ANNUAL REPORTS, WAR DEPARTMENT FISCAL YEAR ENDED JUNE 30, 1946 ANNUAL REPORT OF T0 CHIEF OF ENGINEERS U. S. ARMY 1946 IN TWO PARTS PART 1 Vol. 1 WAR DEPARTI.ME-NlI aosl pNTHE ECWtIOF 2NaGluNEs LIBRARY UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE WASHINGTON : 1946 For sale by the Superintendent of Documents, U. S. Government Printing Office, Washington 25. D. C. Price $3.25 (cloth binding) _ __ ANNUAL REPORT OF THE CHIEF OF ENGINEERS UNITED STATES ARMY 1946 III REPORT OF THE CHIEF OF ENGINEERS UNITED STATES ARMY WAl DEPARTMENT, OFFICE OF TEII CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, WVashington, D. C., October 31, 1946. Subject: Annual Report. To: The Secretary of War. I present for your information the following report on river and harbor, flood-control, and allied operations under the charge of the Corps of Engineers for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1946. operations which are in addition to the military construction, supply, 'These and training )rograms of the Corps, contributed materially to the victorious conclusion of the wars. APPROPRIATIONS AND EXPENDITURES During the fiscal year 1946 net funds made available to the Depart- ment for river and harbor operations amounted to $146,063,773.89 and for flood-control operations $302,855,002.61, a total of $448,918,776.50. T'he expenditures from the available funds, including the balances on hand at the beginning of the fiscal year, amounted to $167,- 779,648.26, of which $79,542,449.85 was for river and harbor work and allied operations and $88,237,198.41 for flood-control and related work. New work was completed on 5 river and harbor and flood- control projects, materially advanced on 101 other projects, A6nd main- tenance operations were in progress on 291 projects. Indicative of the scope of the year's operations is the following tabu- lation setting forth the approximate quantities in 'the major work classifications: Dredging and excavation..----------- ---------- cubic yards- 246, 913,256 Levee construction------------------- - - .--.. (1-do . 50, 311, 407 ock removal---------------------------do.. 189, 843 Concrete place(t -- -- do- ._----------.-- 348, 411 Dikes and bulkheads--- --------------------- linear feet 182, 844 Itevetment --------------------------------- do 524, 379 Stone placed in jetties and breakwaters --------------.. . 838, 976 8tons3 Embankment--------------------------- ------ cubic yards__ 2, 539, 682 2 REPORT OF CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMY, 1946 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 during the year, 45 percent of all work performed having been done by contract and 55 percent by Govern- ment plant and hired labor. The continuation of an adequate check on the cost of work performed on river and harbor and flood-control projects has been maintained. Summary results of these efforts are reflected throughout this report. ACCIDENT PRFTVENTION During the fiscal year 1946 the application of comprehensive acci- dent prevention to all new work, operations and maintei ance con- tinued to hold accidental injuries to a low level. RIVERS AND IIARBORS Program.--Thepresent program forf Federal improvement of rivers and harbors for navigation and allied purposes as authorized by Con- gress includes projects located throughout the continental United States, Puerto Rico, Alaska, and the Hawaiian Islands, there being approximately 1,100 projects now actively in force. The River and Harbor Acts approved November 7, 1945, and July 24, 1946, Public Laws Nos. 213 and 525, Seventy-ninth Congress, adopted 62 new or modifications of existing river and harbor projects, the estimated cost of the work involved being about $525,000,000. The total estimated cost of completing all authorized river and harbor projects presently deemed necessary in the interest of commerce and navigation is about $1,580,000,000. Surveys have been completed on additional river and harbor projects, the estimated cost of the recommended work being in excess of $2,000,000,000, thus making a total backlog of authorized and recommended river and harbor projects of over $3,580,000,000. Planning.-Advance planning of river and harbor projects is being prosecuted as rapidly as possible consistent with the need for other work, under an appropriation of $4,815,000 provided in the War De- partment Civil Appropriation Act approved May 2, 1946, for con- struction during fiscal year 1947. Examination, survey, and review studies authorized in the interest of navigation and related purposes were prosecuted during the year. A summary of this work is set forth under the heading of "Surveys" and'in the report of the Board of Engineers for Rivers and Harbors. Navigatio operations.-IImproveliment operations were carried out on 32 regular river and harbor projects, of which 1, Morro Bay, Calif., was completed. Maintenance operations were performed on 224 proj- ects, including the numerous coastal ports, harbors, and connecting channels on the Great Lakes, and the extensive Intracoastal Waterway and Mississippi River network, together with the operation and care of the canalized Ohio River system, Illinois Waterway, and upper Mississippi River. Operations during the fiscal year were begun in conformity with the national policy limiting wartime construction to conserve manpower, equipment, and materials. However, with the cessation of hostilities, work was commenced on a number of projects which had been deferred RIVERS AND HARBORS 3 during the war. The following brief outline of new work operations includes typical examples of the improvements accomplished: Newark Bay, Ilackensack, and Passaic Rivers, N. J.--New work dredging and rock removal in the main channel in Newark Bay from Kill Van Kull to about 1,200 feet south of the Central Railroad of New Jersey bridge, including the cut-offs, was completed to project dimensions. New York and New Jersey Channels.-Enlargement of channel facilities in Arthur Kill at the bend opposite Sewaren, N. J., to provide more adequate navigation facilities for the larger tankers engaged in the movement of petroleum and petroleum products was completed. Withlacoochee River, Fla.-New work dredgIing and rock excava- tion to provide a navigation channel 10 feet dJeep and 70 feet wide between the mouth and the steam electric generating plant at Port Inglis, Fla., was completed. Gulf Intracoastal Waterway.----New work dredging in the main channel was completed from Port Isabel to Three Islands, a distance of 15.5 miles, and from Corpus Christi Bay to Bird Island, a distance of 6 miles, 10,368,393 cubic yards of material being removed. Port Aransas-Corpus Christi Waterway, Te.--New work dredging was done over 80,456 feet of channel, some 8,654,000 cubic yards of material being removed. Mississippi River between Ohio and Missouri Rivers.--Approxi- mately 30,000 linear feet of dikes were constructed during the fiscal year, bringing the project to within about 46 percent of completion. Mississippi River between the Missouri River and Minneapolis Minn.--Operations at lock and darn No. 2 were resumed on April 25, 1946, after deferment during the war period, for construction of the lock-guide walls. Approximately 15 percent of the work was com- pleted during the fiscal year. Missouri River, mouth to Sioux City.-New work on the project consisted of the completion of approximately 5,500 feet of dikes and 51,900 feet of revetment, involving the handling of approximately 4,000,000 cubic yards of material. In addition to these completed works, construction of approximately 3,600 feet of dikes and 41,000 feet of revetment was in progress at the end of the fiscal year. Morro Bay, Calif.--The extension of the Morro Rock breakwater and dredging of the main channel, involving the placement of 390 tons of stone and 6,350 cubic yards of concrete and removal of 264,000 cubic yards of material, resulted in completion of the project on March 14, 1946. Richmo l Harbor, Calif.-Channel dredging in San Pablo Bay adjacent to the north side of Point San Pablo was completed, leaving only the channel widening north of Point Potrero to be done on the project. Monterey Bay (Moss Landing), Calif.-New work dredging, by contract, removed 282,700 cubic yards of material. In addition, about 700 feet of jetty were constructed. MULTIPLE-PURPOSE OPERATIONS Missouri River at Fort Peck, Mont.-Operation of the 35,000-kilo- watt generating unit was continued during the major portion of the year, the total power production being 102,506,000 kilowatt-hours. 4 REPORT OF CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMY, 1946 The reservoir was also operated in conjunction with maintenance dredging to maintain.a 6-foot channel in the Missouri River from the mouth to Kansas City and to aid navigation on the Mississippi River, the total releases during the year being about 3,060,000 acre- feet. Storage of water in the reservoir resulted in substantial reduc- tions in flood heights on the Missouri River during high-water pe- riods. Work was resumed on the power plant to adapt the temporary 35,000-kilowatt installation, provided for wartime requirements, to the permanent design and install a 15,000-kilowatt unit, to provide the authorized initial generating capacity of 50,000 kilowatts. Columbia River at Bonneville, Oreg.-The 10 units were operated with only minor interruptions, the power generated during the calen- dar year 1945 amounting to 3,039,841,000 kilowatt-hours. WORK FOR OT'HER AGRNCIES In accordance with the provisions contained in section 1 of the River and Harbor Act approved June 20, 1938, stating that Federal improvement of rivers and harbors and other waterways shall be prosecuted by the War Department, the Corps of Engineers performed work during the year on 25 projects of a river and harbor nature not previously authorized by Congress' but required by the Navy Depart- ment and other Government agencies. Funds therefor were trans- ferred to the Chief of Engineers by those agencies, the expenditures on such projects amounting to $1,698,533.14. COMMERCE The water-borne commerce of the United States, Puerto Rico, Alaska, and the Hawaiian Islands, for the calendar year 1945, aggre- gated 618,906,000 tons. SACRAMENTO RIVER AND TRIBUTARIES, CALIFORNIA (I)EIiIS CONTROL) Two of the four debris dams in the Sacramento River Valley author- ized in 1935 have been completed; one on the North Fork of the Ameri- can River was completed during the fiscal year 1939 and one at Upper Narrows on the Yuba River was completed in 1941. Both of these dams are in use for the storage of mining debris, the North Fork Dam having a storage capacity of 26,000,000 cubic yards and the Upper Narrows Dam a storage capacity of 118,000,000 cubic yards. Con- struction of the Ruck-a-Chucky Dam on the Middle Fork of the American River and the Dog Bar Dam on the Bear River has been postponed. A review report on the Sacramento River and tributaries, requested by the Committee on Rivers and Harbors of the House of Representatives, with a view to determining whether any change should be made in the previously proposed location of the Dog Bar Dam on Bear River is under preparation. GENERAL FLOOD CONTROL The authorized general flood-control program, exclusive of the programs for the alluvial valley of the lower Mississippi River-and the Sacramento River, Calif., is covered in this section. The author- ized programs for those two rivers are discussed in the two succeeding sections. GENERAL FLOOD CONTROL Congress in the Flood Control Act approved June 22, 1936, estab- lished, and in the amendatory and supplemental general Flood Control Acts approved August 28, 1937, June 28, 1938, August 11, 1939, Au- gust 18, 1941, December 22, 1944, and July 24, 1946, reaffirmed the gen- eral policy that flood control throughout the United States is a proper activity of the Federal Government, in cooperation with the States and local communities, and that the, Federal Government should im- prove or participate in the improvement of navigable waters or their tributaries for flood-control Ipurlposes, if such projects are econom- ically justified and if the lives and social security of people are other- wise adversely affected. Those acts also specified the local cooperation required for the projects authorize(1 therein. Thlese requirements of local cooperation, in brief, are as follows: (a) Dam and reservoir projects authorized in any of the aforemen- tioned flood-control acts are constructed entirely at the expense of the United States and are maintained( and operated by the Corps of Engineers. No local cooperation is required for dam and reservoir projects unless specifically prescribed by special provisions of law. (b) For local flood-protection projects, except channel improve- ment or channel rectification I)rojects authorized by the acts of 1936, 1937, and 1938, local interests must )providewithout cost to the United States all lands; easements, and rights-of-way necessary for the con- struction 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 regulations prescribed by the Secretary of War. Channel improvement and channel rectifi- cation Iprojects authorized by the acts of 1936, 1937, and 1938 are built at Federal exp)ense, and no local cooperation is required. Exceptions to these general rules are provided by law in the case of certain specific projects. The Congress stated in the Flood Control Act approved December 22, 1944, and reafirmed in the act approved July 24, 1946, that in. connection with the exercise of jurisdiction, over the rivers of the Nation through the construction of works of improvement for navi- gation or flood control, it is the policy of the Congress to recognize the interests and rights of the. States in determining the development of the watersheds within their borders, and likewise their interests and rights in water utilization and control. In conformity with this policy Congress provided that plans, proposals, or reports of the Chief of Engineers for any works of imn)rovement for navigation or flood control not previously authorizel, or authorized in the Flood Control Act of December 22, 1944, shall be submitted to the Congress only after these plans, proposals, or reports have been submitted to the governors of the States concerned, or such officials or agencies of the affected State, or States, as may be designated by the governors, and after coordination with'the Secretary of the Interior, if the crainage basin under investigation is located in a State lying wholly or in part west of the ninety-seventh meridian. Authority for the development of recreation facilities in connection with reservoirs under the control of the War Department is contained in the 1944 and 1946 Flood Control Acts which authorize the Chief$of Engineers, under the supervision of the Secretary of War, to con- struct, maintain, and operate public p)ark and recreational facilities 6 REPORT OF CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMY, 1946 in such reservoir areas and to permit the construction, maintenance, and operation of such facilities. The acts also authorize the Secretary of War to grant leases of lands, including structures or facilities thereon, in reservoir areas for such periods and upon such terms as he may deem reasonable; and provides that the water areas of all such reservoirs shall be open to public use generally without charge for boating, swimming, bathing, fishing, and other recreational purposes and ready access to and exit from such water areas along the shores of such reservoirs shall be maintained for general public use when such use is determined by the Secretary of War not to be contrary to the public interest. These acts further provide that no use of any such area shall be permitted which is inconsistent with the laws for the pro- tection of fish and game of the State in which the area is situated. The policy for the development of reservoirs to provide for the best possible utilization of the water resources of the Nation was broaadehed by the 1944 Flood Control Act, which states that whenever the Secre- tary of War determines upon recommendation by the Secretary of the Interior that any dam and reservoir project operated under the direc- tion of the Secretary of War may be utilized for irrigation purposes, the Secretary of the Interior is authorized to construct, operate, and maintain under the provisions of the Federal reclamation laws such additional works in connection therewith as he may deem necessary for irrigation purposes. Such irrigation works may be undertaken only after a report and findings thereon have been made by the Sec- retary of the Interior as provided ulnder reclamation laws and after subsequent specific authorization of the Congress (by an authoriza- tion act). A procedure for the disposal of electric power and energy generated at reservoir projects under the control of the War Department, and in the opinion of the Secretary of War not required in the operation of such projects, was prescribed by the Congress in the Flood Control Act approved December 22, 1944. In accordance with this legislation such electric power and energy is to be delivered to the Secretary of the Interior, who shall transmit and dispose of this power and energy in such manner as to encourage the most widespread use thereof at the lowest possible rates to consumers consistent with sound business principles, the rate schedules to become effective upon confirmation and approval by the Federal Power Commission. The legislation states that preference in the sale of such power and energy shall be givenl to public bodies and cooperatives. Authority is contained in section 2 of the Flood Control Act of August 28, 1937, as amended, for the removal of accumulated snags and other debris and clearing and straightening the channel in navigable streams and tributaries when, in the opinion of the Chief of Engineers, such work is advisable. The Flood Control Act of 1946 authorized allotment of $1,000,000 per year for the construction of emergency bank protection works to prevent flood damage to highways, bridge approaches, and public works when, in the opinion of the Chief of Engineers, such work is advisable. The Flood Control Act approved December 22, 1944, placed upon the secretary of War the responsibility of prescribing regulations for GENERAL FLOOD CONTROL I the use of storage allocated for flood control or navigation at reservoirs constructed wholly or in part with Federal funds. In the Flood Control Act approved July 24, 1946, Congress provided authorizations for flood control in the amount of $610,324,500 for approximately 110 projects. Thus, up to the end of July 1946, Con- gress had provided authorizations totaling $2,290,724,500 for the con- struction of approximately 760 projects dispersed throughout the United States. 'L'o June 30, 1946, Congress had provided funds in ,the amount of $835,421,900 for flood control, general, of which $769,- 472,000 were for the prosecution of the authorized flood control, gen- eral, projects. The remaining $65,949,900.were for maintenance of completed projects, surveys, and mliscellaneous items. In addition to these authorizations Congress has approved general comprehensive plans covering most of the important river basins of the country and including many additional projects for flood control, hydroelectric power, and allied water uses. All of these projects are parts of comprehensive, coord(inated plans for the river basins of the Nation to p)rovid(e 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 tlhe projects now authorized include power- generating nmachinery in the initial developments. A number of projects were conmpleted during the year, including the Indian Rock Danm in Pennsylvania and local protection works at East Peoria, Ill., Sauvie Island, Oreg., and in the Skamokawa Creek area, Waslington. Subsequent to the cessation of hostilities in the Pacific, Congress appropriated $84,659,000 in the First Deficiency Act for fiscal year 1946, and $138,901,000 in the War Department Civil Appropriation Act for fiscal year 1947, for continuing work on flood-control projects deferred during the war emergency and for the initiation of new, urgently needed projects. D)uring the year, work which had been stopped during the war in order to conserve equipment, materials, and manpower was resumed on the flood pIrotection projects in river basins throughout the Nation. These projects include the Lisle and Elmira, N. Y., local protection projects in the headwaters of the Susquehanna River; the Plymouth, Wilkes-Barre, Williamsport, and York, Pa., local protection works along the middle and lower Susequehanna River; the Wallace Lake Dam and Reservoir in the Red River Basin, La.; the John Martin Damn and Reservoir, Colo.; the Blue Mountain Dam and Reservoir, Ark.; Canton Dam and Reservoir, Okla., in the Arkansas River Basin; the Clearwater Damn and Reservoir, Mo., in the White River Basin; local protection at the Kansas Citys and the Kanopolis Damn and Reservoir on the'Smoky Iill River in Kansas, in the Missouri River Basin; local protection works at Cincinnati, Ohio, Massillon, Ohio, the (Cache River Division unit at Mounds an(l Mounds City, Ill., and the Dale Hollow and Center Hill Damn and Reservoir projects on tributaries of the Cumberland River, all in the Ohio River Basin; -Los Angeles River channel improvement and the Santa Fe Dam, both in the Los Angeles County Drainage area, California. 8 ' i REPORT OF CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U. 'S. ARMY, 1946 Projects previously authorized and for which plans and specifica- tions were prepared during the war were initiated at tie following localities: Local plotection at Nphua, N. II., in the Merrimack River SBasin; the Union Village Dam add Reservoir on the Ompompanoosuc River in Vermont, locg protection works at Whitney Point, N. Y., and the Almond Dam and Reservoir, both units of the project for southern New York and eastern Pennsylvania, Sunbury, Pa.,in the Susquehanna River watershed; preliminary ork on the Claf-Hill Dam and Reservoir roject in the Savannah River Basin, Ga., and the .Allatoona Dam and Reservoir in the Coosa River Basin, Ga.; preliminary work in connection with the Narrqws Daih and Reservoir on the Little Missouri River, Ark.; locaprotection for Shreveport, La., in the Red Riven Baisin; Hulah Dar and Refervoir in Oklahoma, Fort Gibson Dam aid Rps rvoir, Okla., Fall RTver Dam and Reser- voir, Kan., Wister Dam aAd Reservoir, Okla . ll in the Aikansas River Basin; preliminary work at the Bull Slho ts 4)am and Reservoir Ark., in the White Riveir Basin; Harlan our{ty' Dam and Reservoir on the Republican River, Nebr., Cherryd reek D n-and Reservoir for the protection of Denver Colo.; local prote ti works at Kensler's Bend, Schuyler, and Omaha, Nebr., and CouHcil Bluffs, Iowa, and preliminary work in connection with th e constrylion of the main Missouri River dams at the Fort RAndall and Garrison sites, all in hl Missouri River Basin; Delaware Dam and Reservoir, Ohio, Dec y Dam and Reservo r7 Ky.; and preliminary work in connection with the Coneinaug~ iJ m and Rese vo'r )roject, Pa.; lo protection works at NewprCI( y., PInxsuta ney, Pa., Parkersb < pand Elkins, W. Va., all in the Ohio River Basin; preliminary work in connection with the Dorensga m and Reservoir in the Willamette River Basin, Ore.. Although the year 1946 was not' a serious flood year from the na- tional viewpoint, -there were many flash floods Which caused very serious damage to relatively small areas. The more important floods during the year include a very serious flood which struck the Willam- ette River Basin in late December 1945, and early January 1946, and caused damages estimated at $6,000,000. The reduction in dam- ages credited to the operation of the completed Cottage Grove and Fern Ridge Reservoirs is estimated at $1,200,000. The Yazoo River had two floods in the spring of 1946 which closely approached the all- time record for that stream. The end of May saw the North and West Branches of the Susquehanna River at near record flood stage. The October flood of the North Canadian River in Oklahoma inundated portions of Oklahoma City as well as other urban and agricultural land along that stream and its tributaries. Emergency repairs were accomplished during the year pursuant to existing authority. The 1946 Flood Control Act amended the authority contained in the 1941 Flood Control Act by increasing the annual authority for this type of work from $1,000,000 to $2,000,000. SACRAMkfENT'O RIVER FLOOI) CONTROL The authorized project for the control of floods and other purposes on the Sacramento River, Calif., as adopted by the Flood Control Acts approved March 1, 1917, May 15, 1928, August, 26, 1937, and August 18, 1941, provides for the enlargement of river channels, the excava- FLOOD CONTROL OF THE MISSISSIPPI.RIVER 9 tion of cut-offs, the construction of levees, weirs, bank protection, and pumping facilities in the lower Sacramento River Valley and for channel clearing, rectification and snagging on the Sacramento River and tributaries in Tehaina County, and from Red Bluff southerly. The total estimated Federal cost of the project is $40,850,000. Up to the present time Federal funds in the amount of $32,695,000 have been appropIriated, by Congress for the prosecution of this project, includ- ing $2,000,000 at the close of the fiscal year 1946. Local interests have expended flunds in excess of $52,000,000 on this project including a cash contribution of aplproximately $6,540,000 for construction by,the Dep)artment of protective works related to the authorized project. In addition to this existing project, Congress in the Flood Control Act approved December 22, 1.944, as a part of the general flood-control program, authorized the modification of the existing project for the Sacramento River to provide for certain changes and extensions in levees and other structures, and for the construction of nine local levee and channel improvements, the Black Butte Dam and Reservoir and the low Table Mountain Dam and Reservoir with power facilities at an estimated cost of $50,100,000 for construction. The project works of the Sacramento flood-control project provide p)rotection to cities and towns, to thousands of acres of agricultural lands, and to railway and highway networks of great importance to the civilian economy of the western part of the United States. ; I)lrillig the, fiscal year, construction was prosecuted on i nconmplete levees along the Sacramento, American, and Feather Rivers, and clear-, ing of obstructions was accomplished in Butte slough and Sutter bypasses. M ISSISSIPPI RIVER FLOOD CONTROL Progress was made during the fiscal year 1946 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, August 18, 1941, and December 22, 1944. 'lhe 1936 amendment retained the purpose of the 1928 act. andl the features complleted under that authority, and authorized an additional $272,000,000 for extension of flood-control work on the lower Mississippi River. The 1938 amendment removed legislative restrictions with respIect to certain features of the amended plan and authorized $40,000,000 for work in addition to that contemnplated for thle iroject as amended in 1936. 