit of jurisdiction on tributaries under the act of 1923 is that point where levees designed for protection against tribu- tary floods would have to be further raised by reason of backwater from the Mississippi River. In other words, it is the point where the backwater curve from the maximum Mississippi River flood meets the maximum flood line of the tributary. On the Illinois River this point has been fixed at mile 120, near Havana, and on the Missouri River at St. Charles, Mo. District headquarters are at St. Louis, Mo. Memphis engineer district.-MississippiRiver, from Cape Girar- deau, Mo., on right bank, and Thebes, Ill., on left bank, to the south bank of Arkansas River, 450 miles on right bank; and to Coahoma-Bolivar County line, Mississippi, 407 miles on left bank, of which Cape Girardeau to Cairo, 54 miles on right bank, and Thebes to Cairo, 46 miles on left bank, is restricted to levee work. This district has charge of all commission work on the following tributaries: Ohio River to mouth of Cache River (act, July 27, 1916); to above Shawneetown, Ill. (backwater limit); White River to Peach Orchard Bluff, Ark. (backwater limit) ; St. Francis River to the mouth of the Tyronza River just above Parkin (backwater limit) ; and the south bank of the Arkansas River to the line between secs. 10 and 11, T. 7 S., R. 5 W., fifth principal meridian, near Lake Point, Ark. (backwater limit), to division line between Lincoln- Jefferson Counties, Ark. (act July 27, 1916). District headquarters are located on Government reservation at West Memphis, Ark., opposite Memphis, Tenn. Vicksburg engineer district.-MississippiRiver, from lower limits of Memphis district to Warrenton, Miss., 210 miles on right bank and 244 miles on left bank. Headquarters are at Vicksburg, Miss. This district has charge of all Commission work on the Arkansas River (south bank), Yazoo River, Ouachita River, and the north bank of the Red River, as follows: On the south bank of the Arkansas River to a point one-half mile downstream from Pine Bluff city limits (adopted project limits, act May 15, 1928); on the Yazoo 1468 REPORT OF CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMY, 1934 River to the mouth of Wolf Lake above Yazoo City (backwater limit) ; on the Ouachita River to vicinity of Lock and Dam No. 8, mile 330, above mouth of Red River (backwater limit); and on the Red River to Alexandria, La. (backwater limit), exclusive of works on the south bank. Second district, New Orleans.-Mississippi River, Warrenton, Miss., to Head of Passes, La., 461 miles. District headquarters are at New Orleans, La. This district has charge of all Commission work on south bank of Red River extending upstream as far as Boyce, La., thence along Bayou Jean de Jean to Hotwells, La. (adopted project limits, act May 15, 1928). The Atchafalaya River from the head to Morgan City is affected by overflow from the Mississippi and all of this basin is within the geographical limit of this district. PREVIOUS PROJECTS See page 1944, Annual Report for 1932. EXISTING PROJECT The existing project is set forth in the Flood Control Act approved May 15, 1928, as published in the Annual Report of the Chief of Engineers, United States Army, for 1929, page 1924. The work proposed includes: 1. Flood protection by construction, extension, and repair of levees, and in certain localities construction of spillway and floodways, from Rock Island, Ill., to Head of Passes, 1,552 miles; and also upon the tributaries and outlets of the Mississippi River insofar as they may be affected by the flood waters of the Mississippi River, in cooperation with the several States and levee boards. The essential features of the plan are as follows: A floodway opposite Cairo, Ill., from Birds Point to New Madrid, Mo. Protection levees in the basins on the west side of the Mississippi River below the Arkansas River to protect the better lands in these basins and prevent the excess flood waters of extraordinary floods from spreading over the entire area of these basins, whenever conjectural floods of the future contain more water than can be safely carried by the leveed channel of the main Mississippi River. Excess waters escape out of the main channel naturally at the heads of the Tensas and Atchafalaya Basins where existing levee protection is not sufficient to prevent such escapage. A controlled spillway to hold the levels down to safe stages at and near New Orleans. Greater protection against crevasses by reason of the strengthening and rais- ing of main river levees except at the heads of the Tensas and Atchafalaya Basins. The progressive revetment of caving banks to protect the foundation of the levees and to stabilize the river both for flood control and navigation. Improved navigation channels for river traffic, not less than 300 feet wide and 9 feet deep, to be obtained by dredging and training works where necessary between Cairo and New Orleans. 2. Continuation of improvement below the mouth of the Ohio River so as to "give safety and ease to navigation " on the Mississippi River at all stages by facilitating the interchange of traffic, " commerce, trade, and the Postal Service, with a view to securing a permanent channel depth of 9 feet" by means of: (a) Revetment of caving banks and contraction work to " correct, perma- nently locate, and deepen the channel, and protect the banks of the Mississippi River ", and for the preservation of harbors and the security of levees. 1Revised, using latest mileage upper Mississippi River. MISSISSIPPI RIVER COMMISSION 1469 (b) Dredging, for the purpose of maintaining at all stages a navigable chan- nel 300 feet in width and 9 feet in depth, including construction, operation, and maintenance of suitable dredge boats and auxiliary devices and appliances there- for. Dredging is also carried on for the creation and maintenance of harbors and connecting channels. 3. The maintenance of a navigable channel between the waters of the Missis- sippi, Red, and Atchafalaya Rivers. 4. Physical investigations: Maintenance of gages and discharge measurements of the Mississippi River and its tributaries, preparation and publication of maps and physical data; surveys and investigations covering all phases of river regimen governing the work of channel improvement and flood control "from the headwaters of the Mississippi River to Head of Passes." 5. Other miscellaneous details incident to the execution of the general project. RECOMMENDED MODIFICATION OF PROJECT See page 1448 this report. REFERENCES TO PUBLISHED ARTICLES NOT PREVIOUSLY REPORTED See page 1448 this report. LOCAL COOPERATION See page 1959, Annual Report for 1932 and page 1448 this report. The net total amount contributed for work under supervision of the Mississippi River Commission to June 30, 1934, amounted to $20,663,206.91, of which $19,315,214.64 was for the old project and $1,347,992.27 for the new project. Of the total contributed for the new project ($1,347,992.27), $1,342,992.27 was contributed for work paid for from regular United States funds and $5,000 for work paid for from National Industrial Recovery Administration funds. TERMINAL FACILITIES See page 1449 this report. OPERATIONS AND RESULTS DURING FISCAL YEAR AND CONDITION AT END OF FISCAL YEAR Surveys, gages, and observations. (See p. 1961, Annual Report for 1932).-Topographic and hydrographic surveys of the Mississippi River have been made and charts published prior to fiscal year 1934. Surveys and reports required under sections 3, 6, and 7 of the May 15, 1928 act are made as required. Surveys required under section 11 of Flood Control Act were completed in 1931 and reports sub- mitted. During fiscal year 1934 surveys were continued in connec- tion with construction work in carrying out the provisions of the flood-control project. A line of levels along Mississippi River between Tiptonville, Tenn. (87 1), and Richardson's Landing, Tenn. (185), on left bank and between Craighead Point (172) and Island 40 (216) on right bank was completed. A precise level survey in the Boeuf and Black River Basins and along the Mississippi River in thle Vicks- 1'Figures in parentheses denote distance in miles below Cairo. 1470 REPORT OF CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMY, 1934 burg district was begun. A line of first order levels, with perma- nent marks, was run in the Atchafalaya Basin from Krotz Springs to Butte La Rose and thence along upper Grand River and Bayou Plaquemine to Plaquemine, La. (863), with a branch to Bayou Chene. A first order level line on Mississippi River from Delta Point, La. (600), to Torras, La., near mouth of Old River (772) was begun. Floodway, levee, revetment, dike, and construction sur- veys were made as required; surveys were made over important works and along caving banks. Hydrographic surveys were made on Mississippi River from Cairo, Ill. (0.0) to Hickman, Ky. (36), Kentucky Point, Ky. (68) to Point Pleasant, Mo. (81); Huffman Landing, Ark. (130), to Barfield, Ark. (143); Island 30 vicinity (164) ; vicinity Randolph, Tenn. (183); Island 35 (187); and foot of President's Island (236) to mouth of Arkansas River (399); and completed from Arkansas City, Ark. (437), to Reid-Bedford, La. (609); and completed from Vicksburg, Miss. (602), to mouth of Old River, La. (772), including a resurvey from Race Track Tow- head .(606) to the foot of Davis Island (634). A hydrographic survey of the Atchafalaya River, extending from the head to a point 10 miles below Butte La Rose, La. (67 miles below head), begun in June 1933, was completed and a similar survey commenced. Aerial surveys, Mississippi River, were made at Island 35 (187); at Point Pleasant Reach (81 to 85); and continued from Vicksburg, Miss., to Head of Passes, La. (1,070); and of the Atchafalaya Basin. Numerous special surveys and observations on discharge, velocity and direction of flow were made in connection with progress of cut- offs at Leland (472), Worthington Point (506), Willow Point (564), Marshall Point (587), Diamond Point (614), Yucatan Point (639), Giles Bend (Cowpen Point) (690), Glasscock Point (723), Missis- sippi River and at Butte La Rose, Cow Island, and Bayou Chene cuts and other rectification works in the Atchafalaya Basin. A sys- tem of special gages is read in connection with the surveys and ob- servations. Aerial surveys were made of the Mississippi River cut- off locations. Gages have been established and maintained at various places on the Mississippi River and tributaries, on Lake Pontchartrain, and the Gulf of Mexico; and readings published from earliest records to 1932. During the year the regular gages on Mississippi River and tributaries and outlets and on Lake Pontchartrain, gages in back- water areas, Biloxi tide gage in Gulf of Mexico and high- and low-water gages on Mississippi River were maintained. The regu- lar- and low-water gages were read during the year and low-water slope profiles obtained; special gages established in connection with cut-off observations and channel realignment studies were read. The moderate stages prevailing during the 1934 high-water period did not necessitate reading the high-water and backwater gages. Due to lack of funds, observations of several regular gages was discon- tinued during August and September 1933. Two regular gages of the automatic tide-gage type were installed in Grand Lake, and readings commenced. Discharge and other observations on Mississippi River and trib- utaries at various stations are made each year and the results have been published for 1838 to 1930. Physical data are compiled and card indexed. Discharge, slope, and sediment observations were MISSISSIPPI RIVER COMMISSION 1471 taken at selected stations on the Mississippi River and tributaries from September 1928 to June 1929, and the results published. A series of measurements of current velocity at each tenth of sounded depth from surface to the bottom were also made at each station. During the fiscal year 1934 discharge observations were made at 7 regular stations on the Mississippi River and at 10 regular stations on tributaries and outlets, and a series of measurements of current velocity at each tenth of sounded depth from surface to the bottom were made at 3 of the Mississippi River stations and at 4 of the trib- utary stations. Discharge observations were also taken at other selected locations in the lower alluvial valley of the Mississippi River. The costs and net expenditures for surveys, gages, and observa- tions during the 12 months ending June 30, 1934, were as follows: Regular funds National Recovery Administration funds District Costs t Nex- osts t Nex- penditures penditures Rock Island engineer district__________________ ______ $237. 53 $237. 53 __________ ________- St. Louis engineer district_________ Memphis engineer district__ ___________ 1-3, 926. 19 ____________________ 57, 720. 47 3, 340. 58 _____.______ ---. 53, 081. 93 ____________-----...... . . Vicksburg engineer district-----------------_,_ Second New Orleans engineer district_____________ - 164, 420. 50 168, 231. 71 166, 116. 78 $6, 985. 87 165, 667. 42 .___________ -...... $5, 666. 63 Total... .........---------------------------------- 386, 684. 02 388, 444. 24 6, 985. 87 5, 666. 63 1 Minus cost is accounted for by reducing current fiscal year cost instead of total cost to June 30, 1933, although the decrease is applicable to prior fiscal year costs. This is necessary to balance on form no. 90. The net total expenditures for surveys, gages, and observations to June 30, 1934, amounted to $6,968,455.77, of which $2,749,781.88 was expended for the new project and $4,218,673.89 on the old project. Alluvial valley mapping.-Contoured maps, alluvial valley, lower Mississippi River, scale 1: 250,000, of the St. Francis, Yazoo-Tensas, and Atchafalaya-Pontchartrain Basins were published in 1929 and are now in process of revision; a contoured map, scale 1: 500,000, of the alluvial valley, lower Mississippi River, from Cape Girardeau, Mo., to Gulf of Mexico, was published in 1931 and is now being revised. Data relative to existing maps were collected and surveys made during 1929 to 1933 for use in the publication of a contoured map of the alluvial valley, lower Mississippi River, on a scale of 1: 62,500; of the 1851/ quadrangles originally authorized for this map under the alluvial valley mapping project, and 17 quadrangles later authorized, 1723/4 quadrangles were assigned the War Depart- ment (Mississippi River Commission). These quadrangles have been completed and forwarded to the printer for reproduction, all of which have been published as advance sheets, scale 1: 62,500, thus completing the quadrangle mapping required under the May 15, 1928, act, assigned to the War Department; the area covered by the 1723/4 quadrangle assigned to the War Department is available on 177 sheets; the process of editing and correcting the published advance sheets was continued during fiscal year 1934. Of the 2021/ quadrangles within the alluvial valley map, 293 quadrangles were assigned for mapping to the Geological Survey for the War Department, of 91536-ENG 1934- 93 1472 REPORT OF CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMY, 1934 which 26 quadrangles have been completed for reproduction and are available as advance printed sheets, scale 1: 48,000. There were no expenditures nor costs under appropriation for National Industrial Recovery Act for alluvial valley mapping dur- ing the fiscal year 1934. The costs and net expenditures for alluvial valley mapping incurred under regular funds during the 12 months ending June 30, 1934, were as follows: Regular funds District Costs Net expend- itures Memphis engineer district---.......--..---------- ----------------------------.... $793. 87 $2, 378. 41 Vicksburg engineer district- .............----------------------------------...------.. 38, 833. 43 38, 824. 38 Second New Orleans district ------------ ...... 4, 926. 38 ....-----------------------------..... 4, 918. 99 Total ........-------------------------------------------------------------- 44, 553.68 46. 121. 78 There were no transfers of funds to the Department of Interior, Geological Survey office, for use in performing mapping in the lower Mississippi Valley during fiscal year 1934. The net expenditures for alluvial valley mapping (all new project) to June 30, 1934, amounted to $1,191,799.85, which includes $330,942.72 transferred to Department of the Interior, Geological Survey office, for direct expenditure by that office. General stage of the river during the 12 nonths ending June 30, 1934.-Moderate to low stages prevailed in the Mississippi River during the fiscal year 1934. The stages exceeded bank-full stage from 1 to 2 feet for a few days in April 1934, between College Point, La. (913)1, and Chalmette, La. (980) ; at gagle stations between Cairo, Ill. (0.0), and Donaldsonville, La. (895), the 1934 crest stages were from2 to 8 feet below bank-full stage. Crest stages during the 1934 high-water period occurred during the middle of March from Cairo to Helena, Ark. (307), and from the first to the middle of April from Sunflower Landing, Miss. (354), to Fort Jackson, La. (1,051). The 1934 crest stages were from 6 to 20 feet below the crest stages of 1929. The 1934 crest stages were immediately followed by notable minimum stages for that part of the year at a number of gage stations. Gage readings and dates of the low stages at some of the principal stations were: Cairo, Ill (0.0), 7.2 feet, June 6; Memphis, Tenn. (227), 2.8 feet, June 8; Helena, Ark. (307), 4.2 feet, June 9; Vicksburg, Miss. (602), 4.4 feet, June 12-13; and Angola, La. (771), 6.7 feet, June 15, 1934. As a result of the existing drought conditions prevailing on the tributaries of the Mississippi River, principally western rivers during fiscal year 1934, the gage records at Vicksburg. indicate' that the stages prevailing in May, June, and July 1934 broke previous record low stages during these months. Moderate to low stages prevailed on all tributary streams during the fiscal year. The Mississippi River and tributary levees were not endangered at any time as a result of the progress made in flood- control work during the past 6 years. No record annual minimum or maximum stages were established during the fiscal year on the 1 Figures in parentheses denote distance in miles below Cairo. MISSISSIPPI RIVER COMMISSION 1473 lower Mississippi or tributary streams. The following gives a gen- eral outline of the stages at principal gaging stations, Mississippi River from Cairo, Ill., to Carrollton, La. The stage of the Mississippi River was above 20 feet on the Cairo, Ill., gage (0.0), December 22 to 30, 1933, and January 11 to 20 and March 4 to May 2, 1934, totaling 79 days; above 30 feet, March 8 to 20 and March 28 to April 8, 1934, totaling 25 days; above 40 feet, March 14 to 17, 1934, totaling 4 days; the highest reading for the 12 months ending June 30, 1934, was 41.2 feet on March 16, 1934, and the lowest, 6.2 feet on October 22, 1933. At Memphis, Tenn. (227)1, gage readings were below mean low water, 3.12 feet, October 22 to 25, November 4 to 8, 16 to 26, and December 4 to 5, 1933, and February 21 to 27 and June 8, 1934. The highest reading for the 12-month period was 30.2 feet, on March 19, 1934, and the lowest, 2.2 feet, on October 24, 1933. At Vicksburg, Miss. (602), the highest stage for the fiscal year, 35.3 feet, was recorded on April 13 and 14, 1934, and the lowest, 2.8 feet, on November 29 and 30, 1933. The stage of the Mississippi River was above 10 feet on the Angola, La., gage (771), July 1 to August 30, September 9 to 22,. and December 24 to 31, 1933, January 1 to February 21, March 3 to June 3, June 19 to 21, and June 28 to 30, 1934, totaling 233 days; above 20 feet, July 1 to 4, 1933, and January 1 to 6, 19 to 29, andi March 11 to May 13, 1934, totaling 85 days; above 30 feet, March 18 to April 26, 1934, totaling 40 days. The highest reading for the 12-month period was 36.6 feet, on April 15 and April 16, 1934; and the lowest, 4.4 feet, from November 29 to December 1, 1933. The highest stage on the Carrollton, La., gage (967) during the 12-month period was 12.5 feet on April 16, 1934, and the lowest 0.4 foot on November 27 and 28 and December 7, 1933. Dredges and dredging.-When it became apparent that channel improvement by contraction works could not meet the pressing needs of commerce within a reasonable time limit, experiments were com- menced looking to channel maintenance during low water by means of hydraulic dredges of large capacity. The development of an efficient dredge to operate in an open channel exposed to shifting winds and the river currents, that would quickly open a cut through the crest of a sand bar from one pool to the next, required a great deal of experimental work, covering not only the hydraulic and mechanical details but also the practical manipulation of the dredge under the conditions imposed. A long series of experiments was made to determine the best form of suction head; the economic size of suction and discharge pipes; the velocity of flow in these pipes; the percentage of material that could be pumped and deliv- ered; the best type of pump, number and shape of blades, speed of pump revolutions; anchor piles and hauling cables; pontoons for supporting the discharge pipes, etc. The proper manipulation re- quired an intimate knowledge of sand-bar formation and the trend of the current between successive pools, which could only be gained by hydraulic experiments and by long-time contact with the prob- lem. A new problem in channel adjustment was introduced during the fiscal year 1932 by the construction of permeable pile dikes as 1 Figures in parentheses denote distance in miles below Cairo. 1474 REPORT OF CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMY, 1934 explained in more detail under Bank Protection and Regulation, page 1489. As each new dredge was built, an effort was made to eliminate the defects of its predecessor. The two new dredges, Jadwin and Burgess, completed in February and March 1934, dig a cut 10 feet deep and 32 feet wide through a sand bar at the rate of 600 feet per hour. These two dredges can dredge to a depth of 40 feet and have sufficient boiler power to operate propelling and pumping machinery at the same time. A satisfactory type of hydraulic dredge for Mississippi River Channel dredging has been developed, but studies, experiments, and improvements are still under way. Eight channel dredges and four pump barges are now available for use during the low-water season, covering about 5 months each year. One cutter-head dredge is available for harbor work. A total of over 66,466,000 cubic yards has been dredged in chan- nel maintenance on the Mississippi River during the past 6 years. The present law requires the maintenance of a channel not less than 9 feet in depth and 300 feet in width at all stages of the river except when closed by ice. A navigable channel has been main- tained since 1895, and a channel of project dimensions has been maintained since 1902, except as follows: For 18 days in 1903 and a few days in 1904 the depths at one bar were 8 and 8 feet. For a few days there was a depth of between 8 and 9 feet at 5 bars in 1908, 7 bars in 1910, 5 bars in 1914, 2 bars in 1916, 1 bar in 1917, 1 bar in 1920, 6 bars in 1922, 1 bar in 1924, 4 bars in 1925, 4 bars in 1927, 19 bars in 1930, 14 bars in 1931, and 26 bars in 1933. For a few days there was a depth of between 7 and, 8 feet at 1 bar in 1908, 1 bar in 1921, 8 bars in 1924, 12 bars in 1925, 1 bar in 1927, 11 bars in 1930, and 8 bars in 1931. For a few days at 1 bar in 1913, 4 bars in 1916, 3 bars in 1918, 1 bar in 1919, 2 bars in 1920, 5 bars in 1921, 8 bars in 1922, 2 bars in 1923, 7 bars in 1924, 7 bars in 1925, 7 bars in 1927, 5 bars in 1930, 1 bar in 1931, and 1 bar in 1933, the required width was not fully maintained. A channel of project depth and width was maintained during the low-water seasons of 1926 and 1928. The project depth was fully maintained except at 9 bars in 1929, at 32 bars in 1930, at 14 bars in 1932, and at 28 bars in 1933. The low-water season of 1930 covered the longest low-water period of record, extending over practically the entire year. For a few days there was a depth of between 61 and 81/2 feet at 1 bar in 1930, 1 bar in 1931,. a depth of 6 feet at 1 bar in 1932, and a depth of between 7 and 81/2 feet at 3 bars and a depth of between 7/2 and 8 feet at 2 bars in 1933. A shortage of dredging plant was created by the sinking of 2 dredges in 1929, which were replaced in 1932, and the sinking of 1 dredge and the condemning of 1 dredge in 1933, which were replaced in 1934. MEMPHIS DISTRICT Mississippi River.-During fiscal year ending June 30, 1934, 9 dredges were operated on the Mississippi River in the Memphis dis- trict from Muscovalley (25)1 to mouth of White River (392), a 1Figures in parentheses denote distance in miles below Cairo. MISSISSIPPI RIVER COMMISSION 1475 total of 31,582,357 cubic yards of material was moved at a total cost of $1,560,901.08, not including miscellaneous costs noted in detail be- low amounting to $81,103.05. The above work was divided as follows : Channel maintenance and corrective dredging: During the low- water season of 1933, ending June 30, 1934, nine dredges were op- erated on the Mississippi River in the Memphis district from Musco- valley (25) to mouth of White River (392). A total of 29,996,168 cubic yards of material was moved at a total cost of $1,314,636.51, not including miscellaneous costs noted below amounting to $71,640.37. (a) Channel maintenance dredging: Nine dredges were operated on 67 crossings from Muscovalley (25) to mouth of White River (392) moving a total of 29,673,173 cubic yards of material at a total cost of $1,275,870.42. (b) Experimental corrective dredging: One dredge was operated at Keyes Point (165) moving 165,459 cubic yards of material at a cost of $8,966.92. Resurveys of the previous years' work and plant alterations were made at a cost of $4,439.54, making the total cost during the year $13,406.46. (c) Channel stabilization dredging: One dredge was operated at island 35 (196) placing 157,536 cubic yards of material at dikes 4L and 5L as sand fill at a cost of $29,799.17; 387 cords of brush were placed at a cost of $3,609.34; and 3,900 lineal feet of dikes 4L and 5L were removed at a cost of $51,533.53; engineering and surveys amounted to $12,057.96; making a total cost of $97,000.00. Miscellaneous dredging: Two dredges moved 1,586,189 cubic yards of material in connection with snagging and removing obstructions, revetments, and levees with costs as shown below: (a) Snagging and removing obstructions: One dredge was op- erated in sinking the wreck of dredge B. M. Harrod, which sank March 12, 1933, at the supply and repair depot, opposite Memphis, Tenn. (230), moving 109,520 cubic yards of material at a cost of $14,352.77. This item was charged to cessation of work, B. M. Harrod. A total of $9,462.68 was charged to dredging for remov- ing obstructions from the Mississippi River in connection with dredging operations. (b) Revetments (grading banks): One dredge was operated at New Madrid (72) and Merriwether Bend (88) moving 270,031 cubic yards of material at a cost of $10,434.27. (c) Levee work: One dredge made hydraulic fill at Porter Lake (259), pumping 1,206,638 cubic yards of material at a total cost of $221,477.53 for the dredge only. Memphis Harbor, Tenn.-One dredge was operated in Memphis Harbor (227) dredging 423,173 cubic yards of material at a cost of $55,377.51. For additional dredging in Wolf River (Memphis Harbor) see annual report Memphis district for fiscal year 1934. VICKSBURG DISTRICT Mississippi River.-During the low-water season of 1933, ending June 30, 1934, 5 dredges and 4 pump barges were operated on the Mississippi River in the Vicksburg district from Indian Point 1476 REPORT OF CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U. S. ARM1VY, 1934 (404)1 to Racetrack Towhead (610). A total of 7,893,253 cubic yards of material was moved at a total cost of $466,132.14. Yardage and cost do not include cut-off operations. The above work was divided as follows: Channel maintenance dredging: One dredge was operated on one crossing at Indian Point (404), moving a total of 464,880 cubic yards of material. One dredge and one pump barge unit were operated on two crossings at Shipland (548), moving a total of 437,690 cubic yards of material. The total cost of dredging at these locations was $41,679.38. No other channel maintenance dredging was necessary in the Vicksburg district between the mouth of the Arkansas River, Ark. (399), and Warrenton, Miss. (610). Surveys of river crossings were made during low stages and channel lines at crossings were marked by buoys, at a total cost of $43,028.16 (not included in total cost of dredging). Channel adjustment (contraction) dredging: One dredge was operated at Youngs Point (598) building sand dikes to close off the right channel, moving a total of 532,400 cubic yards of material at a total cost of $58,590.38. One dredge and two pump barges were operated at Walkers Bend (490) opening the pointway channel and moved a total of 1,169,749 cubic yards of material at a total cost of $31,466.24. At the end of the fiscal year, the two pump barges were engaged in building sand dikes at the upper end of Walkers Bend (490) closing the bendway channel, and have moved a total of 1,425,030 cubic yards of material at a cost of $38,324.36. Agitation dredging: Four pump barges were operated in the Vicksburg district moving a total of 3,863,504 cubic yards of material (2;078,221 cubic yards at Duckport to Delta Point (598-602)1 1,538,688 cubic yards at Racetrack Towhead (606-612), and 246,595 cubic yards at Shipland Point (548), at a total cost of $296,071.78. Dredging in connection with cut-offs, Mississippi River, Vicksburg district.-Corrective dredging to produce cut-offs and thereby straighten the river and lower flood heights was done at three points in this district. The plant used consisted of 10 levee machines and 4 pipe-line dredges. Leland Neck Cut-off (472.0-483.3) began through natural erosion on June 3, 1933; the distance across the neck was only 3,900 feet, and a large blue hole had scoured out in the middle, of the neck by previous high waters; enlargement of the scours across the connec- tions at the upper and lower sides of the neck to fix the location was completed on July 8, 1933; 272,000 cubic yards being removed by levee machines and blasting, and since that date a continuous flow of water has passed through the opening. By the end of the fiscal year 1934 the cut-off had increased in width to an average of about 1,200 feet. Discharge near the peak of hligh water on April 9, 1934, was about 390,000 c. f. s.,2 and by the end of June 1934 was 154,000 c. f. s., or 66 percent of total river flow. The total cost of this cut-off was $59,311.09, of which $9,038.41 was for clearing and $50,272.68 for yardage moved by levee machines. Worthington Point Cut-off (505-513) was opened on December 22, 1933. The length of cut is 3.8 miles. Discharge near the peak of 1Figures in parentheses denote distance in miles below Cairo. 2C. f. s. denotes cubic feet per second. MISSISSIPPI RIVER COMMISSION 1477 1934 high water was 21,327 c. f. s. on April 10 and on June 28 was 7,600 c. f. s., or 3 percent of total river flow. Further enlargement of the cut to secure a channel at low stages was almost complete on June 30, 1934. The, total yardage to June 30, 1934, at this cut-off was 10,580,265. The total cost was $849,232.56, of which $33,466.40 was for right-of-way and clearing; 2,986,632 cubic yards moved by 4 levee machines at a cost of $483,989.42, and 7,593,633 cubic yards moved by 2 dredges at a cost of $331,776.74. Willow Point cut-off (564-578)1 was opened on April 8, 1934, The length of cut is 4.7 miles. Discharge near the peak of the 1934 high water was 67,700 c. f. s. on April 10 and 10,100 c. f. s. on June 29, or 5 percent of the river flow. The total yardage moved at this cut-off was 7,493,091. The total cost was $832,261.93, of which $31,- 285.75 was for right-of-way and clearing, 2,391,660 cubic yards moved by 6 levee machines at a cost of $447,641.38, and 5,101,431 cubic yards moved by 4 dredges at a cost of $353,334.80. Marshall Point cut-off (587--593) was opened on March 12, 1934. The length of the cut is 3.1 miles. Discharge near the 1934 high- water peak was 84,900 c. f. s. on April 9, and by the end of June, 18,700 c. f. s. or 10 percent of the total river flow. The total yardage moved at this cut-off was 5,341,908. The total cost was $688,763.97, of which $53,919.36 was for right-of-way and clearing, 1,840,821 cubic yards moved by 4 levee machines at a cost of $31.5,568.37 and 3,501,087 cubic yards moved by 2 dredges at a cost of $319,276.24. The total cost of the four cut-offs in the Vicksburg district for the fiscal year 1934 was $2,429,569.55; $127,709.92 for right-of-way and clearing, $1,297,471.85 for material moved by levee machines on the initial cuts, and $1,004,387.78 for material dredged to complete the cut-offs. SECOND DISTRICT, NEW ORLEANS Mississisppi River and Atchfal aya Basin.--During the fiscal year ended June 30, 1934, 8 pipe-line dredges, 3 bucket dredges, and 6 drag-line excavators were used on the Mississippi River and in the Atchafalaya Basin in the second New Orleans district, moving a total of 36,691,537 cubic yards of material at a total cost of $3,201,- 237.08.2 The above work was divided as follows: Channel maintenance dredging, Mississippi River: One dredge was operated at one crossing at Buckridge (634)1 moving a total of 208,215 cubic yards of material at a cost of $11,223.72. No other channel maintenance dredging was necessary in the second New Orleans district between Warrenton, Miss. (610) and Baton Rouge, La. (842). Surveys of river crossings were made at low stages and channel line at crossings was marked by buoys. Channel stabilization dredging, Mississippi River: Six agitator dredges and 2 pipe-line dredges were used in removing 14,041,570 cubic yards of material at a total cost of $305,598.71, from bars and crossings between Warrenton, Miss. (610) and Smithland Crossing (775) in the second New Orleans district. Approximately two-thirds of the above total yardage was removed between (miles 712 and 722) 1 Figures in parentheses denote distance in miles below Cairo. 2Includes $579,909.15 construction of agitator dredges and $81,330.23 reduction in book value of steamer Mississippi. 1478 REPORT OF CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMY, 19 3 4 Ford and Esperance Crossings. The remainder of the dredging was divided between six bars and crossings as follows: Racetrack Tow- head (610) 1,363,000 cubic yards, Togo Crossing (631) 1,036,015 cubic yards, Buckridge Crossing (635) 2,529,781 cubic yards, Brooks Crossing (637) 90,000 cubic yards, Waterproof Crossing (678) 305,200 cubic yards, and Smithland Crossing (775) 45,825 cubic yards. In addition to dredging operations, surveys of river crossings were made at low stages and channel line at crossings was marked by buoys. Dredging in connection with cut-offs, Mississippi River: Correc- tive dredging to produce cut-offs and thereby straighten the river and reduce flood heights, was done at three points in the district. The plant used consisted of 5 agitator dredges, 5 drag-line excava- tors, 4 pipe-line dredges, and 1 bucket dredge. A total of 14,609,990 cubic yards of material was moved, as follows: Diamond Point cut-off (613)1, a dredged cut 9,500 feet long, was opened on January 8, 1933. During the fiscal year 422,864 cubic yards of material were moved by agitator dredges in this cut. On April 16, 1934, near the high-water peak, the discharge through the cut-off was 326,600 cubic feet per second or about 38 percent of the total discharge of the river. On May 15, 1934, the discharge through the cut-off at a much lower stage was 146,500 cubic feet per second, or about 46 percent of the total discharge of the river. This cut-off is now being used by traffic at all stages of the river. Cowpen Point (Giles Bend) cut-off (690) was opened to high- water flow on May 25, 1933. During the fiscal year 1934, 5,373,447 cubic yards of material were moved in this cut, which is 10,000 feet in length. The plant used in this connection consisted of 3 pipe-line dredges, 1 bucket dredge, 1 agitator dredge, and 2 levee machines. On April 14, 1934, the discharge through the cut was 16,124 cubic feet per second. Further dredging will be necessary here to provide flow during low-water stages. Glasscock cut-off (723), with a dredged cut 20,800 feet in length, was opened March 26, 1933, providing a channel only at high-water stages. During the fiscal year 1934, 8,813,679 cubic yards of ma- terial were moved in this cut-off by 3 pipe-line dredges, 4 agitator dredges, and 5 levee machines. This cut-off does not yet provide a channel for navigation. Further deepening will be required to se- cure flow during low-water stages. On April 14, 1934, near the high-water peak, this cut was discharging about 24,400 cubic feet per second. The total cost in the second district, New Orleans, for channel and corrective dredging on the Mississippi River, was $2,140,471.67 2 which also includes the cost of general operations in connection with the cut-offs. The total yardage moved under this heading was 28,859,775 cubic yards. Dredging, Atchafalaya Basin: Dredging operations were carried on in the lower Atchafalaya Basin for the purpose of developing 3 main channels through the swamp section. The plant used consisted of 3 agitator dredges, 3 pipe-line dredges, and 2 bucket dredges. 1Figures in parentheses denote distance in miles below Cairo. 2 Includes $81,330.23 reduction in book value of steamer Mississippi. MISSISSIPPI RIVER COMMISSION 1479 Some of the more noteworthy projects with yardage moved at each location include the following: Butte La Rose cut (64)1 (opened Mar. 20, 1933) was deepened and widened, entailing the handling of 991,824 cubic yards of material; Little Devil cut (75.2)1 743,579 cubic yards; Splice Island and Splice Island Chute (79)1 1,131,589 cubic yards; and Tensas Bay (75 to 77) 650,300 cubic yards moved by agitator dredges. In addition to the above, a total of 1,175,418 cubic yards of material was moved from eight other locations in improving the Atchafalaya Basin channel. The Bayou Chene and Cow Island cuts were deepened and widened during the fiscal year 1934, using 3 pipe-line dredges, 1 bucket dredge, and 2 levee machines, 2,424,805 cubic yards of material were re- moved, as stated below: Bayou Chene cut (81.9)1 opened March 4, 1933, was widened and deepened, 1,739,174 cubic yards of material being removed. On March 25, 1934, when the Melville gage was reading 30 feet mean Gulf level, the main channel above Bayou Chene cut was discharging 55,000 cubic feet per second, 24,000 cubic feet per second, or approxi- mately 44 percent of the total, being discharged through the cut. On May 24, 1934, with the Melville gage reading 15 feet mean Gulf level, the main channel was carrying 39,000 cubic feet per second, and the cut was discharging 16,000 cubic feet per second, or approxi- mately 41 percent of the total discharge. Cow Island cut (71.5),' a dredged channel 2,000 feet in length, was cut through December 23, 1932. In enlarging this cut, 685,631 cubic yards of material were removed in the fiscal year 1934. On March 25, 1934, when the Melville gage was reading 30 feet mean Gulf level, the main channel above Cow Island cut was discharging 87,000 cubic feet per second; 37 percent of this total, or 32,000 cubic feet per second, was being carried by the cut. On May 24, 1934, with the Melville gage reading 15 feet- mean Gulf level, the main channel was discharging 54,000 cubic feet per second, while the cut was carrying 33,000 cubic feet per second, or 61 percent of the total discharge. Sand traps in the Atchafalaya Basin were made at three locations, Cowpen Bayou spillway (mile 7.7 below head of Grand River), Lake Long (mile 2.7 below head of Lake Long), and Grand River (miles 5.7 and 6 below head of Grand River). A total of 714,247 cubic yards of material was moved in connection with these sand- trap projects by two bucket dredges. The total yardage moved in connection with improvements in the Atchafalaya River Basin totaled 7,831,762 cubic yards, at a total cost of $1,060,765.41, which includes the cost of general operations in connection with developing this channel. Borings and soil analyses.-Comprehensive subsurface and sub- aqueous exploratory borings and soil analyses were made at various localities during the year in the second New Orleans district, to obtain information regarding the location and development of cut- offs and stabilization of other channels. Special equipment for this purpose was designed and used with marked efficiency and success. 1Distance in miles below head of Atchafalaya River. 1480 REPORT OF CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMY, 1934 Old River, La.-Dredging in the vicinity of the mouth of Old River, La. (772 miles below Cairo) was done during the fiscal year 1934 by the Vicksburg district as follows: Dredge Todd, October 1-5, 1933, moving 31,941 cubic yards at a cost of $3,207.17, from allotment, removing obstructions; dredge Waterway, June 9-15, 1934, moving 50,472 cubic yards at a cost of $3,593.33 from allotment, maintenance and improvement, Red River, La. Experimental dredging to determine the feasibility of training channels by early dredging, prior to the low-water stage, and thus prevent the difficulties encountered at that time has been undertaken by the Memphis district. In the Vicksburg district there has been less trouble with low-water navigation during the past 4 fiscal years than in previous years, notwithstanding the low stages that prevailed during the low-water seasons. In 1930 a system of frequent surveys of river crossings and markings of channel line at the crossing by buoys was inaugurated. This system is probably responsible in large measure for less navigation trouble than in years of higher low-water stages. Another favorable feature was the absence of sudden minor rises or freshets during the low-water season. Such rises cause fills in the channel crossings, these being scoured out as the freshet subsides or a new channel formed; in either case there is an interval of difficult navigation. The costs and net expenditures for dredging during the 12-month period ending June 30, 1934, were as follows: Regular funds Recovery Adminis- Nationaltration funds District Costs Net expendi- Costs Net expendi- tures tures ... Memphis engineer district _____________ $1, 517, 683. 29 $1,755,398.04 Vicksburg engineer district_............ 39, 670. 84 52, 142. 60 $2,836,390. 60 $2, 728, 190. 57 Second New Orleans district----------- 222, 452. 83 638,553. 18 2,398, 875. 10 2, 263, 800. 39 Total----_-----_ _------- 1, 779, 806. 96 2, 446, 093. 82 5, 235, 265. 70 4, 991, 990. 96 The net total expenditures for dredging to June 30, 1934, amounted to $34,140,648.01, of which $20,641,081.62 was expended on the new project and $13,499,566.39 on the old project. CONDITION OF CHANNEL Except when blocked by ice and during other rare and brief periods, there is generally in the Mississippi River below Cairo a good continuous navigable channel with a depth of 9 feet or more and a width of at least 300 feet for a distance of 842 miles and with a depth of not less than 35 feet and a width of several hundred feet at all times for the remaining 240 miles to Gulf of Mexico. This navigable channel is also of ample width and of at least 14 feet depth below Cairo during 5 to 8 months of each year when high stages of river prevail. The following are depths and widths for the different stretches of the river below Cairo that can usually be relied upon except dur- ing the lowest unusual stages: MISSISSIPPI RIVER COMMISSION 1481. Cairo to Memphis, Tenn., 227 miles, least depth 9 feet for width of 300 feet. Low-water channel maintained by dredging. Memphis to Vicksburg, Miss., 375 miles, least depth 9 feet for width of 300 feet. Low-water channel maintained by limited amount of dredging. Vicksburg to Baton Rouge, La., 240 miles, least depth 11 feet for width of 300 feet or more. Low-water channel maintained by a limited amount of dredging at rare intervals. Baton Rouge to New Orleans, La., 133 miles, least depth 35 feet for width of 300 feet. Channel maintained by the first district, New Orleans, La. New Orleans to Quarantine Station, La., 90 miles, least depth 62 feet for width of several hundred feet. Channel maintained by the first district, New Orleans, La. On June 30, 1934, the ,governing depth to the Gulf through South Pass was 30 feet, with a minimum width of 500 feet, and a govern- ing depth of 35 feet, with a minimum width of 600 feet, through Southwest Pass, both referred to mean low water in the Gulf at the passes, as reported by the district engineer, first district, New Orleans, La. SNAGGING AND REMOVING WRECKS Expenditures from allotments under appropriation for " Remov- ing sunken vessels or craft obstructing or endangering navigation, indefinite (act of Mar. 3, 1899)" are considered to be made under supervision of the Mississippi River Commission when the expendi- tures are for removal of wrecks in the Mississippi River or in other streams as far back as the flood waters of the Mississippi River ex- tend. No work was done during the fiscal year 1934 in the Vicks- bur,g or second New Orleans districts in removing wrecks. Of the $3,000 allotted under this appropriation in fiscal year 1933 to the Memphis district for removal of wrecked steamer Alabama, $847.44 was revoked May 29, 1934, leaving a balance available of $2,152.56 which was expended during fiscal year 1934. Snagging on lower Mississippi River in fiscal year 1934 is reported by the district engineer, St. Paul, Mo. BANK PROTECTION AND REGULATION Since the adoption of dredging in 1896 the permanent work of channel improvement has been confined chiefly to the revetment of banks. The extent of caving bank requiring revetment was, how- ever, relatively so great when compared to the funds available that it has been necessary to confine the work to cases of urgent necessity, such as threatened cut-offs, endangered levees of such large size as could only be replaced at excessive cost, and the harbor fronts of cities. The construction of works for bank protection on such an extensive scale and in locations so difficult as those found on the lower Missis- sippi was at the beginning a problem beyond the experience of engi- neers. The first experiments included woven-willow mattresses of different thicknesses varying from 2 to 12 inches, and of different degrees of compactness, elasticity, and roughness of surface. The 1482 REPORT OF CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMY, 1934 method of operation comprised three, parts: First, the subaqueous revetment; second, the grading of the bank above the water surface; third, the upper bank protection. The unsatisfactory woven-willow mats, with upper bank protection of brush and stone, were followed by stronger and more durable fascine mats about 16 inches thick, bound so tightly with wire cables as to be nearly impervious to the wash of the current through them, the upper bank being paved with hand-laid rock, or concrete in blocks or in situ. On account of the increasing amount of bank revetment for pro- tection against caving and the decreasing supply of economically available willows for the construction of mats, it became necessary to develop some form of mattress that would not require the use of willows. Memnphis district.