ANNUAL REPORTS, WAR DEPARTMENT FISCAL YEAR ENDED JUNE 30, 1942 REPORT OF THE CHIEF OF ENGINEERS U. S. ARMY 1942 IN TWO PARTS PART 1 Vol. 1 UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE WASHINGTON : 1943 Classification changed to "NOT FOR PUBLIC RELEASE." (0. C. of E. Circular Letter No. 2576, Construction Division No. 635, dated 12 October 1913). ANNUAL REPORT OF THE CHIEF OF ENGINEERS UNITED STATES ARMY 1942 III REPORT OF THE CHIEF OF ENGINEERS UNITED STATES ARMY WAR DEPARTMENT, OFFICE OF THE CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, Washington, D. C., October 31, 1943. Subject: Annual Report. To: The Secretary of War. I present for your information the following report on river and harbor and flood-control operations under the charge of the Corps of Engineers for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1942. APPROPRIATIONS AND EXPENDITURES During the fiscal year 1942 net funds made available to the Depart- ment for river and harbor and allied operations amounted to $76,558,- 390.08 and for flood-control operations, $187,823,997.91, a total of $264,382,387.99. The expenditures from the appropriations thus made available and from balances on hand at the beginning of the fiscal year amounted to $204,049,331.38, of which $89,141,022.82 was for river and harbor work and allied operations and $114,908,308.56 for flood- control work. New work was completed on 34 river and harbor and flood-control projects, materially advanced on 176 other projects, and maintenance operations were in progress on 352 projects. The approximate quantities in the major classifications of the work accomplished for river and harbor and flood-control operations during the year were as follows: Dredging and excavation ---..------------------- cubic yards, 354, 009, 558 Levee construction- -- ---------- ------------do___ 30, 852, 973 Rock removal-------------------------------------do 1, 875, 184 Concrete placed--------------------do-... 1, 874, 167 Dikes and bulkheads------ --------------------- linear feet__ 103, 977 Revetment -------------------------------------- do--- 301, 286 Stone placed in jetties and breakwaters ----------------- tons__ 1,532, 528 Embankment ------ ------------------------- cubic yards-_ 31, 533, 963 The policy of the Department to have work performed by contract, except when the best interests of the United States require hired labor operations, has been followed closely during the year. Sixty-two and four-tenths percent of all work performed was done by contract and 37.6 percent by Government plant and hired labor. 1 aCF qINT1L 2 REPORT OF CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMY, 1942 The continuation of an adequate check on the cost of work performed on river and harbor and flood-control projects has been maintained. Efforts to prevent accidental human and property destruction throughout the Department were continued during the year. RIVERS AND HARBORS The program now in force for Federal improvement of rivers and harbors for navigation as authorized by Congress includes projects located throughout the continental United States, Puerto Rico, Alaska, and the Hawaiian Islands, there being approximately 1,000 projects now in force. Public Law No. 490, Seventy-seventh Congress, ap- proved March 7, 1942, authorized the construction of a new naviga- tion lock to replace an obsolete and unused structure in the St. Marys Falls Canal at Sault Ste. Marie, Mich., and Public Law No. 675, Seventy-seventh Congress, approved July 23, 1942, authorized the construction of a barge canal across the State of Florida and the enlargement of the present Intracoastal Waterway from the vicinity of Apalachee Bay, Fla., to Corpus Christi, Tex., and its extension to the vicinity of the Mexican border. During the fiscal year 1942 national defense preparations and the advent of war required the suspension of work on certain authorized projects, the construction of which was not directly connected with the defense or war efforts. Those suspension measures resulted in the concentration of effort and the utilization of available construction equipment, materials, and manpower on only those authorized proj- ects having the direct connection with the defense and war effort. In the accomplishment of this purpose, improvement and maintenance operations were carried out on 398 separate projects of which 18 projects were fully completed. Attention is invited to the following brief outline of operations as being typical of the improvements accomplished: Dredging and rock removal, to provide a channel' 27 feet deep in the Kennebec River, Maine, from the mouth to the shipbuilding facili- ties at Bath, was actively prosecuted. Removal of rock ledge interfering with the operation of deep-draft vessels in the main ship channel was carried out under the project for Portland Harbor, Maine. Dredging and rock removal, to deepen and widen the channel in the Hudson River between Albany and the entrance to the New York State Barge Canal at Waterford and to secure a uniform depth of 14 feet at mean low water, was actively prosecuted. Dredging of the 40-foot channel in the Delaware River from the sea to the Philadelphia Navy Yard was completed in February 1942 except for the removal of rock ledge in the westerly 400 feet of the channel in the vicinity of Marcus Hook. The latter work was in progress at the end of the year. Dredging of the main channel in Charleston Harbor, leading to the navy yard and the Army terminals on the Cooper River, to a depth of 35 feet, was actively prosecuted during the year. Jetty reconstruction and extension at the Gulf of Mexico entrance to Calcasieu River and Pass, La., was completed. The dredging of a channel 30 feet deep and 200 feet wide from the Port Aransas-Corpus Christi waterway to and including a turning JMw3aQ flO RIVEIRS AND HARBORS 3 basin of the same depth, at the Encinal Peninsula naval seaplane base, was completed. Work on the construction of a new navigation lock in the St. Marys Falls Canal at Sault Ste. Marie, Mich., authorized in Public Law No. 490, Seventy-seventh Congress, approved March 7, 1942, was com- menced during the latter part of the fiscal year. The dredging of a channel 20 feet deep in the Saginaw River to Sixth Street, Saginaw, Mich., was completed. The widening of the channel and the extension of the turning basin in the Cuyahoga River at Cleveland, Ohio, was substantially advanced during the year. Work was actively prosecuted under the project for the construction of a seaplane basin and the enlargement of the anchorage facilities at San Diego, Calif., where approximately 12,000,000 cubic yards of mate- rial were removed. At Los Angeles and Long Beach Harbors the construction of the 13,350-foot'addition to the breakwater system to provide additional anchorage areas for deep draft vessels was advanced to 65 percent com- pletion. Construction operations under the authorized project for the devel- opment of hydroelectric power at the Bonneville Dam on the Colum- bia River were vigorously prosecuted and advanced to 75 percent com- pletion. Additional units, Nos. 5 and 6, were placed in operation in September 1941 and May 1942, respectively. Work was actively prose- cuted on the manufacture of the four 74,000-horsepower turbines and four 60,000-horsepower generators for units 7 to 10. The completed dam, navigation lock, and fishways were maintained and operated dur- ing the year. The output of energy generated with the completed power units during the fiscal year amounted to 1,826,131,000 kilowatt- hours. Construction operations on the presently contemplated 35,000-kilo- watt unit at Fort Peck were advanced to 32 percent completion. The Intracoastal Waterway system, extending along the Atlantic and Gulf coasts and totaling more than 2,300 miles in length, continues to show an increase in the volume of traffic. A channel of 12 feet or more in depth has been completed throughout the Atlantic coast section of the waterway from Trenton, N. J., to Jacksonville, Fla. Intensive maintenance operations have been carried out on this section of the waterway to insure the availability of an adequate channel for the increased wartime traffic seeking a protected route. On the Gulf coast, a 9-foot channel has been completed from Apa- lachicola Bay, Fla., to Corpus Christi, Tex. Public Law No. 675, Seventy-seventh Congress, approved July 23, 1942, adopted a project providing for a high-level barge canal from the St. Johns River across Florida to the Gulf of Mexico and for the enlargement of the present Intracoastal Waterway from Apalachee Bay, Fla., to Corpus Christi, Tex., and its extension to the vicinity of the Mexican border, so as to provide, throughout its entire length, a channel 12 feet deep. In addition to the maintenance of channels previously completed, important channel and harbor improvements have also been effected on waterways and at ports on the Atlantic, Gulf, and Pacific coasts, on inland rivers, and on the Great Lakes. These include improvements at Boston Harbor, Mass.; Cape Cod Canal, Mass.; Providence River and 4 REPORT OF CHIEF OF EGINEERtS, U. S. ARMY, 1942 Harbor, R. I.; Stamford Harbor, Conn.; Bronx River, New York Harbor, New York and New Jersey Channels, Great Lakes to Hudson River waterway, Great Kills Harbor, N. Y.; Raritan River and Sandy Hook Bay, N. J.; Chesapeake and Delaware Canal, Del. and Md.; Curtis Creek, Middle River, Wicomico River, and Fishing Creek, Md.; Norfolk and Portsmouth Harbors, Va.; Mattaponi River, Va.; Roanoke River, Oregon Inlet, and Silver Lake Harbor, N. C.; St. Augustine Harbor, Fla.; Mobile Harbor, Ala.; Pascagoula Harbor, Miss.; Sa- bine-Neches waterway, Tex.; Louisiana-Texas Intracoastal Waterway; Mississippi River between the Ohio River and Minneapolis, Minn.; Missouri River between the mouth and Sioux City; San Francisco Harbor, San Pablo Bay and Mare Island Strait, and Bodega Bay, Calif.; Columbia River between Vancouver and Bonneville; the upper Columbia and Snake Rivers, Oreg., Wash., and Idaho; and Neah Bay, Wash. In accordance with the provisions contained in section 1 of the River and Harbor Act approved June 20, 1938, the Corps of Engineers under- took during the year seven projects of a river and harbor nature, not previously authorized by Congress but required for defense and war activities by the Navy Department and other Government agencies, with funds transferred to the Chief of Engineers by those agencies. Expenditures on such projects amounted to $895,218. These works are: Casco Bay, Maine; Los Angeles and Long Beach Harbors, Calif.; Morro Bay, Calif.; Murrays Bay, Bermuda; Cold Spring Inlet, N. J.; Delaware River at the Philadelphia Navy Yard; and channel Inner Harbor Navigation Canal to Micheaud Canal, La. The water-borne commerce of the United States, Puerto, Rico, Alaska, and the Hawaiian Islands, for the calendar year 1941, aggre- gted 653,600,000 tons with a reported value of $26,150,000,000. r ndherihe provs'ions of Public Law No. 326, Seventy-seventh Con- gress, approved December 1, 1941, the construction activities formerly carried out under the supervision of the Quartermaster General, United States Army, were transferred to the jurisdiction of the Chief of Engineers, United States Army, on December 16, 1941. While re- quiring extensive reorganization, the combining of the construction activities formerly carried out under the two offices has been effected with minimum dislocation, and the basic functional plans for the efficient prosecution of civil works have been maintained intact. GENERAL FLOOD CONTROL This section describes the authorized general flood-control program exclusive of that for the alluvial valley of the lower Mississippi River and that for the Sacramento River. The authorized programs for those two rivers are discussed in the sections immediately follow- ing this one. Congress in the Flood Control Act approved June 22, 1936, estab- lished, and in the amendatory and supplemental general Flood Con- trol Acts approved August 28, 1937, June 28, 1938, August 11, 1939, and August 18, 1941, reaffirmed the general policy that flood control throughout the United States is a proper activity of the Federal Gov- ernment, in cooperation with the States and local communities, and that the Federal Government should improve or participate in the RIVERS AND HARBORS 5 improvement of navigable waters or their tributaries for flood.-con- trol purposes, if such projects are economically justified and if the lives and social security of people are otherwise adversely affected. Those acts also specified the local cooperation required for the projects authorized therein. These requirements of local cooperation, in brief, are as follows: (a) Dam and reservoir projects authorized in any of the afore- mentioned flood-control acts are constructed entirely at the expense of the United States and are maintained and operated with the use of Federal funds. No local cooperation is required for dam and reser- voir projects unless specifically prescribed by special provisions of law. (b) For local flood-protection projects, except channel improve- ment or channel rectification projects authorized by the acts of 1936, 1937, and 1938, local interests must provide without cost to the United States all lands, easements, and rights-of-way necessary for the construction of the projects, hold and save the United States free from damages due to the construction works, and maintain and operate all the works after completion in accordance with regula- tions prescribed by the Secretary of War. Channel improvement and channel rectification projects authorized by the acts of 1936 1937, and 1938 are built entirely at Federal expense, and no local cooperation is required. Exceptions to these general rules are pro- vided by law in the case of certain specific projects. Up to the end of the fiscal year 1942, authorizations totaling $930,400,000 had been provided by Congress for the construction of 485 projects widely dispersed throughout the United States. On June 30, 1942, funds in the total amount of $565,400,000 have been provided by Congress for the prosecution of the general flood-control program, including $129,200,000 for the fiscal year 1943. In addition to these authorizations Congress has approved general comprehen- sive plans covering most of the important river basins of the country and including many additional projects for flood control, hydro- electric power, and allied water uses. All of these projects are parts of comprehensive coordinated plans for the river basins of the Nation to provide desirable and economic flood protection and allied benefits for a large number of centers of industry and population and for many thousands of acres of rich agricultural land. A number of reservoirs in the authorized program also provide favorable pos- sibilities for the economic development of large quantities of hydro- electric power. Several of the projects now under construction include power generating machinery in the initial developments. The war emergency has affected to a large extent the Federal flood- control program. All authorized flood-control projects are directly connected with the national economy and are therefore either di- rectly or indirectly related to the war effort, especially when it is remembered that one major flood in a large river basin, such as the Ohio or Mississippi, may easily accomplish in a few weeks at least the same amount of damage that can be caused by intensive air raids. Despite this fact, because of the impact of war on the Nation, the general flood-control program was thoroughly realigned and coor- dinated with the war activities of the Nation during the fiscal year 1942. In that year definite steps were taken to suspend all work not directly connected with the war effort and the only flood-control 6 REPORT OF CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMVIY, 1942 works initiated were seven projects determined to have direct value to the conduct of the war. Of these, three were multiple-purpose dam and reservoir projects to supply additional power for war industries, one was a multiple-purpose dam and reservoir project to provide flood protection and increased water supply for the im- portant steel-producing region in the Mahoning Valley, Ohio, and two are local protection projects to give direct flood protection to industries supplying materials for the Army and Navy. In line with the Federal policy of curtailing many activities not essential to the war and in order to conserve critical materials, manpower, and construction equipment, all projects which were under way at the beginning of the war emergency have been and are being brought to completion or to a safe point of suspension as rapidly as possible, without interference with work of direct importance to the war, and with due regard to the necessity for protecting lives, the work already accomplished, and the Federal investment in that work. In the fiscal year 1942, 17 local protection projects were completed and 14 reservoirs were placed in operation; steps were taken to suspend construction work on all or parts of numerous other projects. Many of the suspended projects do, however, provide substantial amounts of flood protection, even though they will not be fully effective until the construction work is entirely completed. Plans and drawings are being completed for the remaining portions of the suspended projects and for many additional projects not yet initiated, in order that actual. construction operations on a large scale can be undertaken without delay at the end of the war to assist in accelerating an expanded public works program during the period of readjustment from military to renewed civil activities. This latter class of work is, of course, being so conducted that it does not interfere in any way with the war activities of the Department. Pursuant to existing law, from the initiation of the general flood- control program to the end of the fiscal year 1942, 38 dams have been substantially completed and placed in operation, including the Black- water, Surry Mountain and Knightville Dams in New England, the Arkport and Whitney Point projects in .southeastern New York, the Tionesta, Crooked Creek, Loyalhanna, and Mahoning Creek Dams in Pennsylvania, the Conchas Dam on the South Canadian River in New Mexico, a system of 14 reservoirs in the Muskingum River Basin in Ohio, the Hansen and Sepulveda Dams in the Los Angeles County drainage area, California, and the Cottage Grove and Fern Ridge projects in Oregon. The local flood-protection projects which have been substantially completed total 92, including important works pro- tecting industrial centers and cities in the Connecticut River Basin in Massachusetts, the Susquehanna River Basin in New York and Penn- sylvania, the Ohio River Basin, the Upper Mississippi River Basin, the Columbia River Basin, and at numerous other localities. During the fiscal year 1942, 41 dam and reservoir projects and 91 local flood-protection projects were under construction, and mainte- nance work was carried on where required by existing law. The works under way included reservoirs in 17 States, such as the Franklin Falls and Blackwater projects in the Merrimack River Basin, N. H.; the Knightville and Birch Hill Reservoirs in the Connecticut River Basin, Mass.; the Indian Rock Reservoir in the Susquehanna River RIVERS AND HARBORS Basin, Pa.; the Youghiogheny and Loyalhanna Reservoirs in the Allegheny-Monongahela Basin, Pa.; the Berlin, Dale Hollow, Center Hill, Wolf Creek, and Bluestone Reservoirs in the Ohio River Basin, Ohio, Tenn., Ky., and W. Va., the Norfork and Clearwater Reservoirs in the White River Basin, Ark. and Mo.; the Denison Reservoir in the Red River Basin, Okla. and Tex.; the John Martin, Fort Supply, Great Salt Plains, Blue Mountain, and Nimrod Reservoirs in the Arkansas River Basin, Ark., Okla., and Colo.; the Santa Fe Dam in the San Gabriel River Basin, Calif.; and the Cottage Grove and Fern Ridge Reservoirs in the Willamette River Basin, Oreg. The 91 local flood-protection projects under construction during the fiscal year 1942 were also widely dispersed throughout the entire country. Examples of this type of work are the levee and flood-wall projects along the Connecticut, Susquehanna, and Ohio Rivers; the channel improve- ment project for Johnstown, Pa. ; the levees along the Wabash, Illinois, upper Mississippi, and Columbia Rivers; channel improvement and pumping plants for the protection of the Kansas Citys, Mo. and Kans.; and the large channel improvement project at Los Angeles, Calif., one unit of which is, notably, the Burbank-Western (lower) system. Under the provisions of the Flood Control Act of 1941 the De- partment was authorized to expend flood-control funds in rescue work or in the repair or maintenance of flood-control works threatened or destroyed by flood not only on the Mississippi River and its tribu- taries but also on navigable waters or their tributaries in the entire country. During the fiscal year 1942, the Department made funds available under this authority for emergency repairs and rescue work on streams in Missouri, Illinois, California, Oregon, and New Mexico; and was successful in saving many lives and preventing appreciable amounts of possible damages to property. In the fiscal year 1942, substantial progress was made in the prose- cution of authorized examinations, surveys, and review investiga- tions for flood control and other purposes. A summary of the work accomplished on this program of investigation is contained in the report of the Board of Engineers for Rivers and Harbors. These investigations are undertaken in close cooperation with other Federal agencies and with the States in order that the recommendations submitted to Congress in the reports on those investigations may con- tain full consideration of the interests of those agencies in the im- provements covered by the investigations. Those investigations which are authorized primarily for flood control include also thorough studies of all other feasible water uses of the streams under considera- tion. In May 1942 the Department received instructions from higher authority that no additional surveys should be initiated under present war conditions and that the surveys then under way should be com- pleted or work thereon suspended by August 1, 1942, unless it could be shown that such surveys were necessary for the proper integration of basin plans. The survey program of the Department has been curtailed in accordance with those instructions. SACRAMENTO RIVER FLOOD CONTROL The construction of the flood-control project for the Sacramento River Valley, which was authorized by the Flood Control Acts ap- proved March 1, 1917, May 15, 1928, August 26, 1937, and August 8 REPORT >OF CHIEF OF ENGINEES, U. S. ARMY, 1942 18, 1941, was continued during the year. This project provides for the enlargement of river channels, the excavation of cut-offs, the con- struction of levees, weirs, bank protection and pumping facilities in the lower Sacramento River Valley, and for channel clearing, recti- fication, and snagging on the Sacramento River and tributaries in Tehama County, and from Red Bluff southerly, all at an estimated Federal cost of $30,750,000. Up to the present time Federal funds in the total amount of $23,045,000 have been appropriated by Con- gress for the prosecution of this project, including $2,945,000 for the fiscal year 1943. In addition to that amount, local interests have con- tributed a total of approximately $5,822,000 for the construction of protective works related to the authorized project. The Sacramento Basin is in the defense area which has been placed by the War Department under the direct command of the command- ing' general of the Western Defense Command. This basin includes main lines of communication, both rail and highway, from the Pacific coast to the remainder of the country, principal arteries of communication running north and south along that coast, and access roads to Army airports and other installations. The main line levees, the bypasses, the bank protection works, and the levee set-backs of the Sacramento flood-control project are vital to adequate flood pro- tection for the main lines of communication which pass through this valley. During the year levees were constructed along sections of the Sacramento, Feather, Bear, and Yuba Rivers, and along the Yolo and Sutter bypasses. Bank protection at Colusa Weir was accomplished, and the levee set-back near Richfield dock was completed. A total of about 38,000,000 cubic yards of material has been placed to date in levees along the project waterways. The project as a whole was approximately 73 percent complete at the end of the year. FLOOD CONTROL OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER Substantial progress was made during the fiscal year 1942 on the flood-control project for the alluvial valley of the Mississippi River, adopted by the Flood Control Act approved May 15,1928, and amended by the acts approved June 15, 1936, June 28, 1938, and August 18, 1941. The 1936 amendment retained the purpose of the 1928 act and the features completed under that authority, and authorized an additional $272,000,000 for extension of flood-control work on the lower Missis- sippi River. The 193'8 amendment removed legislative restrictions with respect to certain features of the amended plan and authorized $40,000,000 for work in addition to that contemplated for the project as amended in 1936. The 1941 amendment provided for the abandon- ment of the Boeuf and Eudora floodways and extension, for raising main Mississippi River levees to confine within those levee lines be- tween the mouths of the Arkansas and Red Rivers the project flood without a floodway west of the Mississippi River. That amendment also authorized certain minor modifications and backwater protection in the Yazoo and Red River backwater areas at an estimated additional cost of $25,982,000. The total authorization for the project as amended and supplemented is now $662,982,000. Of this amount $472,107,424 has been appropriated (including $29,954,000 for fiscal year 1943 made available by the War Department Civil Appropriation Act approved April 28, 1942). RIVERS AND HARMIORS With the approval of the 1938 Flood Control Act, work in the Atchafalaya Basin which had not been initiated because of legal re- strictions was freed from such restrictions and placed under way. Noteworthy progress has been made on these features, namely, the Morganza floodway, the Wax Lake Outlet, the Charenton Drainage and Navigation Canal, and related works. At the same time urgent main river work has been prosecuted and work on the tributary proj- ects for headwater protection of the St. Francis and Yazoo Rivers, including the construction of the Wappapello, Sardis, and Arkabutla. Reservoirs, and backwater protection for the White River, has been pushed vigorously within the limits of funds available for such work, Under section 6 of the 1928 act, flood-control work was undertaken on the Mississippi River between Rock Island, Ill., and Cape Girardeau, Mo., and on outlets and tributaries affected by backwaters of the Mis- sissippi River wherever the local contributions of one-third of the costs were provided as required by law. The Department was able to assist localities in the emergency repair of flood-control works on tributaries of the Mississippi River threat- ened or destroyed by flood, under the provisions of section 9 of the act approved June 15, 1936. Work accomplished on the adopted project for the alluvial valley of the Mississippi River has demonstrated its effectiveness by afford- ing unbroken protection for a period of 15 years to date. However, because of the elimination of the Eudora floodway by the Flood Con- trol Act of 1941, the levee system which constitutes the major part of the project is not yet sufficiently complete to afford protection against predicted floods. Even a partial overflow of the valley may interrupt postal service, transcontinental and interstate commerce, and produce widespread destruction and disorder, national in scope. As flood control of this vast alluvial valley and navigation of the lower Mississippi River are most important to the orderly and effi- cient progress of the war emergency, this project is being prosecuted at the maximum rate consistent with the successful prosecution of the war. SACRAMENTO RIVER AND TRIBUTARIES (DEBRIS CONTROL) Two of the four debris dams in the Sacramento Valley authorized in 1935 have been completed, one on the north fork of the American River and one at Upper Narrows on the Yuba River. These dams are being used for the storage of hydraulic mining debris. The con- struction of the Ruck-a-Chucky Dam on the middle fork of American River and Dog Bar Dam on Bear River has been postponed. A re- view report on the Sacramento River and tributaries, requested by the Committee on Rivers and Harbors of the House of Representa- tives with a view of determining whether any change should be made in the previously proposed location of the Dog Bar Dam on Bear River, is now being prepared. PROJECTS UNDER THE PUBLIC WORKS AND EMERGENCY RELIEF PROGRAMS As of June 30, 1942, allocation of funds to the following works and in the amounts indicated have been made available to the Corps of Engineers supplementing the allocations as published in detail in the Annual Report for the fiscal year 1939. The grand total of these amounts is $517,761,459.47. RIVERS AND HARBORS' National Public Works Emergency Relief acts Industrial Administration Recovery Act Act 1935 act 1936 act 1937 act 1938 act Total allocations to river and harbor projects to June 30, 1941 (see annual report 0 for 1941, vol. 1, part 1, p. 12)-. . . ------------------------- . Total allocations or rescissions since June 30, 1941, to June 30, 1942: -..-- $183, 504, 464.73 $94, 200, 442.23 $103, 611, 847.93 Missouri River, Kansas City, Mo., to Sioux City, Iowa (Rulo, Nebr., to Sioux City, Iowa) ___ Kanawha River, W. Va__----- _ Fort Peck Dam Reservoir, Missouri River --_--- . --------------- - .-------...------------ ...---------------------------. --.--------.------ -------------------------------- ------------------------------- -7-74.08 ..----------------...... -114. 64---------------- ---------------- ---------------- -52.00-- li 0 Total, rivers and harbors.....----.......------------.... 183, 504, 464. 73 ...---------------....--... 94, 200, 442. 23 103, 611, 607. 21 .............. FLOOD CONTROL Total allocations to flood-control projects to June 30, 1941..... ..------------------- $72, 763, 887. 60 $3, 054, 196. 70 $20, 126, 260. 66 $10, 174, 168. 50 $19, 211, 455. 87 $2, 999, 707. 14 Allocations or rescissions since June 30, 1941, to June 30, 1942: Los Angeles flood control and water conservation-_- .... __.------- ---- ..----------------.-- --------------- 51, 588. 04 -51. 97 -106. 75---- --- Construction of dam on South Canadian River_ ..- -- ---------------- ---------- 4.8-------------3 . 83. 34. 3.-- -- Connecticut River at Hartford ....-................................... ------------------------------------------------------------- . 50 Total, flood control-___---- --------------------------------- 72, 763, 887. 60 3, 054, 196. 70 20, 074, 637. 79 10,174,116. 53 19, 211, 349. 12 2, 999, 686. 64 MISCELLANEOUS PROJECTS Total allocations to miscellaneous projects to June 30, 1941$-------------------1, 654, 489. 01 $109,200.00 $6, 384,626. 59 $11, 395. 47 $7, 592. 70 -- Allocations or rescissions since June 30, 1941, to June 30, 1942: Passamaquoddy power protect at Cobscook Bay near Eastport, Maine.... ----------------- ---------------------------- -232. 85-------- ------------------------------ Total, miscellaneous ------------- ------------------------------ 1, 654, 489. 01 109, 200. 00 6, 384, 393. 74 11, 395. 47 7, 592. 70 Grand total to June 30, 1942__ ..---- .--------.------- .. ..... 257, 922, 841.34 97, 363, 838. 93 130, 070, 638. 74 10, 185, 512. 00 19, 218, 941. 82 $2, 999, 686. 64 w. RIVERS AND HARBORS 11 SURVEYS During the year reports in response to 310 items of law enacted by Congress and resolutions adopted by congressional committees au- thorizing investigations of potential river and harbor and flood con- trol improvements were completed and transmitted to Congress with the recommendations of the Chief of Engineers. Of these investiga- tions 77 were preliminary examinations and 43 were surveys prepared in response to authority contained in previously adopted River and Harbor and Flood Control Acts, while 190 were reexaminations sub- mitted in response to committee resolutions. On April 28, 1942, instructions were received from higher authority that additional river and harbor and flood control surveys should not be initiated and that by August 1, 1942, those surveys then under way should be brought to completion or, where that was not feasible, to a point of suspension, unless the surveys were necessary for the proper integration of plans for an area. In May of 1942, definite arrangements were made for conferences with the Bureau of the Budget to determine the exact extent of curtailment of the Depart- ment's authorized survey program as a result of the aforementioned instructions. On June 30, 1942, although final arrangements had not yet been made, it was expected that the details of the curtailment program would be worked out by August 1942. The Beach Erosion and Shore Protection Boards carried out during the year studies and investigations in cooperation with appropriate agencies of various States and municipalities and with the field offices of the department to develop efficient works for the protection and stabilization of the shores and beaches of coastal and lake waters. Six cooperative studies were completed and two interim reports were pre- pared, while five departmental studies were completed during the year. Research on the subject of wave action and related phenomena was continued in the board's laboratory. Two articles reporting the results of research were approved for publication. Preliminary investigations and surveys for the development of navi- gation and hydroelectric power were completed in the International Rapids section of the St. Lawrence River as authorized by Executive Order, No. 8568, dated October 16,1940. The Dominion of Canada, the Province of Ontario, and the Hydroelectric Power Commission of Ontario, by furnishing engineering services, cooperated in the investi- gations. The gathering of hydrological data in Nicaragua, under authority contained in the River and Harbor Act approved June 20, 1938, was continued. Field investigations and laboratory studies pertaining to the survey of the Ohio River and its tributaries for pollution control, authorized in section 5 of the River and Harbor Act approved August 26, 1937, were finished and the report to Congress thereon has been under preparation. The cooperative programs with the Weather Bureau and the United States Geological Survey for the purpose of more adequately meeting the requirements of the Department in the planning of flood control and river and harbor improvements was continued. 12 REPORT OF CHIEF O'F ENGINEE'RS, U. S. ARMY, 1942 MISCELLANEOUS CIVIL WORKS Miscellaneous civil works have, as heretofore, been administered by the Corps of Engineers. These works are varied in character and in- clude the administration of the Federal laws enacted for the protection and preservation of the navigable waters of the United States, which govern the following: Granting of permits for structures or opera- tions in navigable waters; approval of the location and plans of bridges, dams, dikes, or causeways; alteration of obstructive bridges; investigation and removal of sunken vessels or other obstructions en- dangering navigation; establishment of regulations for the use, ad- ministration, and navigation of navigable waters, including draw- bridge regulations; establishment of anchorage grounds, special an- chorage areas, danger zones, dumping grounds, restricted areas, fishing areas, and harbor lines; investigations of the discharge or deposit of refuse matter of any kind in navigable waters; prevention of pollution of coastal navigable waters by oil; determination of the heads of navi- gation and the extent to which the laws shall apply to specific streams; supervision of the harbor of New York to prevent obstructive or inju- rious deposits in the tidal waters thereof, including the waters of Long Island Sound; establishment of reasonable rates of toll for transit across bridges over navigable waters; granting of permits for the occu- pation and use of Federal works under control of the Corps of Engi- neers; construction of Anacostia Park and the reclamation and devel- opment of Anacostia River and Flats, D. C.; maintenance and repair of the Washington Aqueduct, and increasing the water supply of the city of Washington; surveys and charting of the northern and north- western lakes, including the Lake of the Woods; studies for the preser- vation of Niagara Falls and the supervision of power companies divert- ing water therefrom; reports of international boards on operations affecting international boundary waters; acquisition of lands and other interests therein required for the prosecution of river and harbor and flood-control projects; issuance of instruments authorizing the occu- pation of Government-owned land under the jurisdiction of the Depart- ment; and legislation in connection with the foregoing. Appropriations.-The funds with which the works for the maintenance and improvement of rivers and harbors and flood control were prosecuted during the fiscal year were derived from unexpended balances of priorappropriations and from the following appropriation acts, and from allotments from various emergency appropriation acts: I I I I Date of act Rivers and Flood control I Miscellaneous Total by appro- Appropriation title harbors priation acts Third Supplemental National Defense Appropriation Act, 1942: a Maintenance and improvement of existing river and harbor works - Dec. 17, 1941 $2, 700, 000. 00 $2, 700, 000. 00 Flood control, general------------------- - -do_ _ $25, 7500, 00000 0 25, 750, 000. 00 Total__ . __- -- . - - --- - --- 2, 700, 000. 00 25, 750, 000. 00 28, 450, 000. 00 c First Deficiency Appropriation Act, 1942: Claims for damages by collision, river and harbor work_ Feb. 21, 1942 00 100. _ -_ 100.00 War Department Civil Appropriation Act, 1943: Maintenance and improvement of existing river and harbor works . ------------._ .-------- Apr. 28,1942 66, 802, 500. 00 _ 66, 802, 500. 00 to Flood control, general---------- .---- do _ 129, 226, 700. 00--------- 129, 226, 700. 00 Emergency fund for flood control on tributaries of Mississippi River .------------ --. do _ 100. 00 100. 00 -------------------- Flood control, Mississippi River and tributaries... --- _ -- do .... 29, 954, 000. 00 29, 954, 000.00 Flood control, Sacramento River Calif ..--------------------------------- -- do 1 2, 945, 000. 00 2, 945, 000.00 Power plant, Fort Peck Dam, Mont. (construction) .--------- --------------------- .-- do .... $1, 300, 000. 00 1, 300, 000. 00 Power plant, Bonneville Dam, Columbia River, Oreg. (construction)-.... -.-- . - - do ..... - . . .. . . . . 4, 166, 000. 00 4, 166, 000. 00 Total ... ..... .. . ----------------------------- ----- ---- -- 66, 802, 500. 00 162, 125, 800.00 5,466, 000. 00 234, 394, 300. 00 Special fund (credits to account from licenses under Federal Power Act, Aug. 26, 1935): Mainte- nance and operation of dams and other improvements of navigable waters - Aug. 26, 1935 326, 263.65------- ________________ -.326, 263. 65 Sixth Supplemental National Defense Appropriation Act, 1942: Development of landing areas for national defense, Office of Administrator of Civil Aeronautics (transfer to War), 1941-43 .__ (3) S108, 327, 093.34 108, 327, 093.34 ya District of Columbia Appropriation Act, 1942: Improvement of Washington Channel, D. C., (transfer to War) ---------------------------------------------- June 27, 1942 64, 000.00 ................... _ 64, 000.00 Allotments made from emergency appropriation acts: Emergency Relief, War, rivers and harbors, flood control, etc., 1935-37 __ - Apr. 8,1935 2-473.57 2-51, 637. 89 -----.--------- -52,111.46 Emergency R ef, War, rivers and harbors, flood control, etc.-certified claims: Second De- ficiency Apprrpriation Act, 1941 ............._ _...... --.--------------- .------- July 3,1941 15.02 -- - 15.02 Emergency Relief, War, Corps of Engineers, flood control, general (act July 19, 1937), 1938 -- July 19,1937 2-106. 75 ----- 106. 75 Emergency Relief, War, Corps of Engineers, flood control and other conservation, 1936-37 .. June 22,1936 2-51.97 - -51.97 Emergency Relief, War, Corps of Engineers, public buildings, parks, utilities, flood control, etc., non-Federal projects (transfer from Work Projects Administration), 1938-39 .... _...._ June 21,1938 2-20. 50 - -20.50 Total__ . -473.57 -51, 802.09 j . ... --52, 275.66 1 Exclusive of $265,000 transferred and included under "Flood control, general." 2 Represents unobligated balances rescinded since the preceding annual report. 3 Various. Appropriation title Date of act Rivers and Floodcontrol Miscellaneous priationapctso- National Industrial Recovery, Public Works Administration (allotment to War, Corps of Engineers), 1933-43 . ..--------------------------- ----........... ..------- --------- June 16,1933 ....----------------.----------.-------...... $676,000.00 $676,000.00 Public Works Administration (allotment to War, Corps of Engineers), 1935-43. ------------- June 19, 1934 ------- . ------ ------ 24, 000. 00 24,000.00 0 ....-------....................----------------------------... Grand total, all appropriated funds---- ... ---------------.............. $69,892, 390. 08 $187,823,997.91 114, 493, 093. 34 372, 209, 481.33 O Emergency fund for the President, national defense (allotment to War, Corps of Engineers), 1942.......... -------------............................................................------------------------------------------------------------............ Apr. 5,1941 ----..-----------. 500, 000.0 500,000.00 0 Trust funds (contributions and advances): Funds contributed for improvement of rivers and harbors. --- ------ --- (3) 42, 500. 00 .. .. .... 42,500.00 ..---------------...----------------...... Funds advanced for flood control, rivers and harbors __...................... ....... ... Oct. 15, 1940 ---------------- 3, 352, 285.00 ---------------- 3, 352, 285.00 Funds contributed for flood control, rivers and harbors--------..................-...--.--- (3) . . 214, 925. 00 ...... . 214, 925. 00 I Total-........------------------------- ......... --.... .. ....-- ................... ............. 42,500.00 3,567,210.00 ---------------- 3, 609,710.00 Funds transferred from other departments as working funds: Working fund, War, Engineers, civil--....-. . - (3) -4, 782, 500.00 .----------------------------------------- 4,782,500.00 Working fund, War, Engineers, civil, 1941 .....--.....--...-------------.................---------............----------------. (3) ..........---------- 200.00 200.00 Working fund, War, Engineers, civil, 1942..------------ ------ ------------ (3) ........--------------....... 6, 000.00 6,000. 00 Lj Working fund, War (National Industrial Recovery, Federal Administration of Public Works, allotment to Civil Aeronautics Authority), 1933--42--Gravelly Point National Airport project_ (3) .... ..... --- -- 670, 030. 00 670, 030. 00 Total, working funds ..................................................------------------------------------------------..----------------.. ----------..--------------- 5, 458, 730. 00 5, 458, 730. 00 Grand total, all funds----.._ ---- ----- -, -------------. 9-----..-..-.- 69,934, 890. 08 191, 391, 207. 91 120,451,823.34 381, 777,921. 33 Pal SVarious. ci vN3 The following amounts have been advanced by local interests for river and harbor improvements under the pro- visions of section 11, River and Harbor Act, March 3, 1925, and for flood-control works under the provisions of the act of October 15, 1940, and are returnable to the same interests when necessary Government funds are available: Balance due Amount re- Amount re- Balance due from United from United Project District Sttesune ceived during turned during States June 30 1941 fiscal year fiscal year 30, 1942 Arecibo Harbor, Puerto Rico------------ ------------------------------ HillsHarbor,$148, San Juan, P. R $148, 000 __, ...----------------------- -------------- 000 Great Hills Harbor, Staten Island, N. Y -------------------------------- New York, N. Y . 114, 500 ---------------- ----...... 114, 500 Total, rivers and harbors-----........------------------------------------------------------------------- 262, 500 ...........----------------- ------- 262, 500 Buffalo Bayou, Tex---..........................-------------------------------------- Galveston, Tex ...------... 97, 715 $2,402, 285 2, 500, 000 Sacramento River, Calif ...................................------------------------------- Sacramento, Calif_ ..... ..--------------- ----. 950, 000 950, 000 Total, flood control.....-----..............------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------- 97, 715 3, 352, 285 --------------- 3, 450, 000 /2 Grand total------..................--------------------------------------------------- 360, 215 , 352, 285 ........---------......--- 3, 712, 500 -z Expenditures.-The total actually expended under the direction of the Chief of Engineers in connection with the maintenance and improvement of rivers and harbors, flood control, and other miscellaneous works during the fiscal year ended June 30, 1942, is as follows: It 0 Cl Expenditures Appropria- pronact Appropriation title New work Maintenance Total Rivers and harbors: Maintenance and improvement of existing river and harbor works_._. .------------------------------ (1) $36, 189, 718. 30 $44, 067, 511. 42 $80, 257, 229. 72 Improvement of Washington Channel, D. C. (transfer to War) .----------- -..----..----- ------------... July 15,1939 19, 200.01--- _-_____ 19, 200.01 Claims for damages by collision, act June 5, 1920, river and harbor work.... .. ..---------------------------. (2 3 4) 13, 723. 90 ---------------- 13, 723.90 National Industrial Recovery, War, rivers and harbors, 1933-43 ....................... .... June 16, 1933 4. 45 4. 45 Public Works Administration, allotment to War, rivers and harbors, 1935-43------------- . --.. . .. ------- June 19, 1934 -117. 44 _---------------- -117. 44 Emergency Relief, War, rivers and harbors, flood control, etc., 1935-37 .. ..-----------.---------------- June 8, 1935 -52.00 ---------- _------ -52.00 Power plant, Fort Peck Dam, Mont., construction_ ...... ------------------------- . --.--- ------------- (1) 363, 909. 56 _---__--__-__-___ 363, 909. 56 Power plant, Bonneville Dam, Columbia River, Oreg., construction .--. . . . . . (1) 7, 515, 633. 31- ----------- 7, 515, 633.31 Emergency fund for the President, War (allotment to War, Corps of Engineers), 1940-42 (St. Lawrence waterway)..------------------------------------------------------------------------ June 13, 1940 315, 647. 42 ---------------- 315, 647. 42 C. Expenditures Appropr ia- Appropriation title New work Maintenance Total w u Rivers and harbors:-Continued Emergency funld for the President, national defense (allotment to War, Corps of Engineers), 1942 (construc- tion of submerged weir in the Niagara River)__________ ________________ __ ___.____ _____ ____ Apr. 5,1941 $178, 575. 57 $178, 575. 17 Total, rivers and harbors......................... .-----. . .. . ... _.... .... 44, 596, 243.08 $44, 067, 511.42 88, 663, 754. 50 O - 1 -I - Flood control (projects authorized in act of June 22, 1936, as amended and supplemented, and Emergency Re- lief projects): Flood control, general............. .............. ......... .....-------------------------------------... (1) 84, 681, 787. 28 3, 197, 393. 67 87, 879, 180. 95 Emergency Relief, War, rivers and harbors, flood control, etc., 1935-37 -- _ ........ ............... _ ..... Apr. 8,1935 -252.50 -- - ---- -- -- --25k. 50 Emergency Relief, War, Corps of Engineers, public buildings, parks, utilities, flood control, etc., non- Federal projects (transfer from Work Projects Administration), 1938-39 -- - June 21, 1938 -20. 50 -- -- --------- -20. 50 r Emergency Relief, War, Corps of Engineers, public buildings, parks, utilities, flood control, etc., (transfer fr om W o r k P ro j ec t s Ad m in i st r at io n ) , 1938-4 2 . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . ... ---____ -----__ --- - -- -_ _ - .. _do..___ 6,615.06 ----- --------- 6,615.06 Total, flood control, general.......--......__ ,_-------.__-. 84, 688,129.31 3, 197, 393. 67 87, 885, 523. 01 Flood control, Mississippi River (act May 15, 1928, as amended): Flood control, Mississippi River and tributaries __-..-_______________-_____ (1) 18, 420, 058. 20 7, 760, 886.60 26,180, 944. 80 Emergency fund for flood control on tributaries of Mississippi River ... ..........------------------------- - (') 323, 013. 39 71, 043. 55 394, 056. 94 Flood control, emergency construction, act July 21, 1932- ---.----- - ------------------- ...- -- - __ July 21, 1932 33, 644.97 33, 641.97 Total, flood control, M ississippi River ----.. - ---...--- -- - -- --- ------ .__. .. . ............. 18, 746, 716. 56 7, 831, 930. 15 26, 608, 646.71 Flood control, Sacramento River, Calif.: Flood control, Sacramento River. Calif- --- - - -. - .._ --- _-___ ...... ___ ___ _ _._ _ (1) 367, 766. 08 46, 373. 76 414, 139. 8t4 National Industrial Recovery, War, flood control, 1933-13 --.------ . ---.. ---........... .. June 16, 1933 -1.00 -1.00 ........... Total, flood control, Sacramento River, Calif.------------......... .. .. . . . .__ -- _ 367, 765.08 46, 373. 76 414, 138.84 Total, all flood control.------- -------------. . ........................................ - ............. 103, 832, 610. 98 11,075,697.58 114, 908, 308. 56 Miscellaneous appropriations: Investigation and survey of canal and highway across Republic of Nicaragua -_ .. nug. 9,1939' 93.44 ---------....... 93.44 National Industrial Recovery, Public Works Administration (allotment to War, Corps of Engineers), 1933-43 ..----------------------------.. June 16, 1933 457, 174.88 457, 174. 88 Public Works Administration (allotment to War, Corps of Engineers), 1933-43 .. June 19,1.934 20, 000. 00 20, 000. 00 Development of landing areas for national defense, Office of Administrator of Civil Aeronautics (transfer to -- - - - - - - - War), 1941-43-----.. ----- ..-----.. ------ .--- --------------- . ----- .-- -------- -_- - ___ --_ - - Apr. 28, 1942' 18, 899, 327. 61 ~-- - - - -- - - - 18, 899, 327. 61 Total miscellaneous appropriations ---- ------------------------------ ------------- -------- ----------- 19,376,595.93 19,376, 595. 93 Contributed and advanced funds: Funds contributed for improvement of rivers and harbors ..------ .....-- ..--.. ....--------------.-------- (7) 357, 148. 94 50, 858. 11 408, 007. 05 Funds contributed for flood control, rivers and harbors -- -_ _. ..--------------------------.-------- ---- (7) 1, 449, 550. 10 5, 589. 16 1,455, 139. 26 Funds advanced for improvement of rivers and harbors........... ...........-- _- Mar. 3, 1925 38, 903.82 38, 903.82 Funds advanced for flood control, rivers and harbors- .-------..-------- Oct. 5, 1940 573, 473. 15 56, 447.-- 2 573.473.15 Total, contributed and advanced funds . _- . .. ...-- . .. _.. .... 2, 419, 076. 01 56, 447. 27 2, 475, 28 523. - I Total, Engineer Department and contributed funds .....------------- ----.--.---. -.---------------... ------------- ( 170, 224, 526. 00 55,199, 656. 27 27 225,424,182. Working funds (transfers from other departments): Working fund, War, engineers, civil (various projects) ....... _ -....... -.........--- - ..-.-- ------------ ---- ---------------- 895, 218. 15 Working fund, War, engineers, civil, 1941 (various projects) .....................................---------------- 613.69 Working fund, War, engineers, civil, 1941-42 (Gravelly Point National Airport) ................------. 33,701.00 Working fund, War, eneineers, civil, 1942 (various projects)------. ----------- --- --------------- t_--_ -- ------------ 4. 488. 74 Working fund, War, Engineers (National Industrial Recovery, Federal Emergency Administration of Public Works, allotment Civil Aeronautics Authority), 1933-42 (Gravelly Point National Airport) _ ... .- June 16,1933 ................. .....-----.-... 644, 647. 76 Working fund, War, Engineers (Public Works Administration, act of 1938, allotment to Commerce, Office of Administrator of Civil Aeronautics Authority), 1938-42 (Gravelly Point National Airport)_ __- June 21,1938 142.03 4 Working fund, War, Corps of Engineers (Emergency Relief, Work Projects Administration, Federal con- struction projects), 1938-42 (Gravelly Point National Airport)- _ _ - __ do .... -.... . . -. -- -- . 