1Tlhe 1941 amendment provided for the abandonment of the Boeuf and Eudora floodways and extension and for raising main Mississippi River levees to confine within those levee lines between the mouths of the Arkansas and Red Rivers the. project flood without a floodway west of the Mississippi River. That - amnendmnent also amlthorized certain minor modifications and backwater )protection in the Yazoo and Red River backwater areas at an estimated ad(llitional cost of $25,982,000. The 1944 amendmeint modified the existing project to provide for a navigation channel 12 feet deep and 300 feet wide at low water between Cairo, Ill., and Baton Rouge, La., by the execution of a channel improvement and stabilization program at an estimated cost of $200,000,000 and also modified the project for flood protection in the backwater area of the Yazoo River to include additional work at an estimated cost of $1,952,000. The total author- 10 REPOR'T' OF CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMY, 1946 ization for the project as amended and supplemented is now $864,- 934,000. Of this amount $608,107,424 has been appropriated (includ- ing $46,000,000 for fiscal year 1947 made available by the War Department Civil Appropriation Act approved May 2, 1946.) In accordance with the provision of the act approved August, 18, 1941, "that funds hereafter expended for maintenance shall not be considered as reducing present remaining balances of authorizations," it is estimated that $61,262,558 expended for maintenance since August '18, 1941, or scheduled for expenditure during fiscal year 1947, will not be deducted from the total authorizations for the project. With the approval of the 1938 Flood Control Act, work in the Atcha- falaya Basin, which had not been initiated because of legal restric- tions, was freed from such restrictions and placed under way. Noteworthy progress had been made on these features, namely, the Morganza Floodway, the Wax Lake Outlet, the Charenton Drainage and Navigation Canal, and related works prior to the war and tile stop order in 1942 which suspended practically all work in the Atchafalaya Basin. Urgent main river work has been prosecuted during the war and work on the tributary projects for headwater protection of the St. Francis and Yazoo Rivers, including the con- struction of the Wappapello, Sardis, and Arkabutla Reservoirs, and backwater protection for the White River, had been pushed vigorously before the war within the:limits of funds available for such work. Preparations:have been completed for resumption of this work on a full-scale peacetime basis and an expanded program can be initiated whenever funds are made available for such expansion.. Under section 6 of the 1928 act, flood-control work was undertaken on the Mississippi, River between Rock Island, Ill., and Cape Girar- deau, Mo., and on outlets and tributaries affected by backwaters of the Mississippi 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 affording unbroken protection for a period of 18 years to date. however, be- cause of the elimination of the Eudora 'floodway by the Flood Control Act of 1941, the levee system which constitutes the major part of the project is not yet sufficiently complete to afford protection against pre dicted 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 Missis- sippi River are important to the national economy aid to the security of a large number of people, this project should be steadily prosecuted toward completion.. SURVEYS During the year reports in response to 83 items of law enacted by Congress and resolutions adopted by congressional committees author- izing investigations of potential river and harbor and flood-control improvements were completed and transmitted to Congress with the SURVEYS 11 recommendations of the Chief of Engineers. Of these investigations 1 was a preliminary examination and 19 were surveys prepared in response to authority contained in previously adopted river-and-harbor and flood-control acts, whereas 63 were reexaminations submitted in response to committee resolutions. Section 1 of the Flood Control Act approved on July 24, 1946, and section 1 of the River and Harbor Act approved on July 24, 1946, continue the policy established by section 1 of the Flood Control Act approved on December 22, 1944, and section 1 of the River and Harbor Act approved on March 2, 1945, which provided among other things that, in carrying out authorized investigations of works of improve- ment for navigation or flood control, the proposed reports of the Chief of Engineers thereon shall be transmitted to the affected States and, whenever the project is located ina western river basin, to the Depart- mnent of the Interior. The submitted views and recommendations of the affected States and of the Secretary of the Interior are transmitted by the Secretary of War, together with the report of the Chief of Engineers, to the Congress. The Beach Erosion. Board-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 eflicient works for the protection and stabilization of the shores alld beaches of coastal and lake waters. Seven informal depart- menltal studies were completed during the year. Twenty-two coopera- tive studies and 13 departmental studies were pending at the close of the year. Research on the subject of shore-line phenomena was con- tinued in the Board's laboratory. In addition to the cooperative studies prosecuted during the year, the Beach Erosion Board has pre- pared studies and reports of a special nature for the Army and for the Navy. The Shore Protection Board was dissolved on May 10, 1946, its duties beino assumed by the Beach Erosion Board. An act of Congress approved August 13, 1946, Public Law 727, Seventy-ninth Congress, declared that it is to be the policy of the United States to assist in the construction, but not the maintenance, of works for the improvement and protection against erosion by waves and currents of the shores of the United States that, are owned by States, municipalities, and other political divisions; provided that Federal contribution toward the constructing of protective works shall not exceed one-third of the total cost and that the plan for protection shall have been specifically adoped and authorized by Congress after investigation and study by the Beach Erosion -Board. The word "shores"' as used in the act includles all the shore lines of the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans, the Gulf of Mexico, the Great Lakes, and lakes, estuaries, and bays directly connected therewith. The gathering of hydrological data in Nicaragua, under authority contained in the River and Harbor Act approved on June 20, 1938, was continued. The cooperative programs with the United States Weather Bureau and the Geological Survey for the purpose of more adequately meet- ing the requirements of the Department in the planning and operation of flood-control and river and harbor improvements were continued. Projects included in the cooperation with the Weather Bureau were: (a) Operation of a Nation-wide network of recording rain gages; 12 REPORT OF CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMY, 1946 (b) hydrometeorological investigations and review of the studies of major storms of record and the preparation of estimates of maximum possible precipitation for selected drainage basins; (c)' operation of cooperative networks of reporting rainfall and river stations; (d) program for the preparation of 48-hour quantitative forecasts of storm rainfall to facilitate the operation of reservoirs and local flood-protec- tion projects; and (e) program of snow melt investigations to evaluate all important factors contributing to floodls caused primarily by snow- melt. Cooperation with the Geological Survey involved primarily the installation, operation, and maintenance of stream-gaging stations for obtaining records of stream flow. The development of certain equip- ment for general stream gaging was continued. MISCELLANEOUS CIVIL WORKS Miscellaneous civil works have, as heretofore, been administered by the Corps of Engineers. These works are varied in character and include 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 struc- tures or operations 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 ob)struc- tions endangering navigation; establishment of regulations for the use, administration, and navigation of navigable waters, including drawbridge regulations; establishment of anchorage grounds, special anchorage areas, danger zones, dumping grounds, restricted areas, fish- ing areas and harbor limes; investigations of the discharge or deposit of refuse matter of any kind in navigable waters; prevention of pollu- tion of coastal navigable waters by oil;:determination of the heads of navigation and the extent to which the laws shall apply to specific streams; supervision of the harbor of New York to prevent obstruc- tive or injurious 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 per- mits for the occupation and use of Federal works under control of the Corps of Engineers; construction of Anacosta Park and the recla- mation and development of Anacostia River and Flats, D. C.; main- tenance and repair of the Washington Aqueduct, and increasing the water supply of the city of Washington; surveys and charting of the northern and northwestern lakes, including the Lake of the Woods; studies for the preservation of Niagara Falls and the supervision of power companies diverting water therefrom; reports of international boards on operations affecting international boundary waters; is- suance of instruments authorizing the occupation of Goveriiment- owned land under the jurisdiction of the Department; and legislation in connection with the foregoing. PROJECTS UNI)Ei TIE rPUBLIC WORKS AND EMERGENCY RELIEF PROGRAMS As of June 30, 1945, 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. T'Ihe grand total of these amounts is $517,670,122.17. RIVERS AND HARBORS NIational Public Works Emergency Relief Act of- Industrial Administra- Recovery tion Act -- 00 Act 1935 1936 1937 1938 io 4 Total allocations to river and harbor projects to June 30, 1945 (see Annual Report for 1945, vol. 1, pt. 1, p. 14)....................................---------------------------------------...... $183, 494, 754. 83 $94, 179, 690. 47 $103, 611, 607. 21 Miscellaneous (reimbursements received for which no project is applicable)......-.........____ -10. 74 _ ci 0q Total allocations to river and harbor projects to June 30, 1946__........ 754.83 l183.494, 94,179, 679.73 103, 611,607.21 -..- - .- ...----- -- - __- C) O FLOOD CONTROL rr Total allocations to flood control projects to June 30,1946_..... :............... $72,763, 886. 60 $3,054,196.70 $20, 074,637.79 $10, 174,116.53 $19,911,349.12 $2, 238,822.74 0 MISCELLANEOUS PROJECTS e Total allocations to miscellaneous projects to June 30, 1946-------------............ --....--.. $1,654,489.01 $109,200.00 $6,384,393.74 $11,395.47 $7,592.70 Grand total to June 30. 1946. . . ..------------------------------------ 257, 913,130.44 97,343,076.43130,070, 638. 74 10,185, 512.00( 19, 918, 941.82 $2, 238, 822.74 tTj c, I.¢ harbors Appropriations.-The funds'with which the works for the maintenance and improvement of rivers and and flood control were prosecuted during the fiscal year were derived from unexpended balances of prior appropriations and from the following appropriation acts: River and Flood control Total by appro O Appropriation title Date of act harbor Floodcontrol Miscellaneous priation acts Second Deficiency Appropriation Act, 1945: $6, 504,600. 00 $6,504,600.00 0 Maintenance and improvement of existing river and harbor works-.........------- July 5, 1945 I0 -- .8, 906, 000. 00 ---- 8,906,000.00 i Flood control, general..... -- -------- ---------------------------- .. uo - - --- 8, 996, 000. 00 15,410,600.00 C 6, 504, 600. 00 -------------- First Deficiency Appropriation Act, 1946: 25,516,000.00 Maintenance and improvement of existing river and harbor works _... .------. .--- Dec. 28,1945 25, 516, 000. 00 84, 659,000.00 84, 659, 000. 00 Flood control, general... --------------- --------------------- 11 - --------------- 15, 000, 000.00 0 ------------------------ 15, 000, 000.00 Flood control, Mississippi River and tributaries__-- ao... 25, 516,000.00 99,659,000.00 . 125,175, 000. 00 War Department Civil Appropriation Act, 1947: 110,125, 250.00 Maintenance and improvenent of existing river and harbor works_._ ... ... _.. May 2,1946 110, 125, 250.00 ------- - - - - - ... do.... 2, 900, 000.00 2, 900,000.00 Alteration of bridges over navigable waters of the United States ...... - .......-------- 144,065,000.00 144, 065, 000.00 Z Flood control, general-------- ---- ---------------------------------- 1-----u u .---. - ----------------- i 1,000,000.00 ------------------ 1, 000, 000. 00 8 Flood control, Kings River and Tulare Lake, Calif-_------___-------------- -- -- do-------- ------------------ 750,000.00 8 ------------------------ 750, 000. 00 ------------------ Flood control, Sutton Reservoir, W. Va__.... --- -- -- do-------- ------------------- 46,000,000.00 46,000,000.00 Flood control, Mississippi River and tributaries-- .... ..------------------------ ------------------- 500,000.00 500,000.00 Emergency fund for flood control on tributaries of Mississippi River_,................ -- -- do-------- ------------------- ooo. 00 2,000oo, ------------------------------- ----------------- 2,000,000.00 Flood control, Sacramento River, Calif... $1, 505, 000.00 1, 505, 000. 00 Power plant, Fort Peck Dam, Mont. (construction).....-....,-.........-- --- -d ------------------- Maintenance and operation, certain Federal water mains outside the District of 12,000.00 12,000.00 U2 Columbia---------...... ..---------------- ----------------------------- 113, 025, 250. 00 194, 315, 000. 00 1, 517, 000.00 308, 857, 250. 00 Second Deficiency Appropriation Act, 1946: Maintenance and improvement of existing Ma 18,194 river and harbor works ,------------------------------------------------ May 18,194 I865,000.00 1- --------- 865,000.00 . May 15, 1936 ......------ 1 -24, 997. 39 -.. -24, 997. 39 . . Flood control, Missouri River at or near Niobrara, Nebr-__-_.____--- ------------ Special fund (credits to account from licenses under Federal Power Act, Aug. 26, 1935): Maintenance and operation of dams and other improvements to navigable waters....... Aug. 26, 1935 152, 934. 83 .-.--.-.. ------ 1....- -...- 152, 934.83 Payments to States, Flood Control Act, June 28, 1938, as amended -- ____------------- June 28,1938 -------------- ..------.......... 71, 017.58 71, 017.58 Sixth Supplemental National Defense Appropriation Act, 1942: Development of landing areas for national defense, Office of Administrator of Civil Aeronautics (transfer to War), 1941-46 .n(t...o............)......... (2) a -4, 950, 000. 00 -4, 950, 000.00 I Hospital and domiciliary facilities, Veterans' Administration (transfer to War)......... Mar. 4,1931 -- - .-...- _........ 000.00 7, 500, 7,500, 000.00 Allotments made from emergency appropriation acts: Public Works Administration, allotment to War, rivers and harbors, 1935-43 ......... .... ---- -----..---.............. June 19,1934 1 -10.94 ---- 9,296. ---------------- -10.94 Emergency fund for the President, national defense (allotment to War, Corps of Engineers) 1942-46... ......-------------------------------------- ------------------- Apr. 5,1941 __________________ _ _________________ 1-139, 296. 41 -139, 296. 41 -10. 94 __________...........___ -139, 296. 41 -139,307.35 Grand total, appropriated funds ... _ . . . . . . .__................ 146, 063, 773. 89 302, 855, 002. 61 3, 998, 721. 17 452, 917, 497. 67 Trust funds (contributions and advances): Funds contributed for improvement of rivers and harbors__ ................. (2) 178,229.52 ---------------------------------- 178, 229. 52 Funds contributed for flood control, rivers and harbors_.__..................__ _ (2) , ..... .513,418.00 .----------------- 513,418.00 Funds advanced for flood control, rivers and harbors ............... ___.........._ Oct. 15,1940 -,,__---_--__--- _ 415,150.00..------------------ 415,150.00 Grand total, all trust funds_ 178, 229. 52 928,568. 00 ----------------- 1,106, 797. 52 Funds transferred from other departments as working funds: Working fund, War, Engineers, civil------ ------------ ------------ -_(2) --------------------------------- 622,802.28 622,802.28 0 Working fund, War, Engineers, civil, 1944 -------------------------------- (2) S.-----------------4,838.08 -4, 838.08 a. Working fund, War, Engineers, civil, 1945_-_--------------------- (2) 92, 444.55 92, 444. 55 Working fund, War, Engineers, civil, 1946_ __ _.-... ..... .. -- -........ _ (2) 707,831.94 707,831.94 ,-, Working fund, War, Engineers, civil (trust fund)........---------------------------- (2) . 221,339.70 221,339.70 Total, working funds----------- -------------------------------------------- 1---------- ------- --- 1, F39,580.39 1,639,580.39 0. ' Grand total, all funds-------. ........--------.. .........------------------------------------------ 146, 242, 003.41 303,783,570.61 5, 638, 301. 56 455,663,875. 58 I Transferred to surplus fund. 2Various. s Returned to Civil Aeronautics Authority. -I Advancedfunds.-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 provi- sions of the Act of October 15, 1940, and are returnable to the same interests when necessary Government funds are available..- rv Balance due Amount received Amount returned Balance due from United from United O Districtfrom United during fiscal during fiscal States, June 30, -4 1945 year year 1946 Great Kills Harbor, Staten Island, N. YNew York, N. Y ---------------------- $114,500 ----------------------------------- $114,500 Buffalo Bayou, Tex______------------------------------Galveston, --------------------- Tex . ..................----------- 2,500,000 $400, 000 ____ 2,900, 000 Portsmouth-New Boston, Ohio River Basin, Ohio .. .......... Cincinnati, Ohio .... Bayou Bodcau, Red Chute, and Loggy Bayou, La.....------------......... ..- Vicksburg, Miss...---------------------- 65, 000 15, 150 -"- ----------------- $65, 000 ------------ 15, 150 z Total, flood control__ _ __ -------------------- . 2, 565, 000 415, 150 65, 000 2, 915, 150 0 Grand total--------------- --- ---------------------------- -------------------- 2,679, 500 415,150 65, 000 3, 029, 650 (2 0 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, 1946, is as followvs: Expenditures Appropriation Act New work Maintenance Total Rivers and harbors: Maintenance and improvement of existing river and harbor works _ _________ __ _ ___ .__ __ (1) $19,870, 990.93 2 $58,623, 173. 29 $78, 494, 164. 22 Maintenance and improvement of existing river and harbor works, emergency construction, Act July 21, 1932_ ------------------------------------------------------------------------- July 21,1932 26. 71 26. 71 Power plant, Fort Peck Dam, Mont., construction _-_-_.-__ _---- .. ....-.... (1) 776, 883. 74 776, 883. 74 .-....-- ......-.- . (1) 237, 826. 29 237, 826. 29 Power plant, Bonneville Dam, Columbia River, Oreg., construction ....... .................. Emergency fund for the President, national defense (allotment to War, Corps of Engineers), 1942-46 ... .... ..... -- (construction of submerged weir in the Niagara River) _ ----------------------------------- Apr. 5,1941 986. 90 986. 90 Improvement of Washington Channel, D. C. (transfer to War) - ._- July 1,1941 32, 561. 99 - - - - _-. -..-- 32,561.99 M i. Total, rivers and harbors.. . . "_ , _ __ _ _ _ _ _ . 20, 919, 249. 85 58, 623, 200.00 79, 542, 449.85 '4 -- ! i i- Flood control (projects authorized in act of June 22, 1936, as amended and supplemented): Flood control, general_ ._ (1) 33, 509, 115. 00 3 9, 569, 863. 50 43, 078, 978. 50 0 Flood control, general (emergency fund)_.__ __. --.-------- (1) 2, 427, 001.53 11,107, 239. 72 13,534, 241.25 Total, flood control, general- __ . __ __ ------------- ............. 35, 936, 116. 53 20, 677, 103. 22 56, 613, 219. 75 00 rUl Flood control, Mississippi River (act May 15, 1928, as amended): (1) Flood control, Mississippi River and tributaries_______..... ___ ________.__... 18, 659, 869. 36 10, 701, 710. 27 29, 361, 579. 63 Emergency fund for flood control on tributaries of Mississippi River_...... ____......... __ __ ______ (1) 978. 44 21, 623, 624. 78 645, 603. 22 Total flood control, Mississippi River__ _-...... ___ ______ 18, 681, 847. 80 11, 325, 335. 05 30, 007, 182. 85 Flood control, Sacramento River, Calift...___._..."...._._____._.-. (1) 1, 616, 795. 81 ---.------. ----- 1, 616, 795. 81 -Total, all flood control......---- --.-----------..... . . 56, 234, 760. 14 32, 002, 438. 27 88, 237, 198. 41 Miscellaneous appropriations: National Industrial Recovery, Public Works Administration (allotment to War, Corps of Engineers), _.. ......___...... .......... .. 1933-45----........-.............--- ...... _ ............ June 16,1933 23,927.66- - - 23,927.66 Development of landing areas for national defense, Office of Administrator of Civil Aeronautics, transfer to War, 1941-45-....... • Apr. 28, 19424 4, 496, 877. 45---------------- 4, 496, 877. 45 Maintenance and operation, certain water mains outside the District of Columbia, 1944-45 ............- June 27,1944 589. 45 .2, 2, 589. 45 Maintenance and operation, certain water mains outside the District of Columbia, 1945-46______...... Mar. 31, 1945 S3, 671. 44 3, 671.44 Hospital and domiciliary facilities, Veterans' Administration (transfer to War)_ _--- -- Mar. ------ 4,1931 133,127. 66 ____-- -- 133,127.66 Total miscellaneous appropriations...____ _____ _____. _______.______ ____ 4, 653, 932. 77 6, 260. 89 4, 660, 193. 66 See footnotes -- . at end of table. . Expenditures Appropriation Act New work Maintenance Total Contributed and advanced funds: Funds contributed for improvement of rivers and harbors................----------------.. . -- -() $61, 428.45 $269, 827. 77 $331, 256. 22 Funds contributed for flood control, rivers and harbors--.......-----------------.-------- (5) 245, 021.81 62, 433.37 307, 455. 18 * Funds advanced for flood control, rivers and harbors_-..........-------------------------- Oct. 5,1940 118, 505.00 _-118, 505.00 O Total, contributed and advanced funds------....................-------------------- ----------------------------- 424, 955. 26 332, 261. 14 757, 216. 40 Total, Engineer Department and contributed funds____--..............___.----_ -- --------------- _ 82, 232, 898.02 90, 964, 160. 30 173, 197, 058. 32 Working fund, War, Engineers, civil, no year (various projects) -------------------.............--------- ----- ..-------- ------------------------------ 944, 696.82 Working fund, War, Engineers, civil, 1945 (various projects)-------......... -- ----------------------------------------------------------------- 93, 642. 50 Working fund, War, Engineers, civil, 1946 (various projects)------- -------------- --------------------------------------- ----- 339, 285. 59 Working fund, War, Engineers, civil (trust fund) no year (various projects)------------------- -------------------- ------------ 320, 928. 23 Total, working funds..........------------------------------------------------ ------------- --------------- ----------------- 1,698,553.14 Grand total expenditures by Engineer Department ................ .....------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------.. 174,895,611.46 I Annual or supplemental. 2 Includes $121,069 transferred for cooperative work to other departments. = Includes $485,151.31 transferred for cooperative work to other departments. ' Sixth Supplemental National Defense Appropriation Act, 1942, Apr. 28,1942. s Trust funds (various). .- Consolidated cost and financial summary as of June 30, 1946 Value of - Plus Minus Additional Cost of new Cost of main- plant, stocks, accounts Total expendi- Balance un- Total to be amount re- work tenance and undis- receivable accounts tures expended accounted for i quired for tributed items payable completion i - - ! Seacoast harbors and channels ........ $732, 355, 370. 06 $374,817, 741.99 $594, 397. 34 $83, 928. 62 $1, 616,578. 26 $1, 106, 234, 859. 751$46, 903, 880. 47 $1, 153, 138, 740. 22 $176, 065, 000 Intracoastal canals and other waterways_ 180, 477, 448. 10 101,156,153.01 3, 192. 57 77, 942. 72 686, 706. 01 281, 028, 030. 40i 22, 411, 937. 72 303, 439, 968. 12 8=43,171, 000 Mississippi River system_ .- 849, 504, 303. 32 330, 840, 488. 66 1, 385, 994. 13 408, 355. 57 1,006, 953. 63 1, 181, 132, 188. 05 31, 083,183. 33 1, 212, 215, 371. 38 319, 606, 000 Lake harbors and channels__ .... .__... 228, 349, 454. 69 94, 797, 915. 57 278, 793. 06 72, 118. 32 392, 875. 31 323, 105, 406. 36 12, 207, 047. 02 335, 312, 453. 38 81, 737, 000 O Examinations, surveys, and contingen- cies of rivers and harbors............... 7, 613, 720. 34 67, 861, 306. 48 8, 493.14 79, 782. 14 144, 930. 71 75, 418, 371.39 5, 022, 357. 18 80, 440, 728. 57 Removing sunken vessels__ ". ....... 10,043,993. 04 10, 043, 993. 04 86, 028. 59 10, 130, 021. 63 Power installation at Fort Peck and Bonneville__ Dam No. 2, Tennessee River .... . 31, 486,718. 37 46, 613, 947. 62 2, 071, 249. 00 02 45,610. 46.4 256, 509. 43 31, 275, 865.38 3,610, 134.62 34, 886, 000. 00 4,320,000 M 48, 685, 196.62 ----------..-- 48, 685, 196.62 Passamaquoddy tidal power project...... 6, 384, 160. 89 6, 384, 160.891 .......... 6, 384, 160. 89 Flood control_.... __ 1, 191, 171,119.63 230, 912, 033. 91 3, 678, 496. 35 718, 066. 36 8, 805, 016. 7 1, 417, 674, 699. 50 325, 418, 916. 12 1, 743, 093, 615. 62 3, 0 48,503,000 Plant: River and harbor _________________ --.--.--.--.---- 38,122, 023.85 4, 588, 692. 51 5, 414, 173. 69 37, 296, 542. 67 21, 501, 025.09 58, 797, 567. 76 Flood control----- ---- -- --- -- 12, 529, 154. 13 1, 122, 967. 22 1,492, 836. 01 12, 159, 285. 34 3, 652, 710. 21 15, 811,995. 55 l 1 ! I I ! I i I I i , Total,------- ------------- 3, 273, 956, 243. 021, 212, 500, 881. 66 1 56, 646,154. 59 7, 151,899. 9219, 816, 579. 8 4, 530, 438, 599. 39 471, 897, 220. 35 5, 002, 335, 819. 74 4, 473,402, 000 Unallotted balances June 30, 1946: Rivers and harbors -.... ____ 18, 997, 660. 25 18, 997, 660. 25 Flood control_ __ ---- I--------------I------I--------.--- . . . .---------------- 20, 890, 123.30 20, 890, 123. 30 Total unallotted balance_ -.- ............--- .. 39, 887, 783. 55 39, 887, 783. 55 trtal .. Grandtham .52,-,2--.II-.represents tee_ p t r e fo._lows:- -, ...------ _- -- 511, 785, 003. 90 5, 042, 223, 603. 29 $. ---- -- -- 'Of this amount $52,244,258.59 represents the value of plant distributed as follows: Service plant Construction Tools and equip- Total plant meut Rivers and harbors ------------------------------------------------------------ $8, 383,864. 47 $28, 790, 031.37 $2, 640, 499.20 $39,814,395.04 ' Flood control......----------------------------------------------------------------- 4, 399, 107. 19 6, 502, 229.23 1, 528, 527.13 12, 429, 863. 55 Total...---------------- ------------------------------------------- 12, 782; 971. 66 35, 292, 260. 60 4, 169, 026. 33 52, 244, 258. 59 IC 20 ., REPORT OF CHIEF OF.ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMY, 1946 The amounts that could be expended during the fiscal year ending June 30, 1948, on authorized projects are as follows: Maintenance and improvement of existing river and harbor works: New work--------------------_,------- $250, 755, 476 Maintenance_-------------------,------- 109, 358, 524 Total, rivers and harbors---------------------------- $360, 114, 000 Alteration of bridges, Public Law No. 647, 76th Cong - _ _ _-_ 500, 000 Maintenance, certain water mains outside the District of Colum- bia-------------------------------------- ----- -- 12, 000 Power installation, Fort Peck_---_-----_--_-__-____._- - 3, 290, 500 Flood control: Mississippi River and tributaries.- - $112, 902, 000 Emergency work on tributaries of Mississippi Rliver------------------------------- 1, 000, 000 Sacramento Iiver, Calif_-------_______ ___ 2, 500, 000 Flood control, general, .act of June 22, 1936, as amended and supplemented-----------515, 940, 095 Total, flood control --- -- -- _-_ --- -- ____________ 632, 342, 095 Grand total---------------------------------__ 996, 258, 595 THE BOARD OF ENGINEERS FOR RIVERS AND HARBORS The creation of the Board and the duties assigned to it uinder the original and subsequent acts of Congress are described in the Annual Report of the Chief of Engineers for the fiscal year 1922. On June 30, 1946, the Board was composed of the following mem- bers: Brig. Gen. Roscoe C. Crawford, Brig. Gen. James B. Newman, Col. Beverly C. Dunn, Col. Charles L. Hall, Col. Malcolm Elliott, Col. Clark Kittrell, and Col. Wayne S. Moore, United States Army.. In addition to the foregoing, the following named officers have also been detailed for various periods during the year to membership on the Board: Maj. Gen. Thohas M. Robins, Brig. Gen. John J. King- man, Brig. Gen. John S. Bragdon, Col. Malcolm Elliott, Col. Xeno- phon H. Price, Col. Earl E. Gesler, Col. Albert B. Jones, Col. I-arry A. Montgomery, and Col. Peter A. Feringa. 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 in the following table: Number of Number of Number investigations investigations Totanum- N umber Authority for investigations ordered prior ordered dur- cmpleteduring year remainingtorr- 1945 y r 146 1, 1945 ending1946 June be completed 5 year194630, River and harbor and flood con- trol acts---........------------.............. 4, 705 0 4,104 92 509 Congressional resolutions... . 1,950 209 1, 634 89 436 Total---------------------...................... 6, 655 209 5,738 181 945 There were 26 hearings held by the Board during the year. 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 three series of reports known as Port and Terminal THE BOARD OF ENGINEERS FOR RIVERS AND HARBORS 21 Facilities Reports, Port' Series Reports, and Transportation Series Reports. The following reports were prepared during the year: Locks and dams of the United States (Navigation Data), 1945. TRANSPORTATION SERIES REPORTS No. 3. Transportation Lines on the Great Lakes, 1946. No. 4. Transportation Lines on the Mississippi River System, 1946. No. 5. Transportation Lines on the Atlantic, Gulf, and Pacific Coasts, 1946. PORT SERIES REPORTS No. 14. Savannah and Brunswick, Ga., 1946. PORT AND TERMINAL FACILITIES REPORTS' No. 30. Ports on Lake Superior. Revisions of the following repprts were in progress: PORT SERIES REPORTS No. 3. The Port of Boston, Mass., 1946. No. 22. Tlhe Ports of Port Arthur, Sabine, Beaumont, and Orange, Tex., 1946. No. 40. Panama Canal and its Ports, 1946. Thle statisticsof water-borne ommerce, collected and compiled by the Corps of Engineers as required by law, have continued to be of service to numerous agencies. Miscellaneous special studies were made in connection with subjects pending before the Board and in response to specific requests by the Office of the Chief of Enginers and other governmental agencies; and tables, graphs, and maps have been prepared as necessary in connec- tion therewith. IMPROVEMENT OF RIVERS AND HARBORS IN THE BOSTON, MASS., DISTRICT This district colnprises all of Maine, the eastern two-thirds of New Hampshire, and northeastern and eastern Massachusetts embraced in the drainage basins tributory 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 Sippic:nn Neck, and Scraggy Neck. It also includes the Cape Cod Canal. District engineer: Col. Homer B. Pettit, Corps of Engineers, to August 13, 1945; Col. Clifton T. HIunt, Corps of Engineers, since thtit time. Division engineer: Brig. Gen. James A. O'Connor, United States Armny, to December 6, 1945; Col. Thomas F. Kern, Corps of Engineers, acting division engineer from December 7, 1945, to December 12, 1945; Maj. Gen. William M. Hoge, United States Army, from December 13, 1945, to January 10, 1946; Col. Thomas'F. Kern, Corps of Engineers, acting division engineer from January 11, 1946, to February 1, 1946; Maj. Gen. Douglas L. Weart, United States Army, from February 2, 1946. IMPIIROVEMENTS Navigation Page Flood control Page 1. Northeast Harbor, Maine... 24 20. Merrimack River Basin, 2. Isle Au Haut Thoroughfare, N. H. and Mass__ ,.. 57 Maine_... .. _....... 24 21. Franklin Falls Reservoir, 3. Penobscot River, Maine.... 25 Merrimack River Basin, 4. Hendricks Harbor, Maine_.. 27 N. H- ..-......... - 59 Reservoir, Mer- 5. Kennebec River, Maine .... 28 22. Blackwater rimack River Basin, N. H. 62 6. Portland Harbor, Maine.... 30 23. Beards Brook Reservoir, 7. Josias River, Maine ...... 