-Experiments with concrete as a substitute for the subaqueous willow mats were made from 1914 to 1918. Be- ginning in 1914, experiments were made in the first and second dis- tricts (Memphis engineer district) with large sheets of concrete, 125 by 50 feet by 4 inches in thickness, reinforced with wire mesh and 3/s-inch cables. Later experiments were made in the same dis- tricts with concrete mats consisting of slabs 240 feet long by 12 feet wide by 33/4 inches thick, reinforced both transversely and longi- tudinally with 1/2- by 2-inch steel bars and wire mesh fastenings. During the year ending May 31, 1924, 1,100 linear feet of bank were protected by subaqueous mats of this type. Owing to the excessive cost and difficulty of placing this type of mat, its further use was abandoned. A type of revetment known as the " lapped-slab concrete revet- ment " was developed during 1925 to 1927. Mats were formed of reinforced concrete slabs, 4 inches thick, 6 feet wide, and 11 feet long, overlapping and interconnected. The results of the experimental work during the year ending May 31, 1927, were so encouraging that the district was authorized to construct a power-operated casting plant and sinking plant with necessary auxiliary plant embodying the improvements suggested by the experimental work. This mat was used as the standard con- crete mattress during the years 1928 to 1931. In March 1931 the design of the mattress was altered, eliminating the lap between indi- vidual slabs, the slabs being changed to 10 feet by 6 feet by 4 inches. In October 1931 the thickness of the slabs was reduced from 4 inches to 3 inches for further economy. The Vicksburg district's articulated concrete mattress unit was transferred to this district in June and July 1931 and worked the full season, and approximately 1 month in the 1932 season, when it was retransferred to Vicksburg district. Subaqueous investigation in the Memphis district during the low- water season of 1931 disclosed faults from various causes in existing bank protection works. Based on the early findings of the sub- aqueous investigation, there was initiated in the Memphis engineer district in September 1931 an intensive study of all metals which might be used for reinforcing and fastenings, as well as to determine which of these metals might be practicable for use, both from the standpoint of prolonged life through corrosion-resistant properties and a reasonable increase in cost. This step was taken since the sub- MISSISSIPPI RIVER COMMISSION 1483 aqueous investigation showed that a large percentage of the failures noted in the bank protection work was caused by failure from corro- sion of the metal fastenings previously used. The result of these experiments and investigations indicate the desirability of abandon- ing the slap type of concrete mattress and the improvement of articu- lated type mattress by increasing the width of the individual blocks and by using noncorrosive reinforcing and fastenings of some ma- terial having corrosion-resisting -properties equal to commercially pure copper. Preparations were initiated in 1932 for an accelerated corrosion test, using concentrated waters of the Mississippi River in order to determine what noncorrosive materials are suitable for use as reinforcing and fastenings. This test was carried on through July 1933, when stopped for lack of funds, and due to failure of test to develop results. Corrosion-resistant wire and strand are used in the construction of fascine willow mattress; this type of mattress, however, does not offer possibilities of much reduction of cost nor increase in length of life, which appear probable with the improved type of articulated concrete mattress. This district retained one of the two sinking plants transferred from Vicksburg, and with minor alterations to the slab-casting plant and construction of a mooring barge is equipped to lay standard articulated concrete mattress. The articulated concrete mattress was standardized in 1932 and noncorrosive fabric, wire, and fasten- ings are being used in all work since then. Work was continued on the design of the articulated mattress and on the types of noncor- rosive materials for construction. Work during the fiscal year ending June 30, 1934, consisted in placing 16,520 linear feet of new revetment, and 793 linear feet of pile dikes, the latter protecting 1,700 linear feet of bank con- structed for bank protection. In addition about 7,428,000 square feet of mattress and 1,226 linear feet of pile dikes, were constructed and placed as repairs to and renewals of old revetment work. The season's work also included revetment surveys. During the fiscal year 1934, experiments in connection with tetrahedral block type of bank protection were conducted in the Memphis district; a descrip- tion of the tetrahedrons is given under Vicksburg district. Work during the fiscal year 1934 also consisted of the construction and placing of five permeable pile dikes (aggregate length 4,878 linear feet) under contraction work program; in addition, 2,980 linear feet of permeable pile dikes were constructed for repairs to or renewals of existing works in connection with contraction works in the Memphis district. Vicksburg district.-Experiments were begun in the third district (Vicksburg engineer district) in 1915 with concrete mats. These mats as now built are formed of reinforced concrete slabs 3 inches thick, 11/2 inches wide, and 3 feet 11 inches long, reinforced and connected by bracket-type noncorrosive no. 5 wire fabric so designed that completed mattress will have a unit strength of 4,000 pounds, per foot and tension in every direction. The units formed with the above fabric, each 4 feet by 25 feet (100 square feet), are clipped together with noncorrosive wire clips. Various changes have been made in the interest of durability and economy, and experiments: looking to further efficiency are being continued. The amount of 1484 REPORT OF CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMY, 1934 reinforced concrete mats placed in the Vicksburg district during the 13 months ending June 30, 1929, was 26,435 linear feet; during the 12 months ending June 30, 1930, 14,030 linear feet; during the 12 months ending June 30, 1931, 15,198 linear feet. There was no rein- forced concrete mat placed during the 12 months ending June 30, 1932. During the 12 months ending June 30, 1933, 14,215 linear feet of new revetment were placed. During the fiscal year 1934 experiments were begun with a new type of revetment. The river bank was covered with a blanket of concrete blocks shaped as tetrahedrons, the separate blocks having an altitude of about 1 foot. The blocks were made by contract and placed as protection to approximately 2,297,900 square feet of river bank (includes both new work and repairs). Above the water surface the blocks were hand-placed to form a close fitting pavement using 250 blocks per 100 square feet of area. Below the water surface the blocks were thrown from barges and dis- tributed over the area to form a blanket of 250 blocks per 100 square feet of area. The effectiveness of this type of bank protection is not yet fully determined because of the short length of time they have been in use and light attack to which they have been subjected, due to the comparatively low stages which prevailed during the winter and spring of 1934. Work during the fiscal year ending June 30, 1934, consisted of placing 5,705 linear feet of new concrete-mattress revetment and 3,000 linear feet of experimental concrete tetrahedral block revet- ment, constructed for bank protection. In addition, 4,178,200 square feet of mattress and 729,000 square feet of tetrahedral blocks were placed as repairs to and renewals of old work. The season's work also included revetment surveys and repairs to plant. Sand dikes, constructed by dredging, built during fiscal year 1934 under the contraction works program totaled 6,500 linear feet. There has been placed to date in this district a total of 209,346 linear feet of concrete mattresses for bank protection; and 450 linear feet of permeable pile dike and 6,500 linear feet of sand dikes in connection with contraction works. Second district, New Orleans.-The concrete revetment unit in use by the second district, New Orleans, was completed and placed in the field during fiscal year 1929. During the 13 months ended June 30, 1929, a total of 15,843 linear feet of new revetment (willow mats) was placed in the second New Orleans district; during the 12 months ended June 30, 1930, 7,857 linear feet of new concrete revetment was placed and 11,610 linear feet of new willow mats, total 19,467 linear feet; during 12 months ending June 30, 1931, 1,741 linear feet of new concrete revetment and 1,782 linear feet of new willow mats, total 3,523 linear feet; 155 linear feet of new concrete revetment was placed during fiscal year 1932, and 190 linear feet during fiscal year 1933, and 3,271 linear feet during fiscal year 1934. Extensive experiments, based on the use of asphaltic mixtures, were carried out during the fiscal year 1933 in the second district, New Orleans, in an effort to develop a mattress free from openings with all metal parts embedded in a protective medium. Surveys along the river between Baton Rouge and the northern limits of the MISSISSIPPI RIVER COMMISSION 1485 district developed the fact that bar sand of uniform composition, as well as a deposit known to geologists as ".loess ", which has proven of value as a filler in asphaltic mixtures, were available in ample quantities. Exhaustive laboratory tests and studies were under- taken with these materials to determine the best asphalt mixture suitable for use in a reinforced asphaltic mattress and a satisfactory mixture formula was developed. The reinforced asphaltic mattress is composed of this special asphaltic mixture cast in a series of suc- cessive launches, welded together to form a continuous unbroken mattress, in which all cables, reinforcing, and fastenings are com- pletely embedded and thoroughly protected. Actual working scale trials of the reinforced asphalt mattress were made in the second district, New Orleans, during January and February 1933. An experimental plant was developed to manufacture and sink asphalt mattresses. About 12,000 square feet of asphalt mattresses were made and sunk in the Mississippi River at the Engineer depot, New Orleans. Water of maximum depth of 85 feet, with a current of 5.6 feet per second, was encountered during launching. The mat- tress was successfully made and launched under all sorts of weather conditions. Considerable drift was encountered due to rising river, so that it may be said that general conditions obtaining were quite severe. The results of the trials were favorable. At the end of the fiscal year 1933 a full-size plant was under construction with an expected capacity of 150,000 square feet per day, operating double shift. The construction of the asphalt revetment unit was completed and placed in operation during the fiscal year 1934; the asphalt revet- ment placed was confined to repairs to existing bank-protection work. Work during the fiscal year ending June 30, 1934, also consisted of constructing 4,507,600 square feet of mattress, placed as repairs to and renewals of existing bank-protection work. Plans and specifications for contraction work plant for the Mem- phis district were completed in 1930 and construction thereof completed during the fiscal year 1931. Plant is available in the Vicksburg district for contraction work. Studies and surveys in connection with contraction works on lower river were continued. Summary.-Since work began in 1928 under the present flood- control project provided for in congressional act dated May 15, 1928, approximately 375,000 linear feet of new revetment for bank protec- tion covering more than 71 miles of river bank has been constructed and placed along the Mississippi River below Cairo; under the con- traction-works program more than 178,000 linear feet of dikes (33.7 miles) have been constructed in the Memphis district; and approxi- mately 6,950 linear feet of dikes (1.3 miles) have been constructed in the Vicksburg district under the contraction-works program. Work during the 12 months ending June 30, 1934, within the Memphis, Vicksburg, and second New Orleans districts consisted in placing 28,496 linear feet of new revetment, and 793 linear feet of permeable pile dike (the latter protecting 1,700 linear feet of bank), constructed for bank protection; in addition about 15,364,000 square feet of mattress, 729,000 square feet of tetrahedral blocks, 749,800 square feet of asphalt revetment, and 1,226 linear feet of permeable pile dike were constructed and placed for repairs to and renewals of old revetment work. A total of 5 permeable pile dikes (aggregate 1486 REPORT OF CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMY, 1934 length, 4,878 linear feet) under the contraction-works program were constructed; and approximately 2,980 feet of permeable pile dikes were constructed for repairs to or renewals of existing works in connection with contraction works in Memphis district; in the Vicks- burg district 6,500 linear feet of sand dikes were constructed in connection with contraction work. The costs and net expenditures for revetments and contraction works during the 12-month period ending June 30, 1934, were as follows: Regular funds National Recovery Adminis- tration funds Allotment and district Costs Net expendi- Costs Net expendi- tures tures Revetments: Memphis district------------------ $35, 897. 10 -$747, 237. 01 $4, 147, 284. 93 $4, 499. 72. 79 Vicksburg district----------------- 330 072. 84 382, 800. 75 2, 918, 340. 98 2, 999, 160. 93 Second New Orleans district_...... 858, 862. 74 578, 145. 25 1, 272, 714. 96 1, 417, 879. 46 Total revetments . 1, 224, 832. 68 213, 708. 99 8, 338, 340. 87 8, 916, 813. 18 Contraction works: Memphis district------------------ 293, 525. 79 59, 515. 61 434, 307. 19 548, 020. 90 Vicksburg district .........-------------------------------. 3, 483. 47 ----------------................ Total contraction works ..- __ . 293, 525. 79 62, 999. 08 434, 307. 19 548, 020. 90 Grand total...........----------------------- .. _.... 1,518, 358. 47 276, 708. 07 8, 772, 648. 06 9, 464, 834. 08 There were no expenditures for revetments from contributed funds during fiscal year 1934. The total expenditure on revetment and contraction works from 1881 to June 30, 1934, amounted to $138,- 805,792.29 (old project, $76,498,040.20; new project, $62,307,752.09). This total includes $3,201,987.63 contributed by local interests (old project, $3,137,219.97; and new project, $64,767.66), but does not in- clude $353,171.60 expended by the city of New Orleans. The following table shows the total length of effective revetment in place and the amount constructed during the 12 months ending June 30, 1934: Effective length of bank protection, June 30, 1934, and length built during 12 months, July 1, 1933, to June 30, 1934 Below Bank of riv Built dur- Effective Locality Cairo ing year in place MEMPHIS ENGINEER DISTRICT Miles Linear feet Linear feet Below Cache River, Ill. (on Ohio River)_____________ 14 Right---------____________ - 8, 380 Cairo, Ill. (on Ohio River) ____ 11 ... do..---------------- - 832 Beckwith Bend, Mo------------------------------ 33 _---do-------------------- - 4, 818 Hickman, IKy__----- ------ __--------. _ - 36 Left.------------- - 7, 849 Reelfoot Front, Ky--__-- ----- 40 -_ -do.---- _-_-:_-_-_--_- 14, 137 Bend Island No. 8, Mo __--- ____........ .__________ 45 Right _______-__.________ 10, 842 Slough Landing Neck, Tenn New Madrid, Mo-------------------------------- __--------___________ 61-63 Left_____----__ ------------ 22, 324 71 Right -------- 4, 450 New Madrid Bend, Mo . 71-75 - do _ 2 5, 230 19, 518 Do ... .....-------------------------------------- 71-75 --- do...---------------- 3 1, 500 Footnotes at end of table. MISSISSIPPI RIVER COMMISSION 1487 Effective length of bank protection, June 30, 1934, and length built during 12 months, July 1, 1933, to June 30, 1934-Continued Locality Below Bank of river Built dur- Effective C airo ing year revetment in place -- -- '- -- - MEMPHIS ENGINEER DISTRICT--continued Miles Linearfeet Linear feet Merriwether Bend, Tenn- _-_--- 88 Left -_______ _ 2 3, 300 7, 313 --- Do -- - - - - - - - - Hathaway Landing, Tenn-......_................. - - - - - - - - 88 __ do ... 105 . do--- 4 1, 700 4 1, 700 ............ 4, 076 Gayoso Bend, Mo----............................... 1c 09-110 Right -_____-_ ............ 11, 720 Caruthersville, Mo_......__ 112 ___ do ---. 2, 342 Bells Point, Mo--- ....... . 114 do..--- . 5, 500 Linwood Bend. Tenn ..._ 18-119 Left -...... 1( 22, 095 17, 770 Baders Front, Mo_____ ___ ._______.. . . _________ 121 Right ______ -------.. 6 8, 200 Island No. 18, Mo---. .- 1:22-123 - do ............ 4, 795 Huffman-Hickman, Ark_______ ______________ 30-132 .... do- 11 14, 944 Barfield, Ark--------------...............----- 42-144 .....-do . 19 18, 155 Plum Point Reach: Daniels Point, Ark_.._.....__ ____-- __ ... ... 152 .. do-..... (6) Ashport, Tenn----------------- --------- 55-159 Left (6) ............ Kate Aubrey, Tenn .. _________. ____________ 158 Right-____.- _ 2, 500 Keyes Point, Tenn__------------------------. 1(59-161 Left - _ 7 12, 534 Fletchers Bend, Ark _____..................______ 1i60-163 Right __ - (6) Elmot Bar, Tenn--- .. --------...... ... 62-163 - do ..... (6) Osceola, Ark ...... . .... .. 1( 165 - .. do-- 5, 823 Bullerton Bar, Ark- _____ ____ 66-169 ____do .... ______ 16, 975 Island 34, T enn.--................................ 178 do ... 5, 895 8 5, 895 Golden Lake, Ark._....................--- 191 -... do....... ....... (6) Chute of Island No. 35, Tenn......... 192 - ..... -- do- __-. 9 3, 800 Bend of Island No. 35, Ark ____ 2( 192 ... do _._.. ............ (8) Happy Valley, Ark---- ---------- 06-207 ... do...... ------..... 9 8, 218 Robinson Crusoe Island, Ark_....____ ... do- 225 __ -----....... 6 744 Hopefield Bend, Ark----........................... 227 do ....... ............ 6 2, 700 M em phis, Tenn----....... ........ ......... .... 27-228 Left__ ... ____ ............ 85, 483 Tennessee Chute, Tenn_........____ . .__ .__--___ 231 .. do... ............ to 1, 000 Bauxippi-Wyanoke, Ark_- 2:33-235 21 Right ____ ... . ............ 9 22, 250 Cow Island Bend, Ark_ _____ 48-249 .... do... ............ 13, 334 Do .. --------------------------- .- 250 _ ..--- ... do .... ... --- - ........... 52, 876 Norfolk, Miss---- ............................. 2.52-253 Left .. -.. . . .. . -- 12, 992 Star Landing, Miss- ...... 2(55-257 -_do __.__.._______. ._____ .. ..... . . . -- -- 7, 100 Porter Lake, Ark___ _________ 2.58-260 Right ....... ._____________ --_-- _ 13, 560 Polks Landing, Miss__-______ 263-264 Left ______ __-__-___-____ ... - . . -_ --- 12, 094 Mhoon Bend, Miss.-- ........................ 273 ..... do . . . . -- . 6, 983 W alnut Bend, Ark-----.... ...... ..... ........... 278 Right ______-_ _ _ -. --- 6, 660 Trotters Landing, Miss___________________ 304 Left...______ 20, 714 Ark------- DoHelena, _____ ----------------- 305 .. ____do 59, 000 H elena, A rk _ .. ....... ..... ___ _ - . ..-.. .. .. . 307 Right ______ - 6, 014 Delta, Miss________________________------------- 315-316 Left .. 7, 195 Friar Point, Miss _____________.........__________... 318 - do ........ 4, 235 Old Town Bend, Ark--__ -__- .___.________.___ 325 Right ______ 10, 260 Fair Landing, Ark--------------------_-------_ 336 --.. do 8 52,600 10, 650 Avenue, Ark ----------------------------------- 346 -. .do . . . . ........ ... 11,769 Sunflower, Miss .. . . __ .. _ 3154-357 Left _________ ............ 10, 420 Knowlton, Ark-------- -- ------------------- __ - - 366 Right ______ ........ 1,000 --- .... 10, 820 Laconia, Ark--------------------..........__... 376 ..-_do -- ............ - - -. 1, 280 st 3, 600- VICKSBURG ENGINEER DISTRICT 15 2, 600- ........... Riverton, Miss ----------------- 396 Left . ----.... 6 7, 200 Pendleton, Ark. (Arkansas River)_ --- 1 50 Right . --.... .......... 3, 000 Do - --. - -- -- Red Fork, Ark. (Arkansas River) - ------- - - ------------- 150 ..... 130 .... d o do-------- -....... 4460 6, 050 Caulks Neck, Ark _____ ... 407 do .... 4, 800 Lake Bolivar Front, Miss______ 415 Left -____ - 6 14, 675 Cypress Bend, Ark_ - - - - - 427 Right _____ 7, 740 Arkansas City and Yellow Bend, Ark .____________ 438 _.._ do . ---- 14, 930 Ashbrook Neck, Miss_______ 445 Left _________ 19, 140 Panther Forest, Ark______________________________ 450 Right ....... - 7, 500 Millers Bend, Miss____________ ______________ 460 Left__________ 8, 245 Tarpley Neck, Miss ....----------------------- 462 ... do - 1, 760 Leland Neck, Ark. .. _._..............__ 11470 Right 6 12 15, 538 D o .. ............. .................... 11470 -. . do ... __ 4 1213 2, 960 Leland Neck Cut-off, Ark_____ 471 Left _________- 1, 000 .___.___.___ Greenville, Miss___________________. 480 ... do- ----- 29, 430 LaGrange Towhead, Miss _..._______________ 484 ..... do... 3, 600 Warfield, Miss_ _ .. . . 485 ..... do_ _ _ 2, 600 Vaucluse, Ark_- ..... _.......................... 489 Right__ ____ 6 1, 400 Sunnyside, Ark _ .. __ . 491 . .do ... . 10, 570 Lower American Cut-off, Miss____________ 497 Left_____ -__ 2, 950 Longwood, Miss_ __ 501 do- ---- ....- (0) Grand Lake, Ark .. _._.........................._ 508 Right ... 19, 880 Footnotes at end of table. 1536--ENG 1934--94 1488 REPORT OF CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMY, 1934 Effective length of bank protection, June 30, 1934, and length built during 12 months, July 1, 1933, to June 30, 1934-Continued Below Bank of river Built dur- Effective Locality Cairo Bank of river ing year revetment in place VICKSBURG ENGINEER DISTRICT-continued Miles Linearfeet Linearfeet Princeton, Miss_-------- ----------------------- 515 Left ...............------ 6, 550 Lake Providence Reach: Louisiana Bend, La -------- ------------------ 522 Right -------------------- .. (6) Lake Providence, La..........-------------------------- 540 --- do--------------------- (6) Valewood, Miss--------------__ _----- ----- - 528 Left ___13, 820 .Hagaman, La ----------------------------------- 544 Right--------------------- 14, 320 Fitler Bend, Miss ...------------------------------- 551 Left__----------- ___ ___ 6 10, 300 Cottonwood, Miss ...------------------......------------.. 557 do10, 000 Goodrich, La---------------------------------------- 561 Right --------------------- 4, 870 Albemarle Bend, Miss____-______________. ... ________ 570 Left----____-______-___ (6) Milliken Bend, La------------------------------- 584 Right --------------------- 6, 440 Duckport, La----------------------------------- 594 ---.. do-------------------- 7, 490 False Point, La ...--- -. -.------ 597 .. do-.... - ---- - 1, 965 Delta Point, La__-------------------------------- 600 - do--------------------- 3, 650 Opposite Delta Point-----.---------------------- 600 Left-...........-- (6) Vicksburg Harbor, Miss_____________-----____ 601 --- do 2 1, 505 7, 245 Barge Line Terminal, Miss_______________ ______ 601 -__.do- -- _ ..------------- 2, 250 Reid-Bedford Bend, La.._________________--- ---- ____ 608 Right_ _ ------------ ____ _ 12, 550 SECOND DISTRICT, NEW :ORLEANS Yucatan Bend, Miss _____________ ______..___------- - 639-640 Left --------------------- () Hard Times Bend, La-----------------....----------- 645 Right- .--------------- (6) Hard Scrabble Bend, La__ -- ____.____. -__ _ 655-656 ..--- do....... 2855 8, 299 Bondurant Chute, La -- _____ __.__.___.-________ 657 --... do -------------_ 5, 780 Cottage Bend, La- ...... -- --- __---- -__- - 664 - doo .. 5, 028 Kempe Bend, La ----------------------------- 671-675 ---- do --------------------. 29, 815 Giles Bend, Miss .______________ _____--_____ 11 688-692 Left.------------------- (6) Marengo Bend, La ---------------------------- 697-700 Right_ ------------------ _ () Natchez Front, Miss_..... ________ __.....____... 704-706 Left----------- 2 2, 088 6, 045 Deer Park, La ------------------------------- 728-729 Right -------------------- () Grand Bay, La --------------------------------- 816 - do -------------------- 7, 840 Plaquemine, La--_______ ..... ___- -___ .___ 863 -- do-------------------- 6, 635 Avondale, La___--------------- -------__ - 962 ... do , _ . 5, 804 New Orleans Harbor_ .. . .. __________ ..- ...______ 965-979 Right and left... 2328 68, 768 Total revetments __ --- ..------- ------ __ ---------- -. 18617 28, 496 1 19860, 495 1 Miles above mouth. 2 Concrete mats. 3 Linear feet of bank protected by rock groins. 4 Linear feet of bank protected by permeable pile dikes. FLinear feet of bank protected by permeable crib- dikes. 6 Inactive due to channel change, 5,400 linear feet, Daniels Point; 14,140 linear feet, Ashport; 16,290 linear feet, Fletchers Bend; 5,040 linear feet, Elmot Bar; 4,735 linear feet, Golden Lake; 4,987 linear feet, bend of island no. 35; 14,024 linear feet, Hopefield Bend; 9,317 linear feet, Memphis; 3,400 linear feet, Riverton; 3,350 linear feet, Lake Bolivar Front; 2,600 linear feet, Vaucluse; 4,200 linear feet, Longwood; 11,300 linear feet, Louisiana Bend; 12,600 linear feet, Lake Providence; 2,900 linear feet, Fitler Bend; 13,700 linear feet, Albemarle Bend; 1,950 linear feet, opposite Delta Point; 8,547 linear feet, Yucatan Bend; 11,675 linear feet, Hard Times Bend; 15,190 linear feet, Giles Bend; 19,394 linear feet, Marengo Bend; 12,757 linear feet, Deer Park. 7 3,040 linear feet dropped in Annual Report for 1932 has subsequently been replaced. R Includes 5,000 linear feet of concrete mattress, 680 linear feet of lumber mattress, and 215 linear feet of tetrahedral blocks. 9 Lost by flanking, 1,200 linear feet, chute of island no. 35; 2,400 linear feet, Happy Valley; 1,669 linear feet, Bauxippi-Wyanoke. to Built and paid for by Union Sand & Gravel Co. 11Mileage corrected. 12Length corrected. 13Bank protection destroyed due to development of cut-off; 2,000 linear feet of mattress; 1,565 linear feet of dike. 14200 linear feet of tetrahedral blocks included. 15 Linear feet tetrahedral blocks. 165.4 miles. 17 Includes 21,001 linear feet concrete mats, 3,215 linear feet tetrahedral blocks, and 680 linear feet board mattress; does not include 1,700 linear feet permeable pile dikes. 13 Does not include 1,500 linear feet of pile and rock groins, 20,820 linear feet of permeable crib dikes, nor 5,120 linear feet of permeable pile dikes. 19 163 miles. MISSISSIPPI RIVER COMMISSION 1489 The following table shows the total length of effective contraction works in place and the amount built during the 12 months ending June 30, 1934: Effective length of contraction works, June 30, 1934, and length built during 12 months, July 1, 1933, to June 30, 1934 Effective Below Bank of Built dur- permeable Locality Cairo river ing year dikes in place MEMPHIS ENGINEER DISTRICT Miles Linearfeet Linear feet Dorena Landing, Mo--- ........ _....................... ___ 37-40 Right _............. 15,000 Island 8, Ky...------------...........---------- ....... 42-48 Left __----------------- 1 12, 804 Chute of Island 8, Ky ------------------------------ 43-45 -_do------- ------------ 1 5, 054 Kentucky Point, Ky-------------------------------70-71 ___do------- ----------- 1 8, 216 "Toney Towhead, Tenn----....--------------------------- 76-78 do------- -------- 1 6, 000 Point Pleasant, Tennmu...------------------------------ 79-81 -do------------------- 1 8, 445 Ruddles Point, Mo----.--------------------------------- 3 - -- - - - - - - - - - - - - - -- - -- - - - - - 85-87 Right----------------- 1 4, 229 Head of Island 13, Tenn.3 - - - - - - -- - - - - - - - - - - -- - - - - - - 91-92 -__do------- ---------- 1 4, 412 Island 15, Gayoso, Tenn.... . 105-107 -_do -- --- 1 428 14, 428 Caruthersville, Tenn._. ..----------------------------- 110-113 Left------------ ----- 1 8, 686 Below Caruthersville, Mo....................----------- ... 113-114 Right ---.-------- 1 2, 374 Bells Point, Mo..---------------------------------115-117 Booths Point, Tenn___--- . __-- __-... __.- -__ ___do--...----- 119-121 Left ...-- ------- 1 184 1 3, 580 1 1, 684 ,Cottonwood Point, Mo_- ---- ------------------ 124-125 Right__... 1 1, 407 11, 407 .Head Island 21, Tenn_----------------------------127-130 Left ____---_.---------- 1 8, 657 Ashport-Golddust, Ark______- Ashport-Golddust, Tenn------ __________---__--- 154-158 Right_...____ -------------------- 158-160 Left------------------- ----- --- 1 10, 436 1, 600 Keyes Point, Tenn---..-----.. ----------------------- 162-164 ___do....------------------- 6, 847 Below Luxora, Ark--.-___ - -- ________--- ___ _ 163-164 Right ... ------.---- 15, 600 :Island 34, Ark_____ __ .__------- ..... ___ -- -- ___ 179-182 __do_....-- I 2, 859 1 9, 020 Morgan Point, Ark............................------------------------------ 185-187 __do......-------_------ 16, 025 ,Chute of Island 35, Tenn.....--------....................-----------------. 194-197 Left__----__------------ 1 47, 075 Below Island 35, Ark-_.----------------------------- 196-198 Right__--- ------------ 5 3, 950 Do---------------------------------------- 196-199 - do-------.......-----------. 1 6, 594 Redman Point, Ark_-_______- _-_-- __-.... __ _ 218-220 ___do-.. ...------ ------------... 4, 018 Redman Point, Tenn ----------------------------- 219-221 Left..----_-------------- 3, 484 -Vice Presidents Island, Tenn__.....------------- ----- _ 229-230 __do .......----------- 1 3, 685 Cat Island, Ark.................................---------------------------------250-253 Right..---...------------ 7, 749 Prairie Point, Ark-. . 301-303 .------------------------------- -__do------------------- 1 7, 341 Island 63, Miss..__-- ____--__ _______--------------------- 328-331 Left.------.----------- 14, 999 VICKSBURG ENGINEER DISTRICT 'Walker Bend, Ark____-.......__-__-__- ________.__._ 489 Right .---- 7 2, 000 7 2, 000 False Point, La..--------------- ---------------------- - 597 __do- --- l- 18 450 Youngs Point, La__-..............___-_____-... __...... 598 _- do--_-- ?4, 500 7 4, 500 Total contraction works-- ---- -.._ _ - ----...- --. - 11, 378 10 180, 349 1 Permeable pile dikes. 2 Revised. 3 Incorrectly shown as Missouri in 1933 Annual Report. 44,055 linear feet have been removed since 1933 Annual Report. s Permeable crib dikes. 6 300 linear feet have been removed since 1933 Annual Report. ? Sand dikes. 8 Dike was not completed due to high water and change in plans. 62.2 miles. io 34.2 miles. Effect of dikes in channel adjustment.-The effectiveness of the dikes is, for the most part, dependent upon their ability to induce deposits where flow is not wanted, and upon their ability to give a fixed direction of departure to the low-water flow in crossings. A study of their effectiveness indicates that the dikes that have been constructed to date have been successful in creating a fill (averaging approximately 4.5 feet per year), thereby deepening the main channel, and in giving a fixed direction to the low-water flow. 1490 REPORT OF CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMY, 1934 The permeable pile dikes in the vicinity of Island 21 have been quite successful in the purpose for which they were intended; i. e.,, directing the flow into the right channel and down the right of Island 21. Since the completion of this series of dikes, a fill of from 9 to 15. feet has been deposited, extending from the left bank to the middle bar, closing off the 9-foot channel through the dikes, the Island 20, crossing opposite the dikes has opened up with a deeper and wider channel, eliminating all dredging at this crossing and navigation is now using the right channel of Island 21. The purpose of the series of dikes constructed opposite Caruthers- ville, Mo., was primarily to close the Tennessee Channel, eliminating a very difficult crossing at Pflaglers Towhead and deepening the secondary channel along the Caruthersville front. In 2 years the results have been a fill of 5 to 20 feet between the dikes, a successful closing off of the Pflaglers Crossing with a wider and deeper channel extending down the entire Caruthersville front. Construction on permeable dikes at False Point, La. (597)' was suspended January 1933, due to change in plans and the effect on channel adjustment cannot be determined. The sand dikes built at Youngs Point (598)1 have been successful in the purpose for which they were designed, i. e., partially closing the right channel and diverting a major portion of river flow to the left of the middle bar- and increasing capacity of left channel. The sand dikes at Walker Bend (489)1 have not been completed and the effects on channel adjustment cannot as yet be determined. LEVEES During the fiscal year ending June 30, 1934, 126,368,330 cubic yards of earthwork were placed in levees as follows: Cubic yards placed District District Below Cape Below Cape Girardeauand Above Cape Girardeau Girardeau and Repairs (ses. (sc.r au tributaries 6 and 7) a (see. 1) a (sec. 6) a Rock Island----------------------------------------------------------------- 27, 140 St. Louis-------.......-------------------------------.. ....--------------.. 2, 691, 597 4, 139 Memphis---- ----------------................. 48, 425, 409 28, 884 1, 120, 125, Vicksburg - - ....---------------------------- __. - 26, 399, 839 .- ._- _ __ 412, 574- Second New Orleans ------------------------------- 47, 258, 623 .. aSections refer to sections of May 15, 1928, Flood Control Act. 1 Figures in parentheses denote distance in miles below Cairo. MISSISSIPPI RIVER COMMISSION 1491 The costs and net expenditures for levees during the 12-month period ending June 30, 1934, were as follows: Regular funds National Recovery Administration fund Description Net expendi- Net ex- Costs tures Costs pendi- tures _I UNITED STATES FUNDS Levees under par.1 of sec. 6 of Flood Control Act approved May 15, 1928: Rock Island district-------------__ $43. 21 $543. 21 St. Louis district...... 268, 455. 74 289, 134. 79 -------- --------- 5------ Memphis district_ .. -71.43 11, 964. 05 $8,669.95 $8, 669.95 Vicksburg district........................ 378. 36 378. 36 Levees under par. 2 of sec. 6 of Flood Control approved May 15, 1928, maintenance and repair: Vicksburg district- ............. 44, 643. 26 51, 757. 36 Levees under sec. 1 of Flood Control Act approved May 15, 1928: Memphis district ---- 4, 438, 472. 72 4, 685, 194. 91 6, 450, 163. 28 5, 333, 089. 77 Vicksburg district..... - 3, 425, 119. 36 3, 293, 778. 83 1, 312, 010. 50 1, 173, 762. 16 Second New Orleans district-............ 6, 975, 381. 21 6, 900, 531. 35 2, 993, 104. 34 2, 873, 579. 74 Levees under sec. 7 of Flood Control Act approved May 15, 1928: Rock Island district---------------------- 8, 068. 83 8, 068. 83 St. Louis district . ... 4, 224. 98 6, 968.95 Memphis district....--- -------------- 326, 070. 68 318, 922. 76 Vicksburg district __------------------- 35, 239. 51 27, 237. 69 Second New Orleans district -------- 1, 240. 39 1, 240. 39 Total United States funds ---- - .-. 15, 527, 266. 82 15, 595, 721. 48 10, 763, 948. 07 9, 389, 101. 62 I----- -I------- SI I CONTRIBUTED FUNDS ;Levees under sec. 6 of Flood Control Act approved May 15, 1928: Rock Island district_-------------------- -43.56 -43.56 St. Louis district ...... ..... ...... ...... 144, 775. 22 144, 775. 22 Memphis district ..---. ..------------.. 5, 913. 75 5, 913.75 4, 334. 97 4, 334. 97 Vicksburg district . __- . 189. 18 189. 18 Levees under sec. 7 of Flood Control Act P approved May 15, 1928: Vicksburg district-_ 620. 52 __ 620.52 1____-- Improvement of Mississippi River levees under sec. 4 of River and Harbor Act of Mar. 4, 1915: Memphis district_ 6, 991.18 6, 991. 18 Vicksburg district _ _ 1, 200. 58 1, 200. 58 Total contributed funds------ 159, 646. 87 159, 646.87 4, 334. 97 4, 334.97 Grand total_-- ---------.--------- 15, 686, 913. 69 15,755,368.35 10, 768, 283. 04 9, 393, 436. 59 1492 REPORT OF CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMY, 1934 On June 30, 1934, the estimated, content of the levee lines already up to or in process of construction to the approved grade and section covering the Mississippi River from Rock Island, Ill., to Cape Girardeau, Mo., and on the outlets and tributaries of the Mississippi River between Rock Island and Head of Passes, La., insofar as such outlets and tributaries are affected by backwater of the Mississippi River on which data were available as provided for in section 6 of the act of May 15, 1928, was about 74,853,732 cubic yards; about 12,074,078 cubic yards remain to be placed to complete the work. The estimated content of the levee lines already up to or in process of construction to the adopted project grade and section covering the main river project levees from Cape Girardeau, Mo., to the Head of Passes, La., as provided for in section 1 of the above act, was about 729,196,008 cubic yards; about 209,590,374 cubic yards re- main to be placed to complete this project. A total of 1,563,978 cubic yards were placed in levees under sections 6 and 7 of the above act during the fiscal year ended June 30, 1.934 (maintenance and repairs); no estimate can be made of the yardage remaining to be placed under section 7. During the past 6 years more than 466,054,000 cubic yards have been placed in levees (over 446,002,000 cubic yards under sec. 1 and over 20,052,000 cubic yards under sec. 6 of the act dated May 15, 1928); in addition some 5,046,000 cubic yards were placed under sections 6 and 7 of the act during the same period (maintenance and repairs). Yardage placed increased from 23,000,000 in fiscal year 1929 to over 107,528,000 in 1933, and to over 124,804,000 in 1934 (a record for yardage placed in 1 year); and prices gradually reduced from about 26.7 cents per cubic yard in 1929 to about 15.5 cents per cubic yard in 1933; prices per cubic yard advanced slightly in 1934 (in the Memphis district work let under contract averaged 21.9 cents per cubic yard and in the second New Orleans district over 47,250,000 cubic yards were placed at an average unit price of 19.4 cents per cubic yard. For convenience of administration, allotment of funds, and han- dling of local contributions for levee purposes, the Mississippi River front below Rock Island, Ill., has been divided by the Federal au- thorities into reaches designated as levee districts. In some in- stances these reaches or districts embrace the river fronts of several local levee organizations, the names and locations of which, as now established, are as follows: 1 This estimate reduced due to closer surveys and does not include yardage to be- abandoned; see table 2, p. 1498. MISSISSIPPI RIVER COMMISSION 1493 MISSISSIPPI RIVER Rock Island to New Boston, Ill.; left bank (484 to 435'). Muscatine to mouth of Iowa River, Iowa; right bank (457 to 436'). Mouth of Iowa River to Burlington, Iowa; right bank (436 to 406'). Oquawka to Dallas, Ill.; left bank (418 to 392 ). Mouth of Des Moines River to La Grange, Mo.; right bank (364 to 338'). Warsaw to Quincy, Ill.; left bank (362 to 329'). La Grange to mouth of Missouri River, Mo.; right bank (338 to 197 ). Quincy to Hamburg Bay, Ill.; left bank (329 to 267 ). Head Chouteau Island to Prairie du Pont, Ill.; left bank (195 to 176'). St. Louis to Cape Girardeau, Mo.; right bank (182 to 54'). Prairie du Pont to Grand Tower, Ill.; left bank (176 to 82'). Grand Tower to Gale, Ill.; left bank (82 to 48 ). Little River drainage district; right bank (49'). Thebes to Cairo, Ill.; left bank (46 to 0'). Upper St. Francis levee district, vicinity of Cape Girardeau, to New Madrid, Mo.; right bank (54' to 712). Reelfoot levee district, Hickman, Ky., to Slough Landing, Tenn.; left bank (36 to 602). Slough Landing Neck Dike; left bank (61 to 65'). Lower St. Francis levee district, vicinity of New Madrid, Mo., to mouth of St. Francis River; right bank (71 to 298 2). Upper Yazoo levee district, from just below Memphis, Tenn., to the Bolivar- Coahoma County line; left bank (227 to 365 2). Lower Yazoo levee district, Bolivar-Coahoma County line to mouth of Yazoo River; left bank (365 to 602 2) . White River levee district, Helena, Ark., to White River; right bank (307 to 3912). Homochitto levee district, mouth of Yazoo River to Baton Rouge; left bank (602 to 8342). Upper Tensas levee district, one-half mile downstream from city limits of Pine Bluff, Ark.; on the Arkansas River, 116 miles above its mouth, to opposite Warrenton, Miss. ; right bank (6092). Lower Tensas levee district, opposite Warrenton, Miss., to mouth of Red River, including Palmyra Island; right bank (609 to 772 2). Atchafalaya levee district, Red River to Bayou Lafourche; right bank (772 to 9852). Lafourche levee district, Bayou Lafourche to Orleans levee district; right bank (895 to 9752). Barataria levee district, Orleans levee district to Head of Passes; right bank (989 to 1,070 2). Pontchartrain levee district, Baton Rouge to Orleans levee district; left bank (842 to 966 2). Lake Borgne levee district, Orleans levee district to Head of Passes; left bank (979 to 1,0702). Orleans levee district, composed of the parish of New Orleans. It extends from the Lafourche levee district to the Barataria levee district, right bank (975 to 9892) and from the Pontchartrain levee district to the Lake Borgne levee district, left bank (966 to 9,79 2). Local levee districts on tributaries of the Mississippi River up to the limit of flood-control work as provided for under the approved project are as follows: Illinois River from mouth to mile 120, near Havana, Ill. (backwater limit) : Left bank.-Nutwood, Eldred, Fairbanks (Keach), Hartwell, Hillview, Big Swan, Scott County, Mauvais Terre, Naple City, Coon River, Willow Creek, 'Miles above Cairo. 2 Miles below Cairo. 1494 REPORT OF CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMY, 1934 Meredosia Lake, Indian Creek, city of Beardstown, South Beardstown, Lost Creek, and slough special drainage and levee districts. Right bank.-Valley City, McGee Creek, Little Creek, Big Prairie, Crane Creek, Coal Creek, Kelly Lake, Big Lake, West Mantanzas, Seahorn, Kerton Valley, Langellier, and Lacey drainage and levee districts. Wood River.-Wood River drainage and levee district. Missouri River, from mouth to St. Charles, Mo. (backwater limit) : Right bank.-St. Louis County levee district no. 1. Ohio River from mouth to mouth of Cache River (act July 27, 1916) (back- water limit is above Shawneetown, Ill.) : Left bank.-None. Right bank.-Cairo, Mounds, and Shawneetown drainage districts. White River from mouth to Peach Orchard Bluff, Ark. (backwater limit) Left bank.-Clarendon and White River levee districts. Right bank.-Little Red River levee district no. 1. St. Francis River from mouth to mouth of Tyronza River, just above Parkin, Ark. (backwater limit) : No local districts. Arkansas River from mouth to the line between sections 10 and 11, T. 7 S., R. 5 W., fifth principal meridian, near Lake Point, Ark. (backwater limit) ; division line between Lincoln-Jefferson Counties, Ark. (act July 27, 1916) ; the adopted project limit on south bank (act May 15, 1928) is one-half mile downstream from Pine Bluff city limits, Arkansas) : Left bank.-Farelly Lake, Jefferson County, and New Gascony levee districts. Right bank.-Southeast Arkansas, Linwood-Auburn, and Frenchtown levee districts. Ouachita River from mouth to vicinity of Lock and Dam No. 8, 330 miles :above mouth of Red River (backwater limit) : Left bank.-Tensas Basin levee district. Yazoo River from mouth to mouth of Wolf Lake above Yazoo City, Miss. (backwater limit) : Left bank.-Rocky Bayou, Eden Bayou, and Willis Creek levee and drainage districts. Right bank.-Warren County and Atchafalaya levee and drainage districts. Red River, from mouth to Alexandria, La. (backwater limit) ; the adopted project limit on south bank (act, May 15, 1928) is Boyce, La., thence along Bayou Jean de Jean to Hotwells, La.: Left bank.-Saline levee and drainage district. Right bank.-Red River, Atchafalaya, and Bayou Boeuf levee district from Boyce to Moncla; Red River and Bayou des Glaises levee and drainage district from Moncla to mouth of river. Atchafalaya River, from mouth to Morgan City, La.: West bank.-Red River, Atchafalaya, and Bayou Boeuf levee district from junction of the Atchafalaya and Bayou des Glaises at Simmesport, La., to Butte La Rose on the Atchafalaya River. East bank.-Atchafalaya levee district. (NoTE.-The Atchafalaya levee district includes entire basin down to Morgan City, with the exception of the right-bank levee from Simmesport to Bayou Courtableau.) The following tabulations covering levee work under sections 1, 6, and 7 of the act approved May 15, 1928, are similar to the tabula- tions given in previous reports. The tabulations have been brought up to date and show the present conditions of levees below Rock Island, Ill., and levee operations during the 12 months ending June 30, 1934, as compiled from data submitted by the district engineers. The column " Estimated final contents " of the levees given in table 1 is based on grades, sections, and quantities fixed pursuant to section 6 of the project adopted by Congress May 15, 1928. The same column of table 2 is based on grades, sections, and quantities, as provided for in section 1 of the above act. Table 3 covers work MISSISSIPPI RIVER COMMISSION 1495 accomplished under sections 6 and 7 of the May 15, 1928, act, for repairs of flood damage; the levees are reconstructed to their origi- nal grade and section. Levees in the several districts that have been completed to the approved grade and section are as follows: Rock Island engineer district, 249.1 miles; St. Louis engineer dis- trict, 194 miles; Memphis engineer district, 446.2 miles; Vicksburg engineer district, 351.8 miles; and second district, New Orleans, 566.1 miles; total, 1,807.2 miles. TABLE 1.-Present condition of MississippiRiver levees from Rock Island, Ill., to Cape Girardeau, Mo., and on the tributariesand outlets of the Mississippi River between Rock Island and Head of Passes, insofar as such tributariesand outlets are affected by the backwater of the Mississippi River; and levee operationsfor the 12 months, from July 1, 1933, to June 30, 1934, as provided for in sec. 6 of the act of May 15, 1928 Approx- Percent imate In Built Built Lost or Contents now area system Built to ap- Contents Built since since Total built aban- June 30, Required to Estimated built Name of engineer district, and reach or levee exist- proved June 30, by since doned final to pro- ap- tected district when grade United local 1933, exist- byStates June 30, since 1934, com- ing existing complete contents proved with O pleted levees i section and ing levees author- 1933 June 30, levees grade exist- ities 1933 and ing 0 section levees I I - I I I I I I- 1 1 - Square Rock Island engineer district: Miles Miles Miles Cu. yd. Cu. yd. COu.yd. Cu. yd. Cu. yd. Cu. yd. Cu. yd. Cu. yd. miles 0 Rock Island to New Boston, Ill ....------ 31.4 31.4 31.4 4, 319, 840 .. . . . . . .. . . . . ... .. . 4, 319, 840 4, 319, 840 100. 0 44 H Muscatine to mouth of Iowa River, Iowa 2_-__-_-__------ - ------ 22. 0 22. 0 22. 0 2, 514, 220 2, 514, 220 ------------ 2, 514, 220 100. 0 34 Mouth -of Iowa - - - Burlington, - - - - - to - - - - - River -- -- -- -- -- Iowa 3 34. 7 34. 7 34. 7 43, 405, 832 4 3, 405, 832 3, 405, 832 100. 0 70 Oquawka to Dallas, Ill11------------ 20. 3 20. 3 15. 3 2, 496, 369 2, 496, 369 33, 959 2, 530, 328 98. 7 29 Mouth of Des Moines River to 6- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - La Grange, Mo. 21.4 21. 4 21.4 1, 640, 943 1, 640, 943 1, 640, 943 100. 0 30 Warsaw to Quincy, Ill .... - 40. 8 40. 8 40. 8 73, 018, 574 7 3, 018, 574 3, 018, 574 100. 0 74 500 - La Grange to mouth of Missouri River 8 - Quincy to Hamburg Bay, Ill ________ 33. O0 33. 0 53. 0 53. 0 33.0 50. 5 2, 339, 97, 583, 206 855 --.------ ------------- ------- .-- 2, 339, 206 9 7, 583, 855 271, 647 2, 339, 206 7, 855, 502 100. 0 96. 5 62 172 St. Louis engineer district: Head of Chouteau Island to Prairie du Pont, Ill __ - - - 21. 0 21. 0 21.0 2, 632, 235 500 500 2, 632, 735 ... _._._._._ 102, 632, 735 100. 0 96 Prairie du Pont to Grand Tower, Ill__ __ 16. 0 16. 0 16. 0 485,946 6, 700 6, 700 492, 646 10492, 646 100. 0 46 St. Louis to Cape Girardeau, Mo ....... 17. 6 17. 6 17. 6 1, 443, 816 1, 443, 816 1, 443, 816 100. 0 32 Grand Tower to Gale, Ill._ _____ ____ 1045. 0 1045. 0 42. 4 2, 915, 783 62, 959 62, 959 2, 978, 742 to 567, 041 103, 545, 783 10 84. 0 75 Havana to Beardstown, Ill. (Illinois River) ------------------------ 32. 2 32. 2 .6 4, 583, 435 4, 583, 435 4, 016, 565 8, 600, 000 53. 3 30 Beardstown, Ill., to mouth of Illinois River (Illinois River)_____ _________ 172. 1 172. 1 96. 4 31, 223, 562 2, 620, 738 700 2, 621, 438 12178, 609 33, 666, 391 6, 621, 152 1340,287, 543 83. 6 194 Memphis engineer district: Shawneetown, Ill. (Ohio River)__________________________ 3.9 3.9 3.9 937, 178 28, 884 28, 884 966, 062 10966, 062 100. 0 102 Vicksburg engineer district: 14 Atchafalaya drainage and levee district (right bank, Yazoo River, Miss.) 13. 3 13.3 4.0 371, 286 371,286 563, 714 935, 000 39. 7 156 Second district, New Orleans: Saline (Beaver levee, left or north bank Red River) 15 --- 162.9 SI 16 2.9 I 16 2.9 I 399, 780 399,780 399, 780 100. 0 (17) Total-__-- - --- --- --- __ 580.6 580.6 453.9 72,311,860 2, 712, 581 7, 900 2, 720, 481 178, 609 74, 853, 732 12, 074, 078 86, 927, 810 86. 1 1, 146 I I I 1iRegardless of grade and sectioni. 2Includes 1.8 miles of levee along Iowa River, left bank, from mouth to biuffs, in Louisa County levee district no. 15. 3 Includes 6.8 miles of levee along Iowa River, right bank, from mouth to bluffs, in Iowa River-Flint Creek levee district no. 16. 4 Does not include 5,474 cubic yards placed in filling crevasses in Keithsburg drainage district, Illinois, in 1929. 5Includes 3.3 miles of levee along Henderson River, right bank, from mouth to high ground in Henderson County drainage district no. 3 and 2.5 miles along Henderson River, left bank, from mouth to high ground in Henderson County drainage district no. 1. 6Includes 8.3 miles of levee along Des Moines River, right bank, and 6.3 miles of levee along Fox River, left bank, in Des Moines-Mississippi levee district no. 1, Missouri. ?Does not include 118,810 cubic yards placed in filling crevasses in Indian Grave district in 1929. 8La Grange to opposite mouth of Illinois River. 9 Does not include 5,100 cubic yards placed in filling crevasses in South Quincy drainage and levee district in 1929 and 1930. 10Revised. 11Includes 5.7 miles of levee along Big Muddy River, left bank, from mouth to bluffs in Preston levee and drainage district. 12Abandoned due to construction of new levee, Valley City district. 13Reduced by 178,609 cubic yards abandoned due to construction of new levee, Valley City district. 14See also table 3, p. 1501, for Farelly Lake levee work. 1sThis work is now under the jurisdiction of the Vicksburg engineer district. 16This mileage applies to Beaver levee only. 17Included in area protected levee system in Saline levee district. i-4 o r2 0 TABLE 2.