3,860.70 Working fund, War, Corps of Engineers (Emergency Relief, Work Projects Administration, Federal con- struction projects), 1942 (Gravelly Point National Airport). .----------.-------------- ----do - ---- 228, 103. 78 Total, working funds . . . ---------... . ..--------------- . .. . . .. .. . . .. . -. ..--- ------ --------------- -- - - - - - - - 1,810,775. 85 Grand total, expenditures by United States Engineer Department -------------------------- 170, 224, 526. 00 55, 199, 656. 27 227, 234, 958. 12 1 Annual or supplemental. 2 First Deficiency Appropriation Act, 1940, Apr. 6, 1940, $8,771.95. 3 Second Deficiency Appropriation Act, 1940, June 27, 1940, $3,803.28. d 4 First Supplemental Civil Functions Appropriation Act, 1941, Oct. 9, 1940, $1,148.67. S Third Deficiency Appropriation Act, 1939. O 6 Sixth Supplemental National Defense Appropriation Act, 1942, Apr. 28, 1942. 7 Trust funds. Consolidated cost and financial summary as of June 30, 1949 Value of Additional Cost of new Cost of plntstoks, Plusaccounts Minus Total Balance Total to be amount and undis- reab accounts work maintenance tributed receivable payable expenditures unexpended accounted for required for items completion 0 Seacoast harbors and channels ---- - $688, 136, 115. 10 $302,100,283.13 $732, 939. 62 974, $602, 552. 08 $2, 76 697. $988, 597, 192. 17 $53, 503, 451. 53 $1,042, 100, 70 643. 260, $73, 865 Intracoastal canals and other water- ways .. ------ ------- ------ 155, 355, 596. 34 75, 167, 495. 69 57, 061.95 16, 250. 37 487, 059. 06 230, 109, 345. 29 12, 179, 624. 62 242, 288, 969. 91 75, 291, 225 0 Mississippi River system -- - ------- 835, 208, 717. 65 267, 182, 634. 39 2,154, 385. 80 695, 988. 65 1, 587, 659. 95 1, 103, 654, 066. 54 31, 881, 017. 40 1, 135, 535, 083. 94 50, 675, 450 Lake harbors and channels_ .. __.... 156, 209, 48 611. 78, 574, 036. 14 461, 083. 45 35, 127. 20 543, 037. 66 287, 683, 61 820. 14,795,269.78 302, 479, 090. 39 14, 864, 300 Total _ .. . . . . . . . ., . . . -------------- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -. ------- . - . .. .- ----.- ..- . ..-- -.-.-. -- - - - - - - - ...- . . . -. . -7 -. -. -. - . - . - . - . . ---.. . -. -. - . - . - .- . - . --.- . . . - . -- - -0 ------ 1, 8 4 214,091,840 Examinations, surveys and contin- gencies of rivers and harbors -...- - 7, 613, 720. 34 52, 957, 107. 78 16, 314. 01 136, 600. 37 207, 188. 97 60, 516, 553. 53 1, 909, 669. 37 62, 426, 222. 90------------ 0 Removing sunken vessels_--- 7, 706, 797.12---...--------- ----------------------- 7, 706, 797.12 167,106. 60 7, 873, 903. 72-_____---- 0 Power installation at Bonneville and Fort Peck___ 32, 045, 588. 11 412, 586. 13 84,933.41-------------1, 439, 622. 25 31, 103, 485. 40 15, 759, 113. 79 46, 862, 599. 19 500, 000 -4 Dam No. 2, Tennessee River: Construction _ _- - 46, 613, 947. 62 359,592.52--------- --------------------------- 46, 973, 540. 14 --------------- 46, 973, 540. 14 - Operation and care of hydroelectric r 00 development ___-- 1, 711, 656. 48----------------------------------------- 1,711, 656. 48 1, 711, 656. 48------------.......... Passamaquoddy tidal power prQject, X Maine____------------------ 6,384,393.74 --... ------ .. -- ..- ------- ...------------. 6,384,393.74--------------- 6,384,393.74-- 00 Flood control_ - - --- 917,554,355.32 122,637,147.96 1,694, 206. 35 2,897,721.32 13,638,132. 06 1,031,145,298.89 265,133,448.04 1,296,278,746.93 828,016,000 Plant: River and harbor _--- 45,148, 873.95 13, 762, 217. 80 6, 440, 252. 39 52, 470, 839. 36 5, 543, 035. 31 58, 013, 874. 67--------- Flood control ................... . . .. _._....... . 12, 564, 317. 87 5,081, 150. 49 1, 737, 147. 75 15, 908, 320. 61 2, 116, 424. 12 18, 024, 744. 73.---------- Total..._ _ .. . 2, 898,069,045.70 908, 809, 337. 341162, 914,116. 41 23, 227, 608. 28 29, 054, 797. 85 3, 863, 965, 309.88 402, 988,160. 56 4, 266, 953, 470.44 1, 042, 607, 840 Unallotted balance June 30, 1942: Rivers and harbors --- - - -------------------- 19, 893, 097.90 19, 893, 097. 90.........---------- Flood control, Mississippi River and tributaries ................. S----- --------------- 34, 200. 00 34, 200. 00 --.---------- Emergency funds for flood control on tributaries of Mississippi R iver .......................... - - ------- ----------------- 1, 374, 087. 99 1, 374, 087. 99--------- Flood control, general _- . ..---- ---- -------------- -------------- -------------. ---------------- 13, 291,971. 27 13, 291,971.27 T otal-- - - - - - - - - - - -- - --- - 34, 593, 357. 16 34, 593, 357. 16 --- __---- ...... 9 , 51 16, 3 6 1/....~. taran I total ____--__-------------------I------ 43,581,517.72 4,301,546,827.601 I ni - 4 5 1 Of this amount, $52,934,060.03 represents the value of plant, distributed as follows: Construction Service plant Tools and Total plant equipment R iver and harbor_ ._______ ... . --..-- ...... -... --. . . .. -. -.. - . -.. - ..-- - .. - - - - - - - - - - $28,914,395. 82 $9,658,023. 08 $3,623,970.68 $42,196, 389. 58 Flood control_- ..-____-___.....--- ---- ---------------------------------------------. 4,839,947.31 3, 938,110.17 1, 959, 612.97 10, 737, 670.45 Total .____----------------------- -------- ----------------------------------- 33, 754, 343. 13 13, 596,133. 25 5, 583, 583. 65 52, 934, 060. 03 I 0 rj I. 20 REPORT OF CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMY, 1942 The amounts that can be profitably expended during the fiscal year ending June 30, 1944, are as follows: Maintenance and improvement of existing river and harbor works: New work------------------------------------------------ $38, 089, 300 Maintenance ----------------------------------- 52, 905, 865 Total rivers and harbors _--__-- -- ____-________-__ -- 90, 995, 165 Power installation --------------------- 500, 000 Flood control: Mississippi River and tributaries ------------- ____ 30, 078, 930 Emergency work on tributaries of Mississippi River 100 ------------ Sacramento River, Calif----------------------------------2, 800, 000 Projects adopted in act of June 22, 1936, and amendments thereto ------------------------------------------ 38, 577, 245 Snagging and clearing pursuant to section 2 of the Flood Control Act approved Aug. 28, 1937, as amended--------------------- 100, 000 Total flood control _____- _____-----_____-___71, 556, 275 Grand total------ ------------------------------------ 163, 051,440 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 of the Chief of Engineers for the fiscal year 1922. A summary of the reviews 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: Number of Total Number Number of investi- number completed Number investi- gations completed during remaining Authority for investigations gations ordered completed during remaining previously during fis- at close of preceding year end- ing June to be com- pleted cal1942ordered year fiscal year 30, 1942 River and harbor and flood-control acts---- 4, 311 66 3,852 143 382 Concurrent resolutions of Congress -_---. 1 0 1 . Senate resolutions _________________________ 1 0 1 Resolutions of congressional committees__ _ 1, 651 65 1, 334 134 248 Total_____________-__-__------ ______ 5, 964 131 5,188 277 630 NOTE.-Number of hearings held by the Board during the year, 31. Beginning in 1919 the statistics of water-borne commerce of rivers and harbors have been prepared for publication as part 2 of the An- nual Report of the Chief of Engineers by the statistical division of the Board. The report contains detailed statistics of the water-borne commerce for the individual ports and waterways under im- provement and maintenance as well as numerous waterways not under improvement. Of particular interest is the comparative statement showing the water-borne commerce of the United States since 1920, in which the foreign trade and domestic traffic is shown for both ports and waterways. Studies prescribed by various river and harbor acts and by section 500 of the Transportation Act of 1920 were continued, and the results published in four series of reports known as Port and Terminal Facil- ities Reports (formerly Port Series Reports), Survey of Terminals RIVERS AND HARBORS 21 and Landings on the Inland Waterways of the United States, Trans- portation Series, and Miscellaneous Series. The wartime policy of keeping the port studies confidential resulted in withdrawing all books from sale at the Government Printing Office and distribution has been limited to war transportation agencies and other Federal agencies having direct need for the information. The regulations issued in connection with confidential documents are be- ing followed. The reports listed below were prepared and distribu- tion made: PORT AND TERMINAL FACILITIES REPORTS Fernandina, Fort Pierce Harbor, Palm Beach, Port Everglades, Miami, Key West, and Tampa, Fla. Mobile, Ala., Gulfport and Pascagoula, Miss., Pensacola, Panama City, and Port St. Joe, Fla. Northern New England Ports. Ports of San Juan, Ponce and Mayaguez, P. R., and St. Thomas, V. I. Stockton and Sacramento, Calif. Tacoma. Everett, Bellingham, Port Angeles, Olympia, and Grays Harbor, Wash. Upper Hudson River Ports. Boston, Mass. Galveston and Texas City, Tex. Houston, Tex. Jacksonville, Fla. Corpus Christi, Tex. Los Angeles and Long Beach, Calif. San Diego and Port San Luis, Calif. Seattle, Wash. Norfolk. Portsmouth, and Newport News, Va. Ports of Southern New England. Ports on the Delaware River. Baltimore, Md. Ports of the Territory of Hawaii. Ports of the Territory of Alaska. SURVEY OF TERMINALS AND LANDINGS ON THE INLAND WATERWAYS OF THE UNITED STATES Volume 1. Mississippi River. Volume 2. Ohio River. TRANSPORTATION SERIES No. 3. Transportation Lines on the Great Lakes, 1941 and 1942 issues. No. 4. Transportation Lines on the Mississippi River System, 1941 and 1942. MISCELLANEOUS SERIES Two reports in this series, covering port and terminal charges at 124 United States sea and Great Lakes ports were compiled. Material was compiled on the following: SURVEY OF TERMINALS AND LANDINGS ON THE INLAND WATERWAYS OF THE UNITED STATES Volume 3. Ohio River Tributaries. Volume 4. Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway. PORT AND TERMINAL FACILITIES Port of New York, N. Y. TRANSPORTATION SERIES No. 5. Transportation Lines on the Atlantic, Gulf, and Pacific Coasts, 1942 edition. 22 REPORT OF CHIEF OF ENGINEEiRS, U. S. ARMY, 1942 A new report relative to descriptions and operations of fishing ves- sels operating at ocean and Great Lakes ports of the United States was initiated. Special studies were made during the year in connection with projects coming before the Board. Data were compiled for articles for such publications as World Ports, the American Year Book, and Encyclopedia Britannica, and for use in other Government publica- tions; and tables, graphs, and maps have been prepared as necessary in connection therewith. Reports were prepared for the Office of the Petroleum Coordinator of War to include details as to the number and capacities of petroleum storage tanks, pipe-line connections, and owners and operators at all ocean and Great Lakes ports and on the inland waterways of the United States. A survey of the general cargo terminals throughout the country was made for the Army and Navy Munitions Board and war trans- portation agencies to obtain the physical details of the terminals and their cargo handling capacities per month, and maps and photographs for each terminal were prepared. A study was made of the use of inland waterways for the shipment of oil to the eastern seaboard. A study was made of barge tankers and towboats operating on the Mississippi River system, the Great Lakes, the New York State Barge Canal, and on the Atlantic, Gulf, and Pacific coasts, for the use of the War Production Board. On June 30, 1942, the Board was composed of the following mem- bers: Maj. Gen. Thomas M. Robins, Col. Roger G. Powell, Col. Charles L. Hall, Col. Beverly C. Dunn, Col. Malcolm Elliott, Col. John S. Bragdon, and Col. T. F. Farrell. In addition to the foregoing, the following-named officers have also been detailed for various periods during the year to membership on the Board: Col. John N. Hodges, Col. Earl North, Col. Robert E. Coughlin, and Col. Gordon E. Texter. IMPROVEMENT OF RIVERS AND HARBORS IN THE BOSTON, MASS., DISTRICT This district comprises all of Maine, the eastern two-thirds of New Hampshire, and northeastern and eastern Massachusetts embraced in the drainage basins tributary to the Atlantic Ocean north of Nauset Harbor, inclusive on the east coast of Cape Cod, and to the head of Buzzards Bay, Mass., north of Butlers Point at the southern extremity of Sippican Neck, and Scraggy Neck. It also includes the Cape Cod Canal. District engineer: Col. Leonard B. Gallagher, Corps of Engineers, to June 5, 1942; and Maj. William G. Van Allen, Corps of Engineers, since that date. Division engineer: North Atlantic division-Col. J. N. Hodges, Corps of Engineers, to April 30, 1942; New England division-Col. Leonard B. Gallagher, Corps of Engineers, from May 1, 1942. RIVERS AND HARBORS-BOSTON, MASS., DISTRICT 23 IMPROVEMENTS Navigation Navigation-Continued Page Page 1. Penobscot River, Maine ... 23 15. Other projects for which no 2. Kennebec River, Maine ... 25 estimates are submitted _- 58 3. Portland Harbor, Maine --- 28 16. Plant allotment 59 4. Saco River, Maine___.... 31 5. Kennebunk River, Maine_ _ 33 Flood control 6. NewLburyport Harbor, Mass_ 35 7. Gloucester Harbor and An- 17. Merrimack River Basin, nisquam River, Mass ---- x/37 N. H. and Mass------- 18. Franklin Falls Reservoir, 61 8. Mystic River, Mass_ .... 40 9. Boston Harbor, Mass ..... 42 Merrimack River Basin, 10. Weymouth Fore River, N. H ------------ 63 Mass _ 47 19. Blackwater Reservoir, Merri- 11. Weymouth Back River, mack River Basin, N. H__ 65 Mass 49 20. Lowell, Merrimack River 12. Plymouth Harbor, Mass- -- 51 Basin, Mass_ 67 13. Cape Cod Canal, Mass_ 53 21. Preliminary examinations 14. Examinations, surveys, and and surveys for flood con- contingencies (general) _- 57 trol----------------- 69 1. PENOBSCOT RIVER, MAINE Location.-This river drains a large number of lakes and small streams in north central and eastern Maine and, after assuming defi- nite character as a stream, flows about 100 miles in a southerly direc- tion through the middle of the State, discharging into Penobscot Bay, about 90 miles northeast of Portland, Maine. (See U. S. Coast and Geodetic Survey Chart No. 311.) Previous projects.-Adopted by the River and Harbor Act of July 11, 1870, and modified by the River and Harbor Acts of July 5, 1884, August 11, 1888, July 13, 1892, and March 3, 1899. For further details of previous projects, see page 1732 of Annual Report for 1915, and page 48 of Annual Report for 1938. Existing project.-This provides for dredging to a depth of 22 feet between Winterport and Bucksport, about 16 miles below Bangor; for straightening, widening, and deepening to 15 feet the channel near Sterns Mill and near Crosbys Narrows from 3 to 4.5 miles below Bangor; for deepening the basin of the Kenduskeag stream at its junction with the Penobscot to 5 feet; and for deepening the harbor at Bangor to 14 feet and widening it along the Bangor front, giving an additional width of from 100 to 300 feet for a length of about 2,000 feet. The project depths refer to mean low water, which is 3 feet above extreme low tide. The mean range of tide at Bangor is 13.1 feet, and the extreme about 15 feet. The estimate of cost for new work, made in 1906, was $130,000, ex- clusive of amounts expended under previous projects. The latest (1906) approved estimate for annual cost of maintenance is $500. 24 REPORT OF CHIEF O'F ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMY, 1942 The existing project was authorized by the following river and harbor acts: Acts Work authorized Documents July 5,1884 Widening the channel at Bangor and Crosbys Narrows_ ..-- S. Ex. Doec. No. 44, 48th Cong., 1st sess., and An- nual Report 1884, p. 475. Aug. 11, 1888 Dredging between Winterport and Bucksport...------------ H. Ex. Doc. No. 133, 50th Cong., 1st sess., and An- nual Report 1888, p. 425. July 13,1892 Widening the channel at Bangor-_ __ __. _-- _ _ _ _I. H. Ex. Doc. No. 37, 52d Cong., 1st seas., and An- nual Report 1892, p. 533. Mar. 3,1899 Dredging Kenduskeag stream..........------------------------ H. Ex. Doc. No. 49, 55th Cong., 1st sess., and An- nual Report 1897, p. 811. Mar. 2,1907 Further widening of the harbor at Bangor --------------- 11. Doc. No. 739, 59th Cong., 1st sess.l I Contains the latest published map. Other maps are in H. Doec. No. 652, 71st Cong., 3d sess. Terminal facilities.-The river front of Bangor Harbor has 18 wharves. They are of the timber-crib stone-ballasted type. In Ken- duskeag stream there are 42 berths for small vessels. In general the wharves are not modern and are in only fair condition. Eleven wharves have physical connection with railroad. There is a ferry location publicly owned. On the east side of the river at Brewer, opposite Bangor, there is one water terminal, a coal-handling plant, having mechanical appliances and adequate facilities. The remainder of the terminals at this locality are without such facilities and in poor condition. At South Brewer there is a large pulp and paper plant which has water connections and all necessary facilities pertaining to its business. A number of the private wharves are open to the public at moderate charges. On the north side of the river at Bucksport there are 3 important terminals, 1 a coal-handling plant and 2 used by a large paper-manufacturing plant. There is also 1 large terminal which has not been in use since 1935. The terminal facilities are considered adequate for existing needs. Operations and results during fiscal year.-None. Final cost ad- justment was made in connection with maintenance dredging in the vicinity of Lawrence Cove by the U. S. seagoing hopper dredge Absecon, at a cost of $2,120.42 for maintenance. The expenditures were $8,455.18. Condition at end of fiscal year.-The existing project was com- pleted in 1913. In 1938 the channel from Bucksport to Winterport and for a distance of about 4 miles at and below Bangor was sub- stantially of project dimensions, except for a shoal area in Bangor Harbor, on the Brewer side, having a maximum width of 200 feet and a least depth of 4.6 feet at mean low water. Dredging to re- move subsequent shoaling in the channel opposite Lawrence Cove was completed in June 1941, at which time the controlling depth at that point was 20 feet at mean low water for a width of 250 feet. The costs and expenditures under the existing project have been RIVERS AND HARBORS-BOSTON, MASS., DISTRICT 25 $185,348.68, of which $133,220.53 was for new work and $52,128.15 was for maintenance. Proposed operations.-No funds are available and no work is pro- posed during the fiscal years 1943 and 1944. Cost and financial summary Cost of new work to June 30, 1942--------------------------- $501, 020.53 Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1942-_---------------------- 52, 128. 15 Total cost of permanent work to June 30, 1942--------------553,148. 68 Net total expenditures ----------------------- 553, 148. 68 Total amount appropriated to June 30, 1942_-- 553, 148. 68 Fiscal year ending June 30 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 Cost of new work__ Cost of maintenance ..------------- $2, 759. 52 $17, 253.03 .. $24, 715. 71 $2, 120. 42 Total expended .---------------------------- 20, 012. 55 .. - - 18, 380. 95 8,455. 18 Allotted ----------------------- 50,000. 00 -18, 000. 00 -$11,987.45 27, 000. 00 -163. 87 Balance unexpended July 1, 1941------------------------------- $8, 619. 05 Deductions on account of revocation of allotment------------------ 163. 87 Net amount to be accounted for-------------------------- 8, 455. 18 Gross amount expended_ _________---------- ---- -- ---- 8, 455. 18 2. KENNEBEC RIVER, MAINE Location.-Kennebec River drains a large number of lakes and minor streams, and flows from Moosehead Lake about 150 miles in a southerly direction and discharges into the Atlantic Ocean about 25 miles east of Portland. (See U. S. Coast and Geodetic Survey Charts Nos. 288, 289, and 314.) Previous projects.-The first project was adopted by the River and Harbor Act of March 2, 1827. Modifications and additions were au- thorized by River and Harbor Acts of August 30, 1852, June 23, 1866, July 11, 1870, March 3, 1871, March 3, 1873, March 3, 1881, August 11, 1888. For further details of previous projects see page 1735 of Annual Report for 1915, and page 52 of Annual Report for 1938. Existing project.-This provides for a channel 27 feet deep and not less than 500 feet wide, extending from the mouth to a point about 0.6 mile above the bridge at Bath; thence to Gardiner a channel not less than 150 feet wide, with a depth of 17 feet at Beef Rock Shoal, at the foot of Swan Island, 18 feet deep through rock at Lovejoy Nar- rows, near the head of Swan Island, decreasing to 16 feet deep at Gardiner; a channel west of Swan Island 100 feet wide, 12 feet deep, except at the upper shoal, where the depth was to be 15 feet; and a channel 125 feet wide and 11 feet deep from Gardiner upstream to Augusta,at the head of navigation. The section of river included in the project is about 44 miles in length. The work includes dredging, rock excavation, and two riprap training walls. The project depths refer to mean low water. The mean tidal range is 8.3 feet at the mouth of the river, 6.5 feet at Bath, 5.5 feet at the foot of Swan Island, 5 feet at Gardiner, and 4.1 feet at Augusta. The spring tides are about 1 foot greater at the mouth and about 0.5 foot greater at Augusta. 26 REPORT OF CHIEF O'F EGINEERS, U. S. ARMY, 1942 The estimate of cost for new work, revised in 1941, is $1,186,500, exclusive of amounts expended under previous projects. The latest (1941) approved estimate for annual cost of maintenance is $5,000. The existing project was authorized by the following river and harbor acts: Acts Work authorized Documents 1 June 13,1902 Channel between Augusta and Gardiner, Maine......---------- H. Doc. No. 262, 56th Cong., 1st sess. Mar. 2,1907 Channel below Gardiner, Maine. -.. .............. __ . . H. Doc. No. 321, 59th Cong., 2d sess. Mar. 4,1913 Channel west of Swan Island......-- . ________________..._. . H. Doc. No. 746, 62d Cong., 2d sess. Oct. 17,1940 27-foot channel from mouth to Bath--.--.- - -............S. Doc. No. 55, 77th Cong., 1st sess. 1 These documents contain the latest published maps. Recommended modifications of project.-In House Document No. 2107, Sixty-fourth Congress, second session, it was recommended that the improvement and maintenance of the channel west of Swan Island, near the town of Richmond, be abandoned. Terminal facilities.--Wharves capable of serving a useful purpose are located at the towns of Bath, Richmond, Randolph, Gardiner, Hallowell, and Augusta. Of the 30 wharves at Bath, 4 are publicly and 26 privately owned, but about one-third of the privately owned wharves are in poor repair and are little used. Rail connections are available at 19 of the wharves at Bath. Depths alongside the wharves range from 12 to 25 feet. At the other above-named points there are 16 wharves in usable condition. All but 1 are equipped with mechanism for handling pas- sengers or freight. Those open to the public on equal terms are 2 at Hallowell and 1 each at Randolph and Augusta. None is publicly owned. The facilities are considered adequate for existing commerce. Operations and results during fiscal year.-Under a contract for the removal of ledge rock and other material to provide a channel 27 feet deep at mean low water and not less than 500 feet wide from the mouth of the river to a point abreast of the Bath Iron Works Corporation, in progress at the beginning of the fiscal year, work was continued through June 30, 1942. During the fiscal year there were drilled and blasted 17,553 cubic yards, place measurement, of ledge rock, and there were dredged 22,648 cubic yards, place measurement, of material, of which 15,649 cubic yards were ordinary material and 6,999 cubic yards were broken ledge, at a cost of $268,842.81 for new work. Work by hired labor, consisting of completion of a predredging survey in connection with contract operations in the 27-foot channel cost $2,250.23 for new work. Work by hired labor, consisting of a maintenance survey of the river from Gardiner to Augusta, Maine, was commenced March 17, 1942, and carried on at intervals throughout the remainder of the fiscal year, at a cost of $3,295.66 for maintenance. RIVERS AND HARBORS-BOSTON, MASS., DISTRICT 27 The total costs during the fiscal year were $274,388.70, of which $271,093.04 was for new work and $3,295.66 was for maintenance. The expenditures were $225,743.04. Condition at end of fiscal year.--The existing project was about 56 percent completed. The work remaining to be done is the completion of removal of ledge rock and other material to provide a 27-foot channel not less than 500 feet wide from the mouth of the river to a point about 0.6 mile above the bridge at Bath, Maine. In 1940 the reach of the river from the mouth to Bath had a controlling depth of 26 feet at mean low water in a crooked natural channel. In 1939 the controlling depths for the project channel widths were 13 feet from Abagadasset Point to the Gardiner-Randolph Bridge, and 8 feet thence to Augusta at the head of navigation. The costs under the existing project have been $786,932.26, of which $658,592.71 was for new work and $128,339.55 was for maintenance. The expendi- tures have been $738,206.24. Proposed operations.-The funds unexpended at the end of the fiscal year, including accounts receivable, amounting to $479,350.43, will be applied as follows: Accounts payable June 30, 1942 _____--- -______$48, 800.42 New work: Complete by Aug. 1, 1943, under a contract in force, removal of ledge rock and other material to provide a channel 27 feet deep at mean low water and not less than 500 feet wide from the mouth to a point abreast of the Bath Iron Works Corporation_ 429, 084. 82 Maintenance: Complete by Sept. 1, 1942, maintenance survey of the river from Gardiner to Augusta, Maine, in progress; by hired labor------------ ------------------------------------ 1, 465. 19 Total.-------- ------------------------------- 479, 350. 43 The sum of $94,000 can be profitably expended during the fiscal year 1944 for the completion of the project by dredging between the. Bath Iron Works Corporation and a point about 0.6 mile above the bridge at Bath, Maine. Cost and financial summary Cost of new work to June 30, 1942___ Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1942_____-------------- __---------- $1,168, 003. 74 128, 339. 55 Total cost of permanent work to June 30, 1942 ,296, 343. 29 1---------- Plus accounts receivable June 30, 1942_ ___ --- __ -___- 74. 40 Gross total costs to June 30, 1942---- ----------- __ -1, 296, 417. 69 Minus accounts payable June 30, 1942_- --- ______-___-- 48, 800. 42 Net total expenditures 247, 617. 27 1------------------------------, Unexpended balance June 30, 1942 -- ___- ________---------479, 276. 03 Total amount appropriated to June 30, 19421--------------, 726, 893. 30 Fiscal year ending June 30 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 Cost of new work .......-------------- - ---- $1, 061. 29 $271, 093. 04 Cost of maintenance ----------- - $88,996.56 $4, 258. 55 - -- 3, 295.66 Total cost ... ___ .______-------. 88, 996. 56 4, 258. 55 1,061. 29 274, 388. 70 Total expended_______________----------_ 87,753. 81 5, 501.30 980. 93 225, 743. 04 Allotted ------------------- -------------- 116, 000.00 -2,744.89 686,000.00........... 28 REPORT OF CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMY, 1942 Balance unexpended July 1, 1941__________________ ________ $705, 019. 07 Gross amount expended-------------------- $225,858.01 Less reimbursements collected---------------__- 114. 97 225, 743. 04 Balance unexpended June 30, 1942______________________ 479, 276. 03 Outstanding liabilities June 30, 1942------- ___ $48, 800. 42 Amount covered by uncompleted contracts-- _____ 430, 461. 17 479, 261. 59 Balance available June 30, 1942 _____________________ - 14. 44 Accounts receivable June 30, 1942------------------------------ 74. 40 Unobligated balance available June 30, 1942 _______-_____ 88. 84 Amount (estimated) required to be appropriated for completion of existing project 1_- ______ ________ 94, 000.00 Amount that can be profitably expended in fiscal year ending June - -- - 30, 1944, for new work 1- - -____ __ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 94, 000. 00 1 Exclusive of available funds. 3. 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 joint resolution of June 5, 1868, and River and Harbor Act of June 10, 1872. For further details see page 1736 of Annual Report for 1915, and page 40 of Annual Report for 1936. 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 ap- proach, where the depth is to be 35 feet; for a channel 30 feet deep and 300 feet wide in Fore River up to the Boston & Maine Railroad bridge; for a channel 30 feet deep and 300 feet wide from the anchor- age 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 break- water about 2,000 feet long on the southerly 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 $1,970,000, 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: RIVERS AND HARBORS-BOSTON, MASS., DISTRICT 29 Acts Work authorized Documents July 4, 1836 Breakwater on southerly side of mouth of inner H. Doe. No. 491, 23d Cong., 1st sess. harbor. June 23,1866 Extension of breakwater ..... June 3,1896 Dredging to 30 feet over greater part of inner S. Doc. No. 271, 54th Cong., 1st sess. harbor. Mar. 3,1905 Extension of 30-foot depth up Fore River to Bos- (Sundry civil) ton & Maine R. R. bridge and in channel of approach to Back Cove. July 25,1912 30-foot anchorage; 14 feet at entrance to Back H. Doc. No. 489, 62d Cong., 2d sess. Cove; restoration of 12-foot depth in Back Cove and 30-foot depth in the approach as well as in lower part of harbor. Aug. 8,1917 35-foot depth in lower part of main harbor and the H. Doc. No. 71, 65th Cong., 1st sess. channel of approach, and removal of two ob- structing ledges in main channel. Latest published map in H. Doc. No. 560, 76th Cong., 3d sess. Recommended modifications of project.-Under date of December 15, 1939, the Chief of Engineers recommended modification of the ex- isting project so as to provide for dredging an anchorage area 35 feet deep at mean low water, and approximately 170 acres in area, north- west of House Island, at an estimated first cost of $780,000 for new work, with annual maintenance of $10,000, in addition to that now required (H. Doc. No. 560, 76th Cong., 3d sess.). Local cooperation.-Fullycomplied with. Terminal facilities.-The harbor has a water front of about 81/2 miles, rather more than one-half of which has been developed. There are about 54 wharves and 4 shipyards in Portland Harbor. The large modern pier owned by the State is on the Portland side. Fifteen of the wharves and all of the 4 shipyards are on the South Portland side. The facilities are considered adequate for existing commerce. Operations and results during fiscal year.-New work: Under a con- tract for the removal and disposal of a small ledge area in the main ship channel northwest of House Island, work was commenced Feb- ruary 2 and suspended February 25, 1942, due to unavailability of dredging plant. Operations were resumed on June 2, 1942, and work was in progress at the end of the fiscal year. There were drilled, blasted, and removed 3,936 cubic yards, place measurement, of ledge rock, at a cost of $77,290.97 for new work. Under a contract for dredging in the 35-foot channel in the vicinity of the Portland Pipe Line Co.'s terminal, work was commenced Jan- uary 27 and continued at intervals through March 21, 1942, on which date operations were suspended for the balance of the fiscal year to permit contractor to do essential dredging at certain war construction plants at South Portland. During the fiscal year there were dredged 11,625 cubic yards, place measurement, of material at a cost of $9,718.40 for new work. Work by hired labor consisting of preliminary surveys in connec- tion with contract operations cost $3,320.56 for new work. Work by hired labor consisting of a detailed survey of a ledge disclosed by sweeping operations in 1942 in connection with contract ledge removal operations cost $2,233.17 for new work. 493202-43-pt. 1, vol. 1-3 30 REPORT OF CHIEF OF EGINEERS, U. S. ARMY, 1942 Maintenance: In connection with a maintenance survey of Fore River Channel, Portland Harbor, to be carried out by hired labor, costs were incurred in the amount of $184.38 for maintenance. The total costs during the fiscal year were $92,747.48, of which $92,563.10 was for new work and $184.38 was for maintenance. The expenditures were $32,229.10. Condition at end of fiscal year.-The existing project was about 90 percent completed. The remaining portion consists of the re- moval of a depth of 40 feet at mean low water of two obstructive ledges in the main ship channel (one of which was disclosed by sweep- ing in connection with contract ledge removal operations during the fiscal year 1942); completion of the removal to 40 feet at mean low water of an obstructive ledge in the main ship channel northwest of House Island; and completion of dredging in the 35-foot channel. In 1935 project depths were restored in the 30-foot anchorage, the 30- and 35-foot channels in the lower harbor, and the 30-foot channel in the inner harbor and Fore River. In 1931 the controlling depth be- tween Grand Trunk and Tukeys bridges was 14 feet at mean low water; and in the 30-foot channel of approach to Back Cove about 20 feet at mean low water, due apparently to deposits from the Pre- sumpscot River. As this part of the channel is no longer used for deep-draft traffic, no inconvenience is experienced. In 1941 the con- trolling depth in Back Cove was 9 feet at mean low water. The total costs under the existing project have been $2,185,860.91, of which $1,670,692.16 was for new work and $515,168.75 was for maintenance. The expenditures have been $2,125,342.53. Proposedoperations.-The funds unexpended at the end of the fiscal year, amounting to $124,770.90, together with $150,000 allotted during August 1942, a total of $274,770.90, will be applied as follows: Accounts payable June 30, 1942_ ------------------------------ $60, 518. 38 New work: Complete by July 15, 1942, under a contract in force, removal to depth of 40 feet below mean low water of obstructive ledge in main ship channel northwest of House Island------------ 3, 209. 03 Complete by Mar. 15, 1943, under a contract in force, dredging in the 35-foot channel in the vicinity of the Portland Pipe Line Co.'s terminal------- ---------- --------------------- 47, 236. 60 Remove to a depth of 40 feet below mean low water obstructive ledge disclosed by sweeping operations in 1942, by contract (Sept. 1, 1942 to Jan 15, 1943) --------------------------- 150, 000. 00 Complete preliminary surveys, etc., in connection with new work, by hired labor--------------------------------------11,911.27 Total new work ---------- ---------------------- 212, 356. 90 Maintenance: Complete by October 1, 1942, maintenance survey of Fore River Channel, by hired labor-------------------------- 1, 895. 62 Total --------------------------------------------- 274, 770. 90 No additional funds can be, profitably expended during the fiscal year 1944, as it is not believed that maintenance work will be required during that year, and removal of the remaining ledge covered by the existing project is not considered necessary at this time. RIVERS AND HARBORS-BOSTON, MASS., DISTRICT 31 Cost and financial summary Cost of new work to June 30, 1942---------------------------1 $2, 363, 127. 41 Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1942-------------------- ---- -- 515, 168. 75 Total cost of permanent work to June 30, 1942_------ ----- 2, 878, 2C6. 16 Minus accounts payable June 30, 1942 ------------------------- 60, 518. 38 Net total expenditures.. ------------------------------- 2, 817, 777. 78 Unexpended balance June 30, 1942----------------------------- 124,770. 90 Total amount appropriated to June 30, 1942-------------- 12, 942, 548. 68 Fiscal year ending June 30 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 Cost of new work .-----......-------......--..----- --------------------------------------- $92, 563.10 Cost of maintenance---........------------ -- -------------- ---------------- ------------ 184.38 Total cost-- ........----- ..----------.---- - . - 92, 747. 48 Total expended ------------ 32, 229.10 Allotted ------------------------------------------------------- $92,000 65,000.00 Balance unexpended July 1, 1941 _______ $92, 000. 00 Amount allotted from War Department Civil Appropriation Act approved June 24, 1940______ ____ 65, 000.00 Amount to be accounted for___ 157, 000. 00 Gross amount expended ______________ ______ $42, 754. 86 Less reimbursements collected _____________- - __ 10, 525. 76 32, 229. 10 Balance unexpended June 30, 1942__ 124, 770. 90 Outstanding liabilities June 30, 1942_____________ 60, 518. 38 Amount covered by uncompleted contracts---------- 50, 936. 10 111, 454. 48 Balance available June 30, 1942-------------___------ 13, 316. 42 Amount (estimated) required to be appropriated for completion of existing project 2- - - - - - - - - - _- - - - - - - -- - - - - - - -- - - - 87, 000. 00 1 Exclusive of costs and expenditures (working fund, war, engineer, civil) on new work, removal of shoal areas in Casco Bay, Maine. 2 Exlusive of available funds. 4. SACO RIVER, MAINE Location.-This river rises in the White Mountain region of New Hampshire at an elevation about 1,900 feet above sea level, flows about 105 miles in a general southeasterly direction, and discharges into the Atlantic Ocean about 16 miles southwest of Portland, Maine. (See U. S. Coast and Geodetic Survey Chart No. 231.) Existing project.-This provides for a channel depth of 8 feet at mean low water in earth cuts, and 9 feet deep in ledge, from the sea to the head of navigation at the cities of Saco and Biddeford, a dis- tance of about 6 miles, the width to be 140 feet across the bar, 200 feet in the lower section between the jetties, 140 feet in the middle section, and 100 feet in the upper section, to be secured by means of dredging; a small quantity of rock excavation, several small riprap jetties within the river, a riprap breakwater about 6,660 feet long, extending seaward from the north side of the mouth of the river, and a riprap jetty or training wall from the south side of the mouth of 32 REPORT OF CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U. S. ARIVY, 1942 the river, practically parallel with the breakwater and about 4,800 feet long. The mean tidal range is 8.8 feet; the extreme about 1 foot greater. The estimate of cost for new work, revised in 1935, is $601,000, including $20,000 contributed by local interests. The latest (1934) approved estimate for annual cost of maintenance is $3,500. The existing project was authorized by the following river and harbor acts: Acts Work authorized Documents Mar. 2,1827 Erection of piers, placing of buoys, and the re- moval of obstructions at the entrance to the harbor. June 23,186f Breakwater on the north side of the mouth of the river. Sept. 19,1890 Jetty on the south side of the mouth of the river__ S. Ex. Doc. No. 44, 48th Cong., 1st sess., and Annual Report, 1884, p. 482. June 25,1910 Channel improvements and jetty extension on H. Doc. No. 752, 61st Cong., 2d sess.l the south side of the mouth of the river. Mar. 3, 1925 Present project channel dimensions and exten- H. Doc. No. 477, 68th Cong., 2d sess. sion of north breakwater about 1,600 feet. Aug. 30, 1935 Extension of north breakwater to Sharps Ledge__ Rivers and Harbors Committee Doc. No. 11, 74th Cong., 1st sess.' 1Contains the latest published maps. Local cooperation.-Fully complied with. Terminal facilities.-There is a small pier near the mouth of the river which is used for summer passenger business. There are five wharves, all of solid-fill construction, at Saco and Biddeford, none of which has railroad connection. Three are in good condition :and used for private business; two are open to the public on mod- erate terms; the other, no longer in use, was formerly used as an 'oil terminal. Depths range from 6 to 8 feet at mean low tide. The traffic is small and is entirely coal. The facilities appear to be ade- quate for existing demands. Operations and results during fiscal year.-None. The total costs and expenditures during the fiscal year were $539.49 for work by hired labor consisting of a maintenance survey to determine the controlling depth in the bar channel at the mouth of the river. Condition at end of fiscal year.-The existing project was about 95 percent completed. The remaining portion consists of the removal of a small quantity of ledge at Twin Islands. So far as known, there is no urgent necessity for the removal of this ledge at this time. In 1938 the controlling depth in the 8-foot channel in the river was 8 feet at mean low water, except over the ledge area at Twin Islands, where the controlling depth is approximately 7.5 feet. In 1941 the controlling depth over the bar was 5.5 feet at mean low water; and in the buoyed channel to the southward of the bar, 9 feet. The several small riprap jetties within the river were completed in 1893 and are in generally good condition. The north and south jetties at the mouth of the river were completed in 1938 and 1912, respectively. These jetties have settled in several places to such an extent as to require RIVERS AND HARBORS-BOSTON, MASS., DISTRICT 33 repair. The spur dike at the inner end of the north jetty, completed in 1912, is in need of repair to minimize shoaling of the river channel. The costs and expenditures have been $663,025.81, of which $531,715.89 was for new work and $131,309.92 was for maintenance. In addition, $20,000 has been expended from contributed funds for new work. Proposedoperations.-The funds unexpended at the end of the fiscal year, amounting to $37,710.51, will be applied to maintenance, by contract, in the repair of the north and south jetties at the mouth of the river, and the spur dike at the inner end of the north jetty (April 1 to June 30, 1943). No additional funds can be profitably expended during the fiscal year 1944, as it is not believed that maintenance work will be required during that year. Cost and financial summary Cost of new work to June 30, 1942_------------------------- $531, 715. 89 Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1942___________________-_--- 131, 309. 92 Total cost of permanent work to June 30, 1942__________ 663, 025. 81 Net total expenditures_-----------_ 63, 025. 81 6------------------------- Unexpended balance June 30, 1942----------------------------37, 710. 51 Total amount appropriated to June 30, 1942_- ____ 1700, 736.32 Fiscal year ending June 30 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 Cost of new work_ -- $17, 213. 39 $19, 098. 28 -- Cost of maintenance------------- 34, 369. 01 9, 829. 33 $12, 653. 39 $539. 49: Total cost_ - 51, 582. 40 28, 927. 61 12, 653. 39 539. 49 Total expended -__ 47, 087. 61 34, 166. 32 15, 221. 33 539. 49 Allotted -_ _-- - _- -_ 53, 000.00 639. 18 -7. 55 $38, 250. 00 Balance unexpended July 1, 1941---------------------------- $38, 250. 00 ___ Gross amount expended ------------- $547. 69 Less reimbursements collected____-- ---------- 8. 20 539. 49 Balance unexpended June 30, 1942_---------------------- 37, 710. 51 Amount (estimated) required to be appropriated for completion - -- - -- of existing project 2_______________________________________ 22, 500. 00 1 In addition $20,000 contributed funds expended for new work. 2 Exclusive of available funds. 5. KENNEBUNK RIVER, MAINE Location.-The source of Kennebunk River is in the central part of York County in southwestern Maine. The stream flows about 15 miles in a southeasterly direction and discharges into the Atlantic Ocean about 30 miles southwest of Portland, Maine. (See U. S. Coast and Geodetic Survey Chart No. 1205.) Existing project. This provides for the construction of a stone breakwater on the easterly side of the mouth of the river about 550 feet long, a pier or jetty on the westerly side of the mouth about 290 feet long, the construction of a wharf about 700 feet upstream from the 34 REPORT OF CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMY, 1942 shore end of the breakwater, the construction of a jetty on the east bank a short distance farther upstream, and securing a depth of 4 feet at mean low tide for an average width of 100 feet up to Kenne- bunkport, a distance of about 1 mile, by dredging and rock removal. The mean tidal range is 9 feet; the extreme 13.5 feet. Work appears to have been commenced by the State of Massachusetts in 1798, since which date a number of small appropriations have been made for maintenance and further improvement. There is no approved esti- mate of cost for new work or maintenance. Those portions of the existing project adopted since 1829 were authorized by the following river and harbor acts: Acts Work authorized Documents Mar. 2,1829 Repair of pier on east side of channel entrance---- Aug. 14,1876 Deepening at Wading Place and Mitchells Point_ Annual Report, 1875, p. 115. Sept. 19, 1890 Jetty at Wading Place_________----- .-.-- ..- H. Ex. Doc. No. 136, 51st Cong., 1st sess.; and Annual Report, 1890, p. 471. Terminal facilities.-There are seven privately owned piers in usable condition at Kennebunkpbrt. The terminal facilities are of low effi- ciency, but are regarded as sufficient for existing needs. There is one wharf on the east side of the river about one-fourth mile above the mouth. It is owned by the Federal Government and is in poor condition. Operations and results during fiscal year.--Under a contract for maintenance dredging to restore project dimensions in the river chan- nel, work was commenced September 30 and completed November 11, 1941. There were removed 14,822 cubic yards, place measurement, of material, at a cost of $20,757.33 for maintenance. Final cost adjustment was made in connection with preliminary survey by hired labor, at a cost of $4.84 for maintenance. The total costs during the fiscal year were $20,762.17 for maintenance. The expenditures were $21,722.22. Condition at end of fiscal year.-The existing project was completed in 1893. The jetties at the mouth of the river were repaired in 1935, and the stone beacons on the jetty on the east bank of the river in 1936. In 1941, project depth of 4 feet at mean low water was restored in the river channel for its project width of 100 feet, except at a point abreast of the mouth of Gooch Creek where the channel has a width of 80 feet, due to a small ledge area on the westerly side of the channel over which there is a depth of 2.3 feet at mean low water. This ledge area is marked by a buoy. The costs have been $156,623.06, of which $83,584.01 was for new work and $73,039.05 was for maintenance. The expendi- tures have been $156,630.93. Proposed operations.-No operations are proposed during the fiscal years 1943 and 1944. RIVERS AND HARBORS--BOSTON, MASS., DISTRICT 35 Cost and financial summary Cost of new work to June 30, 1942------------------------- --- $83, 584. 01 Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1942------------------------------ 73, 039. 05 Total cost of permanent work to June 30, 1942 56, 623. 06 1-------------- Plus accounts receivable June 30, 1942------------------------------ 9. 58 Gross total costs to June 30, 1942------------------------156, 632. 64 Minus accounts payable June 30, 1942_------------------------------ 1.71 Net total expenditures-------------------------------- 156, 630. 93 Unexpended balance June 30, 1942_ __-- _ 4, 277. 78 Total amount appropriated to June 30, 1942--------------- 160, 908. 71 Fiscal year ending June 30 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 Cost of new work--..--- ... ................ ....------------------ ..-------------- ............ _..-------.---..... .... Cost of maintenance ... ........--..-..... ....... $952.18 $20, 762. 17 Total expended------............--------------------------------------------------------21, 722. 22 Allotted ...............-------------------------------------------------------- 26, 000. 00.. Balance unexpended July 1, 1941. -------------------------- $26, 000.00 Gross amount expended------------------ ------------------ 21, 722. 22 Balance unexpended June 30, 1942 ------------------------ 4, 277. 78 Outstanding liabilities June 30, 1942_----------------------------- 1. 71 Balance unexpended June 30, 1942---------------------- 4, 276. 07 Accounts receivable June 30, 1942---------------- ----------- 9. 58 Unobligated balance available June 30, 1942_----------___ 4, 285.65 6. NEWBURYPORT HARBOR, MASS. Location.-Newburyport is on the south bank of Merrimack River, about 2.5 miles above the mouth and about 48 miles by water north of Boston. (See U. S. Coast and Geodetic Survey Chart No. 331.) Existing project.-This provides for two rubblestone jetties, each 15 feet wide on top at elevation 12 feet above mean low water, with slopes of 1 on 2 on the seaward face and 1 on 1 on the shoreward face; one projecting from the north shore, 4,118 feet, the other from the south shore, 2,445 feet, converging until 1,000 feet apart, and then extending seaward parallel to the axis of the channel for a distance of 1,000 feet; and for partially closing Plum Island Basin by a tim- ber dike about 800 feet long and 5.5 feet above mean low water; the object being to create at the outer bar a permanent channel 1,000 feet wide and at least 17 feet deep at mean low water, to enable vessels of such draft as can proceed at high tide to the wharves at Newbury- port to enter the river at mean low water. The mean range of tide is 7.9 feet at the bar and 7.8 feet at Newburyport. The extreme range is about 9.1 feet at the bar and 8.8 feet at Newburyport. The estimate of cost for new work, revised in) 1942, is $474,000. The latest (1917) approved estimate for annual cost of maintenance is $2,500. 36 REPORT OF CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMY, 1942 The existing project was authorized by the following river and harbor acts: Acts Work authorized Documents June 14, 1880 Construction of rubblestone jetties_ _ June 25, 1910 Dredging the bar at entrance to harbor-----------------.... Annual Report, 1910, p. 59. For latest published maps see H. Doc. No. 703, 76th Cong., 3d sess. Recommended modifications of project.--Under date of April 10, 1940, the Chief of Engineers recommended modification of the existing project so as to provide a continuous channel from the sea to the wharves at Newburyport, 15 feet deep and 400 feet wide through the bar; thence 12 feet deep and 200 feet wide to and including a widened turning basin in front of the wharves, at an estimated first cost of $102,000, with $18,000 annually for maintenance, subject to certain conditions of local cooperation; pending compliance with these condi- tions, the improvement to be in accordance with a plan to provide a channel 12 feet deep and 400 feet wide through the bar; thence 9 feet deep and 200 feet wide to and including a widened turning basin in front of the wharves, at an estimated first cost of $27,000, with $11,000 annually for maintenance (H. Doc. No. 703, 76th Cong., 3d sess.). Terminal facilities.-The terminal facilities consist of 14 wharves extending along a frontage of about 3,500 feet of the south bank of the Merrimack River below the highway bridge, and 1 small pier on the north side of the river. The terminal facilities are considered adequate for existing com- merce. For full description, see Port Series No. 24, the Ports of North- ern New England, 1934. Operations and results during fiscal year.-The U. S. seagoing hop- per dredge Absecon was engaged in maintenance dredging on the bar at the entrance to Newburyport Harbor from September 16 to October 9, 1941. There were removed during this period 141,990 cubic yards, bin measurement, of material. The costs and expenditures were $17,218.09 for maintenance. Condition at end of fiscal year.-The existing project was about 97 percent completed. The north jetty was completed in 1914; the south Jetty was completed, except for a length of about 30 feet at its outer end (the uncompleted portion of the existing project), in 1905. These jetties are in good condition, and completion of the south jetty is not now considered necessary. Plum Island Basin was closed in 1883 by the construction of a timber dike. North Rock was removed in 1901. The latest survey (1941) over the bar at the mouth of the river showed a channel with a controlling depth of 14.6 feet at mean low water for a width of 300 feet. The bar consists of shifting sand, and conditions change rapidly and frequently. The costs and expenditures have been $754,279.25, of which $463,843.62 was for new work and $290,435.63 was for maintenance. Proposed operations.