33 Merrimack River Basin, 8. Essex River, Mass....... 34 N. II.---.-.---.......- 64 24. Bennington Reservoir, Mer- 9. Gloucester Harbor and An- rimack River Basin, N. H. 66 nisquam River, Mass..... 35 25. West Peterboro Reservoir, 10. Boston Harbor, Mass...... 38 Merrimack River Basin, 11. Weymouth Fore River N . H --_.. .. . . -... . 68 M ass...- -.... -.-. . 42 26. Mountain Brook Reservoir, 12. Cohasset Harbor, Mass..... 44 Merrimack River Basin, 13. Duxbury Harbor, Mass..... N. IH----------- - 70 46 27. Nashua, Merrimack River 14. Plymouth Harbor, Mass.... 47 Basin, N. H-....-....- 71 15. Wellfleet Harbor, Mass_..... 48 28. North Andover and Law- 16. Cape Cod Canal, Mass..... 49 rence, Merrimack River - 17. Examinations, Surveys and Basin, N. 11-----. - 73' 29. Preliminary examinations, Contingencies (general) --- 53 surveys and contingencies 18. Other navigation projects for which no estimates are for flood control -------- 30. Other flood control projects .75 submitted.--.---....-... 54 for which no estimates are .19. Plant allotment.----- ..- . 56 8ubmitted.. 75 23 24 REPORT OF CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMY, 1946 1. NORTHEAST TARBOR, MAINE Location.-This harbor is a small cove, indenting the south shore of Mount Desert Island, Maine. - It lies just east of the entrance to Somes Sound, about 13 miles southwest of Bar, Harbor. (See U. S. Coast and Geodetic Survey Charts Nos. 306 and 1202.) Existing project.--'This provides for a channel and anchorage 10 feet deep between the 10-foot natural contour and proposed town land- ing, and 7-foot anchorage areas contiguous to the existing natural channel. The project depths refer to mean low water. The mean tidal range is 10.3 feet and the spring range is 11.7 feet. The estimate of cost for new work, revised in 1946, is $113,400. The latest (19.45) approved estimate of cost of annual maintenance is $1,000. The existing project was authorized by the River and IHarbor Act of March 2, 1945 (II. Doec. No. 132, 76th Cong., 1st sess.). The latest published map is in the project document. Local cooperation.-Local interests are required to furnish, free of cost to the United States, suitable spoil-disposal areas, properly bulkheaded; provide a public landing with facilities for the service and supply of recreational craft, available to the public on equal terms; and hold and save the United States free from all claims for damages incident to the work of improvement. Terminal facilities.--There are 14 landings, all privately owned, 2 of which are open to the public without charge.. Operations and results during fiscal year.-None. Condition at end of fiscal year,--No work has been done on the existing project. Conditions are as shown on the map published in the proj ect document. Proposed operations.-No funds are available and no operations are proposed during the fiscal year ending June 30, 1947. . The sum of $113,400 can be profitably expended during the fiscal year 1948 for completion of the project as authorized in the 1945 River and 'Harbor Act. Cost and financial summary Cost of new work to Jurie 30, 1.946 __________ Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1946 - - - - - Total cost of permanent work to June 30, 1946_ Net total expenditures_ Total amount appropriated to June 30, 1946_ , '_ _- - Amount (estimated) required to be appropriated for completion of existing project--------------------------------__ 113, 400 $______ 2. ISLE AU IIAUT TIIOROUGHFARE, MAINE Location.-This is a tidal .strait about 1i miles long between Isle Au Iaut and Kimball Island, located off the coast of Maine in East Penobscot Bay about 25 miles east of Rockland. (See,U. S. Coast and Geodetic Survey Chart No. 309.) Existing project.-This provides for a channel 75 feet wide and 6 feet deep, approximately 1,200 feet long, through the shoal at the easterly end of the waterway. The project depths refer to mean low RIVERS' AND HARBORS-BOSTON, MASS., DISTRICT 25 water. The mean tidal range is 9.1 feet and the spring range is 10.4 feet. The estimate of cost for new work, revised in 1946, is $43,200. 'The latest (1945) approved estimate of cost of annual maintenance is $500. The existing project was authorized by the River and Harbor Act of March 2, 1945 (S. Doec. No. 15, 77th Cong., 1st sess.). The latest published map is in the project document. Local cooperation.-Local interests are required to furnish as- surances satisfactory to the Secretary of War that they will pi vide and'maintain on the thoroughfare a suitable public landing and hold and save the United States free from all claims for damages resulting from the improvement. Terminal facilities.-There are eight wharves on the thoroughfare, all privately owned, nione of which are open to the public. Operations and results during fiscal year.-None. Condition at end of fiscal year.-No work has been done on the existing project. Conditions are "as shown on the map published in the project document. Proposed operations.-No funds are available and no work is contemplated during the fiscal year 1947. The sum of $43,20()0 can be profitably expended during the fiscal year 1948 for dredging a channel 75 feet wide, 6 feet deep at mean low water, and approximately 1,200 feet long through the shoal at the easterly end of Isle Au Haut Thoroughfare. Cost and financial summary Cost of new work to June 30, 1946 -- Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1946_ --------------- _ - Total cost of permanent work to June 30, 1946_ Net total expenditures _ ----- ----.-- -- Total amount appropriated to June 30, 1946.. Amount (estimated) required to be appropriated for completion of ex- isting project--------- ------------------ ---------------- $43, 200 Amount that can be profitably expended in fiscal year ending June ------------------------------------- 43, 200 30, 1948, for new work............... 3. PENOBSCOT RI1VER, 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 direct tion through the middle of the State, d(ischargilg into Penobscot Bay, albout 90 miles northeast of Portland, Maine. (See U. S. Coast allnd Geodletic Survey Chart No. 311.) Previous projects.-Adopted by the River anid 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, 189.. For further details of previous projects, see page 1732 of Annual Report for 1915, andl page 48 of Annual Repo rt for 1938. Eisting project.--'Ihis provides forl dre(ging to a (eptl' of 22 -feet feet between Winterport and Bucksport, about 16 miles below Bangor; for straightelling,, widening, and (leepening to 15 the chalnnel near Sterns Mill and near Crosl)ys Narrows from 3 to 4.5 mile~ below . 26 "REPORT OF CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U., S. ARMY, 194 6 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 1.3.1 feet, and the extreme about 15 feet. The estimate of cost for new work, made in 1901, was $130,000, ex- clusiv of amounts expended under previous projects. The latest (1906) approved estimate for annual cost of maintenance is $500. 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 Croshys Narrows .... S. Ex. Doe. No. 44, 48th Cong., 1st sess., and An- nual Report 1884, p. 475. Aug. 11,1888 Dredging between Winterport and Bucksport_.. -- . H. Ex. Doe. No. 133, 50th Cong., 1st sess., and An- nual Report 1888, p. 425. July 13,1892 Widening the channel at Bangor ---------------H. Ex. I)oc. No. 37, 52d Cong., 1st scss., and An- nual Report 1892, p. 533. Mar. 3,1899 Dredging Kenduskeag streanm, ----------------- =------- H. Ex. Doc. No. 49, 55th Cong., 1st seas., and An- Mar. 2,1907 Further widening of the harbor at Bangor.-------------H.... nu'il Report 1897, p.All. )Doc.No, 739, 59th Cong., 1st sess.' ' Contains the latest published map. Other maps are in TH.Doe. 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 con- sidered adequate for existing needs. Operations and results during fiscal year.--None. Condition at end of fiscal year.-.The existing project was con- pleted in 1913. In 1938 the channel from I3Bucksport 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 H-arbor, on the Brewer side, having a maximum width of 200 feet RIVERS AND HARBORS-BOSTON, MASS., DISTRICT 27 and a least depth of 4.6 feet at mean low water. Dredging to remove subsequent shoaling in the channel opposite Lawrence Cove was com- pleted 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 $185,348.68, of which $133,220.53 was for new work and $52,128.15 was for mainte- nance. -Proposedoperations.--No funds are available and no work is pro- posed during the fiscal year 1947. The sum of $60,000 can be profitably expended during the fiscal year 1948 for maintenance, to restore project depths in the existing, ,project. Cost and financial.summary Cost of new work to June 30, 1946 ------ ..----------- $501, 020. 53 Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1946---.-.-.-- ---------- 52, 128. 15 Total cost of permanent work to June 30, 1946------------ 553, 148. 68 Net total expenditures....................................------------------------------------ 553, 148. 68 Total amount appropriated to June 30, 1946-.--. .--.-.- ..- 553, 148. 68 Fiscal year ending June 30 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 Cost fnew work .. . .. ... -.. .. .. - .---- _........... -- Cost of maintenance,-------------. $2,120. 42..................... Total expended.....-------------.... 8,455.18 .............. ..............-..... ... . Allotted......................... -- 163.87 ............-------........... .......--- Amount that can be l)rofitably exp)ended in fiscal year ending June" 30, 1948, for, maintenance---------------------------.................................... $60, 000. 00 4. HENDRICKS HARBOR, MAINE , Location.--This harbor, on the west side of Southport Island and, on the east side of the Sheepscot River about 2 miles above its mouth, is 50 miles northeast of Portland, Maine. (See U. S. Coast and Geodetic Survey Chart No. 314.) Existing project.--lThis provides for an entrance channel 30, feet wide and 9 feet deep at mean low water. The mean tidal range is 8.5 feet and the extremie range is 9.7 feet. The estimate of cost for new work, revised in 1946, is $8,000. Main- tenance costs will be nominal. The existing project was authorized by the.River and Tarbor Act of March 2, 1945 (S. Dec. No. 40 Seventy-sixth Congress, first session). The latest published map is in the project document. Terminal facilities.-T--here are two wharves and four small land- Ings, all privately owned, and not open to the public. Opeirations and results during fiscal year.-None.. Condition at end of fiscal year.--No work has been done on the ex- isting project. Conditions are as shown on the map published in the" Project document. Proposed operations.-No funds are available and no work is con- templated during the fiscal year 1947. 28 REPORT' OF 'CHIEF' OF ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMY, 1946 The sum of $8,000 can be profitably expended during the fiscal year 1948 for the provision of an entrance channel 30 feet wide and 9 feet deep at mean low water. Cost and financial summary Cost of new work to June 30, 1946_.__... Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1946- _-. Total cost of permanent work to June 30, 1946_ Net total expenditures -_.. _--------------___-__ __ - - .---------- Total amount appropriated to June 30, 1946 -- -------- Amount (estimated) required to be appropriated for completion of existing project------------------------------------------- $8, 000 Amount that can be profitably expended in fiscal year ending June 30, 1948, for new work_-- -------- -------- ,-------------- 8, 000 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. I'i sting project.--'This provides for a channel 27 feet deep iand 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 Narrows, 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 exca- vation, 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. The estimate of cost for new work, revised in 1941, was $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: RIVERS AND HARBORS-BOSTON, MASS., DISTRICT 29 Acts Work authorized Documents June 13, 1902 Channel between Augusta and Gardiner, Maine_ 11. 1)oc. No. 262, 56th Cong., 1st sess.' Mar. 2,1907 Channel below Gardiner, Maine..........-----------....... It. --- Doc. No. 321, 59th Cong., 2d sess. 1 Mar. 4,1913 Channel west of Swan Island....----------------............... I. )oe. No. 746, 62d Cong., 2d sess.i 1 Oct. 17, 1940 27-foot channel from mouth to Bath------------.............. .Doc. No. 55, 77th Cong., 1st sess. I Contain the latest published maps. Recommended modification of project.-In IHouse Document No. 2107, Sixty-fourth Congress, second session, it was recommended that the improvemllet il(and maintenance of the channel west of Swan Island, nlear the town of RiChlnond(, be abandoned. Termin al facilities.-Wharves capable of serving a useful purpose are located at the towns of Bath, Richmond, Randolph, Gardiner, Ilallowell, and Augusta. Of the 31 wharves at Bath, 4 are publicly and 27 privately owned, but a)boult ole-tllir(l of the privately owned wharves are in poor repair .all(l are little llse(d. Rail co(nnectiolns are available at 19 of the wharves at Bath. D)epths alongside the wharves range from 12 to 25 feet. At the other above-named points there are 16 wharves in usable condition. All buit 1 are equipped with mechanism for handling pas- sellers or freight. Thllose open to the public on equal terms are 2 at Ilallowell allnd 1 each at Ranldolpll and Augusta. None is publicly owned. The facilities are conlsiere(d a(lequate for existing commerce. Operations and re ults drtdring fiscal year.-A condlition survey by lired labor of areas b)etween the mouth and Bath Bridge was made in November 1915, at a cost; of $9,104.62, for minteiance, which was l)aid for from lll lant allotment funds, to be reimbursed with project funds (lring the fiscal year 1947. Thllere were 1o costs an(l no expenditures during the fiscal year. Conditions at end of fiscal year.-The existing p)roject was com- p)leted December 19, 1943, with the exception of )roject dredging from the Bath Iron Works Corp. to its upper limit 0.6 mile above the Bath Bri(lge, for wllich tlere aippears to )e'no immediate needl. The con- trolling (lepts at Ilmean low water in tile Kennebec River from the miolltll to Bath are 17.9 feet at a f)oint approximately 1,500 feet up- -stream of Jack Rock Beacon, 18.7 feet at a point a)pproxirnately 850 feet lipstrean of Doubling Point Light, 24.2 feet at a point approxi- lIliately 3,150 feet ldownstream firol' thle )rid(ge at Batlh (1945) ;thence 13 feet to tile Gardiner-Ran(olpll Bridge (1939) ; tllence 8 feet to the hiead of navigation at Augusta (1939). The costs uinder the existing project have been $1,222,935.53, of whiclh $1,09)0,52).30 was for new work and $132,406.23 was for mainte- nance. The expendlitures have been $1,222,935.53. Proposed operations.--The sum of $9,104.62 was allotted in July 1946 and will be used to reil llbrse plant allotment for funds expended for a maintenance survey made during the fiscalyear 1946. 721584--47-pt. 1, vol. 1- 3 30 REPORT OF CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMY, 1946 The sum of $40,000 can be profitably expended during the fiscal year 1948 for maintenance dredging in the 27-foot channel. Cost and financial summary Cost of new work to June 30, 1946----------------------- $1,599, 940. 33 Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1946_______________________ 132, 406. 23 Total cost of permanent work to June 30, 1946----------1, 732, 346. 56 Net total expenditures_ 1, 732, 346. 56 Total amount appropriated to June 30, 1946 ----------------- 1, 732, 346. 56 Fiscal year ending June 30 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 Cost of new work.....----------- $271,003.04 $382, 634.19 $49,302.40 ..................... 21.____ Cost of maintenance--------------. 3, 295. 66 4, 024. 47 42. 21 .. Total cost----------------.................. 274, 388. 70 386, 658. 66 49,344. 61 .. . . . . Total expended----------------.. . 225, 743.04 256,648.02 228,081.27 .. Allotted..--- -..... 5,453. 26..................... Amount allotted in July 1946---______ $9, 104. 62 Unobligated balance available for fiscal year 1947 _ 9, 104. 62 Amount (estimated) required to be appropriated for completion of existing project ________________----_ 94, 000.00 Amount that can be profitably expended in fiscal year ending June 30, 1948, for maintenance 1----- ------- 40, 000. 00 1 Exclusive of available funds. 6. PORTLAND HARBOR,MAINE Location.--This harbor is on the southwestern coast of Maillne, about 100 miles northeast of Boston, Mass. (See JU.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey Chart No. 325.) Previous projects.-Adopted by joint resolution of June 5, 1868, and River and IIarbor Act of June 10, 1872. For further details see page 1736 of Annual Report for 1915, and page 40 of Annulal Report for 1936. Existing project.-This provides for an anchorage area 35 feet deep at mean low water, approximately 170 acres in area, northl- Swest of House Island; an anchorage area oilff the eastern end of the city, with a minimun depth of 30 feet; dredging to 35 feet the present 30-foot channel from the Maine State pier to Portland Bridlge for its full width, thence to Vaughan Bridge for a width of 400 feet, thence to the Boston & Maine Railroad bridge for a wi(lth of 300 feet; (tredg- ing a 35-fxoot turning basin easterly of Vaughan Bridge; and( con- struction of stone breakwater about 900 feet long from Spring Point. to Spring Point Light; for a channel 30 feet, deep and 300 feet wide from the anchorage to the Gran(l Trunk bridge at the mouth of Back Cove; for rock excavation, to give a depth of 14 feet between the Grand Trunk and ilTuikeys 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; for a stone breaks ater aboiut 2,000 feet long on the southerly side of thle moulth of the inner harbor; andl tile naintenance of Soldier Ledge Channel in Hlussey Sound, Casco Bay, at a depth of 40 feet. RIVERS AND HARBORS-BOSTON, MASS., DISTRICT 31 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 estimnate of cost for new work, revised in 1946 is $4,227,000, exclusive of amounts expended on previous projects. The latest (1945) approved estimate for annual cost of maintenance is $30,500. The existing project was authorized by the following river and harbor acts: Acts Work authorized Documents ---- -I I July 4, 1836 Breakwater on southerly side of mouth of inner II. Doc. No. 491, 23d Cong., Ist 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. 3,11905 Extension of 30-foot depth up Fore River to Bos- (Sundry civil) ton & Maine It. It. bridge and in channel of approach to Back Cove. July 25, 1912 30-foot anchorage; 14 feet at entrance to Back II. 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 niain harbor and the 11. Doc. No. 71, 65th Cong., 1st sess. channel of approach, and removal of 2 ob- structing ledges in main channel. Mar. 2,1945 35-foot anchorage, approximately 170 acres in area H. Doe. No. 560, 76th Cong., 3d sess.' northwest of House Island. )o--..... Maintenance of Soldier Ledge Channel in HIussey Report of Chief of Engineers, dated Sound, at depth of 40 feet. Oct. 26, 1942. July 24,1946 Deepening 30-foot channel to 35 feet; 35-foot turn- II. DoC. No. 510, 79th Cong., 2d sess.' ing basin easterly of Vaughan Bridge; break- water at Spring Point. 'Contains latest published map. Local cooperation.-Fully complied 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 57 wharves and 2 shipyards in Portland Harbor. The large lnodern pier owned by the State is on the Portland side. Seventeen of the wharves and both of the shipyards are on the South Portland side. The facilities are considered adequate for existing commerce. For further details see Port and Terminal Facilities at the Ports of Northern New England, 1941. Operations and results during fiscal year.--Maintenance: Sweeping and sounding maintenance survey by hired labor of the 30-, 14-, and 1 2-foot approach channels to Back Cove, from the 30-foot anchorage to the head of Back Cove, in progress at the begininning of the fiscal year, was completed July 17, 1945, at a cost of $1,308.33 for mainte- llance. Detailed probing survey by hired labor of ledge No. 1 located south- east of Portland Head Light at the entrance to Portland Harbor, in progress at the beginning of the fiscal year, was completed January 3, 1946, at a cost of $4,768.26 for maintenance. 32 REPORT OF CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, ,U. S. ARMY, 1946 Sounding survey by hired labor of the Chandler Cove inside dis- posal area in progress at the beginning of the fiscal year, was com- pileted July 7, 1945, at a cost of $414.87 for maintenance. Preliminary studies in connection with the dredging to remove shoals in the 30-foot anchorage and the 35-foot channel to the State Pier, were carried on during the year, at a cost of $274.24, for main- tenance. The total costs during the fiscal year were $6,765.70, all of which was for maintenance. lThe expenditures were $6,788.73. Conditionat end of fiscal year.--The existing project was about 43 percent completed, the remaining portion consisting of the removal to a depth of 40 feet at mean low water of a ledge located about 0.5 mile southeast of Portland Head Light at the entrance to Portland Harbor, dredging the 35-foot anchorage area northwest of House Islan.d deepening the 30-foot channel to 35 feet, dredging a 35-foot turning basin easterly of Vaughan Bridge, and constructing a break- water at Spring Point. The controlling d(epthly at mean low water in the various improved channels of Portland Harbor at the dates they were last surveyed were: 32.6 feet in the lower part of the main harbor (1944) ; 28.4 feet in the upper part of the main harbor (1944) 28 feet in Fore River (1944); 27.3 feet in the anchorage, thence 17.9 feet to Grand Trunk Bridge, thence 13.3 feet to Tukeys Bridge, and 8.5 feet to the head of Back Cove (1945). The total costs under the existing project have been $12,375,426.98, of which $1,827,710.29 was for new work and $547,716.69 was for maintenance. The expenditures have been $2,375,425.80. Proposed operations.--.he funds unexpen(led( at the end of the fiscal year, amounting to $80,187.63, will be applied as follows: Accounts payable June 30, 1946, Maintenance: ----------------------------- $1. 18 Dredge to a depth of 30 feet at mean low water in Fore River Channel above Vaughan Bridge, by contract (September 1946)_ 40, 000. 00 Dredge shoals in 35-foot channel by United States hopper dredge (October 1946) ------------------------------ 40, 186. 45 The amount of $1,600,000 can be profitably expended (luring the fiscal year 1948 for new work in deepening the 30-foot channel in the inner harbor and Fore River to 35 feet, dredging a 35-foot turn- ing basin easterly of Vaughan Bridge, and constructing a breakwater at Spring Point, and partial dredging of the 35-foot anchorage north- west of House Island. The amount of $90,000 can be profitably expended during the fiscal year 1948 for maintenance dredging in the 30-foot anchorage and the 12-foot channel in Back Cove. Cost and financial summary Cost of new work to June 30, 1946-------------------------- $2, 520, 145. 54 Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1946------------------------ 547, 716. 69 Total cost of permanent work to June 30, 1946--------- 3, 067, 862. 23 Min Minus accounts payable June 30, 1946----------------------- 1. 18 Net total expenditures----------- _ ----------------- 3, 067, 861.05 Unexpended balance June 30, 1946 ------------------- --- 80, 187. 63 Total amount appropriated to June 30, 1946------------ 3, 148, 048. 68 'RIVERS AND HARBORS--BOSTON, MASS., DISTRICT 33 Fiscal year ending June 30 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 Cost of new work....-------------- $92, 563. 10 $149, 537.67 $7, 480. 46 -------------- Cost.of iaintenance-..- - ' 184.38 2,245.83 1,399.26 $22, 137. 15 $6, 765. 70 Total cost ................. 92, 747. 48 151, 783. 50 8,879. 72 22,137. 15 6, 765. 70 Total expended_.....__ ________ 32, 229. 10 136, 888.48 84, 238.07 22, 167. 99 6, 788. 73 Allotted ........- ...... - 65, 000. 00 150, 000. 00 .............. 113, 500.00- -58,000.00 Balance unexpended July 1, 1945 .---------.-.-.------- Amount allotted during fiscal year_------_---.--.--.-----.- _ $144, 976. 36 77, 000. 00 Amount to be accounted for ....................-------------------------- 221, 976. 36 Deductions on account of revocation of allotment---....----------- 135, 000. 00 Net amount to be accounted for_ ___----- ---------- 86, 976. 36 Gross amount expended_ __-----------_-- - $7, 120. 14 Less reimbursements collected--------------------- 331. 41 6, 788. 73 Balance unexpended June 30, 1946--------------------- 80, 187. 63 Outstanding liabilities, June 30, 1946__------------- _ ____1. 18 Balance available June 30, 1946_--------------- -------- . 80, 186. 45 Amount (estimated) required to be appropriated for completion of existing project 1-- --- -- ------------- 2, 399, 200. 00 Amount that can be profitably expended in fiscal year ending June 30, 1948: For new work 1---.--.---- .--- 1, 600, 000. 00 For maintenance --------------------- _-- 90, 000. 00 Total 1 ------- 1, 690, 000. 00 1,------------------------------------- Exclusive of available funds. 7. JOSIAS RIVER, MAINE Location.-This is a small river running through Flat Pond to Perkins Cove, which is the harbor for Ogunquit, a village on the coast of Maine 30 miles southwest of Portland. (See U. S. Coast and Geodetic Survey Chart No..1205.) lxEisting royect.-This provides for a channel 5 feet deep and 40 - feet wide in the Josias River from that lepth in Perkins Cove to and inclhuliilg an anchorage basin of the same depth and about 3.2 acres in area in Flat Ponl. Ihe project depths refer to mean low water. The mean range of tide is 8.7 feet and the spring raglle is 10 feet. The estimate of.cost for new work, revised in 1946, is $30,000, ex- clusive of $35,000 expended by local interests for work on the project. The latest (1945) approved estimate of cost for annual maintenance is $1,500. liTe existing project was authorize(l by tile River and Harbor Act of arch 2, 1945 (H. Doc. No. 227, 76th Cong., 1st sess.). The latest published. map is in the project document. Local cooperation.-Local interests are required to furnish free of cost to the United States all lands, easements, and rights-of-way and Spoil-disposal areas for the initial work and for subsequent main- telnance as required; hold and save the United States free from claims for damages resulting from the improvemenllt; make alterations to the 34 REPORT OF CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMY, 1946 existing footbridge across Josias River as may be required by the Secretary of War; provide suitable landing facilities open to all on equal terms; and contribute one-half of the initial cost of the improve- ment, but not to exceed $32,000. Since the preparation of the project document, the residents of Ogunquit have spent $35,000 toward the accomplishment of the project and the River and Harbor Act of March 2, 1945, states "except that the useful work done on the project by local interests shall be accepted toward the fulfillment of the requirements of local cooperation." Terminal facilities.-There are no wharves on this waterway. Operations and results during fiscal year.-A condition survey by hired labor, initiated November 28, 1945, was completed January 10, 1946, at a cost of $2,496.58, which was paid for from plant allotment funds, to be reimbursed with project funds during the fiscal year 1947. There were no costs and no expenditures during the fiscal year. Condition at end of fiscal year.-No work has been (lone on the existing project by the United States. The dredging has been largely completed by local interests at a cost of $35,000. Dredging of 24,000 cubic yards of mud, sand, and gravel remains to be done. The con- trolling depths at mean low water in the approach channel from Perkins Cove to the Flat Pond Anchorage basin are 2.7 feet (1946), and in-the Flat Pond Anchorage basin 3.1 feet (1946) for an area approximately 350 feet long by 250 feet wide. There have been no costs and no expenditures under the existing project. Proposed operations.-The sum of $2,496.58 was allotted in July 1946 and will be used to reimburse plant allotment for funds expended for a condition survey made during the fiscal year 1946. The amount of $30,000 can be profitably expended during the fiscal year 1948 to complete the anchorage basin in Flat Pond and the ap- proach channel from Perkins Cove. Cost and financial summary Cost of new work to June 30, 1946 Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1946 Total cost of permanent work to June 30, 1946_ Net total expenditures- - Total amount appropriated to June 30, 1946 Amount allotted in July 1946-------------_---------- __ $2, 496. 58 Unobligated balance available for fiscal year 1947---------------_ $2, 496. 58 Amount (estimated) required to be appropliated for completion of existing project '-- ----- _ __ - --- - - 30, 000. 00 Amount that can be profitably expended in fiscal year ending June 30, 1948, fornew work------------------------------------------30, 000. 00 1Exclusive of available funds. 8. ESSEX RIVER, MASS. Location.-This river rises in Essex County, Mass., and flows for about 6 miles in a northeasterly direction and empties into Ipswich Bay. (See U. S. Coast and Geodetic Survey Charts Nos. 243 and 1206.) Existing project.