-Present condition of main r'ver levees, from Cape Girardeau, Mo., to Head of Passes, La., and levee operationsfor the 12 months from July 1, 1933, to June 30, 1934, as provided for in sec. 1 of the act of May 15, 1928 --I ( Per- Approx- cent imate In sys- Built Built, Built to Contents, Built since Total Lost or Contents, now area Name of engineer district and reach tem when exist- adopted June 30, since by built since abandoned June 30, Required Estimated final built pro- a grade 1933, by 1934, to com- to tected or levee district com- ing and existing United local June 30, since June existing plete contents adopted with H pleted levees author- 30, 1933 section levees States 1933 levees grade exist- ities 1 and section - ing levees t O I I I 1 Q Cubic Cubic Cubic Cubic Cubic Cubic Cubic Cubic Square 0 Memphis engineer district: Miles Miles Miles yards yards yards yards yards yards yards yards miles Little River drainage district ---- 2 19.6 2 19.6 3 18. 1 4, 574, 882 4 4, 574, 882 5300, 00( 5 6 4, 729, 881 7 793. 400 Thebes to Cairo, Ill___________ 89. 7 8 9. 7 8 9. 3, 417, 091 3, 417, 093 100. 0 3, 417, 091 11 Ohio River_______ 911.3 911.3 10.1 102, 921, 101 523, 464 523, 464 11 3, 444, 565 5 44, 021 123, 488, 591 798. 7 12 O Upper St. Francis_ - __ 13 132. 2 14 132. 2 15100. 1 1830, 964, 046 1, 922, 159 1,922, 155 17330, 600 41632, 555, 605 2, 893, 451 5 61634,744,365 716 91. 7 700 P Lower St. Francis___ 18213. 4 19213. 4 20 170. 2175,161, 114 19, 461, 920 19, 461, 920 17 1, 591, 486 42193,031, 548 2 13, 201, 277 56 2196,969,323 7 2186.4 3, 500 White River.. .---------------- 22 73. 5 2273. 5 2330. 6 30, 994, 038 10, 161, 532 10,161, 532 17116, 537 4 41, 039, 033 3 21, 556, 525 56 53, 251, 934 7 59. 5 910 M Reelfoot...------------------------- 2423. 0 523.0 11.9 6, 654, 944 938, 649 938, 649 ............. 47, 593, 593 5 2, 633, 525 5 6 8, 394, 247 7 68. 6 310 Slough Landing Neck Dike __. ... 259. 1 3 7. 8 253.1 850, 000 4 850, 000 5 300, 000 6 1, 063, 665 771.8 26 5 Upper Yazoo_-------------------- 2793. 6 2793. 6 87. 7 67, 325, 545 15, 417. 685 15, 417, 685 174, 986, 709 4 77, 756, 525 53, 714, 470 5 78. 721. 580 7 95. 3 3, 281 - Vicksburg engineer district: Lower Yazoo, east bank Missis- sippi River, Miss______. __ 200. 0 187. 7 149. 2 123, 080, 785 13, 241, 131 .. .. 13, 241,131 179, 408,111 4126, 913, 805 6 6, 544, 510156131, 829, 545 7 28 95. 0 2,140 J Upper Tensas: U2 South bank, Arkansas River, Ark_ _------------------- 5 2990. 4 5 2989. 4 68. 24, 883, 064 637, 894 637, 894 17202, 812 425, 318, 146 5 134, 000 5 6 25, 442, 104 7 99. 5 West bank, Mississippi River, Ark_ __ West bank, Mississippi River, La .------------ 29 75. 2 90. 0 2975.2 90. 0 33. 70. 7 45, 655, 053 57, 612, 981 266, 428 9, 469, 514 266, 428 9, 469, 514 -.......... 175, 829, 600 45, 921, 481 4 61, 252, 895 999, 088 51, 711,898 46, 920, 569 3 6 57, 010, 943 7 28 97. 97.9 2, 000 5 Boeuf floodway: Arkansas --- -- - (30) ---------- 14, 007, 155 14, 007, 155 0.0 Louisiana____ (30) 25. 8 25. 574, 801 2, 784,872 2, 784,872 3, 359, 673 30, 323, 693 33, 683, 366 10. 5 Second district, New Orleans: Lower Tensas _____ 156. 8 156. 8 86.5 67, 218, 074 9, 678, 765 9, 678, 765 174, 929,000 471, 967, 839 18, 574, 017 6 78, 021, 726 776.2 2, 242 H Atchafalaya (front) 127. 3 127. 3 88. 48, 441, 351 10, 687, 674 10, 687, 674 173, 631, 000 4 55, 498, 027 55, 000, 000 6 53, 000, 000 790.6 5,418 81. 8 62. 4 255, 374 S17173132 66,500 20, 000 10, 051, 400 8, 898, 060 6 11, 456, 038 7 22.3 Lafourche_ 81.8 17, 350, 003 255, 374 7, 467, 477 33 34 332, 523 7, 800, 000 95. 7 S2, 248 C0 Barataria_ _ 71.9 71.9 30. 6, 707, 805 42, 723 42, 723 1712, 500 a6, 738, 032 1, 381,869 66, 410, 480 7 78. 4 (35) Pontchartrain __________ 126. 0 126. 0 99. 11. 38, 380, 164 2, 585, 482 2, 585, 482 {7 r 1731 743, 000 32 213, 000 4 34, 183, 5, 826, 442 204 1, 512,113 33 341, 170, 957 6 34, 954, 013 6,997, 161 7 95. 7 83.3 } 1,021 Bonnet Carre spillway, side levees 11.8 11.8 10, 959, 698 10, 959, 698 25, 302 10, 985, 000 99. 8 Lake Borgne_ 47. 9 47. 9 23.7 6, 245, 604 342, 618 342, 618 17149, 000 46, 439, 222 526, 278 6 6, 123, 232 791.4 731 Red River, Atchafalaya, and Bayou Boeuf--------- -_-- 123, 5 123. 5 94. 7 16, 977, 582 2, 738,463 2, 738, 463 17 846, 500 4 18, 869, 545 1, 261, 537 6 16, 714, 592 7 92. 5 1, 326 3 3 Atchafalaya (back).-------------- 53. 1 53. 1 45. 2 12, 747, 901 240, 164- ..... 240, 164 i1 202, 000 12, 786, 065 4 1,187, 282 13,973, 347 91. 5 (3e) Bordelonville, west------ 11. 8 11.-------- U. 11.8 11. 8 2, 976, 4291 _--__-.....-........____ _____ _. 2, 976, 4291 ...... _ 2, 976, 429 100. 0 (37) West Atchafalaya Basin ...-.-- 38131. 8 8. 9 8. 9 3, 572, 983 17, 012, 0911.------1 17, 012, 091 __---------- 20, 585, 074 32, 714, 926 53, 300, 000 38. 6 (37) East.Atchafalaya Basin .---------- 117. 6 .21 .2 82,845 3, 675, 2691 -.... 3, 675, 269 _---------- 3, 758, 114 32, 441, 886 36, 200, 000 10. 4 (68) Ring levees: Simmesport, Mel- ville, Morgan City, and Ferri- day---------------------- 3 26.9------------ ----------- ---------------- 9 6, 200, 000 396, 200, 000 0. (40) --- Total__ ____________________ 2, 129. 2 1, 873.2 1, 353. 3 41706, 329,896 122, 083, 871 122, 083, 871 33, 278, 35542 795, 135, 412 209, 590, 374 938, 786, 382 4377 7 26, 267 1 Regardless of grade and section. 2 Includes 14 miles in main line diversion levee (increased 0.3 mile due to closer surveys); 2.7 miles in Ramsey Creek levee; and 2.9 miles in Sals Creek levee. 3 Increased 0.6 mile due to closer surveys. 4 These figures include yardage to be abandoned in the course of construction, the total to be abandoned being 65,939,404 cubic yards as follows: Memphis district, 24,125,442 cubic yards; Little River drainage district, 145,000 cubic yards; upper St. Francis levee district, 704,691 cubic yards; lower St. Francis levee district, 9,263,502 cubic yards; White River levee district, 9,343,624 cubic yards; Reelfoot levee district, 1,832,875 cubic yards; Slough Landing Neck Dike, 86,335 cubic yards; upper Yazoo levee district, 2,749,415 cubic yards; Vicksburg district, 7,592,662 cubic yards; lower Yazoo levee district, east bank, Mississippi River, Miss., 1,628,770 cubic yards; upper Tensas levee district, south bank, Arkansas River, Ark., 10,042 cubic yards; west bank, Mississippi River, La., 5,953,850 cubic yards; second New Orleans district, 34,221,300 cubic yards; lower Tensas levee district, 12,520,130 cubic yards; Atchafalaya (front) levee district, 7,498,027 cubic yards; Lafourche levee district (above Bonnet Carre), 7,493,422 cubic yards; Barataria levee district, 1,709,421 M 0 cubic yards; Pontchartrain levee district (about Bonnet Carre), 741,542 cubic yards; Lake Borgne levee district, 842,268 cubic yards; Red River, Atchafalaya and Bayou Boeuf levee district, 3,416,490 cubic yards. Some of these figures have been revised due to closer surveys having been made. 5 These figures revised due to closer surveys and new locations. 6 The estimated final contents equals contents June 30, 1934, plus the yardage required to complete to grade and section, minus the yardage to be abandoned in the course of construction. 7 Percentage of completion arrived at as follows: Subtract the amount required to complete from the estimated final contents, dividing the remainder by the amount given under estimated final contents. 8 Includes 6.3 miles of Cairo drainage district (Mississippi River) levee (increasd 0.1 mile due to closer surveys) and 3.4 miles of Cairo front (Mississippi River) levee. 9 Includes 5.2 miles from Cache River levee to lower end of Cairo sea-wall (Ohio River); and 6.1 miles of Mounds and Mound City, Ill., levee (increased 4.7 miles to include levees around Mounds and Mound City, Ill., placed under contract during the fiscal year). t0Increased 629,000 cubic yards to include levees at Mounds and Mound City, Ill. O 11Includes 629,000 cubic yards to include Mounds and Mound City, Ill., levees. 12Revised, to include 629,000 cubic yards Mounds and Mound City, Ill., levees. 13Includes 34.2 miles of Birds Point-New Madrid set-back levee (decreased 0.3 mile due to closer surveys); 84.3 miles of Mississippi River front line levee (increased 1.1 miles due to closer surveys and new locations); and 13.7 miles of New Madrid-Sikeston Ridge (St. Johns Bayou) levee (this levee has been deducted from the lower St. Francis levee district and placed in the upper St. Francis levee district, where it rightfully belongs). 14Revised, includes mileages stated in footnote 13. 15Revised. See footnote 13. 16Increased 2,702,885 cubic yards by transfer of St. John Bayou levee from Lower St. Francis levee district. See footnote 13. 17Abandoned due to construction of new levee. isIncludes 213.4 miles of Mississippi River front line levee (decreased 0.7 mile due to closer surveys and new locations), also reduced 13.7 miles due to removing the New Madrm- Sikeston Ridge (St. Johns Bayou) levee from this district and placing same under the upper St. Francis levee district. 19Revised, includes mileages stated in footnote 18. 2oRevised, see footnote 18. 21Decreased 2,702,885 cubic yards by transfer of St. Johns Bayou levee to Upper St. Francis leveedistrict. See footnote18. 22Includes 6.6 miles of Laconia back circle levee (decreased 0.6 mile due to closer surveys and new locations); and 66.9 miles of Mississippi River front line levee (decreased 1.4 miles due to closer surveys and new locations). 23Revised, see footnote 22. 24Increased 0.1 mile due to closer surveys. 25Decreased 0.1 mile due to closer surveys. 26 Partiallyprotected. 27Increased 0.3 mile due to closer surveys. 28Revised due to increase in estimated final contents. 29Includes fuse plug levee not to be enlarged to adopted grade and section. 30Indeterminable. 31Above Bonnet Carre spillway. 33Below Bonnet Carre spillway. 33Estimated amount required to reconstruct levees due to caving banks. 34This figure revised due to closer surveys. 3 Included in Lafourche levee district. O 36 Included in Atchafalaya (front) levee district. 37Included in Red River, Atchafalaya, and Bayou Boeuf levee district. 38Includes 8.3 miles of Bordelonville-Hamburg levee. 39Revised due to inclusion of Ferriday levee. 40Included in respective levee districts. 41Includes yardage to be abandoned in the course of construction see; Annual Report, 1933. The total shown in the 1933 report, column "Contents 1933" has been revised by an addition of 629,000 cubic yards, Ohio River (Mounds and Mound City, Ill., levees). o 42Includes 65,939,404 cubic yards not up to project grade and section to be abandoned in the course of construction. 43Percentage of 77.7 arrived at by subtracting 65,939,404 cubic yards (to be abandoned in the course of construction) from 795,135,412 (contents 1934), and dividing theremainder by 938,786,382 (estimated final contents). The percentage of completion of works under section 1 of the project excluding Boeuf and Atchafalaya flood ways and ring levees (143,390,521 cubic yards) is 88.2. O 03 MISSISSIPPI RIVER COMMISSION 1501 TABLE 3.-Yardage placed during 12 months, from July 1, 1933, to June 30, 193,4 in repairing levees on tributaries of the Mississippi River threatened or destroyed by flood, including the flood of 1927, as provided for in sec. 7 of the act of May 15, 1928 Built Total Remain- Levee district since built ing Percent July 1, under to be complete 1933 section 7 built ROCK ISLAND ENGINEER DISTRICT Cubic Cubic Cubic Iowa River: yards yards yards Louisa levee districts nos. 8 and 11, Iowa....----------------- 7, 187 51,955 None 100. 0. Levee district no. 14, Louisa County, Iowa.---------------- 4, 050 26, 222 None 100. 0 O. L.Asby.... ------------------------------------- --------- 2, 006 None 100. 0 Cedar River: Muscatine County, Iowa--------------------- 5, 449 22, 083 None 100.0 Mill Creek: Vicinity Milan, Ill----------- --------------------------. 508 None 100. 0 Fox River: Mississippi-Fox River drainage district, Missouri-. 6,992 6, 992 None 100. O0 Ellison Creek: Vicinity of Shokoken, Ill------------------------ 3, 462 3, 462 None 100. C ST. LOUIS ENGINEER DISTRICT Cinque Hommes Creek:- Perry County, no. 3------------------------12, 600 None 100. 0 Mississippi River: Perry County, no. 3, Mo...-------------------------- 1, 437 None 100.0 Meredosia Lake Levee-------------------------------------------..... 6, 270 None 100.0 Lost Creek Levee..-- ---------....................------------------------- 4, 139 4, 139 None 100. 0 MEMPHIS ENGINEER DISTRICT Arkansas River: Conway County levee district no. 1--.........----------------.....----------....... 44, 703 None 100.0 Do------------------------------------------------........--......... 23, 022 None 100.0 Do----......--.....-- ----------------------------------........... 26,147 None 100. O0 Conway County levee district no. 2--------------------..---------.. 7, 183 None 100.0 Do....--------------------------------------------- 11, 784 11, 784 None 100. 0 Conway County levee district no. 6-----------------------------5, 986 None 100. 0 Do---- -------------------------------------- 49, 316 49,316 None 100.0 Do---- ---------------------------------------- 658 658 None 100.0 Crawford County levee district-....--------------------- 104, 037 104, 037 947, 963 11. 1 Meredosia Lake Levee--.--------------------------------- - 9, 216 None 100. 0 Dardanelle drainage district, Yell County, Ark ----............ 33, 439 None 100. 0 Faulkner County levee district no. 2.....---------------------------- 38, 977 None 100. 0 Fourche Island levee district---- ----------------------------- 57, 516 None 100. 0 Fourche Place levee district---- ------------------------------- 1, 331 None 100. 0 Logan County levee district no. 1-.--------------------------------- 1, 500 None 100. 0 Logan County levee district no. 3-------- --------------------------- 6, 500 None 100.0 Do---- ---------------------------------------------- 17, 374 None 100. 0 Oberste Levee--- ----------------------------------------- 3, 979 None 100. 0 Perry County levee district no. 1------------------------------- 8, 693 None 100.0 Do---- ----------------------------------------------- 3,730 None 100.0 Do---- ------------------------------------------------ 811 None 100.0 Pope County, Ark., drainage and levee district no. 1------- 8, 193 8, 193 None 100. 0 Yell County levee district no. 1--------------------------.-------- 33, 698 None 100.0 Do---- ----------------------------------------------- 2, 932 None 100. 0 Black River: Curia Creek levee district---- -------------------------------- 16, 929 None 100. O0 Western Clay drainage district no. 2--- -------------------------- 3, 924 None 100. 0 Do---- ----------------------------------------------- 1, 516 None 100. 0 Little Red River: Little Red River levee district no. 1--------- ----------------------- 46, 656 None 100. 0 Little Red River levee district no. 2----------------------------13, 199 None 100. 0 Neosho River: Allen levee district---- -------------------------------------- 4, 755 None 100. 0 Brown levee------- --------------------------------------- 3, 085 None 100. 0 Brogan levee district--------- ------------------------------ 13, 918 None 100. 0 Council Grove, Kans., improvement district--....--..........--------...---------- 9, 868 None 100. 0 Delos-Johnson levee district---------------------------...-------.. 3, 944 None 100. 0 Dutton levee district---- ----------------------------------- 14, 319 None 100. 0 Edwards-Marsh-Bell levee district--- -------------------------- 6, 269 None 100. 0 Gibbons levee district---- ----------------------------------- 1, 562 None 100. 0 Hewitt levee district--- ------------------------------------- 2, 717 None 100. 0 Heath levee district--- ------------------------------------- 16, 803 None 100. 0 Isett-Blackburn levee district---- ----------------------------- 10, 365 None 100. 0 Labette County levee district---- ----------------------------- 2, 103 None 100. 0 Linden levee district---- ----------------------------------- 11, 399 None 100. 0 Lawrence levee district---- ---------------------------------- 16, 080 None 100. 0 Nation levee district-- -------------------------------------- 2, 698 None 100. 0 Nixon levee district ---------------------------------------- 4, 949 None 100. 0 Rosenthal levee district ...---- ----------------------- ---------- 35, 710 None 100. 0 Sheltz levee district--- ------------------------------------- 7, 984 None 100. 0 Wikle levee district-- -------------------------------------- 15, 665 None 100. 0 St. Francis River: Craighead County, Ark., drainage district no. 12 ......... 30, 000 30, 000 None 100. 0 Craighead County, Ark., drainage district no. 17- ...... 20, 843 20, 843 None 100. 0 Craighead County, Ark., drainage district no. 26 ........ 60, 330 60, 330 None 100. 0 1502 REPORT OF CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMY, 1934 TABLE 3.-Yardage placed during 12 months, from July 1, 1933, to June 30, 1934, in repairing levees on tributaries of the Mississippi River, eto.-Continued Built Total Remain- Levee district since built ing Percent July 1, under to be complete 1933 section 7 built MEMPHIS ENGINEER DISTRICT-continued Cubic Cubic Cubic St. Francis River-Continued. yards yards yards St. Francis drainage district, Clay and Green Counties-------......... 23, 946 None 100. 0 Do.. ----------------------------------------- .. 7, 635 None 100. O0 Do.....------------------------------------------------ 43,951 151,049 22. 5 Do-__--...... -- . ___-___--- -_______- 454, 836 454, 836 None 100. 0 Dunklin County, Mo., levee district no. 4---------------- 12, 800 12, 800 None 100. 0 Dunklin County drainage district no. 25 __.----___ -- .. -__ __ 10, 102 None 100. 0 Do'..............--------------------------------------------------11, 621 None 100. 0 Do--- -- -------------------------------------------- 53, 614 None 100. 0 Do- --..- _ ------------_ 16, 569 16, 569 None 100. 0 Dunklin County drainage district no. 2------- _ _--- ...--...--.. 7, 657 None 100. 0 Mingo drainage district ----- ------- 11,890 None 100. 0 Mississippi County drainage district no. 17----------------------- 11, 759 None 100. 0 Do..........-------------------------------------------------- 20, 041 None 100. 0 Do -- ......-- . . . _.. .. . _. . . . . . . . . . . . .. 190, 535 276, 425 40. 8 Mississippi County, Ark., drainage district no. 17------ 325, 450 325, 450 400, 000 55. 0 Mud Slough drainage district --- -------- 7, 682 None 100-0 Verdigris River: Hall levee ----- -1--------- 1, 921 None 100. 0 White River: Jackson.County levee district no. 3 ........... 3, 965 None 100. O0 Do- ....---------- - -... . . . . . -------.... . . . . . . .. . . ..-- . 2, 296 None 100. 0 Gibson levee district-. - _ - -__ - 12, 500 None 100. O0 Jackson County levee district no. 2 ---- ------ 39, 158 None 100. 0 Do-. _...... . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . -- 8, 114 N one 100. 0 Do-- . . . .- . ---- _------ 14,038 None 100.0 Padgett Island levee district 32, 283 None 100. O0 Village Creek-White River levee district_ 19, 574 None 100. 0 D o -.. .... .... .... ... .... .... -. ....-- 12,172 N one 100. 0 Do .----- ----- ----- ----- ----- --- - - ---- 14, 603 14, 603 N one 100. O0 White River levee district, Woodruff, Prairie, and Monroe Counties, Ark.. -------------------------------- ---------- 134, 352 None 100. O0 Do -- --- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 10, 706 10, 706 None 100. 0 Phillips County drainage district no. I of Phillips and Mon- roe Counties, Ark.___________________________________ 11, 912 None 100. O0 VICKSBURG ENGINEER DISTRICT Red River (left bank): Bossier levee district, Louisiana .........- 115, 656 None 100. O0 Ogden levee district, Arkansas -------------------------------- 32, 369 None 100. 0 Red River levee district no. 1, Arkansas ------------------ - - 28, 271 None 100. 0 Hempstead County levee district no. 1, Arkansas -------- ---------- 40, 115 None 100. 0 Orton levee district, Arkansas_--_ 58, 061 122, 943 None 100. 0 Saline levee and drainage district, Louisiana_-_......... 240, 881 None 100. O0 Grand Bend levee repair -...-...................... 9, 719 None 100. 0 Red River (right bank): Garland levee district, Arkansas _........ - - 214, 004 None 100. 0 Miller levee district no. 2, Arkansas... ---------- ------ 21, 733 None 100. 0 Arkansas River (left bank): Farelly Lake levee district, Arkansas __175, 639 None 100. 0 Farelly Lake levee district, Arkansas (placed under par. 2, of sec. 6, act of May 15, 1928)_-- -- - 333, 927 1 768, 255 2None 100. O0 Tallahatchie River (left bank): Locopolis drainage district, Mississippi -........ 5, 764 None 100. 0 Matthews Bayou drainage district, Mississippi--- ....... 9, 538 N one 100.0 Panola-Quitman drainage district, Mississippi ...--. 11,094 80, 007 2None 100. O0 Patterson Bayou drainage district, Mississippi ........ ----.... 7, 553 None 100.0 Private levee near Roane, Miss - - 6, 543 6, 899 None 100. 0 Tallahatchie River (right bank): Newsum Lake levee district, Mississippi-...... - - . 16, 617 2 None 100. O0 Private levee near Glendora, Miss- -.......... 1, 036 ............ Yazoo River (left bank): Eden levee district, Mississippi--------------------------------- 9, 845 None 100. 0 Belzoni levee district, Mississippi_ - 2, 949 2, 949 None 100. 0 Yazoo River (right bank): Atchafalaya levee district, Missis- sippi .............---------- - - ------- 10, 764 None 100. 0 I Includes 32,253 cubic yards placed by local authorities. 2 Amount shown in 1933 annual report represented yardage necessary to raise levees of whole system to new grade and section. Work under contract by United States completed. MISSISSIPPI RIVER COMMISSION 1503 TABLE 3.-Yardage placed during 12 months, from July 1, 1933, to June 30, 1934, in repairing levees on tributaries of the Mississippi River, etc.-Continued Built Total Remain- since built ing Percent July 1, under to be complete 1933 section 7 built SECOND DISTRICT, NEW ORI EANS Red River (right bank): Red River and Bayou des Olaises levee and drainage dis- Cubic Cubic Cubic trict: yards yards yards Barbins landing levee ....... 36, 428 None 100. 0 Bayou Leaunoir levee................ 18, 996 None 100. 0 Barbins Landing levee (lower)- . . ........ ............. 40, 091 None 100. 0 Barbins Landing levee (upper)----- ---------------------- 41, 730 None 100.0 Bettevy levee -------------------------------- ---------- 11, 691 None 100. 0 Brouillette levee ------------------------------ .. ---------- 19, 380 None 100. 0 Johnsons cross levee.....-------------------------------------- 8, 924 None 100. 0 Normans Landing levee------------------------ --------- 40, 167 None 100. 0 Atchafalaya Basin: Cypremont Crevasse . ...................------------------- 342, 500 None 100. 0 Port Barre-South levee..........------------------------------------.........22, 170 None 100. 0 Total.........................--------------------------------------- 1,563, 978 5, 046, 305 The following is a statement of the net expenditures by the United States Government, under supervision of the president Mississippi River Commission (including all expenditures under sec. 7 of Flood Control Act approved May 15, 1928), for the construction and repair of levees; and the amounts expended for similar purposes by States, levee districts, and communities interested, from 1882 to December 31, 1933, covering cost of yardage placed, rights-of-way, interest, engineering expenses, repair work, high-water expenses, crevasse closing, etc.: Net expenditures by Net expenditures by United States from United States from Government funds contributed funds Expended by State and Total Districtslocal organi- New proj- zations zations Old project New project Old project Northern-----.----. $3, 067, 923. 04 $19, 287. 55 $1, 156, 801. 30 $9, 643. 78------------.. $4,253,655.67 Rock Island engineer _-------------- 1601, 854. 44 .....-----------.2 288, 596. 30 $5, 052, 490. 15 5, 942, 940. 89 St. Louis engineer_---------------- 3 1, 479, 820. 81------------ 734, 835. 79 13, 443, 027. 75 15, 657, 684. 35 Memphis engineer.... 21, 898, 591. 58 430, 372, 281.90 4, 592, 925. 15 58, 629. 15 57, 701, 370. 72 114, 623, 798. 50 Vicksburg engineer.... 30, 257, 665. 36 633, 705, 604. 72 6, 054, 329. 85 7 30, 536. 56 42, 653, 353. 01 112, 701, 489. 50 Second New Orleans engineer- ..-.-----...26, 633, 403. 70 ~26, 810, 626. 24 4, 373, 938. 37 11, 636. 74 96, 223, 163. 91 154, 052, 768. 96 Total ..----------81, 857, 583. 68 92, 989, 475. 66 16, 177, 994. 67 1, 133, 878. 32 215, 073, 405. 54 407, 232, 337. 87 1Includes $29,400.30, expended from the emergency fund for flood control on tributaries of the Mississippi River under the provisions of sec. 7 of Flood Control Act approved May 15, 1928. 2 Includes $2,079.22, contributed and expended under provisions of sec. 7. 3Includes $10,721.87, expended under provisions of sec. 7. 4 Includes $1,428,618.39, expended under provisions of see. 7; and $981,681.50, expended from National Recovery Administration funds. 5 Includes $167.04, contributed and expended under provisions of sec. 7. 6 Includes $847,968.94, expended under provisions of sec. 7; and $259,485.27, expended from National Recovery Administration funds. 7 Includes $195.52, contributed and expended under provisions of sec. 7. 8Includes $495,574.33, expended under provisions of sec. 7; and $342,940.01, expended from National Recovery Administration funds. 91536-ENc 1934--95 1504 REPORT OF CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMY, 1934 Total United States and contributed funds expended under super- vision of the president, Mississippi River Commission, for all pur- poses, including expenditures for revetments, levees, dredging, sur- veys, etc., from June 28, 1879, to June 30, 1934, amount to $401,433,- 818.41, of which $2,951,971.40 was expended from the emergency fund for flood control on tributaries of the Mississippi River (sec. 7, Flood Control Act approved May 15, 1928), this being the entire amount expended from that fund. The following is a table (supplementary to table on p. 1502) show- ing net total expenditures for levees to June 30, 1934 (with exception of amounts expended by State and local organizations which are not of record beyond Dec. 31, 1933) : Net expenditures by United Net expenditures by United States from Government States from contributed Districts funds funds Total Old project New project Old project New project Northern -----------.. $3, 067, 923. 04 $19, 287. 55 $1, 156, 801. 30 $9, 643. 78 $4, 253, 655. 67 Rock Island engineer__-____------- - I 1 603, 495. 80 _ _ 2 288, 386. 07 891, 881. 87 St. Louis engineer____-------- 8 1, 547, 769. 46 ----------- 767, 256.41 2, 315, 025. 87 Memphis engineer --.- 21, 898, 591. 58 4 35, 247, 887. 45 4, 592, 925. 15 6 66, 452. 74 61, 805, 856. 92 Vicksburg engineer ... 30, 257, 665. 36 a 35, 098, 186. 66 6, 054, 329. 85 731, 369. 99 71, 441, 551. 86 Second New Orleans district.------------ 26, 633, 403. 70 R 32, 750, 611. 04 4, 373, 938. 37 11, 636. 74 63, 769, 589. 85 Total...-------....---. 81, 857, 583. 68 105, 267, 237. 96 16, 177, 994. 67 1, 174, 745. 73 204, 477, 562. 04 1 Includes $30,831.43, expended from the emergency fund for flood control on tributaries of the Mississippi River under the provisions of sec. 7 of Flood Control Act approved May 15, 1928. 2 Includes $2,079.22, contributed and expended under provisions of sec. 7. 3 Includes $13,832.35, expended under provisions of sec. 7. 4 Includes $5,341,759.72, expended from National Recovery Administration funds and $1,554,559.19, expended under provisions of sec. 7. 5 Includes $4,334.97, contributed for National Recovery Administration work and $167.04, contributed under provisions of sec. 7. 6Includes $853,733.71, expended under provisions of sec. 7; and $1,173,762.16, expended from National Recovery Administration funds. 7 Includes $620.52, contributed and expended under provisions of sec. 7. 8 Includes $496,814.72, expended under provisions of sec. 7, and $2,873,579.74, expended from National Recovery Administration funds. FLOODWAYS AND SPILLWAY Birds Point-New Madrid floodway.-All work in connection with the construction of the drainage ditches and appurtenant structures necessary to carry the drainage intercepted by the Birds Point-New Madrid floodway levee has been completed. With the exception of the short gap at the Missouri-Pacific Railroad crossing, the construc- tion of the setback levee has been completed, and flowage easements and fee simple titles have been secured over 58 percent of the lands in the floodway. Agreements have been reached on an additional 5 percent and the remaining 37 percent is expected to be secured as rapidly as court procedure will permit. Boeuf Basin. Surveys for the location of the protection levees have been made. During fiscal year 1931 comprehensive revision studies were made for Boeuf overflow basin and estimates on a num- ber of alternate plans were prepared. During the fiscal year 1932 surveys and studies were made to determine the feasibility of di- verting excess Mississippi River waters through a ditch located in the thalweg of the Boeuf Basin, the original pilot ditch to be en- MISSISSIPPI RIVER COMMISSION 1505 larged by erosion. During the fiscal year 1933 diversion studies were continued. Plans and estimates for the protection of West Monroe, La., were completed. The construction of protection levees for the south portion of West Monroe has been completed. Plans and estimates for the protection works on the east bank of the Ouach- ita River at Monroe, La., and vicinity, begun during the fiscal year 1933, were completed during the fiscal year 1934. The construction of the protection works on the east bank of Ouachita River at Mon- roe was approximately 60 percent completed during the fiscal year 1934. Atchafalaya Basin.-Construction of the, West Atchafalaya Basin levee from Palmetto to Dauterive and of the East Atchafalaya Basin levee from Maringouin to Bayou Sorrel was continued. These levees are being constructed to an interim grade, generally 6 feet below final net grade. Construction has proceeded at a satisfactory rate and with much less difficulty than was anticipated on account of the nature of the material. The first lift work between the points named was approximately 82 percent complete at the end of the fiscal year. Construction of second lift to full grade and final sec- tion will be undertaken early in the fiscal year 1935. Extension of the West Atchafalaya Basin levee from Grand Bayou to Lake Fausse Point, in connection with a cut-off from Lake Rond to Grand Lake, and of the East Atchafalaya Basin levee from Maringouin north to Lottie, and from Bayou Sorrel south to Little Bayou Pigeon, was begun and continued throughout the year. In addition, construction of a section of the lower part of the West Atchafalaya Basin levee, south of Grand Lake, was commenced with different types of equip- ment in order to determine what location and design will offer the most efficient construction methods and provide effective flood protec- tion at a reasonable cost. Experimental dredging operations in the basin were continued throughout the year to develop an adequate main channel and efficient auxiliary channels and thus improve the discharge of flood waters. In connection with the dredging opera- tions, the required hydrographic surveys were made, and compara- tive cross sections, velocity observations, gage readings, and thalweg soundings were taken at frequent intervals to determine the results of the work. Bonnet Carre spillway.-The Bonnet Carre spillway structure has been completed and the side levees of the floodway are complete ex- cept for closure of gaps at the highway and railroads, where elevated crossings are now under construction. With the exception of two minor cases awaiting final court action, all rights-of-way and flowage easements have been obtained and paid for, the claims of the rail- roads having been satisfactorily settled during the fiscal year 1934 at conferences between the Chief of Engineers and representatives of the railway companies. Construction work during the fiscal year consisted of raising low sections of the guide levees in the swamp section, where abnormal shrinkage and settlement had occurred, and of clearing in the wooded area to provide for efficient distribution of flow. In an emergency the floodway can be used. The spillway structure consists of a weir divided into separate needle-control openings by piers spaced 22 feet on centers, a rear concrete apron 1506 REPORT OF OCHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMY, 1934 protected by riprap, a concrete fore apron with dentiled baffles, and an articulated concrete slab talus 6 inches in thickness resting upon layers of riprap and gravel. The principal data of the spillway and floodway are as follows: Location, 32.8 miles above Canal Street, New Orleans, and 942.4 miles below Cairo, Ill. High-water elevation, 24.3 mean Gulf level corresponding to elevation 20 Carrollton gage. Project discharge, 250,000 cubic feet per second. Length of spillway between abutments, 7,698 feet. Clear opening, 350 wiers, at 20 feet, 7,000 feet. Spillway structure completed February 10, 1931. Spillway cost, $3,607,587.69. Width of floodway between center lines of levees at lake, 12,000 feet. Length of floodway, 5.7 miles. Area of floodway, 7,860 acres. Maximum height of levees, 19.3 feet. Total length of side levees, 11.8 miles. Floodway completed, 99.9 percent (June 30, 1934). Floodway cost to date, $3,339,007.59. Rights-of-way, flowage and damage cost to date, $6,182,028.67. The following table gives in detail the status of the work on the floodway at the end of the fiscal year: Estimated Total in Percent Section total under place completed contract place to date Cubic yards Cubic yards Cubic yards Lower highland--..... ....----------------------------------------- 560, 000 516, 506 1 100. 0 Upper highland.....----------.-------------------------------- 400,000 376,796 1100.0 Lower swamp: Hydraulic fill-------------------------------------. 2, 300, 000 3, 450, 000 1100.0 Superimposed fill.......---------------------------------- 2 250, 000 375, 000 199. 9 Cut-off ditches .------------------------------------ 2 360, 000 3 547, 079 1 100. 0 Upper swamp: Hydraulic fill----------..... ----------------------------- 23, 000,000 4, 443, 696 1 100. 0 Superimposed fill...----------------------------------- 2 310, 000 453, 000 1 100. 0 Cut-off ditches ...---------------------------------------------- 2470, 000 4716, 468 1 100.0 1 Complete except for gaps at highway and railroad crossings. 2 50 percent excess permissible. 8Includes 7,079 cubic yards placed in cross dikes. 4 Includes 11,468 cubic yards placed in cross dikes. The costs and net expenditures for the Bonnet Carre spillway during the 12-month period ending June 30, 1934, which were in- curred in the second New Orleans district, were as follows: Regular funds National Recovery Admin- istration funds Allotment- Costs Net expendi- Costs Net expendi- tures tures ......------------- Construction Bonnet Carre--- $124, 086. 80 $116, 181. 42 Rights-of-way, flowage, and damages, Bonnet Carre....--------------- ---------------- 4, 361, 416. 88 4, 369, 201.52 Bonnet Carre floodway clearing and cleaning $89,947. 84 .--------------.-------------- $89,947.84 Total...-------------- -------------- 4, 485, 503.68 4, 485, 382. 94 89, 947. 84 89, 947. 84 -MISSISSIPPI RIVER COMMISSION 1507 The net total expenditure on the Bonnet Carre spillway to June 30, 1934 (all under the new project), amounted to $13.128A466.42. WATERWAYS EXPERIMENT STATION All experiments of this station are conducted for the purpose of aiding in the development of plans for flood control, navigation, harbor improvement, etc., with a view to obtaining the most eco- nomical and efficient engineering plans. While the primary mission is to determine the solution of problems relative to the Mississippi River and its tributaries, many studies have been undertaken under authority of the Chief of Engineers for districts outside the lower Mississippi Valley division. During the past year a total of 13 experiments were undertaken for 8 engineer districts outside of the lower Mississippi Valley division. All experiments performed have a direct practical application to the work of the Corps of Engineers, United States Army, in its administration of the rivers and harbors of the Nation. The waterways experiment station holds as an unvarying principle the maintenance of closest contact with the field in all experimental work. This contact is kept both by station personnel visiting the prototype and by engineers from the field visiting the station while any particular model study is in progress. From July 1, 1933, to June 30, 1934, the following have been undertaken: .experiments Scale of mod- Performed for (Missis- Name given to experi- el: l=hori- Purpose of the experiment or scope of the model (status of tests). All kinds of sippi River Com- ments zontal, d= mechanical analyses mission and outside vertical districts)- I Island No. 35, Missis- 1, 1:600; d, To develop methods of channel improve- Mississippi River sippi River. 1:150. ment for navigation (experiment com- Commission. pleted). Fort Chartres, Missis- 1, 1:1,000; d, To develop dike system to improve District engineer, St. sippi River. 1:125. depths over low-water crossings (origi- Louis. nal experiment completed; subsequent experiment in progress). Brooks Point, Missis- 1, 1:1,000; d, To develop dike system to improve Do. sippi River. 1:125. depths over low-water crossings (ex- periment completed). Toney's Towhead, Mis- 1, 1:1,000; d, To develop dike system to improve con- Mississ'ppi River sissippi River. 1:125. ditions for navigation (experiment Commission. completed). Head of Passes, Missis- 1, 1:600; d, To improve navigation, Head of Passes, District engineer, first sippi River. 1:150. Mississippi River (experiment approx- New Orleans dis- imately completed). trict. Island No. 20, Missis- 1, 1:1,000; d, Study of effects of regulating works on Original study for Mis- sippi River. 1:125. channel location and depths (original sissippi River Com- experiment completed; subsequent mission; subsequent experiment in progress). study for district en- gineer, Memphis. Robinson Crusoe Is- 1, 1:1,000; d, Study of proposed regulating works (in District engineer, land, Mississippi 1:125. progress). Memphis. River. Southwest Pass, Mis- 1, 1:1,000; d, Study of proposed regulating works District engineer, first sissinni River. 1:125. (experiment completed). New Orleans dis- trict. Cat Island, Mississippi 1, 1:1,000; d, Study of proposed regulating works District engineer, River. 1:125. (experiment in progress). Memphis. Savannah River - 1, 1:200; d, To develop system of regulating works ----- District engineer, Sa- 1:30. to improve navigation (experiment in vannah. progress). Diamond Point and 1, 1:1,000; d, To determine the effects of cut-offs at Mississippi River Yucatan Point, Mis- 1:100. Diamond Point and Yucatan Point, Commission. sissippi River. Mississippi River, miles 560 to 6501 (first phase of experiment completed). 1 Distance in miles below Cairo. 1508 REPORT OF CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMY, 1934 Namegiven Name to experi- given to experi- S: ohmd- Purpose el: l=hori- model of the experiment (status scope of tests). orAll of the kinds of ormedRiver for (Missis- sippi Com- ments zontal, d= mechanical analyses mission and outside vertical districts)- Buckbridge Crossing, 1, 1:1,000, d, Study of dikes and dredging for naviga- Mississippi River Mississippi River. 1:100. tion improvements, Mississippi River, Commission miles 633 to 638 1 (in progress). Racetrack Towhead, 1, 1:1,000; d, To determine the effects on stages, slopes, Do. Mississippi River. 1:100. and stream bed of dikes and dredging, from Vicksburg to Diamond Point cut-off, Mississippi River, miles 605 to 626 1 (in progress). Togo Crossing, Missis- 1, 1:1,000; d, To determine methods of improving nav- Do. sippi River. 1:100. igation conditions at Togo Crossing, Mississippi River, miles 627 to 633 1 (first phase of experiment completed). Atchafalaya River Ba- 1, 1:1,500; d, Study of the effects of changes in the regi- Do. sin. 1:100. men of the effluents of the Atchafalaya River, Krotz Springs to Grand Lake (in progress). Fitler Bend, Missis- 1, 1:500; d, To determine the effects of dikes and Do. sippi River. 1:150. dredging in the vicinity of Fitler Bend, Mississippi River, miles 543 to 561 1 (in progress). Cow Island, Atchafa- 1, 1:400; d, Study of bed load movement and cur- Do. laya River. 1:100. rent directions with cut-off effected (completed). Lake Long bifurcation, 1, 1:300; d, Study of bed load movement at this Do. Atchafalaya River. 1:50. stream fork (completed). Giles Bend and Glass- 1, 1:1,000; d, To determine the effects on bed, banks, Do. cock Point, Missis- 1:100. and water surface elevations of cut- sippi River. offs at Giles Bend and Glasscock Point, Mississippi River, miles 650 to 763 1(first phase of experiment com- pleted). Morville Landing- 1, 1:1,000; d, Improvement of low-water channel for Do. Esperance Point, Mis- 1:100. navigation at Esperance Point, Mis- sissippi River. sissippi River, miles 715 to 722 1 (in progress). Waterproof cut-off, Mis- 1, 1:1,000; d, To determine a method of improving Do. sissippi River. 1:100. the channel at Waterproof cut-off, Mississippi River, miles 675 to 6811 (in progress). Leland Neck cut-off to 1, 1:1,000; d, Channel stabilization study, Leland Do. Worthington Point, 1:100. Neck cut-off to Worthington Point, Mississippi River. Mississippi River, miles 486 to 5181 (in progress). Arkansas and White 1, 1:1,000; d, To determine the effects on water Do. Rivers separation. 1:100. surface elevations of separating the Arkansas and White Rivers, near their junction with the Mississippi (in progress). Cut-off studies, Tar- 1, 1:2,400; d, Study of the effects of cut-ofis at Tarp- Do. pley Neck to Vicks- 1:120. ley Neck, Leland Neck, Worthington burg, Mississippi Point, Willow Point, and Marshall River. Point, on water surface elevations, Mississippi River, miles 435 to 600 1 (completed). Natchez Levee set-back 1, 1:2,400; d, Determine effects of a levee set-back Do. and channel enlarge- 1:120. and channel enlargement opposite ment, Mississippi Natchez, Mississippi River, miles River. 660 to 810; 1 Red River, miles 0 to 32; Atchafalaya River, miles 0 to 33 (in progress). Atchafalaya enlarge- 1, 1:2,400; d, Study to determine the effects on water Do. ment; Mississippi,. 1:120. surface elevations of enlarging the Red, and Atchafa- channel of the Atchafalaya River, laya Rivers. Mississippi River, miles 660 to 810; 1 Red River, miles 0 to 32; Atchafalaya River, miles 0 to 33 (in progress). St. Clair River com- 1, 1:100; d, To determine the type, number, and Do. pensating weirs. 1:100 and location of submerged sills needed 1:30. to raise the level of Lake Huron. District engineer, De- St. Clair River from its origin to troit (Great Lakes 2,000 feet below the mouth of Black division). River (completed). Coney Island Dike, 1, 1:250; d, To determine means of improving navi- District engineer, Cin. Ohio River. 1:60. gation and eliminating the backlash cinnati (upper Mis- below Dam 36, Ohio River, miles 460 sissippi Valley divi. to 463 below Pittsburgh (in progress). sion). 1Distance in miles below Cairo. MISSISSIPPI RIVER COMMISSION 1509 Scale of mod- Purpose of the experiment or scope of the Performed for (Missis- Name given to experi- el: I=hors- model (status of tests). All kinds of sippi River Com- ments zontal, d= mechanical analyses mission and outside vertical districts)- I I I- Brazos-Santiago Pass, Determination of effects of jetties on 1, 1:300; d, Division engineer, Tex. present channel (experiment com- 1:150. Gulf of Mexico divi- pleted). sion. Winyah Bay, S. C..... 1, 1:500; d, Study of means of increasing navigable Division engineer, 1:100. depths in the harbor (experiment South Atlantic divi- completed). sion. Articulated concrete Full scale; Sudy of the causes of leeching of subsoil District engineer, mattress study. small scale from beneath concrete revetment (in Memphis. models progress). supple- menting. St. Johns River, Fla.... Study of means of preventing shoaling in 1, 1:1,000; d, District engineer, Jack- 1:50. navigation channel (in progress). sonville. Freeport Canal Cross- 1, 1:200; d, Study of means of eliminating silting in Division engineer, ing, Tex. 1:45. the intracoastal waterways canal at its Gulf of Mexico divi- point of crossing the Brazos River di- sion. version channel (in progress). Aransas Pass, Tex ...- I 1, 1:500; d, Determination of means of increasing Do. 1:100. navigable depths in present jettied channel (in progress). Tractive force--------......... Flume tests Determination of critical depths and Mississippi River Com to full slopes to cause movement of any given mission. scale. bed material. Correlation of rates of movement with tractive force values (in progress). Directional energy.... .. Flume tests. Determination of natural lengths of tan- Do. gents and pools in Mississippi River, and relation between slope, length of river, and materials composing its bed and banks. SOILS AND SEDIMENT INVESTIGATIONS Bed-load investigations. Samples taken and analyzed from about Mississippi River Com- 800 points in the Mississippi River mission. and its tributaries, with a view to de- termining composition of bed materials and progressive variation of grain sizes (completed). Samples taken from Mississippi River and its upper tribu- taries, for the same purpose (in prog- ress). Levee seepage--......... Levee 10 feet Locate hydraulic gradient in levees of Do. high. standard sections and of different ma- terials placed in various ways (tests complete; report being prepared). Sediment investigation, Determination of quantity of sediment District engineer, sec- Atchafalaya Basin. moving and distribution within the ond New Orleans section (completed). district. Levee subsidence----....... Determination of subsidence of 2 sections District engineer, of full scale levee, from analysis of un- Vicksburg district. disturbed samples of foundation ma- terial (in progress). Big Lake levee material. Study and comparison of present levee District engineer, and new borrow-pit material to deter- Memphis district. mine cause of numerous slides in former and suitability of latter as a levee ma- terial (completed). Fort Peck Dam ma- __ ..._ Study to determine physical properties of District engineer, Fort terial. proposed core material for Fort Peck Peck, Mont. Dam (completed). Montgomery cut-off_......_ Study to determine possible source of District engineer, material deposited in cut-off between Memphis district. White and Mississippi Rivers (com- pleted). Reports published to date include Sediment Investigations on the Mississippi River and its Tributaries, prior to 1930 (out of print); Experiment to Determine the Limit of Backwater Influence in the Illinois River; Hydraulic Studies of Proposed Dam No. 37, Ohio River; Experiments to Determine the Erosive Effects of Flood- waters on Railroad Embankments; Experiment to Determine the 1510 REPORT OF CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMY, 1934 Effects of the Several Proposed Levee Extensions South of Eagle Lake, Miss.; Sediment Investigations on the Mississippi River and its Tributaries, 1930-31; Model Study of Effects of Dikes on the River Bed at Walkers Bar, Ohio River; Experiment to Determine the Effects of Proposed Dredged Cut-offs in the Mississippi River; Model Study of Effects of Operating Birds Point-New Madrid Floodway; Experiment to Determine the Effects of Mississippi River Backwater on the Red River; Model Studies of Dike Location; Investigation of Certain Proposed Methods of Bank and Embank- ment Protection; Model Study of Shoaling below Starved Rock Lock and Dam, Illinois River; Model Studies of Spillways for St. Lucie Canal, Martin County, Fla.; Model Studies for Channel Stabiliza- tion, Mississippi River. The waterways experiment station is operated under a revolving fund which is reimbursed quarterly, thereby reducing costs incurred thereunder by the office, president Mississippi River Commission, to $0. Costs incurred for operation of the waterways experiment station for the fiscal year 1934 amounted to $196,399.43, of which $191,277.67 was incurred from regular funds and $5,121.76 from N. R. A. funds. The total cost incurred for construction and operation of the water- ways experiment station to June 30, 1934, amounts to $709,652.83, which is exclusive of $90,744.13 reimbursed for models, laboratory tests, etc., furnished various Government offices. The regular over- head cost of operation of the waterways experiment station is pro- rated among the Memphis, Vicksburg, and second New Orleans districts. TMMiARY SU OF WORK ACCOMPLISHED WITH N. R. A. FUNDS Memphis district.-A total of 16,520 linear feet of new revetment and 793 linear feet of permeable pile dikes (the latter protecting 1,700 linear feet of bank) were constructed and placed for bank pro- tection on Mississippi River; in addition, about 7,428,000 square feet of mattress and 1,226 linear feet of permeable pile dikes were con- structed and placed for repairs to or renewals of existing Mississippi River bank protection works in the Memphis district; surveys were made as necessary in connection with the existing and proposed bank protection works. Work accomplished with N. R. A. funds in connection with Mississippi River contraction works consisted in placing 1,407 linear feet of permeable pile dikes (3 dikes, new work) and placing 2,980 linear feet of permeable pile dikes in repairing or renewing existing contraction works in the district; surveys were made as required in connection with existing and proposed works. A total of 25,490,623 cubic yards of earthwork was placed in levees in the Memphis district with N. R. A. funds (25,465,258 cubic yards under sec. 1 of May 15, 1928, Flood Control Act, and 25,365 cubic yards under sec. 6 of the same act). Vicksburg district.