-No operations are proposed during 1943. The sum of $40,000 can be profitably expended during the fiscal year 1944, to be applied to maintenance dredging on the bar at the entrance to Newburyport Harbor by United States seagoing hopper dredge. RIVERS AND HARBORS-BOSTON, MASS., DISTRICT 37 Cost and financial summary Cost of new work to June 30, 1942 --------------------------- $463, 843. 62 Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1942-_------------------- - 290, 435. 63 Total cost of permanent work to June 30, 1942 - 54, 279. 25 7----------- Net total expenditures -- --------------------------------- 754, 279. 25 Unexpended balance June 30, 1942 ---------- -- 7, 981. 91 Total amount appropriated to June 30, 1942-------------- 762, 261. 16 Fiscal year ending June 30 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 Cost of new work--- ----------- --------- Cost of maintenance .. _......._ $101, 348.69 $33. 70 $1, 625. 00 $17, 730. 55 $17, 218.09 Total expended._---------------- 110, 963. 43 10, 953.88 1, 625.00 17, 730. 55 17, 218. 09 Allotted---------------------- 25, 000.00 -2. 52 24, 625. 00 19, 930. 55 Balance unexpended July 1, 1941_ ---------------------------- $25, 200. 00 Gross amount expended------------------------- $18, 622.00 Less reimbursements collected-----------------------1, 403.91 17, 218. 09 Balance unexpended June 30, 1942------------------------- 7, 981. 91 Amount (estimated) required to be appropriated for completion of existing project 1-______-- ---- ----------- --- 10, 000. 00 Amount that can be profitably expended in fiscal year ending June 30, 1944, for maintenance .------------------------------------- 40,000.00 1 Exclusive of available funds. 7. GLOUCESTER HARBOR AND ANNISQUAM RIVER, MASS. Location.-GloucesterHarbor is situated at the southern extremity of Cape Ann, about 23 miles northeast by water from Boston Harbor. Annisquam River is a narrow tidal waterway extending across the base of Cape Ann from Gloucester Harbor on the south side to Ipswich Bay on the north side, a distance of approximately 4 miles. A reach of this waterway, at the Gloucester Harbor end, for a length of about 1,800 feet, is known as the Blynman Canal. (See U. S. Coast and Geodetic Survey Chart No. 243.) Previous projects.-Projects for Gloucester Harbor were adopted by River and Harbor Acts of June 10, 1872, August 5, 1886, and June 3, 1896. There were no previous projects for Annisquam River. For further details see page 1740 of Annual Report for 1915, and page 41 of Annual Report for 1937. Existing project.-This provides: Gloucester Harbor.- (a) For a rubblestone breakwater 2,250 feet long, surmounted by a superstructure 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, 1 to 12 feet and 2 to 15 feet depth at mean low water, and five ledges in the outer harbor, 4 to 18 feet and 1 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 38 REPORT OF CHIEF OF E TGINEERS, U. S. ARMY, 1942 Harbor Cove and Pews wharf, near the head of the inner harbor: dredging to the same depth the channel leading past the wharves and dredging Harbor Cove to the depth of 10 feet at mean low water. Annisguam River.-For a channel 8 feet deep at mean low water 60 feet wide from Gloucester Harbor to the Boston & Maine Railroad bridge, 100 feet wide from the railroad bridge to the mouth of the river, and 200 feet wide across the bar in Ipswich Bay, including the removal of a ledge near the Gloucester Harbor entrance. The mean range of tide in Gloucester Harbor is 8.9 feet; the ex- treme range is 12.6 feet. The mean range of tide in Annisquam River is 8.8 feet; the extreme range is about 10 feet. The estimates of cost for new work, exclusive of amounts expended on previous projects, are as follows: Gloucester Harbor.--(a) For breakwater, $416,083.43, revised in 1902; (b) for 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 maintenance of the breakwater is $1,000. Annisquam River.-$32,500, made in 1932. The latest (1932) ap- proved estimate for annual cost of maintenance is $3,500. The existing project was authorized by the following river and harbor acts: Acts Work authorized Documents Aug. 11, 1888 Removal of ledges and boulders, and dredging, in Gloucester Annual Report, 1887, p. 503. Harbor. Aug. 18, 1894 Construction of breakwater at entrance to Gloucester Har. H. Ex. Doc. No. 56, 48th bor from Eastern Point to Round Rock Shoal. Cong., 2d sess., and An- nual Report, 1885, p. 534. June 13,1902 Termination at Cat Ledge of breakwater authorized by act Annual Report, 1902, p. 89. of Aug. 18. 1894. June 25, 1910 Removal of 8 ledges in Gloucester Harbor.---_ ------------ H. Doc. No. 1112, 60th Cong., 2d sess.l Aug. 30,1935 Dredging in Annisquam River and removal of a ledge in Rivers and Harbors Comn Gloucester Harbor near the entrance to Annisquam mittee, Doc. No. 39, 72d River. Cong., 1st sess.l 1These documents and H. Doc. No. 329, 77th Cong., 1st sess., contain the latest published maps. Recommended modifications of project.-Under date of April 25, 1941, the Chief of Engineers recommended modification of the exist- ing project so as to provide a dredged anchorage area about 17 acres in extent and 8 feet deep at the entrance of Lobster Cove, at an estimated first cost of $70,000, with $2,200 annually for maintenance in addition to that now required, subject to certain conditions of local cooperation (H. Doc. No. 329, 77th Cong., 1st sess.) Terminal facilities.-There are in Gloucester Harbor 61 wharves worthy of mention. The depth beside the wharves varies from 0 to 20 feet at mean low water. Except for 3 wharves, 2 owned by the city and the fish pier which is leased by the city from the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, all are private and are not available to the public. There are two commercial wharves on Annisquam River, on the east bank. These facilities are considered adequate for the existing com- RIVERS AND HARBORS-BOSTON, MASS., DISTRICT 39 merce of the port. For full description see Port Series No. 24, The Ports of Northern New England, 1934. Operations and results during fiscal year--Gloucester Harbor.- None. Final cost adjustment was made in connection with mainte- nance survey by hired labor to ascertain the controlling depths over two ledges in Gloucester inner harbor, at ai cost of $29.68 for maintenance. Annisquam River.-A 7-cubic-yard boulder was drilled, blasted, and removed, by hired labor, at a cost of $172.17 for maintenance. The total costs and expenditures during the fiscal year were $201.85 for maintenance. Condition at end of fiscal year.-The existing project was com- pleted in 1936. The removal of all ledges and boulders in Gloucester Harbor between Harbor Cove and Pews 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 outer harbor in 1896. The breakwater which was completed in 1905 was repaired in 1940 and is in good condition. The removal of all ledges to project depth was completed in 1916. The improvement of Annisquam River was completed in 1936 at a cost of $33,975.89. The controlling depths over the ledges in the outer harbor in 1916, were from 18 to 25 feet; over Ledge C in the inner harbor in 1931, 14.6 feet; and over Ledges A and B in the inner harbor in 1940, 13.6 and 15 feet, respectively. As ascertained by a survey after maintenance dredging in 1940, project dimensions in Annisquam River had been restored. The costs for Gloucester Harbor under the existing project have been $501,178.84 for new work and $52,447.80 for maintena:nce, a total of $553,626.64. The costs for Annisquam River have been $33,975.89 for new work and $55,702.36 for mainte- nance, a total of $89,678.25. The total costs and expenditures under the existing project have been $643,304.89, of which $535,154.73 was for new work and $108,150.16 was for maintenance. Proposed operations.-No funds are available and no work is pro- posed during the fiscal years 1943 and 1944. Cost and financial summary Cost of new work to June 30, 1942_ _____ ___--____- ___ $556, 154. 73 Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1942 ____-__________ __------ 108, 150. 16 Total cost of permanent work to June 30, 1942------------- 664, 304. 89 Net total expenditures------------------------------------ 64, 304. 89 Total amount appropriated to June 30, 1942 ___________ --- __- 664, 304. 89 Fiscal year ending June 30 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 Cost of new work .------------- - --- . Cost of maintenance------------------------ $11,952. 76 $1,323. 22 $57, 679. 62 $201.85 Total expended------------------------------- 7, 246. 57 6, 029. 41 .57, 679. 62 201.85 ........-------------- Allotted----- -------------- 18,000.00 33,800.00 19, 500. 00 -142. 55 Balance unexpended July 1, 1941_-------------- -- ___ - $344. 40 Deductions on account of revocation of allotment ---- __ ---- _ 142. 55 Net amount to be account for_--------- 201. 85 Gross amount expended-------------------------------- 201. 85 40 REPORT OF CHIEF OF ENIGINEERS, U. S. ARMY, 1942 8. MYSTIC RIVER, MASS. Location.-This river rises in Mystic Lakes, Mass., flows in a south- easterly direction, and empties into Boston Harbor near the Charles- town Navy Yard. It is 7 miles in length. (See U. S. Coast and Geodetic Survey Chart No. 248 and U. S. Geological Survey Chart, "Boston.") Previous projects.-Original project for the lower Mystic was adopted by the River and Harbor Act of March 3, 1899, and cur- tailed by the River and Harbor Act of June 25, 1910. For further details see page 1743 of Annual Report for 1915, and page 59 of Annual Report for 1938. There has been no previous project for the upper Mystic. Existing project.-This provides for a channel 30 feet deep at mean low water downstream from the mouth of Island End River, through the Chelsea (north) Bridge to the 35-foot channel of Boston Harbor, about one-half mile, 600 feet wide at the upper end, and gradually narrowing to 300 feet wide at the lower end, and widening of the entrance channel leading to Mystic wharf; a channel 30 feet deep at mean low water and 500 feet wide upstream from the mouth of Island End River to the city playground at Charlestown; a channel 20 feet deep from the head of the existing 30-foot channel to a point 800 feet above the Malden Bridge with widths decreasing from 270 feet at the lower end to 75 feet through the drawspan, thence increas- ing to approximately 340 feet to form a turning basin above the bridge; a channel 6 feet deep at mean low water and 100 feet wide from the Boston & Maine Railroad (western division) bridge to about 2,500 feet above Wellington Bridge, about 1 mile, and thence 4 feet deep at mean low water, gradually narrowing from 100 feet to 50 feet at the upper end for about 2 miles to the head of com- mercial navigation at Cradock Bridge in Medford. The meal range of tide is 9.6 feet. The extreme range is 13.7 feet. The estimate of cost for new work, revised in 1938, is $768,000, exclusive of amounts expended on previous projects. The latest (1938) approved estimate of cost for annual maintenance is $7,500. The existing project was authorized by the following river and harbor acts: Acts Work authorized Documents July 13,1892 Improvement of the upper Mystic------------- Annual Report, 1891, p. 672. June 25,1910 Improvement of channel downstream from mouth H. Doc. No. 1086, 60th Cong., 2d sess. of Island End River to the 35-foot channel of Boston Harbor. Aug. 30,19351 Improvement of channel upstream from mouth Rivers and Harbors Committee Doe. of Island End River to city playground at No. 33, 74th Cong., 1st sess. Chaflestown. 2 June 20,1938 Improvement of channel upstream from city H. Doc. No. 542, 75th Cong., 3d sess. playground at Charlestown to a point 800 feet above the Malden Bridge. 1 Also Emergency Relief Act of 1935. 2 Contains latest published map. RIVERS AND HARBORS-BOSTON, MASS., DISTRICT 41 A map showing the entire river is published in House Document No. 2108, Sixty-fourth Congress, second session. Terminal facilities.-In the section of the river benefited by the 30-foot-channel project there are on the south bank of the river four wharves aggregating over 4,000 feet of berthing space used for the receipt, storage, and shipment of coal, lumber, and gypsum. These wharves consist of substantial stone or wooden bulkheads filled solid, and in some cases fronted by pile platforms. There is also on the south bank a lumber terminal, the largest of its kind on the Atlantic. coast. It is equipped with the most modern mechanical appliances,,. has railroad connection, and occupies 4,400 feet of water front. One the north bank of the river within the scope of this improvement there is a large wharf for receipt and shipment of oil on an extensive scale; immediately adjacent to this wharf is an extensive terminal constructed in connection with an iron works; on the.west bank of Island End River, which flows into Mystic River on the north about midway of the 30-foot channel, are situated two large terminal wharvesk of 800 feet dockage, for receipt and shipment of coal, coke, tar, and oil. These wharves are connected with the 30-foot channel by a channel 30 feet deep at mean low water, dredged by private interests. None of the above wharves is publicly owned, and none is open to general public use. Beyond the scope of the 30-foot-channel improvement, and within the scope of the 20-foot channel and the improvement of the upper Mystic, there are on the south bank in Charlestown and Somerville about 1,850 feet, and on the north bank in Medford about 1,235 feet of available dockage, of which 450 feet on the south bank and 435 feet on the north bank are customarily in use. A large automobile assembly plant is located on the south bank in Somerville. The existing wharves consist of stone and wooden bulkheads, solid filled. None is publicly owned, but two are open to the public on payment of wharfage charges. The capacities of the lower Mystic are being utilized to a gratifying extent. These facilities are considered adequate for existing commerce. Operations and results during fiscal year.-A survey of the 30-foot channel was carried out by hired labor. The costs and expenditures were $3,123.73 for maintenance. Condition at end of fiscal year.-The existing project was completed in 1940, with the completion of the 20-foot channel in the vicinity of Malden Bridge. The 30-foot channel from the mouth of Island End River downstream to the 35-foot channel in Boston Harbor was com- pleted in 1914, and the extension of this channel upstream to the city playground at Charlestown was completed in 1938. A channel with project depths of 6 and 4 feet at mean low water was completed in the upper Mystic in 1906. A survey in 1916 showed that the portion of the channel normally 6 feet deep had an available depth of about 4.5 feet at mean low water, and that while the portion of the channel normally 4 feet deep had that depth throughout its length, the width had been contracted by caving of the banks. A survey in 1941 showed a con- trolling depth in the 30-foot channel, for its project width, of 29 feet at mean low water from its mouth to a point abreast of Island End River, and 25 feet thence to its upper limit. The costs and expenditures under the existing project from regular funds have been $311,718.26, 42 REPORT OF CHIEF OF ENGINEE S, U. S. ARMY, 1942 of which $293,341.72 was for new work and $18,376.54 was for main- tenance. The costs and expenditures under Emergency Relief appro- priation funds have been $476,783.40, all for new work. Total costs and expenditures under all funds have been $788,501.66, of which $770,125.12 was for new work and $18,376.54 was for maintenance. Proposed operations.--The funds unexpended at the end of the fiscal year, amounting to $20,276.27, will be applied to maintenance dredging, by contract, in those portions of the 30-foot channel where shoaling is most obstructive (May 1943). No additional funds can be profitably expended during the fiscal year 1944, as it is believed that the channel will be in a condition to meet the reasonable requirements of navigation. Cost and financial summary Cost of new work to June 30, 1942----- ---------------------- $895, 848. 32 Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1942 -------------------------- 28, 658.46 Total cost of permanent work to June 30, 1942_ 924, 506. 78 Net total expenditures ------------------------------------ 924, 506. 78 Unexpended balance June 30, 1942----------------------------20, 276. 27 Total amount appropriated to June 30, 1942 44, 783. 05 9--------------- Fiscal year ending June 30 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 Cost of new work _---------_ $55, 872. 22 $50, 714. 81 $$1, 783.40 .. Cost of maintenance -- _-------- - --- ---- ---- - _ $3,123.73 'Total expended ----------- _---_ 56, 671.84 _-_-__----- - 50, 714. 81 .3, 123. 73 Allotted----------- ----------- 52, 200. 00 $50, 000. 00 714. 81 23, 400. 00 Balance unexpended July 1, 1941----------------------------- $23,400. 00 Gross amount expended... .3-------------------------------------- 123. 73 Balance unexpended June 30, 1942.........-----------------------------20, 276. 27 9. 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 Geo- detic Survey Charts Nos. 246 and 248.) Previous projects.--Adopted by the River and Harbor Acts of March 2, 1867, June 14, 1880, September 19, 1890, June 3, 1896, and July 25, 1912. For further details see page 174a of Annual Report for 1915, page 81 of Annual Report for 1917, and page 63 of Annual Report for 1938. Existing project.-This provides for the following: (a) 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. (b) Deepening the main ship channel from President Roads past the United States Navy drydock No. 3 at South Boston to Common- RIVERS AND HARBORS-BOSTON, MASS., DISTRICT 43 wealth pier No. 1, East Boston, to 40 feet for a width of 600 feet with suitable widening at the bend in the channel. (c) An anchorage area 2,000 feet wide, 5,500 feet long, and 40 feet deep, on the north side of President Roads. (d) Deepening to 40 feet that part of the approach channel to the United States Navy drydock No. 3 at South Boston between the main ship channel and the United States harbor line. (e) 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 Charles- town 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. (f) 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. (g) A channel 27 feet deep and 1,000 feet wide from Nantasket Roads to President Roads, 3 miles. (h) 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. (i) A channel in Chelsea Creek 30 feet deep and generally 200 feet wide, from the mouth of the creek, at the head of the 35-foot channel in Boston Harbor, to a point opposite the Hartol Oil Co. terminal. (j) Improvement of Reserved Channel east of L Street Bridge by a channel 30 feet deep and 300 feet wide. (k) A seaplane channel 12 feet deep and 1,500 feet wide, extending northwesterly from President Roads, 17,500 feet to the easterly margin of Boston Airport, and deposit of excavated material in such places as will permit enlargement of the airport. (1) 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 Federal Street) Bridge. (m) Sea walls of coursed stone and riprap protecting the most ex- posed 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 1941, exclusive of amount expended on previous projects and of sea walls for which no estimate was given, is $20,043,700. The latest (1941) approved esti- mate for annual cost of maintenance is $174,000. The existing project was authorized by the following river and harbor acts: 44 REPORT OF CHIEF O'F ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMY, 1942 Acts Work authorized Documents Mar. 2,1825 Preservation of islands by sea walls________________.___ Aug. 5,1886 Fort Point Channel .__ ____......__ ___________ ............ H. Ex. Doe. No. 206, 48th Cong., 2d sess., and An- nual Report, 1885, p. 543. Channel 15 feet deep from Long Island to Nixes Mate Shoal Annual Report, 1887, p. 517. (Nixes Mate or Nubble Channel). July 13,1892 Channel 27 feet deep from Nantasket Roads to President Annual Report, 1893, p. 766. Roads. Mar. 3,1899 For 30-foot channel from the sea to President Roads through H. Doc. No. 133, 55th Cong., Broad Sound by less direct route than the 35- and 40-foot 2d sess. Annual Report, channels. 1898, p. 886. June 13,1902 For 35-foot channel from the sea to navy yard at Charles- H. Doc. No. 119, 56th Cong., town. 2d sess. Annual Report, 1901, p. 1096. Elimination from the project of the removal of Finns Ledge Authorized by Chief of at the outer entrance. Engineers, Mar. 11, 1913. Aug. 8,1917 Depth of 40 feet (45 feet in rock) in Broad Sound Channel_ _ H. Doc. No. 931, 63d Cong., 2d sess.1 Aug. 30, 1935 2 Present project dimensions of channel from President Roads H. Doc. No. 244, 72d Cong., to Commonwealth pier No. 1, East Boston, and anchorage 1st sess.' area north side of President Roads. Do ____ Present project dimensions of that part of approach channel Rivers and Harbors Com- to U. S. Navy drydock No. 3, at South Boston between mittee Doc. No. 29, 74th Main Ship Channel and United States harbor line. Cong., 1st sess.' Aug. 26,1937 --- Chelsea Creek Channel, 30 feet deep.___- -- Rivers and Harbors Com- mittee Doc. No. 24, 75th Cong., 1st sess.' Oct. 17, 1940 1 Reserved Channel, 30 feet deep. _ -__ H. Doc. No. 225, 76th Cong., 1st sess.' Do--.... Seaplane channel, 12 feet deep----...---. . ---...- .-- . H. Doc. No. 362, 76th Cong., 1 1st sess. 1Contains latest published maps. See also Annual Report, 1911, p. 1178 (sea walls and Nixes Mate Chan- nel) and Annual Report, 1903, p. 770 (Fort Point Channel). 2 Authorized in part by Public Works Administration, Sept. 6, 1933. Local cooperation.-The River and Harbor Act of October 17, 1940, in authorizing the dredging of the seaplane channel, requires that local interests furnish, free of cost to the United States, as and when required, all lands, easements, and rights-of-way and spoil- disposal areas for the initial work and for subsequent maintenance; hold and save the United States free from claims for damages re- sulting from the improvement; and give assurances satisfactory to the Secretary of War that they will, at their expense, provide suit- able bulkheads, dikes, or other structures for retention of excavated material. To date these requirements have not been complied with. It is understood that these requirements will be met in the event Federal funds become available for this work. All prior require- ments have been fully complied with. Terminal facilities.-The wharf development of Boston Harbor lies westerly of Governors and Castle Islands. Bordering on the 35- and 40-foot channel and below all bridges there is about 4 miles of water- front, fully developed with wharves of various types devoted to commercial purposes; and on the Charlestown shore is located the United States navy yard, with a frontage of about five-eighths of a mile. The Boston Airport has been established easterly of the wharf development on the East Boston front. RIVERS AND HARBORS-BOSTON, MASS., DISTRICT 45 There are numerous public and private wharves, piers, ferry slips, and drydocks. The facilities are considered adequate for existing commerce. For further details see Port Series No. 2, Corps of En- gineers, revised, 1936. Operations and results during fiscal year.-New work: Under a con- tract for dredging to a depth of 30 feet at mean low water in the Reserved Channel, in progress at the beginning of the fiscal year, work was completed September 6, 1941. During the fiscal year there were dredged 148,473 cubic yards, place measurement, of material at a cost of $93,531.01 for new work. Preliminary work by hired labor in connection with contract dredg- ing in the Reserved Channel cost $93.74 for new work. A sounding survey of Governors Island Channel was carried on by hired labor at a cost of $3,920.54 for new work. A probing survey in connection with a possible extension of the anchorage area in Boston Harbor was carried on by hired labor at a cost of $779.50 for new work. Maintenance: A maintenance survey of Fort Point Channel, in progress at the beginning of the fiscal year, was completed by hired labor at a cost of $138.59 for maintenance. Tidal studies in Boston Harbor, in progress at the beginning of the fiscal year, were completed by hired labor at a cost of $311.59 for maintenance. In connection with a sweeping survey in the Boston Harbor 40-foot channel, to be carried out by hired labor, costs were incurred in the amount of $61.35 for maintenance. The total costs during the fiscal year were $98,816.10, of which $98,304.57 was for new work and $511.53 was for maintenance. The expenditures were $105,110.38. Condition at end of fiscal year.-The existing project was about 91 percent completed. The work remaining to complete the project con- sists of the removal of isolated shoal areas from the inner harbor 40- foot channel; dredging to 30 feet of a small area in Chelsea Creek in the vicinity of a metropolitan district sewer siphon now under construc- tion immediately below the Chelsea Street Bridge; and the dredging of the 12-foot seaplane channel, on which no work has been done. Sea walls of a total length of about 3.75 miles have been built and main- tained on Great Brewster, Lovells, Gallops, Long, Rainsford, Deer, and Georges Islands, and on Point Allerton. The Nixes Mate or Nubble Channel was completed in 1892, the 30-foot channel in 1905, the 27-foot channel in 1907, Fort Point Channel in 1909, the 35-foot channel in 1915, the Broad Sound 40-foot channel in 1930, the 40-foot anchorage in 1937, the 40-foot inner harbor channel (except for a few isolated shoal areas) in 1941, and the 30-foot Reserved Channel in 1941. The controlling depths at mean low water in the various improved channels of Boston Harbor at the dates they were last surveyed were: Nixes Mate Channel, 15 feet (1932); 35-foot channel, 35 feet (1934); 40-foot anchorage, 39 feet (1937); Broad Sound 40-foot channel, 40 feet (1939) ; 30-foot channel, 30 feet (1939) ; inner harbor 40-foot chan- nel, 37.5 feet (1941) ; Reserved Channel, 30 feet (1941) ; and Fort Point Channel, 19 feet (1941). 493202--43-pt. 1, vol. 1-4 46 REPORT OF CHIEF OF EEGINEERS, U. S. ARMY, 1942 The controlling depth in the 30-foot project channel of Chelsea Creek (1940) was 30 feet at mean low water, except for the reach extending from a point about 170 feet downstream of the Chelsea Street Bridge to the downstream end of the Grand Junction Railroad Bridge, in which the controlling depth was 24 feet at mean low water. From the upper end of the 30-foot channel to the bend just below the head of navigation the controlling depth (1936) was 8 feet at mean low water. The costs and expenditures under the existing project to June 30, 1942, have been as follows: New work Maintenance Total Expenditures Regular funds______ __-------------- ... $13, 669, 056. 55 $1, 425, 300. 10 $15, 094, 356. 65 $15, 102, 966. 23 .... Public Works funds ________------- 1, 030, 806. 26 ---------------- 1, 030, 806. 26 1, 030, 806. 26 Emergency Relief funds____ --------..... 935, 303. 03--.----.-.-- __ 935, 303.03 935, 303.03 Total-- --- ----------------................. 15, 635, 165. 84 1, 425, 300. 10 17, 060, 465. 94 17, 069, 075. 52 Proposedoverations.-The funds unexpended at the end of the fiscal year, including accounts receivable, amounting to $57,045.75, will be applied as follows: Accounts payable June 30, 1942--------------------------------$37. 00 New work: Dredge to a depth of 30 feet an area in Chelsea Creek in the vicinity of a metropolitan district sewer siphon immediately below the Chelsea Street Bridge, by contract (June 1-30, 1943)---------4, 500. 00 Complete new work surveys, by hired labor------------------- 1, 129. 96 Total new work ------------------------------------ 5, 629. 96 Maintenance: Dredge to a depth of 40 feet isolated shoal areas in the inner harbor 40-foot channel, by contract (April 1 to May 31, 1943) --------- 47, 385. 14 Complete by Dec. 1, 1942, sweeping survey of isolated shoal areas in the inner harbor 40-foot channel, by hired labor-------- 3, 993. 65 Total maintenance--------------------------------- 51, 378. 79 Total------------------------------------- 57, 045. 75 The sum of $76,000 can be profitably expended during the fiscal year 1944, to be applied to maintenance dredging, by contract, in restoring to project width and depth the 23-foot Fort Point Channel from its entrance in Boston Harbor to the vicinity of the Dorchester Avenue Bridge. Cost and financial summary Cost of new work to June 30, 1942------------ ------------ $17, 100, 288. 80 Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1942 ------------- 1, 443, 179. 36 Total cost of permanent work to June 30, 1942--------- 18, 543, 468. 16 Plus accounts receivable June 30, 1942-------------------------- 8, 646. 58 Gross total costs to June 30, 1942---------------------18, 552, 114. 74 Minus accounts payable June 30, 1942 ------------------- 37. 00 Net total expenditures ----------------------------- 18, 552, 077. 74 Unexpended balance June 30, 1942 48, 399. 17 Total amount appropriated to June 30, 1942 --- x--- 600, 476. 91 118, 1 Reduced $20.22 for new work survey transferred to examinations and surveys. RIVEIRS AND HARBORS-BOSTON, MASS., DISTRICT 47 Fiscal year ending June 30- 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 Cost of new work_ $125, 586. 20 $1,119, 416. 32 $879, 562. 81 $481, 934. 58 1 $98, 304. 57 Cost of maintenance ......... _ _ . .. ... .. _ 23, 009. 83 6, 108. 91 511. 53 Total cost_ 125, 586. 20 1,119, 416. 32 902, 572. 64 488, 043. 49 98, 816. 10 Total expended------------_ 84, 924. 12 1, 022, 700. 76 939, 065. 67 593, 850. 27 105, 110. 38 Allotted ________ 1,007, 000.00 2, 060, 700. 00 -440, 000. 00 138, 415. 16 Balance unexpended July 1, 1941--------------------------- $153, 503. 55 Gross amount expended----------------------- $110, 032.43 Less reimbursements collected_------------------ 4, 922. 05 105, 110. 38 Balance unexpended June 30, 1942-------------------- 48, 399. 17 Outstanding liabilities June 30, 1942------------------------37. 00 Balance available June 30, 1942--------- -------------- 48, 362. 17 Accounts receivable June 30, 1942_---------------------- 8, 646. 58 Unobligated balance available June 30, 1942 ---------- _ 57, 008. 75 Amount (estimated) required to be- appropriated for completion 2- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - of existing project 2, 300, 000. 00 Amount that can be profitably expended in fiscal year ending June 30, 1944, for maintenance 2--_---- -------- 76, 000. 00 2 Exclusive of available funds. 10. WEYMOUTH FORE RIVER, MASS. Location.-Rises in Braintree, Mass., and flows in a northerly direc- tion 7.5 miles, emptying into Hingham Bay, Boston Harbor. (See U. S. Coast and Geodetic Survey Chart No. 246). Previous projects.-Adopted by the River and Harbor Act of Sep- tember 19, 1890, and extended by the River and Harbor Acts of March 3, 1905, February 27, 1911, and July 27, 1916. For further details see page 1745 of Annual Report for 1915, page 64 of Annual Report for 1932, and page 67 of Annual Report for 1938. Existing project.-This provides for (a) a channel 27 feet deep with a general width of 300 feet from a point in Hingham Bay be- tween Nut and Peddocks Islands to the Weymouth Fore River Bridge at Quincy Point, about 3.0 miles; and (b) a channel in Nantasket Gut 27 feet deep and 400 feet wide, extending from deep water in Nan- tasket Roads to Hingham Bay, a distance of about 2,000 feet; thence through Hingham Bay 27 feet deep and 300 feet wide for a distance of about 1.4 miles to deep water in Weymouth Fore River west of Sheep Island. The plane of reference is mean low water. The mean range of tide is 9.5 feet. The extreme range is 13.6 feet. The estimate of cost for new work, revised in 1941, is $496,000, ex- clusive of amounts expended on previous projects. The latest (1941) approved estimate for annual cost of maintenance is $4,500. The existing project was authorized by the following River and Harbor Acts: 48 REPORT OF CHIEF OF ENIGINEES, U. S. ARMY, 1942 Acts Work authorized Documents Aug. 30,1935 27-foot channel from Hingham Bay (between Nut and H. Doc. No. 207, 72d Cong., Peddocks Islands) to Weymouth Fore River Bridge. 1st sess. Oct. 17,1940 27-foot channel through Nantasket Gut and Hingham Bay H. Doc. No. 568, 76th Cong., 1 to deep water in Weymouth Fore River west of Sheep 3d sess. Island. 1Contains latest published map. Recommended modifications of project.-Under date of March 20, 1941, the Chief of Engineers recommended modification of the exist- ing project so as to include the present 27-foot State-improved chan- nel through and above the Weymouth Fore River Bridge and to provide in this section a combined channel and maneuvering basin of the same depth, with a length of about 2,500 feet and widths varying from 470 to 900 feet, at an estimated first cost of $225,000 with $1,500 annually for maintenance in addition to the amounts now required (H. Doc. No. 291, 77th C'ong., 1st sess.). Local cooperation.-Fully complied with. Terminal facilities.-At the head of the Federal improvement at Quincy Point Bridge there is, on the westerly side below the bridge, one wharf of masonry and concrete with pile platform extension hav- ing aggregate dockage of 600 feet and depth in the berth of 30 feet at mean low water. On the easterly side there is a wharf about 600 feet in length, in front of which the owners have dredged to 28 feet at mean low water. A large electric power plant is located at this point. Above Quincy Point Bridge and served by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts improvements are eight wharves in use for water-borne freight. There is also a terminal, with a depth of 32 feet, used for the receipt of petroleum. In this area is the Fore River plant of the Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation, with depths up to 32 feet, used for the building and equipping of large naval and commercial vessels. These facilities are considered adequate for existing commerce. Operations and results during fiscal year.-A sweeping and sound- ing survey to determine the controlling depth in the project channel of Weymouth Fore River, in progress at the beginning of the fiscal year, was completed, by hired labor, at a cost of $3,146.45 for main- tenance. The expenditures were $3,255.61. Condition at end of fiscal year.-The existing project was about 78 percent completed. The work remaining to complete the project con- sists of dredging the 27-foot channel through Nantasket Gut and Hingham Bay to deep water in Weymouth Fore River west of Sheep Island, authorized by the River and Harbor Act of October 17, 1940. A survey of the river from Hingham Bay to Weymouth Fore River Bridge, made in 1941, showed a controlling depth in the channel of 26 feet at mean low water for a width of 170 feet, and 25 feet for the project width of 300 feet. The costs and expenditures under the existing project have been $363,975.37, of which $355,227.34 was for new work and $8,748.03 was for maintenance. Proposed operations.-The funds unexpended, $719.14, will be applied to maintenance contingencies. RIVERS AND HARBORS-BOSTON, MASS., DISTRICT 49 The sum of $141,000 can be profitably expended during the fiscal year 1944, to be applied to new work, dredging, and ledge removal by contract, in providing a channel in Nantasket Gut 27 feet deep at mean low water and 400 feet wide, extending from deep water in Nan- tasket Roads to Hingham Bay, a distance of about 2,000 feet; thence through Hingham Bay 27 feet deep and 300 feet wide for a distance of about 1.4 miles to deep water in Weymouth Fore River, as au- thorized by the River and Harbor Act of October 17, 1940. Cost and financial sammary Cost of new work to June 30, 1942 --- ---- __------------- $991, 127. 34 Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1942 ______-------------------- 13, 998. 03 Total cost of permanent work to June 30, 1942__---- ___-1, 005, 125. 37 Net total expenditures------------------------------------- 1, 005, 125. 37 Unexpended balance June 30, 1942_: ----------------------------- 719. 14 Total amount appropriated to June 30, 1942____________ 1, 005, 844. 51 Fiscal year ending June 30- 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 Cost of new work-- --------- _ $30, 599. 44 $287. 38 $1, 352. 34 $65, 193. 11 _.. Cost of m aintenance ____ __ ____ ___ __________ _ _ ____.. ._____.. .5, 601. 58 $3, 146. 45 Total cost________________ 30, 599. 44 287. 38 1, 352. 34 70, 794. 69 3, 146. 45 Total expended --------------- 64, 141. 28 287. 38 1,173.80 70, 864. 07 3, 255. 61 Allotted_ 24, 894. 51 100,000.00 -33, 700.00 7, 000. 00 3, 000. 00 Balance unexpended July 1, 1941--------------------------------- $974. 75 Amount allotted from War Department Civil Appropriation Act approved June 24, 1940-------------------------------------- 3, 000. 00 Amount to be accounted for------------------------------- 3, 974. 75 Gross amount expended__________-- _________________ 3, 255. 61 Balance unexpended June 30, 1942------------------------- 719.14 Amount (estimated) required to be appropriated for completion of - --- -- --- --- --- --- -- --- - existing project 2 141,000. 00 Amount that can be profitably expended in fiscal year ending June - 30, 1944, for new work __ ___ _------------------------ 141, 000.00 1 In addition, $100,000 contributed funds expended for new work. 2 Exclusive of available funds. 11. WEYMOUTH BACK RIVER, MASS. Location.-Rises in East Weymouth, Mass., and flows in a northerly direction 4.5 miles, emptying into Hingham Bay at the mouth of Weymouth Fore River. (See U. S. Coast and Geodetic Survey Chart No. 246.) Previous projects.-Adopted by the River and Harbor Act of Au- gust 18, 1894, and completed in 1912. For further details of pre- vious project see page 67 of Annual Report for 1932, and page 65 of Annual Report for 1935. Existing project.-This provides for a channel 15 feet deep at mean low water and 250 feet wide through the bar at the mouth of the river, thence generally 200 feet wide to the downstream end of the American Agricultural Chemical Co.'s wharf, with a turning basin 50 REPORT OF CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMY, 1942 350 feet wide and 400 feet long at its inner end. The mean range of tide is 9.4 feet. The extreme range is 13.5 feet. The estimate of cost for new work, made in 1932, is $60,000 (including $20,000 to be contributed by local interests). The latest (1932) approved esti- mate for annual cost of maintenance is $700. The existing project was adopted by the River and Harbor Act of August 30, 1935 (Rivers and Harbors Committee Doc. No. 32, 72d Cong., 1st sess.). The latest published map is in that document. Local cooperation.-The River and Harbor Act of August 30, 1935, required that local interests contribute the fixed sum of $20,000 to the cost of the work and provide, free of cost to the United States, suitable areas for the disposal of dredged material. The funds re- quired to be contributed are available, and negotiations are in 'progress for the furnishing of the required disposal areas. Terminal facilities.-The only commercial wharf has a frontage of about 1,400 feet and is a stone wall, filled, with pile platform in front. It is privately owned, not open to general public use, and is considered adequate for existing commerce. Operationsand results during fiscal year.-None. Conditionat end of fiscal year.-No work has been done on the exist- ing project. A survey of the channel in 1935 showed a controlling depth of 12 feet at mean low water throughout. The Navy Depart- ment has dredged a channel 12 feet deep at mean low water and 150 feet wide from the improved channel of that depth opposite the Amer- ican Agricultural Chemical Company's wharf to the Lincoln Street bridge; and, for an additional distance of 2,400 feet beyond that point, a channel 14 feet deep and varying in width from 200 to 600 feet, with a turning basin of the same depth and approximately 500 by 900 feet in area at its inner end. Proposed operations.-Fundsin the amount of $59,000 allotted dur- ing July 1942, together with funds in the amount of $20,000 to be contributed, a total of $79,000, will be applied to new work, by con- tract, in dredging the channel 15 feet deep at mean low water and 250 feet wide through the bar at the mouth of the river, thence generally 200 feet wide to the downstream end of the American Agricultural Chemical Co.'s wharf, with a turning basin 350 feet wide and 400 feet long at its inner end, as authorized by the River and Harbor Act of August 30, 1935 (Nov. 1, 1942, to Feb. 1, 1943.) No additional funds can be profitably expended during the fiscal year 1944, as it is believed the project will be in a condition to meet the reasonable requirements of navigation. Cost and financial summary Cost of new work to June 30, 1942----------------- $20, 478. 68 Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1942 _______________________ 6, 521. 32 Total cost of permanent work to June 30, 1942___________-___ 27, 000. 00 Net total expenditures -__-____-_______.--..___ 27, 000. 00 Total amount appropriated to June 30, 1942___ _________ 27, 000. 00 RIVERS AND HARBORS-BOSTON, MASS., DISTRICT 51 12. PLYMOUTH HARBOR, MASS. Location.-This harbor is 45 miles by water south of Boston. Its outer anchorage, the "Cow Yard," is common to Plymouth, Duxbury, and Kingston. (See U. S. Coast and Geodetic Survey Chart No. 245.) Previous projects.-Adopted by acts of May 26, 1824, March 3, 1875, and 1877, 1884, and 1885. For further details, see page 1746 of Annual Report for 1915, and page 72 of Annual Report for 1938. 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; (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 northwesterly 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 in- terests; and (d) dredging an anchorage basin 18 feet deep at mean low water, 850 feet wide, and 2,125 feet in average length on the southeast side of the project channel near Long Beach. 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; (d) for dredging 18-foot anchorage basin, $285,000, made in 1938, of which one-third is to be contributed by local interests. The latest (1938) approved estimate for annual cost of maintenance is $500 for beach protectionr and $8,000 for dredging. The existing project was authorized by the following river and har- bor acts: Acts Work authorized Documents Mar. 3,1899 Beach protection-................................. Annual Report for 1899, p. 1089. Mar. 4,1913 Dredging 18-foot channel--------------------_ ___H. Doe. No. 1194, 62d Cong., 3d sess. 1 Sept. 22,1922 Dredging 15-foot extension, including turning H. Doec. No. 996, 66th Cong., 3d sess. basin. June 20,1938 Dredging 18-foot anchorage basin-................. H. Doc. No. 577, 75th Cong., 3d sess.l 1Contains latest published maps. Local cooperation.-The River and Harbor Act of June 20, 1938, provided for an anchorage basin 18 feet deep at mean low water, 850 feet wide, and 2,125 feet in average length on the southeast side of the project channel near Long Beach, provided local interests fur- nish, free of cost to the United States, spoil-disposal areas for initial work and for subsequent maintenance as may be required, and con- tribute one-third the initial cost of the improvement. These condi- tions have not yet been complied with, but a bill now pending before 52 REPORT OF CHIEF O'F ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMY, 1942 the Massachusetts Legislature is expected to provide one-half the required contribution, the State appropriation being contingent upon provision of the remaining half by the local community. All prior requirements have been fully complied with. Terminal facilities.-There are two wharves, both of which are open to the public free of charge; one of which is owned by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, the other by the town. The east- erly end of the town wharf is used for the receipt and storage of coal. The facilities appear to be adequate for existing demands. Operationsand results during fiscal year.-None. Condition at end of fiscal year.-The existing project was about 56 percent completed. No work has been done on the 18-foot anchorage basin authorized by the River and Harbor Act of June 20, 1938. 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 chan- nel 18 feet deep at mean low water was completed in 1915. The 15-foot channel was completed in 1927. A survey made at the outer end of the entrance channel upon completion of maintenance dredg- ing in June 1939 showed a controlling depth over the dredged area of 15 feet at mean low water. The costs and expenditures under the existing project have been $322,222.30, of which $188,571.16 was for new work and $133,651.14 was 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. Proposed operations.-No funds are available and no work is pro- posed during the fiscal year 1943. The sum of $190,000 can be profitably expended during the fiscal year 1944, to be applied to new work, by contract, in dredging the 18-foot anchorage basin authorized by the River and Harbor Act of June 20, 1938. In addition, $95,000 is required to be contributed by local interests. Cost and financial summary Cost of new work to June 30, 1942-----------------------------$377, 217. 75 Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1942_______________ ___________ 135, 664.35 Total cost of permanent work to June 30, 1942--____________ 512,882. 10 Net total expenditures ______________-___________ 1512, 882. 10 Total amount appropriated to June 30, 1942____________________ 1512, 882. 10 Fiscal year ending June 30- 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 Cost of new work Cost of maintenance --- - . __ -. .. - - __ - - - . - - - - - $1, 375. 71 . --. .-. $253.03 .. -- - - . . . . . . . Total expended------------------------------- 71.09 1, 557. 65 Allotted . . . _..__ 192, 000.00 -190, 371. 26 --------------.---------- Amount (estimated) required to be appropriated for completion of existing project 2_______________ _____ $190, 000. 00 Amount that can be profitably expended in fiscal year ending June 30, - -- - - - - 1944, for new work 2__ ____________________ __ _ __ 190, 000. 00 1 In addition $108,000 expended for new work and $400 for maintenance from con- tributed funds. 2 In addition local interests are required to contribute $95,000. RIVERS AND HARBORS-BOSTON, MASS., DISTRICT 53 13. 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 Cape Cod Canal at a cost to the United States of $11,500,000, for an open canal 32 feet deep at mean low water with a width of 540 feet in the land cut, 500 feet in a straight channel in Buzzards Bay to Wings Neck, and 700 feet beyond Wings Neck; a harbor of refuge for small vessels, by dredging a channel 15 feet deep and 100 feet wide into Onset Bay; mooring basins; the construction of two fixed highway bridges having a horizontal clearance of 500 feet with a vertical clearance at mean high water of 135 feet; the construction of a railroad bridge with a vertical lift of 500-foot span, and 135 feet vertical clearance when the span is raised; an improved lighting system and other accessory and minor features which may be deemed necessary, and to be in accordance with plans approved by the Chief of Engineers. The land cut is 7.7 miles long, and with approach channels, the total length of the canal is 171/2 miles. The mean range of tide in Cape Cod Bay is 9.4 feet and in Buzzards Bay 4.0 feet. The mean range of spring tides is about 13 feet in Cape Cod Bay, and 6.5 feet in Buzzards Bay. The estimate of cost for new work, revised in 1935, is $27,145,000, exclusive of $11,500,000, purchase price of the canal and properties which were taken over by the United States on March 31, 1928. The latest (1936) approved estimate for annual cost of maintenance is $619,000, including $219,000 for operation and care. The existing project was authorized by the following river and harbor acts: Acts Work authorized Documents Jan. 21, 1927 (sec. 2)_ _ Purchase of canal from the Boston, H. Doc. No. 139, 67th Cong., Cape Cod & New York Canal Co., 2d sess. in accordance with contract dated July 29, 1921, executed by that com- pany. Included in Public Works Ad- Construction of 3 bridges and widen- H. Doc. No. 795, 71st Cong., ministration program, Sept. 6, ing canal to 205 feet. 3d sess. 1933. June 26, 1934 (Permanent Ap- Operation and care of works of im- propriations Repeal Act). provement provided for with funds from War Department appropria- tions for rivers and harbors. Included in Public Works Ad- Construction of a mooring basin- ..... H. Doc. No. 795, 71st Cong., ministration program, Apr. 3d sess. 29, 1935. Included in Emergency Relief Dredging and bank protection .---- program, May 28, 1935. Aug. 30, 1935_------------____ Existing project adopted. Rivers and Harbors Commit- ...------------. tee Doc. No. 15, 74th Cong., 1st sess. (Contains latest published map.) 54 REPORT OF CHIEF OF ENGINE.ERS, U. S. ARMY, 1942 Recommended modifications of project.-Under date of August 21, 1941, the Chief of Engineers recommended modification of the exist- ing project so as to provide for dredging a channel 150 feet wide and 15 feet deep at mean low water, extending from deep water in the vicinity of Wickets Island to the town wharf at the village of Onset" for enlargement of the 15-foot turning basin at the town wharf; and for an anchorage basin of about 16 acres, contiguous to the proposed channel and turning basin, having a depth of 8 feet at mean low water; at an estimated cost of $96,000, with an annual maintenance of $2,500; subject to certain conditions of local cooperation (H. Doc. No. 431, 77th Cong., 1st sess.). Terminal facilities.-There are three terminals on the danal-one used for the receipt and freezing of fish and two for the receipt and storage of oil. The terminals are considered adequate for the pur- poses for which they are used. The Commonwealth of Massachusetts has constructed a State pier on the north bank of the canal at Bourne Neck. Operationsand results duringfiscal year.-New work (all new work carried on during the fiscal year was performed by hired labor) : Drilling and blasting of submerged boulders within the canal prism was carried on at intervals during the year, a total of 946 cubic yards of such boulders having been drilled and blasted at a cost of $14,254.79 for new work. Material which had eroded from the south slope of the canal, sta- tions 49 to 51, was replaced and secured in place with crushed stone and riprap at a cost of $6,600.83 for new work. The rail assemblies of the Bourne and Sagamore highway bridges were cleaned and painted, at a cost of $4,314.12 for new work. A well was driven at Sandwich and existing well points were re- moved and cleaned, at a cost of $442.27 for new work. In connection with a lumber shed to be erected at Buzzards Bay, costs were incurred in the amount of $19.32 for new work. In connection with landscaping and planting spoil areas, and plant- ing beach grass on Stony Point Dike, completed during the previous fiscal year, adjustments were made at a cost of $13.81 for new work. Maintenance.-An adjustment was made in connection with con- tract dredging of the East Mooring Basin at a cost of $179.98 for maintenance. The U. S. seagoing hopper dredge Absecon was engaged in mainte- nance dredging of a shoal area in the Hog Island Channel from July 18 to August 9, 1941, during which period there were removed 57,750 cubic yards, bin measurement, of material at a cost of $13,553.99 for maintenance. The U. S. seagoing hopper dredge Atlantic was engaged in main- tenance dredging in the canal, approaches, and mooring basins from February 25 to June 30, 1942, during which period there were re- moved 684,738 cubic yards, bin measurement, of material at a cost of $146,246.96 for maintenance. In connection with installation to be made by hired labor of elec- trical equipment for the control of the highway bridge lights inde- pendently of the canal bank lights, costs were incurred in the amount of $1.85 for maintenance. Operating and care of canal.-The canal was open to navigation and the railroad bridge operated througholut the year. The costs dur- RIVEiRS AND HARBORS'--BOSTON, MASS., DISTRICT 55 ing the fiscal year for operating and care were $178,245.53 for main- tenance. The total costs during the fiscal year were $363,873.45, of which $25,645.14 was for new work and $338,228.31 was for maintenance. The total expenditures were $489,461.34. Condition at end of fiscal year.