-The original project, which is also the existing project, provided for a channel 4 feet deep and 60 feet wide to the then head of navigation at the railroad bridge. It was later modified RIVERS AND HARBORS-BOSTON, MASS., DISTRICT 35 by limiting the imlp)rovement to the channel below the highway- bridge. The project depths refer to mean low water. The mean tidal range is 8.8 feet and the spring range is10 feet. The estimate of cost for new work, made in 1912, is $21,759.21. The existing project was adopted July 13, 1892 (Survey report dated May 15, 1891), and was modified March 23, 1899. latest 'The Published map is in the Annual Report of the Chief of Engineers for the year 1891. Local cooperation.-The River and Harbor Act of March 2, 1907, appropriated $5,000 for the restoration of the channel, provided the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, or other agency, place $5,000 at the dis)posal of the Secretary of War to be spent under his direction on' the project. Thlis condition was complied with. T'erminal facilities.-There are no terminal facilities on Essex River. Operations and results during fiscal year.--None. Condition at end of fiscal year'.-The existing project was completed 'in1901 at a cost of $21,759.21. Since that time the sum of $13,240.79 (including $5,000 con tributed by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts) has been spent for maintaining the project. Tlhe total costs under the existing project have been $35,000, of whiclh $21,759.21 was for new work, and $13,240.79 (including $5,000 contributed funds) was for maintenance. The expenditures have been $35,00(). Proposed operations.-No funds are available and no work is pro- posed during the fiscal year 1947. Thle sum of $80,000 can be profitably expended during the fiscal year 1948 to restore project depths in the channel. Cost and financial summary Cost of new work to June 30, 1946___________________________ $21, 759. 21 Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1946_ 1 8, 240. 79 .----------- Total cost of permanent work to June 30, 1946---------- 130, 000. 00 Net total expenditures -_ -.-..-- 1 30, 000. 00 Total amount appropriated( to June 30, 1946___________ 130, 1_____- 000. 00 Amount that can be profitably expended in fiscal year ending June 30, 1948, for maintenance----------------------------------- 80, 000. 00 SIn addition, $5,000 was expended from contributed funds for maintenance. 9. GLOUCESTER IIARBOR AND ANNISQUAM RIVER, MASS. Location.-Gloucester Harbor is situated at the southern extremity of Cape Ann, about 23 miles northeast by water from Boston Harbor,/ Annisqain River is a narrow ti(lal waterway extending across the base of Cape Ann front Gloucester Harbor on the south si(le to Ipswich Bay on the north silde, a (listance 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 IIarbor 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. 36 REPORT OF CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMY, 1946 Existing project.-This provides: Gloucester Harbor.--(a) For a rubblestone breakwater 2,25() 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 IIarbor 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. Annisquam River.--For a channel 8 feet deep at mean low water 60 feet wide from Gloucester Harbor to the Boston & Maine Rail- road 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; and for a dredged anchorage area about 17 acres in extent and 8 feet deep at the entrance of Lobster Cove. The project depths refer to mean low water. 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, revised in 1946, exclusive of amounts expended on previous projects, are as follows: Gloucester Harbor, $501,000; Annisquam River, $106,200. The latest (1945) approved estimates for annual cost of maintenance are as follows: Gloucester Harbor, $1,000; Annisquam River, $5,700. 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 Annual Report, 1887, p. 503. Gloucester Iarbor. Aug. 18, 1894 Construction of breakwater at entrance to Glou- II. Ex. D)oc. No. 58, 48th Cong., 2d cester HIarbor from Eastern Point to Round sess., and Annual Report, 1885, p. 534. Rock Shoal. June 13, 1902 Termination at Cat Ledge of breakwater author- Annual Report, 1902, p. 89. ized by act of Aug. 18, 1894. - June 25, 1910 Removal of 8 ledges in Gloucester Iarbor-.---- II. Doec. No. 1112, 60th Cong., 2d sess.t Aug. 30, 1935 Dredging in Annisquam River and removal of a Rivers and Harbors Committee, Doc. ledge in Gloucester Harbor near the entrance to No. 39, 72d Cong., 1st sess.' Annisquam River. Mar. 2, 1945 Dredging 8-foot anchorage area in Lobster Cove, II. Doc. No. 329, 77th Cong., 1st sess. t Annisquam River. 1Contains latest published map. Local cooperation.-The River and Harbor Act of March 2, 1945, provides that local interests contribute one-third of the initial cost of the ifmlprovement, but not to exceed $25,000, furnish free of RIVERS AND HARBORS-BOSTON, MASS., DISTRICT 37 cost to the United States all lands, easements, rights-of-way, and spoil-(lisi)osal areas necessary for the improvement and for sub- sequellt mlaintenllace, when and as required, and hold and save the Ullite( States free from claims for damages resulting from the iniproverlellt. Terminal facilities.-There are in Gloucester harbor 61 wharves worthy of mlention. 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 fishl pier which is leased by the city from the Commlonwealth of Massachusetts, all are private and are not avail- able to the public. There are two commercial wharves on Annis- qlutm River, onthel' east bank. Tllese facilities are considered adequlate for tlhe existillng commnerce of the Iport. For full dlescrip- tion see Port and lll Terminal Facilities at the 'orts of Northern New England, 1941. Operations an l results (luringfiscal year.-None. Condition at end of fiscal year.--The existing project was com- p)leted in 1936 except for dredging the anchorage area in Lobster Cove, il the Annlisqulam River. lhe 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 im- 1)roveiment of Annisluam River was completed in 1936 at a cost of $33,975.89. The controlling depths over the ledges in harbor in 10916, were from 18 to 25 feet; over Ledge C in the outer the inner hiarb)or 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 (lredgig in 1940, project dimensions in AnnisqguamnRiver had been restored. '.le costs for Gloucester Harbor tinder the existing project have been $501,178.84 for new work and $52,447.80 for mainteiance, a total of $553,626.64. The costs for Annisqtamn River have leel $33,975.89 for new work and $55,702.36 for maintenance, a total of $89,678.25. The total costs and expenditures uler the existing project have been $643,304.89, of Which $535,154.73 was for new work and $108,150.16 was for main- teniance. Proposed operations-No funds iare available and no work is con- templated (luriig the fiscal year 1947. Tl'h~e sumn of $72,200 can be profitably expended during the fiscal year 1948 to dredge an anchorage area 8 feet deep at mnean low water in Lobster Cove. Cost and financial summary Cost of new work to June 30, 1946______ ___ .- _________ __ $556, 154. 73 Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1946_------------------------ 108, 150. 16 ----------- Total cost of permanent work to June 30, 1946 Net total exipenditures ------------------------------------ 664, 304. 89 664, 304. 89 Total amount appropriated to June 30, 1946----- 664, 304. 89 38 REPORT OF CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMY, 1946 Fiscal year ending Jun3 30 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 Cost ofnew work................. .-- . Cost of maintenance--------------... 201. 85 ..- - - -- - - _ -- ------------ Total expended-------------------................... 201.85 -- Allotted.....------------- -142. 55 -----.................... Amount (estimated) required to be appropriated for completion of existing project------------------------------------_ $72, 200. 00 Amount that can be profitably expended in fiscal year ending June 30, 1948, for new work ---------------------------------- _ 72, 200. 00 10. BOSTON HARBOR, MASS. Location.--This harbor includes all tile expanse of tidewater lying within a line from Point AlIerton to Point Shirley and extending from that line westward to the mainland. 'lhis colmprises aiin area of about 47 square miles, exclusive of the islands. (See U. S. Coast and Geodetic Survey Charts Nos. 246 and 248.) Previous projects.-Adopted by the River and IHarbor Acts of March 2, 1867, June 14, 1880, September 19, 1890, June 3, 1896, and July 25, 1912. For further details see page 1743 of Annual Repolrt for 1915, page 81 of Annual Report for 1917, and page 63 of Annual Report for 1938. Existing project.--This provides for the f)ollowing: (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 Conunon- 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) Deeping the main ship channel to 40 feet for a varying wi(lth of 600 to 900 feet, from Commonwealth IPier No. I to ai)oillt 550 feet northerly of the site of Mystic Piers Nos. 46 and 47, Charlestown. (d) An anchorage area 2,000 feet wide, 5,500 feet long, and 40 feet deep, on the north side of President Roads. (e) Extension of President Roads anchorage 700 feet to the north and 500 feet to the west at a depth of 40 feet, and dredging an area to 35 feet lying west of the anchorage. (f) I)eepening to 40 feet that )partof 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. (g) A channel 35 feet deep from the sea (along tile same line as the 40-foot channel) through Biroad 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 relnaining distance of 6 Iniles. (h) 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. (i) A channel 27 feet deep and 1,000 feet wide from Nantasket Roads to President Roads, 3 miles. (j) A channel 15 feet deep, 300 feet wide, and 550 feet long tllhrough RIVERS AND HARBORS-BOSTON, MASS., DISTRICT 39 the bar which exteids from the north head of Long Island to Nixes Mate Shoal, known as "Nixes Mate" or "Nubble" channel. (k) A channel in Chelsea River 30 feet deep and generally 200 feet wide, from the mouth of the river, at the head of the 35-foot clhannel inll Boston Harbor, to a point opposite the Hartol Oil' Co. terIlinlal. (1) Illlprovement of Reserved Channel east of L Street Bridge by a channel 30 feet deep and 300 feet wide. (in.() The Fort Point Channel, 23 feet deep and 175 feet wide froni its entrance ill Iostonl Harbor, about four-fifths of a mile to near the I)orcllhester A venlue (old Federal Street) Bridge. (n) Sea walls of coursedl stone and riprap protecting tile mlost ex- posedl leadlalldis 111(1 islallls. 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, allln in IFort Point Channel. The extreme range is about 4 feet greater. The estimllate of cost for new work, revised in 1946, exclusive of amoulnt exp)en(led (onl previous projects and of sea walls for which no estimate \.as givenl is $18,219,000. The latest (1946) approved estimate for annual cost of maintenance is $119,000. Tlie existing project was authorized by the following river and harbor acts: Acts Work authorized Documents Mar. 2, 1825 Preservation of islanids by sea walls. Aug. 5. 1886 Fort Point Channel...........----...-----..........-------------... . Ex. Doc. No. 206, 48th Cong., 2d sess. Annual Report, 1885, p. 543. Channel 15 feet deep from Long Island to Nixes Annual Report 1887 p. 517. Mate Shoal (Nixes Mate or Nubble Channel). July 13, 1892 Channel 27 feet deel) from Nantasket Roads to 'Annual Report, 1893, p. 766. President Roads. Mar. 3, 1899 For 30-foot channel from sea the to President II. Doc. No. 133, 55th Cong., 2d sess. Roads through Broad Sound by less direct Annual Report, 1898, p. 880. route than the 35- and 40-foot channels. June 13, 1902 For 35-foot channel from the sea to navy yard at If. Doec. No. 119, 56th Cong., 2(1 sess. Charlestown. Annual Report, 1901, p. 1096. Elimination from the project of the removal of Authorized by Chief of Engineers Finns Ledge at the outer entrance. Mar. 11, 1913. Aug. 8, 1917 Depth of 40 feet (45 feet in rocks) in Broad Sound II. Doc. No. 931, 63d Cong., 2d sess. 1 Channel. Aug. 30, 1935 2 Present project dimensions of channel from Presi- If. Doec. No. 244, 72d Cong., 1st sess. 1 dent Roads to Commonwealth pier No. 1, East Boston anl anchorage area north side of Presi- dent Roads. I)o... . . Present project dlimensions of that part of ap- Rivers and Harbors Committee Doe. proach channel to U. S. Navy drydock No. 3, No. 29, 74th Cong., 1st sess. 1 at South Boston between Main Ship Channel and Uniteld States harbor line. Aug. 26, 1937 Chelsea River Channel, 30 feet deep.............. Rivers and Iarbors Committee Doc. No. 24, 75th Cong.\lst sess. 1 Oct. 17, 1940( Reserved Channel 30 feet deep,..................----- II. D)oc. No. 225, 76th Cong., 1st sess. 1 SeDt. 7, 1944 Abandons seal)lane channel authorized in River Public Law 420, 78th Congress. and Harbor Act approved Oct. 17, 1940 (ll. Doc. No. 362, 76th Cong., 1st sess.). Mar. 2, 1945 Extension of 40-foot channel----------------...... Report of Chief of Engineers, dated Apr. 28, 1943. 1 July 24, 1946 Extension of President Roads Anchorage........ Report of Chief of Engineerd dated July 1, 1946. 1 SContains latest published maps. See also Annual Report, 1911, p. 1178 (sea walls and Nixes Mate Chau- nel) and Annual Report, 1903, p. 770 (Fort Point Channel). 'Authorized in part by Public Works Administration, Sept. 6, 1933. 40 REPORT OF CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U, S. ARMY, 1946 Local cooperation.--The River and Harbor Act of March 2, 1945, provides that the dredging of the proposed channel extension shall not be undertaken until the Secretary of War is afforded satisfactory assurance that the Commonwealth of Massachusetts will, by the time the Federal improvement is completed, provide a depth of 40 feet at mean low water in the berths at the new pier which will be served by the proposed channel extension. To acquire the necessary property and to extend and modernize piers Nos. 46 and 47, the State legislature has, by act approved October 31,1941 (cl. 714), authorized the issuance and sale of bonds in an amount not to exceed $4,700,000. This work is'being held in abeyance until such time as labor and new material are available. All prior requirements have been fu lly 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 are about 4 miles of water- front, fully developed with wharves of various typI)es 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. 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 and Terminal Facilities at the Port of Boston, Mass., 1941. Operationsand results during fiscal year-Newo work.--Dredging by contract to a depth of 30 feet in the vicinity of a metropolitan district sewer siphon immediately below the Chelsea Street Bridge, initiated May 13, was completed June 5, 1946, at a cost of $7,526.43 for new work. There were removed 7,359 cubic yards, place measurement, of material under the contract. Maintenance.--Adjustmentswere made in the final costs of a sollndl- ing survey by hired labor of the 40-foot main ship channel from President Roads to Commonwealth Pier No. 1, performed during the previous fiscal year, at a cost of -- $510.17 for maintenance. A sounding survey by hired labor of the inside disposal areas in Boston Harbor was carried on at intervals during the fiscal year, at a cost of $24.28 for maintenance. Investigations of the deposit of silt near the main channels by hired labor were carried on at intervals throughout the fiscal year at a cost of $920.08 for maintenance. Preliminary studies in connection with dredging to 40 feet of isolated shoals in the inner harbor 40-foot channel were carried on dur- ing the fiscal year, at a cost of $753.36 for maintenance. The total costs during the fiscal year were $8,713.98, of which $7,526.43 was for new work and $1,187.55 was for maintenance. The expenditures were $14,317.15. Condition at end of fiscal ear.---The existing project is about 85 percent complete, the remamning portion consisting of dlredging 40-foot main ship channel from its present point of terminus at Com- the monwealth Pier No. 1, East Boston, for a varying width of 600 to 900 feet, to a point 550 feet northerly of the site of Mystic Piers Nos. 46 and 47, Charlestown, and the extension of President Roads Anchorage RIVERS AND HARBORS-BOSTON MASS., DISTRICT 41 700 feet to the north and 500 feet to the west at a depth of 40 feet, and (dredging an area to 35 feet lying west of the anchorage. Seawalls of a total length of about 3.75 miles have been built and maintained on Great Brewster, Lovells, Gallops, Long, Rainsford, Deer, and Georges Islands, and(l on Point Allerton. The Nixes Mate or Nubble Channel was completed in 1892; the 30-foot channel in 1905; the 27-foot channel lu 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 1.937; the 30-foot Chelsea River channel in 1940, except for the small area inumeldiately below the Chelsea Street Bridge which was com- pleted in 1946; tlhe 40-foot inner harbor channel 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); 4 0-foot anchorage, 39 feet (1937); Broad Sound 40-foot channel, 40 feet (1939); 30-foot channel, 30 feet (1939) ; inner harbor 40-foot channel, 36.5 feet (1945); Reserved Channel, 30 feet (1941); Fort Point Channel, 19 feet (1941) ; and Chelsea River Channel from the bri(lge to a point abreast of the Hartol Oil Co., 30 feet (1940), thence 8 feet to thie bend jiust below the head of navigation (1936). T'lhe costs 1111(1 exl)(enllitlles mld(ler thle existing project to June 30, 1946 lave been as follows: New work Maintenance Total Expenditures Regular funds ......................... $13, 673, 301. 27 $1,470,907.47 $15,144, 208. 74 $15, 149, 766. 19 Public Works fun(ls........ E at . , 1, 030, 806. 26 ------------- ------------------- 1, 030, 806. 26 1,030, 806(.26 Energency Relief funds.-"-... ...... -935, 303.03 -----------.. . . 935, 303.03 935, 303.03 Total----............................ 15, 639,410.56 1, 470, 907. 47 17, 110, 318.03 17,115, 875.48 Proposed operations.-The funds unexpended at the end of the fiscal year, amounting to $30,883.38, including unbilled accounts re- ceivable of $5,784.17, will be applied as follows: Accounts payable June 30, 1946-------- ---------------------- $226. 72 Anmount revoke(1d --------------------------------------------- 13,529.81 Maintenance survey, 35-foot channel, by hired labor.----_ _ ...... _ 17, 126. 85 Total-------------------------------------------------- 30, 883.38 The sum of $880,000 can be profitably expended during the fiscal year 1948 as follows: New work: Dredging 40-foot main ship channel _ --------- ___ $780, 000 Maintenance: Maintenance dredging as required_--------..... -_ 100, 000 Cost and financial summary Cost of new work to June 30, 1946-------------------------- $17, 104, 533. 52 Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1946_-.------ ...------ .1, _ 488, 786. 73 Total cost of permanent work to June 30, 1946-----........ 18, 593, 320. 25 Undistributed( costs June 30, 1946--______________---. .___. . 5, 784. 17 Net total cost to June 30, 1946_-------------------__ 18, 599, 104. 42 Minus accounts payable June 30, 1946 ------------------------ 226. 72 Net total expenditures. . .---------------- _- - -18, 598, 877. 70 Unexpenled balance June 30, 1946-___._________________ ___ 25, 099. 21 Total amount appropriated to June 30, 1946----------- 18, 623, 976. 91 42 REPORT OF CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMY, 1946 Fiscal year ending June 30 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 Cost of new work------...----- -. $98,304.57 -$3, 281.71 ----------..._ . ...... $7,526. 43 Cost of maintenance---- . ------_ 511. 53 17, 838. 65 $3, 673. 50 $22, 907.67 1, 187. 55 Total cost -.---. --------___ 98, 816.10 14,556.94 3, 673. 50 22,907. 67 8, 713.98 Total expended____ ... ___: 105, 110. 38 3,523. 27 5, 969. 55 22, 989.99 14, 317. 15 Allotted.....-------------------------------.......... 48, 500.00 ............................ - -25, 000.00) Balance unexpended July 1, 1945_ ____ __._---------- $64, $_ 416. 36 Deductions on account of revocation of allotment_ 25, 000. 00 Net amount to be accounted for_____________________ 39, 416. 36 Gross amount expended ------------------------------------- 14, 317. 15 Balance unexpended June 30, 1946------- 25,099. 21 Outstanding liabilities, June 30, 1946------------------------ 226. 72 Balance available June 30, 1946-------------_ ___-- 24. 872. 49 Amount revoked in July, 1946__-_________________________ 13, 529. 81 Unobligated balance available for fiscal year 1947- 11, 342. 68 Amount (estimated) required to be appropriated for completion of existing project 1- 2, 582, 000. 00 Amount that can be profitably expended in fiscal year ending June 30, 1948: For new work 1 -------------- -- 780, 000. 00 For maintenance i --- 100, 000. 00 Total 1- - ....- - - - - - - -- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - .... 880, 000. 00 1 Exclusive of available funds. 11. WEYMOUTH FORE RIVER, MASS. Location.-Rises in Braintree, Mass., and flows in a northerly di- rection 7.5 miles, emptying into IIingham Bay, Boston Harbor. (See U. S. Coast and Geodetic Survey Chart No. 246.) p Previous rojects.--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, )age 64 of Annual Report for 1932, and page 67 of Annual Report for 1938. Existing project.--This i)rovides for (a) a channel 27 feet deep with a general width of 300 feet from a point in I-ingham IBay between Nut and Peddocks Islands to the Weymouth Fore River Bridge at Quincy Point, about 3.0 miles; (b) a channel in Nantasket Gut 27 feet deep and 400 feet wide, extending from deep water in Nantasket Roads to Iingham Bay, a distance of about 2,000 feet; thence through lIing- ham 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; and (c) extension of the 27-foot channel so as to include the present 27-foot State-improved channel through and above the Weymouth Fore River Bridge and to l)rovide in this section a combined channel and maneuvering basitn of the same depth, with a length of about 2,500 feet and widths varying from 470 to 900 feet. The plane of reference is mean low water. lThe Ilmeanl range of tide is 9.5 feet. The extreme range is 13.6 feet. RIVERS AND HARBORS-BOSTON, MASS., DISTRICT 43 The estimate of cost for new work, revised in 1946 is $780,300, ex- clusive of amounts expended on previous projects. The latest (1945) approved estimate for annual cost of maintenance is $6,000. The existing project harbor acts: 'was authorized by the following river and Acts Work authorized 'Documents Aug. 30,1935 27-foot channel from IIingham Bay (between Nut H. Doc. No. 207, 72d Cong., 1st sess. and Peddocks Islands) to Weymouth Fore River Bridge. Oct. 17, 1940 27-foot channel through Nantasket Gut and Iing- II. Doec.No. 568, 76th Cong., 3d sess.' ham Bay to deep water in Weymouth Fore River west of Sheep Island. Mar. 2, 1945 27-foot channel through and above Weymouth II. )oc. No. 291, 77th Cong., 1st sess.i Fore River Bridge, and maneuvering basin. ',Contains latest published map. Local cooperation.-lF1llycomplied witll. Terminal facilities.-At the head of the Federal inlprovenlent at Weynloutll Fore River Bridge there is, on the westerly side below the bridge, one wharf of masonry and concrete with pile platform ex- tension having aggregate (lockage of 600 feet andldep)th in the berth of 3() feet at meanll low water. On the easterly side there is a wharf aboutt 60() 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 l)poillt. Above WeVynmuthl Fore River Bridge and served by the Common- wealtllh of' Massacl lsetts iml)roveilents are eight wharves in use for water-borne freight. 'l'There is also a terminal, with a depth of 32 feet, used for tihe receilptof )etroletuln. In this area is the Fore River Plant of the Bethlehelm Shipbuilding Corporation, with depths up to 38 feet, used for tile lIllilding andl equi)pping of large naval and colnimercial vessels. These facilities are considered a(lequtate for existing commerce. Operationsan ( results duringq fiscal year.-MAlaintenance.-A sweep- ing and soun(ling survey of the 27-foot channel from Hingham Bay to WVeymiouth Fore River Bridge, in progress at the beginning of the fiscal year, was colilpleted Septemlber '28, 1945, at a cost of $9,538.57, for maintenance. Prelinillary studies in connection with the maintenance (lredging of the 27-foot channel from Hiinglaamn Bay to Weymouth Fore River Bri(lge, by contract, were carried on (luring the year, at a cost of $685.32 for maintenance. The total costs during the fiscal year were $10,223.89, all of which was for maintenance. Tihe expenditures were $10,418.13. Condition at end of fiscal year.-The existing project was about 60 percent conmplete(l, the remaining portion consisting of (lredginlg the 27-foot channel through Nantasket Giut and Hingham Bay to (leep water in Weymniouth .Fore River west of Sheep Island, author- ized by tile River andl Harbor Act of October 17, 1940, and the ex- tension of the 27-foot channel so as tQ( include the present 27-foot State-improved clhantinel tlhiough and above Weymouth Fore River 13ridge, allld to provide inll tliis section a cotnbined clianIiel and manleti- 44 REPORT OF CHIEF-OF ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMY, 1946 vering basin of the same depth, authorized by the River and Harbor Act of March 2, 1945. A survey of the river from Hingharn Bay to Weymouth Fore River Bridge, made in 1945, showed a controlling depth in the channel of 24.9 fept at mean low water for a width of 300 feet. The costs under the existing project have been $374,391.85, of which $355,227.34 was for new work and $19,161.51 was for main- tenance. Thlie expenditures have been $374,393.50. Proposed operations.-The funds unexpended at the end of the fiscal year, including accounts receivable, amounting to $29,583.52, will be applied to maintenance dredging of 27-foot channel from Hingham Bay to Weymouth Fore River Bridge, by contract. The sum of $50,000 can be profitably expended (luring the fiscal year 1948, for maintenance dredging. Cost of financial summary Cost of new work to June 30, 1946_______________------ _-1 $991, 127. 34 Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1946_-----__ ___--___ 24, 414. 51 Total cost of permanent work to June 30, 1946 Plus accounts receivable June 30, 1946_---____-______ ____---11, 015, 541. 85 _- 1. 65 Gross total costs to June 30, 1946--------------------- 1, 015, 543. 50 Net total expenditures_____________________ _______________ 1 1, 015, 543. 50 Unexpended balance June 30, 1946_ -- __ - -_-__-_ 29, 581. 87 Total amount appropriated to June 30, 1946------------ 1 1, 045, 125. 37 Fiscal year ending June 30 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 Cost of new work.... ---------------------------------- - - Cost of maintenance__------ _ $3...... i ; 146.45 _--:-: -- I::---------- -- $192.59 $10,223. 89 Total expended..----------------- 3, 255. 61 . ..- 10, 418. 13 Allotted.----------------------- 3,000. 00 -------- $719. 14 40, 00--0.00 ------- Balance unexpended July 1, 1945$---------------------------- 40, 000. 00 Gross amount expended__________________10, 418. 13 Balance unexpended June 30, 1946 --------------------- 29, 581. 87 Accounts receivable June 30, 1946_-_____________________-_ 1. 65 Unobligated balance available June 30, 1946------------ 29, 583. 52 Amount (estimated) required to be appropriated for completion of existing project 2-- - - - - --------------------........... 425, 250. 00 Amount that can be profitably expended in fiscal year ended June 30, 1948, for maintenance,2 ------------------------------- 50, 000. 00 1 In addition, $100,000 was expended from contributed funds for new work. 2 Exclusive of available funds. 12. COHIASSET HARBOR, MASS. Location.--This harbor is located on the shore of Massachusetts Bay about 16 miles southeast of Boston Harbor and 37 mniles north- west of the eastern entrance to the Cape Cod Canal. (See U. S. Coast and Geodetic Survey Charts Nos. 242 and 1207.) Previou's project.-Adopted by the act of Julne 13, 1902, and pro- vided for a channel 4 feet (leep at mean low water, 60 to 75 feet wide, RIVERS AND I-ARBORS-BOSTON, MASS., DISTRICT 45 and a turning basin of the same depth in the inner harbor. For further details see page 60 of the Annual Report for 1904. Existing project.--This provides for an anchorage area of about 18 acres in the inner harbor 7 feet deep, and a channel 90 feet wide and 8 feet deep from the anchorage area to the outer harbor. The project depths refer to mean low water. 'lhe mean range of tide is 9 feet and the extreme range is 10.3 feet. 'Tle estimate of cost for new work, revised in 1946, is $106,700, exclusive of $30,00()0 to be contributed by local interests and exclusive of amounts expended on previous project. The latest (1945) approved estitnate for annual cost of maintenance is $2,500. The existing project was authorized by the River and Harbor Act, of Marcll 2, 1945 (11. Doec. No. 425, 76th Cong., 1st sess.). The latest pulislledl nap is contained in project document. Local cooperation.-Thle River and IHabor Act of March 2, 1945, )Irovides that local interests give assurances satisfactory to the Secre- tary of XWar that they will make available to public use, on equal and reasonable terms, a wharf and other landing facilites; release the United States from all claims for damages attributable to the work of ihllmpLovelnenll; and contribute one-third of the first cost, but not to exceed $30,000. Since 1910, the Conmnonwealth of Massachusetts has provided arn 8 -foot channel, a 6-foot anchorage area, and an 800-foot breakwater, at a cost of $116,191.93, of which $42,691.88 was contributed by local interests. Terminal facilities.-TIhere are 10 wharves in the harbor, 2 of which ale open to the public, and 5 are equipped with marine railways. They are considered adequate for the present activities of the harbor. Operationsand results during fiscal year.-None. Condition at end of fiscal year.