-Practicallyall dredging work in the Missis- sippi River during fiscal year 1934 in the Vicksburg district con- 1The amounts shown are not additions to the detailed annual report, but are a part of the amounts given therein. MISSISSIPPI RIVER COMMISSION 1511 sisting of channel maintenance and stabilization and cut-offs, was accomplished with N. R. A. funds, the total material moved involving approximately 31,580,517 cubic yards. Work accomplished with N. R. A. funds in connection with levee building in the Vicksburg district involved the placing of approximately 4,990,247 cubic yards of earthwork in levees along the Mississippi River and the Monroe circle levee in the Boeuf Basin under section 1 of the May 15, 1928, Flood Control Act. A total of 8,705 linear feet of new revetment were constructed and placed for bank protection; in addition 48,486 square feet of mattress were constructed and placed for repairs to or renewals of existing bank protection works, all on Mississippi River. N. R. A. funds were also used in connection with surveys, gages, and observations to supplement and complete the regular program for fiscal year 1934, the regular funds being insufficient. Second district, New Orleans.Work accomplished with N. R. A. funds consisted of channel stabilization by cut-offs and corrective dredging on Mississippi River, and rectification and enlargement of main and distributary channels and effluents of Atchafalaya River, including the excavation of new channels, to improve the discharge of flood waters; the total material moved with N. R. A. funds was approximately 27,383,833 cubic yards. Maintenance of existing es- sential bank protection where original work has become ineffective through natural wear and tear, decay and corrosion, and extension of revetment where controlling levee line is threatened by caving bank or where set-back is impracticable or where revetment would be lost by flanking; a total of 45,076 squares of mattress was constructed and placed for repairs to or renewals of existing bank protection work and 3,271 linear feet of new revetment were constructed and placed. A total of 10,092,000 cubic yards of earthwork was placed in levees on the Mississippi River and in the Atchafalaya Basin under section 1 of the May 15, 1928, Flood Control Act as follows: In the Atchafalaya Basin the work consisted in construction of the levees to interim grade and cross section of the protection levees; on the Mississippi River, enlargement to project grade and section of substandard levees and set-backs where controlling line is threat- ened by caving banks. N. R. A. funds were also used in beginning work of clearing and cleaning out the Bonnet Carre floodway to equalize distribution of flood waters. In the absence of H. B. Ferguson, Brigadier General, Corps of Engineers, President of the Mississippi River Commission: D. McCOACH, Jr., Major, Corps of Engineers, Assistant. EXAMINATION AND SURVEY REQUIRED BY THE ACT OF MARCH 3, 1921 The commission was charged with the duty of making a prelim- inary examination and survey provided for by the act of March 3, 1921 (Public, No. 372, 66th Cong., 3d sess.), of Atchafalaya, Black, and Red Rivers in Louisiana for protection from flood waters of Mississippi River. Report of the commission, dated July 1, 1926, on the investigation was received. It is being held by the Board of Engineers for Rivers and Harbors for the purpose of securing addi- tional information and for further study. 1512 REPORT OF CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMY, 1934 PERMANENT INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF THE CONGRESSES OF NAVIGATION 1. By an act approved June 28, 1902, Congress appropriated the sum of $3,000 per year for the support and maintenance of the Permanent International Commission of the Congresses of Naviga- tion and for the payment of the actual expenses of the properly accredited national delegates of the United States to the meetings of the congresses and of the Commission. The object of the associa- tion is the promotion of inland and maritime navigation by means of organized congresses and the publication of pertinent information. Its headquarters are in Brussels, Belgium, but the congresses. are held in various countries upon invitation. 2. The membership of the association comprises three general classes-government, corporate, and individual. Governments are represented by delegates, the number of delegates being based on the amounts received annually from such governments and their na- tionals for the expenses of the Commission. Corporate member- ship may include the privilege of representation by delegate or not according to the amount of the annual subscription paid by the holder of each membership of this class. Life individual member- ship may be secured upon the payment of a single fee, or ordinary individual membership upon the payment annually of a fixed fee. 3. The general affairs of the association are managed by a per- manent Commission with the assistance of the permanent council. The Commission is composed of delegates from the contributing governments, and the council from the members of the permanent Commission, the representation in each case being according to the amount of the annual contribution. 4. During the fiscal year the United States was represented as follows: On the American section of the permanent Commission by Col. Spencer Cosby, United States Army, retired, chairman; Maj. Gordon R. Young, Corps of Engineers, United States Army; Brig. Gen. Charles Keller, United States Army, retired; Mr. J. Spencer Smith, president of the Board of Commerce and Navigation of the State of New Jersey; Mr. Roy Miller, active vice president of the Intracoastal Canal Association of Louisiana and Texas; Brig. Gen. Herbert Deakyne, United States Army, retired; Col. Thomas H. Jackson, Corps of Engineers, United States Army; Lt. Col. James J. Loving, Corps of Engineers, United States Army, until October 9, 1933; and Col. W. J. Barden, Corps of Engineers, United States Army, since that date. Colonel Loving served as Secretary of the American section until he was relieved on October 9, and Colonel Barden served after that date. On the American section of the permanent council, by Colonel Cosby and General Keller. 5. A meeting of the Commission was held in Brussels, Belgium, on May 29, 1934, when the United States was represented by Maj. John S. Bradgon and Capt. Lucius D. Clay, Corps of Engineers, United States Army. The sixteenth congress will be held in Brus- sels, Belgium, in September 1935. The matter of securing engi- neers and specialists to prepare papers on the subjects to be con- sidered at that congress has received attention, and it is expected INTEROCEANIC CANAL SURVEYS 1513 that there will be papers by American writers on practically all subjects before that congress. 6. Copies of the report of the " Proceedings of the Fifteenth Con- gress ", which was held in Venice, Italy, in 1931, were received from the central office in Brussels and distributed to the American mem- bers. Two semiannual bulletins, printed in English, and a list of the topics to be considered at the coming congress were likewise distributed. 7. The expenditures during the year from the above appropria- tion amounted to $1,820.32, of which $1,000 were for the support and maintenance of the association, being the regular annual con- tribution for that. purpose, and the balance was for the payment of traveling expenses of delegates from the United States. The out- standing obligations at the close of the year amounted to approxi- mately $766.43 and were for the expense of delegates. INTEROCEANIC CANAL SURVEYS The proposed canal route across Nicaragua extends from Brito on the Pacific via the Rio Grande, Lake Nicaragua, the Rio San Juan, and the Rio Deseado to Greytown on the Atlantic, and is 173 miles long. A survey of the Nicaragua route was made in 1901, and Public Resolution No. 99, Seventieth Congress, approved March 2, 1929, authorized a further survey to bring the data up to date as well as an investigation of additional facilities needed at the Panama Canal, to be made under the direction of the Secretary of War and super- vision of the Chief of Engineers, with the aid of such civilian engineers as the President deemed advisable. The President ap- pointed the Interoceanic Canal Board to assist the Chief of Engi- neers. The Governor of the Panama Canal made the investigations at Panama, and a provisional battalion of United States Engineer troops made the survey in Nicaragua. The report of the Chief of Engineers, together with the reports of the Interoceanic Canal Board, of the Governor of the Panama Canal, and of the officer in charge of the survey, was submitted on December 5, 1931, and published in House Document No. 139, Seventy-second Congress, first session. An officer and one enlisted man are stationed in Nicaragua to continue the collection and compilation of hydrological and meteoro- logical data pertaining to the proposed canal. During the past fiscal year the collection of these data has in- volved the operation on the watershed of 22 rainfall-recording sta- tions, 7 for evaporation records, 4 for observing lake level and 2 each for recording temperature, humidity, and wind velocities, 1 for measuring the discharge of the San Juan River, and 1 for measuring the discharge of the Rio Tipitapa, connecting Lake Managua with Lake Nicaragua. The appropriation for the investigation and survey was $150,000, of which $132,230 has been expended or obligated. The continuous collection of hydrological and meteorological data pertinent to the canal in Nicaragua is being paid for from the amount remaining from the original appropriation. 1514 REPORT OF CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMY, 1934 INVESTIGATIONS AND SUPERVISION OF PROJECTS UNDER THE FEDERAL WATER POWER ACT The Federal Water Power Act of June 10, 1920, created the Fed- eral Power Commission and was modified by act of June 23, 1930, entitled "An act to reorganize the Federal Power Commission." The law provides that no water-power license affecting the navi- gable capacity of any navigable waters of the United States shall be issued until the plans of the dam or other structures affecting navigation have been approved by the Chief of Engineers and the Secretary of War. There is further provision whereby any person or corporation intending to construct project works in any stream over which Congress has jurisdiction, other than navigable waters, may file a declaration of intention for the purpose of ascertaining whether or not the jurisdiction of the Federal Power Commission will attach. To July 1, 1929, only work of an engineering nature had been re- ferred to the War Department by the Commission. Since that date, in addition to the duties noted below, certain work pertaining to accounting and related matters has been assigned to the War Department, as indicated in the following table: Number of projects on which supervision of all accounting work, includ- ing the supervision of preparation and the verification and certification to the Commission of statements of cost of original project and of all additions thereto and betterment thereof and of all annual operating and financial reports requested by the Commission has been assigned__ 3 Number of projects on which supervision of certain accounting and re- lated work during the construction period only has been assigned ...-- 14 Special reports relating to accounting work requested__________________ 5 Special reports relating to accounting work rendered-------------------- 5 To July 1, 1932, the following work of an engineering nature had been referred to the War Department by the Commission: ----- Engineering reports submitted ---------- 284 Public hearings held----------------------------------------------- 72 Licenses and permits referred for field supervision------------------ 135 Licenses and permits referred for supervision of stream gaging------------ 2 Declarations of intention referred for report_1---------------------------20 Reports submitted on declaration of intention ____________--------120 During the past fiscal year work of an engineering nature has been assigned and accomplished, as follows: Engineering reports requested ------------------------ 4 Engineering reports submitted-__ 6 Public hearings held_____ 1------ Field investigations still in progress 77----- Licenses and permits under supervision ----------------- 59 Declarations of intention referred for report 1----- Reports submitted on declaration of intention or applications considered as declarations -------------------------------------------- Declarations of intention still under investigation0____________-------- 0 The necessary expenses of transportation and subsistence of per- sonnel engaged in investigations and the cost of supervision under the provisions of the Federal Water Power Act are paid from appro- priations made for the Federal Power Commission. All other costs of administration of the laws in question are paid from funds avail- able for maintenance and improvement of existing river and harbor work. MISCELLANEOUS CIVIL WORKS 1515 During the fiscal year funds were allotted as follows for the inves- tigation of water-power projects in cooperation with the Federal Power Commission and the supervision of operations under water- power permits and licenses: From appropriations for the Conunission--_-------- ------------- $1,463. 04 From appropriations for works of river and harbor improvements___ 11, 059. 59 Total ___ _ _.__ .__ 522. 63 1.......________--_ 12, ABANDONMENT AND CURTAILMENT OF RIVER AND HARBOR PROJECTS By resolution of the Committee on Rivers and Harbors, House of Representatives, dated April 18, 1930, a review of reports on Aban- donment and Curtailment of River and Harbor Projects, printed in House Document No. 467, Sixty-ninth Congress, first session, with a view to determining whether any changes in the recommendation made therein are advisable at the present time is requested. Infor- mation in response to this resolution is being collected by the Board of Engineers for Rivers and Harbors and report thereon will be submitted as soon as practicable. MISCELLANEOUS CIVIL WORKS In addition to the work of improving rivers and harbors, civil works of a miscellaneous character as listed below have been com- mitted to the Corps of Engineers. Reports thereon are found at the pages indicated. Beach Erosion Board (p. 1527). District of Columbia: Anacostia Park, reclamation and development (p. 1520). Water supply, maintenance of Washington Aqueduct (p. 1524) and construc- tion of work for increasing supply (p. 1527). International-boundary waters (p. 1534). Lake Memphremagog, International Board (p. 1534). Lake of the Woods, regulation of level (p. 1536). New York Harbor, supervision to prevent obstructive or injurious deposits (p. 1517). Niagara Falls, preservation of (p. 1534). Lake Superior Board of Control (p. 1535). Rainy Lake Reference (p. 1540). St. Croix River Board of Control (p. 1534). St. Lawrence Board of Control (p. 1535). Survey of northern and northwestern lakes including Great Lakes, Lake Cham- plain, Lake of the Woods, and other boundary and connecting waters between that lake and Lake Superior, and natural navigable waters of the New York State canals (p. 1528). Work accomplished..-The work of the fiscal year is summarized as follows : Anchorages established or modified, under the provisions of sec. 7 of the River and Harbor Act of Mar. 4, 1915 _--_----------------___-__ Bridge plans approved by the Chief of Engineers and the Secretary of War,, under the provisions of sec. 9 of the River and Harbor Act of Mar. 3, 1899, and the General Bridge Act of Mar. 23, 1906-------- 198 Bridges, obstructive, alteration ordered by Secretary of War, under pro- visions of sec. 18 of the River aid Harbor Act of Mar. 3, 1899_ ------ Bridge rules and regulations, established or modified, under the pro- visions of sec. 5 of the River and Harbor Act of Ailg. 18, 1894 ._ - Dams, other than water-power structures, plans approved by Chief of Engineers and the Secretary of War, tider the provisions of sec. 9 of the River and Harbor Act of Mar. 3, 1899 _ __ _ 3 1516 REPORT OF CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMY, 1934 Harbor lines established or modified, under the provisions of sec. 11 of the River and Harbor Act of Mar. 3, 1899----------------------- 11 Navigation regulations established or modified, under the provisions of sec. 7 of the River and Harbor Act of Aug. 8, 1917________________- 10 Permits issued for work or structures in navigable waters, under the provisions of sec. 10 of the River and Harbor Act of Mar. 3, 1899 Sunken vessels investigated or removed, under the provisions of secs. -..- 2, 505 19 and 20 of the River and Harbor Act of Mar. 3, 1899_ 161 Harbor of New York: Supervision maintained, 7 violations of law reported for prosecution, 1 conviction obtained, and 13 prosecutions pending at end of fiscal year. Anacostia Park: About 1 percent of the project executed during the fiscal year; project about 80.2 percent completed. Washington Aqueduct: Water supply maintained without interruption; the average daily per capita consumption was 176 gallons; the average total con- sumption per 24 hours was 87,970,000 gallons, the maximum 112,950,000 gallons. Survey of northern and northwestern lakes: Revised editions of 28 charts and 4 new charts were issued; about 18,177 charts were sold and 6,288 were issued for official use; field work was in progress on Lake Michigan, Lake Huron, Detroit River, Lake Ontario, St. Lawrence River, Lake Champlain, and Rainy Lake. Preservation of Niagara Falls: The supervision of power companies was continued. Appropriations.-The funds with which the miscellaneous civil works were prosecuted during the year totaled $1,997,083.21, and were derived as follows: For investigations, inspections, hearings, reports, service of notice, or other action incidental to examination of plans or sites of bridges or other structures built or proposed to be built in or over navigable waters or examinations of alleged violations of laws for the protection and preservation of navigable waters of the United States or to the establishment or marking of harbor lines or establishment of anchorages : Allotted during year___ $125, 978. 02 These funds were allotted from river and harbor appro- priations in accordance with the provisions of sec. 6 of the River and Harbor Act of Mar. 3, 1905. For the investigation and removal of sunken vessels: __ Balance on hand July 1, 1933---------------------------- 18, 776. 10 Allotted during year-____------------------------_____ 72, 463.94 These funds were allotted from the permanent indefinite appropriation made for the purpose by sec. 20 of the River and Harbor Act of Mar. 3, 1899. For other civil works: Balance on hand July 1, 1933------------------------- 756, 495. 09 Allotted during year _-_--_------------------ 1, 000, 585. 86 Received from sales and reimbursements during year ------- 22, 784. 20 These funds were made available by special appropriations made by Congress in War Department, deficiency, District of Columbia, and by special acts. Total-------------------- ---------------------------- 1, 997, 083.21 Expenditures.-The total expenditures for the fiscal year, exclusive of outstanding liabilities, amounting to $316,953.72, were $1,192,- 488.19, expended as follows: For investigations, inspections, hearings, and other action inci- dental to administration of Federal laws __________-___ $125, 978. 02 For the removal of sunken vessels____________-____---- --- 37, 181. 15 For other civil works__. __-----____ 1, 029, 329. 02 Total----------------------------------------- 1, 192, 488. 19 Total funds available--- - 1, 997, 083. 21 SUPERVISION OF THE HARBOR OF NEW YORK 1517 Total expenditures--------------------------- $1, 192, 488. 19 Outstanding liabilities--------------------------- 316, 953. 72 Revoked during year---------------------------- 13, 358.45 Impounded savings during year----------------- 20, 184.30 $1,542,984. 66 Balance available June 30, 1934------------------------ 454, 098. 55 FUNDS NEEDED FOR MISCELLANEOUS CIVIL WORKS The amounts which can be profitably expended during the fiscal year ending June 30, 1936, as indicated in the respective reports, are as follows: Supervision of deposits, harbor of New York_------------------- $190, 000 Survey of northern and northwestern lakes---------------------190, 000 Expenditures to be paid from Federal and District of Columbia funds; recommended in estimates submitted by the Commissioners of the District of Columbia: Washington Aqueduct, District of Columbia------------------490, 000 Reclamation of Anacostia River Flats, D. C------------- - 180, 000 Total amount which can be profitably expended for miscel- laneous civil works under the direction of the Chief of Engineers _----------1----------------------------------- 1,050, 000 SUPERVISION OF THE HARBOR OF NEW YORK Supervisor.-Capt. R. Drace White, United States Navy, July 1, 1933, to June 6, 1934; Capt. T. H. Taylor, United States Navy, since that date. The laws enacted for the preservation of the tidal waters of New York Harbor, its adjacent or tributary waters and the waters of Long Island Sound are administered by the supervisor of New York Harbor, a line officer of the Navy, under the direction of the Secretary of War. The supervisor is charged under the laws with the duties of preventing any obstructive or injurious deposits in the waters under his jurisdiction and the prevention of any interference with safe navigation of the channels of the harbor by deep-draft vessels. The laws relating to the supervision of New York Harbor are acts of Congress of June 29, 1888 (25 Stats. 209), amended by section 8 of act of May 28, 1908 (35 Stats. 424-426); act of Congress of August 18, 1894 (28 Stats. 360); act of Congress of May 28, 1908 (35 Stats. 426); act of Congress of February 16, 1909 (35 Stats. 623); act of Congress of June 7, 1924 (Oil Pollution Act, 1924). Operations and results during the fiscal year.-Notices to acquaint navigation interests with the laws and regulations relating to the harbor were issued with a view to obtaining cooperation in their administration; dumping grounds for stone, ashes, street sweepings, garbage, sewerage sludge, and other refuse were designated; and 4,343 permits were issued for the removal of approximately 24,490,857 cubic yards of material. Soundings were taken at frequent intervals over the designated dumping areas to insure that sufficient depth of waters is maintained. ':: , .: ,.... f:1: 1518 REPORT OF CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMY, 1934 Supervision was exercised by means of inspectors and patrols. Three patrols are maintained-1 at the mouth of the harbor to col- lect permits and observe conditions of loading; 1 to insure that no material is deposited at places other than the designated dumping grounds and to keep the main channels free of any interference to the safe navigation of these channels by deep-draft vessels; and 1 along the water front to prevent the discharge into navigable waters of waste oil and sludge, rubbish, and waste resulting from loading operations. The amounts of material reported to have been removed are constantly checked by the patrols. FLOATING PLANT In the interests of economy and to keep within the authorized withdrawals allotted for this activity during the past fiscal year the force of the large patrol boats was reduced by 1, and 1 unit, the Cerberus, which had been in continuous service 28 years, was sold. In order to keep up the necessary inspections, the operating time of the remaining boats has been increased. Actions to end of fiscal year 1934 for violations of act of June 29, 1888, and its amendments Number of cases reported to United States attorneys for prosecution: Prior to fiscal year 1934 .------------------------------ - 802 During fiscal year 1934----------------------------- ---- -- - 7 Total--- ----------------- 809 Number of convictions obtained or cases settled by compromise: Prior to fiscal year 1934_ 6_____ 012 During fiscal year 1934_ .-. ___________________-- - - - - 1 Total----------------- --------------------------------- 13 Number of cases nolle prossed or discontinued: Prior to fiscal year 1934- ------------------------------ 161 During fiscal year 1934--------------------------------------- 7 Total------------------ ------------------------------ 168 Number of cases dismissed after trial: Prior to fiscal year 1934--- ........------------ 15 During the fiscal year 1934---____----- -------------------- 0 Total--------------------- ------------------------------ 15 Number of cases pending June 30, 1934------------------------ 13 Grand total----------- --------------------------------- 809 The cost of operating the vessels and the work of the office for the year was $160,559.04. Proposed operations.-(a) The unexpended balance plus accounts receivable June 30, 1934, amounting to $181,315 for maintenance and routine operations will be expended as follows: SUPERVISION OF THE HARBOR OF NEW YORK 1519 Salaries and wages ----------------------------------------- $97, 000 Fuel (coal, oil, gasoline)- -------------------- 23, 000 Subsistence of crews -------- ----------------------------- 13, 500 Docking and repairs ---------------------------------------- 37, 500 Supplies, general 8,000 Office rent --- ------ --------------------------- ---- 1, 000 Miscellaneous expenses ------------- ------------------------- 1, 315 Total-------- -------- ---------------------------- 181, 315 (b) The approximate date when it is estimated funds will be ex- hausted is June 30, 1935. (c) The amount which can be profitably expended for the service for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1936, is $190,000, distributed as follows: Salaries and wages ----------------------------------------- $97, 000 Fuel (coal, oil, gasoline) _------------_________-_ 23, 000 Subsistence of crews _________-__--______ __--______ -_ 13, 500 Docking and repairs ---------------------------------------- 42, 000 Supplies, general 9, 000 Wharfage and office rent--------- ----------- 4, 000 Miscellaneous expenses ------------------ 1, 500 Total----- ---- ----------------------------------- 190, 000 Cost and financial sumtmary Cost of new work to June 30, 1934________---- --- Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1934--------------------- $4, 732, 217. 27 Total cost of permanent work to June 30, 1934_....... 4, 732, 217.27 Value of plant, materials, etc., on hand June 30, 1.934---------- 393, 631. 44 Net total cost to June 30, 1934___------- - - 5, 125, 848. 71 -_______ Plus accounts receivable June 30, 1934--------- _ ----------- 765. 00 Gross total costs to June 30, 1934------------------ 5,126, 613. 71 Minus accounts payable June 30, 1934------ 3, 182. 49 Net total expenditures --------------- __------ - 5, 123, 431. 22 Unexpended balance June 30, 1934-------------------------- 180, 550. 72 Total amount appropriated to June 30, 1934_......... __- 5, 303, 981. 94 Fiscal year ending June 30 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 Cost of new work- . ...------ ------------- Cost of maintenance--------------------------- -------------- --------------------------------- ------- Total expended--......------------- $308, 964. 92 $204, 005. 36 $248, 503. 22 $323, 143. 45 $154, 102. 33 Allotted-------.............---- -------------- 174, 360.00 193, 500. 00 137, 630. 00 251, 247. 18 330, 190. 21 Balance unexpended July 1, 1933- _------------------------- $4, 462. 84 Amount allotted from War Department Appropriation Act approved Apr. 26, 1934__ __---------... $162, 000. 00 Amount allotted from War Department Appropriation Act approved Mar. 4, 1933--------------------- 175, 000. 00 337, 000. 00 Amount to be accounted for--- ---------- ------ 341, 462. 84 Deductions on account of impounded savings revoked June 30, 1934 6, 809. 79 Net amount to be accounted for_ -------- 334, 653. 05 !)1536-ENG 1934- 96 1520 REPORT OF CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMY, 1934 Gross amount expended------------------------__ $166, 510. 89 Less: Reimbursements collected----------$8, 840.00 Receipts from sales_________________ 3, 568. 56 12, 408. 56 $154, 102. 33 Balance available June 30, 1934________________________ 180, 550. 72 Outstanding liabilities June 30, 1934--------------------------3, 442. 59 Balance available June 30, 1934___________--------- - 177, 108. 13 Accounts receivable June 30, 1934 -------------------------- 765. 00 Unobligated balance available June 30, 1934 _______ _ 177, 873. 13 Amount that can be profitably expended in fiscal year ending June 30, 1936: For maintenance 1__--__,______ 190, 000. 00 ANACOSTIA PARK AND THE RECLAMATION AND DE- VELOPMENT OF ANACOSTIA RIVER AND FLATS FROM THE MOUTH OF THE RIVER TO THE DISTRICT' LINE, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA District engineer: Maj. J. D. Arthur, Jr., Corps of Engineers, to March 31, 1934; Capt. L. H. Hewitt, Corps of Engineers, to April 30, 1934; Lt. Col. John C. H. Lee, Corps of Engineers, since that date. Division engineer: Col. T. H. Jackson, Corps of Engineers. Location.-The Anacostia River enters the Potomac River at Washington, D. C. Previous projects.-Forthe part of the project below the Anacostia Bridge, which is also a river and harbor improvement, see Annual Report of the Chief of Engineers for 1919, page 553, under heading " Existing project." For a description of the previous projects for the improvement extending upstream from the Anacostia Bridge see Annual Report of the Chief of Engineers for 1923, page 1990, under heading " Existing project." Existing project.-This provides for the improvement of the river and for the reclamation and development of the adjacent flats from the mouth of the river upstream to the District of Columbia bound- ary line, a distance of about 61/3 miles, to afford a river channel 15 feet deep in the section between Anacostia Bridge and Massachusetts Avenue, 9 feet deep thence to Benning Road. The section from the mouth upstream to the Anacostia Bridge was dredged to a depth of 20 feet under a river and harbor project. The dredged material is to be used for fills. The project includes a constant-level lake or lateral basin on the west side of the river, to be known as Lake Kingman, and a smaller lake on the east side of the stream. The normal surface elevation of thd lakes is to be 2 feet above mean low tide, and they are to be dredged to a depth of 6 feet. A culvert or small bridge is to be con- structed over Lake Kingman on the line of Benning Road, and a lock and bridge is to be built at the lower end of Lake Kingman. Influent and effluent gate-control works are to be provided to main- tain a constant level in both lakes. Masonry sea walls on a riprap substructure are to be constructed along the tidal channel of the river to extend 6 feet above mean low 1Exclusive of available funds. ANACOSTIA PARK 1521 water; the walls of the lakes are to extend 3 feet above mean low water or 1 foot above the level of the lake. A portion of the reclaimed tract is to be set aside for develop- ment by the Agricultural Department for a national arboretum and botanical garden. A strip of waterfront land on the right bank of the river between the Anacostia Bridge and the Pennsylvania Rail- road freight bridge is to be set aside for commercial purposes. The bridges at Benning Road over the main channel are not to be altered. The estimated cost of the project is $4,125,000 (October 1923). To this must be added $150,000 appropriated by act approved July 3, 1930, for cost of land not covered in estimated cost of project because of subsequent adverse court decision as to United States ownership. The acts of Congress authorizing and defining the present plan of improvement are as follows: District of Columbia appropriation acts approved March 2, 1911 (36 Stats. 1005); July 2, 1914 (38 Stats. 549); March 3, 1917 (39 Stats. 1040); March 3, 1915 (38 Stats. 923); August 31, 1918 (40 Stats. 950); July 11, 1919 (41 Stats. 99); June 5, 1920 (41 Stats. 954); February 28, 1923 (42 Stats. 1364); June 7, 1924 (43 Stats. 572) ; March 3, 1925 (43 Stats. 1246); May 10, 1926 (44 Stats. 448) ; March 2, 1927 (44 Stats. 1328); February 25, 1929 (45 Stats. 1295); July 3, 1930 (46 Stats. 986); February 23, 1931 (46 Stats. 1410); and June 29, 1932 (47 Stats. 376). The latest published map is found in Annual Report of Chief of Engineers, 1924, at page 1994. Local cooperation.-The funds for this project have been appropri- ated by the District of Columbia appropriation bills, which, through the fiscal year ended June 30, 1920, provided for half of the expense to be borne by the District of Columbia. From that date to June 30, 1924, the expense was borne 60 percent by the District of Colum- bia and 40 percent by the United States. Beginning July 1, 1924, the District of Columbia paid all required above the lump sum appropriated from United States revenues. Operations and results during fiscal year.-The U. S. hydraulic pipe-line dredge Dalecarliawas engaged from July 10 to August 25, 1933, in dredging in section G, Anacostia River, depositing a total of..56,807 cubic yards (credited and gross) on the adjacent flats. The U. S. derrick boat Benning was engaged at intervals during the year in banking back of seawall and reinforcing levees handling a total of 9,239 cubic yards of material, of which 4,560 cubic yards were credited to reclamation. A labor gang was engaged in rein- forcing levees and miscellaneous work in connection with the dredg- ing. The total cost of dredging and levee work was $9,935.84. A total of 100,806 cubic yards of select material was placed on the dump fills at a cost of $1,390.18 for supervision. Construction of masonry seawall was in progress from September 20 to November 30, 1933. A total of 1,548 linear feet of wall was completed at a cost of $19,674.70. Riprap stone was obtained from the demolition of the Aqueduct Bridge across the Potomac River, a total of 3,500.29 tons being deposited in trenches at various points and wingwalls were con- structed at culvert in Lake Kingman at a cost of $5,168.99. Miscellaneous surveys, investigations, and supervision of Civil Works Administration labor gangs were handled throughout the year at a cost of $3,572.13. 1522 REPORT OF CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMY, 1934 The total cost of work for the year was $39,741.84, all applied to new work. In addition $962.17 was charged during the year to the cost of completed new work. The total expenditure was $44,895.74. Condition at end of fiscal year.-The table below indicates the work accomplished and expenditures therefor on the project to June 30, 1934. The project is 80.2 percent completed. The controlling depth below Anacostia Bridge in March 1933 was 21.5 feet, with a width of 300 feet; between Anacostia Bridge and Pennsylvania Avenue Bridge in March 1933, it was 14 feet, with a width of 400 feet; between Pennsylvania Avenue Bridge and Penn- sylvania Railroad bridge in December 1929 it was 16 feet, with a width of 400 feet; between the Pennsylvania Railroad bridge and Benning Bridge in August 1932 it was 6 feet, with a width of 100 feet; between the Benning Bridge and the District line in May 1933 it was 5 feet, with a width of 100 feet; and in Lake Kingman the controlling depth was 5 feet at mean low water. Itetiz(d st te1teJ t of cot aofd wcok(Ifl Lo'I to Junae 30, 1934 Item Work accom- plished Cost Study and investigation ---------------- ------ --...- ---------- $31, 180. 23 Reclamation: (a) Dredging ...---... --- ----................. cubic yards- 11, 196, 145 1, 386, 810. 34 (b) Dump fills-------- ------------------------------ --------------------- 39, 263. 35 Sea walls: (a) Channel-foundations -------------- . linear feet. J------------------- 38, 539 516, 080. 43 (b) Channel-masonry .--------------- ----.-----------------.do---- 24, 424 311, 511. 17 (c) Lake and islands-foundations--------------------- --- do. 27, 620 325, 377. 12 (d) Lake and islands-masonry -...........-----------------.------- do---- 16, 068 100, 054. 82 Land.... ---.. ---- ..---------- ----------------------------------------- acres-- 391.651 456,860.88 Allen Bridge------------------------------------ --------------------------- 81, 503.91 Plant and repair yard.....--------- -----------------..------------------ - ------------ (1) Lock, bridge, and influents------------ -------- - -- ------ 87, 370. 93 Effluent house and connecting cable----- --. ---------- -- --.------------------- _______ 27,7C0. 78 Contingencies------------------------- -------------------- - ----------------- -------------- 62, 429. 20 Engineering and clerical expenses ..----------------- -- --------- -- (1) Miscellaneous surveys ..- - --- -..-- - . . - --- 228. 37 Total cost------------------------------------------------ --------------------- 3, 426, 431.53 1 Cost under these items included in totals for the other items. 2To be distributed to above items. Proposed operations.-The funds unexpended June 30, 1934, $91,- 239.57, will be applied as follows: Accounts payable June 30, 1934 ------------- $1,375. 10 New work : Dredging operations, U. S. dredge Dalecarlia, sec- tion G ------------------------------------ $8, 400. 00 Trenching and levee construction operations, U. S. derrick boat Benning, section G----------------- 5, 000. 00 Labor gang on levees, waste weirs, etc- 2, 000. 00 Supervision of dump fills ----------------------- 2, 000. 00 Sea-wall foundations, navigation channel, section G (July to October 1934) ------------------------ 5, 000.00 Sea wall, masonry, navigation channel, section G (April to June 1935) ------------------------- 25, 000. 00 Purchase and condemnation of land----------_ 42, 000.00 Miscellaneous surveys-------- ------------------- 464. 47 89, 864. 47 Total-.. ___------------___ _- 91,239. 57 ANACOSTIA- PARK 1523 It is expected the funds will be practically exhausted by June 30, 1935. It is proposed to do the above work with Government plant and hired labor. The sum of $180,000 can be profitably expended during the fiscal year 1936, as follows: New work: Dredging° (July to October 1935) --- __ --------- $24, 000 Trenching and levee construction (July 1935 to June 1936) 10, 000 --- Labor gang on levees, etc. (July 1935 to June 1936)------------- 3, 000 Supervision of dump fills (July 1935 to June 1936)---------- 3, 000 Sea wall foundations (,July to October 1935) -------------------- 30, 000 Masonry sea wall (July to November 1935 and March to June 1936) ------------------ --- 80. 000 Effluent conduit (April to June 1936)---------------------- 30, 000 Total----------------------------------------------------- 180, 000 It is proposed to do the above work with Government plant and hired labor, except that the riprap stone for sea-wall foundations will be purchased under contract. Cost and financial sutnmary Cost of new work to June 30, 1934___ ---- --------------- $3, 426, 431. 53 Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1934______________------------------- Total cost of permanent work to June 30, 1934----------3, 426. 431. 53 Value of plant, materials, etc., on hand June 30, 1934 --- __ . 6,594. 12 Net total cost to June 30, 1934-------------------------- 3, 433, 025. 65 Plus accounts receivable June 30, 1934-- ------ Gross total costs to June 30, 1934------------------ 65 3,433, 02:5. Minus accounts payable June 30, 1934_ ________-- _ 375. 10 1____ -1, Net total expenditures__ --- ----- 3, 431, 650. 55 Unexpended balance June 30, 1934_________.____ _________-- 91, 239. 57 Total amount appropriated to June 30, 1934_ 3, 522, 890. 12 Fiscal year ending June 30 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 Cost of new work__ -_ _ $178,496.58 $335, 664. 39 $223,799.10 $104, 544. 03 $39, 741. 84 Cost.of maintenance --- ------- --- ----------- --- ----------- --- -------- Total cost __.......-- 178, 496. 58 335, 664. 39 223, 799. 10 104, 544. 03 39, 741. 84 Total expended ---------- ---- 210, 908. 40 329, 688. 88 226, 284. 20 95, 472. 40 44, 895. 74 Allotted------------------------ - 330, 000. 00 179, 520.00 179, 520. 00 -5, 171.10 -1,337. 27 Balance unexpended July 1, 1933-------------------------- $137, 472. 58 Deductions on account of impounded funds carried to surplus fund_ 1, 337.27 Net amount to be accounted for---------1------------------36, 135. 31 Gross amount expended ---------------------------- $45, 195. 74 Less reimbursements collected_ -- 300. 00 44, 895. 74 Balance unexpended June 30, 1934- - -- 91, 239. 57 Outstanding liabilities June 30, 1934_ 43, 375. 10 Balance available June 30, 1934___ ____________47, 864.47 Accounts receivable June 30, 1934___- Unobligated balance available June 30, 1934 - - 47, 864.47 1524 REPORT OF CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMY, 1934 Amount (estimated) required to be appropriated - for - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - completion - - - - - - - - - - - of existing project 1 $752, 109. 88 Amount that can be profitably expended in fiscal year ending June 30, 1936: - - - - - - - --- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - For new work 1-- 180, 000. 00. For maintenance ----------------- -------------------------- Total -------------- ----------------------------- 180, 000. 00 MAINTENANCE AND REPAIR OF THE WASHINGTON AQUEDUCT District engineer: Maj. J. D. Arthur, Jr., Corps of Engineers, to, March 31, 1934; Capt. L. H. Hewitt, Corps of Engineers, to April 30, 1934; Lt. Col. John C. H. Lee, Corps of Engineers, since that date. Division engineer: Col. T. H. Jackson, Corps of Engineers. Description.-A description of the system and of previous projects; for construction and maintenance is printed at pages 2206-2208, An- nual Report of the Chief of Engineers for 1930. The control of the system was vested in the Chief of Engineers- by the act of March 2, 1867, and section 1800, Revised Statutes. The total cost on the entire system to June 30, 1934, including accrued liabilities, was $29,032,180.92, of which $21,791,431.14 was, for construction, $6,998,976.14 was for maintenance and operation, $223,621.81 was for springwater supply, and $18,151.83 for deferred charges. Existing project.-The existing project provides for the care, maintenance, and operation of the system up to the point where the purified water is delivered to the District of Columbia distrib- uting system, and also for the care and maintenance of the Conduit Road, McMillan Park, and the meters on the various Government services. Local cooperation.-Up to the end of June 30, 1916, the expenses of the Washington Aqueduct were paid one-half by the District of Columbia and one-half by the United States, since which time they have been paid wholly out of the revenues of the water department of the District of Columbia. Of the appropriations for increasing water supply, District of Columbia, $25,000 has been appropriated wholly out of the revenues of the United States, $3,200,000 out of revenues payable, 60 percent by the District of Columbia and 40 percent by the United States, and of the balance after June 30, 1924, the District of Columbia paid all required above lump sum appropriated from United States revenues. Operations and results during fiscal year.-The average turbidity was reduced from 150 to 0.01 and the bacterial content from 2,638 to 4.8 per milliliter. The average daily consumption was 87,970,000 gallons, and the maximum was 112,950,000 gallons, making the aver- age per capita consumption in the District of Columbia 176 gallons per day. The average daily consumption of water in Government ' Exclusive of available funds. WASHINGTON AQUEDUCT 1525 buildings was 9,364,000 gallons, or approximately 10.6 percent of the total. Over 23,000 tubes of water from various points in the system were examined for bacterium colon, and after sterilization, the average number of bacterium colon per 100 milliliters was found to be 0.05,. Average alkalinity of the filtered water was 58; average pH value was 7.7; and average hardness was 84. The cost of water delivered to the water department for distribution to consumers was $46.05 per million gallons, as compared with $47.17 in 1933. Under appropriations of $150,000, District of Columbia Act of June 29, 1932, and $43,500, Emergency Appropriation Act, fiscal year 1935, plans and specifications were prepared and contracts and orders given for the construction and equipment of a booster pump- ing plant to lower the water level at entrance into Dalecarlia Reser- voir, and thereby increase the flow through the conduits from Great Falls, Md., while raising the storage capacity of the reservoir proper. TOTAL COST The total cost under the appropriation for the fiscal year, includ- ing accrued liabilities, was $401,195.97. The distribution of cost was as follows: Cost per Total million gallons Collecting system------------- ---------------------------------- $73, 836. 65 $2. 30 Purification system .--- 505. 16 3------------.--------------------------- 231, 7. 21 Distribution system__-------------------------------- 95, 854. 16 2. 98 Total---------------------------------------------------------------- 401,195. 97 12.49 PROPOSED OPERATIONS (a) Funds appropriated for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1935, by the District of Columbia Appropriation Act, approved June 4, 1934, will be used as follows: For operation, including salaries of all necessary employees, maintenance and repair of Washington aqueducts and their accessories, including Dalecarlia, Georgetown, McMillan Park, First and Second High Service Reservoirs, Wash- ington Aqueduct Tunnel, the filtration plants, the pumping plants, and the plant for the preliminary treatment of the water supply; ordinary repairs, grading, opening ditches, and other maintenance of Conduit Road; purchase, installation, and maintenance of water meters on Federal services; purchase, care, repair, and operation of vehicles, including the purchase and exchange of one passenger-carrying motor vehicle at a cost not to exceed $650; purchase and repair of rubber boots and protective apparel, and for each and every pur- pose connected therewith, $420,624. (b) The amounts which can be profitably expended during the fiscal year ending June 30, 1936 (estimated), are as follows: For operation, including salaries of all necessary employees, maintenance, and repair of Washington aqueducts and their accessories, including Dalecarlia, Georgetown, McMillan Park, First and Second High Service Reservoirs, Wash- ington Aqueduct Tunnel, the filtration plants, the pumping plants, and the plant for the preliminary treatment of the water supply; ordinary repairs, grad- 1526 REPORT OF CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMY, 19 34 ing, opening ditches, and other maintenance of Conduit Road; purchase, instal- lation, and maintenance of water meters on Federal services; purchase, care, repair, and operation of vehicles including the purchase and exchange of one passenger-carrying motor vehicle at a cost not to exceed $650; purchase and repair of rubber boots and protective apparel, and for each and every purpose connected therewith, $490,000. Nothing herein shall be construed as affecting the superintendence and con- trol of the Secretary of War over the Washington Aqueduct, its rights, appurte- nances, and fixtures connected with the same, and over appropriations and expenditures therefor as now provided by law. Financial summary as of June 30, 1931 Unexpended Washington water supply Treasuryto Appropriated I Reverted (less accruals Cost to June and receiv- 30, 1934 ables) Total to June 30, 1933-_.---------- _-- $29, 099, 965. 73 $405, 092. 87 $56, 424. 67 $28, 638, 448. 11 Acts of June 16, 1933, Mar. 28, 1934, and ' June 19, 1934------------------------- 1446, 183. 14 -__ _ 52, 450. 41 393, 732. 73 Total -------------------------- _ 29, 546, 148. 87 405, 092. 87 108, 875. 08 29, 032, 180. 92 Encumbered - -- -------------- 108, 875. 08 1Includes an appropriation of $43,500 for booster pumping station and $2,683.14 to cover 5-percent pay restoration. Division of expenditures Paid by- Units Tota 1 United States District of Water depart- Columbia ment Total construction____________ $10, 965, 377. 11 $9, 090, 041.24 $1, 736, 012. 79 $21,791,431.14 Total maintenance ........... _ ._ 1, 222, 316. 72 955, 473. 18 4, 821, 186. 24 6, 998, 976. 14 Total spring-water supply ............. 223, 621.81 223, 621. 81 Total deferred charges ... _............ 18, 151. 83 18, 151. 83 Total ........ _.___........... 12, 411, 315. 64 10, 045,514. 10, 045, 514. 42 42 6, 575, 350. 86 29, 032, 180. 92 Washington Aqueduct, District of Columbia, mnaintenance 1932: -- July 1, 1933, balance unexpended_____ ____---------- $261.35 June 30, 1934, amount expended during fiscal year .57 June 30, 1934, balance carried to surplus fund__---- 260. 78 1933: July 1, 1933, balance unexpended------------------------- 48, 126. 