-The existing project was about 99 percent completed. The canal is crossed by two high-level highway bridges and a vertical-lift railroad bridge. The canal in the land cut from the easterly entrance to station 430 has a least bottom width of 480 feet, except opposite the State pier where the width is 450 feet. From Station 430 to Wings Neck (Hog Island Channel) the width is 500 feet, and beyond Wings Neck (Cleveland Ledge Channel), 700 feet. On June 30, 1942, the controlling depths at mean low water for this project were as follows: Canal in the land cut, 30 feet; mooring basin, north side, easterly end, 20 feet; Hog Island Channel, 30 feet; Cleveland Ledge Channel, 30 feet. On June 30, 1942, the mooring basin on the south side, westerly end, had depths varying from 22 to 38 feet. At the time it was last surveyed (1941) the controlling depth in the Onset Channel was 15 feet. The total costs from regular funds have been $25,242,030.37, of which $20,449,142.48 (including the purchase price of $11,500,000) was for new work and $4,792,887.89 was for maintenance, including $1,539,- 624.75 for operating and care of the canal. Expenditures have been $25,343,607.52. The total costs and expenditures from Public Works funds have been $6,138,157.30 for new work. The total costs and expenditures from Emergency Relief appropria- tion funds have been $4,849,739.57 for new work. The total costs, all funds, have been $36,229,927.24, of which $31,- 437,039.35 (including $11,500,000, the purchase price) was for new work and $4,792,887.89 was for maintenance. The total expenditures have been $36,331,504.39. In addition, the sum of $1,658,354.71 was ex- pended between March 31, 1928, and June 30, 1935, on the operating and care of the works of improvement, under the provision of the permanent indefinite appropriation for such purposes. Proposed operations.-The balance unexpended at the end of the fiscal year, including accounts receivable, amounting to $234,477.43, plus $100,000 advanced to Plant Allotment, a total of $334,477.43, will be applied as follows: Accounts payable June 30, 1942----------------------------- $9, 445. 20 New work: Erection of lumber shed at Buzzards Bay, by hired labor (Aug. 1-31, 1942) ---------------------------------------- 992. 68 Maintenance: Dredging by U. S. seagoing hopper dredge Atlantic (July 1 to Aug. 15, 1942) -------------- -------------- 60, 490. 56 Repair of canal slopes, revetment, and service roads, stations 288-292, north side, and 291+50-295+50, south side, eroded as a result of wreck in canal (Aug. 15 to Nov. 15, 1942)- ...... 50, 930.26 Removal of miscellaneous boulders from canal banks, by hired labor (July 1, 1942, to June 30, 1943) -------------- ___ 21, 215. 00 Landscaping and planting spoil areas and canal slopes, by hired labor (July 1, 1942, to June 30, 1943) --------------------- ___ 4, 621. 50 Installation of electrical equipment for control of highway bridge lights independently of canal bank lights, by hired labor (Aug. 15-30, 1942) ______------------ -, 823. 23 56 REPORT OF CHIEF OF ENGNEERS., U. S. ARMY, 1942 Operation and care of canal: Operation of canal, bridges, etc--------------------------$102, 082. 00 Ordinary maintenance and repair--________________________ 55, 214. 00 Channel work__--_------ ------------------------- 27, 663.00 Total operating and care___ ________ ______-__-___-- - 184, 959.00 Total maintenance__ _ ________ __ -____-______-___-_ 324, 039. 55 Grand total-- -------------------------------------- 334, 477.43 The funds that can be profitably expended during the fiscal year 1944, $414,000, will be applied as follows: Maintenance: Dredging by United States seagoing hopper dredge, 6 months -------------------------------------------------- 200, 000 Operation and care of canal: Operation of canal, bridges, etc-______ -__-_______________- 104, 000 Ordinary maintenance and repair_.....________-__________ 56, 000 Channel work------------------------------------------- 54, 000 Total operating and care-______________ -- 214, 000 Grand total------------------------------------------ 414, 000 Cost and financial summary Cost of new work to June 30, 1942 __- - -------- $31, 437, 039. 35 Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1942-----------------------6, 451, 242. 60) Total cost of permanent work to June 30, 1942----------- 37, 888, 281. 95 Undistributed costs June 30, 1942____________________________ 100, 000. 09 Net total cost to June 30, 1942__________________________ 37, 988, 281. 95 Plus accounts receivable June 30, 1942------------------------ 11, 022. 35 Gross total costs to June 30, 1942 -------------------- _ 37, 999, 304. 30 Minus acounts payable June 30, 1942 __________________________ 9, 445. 20 Net total expenditures . _____ _______ _________ _ 37, 989, 859. 10 Unexpended balance June 30, 1942_________________________ 223, 455. 08 Total amount appropriated to June 30, 1942____________ 38, 213, 314. 18 Fiscal year ending June 30 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 Cost of new work------------$2, 992, 196. 45 $1, 090, 107. 00 $1, 046, 020. 59 $151, 817. 00 $25, 645. 14 Cost of maintenance - 289, 588. 70 696, 085. 92 676, 635. 84 452, 022. 49 338, 228. 31 Total cost------... -. 3, 281, 785. 15 1, 786, 192. 92 1, 722, 656. 43 603, 839. 49 363, 873. 45 Total expended _ .------------ 3, 692, 635. 62 1, 761, 354. 14 1, 847, 844. 87 632, 576. 36 489, 461. 34 Allotted ------------------ 4, 419, 559. 00 2, 442, 484. 13 655, 022. 10 80, 000. 00 273, 850. 00 Balance unexpended July 1, 1941_ _______ _-______________ $439, 063. 42 Amount allotted from W. D. Civil Appropriation Act approved Apr. 28, 1942 ------------------------------------------- 273, 850. 00 Amount to be accounted for_____------------------------ 712, 916. 42 Gross amount expended ___---------------------- $489, 764. 19 Less reimbursements collected__--__ _____-__---- 302. 85 489, 461. 34 Balance unexpended June 30, 1942_-__________- -__-223, 455. 08 RIVERS AND HARBORS-BOSTON, MASS., DISTRICT 57 Outstanding liabilities June 30, 1942 -- ____----------- $9, 445. 20 ---- Balance available June 30, 1942_____- ------------ 214, 009. 88 Accounts receivable June 30, 1942-_____-__-_______ -_--- 11, 022. 35 Unobligated balance available June 30, 1942 __------- 225, 032. 23 Amount that can be profitably expended in fiscal year ending June -- 30, 1944, for maintenance 1 ____________________________ 414, 000. 00 1 Exclusive of available funds. 14. EXAMINATIONS, SURVEYS, AND CONTINGENCIES (GENERAL) The cost of work during the year amounted to $30,463.66; the ex- penditures were $32,536.57. The balance unexpended June 30, 1942, amounting to $43,558.25, including accounts receivable, together with allotment to be made, will be applied as needed during the fiscal year 1943 to payment of expenses incurred under this heading. The addi- tional sum of $50,000 can be profitably expended during the fiscal year 1944. Cost and financial summary Cost of new work to June 30, 1942_____________----------- Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1942_--_-- __-_----------- $813, 973. 37 Total cost of permanent work to June 30, 1942_---------- 813, 973. 37 -- Plus accounts receivable June 30, 1942_______________-- ____ 2, 379. 73 Gross total costs to June 30, 1942 -- ________----------816, 353. 10 Minus accounts payable June 30, 1942---------------------------- 227. 59 Net total expenditures---------------------------------- 816, 125. 51 Unexpended balance June 30, 1942-------------------- ----------- 41, 178. 52 Total amount appropriated to June 30, 1942_-__-____---- - 857, 304. 03 Fiscal year ending Tune 30 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 Cost of new work___ Cost of maintenance-.. $90, 926. 27 $113, 168. 13 $139, 175. 72 $49, 356. 87 $30, 463. 66 Total cost-......... _ 90, 926. 27 113, 168. 13 139, 175. 72 49, 356. 87 30, 463. 66 Total expended.. 94, 108. 62 ..----------------- 111, 676. 10 143, 520. 05 49, 706. 63 32, 536. 57 Allotted .....---------------------- 130, 355. 49 250.00 196, 101, 000. 00 28, 544. 36 Balance unexpended July 1, 1941______________ --------- - -$73, 715. 09 Gross amount expended ----------------- $62, 963. 83 Less reimbursements collected------------------------ 30, 427. 26 32, 536. 57 Balance unexpended June 30, 1942__---- __ ---------- 41, 178. 52 Outstanding liabilities June 30, 1942____ __-----------227. 59 Balance available June 30, 1942 __ -_____-- _____________- 40, 950. 93 Accounts receivable June 30, 1942--------------------------------- 2, 379. 73 Unobligated balance available June 30, 1942 ---__________-_ 43, 330. 66 Amount that can be profitably expended in fiscal year ending June 1 30, 1944, for maintenance _ _--------- ------ --- 50, 000. 00 SExclusive of available funds. 58 REPORT OF CHIEF OF ETNGINEERS, U. S. ARMY, 1942 15. OTHER PROJECTS FOR WHICH NO ESTIMATES ARE SUBMITTED i I I For last Cost and expenditures to full report June 30, 1942 Estimated see Annual amount Name of project Report required to for- Mainte- complete New work nance 1935 1 $6, 384, 160. 89 (2). 1. Passamaquoddy tidal-power project, Maine_ 2. St. Croix River, Maine 3_______------------ 1924 4 180, 549. 81 $6, 450. 19 Completed. 3. Cobscook Bay, Maine 5 6------------------ 1866 4, 173. 51 Do. 4. Lubec Channel, Maine 3........------------ 1912 303, 365. 53 4, 067. 45 Do. 5. Machias River, Maine 5___-____------------ 1877 32, 000. 00 Do. 6. Moosabec Bar, Maine 3 ___________-____..... .. 1930 114, 000. 00 12, 600. 00 Do. 7. Pleasant River, M aine 5.................. 1892 3, 500. 00 ---....... Do. 8. Narraguagas River, Maine 5 6 ...... - _ 1907 71, 643. 81 ------ -- -- 31, 707. 06 ---...... Do 9. Corea Harbor, Maine 3........................ 1939 Do. 10. Sullivan Falls Harbor, Maine 66 1914 54, 870. 64 ---...... Do. 11. Bar Harbor, Maine 3_ ----------- 1932 406, 591. 12 ----.... $57,900. 12. Bass Harbor Bar, Maine 5__.............. 1920 4, 076. 13 3, 418. 20 Completed. 13. Union River, Maine 3 6 --.............. 1912 176, 854. 85 14, 095. 15 Do. 14. Deer Island Thoroughfare, Maine 5----....... 1916 40, 000. 00 ............ Do. 15. Bagaduce River, Maine 3 5 6 -............. 1912 28, 000. 00 ............ $18,875. 16. Bucksport Harbor, Maine 5 1907 18. 420. 99 279. 01 Completed. 17. Stockton Harbor, Maine 3 56_________________ 1915 33, 000. 00 --------- Do. 18. Carvers Harbor, Maine 5---------------- 1915 59, 199. 70 ------.. Do. 19. M atinicus Harbor, M aine 5-................... 1935 14, 000. 00 7, 704. 64 Do. 20. Criehaven Harbor, Maine 5 -................. 1939 1897 740, 775. 99 61, 561. 45 7, 956. 28 Do. 2 1. B e l fas t H ar bo r , M ai n e 3__. _. _._ . . . . . . . . Do. 22. Camden Harbor, Maine 3 ______........... . 1931 102, 400. 00 30, 200. 00 Do. 23. Rockport Harbor, Maine 6-- --- 1915 47, 000. 00 Do. 24. Rockland Harbor, Maine 3________________.__ 1931 915, 862. 73 24, 637. 27 Do. 2 5 . O wls He a d H a rb o r, M a ine 3 5 6 -- . ........... . . 1855 1920 17, 897. 16 ............ 18, 750. 00 -------- - - - - Do. Do. 26. Tenants H arbor, M aine 5.______________.. . 27. Georges River, M aine 3.__................... 1935 25, 787. 91 39, 566. 38 Do. 28. Medomak River, Maine 5 1914 17, 000. 00 ............. Do. 29. New Harbor, Maine 3__ __ _ . 1937 10, 500. 00 12, 566. 27 Do. 30. Damariscotta River, Maine 5 ----------- -- 1906 5, 000. 00 ............. Do. 31. Sou t h B r is tol H a rb or , M ain e 3 56.._ . . . . . . . . . . 1914 3, 500. 00 Do. 32. East Boothbay Harbor, Maine 5 ............ 1912 6, 500. 00 Do. 33. Boothbay Harbor, Maine 3__ ..... __ 1915 18, 000. 00 Do. 34. Richmond Harbor, Maine 5__._____________- 1883 20, 000. 00 Do. 35. Sasanoa River, Maine 5 6 --- 1915 92, 487. 69 - - - - -- - Do. 36. Cathance River. Maine 5 6______ 1884 21, 000. 00 Do. 37. Harraseeket River, Maine 5 1896 30, 963. 62 Do. 38. Royal River, Maine 3 5 6______ ____________ 1884 21, 919. 03 ............ 8, 080. 97 Do. 39. R ich mon ds Islan d H arbo r, M ain e 5 .......... 1882 119,844. 22 Do. 40. Cape Porpoise Harbor, Maine 56-----------.. 1911 118, 501. 15 Do. 41. Wells Harbor, Maine 5 _______________-..__. 1874 5, 000. 00 Do. 42. York Harbor, Maine 3_-_____________-____. 1936 57, 400. 00 5, 660. 83 Do. 43. Portsmouth Harbor, N. H.3_ 1892 130, 392. 61 Do. 44. Pepperells Cove, Maine 5- 1920 158, 262. 28 137. 72 Do. 45. Cocheco River, N. H.5 6- 1913 289, 149. 93 9, 642. 54 Do. 46. Bellamy River, N. H.5 6_________________-__. 1897 34, 642. 98 Do. 47. Lamprey River, N. H., 5 _ - 1913 19, 980. 58 8, 267. 53 Do. ............ 48. Exeter River, N. H. ........ -_ . . . 1913 62, 454. 42 Do. 49. Little Harbor, N. H.5 8- 1909 133, 227.33 3,121.74 Do. 50. Isles of Shoals Harbor, Maine and N. H.5_____ 1930 80, 691. 53 34, 261. 68 Do. 51. Lake Winnepesaukee, N.3 H.5 8 _ 1930 7, 500. 00 5, 000. 00 Do. 52. Merrimack River, Mass. 3 _ 1940 369, 891. 49 147, 860. 42 Do. 53. Ipswich River, Mass. 6 - 1895 5, 617. 91 Do. 54. Essex River, Mass__ 3 1912 21, 759. 21 98, 240. 79 Do. 55. Sandy Bay, Cape Ann, Mass. 3 s 30 1922 1, 925, 552. 30 15, 925. 70 $8,065,000.1t 56. R ockport H arbor, Mass. - ..----.. . . - 1905 91, 229. 25 Completed. 57. Manchester Harbor, Mass.12.. 1908 23, 985. 57 (13) 3 58. Beverly Harbor, Mass. - 1931 14 246, 047. 76 642. 65 Completed. 1 59. Salem Harbor, Mass. l___ 1931 100, 456. 57 7, 500.00 Do. 60. Marblehead Harbor,3 Mass.o6 - -- 1905 ................ 584.00 Do. 61. Lynn Harbor, Mass. 17- - - - 1941 755, 042. 91 100, 292. 70 $336,000. 62. Winthrop Harbor, Mass. ___________________ 1895 8, 992. 59 Completed. 642.----65 096.92 63. Malden River, Mass.1- 0 1922 19104, 853.08 45,7,--500.00- Do. 64. Dorchester Bay and Neponset 3 River, Mass.2 __ 1932 94, 584. 55 33, 591. 89 $162,000. 65. Hingham Harbor, Mass.21 _____ 1913 28, 316. 58 10, 000. 00 Completed. 584.----O0 66. Cohasset Harbor, Mass.3 ______________ 1904 10, 000.00 (13) 67. Scituate Harbor, Mass. __ 1941 274, 886.96 38, 930. 98 Completed. 68. Duxbury Harbor, Mass. ,___ 1908 37, 000. 00 $5,800. 69. Kingston Harbor, Mass. (North Plymouth 1895 8, 940. 09 Completed. ,harbor). 3 70. Wareham Harbor, Mass. ....- .. -- - 1896 95, 997. 30 $36,750. See footnotes at end of table. RIVERS AND HARBORS-BOSTON, MASS., DISTRICT 59 15. OTHER PROJECTS FIOR WHICH NO ESTIMATES ARE SUBMITTED- Continued For last Cost and expenditures to full report June 30, 1942 Estimated Name of project see Annual ___ amount Report required to for- New work Mainte- complete nance 23 71. Wellfleet Harbor, Mass. ___ _ 1895 $11, 350.37 .... _ $22,000. 72. Provincetown Harbor, 3 Mass.3s _ ____ 1941 347, 453. 72 $42,128. 73 $13, 300. 73. Town River, Mass. 2425. - - _-__- -_ 1941 28285, 779. 76 12, 577. 41 Completed. 1 Includes $2,571.31 adjustment of costs from prior years. Includes minus $232.85 revoked during fiscal year 1942. 2 Work discontinued 1937. Facilities transferred to the Works Progress Administration. s Improvement adequate for commerce. 4 Exclusive of $19,891.65 contributed by Canadian Government. 5 No commerce reported. 6 Abandonment recommended in H. Doc. No. 467, 69th Cong., 1st sess. 7 Includes $775.99 (costs incurred in prior years) transferred to project during fiscal year 1941 from account Emergency Relief Administration administrative expense. 9 Elimination of maintenance dredging recommended in H. Doc. No. 467, 69th Cong., 1st sess. 9 Exclusive of $5,000 contributed by Commonwealth of Massachusetts in 1908. to Abandonment of the project of July 5, 1884, was recommended in H. Doc. No. 411, 64th Cong., 1st sess., and Rivers and Harbors Committee Document No. 3, 65th Cong., 1st sess. 11Amount carried in survey report forwarded to Congress Apr. 11, 1939 (report not printed). 12Modification of existing project was recommended by the Chief of Engineers July 16, 1941, in H. Doc. No. 447, 77th Cong., 1st sess. 13Superseded by State project. 14Exclusive of $100,000 expended from contributed funds. 15Modification of existing project was recommended by the Chief of Engineers Apr. 10,1940, in H. Doc. No. 701, 76th Cong., 3d sess. 16 Further improvement recommended by the Chief of Engineers Nov. 18, 1940, in H. Doc. No. 85, 77th Cong., 1st sess. 17Awaiting local cooperation. is Under State maintenance. 19Exclusive of $62,000 expended from contributed funds. 20Modification of existing project was recommended by the Chief of Engineers June 19, 1941, in H. Doc. No. 394, 77th Cong., 1st sess. 21 Modification of existing project was recommended by the Chief of Engineers July 5, 1939, in H. Doc. No. 425, 76th Cong., 1st sess. 22Modification of existing project was recommended by the Chief of Engineers June 20, 1941, in S. Doc. No. 115, 77th Cong., 1st sess. 23 Modification of existing project was recommended by the Chief of Engineers Dec. 11, 1939, in H. Doc. No. 557, 76th Cong., 3d sess. 24Unexpended balance June 30, 1942, $716.75, less $150 accounts payable, to be revoked. 25$3,000 revoked fiscal year 1942. 28In addition, $111,762.76 contributed funds expended for new work. Balance of $25,157.24 from con- tributed funds, June 30, 1942, to be revoked. 16. PLANT ALLOTMENT, BOSTON, MASS., DISTRICT Cost and flnancial summary Undistributed costs June 30, 1942 ------------ ------ $673, 954. 68 Net total cost to June 30, 1942 -------------- --------------- 673, 954. 68 Plus accounts receivable June 30, 1942 ------------------------ 254, 926. 90 Gross total costs to June 30, 1942------- ----- ----- 928, 881. 58 Minus accounts payable June 30, 1942----------------------- 197, 301.27 Net total expenditures---- --------------------------- 731, 580. 31 Unexpended balance June 30, 1942----------- ------------ -113, 232.66 Total amount appropriated to June 30, 1942 -------------- 618, 347.65 Fiscal year ending June 30 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 Total expended. ---------------- $23, 820. 42 $115, 378. 85 -$90, 068 54 -$33, 865. 07 $320, 569. 80 Allotted_ 58, 609. 00 26, 337. 97 82, 977: 90 -3, 355. 96 60 REPORT OF CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMY, 1942 Balance unexpended July 1, 1941_____-_ __ ______ -_______ $210, 693.10 Deductions on account of revocation of allotment____--__- -___- 3, 355. 96 Net amount to be accounted for-... ___--__-- 207, 337. 14 -_________ Gross amount expended ---- -- ____ -- _____ $1, 991, 831.46 Less: Reimbursements collected--- $1, 666, 851. 51 Receipts from sales ---------- 4, 410. 15 1, 671, 261. 66 320, 569. 80 Balance unexpended June 30, 1942---------__ -113, 232.66 Outstanding liabilities June 30, 1942__----___________-_____ _ 197, 301.27 Balance available June 30, 1942__________________________ -310, 533. 93 Accounts receivable June 30, 1942 ----_______ ________---____ 254, 926. 90 Unobligated balance available June 30, 1942_________________ -- 55, 607. 03 Status of all investigations for navigation called for by river and harbor acts and committee resolutions Date trans- Locality Authorization act mitted to Document No. Recommenda- Congress Belfast Harbor, Maine ....- Commerce Committee resolution, Dec. 8, 1941. Boston Harbor, Mass _____ Rivers and Harbors Committee resolu- tion, Dec 10, 1941. Boston Harbor, Mass., im- Commerce Committee Aug. 5, 1941 Unfavorable. provement at Shirley Gut. resolution, May 2. 1939. Boston Harbor, Mass., deep Rivers and Harbors May 4, 1942 Do. channel from the seaplane Committee resolu- channel to property of June 10, 1941. Boston Port Development Co. Boston Harbor, Mass., chan- Rivers and Harbors July 23, 1942 Do. nel from the 40-foot chan- Committee resolu- nel to Pleasure Bay side of tion, Aug. 26, 1941. Fort Independence. Cape Cod Canal, improve- Commerce Committee Nov. 4, 1941 House, 431, 77th Favorable. ment at Onset Bay, Mass. resolution, Oct. 4, Cong., 1st sess. 1939. Do---------------- ..- . Rivers and Harbors -....do -.. ._ -do .__.._____ Do. Committee resolu- tion, Oct. 24. 1939. Cape Porpoise Harbor, Rivers and Harbors ...................... Maine. Committee resolu- tion, Mar. 11. 1941. Danvers River, Mass ..... Rivers and Harbors ...................... Committee resolu- tion, Apr. 13, 1939. Dorchester Bay and Nepon- Rivers and Harbors Sept. 24, 1941 House, 391, 77th Favorable. set River, Mass. Committee resolu- Cong., 1st sess. tion, Feb. 1, 1939. Duxbury Harbor, Mass .... Commerce Committee Sept. 15, 1941 Senate, 115, 77th Do. resolution, June 27, Cong., 1st sess. 1939. Gloucester Harbor and An- Rivers and Harbors July 19, 1941 House, 329, 77th Do. nisquam River, Mass. Committee resolu- Cong., 1st sess. tion, Oct. 8, 1938. Ipswich River, Mass ...... _ Rivers and Harbors July 18, 1941 Unfavorable Committee resolu- tion, June 3, 1937. Do_-- - - - - - - - - River and Harbor Act, .---do_------ ------------------- Do. Aug. 26, 1937. Manchester Harbor, Mass_- Rivers and Harbors Nov. 21, 1941 House, 447, 77th Favorable. Committee resolu- Cong.. 1st sess. tion, Dec. 22. 1938. Merrimack River, Mass., River and Harbor Act, -- - -- - -- - ...................... and N. H.; with view to June 20, 1938. improvement for naviga- tion, flood control, and water power. RIVEIRS AND HARBORS-BOSTON, MASS., DISTRICT 61 Status of all investigations for navigation called for by river and harbor acts and committee resolutions-Continued Date trans- Locality Authorization act mitted to Document No. Recommenda- Congress tion Monhegan Harbor, Maine-_ Rivers and Harbors July 18,1941 -----..---.......... Unfavorable. Committee resolu- tion, Jan. 31, 1939. Do------------------ Commerce Committee ..- do..-------------------------...... Do. resolution, Apr. 8, 1939. North River, Scituate, Mass_ Rivers and Harbors Aug. 7, 1941 ------------------ Do. Committee resolu- tion, Mar. 22, 1938. Portland Harbor, Maine, re- Rivers and Harbors---------- moval of Soldier Ledge in Committee resolu- Hussey Sound. tion, Dec. 3, 1941. Portland Harbor, Maine, re- Rivers and Harbors -- moval of Soldier-Ledge in Committee resolu- Hussey Sound and shoal tion, Mar. 12, 1942. areas in Casco Bay. Portland Harbor, Maine, Rivers and Harbors modify existing project. Committee resolu- tion, June 6, 1939. Presumpscot River, Maine River and Harbor Act, -- Aug. 26, 1937. Provincetown Harbor, Mass Commerce Committee Aug. 9, 1941 -------------------- Do. resolution, Aug. 8, 1939. Rock Harbor, Mass .------- Rivers and Harbors July 21, 1941 ------------------- Do. Committee resolu- tion, Apr. 17, 1939. Sandy Bay, Cape Ann, Rivers and Harbors June 16, 1942 ------------------- Do. Mass., harbor of refuge. Committee resolu- tion, July 28, 1941. 17. MERRIMACK RIVER BASIN, N. H. AND MASS. Location.-The works covered by the comprehensive plan are located on the Merrimack River and its tributaries in New Hampshire and Massachusetts. Existing project.-The Flood Control Act approved June 22, 1936, authorized the construction of a system of flood-control reservoirs in the Merrimack River Basin for the reduction of flood heights in the Merrimack Valley generally at an estimated construction cost of $7,725,000; cost of lands and damages, $3,500,000. The Flood Control Act approved June 28, 1938, approved the general comprehensive plan for flood control and other purposes as set forth in House Document No. 689, Seventy-fifth Congress, third session, wherein the estimated cost of $13,000,000 for construction and $8,000,000 for lands and dam- ages is given, and modified the project authorized by the Flood Control Act approved June 22, 1936, to provide, in addition to the construction of a system of flood-control reservoirs, related flood-control works which may be found justified by the Chief of Engineers. The following reservoirs and related flood-control works have been considered for the comprehensive plan: 493202-43-pt. 1, vol. 1-5 62 REPORT OF CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMY, 1942 Name State Total estimated cost 1 Reservoirs: Franklin Falls 2... ---- ..-... - - -- ------- New Hampshire-----------. $7,883,000 Blackwater 2----------- - --- ---- ---- --- do---- 1,193,000 Hopkinton-Everett -------------------- ----- ----. do- 11,300,000 West Peterboro --------------------------- - do------------- - - 1,170,000 Mountain Brook------ - ------------------ - ----- do - - - 370,000 Estimated cost Construc- Lands damages Local protection works: Nashua ------------ do $99, 000 $1,000 Lowell2_____ _ _ Massachusetts 465, 000 90,000 North Andover----------- do--_ 146, 500 3, 500 1 Includes cost of lands and damages. 2 The details of this project are contained in an individual report. Local cooperation.-See page 5 for requirements.' Operations and results during fiscal year.-The stream-gaging pro- gram for the Merrimack River Basin was continued during the fiscal year. The costs from regular funds during the fiscal year were $2,006.97. The expenditures were $729.53. Condition at end of fiscal year.-Work on the development of the comprehensive plan preliminary to construction has been carried to an advanced stage. The condition of projects selected for construction under this authorization is given in individual reports. The costs to date from regular funds have been $270,482.21. The expenditures to date from regular funds have been $269,122.16. The total costs and expenditures to date from emergency relief funds have been $23,716.07. The costs of all work, all funds, have been $291,198.28. The total expenditures have been $292,838.23. Proposed operations.-The balance unexpended at the end of the fiscal year, amounting to $213,,509.64 regular funds, will be applied to the payment of accounts payable, $1,360.05; to the continuation of the stream-gaging program for the Merrimack River Basin and studies to determine the functioning of the reservoirs in operation; and to the continuation of studies and surveys for related flood-control works in the comprehensive plan. The sum of $20,000 can be profitably expended during the fiscal year 1944 for the continuation of the stream-gaging program, reservoir operation planning, and hydrologic studies. Cost and financial summary Cost of new work to June 30, 1942------------------------------- 1$294, 198. 28 Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1942_ __________ Total cost 'of permanent work to June 30, 1942---------- 1294, 198. 28 Minus accounts payable June 30, 1942_-.. . 1, 1__________________ 3CO0.05 Net total expenditures---------------------------------- 292 838. 23 Unexpended balance June 30, 1942___------------- 213, 509. 64 Total amount appropriated to June 30, 1942------ _ 2 506, 347. 87 1Includes $23,716.07 emergency relief funds. RIVERS AND HARBORS-BOSTON, MASS., DISTRICT 63 Fiscal year ending June 30 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 Cost of new work ___ $160, 157. 95 $85, 384. 46 $123, 145. 47 -$76, 496. 57 $2, 006. 97 Cost of maintenance Total expended __ 154, 612. 51 143, 280. 76 75, 897. 44 -81, 682. 01 729. 53 Allotted_------- -------------- 382, 000. 00 48, 716. 07 223, 131. 80 -147, 500. 00 - Balance unexpended July 1, 1941_ -_____----------_-_ .__-- $214, 239. 17 Gross amount expended----------------------------- $1, 784. 62 Less reimbursements collected----------------- ------- 1, 055. 09 729. 53 Balance unexpended June 30, 1942_---------------------- 213, 509.61 Outstanding liabilities June 30, 1942 _ _ , 360. 05 1-----------------------_ Unobligated balance available June 30, 1942------------- 212, 149. 59 Amount (estimated) required to be appropriated for completion of 2- - - - - - - - - - - -- - - - - - -- - - - - - - - - existing project __ 12, 790, 400. 00 Amount that can be profitably expended in fiscal year ending June 30, 1944, for new work ---------------- 20, C0. 00 2 Exclusive of available funds. 18. FRANKLIN FALLS RESERVOIR, MERRIMACK RIVER BASIN, N. H. Location.-The dam site of the reservoir is located on the Pemige- wasset River, the main tributary of the Merrimack River, about 21/2 miles above Franklin, N. H., and 92 miles north of Boston, Mass. Existing project.-The dam is of rolled earth fill with dumped rock shell and toe, 1,740 feet long, with a maximum height of 136 feet. It contains about 3,000,000 cubic yards of earth and rock fill. The spill- way consists of a channel in an earth and rock cut in the right abutment with a gravity-type concrete ogee section 550 feet long. Twin gate- controlled outlet conduits are located in the right abutment. The reservoir provides a storage capacity of 170,000 acre-feet and controls a drainage area of 1,000 square miles. The total estimated cost is $7,883,000, which includes construction, lands, damages, and highway relocations. The project is a unit of the comprehensive plan for flood control and other purposes in the Merrimack River Basin which was authorized by the Flood Control Act approved June 22, 1936, and modified by the Flood Control Act approved June 28, 1938. Local cooperation.-Section 2 of the Flood Control Act approved June 28, 1938, applies. Operations and results during fiscal year.-Construction of the dam and appurtenant works was commenced by continuing contract on November 14, 1939. Contract operations during the fiscal year con- sisted of earth and rock excavation in the spillway and discharge channels; constructing the closure section of the dam; placing rock fill on the downstream terrace and on the banks of the spillway chan- nel; pressure grouting in the main dam and east wall of the spillway; placing concrete in the spillway, stilling basin, intake structure, and the service bridge abutments and deck. The structural steel and girders for the service bridge were assembled and erected and the gates and gate operating machinery were installed. The main dam em- bankment was carried to approximately elevation 410, and the intake structure was completed. 64 REPORT OF CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMY, 1942 The work involved the excavation of approximately 1,880,000 cubic yards of ordinary material; 245,000 cubic yards of rock excavation; the placing of 1,221,000 cubic yards of rolled fill, 280,000 cubic yards of rock fill, 80,000 cubic yards of sand and gravel in the embankment for filters and backing, and 31,700 cubic yards of concrete in the re- taining walls, spillway, stilling basin, intake structure, and service bridge. A total of 2,044.59 acres of land has been acquired in the reservoir area, of which 354.43 acres were acquired during the fiscal year. The relocation of,about 7.86 miles of highway in the city of Franklin and towns of Hill and Bristol, including the erection of a frame bridge and an arch bridge was completed by the State of New Hampshire. All cemeteries in the reservoir areas have been relocated. The total costs during the fiscal year, including contract operations, land acquisition and relocations, were $2,137,860.56. The expenditures were $2,267,743 65. Condition at end of fiscal year.--The existing project for the Frank- lin Falls Reservoir is about 89 percent complete. The contract for the construction of the dam and appurtenant works is about 95 percent complete; the relocation of power lines is about 89 percent complete; and the acquisition of land for the reservoir and borrow areas is about 77 percent complete. Final plans and specifications, and clearing of the dam site and borrow areas are complete. The costs to date from regular funds have been $6,539,545.12. The expenditures have been $6,159,391.95. Proposed operations.-Thebalance unexpended, including accounts receivable, at the end of the fiscal year, amounting to $1,260,598.85 regular funds will be applied as follows: Accounts payable, June 30, 1942--------------------------------- $409, 116. 24 New work: Completion of construction of dam and appurtenant works, including operating house superstructure and spillway; and completion of construction of embankment of terrace sections and river sections to elevation 416, under contract; period July 1, 1942, to Nov. 30, 1942_---------- ------------------------------- 311, 070. 22 Acquisition of lands, rights-of-way (hired labor) _ 325, 926. 80 Relocation of power lines and acquisition of town roads, bridges, and water supply (hired labor) -------------------------- 194, 485. 59 Subtotal, new work------------------------------------1, 240, 598. 85 Maintenance: Maintenance of Franklin Falls Dam-- ------------- 20, 000. 00 Total__-----------------------------------------_ 1,.260, 598. 85 The sum of $20,000 can be profitably expended during the fiscal year 1944 for maintenance of the dam and appurtenant structures. Cost and finanbial summary (ost of new work to June 30, 1942--------- $6, 539, 545. 12 Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1942------------------ Total cost of permanent work to June 30, 1942-------------- 6, 539, 515. 12 Undistributed costs June 30, 1942------------------------------ 20, 972. 27 Net total cost to June 30, 1942--------------------------- 6, 560, 517. 39 Plus accounts receivable June 30, 1942-------------------------- 7, 990. 80 Gross total costs to June 30, 1942------------------------- 6, 568, 508. 19 Minus accounts payable June 30, 1942-------------------------- 409, 116. 24 Net total expenditures- 6, 159, 391. 95 Unexpended balance June 30, 1942 1, 252, 608. 05 Total amount appropriated to June 30, 1942--------- 7, 412, 000. 00 RIVERS AND HARBORS-BOSTON, MASS., DISTRICT 65 Fiscal year ending June 30 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 Cost of new work _ -------------- ___-----------_ $160, 337. 55 $1, 068,935. 23 $3, 172, 411. 78 $2, 137,860.56 Cost of maintenance - --- ------ ------------------ ------- ------ Total expended----------- -------------- 155,462. 38 828,061.81 2,908, 124. 11 2, 267, 743. 65 Allotted_----- ------------------------- 5, 285, 000. 00 1, 400, 000.00 575, 000.00 152, 000.00 Balance unexpended July 1, 1941_------------------------- $3, 368, 351. 70 Amount allotted from War Department Civil Ap- propriation Act approved May 23, 1941___ __--$200, 000. 00 Amount allotted from War Department Civil Ap- propriation Act approved Apr. 28, 1942--------- 20, 000. 00 220, 000. 00 Amount to be accounted for_ _ _ ___ __________------ 3, 588, 351. 70 Deductions on account of revocation of allotment 000. 00 6__________---68, Net amount to be accounted for______-_____----_ 3, 520, 351.70 Gross amount expended------------------- $2, 307, 878. 43 Less : Reimbursements collected--------$35, 767. 08 Receipts from sales ----------- - 4, 367. 70 40, 134. 78 2, 267, 743. 65 Balance unexpended June 30, 1942__-------------------- 1, 252, 608. 05 Outstanding liabilities June 30, 1942__________-- $409, 116. 24 Amount covered by uncompleted contracts-------- 344, 986. 42 754, 102. 68 Balance available June 30, 1942 _____________________ 498, 505.39' Accounts receivable June 30, 1942----------------------------- 7, 990. 80' Unobligated balance available June 30, 1942______________ 506, 496. 19 Amount that can be profitably expended in fiscal year ending June 30, 1944, for maintenance-------------------------------- 20, 000. 00 1 Exclusive of available funds. 19. BLACKWATER RESERVOIR, MERRIMACK RIVER BASIN, N. H. Location.-The dam site of the reservoir is located on the Black- water River in New Hampshire, 8.2 miles above the confluence with the Contoocook River and 118.8 miles above the mouth of the Merrimack. The reservoir lies within the towns of Webster and Salisbury in the county of Merrimack, the dam being situated just above the village of Swetts Mills in Webster, 12.5 miles by highway northwest of Concord, N. H. 'Existing project.-The dam is dumped-rock toe and a dumped-rock blanket on the upstream face, 750 of the rolled-earth type, with a feet long at the top, with a maximum height of approximately 60 feet and a top width of about 39 feet containing about 239,000 cubic yards of earth and rock fill. A gravity-type spillway, 240 feet long, 55 square feet of gate-controlled and 22.5 square feet of ungated outlet conduits, and a 16-foot diameter penstock intake, involving 24,300 cubic yards of concrete have been constructed. The reservoir will provide a storage capacity of 46,000 acre-feet and control a drainage area of 127.5 square miles. The estimated cost, revised in 1942, is $1,193,000.00. The proj- ect is a unit of the comprehensive plan for flood-control and other 66 REPORT OF CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMY, 1942 purposes in the Merrimack River Basin which was authorized by the Flood Control Act approved June 22, 1936, and modified by the Flood Control Act approved June 28, 1938. Local cooperation.-Section 2 of the Flood Control Act approved June 28, 1938, applies. Operationsand results during fiscal year.-Construction of the dam, dikes, and appurtenant works was commenced by continuing contract on April 23, 1940. The contract operations during the fiscal year con- sisted of placing earth and dumped rock fill in the main dam to finished grade; completing concrete operations in the penstock intake spillway section; training walls and equipment room; excavating rock to grade in the discharge and approach channels; and topsoiling and seeding the dam embankment. The operations involved the excavation of approximately 26,000 cubic yards of ordinary material and 9,430 cubic yards of rock, the placing of 3,000 cubic yards of rolled fill and 4,600 . cubic yards of concrete. All contract operations were completed on November 22, 1941. The relocation of cemeteries in the reservoir area was continued by contract. An agreement was made on February 8, 1940, with the State of New Hampshire, for the relocation of 3.04 miles of state highway between the villages of Webster and Warner, New Hampshire, and between Webster and Swetts Mills, New Hampshire, and highway con- nections thereto. Contract operations under this agreement were con- tinued during the fiscal year. A total of 2,160.6 acres of land has been acquired in the reservoir area, of which 128.7 acres have been acquired during the fiscal year. The costs during the fiscal year have been $352,336.16, of which $351,123.06 was for new work and $1,213.10 was for maintenance. The expenditures were $402,322.04 for new work. Condition at end of fiscal year.-Contract plans and specifications are complete. The contract for the construction of dam, dike, and appurtenant works is 100 percent complete. The relocation of high- ways is about 91 percent complete. The relocation of the cemeteries is 77 percent complete. The acquisition of lands and rights-of-way for the dam site and reservoir area is about 79 percent complete. The existing project is about 91 percent complete. The total costs for new work have been $1,074,237.58 and $1,213.10 for maintenance. The expenditures'have been $1,066,786.70 for new work. Proposed operations.-The balance unexpended at the end of the fiscal year, amounting to $135,213.30 regular funds, will be applied as follows : Regular funds: Accounts payable, June 30, 1942------- ------------------- $8, 663. 98 New work: Acquisition of lands and rights-of-way (hired labor) -------- 39, 869. 89 Relocation of highways, by agreement with the State of New Hampshire -------------------------------------- 60, 179. 43 Relocation of cemeteries and power line, by contract------- 17, 500. 00 Subtotal, new work------------------------------ 126, 213. 30 Maintenance: Maintenance of Blackwater Dam--------------- 9, 000. 00 Total - ---- ------------ 135, 213. 30 RIVEiRS AND HARBORS-BOSTON, MASS., DISTRICT 67 The sum of $9,000 can be profitably expended during the fiscal year 1944 for maintenance of the dam and appurtenant structures. Cost and financial summary Cost of new work to June 30, 1942----------------- ..----- $1, 074, 237. 58 Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1942_ _------------------------- 1, 213. 10 Total cost of permanent work to June 30, 1942- 075, 450. 68 1----------, Minus accounts payable June 30, 1942 _________------- ----- 8, 663. 98 ---------------------------------- 1, C66, 786. 70 Net total expenditures_ ------------------------------ Unexpended balance June 30, 1942__ _ 35, 213. 30 Total amount appropriated to June 30, 1942-.....----- 1, 202, 000. 00 Fiscal year ending June 30 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 Cost of new work.---------------- _ $151, 444. 44 $571, 670. 08 $351,123.06 Cost of maintenance- - - - - -- - 1, 213. 10 .. .. Total cost________________... .. .. .. .. .. . 151, 444. 44 571, 670.08 352, 336.16 Total expended ________ ___116, 914. 82 547, 549. 84 402, 322. 04 Allotted 1, 300, 000. 00 -175, 000. 00 77, 000. 00 Balance unexpended July 1, 1941________________ _____ $460, 535. 34 Amount allotted from War Department Civil Appro- priation Act approved May 23, 1941_______________ $68, 000. 00 Amount allotted from War Department Civil Appro- priation Act approved Apr. 28, 1942-__-_____-__- 9, 000. 00 77, 000. 00 Amount to be accounted for------------------------------- 537, 535. 34 Gross amount expended--------------------------$408, 803. 61 Less: Reimbursements collected-----------$5, 770. 17 Receipts from sales----------------- 711. 40 6, 481. 57 402, 322. 04 Balance unexpended June 30, 1942 ----------------------- 135, 213. 30 Outstanding liabilities June 30, 1942..-------------- $8, 663. 98 Amount covered by uncompleted contracts --------- 0, 179. 43 68, 843.41 Unobligated balance available June 30, 1942--------------- 66, 339. 89 Amount that can be profitably expended in fiscal year ending June 30, 1944, for maintenance '--------------------------- 9, 000. 00 1 Exclusive of available funds. 20. LOWELL, MERRIMACK RIVER BASIN, MASS. Location.-The project is located on the left (north) bank, 39 miles above the mouth of the Merrimack River in the city of Lowell, Middle- sex County, Mass. The site is 25 miles northwest of Boston, Mass. Existing project.-The project consists of about 5,100 linear feet of earth dike, sheet piling, and concrete wall, which will furnish protec- tion to 930 acres of urban land in the Lakeview Avenue and Rosemont sections of Lowell, Mass., and will include two pumping stations, on West Street and Beaver Street, to carry the sanitary and storm-water 68 REPORT OF CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMY, 1942 flow through the dikes during flood periods. The estimated cost is $465,000 for construction and $90,000 for lands and damages. The project is a unit of the comprehensive plan for flood control and other purposes in the Merrimack River Basin which was authorized by the Flood Control Act approved June 22, 1936, and modified by the Flood Control Act approved June 28, 1938. Prior to the foregoing author- ization, under provisions of the Emergency Relief Appropriation Act, approved April 8, 1935, the sum of $794,373.46 was expended for en- larging the available waterway at various places to provide adequate channel capacity for flood discharge. For further details, see page 77 of the Annual Report for 1940. Local cooperation.-Section 3 of the Flood Control Act approved June 22, 1936, applies. The city of Lowell, by resolution passed by the city council and approved by the mayor on October 16, 1940, will provide the necessary lands, rights-of-way, and sewer relocations in accordance with the previously cited section 3 of the 1936 Flood Con- trol Act. Operationsand results during fiscal year.-Constructionof the dikes and pumping stations was commenced by continuing contract on July 23, 1941. The contract operations during the fiscal year consisted of constructing the rolled fill earth dikes, reinforced-concrete flood walls and pumping-station substructures, the brick masonry pumping-sta- tion superstructures, and installing operating equipment. The oper- ations involved the excavation of 66,000 cubic yards of material other than rock, the placing and compacting of 55,000 cubic yards of fill, the placing of 2,950 cubic yards of concrete and the driving of 35,000 square feet of steel sheet piling. The costs from regular funds have been $349,376.39. The expendi- tures were $256,913.40. Condition at end of fiscal year.-Contract plans and specifications are complete. The concrete flood walls have been completed. The pumping stations are substantially complete except for the installa- tion of pumping, heating, electrical, and plumbing equipment. The earth dikes are complete except for topsoiling and seeding operations. The costs to date from regular funds have been $358,610.75. The expenditures were $265,831.71. Proposedoperations.-The balance unexpended, including accounts receivable, at the end of the fiscal year, amounting to $199,176.63, will be applied as follows: Accounts payable, June 30, 1942---------------------------- $92, 787.38 New work: Furnishing the balance of the pumping equipment for West St. and Beaver St. pumping stations, by contract; period July 1 to Dc. 1, 1942 ___ _______ _ 064. 13 6--------------0, Completion of the earth dikes and pumping stations, including the installation of pumping, electrical, heating, and plumbing equipment in West St. and Beaver St. pumping stations; period July 1 to Dec. 30, 1942 __________----- _ ______--- 46, 325. 12 Total-------------- _____------------------------------ 199, 176. 63 No funds can be profitably expended during the fiscal year 1944 as the project will be completed with the available funds. RIVERS AND HARBORS-BOSTON, MASS., DISTRICT 69 Cost and financial summary Cost of new work to June 30, 1942______----__-------------------- $358, 610. 75 Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1942__________------------- ---------- Total cost of permanent work to June 30, 1942 _____------- 358, 610. 75 Plus accounts receivable June 30, 1942__--- --------------------- 8. 34 Gross total costs to June 30, 1.942---------------------- 358, 619. 09 Minus accounts payable June 30, 1942_______--------------- 92, 787. 38 Net total expenditures__ ___..-------------------_ 265, 831. 71 Unexpended balance June 30, 1942_________ _ ----------------- 199, 168. 29 Total amount appropriated to June 30, 1942____________--- 465, 000. 00 Fiscal year ending June 30 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 Cost of new work___________ ___ ________ ____ __ _ $9, 234. 36 $349, 376. 39 C ost of maintenance- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -- - - - - - - Total expended _______________________________ , 918. 31 256, 913. 40 Allotted- _ - - - - $14, 000. 00 411, 000. 00 40, 000. 00 Balance unexpended July 1, 1941_______________--_--------- $416, 081.69 Amount allotted from War Department Civil Appropriation Act approved May 23, 1941_ ________________________ 40, 000. 00 Amount to be accounted for___________ __ __-____----- 456, 081. 69 Gross amount expended______________________---_ $257, 004. 85 Less reimbursements collected__________- - -_______- 91. 45 256, 913. 40 Balance unexpended June 30, 1942_ ---------------------- _ 199, 168. 29 Outstanding liabilities June 30, 1942__________________ $92, 787. 38 Amount covered by uncompleted contracts -------------- 97, 268. 11 190, 055. 49 Balance available June 30, 1942____ _---__ __-----9,112. 80 Accounts receivable June 30, 1942____-_________________________ 8. 34 Unobligated balance available June 30, 1942________----- 9, 121. 14 21. PRELIMINARY EXAMINATIONS AND SURVEYS FOR FLOOD CONTROL There were no costs and expenditures during the fiscal year 1942. The sum of $20,000 allotted in August 1942 will be applied as needed during the fiscal year 1943 to payment of expenses incurred under this heading. Cost and financial summary Cost of new work to June 30, 1942 ___________________________ _______ Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1942___________---_________--_ __ $147, 500 Total cost of permanent work to June 30, 1942______________ 147, 500 Net total expenditures__ 147, 500 ------------- Total amount appropriated to June 30, 1942 ------ ------------------- _ 147, 500 70 REPORT OF CHIEF OF ENGINEFRS, U. S. ARMY, 1942 Fiscal year ending June 30 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 Cost of new work ..------- ---- - Cost of maintenance----------- -------------- -------------------- $147, 500 --- Total expended-------------------------- ---------- ------ 147, 500- Allotted_ -------------------------------- - -147, 500 Amount allotted in August 1942_-__________--- - _----- $20, 000 Amount available during the fiscal year 1943______________________ 20, C00 Status of all investigations for flood control called for by flood-control acts and committee resolutions Date trans- Document Recommen- Locality Authorization act mitted to number dation Congress Androscoggin River, Maine _--_--. Flood Control Com- ............................. mittee resolution, Mar. 27, 1936. Do .. _...----------------------- Commerce Commit- tee resolution, Mar. 28, 1936. Do__----------------------- Flood Control Act, June 22, 1936. Androscoggin River and tributaries, Flood Control Act, Maine and N. H. June 25, 1936. Kennebec River, Maine....---------- Commerce Commit- tee resolution, Mar. 28, 1936. Kennebec River and tributaries, Flood Control Act, Maine June 20, 1936. Kennebec River, Maine .....---------- Flood Control Act, June 22, 1936. Merrimack River, Mass., and River and Harbor, ,N. H., improvement for naviga- Act June 20, 1938. tion, flood control and water power. Saco River, Maine_ -------------- Flood Control Com- Mar. 20, 1942 ------------- Unfavorable. riittee resolution, Mar. 27, 1936. Do .... ----------------------- Commerce Commit- -... do..-------...-------------- Do. tee resolution, Mar. 28, 1936. Do............---------...............--------------------. Flood Control Act, ----.. do--------------------o. June 22, 1936. IMPROVEMENT OF RIVERS AND HARBORS IN THE PROVIDENCE, R. I., DISTRICT This district comprises western New Hampshire, eastern Vermont, western and southeastern Massachusetts, all of Rhode Island, all of Connecticut except a small portion along its western boundary, and small portions of southeastern New York embraced in the drainage basins tributary to Long Island Sound and the Atlantic Ocean east of the New York-Connecticut State line and south of Nauset Harbor on the east coast of Cape Cod, exclusive of the watershed tributary to the head of Buzzards Bay, Mass., north of Butlers Point and Scraggy Neck. It also includes Fishers Island, N. Y. District engineer: Lieut. Col. Harley Latson, Corps of Engineers, to September 29, 1941; Lieut. Col. Leonard B. Gallagher, Corps of Engineers, acting district engineer from September 30 to October 31, 1941; Col. H. S. Bishop, Jr., district engineer from November 1, 1941. Division engineer: North Atlantic division, Col. John N. Hodges, RIVERS AND HARBORS-PROVIDENICE, R. I., DISTRICT 71 Corps of Engineers, to April 30, 1942; New England division, Col. Leonard B. Gallagher, Corps of Engineers, from May 1, 1942. IMPROVEMENTS Navigation Navigation--Conitnued Page Page 1. Pollock Rip Shoals, Nan- 33. Examinations, surveys and 2. tucket Sound, Mass -... Chatham (Stage) Harbor, 71 contingencies (general)--- 131 34. Other projects for which no 3. Mass Harbor of refuge at Nan- 73 estimates are submitted -- 132 35. Plant allotment ___ 133 tucket, Mass_ 74 4. Cross Rip Shoals, Nantucket Flood control Sound, Mass____________ 76 5. Edgartown Harbor, Mass___ 77 36. Connecticut River Basin, 6. Vineyard Haven Harbor, Vt., N. H., Mass., and Mass_ _ 78 Conn-__ -- ____ 134 7. New Bedford and Fairhaven 37. Claremont Reservoir, Con- Harbor, Mass________ 79 necticut River Basin, 8. Westport River, Mass __.. 82 N. H-_ 137 9. Fall River Harbor, Mass -- 83. 38. Union Village Reservoir, 10. Taunton River, Mass ----- 85 Connecticut River Basin, 11. Newport Harbor, R. I -_-- 86 Vt _----- - - - - 138 12. Providence River and 39. Surry Mountain Reservoir, Harbor, R. I____ 88 Connecticut River Basin, 13. Pawtucket (Seekonk) River, N. H--_------ --- -_ 139 R.L -- --- 90 40. Birch Hill Reservoir, Con- 14. Harbor of refuge at Point necticut River Basin, Mass_ 142 Judith, R. I___________ 92 41. Knightville Reservoir, Con- 15. Harbor of refuge at Block necticut River Basin, Island, R. I___ 94 Mass_ 144 16. Great Salt Pond, Block 42. Tully Reservoir, Connecticut Island, R. I_____________ 96 River Basin, Mass -.. 146 17. Pawcatuck River, R. I. and 43. Hartford, Connecticut River Conn__ 97 Basin, Conn_ 148 18. Mystic River, Conn ____-_ 99 44. East Hartford, Connecticut 19. New London Harbor, Conn- 101 River Basin, Conn- -- 152, 20. Thames River, Conn_-_ __ 102 45. Springfield, Connecticut 21. Connecticut River below River Basin, Mass ...... 155 Hartford, Conn __ - 105 46. West Springfield, Connecti- 22. Duck Island Harbor, Conn__ 108 cut River Basin, Mass ___ 157 23. Branford Harbor, Conn _ -_ 110 47. Chicopee, Connecticut River 24. New Haven Harbor, Conn__ 111 Basin, Mass___ 159 25. Breakwaters at New Haven, 48. Holyoke, Connecticut River Conn----------------- 114 Basin, Mass_______------ 160 26. Milford Harbor, Conn- -.- 115 49. Northampton, Connecticut 27. Housatonic River, Conn -- 117 River Basin, Mass_____ 162 28. Bridgeport Harbor, Conn___ 119 50. Preliminary examinations and 29. Southport Harbor, Conn -. 123 surveys for flood control__ 164 30. Norwalk Harbor, Conn - 124 51. Other flood-control projects 31. Stamford Harbor, Conn ... 126 for which no estimates are 32. Greenwich Harbor, Conn___ 130 submitted-___-------_ 165 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 33 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 72 REPORT OF CHIEF OF ENGINEiRS, i..BS. ART~MY 1942 width as may be found practicable, but not exceeding at depth of 30 feet at mean low water and a width of 1 mile. The mean tidal ranges are 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 was $1,100,000 for new work and $30,000 for annual maintenance. The existing project was authorized by the following river and harbor acts: Acts Work authorized Documents July 25,1912 Experimental dredging through the shoals to determine if H. Doe. No. 536, 62d Cong., a channel could be secured and maintained not over 30 2d sess. feet deep and not over 1 mile wide. July 27,1916 Continuation of work with a Government-owned hopper Rivers and Harbors Com- dredge. mittee Doc. No. 3, 64th Cong., 1st sess. The latest published map is in the Annual Report for 1915, page 2056. Terminal facilities.