---The channel was dredged to a depth of 4 feet at mean low water ih 1903, since which time no work has been done and no costs have been incurred by the United States. The Com- moniiwealth of Massachusetts has provided an 8-foot channel, a 6-foot anclhorage basin, and alln 800-foot breakwater. The work remaining to be (lone consists of dredging the entrance channel to a depth of 8 feet, 90 feet wide, and a 7-foot anchorage area of about 18 acres. Condlitions are as shown on the nmap published in the project document. Proposed operations.--No funds are available and no work is con- teinl)lated d(luring the fiscal year 1947. Tile sum of $106,700 can be profitably expended during the fiscal year 1948 to dredge a channel 90 feet wide and 8 feet deep at mean low water and an anchorage area in the inner harbor approximately 18 acres in area and 7 feet deep. Cost and financial summary Cost of new work to June 30, 196__--------$------------------------ 10, 000 Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1946-------- . ------------------------ Total cost of permanent work to June 30, 1946 1----------------0, 000 Net total expenditures ------------- 1--------------------------- , 000 Total amount appropriated to .une 30, 1946 ----- 10, 000 Amount (estimated) required to be approl)riate(l for completion of ex- isting project------------------------------------------------- 106, 700 Amioun(t that can be profitably expended in fiscal year ending June 30, 1)48, for new work --- --------- _ 106, 700 721584-47--pt. 1, vol. 1-4 46 REPORT OF CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMY, 1946 13. DUXBURY HARBOR, MASS. Location.--This harbor is located on the west si(le of Duxbury Bay, about 48 miles by water south of Boston and 18 miles nortlh- west of the easterly entrance to the Cape Cod Canal. (See U. S. Coast and Geodetic Survey Charts Nos. 245 and 1208.) Previous project.-Adopted July 4, 1836, June 10, 1872, and March 3, 1899. For further details see page 69 of Annual Report for 1908. Existing project.--This provid(les for a channel 8 feet deep alnd 100 feet wide along the alinement of the existing channel to the town wharf from Easterly Channel, and an anchorage basin 8 feet deep of approximately 21 acres. 'lThe project depths refer to rnean low water. The mean range of title is 9.3 feet and the spring range is 10.5 feet. The estimate of cost for new work, revised ill1946, is $124,000, exclusive of $35,000 to be contributed by local interests and exclusive of amounts expended on the previous iproject. The latest (1945) approved estimate for annual cost of maintenance is $2,500. The existing project was authorized by the River anld Harbor Act of March 2, 1945 (S. 1)oc. No. 115, 77th Cong., 1st sess.). T'le latest published map is in the project doculment. Local cooperation.-Tihe River and Harbor Act of March 2, 1915, provides that local interests contribute one-tlhird of the estimlated first cost, but not to exceed $35,000, and give assurances satisfactory to the Secretary of War that they will make available suitab)le l)public landling facilities open to all on equal ternis, furnish free 9 f cost to the Unitel States all lands, easemenls, riglhts-of-way, amdl spoil-disposal areas necessary for the improvement and(lfor its subsequent maintenance, when and as required, and hold an(l save the United States free fromI claims for damages resulting from the imlprovement. Terminal facilities.--T'here are five wharves on the water front, one of which is open to the public without charge, and( two boat yards. The facilities are very limited but are considered adequate for the present activities of the harbor. Operations and 7esults (duringfiscal year.-None. Condition at end-o fi scal year.-No work has been don(le and no costs have been incurred on the 'existing project. Conditions are as shown on the map published in the project documen t. Proposed operations.-No ()fnds are available and no work is con- templated ( during the fiscal year 1947. T'he sum of $124,000 can be )rofitably expended (luring the fiscal year 1948 to dredge a channel 8 feet deep and 100 feet wl(e and an anchorage basin of 21 acres, 8 feet deep. Cost and financial summary Cost of new work to June 30, 1946___---___$37, 000 Cost of maintenancq to June 30, 1946 Total cost of permanent work to Julne 30, 1946--------_ Net total expenditures -- ----- 37, 000 ------------------------ 37, 000 Total amount appropriated to June 30, 1946 _ _______________ 37, 000 Amount (estimated) required to be appropriate(l for completion of existing project ---------------------------------------------- 124, 000 Amount that can be profitably expended in fiscal year ending June 30, 1948, for new work--------------------------------------- - 124, 000 RIVERS AND HARBORS-BOSTON, MASS., DISTRICT 47 14. PLYMOUTH IIAIRBOR, 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 ofil 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; aLnd (d) dre(lging an anchorage basin 18 feet deep at mean low water, 850 feet wide, and 2,125 feet in average length on the south- east si(le of the plroject channel near Long Beach. The mean range of tide is 9.6 feet; the'extreme range is 13.7 feet. T he estimates of cost for new work, exclusive of amounts expended on p)revious projects, were as follows: (a) .For beach protection, $95,700, nma(le 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, $379,600, revised in 1946, 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 protection and $8,000 for dredging. The existing plroject was authorized by the following river and harbor acts: Acts Work authorized Iocuments Mar. 3, 1899 Beach protection--------------------------................................. Annual Report for 1899, p. 1089. Mar. 4, 1913 D)redging 18-foot channel.. ...... ..............--------------------.).oc. No. 1194, 62d Cong., 3d sess. Sept. 22, 1922 D)redging 15-foot extension, including turning II. Doc. No. 996, 66th Cong., 3d sess.l basin. June 20,1938 D)redging 18-foot anchorage basin--------------- ................. H. oc. No. 577, 75th Cong., 3d sess.1 1 Contains 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 Imaintenance as may be required, and con- tribuite one-third the initial cost of the improvement. These condi- tions have not yet been complied with, but a bill now pending before the Massachusetts Legislature is expected to provide one-half the i equiredl contribution, the State appropriation being contingent upon 48 REPORT OF CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMY, 1946 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 ldemands. Operations and 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 an- chorage basin authorized by the River and Harbor Act of June 20, 1938. Work of protecting by riprap the sections of Long Beach damage 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 mutde 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, $108,40Q has been expended from contributed funds, of which $108,- 000 was for new work and $400 was for maintenance. Proposedoperations.-No funds are available and no work is pro- posed during the fiscal year 1947. The sum of $253,100 can be profitably expended during the fiscal year 1948 to be applied to new work, by contract, in dredging the 18-foot anchorage basin authorized by the River and I arbor Act of June 20, 1938. In addition $126,500 is required to be contributed by local interests. Cost and financial summary ,Cost of new work to June 30, 19461__1 1_1.1-- - $11------- $377, 217. 75 Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1946- ------------ ------------ 135, 664. 35 Total cost of permanent work to June 30, 1946--------- Net total expenditures --- 512, 882. 10 5--------------------------------- 882. 10 Total amount appropriated to June 30, 1946--------------------- 512, 882. 10 Amount (estimated) required to be appropriated for completion of existing project-------- ------------------------------------ 253, 100. 00 Amount that can be profitably expended in fiscal year ending June 30, 1948, for new work -------------------------------------- 253, 100. 00 15. WELLFLEET HARBOR, MASS. Location.--This harbor is situated on Cape Cod Bay. near the southern end of the hook of Cape Cod, 12 miles southeast of Province- town Harbor and 25 miles northeast of the entrance to the Cape Cod Canal. (See U. S. Coast and Geodetic Survey Charts Nos. 581 and 1208.) Previous project.-Adopted by acts of June 10, 1872, and August 11, 1888. For further details see page 638 of Annual Report for 1895. Existing project.-Provides for a channel 10 feet deep and 125 feet wide from "Deep Hole" to the town landing, and an anchorage basin of the same depth 800 feet by 500 feet. The project depths refer to RIVERS AND HARBORS-BOSTON, MASS., DISTRICT 49 mean. low water. The mean range of tide is 10 feet and-the spring range is 11.6 feet. The estimate of cost for new work, revised in 1946 is $95,100, ex- clusive of $32,000 to be contributed by local interests, and exclusive of amount expended on previous project. The latest (1945) approved estimate for annual cost of maintenance is $2,000. The existing project was authorized by the River and Harbor Act of March 2, 1.945 (H. Doc. No. 557, 76th Cong., 3d sess.). The latest publlished mal) is contained in the project document. Local cooperation.-The River and Harbor Act of March 2, 1945, provides that local interests furnish, without cost to the United States, suitable slpoil-disposal areas, including necessary bulkheads, release the United States from all claims for damages attributable to the work of improvemnent, give assurances satisfactory to the Secretary of War that they will construct and maintain a suitable public wharf with adequate depths alongside, and contribute one-third of the ini- tial cost, but not to exceed $32,000. The Commonwealth of Massachusetts dredged a channel and an- chorage basin 6 feet deep in 1916, at a cost of $17,363.48. Terminal facilities.-There are seven wharves on the harbor, only one of which is open to the public. The existing public landing fa- cilities are considered inadequate for the activities of the harbor. Operationsand results during fiscal year.--None. Condition at end of fiscal year.-The channel was dredged to a depth of 4 feet in 1889. T he only work done since that time is the dredging of the 6-foot channel in 1916 by the Commonwealth of Mas- sachusetts. No costs have been incurred under the existing project. The work remaining to be done is the dredging of the 10-foot chan- nel and anchorage. Conditions are as shown on the map published in the project document. Proposed operations.--No funds are available and no work is con- teml)lated during the fiscal year 1947. The sum of $95,100 can be profitably expended (lluring the fiscal year 1948 to dredge a channel 125 feet wide and 10 feet deep at mean low water, andan anchorage basin 800 feet long, 500 feet wide, and 10 feet deep. Cost and financial summary Cost of new work to June 30, 1946__-------____-------_ $11, 350. 37 Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1946 ..._ _ _._._ . Total cost of permanent work to June 30, 1946------------- 11, 350. 37 Net total expenditures.._ _____ ___ . __ 11, 350. 37 Total amount appropriated to June 30, 1946--------------------11, 350. 37 Amount (estimated) required to be' appropriated for completion of existing project__----- .--------------------------- - 95, 100. 00 Amount that can be profitably expended in fiscal year ending June 30, 1948, for new work_----------------------------------- 95, 100. 00 16. 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 Htarbor, Mass. In general direction the canal trends from Buzzards Bay easterly to Cape Cod Bay. (See U. S. Coast and Geodetic Survey Clharts Nos. 251 and 1208.) 50 REPORT OF CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMY, 1946 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 andl other accessory and minor features which may be deemed necessary, and to be in accordance with plans approved by the Chief of Engineers; and dredging a chan- nel 150 feet wide aid 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 dcepth of 8 feet at mean low water. The land cut is 7.7 miles long, and with approach channels, the total length of the canal is 171 miles. The mean range of tide in Cape Cod Bay is 9.4 feet and in Buz- zards 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 1946, is $31,509,800, exclusive of $11,500,000, )lurchase price of the canal and l)roperties which were taken over by the United States on March 31, 1928. The latest (1945) approved estimate for annual cost of maintenance is $621,500 including $219,000 for operation and care. The existing project was authorized by the following river and harbor acts: , ,.-- Acts Work authorized Documents I - I-- - _ Jan. 21, 1927 (sec. 2)-............. Purchase of canal from the Boston, If. 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- If. I)oc. 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- ministration program, A pr. Construction of a mooring basin-....... I. D)oc. No. 795, 71st Cong., 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 D)oc. No. 15, 74th Cong., 1st sess.' Mar. 2, 1945............--- 15-foot channel and turning basin in HI. I)oc. No. 431, 77th Cong., Onset Bay. 1st sess.' 1 Contains latest published map. RIVERS AND IfARBORS-BOSTON, MASS., DISTRICT 51 Local cooperatio?.--''le River and Harbor Act of March 2, 1945, provides that local interests con:tribute one-half of the first cost, but lot to exceed $48,000,.ai(nd hold and save the United States free from all claims for (laimages attributable to the work. Terminal faeilities.-'here are four terminals on the canal. Three are 1)rivately owned(, onlle being llse(l for the receipt and freezing of fish and( two for the recei)t anl(l storage of oil. Thlle foulrtlh terminal is the State pier, oowned I)y the Coninonwealth of Massachusetts, and located( on tlle nortlh bank of tile canal at Bourne Neck. The terminals are collsi(lere(l adeqluate for tlle purposes for which they are used. Operations an l res ults dluring fiscal yecar--Maintenance.--Undera coltl'act foi (l're(lgillg to iestore I)'oject ldepthl of 23 feet at mean low water in tile East Mooring IBsin, ill progress t the beginning of the fiscal year, work was compllleted August 28, 1945. During the fiscal year t'iei e were 'removed(i2,'545 cubic yar(ds of sal allndl other material, at a cost of $32,52.30( forl maintenance. Tl e U. S. seagoing hlopper dlreldge Atlantic was engaged in main- teIlalc(edre(lging to reilmove shoal areas within the chlannel limits of tle canal ll'ig tle pe'lio(ls Septelmber 5 to October 13, 1945, and Apr'il 2 to May 4, 1946. I)tnri'g the fiscal year tlhere were removedl 2!)50()7 cubic yards, lin measuremlent, of material, at a cost of $94,- 525.69 for mainteilance. Under' a collt ract to dep)osit gravel on erodled side slopes of the canal, stations 15() to 169,!)iitiate(l October '26, work was completed Decem- ber '13, 1945. I)ring the fiscal year 30,950 cubic yards of material were )laced at a cost of $30,069()(.39 for nmaintenanlce. Undler a colitract to delposit gravel on eroded side slopes of the canal at various locations oni the loi'thi anid south banks, initiated May 6, 194(), work was still ill progress at the end of tlhe fiscal year. During the fiscal year 27,834 cubic yar(ls of material were placed at a cost of $31,257.i63 for Ilnailltenalice. Costs ill connection with land acquisition amounted to $556.04 dur- illg the fiscal year. Drilling and blasting of sIl)lnerged( boulders was carried( on at in- tervals dulring the fiscal year, 175 cubic yard(s having been drilled and blasted( at a cost of $8,975.37 for maintenance. Operating and care of canal.-The canal was open to navigation and the railroad bridge was operated throughout the year. The costs durling the fiscal year for operating and care were $297,877.37 for nainitenance. The total costs during the fiscal year were $196,213.79, all of which was for maintenance. The total expenditures were $481,176.73. Conditionat end of fscal year.--'lThe existing project is substantially complete except for dredging the 15-foot channel from deep water in the vicinity of Wickets Island to the town wharf at Onset and en- largement of the turning basin at the town wharf, and an 8-foot anchorage basin contiguous thereto, authorized by the River and lIar- )or Act of March 2, 1945. T'le canal is crossed by two high-level highway bridges aand a vertical-lift railroad bridge. The canal in the Sland 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 Neclk (Hog Island Channel) the width is 500 feet and beyond Wings Neck (Cleveland Ledge Chan- 52 REPORT OF CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, IT'. S. ARMY, 1946 nel), 700 feet. On June 30, 1946, the controlling depths at mean low water for this project were: Canal in the land cut, 30.4 feet; mooring basin, north side, easterly end, 22.2 feet; HIogIsland Channel, 30.9 feet; Cleveland Ledge Channel, mooring basin, south side, westerly end, depths varying from 21.9 to 32.0 feet. At the time it was last surveyed (1943) the controlling depth in the Onset Channel was 16.2 feet. IThe total costs from regular funds have been $27,329,710.81, of which $20,437,653.42 (including the purchase price of $11,500,000) was for new work and $6,892,057.39 was for maintenance,, including $2,514,003.18 for operating and care of the canal. The total expendi- tures have been $27,290,476.11. The e total costs and expenditures from Public Work 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 $39,975,962.39, of which $31,- 425,550.29 (including the purchase price of $11,500,000) was for new work and $8,550,412.10 was for maintenance. 'The total expenditures ave been $39,936,727.69. This included the sum of $1,658,354.71, 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 per- manent indefinite appropriation for such purposes. Proposed operations.-The balance unexpended at the end of the fiscal year, amounting to $493,901.63, will be applied as follows: Accounts payable, June 30, 1946---------------------------- 39, 234. 70 Maintenance: Completion of contract to deposit gravel on eroded side slopes of the canal--- _--------48, 093. 15 Dredging by U. S. seagoing hopper dredge Atlantic (September 1946 and April 1947) _ __--------- ---- 89, 611. 00 Removal of miscellaneous boulders, by hired labor (July 1, 1946, to June 30, 1947) 3, 675. 00 _------------------------------------ Operation and care of canal: Operation of canal, bridges, etc_------------------------ 171, 246. 78 Ordinary maintenance and repair._--------- ------------- 95, 071. 00 Channel work--------------------------------------- 46, 970. 00 Total operation and care------------------------ 313, 287. 78 Total maintenance--------------------------------- 454, 666. 93 Grand total -------------------------------------- 493, 901. 63 The funds that can be profitably expended during the fiscal year 1948, $490,000, will be applied as follows: Maintenance: Dredging by United States seagoing hopper dredge, 2 months----- $95, 000 Painting highway blidges, by contract------ 50, 000 iRemoval of miscellaneous boulders, by hired labor (July 1, 1947, to June 30, 1948)------------------------------------ 5, 0.00 Total maintenance ------------ _ 150, 000 . RIVERS AND HARBORS-BOSTON, MASS., DISTRICT 53 Operation and care of canal: Operation of canal, bridges, etc_------------------------------ $180, 000 Ordinary maintenance and repair--------------------- --------- 110, 000 Channel work-----------------------------------------_ ------ 50, 000 Total operating and care-----------------------------------340, 000 Grand total ---------------------------------------------- 490, 000 Cost and financial summary Cost of new work to June 30, 1946------------------------ $31, 425, 550. 29 Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1946----------------------- 8, 550, 412. 10 Total cost of perlmanent work to June 30, 1946 Minus accounts payable June 30, 1946---------------------- ------.-- 39, 975, 962. 39 39, 234. 70 Net total expenditures____ __-------------------- 39, 936, 727. 69 Unexpenlded balance Junle 30, 1946-------------------------- 493, 901. 63 Total amount aplpropriated to June 30, 1946_ 40, 430, 629. 32 Fiscal year ending June 30 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 _- -" .r. - - _____________*- Cost of new work $25,645.14 -$11,489.06 Cost of maintenance.. ...... 338, 228. 31 599, 016. 20 $445, 628. 83 $558,310.68 $496,213.79 I- Total cost.................. 363, 873. 45 587, 527. 14 445, 628. 83 558, 310. 68 496, 213. 70 Total expended_....__............_ 489, 461.34 477, 812. 26 441, 945.79 545, 933.81 481, 176.73 Allotted-.......__ .............. 273,850.00 632, 000.00 169, 460. 28 825, 854. 86 590, 000.00 Balance ulllnexpnded July 1, 1945__- ------------- $385; 078. 36 Amount allotted during fiscal year__- . .- .590, 000. 00 Amount to be accounted for- --------- - _ - _ 975, 078. 36 Gross amount expended....--.- - $483, 963. 55 Less reimbursements collected------------------ 2, 786. 82 481, 176. 73 Balance unexpended June 30, 1946 ....------------------ 493, 901. 63 Outstanding liabilities, June 30, 1946_ $39, 234. 70 Amount covered by uncompleted contracts------ . .. 38, 792. 72 78, 027. 42 Balance available June 30, 1946 -- ------ 415, 874. 21 Amount (estimated) required to be appropriated for completion of existing project 1------ 84, 250. 00 Amount that can be profitably expended in fiscal year ending June 30, 1948, for maintenance 1 490, 000. 00 1 Exclusive of available funds. 17. EXAMINATIONS, SURVEYS, AND CONTINGENCIES ,(GENERAL) The cost of work during the fiscal year amounted to $81,060.65, all of which was for maintenance. The expenditures were $79,979.52. The balance unexpended June 30, 1946, amounting to $43,592.73, plus accounts receivable of $703.95, minus accounts payable of $2,543.61, amnountiIng to $41,753.07, of which $5,000 are contributed funds and $38,753.07 United States funds, will be applied as needed during the fiscal year 1947 to payment of expenses incurred under this heading. The additional sum of $84,000 can be profitably expended during the fiscal year 1948. 54 REPORT OF CHIEF OF 'ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMY, 1946 Cost and financial summary Cost of new work to June 30, 1946_ Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1946_________________________ $957, 096. 10 Total cost of permanent work to June 30, 1946------------ 957, 096. 10 Plus account receivable June 30, 1946--------------- --------- 703. 95 Gross total costs to June 30, 1946 _ - 957, 800. 05 Minus accounts payable June 30, 1946----------------------- 2, 543. 61 Net total expenditures...- - -- ------------ ___ 955, 256. 44 Unexpended balance June 30, 1946 _ 38, 592. 73 Total amount appropriated to June 30, 1946-------------- 993, 849. 17 Fiscal year ending June 30 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 Cost of new work-....... maintenance.. wo ---------------------- 463--66---,781.2--$22----------------,-- ----- / Cost of maintenance--$30, 4:. 66 $18, 781. 23 22, 070. 57 $21, 210.28 $81, 060. 65 'Total expended---- ...-......... 32, 536. 5 21, 081.94 16,624.4 16, 62404 21, 442.43 79, 979.52 Allotted------------------------------- . . 46,000. 00 -20, 000. 00 43, 945. 14 66,600. 00 Balance unexpended July 1, 1945__ -$51, 972. 25 Amount allotted during fiscal year----------- 72, 000. 00 Amount to be accounted for -------------------------- 123, 972. 25 Deductions on account of revocation of allotment-_.--_ _---- 5, 400. 00 Net amount to be accounted for_- 118, 572. 25 Gross amount expended _____________- 79, 979. 52 Balance unexpended June 30, 1946---------------------- 38, 592. 73 Outstanding liabilities, June 30, 1946 -------------------------- 2, 543. 61 Balance available June 30, 1946----------------------- 36, 049. 12 Accounts receivable June 30, 1946-- - .------- -- .--- ---- 703. 95 Unobligated balance available June 30, 1946------------- 36, 753. 07 Amount that can be profitably expended in fiscal year ending June 30, 1948, for maintenance 1-------------- 84, 000. 00 1 Exclusive of available funds. 18. OTHIER NAVIGATION PROJECTS FOR WHICH NO ESTIMATES ARE SUBMITTED For last Cost and expenlitures to report fullAnnual June 30, 1946 Estimated Name of project see amount re- seR Annuul iiired to IReport Mainte- complete for- New work nance nance 1. Passamaquoddy tidal-power project, Maine.. 1935 $6, 384,160.89 -------------- ). 3. Cobstook ivay, Maine 4,Lube Channel, Maine - ----- 1924 3 180, 549. 81 $6,450. 19 Completed. -- - 186 4, 173. 51 .-........... -)o. 6. Moosabec Bar, Maine 4_ .......... . 1877 312,0(0.00-- I)o. 7. Pleasant River, Maine 1 11 , 0. 0 .0o. 8. Narraguagus River, Maine - 1907 71,643. I)o. 9. (CoreaEHarbor, Maine 2 139 31, 707.061.. 1 10. Sullivan Falls liarbo,: Maine 4" .. ....... )o. . 1919 354, 707.06----4 - -l)o. 11.. Bar Harbor, Maine --.... -- 193:2 406, 5)1.12 -------- $57,00.00. 12. Ilass IIarbor liar, Maine 4----------------- 1920 4,076.13 3,418.20 Completed. 13. Union River, Maine 23- - -.1912 176, 854. 85 14. I)eer Island Thoroughfare, Maine------------ -_-.. 14,095.15 I)o. 1916 40, 0(8).00) . .--------- 7l)o. 15. IBagaduce River, Maine 4 .. . 1912 28, 000. 00----- $18,875.00. 16. Bucksport HIarbor, Maine...........-------- 1907 18,420.99 279.01 Completed. See footnotes at end of table. RIVERS AND. HARBORS-BOSTON, MASS., DISTRICT 55 18. OTHER NAVIGATION PROJECTS FOR WHICH NO ESTIMATES ARE SUBMITTED-Continued Cost and expenditures to For last Estimated June 30, 1946 full report amount re- Name of project see Annual quired to Report Mainte- complete for- New work nance _ ~ ~~----. 1I- ...--.-- I------------ 17. Stockton Harbor, Maine 4................. 1915 $33.000.00 ............. Completed. 18. Carvers Harbor, Maine 4 -................ _.... 1915 59, 19)9.70 I)o. 19. Matinicus HIarbor, Maine 4................... 1935 00 $7, 704.64 Do. 14,000. 20. Criehaven Harbor, Maine 2 . . . . . . . . ........... . 4..... . . . . . . 1939 40, 775. 99 7, 956. 28 Do. 21. Belfast Harbor, Maine ... 1897 I)o. 22. Camden 11arbor, Maine 2....-...... 61,561.45 ...... 1945 102, 400. 00 31,075. 56 1)o. 23. Rockport Iharbor, Maine * 5.................. 1915 47,000.00 .............. l)o. 24. Rockland Harbor, Maine 2......--.......... 1931 862. 73 637. 27 1)o. 25. Owls lieadHarbor, Maine 4 ............... 1855 915, 24, 17, 897.16 ........... 1)o. 26. Tenants Ifarbor, Maine ................... 1920 18,750.00 I)o. 27. Georges River, Maine 2...................... 1935 25, 787. 91 I)o. 28. Medomak River, Maine 4 e _ __._........ 39,566.38 , 1914 17, 000.00 1)o. 29. New H[arbor, Maine 2 1937. 10, 500.00 566. 27 I)o. 30. I)amariscotta River, Maino 46.---..- 12, ....-.- 190(1 5, 000.00 D)o. :31.South Bristol l[arbor, Maine 2, ............. 1914 3,500.00 .............. 1)o. 32. East 1Boothbay Harbor, Maine 4... ... 1912 6, 500.00 I)o. 33. Boothbay IIHarbor, Maine 2...........:::: ... 1915 18, 000.00 I)o. 34. Richmond HIarbor, Maine 4 6................ 1883. 20, 000. 00 1)o. 35. Sasanoa River, Maine 4 .....-.........---. 1915 92, 487.69 36. Cathance IRiver, Maine 4 ...... .- ... 1884 21,000.00 1)o. 4 37. HIarraseeket River, Maine ................. 38. Royal River, Maine 2 4 2 . 1896 30. 963. 62 D1)o. . 1884 21,919.03 )o. 39. Richmond's Island Harbor, Maine +.......... 1882 1)o. 119, 844.22 40. Saco River, Maino 2 4 41. Cape Porpoise harbor, Maine 4 -------.......--..... 1942 7 531,715.89 131, 309. 92 $22,500.00. 1911 118, 501.15 Completed. 42. Kennebunk River, Maine 2................... 1942 83, 584.01 73, 039. 05 1)o. 43. Wells HIarbor, Maine 4 -----...................... 1874 5, 00). 00 1)o. 44. York I[arbor Maine 2....................... 1936 57,400.00 5, 660.83 1)o. 45. Portsmouth arbor, N. I[........... 1892 130, 392. 61 I)o. 46. 'epperells Cove, Maine 4.. .............. ----- 137.72 lDo. 1920 158, 262. 28 47. (ocheco River, N. I[.4 5......................1913 289,149. 93 9, 642. 54 1)o. 48. BIellamy River, N. I[) 4 ......................1897 34, 642. 98 I)o. 49. Lamprey River, N. If.4 ................. .... 8,267. 53 1)o. 1913 19, 980.58 50.Exeter River, N. If .4.8. 1913 62,454.42 1)o. 51. Little HIarbor, N. 1.4 8- - -. . '." . " '. 1909 3,------12174)o. 133, 227. 3:3 52.Isles of Shoals I[arbor, Maine and N. II1..... 1930 80, 691. 53 34, 261.68 1)o. 53. Newburyport HIarbor, Mass. 5 2 . . .- . . . . . . . . . . . . 1945 // 463,843.62 290, 86). 4:35.63 $88,400.00. 54. Merrimack River, Mass. 1940 147, 42 Completed. 369, 891.49 55. Lake Winnepesaukee, N. 11.4.......... 1930 7, 500. 00 5,000. 00 I)o. 56.Ispwich River, Mass.2 5.............. .. 1895 1)o. 4 5,617.91 15, 925. 70 57. Sandly Bay, Cape Ann, Mass. to............. 1922 1, 925, 552. 30 1)o. 58. Rockport IHarbor, Mass)...2.............. 19)05 91)1,229.25 1)o. 59. Manchester Iharbor, Mass.92 . . ................ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1945 23,985.57 $289,550.00. 60. Beverly harbor, Mass. .. .. 1931 11246, 047.76 7, 642. 65 080.97 00 Completed. 61. Salem Harbor, Mass. ......_ ............... 1945 100,456. 57 $76,000.00. 62. Marblehead I arbor, 2 Mass.5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1945 584.00 $138,750.00. 63. Lynn Harbor, Mass. ................... 1941 755,042.91 100,292. 70 $336,0()0.00. 1I 64. Winthrop [arbor, Mass.t ................... 65. Malden River, Mass.12.................. 1895 8, 992. 59 45, 096.92 Completed. 1922 13104,853.08 1)o. 4i6.I)orchester (lay and Neponset River, Mass.9. 1945 33, 89. 89 94,584.55 $445,400.00. 67. MysticsRiver, Mass.... ............ ,, 1944 895, 848. 32 58, 325. 89 Completed. .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68. 'lown River, Mass. .. 1941 14 285, 779.76 6,52391.32 12, 577.41 1)o. 69. Weymouth Back RiVer, 2 Mass) . . . . . ... . . . . . . . . 1914 7619, 219.35 10, 000. 00 1)o. 70. 11[inghamn i arbor, Mass. ... 191:3 28, 316. 58 38, 930. 