00 June 30, 1934, carried to surplus fund (impounded) 53. 05 48, 072. 95 June 30, 1934, amount expended during fiscal year---------- 47, 992. 95 June 30, 1934, balance unexpended_ _ _ ___ ____---------80. 00 June 30, 1934, outstanding liabilities__----------------- ------------ June 30, 1934, unobligated balance available--------- ---- 80. 00 WASHINGTON AQUEDUCT 1527 1934: Amount appropriated by act approved June 16, 1933-------- $400, 000. 00 Amount appropriated by act approved Mar. 28, 1934_ --.- - 2, 683. 14 402, 683. 14 June 30, 1934, amount expended during fiscal year----------- 382, 934. 43 June 30, 1934, balance unexpended__ - - 748. 71 -9,1---------- June 30, 1934, outstanding liabilities_ ______-- ------- 17, 225. 92 2, 522. 79 June 30, 1934, amount covered by uncompleted contracts..__ 5,967.45 June 30, 1934, balance available-____________-- -3, 444. 66 June 30, 1934, accounts receivable__--------- ---- 3, 995. 23 June 30, 1934, unobligated balance ---------------- 550. 57 BOOSTER PUMPING PLANT, DALECARLIA RESERVOIR, D. C. 1934 :, July 1, 1933, balance unexpended ___________--_--_--- $141, 510. 83 Appropriated by act approved June 19, 1934___-----_ 43, 500. 00 185, 010. 83 June 30, 1934, amount expended during fiscal year---------- 92, 241. 18 -__ June 30, 1934, balance unexpended______________ 92, 769. 65 June 30, 1934, outstanding liabilities-________ --------- -1, 102. 26 91, 667. 39 June 30, 1934, amount covered by uncompleted contracts____ 63, 159. 47 June 30, 1934, unobligated balance available-------------- 28, 507. 92 INCREASING WATER SUPPLY, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA Total amount appropriated to June 30, 1934__---------_ $8, 725, 100. 00 Total amount expended to June 30, 1934------------------- 8, 717, 961. 33 July 1, 1933, balance unexpended_---------------------- 7, 000. 00 June 30, 1934, amount expended during fiscal year (refundment)_ 138. 67 June 30, 1934, balance unexpended .__-___- ___________ 7, 138. 67 June 30, 1934, outstanding liabilities-______________--_____ 7, 000. 00 June 30, 1934. unobligated balance available__._________ 138. 67 BEACH EROSION BOARD The Beach Erosion Board was established and its duties defined by section 2 of the River and Harbor Act of July 3, 1930 (Pub. No. 520, 71st Cong.), which authorized and directed the Chief of En- gineers, under the direction of the Secretary of War, to cause in- vestigations and studies to be made in cooperation with appropriate State agencies of the various States on the Atlantic, Pacific, and Gulf coasts and on the Great Lakes and the territories, with a view to devising effective means of preventing erosion of the shores of coastal and lake waters by waves and currents. The act also pro- vides for the release to the appropriate State agencies of the infor- mation obtained from these studies and for the payment of the costs of the investigations. 1528 REPORT OF CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMY, 1934 Under the terms of the act the board is to consist of 4 officers of the Corps of Engineers and 3 civilians, selected by the Chief of Engineers with regard to their special fitness, from among the State agencies cooperating with the War Department. The members of the board are: Col. W. J. Barden, Corps of Engineers; Col. Earl I. Brown, Corps of Engineers; Col. E. J. Dent, Corps of Engineers; Maj. G. R. Young, Corps of Engineers; Richard K. Hale, associate commissioner, Department of Public Works, Bos- ton, Mass.; Victor Gelineau, chief engineer, Board of Commerce and Navigation, State of New Jersey; Thorndike Saville, consulting en- gineer, Department of Conservation and Development, State of North Carolina. All requests for cooperative investigations with appropriate State agencies have been referred to the board for consideration and recom- mendation. In addition, a number of questions concerning shore protection of Federal property or arising in connection with river and harbor projects, have been referred to that portion of the board composed of officers of the Corps of Engineers, which has been designated as the Shore Protection Board. The work accomplished by the board, since its organization, and the status of its operation at the close of the fiscal year, are shown by the following table: Ordered With- Com- Remain- Character of investigation or re- drawn pleted in- quested ing Cooperative studies------------------ - ---------------.... . 14 2 4 8 Federal studies---- ---------------------------------------... . 26 .--------- 23 3 Experimental studies----------------------------------------- 8 --------- 3 5 --------------------------------------------- Total........... 48 2 30 16 Cost and financial summnary.-Expenses incident to the operations of the board are paid from funds appropriated for examinations, surveys, and contingencies for rivers and harbors. Total amounts allotted to the board since organization-----------$60,874. 82 Net expenses of the board since organization__________________ 58, 760.92 Balance unexpended, June 30, 1934_____________________ 2, 113.90 Net expenses of the board for fiscal year 1934___________________ 13, 388. 38 SURVEY OF NORTHERN AND NORTHWESTERN LAKES [Conducted by the U. S. Lake Survey Office, Detroit, Mich.] District engineer: Col. F. A. Pope, Corps of Engineers. Surveys-Great Lakes.-The existing general project, stated in detail in the Annual Report for 1907, pages 844 to 850, comprises the following work: Ascertainment and charting of depths in all significant regions of the Great Lakes to a plane 30 feet below the adopted low-water datum of the open lakes, and 25 feet below the corresponding datum in the channels of the connecting river; com- pletion of triangulation and precise leveling needed to control the areas under survey; river-discharge measurements; investigations ! riiiiii NORTHERN AND NORTHWESTERN LAKES 1529 of lake levels; magnetic surveys in and near main vessel courses; and prompt examination of areas where obstructions to navigation have been reported. Surveys-Newl York State canals.-The Sundry Civil Act of March 4, 1911, provided that the survey be extended to include the lakes and other natural navigable waters of the New York State ,canals. The project contemplated revision and adjustment by field reconnaissance of all existing survey data pertaining thereto, sup- plemented by such additional topographic and hydrographic surveys as might be required for the publication of navigation charts of these waters. Field work under this project has been completed, and the full set of charts has been published. Surveys-Lake Champlain. The scope of operations was ex- tended by the Sundry Civil Act of June 23, 1913, to include Lake Champlain. Surveys of harbors and other important areas were commenced during the field season of 1928. This work was com- pleted in 1933. Surveys-Bundary wyaters between the Lake of the Woods and Lake Superior.-The Sundry Civil Act of August 1, 1914, extended the work of the Lake Survey to include these waters. The project provides for the preparation of navigation charts of the American waters of the Lake of the Woods and Rainy Lake, complete with hydrography, and for the preparation of charts of the remainder of the boundary waters without hydrographic detail, it being consid- ered that existing commerce does not warrant the preparation of complete navigation charts except for the two lakes named. Charts.-The chart project, adopted April 17, 1909, provided for revising old charts and preparing new ones. Further details concerning it and a detailed statement of the work required to com- plete it are printed on pages 1918-1923 of the Annual Report of the Chief of Engineers for 1917. The number now in force, including 4 charts of the Lake of the Woods, 5 charts of Lake Champlain, 7 charts of the New York State canals, and 108 charts of the Great Lakes, is 124. The number of charts necessary is not fixed. Changing requirements of naviga- tion may render new charts desirable or make old charts unnecessary. Bulletins.-The work pertaining to the Bulletin of the Survey of Northern and Northwestern Lakes consists in publishing annually in April a revised volume of coast and harbor descriptions, etc., and seven monthly supplements from May to November giving changes and additions. Investigation of lake levels.-The present general project is the continuation and extension of that published in the Annual Report for 1898, pages 3774-3776. Estimated cost of the work.-The cost of additional new work re- quired to complete the survey of Rainy Lake in accordance with the existing project is estimated at $37,000. The cost of maintenance work, which includes revision and reissue of charts, revisory sur- veys of harbors, and miscellaneous investigations of obstructions to navigation, observation and study of lake levels, publication of bul- letins, supplements, and notices to mariners, and other continuing necessary activities, is estimated at $170,000 for the fiscal year 1935. 1530 REPORT OF CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMY, 1934 OPERATIONS AND RESULTS DURING THE YEAR Surveys.--Four parties were at work in the field on July 1, 1933, and operations were continued until November 16. Four parties were organized in the spring of 1934. Work was begun May 9, and was continued to the end of the fiscal year. Localities and char- acter of the work are as follows: Lake Michigan: Chicago, sweeping obstructions in harbor; vicinity of Beaver Islands, Charlevoix, Harbor Springs, Petoskey, and Manistee, revisory surveys; Frankfort, Ludington, Pentwater, Mus- kegon, Grand Haven, Holland, South Haven, Saugatuck, St. Joseph and Michigan City, reconnaissance surveys. Lake Huron: Tawas, Alpena, Rockport, and Cheboygan, revisory surveys. Detroit River: From Wyandotte to Lake Erie, revisory surveys. Lake Ontario: Oswego, revisory survey. St. Lawrence River: Cape Vincent to Ogdensburg, sweeping in navigation channel; Ogdensburg, Alexandria Bay, revisory surveys. Cape Vincent to St. Regis, recovery of control points. Lake Champlain: Revisory surveys were completed on July 12, 1933. Rainy Lake: Control, topography, sounding and sweeping west of a line from the east side of Cranberry Bay northeast to the middle of the entrance to Seine Bay. Control and sounding through Brule Narrows, along north shore of Saginaw Bay and the north shore of the Third Traverse to Paternoster Island. Charts.-Duringthe year ended June 30, 1934, revised editions of 28 charts and 4 new charts were prepared and issued. Revision of negatives for printing on offset press is well advanced. Three revised editions and one new chart have been printed on offset press. The number of charts sold during the year by the Detroit office was 15,719 and by the Buffalo, New York City, and Albany offices, 2,458, the aggregate sales being 18,177. The proceeds of sales, amounting to $6,820.20, were deposited to the credit of the Treasurer of the United States. The Detroit office issued 5,807 charts for official use, and the Buffalo, New York City, and Albany offices 481, °a total of 6,288. Bulletin, etc.-The present edition of the bulletin is 2,200 copies. Supplements Nos. 3 to 7, Bulletin No. 42, were issued between July and November 1933. Copy for Bulletin No. 43 was prepared during the winter and forwarded to the Public Printer in February. The edition was received, June 22. Supplements Nos. 1 and 2 were printed locally under contract and were issued in June 1934. In addition to the publications mentioned above, mimeographed notices of monthly stages of the Lakes were sent to newspapers, vessel interests, and Government officials in the Lakes region. Investigation of Lake levels.-Fourteen self-registering gages and two staff gages were operated throughout the year at the regular stations on the Lakes and connecting rivers. Four self-registering gages on the Detroit River, one at Monroe on Lake Erie, and one at Alpena on Lake Huron, were operated except during the winter season. Permanent installations were made at Oswego and Ogdens- OPERATIONS AND RESULTS DURING THE YEAR 1531 burg and gages were installed there in May 1934. Temporary staff gages were installed at Sandusky and Erie on Lake Erie in May 1934. Between July 14 and September 29 measurements were made of the flow through the several channels in the lower Detroit River under the abnormal conditions caused by the cofferdams. Changing hydraulic conditions in that river have been followed carefully. A study of the hydraulic conditions in the St. Clair River from 1860 to 1932 was completed. The total cost for new work during the year was $18,328.24 and for maintenance $161,993.07, aggregating $180,321.31. The total ex- penditures during the year, after deducting receipts from sales, were $185,639.37. Condition at end of fiseal year.-The present project for surveys on the Great Lakes as formulated in 1907 and the project work on New York State canals and on Lake Champlain have been com- pleted. The field work on Lake of the Woods and adjacent waters. including Rainy Lake, is about 90 percent completed. Charts.-On June 30, 1934, there were in force 124 charts, compris- ing 108 of the Great Lakes, 5 of Lake Champlain, 7 of New York State canals, and 4 of Lake of the Woods. These charts are on sale at the Lake Survey office at Detroit, at the canal office at Sault Stye. Marie, Mich., and at the United States Engineer offices in Buffalo, Albany, and New York City. Complete sample sets are on file at the United States Engineer offices at Duluth, Milwaukee, Chicago, and Cleveland, affording additional facilities for examination and selection before placing orders. From 1882 to June 30, 1934, a total sum of $150,944.69 was derived from the sale of charts and deposited in the United States Treasury. In all, 939,998 of these charts have been sold and issued for actual service. The bulletins, which contain descriptions of coast lines, harbors, channels, menaces to navigation, and other important information supplementary to the charts, but of too voluminous a character to be incorporated thereon, are issued free in connection with the charts. They are distributed annually according to a carefully revised mail- ing list, and a stock of the current bulletin and the supplements theretois kept on hand for issue to chart purchasers. Monthly means of water levels for stations named, ewpressed in feet above mean sea level [Adjusted levels of 1903] 1933 1934 Station July Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec. Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May June Marquette_.-: 602.78 692. 86 '602. 84 602. 851602. 79 602. 58 602. 41 602. 23 602. 11 602. 16 602. 511602. 77 Milwaukee-..... 578.78 578. 56 578. 26 577. 90 577. 69 577. 58 577. 52 577. 52 577. 50 577. 72 577. 95 578. 07 Harbor Beach.., 578. 68 578.53 578. 14 577. 89 577. 69 577. 53 577. 45 577. 43 577. 39 577. 58 577. 79 577. 87 Cleveland . -_ 571. 77 571. 48 571. 03 570. 59 570. 17 570. 12 569. 95 569. 62 569. 59 570. 14 570. 37 570. 40 Oswego.... 245. 17 244. 77 244. 36243.85 243. 44 243. 37 243. 59243.68 243.68 244.27 244.48 244. 36 1532 REPORT OF CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMY, 1934 Costs and expenditures under existing project.-It is impracticable to determine separately the costs for new work and for maintenance since the adoption of the existing project. The approximate com- bined cost found by deducting expenditures of $3,973,897.31 under previous projects from the total cost of permanent work is $3,505,- 021.66. The total expenditures under the existing project up to June 30, 1934, amount to $3,634,731.10. Proposed operations.-It is proposed to apply the balance of funds unexpended on June 30, 1934, as follows: Accounts payable June 30, 1934 ------------------------------ $3, 038. 67 New work : Hydrographic survey of Rainy Lake: Operation of launch under lease------------$2, 500. 00 Expenses of survey party, field and office---- 17, 500. 00 20, 000. 00 Maintenance: Maintenance of gages at regular stations on Great Lakes, including reduction of records-------------------------- 9,000. 00 Hydraulic surveys, including discharge measurements in outflow rivers : Field and office expenses , 000. 00: 6------------------------ Revisory surveys, including harbor surveys and investigations of shoals and menaces : Operation of steamer and launches _---------- $41, 000. 00 Expenses of survey parties, field and office--- - 28, 000. 00 69,000. 00 Recovery and remarking of control points: Expenses of survey party, field and office__---------------------------------- 3, 000.00 Chart preparation, correction, issue, and sale------- -------- 80, 00. 00 Preparation of bulletin, preparation and publication of supple- ments ------------ ---------------------------------- 3, 000. 00 Balance remaining ___________________________7, 930. 48 Total -------------------------------------------- 200, 969. 15 The cost of operations will average about $18,500 per month prior to December 1 and after May 1, while parties are in the field, and about $12,100 per month during the remainder of the year. It is expected that available funds will be exhausted by June 30, 1935. For utilizing existing organization and plant to the best advan- tage, work estimated to cost $190,000 can be profitably carried on during the fiscal year ending June 30, 1936, as follows: New work : Hydrographic survey of Rainy Lake: Operation of launch under lease------------------ $2, 000 Expjenses of survey party, field and office----------- 15, 000 $17, 000 Maintenance: Maintenance of gages ------------------------------------- 9, 000 Hydraulic surveys, including discharge measurements in outflow rivers : Operation of Government launch----------------- $1,500 Expenses of party, field and office------------------ 8, 500 10, 000 Revisory surveys: Operation of steamer and launches---------------$40, 000 Expenses of survey parties, field and office---------26, 000 66,000 Recovery and remarking of control points--------------------- 5,000 Chart preparation, correction, issue, and sales---------------- 80, 000 Preparation of bulletin, preparation and publication of supple- ments ----------------- ...-- --- 3, 000 Total- - - - - - - - 190, 000 OPERATIONS AND RESULTS DURING THE YEAR 1533 Cost and financial summary Total cost of permanent work to June 30, 1934_...-........... $7, 478, 918. 97 Value of plant, materials, etc., on hand June 30, 1934 ___ ------ 132, 594. 81 Net total cost to June 30, 1934 _----------____--- 7, 611, 513. 78 Plus accounts receivable June 30, 1934 ---- -------------- 138. 96 Gross total costs to June 30, 1934____ - - 7, 611, 652. 74 Minus accounts payable June 30, 1934------------------------- 3, 038. 67 Net total expenditures-----------------------------7, 608, 614. 07 Unexpended balance June 30, 1934__--------------------- 200, 969. 15 Total amount appropriated to June 30, 1934- ------------ 7, 809, 583. 22 Fiscal year ending June 30 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 -- Cost of new work .......----- ______ $71, 319. 98 $47, 652. 98 $31, 568. 71 $25, 945. 20 $18, 328. 24 Cost of maintenance---------..........---. 81, 958. 40 121, 767. 87 160, 166. 32 159, 336. 87 161, 993. 07 Total cost_--------------- 153, 278. 38 169, 420. 85 191, 735. 03 185, 282. 07 180, 321.31 Total expended----------------200, 716. 42 192, 402. 64 195, 526. 65 168, 712. 92 185, 639. 37 Allotted--...............------------------ 217, 000. 00 197, 300. 00 18, 250. 00 370, 000. 00 204, 000. 00 Balance unexpended July 1, 1933-__----------------- -__ $192, 584. 65 Amount allotted from War Department Appropriation Act approved Apr. 26, 1934 .- ________....._ $175, 000. 00 Credit from transfer to U. S. Coast and Geodetic Survey---------------------------------------- 14.34 Amount allotted from War Department Appropriation Act approved Mar. 4, 1933--------------------- 29, 000. 00 204, 014. 34 Amount to be accounted for_---------------------__ 396, 598. 99 Deductions on account of impounded balances revoked---------- , 990. 47 Net amount to be accounted for----------------------- 386, 608. 52 Gross amount expended ____________-- ___-- $189, 072. 49 Less reimbursements collected--------- - --- __ -3, 433. 12 185, 639. 37 Balance unexpended June 30, 1934--------------------- 200, 969. 15 Outstanding liabilities June 30, 1934 ____.___ -__ $2, 938. 69 Amount covered by uncompleted contracts ----------- 1, 250.25 4, 188. 94 Balance available June 30, 1934____ . __-- __.______- 196, 780. 21 Accounts receivable June 30, 1934__________ ____--138. 96 Unobligated balance available June 30, 1934__. ___________ 196, 919. 17 Amount (estimated) required to be appropriated for completion of existing project 1_________________________________ _- 17, 000. 00 Amount that can be profitably expended in fiscal year ending June 30, 1936: For new work 1----------------- 17, 000. 00 - - For maintenance 1____________________ __ __ - _____173, 000. 00 Total 1----------------- 1901, 000. 00 1 Exclusive of available funds. 1534 REPORT OF CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMY, 1934 INTERNATIONAL BOUNDARY WATERS OPERATIONS OF THE INTERNATIONAL ST. CROIX RIVER BOARD OF CONTROL Constitution and duties.-The Board was organized in pursuance to conditions in the orders of the International Joint Commission approving the maintenance and operation of the dam built by the St. Croix Water Power Co. and the Sprague Falls Manufacturing Co., Ltd., across the St. Croix River at Grand Falls in the State of Maine, and subsequent agreements reached between the two Governments. The Board is charged with the duty of formulating and adminis- tering rules under which the power plant and accessories are to be operated to prevent as nearly as possible a level of water at the dam higher than 203.5 (mean sea-level datum), and to secure to the users of water below Grand Falls the flow of water to which they are entitled. The Board is also charged with the supervision of the operation of all fishways on that portion of the St. Croix River that forms the international boundary. The members of the Board are Mr. J. T. Johnston for Canada and Lt. Col. John J. Kingman, Corps of Engineers, who relieved Lt. Col. Richard Park on February 9, 1934, for the United States. Operations during the fiscal year.-Supervision was maintained and inspections made to insure that the regulations of the Interna- tional Joint Commission were being carried out. LAKE MEMPHREMIAGOG Lake Memphremagog, lying in northern Vermont and southeast- ern Quebec, has as its outlet Magog River in Canada. In 1920 a peti- tion filed by the city of Newport and the towns of Derby, Coventry, and Barton, all in Vermont, alleged that they had been injured by the raising of the lake level through the construction and operation of power plants on the Magog River. Upon the suggestion of the Dominion of Canada an international board composed of an engineer of each of the respective Governments was appointed to consider the matter and submit a joint report to each Government as to the level or levels at which Lake Memphremagog should, so far as possible, be maintained. At the request of local interests consideration of the problem was suspended until 1931, when a survey was made and maps prepared. A report prepared by the American member was considered by the Board in conference and by correspondence, and as a result a joint report by the two members of the Board was submitted to their respective Governments under date of May 14, 1934. Mr. J. T. Johnston, director of the Dominion Water Power & Hydrometric Bureau, served as Canadian member of the Board, and Lt. Col. Richard Park, Corps of Engineers, as United States member. PRESERVATION OF NIAGARA FALLS District engineer: Lt. Col. Max C. Tyler, Corps of Engineers, to October 27, 1933, and First Lt. T. H. Stanley, Corps of Engineers, since that date. INTERNATIONAL BOUNDARY WATERS 1535 Division engineer: Col. E. M. Markham, Corps of Engineers, to October 25, 1933, and Lt. Col. Max C. Tyler, Corps of Engineers, since that date. In 1923 a board known as the " Niagara Control Board " was con- stituted by the United States and Canada to measure and supervise the diversion of water from the Niagara River on both sides of the international boundary line. The members of the Board during the fiscal year were Mr. J. T. Johnston and Dr. Charles Camsell for Canada, and Lt. Col. Max C. Tyler and Dr. J. Horace McFarland for the United States. Description.-The history in brief of operations in behalf of the preservation of the scenic grandeur of the Falls and the rapids of Niagara River may be found by reference to the following sources: Annual reports of the Chief of Engineers and appendixes thereto.- Pages 1703 to 1705, report for 1915; pages 2067-2069, report for 1920; and pages 2104-2105, report for 1921; Report on Diversion of Water from the Great Lakes and Niagara River, the War Depart- ment, June 1921; Senate Document No. 128, Seventy-first Congress, second session, containing report by the Niagara Control Board; and a Supplemental Report on the Fall of Rock, which was submitted on November 10, 1931. Operations during the fiscal year.-Records of water levels above the Falls were obtained by means of four self-registering gages. Records obtained from the Niagara Falls Power Co. furnished water elevations in the gorge of Niagara River at station no. 3A. The Niagara Control Board received a complete hourly record of the di- version at all power. plants. OPERATIONS OF THE BOARD OF CONTROL TO CONTROL THE OPERATION OF THE ST. LAWRENCE RIVER POWER CO.'S WORKS IN THE ST. LAWRENCE RIVER NEAR MASSENA, N. Y. An order of the International Joint Commission issued after a hearing on the application of the St. Lawrence River Power Co. for permission to continue to maintain the submerged rock weir constructed by the company in the south Sault Channel of the St. Lawrence River, authorized the maintenance of the weir and, among other things, provided for a board of engineers to pass upon and control the new and old works involved. The members of the Board during the fiscal year were Mr. J. T. Johnston for Canada, and Lt. Col. Max C. Tyler, Corps of Engineers, for the United States. Operations during the fiscal year.-The Board kept in touch with conditions by means of inspections and with respect to the diversion by means of monthly reports of the power company, showing the amount of water diverted and power-house performance from day to day. LAKE SUPERIOR BOARD OF CONTROL The Board is charged with the supervision of the operations of all compensating works and all power canals and accessories with a view to maintaining the level of Lake Superior between elevations of 602.1 and 603.6 above mean tide at New York. 91536-ENG 1934--97 1536 REPORT OF CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMY, 1934 The members of the Board for the fiscal year 1934 were Mr. J. T. Johnston for Canada, and Maj. R. C. Crawford, Corps of Engineers, for the United States. Operations during the fiscal year.-The Board kept in touch dur- ing the year with conditions obtaining to the diversion, through representatives of the United States and Canada on the ground, and by means of regular and systematic reports of the water levels in Lake Superior and in the channels above and below the Sault Locks and in Lake Huron. Records of discharge through the rapids, navi- gation canals, and power plants at the Sault were also systematically reported to the Board. LAKE OF THE WOODS, MINN. Location and description.-The Lake of the Woods is an irregu- larly shaped body of water 1,485 square miles in area, lying partly in northwestern Minnesota and partly in eastern Manitoba and western Ontario, Canada. The southerly portion of the lake is an expanse of relatively shallow open water about 30 miles wide, bor- dered on the United States side in Minnesota by low and generally swampy shores. Original condition.-The lake remained in its natural condition until 1888, when the construction of the Rollerway Dam at one of its outlets near Kenora, Ontario, had the effect of raising the natural level of the lake an average of about 3 feet, which amount was reduced to about 1.5 feet between 1893 and 1898. Under the author- ity of the government of Ontario, the Norman Dam was built in the Winnepeg River, about 1 mile below the Rollerway Dam, be- tween- 1893 and 1895. It was placed in operation in 1898 and has had the effect of raising the natural high-water level of the lake an average of about 21/4 feet during the years from 1898 to date. Existing project.-The convention between the United States and Great Britain proclaimed July 17, 1925, provides for the regulation of the level of the Lake of the Woods in order to secure to the inhabitants of the United States and Canada the most advantageous use of the waters thereof and of the waters flowing into and from the lake on each side of the boundary between the two countries. The convention also provides for the establishment and main- tenance of a Canadian Lake of the Woods Control Board to regulate and control the outflow of the waters of the lake, and for the estab- lishment and maintenance of an International Lake of the Woods Control Board, composed of two engineers, one representing the United States and the other representing Canada, to whose approval the rate of total discharge shall be subject whenever the elevation rises above elevation 1,061 or falls below elevation 1,056 sea-level datum. The members of the international board during the fiscal year were Lt. Col. A. K. B. Lyman, Corps of Engineers, for the United States, and Mr. J. T. Johnston for the Dominion of Canada. Detailed operations prescribed by the convention and by an act of Congress approved May 22, 1926, as amended by an act approved April 18, 1928, are: INTERNATIONAL BOUNDARY WATERS 1537 (a) For the regulation of the lake in accordance with articles 1, 4 and 5 of the treaty when the level is outside the limits specified above. (b) For the acquisition by purchase or condemnation of flowage easements up to elevation 1,064, sea-level datum, upon all lands in the United States bor- dering on the Lake of the Woods, on the Warroad River, and on Rainy River, all in the State of Minnesota. (c) For various protective works and measures as specified in article 8 of the convention. (d) For investigation and report on all claims for damages caused to the inhabitants of the United States by fluctuation of the levels of the Lake of the Woods due to artificial obstructions in the outlets of said lake prior to the acquisition of flowage easements. Oplerations and results during fiscal year.-The work performed included procurement of flowage easements and the control of lake levels. Negotiations in condemnation proceedings for the procurement of flowage easements were continued. Preparatory to trial in court, surveys were made of such tracts as have been noticed for trial. During the fiscal year payment was made in 74 cases, and 4 addi- tional cases were transmitted to the Department of Justice for pro- curement of the necessary authority for final payment. Of the above 74 cases, 1 was paid subsequent to the decision of the Circuit Court of Appeals, which affirmed the ruling of the lower court in the matter of law relating to the measure of damages to township roads. The United States Supreme Court rendered its decision on April 30, 1934, affirming the opinion of the lower court and denying the respondents' right to introduce in evidence testimony on reservoir adaptability values, in four cases tried in 1931. Trial of a case involving a group of roads in Laona and Moranville Townships was commenced on June 20, 1934, and concluded on July 2, 1934. Of the numerous appeals from the commissioners' awards filed with the court, 97 were taken under the act of February 28, 1931, which had the effect of reopening all default appeals whereon the casement had been previously imposed by court decree. Subsequent to the filing of these default appeals the court, by order dated Sep- tember 14, 1933, dismissed a total of 45 such appeals on the ground that no authority had been shown for their taking. Of the cases appealed under the act of February 28, 1931, which have been per- mitted to stand in the court record, six cases were disposed of by trial during the fiscal year 1934 and payment of supplemental judg- ments pursuant thereto was made September 9, 1933. Also nine such cases have been disposed of by stipulations for settlement, and sup- plemental judgments pertaining thereto have been paid. All easements yet to be obtained, 503 in number, are in process of condemnation in the Federal courts. The total number of past damage claims is 495. All reports on these were submitted to the Chief of Engineers in 1931, thus com- pleting that work. Lake levels were controlled in cooperation with the other mem- bers of the International Lake of the Woods Control Board con- stituted for the purpose. Contact was maintained with Canadian officials, data gathered, and studies made for further action to be taken when required. The costs of the work of the year were $8,330.48 for surveys and investigation of easements, and $82,900.04 for the purchase of ease- 1538 REPORT OF CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMY, 1934 ments, totaling $91,230.52. There were no expenditures during the year on past damage-claim work. Condition at end of fiscal year.--All surveys and mapping, except such as may be required in connection with condemnation cases ap- pealed for trial in court, have been completed. Protective works have been constructed. Status of the procurement of flowage easements 1. Cases disposed of: Purchased by the War Department---------------------------- Easements acquired through condemnation proceedings --------- 304 Tracts above easement limit included in condemnation proceedings but subsequently dismissed-------------------------------- 7 United States lands included in condemnation proceedings but subse- quently dismissed____________________-______ 13 Dismissed from proceedings because of reversion of title to United States by cancelation of homestead entry 1---------------- 332 2. Cases to be dismissed from condemnation proceedings: United States lands mistakenly included in proceedings 1------------ Tracts formerly held by homestead entrants, but title to which has since reverted to United States by reason of homestead-entry can- celations------- ------------------------------------- 33 34 3. Cases in various stages of completion yet to be disposed of through con- demnation: Commissioner's awards reported, notice thereof served, and appeals therefrom filed __----------------------------------------- 441 Cases tried in Federal court and appeals from verdicts taken: Appealed by United States -------------- ---- Appealed by land owners----------_________-__________ 12 12 Cases previously disposed of but permitted to be brought back into the proceedings by appeals filed under the Amendatory Act of Feb. 28, 1931, under court ruling of Apr. 29, 1933---__________ 46 Cases ready for payment subject to approval of Department of Justice : Settlement reached by agreement _ ------------------------ 503 Total easements in proceedings----_-__ - -___ 8_______ 869 The costs to the end of the fiscal year 1934 in connection with pro- tective works and measures and the procurement of flowage ease- ments are as follows: Protective works and measures---___-_________ _______ $157, 122. 59 -- _ Flowage easements__ ---------------------- 352, 658. 61 Total -------------------------------------------- 509, 781. 20 The total expenditures were------__--------------_ _ __ 514, 302. 51 INTERNATIONAL BOUNDARY WATERS 1539 PROTECTIVE WORKS AND MEASURES, LAKE OF THE WOODS AND RAINY RIVER, MINN., 1928-34 Cost and financial summary Cost of new work to June 30, 1934__ ----- $234, 781. 20 Cost of maintenance to June 30; 1934--_...----.------ - ----------- Total cost of permanent work to June 30, 1934_........... 234, 781. 20 Value of plant, materials, etc., on hand June 30, 1934------------ 4, 905. 52 Net total cost to June 30, 1934..------------------------- 239, 686.72 Plus accounts receivable June 30, 1934 --.---- --------- 333. 25 Gross total costs to June 30, 1934____________________ 240, 019. 97 Minus accounts payable June 30, 1934_ _--__-______-____- - 717. 46 Net total expenditures ------------------ 239, 302. 51 Unexpended balance June 30, 1934 ___ ---- -____ ___ -- 134, 245. 19 Total amount appropriated to June 30, 1934_... ______-__ 373, 547. 70 Fiscal year ending June 30 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 Cost of new work------------------------- $98, 562. 61 $32, 138. 33 $43, 335. 86 $18, 693.12 $42, 031. 28 Cost of maintenance....-------------------------- Total cost..........................----------------------.. 98, 562. 61 32,138. 33 '43, 335. 86 18, 693. 12 42, 031. 28 Total expended---------------------------- 82, 482. 69 41, 632. 59 43, 878. 48 18, 590. 70 46, 718. 05 Allotted. ------- ----------------------------------------- -1, 080.85 -371.45 Balance unexpended July 1, 1933___ $181, 334. 69 Deductions on account of revocation of allotment---------------- 371. 45 Net amount to be accounted for Gross amount expended_________________________$47, 989. 46 ____________________180, 963. 24 Less reimbursements collected--------------------- 1, 271. 41 46, 718. 05 Balance unexpended June 30, 1934--------------------- 134, 245. 19 Outstanding liabilities June 30, 1934_______- - -_____ -___ 134, 578. 44 Balance available June 30, 1934________________________ -333.25 Accounts receivable June 30, 1934---------------------------_ 333. 25 PROTECTIVE WORKS AND MEASURES, LAKE OF THE WOODS AND RAINY RIVER, MINN. (WAR DEPARTMENT) Cost and finanoial summary Cost of new work to June 30, 1934 ....- ________________--_--____ $275, 000 Total amount appropriated to June 30, 1934_------------------------ 275, 000 Fiscal year ending June 30 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 Cost of new work------ .....--...........-------------- $97, 303. 19 $22,884.18 $17, 359. 01 $11, 785. 75 $49, 199. 24 Cost of maintenance-...------------------------------------------------------------ Total cost......................----------------------. 97, 303. 19 22, 884. 18 17, 359. 01 11, 785. 75 49, 199. 24 Total expended------------.....................------- 96, 860. 31 22, 238. 57 15, 575. 28 11, 526. 02 43, 994. 46 A llotted.... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1540 REPORT OF CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMY, 1934 Balance unexpended July 1, 1933 _--------- $43, 994. 46 Amount to be accounted for_ ---------- ------ _ __ 43, 994. 46 Gross amount expended--__-------------- 43, 994. 46 Balance available June 30, 1934---------------------------------- 0. 00 RAINY LAKE REFERENCE Location and description.-The Rainy Lake watershed, in Minne- sota and Ontario, contains an area of approximately 14,500 square miles. A description of this watershed is contained in the report of the consulting engineers to the International Joint Commission on Lake of the Woods Levels, 1916. Previous projects.-None. EXisting project.-This project includes the engineering studies and field operations connected with the following questions referred to the International Joint Commission by the Governments of the United States and Great Britain pursuant to article 9 of the treaty concluded on the 11th day of January 1909. The reference was made as a result of an agreement entered into on the 24th day of February 1925, at the time of signing the convention between the United iStates and Great Britain to regulate the level of the Lake of the Woods. Question 1. In order to secure the most advantageous use of the waters of Rainy Lake and of the boundary waters flowing into and from Rainy Lake for domestic and sanitary purposes, for navigation purposes, for fishing pur- poses, and for power, irrigation, and reclamation purposes; and in order to secure the most advantageous use of the shores and harbors of both Rainy Lake and the boundary waters flowing into and from the lake, is it, from an economic standpoint, now practicable and desirable, having regard for all or any of the interests affected thereby, or under what conditions will it become thus practicable and desirable-- (a) To regulate the level of Rainy Lake in such a manner as to permit the upper limit of the ordinary range of the levels to exceed elevation 1,108.61 sea- level datum? (b) To regulate the level of Namakan Lake and the waters controlled by the -dams at Kettle Falls in such a manner as to permit the upper limit of the ordinary range of the level to exceed elevation 1,120.11 sea-level datum? (c) To provide storage facilities upon all or any of the boundary waters above Namakan Lake? Question 2. If it be found practicable and desirable thus (1) to regulate the level of Rainy Lake and/or (2) to regulate the level of Namakan Lake and the waters controlled by the dams at Kettle Falls, and/or (3) to provide storage facilities upon all or any of the boundary waters above Namakan Lake--- (a) What elevations are recommended? (b) To what extent will it be necessary to acquire lands and to construct works in order to provide for such elevations and/or storage, and what will be their respective costs? (c) What interests on each side of the boundary would be benefited? What would be the nature and extent of such benefit in each case? How s lould the cost be apportioned among the various interests so benefited? Question 3. What methods of control and operation would be feasible and advisable in order to regulate the volume, use, and outflow of the waters in each case in accordance with such recommendations as may be made in answer to questions 1 and 2? Question 4. What interests on each side of the boundary are benefited by the present storage on Rainy Lake and on the waters controlled by the dam at Kettle Falls? What are the nature and extent of such benefits in each case? What is the cost of such storage, and how should such cost be appor- tioned among the various interests so benefited? INTERNATIONAL BOUNDARY WATERS 1541 Mr. Stuart S. Scovil was appointed as the Canadian engineer and the district engineer at Duluth, Minn., was appointed as the United States engineer to make the engineering studies necessary to enable the International Joint Commission to answer the foregoing questions. Operations and results during the fiscal year.-The field work of surveys has been completed and the report submitted by the United States engineer has been completed and accepted by the International Joint Commission. Cost and financial summary Cost of new work to June 30, 1934 ________________________-- $115, 982.70 Total amount appropriated to June 30, 1934__... ____--- __ 115, 982. 70 Fiscal year ending June 30 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 Cost of new work.----------------------- $15, 944. 60 $-9. 26 ------------------------ $9. 04 Total expended-------------------------- 15, 116. 38 874. 36 ------------------------ 9. 04 Allotted--------------------------- ----- ----... .--- -9. 26 ..------ 9. 04 ---------- Balance unexpended July 1, 1933_____ __-----$0. 00 Amount allotted from third Deficiency Act, approved May 29, 1933 9. 04 Gross amount expended-------------------------------------------- 9. 04 Balance unexpended June 30, 1934------------------ 0. 00 E. M. MARKHAM, Major General, Chief of Engineers. FINDING LIST SHOWING THE SUBDIVISIONS OF THIS REPORT BY DISTRICTS Page River and Harbor Board__________ __-- ______-________27 Boston, Mass------------------------------------------------- 30 Providence, R. I------------------------------------------------58 New York City, first district -------------------------------- 101 New York City, second district ___----.-------------------- 189 Philadelphia, Pa---------------------------------------------- 219 Baltimore, Md ------------------------------------------------ 273 Washington, D. C ------------------------------- 294 Norfolk, Va_--------------------------------------------------313 Wilmington, N. C----- ----- -------------------- 353 Charleston, S.C --------------------------------------- 403 Savannah, Ga--------------------------------------- ----- 428 Jacksonville, Fla---- ---------------------------------------- 455 Mobile, Ala ---------------------------------- 530 New Orleans, La., first district -------------------------------- 592 Galveston, Tex------------------------------------------------649 Vicksburg, Miss 23 7------------------- Memphis, Tenn-------- -- -------------------------------------- 751 St. Louis, Mo------------------------------------------------ 770 Mississippi River between the Missouri River and Minneapolis, Minn____ 782 Rock Island, Ill---------- ------------------------------------- 805 St. Paul, Minn 8------------------- Kansas City, Mo---------------------------------------------- 822 Omaha, Nebr------------------- ----- 822 Fort Peck, Mont---------------------------------------------- 822 Chicago, Ill -------------------------------------------------- 850 Nashville, Ten----------- ------------------------------------ 891 Ohio River, locks and dams and open-channel work--__--------__ 914 Pittsburgh, Pa ----------------------------------------------- 35 Zanesville, Ohio---------------- --------- 955 Huntington, W. Va--------- ---------- ------------------------ 962 Cincinnati, Ohio--------------------------------------------------- 977 Louisville, Ky ------------------------------------------------ 982 Duluth, Minn ------------------------------------------------ 993 Milwaukee, Wis ---------------------------------------------- 1026 Detroit, Mich----------------- ------------------------------ 1106 Buffalo, N. Y ----------------------------------------------- 1157 Los Angeles, Calif ------------------------------------------- 1237 San F'rancisco, Calif___________________ _____- 1252 Sacramento, Calif 1275 Portland, -Oreg ---------------------------------------------- 1296 Seattle, Wash ----------------------------------------------- 1355 Honolulu, Hawaii-- --------------------------------------- 1400 Puerto Rico-----------------------1----------- - 1415 Surveys for navigation, flood control, power, and irrigation___________ 1424 California Debris Commission------------------------------ 1429 Mississippi River Commission ---- _______-_____________________ 1445 1543 INDEX A Page Abandonment and curtailment of river and harbor projects, review of reports------------------------------------------------- 1515 Abbapoola Creek, S. C., examination and survey ------------------- 428 Absecon Creek, N. J., improvement--------------------------------270 Absecon Inlet, N. J., improvement--------- 272 Academy Creek, Brunswick Harbor, Ga., improvement______------- 444 Acushnet River, New Bedford Harbor, Mass, improvement------------ 64 Advanced funds for river and harbor improvement. -- 99_____----__ Agate Bay Harbor, Minn., improvement_____________-__________ 996 Alabama River, Ala., improvement-___ _________-___-__-_________ 557 Alabama, State of, removal of water hyacinths from ______________588, 645 Alafia River, Fla., review of reports------------------------------ 529 Alamitos Bay, Calif., examination and survey_______________ ____-1252 Albany Harbor, Calif., examination and survey 1-------------------- Albemarle and Chesapeake Canal, N. C. and Va., improvement---------- 334 Albemarle Sound, N. C., improvement of waterway to Norfolk, Va., via Pasquotank River--- -- ------------------------------------- 331 Alexandria, Va., improvement of Potomac River at ________________--297 Algoma Harbor, Wis., improvement ____________________ __ 1047 Allegheny River, Pa.: Construction of locks and dams_0_______________________--__ 944 Examinations and surveys-----------------------------------954 Improvement by open-channel work--------------- - 941 Operating and care of locks and dams__________________________ 948 Review of reports ------------------------------------------ 954 Alligator Creek, S. C., improvement of waterway from McClellanville to Charleston ------------------------------------------------- 410 Alligator River, N. C., improvement of waterway via river_____________ 334 Alloway Creek, N. J., improvement___-------------------------------272 Alpena Harbor, Mich., improvement__ ------------------------------ 1137 Altamaha River and Sound, Ga.: Examination and survey of river------------------------------454 Improvement of river __ --------------------------- _ __ 441 Alto Lake, Fla., review of reports on waterway via------------------- 530 Ambrose Channel, New York Harbor, N. Y., improvement---------- 128 Amherstburg Channel, Detroit River, Mich., improvement-------------1129 Amite River, La.: Examination ---------------------------------------------- 649 Improvement- ---- 648 Anacortes Harbor, Wash., improvement---------------- 1398 Anacostia Park 1-------------------- Anacostia River, D. C.: Improvement_----------------- -- -- 312 Reclamation and development of the flats---------------------1520 Review of reports ----------------------------------------- 312 Anahuac Channel, Tex., improvement __________________________ 687 Anchorage grounds, rules for establishment of----------------------1515 Anclote River, Fla.: Improvement --------------------------------------------- 522 Review of reports ------------------------------------------ 529 Annapolis Harbor, Md., review of reports_________________________ 294 Apalachicola Bay, Harbor, and River, Fla.: Examination and survey of waterway to New Orleans, La----------- 592 Improvement of channel to St. Andrews Bay __________-_______ 539 Improvement of harbor in bay_______________________________ 533 Improvement of river, including the Cut-off, Lee Slough, and lower Chipola River__________ ------------------------------------------- 535 1545 1546 INDEX Page Apopka Lake, Fla., waterway via, review of reports___--------------- 530 Appomattox River, Va., improvement-- ------------- 328 Appoquinimink River, Del., improvement_ ___ ___- -________ __- 272 Appropriations: Allotments under War Department Appropriation Act of Feb. 23, 1931_ 15 Allotments under War Department Appropriation Act of July 14, 1932_ 15 Allotments under Emergency Relief and Construction Act of July 21, 1932-- -- 17 Allotments under War Department Appropriation Act of Mar. 4, 1933_ 18 Allotments and transfers under War Department Appropriation Act of Apr. 26, 1934 ------------------------------------ 22 Miscellaneous civil works ----------------------------------- 1516 Permanent appropriations--------- 8 Rivers and harbors----------------------------------------- 8 Aqueduct, Washington, D. C., maintenance and repair of--------------- 1524 Aquia Creek, Va., improvement______----------------- 312 Aransas Bay and Pass, Tex.: Improvement at Harbor Island -- -___-------------------703 Improvement of channel to Corpus Christi (via Turtle Cove)-------- 700 Review of reports ------------------------------------------ 721 Arcata Channel, review of reports on Humboldt Bay and Harbor, Calif_. 