-None. Operations and results during fiscal yar.-None. Condition at end of fiscal year.-The existing project was completed in 1925. The depths previously secured over the northern tongue of the Stone Horse Shoal have been maintained. A cut 2,000 feet wide has been dredged through Bearse and Pollock Rip Shoals. In Octo- ber 1941 the controlling depth at mean low water was 30 feet for a width of about 1,500 feet, and about 16 feet along the north edge of the 2,000-foot channel. The costs and expenditures under the existing project have been $1,083,504.41 for new work, and $660,012.15 for maintenance, a total of $1,743,516.56. Proposed operations.-Itis proposed to apply the funds unexpended on June 30, 1942, amounting to $66,562.90 on maintenance operations with a United States seagoing hopper dredge, about 2 months, in the fall of 1942, with necessary surveys. The sum of $75,000 can be profitably expended during the fiscal year 1944 for maintenance operations with a United States seagoing hopper dredge for about 3 months in the spring of 1944. Cost and financial snrnmary Cost of new work to June 30, 1942__---___ -_________ $1,083, 504.41 Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1942--__ -- - -__________660, 012. 15 Total cost of permanent work to June 30, 1942 ____ -__ 1, 743, 516. 56 Net total expenditures ... _____--.....__-_ 1, 743, 516. 56 Uniexpended balance June 30, 1942- ------------------- 66, 562. 90 Total amount appropriated to June 30, 1942----- -1, 810, 079. 46 --... RIVERS ANhID HAiRBOI S-PROVIDENCE, R. I., DISTRICT Fiscal year ending J~re 30 1138 1939 1940 1941 1942 Cost of new work -------------- --- -------------- -------------- Cost of maintenance_------------$52, 400. 00 $107, 850. 76 $55,079. 59 $1, 409. 87 Total expended_----------------- 52, 400.00 83, 248. 92 60, 269.15 20, 822. 15 --- - Allotted....---------------------- 102, 147. 08 145, 000. 00 50, 000. 00 -2, 896. 88 -$11, 200 Balance unexpended July 1, 1941---------------------------- $77, 762. 90 Deduct~ns on account of revocation of allotment---------------- 11, 200. 00 Net amount to be accounted for-- ----------------------- 66, 562. 90 Balance unexpended June 30, 1942------- ----------------- 66, 562. 90 Amount that can be profitably expended in fiscal year ending June 1 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -- - - - - - - - - - - 30, 1944, for maintenance ----- - 75, 000. 00 1 Exclusive of available funds. 2. CHATHAM (STAGE) HARBOR, MASS. Location.-At the northeastern corner of Nantucket Sound. It is about 15 miles east of Hyannis Harbor, Mass., and 66 miles south of Provincetown Harbor at the northern extremity of Cape Cod. (See U. S. Coast and Geodetic Survey Chart No. 1299.) Existing project.-This provides for a channel 6 feet deep at mean low water through the bars at the entrance to the harbor, 200 feet wide at the outer bar, 150 feet wide at the middle bar, and 100 feet wide at the inner bar. The mean tidal range is 3.8 feet and the maximum range, due to the combined effects of wind and other causes, about 7 feet. The estimate of cost for new work, revised in 1897, was $13,732.39. There is no approved estimate for annual cost of maintenance. The existing project was authorized by the River and Harbor Act of September 19, 1890 (Annual Report for 1889, p. 599). (For latest published map, see H. Doc. No. 456, 77th Cong., 1st sess.) Recommended modification of project.-Under date of August 21, 1941, the Chief of Engineers recommended modification to provide an entrance channel 10 feet deep at mean low water and 150 feet wide at an estimated first cost of $87,000, with annual maintenance of $4,000, subject to certain conditions of local cooperation (H. Doc. No. 456, 77th Cong., 1st sess.). Terminal facilities.-There are two commercial wharves on the north side of the inner harbor. The facilities are considered adequate for the existing commerce. Operations and results during fiscal year.--Maintenance dredging through the bars in the entrance channel, by contract, was in progress from July 5 to August 23, 1941. During the period 19,748 cubic yards, place measure, of material were removed at a cost of $17,605.91 for maintenance. Expenditures were $17,648.54. Condition at end of fiscal year.-The existing project was completed in 1901. The controlling depth over the outer and inner bars was 6 feet at mean low water, as determined in August 1941. The costs and expenditures have been $7,888.95 for new work and $41,745.37 for maintenance, a total of $49,634.32. Proposed operations.-No funds are available and no operations are contemplated during the fiscal years 1943 and 1944. 74 REPORT OF CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMY, 1942 Cost and financial summary Cost of new work to June 30, 1942_ ----- _____ -__-___- ____ $7, 888. 95 Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1942 ----------- _-- ------- 41, 745. 37 Total cost of permanent work to June 30, 1942_.-...- --- __. 49, 634. 32 Net total expenditures-_______- __-____________ 49, 634. 32 Total amount appropriated to June 30, 1942_ __-__------- --__ 49, 634. 32 Fiscal year ending June 30 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 Cost of new work -----------------.----------- - .0. Cost of maintenance ____________ ______________ ______________ ______________ $457. 05 $17, 605. 91 Total expended_______________ ___________ 414. 42 17, 648. 54 Allotted ...----------------------- --- 24, 400.00 -6, 337.04 Balance unexpended July 1, 1941____ ________ $23, 985. 58 Deductions on account of revocation of allotment___________-- _ 6, 337. 04 Net amount to be accounted for__ ___- ______- ____ 17, 648. 54 Gross amount expended_________-_ ________________ 17, 648. 54 3. HARBOR OF REFUGE AT NANTUCKET, MASS. Location.-On the north shore of Nantucket Island about 28 miles east-southeast from Vineyard Haven, Mass. (See U. S. Coast and Geodetic Survey Chart No. 343.) Previous projects.-Adopted by the River and Harbor Act of March 2, 1829. For further details 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, ex- clusive 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: Acts Work authorized Documents June 14,1880 West jetty. _ - - - H. Doc. No. 18, 46th Cong., 2d sess., and Annual Re- port for 1880, p. 423. Aug. 5, 1886 East jetty and dredging when necessary- _-- _ Annual Report for 1885, p. 579. For latest published map see H. Doc. No. 115, 77th Cong., 1st sess. Recommended modifications of project.-Under date of November 14, 1940, the Chief of Engineers recommended modification of the existing project so as to provide an anchorage area of about 50 acres on the east side of the harbor opposite the wharves, about 2,800 feet long, 300 to 1,100 feet wide, and 15 feet deep at mean low water; a RIVERS AND HARBORS--PROVIDENCE, R. I., DISTRICT 75 fairway of the same depth extending southward through the harbor along the west side of the anchorage to a point about 2,700 feet solth, of Brant Point, at an estimated first cost of $63,000, with $1,500 an- nually for maintenance in addition to that now required, and subject to certain conditions of local cooperation (H. Doc. No. 115, 77th Cong., 1st sess.). Local cooperation.-None required by law. The Commonwealth of Massachusetts and local interests have expended for dredging and boulder removal inside the harbor about $130,000. Terminal facilities.-These consist of four piers affording about 3,000 feet of berthing space. Facilities are considered adequate for present commerce. Operations and results during fiscal year.-None. Condition at end of fiscal year.--The existing project was about 87 percent completed. The east jetty was completed in 1907 and the channel in 1930. The jetties have been built to varying heights and cross sections with a view to controlling and regulating scour between them. The west jetty is in need of repairs; the east jetty is in good condition. The controlling depth at mean low water in the channel was 15 feet in the central 150 feet and about 9 feet on the edges, as determined in April 1941. To complete the project would require extension of the west jetty by about 800 feet and enlargement of 400 feet of the existing construction near its outer end to full section. Widening of the channel and enlargement of the east jetty section may be accomplished under the existing project if necessary. The costs and expenditures under the existing project have been $456,- 42 25 for new work and $271,648.53 for maintenance, a total of $728,130.78. Proposed operations.--Itis proposed to apply the funds unexpended on June 30, 1942, amounting to $26,000, in maintenance dredging by contract in May and June 1943, about 40,000 cubic yards of mud and sand from the entrance channel. The sum of $30,000 can be profitably expended during the fiscal year 1944 on repairs to the west jetty at the entrance to the harbor, by contract, placing about 3,850 long tons of stone. Cost and fin ancial summary Cost of new work to June 30. 1942____________________________ $502, 317. 00 Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1942_____________________-____ 271, 648. 53 Total cost of permanent work to June 39, 1942___ __ 773, 965. 53 Net total expenditures____________________________ 773, 965. 53 Unexpended balance June 30, 1942________________________________ 26, COO. 00 Total amount appropriated to June 30, 1942_________________ 799, 965. 53 Fiscal year ending June 30 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 Cost of new work -- ----------- --- ------------------------- - -------------- Cost of maintenance ------- . -- --- ..---------- - - -------------- - -- . --.. . . . Total expended - -- -- Allotted_.. $26, 000 I ---- I I I I 76 REPORT OF CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMY, 1942 Amount allotted from War Department Civil Appropriation Act ap- proved Apr. 28, 1942-------------------------------------$26, 000. 00 Balance unexpended June 30, 1942------------- 26, 000. 00 Amount (estimated)- - required to be-- -appropriated - for completion- -of- - - - - - - - -- --- -- - - - - existing project 1 - - - - - - - - - - - - - -- 66, 000. 00 Amount that can be profitably expended in fiscal year ending June 30, - ----- 1944, for maintenance - - - - - - - -- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 30, 000.00 1 Exclusive of available funds. 4. CROSS RIP SHOALS, NANTUCKET SOUND, MASS. Location.-Nantucket Sound lies south of Cape Cod and north of Nantucket and the eastern part of Martha's Vineyard. Cross Rip Shoals are a little southerly and easterly of the geographical center of the sound. They are about 17 miles east from Vineyard Haven on the island of Marthas Vineyard and about 15 miles northwest from Nan- tucket Harbor. (See U. S. Coast and Geodetic Survey 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 Harbor 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.-None. Condition at end of fiscal year.--The existing project was completed in 1931. In April 1941 the controlling depth was 30 feet at mean low water except for minor shoals with a minimum depth of 26 feet along the edges. The costs and expenditures under the existing project have been $24.200.13 for new work and $40,737.07 for maintenance, a total of $64,937.20. Proposed operations.-Itis proposed to apply the funds unexpended on June 30, 1942, amounting to $7,500 in maintenance operations with a United States seagoing hopper dredge for about 10 days in the fall of 1942, with necessary surveys. No additional funds can be profitably expended during the fiscal year 1944 as the completion of the above work will leave the channel in satisfactory condition for use during that period. Cost and financial summary Cost of new work to June 30, 1942-...... $24, 200. 13 Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1942_____ ___________________ 40, 737. 07 Total cost of permanent work to June 30, 1942---------------- 64,937.20 Net total expenditures____ _____---------------_ 64, 937. 20 Unexpended balance June 30, 1942_ _----------------------------- 7, 500. 00 Total amount appropriated to June 30, 1942--------------- 72, 437. 20 RIVERS AND HARBORS-PROVIDENCE, R. I., DISTRICT 77 Fiscal year ending June 30 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 C ost of new w ork .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Cost of maintenance------------- $3, 600 --- $12, 500 - Total expended ....----------- _ 3, 600 -_ 12, 500 Allotted------------------------- 3, 600 $12, 500 - - - - $7, 500- - Balance unexpended July 1, 1941 .---------- -__----------------- $7, 500. 00 Gross amount expended___ _____________----------- 79. 45 Less reimbursements collected------------------------------------ 79. 45 Balance unexpended June 30, 19427__________--- _7--__ -7, 500. 00 5. EDGARTOWN HARBOR, MASS. Location.--Between Chappaquiddick and Marthas Vineyard at the southeastern end of the latter, about 18 miles southwest of Hyannis Harbor, Mass. (See U. S. Coast and Geodetic Survey Chart No. 346.) Previous projects.-Adopted by the acts of March 2, 1829, June 10, 1872, and September 19, 1890. For further details, see page 183, An- nual Report for 1874, part 2; page 890, Annual Report for 1897; and page 99, Annual Report for 1938. Existing project.-This provides for a channel generally 150 feet wide and 17 feet deep from Nantucket Sound into deep water of the inner harbor, suitably widened at the bend inside the inner-harbor entrance, together with the removal to a depth of 12 feet of the entire Middle Ground Shoal and the outer portion of the shoal inside and east of the entrance to the inner harbor. The plane of reference is mean low water. The mean tidal range is 2 feet and the maximum range due to the combined effects of wind and other causes is 5 feet or more. The estimated cost for new work, made in 1936, was $21,175, includ- ing $10,000 contributed by local interests but exclusive of amounts expended on previous projects. The latest (1936) approved estimate for annual cost of maintenance is $500. The existing project was adopted by the River and Harbor Act approved August 26, 1937 (S3nate Committee Print, 74th Cong., 2d sess.), which document contains the latest published map. Local cooperation.-Fully complied with. Terminal facilities.-These consist of a town wharf and one com- mercial wharf, both open to public use, and numerous private landings for pleasure boats. The facilities are ample for present traffic. Operations and results during fiscal year.-None. Condition at end of fiscal year.-The existing project was completed in 1939. The controlling depths at mean low water in July 1941 were: In the outer harbor channel, 16 feet; on Middle Ground Shoal, 12 feet; in the 17-foot widening, 17 feet; and in the 12-foot widening, 10 feet. The costs and expenditures have been $15,614.42 from regular funds and $10,000 from contributed funds, a total of $25,614.42, all for new work. Proposedoperations.-No funds are available and no operations are contemplated during the fiscal year 1943. 493202-43-pt. 1,vol. 1--6 78 REPORT OF CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMY, 1942 The sum of $24,000 can be profitably expended during the fiscal year 1944 as follows: Maintenance : Dredging the entrance channel, by contract, about 10,000 cubic yards of sand---------------------------------------------- $6, 000 Dredging, by contract, the Middle Ground Shoal and the 12-foot and 17-foot widenings in the inner harbor, about 30,000 cubic yards of sand------------------------------ ------ 18, 000 Total------------------------------------------------- 24, 000 Cost and financial summary Cost of new work to June 30, 1942------------------------------ $45, 614. 42 Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1942____________________________ Total cost of permanent work to June 30, 1942 __-- -____-_ 45, 614. 42 Net total expenditures_____________________-___ __45, 614. 42 Total amount appropriated to June 30, 1942 ___ 145, 614. 42 Fiscal year ending June 30 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 Cost of new work___ $7, 489. 42, $8, 125. 00 ,Costof maintenance---- Total expended___ ._ - _ 5,127. 39 10, 487. 03 Allotted ............ .18, 175. 00 -2, 560. 58 Amount that can be profitably expended in fiscal year ending June 30, 1944, for maintenance ________________- $24, 000. 00 1In addition, $10,000 expended from contributed funds for new work. 6. VINEYARD HAVEN HARBOR, MASS. Location.--On the north shore of Marthas Vineyard at the western end of Nantucket Sound, about 27 miles via Quicks Hole southeast of New Bedford, Mass. (See U. S. Coast and Geodetic Survey Chart No. 347.) Previous projects.-Adopted by River and Harbor Act of August 11, 1888. For further details see page 82, Annual Report for 1909. Existing project.-This provides for dredging to a depth of 17 feet at mean low water an area 150 to 275 feet wide north of the fairway between the steamboat wharf and the State breakwater; and for dredg- ing an anchorage 12 feet deep, about 10 acres in area, behind the breakwater. Mean tidal range is 1.7 feet, with extreme tidal range, due to wind or other causes, 4 feet or more. The estimate of cost for new work, mate in 1935, was $30,000, with $1,100 annually for maintenance. The existing project was adopted by the River and Harbor Act approved August 30, 1935 (Riyers and Harbors Committee Doc. No. 35, 74th Cong., 1st sess.), which document contains the latest pub- lished map. Local cooperation.--None required by law. The Commonwealth of Massachusetts and local interests have expended about $100,000 for dredging, breakwater, and jetty construction in the harbor. Terminal facilities.-Facilitiesat the seven piers in the upper har- bor, one of which is open to public use, are considered adequate for present commerce. Operationsand results during fiscal year.-None. RIVERS AND HARBORS-PROVIDENCE, R. I., DISTRICT 79 Condition at end of fiscal year.-The existing project was com- pleted in 1937. The controlling depths at mean low water, as de- termined in July 1941, were 17 feet in the area north of the fairway and 12 feet, except for a minor shoal on northeast.edge, in the an- chorage basin. The costs and expenditures under the existing project have been $27,186.12, all for new work. Proposed operations.-No funds are available and no operations are contemplated during the fiscal year 1943. The sum of $20,000 can be profitably expended during the fiscal year 1944 in maintenance dredging about 30,000 cubic yards of sand from the 12-foot anchorage by contract. Cost and financial summary --- -$82, Cost of new work to June 30, 1942______________--- 573. 47 Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1942__ Total cost of permanent work to June 30, 1942_------------ 82, 573. 47 Net total expenditures_ __ __ _ _ _ 82, 573. 47 Total amount appropriated to June 30, 1942_________________________ 82, 573. 47 Amount that can be profitably expended in fiscal year ending June 30, 1944, for maintenance___ ____-----_--_____--- 20, 000. 00 7. NEW BEDFORD AND FAIRHAVEN HARBOR, MASS. Location.-New Bedford Harbor is a tidal estuary on the western side of Buzzards Bay, about 27 miles northwesterly from the harbor at Vineyard Haven, Mass., and about 37 miles to the eastward of Point Judith Harbor, R. I. (See U. S. Coast and Geodetic Survey Chart No. 252.) Previous projects.-Adopted by River and Harbor Acts of July 4, 1836, March 3, 1875, and August 11, 1888. For further details see page 1748, Annual Report for 1915, and page 101, Annual Report for 1938. Existing project.-This provides for a channel 30 feet deep 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 purposes in the area north- west of Palmer Island and above the bridge; a channel 25 feet deep between harbor lines along the New Bedford wharf front near the bridge, about 0.2 mile; a channel 100 feet wide and 18 feet deep 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; dredging the area west of a line 50 feet channelward of the Fairhaven Harbor line to a depth of 15 feet over widths of 150 to 4C0 feet from Peirce & Kilburn wharf to the Old South wharf, and thence 10 feet deep and 150 feet wide to a point 1,000 feet south of the old causeway pier, about 0.7 mile; and for the maintenance of the 25-foot anchorage area east of the channel and north of Palmer Island. The plane of refer- ence is mean low water, the mean range of the tide being 3.7 feet, and the maximum range, due to the combined effect of wind and other causes, 7 feet or more. The estimated cost for new work, revised in 1942, is $1,890,000, in- cluding $20,385 contributed by local interests but exclusive of amounts expended on previous projects. The latest (1937) approved estimate for annual cost of maintenance is $23.250. 80 REPORT OF CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMY, 1942 The existing project was authorized by the following river and harbor acts: Acts Work authorized Documents Mar. 2,1907 The 25-foot anchorage area north of Palmer Island H. Doc. No. 271, 59th Cong., 2d sess. Mar. 3,1909 Extension of the 25-foot channel along the New Specified in act. Bedford wharf front near the bridge. July 25,1912 The 18-foot channel in Acushnet River to Belle- H. Doc. No. 442, 62d Cong., 2d sess. ville. July 3,1930 The 30-foot channel, anchorage, and maneuvering H. Doc. No. 348, 71st Cong., 2d sess.l areas (channel limited to width of 350 feet). Aug. 30, 1935 2 Present project dimensions of the anchorage area Rivers and Harbors Committee Doc. northwest of Palmer Island and maintenance of No. 16, 74th Cong., 1st sess.' the 25-foot anchorage. Elimination from the project of the prior authori- zation for enlarging and deepening the maneu- vering area 30 feet deep east of the harbor chan- nel. Aug. 26,1937 The 15-foot and 10-foot channel along the Fair- Rivers and Harbors Committee Doc. 1 haven wharf front. No. 25, 75th Cong., 1st sess. 1 Contains latest published maps. - Also Emergency Relief Act, May 28, 1935. 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. The condition imposed by the River and Harbor Act of August 26, 1937, was fully complied with. The Commonwealth of Massachusetts expended approximately $120,000 in dredging a channel 25 feet deep and 100 feet wide from Fish Island nearly to Coggeshall Street Bridge. Terminal facilities.These consist of 28 wharves and piers with a total of about 17,580 feet of docking space; 3 wharves are owned by the city of New Bdford, 2 by the Commonwealth, and one by the town of Fairhaven; 7 of the wharves are open to public use and 6 have rail connections. These facilities are considered adequate for the existing commerce. (For further details see Port Series No. 18, Corps of Engineers.) Operations and results during fiscal year.-The costs and expendi- tures on preliminary work in connection with a proposed contract for dredging the shoal of hard material along the east edge of the turning basin above the New Bedford-Fairhaven bridge were $1,431.64 for new work. Condition at end of fiscal year.-The existing project was about 98 percent completed. The controlling depths at mean low water were as follows: 30 feet in the entrance channel and main channel to the bridge except for small rocky shoals north of Palmer Island Light, which have a minimum depth of about 27 feet in the midchannel section and 24 feet in the remainder of the channel (May 1942); 30 feet for about one-third the area of the 30-foot turning basin above the bridge, shoaling gradually to 20 feet along the edges (March 1941); RIVERS AND HARBORS-PROVIDENCE, R. I., DISTRICT 81 25 feet for about one-half the area of the 25-foot anchorage, shoaling gradually to about 22 feet (March 1941); 151/2 feet in 15-foot Fair- haven waterfront channel, and 10 feet in 10-foot Fairhaven water- front channel, (March 1939) ; 20 feet in 25-foot New Bedford water- front channel (February 1938) ; in the Acushnet River, about 23 feet to a point about 1,200 feet below Coggeshall Street bridge (May 1928); and thence 7 feet to Belleville (1905). The head of navigation is about 7 miles north of the entrance, opposite Sconticut Point. To complete the project requires the removal of a rocky shoal along the east limit of the turning basin above the bridge and the dredging of the 18-foot channel to Belleville. The costs and expenditures from regular funds have been $1,459,651.93 for new work and $254,050.59 for maintenance, a total of $1,713,702.52. The costs and expenditures from Emergency Relief funds have been $227,264.49 for new work. The total costs and expenditures, United States funds, were $1,686,- 916.42 for new work and $254,050.59 for maintenance, a total of $1,- 940,967.01. In addition, the sum of $20,400 was expended for new work from contributed funds. Proposedoperations.--It is proposed to apply the funds unexpended on June 30, 1942 amounting to $10,568.36 for improvement dredging, by contract, in the fall of 1942, about 3,000 cubic yards of mud, gravel and boulders, from along the eastern edge of the turning basin above the New Bedford-Fairhaven bridge. The sum of $105,000 can be profitably expended during the fiscal year 1944 as follows: Maintenance : Dredging about 30,000 cubic yards of mud and sand from the en- trance channel, by contract______________________.__-__-_ $10, 500 Dredging about 130,000 cubic yards of mud and sand from the 30-foot west maneuvering area, by contract___________--------------- 45, 500 Dredging about 60,000 cubic yards of mud and sand from the 30-foot turning basin above the bridge, by contract__________- -------- 21, 000 Dredging about 80,000 cubic yards of mud and sand from the 25-foot anchorage, by contract-------------------------------------- 28,000 Total --------------------------------------------------- 05, 000 Cost and financial summary Cost of new work to June 30, 1942----------------------------1 $1,857, 616. 42 Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1942_________------------------ 254, 050. 59 Total cost of permanent work to June 30, 1942 ------------ 2, 111, 667. 01 Net total expenditures2,-------------------------------------- 111, 667.01 Unexpended balance June 30, 1942------------------------------ 10, 568. 36 Total amount appropriated to June 30, 1942___ -------- '2, 122, 235. 37 Fiscal year ending June 30 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 Cost of new work $4, 675. 30 $241, 324. 84 $18, 867. 36 $1, 431. 64 Cost of maintenance ---------------- - 3, 777. 01 48, 878. 95 -____- Total cost_----------------- 4, 675. 30 245, 101. 85 67, 746. 31 1, 431. 64 Total expended - 4, 132. 09 229, 782. 57 83,608. 80 1, 431. 64 Allotted_____- --- --- 135, 000. 00 182, 285. 00 238. 46 $12, 000 82 REPORT OF CHIEF OF ENGINEEiRS, U. S. ARMY, 1942 Balance unexpended July 1, 1941-------------------- -- $12, 00. 00 Gross amount expended_---------------------- $1, 502. 56 Less reimbursements collected _------------------- 70. 92 1, 431. 64 Balance unexpended June 30, 1942-------------------- 10, 568.36 Amount (estimated) required to be appropriated for completion - - - -_ _ _- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - of existing project ___ _ ___ __ 84, 000. 00 Amount that can be profitably expended in fiscal year ending June 30, 1944, for maintenance 2 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 105, 000.00 1 In addition, $20.400 expended from contributed funds for new work. 2 Exclusive of available funds. 8. WESTPORT RIVER, MASS. Location.-On the southern coast of Massachusetts west of the en- trance to Buzzards Bay and 18 miles east of Narragansett Bay. (See U. S. Coast and Geodetic Survey Chart No. 237.) Previous project.-Adopted by the acts of August 5, 1886, and Sep- tember 19, 1890. For further details see page 818, Annual Report for 1893, and page 104, Annual Report for 1938. Existing pro.ject.-This provides for an entrance channel east of Half Mile Rock, 200 feet wide and 12 feet deep; a channel in East Branch to Westport Point 100 feet wide and 9 feet deep, to be obtained by the progressive construction of a training dike about 2,500 feet long extending southwest from Great Flat along the middle ground called Lions Tongue; a dike from Bailey Flat to Horse Neck Point; and sup- plementary dredging. The plane of reference is mean low water, the mean tidal range being 3.0 feet and the maximum range, due to the effect of wind and other causes 6 feet or more. The estimated cost for new work, made in 1938, is $56,000, including $28,000 to be contributed by local interests, but exclusive of the amounts expended on previous projects. The latest (1938) approved estimate for annual cost of maintenance is $2,000. The existing project was adopted by the River and Harbor Act approved June 20, 1938 (H. Doc. No. 692, 75th Cong., 3d sess.). The latest published map is in the project document. Local cooperation.-The project as authorized is subject to the pro- visions that local interests furnish, free of cost to the United States, such easements as may be required for the construction of dikes and spoil disposal areas for initial work and subsequent maintenance as may be required, and contribute one-half of the initial cost. Local interests state that the requirements will be met. Terminal facilities.-There is a wharf at Westport Harbor and three wharves at Westport Point, one of which is owned by the town. There are also small landings scattered about the harbor. The facili- ties are considered adequate for existing commerce. Operationsand results during fiscal year.-None. Condition at end of fiscal year.-Work on the existing project had not begun, as requirements of local cooperation have not been met. The controlling depths at mean low water were as follows: Entrance channel, about 8 feet (August 1941) ; shoal west of Horse Neck Point, about 5 feet (May 1941). The head of navigation is as follows: West Branch, at Adamsville, R. I., about 4 miles above the mouth; East RIVERS AND HARBORS--PROVIDENCE, R. I., DISTRICT 83 Branch, about 10 miles above the mouth. There have been no costs or expenditures under the existing project. Proposed operations.-No funds are available and no operations are contemplated during the fiscal year 1943. The sum of $28,000, together with $28,000 to be contributed by local interests, can be profitably expended during the fiscal year 1944, by contract, in the completion of the project. Cost and financial summary Cost of new work to June 30, 1942------ $3, 000 Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1942-------------------------------------- Total cost of permanent work to June 30, 1942--------------- 3, 000, Net total expenditures------------------------- --------------------- 3, 000 Total amount appropriated to June 30, 1942 3, 000 Fiscal year ending June 30 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 C o st of n e w wo rk ......... ......... ......-- --.. .. .. ..-- ---- -------------....... ...... ...... ...... ...... C ost of m aintenance ......... ......... ......- - - --- - -- - - --. . . . . . . . . . . Total expended---- ...........................-------------- Allotted ----------------------- _ - ---. . $28, 000 -$28, 000 ..... ......... Amount (estimated) required to be appropriated for completion of existing project' _ --------------------------------------- $28, 000 Amount that cah be profitably expended in fiscal year ending June 30, 1944, for new work 1----------------- 28, 00 x In addition, $28,000 is to be contributed by local interests. 9. 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.) Previous projects.-Adopted by River and Harbor Acts of June 23, 1874, March 3, 1899, June 13, 1902, and June 25, 1910. For further details see page 1749 of Annual Report for 1915, and page 106 of Annual Report for 1938. 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 channel. The mean tidal range is 4.4 feet and the maximum range, due to the com- bined effect of wind and other causes, is 8 feet or more. The estimate of cost for new work, revised in 1941, is $530,000 ex- clusive of amounts expended on previous projects. The latest (1941.) approved estimate for annual cost of maintenance is $18.000. 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. 84 REPORT OF CHIEF OF ENGINIEIRS, U. S. ARMY, 1942 Terminal facilities.-These consist of 17 wharves and piers, afford- ing about 10,100 feet of docking space. Three of the piers have direct railroad connection. Two of the wharves are owned by the city. One wharf is open to public use :and two are available upon agreement. The facilities are considered adequate for the commerce of the port. (For further details see Port Series No. 18, Corps of Engineers.) Operationsand results during fiscal year.-Emergency maintenance dredging of shoals in the channel south of Borden Flats Light by the U. S. hopper dredge Absecon was in progress from August 11 to 20, 1941. During the period 14,850 cubic yards, bin measure, ordinary material, were removed at a cost of $5,103.80 for maintenance. Pre- liminary work in connection with proposed contract for maintenance dredging of the entrance channel and 25-foot anchorage cost $1,227.91. Total costs were $6,331.71 all for maintenance. Expenditures were $6,594.93. Condition at end of fiscal year.--The existing project was about 98 percent completed. The controlling depths at mean low water were as follows: Hog Island Shoal, 20 feet at west edge of channel (December 1940); 30-foot channel, 28 feet except at edges (June 1942); 25-foot anchorage, 19 feet (June 1942). To complete the work requires removal of ledge rock at Hog Island Shoal. The costs and expend- itures under the existing project have been $452,792.14 for new work and $62,614.14 for maintenance, a total of $515,406 28 including $2,859.87 for maintenance dredging at the Firestone Wharf, under section 3 of the River and Harbor Act of October 17, 1940. Proposedoperations.-Itis proposed to apply the funds unexpended on June 30, 1942, $105,308.87, and accounts receivable, $263.22, a total of $105,572.09, as follows: Maintenance: Dredging the bay and river chennel, and the 25-foot anchorage, by contract July to November 1942, about 400,000 cubic yards of mud and sand-------------- _ $98, 772.09 Balance available ------------------- __________, 6,800. 00 Total 572. 09 1----------------------------- The sum of $70,000 can be profitably expended during the fiscal year 1944 in completing the removal of Hog Island Shoal, by contract, involving about 3,300 cubic yards ledge rock and 1,000 cubic yards of other materials. Cost and financial summary Cost of new work to June 30, 1942 ____________ _____________ $782, 996.30 Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1942---------------------------- 144, 024. 45 Total cost of permanent work to June 30, 1942________------927, 020. 75 Plus accounts receivable June 30, 1942_ __--_------------------- 263. 22 Gross total costs to June 30, 1942----------------------- 927, 283. 97 Net total expenditures_------------------------------------- 927, 283. 97 Unexpended balance June 30, 1942________________---------- 105, 308. 87 Total amount appropriated to June 30, 1942__--1_-- _ 1, 032, 592. 84 RIVERS AND HARBORS--PROVIDENCE, R. I., DISTRICT 85 Fiscal year ending June 30 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 Cost of new work _ _ ___ $17, 609. 94 $167, 70 $27, 235. 86 $32, 103. 49 -- _______ Cost of maintenance ..... ... 390. 06 2, 477. 54 50, 554. 96 $6, 331. 71 Total cost----------------- 18, 000. 00 2, 645. 24 77, 790. 82 32, 103. 49 6, 331. 71 Total expended ........ ..-----------------18, 000.00 251. 50 79, 530. 64 32, 757. 41 6, 594. 93 Allotted__.....____________ ___......... 18, 000. 00 106, 500. 00 10, 000. 00 2, 859. 87 105, 083. 48. Balance unexpended July 1, 1941_____________---------------- $6, 820. 32 Amount allotted from War Department Civil Appro- priation Act approved June 24, 1940__---- $6, 000. 00 Amount allotted from War Department Civil Appro- priation Act approved Apr. 28, 1942_____---- 100, 000. 00 106, 000. 00 Amount to be accounted for-------------------------------112, 820. 32 Deductions on account of revocation of allotment---------- ------- 916. 52 Net amount to be accounted for-- __-________-----111, 903. 80 Gross amount expended_________------------- ------------------ 6, 594. 93 Balance unexpended June 30, 1942 __________-__-___---- - 105, 308. 87 Accounts receivable June 30, 1942------------------------------- 263.22 Unobligated balance available June 30, 1942-----------------105, 572. 09 Amount (estimated) required to be appropriated for completion 1- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - of existing project 70, 000. 00 Amount that can be profitably expended in fiscal year ending June 30, 1944, for new work 1________-- _____________---- 70, 000. 00 1 Exclusive of available funds. 10. TAUNTON RIVER, MASS. Location.-Rises in Norfolk County, Mass., flows in a general south by west direction about 36 miles, and empties into Mount Hope Bay at Fall River. (See U. S. Geological Survey sheets Taunton and Fall River.) Previous projects.-Adopted by River and Harbor Acts of July 11, 1870, and June 14, 1880. For further details see page 1748 of Annual Report for 1915 and page 107 of Annual Report for 1938. 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 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 4.4 feet at the mouth, and 2.8 feet at Weir Bridge. The maximum range, due to the combined effects of wind and other causes, is 8 feet or more at the mouth 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 project. The latest (1930) approved estimate for annual cost of maintenance is $10,000, including main- tenance 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. 86 REPORT OF CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMY, 1942 Local cooperation.-The River and Harbor Act of July 3, 1930, adopted the existing project subject to the provisions that local inter- ests 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 Com- monwealth 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. Operationsand results during fiscal year.-None. Condition at end of fiscal year.-The existing project was 40 percent completed. The controlling depths at mean low water were about 11 feet to Peters Point (April 1941), thence 4 feet to Weir Bridge, Taunton (1929). The head of navigation is 5 miles above Weir Bridge. To complete the project requires the deepening of the channel from Peters Point to Taunton. The costs and expenditures have been $271,396.65 for new work and $85.53 for maintenance, a total of $271,482.18. Proposed operations.-No funds are available and no work is con- templated during the fiscal year 1943. The sum of $399,000 can be profitably expended during the fiscal year 1944 in the completion, by contract, of the channel from Peters Point to the lower wharves in Taunton. Cost and financial summary Cost of new work to June 30, 1942 894. 58 $------------------- Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1942----------------------------32, 916. 79 Total cost of permanent work to June 30, 1942-------------- 475, 811. 37 Net total expenditures------------------------------------ 475, 811. 37 Total amount appropriated to June 30, 1942 ---------------------- 475, 811. 37 Fiscal year ending June 30 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 Cost of new work.____________ _______ _ $4, 781.90 $87,105.84 -.............- _----..... ----------------- -Cost of maintenance___ 8553--- 85. 53 - Total cost -------------------...............------ 4, 867. 43 87, 105. 84 _- - "Total expended...... ------------------------- 4, 749. 003 0 87,3 224. 9 24.27 -6, - ------------- -- Allotted-................ --.... . .... 60, 000. 00 31, 973. 27 . Amount (estimated) required to be appropriated for completion of existing project------------------------------------.. __ 399, 000. 00 Amount that can be profitably expended in fiscal year ending June 30, 1944, for new work ------------------------------------- 399, 000. 00 11. NEWPORT HARBOR, R. I. Location.-On the east side of the main entrance to Narragansett Bay, between Goat Island and the city of Newport. It is about 12 miles northeast of Point Judith Harbor. (See U. S. Coast and Geodetic Survey Chart No. 236.) RIVERS AND HARBORS-PROVIDENCE, R. I., DISTRICT 87 Previous projects.-Adopted by River and Harbor Acts of March 3, 1873, March 3, 1881, July 5, 1884, July 13, 1892, and August 18, 1894. For further details, see page 1751 of Annual Report for 1915 and page 109 of Annual Report for 1938. Existing project.-This provides for a channel generally 300 feet wide and 21 feet deep around both ends and along the east side of Goat Island, about 11/4 miles; the maintenance of those portions of a channel 750 feet wide and 18 feet deep along the south and east sides of Goat Island lying outside of the 21-foot channel; an anchor- age 18 feet deep south and east of the 18-foot channel, about 95 acres; an anchorage 13 feet deep south of the 18-foot anchorage, and east of the city stone pier, about 41 acres; and for the removal of Nourma- hal Rock, in Brentons Cove, to 18-foot depth. The reference plane is mean low water, the mean tidal range being 3.5 feet. The maximum range, due to the combined effect of wind and other causes, is 6 feet or more. The estimate of cost for new work, revised in 1937, was $482,900, exclusive of amounts expended under previous projects. The latest (1937) approved estimate for annual cost of maintenance is $1,850. The existing project was authorized by the following river and harbor acts: Acts Work authorized Documents Mar. 2,1907 The 18-foot channel along the south and east sides of Goat H. Doc. No. 121, 58th Cong., Island. 2d sess. May 27, 1908 The 13-foot anchorage and the removal of Nourmahal Rock__ H. Doc. No. 438, 59th Cong., 2d sess. June 25,1910 The 18-foot anchorage and increased width of the 18-foot H. Doec. No. 610, 61st Cong., channel south of Goat Island. 2d sess. Aug. 26, 1937 The 21-foot channel around the ends and east side of Goat Rivers and Harbors Commit- Island. tee Doec. No. 36, 75th Cong., 1st sess. (Contains latest published map.) Terminal facilities.-There are 26 wharves and piers in use or in usable condition, having a total available berthage of about 11,520 feet and accommodations for two ferry boats, adjacent to the harbor area. Two of the facilities are owned by the city and one by the Govern- ment. There are no commercial wharves open to public use and none has rail connections. The facilities are considered adequate for exist- ing commerce. (For further details see Port Series No. 18, Corps of Engineers.) In addition to the above there are three wharves, recently acquired by the United States Navy, that will be rehabilitated. They have a total potential berthing capacity of about 3,400 feet and a usable berth- age under present conditions, at two of them, of approximately 1,770 feet. Operations and results during the fiscal year.-None. Condition at end of fiscal year.--.The existing project was completed in 1940. The controlling depths at mean low water, as determined in April 1942, were as follows: 21-foot channel, about 20 feet; 18-foot channel, 18 feet except for small shoals to 17 feet along east edge; 88 REPORT OF CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMY, 1942 18-foot anchorage, 17 feet; and 13-foot anchorage, 12 feet. The costs and expenditures under the existing project have been $498,828.20 for new work and $26,962.08 for maintenance, a total of $525,790.28. Proposedoperations.-Itis proposed to apply the funds unexpended on June 30, 1942, amounting to $16,039.41 in maintenance dredging, by contract in April 1943, about 25,000 cubic yards of mud, sand, and gravel from the 1-foot channel around the ends and along the east side of Goat Island. No additional funds can be profitably expended during the fiscal year 1944, as the completion of the above work will leave the project in condition to meet the needs of existing navigation. Cost and financial summary Cost of new work to June 30, 1942 -------------------------- $733, 523. 91 Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1942--------------------------- 36, 962. 08 Total cost of permanent work to June 30, 1942-----------__ 770, 485. 99 Net total expenditures_--------------------------------_ 770, 485. 99 Unexpended balance June 30, 1942__ 16, 039. 41 Total amount appropriated to June 30, 1942--------------- 786, 525. 40 Fiscal year ending June 30 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 Cost of new work .. ____________________ .. __ $36, 619. 12 $677. 72 $16, 201. 55 Cost of maintenance . _________ 254. 94 12, 477. 35 _ - Total cost__. ____.. __....__ ______________ 36, 874. 06 13, 155. 07 16, 201. 55 Total expended______. ______ _____________ 34, 716. 14 14, 248. 76 17, 265. 78 Allotted----------------------- $37, 500 18, 000. 00 36, 000. 00 10, 670. 09 $12. 500 Balance unexpended July 1, 1941---------------------------------$3, 539 41 Amount allotted from War Department Civil Appropriation Act ap- proved Apr. 28, 1942---- ------------------------------- _ 12, 500. 00 Amount to be accounted for---------------------------- 16,039.41 Balance unexpended June 30, 1942---------------------------- 16, 039. 41 12. 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, emptying into Narragansett Bay. (See U. S. Coast and Geodetic Survey Chart No. 278.) Previous projects.-Adopted by River and Harbor Acts of August 30, 1852; March 2, 1867; March 3, 1873; June 18, 1878; August 2, 1882; August 5, 1886; June 3, 1896; June 13, 1902; March 3, 1905; March 2, 1907; June 25, 1910; and March 4, 1913. For further details see page 1750, Annual Report for 1915, page 96, Annual Report for 1936, and page 111, Annual Report for 1938. Existing project.--This provides for an approach channel 35 feet deep at mean low water and generally 600 feet wide through the river from the deep water of Narragansett Bay opposite North Point RIVERS AND HARBOR.S--PROVIDENCE, R. I., DISTRICT 89 on Popasquash Neck to the turn below Fields Point, 8.1 miles, and thence with the same depth, and of width ranging up to 1,700 feet to Fox Point, excluding a marginal strip 75 feet wide channelward of the established harbor lines, about 2.6 miles. The mean tidal range is about 4.6 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 1937, is $1,580,000, exclu- sive of amounts expended on previous projects. The latest (1937) approved estimate for annual cost of maintenance is $42,000. The existing project was authorized by the River and Harbor Act of August 26, 1937 (H. Doc. No. 173, 75th Cong., 1st sess.). The latest published map is in the project document. Local cooperation.-The River and Harbor Act of August 26, 1937, adopted the project subject to the condition that the widening of the channel on the west side immediately below Fields Point shall not be undertaken until local interests furnish assurances satisfactory to the Secretary of War that they will proceed with the downstream exten- sion of the municipal terminal at Fields Point. This extension has been completed. In addition to extensive dredging prior to 1900 in the channel from Fox Point to the head of navigation, the city of Providence has since spent about $216,000 in maintaining a 20-foot depth in this channel. Terminal facilities.-There are 33 wharves (in use or usable condi- tion), including two owned by the State and four by the city, adja- cent to the harbor area, Providence River below Crawford Street, and Pawtucket (Seekonk) River below Red Bridge. The total avail- able berthing space is 17,350 feet. The municipal wharf at Fields Point and the State pier are open to general public use for commer- cial purposes. One wharf is open to the public upon agreement with the owner. Twelve of the wharves have rail connections. The facilities are considered adequate for existing commerce. (For fur- ther details see Port Series No. 18, Corps of Engineers.) Operations and results during fiscal year.-Improvement dredging, by contract, for widening the channel opposite and below Fields Point, in progress at the beginning of the year, was suspended on July 5, 1941, and was not resumed during the fiscal year. During the period 65,653 cubic yards, place measure, ordinary material, were removed at a cost of $7,640.10 for new work. Preliminary work in connection with proposed contract for rock removal below Conimicut Light and off Fields Point cost $177.07 during the period. Total costs were $7,817.17 all for new work. Expenditures were $13,062.42. Condition at end of fiscal year.-The existing project was 96 percent completed. Under the existing project a channel 600 feet wide from the deep water at Narragansett Bay to the turn below Fields Point thence to Fox Point with a width ranging up to 1,700 feet has been dredged to a general depth of 35 feet. The head of commercial navi- gation is at Crawford Street Bridge, about 0.8 mile above Fox Point. The controlling depths at mean low water were as follows: In the channel 35 feet (1940 and 1941) except on rock shoals about 1 mile below Conimicut Light, 32 feet (June 1941); on rock shoal near edge of channel off Fields Point, 28 feet (June 1941); and minor shoal areas along the edges; in the widening below Fields Point, 5 to 35 feet (1941). To complete the project requires completion of the widening 90 REPORT OF CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMY, 1942 of the channel at the turn below Fields Point by dredging operations under contract in force and the removal of rock shoals near Conimicut Light and off Fields Point. The costs under the existing project have been $2 053,365.35 for new work and $387.95 for maintenance, a total of $2,053,753.30. Expenditures have been $2,048,468.88. Proposedoperations.-It is proposed to apply the funds unexpended on June 30, 1942, amounting to $108,979.67, as follows: Accounts payable June 30, 1942 _---------------------------------- $5, 284. 42 New work : Dredging on west side of channel below Fields Point, by contract in force, to be completed in fall of 1942___ ___-__ 52, 263. 89 Removal of rock and overburden from channel off Fields Point and below Conimicut Light, by contract in fall of 1942, about 4,100 cubic yards_ _______ ____________ 51, 431.36 Total _______--_------_ ------------------------ 108, 979.67 No additional funds can be profitably expended during the fiscal year 1944 as the completion of the above work will leave the project in condition to meet the needs of existing navigation. Cost and financial summary Cost of new work to June 30, 1942____________ _ $5, 814, 776. 91 Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1942__________ ___ _______ 650, 524. 22 Total cost of permanent work to June 30, 1942 ------------ 6, 465, 301. 13 Minus accounts payable June 30, 1942__________________________ 5, 284. 42 Net total expenditures _ --------- , 460, 016. 71 6------------- Unexpended balance June 30, 1942------------------------------ 108, 979. 67 Total amount appropriated to June 30, 1942_______________ 6, 568, 996.38 Fiscal year ending June 30 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 Cost of new work __ $553. 17 $483,343.42 $882, 650.38 $679, 001. 21 $7,817.17 Cost of maintenance__________________________ 387. 95 Total cost_______________ __ 553.17 483, 731.37 882, 650.38 679, 001.21 7, 817.17 Total expended___ ___________ ______________ 398, 406. 18 899, 914. 39 737, 085.89 13, 062. 42 Allotted___ 209,505.39 1,354,900.00 592,548.55 SI_" Balance unexpended July 1, 1941------------------------------- $122, 042. 09 Gross amount expended_- - $18, 604. 95 Less reimbursements collected .____________________ 5, 542. 53 13, 062. 42 Balance unexpended June 30, 1942 ______________________ 108, 979. 67 Outstanding liabilities June 30, 1942- _ 1. 09 Amount covered by uncompleted contracts ----------- 57, 547. 22 57, 548. 31 Balance available June 30, 1942____________________ 51, 431. 36 13. 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.) RIVERS AND HARBORS-PROVIDENICE, R. I., DISTRICT 91 Previous projects.-Adopted by River and Harbor Acts of March 2, 1867, July 5, 1884, and March 3, 1899. For further details see page 1749 of Annual Report for 1915, and page 113 of Annual Report for 1938. 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 4.6 feet at the mouth of the river and about 5 feet at Pawtucket, 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 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 cost of maintenance is $10,000. The existing project was authorized by the following river and harbor acts: Acts Work authorized Documents Mar. 3, 1905 The 16-foot channel from Red Bridge in Providence, to Hi. Doc. No. 113, 56th Cong., Division St. Bridge in Pawtucket. 