98 I)o. 71. Scituate harbor, Mass...... 1941 274, 886.96 38,0930.98 I)o. 72. Kingston Hlarbor, Mass. (North Plymouth 8 SIlarbor) 1895 8, 940. 09 ............. I)o. 73. Warehban arbor, Mass. ...-.- - - .... "..... 1896 95, 997.30 .... ......... $36,750.00. 77. Provincetown IHarbor, Mass)2....... ... --- 1941 347,453.72 42,128.73 $13,300.00. (.. IImprovement adequate for commerce. 2 Work discontinued 1937. Facilities transferred to the Works Progress Administration. , 9 Exclusive of $19,891.65 contributed by Canadian Government. { No commerce reported. 5 Abandonment recommended in If. Doc. No. 467, 69th Cong., 1st sess. * Reported by the district engineer as unworthy of further improvement. 7 Exclusive of $20,000 expended from contributed funds. 8 Elimination of maintenance dredging recommended in rI. Doe. No. 467, 69th Cong., 1st sess. OAwaiting local cooperation. toAbandonment recommended in If. Doe. No. 411, 64th Cong., 1st sess. and in Rivers and Harbors Coinm- nlittee I)oc. No. 3, 65th Cong., 1st sess. "1Exclusive of $100,000 expended from contributed funds. 1s Under State maintenance. 'a Exclusive of $62,000 expended from contributed funds. 14 In addition, $111,762.76 contributed funds expended for new work. Balanlce of $25,157.24 from con- tributed funds, revoked fiscal year 1944. 56 REPORT OF CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMY, 1946 19. PLANT ALLOTMENT, BOSTON, MASS., DISTRICT Cost and financial summary Undistributed costs June 30, 1946 _____________________ _ $342,.576. 65 Net total cost to June 30, 1946_----------------------------- 342, 576. 65 Plus accounts receivable June 30, 1946------------------------65, 999. 63 Gross total costs to June 30, 1946---------------------- 408, 576. 28 Minus accounts payable June 30, 1946_- -- __________ 14, 901. 91 Net total expenditures 393, 674. 37 Unexpended-balance June 30, 1946___________________________ 154, 673. 28 Total amount appropriated to June 30, 1946--------------548, 347. 65 - Fiscal year ending June 30 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 Total expended ---------------.... $320, 569.80 -$546, 062.49 $183, 526. 48 -$18, 952. 58 $43, 582.65 Allotted..--------------------- 3,355.96-------------------------170,000.00 , 000.00 Balance unexpended July 1, 1945_ ------------- ---- --- $98, 255. 93 Amount allotted during fiscal year--------------------------- 100, 000. 00 Amount to be accounted for ------------ 198, 255. 93 Gross amount expended____________________ $638, 835. 67 Less: Reimbursements collected-.. $593, 016. 85 Receipts from sales---------- 2, 236. 17 595, 253. 02 43, 582. 65 Balance unexpended June 30, 1946 54, 673. 28 1-------------------- Outstanding liabilities, June 30, 1946 $14, 901. 91 - Amount covered by uncompleted contracts _--- 67, 873. 20 " 82, 775. 11 Balance available June 30, 1946-_------- 71, 898. 17 Accou,)ts receivable June 30, 1946 _-----------------___-- 65, 999. 63 Unobligated balance available June 30, 1946------------ 137, 897. 80 Status of all investigations for navigation called for by river and harbor acts and com- mittee resolutions Locality Date trans- Document Recom- Authorization act mitted to No. menldation Congress i -I Bar Harbor, Maine------- ..... Rivers and Harbors Com- mittee resolution, May Beals Harbor, Maine..-----------... 10, 1945. River and Harbor Act, Blue Hill Harbor, Maine, particu- Mar. 2,1945. .....do .................... ..... . . . . larly the Mill Cove area. _ _dlo-""""""- ---- do Boothbay Harbor, Maine--- ..... ---------- - Boston lHarbor, Mass., expansion of Rliversantd Harbors Corn- the existing Presider IRoads an- mittee resolution, Sept. chorage area. 5, 1944. Bunganuc Creek, Maquoite Bay, River and Harbor Act, Maine. Mar. 2, 1945. Buzzards Bay to Buttermilk Bay, Mass., Channel. Camden Harbor, Maine....---------..... Rivers and Harbors Com- mittee resolution, June 115, 1943. Cape Porpoise Harbor, Maine........ Rivers and Harbors Com- mittee resolution, Oct. 19, 1945. RIVERS AND HARBORS-BOSTON, MASS., DISTRICT 57 Status of all investigations for navigation called for by river and harbor acts and com- mittee resolutions--Continued Date trans- Document Recom- Locality Authorization act mitted to No. mendation Congress Cathance River, Maine.............. River and Harbor Act, ----.....-------....... ...........------------ Mar. 2, 1945. Chelsea River (Boston H[arbor), Rivers and Harbors Com- ..------------------- Mass., to provide greater depth mittee resolution, Feb. and bridge clearance. 1, 1946. 'Cundys (Cundly) Harbor, Maine..... River and Harbor Act, -..----- ----------- Mar. 2, 1945. Danvers River, Mass................ Rivers and THarbors Com- ..----------------- mittee resolution, Apr. 13, 1939. Essex River, Mass_----.....-- -.. Rivers and Harbors Com- -----------------.. mitteeo resolution, Feb. 28, 1945. Hog Island, IHingham Bay, Mass...- River and Harbor Act, .. ______.....---... Mar. 2, 1945. Ipswich River, Plum Island Sound, ..... o... .............................. and Fox Creek, Mass. Lubec Channel, Maine..........------------.Commerce Committee re- ______-.................... solution, July 16, 1945. Lynn Harbor, Mass ..---.-......... Rivers and Harbors Corn- ... mittee resolution, Mar. 19, 1946, 1)o..........-------------. River and Harbor Act, - July 24, 1946. Macks Point, Searsport, Maine-...... River andl arbor Act, ........ -..-. Mar. 2, 1945. Merrimack River, Mass., and N. II., River and IHarvor Act,.................... With view to implrovement for navi- June 20, 1938. gation, floo1100control, and water power. Mystic River, Mass .-----.............--... River and Harbor Act, - -........-.......--- Mar. 2, 1945. Plum Island Sound to the Annisquam . -.... do ................------- River, Essex County, Mass., Water- way. Portland Harbor, Maine, modify Rivers and Harbors Corn- Mar. 14,1946 I. 51079th Favorable. existing project. rnittee resolution, June Cong.2d Portland, Maine, to Boston, Mass., 6, 1939. sese. Waterway. River and Harbor Mar. 2, 1945. Act, - -........--........ Presumpscot River, Maine........... River and Harbor Act, .............. Aug. 26,1937. Provincetown Harbor, Mass-......... Rivers and Harbors Comrn- . mittee resoltion, Dec. 21, 1945. Sandwich IIarbor,,Mass-............. Rivers and Harbors Con- .................... mittee resolution, Aug. 19,1946. Scarboro River, Maine---------...........--.. River and Harbor Act, .......... Mar. 2, 1945. Scituate Harbor, Mass..------------ Rivers and Ilarbors Com- .. .......... mittee resolution, July 20, 1946. Winterport Harbor, Maine------..---...... River and Harbor Act, .. . Mar. 2, 1945. Wood Island Harbor, Maine .... --....--- do 20. MINRI1IMACK RIIVER BASIN, N. II.AND MASS. Location.-Tlhe works covered by the comprehensive plan are lo- cated( 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 B sin for the reduction of flood heights in -tle Merri-mack Valley generally at an estimated construlction cost of $7,725,000; cost of lands and( d(lamages, $3,500,000. The Flood Control Act approved June 28, 1938, approved the genleral comprehensive plan for flood control and other piurposes as set forth in House Docu- mlent No. 68, Seventy-fifth Congress, third session, wherein the es- 58 REPORT OF CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMY, 1946 timnated cost of $13,000,000 for construction and $8,000,000 for lands and damages is given, and modified the project authorized by the Flood Control Act approved June 2'2, 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: Reservoirs 1 Name State Total esti- Name State mated cost Franklin Falls---- .. New Iampshire......... $8, 000, 00) Blackwater----- --------------------------------- enningtn Beards e sn Brook-------------(0---------------------4, a do--------------------- 1,30,00 21), 4, 2(), 00) 00 Bennington 8----- -- ----- do---..------ ------------- 5,984, 01') West Peterboro. ------------------------------------- do------.--------------- 1, 726, 000 Mountain Brook... ---------------------------------.. do .......---.---------..--------........ 774, 000 1For details, see individual report. 2Includes cost of lands and damages. a These projects have been substituted for the liopkinton-Everett Reservoir. Local protection projects Estimated cost Location Construc- Lands and Total tion damages Nashua, N. 11.1---$270, 000 $3, 000 $273, 000 North Andover and Lawrence, Massa 9-----------------------900, 000 23, 000 923, 000 - Lowell, Mass.. 8-_ ------------ 490, 600 90, 000 580, 600 1 For details, see individual report. 9 For last full report, see Annual Report for 1045. 3 Completed. Local cooperation.--See page 5 for requirements. Operations and results during fiscal year.-Investigtiions alnd studies were made for the establishment of the design criteria to be used in the further development of the comprehensive plan for flood control. Planning for reservoir operation was continued. All work was performed by hired labor. The costs an(l expenditures from regular funds during the fiscal year were $1,496.46, all for new work. Condition at end of fiscal year.- ork on the development of the originally authorized comprehensive plan preliminary to construction has been carried to an advanced stage and studies have been made for related alternate flood control works in the comprehensive plan. The condition of i)rojects for which construction has been undertaken and for which construction is proposed is given in individual reports. The costs and expenditures to date from regular funds have been $251,360.25, all for new work. The costs and expenditures to date from emergency relief funds have been $23,716.07. FLOOD CONTROL-BOSTON, MASS., DISTRICT 59 The total costs and expenditures of all work, all funds, have been $275,076.32. lProposed operations.-There is no unexpended balance at the end of the fiscal year. Proposed operations for the fiscal years 1947 and 1948 are reported in individual reports. Cost and financial summary Cost of new work to June 30, 1946_ ----------- ------------- $275, 076. 32 Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1946____- _____________ ---------- Total cost of permanent work to June 30, 1946----------- 275, 076. 32 Net total expenditures '275, 076. 32 Total amount appropriated to June 30, 1946---------- -------- 1275, 076, 32; Fiscal year ending June 30( 1942 1943 1944 .1945 1940 Cost of new work______________... $2,554. 10 $15, 073. 17 $586. 83 $15, 243. 54 $1,496. 46 Cost of maintenanico...------------ ------------- .--------------------------- ----------------------- Total expended___................... 1, 276. 66 16, 433. 22 586.83 15, 243. 54 1,496. 46 Allotted----........---------------------- ____-6, 200.00 -131,811.55 16, 740.00 .... ....... 1 Includes $23,716.07 Emergency Relief funds. Balance unexpended July 1, 1945______ ____---------------$1, 496. 46 Gross amount expended --------------------------------- $1, 534. 29 Less reimbursements collected. 37. 83 1, 496. 46, 21. FRIIANKLIN FALLS ItESEItVOIIR, MERRIMACK RIVER BASIN, N, II.. Location.- 'lie d(lal site of the reservoir is located on the Pelli-. .gewasset, River, the main tributary of the Merrimack River, about 2 Imiles above Franklin, N. II., and 92 miles north of Boston, Mass.. xist-ting project.--The darn is of rolled earth fill with dumped. rock slhell and toe, 1,740 feet long, with a maxinlll1um height of 136, 'eet. It colnta.ills alboutt 3,000,000 cubic yards of earth and rock lill. The spillway consists of a channel in an earth and rock cut il the right abutment with a gravity-type concrete. ogee section 550 feet lonlg. Twin gate-colntrolled outlet conduits are located in the, right abutlnmlt. The reservoir provides a storage capacity of 170,000, acre-feet and controls a (lraillage area of 1,000 square miles. The total estimlated cost is $8,000,000 which includes construction, lands, d(anages, and higllway relocatioins, revised in 1946. estimated aillllal cost of Imaintenan1ce (operating and care), is $18,500. " The Thle project is a unit of the complrehensive 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 '2of thel Flood Control Act approved Juine 28, 1938, applies. Operations ansd results during fiscal year-NeT 2orc.--Negotia- tio ns 1 for tlhe aclquisition of roads in the towns.of Franklin and San- bornton lhave been completed. Agreements have been reached for 60 REPORT OF CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMY, 1946 such acquisition in the towns of New HIampton and Bristol aln(l are awaiting approval. The roads and water system in the town of Iill are being acquired by condemnation. A stream-gaging station was installed on the discharge channel of the dam by the United States Geological Survey under the cooperative stream-gaging program. Final Ipayment was made on a claim on a contract in the amount of $89,865.20. Three hundred twenty-one tracts, totaling 3,401 acres of land, have been acquired by direct iprcllase or condemnation. All transactions by direct purchase have been closed and only 13 tracts still remaimn in condemnation. aintenance.intenanc .- ntellmce operations consisted of removillg col- lected debris; completing installation of monuiments on the boundary line of the reservoir area; repairing drains andl erosion oil slopes; mnak- ilg miscellaneous mechanical and electrical repairs at op)erating house; repairing and lainting in the operatinlg house and at the operator's quarters; periodic checking of the gates and gate-operating equip- mnent; and patrolling reservoir area. Reservoir operation.-Fiveminor floodls with discharges exceeding 5,000 cubic feet per second were affected by Franklin Falls Reservoir during the year ending June 30, 1946. The maximuln freshet occulrre(d December 7-12, 1945, resulting in a maximum reservoir stage at ele- vation 326.5. Water stored in the reservoir amounted to 18, 300 acre- feet or nearly 11 percent of the total storage. The reservoir reduced the peak inflow of 20,4:00 cubic feet per second to a (lischlarge of 16,500 .cubic feet per second. lle mnaxnimnm stage olbtaille(t (luring tle sl)ri g run-off period occurred in March, witlh the reservoir reachnlig al ,elevation of 315.0. All work has been performed by hired labor. The total costs during the fiscal year, from regular funids, were :$110,422.72, of which $96,994 was for new work, $15,543.15 fo()r main- tenance, and -$2,114.43 undistributed costs. 'lrhe expen(litures were $109,792.27. Condition at end of fiscal year.-The existinr project for the Frank- lin Falls Reservoir is practically complete. Cd'ostruction of the dam and appurtenant works was commenced by continuing contract on November 14, 1939, and all contract operations for the( dam were completed October 2, 194:3. The relocation of the power lines is about. 90 percent complete; and the acquisition of land is about 98 percent completed. Work remaining to be( done includes elimination of safety hazards in the operating house; installation of un(lergroln(ld Ipower line to operating house; construction of utility building and garage; improvement of parking area; planting to check soil erosion, and settlenment of land acquisition cases, roa(s, bridges and power rights. The costs to (late from regular funds have been $7,770,143.78 of which $7,726,256.27 was for new work, $47,924.91 for maintenance and -$4,037.40 tundistribiuted costs. Tlhe expenditures from regular funds have been $7,766,203.67. Proposed operations.--TlIe balance u nexpended, including accounts receivable, at the end of the fiscal year, amounting to $147,860.28 regular funds, will be applied as follows: FLOOD CONTROL---BOSTON, MASS., DISTRICT 61 Accounts payable, June 30, 1946- --.- - ----------------- $4, 764. 06 New work: Acquisition of land, roads, bridges, and power rights (hired labor) ---------------------- $105, 596. 22 Elimination of safety hazards (contract)-------- 12, 500. 00 Removal of temporary power and telephone lines and installation of underground service to operating house (contract)- __- ___ 10, 000. 00 128, 096. 22 132, 860. 28 Maintenance (operating and care): Operation- -_ ,- . __ Ordinary repairs....---------------------------- -- -- - -- 10, 000. 00 5, 000. 00 15, 000. 00 Total for all work ---------------------------------- _ 147, 860. 28 The additional sum of'$154,000 can be profitably expended during tihe fiscal year 1948, as follows: New work: Acquisition of land, roads, and power rights, construction of a utility storage building, garage, trash removal devices, and general improvement of the existing facilities and areas--------- $135, 500 Maintenance (operating and care) : Operations ------------------------------------- $15, 000 Ordinary repairs---------- --------- ---------- 3, 5(0 18, 500. Total for all work------------------------------------ 154, 000 Cost and financial summary Cost of new work to June 30, 1946_______________________ $7, 726, 25.'27 Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1946. ..47, 9244 91 Total cost of permanent work to June 30, 1946----------7, 774, 181. 18 Undistributed costs June 30, 1946_------------------ : -- 4, 037. 40 Net total cost to June 30, 1946---------------------- 7, 770, 143. 78 Plus accounts receivable June 30, 1946___.-----.----------. - .823. 95 S Gross total costs to June 30, 1946------------------- Minus accounts payable Jlune 30, 1946-------------_ 7, 770, 967. 73 4, 764. 06 Net total expenditures _ - .-- 7, 766, 203. 67 Unexpended balance June 30, 1946---__--.-- -------- - 147, 036. 33 Total amount appropriated to June 30, 1946 --------- 7, 913, 240. 00 Fiscal year ending Juno 30 1942 1943 1944 1945' 1946 .1- I ----------- I ------ _____________ Cost of new work ................ $2, 137, 860.56 $797, 655. 83 $192, 241. 54 $99, 819. 78 $96, 994. 00 Cost of maintenance............. 1, 615. 46 . 16, 806. 60 13, 959. 70 15, 543. 15 Total cost.................. 2, 137, 860. 56 799, 271. 29 209,048. 14 113, 779.48 112,537. 15 Total expended..... ......... 2, 267, 743. 65 1,017, 860.72 365,821. 31 113, 337.42 109, 792.27 Allotted------------------..................... 152, 000.00 300, 000. 00 .. -.... 16,00.(100 185, 240.00 -I~-~-- -~-~- -~ - - - ' 72 1584--47---pt. 1, vol. 1----5 62 REPORT OF CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMY, 1946 Balance unexpended July 1, 1945, _--------------------,_ $71, 588. 60 Amount allotted during fiscal year---.....---- ------.- _185, 240. 00 Amount to be accounted for___-__....________ _____ 256, 828. 60 ,Gross amount expended---------_________ _ $134, 700. 12 Less: Reimbursements collected.... $24, 874. 35 Receipts from sales--------_ -- 33. 50 24, 907. 85 -- 109, 792. 27 Balance unexpended June 30, 1946---....-- ____ _ - 147, 036. 33 Outstanding liabilities, June 30, 1946_-----------$4, 764. 06 b Amount covered by uncompleted contracts-..... 7, 746. 40 102, 510. 46 Balance available June 30, 1946_----------_ _..---- 44, 525. 87 Accounts receivable June 30, 1946-------------------------- 823. 95 Unobligated balance available June 30, 1946 _- .- --- - 45, 349. 82 Amount (estimated) required to be appropriated for completion of existing project 1 ------------------------------------ 135, 500. 00 Amount' that can be profitably expended in fiscal year ending June 30, 1948: For new work 1 135, 500. 00 For maintenance 1 18, 500. 00 Total 1---------- 154, 000. 00 I Exclusive of available funds. 22. BLACKWATER RESERVOIRI, MEItIMAUK ItIVEIR JBASIN, 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 Merri- mack. 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. Eisting project.-The damll is of the rolled-earth type, witlh a dumped-rock toe and a dumped-rock blanket on the upstream face, 750 feet long at the top, with a maxinmum 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 s uare feet of gate-controlled and 22.5 square feet of ungated outlet conduits, and a 16-foot diameter penstock intake, involving 24,30( 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 1946, is $1,380,000. The estimated anlnual cost of maintenance (operating and care), is $4,500. 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. Operationsand results during fiscal year---New worlc.-The roads in the town of Webster were acquired by condemnation. A contract has FLOOD CONTROI---BOSTON, MASS., DISTRICT 63 been negotiated for directing the surveys and preparing a cost estimate for relocation of roads in the town of Salisbury. One hundred and twenty-nine tracts, totaling 3,553 acres of land, have been acquired in the reservoir area by direct purchase or condemnation, of which 437.3 acres were acquired during the fiscal year. All transactions by direct purchase have been closed and only 20 remain in condemnation. Mlaintenance.-Maintenance operations consisted of removing the collected debris; cutting grass and repairing eroded slopes and drains; patrolling the reservoir area; periodic checking of the gates and gate operating equipment; and repairing operating equipment and opera- tor's quarters. Reservoir operation.--leductions were effected in seven minor floods with discharges exceeding 500 cubic feet per second during the fiscal year. The maximum freshet occurred December 7-10, 1945, re- sulting ina maximum reservoir stage at elevation 538.8. Water stored in the reservoir amounted to 2,900 acre-feet or 6 percent of the total storage. The reservoir reduced the peak inflow of 2,100 cubic feet.per second to a discharge of 1,300 cubic feet per second. The maximum stage obtained during the spring run-off period occurred in March, when the reservoir reached an elevation of 537.0. All work has been performed by hired labor., The total costs during the fiscal year from regular funds have been $7,867.63, of which $4,276 was for new work, and $3,591.63 was for maintenance. The expenditures were $8,230.41. (jCon1ition at end of fiscal year.-Constructionof the dam, dikes, and appurtenant works was commenced by contract on April 23, 1940, and all contract operations for construction of the dam were completed on November 22, 1941. The acquisition of lands and rights-of-way for the dam site and reservoir area is practically complete. The existing project is practicaly complete. The total costs for new work have been $1,189,433.14 and $12,868.72 for maintenance. The expenditures have been $1,201,855.34. Proposed operations.--The balance unexpended at the end of the fiscal year, amounting to $89,995.66 regular funds, will be applied as follows: Accounts payable, June 30, 1946------------------------------- 446. 52 New work: Acquisition of lands and rights-of-way, surveys, and esti- mates of highway relocations, and installation of safety facilities__. 86,049. 14 Maintenance (operating and care) : Operation ._,--- -- ..-- -. . $2, 400. 00. Ordinary repairs ------------------------------ 1, 100. 00 3, 500.. 00 Total for all work------------..-...---------.---. 89, 995. 60 The additional sum of $109,500 can be profitably, expended during the fiscal year 1948, as follows: New work: Settlement of land acquisition and town road cases, con- struction oe garage and trash removal devices----- ---. .$105, 000 Maintenance (operating and care) : Operations ..--- -- ------.... .... _--- ...- $--_000 $3, Ordinary repairs _--- ------..------------------ 1, 500 -- 4, 500 Total for all work..................------------------------------- 109, 500 64 REPORT OF CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMY, 1946 Cost and financial summary Cost of new work to June 30, 1946_-- ----- ---- ----- --- $1, 189, 433. 14 Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1946 -------------------- 12, 868. 72 Total cost of permanent work to June 30, 1946 .---------- 1, 202, 301. 86 Minus accounts payable June 30, 1946 -------------------- 446. 52 Net total expenditures_____________________---------------------------1, 201, 855. 34 Unexpended balance June 30, 1946-------- -------------- ---- 89, 995. 66 Total amount appropriated to Juie 30, 1946-------- -- 1, 291, 851. 00 Fiscal year ending June 30 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 Cost of new work_.-----.... -, -. $351,123.06 $31, 839.86 $57, 325. 43 $21,754.27 $4, 276. 00 Cost of maintenance--------------............ 1,213. 10 2, 446.14 2, 804.60 2, 813. 25 3, 591.63 Total cost.-.-----..... 352, 336. 16 34, 286.00 60, 130. 03 24, 567. 52 7, 867. 63 Total expended------------............. --.....402, 322. 04 41, 531. 11 59, 096. 75 26, 210. 37 8, 230. 41 Allotted......- --........... . 77, 000. 00 4, 500. 00 -. . . 6, 000. 00 79, 351.00 Balance unexpended July 1, 1945--.--------------------- -- $18, 875. 07 Amount allotted during fiscal year---....------ ----------- -- 79, 351. 00 Amount to be accounted for------------------------- 98, 226. 07 Gross amount expanded---------- ---- ---------- $8, 248. 41 Less reimbursements collected-. :------------ 18. 00 8, 230. 41 Balance unexpended June 30, 1946 ------------------ 89, 995. 66 Outstanding liabilities, June 30, 1946 $446. 52 $------------- Amount covered by uncompleted contracts_- . ---- 80, 547. 77 80, 994. 29 .. ..r_.- Balance available June 30, 1946 -------------------- 9 001. 37 Amount (estimated) required to be appropriated for completion of existing project 1-------- --------- 105, 149. 00 Amount that can be profitably expended in fiscal year ending June 30, 1948: For new work 1 -------- --- --- --- 105, 000. 00 For maintenance 1 500. 00 4-----------____, Total 1---------------------------- ------------- 109, 500. 00 1Exclusive of available funds. 23.,BEARDS BROOK RESERVOIR, MERRIMACK RIVER BASIN, N. II. Iocation.-The dam site is located on Beards Brook, 2 miles upstream from the town of IHillsboro, N. H.; 1.5 miles above the con- fluence of Beards Brook and the Contoocook River; approximately 21 miles southwest of Concord, N. HI.; and 65 miles northwest of Boston, Mass. The reservoir lies within Hillsboro County, N. H. Existinq project.--The dam will be of the rolled-earth embankment type, with an over-all length of approximately 4,000 feet, a height of approximately 115 feet, and a top width of 25 feet, containing FLOOD CONTROL--BOSTON, 'MASS., DISTRICT .65 about 1,200,000 cubic yards of earth and rock fill. The dam will con- trol the Beards Brook drainage area of 56 square miles and will be ]o- cated to allow diversion of the spillway discharge from the existing Jackman Reservoir, which controls the 64-square-mile drainage area of the North Fork of the Contoocook River, into the Beards Brook Reservoir during high-water stages. A concrete gravity spillway, with a crest length of 450 feet, constructed across the North Fork will divert the spillway discharge from Jackman Reservoir through a diversion channel into the project reservoir. An ungated outlet through the spillway will provide for the normal spillway discharge 1iromn Jacklnan Reservoir. 'The water above spillway level from the proj',ct reservoir will flow through the diversion channel to the North Fori'c and discharge over the spillway. Normal flow from Beards Brook will discharge through a gate-controlled concrete conduit under the dam. The reservoir will provide a storage capacity of 33,000 acre-feet which is equivalent to 5.5 inches of run-off from the combined drainage area of 120 sq(luare miles. The estimated cost of the project is $4,200,000, revised in 1946. The estimated annual cost of maintenance (operating and care), is $11,000. The reservoir is a unit of the comprehensive plan for flood-control and other purposes in the Merrimnack River Basin-which was authorized by the Flood Control Act approved June 22, 1936, and modified by the Flood Con- trol 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.---Hired-laboroperations consiste(d of completion of foundatioin investigations and analyses, additional surveys, engineering studies, lay-outs, design, and com- pletion of the detailed plans. The costs from regular funds have been $38,726.57, of which $38,820.91 was for new work and -$94.34 for. undistributed costs. Tilhe expenditures were $42,922.50. Condition at end of fiscal year.--Topographic surveys, foundation investigations, and analyses for final design are approximately 90 percent complete. Consent to the acquisition of land for construction of the project has been requested from the State of New Hampshire. IPhe work remaining to be done consists of preparation of contract plans and specifications, acquisition of land, relocation of roads and utilities, construction of the darn, and appurtenant structures. The costs to date from regular funds,have been $76,227.77, all for new work. The expenditures to date from regular funds have been $76,190.92. Proposed operations.-The balance unexpended at the end of the fiscal year, amounting to $1,620.63, will be aplplied as follows: Accounts payable, June 30, 194 ---------------------------- .... ------ $36. 85 Unobligated balance to be reported for revocation , 583. 78 1----------------- Total-..------- ---. -- ,.,.. --------------- 3, 620. 63 Itis not proposed to perform any operations on the remaining items of work during the fiscal year 1948.::. ,66 REPORT OF CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMY, 1946 Cost and financial summary Cost of new work to June 30, 1946--- _ _ :-- _ _ . .$76, 227. 77 Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1946..-.- -- __- - . . Total cost of permanent work to June 30, 1946_------------ 76, 227. 77 Minus accounts payable June 30, 1946_ ----------------. . --.-- 36. 85 Net total expenditures ----------- -------------------- 76, 190. 92 Unexpended balance June 30, 1946----------------------------1, 620. 63 Total amount appropriated to June 30, 1946------ -------- 77, 811. 55 Fiscal year ending June 30 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 Cost of new work__ . _ . . . . .. $8,815.4.5 $28,691.41 $38, 8)20.91 Cost of maintenance Total expended - ---- 7,768.79 25, 499.63 42, 922.50 Allotted------------------------ - -- 40, 311.55 60, 500.00 -2:3,000. 00 Balance unexpended July 1, 1945-- --- __-------- _____- Deductions on account of revocation of allotment----------------... 