1275 Arecibo Harbor, P. R., examination and survey- _________----------1424 Arkansas River, Ark. and Okla.: Examinations and surveys_----------------------------------- 770 Improvement------ ------------------------------------- 751 Arroyo Colorado, Tex., examination and survey --------------------- -722 Arthur Kill, N. Y. and N. J.: Improvement___------- -------------------------------------- 193 Improvement of channel to Raritan River ____ __________________ 198 Arthur Lake, Mermentau River, La., improvement __________--- -- __ 637 Ashepoo River, S. C., improvement of waterway via___ __- _______-- - - 425 Ashland Harbor, Wis., improvement ----- ----------------------- 1006 Ashley River, S. C., improvement_ --------------------------- 421 Ashtabula Harbor, Ohio, improvement --------------------------- 1183 Association of Congresses of Navigation, permanent international-------- 1512 Atchafalaya River, La.: Improvement-- ------------- ------------------------------ 648 Removing snags and wrecks ___-- ----------------------- 778 Survey by the Mississippi River Commission ____----------- - 1511 Atlantic tidewaters to Great Lakes deeper waterways, review of reports__ 1237 Augusta, Ga.: Examination and survey of Savannah River at_------ --------- 454 Improvement of Savannah River below ---------------- 433 Aux Bees Seies Lake, Frankfort Harbor, Mich., improvement ----------- 1100 B Back Bay of Biloxi, Miss., improvement of Biloxi Harbor -__________ _ 586 Back Cove, Portland Harbor, Maine, improvement ---------------------- 31 Back Creek, Va., channel connecting with York River, review of reports__ 312 Back River, Ga., improvement of waterway via _____________ ________ 438 Back River, Md., examination and survey --------------------------- 294 Back (Weymouth River), Mass., improvement________---------------- 57 Baffins Bay, Tex., examination and survey--------------------------721 Bakers Bay, Columbia River, Wash., examination _______-----1351 Baltimore, Md.: Engineering district ------------------------- -------- 273 Harbor and channels: Improvement ------------------------------------------- 274 Review of reports--------------------------------------- 294 Barataria Bay and Bayou, La., improvement 09 6_______-------- Bar Harbor, Maine, improvement -------- ------------ 57 Barnegat Inlet, N. J., review of reports-- -------------------- 273 Barren Islands Gaps, Md., review of reports ---------------------- 294 Barren River, Ky.: Improvement _------------------- --------------- 982 Operating and care of locks and dams ----------------------- 989 INDEX 1547 Bartholomew Bayou, La., and Ark.: Page Improvement ------------------------- __ ------------------ 750 Improvement of Louisiana-Texas intracoastal waterway------------ 620 Bastrop Bayou, Tex., improvement ------------- 720 Baton Rouge to New Orleans, La., improvement of Mississippi River between---- -------------------------------------------- 602 Battery, The, New York Harbor, N. Y., removal of shoal in Hudson River off Pier A ------------------- 157 Baudette Harbor and River, Minn., improvement------------ 1024 Bayboro Harbor, Fla., improvement_----- 518 Bay Ridge Channel, New York Harbor, N. Y., improvement ____------134 Bay River, N. C., improvement-___ ____-__-__________ _- 402 Bayside Channel, New York Harbor, N. Y., improvement--------------- 128 Beach Erosion Board__________ ----------------------- 1527 Bear Creek, Ky., improvement-------- 982 Bear Creek, Md., examination and survey______________-- ------------ 294 Beaufort Harbor and River, N. C.: Examination and surveys--_________- - -_______________- - 402 Improvement of harbor--------------------------------------370 Improvement of waterways to Cape Fear River, including waterway to Jacksonville, N. C-----_______---- ______--_-----375 Improvement of waterway to Pamlico Sound via Core Sound--_----- 372 Improvement of waterway to Jacksonville, N. C ___- ____--------375 Improvement of waterway to New River__ __________________---375 Beaufort Inlet, N. C.: Improvement ---------------------------------------------- 86 Improvement of waterway to Norfolk, Va 334 Improvement of waterway to Pamlico Sound-... ____ _______--- - 334 Operating and care, waterway to Norfolk, Va-------------------- 339 Review of reports, waterway to Norfolk, Va--------------------- 353 Beaufort, S. C.: Improvement of waterway to "Charleston------------------------- 425 Improvement of waterway to St. Johns River, Fla___ _____ _ 438, 455 Improvement of waterway to Savannah, Ga----------------------438 Beaver River, Pa., examination and survey ____________________ __ 954 Beaver Slough, Oreg., review of reports-_____-_______________ ___ 1354 Belfast Harbor, Maine, improvement ----------------------------- 57 Belhaven Harbor, N. C., improvement- -- 355 Bellingham Bay and Harbor, Wash.: Improvement of Whatcom Creek waterway 1-------------------- Review of reports_________-_____________----1398 Benton Harbor Canal, St. Joseph Harbor, Mich., improvement----------1074 Berkeley Harbor, Calif., examination and survey 275 1-------------------- Betsie Lake, Frankfort Harbor, Mich., improvement _________- -____ 1100 Beverly Harbor, Mass., improvement_ -------------------------------- 57 Big Kanawha River, W. Va., operating and care of locks and dams------ 972 Big Lagoon, Fla., improvement of intracoastal waterway via-----------553 Big Sandy River, W. Va., and Ky.: Examination ---------------------------------------------- 977 Improvement, including Tug and Levisa Forks------------------- 973 Operating and care of locks and dams ______________________ 973 Big Sunflower River, Miss.: Examination and -survey ------------------------------------- 750 Improvement _____---_____ 744 Operating and care of lock and dam ________________________ 746 Big Thoroughfare River, Md., improvement_________-.. - _______-- - - 284 Big Timber Creek, N. J., improvement ______________________ _____ 272 Biloxi Harbor, Miss., improvement_____________________ _ 586 Biscayne Bay, Fla., improvement_______-_____________ 486 Blackfish Bayou, Ark., improvement______-- 701 Black Lake, Mich., improvement of Holland Harbor ------------------ 1080 Black River, Ark. and Mo., improvement _______________________757 Black River, La.: Examination and survey-------- - - - - -- - - - 1511 Improvement -- ___-_- - -- - -- - - - - -- - 728 Black River, Lorain, Ohio, improvement-- - 1166 Black River, Mich., improvement- ------ - ---- _, 1143 1548 INDEX Page Black River, N. C., improvement-_ __-- __- ------------- 398 Black River, Wis., operating snag and dredge boats_--------------- 805 Black Rock Harbor and Channel, N. Y.: Improvement --------------------------------------------- 1206 Improvement of Lake Erie entrance ____--------------------------1206 Operating and care of canal and lock, etc__----------------------- 1211 Black Rock Harbor, Conn., improvement--------------- ------------ 92 Black Warrior River, Ala.: Improvement------------------------------- 568 Operating and care of locks and dams-------------------------- 577 Review of reports -------------------------------------------- 592 Blackwater River, Va., improvement ___-----__------------------- 340 Blackwater River, Fla., improvement__----------------------------546 Block Island, R. I.: Construction of harbor of refuge ----------------------------- 73 Improvement of Great Salt Pond ------------------------------ 100 Blood River, La., improvement__---------------- 607 Boards: See also Commissions. Beach erosion------ ----------- -------------------------- 1527 Engineers for Rivers and Harbors-------------------- 27 Experimental towboats, Mississippi River____________________ _ 782 International : Lake Memphremagog_ ____---------- -------- 1534 Lake of the Woods, board of control------ 1-------------- -1536 Lake Superior, board of control------------------------------- 1535 Niagara River, special international_____-------- -- _------ 1534 Rainy Lake reference__---------------------------- 1540 St. Croix River, Maine, and New Brunswick, board of control . 1534 St. Lawrence River, near Massena, N. Y., board of control------ 1535 Boca Ciega Bay, Fla., improvement --- -------------------------- 520 Boeuf River, La., improvement -------- ------------------ 736 Bogue Falia, La., improvement ------------------------- 604 Bogues Bay, Va., improvement __- ------------------------ 375 Bonfouca Bayou, La., improvement ----------------------------- 605 Bon Secours River and Bay, Ala., improvement of intracoastal water- way via- ------------------- ------------- 553 Bonnet Carre Spillway___--__----------- ------------- 1450, 1504 Bonneville, Oreg., construction of dam at_____----------------------- 1334 Booms, permits for erection of_______---- __---------------------1515 Boothbay Harbor, Maine, improvement---------------------------- 57 Boston, Mass. : Engineering district__ ___---___ -------------------- 30 Improvement of harbor _________----- -___------------- 40 Review of reports on harbor---------------------------------- 58 Boundary waters : Between Lake of the Woods and Lake Superior, surveys and chart- ing--------- --------------------------------------- 1536 Investigations and surveys: Lake Champlain 1-------------------- Lake Memphremagog -------------- --------------------- 1534 Lake of the Woods ---- ------------------------- 1529, 1538 Niagara Falls --------- ----------------------------- --- 1534 Rainy Lake, Minn., and Ontario----------------------- 1529, 1540 St. Croix River, Maine and New Brunswick, board of control_ _ 1534 St. Lawrence River, near Massena, N. Y ------------------- 1535 Bradfords Bay, Va., review of reports----------------------------- 294 Brandywine River, Wilmington Harbor, Del., improvement-------------239 Branford Harbor, Conn., improvement----------------------------- 83 Brazos Island Harbor, Tex., improvement-- 10 7------------------- Brazos River, Tex.: Examination and surveys_-- -------------------------- 721 Improvement of mouth----------- --------------- 692 Improvement from Velasco to Old Washington- - 720 Review of reports_ ------ - --- ----- -------------- 721 INDEX 1549 Page Brazos-Santiago Pass, Tex., improvement --- 10 7________------- Breton Bay, Md.: Improvement------ ---------------------------------------- 312 Review of reports _____________________---- 312 Bridgeport Harbor, Conn., improvement__---------------------- 92 Bridges: Alteration of, obstructing navigation _____----------------- - - 1515 Construction across navigable waters_--__--------------------- 115 Rules governing opening of draws --------------------------- 1515 Broad Creek, Md., improvement ________-------------293 Broad Creek River, Del., improvement___ __ -279 __-____-- Broadkill River, Del.: Improvement ---------------------------------------------- 256 Review of reports ----------------------------------------- 273 Broad Sound, Boston Harbor, Mass., improvement--- ----- 40 Bronx River, N. Y., improvement --- __ ---- __ --- - 107 Browns Creek, N. Y., improvement ____------- ----- --------------- 118 Brul4, Plaquemine Bayou, La., improvement __________--____________ 648 Brunswick Harbor, Ga., improvement__----- ____ _______ 444 Budd Inlet, Olympia Harbor, Wash., improvement ______---- - - _ 1369 Buffalo Bayou, Tex., improvement of waterway to Houston __---- -___ 678 Buffalo, N. Y.: Engineer district ------------------------------------------ 1157 Improvement of Black Rock Channel and Tonawanda Harbor-.... 1206 Improvement of harbor--.... -- 1199 Operating and care of Black Rock Canal and Ferry Street Bridge___ 1211 Bulkhead lines, establishment___________________________ __-_ 1515 Burlington Harbor, Vt., improvement------------------------------186 Burr Creek, Conn., improvement ____ - - - -________--__ _- 92 Buttermilk Channel, New York Harbor, N. Y., improvement-______ 139 Byram River, Port Chester Harbor, N. Y., improvement --------------- 102 C Cache River, Ark., examination 70 7------------------- Caddo Lake, Tex. and La., improvement by construction of dam at foot of 7------------------- 726 Caillou Bayou, La. (Little) : Improvement ---------------------------------------------- 610 Review of reports------------------------------------- ---- 649 Calaveras River, Calif., improvement- - -____-___ -_____-_____, 1282 Calcasieu Pass and River, La.: Improvement ---------------------------------------------- 641 Improvement of intracoastal waterway ______--------____ - 620 Review of reports------ ---- ------------------------------ 649 California Debris Commission_---------------------------- 1429 Caloosahatchee River, Fla.: Improvement ---- ------------------------------------------ 496 Review of reports ----------------------------------------- 529 Calumet Harbor and River, Ill. and Ind.: Examination and survey ------------------------------------ 891 Improvement of harbor (South Chicago Harbor)----------------- 875 Improvement of river _______________________875 Calumet-Sag Channel, Ill., examination and survey __________________ 891 Cambridge Harbor, Md., improvement___________________________ 293 Camden Harbor, Maine, improvement_____ - _______ ____--__ _- 57 Canadian River, N. Mex., Tex., and Okla., examinations with a view to control of the floods _________-----------------_____ ----- 770 Canals : See also Waterways. Albemarle & Chesapeake Canal, N. C., improvement- -_____-___ ___ 334 Appropriation for operation and care___ ____ __ 8 Benton Harbor Canal, St. Joseph Harbor, Mich., improvement- 1074 Black Rock Canal and Ferry Street Bridge, Buffalo, N. Y., operating and care-------- ---- - -__________-- 1211 Calaveras River, Calif., to Mormon Channel, San Joaquin River, improvement-------_----_- - - -______ __ 1282 1550 INDEX Canals-Continued. Cape Cod Canal: Page Improvement------------------------------------------- 48 Operating and care_ ------------------------------------- 54 Review of reports ----------------------- ---------- 58 Cascades Canal, Columbia River, Oreg., operating and care---------1337 Chesapeake & Delaware Canal, Del. and Md.: Improvement ------------------------------------------ 242 Operation and care of canal and locks ___________----- -247 Colbert Shoals Canal, Ala., operating and care__------------------- 907 Company Canal, La., improvement of Louisiana and Texas intra- coastal waterway ---------------------------------------- 620 Dalles-Celilo Canal, Oreg. and Wash.: Improvement----------------------------------------- 1339 Operating and care-_--- ------------------------------ 1339 Dismal Swamp Canal, Va. and N. C.: Examination and survey--------------------------------- 353 Improvement of waterway via ----------------------------- 334 Drummond Lake Canal, Va. and N. C.: Examination and survey of locks at-------------------------- 353 Improvement of waterway via_ ----------------------------- 334 Estherville-Minim Creek Canal, S. C., improvement___--------- 410 Hanson Canal, La., operating and care- - ___-------------631 Harvey Canals, La.: Improvement of intracoastal waterway via ------------- 620 Operating and care____----------------------------- 629 Illinois and Mississippi Canal, Ill.: Examination and survey--------------------------------- 813 Improvement of Mill Creek and South Slough ______- ____ 811 Operating and care of canal ----------------------------- 807 Interoceanic Canal, surveys ----------------------------- --- 1513 Keokuk (Des Moines Rapids) Canal and Dry Docks, Mississippi River, operating and care---------------------------------- 803 Lake Washington Ship Canal, Wash.: Improvement ---------------------------------------- 1378 Operating and care------------------------------------1382 Le Claire Canal, Iowa: Improvement -- ------------------------------------- 782 Operating and care------------------------ ------------- 803 Louisville and Portland Canal, Ohio River, Ky.: Enlargement---------------- -------------------------- 914 Operating and care-------------------------------------- 925 Miami and Erie Canal, Ohio, and branch canal to Lake Michigan, etc., examination and survey__________________________________ 954 Muscle Shoals Canal, Ala., operating and care__ - - _________---- - 907 Operation and care, appropriation for----------------- 8 Port Arthur Ship Canal, Tex.: Improvement--------------------------- 650 Review of reports --- ---------- _____________-__ 722 Sabine-Neches Canal, Tex.: Contributions for improvement_----- --------------- __ 652 Improvement ------ --- ---- 50 6------------------- Review of reports.--. -- -_________-- - -- -7227--------- Sag Canal, examination and survey-----------------------------891 St. Marys Falls Canal, Mich.: Improvement -------------------------- 1106 Operating and care----- -------------------------------- 1114 San Joaquin River, Calif., Mormon Channel to Calaveras River, im- provement --------------------------------------------- 1282 Sturgeon Bay and Lake Michigan Ship Canal, Wis., improvement--.. 1045 Thoroughfare Bay to Cedar Bay, N. C., improvement------------- 369 Willamette Falls Canal, Oreg., operating and care_ .____ -_______ 1331 Cannes, des Bayou, La., improvement ----------------------- 637 Cape Charles City Harbor, Va., improvement---- 293 Cape Charles Harbor, Va., examination and survey ----- ------ 353 INDEX 1551 Cape Cod Canal: Page Improvement ---------------------------------------------- 48 Operating and care----- ----------------------------------- 54 Review of reports-------------------------------------------58 Cape Fear River, N. C.: Improvement above Wilmington ------------------------------- 391 Improvement at and below Wilmington __-___-- -- --- --____ 388 Improvement of Northeast Branch ______ ____________ 396 Improvement of waterways to Beaufort, N. C., including waterway to Jacksonville, N. C ______---------- --------- ___ 375 Improvement of waterway to Winyah Bay, S. C--------- 378 Operating and care of Locks and Dams Nos. 1 and 2 ______-- - 400 Cape Lookout, N. C., improvement of harbor of refuge-----------------387 Cape May, N. J., improvement of Cold Spring Inlet, N. J_ ___ _-_ 268 Cape Vincent Harbor, N. Y., improvement_ -__-__-__ - -______--- 1229 Carlin Bayou, La., improvement_ ________ ______----__ _- 635 Carrabelle Bar and Harbor, Fla., improvement ___-. __ ___._______- 531 Carters Creek, Va., improvement-------------------------------- 312 Cascades Canal, Columbia River, Oreg., operating and care_________ - 1337 Caseys Pass, Fla., review of reports_______________________________ 530 Cashie River, N. C., improvement----------------------------------352 Castaigne Bayou, La., review of reports______________________ _____ 649 Cataco Creek and its branches, examination for flood control------------914 Cavallo Pass, Tex., improvement of channel to Port Lavaca -_____ 7027___- Cedar Bayou, Tex., improvement_ ____________--- - - -__ ___--- 689 Cedar Bay to Thoroughfare Bay, N. C., improvement------------------ 369 Cedar Creek, Conn., improvement_______________ ___ ___ 92 Cedar Keys Harbor, Fla., improvement _______________________________ 529 Champlain Lake, N. Y., and Vt.: Burlington Harbor, Vt., improvement____---_____ __ 18SO Narrows, improvement ------------------------------- 18 Plattsburg Harbor, N. Y., improvement---------- ----- - -- 188 Port Henry Harbor, N. Y., improvement_ .... ---- ___ ---- _____ 188 Surveys and charting__------------- ---- 1529 Chandlers River, Maine, review of reports ___________-____ ____ - 58 Channels. See Rivers and harbors, Canals and Waterways. Charles River, Boston, Mass., improvement--------------------------40 Charleston, S. C.: Engineering district---------------------------------------- 403 Improvement of harbor-------------------------------------- 416 Improvement of waterway to Beaufort_______--- - -- - - _ 425 Improvement of waterway to Winyah Bay ___ - -- __ -______-_ 410 Charlevoix Harbor, Mich., improvement ------- ___-________ 1102 Charlotte Harbor, Fla., improvement_ 508 Charlotte (Rochester) Harbor, N. Y., improvement ________- -_________ 1216 Charts and maps, northern and northwestern lakes___________________ 1528 Chattahoochee River, Ga. and Ala.: Examinations and surveys---------------------------------- 592 Improvement below Columbus________---- - _ ___------------ 591 Cheboygan Harbor and River, Mich., improvement of harbor---------- 1156 Cheesequake Creek, N. J., improvement 2------------------- Chefuncte River, La., improvement_____-- __----------_____ _____ 604 Chehalis River, Wash.: Examination and survey_ -__------------------___ 1398 Improvement ---- -------------------------------------- 1363 Chelsea Creek, Boston Harbor, Mass., improvement_----__ _-----...- 40 Chequamegon Bay, Ashland Harbor, Wis., improvement--------------- 1006 Chesapeake and Albemarle Canal, N. C., and Va., improvement ---------- 334 Chesapeake and Delaware Canal, Del. and Md.: Improvement ---------------------------------------------- 242 Operating and care of canals and locks-------------------------247 Chesapeake Bay, Md. and Va.: Thimble Shoal, improvement -- ----------------------------- 318 Waterway to Tangier Sound, via Ewell, Md., review of reports ---- 294 York Spit, removal of shoals opposite --- ------ --- - 274 91536-FENG 1934- 98 1552 INDEX Page Chester River, Md- --------------------------- _-- 293 Chester River, Pa., improvemen --------------------------------- 272 Chicago Harbor and River: Improvement of harbor----------------- -------------------- 870 Improvement of river -------------------------------------- 873 Improvement of South Chicago Harbor_ __ _____------------ 875 Revisory surveys ----------------------------------------- 1530 Chicago, Ill., engineering district__________-- ------------- 850 Chico Bayou, Fla., examinations and surveys__________--------------- 592 Chien Lake, La., to intracoastal waterway, examination 6_______------49 Chincoteague Inlet and Bay, Va.: Waterway on coast of Virginia, improvement--____--------------- 293 Waterway to Delaware Bay, improvement----------------------- 257 Chipola River, Fla.: Improvement of lower river_______________-------------------- 535 Improvement of upper river---------------------------------- 538 Chippewa River, Wis., operating snag and dredge boats_____________ 805 Chocolate Bayou, Tex., improvement -------__----------------------- 720 Choctawhatchee River, Fla. and Ala.: Examination and survey of waterway to bay _______________ _ 592 Improvement of East Pass Channel_____________________________ 591 Improvement of river -------------------------------------- 591 Choptank River, Md., improvement _____________________________ 293 Christiana River, Del., improvement of Wilmington Harbor---------- 239 Cimarron River, N. Mex., and Okla., examination with a view to control of the floods -------------------------------------------- 770 Cincinnati, Ohio, engineering district ____________________________ 977 Claiborne Harbor, Md., improvement ___________________.... 293 Clatskanie River, Oreg., improvement___---____________ ________ 1325 Clear Creek and Lake, Tex. : Examination and survey __-____ _--__ 7_____________ 722 Improvement of creek -------------------------------------- 691 Clearwater Harbor, Fla.: Examination and survey ----------------------------------- 529 Improvement of channel to Tampa Bay______________ __________ 520 Cleveland Harbor, Ohio, improvement _....____ -------- _______ 1172 Clinch River, Tenn., and Va., improvement___________________________ 913 Coan River, Va., review of reports------------------------------- 312 Cockrells Creek, Va., improvement---------------------------------312 Coden Bayou, Ala., review of reports- __________ -_______________ 592 Coenties Reef, New York Harbor, N. Y., removal ------------------ - 144 Cohansey River, N. J., improvement__--_ -- __ - - - - - - 265 Colbert Shoals Canal, Tennessee River, Ala., operating and care-------- 907 Cold Spring Inlet, N. J., improvement____ - ___ ------------ __ 268 Coldwater River, Miss., improvement 50 7------------------- Colgate Creek, Md., examination and survey- -- 294 Colorado River, Tex., review of reports- .... _____. -_____ -- __- 722 Columbia River, Oreg., and Wash.: At Bakers Bay, Wash., improvement ______ _____1351 Bonneville, Oreg., construction of dam at _______.... ___.-____ 1334 Cascades Canal, operating and care_____________________________ 1337 Celilo Falls to Snake River, including tributaries, improvement from_ 1354 Celilo Falls to The Dalles Rapids, improvement_____________________ 1339 Celilo Falls to The Dalles Rapids, operating and care of canal and locks--------------------------------- 1339 Examinations and surveys 354, 1398 1___________________ General statement regarding- -___ - - - -________-- -___1313 Mouth, improvement --------------------------------------- 1313 Mouth to Willamette River, improvement ____ ___________ 131.8 Review of reports 354, 1398 1------------------------ Wenatchee to Kettle Falls, Wash., improvement1__________________ 398 Commencement Bay, Wash., improvement ______________________- 1372 Commerce for calendar year 1932------ .- 4 Commissions : See also Boards. California Debris Commission 1429 INDEX 1553 Commissions-Continued. Page Federal Power Commission, investigations and supervision of proj- ects under___--------------------- ----------------------- 1514 Mississippi River Commission _--------------------------------1445 Permanent International Association of Congresses of Navigation_-_ 1512 Company Canal, La., improvement of Louisiana and Texas intracoastal waterway --__________ _-------- 620 Compton Creek, N. J., improvement___________-------- 211 Conecuh River, Ala., improvement_ ------ __--_------------- 547 Conemaugh River, Pa., examination and survey---------------------- 954 Coney Island Channel, N. Y., improvement_______--- ---------------- 133 Congaree River, S. C.: Improvement_--------------------------------------- ----- 428 Operating and care of lock and dam _____________-_____-- 415 Congresses of Navigation, Permanent International Association of ..... 1512 Conneaut Harbor, Ohio: Improvement _ - 1188 Review of reports --------------------------------------- 1237 Connecticut River, Mass. and Conn. : Examinations -_ -- -------- 101 Improvement above Hartford, Conn-- _ 100 Improvement below Hartford, Conn----------------------------- 79 Consolidated cost and financial summary--- - 13 Constable Hook to Ellis Island, New York Harbor, examination and survey -- ----------------- 189 Contentnea Creek, N. C., improvement____ 365 Cooper River, N. J., improvement -------------------------------- 259 Coosa River, Ga. and Ala.: Improvement_ --------------------------------------- 591 Operating and care of locks and dams __..________ __-___ 562 Coosaw River, S. C., improvement of waterway via_____________________ 425 Coos Bay, Harbor, and River, Oreg.: Improvement of entrance to bay and harbor___ _______________ 1299 Improvement of river-___ _________ -_________-__ -- -- 1302 Review of reports_------ ____ - 1354 Copperas Creek, Ill., lock and dam, operating and care ______ ______ 864 Coquille River, Oreg.: Improvement --------------------------------------------- 1297 Review of reports ----------------------------------------- 1354 Cordova Harbor, Alaska, review of reports___________-____________ 1398 Corea Harbor, Maine, review of reports----------------------------- 58 Core Sound, N. C., improvement of waterway to Beaufort Harbor ------ 372 Corney Bayou, La., improvement ------------- 738 Corpus Christi, Tex.: Examinations and surveys_______________________- -___-_ 649, 721 Improvement of channel to Aransas Pass__-- -_______- ________ 700 Improvement of intracoastal waterway to the Mississippi River___ 620, 657 Corsica River, Md., improvement____________________________________ 293 Cos Cob Harbor, Conn., improvement--- ___ _________-___ 100 Cowlitz River, Wash.: Examination for flood control ------------------------------- 1354 Improvement---- ----------------------------------------- 1344 Cowpasture River, Va., improvement of James River, Va_____________ 321 Craft, sunken, removal of -------------------------------------- 1516 Craven Shoal, New York Harbor, improvement_ ______________________ 128 Crescent City Harbor, Calif.: Improvement _ ------------------------- 1274 Review of reports---------------------------------------- 1275 Crescent Lake and Dunns Creek, Fla., improvement --- ---- 529 Crisfield Harbor, Md.: Improvement _------ -------------------------------------- 293 Review of reports ----- ----------- --- 294 Croatan Sound, N. C., improvement of waterway via------------------331 Cromline Creek, N. Y., examination for flood control-- 189 Cross Rip Shoals, Mass., improvement_------------ 62 Crystal River, Fla. : Improvement __-- ___-________-------_--------- 529 Review of reports_______-__--_-__----------------- 529 1554 INDEX Cumberland River, Ky. and Tenn.: Page Above Nashville, improvement__-------------------------------- _ 913 Below Nashville, improvement_ __-___-_ _ 891 Operating and care of locks and dams------------------------- 895 Cumberland Sound, Ga. and Fla.: Examination and survey of waterway to Mississippi River- -..... 454 Improvement ___ -------------------- 452 Improvement of waterway between Savannah and Fernandina --- _ 438 Improvement of waterway to St. Johns River, Fla- -___--_____ 455 Current River, Ark. and Mo., improvement -------------------------- 760 Curtailment and abandonment of river and harbor projects, review of reports ------------------------------------------------- 1515 Curtis Bay, Baltimore, Md., improvement of channel to------ ___ 274 Curtis Creek, Md., examination and survey ______________________- 294 Cutler Bayou, La., improvement ---------------------------------- _ 609 Cuyahoga River, Cleveland, Ohio, improvement--------------------- 1172 Cypress Bayou, Tex. and La.: Construction of dam at foot of Caddo Lake----------------------726 Improvement of, including connecting lakes between Shreveport, La., and Jefferson, Tex --------------------------------------- 726 Cypress Top Outlet, Choctawhatchee River, Fla., improvement ---------- 591 D Dalecarlia Reservoir, Washington, D. C' --____________ - --_ 1525 Dalles-Celilo Canal, Oreg. and Wash.: Improvement --------------------------------------------- 1339 Operating and care ---------------------------------------- 339 D'Arbonne Bayou, La., improvement 38 7------------------- Darien, Ga., improvement of harbor ------------------------------ 454 Dashields Dam, Pa.: Construction --- 914 Operating and care ---------------------------------------- 925 Davis Creek, N. C., improvement of waterway via ____________ -_____378 Dawho River, S. C., improvement of waterway via _____________--___ 425 Deals Island, Md.: Lower Thoroughfare, improvement ------------ 293 Upper Thoroughfare, improvement -------------------------- 282 Debs Inlet, N. Y., improvement __ -------------------- 12.0 Deep Bay, N. C., improvement of waterway to Swan Quarter Bay _____ 354 Deep Creek, Fla., improvement------ ----------------- 529 Deep Creek, Va., improvement of waterways to sounds of North Caro- lina via Elizabeth River ------------------------------------ 331 Deep Fork, Okla., examination with a view to control of the floods 770 Deep River, Wash., improvement-- ------------------------------ 1350 Delacroix Island and Terre au Boeuf Bayou. La., review of reports__. 649 Delaware and Chesapeake Canal, Del., and Md.: Improvement----------------- --------------------------- 242 Operating and care of canal and locks___________________ ____ 247 Delaware Bay and River, Pa., N. J., and Del.: At Camden, improvement_ __________________---------- 234 .Breakwater and harbor of refuge in bay, improvement------------ 272 Intracoastal waterway to New York Bay, examination and survey__ 219 Philadelphia and Camden Harbors, improvement--------- 220, 226, 234 Philadelphia to sea, improvement ----------------------------- 226 Philadelphia to Trenton: Improvement------------------------------------------ 220 Review of reports-------------------------------------- 273 Review of reports----- ---------------------------------- 273 Waterway to Chesapeake Bay, Del. and Md.: Improvement ------------------------------------------ 242 Operating and care------------------------------------- 247 Review of reports----- ------------------------------- 273 Waterway to Chincoteague Bay, improvement ------------------ 257 Waterway to Rehoboth Bay: Improvement ___-- _-__272 ------ Review of reports --------------------------- 273 INDEX 1555 Page De Pere, Wis., improvement of Green Bay Harbor-------------------1032 Derelicts. See Wrecks. Des Cannes Bayou, La., improvement------- _ 637 Des Plaines River, Ill., improvement ------------------------------ 851 Detroit, Mich., engineering district ------------------------------ 1106 Detroit River, Mich.: Improvement --------------------------------------------- 1129 Improvement of channels in waters connecting Great Lakes-------- 1106 Topography and sounding ----------------------------------- 1530 Diamond Reef Channel, N. Y., improvement ------------------------ 144 Dickinson Bayou, Tex., improvement ---------- 720 Dismal Swamp Canal, Va. and N. C.: Examination and survey ------------------------------------ 353 Improvement of waterway via--------------------------- 334 District of Columbia: Park AnacostiaAnacotia--- Prk------- _ -- __1520 ---------------------------------- 12 Anacostia River, reclamation of flats------------------------- 1520 Aqueduct, increasing water supply ------------------------ 1524, 1527 Aqueduct, maintenance and repair------------_ 1524 Government buildings, consumption of water in -------- 1524 Improvement of Potomac River ------------------------------- 295 Water supply, increase in-- ------------------------------- 1524, 1527 Dock Lines, establishment_-- --------------------------------- 1515 Dog Island Harbor, St. George Sound, Fla., improvement-------------- 531 Dog River, Ala., review of reports_ ------------------------------ 592 Dog River, Miss., improvement------------- -------------- 580 Dorchester Bay, and Neponset River, Mass.: Improvement--------------------------------------------- 57 Review of reports_------------------------------------------- 58 Double Bayou, Tex, improvement ----------- ----- ---- 685 Drawbridges: See also Bridges. Rules for opening--------------- ------------- 1515 :Drawings, northern and northwestern lakes ---------------- ----- 1528 Drift removal from New York Harbor-------------------- 165, 1517 Drummond Lake Canal, Va. and N. C.: Examination and survey of locks at--------------------------- 353 Improvement of waterways via------------------------------- 334 Duck Creek (Smyrna River), Del., improvement---------------------- 248 Duck Island Harbor, Conn., construction of harbor of refuge- -82 Duluth, Minn.: Engineering district ------------------------------- 998 Improvement of Duluth-Superior Harbor----------------------- 999 Dunkirk Harbor, N. Y.: Improvement __ ------------------------------------ 1197 Review of reports ___- 1237 Dunns Creek and Crescent Lake, Fla., improvement 529 Dupont Bayou, La., improvement----------------- ------------ 609 Duwamish River, Wash., improvement of east and west waterways, Seattle Harbor___------- ----------------------------------- 1376 Duxbury Harbor, Mass., improvement ------ 57 Dymers Creek, Va., improvement_- 312 E Easements, flowage, on Lake of the Woods------------------------1536 East (Ambrose) Channel, New York Harbor, N. Y., improvement ---.. 128 East Chester Creek, N. Y., improvement--------------------------- 188 Eastern Bay, Claiborne Harbor, Md., improvement------------------- 293 Eastern Branch, Elizabeth River, Va., improvement of Norfolk Harbor__ 313 East Norwalk Harbor, Conn., improvement--------------------------- 95 East Pass Channel, Fla., from Gulf of Mexico into Choctawhatchee Bay, improvement ____------------ 591 East Pass., Fla., improvement of Carrabelle Harbor-- .............. _ 531 1556 INDEX Page East Pearl River, Miss., improvement______ --------------------- 591 East River, Brunswick Harbor, Ga., improvement------------------- 444 East River, N. Y.: Improvement, including Coenties Reef___-------- ------------- 144 Review of reports------ ---------------------------------- 189 East Rockaway (Debs Inlet, N. Y., improvement 120 Echo Bay Harbor, N. Y.: Improvement ---------------------------------------------- 188 Review of reports 89 1------------------- Edenton Harbor, N. C., improvement_-------------------------- 352 Edgartown Harbor, Mass., improvement_____-- --------------------- 100 Edisto River and its branches, South and North Edisto, S. C., examination for flood control --------------------------------------------- 428 Edmonds Harbor, Wash., review of reports-----------_ 1398 Eel River, Mass., improvement of Plymouth Harbor- -- --________ ___--46 Electrical power, Niagara River, N. Y., control and regulation --------- 534 Elizabeth River, N. J., improvement-----------------------------199 Elizabeth River, Va.: Examination and survey------------------------------------- 353 Improvement of Norfolk Harbor, including Eastern, Southern, and Western Branches--------------------------------------- 313 Improvement of waterways to sounds of North Carolina via Pasquo- tank River-- 3------------------- 331 Review of reports----------------------------------------------- 353 Elk River, Md.: Improvement _ ------------------------------------------- 293 Review of reports------------------------------------ ------ 294 Elliot Bay, Wash., improvement of Duwamish River and east and west waterways- 1-------------------- Emergency relief and construction act of July 21, 1932_____-_________ 10 Emeryville Harbor, Calif., examination and survey---------------- 1275 Empire Cut, Calif., improvement 1____________- 1290 Emsworth Dam, Pa., operating and care___ ---____ __--____ 925 Engineers, the Board of, for Rivers and Harbors-_ - ______ __ __ 27 English Kills, Newtown Creek, N. Y., improvement___________ _______152 Erie and Miami Canal, examination and survey-- 954 Erie Basin, N. Y., improvement of channel in Lake Erie 206 1--------------- Erie Harbor, Pa.: Examinations and surveys------------------------------------- 954 Improvement----------------------------------- --------- 1194 Erie, Lake : Black Rock Harbor, improvement of entrance to ___ 1206 Channels in waters connecting Great Lakes, improvement 1106 Examination and survey of waterways to Ohio River__ 954 Surveys, charts, etc., of northern and northwestern lakes----------1528 Water levels__ -1528 _____ Escambia River, Fla., improvement__ _ 5______---_____ 547 Esopus Creek, N. Y., improvement of Saugerties Harbor - 173 Estherville-Minim Creek Canal, S. C., improvement ........ 410 Estimates of appropriations required: Miscellaneous civil works .________ - -_________ 1517 -___________ Rivers and harbors, etc -- 27 Eureka, Calif., improvement of channel in front of-------------------1271 Everett Harbor, Wash.: Improvement _--------- ---- 1383 Review of reports__----------------------------------------1398 Expenditures : Miscellaneous civil works 1516 Rivers and harbors--.------ 10 Experimental towboats, board on____ ---------- __________-782 F Fairhaven Harbor, Mass., improvement ---- - - - - - - -64 Fairport Harbor, Ohio, improvement- ------------- 1178 Falia, Bogue, La., improvement----- - - - - - 604 INDEX 1557 Page Fall River Harbor, Mass., improvement ____66 Fancy Bluff Creek, Ga., improvement--___--------------------- ----- 449 Far Creek, N. C., improvement-------------------- --------------- 356 Feather River, Calif.: Improvement __--------------------------------- --------- 1289 Work of California Debris Commission ___----__ - 1429 Federal Power Commission, Niagara Falls power companies, supervision and inspection-_ 1514, 1535 Federal Water Power Act, investigation and supervision of projects----- 1514 Fenwicks Island Cut, S. C., improvement of waterway via _____________ 425 Fernandina Harbor, Fla.: Improvement ----------- ---------------------------------- 452 Improvement of waterways to Savannah, Ga. 438 Fighting Island Channel, Detroit River, Mich., improvement ____ - 1129 Filtration plant, Washington Aqueduct, D. C-----------------------1524 Financial summary as of June 30, 1933__------------------------------ 13 Fire Island Inlet, N. Y., review of reports________----__--------------- 189 Fishers Island, N. Y., improvement of Hay (West) Harbor 100 Fish traps or weirs: Inspection expenses-__ --- __------_____-- 1515 Permits for construction------- -------------------------- 1515 Fivemile River Harbor, Conn.: Improvement--------------------------- 96 Review of reports------ ------------------------------- 101 Flathead Lake, Mont., improvement of Poison Bay------------------- 1398 Flint River and Creek, Ala. and Tenn., examination for flood control---- 914 Flint River, Ga.: Examinations and surveys ------------- 592 Improvement------------------------------------- 591 Flood control: On Mississippi River and tributaries----------------_ ___ 4,1445 On Rio Grande, near San Benito, Texas ________---------___ '720 On Sacramento River, Calif___ ------------ 1435 Surveys for-- ---------------------------------------- 1424 Florida East Coast Canal, improvement of intracoastal waterway, Jack- sonville to Miami, Fla., via ___________________--_____--____- 469 Florida (northern), examination and survey of waterway across, to connect the Atlantic intracoastal waterway with proposed Gulf intra- coastal waterway ------------------------------------- --- 454 Florida, removal of water hyacinths from waters of State ..... 526, 588, 645 Flushing Bay, N. Y., improvement__ ____ ___-______--_ 109 Fore (Weymouth) River, Mass., improvement_______----__-- 57 Fore River, Portland, Maine, improvement _________--..__ 31 Forked Deer River, Tenn., review of reports 70 7_____________ Fort Peck, Mont.: Construction of reservoir ----------------------------------- 841 Engineering district-____________ 822 Fort Pierce Harbor and Inlet, Fla.: Improvement of harbor ------------------------------------- 477 Review of reports------------------------------- 529! Fort Point Channel, Boston Harbor, Mass., improvement___ -- - ____- 40 Fox Head Point and Rye Beach, examination of coast of New Hamp- shire between ----------------------------------------------- 58 Fox River, Wis.: Examinations__ ______-___ _ ____1105 Improvement --------------------------------------------- 1037 Improvement of Green Bay Harbor ............. 1032 Operating and care of locks and dams-------------------------1044 Foys Flats, N. C., improvement of Trent River at--- ____-- - ___- 367 Frankford Creek, Pa., review of reports 273 Frankfort Harbor, Mich., improvement----- 1100 Freeport Harbor, Tex., improvement_--_______-___------ - ___- 692 French Broad and Little Pigeon Rivers, Tenn., improvement ---------- 913 French Creek, Pa., examination and survey of waterway via-- - - 954 Furlough and compensation deductions--..-- -- --- --- -- 9 1558 INDEX G Page Galena River, Ill., operating snag and dredge boats_---_____--- ------- 805 Galveston Bay and Harbor, Tex.: Examinations and surveys------------------------------------ 722 Improvement of Galveston Channel________________________ 669 Improvement of Galveston-Texas City Channel _____________---- 672 Improvement of harbor entrance________-_____________----_ 664 Improvement of Port Bolivar Channel_______________________- 676 Improvement of waterway to Houston- ______----------- 678 Galveston, Tex., engineering district_____________________________ 649 Gasconade River, Mo., improvement___ __________________-___ 850 Gastineau Channel, Alaska, examination and survey _________----1398 Gaging: Mississippi River and principal tributaries_____--- ___ -____--- 818 Northern and northwestern lakes, level___________________------- 1528 Gedney Channel, New York Harbor, N. Y., improvement--------------- 128 General Joe Wheeler Dam, Tennessee River, improvement _______-----898 Genesee River, Charlotte Harbor, N. Y., improvement__________------216 George, Lake, channels in waters connecting Great Lakes, improvement__ 1106 George, Lake, St. Johns River, Fla., improvement___________________ 462 Georges River (Thomaston Harbor), Maine, improvement_____------30 Georgetown Harbor, D. C., improvement of Potomac River at----------295 Georgetown Harbor, S. C., improvement of Winyah Bay______________ 378 Georgia (southern), examination and survey of waterway across, to connect the Atlantic intracoastal waterway with the proposed Gulf intracoastal waterway ---------------------------------------- 454 Gladstone Harbor, Mich, improvement ----------------------------1105 Glencove Creek, N. Y., improvement-------------------------------112 Gloucester Harbor, Mass., improvement _________________________ 35 Government buildings, District of Columbia, consumption of water in___ 1524 Gowanus Creek Channel, New York Harbor, N. Y., improvement-------- 143 Grand Bayou Pass, La., examination and survey ______ ________ __ 649 Grand Haven Harbor, Mich.: Improvement-------------- ------------------------------- 1083 Review of reports------------------- 1105 Grand Lake, Mermentau River, La., improvement___________________ 37 Grand Marais, Mich., improvement of harbor of refuge 1020 Grand Marais, Minn., improvement of harbor----------------------- 994 Grand Pass, La., improvement-_ _ _ __ __ 609 Grand Rapids, Wabash River, Ind. and Ill., operating and care of lock and dam 93 9------------------- Grand River, Fairport Harbor, Ohio, improvement ------------------- 1178 Grand River, Mich. : Improvement ...... ___ Impro-vement---------------------------------------------18 1083 Review of reports ---------------------------------------- 1105 Grays Harbor, Wash.: Improvement of inner portion__------------ 1363 Improvement of entrance ----------------------------------- 1360 Review of reports ---------------------------------------- 1398 Grays Reef Passage, Mich., review 'of reports- 1105 Grays River, Wash., improvement ________ ___________________ 1348 -- Great Kills, Staten Island, N. Y., improvement____________________ 202 Great Lakes : Channels in waters connecting, improvement______________________ 1106 Control and regulation of waters of Niagara River and preservation of Niagara Falls _____ ______ - -____-- - - 1534 Discharge 1528 Elevation--------------- --------------------------------- 1528 Examination and survey of Miami and Erie Canal, branch canal to Lake Michigan, and other routes between Lakes Erie and Mich- igan and the Ohio River---------------------------------- 954 Review of reports of deeper waterways to Atlantic tidewater___ 1156, 1237 Review of reports on deeper waterway to the Hudson River 1237 Surveys, charts, etc., of northern and northwestern lakes---------- 1528 Water levels-_ -- -___ 1530 Great Miami River, Ohio, examination and survey ________ - - - - 981 INDEx 1559 Page Great Peedee River, S. C., improvement_ _______________----- 408 Great Salt Pond, Block Island, R. I., improvement_-__ ---- -------- 100 Great Sodus Bay, N. Y., improvement of harbor____________-------- 1220 Great South Bay, N. Y., improvement----------------------------- 117 Green Bay Harbor, Wis.: Examinations and surveys----------------------- 1105 Improvement------- ------------------------------------ 1032 Green Jacket Shoal, Providence River, R. I., removal----------------- 69 Green River, Ky.: Improvement.