1st sess. Mar. 3, 1909 Provisional authorization to deepen the channel to 18 feet at Specified in act. mean low water and increasing the width at such places as would best serve the interests of navigation. Mar. 2, 1919 Widening the channel, except through the ledge at Paw- H. Doc. No. 1283, 64th Cong., tuckeL, to 150 feet. 1st sess. (Contains latest published map.) Sept. 22, 1922 Present project width of channel through the ledge at Paw- H. Doc. No. 654, 66th Cong. tucket. 2d sess. Local cooperation.-Fully complied with. Terminal facilities.-Including the five terminals at and near Phil- lipsdale, 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 owned and used by private owners. At the State terminal 100 feet of docking space is available for public use. The facilities are considered ade- quate for the existing commerce. Operations and results during fiscal year.-None. Condition at end of fiscal year.-The existing project was completed in 1927. The controlling depths at mean low water, as determined in July 1940, were nearly 17 feet to Pawtucket city line, thence nearly 16 feet to Division Street. The head of navigation is at Pawtucket Falls, about 5.2 miles above the mouth of the river. The costs and ex- penditures under the existing project have been $337,788 85 for new work, and $341,817.87 for maintenance, a total of $679,606.72. In addition, the sum of $67,792 has been expended for new work from contributed funds. Proposed operations.-It is proposed to apply the funds unexpended on June 30, 1942, amounting to $36,000 in maintenance dredging, by contract in Mlay and June 1913, about 60,000 cubic yards of mud from the river channel above Red Bridge, Providence, R. I. 92 REPORT OF CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMY, 1942 No additional funds can be profitably expended during the fiscal year 1944 as the completion of the above work will leave the project in condition to meet the needs of existing navigation. Cost and financial summary - Cost of new work to June 30, 1942 ________________ $672, 214. 17 Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1942_____________________ -__ 341, 817. 87 Total cost of permanent work to June 30, 1942 014, 032. 04 1------------, Net total expenditures______- ___-_-__ 11, 014. 032. 04 Unexpended balance June 30, 1942_ _______ __ 36, 000. 00 Total amount appropriated to June 30, 1942 ______________ 1, 050, 032. 04 Fiscal year ending June 30 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 Cost of new work -.-- - - - - - -- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -- - ...- .. . . . . . Cost of maintenance. __ _ $1, 778. 10 $6, 838. 30 $34, 481. 68 $2, 098. 08 - ....--. Total expended_----------------- 1. 396. 76 7,178. 59 28, 903. 57 7, 717. 24 - - Allotted______---------------------- 10,000.00 25,000.00 10,196.16 - - $36,000 Amount allotted from War Department Civil Appropriation Act ap- proved Apr. 28, 1942_------------------------------------------ $36, COD. 00 Amount to be accounted for_------------------------------------- 36, 000.00 Balance unexpended June 30, 1942----------------------_ __ 36, 000. 00 In addition, $67,792 expended from contributed funds for new work. 14. HARBOR OF REFUGE AT POINT JUDITH, R. I. Location.-PointJudith marks the southwestern entrance to Narra- gansett Bay. The harbor lies opposite the shallow bight west of the point. It is about 14 miles southwesterly of Newport Harbor, R. I., and 33 miles east of New London Harbor, Conn. (See U. S. Coast and Geodetic Survey Chart No. 276.) Existing project.-This provides for a main breakwater 6,970 feet long, built in part on Squid Ledge approximately in the form of the letter V, with its apex facing outward in about a south by west direction, and lying from 1/2 to 11/ miles from shore; for an easterly shore-arm breakwater 2,240 feet long, eastward of the main break- water, leaving an entrance to the harbor 1,200 feet in width; for a westerly shore-arm breakwater 3,640 feet long, extending toward the west arm of the main breakwater, leaving an entrance to the harbor 1,500 feet in width; and for the removal of two shoals, one in the anchorage area and the other near the easterly entrance, to a depth of 18 feet at mean low water. All breakwaters are of the rubble-mound type, with the crests 8 and 10 feet above mean low water. The mean tidal range is 3.1 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 1919, was $2,537,500. 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: RIVERS AND HARBORS--PROVIDENCE, R. I., DISTRICT 93 Acts Work authorized Documents Sept. 19, 1890 The main breakwater - - - H. Doc. No. 66, 51st Cong., 1st sess. Mar. 2,1907 Present dimensions of eastern shore H. Doc. No. 60, 58th Cong., 2d sess. arm. June 25, 1910 The western shore arm-_ H. Doc. No. 911, 60th Cong., 1st sess. Mar. 2, 1919 Removing 2 shoals from the harbor H. Doc. No. 2001, 64th Cong., 2d sess. (Contains area. latest published map.) Terminal facilities.-None. Operations and results during fiscal year.-Repairs to the west arm of the main breakwater and the, east shore-arm breakwater, by con- tract, in progress at the beginning of the year, were suspended on September 27, 1941, resumed on December 5, 1941, and completed on December 17, 1941. During these periods 9,674 long tons new stone and 1,344 long tons salvaged stone were placed on the main breakwater and 12,998 long tons new stone and 2,988 long tons salvaged stone on the east shore-arm at a cost of $142,707.51 for maintenance. Costs for preliminary surveys for repairs to the east arm of the main breakwater and the west shore-arm breakwater were $700.48. The total costs were $143,407.99 all for maintenance. Expenditures were $171,493.17. Condition at end of fiscal year.-The existing project was completed in 1921. The breakwaters were completed in 1914, and the dredging in 1921. The controlling depths at mean low water, as determined in 1939, were as follows: West entrance, about 19 feet, east entrance, about 22 feet, behind the breakwaters, 18 to, 25 feet. The east shore- arm breakwater and the west arm of the main breakwater are in good condition. The 1940 repairs of the east arm of the main breakwater did not restore project dimensions to its entire length. Additional stone will be required on this section to put it in good condition. The west shore arm is in need of repairs. The costs and expenditures have been $2,371',467.55 for new work and $739,633.93 for maintenance, a total of $3,111,101.48. Proposed operations.-No funds are available and no work is con- templated during the fiscal year 1943. The sum of $36,000 can be prcfitably expended during the fiscal year 1944 in the completion of repairs to the east arm of the main breakwater and repairs to the west shore-arm breakwater, by contract, by placing about 5,000 long tons of stone. Cost and financial summary Cost of new work to June 30, 1942 $2, 371, 467. 55 Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1942______________--- -_________ 739, 633. 93 Total cost of permanent work to June 30, 1942------------ 3, 111, 101. 48 Net total expenditures____---------- - -- _______ 3, 111, 101. 48 Total amount appropriated to June 30, 1942 _____- ___________ 3, 111, 101. 48 Fiscal year ending June 30 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 Cost of new work------------ ----------- -------- - Cost of maintenance -- - ________. _ _ -- _ I. - - $76, 203. 69 --------- $33, 813. 52 $143, 407. 99 Total expended----------------______________ .... 76, 203. 69 5, 728. 34 171,493. 17 Allotted ---- $72, 000 204, 400. 00 25, 500. 00 -48, 474. 80 493202-43-pt. 1, vol. 1--7 94 REPORT OF CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMY, 1942 Balance unexpended July 1, 1941_ _-- $219, 967. 97 Deductions on account of revocation of allotment________-____ 48, 474. 80 Net amount to be accounted for___________________ ____ 171, 493. 17 Gross amount expended ____ _____________ $171,610. 80 Less reimbursements collected_______----- -_____ 117. 63 171, 493. 17 Amount that can be profitably expended in fiscal year ending June 30, 1944, for maintenance______________ ___ 36, 000. 00 15. 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 southeasterly 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 break- water 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 2.9 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: Acts Work authorized Documents July 11, 1870 The main breakwater_ Annual Report 1868, p. 785, and S. Misc. Doc. No. 81, 40th Cong., 2d sess. Aug. 5,1886 Breakwater enclosing the inner harbor--._ _ _-_ S. Doc. No. 27, 48th Cong., 2d sess., and Annual Re- port, 1885, p. 610. June 3, 1896 Raising the crest of the main breakwater and making it H. Doc. No. 83, 54th Cong., sandtight. 1st sess. July 25, 1912 Rebuilding the basin walls and present project dimensions H. Doc. No. 828, 60th Cong., of the dredged areas. 1st sess. (Contains latest published map.) Recommended 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.-There is one wharf with a total of 265 feet of docking space, 240 feet of which is owned by the town. All landing space is used to capacity and is considered adequate for existing com- merce. RIVERS AND HARBORS-PROVIDEN'CE, R. I., DISTRICT 95 Operations and results during fiscal year.-Maintenance dredging of the channel and basin, by contract, was in progress from August 29, to October 4, 1941. During the period 23,500 cubic yards, place meas- ure, ordinary material, were removed at a cost of $14,564.64. Prelimi- nary expenses on this work during the year amounted to $171.15. Total costs were $14,735.79 all for maintenance. Expenditures were $14,964.24. Condition at end of fiscal year.-The existing project was about 94 percent completed. The breakwater and harbor walls were completed in 1916. The inner harbor and basin have been dredged to project dimensions, and a channel 60 to 130 feet wide and 15 feet deep has been dredged from deep water outside the harbor up to the town wharf. The controlling depths at mean low water are as follows: Entrance channel to head of basin, 15 feet (October 1941); Inner Harbor, 15 feet, except for shoals extending approximately 100 feet from north, west and south edges (March 1941); and outer protected area 6 to 14 feet (October 1941). The east breakwater and harbor walls are in good condition; the west breakwater is in poor condition. To complete the project requires the deepening of the outer pro- tected area adjacent to the dredged channel. The costs have been $576,856.47 for new work, and $215,868.98 for maintenance, a total of $792,725.45. Expenditures have been $792,717.69. Proposed operations.-Itis proposed to apply the funds unexpended on June 30, 1942, amounting to $17,507.76 as follows: Accounts payable June 30, 1942_--_---------------------------------- $7.76 Maintenance: Dredging,.by contract in April and May 1943, about 50,000 cubic yards of sand from the entrance channel and Inner Harbor __. 17, 500. 00 Total-----------------------------------7, 507. 76 No additional funds can be profitably expended during the fiscal year 1944 as the completion of the above work will leave the project in condition to meet the needs of existing navigation. Cost and financial summary Cost of new work to June 30, 1942------------------------------ $576, 856. 47 Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1942 ........ 215, 868. 98 Total cost of permanent work to June 30, 1942------------- 792, 725. 45 Minus accounts payable June 30, 1942----------------------------- 7. 76 Net total expenditures ------------------------------------ 792, 717. 69 TJnexpended balance June 30, 1942------------------------------___ 17, 507. 76 Total amount appropriated to June 30, 1942----------------- 810, 225. 45 Fiscal year ending June 30 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 p ____ - ________- - Cost of new work - _~ Cost of maintenance -- -- - $2, 284. 56 $16, 835. 13 $16, 099. 54 $14, 908. 68 $14, 735. 79 Total expended -5, 862. 95 5, 747. 57 27, 164. 70 14, 694. 87 14, 964. 24 Allotted -------- ----------- - ..--------- 33, 000. 00 15, 916. 59 8, 697. 34 22, 465. 21 96 REPORT OF CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMY, 1942 Balance unexpended July 1, 1941___------ --------- ------ $10, 006. 79 Amount allotted from War Department Civil Appropria- tion Act approved June 24, 1940------------------- $5, 200. 00 Amount allotted from War Department Civil Appropria- tion Act approved Apr. 28, 1942___ ____ 17, 500. 00 22, 700. 00 Amount to be accounted for--------------------------------32, 706. 79 Deductions on account of revocation of allotment ________---__ 234. 79 Net amount to be accounted for -- ___-----__-------- 32, 472. 00 Gross amount expended_______--------------------- $15, 012. 63 Less reimbursements collected-__------------------- 48. 39 14,964. 24 _- Balance unexpended June 30, 1942_---------------- -- 17, 507. 76 Outstanding liabilities June 30, 1942 ----------------- $0. 97 Amount covered by uncompleted contracts 6. 79 7. 76 Balance available June 30, 1942_ -------------------------- 17, 500. 00 Amount (estimated) required to be appropriated for completion of - - - - -- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -- -- - - - - - - - - - - - existing project 1 38, 400. 00 1 Exclusive of available funds. 16. GREAT SALT POND, BLOCK ISLAND, R. I. Location.-On the west shore of Block Island, about 11 miles south- west by south from Point Judith Harbor, R. I., and 18 miles south- easterly from Stonington Harbor, Conn. (See U. S. Coast and Geodetic Chart No. 276.) Existing project.-This provides for a channel from the ocean to the pond 600 feet wide with a central depth of 25 feet for a width of 150 feet, sloping gradually up to a depth of 12 feet in a width of 504 feet; thence up to low-water level with a 1 on 4 bottom slope; for two riprap jetties at the entrance, the northerly one 1,200 feet long, and the southerly one extending 350 feet beyond the 18-foot contour (actual length, 1,691 feet, including 837 feet built by the State); and for stone revetment and sand fences to protect the banks through the original beach. All depths refer to mean low water. Mean tidal range is 2.8 feet, and the maximum range, due to the combined effect of wind and other causes, is 7 feet or more. Estimated cost for new work, revised in 1928, is $560,000. The latest (1918) approved estimate for annual cost of maintenance is $1,500. The existing project was authorized by the following river and harbor acts: Acts Work authorized . Documents June 3,1896 Channel and jetties___ ____________________________ H. Doe. No. 57, 54th Cong., 1st sess. June 13,1902 Extending south jetty and dredging________ ___________ Specified in act. An nual Report for 1900, p. 1276, For latest published map see H. Doe. No. 60, 58th Cong., 2d sess. RIVERS AND HARBORS-PROVIDENCE, R. I., DISTRICT 97 Recommended modifications of project.-On June 24, 1926, the Chief of Engineers recommended curtailment of the existing project by omitting construction of the proposed north jetty (H. Doc. No. 467, 69th Cong., 1st sess.). Under date of April 29, 1941, the Chief of Engineers recommended modification to provide for dredging an entrance channel 100 feet wide and 12 feet deep at mean low water from Great Salt Pond into the Inner Harbor and dredging a basin of about 1.4 acres in that harbor to the same depth, at an estimated first cost of $16,000, with annual maintenance of $500, subject to certain conditions of local co- operation (H. Doc. No. 330, 77th Cong., 1st sess.) Local cooperation.-None required by law. The State of Rhode Island and the town of New Shoreham expended $124,975.90 in dredg- ing and protecting the channel. Termninal facilities.-These consist of a wharf with about 600 feet of publicly available berthage and several privately owned and op- erated small wharves and piers. These facilities are considered ade- quate for existing commerce. Operations and results during fiscal year.-None. Condition at end of fiscal year.-The existing project was about 62 percent completed. The channel, 300 feet wide and 18 feet deep, with a central depth of 25 feet over a width of 150 feet, has been dredged into the pond. The south jetty was completed to its present length of 1,691 feet in 1905. The controlling depths at mean low water (May 1940) were about 20 feet in the central portion of the 150-foot width, shoaled to 16 feet along the edges, about 16 feet in the 75-foot width east of the central 150-foot width and 0 to 25 feet in the 75-foot width west of the central 150-foot width. The jetty is in fair condition. To complete the project would require the further widening and deep- ening of the channel and the construction of the north jetty. The costs and expenditures have been $189,036.65 for new work and $53,- 173.03 for maintenance, a total of $242,209.68. Proposedoperations.-No funds are available and no operations are contemplated during the fiscal year 1943. The sum of $54,000 can be profitably expended during the fiscal year 1944 in maintenance dredging, by contract, about 90,000 cubic yards of sand from the channel between the jetties. Cost and financial summary Cost of new work to June 30, 1942--------------------------- $189, 036. 65 Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1942____-____ -- ____________ 53, 173. 03 Total cost of permanent work to June 30, 1942 ------- __ -. 242, 209. 68 Net total expenditures __-- ------- - -____---_____ ___- 242, 209. 68 Total amount appropriated to June 30, 1942- ------------ __-__ 242,209. 68 Amount (estimated) required to be appropriated for completion of existing project------ --------- 370, 900. 00 Amount that can be profitably expended in fiscal year ending June 30, 1944, for maintenance----------------------------- 54, 000. 00 17. PAWCATUCK RIVER, R. I. AND CONN. Location.-Formedby the junction of the Wood and Charles Rivers in southwestern Rhode Island, the river flows westerly and southerly 98 REPORT OF CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMY, 1942 18 miles and enters Little Narragansett Bay about 13 miles east of New London Harbor. (See U. S. Coast and Geodetic Survey Charts Nos. 358 and 1211.) Previousprojects.--Adopted by the River and Harbor Acts of March 3, 1871, and August 5, 1886. For further details see page 1752 of the Annual Report for 1915 and page 69 of the Annual Report for 1933. Existing project.-This provides for a channel in Little Narragan- sett Bay and in the river. 10 feet deep at mean low water and 200 feet wide from Stonington to Avondale, about 4 miles; 100 feet wide from Avondale to the lower wharves at Westerly, about 3 miles; and 40 feet wide between the lower and upper wharves of Westerly, about one-half mile; and for the removal of obstructions at Watch Hill, at the south- eastern part of the Little Narragansett Bay. The mean tidal range is about 2.5 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 1928, is $150,000, exclusive of amounts expended on previous projects. 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 June 3, 1896, provided for the present channel dimensions (H. Doc. No. 62, 54th Cong., 1st sess.) ; the act of March 3, 1905, provided for the removal of obstructions at Watch Hill. The latest published maps are in the project document and in House Docu- ment No. 839, Seventy-sixth Congress, Third session. Recommended modifications of project.-Under date of May 13, 1940, the Chief of Engineers recommended modification to provide for a channel 100 feet wide and 10 feet deep at mean low water from the mouth of the river into Watch Hill Cove; an anchorage basin in the cove 10 feet deep and about 16 acres in area; and a riprap jetty 200 feet long near the southwest corner of the basin; at an estimated first cost of $50,000 for new work with $1,000 annually for maintenance; subject to certain conditions of local cooperation (H. Doc. No. 839, 76th Cong., 3d 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.-None. Condition at end of fiscal year.-The existing project was about 57 percent completed. The channels have been dredged to project di- mensions; except that the channel in the bay has a general width of 100 feet, the channel in the river at Pawcatuck Rocks a width of 80 feet, and there is a slight deficiency in depth at the channel edges in the vicinity of Rhodes Folly Beacon, due to ledge rock or large boulders deeply embedded in the bottom. The most obstructive boulders in the vicinity of Watch Hill have been removed, the work being com- pleted in 1913. The controlling depths at mean low water were as follows: About 9 feet (not full width) to head of improved channel at Westerly, 6 feet in natural channel through Little Narragansett Bay to Watch Hill, and 3 to 7 feet in Watch Hill Cove (1938 and 1939). To complete the project requires widening of the channel to 200 feet to Avondale and the removal of the rock at Pawcatuck Rocks and in the vicinity of Rhodes Folly Beacon. The costs and expenditures under the existing project have been $85,335.10 for new work and $119,553.93 for maintenance, a total of $204,889.03. RIVERS AND HARBORS- PROVIDENCE, R. I., DISTRICT 99 Proposed operations.-No funds are available and no operations are contemplated during the fiscal year 1943. The sum of $45,000 can be profitably expended during the fiscal year 1944 in dredging from the river channel, by contract, about 100.000 cubic yards of mud and sand. Cost and financial summary Cost of new work to June 30, 1942 __ ---------------- 1 $218, 692. 07 Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1942------------- - -------- _ 119, 553. 93 Total cost of permanent work to June 30, 1942 ----- ------ 1 338, 246. 00 -- Net total expenditures___ 338,246. 00 38-.------------------ Total amount appropriated to June 30, 1942--------------------- 338, 246. 00 Amount (estimated) required to be appropriated for completion of existing project------------------------------------ -- 64, 600. 00 Amount that can be profitably expended in fiscal year ending June 30, 1944, for maintenance _______--___-----_ --------- 45, 000. 00 'Includes reported. $35,856.96 expended on Little Narragansett Bay (1876-84); not previously 18. MYSTIC RIVER, CONN. Location.-This river has its source in southeastern Connecticut. flows in a southerly direction 8 miles, and empties into Fishers Island Sound at Noank, 11 miles east of New London. (See U. S. Coast and Geodetic Survey Charts No. 358 and No. 1211.) Previous projects.-The original project was adopted by the River and Harbor Act of September 19, 1890. For further details see page 1753 of Annual Report for 1915. Existing project.-This provides for a channel 100 feet wide and 15 feet deep from Fishers Island Sound to the highway bridge at Mystic, about 21/2 miles, and the reducing of five bends in the natural channel; and a channel having a general width of 100 feet and 12 feet deep from the highway bridge at Mystic northerly about one-half mile to a point 700 feet above the wharf of the Mystic Manufacturing Co. The plane of reference is mean low water. The mean tidal range is 2.6 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 1928, is $14,160, exclusive of amounts expended under previ- ous projects. The latest (1917) approved estimate for annual cost of maintenance is $400, to be appropriated in sums of $2,000 at intervals of 5 years. The existing project was authorized by the following river and harbor acts: Acts Work authorized Documents Sept. 19, 1890 Channel 100 feet wide and 15 feet deep from Fish- Annual Report for 1889, p. 746. ers Island Sound to highway bridge at Mystic, and reducing of 5 bends. July 25,1912 Restoration and maintenance of original project__ H. Doc. No. 858, 61st Cong., 2d sess. Mar. 4,1913 Channel 100 feet wide and 12 feet deep from high- H. Doc. No. 637,62d Cong., 2d sess. way bridge at Mystic northerly to a point 700 feet above wharf of Mystic Manufacturing Co. For latest published map see H. Doc. No. 349, 77th Cong., 1st sess. 100 REPORT OF CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMY, 1942 Recommended modifications of project.-Under date of June 3, 1941, the Chief of Engineers recommended modification of the existing proj- ect so as to provide for a channel 125 feet wide and 15 feet deep from deep water in Fishers Island Sound to mile 2.4 in Mystic River, an anchorage basin of 8.5 acres 9 feet deep north of Mason Island, and a turning basin about 500 fget below the highway bridge by widening the channel to 200 feet for a distance of 400 feet, at an estimated first cost of $34,000, with $1,300 annually for maintenance in addition to the amount now required, subject to certain conditions of local coopera- tion (H. Doc. No. 349, 77th Cong., 1st sess.). Terminal facilities.-There are numerous wharves and piers. Need is felt for a public small-boat terminal near the shopping center of Mystic. Operations and results during fiscal year.-Maintenance dredging in the 15- and 12-foot channels, by contract, was in progress from October 10 to December 10, 1941. During the period 123,487 cubic yards, place measure, ordinary material, were removed at a cost of $42,814 96. Preliminary expenses on this work during the year amounted to $395.39. Total costs were $43,210.35 all for maintenance. Expenditures were $44,130.17. Condition at end of fiscal year.-The existing project was 81 per- cent completed. A channel of project dimensions has been secured up to the highway bridge and a channel of project depth but slightly deficient in width has been secured from the highway bridge to the head of the project. This work was completed in 1913. The con- trolling depth at mean low water was 15 feet to the highway bridge in Mystic, thence about 12 feet (not full width) to the head of the project, all as determined in December 1941. The head of navigation is about one-half mile above the head of the project. To complete the project requires the widening of part of the channel above the highway bridge by 10 to 20 feet. The costs and expenditures under the existing project have been $11,525.50 for new work and $44,264.67 for maintenance, a total of $55,790.17. Proposed operations.-No funds are available and no operations are contemplated during the fiscal years 1943 and 1944. Cost and financial summary Cost of new work to June 30, 1942 __________________ ____ $48, 125. 50 Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1942______-_________-___ 44, 264. 67 Total cost of permanent work to June 30, 1942________ 92, 390. 17 Net total expenditures--______------ ______- 92, 390. 17 Total amount appropriated to June 30, 1942_______________________ 92, 390. 17 Fiscal year ending June 30 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 C ost of new w ork - - - - - - - ---- - -.-.--- --- - - --- ------ ----- ------ - -------------- Cost of maintenance ........... . .- ______________ -. . .------- . _____________ $919. 82 $43, 210. 35 Total expended ....---------- ....... _ -......-- _ _- ........... - - - -- ---- --...... 44, 130.17 Allotted......----------------..............------------------------- ------------- .. . 50, 000.00 -5, 869. 83 RIVERS AND HARBORS-PROVIDENCE, R. I., DISTRICT 101 Balance unexpended July 1, 1941_---- ------------ -------- $50, 000. 00 Deductions on account of revocation of allotment---------- 5, 869. 83 Net amount to be accounted for-------------------------- 44, 130.17 Gross amount expended -------------------------- $44, 448. 37 Less reimbursements collected---------------- ------- 318. 20 44, 130. 17 Amount (estimated) required to be appropriated for completion of existing project----------------------------------- ------- 2, 500. 00 19. NEW LONDON HARBOR, CONN. Locality.-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 River and Harbor Acts of June 14, 1880, March 3, 1881, and July 13, 1892. For further details see Annual Reports for 1915 and 1938, pages 1753 and 116, respectively. Existing projec.-This provides for an entrance channel generally 600 feet wide, widened at the approach to the State pier, 33 feet deep and about 3.8 miles long from deep water in Long Island Sound to the State pier; a channel 400 feet or more in width, 23 feet deep, and about 6,000 feet long skirting the water front of the city; a maneuvering area 0 to 450 feet wide, 23 feet deep, west of the main channel and south of the State pier; and for dredging Shaws Cove to a depth of 15 feet. The plane of reference is mean low water, the mean tidal range being 2.5 feet. The maximum tidal 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 1937, was $568,400, exclusive of amounts expended on previous projects. The latest (1937) approved estimate for annual cost of maintenance is $3,900. The existing project was authorized by the following river and harbor acts: Acts Work authorized Documents June 13,1902 Water-front channel-.............. _-.-._----- _-H. Doe. No. 392, 56th Cong., 1st sess. June 25,1910 Dredging in Shaws Cove_..... H. Doe. No. 329, 60th Cong., 1st sess. ______-------------------- 1 July 27, 1916 Entrance channel________________--------.....................-----H. Doe. No. 613, 63d Cong., 2d sess. Aug. 26, 1937 Maneuvering area and present project extent of Rivers and Harbors Committee Doe. entrance channel. No. 82, 74th Cong., 2d sess.l ' Contain latest published maps. Local cooperation.-Fully complied with. Terminal facilities.-These comprise 44 wharves and piers in a devel- oped frontage of about 3 miles. Five piers are owned and used by the Federal Government, one owned by the city, and one by the State. Seven of the wharves are entirely or in part open to general public use and two by agreement with the owners. Three wharves have direct rail connections. The total available berthage space is about 27,000 feet. Facilities are considered adequate for existing commerce. (For further details see Port Series No. 18, Corps of Engineers.) Operations and results durin fiscal year.-Preliminary work in connection with proposed contract for maintenance dredging of the 102 REPORT OF CHIEF OF EINGINEERS, U. S. ARMY, 1942 entrance and waterfront channels cost $361.66 for maintenance. Expenditures were $7.50. Condition at end of fiscal year.-The existing project was completed in 1938. The controlling depths at mean low water are: Entrance channel from Long Island Sound to State pier, about 32 feet (June 1942); waterfront channel, except in Winthrop Cove, about 18 feet (June 1942) ; Winthrop Cove, 22 feet (August 1941) ; and Shaws Cove, 15 feet (June 1941). The costs under the existing project have been $567,974.19 for new work and $50,401.27 for maintenance, a total of $618,375.46. Expenditures have been $618,021.30. Proposed operations.-Itis proposed to apply the funds unexpended on June 30, 1942 amounting to $175,142.50 as follows: Accounts payable June 30, 1942----------------------------------- $354. 16 Maintenance: Dredging about 500,000 cubic yards of mud and sand from the entrance and waterfront channels, by contract, July to December 1942___ ___________ _____________ _ _-- 174, 788. 34 Total --------------------------------- 175, 142. 50 No additional funds can be profitably expended during the fiscal year 1944, as the completion of the above work will leave the project in condition to meet the needs of existing navigation. Cost and financial summary Cost of new work to June 30, 1942 ----------- $608, 774. 19 Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1942------------------------------ 50, 401. 27 Total cost of permanent work to June 30, 1942---------------- 659, 175. 46 Minus accounts payable June 30, 1942__---------- 354. 16 Net total expenditures ---------- 658, 821. 30 Unexpended balance June 30, 1942------------------------------- 175, 142. 50 Total amount appropriated to June 30, 1942-----------------833, 963.80 Fiscal year ending June 30 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 Cost of new work___ . $2, 691.74 $6, 892. 27 .--- - Cost of maintenance . ... _ _ _______ __ 415.99 .-.. $361.66 Total cost_---------------- 2, 691.7 7, 308. 26 ..- - --...... 361.65 Total expended __._ 10, 000. 00 7. 50 ...-.________ _____.10, Allotted___ _ 000.00 ...................................... . 175,150. 00 Amount allotted from War Department Civil Appropriation Act ap- proved Apr. 28, 1942_---------------------------------------- $175, 150. 00 Gross amount expended ----------------------------------------- 7. 50 Balance unexpended June 30, 1942-------------------------- 175, 142. 50 Outstanding liabilities June 30, 1942_----------------------------- 354. 16 Balance available June 30, 1942_________________-----___ 174, 788. 34 20. 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 south- RIVERS AND HARBORS-PROVIDENCE, R. I., DISTRICT 103 erly to Long Island Sound at New London. (See United States Coast and Geodetic Survey Chart No. 359.) Previous projects.-Adopted by the River and Harbor Acts of July 4, 1836, and March 3, 1879. For further details see page 1754 of Annual Report for 1915, and page 118 of Annual Report for 1938. Existing project.-This provides for a channel 25 feet deep and 250 feet wide to the upper end of Bartletts Crossover and thence to Nor- wich generally 200 feet wide, with increased width in the bends, through Long Reach, and at the head of navigation, a total distance of about 8.6 miles; the construction of five training walls of pile and stone or riprap, having their tops at mean high water and with an aggregate length of about 13,800 feet, located, respectively, at Mo- hegan, Trading Cove, Long Rock, Rolling Mill, and Norwich, and the removal of obstructions in the Shetucket River at Norwich. The plane of reference is mean low water, the mean tidal range being 2.5 feet at New London, and 3.1 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 1935, is $1,508,400, exclusive of amounts expended on previous projects. The latest (1935) approved estimate for annual cost of maintenance is $29,300. The existing project was authorized by the following river and harbor acts: Acts Work authorized Document Aug. 2, 1882 Training walls___________________________________ Annual Report, 1882, p. 606. June 25,1910 Removal of obstructions in the Shetucket River_ _ H. Doc. No. 397, 61st Cong., 2d sess. Jan. 21, 1927 Channel 18 feet deep above Allyns Point H. Doc. No. 107, 69th Cong., 1st sess. July 3, 1930 Present project dimensions of channel up to Allyns Rivers and Harbors Committee Doe. 1 Point. No. 14, 71st Cong., 2d sess. Aug. 30,1935 Present project dimensions of channel above Rivers and Harbors Committee Doe. Allyns Point. No. 18, 74th Cong., 1st sess. 1Contains latest published maps. Recommended modifications of project.-Under date of June 13, 1939, the Chief of Engineers recommended modification of the existing project so as to provide for increasing the width of channel opposite the United States submarine base by an average of 350 feet, at an estimated first cost of $120,000, with annual maintenance of $1,700, in addition to that now required (H. Doc. No. 367, 76th Cong., 1st sess). This improvement was accomplished by the United States Navy Department in 1940 at a cost of about $125,000 from special funds allotted the Navy for extension of the submarine base. 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. Operations and results during fiscal year.-Additional Government costs in connection with improvement dredging between Stoddards Wharf and Norwich completed during the preceding fiscal year amounted to $124.78. Preliminary surveys on a shoal of hard material at Long Reach cost $2,154.82. Total costs, all for new work, were $2,279.60. Expenditures were $12,890.61. 104 REPORT OF CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMY, 1942 Condition at end of fiscal year.-The existing project was about 99 percent completed. The training walls were completed in 1906, except the upper end of the Rolling Mill dike, which is replaced by adjacent shore improvements. The training walls are in fair condition. The head of navigation is at Norwich about 15 miles above the mouth. The controlling depth at mean low water (not full width) was 25 feet to Norwich, except for minor shoals, as determined in March 1939 and March 1941. To complete the project requires slight widening of the channel at the upper end of Long Reach. The costs under the existing project have been $1,323,571.87 for new work and $485,659.27 for main- tenance, a total of $1,809,231.14. Expenditures have been $1,808,231.14. Proposed operations.-It is proposed to apply the funds unexpended on June 30, 1942, amounting to $13,640.36, as follows: Accounts payable June 30, 1942- - - - - - --. $1, 000. 00 New work : Dredging to widen channel at the upper end of Long Reach, by contract----------- ----------------------------- 12, 640. 36 Total ---------------------------------------------- 13, 640. 36 The sum of $50,000 can be profitably expended during the fiscal year 1944 in maintenance dredging, by contract, about 125,000 cubic yards of mud and sand from the channel opposite and above the submarine base. Cost and financial summary Cost of new work to June 30, 1942-------------------------- $1, 471, 919. 46 Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1942-------------------------- 522, 255. 14 Total cost of permanent work to June 30, 1942------------__ 1, 994,174. 60 Minus accounts payable June 30, 1942-------------------------- 1, 000. 00 Net total expenditures----- -------------------------- , 993, 174. 60 Unexpended balance June 30, 1942___ 1---------------------------- 3, 640. 36 Total amount appropriated to June 30, 1942-------------- 2, 006, 814. 96 Fiscal year ending June 30 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 Cost of new work $4, 072. 48 $367, 305. 60 $261, 584. 11 $2, 279. 60 Cost of maintenance........-----------. $13, 734. 71 721. 03 _ 47, 697. 33 Total cost...-- ----.. ...------- --.. 13, 734. 71 4, 793. 51 367, 305. 60 309, 281. 44 2, 279. 60 Total expended........ 13, 419. 71 ..----------------. 4, 407. 58 332, 960. 41 332, 716. 55 12, 890. 61 Allotted ------------ 15, 035. 22 820, 000.00 -125, 000. 00 . Balance unexpended July 1, 1941----------------------------- $26, 530. 97 Gross amount expended ----------------------- $12, 990. 43 Less reimbursements collected ---------------------- 99. 82 12, 890. 61 Balance unexpended June 30, 1942_------------------------ 13, 640. 36 Amount covered by uncompleted contracts----------------- 1, 000. 00 Balance available June 30, 1942_-------------------------- 12, 640. 36 Amount that can be profitably expended in fiscal year ending June 30, 1944, for maintenance ---------------------------- 50, 000. 00 1 Exclusive of available funds. RIVERS AND HARBORS--PROVIDENICE, R. I., DISTRICT 105 21. CONNECTICUT RIVER BELOW HARTFORD, CONN. Location.-This river has its source in Connecticut Lake in northern 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 statute miles by channel from the mouth. (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. For further details see page 1754, Annual Report for 1915, and page 120, Annual Report for 1938. Existing project.-This provides for a channel 15 feet deep at mean low water, 300 feet wide from the mouth to the Lyme railroad bridge, about 3.4 miles, and thence 150 feet wide to Hartford, the channel 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 2,750 feet in length; and for a training dike about 3,700 feet long at Hartford. The mean tidal range is 3.5 feet at the mouth and, at summer stage about 1 foot 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 Hartford (March 1936) was 35.5 feet above mean low water. Below Middletown the height of the crest of the freshet decreases rapidly. The estimate of cost for new work, revised in 1935, is $918,000. The latest (1932) approved estimate for annual cost of maintenance is $53,000. The existing project was authorized by the following river and harbor acts: Acts Work authorized Documents June 10, 1872 Jetties at the mouth . __ _ Present project dimensions approved by the Chief of Engineers, Dec. 22, 1887. Mar. 3,1881 The Hartford dike_ Present project dimensions authorized by the Chief of Engineers in 1889. Feb. 27, 1911 Present project dimensions of the channel over H. Doc. No. 1294, 61st Cong., 3d sess. Saybrook Bar. Mar. 2,1919 Dikes, training walls, and revetments ...- - .. H. Doc. No. 132, 65th Cong., 1st sess.t Aug. 30,1935 Present project dimensions of channel and addi- H. Doc. No. 49, 73d Cong., 1st sess.l tional dikes, training walls, revetments, and accessory works. 1Contains latest published maps. Recommended modifecatio s of project.-Under date of June 14, 1939, the Chief of Engineers recommended modification of the exist- ing project so as to provide for an anchorage in North Cove in the town of Old Saybrook, Conn., connected with deep water in the Con- necticut River by a channel 100 feet wide and 11 feet deep, all at an estimated cost of $140,400 for new work, with $3,000 annually for maintenance, in addition to the amount now required, subject to certain conditions of local cooperation (H. Doc. No. 368, 76th Cong., 1st sess.). 106 REPORT OF CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMY, 1942 Local cooperation.-The River and Harbor Act of August 30, 1935, authorized the 15-foot channel up to Hartford and additional dikes, training walls, and revetments, subject to the provision that local inter- ests shall furnish, free of cost to the United States, suitable areas for the disposal of dredged material during initial construction and for future maintenance as and when needed. Areas have been furnished where required, and it is undertsood that future requirements will be met. 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 facilities are considered adequate for existing commerce. Operations and results during fiscal year-New work.-Preliminary studies and designs for additional training works were continued at a cost of $46.86, and tidal studies were continued at a cost of $1,679.69. Preliminary work on the proposed contract for dikes at Glastonbury Bend cost $1,471.08. Maintenance.-Repairsto revetments in the vicinity of Clay Banks, Naubuc, Press Barn, Glastonbury Upper Bars, and Gildersleeve Shoal by hired labor were in progress from October 15, 1941, to November 29, 1941. A total of 701.6 long tons stone and 4.65 cords brush were placed at a cost of $1,999.33. Maintenance dredging which had been begun during the preceding year on the bars below Middletown with the U. S. hopper dredge Absecon was in progress from July 2 to July 16, 1941, and from August 21 to September 10, 1941. During these periods 187,440 cubic yards, bin measure, ordinary material were removed from Potash, Warners Quarry, Haddam Island, Rock Landing, Scovill Rock, and Sears Upper Bars and Eddy Rock and Sears Lower Shoals. The cost of this work during the year was $17,942.88 in addition to $244.30 preliminary costs. Maintenance dredging of the bars above Middletown by contract was in progress from September 12 to October 21, 1941. During the period 220,851 cubic yards, place measure, ordi- nary material were removed at a cost of $64,082.81 from Gildersleeve Island Shoal and Cromwell, Pistol Point, Brownstone, Dividend, Two Piers, Glastonbury, Press Barn, Naubuc, Cys Hollow and Clay Banks Bars. Preliminary expenses on this work during the year amounted to $263.84. Emergency dredging at Hartford due to the collapse of bridge under construction cost $2,167.99. Preliminary work in connection with proposed dredging of bars below Middletown by U. S. hopper dredge Absecon cost $2,673.72 and in connection with proposed con- tract for dredging bars above Middletown cost $2,163.91. The costs during the year were $3,197.63 for new work and $91,538.78 for maintenance, a total of $94.736.41. Expenditures were $96,741.89. Condition at end of fiscal year.-The existing project was about 80 percent completed. The 15-foot channel from the mouth to Hartford was completed in 1937. 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. Timber pile dikes at Press Barn Bar were completed in 1940. The Clay Banks, Cys Hollow, Naubuc, Press Barn, Glastonbury (including Two Piers), and Gildersleeve Island Reaches have been revetted. The jetties, training walls, dikes, and revetments are in good condition. The head of commercial navigation is at Hartford 51.9 miles by RIVERS AND HARBORS -- PROVIDENrCE, R. I., DISTRICT 107 channel from the mouth. A dam at Holyoke, Massachusetts, 34 miles above Hartford, completely interrupts navigation. Due to the spring freshet of 1942, the channel dimensions above Middletown are somewhat diminished. The controlling depths at mean low water were 14 feet to Middletown (June 1942), and thence 13 feet to Hartford (May and June 1942). To complete the project requires the construction of additional permanent works. The costs under the existing project have been $740,778.85 for new work and $1,072,637.57 for maintenance, a total of $1,813,416.42. Expenditures have been $1,813,649.58. Proposedoperations.-It is proposed to apply the funds unexpended on June 30, 1942, $184,915.57 and accounts receivable, $233.86, a total of $185,149.43, as follows: New work : Accounts payable June 30, 1942-_ _ ___ $0. 70 Training works at Glastonbury Bend, by contract, August to December 1942-- -------- ------------------ 43, 228. 92 Tidal study, Hartford to Saybrook, and studies and designs for additional training works, in progress----------------___ 4, 187. 70 Maintenance : Dredging on river bars above Middleton, by contract, August to October 1942, about 126,200 cubic yards--------------------65, 232. 11 Dredging on river bars below Middletown by a United States seagoing hopper dredge for about 1%/2 months in the fall of 1942_ 30, 000. 00 Dredging on river bars below Middletown by a United States seagoing hopper dredge, for about 2 months in spring of 1943__ 35, 000. 00 Repairs to existing permanent works by hired labor, August to October 1942___ __ _--- -------- 5, 000. 00 Preliminary expenses in connection with proposed dredging on river bars, by contract, in fiscal year 1944------------------- 2, 500. 00 Total --------------------------------------- -- 185, 149. 43 The sum of $180,000 can be profitably expended during the fiscal year 1944 as follows: New work: Dikes, training walls, and accessory works, by contract -__ $75, 000 Maintenance: Dredging on river bars above Middletown, by contract, during the summer of 1943, removing about 200,000 cubic yards of sand ----- 65, 000 Dredging on river bars below Middletown, using a United States sea- going hopper dredge, about 2 months in the spring of 1944------- 35, 000 Repairs to existing permanent works, by hired labor---------------- 5, 000 Total for maintenance---------- 105, 000 Total for all work.-_------- ---------- 180, 000 Cost and financial summary Cost of new work to June 30, 1942---------------------------- $1, Q28, 153. 14 Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1942_------------------ 1, 438, 986. 04 Total cost of permanent work to June 30, 1942-------------2, 467, 139. 18 Plus accounts receivable June 30, 1942--------------------------- 233. 86 Gross total costs to June 30, 1942------------------------ 2, 467, 373. 04 Minus accounts payable June 30, 1942-------------------------- .70 Net total expenditures-------------------------- 2, 467, 372. 34 Unexpended balance June 30, 1942------------------------------ 184, 915. 57 Total amount appropriated to June 30, 1942-_---- 2, 652, 287. 91 108 REPORT OF CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMY, 1942 Fiscal year ending June 30 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 Cost of new work_____....... $14, 048. 15 $13, 626. 22 $45, 936. 76 $3, 571. 50 $3, 197. 63 Cost of maintenance _......... 81, 292. 42 47, 842. 90 152, 653. 78 73, 714. 60 91, 538. 78 Total cost---------------- 95, 340. 57 61, 469. 12 198, 590. 54 77, 286. 10 94, 736. 41 Total expended---------------- 126, 403. 23 59, 912. 46 197, 580. 13 91, 486. 40 96, 741. 89 Allotted .... ......--------------------- 283, 500. 00 90, 430. 00 90, 000. 00 135, 589. 28 105, 000. 00 Balance unexpended July 1, 1941__ $176, 657.46 Amount allotted from War Department Civil Appropriation Act ap- proved Apr. 28, 1942--_ --------------------------------------- 05, 000. 00 Amount to be accounted for 81, 657.46 2---------------------------- Gross amount expended_------------------------_ $99, 494. 76 Less reimbursements collected-----------------------2, 752. 87 96, 741. 89 Balance unexpended June 30, 1942-----------------------184, 915. 57 Outstanding liabilities June 30, 1942------------------- .70 Balance available June 30, 1942-------------------------184, 914. 87 Accounts receivable June 30, 1942_------------------------------ 233. 86 Unobligated balance available June 30, 1942-------------- 185, 148. 73 Amount (estimated) required to be appropriated for completion of existing project _-------------- - 131, 300. 00 Amount that can be profitably expended in fiscal year ending June 30, 1944: For new work 5, 000. 00 7---------------------------- For maintenance ---------------- 105, 000. 00 Total ------------------------------------- 180,000.00 1 Exclusive of available funds. 22. DUCK ISLAND HARBOR, CONN. Location.-On the north shore of Long Island Sound about 20 miles east of New Haven, Conn. (See U. S. Coast and Geodetic Survey Chart No. 216.) Previous projects.--Adopted by River and Harbor Act of Septem- ber 19, 1890. For further details, see page 1755 of Annual Report for 1915 and page 124 of Annual Report for 1938. Existing project.-This provides for the construction of three rip- rap breakwaters, viz, one extending northwardly from Duck Island 1,100 feet, one extending westwardly from Duck Island 2,697 feet, and one 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 4.5 feet, and the maximum range, due to the combined effect of wind and other causes, is 9 feet or more. RIVERS AND HARBORS-PROVIDENCE, R. I., DISTRICT 109 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: Acts Work authorized Documents June 25,1910 The breakwaters_ __ .. __-_-_--------------------- H. Doc. No. 398, 60th Cong., 1st sess. July 27,1916 Dredging 16-foot area back of breakwaters- .. __.. H. Doc. No. 812, 64th Cong., 1st sess. (Contains latest published map.) Terminal facilities.'-None. Operations and results during fiscal year.-None. Condition at end of fiscal year.-The existing project was com- pleted in 1917, the breakwaters having been completed in 1914. The central portions of the anchorage area have project depth. The con- trolling depths in the protected area behind the breakwater, as deter- mined in January 1939, were 15 to 20 feet except in the extreme south- east corner about 8 feet, all at mean low water. The breakwaters are in good condition. The costs and expenditures under the existing project have beefi $367,297.91 for new work and $307,782.60 for main- tenance, a total of $675,080.51. Proposedoperations.-Itis proposed to apply the funds unexpended on June 30, 1942, amounting to $50,000 for maintenance dredging in the area behind the breakwaters by a United States hopper dredge in the spring of 1943 about 300,000 cubic yards. No additional funds can be profitably expended during the fiscal year 1944 as the completion of the above work will place the project in condition to meet the needs of existing navigation. Cost and financial summary Cost of new work to June 30, 1942________________ ___----- $482, 165. 81 Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1942 -------------- 313, 116. 70 Total cost of permanent work to June 30, 1942-________- _ 795, 282. 51 Net total expenditures ._______________----- -- -- 795, 282. 51 Unexpended balance June 30, 1942 -_____-- - - - -_______- 50, 000. 00 Total amount appropriated to June 30, 1942___-- ______ 845, 282. 51 Fiscal year ending June 30 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 Cost of new work- --------------- -- ------ -------- Cost of maintenance - $31, 649. 83 $6, 988. 15 $19, 248. 12 - . Total expended ______ ____.__ 30, 892. 53 1, 419. 38 25, 574. 19 Allotted_.. _ ------ 34, 000. 00 22, 149. 83 1, 736. 27 $50, 000 - Balance unexpended July 1, 1941_________--------- ---- _ $50,000. 00 Balance unexpended June 30, 1942___------------------------------- 50, 000. 00 493202-43-pt. 1, vol. 1--8 110 REPORT OF CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMY, 1942 23. BRANFORD HARBOR, CONN. Locality.-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 one- half mile and of the same depth, width, and length between the lower and upper wharves in Branford River. The plane of reference is mean low water. The mean tidal range is 5.9 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: Acts Work authorized Documents June 13,1902 Channel between upper and lower wharves in the river .. H. Doc. No. 100, 56th Cong., 2d sess., and Annual Re- port for 1901, p. 1188. Mar. 2, 1907 Channel at the mouth of the harbor - _ Specified in act. For latest published maps see H. Doc. No. 1292, 64th Cong., 1st sess. Terminal facilities.-These facilities, comprising two wharves near the head of the harbor and one at the mouth of the river are consid- ered adequate for existing commerce. Operations and results during fiscal year.