67, 543. 13 23, 000. 00 Net amount to be accounted for_---. ------ ----------- 44, 543. 13 Gross amount expended---_.$45, ---. -_ 043. 80 Less reimbursements collected_-_________ _______ 2, 121. 30 42, 922. 50 Balance unexpended June 30, 1946--------- --------- - 1, 620. 63 Outstanding liabilities, June 30, 1946$------------------ 36. 85 Amount covered by uncompleted contracts ......-----------. 1, 338. 15 1, 375. 00 Balance available June 30, 1946.__--------_ ----- - .. 245. 63 Amount (estimated) required to be appropriated for completion of existing project 1 ----- . . _________________:----. 4,122,000.00 . Exclusive of available funds. 24. BENNINGTON RESERVOIR, MERRIMACK RIVER BASIN, N. HI. Location.--The dam site is located on the Contoocook River, one- half mile upstream from the town of Bennington (Hillsboro County), N. H.; approximately 24 miles southwest of Concord, N. IH.; and 64 miles northwest of Boston, Mass. IExisting project.-The dam will be of the rolled-earth embankment type, with a dumped rock toe and a dumped rock blanket on the up- stream face, 3,520 feet long with a maximum height of 64 feet and a top width of 25 feet, containing about 915,500 cubic yards of earth and rock fill. An overflow concrete gravity type ogee section spillway, 300 feet in length, and the six hydraulically operated gates in the spillway section will discharge into a common stilling basin. The spillway, stilling basin, and the nonoverflow section adjoining each side of the spillway will require a total of 52,800 cubic yards of con- crete. The reservoir will provide a storage capacity of approximately 60,000 acre-feet. The estimated cost, revised in 1946, is $5,984,000. SThe estimated annual cost of maintenance (operating and care), is $15,000. Provisions have been made in the design for raising the em- bankment to provide an ultimate installation for flood control and conservation storage with a combined capacity of 90,000 acre-feet. The project is a unit of the comprehensive plan for flood control and FLOOD CONTROL-BOSTON, MASS., DISTRICT 67 other purposes in the Merrimack River Basin which was author- ized 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.--Work under architect- engineer contract consisted of the preparation of contract plans, speci- fications and quantity estimate. Hired-labor operations consisted of preparation of the analysis of design, exploration for limits of borrow areas; drilling observation wells and conducting pumping test to de- termine feasibility of lowering artesian pressure in bedrock in vicinity of spillway; and investigations and studies concerning the relocation of highways, railroad, and public utilities within the fiowage area. The costs from regular funds have been $100,549.78. The expendi- tures were $101,912.58. Condition at end of fiscal year.-Surveys of the dam and reservoir area are 90 percent complete. Property surveys for the dam and res- ervoir area are 5 percent complete. Foundation investigations and analyses for design are complete. Contract plans, specifications, and estimate are 90 percent complete, and all work required under the architect-engineer contract has been completed. The work remaining to be done to complete the project consists-of final review and sub- mission of the plans and specifications; completion of the analysis of design; acquisition of lands and rights-of-way; relocation of roads, railroad, and utilities, and construction of the dam by continuing contract. The costs to date from regular funds have been $198,252.13. The expenditures to date from regular funds have been $197,767.12. - Proposed operatioins.-The balance unexpended at the end of the fiscal year, amounting to $19,132.88, will be applied as follows: Accounts payable, June 30, 1946-------------- ..---... $485. 01 New work: Review and completion of plans and specifications and Completion of analysis of design (hired labor)..---- -------- 18, 647.87 Total ---------- -...... 19------------------------ 1, 132. 88 It is not proposed to perform any operations on the remaining items of work during the fiscal year 1948. Cost and financial summary Cost of new work to June 30, 1946_ __--____----,-----------$198, 252. 13 Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1946 , ------- -- .-------- - Total cost of permanent work to June 30, 1946 ........------------- 198, 252. 13 Minus accounts payable June 30, 1946.....---------------------------485. 01 Net total expenditures _---- -- ------- 197, 767. 12 Unexpended balance June 30, 1946 --------- ------------- 19, 132. 88 Total amount appropriated to'Juno 30, 1946--------------- 216, 900. 00 year ending June 30 Fiscal . 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 Cost of new work ------------------ ------------- $13,786.19 $83,916.16 $100,549.78 Cost of maintenance----------------------------... ..............------------------------------------ Total expended...:.............. .............. 12,208.17 83,646.37 101,12.68 Allotted----.......... . ..-. 91,500.00 102, 500.00 22, 900.00 9 00 0.1 2,0. 68 REPORT OF CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMY, 1946 Balance unexpended July 1,1945---------------------------$98, 145. 46 Amount allotted during fiscal year_----------------------- _ 22, 900. 00 Amount to be accounted for_-...-. .- 121, 045. 46 Gross amount expended ------- --------- Less reimbursements collected. --------------------- $104, 799. 49 2, 886. 91 101, 912. 58 Balance unexpended June 30, 1946--___ - - 19, 132. 88 Outstanding liabilities, June 30, 1946 .. 485. 01 Balance available June 30, 1946____ __-- _ __ ..---.- 18, 647. 87 Amount (estimated) required to be appropriated for completion of existing project 1----- _---------------------_ 5, 767, 100. 00 Exclusive of available funds. 25. WEST PETERBORO RESERVOIR, MERRIMACK RIVER BASIN, N.. II. Location.--.The: dam site is located one-half mile upstream from the village of West Peterboro, N. H., and 1,000 feet upstream from the existing Verney Mills dam on Nubanusit Brook, a tributary of the Contoocook RIiver; approximately 35 miles southwest of Con- cord, N. H., and 60 miles northwest of Boston, Mass. The reservoir lies within Hillsboro and Cheshire Counties, N. H. Existing project.-The dam will be of the rolled-earth embank- ment type, with a rock blanket on the upstream slope and the down- stream drainage toe, 1,100 feet long at the top, with a maximum height of 69 feet and a top width of 25 feet. The outlet works located in the west abutment of the dam will consist of an intake structure, a conduit controlled by three hydraulically operated gates and a stilling basin which discharges into the pool created by the Verney Mills Dam. The spillway will be a gravity concrete weir section 100 feet in length, with an approach channel 1,900 feet long; a discharge channel 700 feet long and a protective dike approximately 2,600 feet in length to guide the spillway discharge. The spillway will be located in a natural saddle at the north side of the reservoir approximately 3 miles from the dam site, and will discharge into Ferguson Brook, which, in turn, discharges into the proposed Ben- nington Reservoir. Approximately 291,000 cubic yards of earth and rock fill will be required for the construction of the daim and dike, and 7,800 cubic yards of concrete will be required for the spillway; and outlet works. The reservoir will provide a storage capacity of approximately 12,800 acre-feet. The estimated cost, revised in 1946, is $1,726,000. The estimated annual cost of maintenance (operating and care), is $4,000. 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. Operationsand results durinq fiscal year.-- Hired labor operations consisted of additional foundation investigations, analyses, and eng - neering studies for the saddle spillway; revision of detailed plans;, investigations and studies for the relocation of highways and utilities within the flowage area; and obtaining tract ownership data for'the dam site, borrow areas and construction areas. FLOOD CONTROL---BOSTON, MASS., DISTRICT 69 The costs from regular funds have been $11,430.81. The expendi- tures were $13,332.53. Condition at end of fiscal year.-Topographic surveys are 95 percent complete. Foundation investigations and analyses for final design are complete. State of New Hampshire has approved the acquisi- lThe tion of land for the construction of a remote saddle spillway. Contract plans and specifications are under preparation. Work remaining to be done consists of acquisition of lands and rights-of-way, relocation of utilities and highways, and construction of the dam. The costs to date from regular funds have been, $76,586.91. The ex enditures to date from regular funds have been $75,478.58. oposed operations.--l'he balance unexpended at the end of the fiscal year, amounting to $21,721.42, will be applied as follows: Accounts payable, June 30, 1946---------------------------- $1, 108.33 New work: Topographic surveys, final plans and specifications (hired labor) --------------------------------------- -- 20,613.09 Total------------------ ------------- 21, 721.42 The additional sum of $712,000 can be profitably expended during the fiscal year 1948, for acquisition of lands and rights-of-way, for relocation of telephone and power lines and highways, and for con- struction of the dam (continuing contract). Cost and financial summary Cost of new work to June 30, 1946:-------__.__-___________ $76, 586. 91 Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1946 . -------- _----- - ....- .---- Total cost of permanent work to June 30, 1946- ,_----.- 76, 586. 91 Minus accounts payable June 30, 1946------------------------1, 108. 33 Net total expenditures___-.--------------------- 75, 478. 58 ------------------------ 21, 721. 42 Unexpecnded balance June 30, 1946....................... Total amount appropriated to June 30, 1946--- ----------- 97, 200. 00 Fiscal year ending June 30 1942 1943 1944 1945 1i946 Cost of new work. : - 197. 88 .$45. 061 $9, 281.20 $22,958. 02 i1, 430. 81 Cost of maintenance------- .......................................--..- -- .-- -. Total expended... _........-...... -397. 88 - 45. 06 8, 777. 56 20, 451. 61 13, 332. 53 Allotted--- -- -----------------..............--------------.............. -3, 000. 00 42, 200. 00 .....--- ..... Balance unexpended July 1, 1945- ------------------------ $35, 053. 95 Gross amount expended----------..------------------------- 13, 332. 53 Balance unexpended June 30, 1946....---------------------- 21, 721. 42 Outstanding liabilities, June 30, 1946 ..------------------------- 1, 108. 33 Balance available June 30, 1946..--.........-.......... 20, 613. 09 Amount (estimated) required to be appropriated for completion of existing project 1--_____-__.---- --. .- -____- _..._ ... -1, 628, 800. 00 Amount that can be profitably expended in fiscal year ending June . 30, 1948, for new work 1 ------------------------------------ 712, 000. 00 1 Exclusive of available funds. 70 REPORT OF CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMY, 1946 26. MOUNTAIN BROOK RESERVOIR, MERRIMACK RIVER BASIN, N. H. .Location.--The dam site is located in Jaffrey, Cheshire County, N. H.,'on Mountain Brook, immediately above its confluence with the Contoocook River; approximately 40 miles southwest of Con- cord, N. HI., and 55 miles northwest of Boston, Mass. Existing project.-The dam will be of the rolled-earth embankment type, with a rock blanket on the upstream face and the downstream toe, 1,400 feet long at the top, with a maximum height of about 50 feet and top width of 42 feet, upon which will be located a paved highway. A rolled-earth dike approximately 800 feet in length at the top, with a maximum height of 35 feet and top width of 20 feet will be constructed from the south end of the dam to high ground. The dam and dike will contain approximately 192,000 cubic yards of earth and rock fill. A concrete-lined spillway with a weir 100 feet hi width located in the west abutment; an ungated conduit through the embankment section; and a rigid frame highway bridge over the spillway chute; involving a total of approximately 6,000 cubic yards of concrete, will be constructed. The reservoir will provide a storage capacity of 5,300 acre-feet. The estimated cost is $774,000, revised in 1946. The estimated annual cost of maintenance (operating and care), is $3,000. 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.-H-ired labor operations consisted of a property survey of the dam site and borrow areas; bor- ings to determine limits of pervious borrow area; revision and comple- tion of detailed plans, analysis of design and plans and specifications; investigations, studies, and negotiations for the relocation of highways and utilities; preparation of real-estate planning report, tract ap- praisals and maps, and procurement of title evidence. The costs from regular funds have been $22,348.43. The expendi- tures were $24,183.97. Condition at end of fiscal year.-Contractplans, specifications, and design analysis were approved. Bids were taken for construction of the project on April 5, 1946, but were rejected. The work remaining to be done consists of acquisition of lands and rights-of-way; reloca- tion of highways and utilities; placing of rock fill on Contoocook Lake Dam; reservoir clearing; and construction of the dam. The costs to date from regular funds have been $56,889.52. The expenditures to date from regular funds were $56,550.48. Proposed operations.-The balance unexpended at the end of the fiscal year, including accounts receivable, amounting to $506,469.18, will be applied as follows: Accounts payable, June 30, 1940- ----------------------------- $358.70 To be reported for revocation._------------------_------ 506, 110. 48 Total-------------------------------------..... ------- 506, 469.; 18 It is not proposed to perform any operations on the remaining items of work during the fiscal year 1948. FLOOD CONTROL-BOSTON, MASS., DISTRICT 71 Cost and financial summary Cost of new work to June 30, 1946 _..... ---------------- ... $56, 889. 52 Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1946..------------------- ------------ Total cost of permanent work to June 30, 1946------------56, 889. 52 Plus accounts receivable June 30, 1946-----.................------------------. 19. 66 Gross total costs to June 30, 1946------------------------ 56, 909. 18 Minus accounts payable June 30, 1946 _______----------------------358. 70 Net total expenditures--- -- -----------------.. -56, 550. 48 Unexpended balance June 30, 1946. .-------------------------- 506, 449. 52 Total amount appropriated to June 30, 1946.-------------- 563, 000. 00 Fiscal year ending June 30 1942 1943 1944 19456 1946 Cost of new work .......... -- . - -$149. 25 $187.98 $3, 037.41 $12, 756.00 $22, 348. 43 Cost of maintenance -------------------------------------------------------------- Total expended............ -149.25 187.98 3,005.00 10,613.83 24,183.97 -- , . . .. ....... . . -- 12,500.00 6..524,500.00 Allotted-...-................................................................. ---- --- 12,60000 624,600.0 Balance unexpended July 1,1945 -- ____-- ---- ... . $6, 133. 49 Amount allotted during fiscal year_-------------_,------- 524, 500. 00 Amount to be accounted for.--------------------------- 530, 633. 49 Gross amount expended-_----_ ----------.-... $25, 241. 72 --------------- Less reimbursements collected,. -_ 1, 057. 75 24, 183. 97 Balance unexpended June 30, 1946- -- - ..----- 506, 449. 52 Outstanding liabilities, June 30, 1946_-.--.--.-__ __--.. --.-. 358. 70 Balance available June 30, 1946-,--..---- Accoulnts receivable June 30, 1946------------ ..------------ --.. ---... 506, 090. 82 1__ 66 _..... 19. Unobligated balance available June 30,' 1946----------- 506, 110. 48 27. NASHUA, MERRIMACK RIVER BASIN, N. H. Location.-The project is located on the right bank of the Nashua and Merrimack Rivers at their confluence in the city of Nashua (Hills- boro County), N. II. The site is 55 miles above the mouth of the Merrimack River, at Newburyport, Mass.; 35 miles northwest of Boston, Mass.; 32 miles south of Concord, N. H., and 61 miles down- stream and south of the completed Franklin Falls Dam on the Pemige- wasset River. L'isting project.--The project consists of approximately 3,300 feet of dike and 350 feet of concrete wall, protecting approximately 70 acres of land, developed extensively by industrial establishments and residences in the lower section of Nashua. A pumping station is included to discharge sewage and drainage during the periods of high river stages. The estimated cost of construction, revised in 1946, is $270,00()0. 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.--Fully complied with. 72 REPORT OF CHIEF OF,ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMY, 1946 Operations and results during fiscal year.-Hired labor operations consisted of detail topographic and lay-out surveys for the flood walls, dikes, and pumping station, completion of design analysis, and con- tract plans and specifications. A contract for the project structures was awarded. The costs from regular funds have been $32,426.40, of which $30,911.33 was for new work and $1,515.07 for deferred costs. lThe ex- penditures have been $28,753.67. Condition at end of fiscal year.--Surveys, foundation investigations, analyses, and design are complete. Construction operations were initiated. The work remaining to be done consists of construction of flood walls, (likes, and pumping station; furnishing and installing the pumping station equipment, and preparation of the operation anld maintenance manual. The cost to date from regular funds have-been $36,017.24. The ex- penditures to date from regular funds have been $32,245.39.. Proposed operations.-The balance unexpended at the end of the fiscal year, including accounts receivable, amounting to $184,763.61, plus $53,000 allotted in July 1946, will be applied as follows: Accounts payable, June 30, 1946---_ _.. _______--. _.- $3, 780. 85 New work: Specifications for installing pumping equipment and preparation of operations and maintenance manual (hired labor) --- ____ 5, 000. 00 Construction of walls, (likes, pumping station, and sewer inter- ceptors by contract _ 183, 000. 00 Furnishing and installing pumping equipment (contract) ------ 45, 082. 76 Total-------------------------------------------- .It isestimated that all remaining items of work will be completed during the fiscal 237, 763.61 year 1947 and that additional funds will not be re- quired for the fiscal year 1948. Cost and financial summary Cost of new work to June 30, 1946----.------ .-.--- - - -$34, 502. 17 Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1946_ Total cost of permanent work to June 30, 1946---- 34, 502. 17 Undistributed costs June 30, 1946----------------------------- 1, 515. 07 Net total cost to June 30, 1946__------------------------ 36, 017. 24 .Plus accounts receivable June 30, 1946-____ 9. 00 Gross total costs to June 30; 1946.---------------.---- 36, 026. 24 Minus accounts payable June 30, 1946_- -- --- 3, 780. 85 Net total expenditures-------- 32, 245. 39 Unexpended balance June 30, 1946-------------------------- 184, 754. 61 Total amount appropriated to June 30, 1946_- -' - _ _ 217, 000. 00 Fiscal year ending June 30 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 ost of new work----------------------- $1, 073. 43 $2, 426.97 $30, 911.33 of maintenance .Cost ........ ---:----------- . 'Total expended ---- --- 1,061.42 2, 339.86 28, 753. 67 A llotted.'" . . . .. . . . .'. 10, 000. 00 195, 000. 00 "0,000.00198000 FLOOD CONTROL--BOSTON, MASS., DISTRICT 73 Balance unexpended July 1, 1945_--------- ------------------ $18, 508. 28 Amount allotted during fiscal year------------------------------ 195, 000. 00 Amount to be accounted for-----------------------------213, 508. 28 Gross amount expended------- ------- --------- $31, 753. 67 Less reimbursements collected----------_ ------------- 3, 000. 00 ' 28, 753. 67 .Balance unexpended June 30, 1946_ ---- - __--.--- __.- 184, 754. 61 Outstanding liabilities, June 30, 1946 __ ._________- $3, 780. 85 Amount covered by uncompleted contracts---------- 142, 639. 77 146, 420. 62 Balance available June 30, 1946_---. __...-..----- -_ 38, 333. 99 Accounts receivable June 30, 1946---------------------------------- ........ 9. 00 -Unobligated balance available June 30, 1946-----_--_--------- , 38, 342. 99 Amount allotted in July,1946-__.__ _ -_-__ ..---.- 53, 000. 00 '_.-- Unobligated balance available for fiscal year 1947- - ......- 91, 342. 99 28. NORTH ANDOVER AND LAWRENCE, MERRIMACK RIVE R BASIN, MASS. Location.--The project is located on both banks of the Shawsheen River, approximnately one-half mile upstream from the confluence of the Slawsheen River and Merrimack River in the city of Lawrence and in the town of North Andover, and on the north bank of the Merrimack River above Essex Dam in the city of Lawrence, Mass. The site is in Essex County, 27.3 miles above the mouth of the Merri- mack River at Newburyport, Mass., and 24 miles north of Boston, Mass. Eisting project.-The project consists of local protection works in the town of North Andover and in two sections of the city of Lawrence, to be constructed as a unit of the comprehensive plan for flood control and other purposes in the Merrimack River Basin, whichll was authorized by the Flood Control Act approved June 22, 1936, and modified by the Flood Control Act approved June 28, 1938. The sections comprising the complete project, at an estimated construction cost of $900,000, revised in 1946, are as follows: North Andover: The North Andover section will consist of approxi- nrately 2,30r feet of concrete wall, 750 feet of earth dike, and a pumping station to discharge sanitary and storm water flow during flood periodls. South Lawrence: The south Lawrence section will consist of ap- proximately 3,250 feet of concrete wall; 570 feet of earth dike.; the installation of drains, interceptors, and diversion pipe; and a pumping station to discharge sanitary and storm water flow during flood periods. West Lawrence: lThe west Lawrence section consists of comnlpleting an abandoned Work Projects Administration project for constructino- an earthll like 2,300 feet in length on the north bank of the Merrimack River. Approximately 1,000 feet of this (like were completed by thle Work Projects Administration during the 1940 construction pe- riod, but the remainder of the.dike requires.a rip)ra) blanket, a gravel toe drain, topsoil, and see(ling. Protection for a'low area adjacent, to an( dlownstream from this eairth dike will he provided by a concrete all 350 feet ilnlength ai(l a low ear.tl tike a))proxmnately 375 feet 74 REPORT OF CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMY, 1946 in length as an extension to the former Work Projects Administration project. A pumping station will not be required for this section. ,Local cooperation.-Fullycomplied with. Operations and results during fiscal year.-Iired labor operations consisted of revising detailed plans, and of making detailed studies, designs, and lay-outs preparatory to processing the construction plans and real estate investigations. The costs from regular funds have been $9,787.47. The expendi- tures from regular funds have been $9,791.20. Condition at end of fiscal year.--Surveys and foundation investiga- tions are complete. Soils analyses for final design and embankment ,design work are 55 percent complete. Detailed structural and hy- draulic studies required prior to the actual processing of the con- struction, plans are 75 percent complete. Preparation of contract plans has been deferred pending results of studies being made for flood protection based on the new design flood established for the Merrimack River Basin. The costs to date from regular funds have been $19,320.37. The expenditures to date have been $18,931.13. Proposed operation.r-The balance unexpended at the end of the fiscal year, amounting to $15,068.87, will be applied as follows: Accounts payable, June 30, 1946-------,------------------_----$389.24 New work: Preparation of plans and specification after completion of studies being conducted (hired labor) ----------------------- 14, 679. 63 Total....----------------- ---------------------------- 5, 068. 87 It is not proposed to perform any operations on the remaining items of work during the fiscal year 1948. Cost and financial summary Cost of new work to June 30, 1946__- -_______------ -.. $19, 320. 37 Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1946.___............ ... .___________ . . Total cost of permanent work to June 30, 1946...----------- 19, 320. 37 Minus accounts payable June 30, 1946 --------------------------- 389. 24 Net total expenditures..-_ -... --------------- _.- 18, 931. 13 Unexpended balance June 30, 1946 _-15, -------------- 068. 87 Total amount appropriated to June 30, 1946..--------------34, 000. 00 Fiscal year ending June 30 . 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 Cost of new work..------------.. $1, 920. 26 $7, 612. 64 $9, 787.47 Cost of maintenance- ---- ----- -- --- - ------------ Total expended......:.... _____ ----- 1,908.25 7,231.68 _..........- 9,791.20 A .lloeLL.-- - ----------------- . ,Oo 20..................... . ............ Balance unexpended July 1, 1945--__--...___------------ .. $24, 860. 07 Gross amount expended---------------------------------- 9, 791.20 Balance unexpended June 30, 1946. ,'--------------- 15, 068. 87 Outstanding liabilities, June 30, 1946 ..... --------------- 389. 24 Balance available June 30, 1946------------------------ 14, 679. 63 Amount (estimated) required to be appropriated for completion of Sexisting project - __--------------------- -866, 000. 00 iExclusive of available funds. FLOOD CONTROL-BOSTON, MASS., DISTRIT 75 : 29. PRELIMINARY EXAMINATIONS, SURVEYS, AND CONTINGENCIES FOR FLOOD CONTROL The cost from regular funds for the fiscal year were $100,545.61 and the expenditures for the fiscal year 1946 were $90,030.41. The costs to date from regular funds were $261,016.99 and the expenditures to date were $250,436.99. The balance unexpended at the end of the fiscal year, amounting to $54,463.01, will be applied to outstanding accounts payable in the amount of $11,480 and the balance as needed during the fiscal year 1947 to payment of expenses to be incurred under this heading. The additional sum of $101,000 can be profitably expended during the fiscal year 1948. Cost and financial summary Cost of new work to June 30, 1946-___-...-.-----.------------- .-- Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1946-------------.---------- $261, 916. 99 Total cost of permanent work to June 30, 1946------------ 261, 916. 99 linus accounts payable June 30, 1946-------.--------------- . 11, 480. 00 Net total expenditures.-----------. ------------------- 250, 436. 99 Unexpended balance June 30, 1946.---.----- ....- - ....--- 54, 463. 01 Total amount appropriated to June 30, 1946-------------- 304, 900. 00 Fiscal year ending June 30 1942 1943 1044 1945 1946 Cost of new work...................... ............................ ........ ------ Cost of maintenance----------.............. ..............------ $2, 459. 35 $5, 064.63 $6, 347.40 $100, 545. 61 Total expended...................____ _____ 2,459. 35 5, 064.63 5,382. 60 90,030.41 Allotted --..... .......- .... _____ .. . 36, 500. 00 -1, 400. 00 17, 300. 00 105, 000. 00 Balance unexpended July 1, 1945 ----------------------- $39, 493. 42 Amount allotted during fiscal year-_ _.----------------- 105, 000. 00 Amount to be accounted for.. 144, 493. 42 Gross amount expended------------------------ $91, 306. 16 Less: Reimbursements collected- ---------------- 1, 275. 75 90, 030. 41 Balance unexpended June 30, 1946---------------------- .54, 463. 01 Outstanding liabilities, June 30, 1946_ .----.---------------- .- 11, 480..00 Balance available June 30, 1946 ------------------- 42, 983. 01 Amount that can be profitably expended in fiscal year ending June 30, 1948, for maintenance - -----------.-------------- 101, 000. 00 1Exclusive of available funds. 30. OTHER FLOOD-CONTROL PROJECTS FOR WHICH NO ESTIMATES ARE SUBMITTED of project Forireport lastsfull Juneexpenditures Cost and 30, 1946 to Estimated amount re- Name of proAnnual Re- quired to port for- New work Maintenance complete Lowell, Merrimack River Basin, Mass--------.........-..i,945 $490,600.00 .............. ---------------- () Ilopkinton-Everett Reservoir, Merrimack River Basin, N. H------------------------------................................... 1941 67,131.49------------ .............--. (2) 1Completed; but formal acceptanceby the city of Lowell has not been made. SBennington and Beards Brook Reservoirs have been substituted. 76 REPORT OF CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMY, 1946 Status of all investigations for flood control called for by flood control acts and corn- msittee resolutions Locality Date trans- Document Reconm- Authorization act mintted to No. nmenda- Congress tion Androscoggin River, Maine----...... Flood Control Committee ..- resolution, Mar. 27, 1936. Do...------------------------Commerce Committee .. . . Do----------------- resolution, Mar. 28. 1936. Do------------------------- Flood Control Act, June ...-------- ------------ 22, 1936. Androscoggin River and tributaries, Flood Control Act, June ...-------------------- Maine and New hampshire. 25, 1936. Kennebec River, Maine.---------- Commerce Committee ..- resolution, Mar. 28,1936. ------------ Do.---..--------------------- Flood Control Act, June- ..-.----------- Kennebee River and tributaries, Flood 22, 1936. Maine. Control Act, June ...-------- ------------ 20, 1936. Merrimack River, Mass., and N. HI., River and Harbor Act, . -- ------.... ---. ... with view to improvement for June 20, 1938. navigation, flood control, and water power. Narraiuagus River and tributaries, Flood Control Act, July . ............. Maine. 