- -------------------------------------------- 982 Operating and care of locks and dams_------ ---------------- 989 Green River, Wash., examination for flood control------------------- 1399 Greenport Harbor, N. Y., improvement __________------_------- 188 Greenwich Harbor, Conn., improvement--___-------------------------100 Griffin Lake, Fla., waterway to Kissimmee River, review of reports__ 530 Grosse Pointe Channel, Lake St. Clair, Mich., improvement_ _____----- 1123 Grossetete Bayou, La., improvement_______________ __-_____---_ 613 Guadalupe River, Tex.: Examinations and surveys--____________----- 722 Improvement to Victoria_____----- -------- 720 Gulfport Harbor, Miss., improvement -- ------------------------- 582 Gull Lake, Minn., reservoir dam: Construction----------- ----------------------------------- 814 Operating and care------------------------------------------817 H Hackensack River, N. J., improvement--------- _____--- 190 Hales Bar Lock and Dam, Tennessee River, operating and care------ 907 Hampton Creek, Va., improvement___ __ ------- __- __ - __ -- 352 Hampton Roads, Va., improvement of approaches to Norfolk Harbor ___ 313 Hanson Canal, La., operating and care ------- __-------- ------ 631 Harbor Beach, Mich., harbor of refuge, improvement_____ Harbor Cove, Gloucester, Mass., improvement ------- __________ _______-______ 1141 35 Harbor Island Basin, Tex., improvement_________________________-_ 703 Harbor lines, establishment ________________________ _ 1516 Harbors and rivers. See Rivers and harbors. Harlem River, N. Y., improvement_____-- ________________ 155 Harvey Canals, La.: Improvement of intercoastal waterway -______- -______-_____ - 620 Operating and care----------------------------------------- 629 Hastings Lock and Dam, Mississippi River: Improvement ---------------------------------------------- 782 Operating and care_--------------------------------- -- 803 Hatchie River, Tenn., review of reports____________________________ 770 Havre de Grace, Md., improvement of Susquehanna River at------------ 293 Hawaiian Islands: Hilo Harbor, improvement ---------- ------------------------ 1406 Honolulu Harbor, improvement--------------- 1400 Kahului Harbor, improvement-- ----------------------------- 1404 Kaunakakai Harbor, improvement------- --------------------- 1413 Nawiliwili Harbor, improvement ---------------------- 1408 Port Allen Harbor, improvement------------------------------ 1410 Hawaii engineering district---------------- 1400 Hay Lake (Nicolet Lake) Channel, St. Marys River, Mich.: Improvement___ --------------------------------------------- ____ 1106 Improvement of channels in waters connecting Great Lakes---------- 1106 Hay (West) Harbor, N. Y., improvement_ .__-______-__ - -______ 100 Hell Gate, East River, N. Y., improvement _________________----___ 144 Hempstead Harbor, N. Y., improvement____________________ 111 Hendry and Knight Channel, Fla., improvement of Tampa Harbor-------- 511 Hennepin Canal (Illinois and Mississippi Canal), Ill., operating and care_ 807 Henry Lock and Dam, Illinois River, Ill., operating and care 864 Herring Bay and Rockhole Creek, Md., improvement---- 293 Hillsboro Bay and River, Fla., improvement-- ----------- 511 Hingham Harbor, Mass., improvement-...........---- - _ 57 1560 INDEX Page Hilo Harbor, Hawaii, improvement_- __-------------------------- 1406 Hiwassee River, Tenn., improvement -------------------------- 913 Hog Island, Va., to the Great Machipongo Inlet, examination and survey of channel------------------------------------------------- 24 Holland Harbor, Mich., improvement_______ ___________________ 1080 Hollywood Harbor, Fla.: Improvement------- --------------------------------------- 484 Review of reports ------- 529 Holmes River, Fla., improvement---------------------------------591 Homosassa River, Fla., review of reports_______________________ 529 Honga River, Md., review of reports_______________________________ 294 Honolulu, Hawaii: Engineering district--------------------------------------- 1400 Improvement of harbor___ ------------------------------------- 1400 Hoquiam River, Wash., improvement________________________________ 1398 Horn Harbor, Va.: Improvement ---------------------------------------------- 312 Review of reports------ ----------------------------------- 312 Housatonic River, Conn., improvement-------------------------------- 90 Houston to Galveston ship channel, Tex., improvement---------------- 678 Howard Bay. N. C., examination and survey of waterway via 402 Hudson River, N. Y.: Improvement above New York 74 1------------------- Improvement at New York---------- - - - - -_ 157 Peekskill Harbor, improvement.---- ---------------------- 169 Review of reports---- --- ---- --- 189 Review of reports on waterway to Great Lakes-------------------1237 Rondout Harbor, improvement- -------------------- 171 Saugerties Harbor, improvement__ _____ _____________ ___ 173 Tarrytown Harbor, improvement____________________ -___ 167 Troy Lock and Dam, operating and care_______ _____ 182 Hueneme Harbor, Calif., examination and survey____________________ 1252 Humboldt Bay and Harbor, Calif. : Improvement ----------------- __ 1271 Review of reports----------------------------------------- 1275 Huntington Harbor, N. Y., improvement_______________________________ 115 Huntington, W. Va., engineering district---------------------------- 962 Huron Harbor, Ohio, improvement__________________________ 1162 Huron Lake: Channels in waters connecting Great Lakes, improvement---------- 1106 Surveys, charts, etc-- -------------------------------------- 1528 Water levels --------------------------------------------- 1528 Hutchinson River (East Chester Creek), N. Y., improvement------------ 188 Hyacinths, water, removal: From Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, and Texas waters -------- 588, 645 From Florida waters ________ _________- _ 526, 588, 645 Hydraulic mining in California, regulation and preparation of plans.... 1429 Hydraulics. See Water levels. Hydrology. See Water levels. I Illinois and Mississippi Canal, Ill. : Examination and survey _ -------------------------------- 813 Improvement of Mill Creek and South Slough _________________ _ 811 Operating and care of canal --------------------------------- 807 Illinois River, Ill.: Examination and survey____--------- ----- __ 981 Improvement _____ ___-______--- 851 Operating and care of locks and dams--------------------------864 Operating snag boats and dredge boats____________________________ 805. Indiana Harbor Canal, Ind., review of reports ______________________891 Indiana Harbor, Ind., improvement---- __ 881 Indian River, Fla. : Improvement of intracoastal waterway, Jacksonville to Miami, Fla., via___--___--- 469 Review of reports ------------------------ 530 INDEX 1561 Inland waterways. See Canals and Waterways. Inside routes. See Canals and Waterways. Insular possessions: Page Honolulu, Hawaii, engineering district 1-------------------- Puerto Rico, engineering district___ 1415 International Association of Congresses of Navigation --------------- 1512 International boundary waters__----------------------------------_ 1534 Interoceanic Canal, survey 1513 Intracoastal waterways. See Canals and Waterways. Ipswich River, Mass-........ 57 Irrigation, surveys for---------------------- 1424 J Jackson Creek, Va., review of reports----------------------------- 312 Jackson River, Va., improvement of James River, Va------------------ 321 Jacksonville, Fla.: Engineering district------_-------------------------------- 455 Improvement of intracoastal waterway to Miami, Fla ......--- 469 Improvement of St. Johns River opposite-- ----------------------- 455 Review of reports of St. Johns River to Palatka------------------- 530 Jacksonville, N. C., improvement of waterway to Beaufort------------- 375 Jamaica Bay, N. Y., improvement_ --------------------------------- 125 James River, Va.: Improvement 321 Review of reports____----------------------___------------------- 353 Jefferson-Shreveport Waterway, La., and Tex., improvement------------- 726 Jeffries Point Channel, Boston Harbor, Mass., improvement ----------- 40 Jekyl Sound, Ga., improvement of waterway via---------------------- 438 Johnsons Bayou, La., improvement__ -------------------------------- 720 Johnsons Creek, or River, Conn., improvement----------------------- 92 Jones Inlet, N. Y., review of reports---------------------------- 189 Jordan River, Miss., improvement------------------------------- 591 Judith Point, R. I., construction of harbor of refuge ------------------ 100 K Kahului Harbor, Hawaii, improvement--------------------------- 1404 Kalamazoo River, Mich., improvement__ ---------------------------- 1079 Kampsville Lock and Dam, Illinois River, Ill., operating and care------ 864 Kanawha River, W. Va.: Improvement ---------------------------------------------- 965 Operating and care of locks and dams_------------------------ 972 Kansas City, Mo., engineering district_----------------------------- 822 Kansas River, Kans. and Mo., examination----------------------- 850 Kaunakakai Harbor, Hawaii, improvement------------------------ 1413 Kaw River, Kans. and Mo., examination--------------------------- 850 Kennebec River, Maine, improvement --------------------- 57 Kennebunk River, Maine, improvement----------------------------- 57 Kenosha Harbor, Wis.: Improvement ---------------------------- 1072 Review of reports__------------------------------------- ---- 1105 Kentucky River, Ky., operating and care of locks and dams----------978 Keokuk (Des Moines Rapids) Canal and Dry Dock, Mississippi River, operating and care--- ----------------------------------- 803 Kern River, Calif., review of reports---------------------------- 1296 Ketchikan Creek, Alaska, review of reports ------------------------ 1399 Ketchikan Harbor, Alaska, improvement -------------------------- 1398 Kewaunee Harbor, Wis., improvement ---------------------------- 1050 Keweenaw Waterway, Mich., improvement------------------------1012 Keyport Harbor, N. J., improvement------------------------------208 Keystone Lock, Bayou Teche, La., operating and care----------------- 619 Key West, Fla.: Improvement of harbor at----------------- 493 Review of reports on harbor---- 529 Kill Van Kull, N. Y., and N. J.: Examination and survey---_ __------------ 2:19 Improvement of Staten Island-New Jersey Channels ------------ 193 1562 INDEX Page Kings County, Wash., improvement of Lake Washington Canal by ..... 1378 Kiskiminitas River, Pa., examination and survey------------------- 54 Kissimmee River, Fla.: Examination and survey__ ____----- ------------------ 529 Improvement --------------------------------------------- 529 Knapps Narrows, Md., improvement____ _____ Knight and Hendry Channel, Fla., improvement of Tampa Harbor .__ -________________ 278 511 Knobbs Creek, N. C., improvement__ ----...... _____ ____--342 Kootenai River, Idaho and Mont.: Improvement--- ------------------------------------------ 1398 Review of reports_ -______---------------- - 1399 Labatre Bayou, Ala., improvement------- 578 Lafourche Bayou, La.: Improvement 6------------------- 48 Review of reports 49 6------------------- La Grange Bayou, Fla.: Improvement --------------------------------------------- 591 Review of reports- --------------- ---- ---- 592 La Grange Lock and Dam, Illinois River, Ill., operating and care-------- 864 Lake Calumet, Ill., examination and survey--_------------------- 891 Lake, Champlain, N. Y. and Vt.: Burlington Harbor, Vt., improvement---.--- - ______- -- _____ 186 Narrows, improvement -------------------------------------- 183 Plattsburg Harbor, N. Y., improvement-------------------------188 Port Henry Harbor, N. Y., improvement ____.__________ ______ 188 Rouses Point, N. Y., improvement-----------------------------188 Surveys and charting _____-_____--___ __1528 Lake Charles Deep Water Channel, La., improvement------------------643 Lake Mabel, Fla., improvement of Hollywood Harbor---______ ______ 484 Lake of the Woods, Minn.: Regulation of levels___ --------------------------------------- Reguation of-level ___ ________ 1528 12 Surveys and charting 1-------------------- Lake Memphremagog, investigation of levels by International Board -- 1534 Lake Pontchartrain, La., improvement _______- __--________-____ 555 Lake River, Wash., improvement--------------------------------- 1341 Lakes, Great : Channels in waters connecting, improvement___________________ 1106 Control or regulation of waters of Niagara River and preservation of Niagara Falls ---------------------------------------- 1534 Discharge --------------------------------------------- 1528 Elevation -------- 528 1-------------------- Examination and survey of Miami and Erie Canal, branch canal to Lake Michigan and other routes between Lakes Erie and Michigan and the Ohio River --------------------------------------- 954 Review of reports on deeper waterway to Atlantic tidewaters -.. 1156, 1237 Review of reports on deeper waterway to Hudson River------------1237 Surveys, charts, etc......... 1528 Water levels --------------------------------------------- 1530 Lake Washington Ship Canal, Wash.: Improvement of waterway to Puget Sound _____ _______-___- _ 1378 Operating and care of waterway to Puget Sound_--- ____ ________ 1382 Lake Washington, Miss., improvement _______________ __ _____ 750 Lake Worth Inlet, Fla.: Examination and survey------------------------------------- 530 Improvement--------------------------------- 482 La Lanche Bay, Ala., improvement of intracoastal waterway via--------- 553 L'Anguille River, Ark., improvement 61 7------------------- La Trappe River, Md., improvement_____________________ -- __ 293 Lavaca Bay, Tex., improvement of channel from Pass Cavallo to Port Lavaca--- ------------------------------------------------- 702 Le Claire Canal, Iowa: Improvement -- - ---- - ------- 782 Operating and care------ -- __--- - -- -- -- 803 INDEX 1563 Leech Lake Reservoir, Minn.: Page Construction-------- -------------------------------------- 814 Operating and care-------__ ---------------------------------- 817 Lee Slough, Apalachicola River, Fla., improvement__________________ 535 Leipsic River, Del., improvement ---------- ------------------ 272 Leland Harbor, Mich., review of reports---------------------------- 1105 Levels, water. See Water levels. Levisa Fork, Big Sandy River, Ky.: Examination .____---_977 Improvement --- ------------------------------------------- 973 Operating and care of locks and dams------------ ------------- 973 Lewis River, Wash.: Examination for flood control------------------------------- 1354 Improvement --------------------------------- 1343 Little Annemessex River, Md., improvement of Broad Creek, Md--------- 293 Little Caillou Bayou, La.: Improvement 10 6------------------- Review of reports ------------------------------------------ 649 Little Calumet River, Ill. and Ind., examination and survey------------891 Little Elk River, Md., improvement -------------------------------- 293 Little Kanawha River, W. Va., operating and care of locks and dams_... 962 Little Machipongo River, Va., improvement __ - ___-___ - -_____ 293 Little Narragansett Bay, R. I., and Conn., improvement ---------------- 100 Little Pigeon and French Broad Rivers, Tenn., improvement------------913 Little River, Del., improvement ___---_-250 Little River, La., improvement _____________ 750 Little River, Okla., examination with a view to control of floods -------- 70 Little River, S. C., improvement of waterway via-------------------- 378 Little Sarasota Bay, Fla.: Improvement of Sarasota Bay--------------------------------510 Review of reports__ ------------------------------------------ 530 Little Sodus Bay, N. Y., improvement of harbor______________________ 1223 Little Wicomico River, Va., review of reports------------------------312 Livingstone Channel, Detroit River, Mich., improvement __________ - 1129 Locklies Creek, Va., improvement---- _ --------------------------- 312 Log booms, permits for construction-_----------------------------1515 Long Beach Harbor, Calif.: Improvement of channel to Los Angeles Harbor ____ - 1...____ 1244 Review of reports of harbor_ __ _______-----_,-------- 1252 Long Cove, Maine, review of reports__----- ___-__________-__ 58 Lookout Cape, N. C., improvement of harbor of refuge 387 Lorain Harbor, Ohio: Improvement --------------------------------------------- 1166 Review of reports--1---- -------------------------------- 237 Los Angeles, Calif.: Engineering district 1--------------------- Examination of harbor ------------------------------------- 1252 Improvement of harbor ________________________________ 1244 Review of reports on harbor---_-- -- -- --- -___-_ 1252 Louisiana and Texas intracoastal waterway: Examination and survey from Corpus Christi to the Rio Grande Valley ------------------------------------------------- 722 Improvement, Mississippi River to Corpus Christi 620, 657 Review of reports ------------------------------------------ 722 Louisiana, State of, removal of water hyacinths from-------------- 588, 645 Louisville and Portland Canal, Ky.: Enlargement------------------------------ 914 Operating and care ---------------------------------------- 925 Louisville, Ky., engineering district_____________________________ 982 Lowell Creek, Alaska, flood control --------------------- 1394 Lower Chipola River, Fla., improvement ---------------------------- 535 Lower Thoroughfare at or near Wenona, Deals Island, Md- - 293 Ludington Harbor, Mich., improvement ---------------------------- 1093 Lynn Harbor, Mass.: Improvement _______ -_______37 Review of reports_ - -_____- _______- - -- 58 Lynns Bayou, Tex., review of reports-----------_,_- 722 1564 INDEX M Mabel Bay and Lake, Fla.: Page Examination of waterway to Caloosahatche River______________ 529 Improvement of Hollywood Harbor ______________------------ 484 Machipongo (Great) Inlet to Hog Island, Va., examination and survey of channel- 294 Machodoc (Upper) Creek, Va., improvement----------------------- 312 Mackay Creek, N. C., improvement ------------------------------------ 350 Mackinac Harbor, Mich., improvement__ _ 1156 Mackinac Island, Mich., to Round Island, Mich., channel, improvement_ 1116 Macon Bayou, La., improvement ____-____ - -- - ________ 734 Mahoning River. Pa. and Ohio, examination and survey_--------------- 954 Main ship channel, New York Harbor, N. Y., improvement--------------- 128 Malden River, Mass., improvement --... 57 Mamaroneck Harbor, N. Y.: Improvement---- ----- 04 1------------------- Review of reports ----------------------------------------------- 189 Manasquan Inlet and River, N. J.: Improvement --------------------------------------------- 215 Review of reports ----------------------------------------------- 219 Manatee River, Fla., improvement------------------------------------- 529 Manchac Bayou, La.: Examination of waterway via____ ______ ______________ 620, 649 Improvement 648 Manchac Pass, La.: Examination of waterway via 20, 649 6------------------------- Improvement___------ ----- ______ 648 Manchester Harbor, Mass., improvement--------__.__- .. __...___ 57 Manhasset Bay, N. Y., improvement___________ ___ __ ______--__- -- 188 Manistee Harbor and River, Mich.: Examination of harbor __ ____-_-____ _____,_ - _ 1105 Improvement-------------------- 1095 Manistique Harbor, Mich.: Improvement-------------------------___ 1027 Review of reports---------------------------------------------- 1105 Manitowoc Harbor, Wis.: Improvement------------------------------------ 1054 Review of reports ---------- ___ -___________________ 1105 Manteo Bay, N. C., improvement___--___--------------- 348 Mantua Creek, N. J., improvement---------------- ___ - 261 Maps and charts, northern and northwestern lakes --- ___---------- 1529 Mare Island Strait, Calif., improvement _...__________--__------ -- 1264 Marquette Bay and Harbor, Mich.: Construction of harbor of refuge in bay _______-1015 Improvement of harbor_--------- ---- 1017 Marthas Vineyard, Mass., improvement -------------------------------- 100 Matagorda Bay, Tex., review of reports on silt deposits in ______________ 722 Matanzas River, Fla., improvement of intracoastal waterway, Jacksonville to Miami, Fla., via ------------------------------------------------ 469 Matawan Creek, N. J., improvement----------------------------------- 210 Mattaponi River, Va.: Improvement----------------------------------- 307 Review of reports----------------------------------------------- 312 Mattituck Harbor, N. Y., improvement--------------------------------- 188 Mattox Creek, Va., review of reports_--------------------- 312 Maumee Bay and River, Ohio, improvement of Toledo Harbor _____-____ 1150 Maurepas Lake, La., examination of waterway via- -______--____-___.. 649 Maurice River, N. J.: Examination and survey-__--- ------- ----- 273 Improvement_ ---------------------------------------------------- 266 Mayaguez Harbor, P. R., improvement--- ------ _- 1417 McClellanville, S. C., improvement of waterway to Charleston __--____- 410 Meherrin River, N. C.: Improvement __---------------- 343 Review of reports ___------------------------ 353 Memphis Harbor, Tenn., improvement of Wolf River-- 767 Memphis, Tenn., engineering district_------------------ 751 INDEX 1565 Page Memphremagog Lake, Vt., operations of International Board for Investi- gation of Levels-------------------------------------------------- 1534 Menominee Harbor and River, Mich. and Wis.: Improvement------------------------------------------- ------- 1029 Review of reports ----------------------------------------------- 1105 Mermentau River, La.: Improvement, including tributaries __________________________ 637 Improvement of intercoastal waterway 620 Improvement of waterway to Sabine River______________________ __ 620 -- Merrimack River, Mass., improvement----_________-_ 57 Miami and Erie Canal, Ohio, examination and survey ------------------ 954 Miami (Great) River, Ohio, examination and survey_ _________-------_ 981 Miami Harbor and River, Fla.: Improvement of harbor------------------------------------------ 486 Improvement of intercoastal waterway to Jacksonville, Fla --------- 469 Improvement of river------------------------------------------- 492 Review of reports on harbor_ ------- __________--------- 530 Mianus River, Conn., improvement__ ---------- ______ _ 100 Michigan City Harbor, Ind.: Improvement_---------------------------------------------------- 887 Review of reports_----------------------------------------- -- 891 Michigan, Lake: Canal to Sturgeon Bay, improvement _____-------__- ---- - 1045 Channels in waters connecting Great Lakes, improvement ---------- 1106 Discharge ----------------------------------------- 1528 Elevation __ _1--------------528 Examination and survey of waterways to Ohio River_______ ____ 954 Examination of waterway to Mississippi River---------------------1105 Illinois and Mississippi Canal, operating and care ------------------ 807 Surveys, charts, etc-------------------------------------------- 1528 Water levels 1-------------------- Middle Neebish Channel, St. Marys River, Mich., improvement ----------- 1106 Middle River, Calif., improvement _________--___ 1290 Milford Haven Harbor, Va., improvement__-- -____-______-- _ 304 Milford Harbor, Conn., improvement____-- ___________ ________--__ 88 Mill Creek and South Slough, Ill., improvement______________---____ 811 Mill Creek or River, Conn. : Improvement of New Haven Harbor______________________________ 84 Improvement of Stamford Harbor -- __-__-__________________ - 97 Mill Creek, Va., and channel to Rappahannock River, review of reports__ 312 Milwaukee, Wis.: Engineering district -------------------------------------------- 1026 Improvement of harbor ----------------------------------- 1064 Review of reports on inner harbor__---------------- ______-__ -1106 Mingo Creek, S. C., improvement-------------------------------------- 428 Minim Creek-Estherville Canal, S. C., improvement__________________ 410 Mining, hydraulic, in California -------------------------------------- 1429 Minnesota River, Minn.: Examination and survey__---------------------------------- 822 Improvement_.__ __-__--_____ _821 Operating snag and dredge boats_--- ___________--_____--___ 805 Miscellaneous civil works_____-------____-__ _. _-__ __ 1515 -_____ General statement regarding_________ ____ 7 Mispillion River, Del., improvement ----------------------------------- 254 Mississippi River: Examinations and surveys: Brainerd to Minneapolis, Minn--------------------------------822 Head of Passes to headwaters (Mississippi River Commission)__ 1445 Illinois and Mississippi Canal_______________ 8_____________ 13 Minneapolis, Minn., in vicinity of__________________ _________-822 Missouri River to Minneapolis, review of reports-------------813, 822 New Orleans, La., review of reports on intracoastal waterway to Corpus Christi, Tex 49, 722 6------------------------- New Orleans, La., to Apalachicola River, Fla., waterway_-------- 592 South Pass ------------------------------------------------ 601 1566 INDEX Mississippi River-Continued. Examinations and surveys-Continued. Page To intracoastal waterway__ ___ _________------------- 649 Waterway to Cumberland Sound, Ga___________--_--__-------- 454 Waterway to intracoastal waterway via Bayou Manchac------- 649 Waterway to Lake Michigan__________________--------- 891, 1105 Experiment station___ ---------------------------------------- 1452 Flood control, emergency work on tributaries------------------- 1445 Gaging, including tributaries, at or near St. Paul, Minn_ ---------- 818 Improvements: Baton Rouge to New Orleans, La ______ 02 6_____ Cubits Gap to Head of Passes____________--------------------- 593 Hastings Lock and Dam--___ __________--- 782 Head of Passes to Ohio River (Mississippi River Commission)__ 1445 Illinois River to Minneapolis, Minn------------------------- 782 Le Claire Canal and Lock-------------------------------- 782 Leech Lake and Mississippi River ---- _ ---------------------- 814 Minneapolis to mouth of Wisconsin River ______----___---- 782 Missouri River to Clarksville, Mo-------------------------- 782 Missouri River to Minneapolis_________------------------- 782 Missouri River to Ohio River____ ___ _______-------------770 New Orleans, La., to Corpus Christi, Tex., intracoastal water- way -------------------------------------------- 620, 657 Twin City Lock and Dam_ -------------------------------- 782 Passes: Head of, to Ohio River________----- -------------------- 1445 South Pass_--- ------------------------ 598 Southwest Pass, including shoals between Cubits Gap and Head of Passes ----------------------------------- 593 Reservoir dams at headwaters_______--------------------- 814 Sabine River, waterway to______--------- - -------------- 620 Wisconsin River to Illinois River----------------------- 782 Levees, Head of Passes to Cape Girardeau, Mo------------------ 1490 Mapping alluvial valley__ ____--------------------- 1471 Operating and care: Hastings Lock and Dam __- __-------------------------803 Illinois and Mississippi Canal ________--- ----------------- 807 Keokuk Lock and Dam_ ------------------------------- 803 Le Claire Canal, Iowa___----- __ ---------------------- 803 Locks and dams above the Missouri River-______-- -___-__- - 803 Moline, Ill., lock and dam at ------------------------------ 803 Reservoir dams at headwaters----------------------------817 Snag and dredge boats above Missouri River---------------- 805 Snag boats below Missouri River___ ___________ ____- ___ 778 Twin City Lock and Dam-___----------- ---------------- 803 Removing wrecks__----------------------- 1481 Mississippi River Commission: Flood protection by 1---___------------- 1445 Improvement of Mississippi River by Report of President____---------------- _____ - - - -_______----__ - -1445 1466 Mississippi Sound, Miss. and Ala.: Gulfport Ship Island Channel and Ship Island Pass, improvement_-_ 582 Improvement of channel to Mobile Bay _____ - _____------ - - 555 Mississippi, State of, removal of water hyacinths from waters of .. - _ 588, 645 Mississippi Valley Flood Control, review of reports ________________649 Missouri River: Examinations and surveys-______ _______--__-__-___ __ 850 Improvement : At Fort Peck, Mont------------------------------------ 841 At Niobara, Nebr., and Yankton, S. Dak., flood control--------- 850 Contributions from private agencies for-__________--__-___ 824 General ------------------ --------------------------- 823 Hermann to the mouth 23 8------------------- Kansas City to mouth -823 Kansas City to Sioux City---- ----------__ 832 Sioux City to Fort Benton__-- -- - - - - - - 839 Mobile, Ala., engineering district-- - - -_ - - -- 530 INDEX 1567 Mobile Bay and Harbor, Ala.: Page Improvement of channel to Mississippi Sound ---------------------- 555 Improvement of harbor and bar________ _____________- -__ 563 Improvement of intracoastal waterway to New Orleans, La ----------- 555 Improvement of intracoastal waterway to Pensacola Bay, Fla-.... 553 ----------------------------------------------- Review of reports_________ 592 Mobile River, Ala., removing the water hyacinths in river and tributaries _ 588 Mokelumne River, Calif.: Examination for flood control-______- _ 1296 Improvement ________ ___ __1284 Moline Harbor, Ill.: Improvement of Mississippi River between Wisconsin River and Illi- nois River---------------------------------- ----- 782 Operating and care of lock 03 8------------------- Monongahela River, W. Va. and Pa.: Examination for flood control -------------- 954 Improvement _ -- 936 Operating and care of locks and dams___ 940 Review of reports - 954 Monroe Bay and Creek, Va., improvement____________________________ 312 Monroe Harbor, Mich.: Improvement _ 1147 Review of reports-___ 1156 Monterey Harbor, Calif., improvement________________________ 1267 Morehead City Harbor, N. C., improvement :384 Mormon Channel, San Joaquin River, Calif., improvement______________ 1282 Morris Cove, New Haven Harbor, Conn., improvement 84 Morristown Harbor, N. Y., improvement__- __ 1236 Morro Bay, Calif., review of reports_______________________________ 1252 Mount Hope Bay, Mass., improvement.__-_____-__-_________-_ 66 Mount Sinai Harbor, N. Y., review of reports-______________________--189 Mouse River, N. Dak., examination for flood control____ _____________ 822 Mud Lake, Mermentau River, La., improvement 37 6------------------- Mulberry Creek, Va.: Improvement-------------------------------------------------- 312 Review of reports_ ________ 312 Murderkill River, Del., improvement____________ _--- -253 Muscle Shoals, Tennessee River, Ala.: Dam No. 2 (Wilson Dam), improvement and maintenance, including hydroelectric development____-______------__--------- -909,,911 Operating and care of canal-------------------------------------- 907 Operating and care of Lock and Dam No. 2 (Wilson Dam) 907 -------- Muskegon Harbor, Mich.: Improvement -------------------------------------------------- 1086 Review of reports----------------06---------------------------- Muskingum River, Ohio, operating and care of locks and dams ... . 955 Muskingum River Valley Reservoirs, Ohio, construction 9----------------95 Mystic River, Conn., improvement_--------------------- 100 1- Mystic River, Mass., improvement_ _______ _--------------- 57 N Nandua Creek, Va., improvement_...______- ___-___- -__-__- 293 Nansemond River, Va., improvement_ ____________----_--- 352 Nantasket Beach Channel, Boston Harbor, Mass., improvement-..__ 40 Nanticoke River (including Northwest Fork), Del. and Md., improvement__ :23 Nantucket Harbor and Sound, Mase.: Construction of harbor of refuge-------------------- ------------- 61 Improvement off: Cross Rip Shoals--------------------------------------------- 62 Pollock Rip Shoals----------- -------------------------------- 59 Review of reports on harbor 01 1-------------------- Napa River, Calif., improvement---------------------------- --------- 1274 Naoragansett Bay, R. I., improvement --------------------------------- 69 Narrows of Lake Champlain, N. Y. and Vt., improvement ------------ 183 Nashville, Tenn., engineering district --------------- -- --- 891 91536--mNG 1934-99 1568 INDEX Page Natalbany River, La., improvement__________________________ _____ 607 Navesink (North Branch of Shrewsbury) River, N. J., improvement ... 213 Navigable waters. See Bridges; Rivers and harbors; Wrecks; and Regulations. Navigation, Congresses of, Permanent International Association -___--_ 1512 Navigation, surveys for 1-------------------- Nawiliwili Harbor, Hawaii, improvement ----------------------- 1408 Neah Bay, Wash., examination and survey----------------------- 1399 Neches River, Tex.: Improvement of Sabine-Neches Canal____________------- -650 ___ Review of reports on Sabine Neches waterway, Tex _ 22 7____________ Neebish Channels, St. Marys River, Mich., improvement--------------- 1106 Nehalem Bay, Oreg., improvement ______-___________________ 1354 Neponset River, Mass.: Improvement ---------------------------------------------- 57 Review of reports ------------------------------------------. 58 Nezpique Bayou, La., improvement .___._________________- _____ 637 Neuse River, N. C.: Examination and survey_____------ ____ _______ __--_ 402 Improvement___ --------------------------------- ------- 362 Newark Bay., N. J., improvement_ __________--______ - __ 190 New Bedford Harbor, Mass.: Improvement---------- ------------------------------ 64 Review of reports ------------------------------------------ 101 Newburyport Harbor, Mass., improvement____________________________ 57 New Hampshire coast, examination between Rye Beach and Fox Head Point- 58 New Haven Harbor, Conn., improvement by dredging, etc_ 84 New Jersey and New York Channels: -- Examination and survey-_------------------------ 219 Improvement__--_,___-_____ -193 New Jersey-Staten Island Channels, N. Y. and N. J., improvement --- __ 193 New London Harbor, Conn.: Improvement ------------------ --- 75 Review of reports-- ---------------------------------------- 101 New Orleans, La.: Engineering district--- ----------- ------------------------- 592 Examination and survey of waterway to the Apalachicola River, Fla_ 592 Improvement of intracoastal waterway in Louisiana and Texas, ex- tending to Corpus Christi, Tex_________--___---------------- 620, 657 Improvement of intracoastal waterway to Mobile Bay, Ala-------- 555 Inprovement of Mississippi River to Baton Rouge, La____________ 602 Review of reports on intracoastal waterway to Corpus Christi, Tex_ 649 Newport Bay, Calif.: Improvement__ ------------------- _ __ _ 1241 Review of reports --------------------------------- -- 1252 Newport Harbor, R. I., improvement______________________----_ 100 Newport News, Va., improvement of channels to _________________---320 Newport River, N. C., improvement of waterway between Beaufort and New River--- ------ --------------------------------------- 375 New River, Fla.: Improvement of intracoastal waterway, Jacksonville to Miami, Fla., via__---------------------------------------------------- 469 Review of reports ------------------------------ ---- 529 New River, N. C.: Examination and survey-----------------------------------402 Improvement----- ----------------------------------------- 375 Improvement of waterway to Swansboro and Beaufort______________ 375 New Rochelle Harbor, N. Y., improvement-- ___- __ ____-____-- 105 Newtown Creek, N. Y., improvement----------------------------- 152 New York and New Jersey Channels: Examination and survey------------------------------------ 219 Improvement ----------------------------------- 19 New York Bay and Harbor, N. Y.: Ambrose Channel, improvement_- -_ - - __--- 128 Anchorage Channel, improvement____ 128 INDEX 1569 New York Bay and Harbor, N. Y.-Continued. Page Arthur Kill, improvement ----------------------------------- 198 Battery, the removal of shoal in Hudson River off Pier A---------- 157 Bay Ridge Channel, improvement ----------------------------- 134 Bayside Channel, improvement ____-- ___-------------__ 128 Bronx River, improvement ------------------ -- -------------- 107 Buttermilk Channel, improvement _________________________ 139 Channel, Staten Island-Hoffman and Swinburne Islands----------- 128 Coenties Reef, removal-- ----__________ _ _-----__ - - 144 Coney Island Channel, improvement ---------------------------- 133 Craven Shoal, improvement-- - -- - __________---__ 128 Drift, collection and removal ___________ 65, 1517 1______ East (Ambrose) Channel, improvement ______________________ __ 128 East Chester Creek, improvement -___ - __- 1___________- 188 East River, N. Y.: Improvement, including Coenties Reef----------------------- 144 Review of reports --------------------------------------- 189 Examination and surveys_____________________ __-__-__ 189, 219 Flushing Bay, improvement _________ -___ -_ 109 Gedney Channel, improvement- - -- __________________________ 128 Gowanus Creek Channel, improvement_ ___- --- ---- __ __-143 Great Kills, Staten Island, improvement-- - - _______-- - __ _- 202 Harlem River, improvement ______________________ - ___ 155 Hell Gate, East River, improvement_ ____-._______________- - 144 Hudson River Channel, improvement________________________- - 157 Hutchinson River (East Chester Creek), improvement___ __-- -__ 188 Intracoastal waterway to Delaware River, examination and survey__ 219 Kill Van Kull, improvement___________________________ 193 Main Ship Channel, improvement----------------------------- 128 Narrows to the sea, improvement __ __________-- -______- 128 New Jersey-Staten Island Channels, improvement _- -- __- ____- 193 Newtown Creek, N. Y., improvement_ _______-----------__- 152 North (Hudson) River, improvement_ .... ____ ___-______ - 174 Oil pollution, New York Harbor________--_ 1517 Red Hook Channel, improvement________ ___ 18134 Shooters Island Channel, improvement_ - ______ -- ___-__-___ - 193 Staten Island-Hoffman Island-Swinburne Island Channel------------ 128 Staten Island-New Jersey Channels, improvement ____- _______ _ 193 Staten Island Sound, improvement ________-___-___- - - -_____ 193 Supervision, to prevent destructive or injurious deposits----------1517 New York engineering districts: First 01 1------------------- Second ------------------------------------- - 189 New York State canals, surveys and charting of natural navigable waters ---------------------------------------------------- 1529 Nezpique Bayou, La., improvement- - - - - - - - - 637 Niagara Falls: Preservation of Falls and permits for water-power diversions -- ___ 1534 Supervision for the Federal Power Commission-________ - ___ 1514 Supervision of power companies ________ -__ -__________- _- 1534 Niagara River, N. Y.: Black Rock Channel and Tonawanda Harbor, improvement---------- 1206 -------------------------------- Buffalo Harbor, improvement_______ 199 Control and regulation of water of, and preservation of the Falls.... 1534 Improvement --------------------------------------------- 1212 Supervision of power companies at the Falls-------------------- 1534 Surveys, etc _______ ____________________ - -___-1534 Nicaraguan Canal, survey-___________________ 1513 Nicolet Lake (Hay Lake) Channel, St. Marys River, Mich., improve- ments ---------------------------------------------------- 1106 Nitrate plants, Muscle Shoals, Tennessee River---------------------- 909 Nolin River, Ky., improvement of Green River, Ky_ __ 982 Nome Harbor, Alaska: Improvement -_____ - 1390 Review of reports 1399 Nomini Creek, Va., improvement_ ---------- 312 Nooksack River., Wash., examinations .... 1399 1570 INDEX Norfolk Harbor, Va.: Page Examinations and surveys------ ---------------------------------- 353 General improvement, including main channel of Elizabeth River and portions of southern, eastern, and western branches ---------- 313 Improvement of channels to Newport News -- 320 Improvement of Scotts Creek, Va__ _ _ - --- ---- 313 Improvement of Thimble Shoal__ _---- ------- -318 Improvement of waterway to Beaufort Inlet --------------------- 334 Improvement of waterway to sounds of North Carolina (to Pamlico Sound) via Pasquotank River .....-- - -- 331 Operating and care of waterways to Beaufort Inlet, N. C. ------- 339 Review of reports -------------------------- 353 Norfolk, Va., engineering district------------------------------------- 313 North Carolina sounds : Examination and survey of waterway to Norfolk, Va 353 Improvement of waterway to Norfolk, Va--------------------------331 Northeast River, N. C., improvement---------------------------------- 396 North Edisto River, S. C., improvement of waterway via--- 425 Northern and northwestern lakes: Channels in waters connecting Great Lakes, improvement---------- 1106 Discharge ______________________ 1528 Elevation_- - - - 1528 Surveys, charts, etc- _ - _ 1528 Water levels. ------------------- 1531 North Fork, Canadian River, Tex. and Okla., examination with a view to control of the floods -------------------------------------------- 770 North (Hudson) River, N. Y., improvement---------------------------- 174 Norwalk Harbor, Cann., improvement ----------- 95 Norwich Harbor, Conn., improvement of Thames River _, 77 ------------------------------------ Noyo River, Calif., improvement_ 1269 Oak Bay to Port Townsend Bay, Wash., waterway, improvement-_--- 1398 Oakland Harbor, Calif.: Improvement -- --------- 1257 Review of reports__ --------------- 1275 Obion River, Tenn., review of reports ------------ 770 Occohannock Creek, Va., improvement ------------ 293 Occoquan Creek, Va., improvement-----------------------------------300 Ocean City Inlet, Md., improvement-- -------------------------------- 288 Ocmulgee River, Ga.: Examination and survey ----------------------------------------- 454 Improvement--------------------------------------------------- 441 Oconee River, Ga.: Examination and survey-----------------------------------------454 Improvement --------------------------------------------------- 441 Oconto Harbor, Wis.: Improvement ----------------------------------------------- 1105 Review of reports--------------------------------------------- 106 Offatts Bayou, Tex., examination and survey ---------------------------- 722 Ogdensburg Harbor, N. Y., improvement ------------------------------ 1231 Ogeechee River, Ga., examination and survey-------------------------- 454 Ogunquit Harbor, Maine, examination --------------------------------- 58 Ohio River : Dashields Dam, Pa.: Construction ------------------------------------------------ 914 Operating and care-------------__----------------------------- 925 Emsworth Dam, Pa., operating and care-------------------------- 925 Examinations and surveys of waterways to Lakes Erie and Michi- gan --------------------------------- 954 Examination and survey of Miami and Erie Canal, etc------------ 954 Falls at Louisville, Ky., improvement at-------------------------- 914 General improvement (open-channel work) ----------------- 927 Locks and dams, construction____- --------- 914 Locks and dams, operating and care_---------------------- 925 INDEX 1571 Ohio River-Continued. Page Louisville and Portland Canal, Ky., enlargement______ ----------- 914 Louisville and Portland Canal, Ky., operating and care------------ 925 Montgomery Island Dam, construction_________________________------------------- 914 Snag boats, operation-------------------------------------- 934 Okeechobee Lake drainage areas: Improvement ------------ ------------------------------ 496 Review of reports -- ---------------------------------------- 529 Oklawaha River, Fla.: Improvement __-_____ __-- 465 Operating and care of lock and dam at Moss Bluff, Fla----------- 468 Review of reports on waterway to Kissimmee__________-----------_ 530 Oldmans Creek, N. J., improvement___ _____________________------------272 Old River, Fla. and Ala., improvement of intercoastal waterway via __- 553 Old River (present mouth of Red River), La., removing snags and wrecks--------------------------------------- 778 Old River, Wash., improvement_ --------------------------------- 1383 Olympia Harbor, Wash.: Improvement ----------------------------------------- -- 1369 Review of reports_____________ ----------------------------------------- 1399 Omaha, Nebr., engineering district______ __--______- --------- 822 Onancock River, Va., improvement ________ _________- -__ 293 Ontario Lake: Channels in waters connecting Great Lakes, improvement----------1106 Discharge ----------------------------------------------- 528 Improvement of St. Lawrence River to Ogdensburg, N. Y --------- 1230 Surveys, charts, etceeeee _1528 ._eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee Water levels -------------------------------------------- 15,28 Ontonagon Harbor and River, Mich., improvement-___ ___-------_10,10 Orange River, Fla., improvement______________________________-- 529 Osage River, Mo.: Improvement ---------------------------------------------- 846 Operating and care of lock and dam_____________________________ 847 Oswego Harbor, N. Y.: Improvement 1-------------------- Review of Review reports_.....___ of-report ... __. ----------------------------------------- ... 1237 13 Otter Creek, Vt.: Improvement-------- ---------------------------------- 188 Ouachita River, Ark. and La.: Improvement- ---- - _ 728 Operating and care of locks and dams------------------------- 732 Review of reports --------------------------------------- 750 Oyster, Va., examination and survey of channel to Atlantic Ocean.... 294 P Pagan River, Va., improvement ---------------------------------- 330 Paint Rock River, Ala., examination for flood control-....______---- 914 Pamlico River, N. C., improvement ____________________ _---__ 357 Pamlico Sound, N. C.: Improvement of waterway to Beaufort Harbor -_________ ____--- 372 Improvement of waterway to Beaufort Inlet_____ _ ____________ 334 Improvement of waterway to Norfolk, Va____________-_____--- 331 Pamunkey River, Va., improvement_ __ ____----------------- 309 Panama Canal, survey__________ -- _________________ 1513 Pascagoula Harbor and River, Miss.: Improvement of harbor______________ ----------- __ _- 580 Improvement of river above mouth of Dog River_________________ 591 Pasquotank River, Va., improvement of waterway via________________ 331 Passaic River, N. J., improvement -------------------------- 190 Pass Cavallo, Tex., improvement of channel to Port Lavaca____________ 702 Pass Manchac, La.: Examination of waterway via________________________________ 620, 649 Improvement -------- _ -------------------------------------- 648 Patapsco River, Md., improvement of Baltimore Harbor and Channels__ 274 _ Patuxent River, Md., improvement-..--- - - - - -- - 312 1572 INDEX Pawcatuck River, R. I. and Conn.: Page Improvement ______----------------------------------- 100 Review of reports-------------__ ---------------------------- 101 Pawtucket (Seekonk) River, R. I., improvement-....... 71 Peace River and Creek, Fla., improvement of creek______ ------ ___-508 Pearl River, Miss.: Examination and survey ________________________--___ 592 Improvement of East Pearl River ___________-________ - - 591 Peconic River, N. Y., improvement -------------------------------- 188 Peedee, Great, River, S. C., improvement__________----_______ _ 408 Peekskill Harbor, N. Y., improvement------------------------------ 169 Penobscot River, Maine, improvement --------------------------- 57 Pensacola Bay and Harbor, Fla.: Examinations and surveys --------------------- 592 Improvement of harbor____________-- __________- __________ 549 Improvement of intracoastal waterway from bay to Mobile Bay, Ala_ 553 Pensaukee Harbor, Wis., review of reports-------------------------1106 Pentwater Harbor, Mich.: Improvement ____-- _ __----_- --------- 1091 Review of reports---- ---------------------------------- 1106 Perdido Bay, Fla. and Ala., improvement of intracoastal waterway via__ 553 Pere Marquette Lake, Ludington Harbor, Mich., improvement----------1093 Perkins Cove, Maine, examination--------------------------------- 58 Permanent International Association of Congresses of Navigation ------- 151.2 Permits : For construction of bridges ----------------- 1----515 For diversion of water from Niagara River, N. Y_________ ______ 1534 For private structures and operations in navigable waters --------- 1515 Perquimans River, N. C., improvement____-_________________ 352 Petaluma Creek, Calif.: Improvement --------------------------------------------- 274 Review of reports------------ 1275 Petersburg, Va., improvement of Appomattox River ____________--__ 328 Petit Anse Bayou, La., improvement_________________---_ 635 Petoskey Harbor, Mich., improvement __ - ___-----------1105 Philadelphia, Pa.: Engineering district--------------------------------------- 219 Improvement of Delaware River at_______________________ 220, 226, 234 Pierhead lines, establishment ----------------------------------- 1515 Piers, permits for construction ______________ - 1515 Pigeon Bayous, La., improvement ____ ____ - - - - 611 Pigeon (Little) and French Broad Rivers, Tenn., improvement ---------- 913 Pine Bluff, Ark., improvement of Arkansas River at_---______ 751 Pine River Reservoir, Minn.: Construction--------- ------------------------ 814 Operation and care_____--------------------------------------- 817 Pithlachascotee River, Fla., review of reports _____--.