-None. Conditionat end of fiscal year.-The project was completed in 1907. The controlling depth at mean low water, as determined in February 1938, was 9 feet to the head of navigation. The cost and expendi- tures have been $9,537.45 for new work and $73,559.49 for maintenance, a total of $83,096.94. Proposedoperations.-No funds are available and no operations are contemplated during the fiscal year 1943. The sum of $30,000 can be profitably expended during the fiscal year 1944 as follows: Maintenance : Dredging about 40,000 cubic yards of mud and sand from the harbor channel, by contract---------------------------------------- $20, 000 Dredging about 20,000 cubic yards of mud and sand from the river channel, by contract ._____._____ ________-__-__--- 10, 000 Total_ ------------------------------- 30, 000 Cost and finaneial sum ary .ost of new work to June 30, 1942-------------------------------- $9, 537. 45 Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1942 ----------------- ---------- 73, 559. 49 Total cost of permanent work to June 30, 1942_ ------- 83, 096. 94 Net total expenditures-_- - _- - - ___ --- ____ ---- 83, 096. 94 Total amount appropriated to June 30, 1942_----------- 83, 096. 94 RIVERS AND HARBORS--PROVIDENiCE, R. I., DISTRICT 111 Fiscal year ending June 30 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 Cost of new work . . ...- .... .....--- ... --------........ ,Cost of maintenance----------- $25, 670. 10 .. Total expended ------------- 25, 670. 10---------------------- ------------------------ Tllotted- ---------------- 25, 670. 10--------- ------- ------ ---- -------------- ,Amount that can be profitably expended in fiscal year ending June 30, 1944 for maintenance_________________________-_ - $30, 000. 00 24. NEW HAVEN HARBOR, CONN. Location.-On the north shore of Long Island Sound, about 67 miles to the east of New York City. (See U. S. Coast and Geodetic Survey Chart No. 218.) Previous projects.-Adopted by River and Harbor Acts of August .30, 1852, March 3, 1871, June 10, 1872, and for West River, March 3, 1905. For further details, see page 1755 of Annual Report for 1915 and page 127 of Annual Report for 1938. Existing project.-This provides for a channel 25 feet deep, 400 feet wide, and 31/2 miles long from Long Island Sound to opposite Fort Hale; thence of same depth 500 feet wide (increased to 1,111 feet at the turn opposite Long wharf) 2 miles to Tomlinson Bridge; two anchorage basins below Tomlinson Bridge of 16- and 15-foot depths; a pile-and-riprap dike, total length about 4,200 feet, to contract 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 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 6.2 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 1941 is $975,000, ex- elusive of amounts expended on previous projects. The latest (1941) approved estimate for annual cost of maintenance is $57,000. The existing project was authorized by the following river and harbor acts: 112 REPORT OF CHIEF OF EGINEERS, U. S S. ARMY, 1942 Acts Work authorized Documents Aug. 2,1882 .. _ Sandy Point dike ------------ ---.-----. _ Plans approved by a Board of Engi- neers, Oct. 2, 1882. Mar. 3,1899 The 16-foot anchorage basin_ __ - -- _ H. Doc. No. 82, 55th Cong., 1st sess. June 25,1910 Brewery Street Channel, removal of rocks in H. Doc. No. 1159, 60th Cong., 2d sess. Morris Cove and present project dimensions of the 15-foot basin. July 25,1912 Present project dimensions of the channels in H. Doec. No. 26, 62d Cong., 1st sess. Mill River. Do .-- __ Present project dimensions of the West River H. Doec. No. 535, 62d Cong., 2d sess. Channel and anchorage. July 3, 1930 Present project dimensions of channel in Quin- H. Doc. No. 686, 69th Cong., 2d.sess. nipiac River. Aug. 30, 1935 1 The 25-foot channel___- H. Doec. No. 479, 72d Cong., 2d sess. 1 Also Public Works Administration, Sept. 6, 1933. The latest published map is in H. Doec. No. 307, 76th Cong., 1st sess. Recommended modifications of project.-Underdate of May 25, 1939, the Chief of Engineers recommended modification of the existing project for New Haven Harbor, Conn., so as to provide a main chan- nel 30 feet deep at mean low water, 400 to 1,111 feet wide from Long Island Sound to Tomlinson Bridge, two anchorage basins, one 30 feet deep, 1,100 feet wide, and 4,900 to 2,700 feet long, and one 16 feet deep, 600 feet wide, and 2,700 feet long, at the head of the harbor, south of Long Wharf and west of the main channel, at an estimated first cost of $1,673,000, with annual maintenance of $12,250 in addition to that now required; and a channel in Quinnipiac River 27 feet deep at mean low water, 350 to 170 feet wide from Tomlinson Bridge to Ferry Street Bridge with a turning basin of the same depth, about 3 /2 acres in area at the junction of Mill and Quinnipiac Rivers, at an estimated first cost of $835,000, with annual maintenance of $1,200 in addition to that now required; subject to certain conditions of local cooperation (H. Doc. No. 307, 76th Cong., 1st sess.). Terminal facilities.-The wharves and piers served by this improve- ment 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 por- tion; at Oyster Point; and along the westerly side of West River. The total length of berthing space available at 55 wharves or piers is about 16,670 feet. One of the wharves is open to public use, six are open to public use upon agreement with the owners, and nine have direct rail connections. The facilities are not considered adequate, and various plans have been prepared and considered by the municipality for extensive addi- tions and improvements. (For further details see Port Series No. 18, Corps of Engineers.) Operations and results during fiscal year.-Rock removal from the entrance channel by the U. S. lighter Babcock, in progress at the be- ginning of the year, was completed on July 16, 1941. During the year 52 cubic yards of ledge rock were removed at a cost of $6,224.95 for new work. Preliminary work in connection with proposed contract for maintenance dredging Mill River channel cost $886.91. Total RIVERS AND HARBORS-PROVIDENCE, R. I., DISTRICT 113 costs were $6,224.95 for new work and $886.91 for maintenance, a total of $7,111.86. Expenditures were $11,845.40. Conditionat end of fiscal year.-The existing project was practically completed in 1935, the Sandy Point dike having been completed in 1890. The latter is in poor condition. The controlling depths at mean low water were as follows: Main channel to within 300 feet of Tomlinson Bridge, nearly 25 feet, except at the edges; thence to Tomlinson Bridge, 18 feet (August 1939), 16-foot anchorage, 9 to 18 feet (April 1942); 15-foot anchorage, 16 feet except at edges (August 1940); Brewery Street Channel, 12 feet except at edges (August 1940) ; West Haven 6-foot anchorage, 0 to 6 feet. (April 1942); West River about 10 feet (April 1942); Mill River about 11 feet except in branches, east about 4 feet, west about 7 feet (April 1942); Quinnipiac River, 18 feet except minor shoals at edges (January 1941). To complete the project requires the deepening of the main channel for about 300 feet immediately below Tomlinson Bridge. The total costs and expenditures, all funds, under the existing project have been $2,040,065.45, of which $609,364.08 regular funds, and $350.083.75, Public Works funds, a total of $959,447.83, was for new work, and $1,080,617.62 for maintenance. Proposed operations.-Itis proposed to apply the funds unexpended on June 30, 1942, amounting to $113,482.28, as follows: Maintenance : Dredging in the Mill River channel, by contract, August to October 1942, about 66,000 cubic yards__ ______-- -------- $38, 482. 28 Dredging in the 16-foot anchorage, by contract, April to May 1943, about 250,000 cubic yards -------------------------- 75, 000. 00 Total -------------------------------------------- 113, 482. 28 No additional funds can be profitably expended during the fiscal year 1944 as the completion of the above work will have the project in condition to meet the needs of existing navigation. Cost and financial summary Cost of new work to June 30, 1942---------------------------- $1, 291, 073. 49 Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1942__________________------, 113, 187. 62 Total cost of permanent work to June 30, 1942 ________---- 2, 404, 261. 11 Net total expenditures___________---_ 2, 404, 261. 11 Unexpended balance June 30, 1942_ 1--------- 113, 482. 28 Total amount appropriated to June 30, 1942 ___________ 2, 517, 743. 39 Fiscal year ending June 30 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 Cost of new work --- - ..... .... .__..... . ..--. .... $5, 145. 59 $6, 224. 95 Cost of maintenance----------- _ $77,136. 78 $70,460. 39 $31, 629.12 54. 582. 03 886. 91 Total cost---------_ --- 77, 136. 78 70, 460. 39 31, 629. 12 59, 727. 62 7, 111.86 Total expended--_-------- 93, 593.08 57, 351. 67 44, 864. 50 54, 990. 23 11, 845. 40 Allotted. -- 88, 000. 00 73,000. 00 -------------...... 35, 764. 72 85, 769. 36 114 REPORT OF CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMY, 1942 Balance unexpended July 1,1941- $39, 558. 32 Amount allotted from War Department Civil Appro- priation Act approved June 24, 1940-------------- $10, 769. 36 Amount allotted from War Department Civil Appro- priation Act approved Apr. 28, 1942---------------__ 75, 000. 00 85, 769. 36 Amount to be accounted for----- ______ _ _ 125, 327. 68 Gross amount expended---------------------------$12, 014. 11 Less reimbursements collected--------------------- 68. 71 -11, 845. 40 Balance unexpended June 30, 1942----------------------- 113,482. 28 Amount (estimated) required to be appropriated for completion of existing project 1______--________ ___________--------- 15, 000. 00 1Exclusive of available funds. 25. BREAKWATERS AT NEW HAVEN, CONN. Location.-On the north shore of Long Island Sound, about 67 miles: east of New York City. (See U. S. Coast and Geodetic Survey Chart No. 218.) Existing project.-This provides for a harbor of refuge at the en- trance to New Haven Harbor by constructing three riprap break- waters, the east 3,450 feet long, extending from Quixes Ledge to South- west Ledge; the middle, 4,450 feet long, extending across Ludington: Rock; and the west, about 4,200 feet long, extending northwesterly from a point 6,000 feet south 54° west from Ludington Rock; the cross section of these breakwaters to be 12 feet wide on top and 6 feet above mean high water, with outer slopes of 1 on 11/2 and inner slopes 1 on 1. The mean tidal range is 6.2 feet, and the maximum range, due to the combined effect of wind and other causes, is about 10 feet. The estimate of cost of new work, revised in 1910, was $1,264,000. The latest (1915) approved estimate for annual cost of maintenance is $1,000. The existing project was authorized by the following river and harbor acts: Acts Work authorized Documents Mar. 3, 1879 East breakwater_________----------------------- Annual Report, 1880, p. 450. Plans ap- proved by the Secretary of War Jan- 31, 1880. Sept. 19, 1890 Location of the middle and west breakwaters_____ Annual Report, 1889, p. 678. Present dimensions of breakwaters approved by the Chief of Engineers, Apr. 21 1910 (Annual Report, 1910, p. 124). For map, see H. Doe. No. 1159, 60th Cong., 2d sess. Terminal facilities.-None. Operations and results during fiscal year.--None. Conditionat end of fiscal year.-The existing project was completed in 1915. The breakwaters were damaged by the hurricane of 1938 and need repairs. The anchorage available exceeds 2,000 acres, of which over 500 acres are from 20 to 27 feet deep and the remainder 9 to 20 RIVERS AND HARBORS-PROVIDENCE, R. I., DISTRICT 115 feet deep. The costs and expenditures have been $1,242,246.09 for new work and $40,253.91 for maintenance, a total of $1,282,500. Proposed operations.-It is proposed to apply the funds.unexpended on June 30, 1942, amounting to $25,000, for repairs to east, middle, and west breakwaters, by contract, in the fall of 1942, placing of about 7,000 long tons of stone. No additional funds can be profitably expended during the fiscal year 1944 as the completion of the above work will restore the breakwaters to good condition. Cost and financial summary Cost of new work to June 30, 1942____________________________ $1, 242, 246. 09 Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1942------ --------------------- 40,253.91 Total cost of permanent work to June 30, 1942------------ 1, 282, 500. 00 Net total expenditures------------------------------------ 1, 282, 500. 00 Unexpended balance June 30, 1942------------------------------ 25, 000. 00 Total amount appropriated to June 30, 1942 307, 500. 00 1--------------, Fiscal year ending June 30 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 Cost of new work .. ..... . .. Cost of maintenance ... . .. . . .. . . . .. . ---------- - -------------- Total expended - - - - - - -- - - - - .- --- - - - - - .- Allotted ...-------------- ------------------------------------------- $25, 000 ------------------------------ Balance unexpended July 1, 1941_ $25, 000. 00 Balance unexpended June 30, 1942______------ 25, 000. 00 26. MILFORD HARBOR, CONN. Location.-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. For further details see Annual Report for 1915, page 1756, and Annual Report for 1938, page 129. Existing project.-This provides for two riprap jetties 510 and 250 feet in length on the east and west sides, respectively, of the entrance to the river; a channel across the bar and through the lower harbor 10 feet deep and 100 feet wide to Merwin's wharf, a distance of about 3,000 feet; an anchorage basin of the same depth, of about 6 acres in area, on the east side of the channel; a channel 8 feet deep and 100 feet wide, widened at bends and at the upper end, from Merwin's wharf to 400 feet above the town wharf, about 3,000 feet; and for an anchorage basin west of the channel inside of the entrance 2,000 feet long and 7.8 acres in area, 10 feet deep in the lower 600 feet and 8 feet deep above. The plane of reference is mean low water. The mean tidal range is 6.6 feet, and the extreme range, due to the combined effects of wind and other causes, is 10 feet or more. The estimate of cost for new work, revised in 1937, is $94,500, in- cluding $15,500 contributed by local interests, but exclusive of amounts 116 REPORT OF CHIEF OF ENGINEEiRS, U. S. ARMY, 1942 expended on previous projects. The latest (1937) approved estimate for annual cost of maintenance is $3,000. The existing project was authorized by the following river and harbor acts: Acts Work authorized Documents June 23, 1874 East jetty at the mouth of the river- H. Ex. Doc. No. 107, 42d Cong., 3d sess., and Annual Report for 1873, p. 1042. West jetty at the mouth of the river ------------- Authorized by Department Oct. 16, 1879; Annual Report for 1879, p. 342. June 13, 1902 Entrance channel and anchorage basin east of it_ H. Doc. No. 280, 56th Cong., 1st sess. Aug. 26, 1937 Anchorage west of the channel and present proj- H. Doc. No. 77, 75th Cong., 1st sess. ect dimensions of the channel above Merwin's (Contains latest published map.) wharf. Local cooperation.-Fully complied with. Terminal facilities.-There are three bulkhead wharves near the entrance used in the oyster trade. The town wharf near the head of navigation is open to public use and the Connecticut State Shellfish Commission operates a small wharf not open to the public. There are also several yacht landings. The facilities are ample for existing traffic. Operations and results during fiscal year.-Maintenance dredging of the 10- and 8-foot channels and anchorages, by contract, was in prog- ress from October 13 to October 16, 1941, when operations were sus- pended at the completion of the 10-foot project. During the period 4,491 cubic yards, place measure, ordinary material were removed. Work was resumed on November 12 and completed on December 8, 1941. During the period 38,441 cubic yards, place measure, ordinary material were removed from the 8-foot channel and anchorage. The costs were $17,442.29. Preliminary costs on the work were $472.40. Total costs and expenditures were $17,914.69, all for maintenance. Condition at end of fiscal year.-The existing project was com- pleted in 1939, except for a portion of the 10-foot anchorage basin on the east side of the channel where ledge rock prevents completion at reasonable cost. The jetties were completed in 1880. They are in poor condition. The controlling depths at mean low water were as follows: Ten feet to Merwins Wharf, thence 8 feet to the head of the project; 10 feet in the lower 600 feet of the west basin; 8 feet in the upper portion of the west basin (all as determined in January 1942), and 0 to 10 feet in the east basin (December 1939). The costs and ex- penditures have been $46,376.48 from regular funds and $11,379.58 from contributed funds for new work and $44,713.50 for maintenance, a total of $102,469.56. Proposedoperations.-It is proposed to apply the funds unexpended on June 30, 1942, amounting to $8,085.31 to repairing the east (Long) jetty, by contract in the fall of 1942, placing about 250 long tons of stone at an estimated cost of $2,000. No additional funds can be profitably expended during fiscal year 1944 as the completion of the above work will place the project in condition to meet the needs of existing navigation. RIVERS AND HARBORS--PROVIDENCE, R. I., DISTRICT 117 Cost and financial summary -- Cost of new work to June 30, 1942________ ___-----------------_ - $88, 716. 92 Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1942___ __________---_---------- 47, 873. 06 Total cost of permanent work to June 30, 1942_------------- 136, 589. 98 Net total expenditures____________ - 1136,589:98 Unexpended balance June 30, 1942______---------------_______ __ 8, 085. 31 Total amount appropriated to June 30, 1942---------------- 144, 675. 29 Fiscal year ending June 30 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 C ost of new w ork --.. .. ... .. ..----- . $14, 512. 03 $8,'247. 12 ............................ Cost of maintenance.. Total cost --------------..------- ------- 127. 59 - $17, 914. 69 Total cost .......... ..---- -. 14, 639. 62 $8, 247. 12 .. _ _ ._.. 17, 914. 69 Total expended- ...----------------------. 2,1 68. 55 200;218. 19 -_ 17, 914. 69 Allotted __ ___ _____....._ ... 31, 000. 00--------- -8, 113. 26 $26, 000 Balance unexpended July 1, 1941 ______ ____---_---_____- $26, 000. 00 Gross amount expended ____________---______--_ $17, 999. 42 Less reimbursements collected__---------------------- - -84. 73 17, 914. 69 Balance unexpended June 30, 1942------------------------ 8, 085. 31 Amount .(estimated) required to be appropriated for completion of -- -- -- --- -- --- -- --- --- --- -- --- --- -- --- existing project 2 - - - - _ 36, 700.00 1 In addition, $11,379.58 expended from contributed funds for new work. 2 Exclusive of available funds. 27. 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, consist- ing 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 2,571 feet long, 6 feet high above mean high water, top width 12 feet, outer slope 1 on 2, inner slope 1 on 1; 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 6.7 feet at the mouth, 5.5 feet at Stratford, and 5 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: 118 REPORT OF CHIEF OF EfNGINEEIRS, U. S. AR.MY, 19 4 Acts Work authorized Documents Mar. 3, 1871 A jetty at Sow and Pigs Reef and the present H. Doc. No. 95, 41st Cong., 3d sess., project width of the channel across the outer and Annual Report, 1871, p. 781. bar. Aug. 11, 1888 Breakwater at the mouth and the present proj- S. Doc. No. 103, 50th Cong., 1st sess., ect dimensions of the river channel above the and Annual Report, 1888, p. 554. lower end of Culvers Bar. The Stratford dike ------------------- Authorized by Department; project submitted by the district engineer July 15, 1892. July 3, 1930 Present project dimensions of channel up to Cul- H. Doc. No. 449, 70th Cong., 2d sess.1 vers Bar. 1 Contains latest published map. 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 provi- sion of more than one-half of the necessary funds assured. Terminal facilities.-There are three wharves for commercial use at Stratford, one at Devon, and eight at Shelton and Derby. The facilities are considered adequate for the existing commerce. Operations and results during fiscal year.-None. Condition at end of fiscal year.-The existing project was about 29 percent completed. The up-river channels were completed in 1893. The breakwater at the mouth was completed in 1914, except that the outer arm has a top width of 8 feet and outer slope of 1 on 11/. instead of project dimensions; the Stratford dike was completed to its present length of 1,255 feet in 1916, and the jetty at Sow and Pigs Rocks was completed in 1871. The breakwater is in good condition and the dike and jetty in fair condition. The head of navigation is at Derby and Shelton about 14 miles above the mouth. The control- ling depth at mean low water, as determined in 1939 and 1940, was 7 feet. To complete the project requires the enlargement of the outer arm of the breakwater to provide a top width of 12 feet and an outer slope of 1 on 2, which is not required at this time, the extension of the Stratford dike not more than 245 feet, and deepening and widen- ing of the channel from the mouth up to the lower end of Culvers Bar. The costs and expenditures have been $234,364.92 for new work and $231,935.14 for maintenance, a total of $466,300.06. Proposed operations.-No funds are available and no operations are contemplated during the fiscal year 1943. The sum of $20,000 can be profitably expended during the fiscal year 1944 in maintenance dredging about 50,000 cubic yards of mud and sand from the river bars by contract. RIVERS AND HARBOIRS-PROVIDENCE, R. I., DISTRICT 119 Cost and financial summary C~ost of new work to June 30, 1942----------------------------- $234, 364. 92 Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1942_--------------------------- 231, 935. 14 Total cost of permanent work to June 30, 1942 466, 300. 06 Net total expenditures_______ ___-____-_______ 466, 300. 06 Total amount appropriated to June 30, 1942------------------------ 466, 300. 06 Fiscal year ending June 30 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 C ost of new work . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Cost of maintenance--- _.... $10, 833. 85 $18, 184. 56 - -- T o t a l e xp e nd ed . -. - - - - - - - . - - - -_ . . . . . .... .. 8 , 6 3 9. 0 1 20 , 3 7 9 .4 0 Allotted__ _ _ $21, 000 12, 200. 00 -3, 750. 10 -$431. 49 Balance unexpended July 1, 1941 ---------------------------------- $431.49 Deductions on account of revocation of allotment__----------------- 431. 49 Amount (estimated) required to be appropriated for completion of existing project 1 _-_____ 425, 000. 00 Amount that can be profitably expended in fiscal year ending June 30, 1944, for maintenance _ - - 20, 000. 00 1 In addition, $150,000 is to be contributed by local interests. 28. BRIDGEPORT HARBOR, CONN. Location.--On the north shore of Long Island Sound, about 51 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, and (for Black Rock Harbor) July 5, 1884. For further details see page 1756 of Annual Report for 1915, and page 133 of Annual Report for 1938. Existing project.-This provides for- (1) Two riprap breakwaters, one 3,823 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 Fayer- weather Island, including a seawall connecting the northerly and southerly portions of the island. (3) Main channel 25 feet deep and 300 feet wide, widened to within 75 feet of the harbor line opposite the City Lumber Co. terminal, from Long Island Sound to Stratford Avenue Bridge across the Poquonock River. (4) Three anchorage basins: One 25 feet deep and 29.4 acres in area, opposite the inner breakwater; one 18 feet deep and 36 acres in area, adjoining the main channel on the west above the inner breakwater; and one 12 feet deep, in two areas, aggregating 14 acres to the east of the main channel. (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. 120 REPORT OF CHIEF OF' ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMY, 1942 (7) Johnsons River Channel, 18 feet deep and 150 to 250 feet wide from the 25-foot anchorage tb 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 bothbranches of Cedar.Creek, about 2.4 miles. (9) Burr Creek Channel, 7 feet deep and 100 feet wide from its junction with Cedar Creek Channel to the south side of Yacht Street extended, about one-quarter mile. All depths refer to mean low water, the mean tidal range being 6.8 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 1937, is $1,410,000, of which $39,000 is to be contributed by local interests, exclusive of amounts expended under previous projects. The latest (1937) ap- proved estimate for annual cost of maintenance is $28,000. The existing project was authoried by the following river and harbor acts: Acts Work authorized Documents July 4, 1836 Fayerweather Island sea wall .............................. Mar. 3,1899 Shore protection of Fayerweather Island_ Annual Report, 1899, p. 1173. Mar. 2,1907 West breakwater and present project dimensions of east H. Does. Nos. 275 and 521, breakwater. 59th Cong., 2d sess. Mar. 2,1919 Present project depths of the 18- and 12-foot anchorage H. Doc. No. 898, 63d Cong., basins and of Burr Creek Channel. 2d sess. July 3, 1930 Present project d:mensions of the 25-foot entrance channel, H. Doc. No. 281, 71st Cong., the 25-foot anchorage, the channels through the Poquo- 2d sess. nock River, Yellow Mill Pond, Johnsons River, Black Rock Harbor, and Cedar Creek. Aug. 12, 19371 The present extent of Burr Creek Channel------------- Specified in act. Aug. 26, 1937 The 25-foot channel through the main harbor, and present H. Doc. No. 232, 75th Cong., project location and extent of the 18- and 12-foot anchorage 1st sess. basins. I The latest published maps are in H. Doc. No. 819, 76th Cong., 3d sess., Public, No. 276, 75th Cong. Recommended modifications of project.-Under date of May 13. 1940, the Chief of Engineers recommended modification of the exist- ing project so as to eliminate the present 12-foot anchorage area and provide for a main channel 30 feet deep at mean low water and 400 feet wide from Long Island Sound to a point just beyond the south end of East Main Street extended; thence decreasing in width to 250 feet at a point about 720 feet below Stratford Avenue Bridge across the Poquonock River, with widening at the bend opposite the Cilco terminal to within 75 feet of the established harbor line, at an esti- mated first cost of $529,000 with annual maintenance of $6,000 in addition to that now required, subject to certain conditions of local cooperation (H. Doc. No. 819, 76th Cong., 3d sess.). Local eooperation.-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 RIVERS AND HARBORSI-PROVIDENCE, R. I., DISTRICT 121 territory have been made, but financial arrangements have not been completed. Terminal facilities.-There are 45 wharves and piers in'use or in usable condition, including 1 modern deep-water public terminal on the main harbor and 4 owned by the city, that are served by the im- provement. The total available length for berthing is about 12,470 feet. Four of the wharves are open to general public use and 3 may be used by the public upon agreement with the owners or operators. Direct rail connections are available at 3 wharves. The existing facilities are considered adequate for existing commerce. (For fur- ther details see Port Series No. 18, Corps of Engineers.) Operations and results during fiscal year.-Preliminaryinvestiga- tions of rocky shoals in Black Rock Harbor channel cost $974.70 for new work. Maintenance dredging of the 18-foot anchorage, by con- tract, was in progress from August 26 to December 23, 1941. During the period, 121,974 cubic yards, place measure, ordinary material were removed at a cost of $20,749.44 during the year. Preliminary costs on proposed maintenance dredging of the 25-foot anchorage, and the Black Rock Harbor, and Cedar Creek channels amounted to $1,377.39. Floating debris was removed at a cost of $253.99. Total costs were $974.70 for new work and $22,380.82 for maintenance, a total of $23,355.52. Expenditures were $17,770.40. Condition at end of fiscal year.-The existing project was about 86 percent completed. The breakwaters were completed in 1908. The east breakwater at the' entrance is in good condition, the west breakwater and the shore protection works on Fayerweather Island are in need of repairs. To complete the project requires the deepening of the channel in Johnsons River, and rock removal in Yellow Mill and Black Rock Channels. The controlling depths at mean low water were as follows: Main channel to the lower bridge, 25 feet (1940) ; Poquonock River, about 16 feet to head of improved channel (March 1941); Yellow Mill Channel, 18 feet to head of improved channel, except for rocky shoals on the east side near upper end (1939) ; Johnsons River, 12 feet to first bend at entrance to river, thence 9 feet (1938); Black Rock Harbor, 17 feet (January 1942); Cedar Creek, 14 feet (January 1942) ; Burr Creek, about 3 feet; 25-foot anchorage basin, 18 to 25 feet (February 1912); 18-foot anchorage basin, 18 feet (January 1942); 12-foot anchorage basin, 2 to 12 feet (1939). The costs under the existing project have been $1,217,008.93 for new work, and $415,028.46 for maintenance, a total of $1,632,037.39. Expenditures have been $1,626,709.99. Proposed operations.-Itis proposed to apply the funds unexpended on June 30, 1942, amounting to $331,915.64, as follows: Accounts payable June 30, 1942________________----------------------------- $5,327. 40 Maintenance : Dredging in 25-foot anchorage, by contract September to October 1942, about 120,000 cubic yards____________________________ 47, 000. 00 Dredging in Black Rock and Cedar Creek channels, by contract, August to November 1942, about 186,000 cubic yards--------- 84, 212. 94 Repairs to west breakwater at entrance to main harbor, by con- tract, September 1942, about 2,000 long tons of stone _____ 12, 250. 00 Repairs to Fayerweatbhr Island breakwater and seawall, by con- tract, October 1942, about 1,200 long tons of stone----__ 11, 100. 00 Dredging in main channel, by contract, March to May 1943, about 250.000 cubic yards--__ _----- - _______-__-- _ 75, 000. 00 122 REPORT OF CHIEF OF E NGINEERS, U. S. ARMY, 1942 Maintenance--Continued. Dredging in Poquonock River channel, by contract, April to May 1943, about 60,000 cubic yards----------------------------- $18, 000. 00 Dredging in Yellow Mill channel, by contract, May to June 1943, about 100,000 cubic yards--- ---------------------------- 30, 000. 00 Dredging in Johnsons River channel, by contract, June 1943, about 30,000 cubic yards----------------------------------- 9, 000.-00 Balance available----------------------------------------- 40, 025. 30 Total --------------------------- 331, 915. 64 No additional funds can be profitably expended during the fiscal year 1944, as the completion of the above work will leave the project in condition to meet the Teeds of existing navigation. Cost and financial summary Cost of new work to June 30, 1942-------------------------- $1,595, 458. 46 Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1942 ------------------------- 426, 977. 43 Total cost of permanent work to June 30, 1942___----_ 2,022, 43.5.89 Minus accounts payable June 30, 1942------------------------- 5, 327. 40 Net total expenditures--_ ------------------------- 2, 017, 108. 49 Unexpended balance June 30, 1942 ---------------------------- 331, 915. 64 Total amount appropriated to June 30, 1942--------------- 2, 349, 024. 13 Fiscal year ending June 30 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 Cost of new work ______________ $1, 367. 95 $181, 053. 71 $743. 90 $974. 70 Cost of maintenance .. .. . 200. 89 36, 122. 21 $13, 889. 97 22, 380. 82 Total cost _----------------- 1, 568. 84 217, 175. 92 743. 90 13, 889. 97 23, 355. 52 Total expended .. ..----------------- , 054. 59 209, 144. 69 9, 289. 38 14, 147. 69 17, 770. 40 .. Allotted _________..-__-- . . .... 240, 777. 80 -19, 000. 00 32, 323. 66 136, 000. 00 187, 010. 91 Balance unexpended July 1, 1941__________________ -____ $162, 675. 13 Amount allotted from War Department Civil Appro- priation Act approved June 28, 1939 _______-____ $431. 49 Amount allotted from War Department Civil Appro- priation Act approved June 24, 1940_________ 11, 974. 80 Amount allotted from War Department Civil Appro- priation Act approved May 23, 1941_____________ 42, 604. 62 Amount allotted from War Department Civil Appro- priation Act approved Apr. 28, 1942_ _____-_ 132, 000. 00 187, 010. 91 Amount to be accounted for-------___________ 349, 686.04 Gross amount expended_______-_--- ___________ $18, 112. 58 Less reimbursements collected------------------- 342. 18 17, 770. 40 Balance unexpended June 30, 1942_________ _____---- _ 331, 915. 64 Outstanding liabilities June 30, 1942_______________ $9. 30 Amount covered by uncompleted contracts --------- 10, 113. 10 10, 122. 40 Balance available June 30, 1942_______------- 321, 793. 24 Amount (estimated) required to be appropriated for completion of existing project 12---- 79, 600. 00 'Exclusive of available fun.ds. 2 In addition, $39,000 is to be contributed by local interests. RIVERS AND HARBORS-PROVIDENCE, R. I., DISTRICT 123 29. SOUTHPORT HARBOR, CONN. Location.-On the north shore of Long Island Sound, about 50 miles east of New York City. (See United States Coast and Geodetic Survey Chart No. 220.) Previousprojects.-Adopted by the River and Harbor Act of March 2, 1829, and modified in 1876 and 1881. A second project was adopted by the River and Harbor Act of June 13, 1902, and modified by the River and Harbor Act of July 25, 1912. For further details see Annual Reports for 1915 and 1936, pages 1758 and 121, respectively. Existing project.-This provides for a stone breakwater about 1,320 feet long at the harbor mouth ;'a 1,350-foot dike along the east side of the harbor; a channel 9 feet deep to the upper end of the wharves, 100 feet wide from Long Island Sound to opposite East Main Street, thence 400 to 175 feet wide; and for an anchorage basin 6 feet deep, 300 feet wide, and 500 feet long. The reference plane is mean low water, the mean tidal range being 6.9 feet. The maximum range, due to the combined effect of wind and other causes, is 11 feet or more. The estimate of cost for new work, made in 1935, is $90,400, includ- ing $16,500 contributed by local interests but exclusive of amounts expended on previous projects. The latest (1935) approved estimate for annual cost of maintenance is $1,200. The existing project was authorized by the following river and harbor acts: Acts Work authorized Documents Mar. 2, 1829 Breakwater and dike _______________________________- Annual Report for 1871, p. 824. Aug. 30, 19351 Anchorage basin and present channel dimensions ---- Rivers and Harbors Com- mittee Doc. No. 36, 74th 2 Cong., 1st sess. 1Also Emergency Relief Appropriation Act of May 28, 1935. 2 Contains latest published map. Local cooperation.-Fully complied with. Terminal facilities.-The several small wharves and private land- ings for pleasure craft are ample for existing traffic. Operations and results during fiscal year.-None. Condition at end of fiscal year.-The existing project was com- pleted in 1936. The dikes and breakwater are in fair condition. The controlling depths were 9 feet in about one-half of the channel out- side the breakwater with edges shoaled to about 6 feet, as determined in January 1941; 9 feet in remainder of channel to Golf Club Wharf, and 6 feet in the anchorage basin, as determined in March 1940. The costs and expenditures under the existing project have been $37,713.69 from Emergency Relief funds and $16,500 from contributed funds, all for new work, a total of $54,213.69. Proposed operations.-No funds are available and no operations are contemplated during the fiscal year 1943. The sum of $15,000 can be profitably expended during the fiscal year 1944 in maintenance dredging, by contract, about 25,000 cubic yards of mud and sand from the channel and anchorage. 124 REPORT OF CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMY, 1942 Cost and financial summary Cost of new work to June 30, 1942_-------------------- ------- $96, 926. 72 Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1942__----------- ------------ 8,931.91 Total cost of permanent work to June 30, 1942---------- 105, 858. 63 Net total expenditures----------------------------------------1105, 858. 63 Total amount appropriated to June 30, 1942--------------- 1105, 858. 63 Amount that can be profitably expended in fiscal year ending June 30, 1944, for maintenance------------------------------------- 15, 000. 00 1In addition, $18,285 expended from contributed funds of which $1.785 was for work outside the approved project. 30. NORWALK HARBOR, CONN. Location.-On the north shore of Long Island Sound, about 40 miles east of New York City. (See U. S. Coast and Geodetic Sur- vey Chart No. 221.) Previous projects.-Adopted by River and Harbor Acts of June 10, 1872, June 3, 1896, and March 2, 1907. For further details see page 1757 of Annual Report for 1915, and page 137 of Annual Report for 1938. Existing project.-This provides for a channel 12 feet deep from the outer harbor to the highway bridge at South Norwalk, about 31/8 miles, 200 feet wide to Dorlon 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 Fitch 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 7.1 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. Recommended modifications of project.-Under date of March 4, 1939, the Chief of Engineers recommended modification of the exist- ing project so as to provide for a channel 6 feet deep from the 10-foot anchorage to East Norwalk, 125 feet wide to the bend be- yond Third Street, and thence 150 feet wide to the head, a total dis- tance of 2,900 feet; and for an irregular-shaped anchorage basin of about 7 acres, 6 feet deep, adjacent to the upper portion of the enlarged channel, all at an estimated first cost of $46,000, with annual maintenance of $1,000 in addition to that now required, subject to certain conditions of local cooperation (H. Doc. No. 220, 76th Cong., 1st sess.). Local cooperation.-Fullycomplied with. Temrrinal facilities.-There are 19 privately owned wharves and piers in use or in usable condition, having a total available length RIVERS AND HARBORS--PROVIDENCE, R. I., DISTRICT 125 for berthing of about 3,150 feet. None of the wharves are open to general public use and only one has direct rail connections. 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.-Maintenance dredging of the entrance channel, by contract, which had been begun during the preceding year, was in progress from December 1, 1941, to February 12, 1942. During the period 65,814 cubic yards, place measure, ordi- nary materials were removed at a cost of $19,306.29. Floating debris was removed at a cost of $190.38. Total costs were $19,496.67 all for maintenance, and expenditures were $19,551.74. Condition at end of fiscal year.-The existing project was com- pleted in 1929. The controlling depths at mean low water were as follows: To Gregory (Dorlon) Point, 12 feet (February 1942) thence to Washington Street Bridge in South Norwalk, 12 feet (1937); in the anchorage basin, 10 to 12 feet (1937); in the East Norwalk Channel, 7 feet nearly to the head (1938); and between Washington Street Bridge in South Norwalk and the head of navigation in Nor- walk, a general depth of 11 feet (April 1940). The costs and expendi- tures have been $256,689.72 for new work and $208,768.08 for main- tenance, a total of $465.457.80. Proposed operations.-Fundsunexpended on June 30, 1942, amount- ing to $2,402.95 will be applied to maintenance contingencies. The sum of $15,000 can be profitably expended during the fiscal year 1944 in maintenance dredging, by contract, removing about 30,000 cubic yards of mud and sand from the East Norwalk Channel. Cost and financial summary Cost of new work to June 30, 1942_----------------------------- $419, 206. 53 ---------------------- _ Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1942.. 274, 888. 52 Total cost of permanent work to June 30, 1942------------- 694, 095. 05 Net total expenditures---------------------------------------- 94,095.05 Unexpended balance June 30, 1942_____________________-___ 2, 402. 95 Total amount appropriated to June 30, 1942---------------- 696, 498. 00 Fiscal year ending June 30 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 Cost of new work -_ ..- -----... . . .. . .. . ... . . . . ... . ... .......... Cost of maintenance ' $8, 030. 28 $24, 107. 69 $1, 565. 11 $19, 496. 67 Total expended.._ 8, 030. 28 24, 107. 69 1, 510. 04 19, 551. 74 Allotted----------------------- 8, 300. 00 39, 000. 00 -270. 89 11, 980. 53 -3, 515. 80 Balance unexpended July 1, 1941-------------------------------- $25, 470. 49 Deductions on account of revocation of allotment ----------------- 3, 515. 80 Net amount to be accounted for---------------------------- 21, 954. 69 Gross amount expended__ -------------------------- --- 19, 551. 74 Balance unexpended June 30, 1942-------------------------- 2, 402. 95 Am unt that can be profitably expended in fiscal year ending June 30, - -- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -- - - - - - - - - 1944, for maintenance 1 15, 000. 00 1 Exclusive of available funds. 493202-43-pt. 1, vol. 1-----9 126 REPORT OF CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMY, 1942 31. STAMFORD HARBOR, CONN. Location.-On the north shore of Long Island Sound, 32 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. For further details see page 1758 of Annual Report for 1915, and page 139 of Annual Report for 1938. Existing proyect.-This provides for two detached breakwaters; one 1,200 feet long on the easterly side, and one 2,900 feet long on the westerly side of the channel at the entrance to the harbor; an entrance channel 18 feet deep, 200 feet wide to the upper end of the 18-foot anchorage, about 0.55 mile, and thence 15 feet deep to the junction of the branches, about 0.5 mile; a channel in the west branch 15 feet deep, 125 feet wide, and about three-fourths mile long, and a basin of the same depth at the head of the branch of such widths as to exclude extensive rock excavation along the northeast side; 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 navigation, a total distance of about 1.5 miles; an anchorage basin 18 feet deep on the west side of the 18-foot entrance channel, 600 feet wide, and 1,000 to 1,900 feet long, and an anchorage area 8 feet deep east of the en- trance channel north of buoy No. 6, about 17 acres. The plane of ref- erence is mean low water, the mean tidal range being about 7.2 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 1937, is $907,000, in- cluding a conditional contribution of $180,000, to be made by local interests, but exclusive of amounts expended on previous projects. The latest (1937) approved estimate for annual cost of maintenance is $20,900. The existing project was authorized by the following river and harbor acts: Acts Work authorized Documents Mar. 2,1919 The East Branch Channel and the present project H. Doec. No. 1130, 63d Cong., 2d sess. width of the entrance channel. Aug. 30,1935 The 8-foot anchorage area, the present project Rivers and Harbors Committee Doc. depth of the upper portion of the entrance No. 8, 74th Cong., 1st sess. channel, and the present project dimensions of the West Branch Channel and Basin. Aug. 26, 1937 The breakwaters, the 18-foot anchorage basin, and Rivers and Harbors Committee Doe. present project depth of the outer section of the No. 29, 75th Cong., 1st sess. (Con- entrance channel. tains latest published map.) Local cooperation.-The conditions of local cooperation imposed by the River and Harbor Act of March 2, 1919, have been fully complied with. The River and Harbor Act of August 30, 1935, contained the provision that the 8-foot anchorage area shall be dredged only after local interests contribute one-half ($8,000) of the estimated first cost RIVERS AND HARBOtRS-PROVIDENCE, R. I., DISTRICT 127 thereof. This requirement has not been met, and no assurance has been received that it may be expected. The River and Harbor Act of August 26, 1937, authorized the break- waters, the 18-foot anchorage basin, and the 18-foot channel to the upper end of the basin, subject to the provisions that local interests either contribute one-third the entire costs of the proposed improve- ments or contribute one-third the cost less $50,000, and, in addition, provide the proposed 18-foot anchorage basin west of the entrance channel. These requirements have been met and approved by the Chief of Engineers April 1, 1940. Terminalfacilities.-There are 19 privately owned wharves and piers in use and in usable condition adjacent to the channels in the East and West Branches. The total available berthage is about 3,615 feet. None of the wharves is open to general public use. Two have direct rail connections. The facilities are considered adequate for existing com- merce. (For further details see Port Series No. 18, Corps of Engineers.) Operations and results during fiscal year.-Breakwaterconstruction at the entrance to the harbor, by contract, in progress at the beginning of the year, was completed on September 13, 1941. During the year 7,032 long tons of riprap were placed on the east breakwater, and 6,677 long tons on the west breakwater at a cost of $40,139 for new work. Improvement dredging of the 18-foot entrance channel and anchorage basin, by contract, was begun on December 17, 1941, and was in progress at the end of the year. During this period 109,641 cubic yards ordinary material and 9 cubic yards of boulders exceeding 2 cubic yards each in size were removed at a cost of $36,924.24 for new work. Preliminary costs on this work during the year amounted to $292.47. Total costs were $77,355.71, of which $44,912.85 were United States funds and $32,442.86 contributed funds, all for new work. Expenditures were $68,727.93 United States funds and $32,442.86 contributed funds, a total of $101,170.79. Condition at end of fiscal year.-The existing project was about 94 percent completed. The East Branch Channel was completed except for a slight deficiency in width opposite Ludlow Street. The West Branch Channel and entrance channel north of the 18-foot anchorage have been dredged to 15 feet and all of the basin similarly deepened. The controlling depths at mean low water were as follows: Entrance channel to north end 18-foot anchorage 15 feet (May 1942), entrance channel to junction of branches, 15 feet except for minor shoals (1941) ; West Branch Channel and basin, 14 feet except along edges (1941); East Branch Channel, 12 feet (not full width) (1941) ; 18-foot anchor- age, 9 to 25 feet (May 1942); 8-foot anchorage, 3 to 8 feet (February 1942). To complete the project requires a slight widening (not essen- tial to navigation) in the East Branch Channel opposite Ludlow Street, the completion of the dredging in the 18-foot entrance channel and the 18-foot anchorage, and the dredging of the 8-foot anchorage. Costs under the existing project have been $710,498.99 for new work and $136,356.38 for maintenance, a total of $846,855.37. Expenditures have been $841,417.07. In addition, $144,798.06 was expended from contributed funds for new work., 128 REPORT OF CHIEF OF EINGINEE RS, U. S. ARMY, 1942 Proposedoperations.--Itis proposed to apply the funds unexpended on June 30,1942, $89,556.92, together with $27,201.94 contributed funds, a total of $116,758.86, as follows: Accounts payable June 30, 1942--------------------------------- $5, 438. 30 New work: Dredging 18-foot channel and anchorage basin, by contract in progress, to be completed in the fall of 1942------------------___ 75, 320. 56 Maintenance: Dredging about 90,000 cubic yards of mud and sand from the 15-foot portion of the entrance channel and the West Branch Channel and basin, by contract in the spring of 1943------ 36, 00. 00 Total--------------- __------------------ ------- 116, 758. 86 The sum of $36,000 can be profitably expended during the fiscal year 1944 in maintenance dredging, by contract, about 90,000 cubic yards of mud and sand from the East Branch Channel. Cost and financial summary UNITED STATES FUNDS Cost of new work to June 30, 1942-------------------------- $845, 641. 84 Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1942 -- 1-----------------------95, 776. 37 Total cost of permanent work to June 30, 1942---------_ 1, 041, 418. 21 Minus accounts payable June 30, 1942-------------------------- 5, 438. 30 Net total expenditures ------------------------------- . 1, 035, 979. 91 Unexpended balance June 30, 1942 --------------------------- 89, 556. 92 Total amount appropriated to June 30, 1942_ 1, 125, 536. 83 Fiscal year ending June 30 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 Cost of new work __ $56, 717. 62 $34, 722. 02 $59, 911.83 $243, 892. 51 $44, 912. 85 Cost of maintenance ..-------------. 23, 041. 37 755. 96 - Total cost ---------------- 79, 758. 99 35, 477. 98 59, 911. 83 243, 892. 51 44, 912. 85 Total expended---------------- 87, 765. 52 27, 935. 15 68, 792. 80 217, 345. 15 68, 727. 93 Allotted .....----..----------------- 114, 000. 00 355, 000. 00 ------------- .....-------------- 36, 000. 00 Balance unexpended July 1, 1941_ ------------------------- $122, 284. 85 Amount allotted from War Department Civil Appropriation Act ap- proved Apr. 28, 1942 ------------------------------- _ __ 36, 000. 00 Amount to be accounted for__-------------------------_ 158, 284. 85 Gross amount expended------------------------- $101, 287. 38 Less reimbursements collected---------------------- 32, 559. 45 68, 727. 93 Balance unexpended June 30, 1942----------------------- 89, 556. 92 Amount covered by uncompleted contracts_ -___ 44, 730. 86 Balance available June 30, 1942-------------------------_ 44, 826. 06 Amount (estimated) required to be appropriated for completion of existing project 1 2 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -- - -- - -- - -- - -- _ 24, 000.00 Amount that can be profitably expended in fiscal year ending June 30, 1944, for maintenance 1 --- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 36, 000.00 1 Exclusive of available funds. 2 In addition, $8,000 is to be contributed by local interests. RIVERS AND HARBORS-PROVIDENCE, R. I., DISTRICT 129 CONTRIBUTED FUNDS Cost of new work to June 30, 1942__________ _______------- $144, 798.06 Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1942- ------------------------ Total cost of permanent work to June 30, 1942__- __--- 144, 798. 06 Net total expenditures -- ----------------------------------- 144, 798. 06 Unexpended balance June 30, 1942___-------------- ------------ 27, 201. 94 Total amount contributed to June 30, 1942--------------- 172, 000. 00 Fiscal year ending June 30 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 Cost of new work-----..----------------------------------------$112, 355.20 $32, 442. 86 Cost of maintenance ..---------------------------------------------------------- Total expended ___ __.. __.____.__ ___--------------___ _____-_ 112, 355.20 32, 442. 86 Contributed..........--------------- -------------- ......-------------- 172, 000 ..............--------------...... Balance unexpended July 1, 1941------------------------------ $59, 644.80 Gross amount expended ----- ----- _________--_ 32, 442. 86 Balance unexpended June 30, 1942_____________-____--- 27, 201. 94 Amount covered by uncompleted contracts____________________- 21, 583.20 Balance available June 30, 1942 ___ _____________- ____-5, 618. 74 Amount (estimated) required to be appropriated for completion of existing project 1 __------ ---- ___ 8, 000. 00 1 Exclusive of available funds. CONSOLIDATED COST AND FINANCIAL SUMMARY FOR STAMFORD HARBOR, CONN. Cost of new work to June 30, 1942-------------------------- $990, 439. 90 Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1942______________-______ 195, 776. 37 Total cost of permanent work to June 30, 1942----------1, 186, 216. 27 Minus accounts payable June 30, 1942-------------------------- 5, 438. 30 Net total expenditures ----------------------------- 1,180,777. 97 Unexpended balance June 30, 1942 --------------------------- 116, 758. 86 Total amount appropriated and contributed to June 30, 1942_ 1, 297, 536. 83 Fiscal year ending June 30 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 Cost of new work---- __------- $56, 717. 62 $34, 722. 02 $59, 911. 83 $356, 247. 71 $77, 355. 71 Cost of maintenance....------------ 23, 041. 37 755. 96 .............. Total cost-................. 79, 758. 99 35, 477. 98 59, 911.83 356, 247. 71 77, 355. 71 Total expended-----------------................. 87, 765. 52 27, 935. 15 68, 792. 80 329, 700. 35 101, 170. 79 Allotted and contributed---------......... 114, 000. 00 355, 000. 00 172, 000. 00 - - - - -...... 36, 000. 00 130 REPORT OF CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMY, 1942 Balance unexpended July 1, 1941-------------------------- $181, 929:65 Amount allotted from War Department Civil Appropriation Act approved Apr. 28, 1942_------------------------ 36, 000. 00 Amount to be accounted for________________ - _____- 217, 929. 65 Gross amount expended-- ---------------------- $133, 730. 24 Less reimbursements collected--------------------- 32, 559. 45 101, 170. 79 Balance unexpended June 30, 1942__ __- -______ -_ 116, 758. 86 Amount covered by uncompleted contracts ____-____--______ 66, 314. 06 Balance available June 30, 1942_-_- _ _____-- 50, 444. 80 Amount (estimated) required to be appropriated for completion of existing project 12-- ____---- _____ 24, 000. 00 Amount that can be profitably expended in fiscal year ending June 30, 1944, for maintenance 1--------_-- - __ 36, 000. 00 1Exclusive of available funds. 2 In addition. $8,000 is to be contributed by local interests. 32. GREENWICH HARBOR, CONN. Location.-On the north shore of Long Island Sound, about 29 miles east of New York City. (See U. S. Coast and Geodetic Survey Chart No. 222.) Previous projects.-Adopted by River and Harbor Act of June 3, 1896. For further details see Annual Report for 1917, page 198, and Annual Report for 1938, page 142. Existing project.-This provides for a channel 12 feet deep, 130 feet wide through the outer harbor, about 0.8 mile, and 100 feet wide along the wharf front to a point 500 feet from the head of the harbor, nearly 0.5 mile. The plane of reference is mean low water, the mean tidal range being 7.4 feet, and the extreme range due to the combined effect of wind and other causes 12 feet or more. The estimate of cost for new work, made in 1919, was $49,000, exclu- sive of amounts expended on previous projects. The latest (1928) approved estimate for annual cost of maintenance is $2,250. The existing project was adopted by the River and Harbor Act of March 2, 1919 (H. Doc. No. 289, 63d Cong., 1st sess.). The project document and House Document No. 125, Seventy-sixth Congress, first session, contain the latest published maps. Recommended modifications of project.-Under date of December 28, 1938, the Chief of Engineers recommended modification of the existing project so as to provide for a northerly extension of the exist- ing 12-foot channel for a distance of 450 feet, with a width of 100 to 140 feet, and for anchorage areas west of the existing channel, 8 feet deep east and south of Grass Island and 6 feet deep north thereof, at an estimated total cost of $62,000 for new work, with $3,100 annually for maintenance in addition to the amount now required subject to certain conditions of local cooperation (H. Doc. No. 125, 76th Cong., 1st sess.). Terminal facilities.-These consist of wharves and piers with a total of about 2,500 feet of berthing space, of which about 1,300 feet is open to public use at the convenience of the owners. The facilities are considered adequate for the existing commerce. RIVERS AND HARBORS-PROVIDENCE, R. I., DISTRICT 131 Operations and results during fiscal year.--None. Condition at end of fiscal year.-The existing project was com- pleted in 1924. The controlling depth, as determined on May 25, 1940, was 13 feet from Long Island Sound to the north limit of the project. The costs and expenditures have been $37,295.45 for new work and $62,763.39 for maintenance, a total of $100,058.84. Proposedoperations.-No funds are available and no operations are contemplated during the fiscal year 1943. The sum of $20,000 can be profitably expended during the fiscal year 1944 in maintenance dredging about 40,000 cubic yards of mud and sand from the channel by contract. Cost and financial summary Cost of new work to June 30, 1942___________ -------- ____-_ $54, 312. 64 Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1942____________________________ 75,669.90 Total cost of permanent work to June 30, 1942_______________ 129, 982. 54 Net total expenditures__--_ --------------------- 129, 982. 54 Total amount appropriated to June 30, 1942 129. 982. 54 Fiscal year ending June 30 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 Cost of new work ...------------ ----..... ----........ ... ------- -- Cost ofmaintenance-- ....--..-------------------------------- $32,500 ............................. Total expended ..--------. -----. -----------.--------- -------- 32,500, .......................... Allotted_ --------------- -------------- $43, 500 000 --11, Amount that can be profitably expended in fiscal year ending June 30, 1944, for maintenance__------------------------- $20, 000. 00 33. EXAMINATIONS, SURVEYS, AND CONTINGENCIES (GENERAL) The cost of the work during the year amounted to $29,066.28; the expenditures were $29,396.39. The balance unexpended on June 30, 1942, amounting to $20,726.71, will be applied as needed to payment of expenses incurred under this heading throughout the fiscal year 1943. The additional sum of $60,000 can be profitably expended during the fiscal year 1944. Cost and financial summary Cost of new work to June 30, 1942__________________ ________ Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1942_______________________--$592, 805. 59 Total cost of permanent work to June 30, 1942------------- 592, 805. 59 Minus accounts payable June 30, 1942_______________----- __--_ 366. 10 Net total expenditures------- ----- ------------ 592, 439. 49 Unexpended balance June 30, 1942 ---------------------------- 20, 726. 71 Total amount appropriated to June 30, 1942-------------- 613, 166. 20 132 REPORT OF CHIEF OF ENGINEEIRS, U. S. ARMY, 1942 Fiscal year ending June 30 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 Cost of new work ......---------....- ----------------------------------- -------------- ----------- Cost of maintenance..--......... $78, 707.72 $100, 627. 21 $67, 494.77 $45,857.35 $29, 066.28 78, 330. 82 96, 745. 28 Total expended .........----------------........ 71, 434. 19 46, 487. 26 29, 396.39 Allotted .--. . --.- .. 119, 299. 63 126, 570. 00 50,000. 00 40, 000. 00 Balance unexpended July 1, 1941 ______ _______________ $50, 123. 10 Gross amount expended -------------------------- $31, 029. 86 Less reimbursements collected_____- ____--- - - ____ 1,633.47 29,396. 39 Balance unexpended June 30, 1942.__--------------------- 20, 726.-71 Outstanding liabilities June 30, 1942_______________________ 371.62 Balance available June 30, 1942__ - ------ ___________ - 204355. 09 Amount that can be profitably expended in fiscal year ending June 30. 1944 for maintenance ------ ------------------------- 60, 000. 00 1 Exclusive of available funds. 34. OTHER PROJECTS FOR WHICH NO ESTIMATES ARE SUBMITTED For last Cost and expenditures to full re- June 30, 1942 Estimated Name of project pert see amount re- Annual quired to Report New work Mainte- complete for- nance 1. Hyannis Harbor, Mass.' 2 __ -_ 1937 $197, 382. 58 $27, 067. 78 Completed. 2. Little Harbor, Woods Hole, Mass.' 2---....... 1906 18,000.000. 00 -------------- Do. 3. Woods Hole Channel, Mass.2_----------_ 1940 338, 599.92 11, 660.57 Do. 4. Canapitsit Channel, Mass.' 2 4________________ 1899 9, 112.54 Do. 5. Cuttyhunk Harbor, Mass.2_.---------- -_ 1940 8 27, 167. 86 17,660. 50 Do. 6. Sakonnet Harbor, R. I.' 2 -_____-- _____ 1940 62, 202. 50 9, 967. 97 Do. 3-------- 7. Sakonnet River, R. 1.2 1909 38, 426. 95 ........... Do. 8. Harbor at Coasters 2Harbor Island, R. 1.1 1911 5, 500. 00 13, 052. 49 Do. 9. Warren River, R. I. _______________________ 1890 5, 000. 00 .Do. 10. Greenwich Bay, R. I.1 2__ 1 1893 2, 000. 00 ___ ___ Do. 11. Potowomut River, R. I. 2 4__ _ _ 1882 5,000. 00 ____-________ Do. 12. Wickford Harbor, R. I.212-- _ - - 1900 16, 300. 00 __ _______ Do. 13. Entrance to Point Judith Pond, R. I.12 . 1917 12, 000.00 ____________ Do. 14. Stonington Harbor, Conn ..... __------______ 1941 337, 453. 83 45, 007. 85 $2,500. 15. Hay (West) Harbor, N. Y.2 ----------------- 1931 8,401. 15 -------------... .... Completed. 16. Eightmile River, Conn.' 2 6 1913 9, 000. 00 _-- _-__- _ $1,500. 17. Connecticut River above Hartford, Conn. 8___ 1932 116, 324. 81 14, 373. 54 $1,000,000.7 18. Clinton Harbor, Conn.' 2 10 1894 6,330. 02 1,917.25 Completed. 19. Westport Harbor and Saugatuck River, ........ Conn. ____________________________________ 1927 32, 104. 55 3, 360. 44 $5,800. 20. Harbor at Wilson Point, Conn. 2____- _ - 1895 54, 176. 90 ..... _ Completed. 21. Fivemile River Harbor, Conn.2 11-....-. _ 1938 35, 490. 44 31, 311.43 $10,500. 1 No commerce reported. 2 Maintenance unnecessary or not urgent. 3 Commerce included under Tiverton Harbor, R. I. 4 Abandonment recommended in H. Doc. 467, 69th Cong., 1st sess. 2 Completion unnecessary for existing commerce. 8 Awaiting local cooperation. Under date of Jan. 14, 1939, the Chief of Engineers recommended modi- fication of the existing project to provide for construction of a lock, dam, and power plant at Enfield Rapids (H. Doc. 165, 76th Cong., 1st sess.). 7 Estimated cost of project, $3,384,000; expenditures limited by law to $1,000,000. 8 In addition, $11,643.37 was expended from contributed funds. 9 Modification recommended Nov. 15, 1940, in H. Doc. 98, 77th Cong., 1st sess. 10Modification recommended Dec. 28, 1938, in H. Doc. 240, 76th Cong., 1st sess. 21 Curtailment recommended Dec. 15, 1914, in H. Doc. 1419, 63d Cong., 3d sess. 12 Modification recommended Apr. 29, 1941, in S. Doc. No. 105, 77th Cong., 1st sess. RIVERS AND HARBORS-PROVIDENCE, R. I., DISTRICT 133 35. PLANT ALLOTMENT, PROVIDENCE, R. I., DISTRICT Cost and financial summary Undistributed costs June 30, 1942___________---------------------- $47, 496. 32 Net total cost to June 30, 1942-----------------------------47, 496. 32 Plus accounts receivable June 30, 1942 _____-_______-------------77, 024. 65 Gross total costs to June 30, 1942 ------ ----------------- 124, 520. 97 Minus accounts payable June 30, 1942------------------- 76, 614. 06 Net total expenditures________------------------- 47, 906. 91 Unexpended balance June 30, 1942--_ ------------------------------ 38, 335. 99 Total amount appropriated to June 30, 1942--------------- 86, 242. 90 Fiscal year ending June 30 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 Total expended--_--------------$68, 368. 21 $25, 804. 65 -$112, 157. 86 $94, 032. 97 $67, 359.41 Allotted--------- -- -- ---- --------- 39,300.00 .......... ------------------------------- Balance unexpended July 1, 1941__ $105, 695. 40 Gross amount expended ----------------- $1, 507,106.44 Less: Reimbursements collected------- $1, 438, 578.97 Receipts from sales , 168. 06 1------------- 1, 439, 747. 03 67, 359. 41 Balance unexpended June 30, 1942.-------- 38, 335. 99 Outstanding liabilities June 30, 1942_________________ ___________ 84, 354. 62 'Balance available June 30, 1942_______________--________ -46,018. 63 Accounts receivable June 30, 1942_ ______________________________ 77, 024. 65 Unobligated balance available June 30, 1942______________--_ 31, 006. 02 Status of all investigations for navigationcalled for by river and harbor acts and committee resolutions Date trans- Locality Authorization act mitted to Document number Recomn Congress Bass River Harbor, Mass_-- Rivers and Harbors Feb. 14, 1942 --------- ____ Unfavorable. Committee resolu- tion, Jan. 18, 1938. Block Island, R. I., inner Commerce Commit- July 18, 1941 House 330, 77th Favorable. harbor. tee resolution, Mar. Cong., 1st sess. 5, 1940. Do_ _------------------_ Rivers and Harbors . do.---------..-do------------ Do. Committee resolu- tion, Mar. 26, 1940. Chatham Harbor, Mass., Rivers and Harbors Dec. 10, 1941 House 456, 77th Favorable. from Nantucket Sound to Committee resolu- Cong., 1st sess. deep water in Stage Har- tion, Jan. 19, 1940. bor. Connecticut River, between Rivers and Harbors Oct. 8, 1941-----------------....Unfavorable. Hartford, Conn., and Committee resolu- Holyoke, Mass. tion, Apr. 17 1940. Mianus River, Conn- .... . River and Harbor Act, --------------...................... Aug. 26, 1937. Mystic River, Conn-.. - -. Rivers and Harbors Aug. 4, 1941 House 349, 77th Favorable. Committee resolu- Cong., 1st sess. tion, Oct. 24, 1939. Providence River and Har- Commerce Commit- Oct. 15,1941 --------------.... Unfavorable. bor, R.I. tee resolution, June 6, 1939. 134 REPORT OF CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMY, 1942 Status of all investigations for navigation called for by river and harbor acts and committee resolutions--Continued Date trans- Locality Authorization act mitted to Document number Recommenda- Congress tion Sakonnet Harbor, R. I-..... Rivers and Harbors Oct. 15, 1941 ---------- Unfavorable. Committee resolu- tion, Feb. 15, 1939. Rivers and Harbors Taunton River, Mass_______...... . Committee resolu- tion, May 15, 1939. Westport Harbor and Sau- Rivers and Harbors Aug. 8,1941-------- _ Do. gatuck River, Conn., en- Committee resolu- larging basin at Compo tion, Feb. 16, 1939. Beach. Westport Harbor and Sau- Rivers and Harbors ....- do------ _ ---- _--____ -_Do. gatuck River, Conn., to Committee resolu- modify existing project. tion, Feb. 16, 1940. Wickford Harbor, R. I _ _ Commerce Commit- July 18,1941 Senate 105, 77th Favorable. tee resolution, Mar. Cong., 1st sess. 26, 1940. Woods Hole and Little Rivers and Harbors Woods Hole Harbor, Committee resolu- Mass. tion, June 6, 1939. 36. CONNECTICUT RIVER BASIN, VT., N. H., MASS., AND CONN. Location.-The works covered by this project are a series of dams and reservoirs on tributaries of the Connecticut River in Vermont, New Hampshire, and Massachusetts, within a radius of 230 miles from Hartford, Conn., and local protection works at several cities in the basin. Existing project.-The Flood Control Act, approved June 22, 1936, as amended by the act approved May 25, 1937 (Public, No. 111, 75th Cong.), authorized the construction of 10 reservoirs on tributaries of the Connecticut River in accordance with plans in House Document No. 412, Seventy-fourth Congress, second session, as the same may be revised upon further investigation of the 1936 flood; estimated con- struction cost, $10,028,900; estimated cost of land and damages, $3,344,100. The Flood Control Act, approved June 28, 1938, approved a general comprehensive plan for the control of floods and other purposes in the Connecticut River Valley, as set forth in House Document No. 455, Seventy-fifth Congress, second session, and authorized the sum of $11,524,000 for construction of local flood-protection projects in the plan. The act of October 15, 1940, modified the act of June 28, 1938, to provide additional protection at East Hartford, Conn., as set forth in House Document No. 653, Seventy-sixth Congress, third session, at an additional cost of $1,640,000. The act of August 18, 1941, modified the comprehensive plan approved in 1938 to include the improvements recommended in House Document 653, Seventy-sixth Congress, third session, and House Document 724, Seventy-sixth Congress, third ses- sion, with such further modifications as may be found justifiable in the discretion of the Secretary of War and the Chief of Engineers. The latter act also authorized to be appropriated the additional sums of $6,000,000 for local protection works and $10,000,000 for reservoirs. Following are lists of the reservoirs and local protection works consid- ered in the modified comprehensive plans: DAMS AND RESERVOIRS Distance Estimated cost above Name Nearest city mouth of Height Type Reservoir Connect- capacity Construc- Land and icut damages 1 Total River tion 17000 -- 1 - - - I I - Massachusetts: Miles Feet Acre-feet Knightville 2____________- _ -_____ Knightville, Mass .--.. 102. 8 160 Earth fill-..-..... 39, 300 $2, 296, 000 $874, 000 $3, 170, 000 West Brookfield __________--------- West Brookfield, Mass___ 99. 1 31 -_ do .. .. .. . 33, 900 635, 000 1,682, 000 2, 317, 000 Barre 2Falls................------------------- Barre, Mass_ 130. 2 63. 5 .... do .......... 24, 300 876, 000 89, 000 965, 000 T u lly - ----------- ----------------- Fryville, Mass__ 148. 7 62 ..... d o .. . .. . 22, 150 596, 000 163, 000 759, 000 Birch Hill 2_ South Royalston, Mass 153. 3 56 .. . ..d o . . . . . . . . . . . 49, 900 1,215, 000 2, 885, 000 4,100, 000 New Hampshire: -_ do ..- ---- Honey Hill ------------------------- Keene, N. H____ 168. 9 65 26, 200 1, 398, 000 537, 000 1, 935, 000 Surry Mountain 2_______________ .... do_ - 174. 4 83 _ . do -- -- - 32, 500 1, 291, 000 354, 000 1, 645, 000 Clarem ont 2 ..__......... .......... Claremont, N. H___________ 202. 4 122. 5 - do ...-- - 78, 400 3, 170, 000 1, 990, 000 5,160, 000 O West Canaan_____________ West Canaan, N. H___ 233. 8 79 _. do_ _- 34, 100 968, 000 1,552, 000 2, 520, 000 Sugar Hill _... ...------------------Lisbon, N. H - 280. 9 163 .....do ---- 91, 600 3, 500, 000 3, 385, 000 6, 885, 000 Vermont: W illiamsville _. ......... .. ..... Brattleboro, Vt_ 154. 5 300 Concrete- _------ 445, 000 25, 028, 000 4, 072, 000 29, 100, 000 Cambridgeport-----_ ---------------- Cambridgeport, Vt .__- 180. 3 101 Earth fill _--- --- 21, 600 1, 355, 000 620, 000 1, 975. 000 b Brockway .- ------ Brockway Mills, Vt_ 182. 0 132 _.-- do .--- - 32, 300 1, 380, 000 1,564, 000 2, 944, 000 North Springfield____ North Springfield, Vt__ - 191. 3 106 .. ..do _-- - .- .- - 33. ,J 1,693, 000 325, 000 2, 018, 000 0 Ludlow__-------------- Ludlow, Vt . 211.8 118 ..... do _---- - 23, 900 925, 000 1,275, 000 2, 200, 000 North Hartland______________ North Hartland, Vt___ 211. 7 176 --- do _--- - - 71, 100 3, 300, 000 330, 000 3, 630, 000 0 South Tunbridge-------- South Royalton, Vt .... Gaysville, Vt_ 234. 5 105 -do .......... 32, 600 1, 305, 000 2,665, 000 970, 000 2, 275, 000 4, 785, 000 g Gaysville_--- ------------------- 246. 8 178 Concrete __ 84, 300 2,120,000 Union Village 2- .. _____ Union Village, Vt_ - - 228. 4 306. 0 170 75 Earth fill -_----- 30, 200 28, 200 2, 108, 000 1, 100, 000 268, 000 2, 376, 000 1, 415, 000 0a Victory_------------------- North Concord, Vt _. .-... _--_ do ...------- 315, 000 1Includes highway, railroad, and utilities relocation. 2 Details of these project items are given in individual reports. - 0 4-4 136 REPORT OF CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMY, 1942 LOCAL PROTECTION WORKS Distance Estimated cost above mouth Location of Con- Type of structure necticut Construc- Land and Total River tion damages (miles) Hartford, Conn.1 52 Wall and levee------------... $5, 485,000 $730, 000 $6, 215, 000 East Hartford, Conn.'L 1 -_ 52 - do_----- _ -- 2, 350, 000 270, 000 2, 620, 000 Springfield, Mass. .-... 76 _-do---_ ---- -925, 000 272, 000 1, 197, 000 West Springfield, Mass.L_- 76 .-- do------------------- 1, 252, 000 30, 000 1, 282, 000 Chicopee, Mass.i.. _ 80 do .....------------------- 1, 592, 000 500, 000 2, 092, 000 Holyoke, Mass.1 ----------- 85 --- do----------- -------- 2, 424, 000 150, 000 2, 574, 000 Northampton, Mass.1 _-- 94 - .. do_ _ 960, 000 150, 000 1, 110, 000 Springdale, Mass---------- 84 .. do_ 390, 000 57, 000 447, 000 Riverdale, Mass....----------- 80 do ...... _._. ... 490, 000 50, 000 540, 000 Winsted, Conn-.......... 115 Channel improvement ...-- 140, 000 3, 000 143, 000 ' Details of this project item are given in individual reports. Operations and results during fiscal year.-Stream gaging, rainfall studies, foundation exploration, laboratory tests, and design in con- nection with reservoir sites were conducted during the year. The cost was $10,652.04. The expenditures were $7,489.58. Condition at end of fiscal year.-Surveys and plans for the develop- ment of the comprehensive plan have been well advanced. The con- struction progress of projects selected for construction under this au- thorization is given in individual reports. The total costs under the existing project have been $666,798.31. The expenditures have been $697,304.40. Proposed operations.-It is proposed to apply the funds unexpended on June 30, 1942, amounting to $5,695.60, plus accounts receivable of $6,517.72, a total of $12,213.32, to accounts payable, $1,517.80, and to new work, rainfall studies, stream flow studies, laboratory tests, de- sign, hydraulic and geologic studies, period July 1942 to June 1943, $10,695.52. The sum of $300,000 can be profitably expended during the fiscal year 1944 in continuing engineering studies and the preparation of plans and specifications for flood control dams and reservoirs, and local protection works included in the comprehensive plan. Cost and financial summary Cost of new work to June 30, 1942___ ------- $666, 798. 31 Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1942_ Total cost of permanent work to June 30, 1942________-- 666, 798. 31 Undistributed costs June 30, 1942______ ------- ----------- 25, 506. 17 Net total cost to June 30, 1942_____________-------------- 692, 304. 48 Plus accounts receivable June 30, 1942____________ --------- 6, 517. 72 Gross total costs to June 30, 1942_----------- ----- --- - 698, 822. 20 Minus accounts payable June 30, 1942_----------------- 1, 517. 80 Net total expenditures_______-------------------6--- 697, 304 .40 Unexpended balance June 30, 1942_--------- 5, 695. 60 Total amount appropriated to June 30, 1942__ ___---- 703, 000.00 RIVERS AND HARBOIR&~--PROVIDENCE, R. I., DISTRICT 137 Fiscal year ending June 30- 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 Cost of new work--.----- -.... - $305, 460. 52 $201, 776. 95 $95, 252. 63 $53, 656. 17 $10, 652. 04 Cost of m aintenance ........... . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . ....................... I------------- Total expended---------------...............-- 302, 305. 16 297, 617. 25 44, 205. 04 45, 687.37 7, 489. 58 Allotted .......................---------------------- 713, 000. 00 75,000.00 125, 000.00 -210, 000. 00 --.. . Balance unexpended July 1, 1941 ---------------- ----------- $13, 185. 18 Gross amount expended-------- -------------- $59, 870. 61 Less reimbursements collected------------------- 52, 381. 03 7, 489. 58 Balance unexpended June 30, 1942------------------- -- 5, 695. 80 Outstanding liabilities June 30, 1942 1----------------------- 1, 517. 80 Balance available June 30, 1942-------------------- 4, 177. 80 Accounts receivable June 30, 1942----------------------------- 6, 517. 72 Unobligated balance available June 30, 1942-------------- 10, 695. 52 Amount (estimated) required to be appropriated for completion of existing project 1----------------------------------- 0, 000, 000. 00 Amount that can be profitably expended in fiscal year ending June 30, 1944, for new work - - - - - -- -- - - - - - - - - - - -- - - - - - - - - 300, 000. 00 1 Exclusive of available funds. 37. CLAREMONT RESERVOIR, CONNECTICUT RIVER BASIN, N. H. Location.-The site of the proposed Claremont Dam is on the Sugar River, about 7 miles above its junction with the Connecticut River and about 1 mile southeast of Claremont, N. H. The reservoir will extend upstream approximately 4.5 miles. Existing project.-This project provides for the construction of a rolled-fill earth dam 2,300 feet long at the crest line, rising 122.5 feet above the stream bed and providing a total storage capacity of 78,400 acre-feet. The reservoir will be operated as a unit of a coordinated reservoir system for the control of floods in the Connecticut River Basin. The estimated cost, revised in 1940, is $3,170,000 for construction and $1,990,000 for lands and damages, including highway, railroad, and utilities relocation, a total of $5,160,000 for new work. The esti- mated cost for annual maintenance is $18,500, of which $5,000 is for operating and care. The existing project was adopted by the Flood Control Act ap- proved June 22, 1936, as modified by the act of June 28, 1938 (H. Doc. No. 455, 75th Cong., 2d sess.). Local cooperation.-Section 2 of the Flood Control Act approved June 28, 1938, applies. Operations and results during fiscal year.-Operationsconsisted of dam site surveys, geological investigations, land surveys, and pre- liminary designs. The costs were $18,042.01 for new work. The ex- penditures were $20,480.06. Condition at end of fiscal year.-Geologicalinvestigations were com- pleted. Dam site surveys were 90 percent complete. Preliminary design was 13 percent complete. The total costs under the project have been $110,044.76 for new work. The expenditures have been $110,071.09. 138 REPORT OF CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMY, 1942 Proposed operations.--Itis proposed to apply the funds unexpended on June 30, 1942, amounting to $39,928.91 and accounts receivable of $26.33, a total of $39,955.24, to new work, surveys, foundation explora- tions, engineering studies, and design by hired labor, July 1942 to June 1943. Cost and financial summary Cost of new work to June 30, 1942 ------- __---.______--- $110, 044. 76 Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1942 ________ ____ Total cost of permanent work to June 30, 1942______________ 110, 044.76 Plus accounts receivable June 30, 1942_-............ ------____ 26. 33 Gross total costs to June 30, 1942 -- __------.. __- _ 110, 071. 09 Net total expenditures--------------- --------------------- 110, 071. 09 Unexpended balance June 30, 1942-----------------------------39, 928. 91 Total amount appropriated to June 30, 1942---------------- 150, 000. 00 Fiscal year ending June 30-- 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 Cost of new work----------------____________-------------- Cost of maintenance - --- -- - - - - - - -- ------ $33.04 - - - - -- $91,969. 71 - - -- - - $18,042.01 -- ---- Total expended___ _..............___ __________ ____________________________ 89, 591.03 20,480.06 Allotted....... ......-------------------------------------------- 150, 000. 00-------------- Balance unexpended July 1, 1941-----------------------------$60, 408. 97 Gross amount expended______________________-_____ 20, 480. 06 Balance unexpended June 30, 1942------------------------39, 928. 91 Accounts receivable June 30, 1942 __-- ____ -__-_______--- 26. 33 Unobligated balance available June 30, 1942_________ ___ 39, 955. 24 Amount (estimated) required to be appropriated for completion of existing project _ ------------------------ -------------- 5, 010, 000. 00 1 Exclusive of available funds. 38. UNION VILLAGE RESERVOIR, CONNECTICUT RIVER BASIN, VT. Location.-The site of the proposed Union Village Dam is on the Ompompanoosuc River, about 4 miles above its junction with the Con- necticut River and one-quarter mile north of Union Village, Vt. The reservoir will extend upstream approximately 31/2 miles. Existing project.-This project provides for the construction of an hydraulic-fill earth dam, 1,100 feet long at the crest line, rising 170 feet above the stream bed and providing a total storage capacity of 30,200 acre-feet. The spillway will have a broad-crested weir, 370 feet long, built on rock, with a discharge capacity of 52,000 cubic feet per second. The outlet will consist of a 13-foot diameter tunnel 1,200 feet long. Control will be accomplished by gates mechanically operated from a house over a shaft near the middle of the tunnel. The drainage area controlled is approximately 126 square miles. Provision will be made for future installation of penstocks for the development of hy- droelectric power. The reservoir will be operated as a unit of a coor- dinated reservoir system for the control of floods in the Connecticut River Basin. The estimated cost, revised in 1939, is $2,108,000 for construction and $268,000 for lands and damages, including highway relocation, a total RIVERS AND HARBORS$-PROVIDENCE, R. I., DISTRICT 139 of $2,376,000 for new work. The estimated cost for annual mainte- nance is $16,300, of which $5,000 is for operating and care. The existing project was authorized by the Flood Control Acts ap- proved June 22, 1936, and June 28, 1938 (H. Doc. No. 455, 75th Cong., 2d sess.). Local cooperation.-Section 2 of the Flood Control Act approved June 28, 1938, applies. Operations and results during fiscal year.--None. The costs were $8.40, and expenditures were minus $618.58 for new work. Condition at end of fiscal year.-Revision of plans and specifica- tions was 85 percent complete. No construction operations were in progress at the end of the year. The total costs under the project have been $21,317.81, for new work. The expenditures have been $21,317.81. In addition, $104,411.93 from funds allotted for develop- ment of the general comprehensive plan for flood control in the Con- necticut River Basin was applied to preliminary exploration, sur- veys, and design of the Union Village Reservoir. Proposedoperations.-Itis proposed to apply the funds unexpended on June 30, 1942, amounting to $18,682.19, to new work, surveys, foundation explorations, and design by hired labor, July 1942 to June 1943. Cost and financial summary Cost of new work to June 30, 1942------------------------------- $21, 317. 81 Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1942......-. - -- Total cost of permanent work to June 30, 1942---------------21, 317. 81 Net total expenditures------------------_ 21, 317. 81 Unexpended balance June 30, 142--------------------------------18, 682. 19 Total amount appropriated to June 30, 1942------------------- 40, 000. 00 Fiscal year ending June 30- 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 Cost of new work --------------- _______ ___ _ $14, 073. 28 $4, 353. 08 $2, 883. 05 $8. 40 Cost of maintenance -------------------- ------ -- -- - Total expended..........._ ___-------------- 13, 771. 65 5, 281. 69 2, 883. 05 -618. 58 Allotted- _ __-------. _ _ 600, 000. 00 -------------- _-------------- 560, 000. 00 Balance unexpended July 1, 1941_______-------------------_ _ $18, 063. 61 Reimbursements collected .__________________ ____----- 618. 58 Unobligated balance available June 30, 1942----------------- 18, 682. 19 Amount (estimated) required to be appropriated for completion of existing project 1------ ---- --------- 2, 336, 000. 00 1 Exclusive of available funds. 39. SURRY MOUNTAIN RESERVOIR, CONNECTICUT RIVER BASIN, N. H. Location.-The site of the Surry Mountain Dam is on the Ashuelot River, about 34.6 miles above its junction with the Connecticut River and 5 miles north of Keene, N. H. The reservoir will extend upstream about 3 miles. Existing project.-This project provides for the construction of a rolled-fill earth dam 1,670 feet long at its crest, rising 85 feet above 140 REPORT OF CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMY, 1942 the stream bed, and providing a total storage capacity of 32,500 acre- feet. The spillway consists of an open side channel with a low con- crete weir 337.5 feet long, with a discharge capacity of 40,900 cubic feet per second. The outlet consists of a 10-foot-diameter tunnel 383 feet long. Control is accomplished by gates mechanically operated, through a shaft, from a house above. The drainage area controlled is approximately 100 square miles. The reservoir is operated as a unit of a coordinated reservoir system for the control of floods in the Con- necticut River Basin. The estimated cost, revised in 1941, is $1,291,000 for construction and $354,000 for lands and damages, including highway relocations, a total of $1,645,000 for new work. The estimated cost for annual main- tenance is $11,700, of which $5,000 is for operating and care. The existing project was authorized by the Flood Control Acts approved June 22, 1936, and June 28, 1938 (H. Doc. No. 455, 75th Cong., 2d sess.). Local cooperation.-Section 2 of the Flood Control Act approved June 28, 1938, applies. Operations and results during fiscal year.-Work on the construc- tion of the dam and appurtenant works was initiated in August 1939 under continuing contract and was completed June 6, 1942. Con- struction during the year included placing material in the dam em- bankment, buildingthe spillway and weir, and construction of op- erating house, and the installation of gates and equipment. This work involved the excavation of 326.200 cubic yards of earth, and 29,600 cubic yards of rock, placing 257,500 cubic yards of earth fill, 37,000 cubic yards of rock fill, and 4,850 cubic yards of concrete, at a cost of $357,.571.19. No additional work was done on utility relo- cation and the work remains about 90 percent complete. No costs were incurred. Work was continued and about 80 percent complete at the end of the year on land acquisition in the dam site and reser- voir areas; 287.17 acres of land were acquired, at a cost of $44,300.23. The total costs, including engineering, amounting to $6,013.63, were $407,885.05 for new work. The expenditures were $445,560.40. Maintenance and operation costs were $255.39. Condition at end of fiscal year.-The existing project is approxi- mately 95 percent complete. The work required to complete the project consists of the preparation of final construction plans and report, removal of rock slide from spillway, completion of utility relocation, and land acquisition, miscellaneous fencing, sodding and seeding, the construction of operators' quarters and a permanent field office and the clearing of the reservoir area of floating materials. The costs of the existing project for new work have been $1,556,. 193.02. The expenditures have been $1,499,241.95. In addition, $104,708.83 from funds allotted for the development of the general comprehensive plan for flood control in the Connecticut River Basin was applied to preliminary explorations, surveys, and designs of the Surry Mountain Reservoir project. The, costs of maintenance and operations were $255.39. The ex- penditures were $96.72. Proposed operations.--It is proposed to apply funds unexpended on June 30, 1942, amounting to $172,758.05, and accounts receivable, $162.42, a total of $172,920.47 as follows: RIVERS AND HARBORS-PROVIDENCE, R. I., DISTRICT 141 Accounts payable---------------- --------------------------- $57, 368. 88 New work: Acquisition of rights-of-way and lands, clearing of reser- voir area, removal of fallen rock from spillway channel, construc- tion of operators' quarters and permanent field office, period July 1942 to June 1943----------------------------------------- 88, 648. 31 Maintenance: Operation and maintenance of the flood-control reser- voir, period July 1942 to June 1943 ------------------------- 26, 903. 28 Total------------------------------------------------- 172, 920. 47 The above operations will complete the Surry Mountain Dam and Reservoir. The sum of $11,700 can be profitably expended during the fiscal year 1944 for the operation and maintenance of the flood-control reservoir. Cost and financial summary Cost of new work to June 30, 1942--------------------------- $1, 556, 193. 02 Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1942-------------------------- 255. 39 Total cost of permanent work to June 30, 1942----------- 1, 556, 448. 41 Plus accounts receivable June 30, 1942 62. 42 1---------- Gross total costs to June 30, 1942------------------------1, 556, 610. 83 Minus accounts payable June 30, 1942-------------------------- 57, 368. 88 Net total expenditures--------------------------------- 1, 499, 241. 95 Unexpended balance June 30, 1942 ----------------------------- 172, 758. 05 Total amount appropriated to June 30, 1942-------------- 1, 672, 000. 00 Fiscal year ending June 30- 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 Cost of new work ------------- $14, 642. 98 $344, 216. 39 $789, 448. 60 $407, 885. 05 Cost of maintenance-.. . .-- --------------.. 255. 39 Total cost-------------------------- -14, 642. 98 344, 216. 39 789, 448. 60 408, 140. 44 ---- T o t a l e x pe n de d-. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 , 8 6 8. 16 2 8 7 , 7 2 6 . 59 7 5 3, 08 6 . 8 0 4 4 5 , 56 0. 4 0 Allotted..------- -------------- 1,070, 000.00 275, 000. 00 260, 000. 00 67, 000. 00 Balance unexpended July 1, 1941_ $551, 318. 45 Amount allotted from War Department Civil Appropria- tion Act approved June 28, 1939 .. __-- ------- $25, OOC Amount allotted from War Department Civil Appropria- tion Act approved April 28, 1942_______________ - 42, 00O 67, 000. 00 Amount to be accounted for------------------------------ 618, 318. 45 Gross amount expended ______________---------_ $446, 742.18 Less : Reimbursements collected------------- $19. 78 Receipts from --------- sales_ ___ _ 1,162. 00 1,181.78 172, 758. 05 Balance unexpended June 30, 1942___________ 172, 758. 05 Outstanding liabilities June 30, 1942________________ $13.121. 38 Amount covered by uncompleted contracts------------ 67,699. 79 80, 821. 17 Balance available June 30, 1942 _____ _____________- 91, 936. 88 Accounts receivable June 30, 1942__ ________ 162. 42 Unobligated balance available June 30, 1942____________ 92, 099. 30 Amount that can be profitably expended in fiscal year ending June 30, 1944, for maintenance 1 11, 700. 00 1Exclusive of available funds. 493202-43-pt. 1, vol. 1- 10 142 REPORT OF CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMY, 1942 40. BIRCH HILL RESERVOIR, CONNECTICUT RIVER BASIN, MASS. Location.-The site of the Birch Hill Dam is on the Millers River, about 27.3 miles above its junction with the Connecticut River, and 1.3 miles northeast of South Royalston, Mass. The reservoir extends up the Millers River about 61/2 miles and up the Otter River about 3 miles. Existing project.-This project provides for an earth dam of rolled-fill construction, extending across the Millers River, and over- flow spillway sections closing natural saddles in the right bank. The dam is 1,400 feet long and rises 56 feet above the river bed. 'The spillway weir consists of two concrete overflow sections, sepa- rated by a natural knoll, and a short weir closing an abandoned rail- road cut. The main spillway is approximately 810 feet long, the. adjacent spillway 350 feet, and the small one 23 feet. The total dis- charge capacity is approximately 57,000 cubic feet per second at a surcharge of 6 feet. The outlet works consist of an intake channel 1,500 feet long, with a bottom width of 70 feet; a gate structure with operating gatehouse directly above; and an outlet channel 1,150 feet long, with a bottom width of 70 feet. The intake and gate-operating tower contain gates mechanically controlled from the operating house above. The gross drainage area controlled is approximately 175 square miles. The reservoir provides a storage capacity of 49,400 acre-feet at spillway crest. The reservoir is operated as a unit of 'a coordinated reservoir system for the control of floods in the Con- necticut River Basin. The estimated cost, revised in 1941, is $1,215,000 for construction and $2,885,000 for lands and damages, including highway and rail- road relocations, a total of $4,100,000 for new work. The estimated cost for annual maintenance is $12,000, of which $5,000 is for operat- ing and care. The existing project was authorized by the Flood Control Acts approved June 22, 1936, and June 28, 1938 (H. Doc. No. 455, 75th C~ong., 2d sess.). Local cooperation.-Section 2 of the Flood Control Act approved June 28, 1938, applies. Operations and results during fiscal year.-Work on the construc- tion of the dam and appurtenant works was initiated in June 1940 under a continuing contract and was completed in May 1942. Con- struction during the year included placing material in the dam 'embankment, excavation of the outlet channel and construction of the spillway, construction of the operating house and installation of gates and equipment. This work involved the excavation of 369,400 cubic yards of earth, 5,260 cubic yards of rock, placing 188,380 cubic yards of earth fill, 40,850 cubic yards of rock fill, and 6,680 cubic yards of concrete, at a cost of $421,539.64. Work was in progress, under contract on the relocation of the Boston & Maine Railroad; at the close of the fiscal year it was practically completed at a cost of $388,200.43. Negotiations with officials of the State of Massachusetts and Worcester County, providing for relocation of State highway and county roads are in progress. Costs of surveys by Worcester County were $1,400.54. Work was completed under contract on the relocation of a power line, at a cost of $36,035.55. The construction of the dike for the protection of the filter beds in RIVERS AND HARBOIRS--PROVIDENCE, R. I., DISTRICT 143 the town of Winchendon, Mass., was begun in August 1941 and com- pleted May 22, 1942, at a cost of $62,000.66. Work was continued and about 85 percent complete at the end of the year on land acquisi- tion in the dam site and reservoir areas; 671.07 acres of land were acquired, at a cost of $352,995.70. A well for water supply to opera- tor s quarters was completed at a cost of $1,679.03. A terminal pole for the incoming power supply was installed at a cost of $45.71. The total costs for new work were $1,258,216.70. The expenditures were $1,575,430.29. Maintenance and operation costs were $1,271.73. Condition at end of fiscal year.-The existing project is approxi- mately 85 percent complete. The work remaining to be done to com- plete the project consists of the preparation of final construction plans and report, completion of the railroad, highway and utility relocations, acquisition of lands, clearing of reservoir area, miscel- laneous fencing and sodding and seeding, and construction of opera- tors' quarters and permanent field office. The costs of the existing project for new work have been $3,174,- 723.23 and $1,271.73 for maintenance and operation, a total of $3,175,- 994.96. The expenditures have been $3,058,897.64. In addition, the sum of $11,039.82 from funds allotted for development of the gen- eral comprehensive plan for flood control in the Connecticut River Basin was applied to preliminary explorations, surveys, and designs of the Birch Hill Reservoir project. Proposed operations.--It is proposed to apply funds, including ac- counts receivable, unexpended on June 30, 1942, amounting to $1,046,- 087. 36 as follows: Accounts payable--------------------------------------- $120, 082. 32 New work: Completion of the railroad relocation, continuation of highway relocations, relocation of utility lines, acquisition of rights-of-way and lands, clearing of reservoir area, construction of power line and construction of operators' quarters and perma- nent field office, and miscellaneous fencing, sodding and seeding, period July 1942 to June 1943 ----------------- 900, 078. 23 Maintenance: Operation and maintenance of the flood-control reser- voir, period July 1942 to June 1943__ 25, 926. 83 ------------------------- Total ------------------------------------------- 1, 046, 087. 36 The sum of $37,000 can be profitably expended during the fiscal year 1944, as follows: New work: Completion of acquisition of rights-of-way and land, fencing, landscaping, etc., period July 1943 to June 1944-------------------- $25, 000 Maintenance: Operations and maintenance of the flood-control reservoir, period July 1943 to June 1944-----------------------------------12, 000 Total------------------------------------------------------ 37,000 Cost and financia summary Cost of new work to June 30, 1942------------------------$3, 174, 723. 23 Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1942-------------------------- 1, 271. 73 Total cost of permanent work to June 30, 1942-----------3, 175, 994. 96 Plus accounts receivable June 30, 1942------------------------- 2, 985. 00 Gross total costs to June 30, 1942---------------------3, 178, 979. 96 Minus accounts payable June 30, 1942------------------------ 120, 082. 32 Net total expenditures___------------------- 3, 058, 897. 64 Unexpended balance June 30, 1942 - _----------- 1, 043, 102. 36 Total amount appropriated to June 30, 1942- ..... 4, 102, 000. 00 144 REPORT OF CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMY, 1942 Fiscal year ending June 30- 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 Cost of new work ------------------- _ $31, 839. 93 $227, 133. 04 $1, 657, 533. 56 $1, 258, 216. 70 Cost of maintenance--...... -- ---------- - ------- -_---_ _ __1---------- 1, 1------------ 1..... 271.73 Total cost.............. ....--------------.. 31, 839. 93 227, 133. 04 1, 657, 533. 56 1, 259, 488. 43 Total expended... -------------- ..-------------- 29, 998. 28 203, 644.49 1, 249, 824. 58 1, 575, 430. 29 Allotted .................... ..... ......----------------- 1, 302, 000. 00 813, 000. 00 1, 510, 000. 00 477, 000. 00 Balance unexpended July 1, 1941 --------------------------- $2, 141, 532. 65 Amount allotted from War Department Civil Appropriation Act approved April 28, 1942________________ _ 477, 000. 00 Amount to be accounted for____ --- --------------- 2, 618, 532:65 Gross amount expended______________________ $1, 576, 741. 60 Less : Reimbursements collected---------- $563. 31 Receipts from sales --___-__-- ___ 748. 00 1, 311. 31 1, 575, 430. 29 -------- _____-__ Balance unexpended June 30, 1942__ _ 1, 043,102. 36 Outstanding liabilities June 30, 1942 $77, 322. 17 Amount covered by uncompleted contracts---------- 168, 874. 97 246, 197. 14 Balance available June 30, 1942---------------- -796, 905. 22 Accounts receivable June 30, 1942___________________________ 2, 985. 00 Unobligated balance available June 30, 1942__ 799, 890. 22 Amount (estimated) required to be appropriated for completion of existing project ----------------------------------------- 25, 000. 00 Amount that can be profitably expended in fiscal year ending June 30, 1944: For new work 1 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 25, 000. 00 For maintenance 1 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 12, 000. 00 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Total 37, 000. 00 1 Exclusive of available funds. 41. KNIGHTVILLE RESERVOIR, CONNECTICUT RIVER BASIN, MASS. Location.-The site of the Knightville Dam is on the Westfield River, about 27.5 miles above its junction with the Connecticut River and 4 miles north of the town of Huntington, Mass. The reservoir extends up the Westfield River about 6 miles and up the Little River about 1 mile. Existing project.-This project provides for the construction of an hydraulic-fill earth dam, 1,600 feet long at the crest line, including 400 feet of spillway, rising 160 feet above the stream bed and pro- viding a total storage capacity of 39,300 acre-feet. The outlet con- sists of a 16-foot diameter tunnel approximately 605 feet long. Con- trol is accomplished by gates mechanically operated from a tower located at the intake end of the tunnel. The drainage area controlled is approximately 164 square miles. Provision has been made for future installation of penstocks for the development of hydroelectric power. The reservoir is operated as a unit of a coordinated reservoir system for the control of floods in the Connecticut River Basin. RIVERS AND HARBORS-TPROVIDENCE, R. I., DISTRICT 145 The estimated cost, revised in 1941, is $2,296,000 for construction and $874,000 for lands and damages, including highway relocations, a total of $3,170,000 for new work. The estimated cost for annual maintenance is $18,700, of which $5,000 is for operating and care. The existing project was authorized by the flood-control acts ap- proved June 22, 1936, and June 28, 1938 (11. Doc. No. 455, 75th Cong., 2d sess.). Local cooperation.-Section 2 of the Flood Control Act approved June 28, 1938, applies. Operations and results during fiscal year.--Work on the construc- tion of the dam and appurtenant works was initiated in August 1939 under a continuing contract and was completed in December 1941. Construction during the year included placing material in the em- bankment, construction of control works and operating house, and construction of spillway. This work involved the excavation of 231,900 cubic yards of earth, 4,520 cubic yards of rock, and placing 107,700 cubic yards of earth fill. The costs were $194,740.79. Work was continued, under contract, on the relocation of 3.5 miles of high- way and was about 90 percent complete at the end of the year. The costs were $78,192.11. Work was continued on the relocation of utilities at a cost of $2,626.13. Land acquisition in the dam site and reservoir areas was continued, and about 60 percent complete at the end of the year. A total of 1,022.70 acres was acquired at a cost of $9,917.58. Cemetery relocation was completed. Work was started on the construction of operator's quarters at a cost of $1,042.48. The total costs were $304,511.57 for new work. The expenditures were $407,695.18. Maintenance and operation costs were $5,231.01. Condition at end of fiscal year.-The existing project is approxi- mately 93 percent complete. The work required to complete the project consists of the completion of the highway relocation, com- pletion of land acquisition, clearing of reservoir area of floating ma- terials, removal of rock slide from outlet portal, and construction of operator's quarters and permanent field office. Total costs for new work have been $2,951,423.84, and $5,231.01 for maintenance, a total of $2,956,654.85. The expenditures have been $2,907,252.93. In addition, the sum of $105,798.28 from funds allotted for the de- velopment of the general comprehensive plan for flood control in the Connecticut River Basin was applied to preliminary explora- tions, surveys, and designs of the Knightville Reservoir project. Proposed operations.--It is proposed to apply funds unexpended on June 30, 1942, amounting to $311,747.07, as follows: Accounts payable ---------------------------------------- $49,401.92 New work: Acquisition of rights-of-way and lands, relocation of highways, clearing of reservoir area, construction of operator's quarters, and permanent field office, sodding and seeding and removal of rock slide from outlet portal, period July 1942 to June 1943_________------------------------------------------___ 233, 611. 66 Maintenance: Operation and maintenance of the flood control reser- voir, period July 1942 to June 1943----------------------- 28, 733. 49 Total ------------------------------------------- 311, 747. 07 The above operations will complete the Knightville Dam and Reservoir. 146 REPORT OF CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMY, 1942 The sum of $18,700 can be profitably expended during the fiscal year 1944 for the operation and maintenance of the flood control reservoir. Cost and financial summary Cost of new work to June 30, 1942------------------------ $2, 951, 423.84 Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1942------------------------ 5, 231. 01 Total cost of permanent work to June 30, 1942-----------2, 956, 654. 85 Minus accounts payable June 30, 1942 _____________________ 49, 401.92 Net total expenditures_____----_______-_____ __ _ 2, 907, 252.93 Unexpended balance June 30, 1942 -------------------------- 311, 747. 07 Total amount appropriated to June 30, 1942- ------------- 3, 219, 000. 00 Fiscal year ending June 30 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 Cost of new work----- .-------------.... $21, 484. 79 $1, 069, 565. 63 $1, 555, 861. 85 $304, 511. 57 Cost of maintenance.........------.......... .. ------------ _-------------- _ 5, 231.01 Total cost-...... . .__.-----.-- .-- . __ 21, 484. 79 1, 069, 565. 63 1, 555, 861. 85 309, 742. 58 .20, Total expended_.----________________._ 566. 66 797, 757. 03 1, 681, 234. 06 . 407, 695. 18 Allotted--------------.-----------------1, 300, 000. 00 1, 360, 000. 00 400, 000. 00 159, 000. 00 Balance unexpended July 1, 1941---------------------------$560, 442. 25 Amount allotted from War Department Civil Appro- priation Act approved June 28, 1939------ __ $50, 000. 00 Amount allotted from War Department Civil Appro- priation Act approved Apr. 28, 1942_____________ 109, 000. 00 159, 000. 00 Amount to be accounted for ____-- _________-__--____ 719, 442. 25 Gross amount expended--- _______------- ____ $408, 731. 15 Less reimbursements collected__--___--____--- 1, 035.97 407, 695. 18 Balance unexpended June 30, 1942 _______ ___________ 311, 747. 07 Outstanding liabilities June 30, 1942--__________ $49, 374. 00 Amount covered by uncompleted contracts----------120, 233. 64 169, 607. 64 Unobligated balance available June 30, 1942 _____________142, 139. 43 Amount that can be profitably1 -expended in fiscal year ending June - - - 30, 1944, for maintenance _____________ _ 18, 700. 00 1 Exclusive of available funds. 42. TULLY RESERVOIR, CONNECTICUT RIVER BASIN, MASS. Location.-The site of the proposed Tully Dam is on the Tully River, about 3.8 miles above its junction with the Millers River, and 1 mile north of Fryville, Mass. The reservoir will extend up the Tully River about 21/2 miles. Existing project.-This project provides for the construction of a rolled-fill earth dam, 1,500 feet long at its crest and rising 62 feet above the stream bed, providing a total storage capacity of 22,150 acre-feet. A spillway will be constructed on rock in a saddle located about 800 feet south of the left ablutment of the dam. The outlet will consist of a 6-foot diameter tunnel approximately 296 feet long. RIVERS AND HARBO