------------- 530 Pittsburgh, Pa., engineering district------------------------------- 935 Plaquemine Bayou, La.: Improvement of intracoastal waterway via_______-------------- 620 Operating and care of lock and dam in _______________________ 618 Review of reports6------------------------------------------ 49 Plaquemine Brule Bayou, La., improvement ________-_____________ 648 Plattsburg Harbor, N. Y., improvement __- ______- - __.... ________ 188 Plymouth Harbor, Mass., improvement ----------------------------- 46 Pocomoke River, Md.: Examination and survey _____-__-_- ______- ______- 294 Improvement--- ------------------------------------------- 293 Point Austin Harbor, Mich., examination and survey_----------- 1156 Point Isabel, Tex.: Examination and survey of waterway to Corpus Christi, Tex Improvement of Brazos Island Harbor__------------------ -------- 722 - 710 Point Judith, R. I., harbor of refuge, improvement------------------- 100 Point Lookout, Mich., examination and survey- --------- 1156 Pokegama Reservoir, Minn.: Cohitruction_ _._--_---------_----------- 814 Operating and care --------------- ------- 817 INDEX 1573 Page Pollock Rip Channel, Mass., improvement ------------------------ 59 Pollution of navigable waters, New York Harbor-------------------1517 Poison Bay, Flathead Lake, Mont., improvement ------------------- 1398 Ponce Harbor, P. R., improvement------------------ 1424 Ponchatoula River, La., improvement of Tickfaw River 607 Pontchartrain Lake, La.: Examination and survey of waterway via__ ________________----649 Improvement_________________. 555 -_________ Poquonock River, Conn., improvement-- ------------------------ 92 Portage Canal, Wis., examination of waterway via 1105 Portage Creek, Ala., improvement of intracoastal waterway via-------- 553 Portage Lake harbor of refuge, Mich., improvement_________--------- 1098 Port Alexander, Alaska, improvement_________-- ____-__---------- 1398 Port Allen, Hawaii, improvement at_____________________---------1410 Port Aransas, Tex.: Improvement --------------------------------------------- 703 Improvement of Harbor Island Basin-------------------------- 703 Review of reports ----------------------------------------- 721 Port Arthur Canal, Tex.: Improvement ------------------------------------------- 650 Review of reports ------------------------------------- 722 Port Bolivar, Tex., improvement of channel to -------------------- 676 Port Chester Harbor, N. Y., improvement ____ ___________ 1_____-- 102 Port Clinton Harbor, Ohio, improvement ------------------------- 1156 Port Everglades, Fla.: Improvement------- -------------------------------------- 484 Review of reports ---- __-- - ------- 529 Port Gamble Harbor, Wash., improvement ----------- 1398 Port Henry Harbor, N. Y., improvement---------------------------188 Port Huron, Mich., improvement of Black River at__________________ 1143 Port Jefferson Harbor, N. Y., improvement ______ _______- _____- 188 Portland and Louisville Canal, Ky.: Enlargement ---------------------------------------------- 914 Operating, and care----------------------------------------925 Portland Harbor, Maine: Examination along the water front of South Portland------------ 58 Improvement __ ------------- _ 31 Portland, Oreg., engineering district__________-_____--_-_-_____-__ 1296 Port Lavaca, Tex., improvement of channel to Pass Cavallo ------------ 02 Port Orford Harbor, Oreg., examination and survey-----------------1354 Port series reports-----------------------------_ 28 Portsmouth Harbor, N. H., improvement _______-------------------- 57 Port Townsend Bay to Oak Bay, Wash., waterway improvement ---- _ 1398 Port ,Washington Harbor, Wis., improvement_____-------------------- 1060 Port Watsonville Harbor, Calif., review of reports ------------------ 1275 Port Wing Harbor, Wis., improvement------------ --------- 1026 Potomac River: Improvement at Alexandria, Va_________----___________ __ 297 Improvement at Washington, D. C___-------- ____________ ___ 295 Improvement below Washington, D. C-------------------------298 Review of reports ------------------------------------------ 312 Power companies at Niagara Falls, N. Y., supervision of_____________ 1534 Power, water : --- Niagara River, N. Y., control and regulation_______________________ 1534 Surveys for --------------------------------- 1424 Presque Isle Harbor, Marquette, Mich., improvement__________________ 1015 Presque Isle Peninsula, Erie, Pa., improvement- - -1194 Private structures and operations in navigable waters, permits for ----- 1515 Providence Harbor and River, R. I.: Improvement ----------- ------- ---- 69 Improvement of Pawtucket (Seekonk) River_____________________ 71 Removal of Green Jacket Shoal ____________________________ Providence, R. I., engineering district____ -- -- -- -_ - 58 69 Provincetown Harbor, Mass., improvement- -- 57 Public Works program, works included to October 15, 1934--_ ---- - 5 1574 INDEX Puerto Rico: Page Construction of roads and bridges-------------------------------- 1420 Engineering district_--------------------------------------------_ 1415 Improvement of San Juan Harbor--------------------------------1415 Reclamation of swamp areas------------------------------------- 1422 Puget Sound, Wash.: Improvement of, and tributaries.__ 1368 Improvement of Lake Washington Canal---------------- 1378 Operating and care of Lake Washington Canal 1382 Review of reports------------------------------------- 1398 Pultneyville Harbor, N. Y., improvement___ 1219 Pungo River, N. C., improvement of Bellhaven Harbor__ 355 Pungoteague Creek, Va., review of reports----------------------------- 294 Purchase or condemnation of easements, Lake of the Woods, Warroad River, and Rainy River ---------------------------------- 1534 Purification of water supply at Washington, D. C-- 1524 Puyallup River, Wash., improvement of Tacoma Harbor-- 1372 Q Quantities of work done---------------------------------------------- 4 Queenstown Harbor, Md., improvement ---- 293 Queue de Tortue Bayou, La., improvemen-_ 648 Quillayute River, Wash., improvement---------------------- 1366 Quinby Creek, Va., review of reports_- -- 294 Quinnipiac River, New Haven, Conn., improvement 84 R Raccoon Creek, N. J., improvement ------------- 272 Racine Harbor, Wis.: Improvement -------------------------------------------------- 1070 Review of reports ---------------------------------------------- 1106 Rahway River, N. J.: Improvement ------------------- 218 Examination and survey-- 219 Rainy Lake reference, investigations for International Joint Commission_ 1540 Rainy River, survey operations----------------------------------1528, 1541 Raisin River, Mich., improvement of Monroe Harbor _ 1147 Rappahannock River, Va., improvement-------------------------------- 301 Raritan Bay and River, N. J.: Examination and survey of channel to Arthur Kill-- 219 Improvement of channel to Arthur Kill----------------------------198 Improvement of bay---------------------------------------------193 Improvement of river -_ 203 Review of reports --------------------------------------- 219 Red Hook Channel, New York Harbor, N. Y., improvement -------------- 134 Red River, La., Ark., Tex., and Okla.: Cypress Bayou and lakes to Jefferson, Tex., improvement --- 726- 750, 1511 Ex4minations and surveys----------------------------------- Improvement below Fulton, Ark_---------------------------------- '723 Improvement from Fulton, Ark., to mouth of Washita River, Okla___ 750 _ Jefferson-Shreveport waterway improvement ------------------- 726 Rectification of mouth by Mississippi River Commission_ - 1445 Redwood Creek, Calif., improvement _______-________ 1274. Regulations and rules: For anchorage grounds__________________ 1515 For navigable waters ------ 1-------------------- 1515 For opening of drawbridges 1515 Rehoboth Bay, Del., waterway to Delaware Bay: Improvement ---------- 272 Review of reports ---------------------------------- 273 Reservoirs: Mississippi River headwaters: Construction------ 814 Operating and care __---_--- - - - -- - - -817 Tidal Reservoir, Potomac River, D. C-----------__ 295 Washington Aqueduct, D. C---- -- 1524 Richelieu River, soundings and topography--- 1528 INDEX 1575 Richmond Harbor, Calif.: Page Improvement --- __ _---------- 1261 Review of reports--_ -____---- -------- __-________ 1275 Richmond Harbor, Va., improvement of James River---- ---------- 321 Rigolets, the, La., examination 649 Rio Grande, Tex., flood control ------------- 720 Rivers and harbors: Abandonment and curtailment of projects--- -- 1515 Advanced funds for improvement of 9 Allotments under War Department Appropriation Act of Feb. 23, 1931 ____ __-------- -- 15 Allotments under War Department Appropriation Act of July 14, 1932 ____ ___ __ __ 15 .Allotments under Emergency Relief and Construction Act of July 21, 1932_ __ - _, -__ - -- 17 Allotments under War Department Appropriation Act of Mar. 4, 1933 ____ -__ _ -- 18 Allotments and transfers under War Department Appropriation Act of Apr. 26, 1934 ------------------------------------------------ 22 Appropriations for operations during the past year --- - 8 Board of engineers for__ 27 Bridges, construction and alteration__ 1515 Bridges, regulations for opening of draws 1515 'Contributed funds for improvement of ___11 Estimate of appropriations for-.... 27 Expenditures during the past year_ 10 HIarbor lines, establishment-------------------------------------- 1516 Public Works program on Oct. 15, 1933 5 Regulations for establishment of anchorage grounds _ 1515 Regulations for opening of drawbridges____ 1515 :Structures other than bridges, permits for erection _ 1515 Works included in Public Works program to Oct. 15, 1933......... 5 Roanoke River, N. C., improvement -------- 344 Rochester (Charlotte) Harbor, N. Y., improvement__ 1216 Rockhole Creek and Herring Bay, Md., improvement__ 293 Rock Island, Ill., engineering district -- 805 Rockland Harbor, Maine, improvement 57 Rockport Harbor, Mass., improvement - 57 Rockport, Tex., review of reports 721 Rock River, Ill. and Wis.: Examinations and surveys-- 813 Illinois and Mississippi Canal, operating and care 807 Operating snag boats and dredge boats-----------------------------805 Rondout Harbor, N. Y., improvement_ 171 Root River, Wis., improvement of Racine Harbor-..... 1070 Rouge River, Mich.: Improvement ---------------- 1145 Review of reports------------------------------- ----- 1156 Rough River, Ky., operating and care of lock and dam__________________ 990 Round Island, Mich., to Mackinac Island, Mich., channel, improvement__ 1116 Round Lake, Charlevoix, Mich., improvement--------------------------- 1102 Rouses Point, Lake Champlain, N. Y., improvement-------------------- 188 Royal River, Maine, examination in vicinity of------------------------ 58 Rules and'regulations : For anchorage grounds------------------------------------------ 1515 For opening of drawbridges-------------------------------------- 1515 Russell Creek, S. C., examination and survey-------------------------- 428 Rye Beach and Fox Head Point, examination of coast of New Hamp- shire between----------------------------------------------------- 58 Rye Harbor, N. H., examination -- ------------------------------------- 58 S Sabine-Neches Canal, Tex.: Contributions for improvement --------------------------- 652 Improvement- 6------------------ Review of reports--------------------- --- 722 1576 INDEX Sabine River, La. and Tex.: Page Improvement of intracoastal waterway to Corpus Christi, Tex .--... 657 Improvement of intracoastal waterway to New Orleans, La________ 620 _ Improvement of Sabine-Neches Canal_________--- --------- 650 Improvement of Sabine Pass Harbor6--------------- 50 Improvement of waterway to Calcasieu River, La------------ -- 620 Improvement of waterway to Mermentau River, La 620 Review of reports------------------------------------- ------ 722 Sackets Harbor, N. Y.: Improvement--------------------------------------------------- 1236 Review of reports 1237 Saco River, Maine: Improvement ----------------------------------------------- 57 Review of reports ------------------------------------------- 58 Sacramento,.Calif., engineering district-------------------------------1275 Sacramento River, Calif.: Flood control by California Debris Commission- 1435 Hydraulic mining---------------------------- ------- 1429 Improvement ---------------------------------------------- 1286, 1435 Removal of debris by California Debris Commission ________--___- 1435 Review of reports---------------------------------------------- 1296 Sag Channel, Ill., examination and survey---------------------------891 Sag Harbor, N. Y.: Improvement------- Review of reports--- ----------------------------------- --------------------------------------- 189 188 Saginaw River, Mich.: Improvement--- -------------------------------------- 1139 Review of reports_____________ ___________________ 1156 St. Andrews Bay, Fla.: Improvement of bay ---------------------------------------- 541 Improvement of channel to Apalachicola River 539 St. Augustine Harbor, Fla., review of reports________ 5______5______ 30. St. Clair Flats Canal, Lake, and River, Mich.: Gages --------------------------------------------------------- 531 Improvement of channels in Lake St. Clair__-- -------------- 1123 Improvement of channels in waters connecting the Great Lakes ... 1106 Improvement of St. Clair River------------------------------1117 St. Croix River, Maine, and New Brunswick, operations of International Board of Control ------------------------------------------- 1534 St. Croix River, Maine, improvement ------------------------- 57 St. Croix River, Wis. and Minn.: Improvement-- -------------------------------------------- 819 Operating snag boats and dredge boats------------------------805 St. Denis Bayou, La., improvement_________________________609 St. Francis River, Ark., improvement____-- __ 761 St. Jerome Creek, Md., improvement-- __ __ ___________ -_ 312 St. Johns River, Fla.: Examinations and surveys ---------------------------------- 530 Improvement between Jacksonville and Palatka, including Orange Mills Flats and Deep Creek---------------------------------529 Improvement between Palatka and Lake Harney_,----------____ 462 Improvement of intracoastal waterway, Jacksonville to Miami, via__ 460 Improvement, Jacksonville to the ocean_ 457 Improvement of waterway to Beaufort, S. C-----------------438, 455 Improvement of waterway to Cumberland Sound----------- 455 Review of reports on waterway to Indian River-------------------530 Review of reports, Jacksonville to Palatka----------------------530 St. Jones River, Del., improvement___________------______ 251 St. Joseph Harbor and River, Mich.: Improvement of harbor--------------_ 1074 Improvement of river ----------------------------------- 1105 Review of reports _ _ - ----------- 110.6 St. Josephs Bay, Fla., improvement of entrance ----------------- 5-- '91 St. Lawrence River: Board of control to control the operation of the St. Lawrence Power Co., near Massena, N. Y 1535 Improvement between Ogdensburg, N. Y., and Lake Ontario-- - -- 1230 Review of reports on waterway to the Great Lakes 1237 INDEX 1577 Page St. Louis, Mo., engineering district 7------------------- 70 St. Lucie Canal, Inlet, and River, Fla.: Improvement of canal and river 496 Improvement of inlet----- ---------------------------------- 529 St. Marks River, Fla., improvement_ 591 St. Marys River and St. Marys Falls Canal, Mich.: Channels and waters connecting the Great Lakes, improvement --- 1106 Improvement of river at the falls, including Hay Lake (Nicolet Lake) and Neebish Channels --------------------- 1106 Operating and care of canal -------------------------------- 1114 Surveys, etc 528 1------------------ St. Marys River, Ga. and Fla.: Examination and survey of waterway to proposed Gulf intra- coastal waterway ---------------------------------------- 454 Improvement --------------------------------------- 450 St. Paul, Minn.: Engineering district ------------------------------ 814 Gaging Mississippi River at------- --------------------------- 818 St. Petersburg Harbor, Fla.: Improvement ---------------------------------------------- 518 Review of reports--------------------------------- 530 Salem Harbor, Mass., improvement--------------------------------- 57 Salem River, N. J., improvement----------------------------------262 Saline River, Ark., improvement -- _-750 Saline River, Ill., review of reports -------------------------------- 993 Salliers Bay, N. C., examination and survey of waterway via------------ 402 Salmon Bay, Wash.: Improvement of Lake Washington Canal ___-- 1378 Operating and care of Lake Washington Canal .... 1382 Salmon Creek, N. Y., improvement of Pultneyville Harbor-----------__ 1219 Salmon River, Alaska, flood control _ _ ---------- _ 1396 Sampit River, S. C., improvement of Georgetown Harbor--------------- 78 San Antonio Bay, Tex., channel in, examination and survey------------- 722 San Carlos Bay, Fla., examination and survey of channel in------------- 530 San Diego Harbor, Calif: Examination and survey------------------------- -- 1252 Improvement ------------------------------------------ 237 Sandusky Harbor, Ohio, improvement_--- 1157 Sandy Hook, N. J., examination and survey------------------------219 Sandy Lake Reservoir, Minn.: Construction _____--------- 814 Operation and care-------------------------------------- 817 San Francisco Bay and Harbor, Calif.: Improvement of harbor ------------------------------------ 1252 Improvement of Oakland Harbor------------------------------ 1257 San Francisco, Calif., engineering district 1252 San Jacinto River, Tex., improvement of waterway via-----------------678 San Joaquin River, Calif.: Hydraulic mining ----------------------------------------- 1429 Improvement------------------------------- 1276 Improvement of Stockton and Mormon Channels----------------- 1282 Review of reports--------------- -- ---------------- 1296 Work of California Debris Commission 1-------------------- San Juan Harbor, P. R.: Improvement- ----------- -------------------- 1415 Review of reports-------------- ---------- ---------------- 1424 San Leandro Bay, Oakland Harbor, Calif., improvement---------------1257 San Luis Obispo Harbor, Calif., improvement------------------------ 1250 San Pablo Bay, Calif., improvement ------------------------------ 1264 San Rafael Creek, Calif., improvement-----------------------------_ 1274 Santa Bar ra lHabor, Calif., review of reports---------------------125. Santa Cruz Harbor, Calif., review of reports-----------------------1275 Santa Monica Harbor, Calif., review of reports-- ..... 1252 Santa Rosa, Fla., improvement of narrows in sound- 545 Santee River; S. C., improvement-------------__ 428 Sapelo Harbor, Ga-------------------- --------------- 454 1578 INDEX Sarasota Bay, Fla.: Page Improvement_----------------------------------------------------_ 510 Review of reports-----------------------------------------------530 Satilla River, Ga., improvement ....-_____---_______ ___ 449 Saugatuck Harbor, Mich., improvement 1079 Saugatuck River, Conn., improvement --------------------------------- 100 Saugerties Harbor, N. Y., improvement---------------------- 173 Saugus River, Mass.: Improvement of Lynn Harbor_ 37 Review of reports_ ---------------------------------- 58 Savannah, Ga., engineering district_-------- __---------- __ 428 .Savannah Harbor and River, Ga.: Examinations and surveys_---______ ------------------- 454 Improvement of harbor___------------------------------------------ 429 Improvement of river above Augusta____________________________ 454 Improvemenit of river at Augusta= 454 Improvement of river below Augusta__ _____ _________ 433 Improvement of waterway to Beaufort, S. C________---__ ______- 438 Improvement of waterway to Fernandina, Fla _________ 438 Saxman Harbor, Alaska, review of reports__ ____________ 1399 :Saybrook Harbor, Connecticut River, Conn., improvement ____________ 79 :Schooner Bayou, La., operating and care of lock------------------ 632 Schuylkill River, Pa., improvement 236 Scituate Harbor, Mass.: Improvement __ ____ 57 Review of reports-------------------------------------------- 58 Scott Point, Tennessee River, Ala., lock and dam at Hales Bar, operat- ing and care----------------------------------- 907 Scotts Creek, Va., improvement of Norfolk Harbor______________________ 313 Scuppernong River, N. C.: Improvement----------------------------------------------------346 Review of reports-- 353 3------------------- Seattle Harbor, Wash., improvement of Duwamish River and east and west waterways------------------------ ----------------------- 1376 Seattle, Wash., engineering district _________-__________________ 1355 Sebewaing Harbor and River, Mich., review of reports ____________ 1156 Seddon Island Channel, Fla., improvement of Tampa Harbor 11 5------------ Seekonk (Pawtucket) River, R. I., improvement ------------------------ 71 Seward, Alaska : Construction of harbor of refuge_ _______-___- --- _________-- 1389 Review of reports_ _----------- 1399 Shallotte River, N. C., improvement__________ ______________ 402 Shallowbag Bay, N. C., improvement ---------------------------------- 348 Shark River, N. J., review of reports ------------- 219 Shaws Cove, New London, Conn., improvement _______________-- - - -___ - 75 Sheboygan Harbor, Wis.: Improvement 1-------------------- Review of reports ------------------------------------------ 1106 Sheepshead Bay, N. Y., improvement___ ________________________ 188 Sheffield Island Harbor, Conn., improvement of Norwalk Harbor -------- 95 'Shell Reef Channel, N. Y., improvement--------------------------- 144 Shem Creek, S. C., examination and survey___________________________ 428 Shenango River, Pa., examination and survey 954 Ship Island Harbor and Pass, Miss., improvement of pass and channel to Gulfport_ ------------------------------------------------------- 582 Shipyard River, S. C.: Improvement -------------------------------------------------- 423 Review of reports---------------------------------------------- 428 shoal Harbor, N. J., improvement ------------------------------------- 211 Shooters Island Channel, N. Y. and N. J.: Examination and survey----------------------------------------- 219 Improvement 193 Shreveport, La., to Jefferson, Tex., improvement of waterway ---------- 726 Shrewsbury River, N. J.: Improvement --------------------------------------- __ 213 Review of reports------------------- 219 INDEX 1579 Page Siletz River, bar and entrance, Oreg., review of reports----------- Silver Lake Harbor, N. C----------------___ ---------------------- ---- 1354 361 Silver Springs Run, Fla., improvement---------------------------- 465 Sinepuxent Bay, Md., improvement ___________________----____ 288 Sinslaw River, Oreg.: -- Improvement ___________-- 1354 Review of reports------------------------------------------ 1354 Skagit River, Wash.: Examination for flood control- - -- 1399 Improvement __ ______ ___-______------ 139'8 Skamokawa Creek, Wash., improvement_ 1347 Skamokawa Slough, Wash., improvement ________- ______-___---- 1354 Skipanon Channel, Oreg., improvement .....- _-- 1316 Skykomish River, Wash., examination for flood control-----------------1399 Slack-water systems. See Canals and Waterways. Slaughter Creek, Md., improvement------------------------------- 293 Smith Creek, Md., improvement ---------------------------------- 312 Smiths Creek, N. C., improvement ----- 402 Smith River, Oreg., examination and survey________________ _____- 1354 Smith Creek, N. J., examination .---.-- 219 Smyrna River, Del., improvement------------------------------- 248 Snake River, Idaho, Oreg., and Wash.: Improvement _____ 1354 Review of reports --------------------- 1355 Snohomish River, Wash.: Examinations------------------------------- 1399 Improvement -------------------------- 1383 Improvement of Puget Sound and tributaries--------------------- 1368 Snoqualmie River, Wash.: Examination for flood control----------------------------------- 1399 Improvement of Puget Sound and tributaries -------- 1368 Socastee Creek, S. C., improvement of waterway via-------------------- 378 Soda Lake, La., improvement of waterway via ---------------- 726 South Chicago Harbor, Ill., improvement_ ___8______________-__----. 875 South Creek, N. C., review of reports______________________-___-- _ -- 402 South Edisto River, S. C., examination__------------------------ 428 Southern Branch, Elizabeth River, Va.: Examination and survey----------------------------------------- 353 Improvement of Norfolk Harbor_ - -________---_,- 313 South Haven Harbor, Mich.: Improvement -------------------------------------------------- 1077 Review of reports----------------------------------------------1106 South Pass, Mississippi River: Examination and surveys---------------------------------------- 601 Maintenance of channel----------------------------------------- 598 Southport Harbor, Conn.: Improvement --------------------------------------------------- 100 Review of reports-----------------------------------------------101 South River, N. C., improvement_ 360 South River, N. J., improvement -------------------------------------- 206 South Slough and Mill Creek, Ill., improvement_______________________ 811 Southwest Pass, Mississippi River, improvement, including shoals between Cubits Gap and Head of Passes, and dredge construction-------------- 593 Sparkill Creek, N. Y., examination and survey_______________________ 189 Sparkman Bay Channel, Fla., improvement of Tampa Harbor_ Spring Garden, Baltimore, Md., improvement of harbor at ---.......511 274 Squalicum Creek, improvement of Bellingham Harbor, Wash............ 1385 Stamford Harbor, Conn.: Improvement ---------------------------------------------------- 97 Review of reports _______ ___- ___101 Staten Island-New Jersey Channels, improvement------------- 193 Staten Island Sound (Arthur Kill), N. Y. and N. J., improvement------- 193 Steamboat Slough, Wash., improvement_ 1354 Steele Bayou, Miss.: Examination and survey------------_ ___ --- 750) Improvement_ _ __ _ _ __ 750 1580 INDEX Page Steinhatchee River, Fla., review of reports ____------------------- 530 Stilaguamish River, Wash., examination for flood control------------ 1399 Stillwater Harbor, Minn., improvement of St. Croix River _______- - 819 Stockton Channel, San Joaquin River, Calif., improvement---_______-- 1282 Stonington Harbor, Conn., improvement ________ ___ _______ 100 Stono River, S. C., improvement of waterway via__ ____________---_425 Structures in navigable waters, permits for private structures and opera- tions _1------------------ 515 Sturgeon Bay and Lake Michigan Ship Canal, Wis.: Improvement ------------------------- --- 1045 Review of reports- -_______------------- -- 1106 Suisun Bay Channel, Calif., improvement ___------ ---------- 1292 Suisun Channel, Calif., improvement_________________------------ 1294 Sunflower River (Big), Miss.: Examination and survey ------------------- 750 Improvement--- ----------------- ------------------- 744 Operating and care of lock and dam__---------------46 Sunken craft, removal of-------------------- ------------------ 1515 Superior-Duluth Harbor, Wis., improvement________________________ 999 Superior Lake: Board of control---- ------- ----------------------------- 1535 Channels in waters connecting Great Lakes, improvements___--- _ 1106 Discharge------------- ------------------------------------- 1528 Elevation--- ------------------------------------ 528 1--------- Surveys, charts, etc------------------- 528 1------------------- Water levels --- -- --- 1528 1----------------- Supervision of New York Harbor, N. Y., to prevent destructive or in- jurious deposits -------------------------------------------- 1517 Surface levels. 'ee, Water levels. Surveys: General statement regarding---------------------------------- 7 International boundary waters_ ___ ______________________-1529 Navigation, flood control, power, and irrigation ----__-___-__ 1424 Of northern and northwestern lakes _______________________ 1528 Susquehanna River, Pa. and Md.: Improvement above and below Havre de Grace, Md. 293 Review of reports --------- -------------- ___ ------ 294 Suwannee River, Fla., improvement------- ____ _ 529 Swan Quarter Bay, N. C., improvement of waterway from Deep Bay, N. C., to Bay ----------------------------------------------- 354 Swansboro, N. C., waterway to New River and Beaufort, improvement__ 375 Swift Creek, N. C., improvement--____----- .________ __________ 364 Swinomish Slough, Wash., improvement _____-____-- __ ______ ___ 1398 T Tacoma Harbor, Wash., improvement __________________________ 1372 Tallahatchie River, Miss., improvement 750 Tampa Bay and Harbor, Fla.: Improvement .. __ 511 Improvement of channel to Clearwater Harbor _______________ 520 Improvement of Hillsboro Bay and River ___________________ 511 Tangier Channel, Va.: Improvement--------- ---------------------------------- 285 Review of reports --------------- ----- 294 Tangier Sound, Va.: Examination and survey ______________________ 294 Review of reports on waterway to Chesapeake Bay via Ewell, Md___ 294 Tangipahoa River, La., improvement ____________________________ 606 Tar Bay, Md., review of reports _____________________________________ 294 Tar River, N. C.: Improvement ...... ______ __ 357 Review of reports --------- 402 Tarrytown Harbor, N. Y., improvement- -- _..167 Taunton River, Mass., improvement_ -- --- -- --- -_ 67 Taylor Creek, Fla., improvement _____-----------_-- - 496 INDEX 1581 Teche Bayou, La.: Page Improvement._--- ___-__.._______-615 -- Operating and care of Keystone Lock_______________________ __ 619 Operating and care of waterway to Mississippi River, Harvey Canals_ 629 Tennessee River : Above Chattanooga, improvement____________________________ 898 Below Riverton, Ala., improvement__--______ 898 Chattanooga to Riverton, improvement_..__-____________ - _ -898 Colbert Shoals Canal, operating and care_.____----__-__-__- 907 Dam No. 2, Muscle Shoals, improvement and maintenance, including hydroelectrical development_- -__--__ ______-------- 909, 911 Dam No. 2, Muscle Shoals, operating and care____________--_______ 907 Dam No. 2 to Florence Bridge, Ala.: Improvement of Dam No. 1--------------------------------898 Operating and care of Dam No. 1__--------------------------- 907 Examination and survey-- --------- __ - ___ - _ _- 592 -898 General Joe Wheeler Dam, improvement ____________________-- Hales Bar Lock and Dam, operating and care____________--______ 907 Muscle Shoals Canal, operating and care_ -____--- -____-______ 907 Muscle Shoals nitrate plant_- ----- __ -----------_____ Widows Bar Lock and Dam, operating and care -- _-------907 ___ __- 909 Tensas River, La., improvement ----------------------------------- 734 Terre au Boeuf Bayou and Delacroix Island, La., review of reports------ 649 Terrebonne Bayou, La., improvement ------------------------------- 648 Texas and Louisiana intracoastal waterway: Examination, Corpus Christi to the Rio Grande Valley ----- _ 722 Improvement, Mississippi River to Corpus Christi __________-620, 657 Review of reports --------------------------------------- 722 Texas City Harbor, Tex.: Improvement of channel to Galveston 72 6------------------- Review of reports on channel to Galveston_______--- ____----_ 722 Texas, State of, removal of water hyacinths from waters of__ 588, 645 Thames River, Conn.: Improvement-----------------------------------------------77 Review of reports ----------------------------------------- 101 Thimble Shoal, Chesapeake Bay, Va., improvement ________________318 Thomaston Harbor, Maine, improvement_ --- _- ---- - - -__ 30 Thoroughfare Bay with Cedar Bay, N. C., channel connecting, improve- ment ------------------------------------------------------ 369 Thunder Bay Harbor and River, Mich., improvement------------------ 1137 Tickfaw River, La., improvement of, including tributaries __----------- 607 Tigre Bayou, La., improvement______-------- -------- 635 Tilghman Island Harbor, Md., improvement __-.. ___-__-- --..- __ 293 Tillamook Bay, Bar, and entrance, Oreg.: Improvement of bay and bar 1__--------------- 1311 Review of reports ----------------------------------------- 1355 Tohopekaliga Lake, Fla., review of reports -------------------------- 530 Toledo Harbor, Ohio, improvement ----- ----- -1150 Tombigbee River, Ala., and Miss.: Demopolis, Ala., improvement below (construction of locks and dams) 568 Demopolis, Ala., to Walkers Bridge, Miss., improvement-...------ - 575 Operating and care of locks and dams- - ---------------------- 577 Review of reports ------------------------------------------ 592 Toms River, N. J., improvement___----________-------------- 272 Tonawanda Harbor, N. Y., improvement-__-_- - - -__ __-1206 Tongass Narrows, Alaska, review of reports----------------------- 1399 Towboats, experimental, for use on Mississippi River ----------------- 782 Tradewater River, Ky., improvement----------------------------- 993 Tred Avon River, Md., improvement------------------------------293 Trent River, N. C., improvement- ----------------- 367 Trinidad Bay, Calif., examination and survey----------------------1275 Trinity River, Tex. : Examination and surveys_________-- -- __-- ----- __- -- ___ 722 --- Improvement ____----------------- - 720 Improvement of mouth______--------- - _ 720 Review of reports_______--------- -_ 722 1582 INDEX Page. Troy Lock and Dam, Hudson River, N. Y., operating and care ----------- 182: Tuckahoe River, Md., improvement-----------------------_ 293. Tuckerton Creek, N. J., improvement _______-_______----- -- __ 272: Tug Fork, Big Sandy River, W. Va. and Ky.: Examination and survey ------------------------------------ 977 Improvement--- ---- -------------------------------------- 973 Operating and care of locks and dams -------------------------- 973: Turners Cut, N. C., improvement of waterways via__________ _____---331 Turtle Bayou, Tex.: Examination and survey--- __--_--_- _---__-- 722 Improvement --------------------------------------- ------ 720 Turtle Cove, Tex., improvement of waterway via--___ -______- __-- 700, Turtle River, Brunswick Harbor, Ga., improvement ---------------- __ 444 Twelvemile Bayou, La., improvement of waterway via----------------- 726: Twin City Lock and Dam, Mississippi River: Improvement----------------------------------------------78782' Improvement Operating and care ______________-----------__ 803: Twin Rivers, Wis., improvement of Two Rivers Harbor ____________-1052 Twitch Cove, Md., improvement 284 Two Rivers Harbor, Wis.: Improvement .... ______...___________ 1052: Review of reports _-- ------------------ 1106 Tyaskin Creek, Md., improvement _.___________________-------- 293 Tygart River Dam, W. Va., construction --------- 951 U Umpqua River, Oreg.: Examination and survey _______________- _____ ___-____ 1355 Improvement --------------------------------------------- 1304 Union Lake, Wash., improvement of waterways via _____________-_ 1378, Union River, Maine, improvement -------------------------------- 57 Upper Chipola River, Fla., improvement____________________--------------------- 538, Upper Machodoc Creek, Va., improvement------------------------- 312 Upper Thoroughfare, Deals Island, Md., improvement_________----------------- 282 Upper White River, Ark., operation of locks and dams_______________--764 Urbanna Creek, Va., improvement________________________-- 303" V Ventura Harbor, Calif., review of reports________________------------ 1252, Verdigris River, Okla., examination with a view to control of the, floodS__ 770 Vermilion Bay and River, La., improvement___ _____________________ 636 Improvement of intercoastal waterway via________________________ 620) Vermilion Bayou, La., improvement ____________---__- - -- 636, Vermilion Harbor, Ohio, improvement-___ ___-__ ___ _____ 1236 Vermilion Lock, La., operating and care ------------------------- _ 634 Vicksburg, Miss., engineering district----------------------------- 723; Vineyard Haven Harbor, Mass., improvement -------------- ---- 100. Virginia coast waterway improvement___ ______________ 293. Wabash River, Ind. and Ill.: Improvement___ _ _ _---------------------------------- ------------ 993: Operating and care of lock and dam at Grand Rapids_,_...---- _ 993 Waccamaw River, N. C. and S. C.: Improvement of river__ -------------------------------------- 406' Improvement of waterway via_________________ __T--------_ 378 Waddington Harbor, N. Y., improvement--------------------------___ 1236 Wadmelaw River, S. C., improvement of waterway via Waldo, Fla., review of reports on canal to Little Lake Santa Fe Wallabout Channel, N. Y., improvement _______________________ ___ - 425 530 188 Wappinger Creek, N. Y., improvement_______________________ 170 Wappoo Cut, S. C., improvement____ __-_ --- ----- - _ 425 Warren River, R. I., improvement ..................- 100. INDEX 1583 Warrior River, Ala.: Page Improvement ---------------------------------------------- 568 Operating and care of locks and dams on Black Warrior River ..--. 577 Review of reports---------------------------------------- 592 Warroad Harbor and River, Minn., improvement ______________ ___ 1022 Warwick River, Md., improvement ------------------------------- 293 Washington Bayou and Lake, Miss., improvement---- 750 Washington Canal, N. J., improvement------------ -------------- 206 Washington, D. C.: Anacostia Park-- ---------- ----------------------------- 520 Anacostia River, reclamation of flats -------------------------- 1520 Aqueduct, increasing water supply- ---- ---------------- 1524, 1527 Aqueduct, maintenance and repair- -__ __-- ------------------- 1524 Engineering district----------- ---------------------------- 294 Government buildings, consumption of water in__ ____ ___-----1524 Improvement of Potomac River at---------------------------- 295 Washington Lake, Miss., improvement __---__------- 750 Washington Lake, Wash.: Improvement of waterway to Puget Sound-___ __------ -------- 1378 Operating and care of waterway to Puget Sound-________--- 1382 Water consumption : District of Columbia-----_----------- ----------------------- 1524 Government buildings, District of Columbia----------- ------- 1524 Water hyacinths, removal of, from Florida, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisi- ana, and Texas waters------------------------------- 526, 588, 645 Water levels: Mississippi River and principal tributaries, gaging ______----- -__ 818 Northern and northwestern lakes, levels, etc--------------- 1531 Water power: Investigations for Federal Power Commission ___ ____--___ 1514 Niagara River, N. Y., control and regulation of--------------1514, 1535 Surveys for---- --------------------------------------- 1424 Tennessee River, Wilson (no. 2) Dam -------------------------- 909 Waters, navigable. See Bridges, Rivers and harbors, and Wrecks. Water supply, Washington, D. C----------------------- -- 1524 Waterways: See also Canals. Apalachicola River to St. Andrews Bay, Fla., improvement ------- _ 539 Beaufort, N. C.: Improvement of waterway to Cape Fear River, including water- way to Jacksonville, N. C----------------- -------- -- 375 Improvement of waterway to Pamlico Sound via Core Sound___ 372 Improvement of waterway to New River-------------------- 375 Beaufort, S. C., to St. Johns River, Fla., improvement --------- 438, 455 Beaufort to Jacksonville, N. C., improvement - __- ______- 375 Cape Cod Canal, Mass., improvement_____-- -- ___ ___-- 48 Cape Fear River, N. C., to Winyah Bay, S. C., improvement ----- __ 378 Charleston, S. C.: Improvement of waterway to Beaufort ___-------___-- 425 Improvement of waterway to Winyah Bay____ __ --- ---- __ 410 Chesapeake Bay to Delaware River, Del. and Md. (Chesapeake and Delaware Canal) : Improvement-- ---------------------------------------- 242 Operating and care of canal and locks ---- _______ 247 Chesapeake Bay to Tangier Sound, via Ewell, Md., review of reports_ 294 Clearwater Harbor to Tampa Bay, Fla., improvement_-----------_ 520 Core Sound to Beaufort Harbor, N. C., improvement-------------- 372 Corpus Christi to Point Isabel, Tex., examination----------------- 722 Cumberland Sound, Ga. and Fla., to Mississippi River, survey------ 454 Delaware Bay, Del.: Waterway to Chincoteague Bay, Va., improvement------------ .257 Waterway to Rehoboth Bay, Del.: Improvement----------------------- --- --- - 272 Review of reports-........... 273 Erie Harbor, Pa., to Ohio River, via French Creek and Allegheny River, examination and survey--- .. 954 91536-ENo 1934-100 1584 INDEX Waterways-Continued. Page Florida (northern), examination and survey of waterways across, to connect the Atlantic intracoastal waterway with the proposed Gulf intracoastal waterway------------------------------------- 454 Galveston to Houston, Tex., improvement-----------------------678 Georgia (southern), examination and survey of waterways across, to connect the Atlantic intracoastal waterway with the proposed Gulf intracoastal waterway --------------- 454 Great Lakes-Atlantic tidewaters deeper waterway, review of re- ports-------------- ------------------------------ 1156, 1237 Great Lakes to Hudson River deeper waterway, review of reports__ 1237 Hylebos Waterway, Tacoma Harbor, Wash., improvement --------- 1372 Interoceanic Canal, survey ---------- 1513 Jacksonville, Fla., to Miami, Fla., improvement__________________ 469 Jefferson, Tex., to, Shreveport, La., improvement of waterway------- 726 Keweenaw Bay to Lake Superior, Mich., improvement-- ________ 101.2 Lakes Erie and Michigan to the Ohio River, examination and survey of waterways from_ --------------------------------------- 954 Lake Michigan to Mississippi River, examination of waterway___. 891, 1105 Louisiana and Texas intracoastal waterway: Examination, Corpus Christi to the Rio Grande Valley --------- 722 Improvement, Mississippi River to Corpus Christi----------620, 657 Review of reports__--_____---------- 722 Mackinac Island, Mich., to Round Island, Mich., improvement---___ 1116 Miami and Erie Canal, Ohio, and branch canal to Lake Michigan, and other routes between Lakes Erie and Michigan and the Ohio River, examination and survey ______ -___------___ _ 954 Mississippi River, La., improvement of intracoastal waterway to Corpus Christi, Tex ----------------------------------- 620, 657 Mississippi River to intracoastal waterway via Bayou Manchac, ex- amination ---------------------------------------------- 649 Mississippi River to Sabine River, La. and Tex_------------------ 620 Mobile Bay, Ala.: Improvement of waterway to New Orleans, La 555 Review of reports on waterway to Pensacola, Fla _______-_____ 592 New Orleans, La., to Apalachicola River, Fla., examination and survey------------- ------------------------------------ 592 New River, N. C., to Swansboro and Beaufort, improvement-------- 375 New York and New Jersey Channels, improvement_ ---------- _ 193 Norfolk, Va., to Beaufort Inlet, N. C.: Improvement ------------------------------------------ __ 334 Operating and care___________ _____________________ ___ 339 Review of reports --------------------------------------- 353 Norfolk, Va., to sounds of North Carolina: Improvement --------------------------------------- 331 Examination and survey ________------____----353 Oklawaha River to Kissimmee River, Fla., through Lake Tohopeka- liga and Lake Apopka, review of reports ---------------------- 530 Pamlico Sound, N. C.: Improvement of waterway to Beaufort Harbor---------------- 372 Improvement of waterway to Beaufort Inlet_________ __- 334 Pensacola Bay, Fla., to Mobile Bay, Ala., improvement----------- 553 Port Townsend Bay to Oak Bay, Wash., improvement ------------- 1398 Puget Sound to Lake Washington: Improvement ----------------------------------------- 1378 Operating and care----- -------------------------------- 1382 Sabine-Neches waterway, Tex.: Contributions for improvement ----------------------------- 652 Improvement------------- ------------------------------ 650 Review of reports -------------------------------------- 722 St. Mary's River, Fla., to proposed Gulf intracoastal waterway, exam- ination and survey-------------------------------------- 454 Savannah, Ga., to Beaufort, S. C., improvement_---------- 438 Savannah, Ga., to Fernandina, Fla., improvement ----------- - 438 Skipanon Channel, Oreg., improvement -_--__1_---------- 1316 Swan Quarter Bay to Deep Bay, N. C., improvement-- ...... 354 INDEX 1585 Waterways-Continued. Page Texas and Louisiana intracoastal waterway, Corpus Christi, Tex., to the Mississippi River, improvement----------------- 620, 657 Virginia coast waterway, improvement------------------------- 293 Waukegan Harbor, Ill., improvement _--__---867 Weirs, permits for construction--------------- _...----- 1515 Westchester Creek, N. Y., improvement-----------------------------106 Western Branch, Elizabeth River, Va., improvement__---- ---- 313 West Creek, N. J., review of reports __-__---------------__ 273 West (Hay) Harbor, Fishers Island, N. Y., improvement ------ -__- 100 __ Westport Harbor, Conn., improvement _____-___ . -___... 100 West River, Conn., improvement_---------_-- 84 Weymouth Back River, Mass., improvement_---- ------ -- -- __ -- 57 Weymouth Fore River, Mass., improvement_-------------__-----... 57 Wharves, permits for construction- -.. __ _____--------__ 1516 Whatcom (Bellingham) Harbor, Wash., improvement of Whatcom Creek waterway ------------------------------------------------- 1385 Whitehall Harbor, N. Y., Narrows to Lake Champlain, improvement--- 183 White Lake Harbor, Mich.: Improvement --------------------------------------------- 1089 Review of reports----------- ---------------------------- 1106 White River, Ark.: Improvement by open-channel work_-__-......._____ _ - _------- 754 Operating and care of locks and dams_- ---- ____ - -- -________ 764 Wickford Harbor, R. I------------------------- ---------------- 100 Wicomico River, Md., improvement _______-------_ 281 Widows Bar Lock and Dam, Tennessee River, operating and care ------- 907 Willamette River, Oreg.: Examinations and surveys __ 1------____-__- _- 1354 Improvement above Portland ___-- 1327 Improvement below Portland_ ___ ____----------------__ 1318 Operating and care of canal and locks at Willamette Falls---------- 1331 Review of reports___- _______-___-__- - - -- - - - - 1354 Willapa Harbor and River, Wash.: Improvement --------------- ----------------------------- 1356 Review of reports --------------- ------------------------- 1399 Willoughby Channel, Va., improvement ---------------------------- 352 Wilmington Harbor, Del.: Improvement ---------------------------------------------- 239 Review of reports---- ------------------------------------ 273 Wilmington, N. C., engineering district-----------------------------353 Wilson (No. 2) Dam, Muscle Shoals, Tennessee River, Ala.: Improvement and maintenance, including hydroelectrical develop- ment ----------------------------------------------- 909, 911 Operating and care----------------------------------------- 907 Wilson Harbor, N. Y., examination and survey ------ _____- ---- _ 1237 Winnebago Lake, Wis., improvement of Fox River- __-_______ ____ 1037 Winnibigoshish Reservoir, Minn.: Construction------------------------- --------------------------- 814 Operating and care ----------------------------------------- 817 Winthrop Beach, review of report on Boston Harbor, Mass----------- 58 Winthrops Cove, New London, Conn., improvement ______________.. . 75 Winyah Bay, S. C.: Improvement ---------------------------------------------- 403 Improvement of waterway to Cape Fear River, N. C _____________ 378 Improvement of waterway to Charleston________ __________-_ 410 Wisconsin River, Wis., examination and survey of waterway via------- 1105 Withlacoochee River, Fla.: Examination and survey ------------------------------------- 530 Improvement------- --------------------------------------- , 523 Wohoa Bay and Pleasant River, Maine, examination--- ..... -- 58 Wolf Bay, Ala., improvement of intracoastal waterway via _______ ___ 553 Wolf River, Miss., improvement--- ------------------------------ 591 Wolf River (Memphis Harbor), Tenn-------------- 767 Wolf River (tributary of the Fox), Wis., improvement-...... 1037 Woodbridge Creek, N. J., improvement- ---- ---- ---- 201 Woodbury Creek, N. J., improvement- -------- _ _..__.... 260 1586 INDEX Wrangell Harbor and Narrows, Alaska.: Page Improvement of harbor ------------------------------------ 1398 Improvement of narrows----------------------------------- 1387 Wrecks: Appropriations------------ ------------------------------- 1516 Expenditures during the year- -- ___------------------- _ 10, 1516 Permanent appropriation for__------------------------------ - 8 Removal of------------------------------------------------ 1516 Wrightsville Beach, N. C., examination and survey------------------ 402 Yalobusha River, Miss., improvement_7--------------------------- 42 Yamhill River, Oreg.: Improvement -------------- -------------------------- 1327 Operating and care of lock and dam --- -------------------- 1333 Yaquina Bay, Harbor, and River, Oreg.: Improvement of bay and harbor .--------------------------- 1308 Improvement of river -------------------------------------- 1306 Review of reports on bay, river, and entrance- ------------ 1355 Yazoo River, Miss.: Improvement--- ---------------------------------------- --- 40 Improvement of mouth- -------------------------------- 748 Ybor Estuary Channel, Fla., improvement of Tampa Harbor --- ____-- 511 Yellow Mill Pond, Bridgeport, Conn., improvement- -__-- ------ 92 Yellowstone River, N. Dak., Mont., and Wyo., improvement---------- 850 York Harbor, Maine, improvement ------------------------ 34 York River, Va.: Improvement --------------------------------------------- 305 Review of reports------------------------------------------312 York Spit, Chesapeake Bay, Va., shoals opposite, removal--_____---- 274 Youghiogheny River, Pa.: Examination and survey-------------.--------- __ 954 Improvement -- --------------------------------------- 950 Yuba River, Calif.: Construction of restraining dams ------- _--_-__--_______ _ 1431 Review of reports--------------------------------- ------------ 1296 Zanesville, Ohio, engineering district_ ---------------------- 955