24, 1946. - IMPROVEMENT OF RIVERS AND HARBORS IN TIHE 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 Neiv 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: Col. Thomas F. Kern, Corps of Engineers. Division engineer: Brig. Gen. James A. O'Connor, United States. Army, to December 6, 1945; Col. Thomas F. Kern, Corps of Engineers, acting division engineer from December 7, 1945, to December 12, 1945; Maj. Gen. William M. IHoge, United States Army from Decem- ber 13, 1945, to January 10, 1946; Col. Thomas F. Kern, Corpsof Engineers, acting division engineer from January 11, 1946, to Feb- ruary 1, 1946; Maj. Gen. Douglas L. Weart, United States Army from February 2, 1946. IMPROVEMENTS Navigation Navigation--Continued Page Page. 1. Chatham (Stage) Harbor, 21. New Haven Harbor, Conn'. 111 M ass__ - -_-- -. - -_ .- 2. Harbor of Refuge at Nan- 78 22. Milford Harbor, Conn..... - 115 23. Bridgeport Harbor, Conn... 117 tucket, Mass._ ._._.. 79 24. Southport Harbor, Conn.... 120 3. Hyannis HIarbor, Mass_ _.. 81 25. Norwalk Harbor, Conn..,.. 121 4. Menemsha Creek,, Marthas 26. Stamford Harbor, Conn...<.. 123. Vineyard, Mass___ 83 27. M ianus River, Conn- ...... 126 5. New Bedford( and Fairhaven 28. Greenwich Harbor, Conn. "- 127 Harbor, Mass_ _-.__._ 84 29. Examinations, surveys, and 6. Cuttyhunk Harbor, Mass-- 87 contingencies (general) 129, 7. Fall River Harbor, Mass-. - 88 30. Other navigation projects for 8. Providence River and Hlar- which no estimates are bor, R. I- - 90 submitted-----------, . 130, 9. Pawtucket (Seekonk) River, 31. Plant allotment-__---. . 130, R . I._ .--- 92 10. W'ickford Harbor, R. I___ - 93 11. harbor of lRefuge at Block Flood control. Island, R. I _ .. __ .. __ 94 12. Pawcatuck River, R. I. and 32. Connecticut River Basin, Conn_ .. 96 Vt., N. H., Mass., and 13. Mystic River, Conni___ _ 98 Conn--------------- 133 14. New London Harbor, Conn_ 100 33. Victory Reservoir, Connec- 15. 'Thames River, Conn___ 102 ticut River Basin, Vt_-.... 136, 16. Connecticut I iver below 34.' Sugar Hill Reservoir, Con- Hartford, Conn.. 103 necticut River Basin, 17. Duck Island Harbor, Conn_ 107 N. I1- ---- ---- 137 18. Clinton Harbor, Conn____. 108 35. Union Village Reservoir, 19. Guilford Harbor, Conn.. 109 Connecticut River Basin 20. Branford Harbor, Conn_,_ 110 Vt_. .. -.. 137 7 21584-47--pt. 1, vol. 1-6 77 78 REPORT OF CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMY, 1946 Flood control-Continued Flood control-Continued SPage Page 36. West Canaan Reservoir, 54. West Springfield, Connecti- Connecticut River Basin, cut l iver Basin, Mass -- 170 N. H--------------- 139 55. Springfield, Connecticut 37. North Hartland Reservoir, River Basin, Mass ..... 173 Connecticut River Basin, 56. Hartford, Connecticut River Vt. ......-..-... 141 Basin, Conn_ 174 38. Claremont. Reservoir, Con- 57. East Hartford, Connecticut necticut River Basin, River Basin, Conn ...... 178 N. H__--- -- 142 58. Winsted, Connecticut River 39. North Springfield Reservoir, Basin, Conn_ _. 180 Connecticut River Basin, 59. Worcester Diversion, Black- Vt... --............ 143 stone River Basin, Mass _ 181 40. Brockway Reservoir, Con- 60. West Hill Reservoir, Black- '41. necticut River Basin, Vt... West River Reservoirs, Con- necticut River Basin, Vt. 145 stone River Basin, Mass_. 61. Thames River Basin, Conn., 183 146 B. I., and Mass.. .. 184 42. Surry Mountain Reservoir,, 62. Buffumville Reservoir, Connecticut River Basin, Thames River Basin, N. H.-- 149 Mass ----------....----- 185 43. Honey HTillReservoir, Con- 63. East Briinfield Reservoir, necticut River Basin, Thames River Basin, ,N. H . , 151 Mass__.__........ 187 44. Birch Hill necticut Reservoir, Con- 64. Westville Reservoir, Thames River Basin, River Basin, Mass ....... 188 Mass_.. 152 65. Mansfield Hollow Reservoir, 45. Tully Reservoir, Connecticut: Thames River Basin, River Basin, Mass.------- 155 Conn..... . ....... 190 46. Barre Falls Reservoir, Con- 66. South Coventry Reservoir, necticut River. Basin, Thames River Basin, M ass_. -__ -"-.....157 Conn -------- 191 47. West Brookfield Reservoir Connecticut River Basin, 67. Norwich Channel Improve- Mass------- ment Thames River Ba- ---- 158 193 48. Knightville Reservoir, Con- sin, 'onn_.......-.... necticut River Basin, 68. Thomaston Reservoir, TIou- Mass_ satonic River Basin, Conn._ 195 160 49. Northampton, 'Connecticut 69.' Clyde, Pawtuxet River Ba- River Basin, Mass ....- 162 sin, R. I-------_.---_. 196 50. Holyoke, Connecticut River 70. Pontiac Diversion, Pawtuxet Basin, 'Mass_ - -- ,-- 164 River Basin, R. I-....... 197 51, Chicopee, Connecticut River 71. Preliminary examinations, Basin, Mass-_ . 166 surveys, and contingencies 52. Springdale, Connecticut for flood control-- -- 199 River Basin, Mass- ..... 168 72. Other flood-control projects 53. Riverdale, Connecticut River for which no estimates Basin, Mass 169 are submitted --------- 200 1. CIHATHAM (STAGE) HARBOR, MASS Location.-At'the northeastern corner of Nantucket Sound, about 16 miles east' of HIyannis 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. 1209.) Previous project.-Adopted by the River and Harbor Act of Sep- tember 19, 1890. For further details see page 73, Annual Report for 1942. Existing project.--This provides for an entrance channel 10 feet deep at mean low water and 150 feet wide from Nantucket Sound into the harbor. The mean and spring tidal ranges are 3.8 and 4.6 feet respectively. The estimates of cost, revised in 1946, are $94,500 for new work exclusive of $43,500 to be contributed by local interests and RIVERS .AND HARBORS-PROVIDENCE, R. I., DISTRICT 79 exclusive of alnounlts expended under the previous project; and $4,000 annually for maintenance. The existing project was authorized by the River and Harbor Act approved March 2, 1945. The latest published map is in the project document (HI. Doc. No. 456, 77th Cong., 1st sess.). Local cooperation.-The River and Harbor Act approved March 2, 1945, authorized the existing project subject to the colditions that local interests contribute one-half the estimated first cost, but not to exceed $13,500, and furnish assurances satisfactory to the Secretary of War that they will provide free of cost to the United States suitable areas for spoil 'disposal for the initial work and subsequent main- tenance when and as req(uired and hold the United States free from claims for damages resulting from the improvement. It is expected that these requirements will be met in 1947. Terminal facilities.--There are two commercial wharves on 'the north side of the inner harbor open to public use subject to the owners' convenience. Facilities are adequate for existing commerce. Operations and results during fiscal year.-None. .Condition at end of fiscal year.--Work on the existing project has not begun. T'he controlling depth over the outer and inner bars was 6 feet at imean low water in the existing channel (October 1944). There have been no costs or expenditures under the existing project. Proposed operations.--No funds are available and no operations are contemplated during fiscal year 1947. The sum of $94,500 can be profitably expended during fiscal year 1948, by contract, for the completion of the project. Cost and financial summary Cost of new work to June 30, 1946___-----_ ______ ___ .. $7, 888. 95 Cost of maintenance to Juiine 30, 1946_- ..- _-. -........ . 42, 371. 16 Total cost of permanent work to June 30, 1946-------------- 50, 260.- 11 Net total expenditures,------------------------ 50, 260. 11 Total amount appropriated to June 30, 1946-------------------- 50, 260. 11 Fiscal year ending June 30 1942 .1943 1944 1945 19460 ------------- I ~ - cost of new work ....... ,.....------------------- Cost of maintenanc,------. --$17, 65. 91-------------------------- 9 Total expended-................-- 17, 648.54---------........--------------............ 625.79 .......... Allotted-........ .......... •-6, 337. 04 ...........----.....-------. 625.79 ........ .--.......----------.... Amount (estimated) required to be appropriated for completion of existing project__---------------.------------------------ $94, 500. 00 Amount that can be profitably expended in fiscal year ending June 30, 1948 for new work.-------------------------------------- 94, 500. 00 2. HARBOR OF REFUGE AT NANTUCKET, MASS. :Location.-Nantucket Harbor (Habor of Refuge at Nantucket) ison-the north shore of Nantucket Island about 28 miles east-south- east from Vineyard Haven, Mass. (See U. S. Coast and Geodetic Survey Chart No. 343.) 80 REPORT OF CHIEF OF' ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMY, 1946 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 meain 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; an anchor- age 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; and a fairway of the same (lepth extending southward through the harbor along the west side of the anchorage to a point about 2,700 feet south of Brant Point. The mean and spring tidal ranges at the entrance are 3.1 and 3.7 feet, respectively.. The estimate of cost, revised in 1946, is $606,200 for new work, ex- clusive of $31,500 to be contributed by local interests, and exclusive of amounts expended under previous project, and $11,500 annually for maintenance. The existing project was authorized by the following river and harbor acts: Acts Work authorized Documents June 14,1880 West jetty-- -.. . ...... . 1... )oc. No. 18, 46th Cong., 2d sess., D. I............. and Annual Report for 1880, p. 423. Aug. 5, 1886 East jetty and dredging when necessary.......... Annual Report for 1885,p. 579. Mar. 2,1945 Anchorage and fair-way inside harbor.....- ...... ii. )oc. No. 115, 77th Cong., 1st sess.I SContains latest published map. Local cooperation.-The River and Harbor Act approved March 2,. 1945, authorized the anchorage and fairway subject to the conditions that local interests furnish free of cost to the United States suitable spoil-disposed areas for new work and subsequent maintenance when and as required, contribute the sum of $31,500 in cash or dredging,. and hold and save the United States free from all claims for damages. which might result from the improvement. About $12,000 was ex- pended by the town and State on dredging completed in 1944, and this sum may be acceptable as part of the required cooperation. It is expected that the remaining requirements will-be met in 1947. 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 78: percent complete. The east jettywas completed in 1907 and the chan- nel in 1930. The jetties have been built to varying heights and cross sections with a view to controlling and regulating scour between them.. I he 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 for widths generally in excess of 200 feet with shoals to 12 feet along the western edge, as determined in May 1943 and in the 15-Toot an- RIVERS AND HARBORS-PROVIDENCE, R. I., DISTRICT 81 chorage and fairway 10 to 15 feet (1940). To complete the project would require extension of the west jetty by about 800 feet and en- largement of 400 feet of the existing construction near its outer end to full section, and dredging of the anchorage and fairway inside the harbor. The costs and expenditures under the existing project have been $456,482.25 for new work and $272,266.84 for maintenance, a total of $723,749.09. Proposed operations.--No funds are available and no operations, are contemplated during fiscal year 1947. The additional sum of $153,700, exclusive of approximately $19,500 to be contributed by local interests, can be profitably expended during fiscal year 1948 as follows: New work: Dredging to complete the fairway and anchorage inside the harbor, by contract, in the summer of 1947 ------------- ------ _ $83, 700 Maintenance: I)redging about 50,000 cubic yards of sand from, the entrance channel, by cofltract, in summer of 1947--------- ------------------- 40, 000 Repairs to west jetty at entrance to harbor, by contract, placing about 4,000 tons of stone in the spring of 1948 ------------- 30, 000 Total.----_---..-.-...-. --------. .---- 153, 700 1-------- Cost and financial summary Cost of new work to June 30, 1946___.-_ $502, 317. 00 Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1946- _ 272, 266. 84 Total cost of permanent work to June 30, 1946------------ 774, 583. 84 Net total expenditures -------------------------- -- 774, 583. 84 Total amount approl)riated to June 30, 1946------------------ 774, 583. 84 Fiscal year ending June 30 1942 1943 1944 1946 1946 Cost of new work.... ------------------------------------------------------ Cost of maintenance----------................----------........-----.. $612.91 $5.40--------------..------- Total expended................. -. ...-.-.. - 864.98 --216.67 .. Allotted.............-----------......--....---...-- $26,000 ..............--------------16, 000. 00 -$41, 381.69 [.......... Amount (estimated) required to be appropriated for completion of existing project.-------------------------------------- $149, 700. 00 Amount that can be profitably expended in fiscal year ending June 30, 1948: For new work- ------.- .----------. - . . 83, 700. 00 For maintenance ------------------------------- ----- 70, 000. 00 Total ------------. --------------------- ------- 153, 700. 00 3. HYANNIS HARBOR, MASS. Location.-On the south shore of Cape Cod about 16 miles west of Chatham, Mass., and 20 miles northeast of Vineyard Haven, Mass. (See U. S. Coast and Geodetic Survey Chart No. 1209.) Existing project.--This provides for a stone breakwater 1,170 feet long, lying about 0.7 mile offshore, for dredging to a depth of 15.5 feet in the l)rotected area behind the breakwater; for a channel 12 feet deep with widths of 150 and 100 feet in the outer and inner harbors, respectively, for an anchorage area 12 feet deep and about 5 acres in 82 REPORT OF 'CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMY, 1946 area adjacent to the inner harbor channel north of Harbor Bluff; and for a riprap jetty 1,000 feet long extending south from Dunbar Point. All depths refer to mean low water. The mean and spring tidal ranges in the outer harbor are 3.1 and 3.7 feet respectively. The estimated cost, revised in 1946, is $332,500 for new work, exclusive of $62,500 to be contributed by local interests and $1,600 annually for maintenance. The project was authorized by the following river and harbor acts: Acts Work authorized. Documents Mar. 2,1827 Breakwater ---------------... .. ...-------..--. ....... S. Doe. No. 32, 18th Cong., 2d(1sess. July 11,1871 Present dimensions of breakwater ........-------------...... Doc. No. 63, 41st Cong., 2d sass. I). Aug. 5, 1856 Dredging behind breakwater----.......--..----------- ........... .Ex. Doc. No. 96,48th Cong., 2d sess. Mar. 2, 1945 Channel, anchorage and jetty..-------------....... . I). oc. No. 98, 77th Cong., 1st sess.' tContains latest published map. Local cooperation.-'-The River and Harbor Act approved March 2, 1945, authorized the channel, anchorage, and jetty subject to the conditions that local interests furnish free of cost to the United States easements required for the construction of the jetty and suitable spoil disposal areas for new work and subsequent maintenance when and as required, hold and save the United States free from claims for damages resulting from the improvement and contribute one-half the estimated cost of improvement, but not to exceed $62,500. It.is expected that these requirements will be met in 1947. The Common- wealth of Massachusetts and local interests have expended nearly $235,000 in extending the breakwater to shore and in dredging channels in the outer and inner harbors. Terminal facilities.-There are two town wharves in the inner harbor. One has a bulkheaded frontage of about 800 feet. Other private landings are available. Facilities are adequate for existing commerce. Operations and results during fiscal year.-None. Condition at end of fiscal year.-The existing project is about,61 percent complete, The breakwater was completed in 1882, and the dredging behind the breakwater in 1906. To complete the project requires dredging of the channel and inner harbor anchorage and construction of the jetty. The controlling depths at mean low water in 1940 were about 6 feet in the natural channel and inner harbor anchorage and 12 to 1.6 feet in the protected area behind thew break- water. The breakwater is in fair condition. The costs and expendi- tures have been $197,382.58 for new work and $27,067.78 for main- tenance, a total of $224,450.36.. ,Proposed operations.--No funds are available and no operations are contemplated during fiscal year 1947. The additional sum of $135,000 call be profitably expended during fiscal year 1948, by contract, for the completion of the project. RIVERS AND HARBORS--PROVIDENCE, R. I., DISTRICT 83 Cost and financial summary Cost of new work to June 30, 1946____ ------------------- $197, 382. 58 Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1946 -_.-_-- __ --------- -- 27, 067. 78 Total cost of permanent work to June 30, 1946 ----- 224, 450. 36 Net total expenditures ------------------------------------ 224, 450. 36 Total amount appropriated to June 30, 1946-------------------- 224, 450. 36 Amount (estimated) required to be appropriated for completion of existing project --------------------------------------- 135, 000. 00 Amount that can be profitably expended in fiscal year ending June 30, 1948, for new work -------------------------- -------- 135, 000. 00 4. MENEMSIIA CREEK, MARTHA'S VINEYARD, MASS. Location.-On the south side of Vineyard Sound about 12 miles southwest of Vineyard Haven. (See U. S. Coast and Geodetic Survey Chart No. 1210). Existing project.--rl his provides for an entrance channel 10 feet deep and 80 feet wide between the jetties to and including an anchorage basin 10 feet deep in the wide northern portion and 6 feet deep in the narrow southern end, and a channel 8 feet deep and 80 feet wide through Meneinsha Creek to deep water in Menemsha Pond, a distance of about 1.1 miles from the entrance, and for main- tenance of the existing jetties. All depths refer to mean low water. The mean and spring tidal ranges at the entrance are 2.7 and 3.4 feet respectively. The estimate, of cost, approved in 1946, is $72,700 for new work, exclusive of $12,500 to be contributed by local interests, and $3,000 annually for maintenance. The existing project was authorized by the River and Harbor Act approved March 2, 1945. The latest published map is in the project document (H. Doc. No. 365, 76th Cong., 1st sess.) Local cooperation.--The River and Harbor Act approved March 2, 1945, authorized the existing project subject to the conditions that local interests furnish, free of cost to the United States, as and when required, all lands, easements, rights-of-way and spoil disposals areas for the initial work and subsequent maintenance, hold and save the United States free from claims for damages resulting from the im- provement, place the entrance jetties in a condition of repair satis- factory to the Secretary of War, and contribute 25 percent of the initial cost, but not to exceed $12,500. It is expected that these require- ments will be met in 1947. The Commonwealth of Massachusetts and local interests 'have expended over $202,000 for improvement and maintenance of Menem- sha Creek and its entrance. Terminal facilities.-The town wharf on the basin has a bulk-, headed frontage of about 600 feet. Other public and private landings are available. Facilities are adequate for existing commerce. Operationsand results during fiscal year.-None. Condition at end of fiscal year.-Work on the existing project has not begun. The controlling depths at mean low water in 1939 were about 8 feet in the entrance channel, 6 feet in the basin and 2.5 feet 84 REPORT OF CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMY, 1946 *in the natural channel to Menemsha Pond. There have been no costs or expenditures under the existing project. Proposedoperations.--No funds are available and no operations are contemplated during fiscal year 1947. The sum of $72,700 can be profitably expended during fiscal year 1948, by contract, for completion of the project. Cost and financia isummary Cost of new work to June 30, 1946--------------------- --- -------- Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1946_---------------- ---------- Total cost of perhanent work to June 30, 1946---------- -------- Net total expenditures .............. ............... _- 'Dotal amount appropriated to June 30, 1946---- ------------- --------- Amount (estimated) required to be appropriated for completion of existing project- _------------ ---------------------- $72, 700. 00 Amount that can be profitably expended in fiscal year ending June 30, 1948, for new work --------------------- -------- $72, 700. 00 5. NEW BEDFORD AND FAIRHAVEN HARBOR, MASS. Location.-New Bedford Harbor is a tidal estuary on the west- ern side of Buzzards Bay, about 27 miles -northwesterly from the harbor at Vineyard Haven, Mass., and about 37 miles to the east- ward 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 Re- port for 1938. -water Existing project.-This provides for a channel 30 feet deep and 350 feet wide from deep in Buzzards Bay to a point just above the New Bedford-Fairhaven Bridge, nearly 5 miles, with in- creased widths for anchorage and maneuvering' purposes in the area northwest 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 400 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 reference is mean low water, the mean range of the tide being 3.7 feet and the maximum range, due to the coin- bined effect of wind and other causes, 7'feet or more. The estimated cost for new work, revised in 1942, is $1,800,000 including $20,385 contributed by local interests but exclusive of amounts expended on previous projects. Thle latest (1937) approved estimate for annual cost of maintenance is $23,250. RIVERS AND HIARBORS-PROVIDENCE, R. I., DISTRICT 85 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- II. I)oc. 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- II. 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.t area (channel limited to width of 350 feet). Aug. 30, 19352 Present project dimensions of the anchorage area Rivers and Harbors Committee Doe. northwest of Palmer Island and maintenance of No. 16,74th Cong., 1st sess.l the 25-foot anchorage. Elimination from the project of the prior author- ization 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 Doo. haven wharf front. No.25, 75th Cong., 1st sess.' I Contain latest published maps. 2 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 tile 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 com- plied 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 29 wharves and piers with a total of about 18,000 feet of docking space; 3 -wharves are owned by the city of New Bedford, 2 by the Commonwealth, and 1 by the town of I airhaven; 8 of the wharves are open to public use and 6 Shave rail connections. These facilities are considered adequate for the existing commerce. For further details see Port and Terminal Facilities of Southern New England. Operationsand results during fiscal year.-Maintenancedredging of the entrance channel by U. S. hopper dredge Atlantic was commenced on October 15 and completed on November 7, 1945. During the period 133,256 cubic yards, bin measure,: ordinary material were removed at a cost of $35,041.06 to restore a depth of 30 feet in the entrance channel, excep)t for minor shoals. Preliminary expenses in connection with this work amounted to $2,011.62. Total costs and expenditures were $37,052.68, all for maintenance. Condition at end of fiscal year.---'The existing project was about 95 percent complete. The controlling depths at mean low water were as follows: 30 feet in tile entrance channel to Palmer Island Light except for minor shoals (November 1945), thence 29 - feet to the New 86 REPORT OF CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMY, 1946 Bedford-Fairhaven Bridge (July and December 1944) ; 30 feet in the turning basin above the bridge, except a shoal 25 feet in the south- west corner (December 1944); 30 feet in the west maneuvering area except for minor shoals to 29 feet (July 1944) ; 25 feet in the 25-foot anchorage (July 1944); in the IFairhaven waterfront channel 15 feet in the 15-foot portion and 10 feet in the 10-foot portion except for a small 9-foot shoal at the head of the channel (March 1944) ; 20 feet in 25-foot New Bedford waterfront channel (1938) ; in the Acushnet River, about 23 feet to a point about 1.200 feet below Coggesliall Street Bridge (May 1928) ; and thence 7 feet to Belleville (1905). The head of navigation is about 7 miles north of the entrance, opposite Sconti- cut Point. To complete the project requires the dredging of the 18-foot Acushnet River channel to Belleville. The costs and expenditures from regular funds under the existing project have been 1,459,653.66 for new work and $462,603.27 for main- tenance, a total of $1,922,256.93. The costs and expenditures from Emergency Relief funds have been $227,264.49 for new work. The total costs and expenditures, UJnited States funds, were $1,686,918.15 for new work and $462,603.27 for maintenance, a total of $2,149,521.42. In addition, the sum of $20,400 was expended for new work from con- tributed funds. Proposed operations.--Nofunds are available and no operations are contemplated during fiscal years 1947 and 1948. Cost and financial summary Cost of new work to June 30, 1946-.-. - Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1946- -------. _- - -_-- 1$1,857, 618. 15 ------- 462, 603. 27 Total cost of permanent work to June 30, 1946---------_ 2, 320, 221. 42 Net total expenditures- -------- ._ _.-- ,_.-.- 12, 320, 221. 42 Total amount appropriated to June 30, 1946---------------- 12, 320, 221. 42 Fiscal year ending June 30 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 Cost of new work -----------.... $1,431.64 $1.73 ------ ------- Cost of maintenance --------------------..... 90.35 $95,586. 54 $75,823. 11 $37,052.68 Total cost.........---------- 1,431.64 92.08 95, 586. 54 75, 823. 11 37, 052.68 Total expended...------..------. 1,431. 64 1.73 86, 435.83 85,064. 17 37,052. 68 Allotted -------------------------- ----- 9,433.37 81,500.00 30, 000. 00 7,052.68 Balance unexpended July 1, 1945--------------------------- $30, 000. 00 Amount allotted during fiscal year------------------------- 10, 000. 00 Amount to be accounted for-------------.----------- 40, 000. 00 Deductions on account of revocation of allotment---------------2, 947. 32 Net amount to be accounted for----------------- ------ 37, 052. 68 Gross amount expended ---------- - ------------------------ 37, 052. 68 Amount (estimated) required to be appropriated for completion of existing project -------------------------------------- 93, 000. 00 IIn addition, $20,400 has been expended from contributed funds for now work. HIVEIRS AND HARBORS-PROVIDENCE, R., I., DISTRICT 87 6. CUTTYHUNK HARBOR, MASS. Location.-At the eastern end of Cuttyhunk Island, at the western entrance to Buzzards Bay, about 14 miles south of New Bedford Harbor, Mass. (See U. S. Coast and Geodetic Survey Chart No. 297.) Existing project.-This provides for a channel generally 75 feet wide and 10 feet deep from the outer harbor to the westerly terminal in Cuttyhunk Pond, about 3,500 feet; an anchorage in the inner harbor 10 feet deep, 900 feet long and 800 feet wide; and for mainte- nance of the existing jetties. All deptlls refer to mean low water. The mean and spring tidal ranlges are 3.4 and 4.2 feet, respectively. The estimates of cost approved in 1937 are $65,000 for new work and $3,650 an ally for inainteuance. The existing project was authorized by the River and Harbor Act approved August 26, 1937. The latest published map is in the project document (Ii. Doc. No. 81, 75th Cong., 1st sess.). Local cooperation.-Fully complied with. Spoil disposal areas for malintenance will be furnished when required. - Terminal facilities.-Two town wharves having total berthing space of 400 feet are open to public use. Facilities are adequate for existing commerce. Operations and results during fiscal year.--None. Condition at end of fiscal year.-The existing project was completed in 1939. Tile controlling depthls at mean low water in June 1944 Were about 10 feet in the entrance channel for a width of about 30 feet, shoaling to,a minimum of about 4 feet at the edges, and 10 feet in the anchorage except for minor shoals to 7 and 9 feet. The north jetty is in good condition and the south in poor condition. The costs and expenditures from regular funds have been $27,167.86 for new work and $17,660.50 for maintenance, a total of $44,828.36. The costs and expenditures from contributed funds were $11,643.37 for new work. The total costs and expenditures, all funds, were $38,811.23 for new work and $17,660.50 for maintenance, a total of $56,471.73. Proposed operations.-No funds are available and no operations are contemplated during fiscal year 1947. The additional suim of $20,000 can be profitably expended during fiscal year 1948 in maintenance dredging, by contract, of about 20,000 cubic yards of san(l from the entrance channel and anchorage in the summer of 1947. This amount exceeds the average annual expendi- ture for the past 5 years, as no work has been done since 1939 and ex- cessive shoaling of the entrance channel resulted from the 1944 hurricane. Cost and financial summary Cost of new work to June 30, 1946-_ -. -------------- : $27, 167. 86 Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1946---_,- - .....---. 17, 660. 50 Total cost of permanent work to June 30, 1946 Net total expenditures.......... ------- .......................----------------------------------------... 1 44, 828. 36 44, 828. 36 Total amount appropriated to June 30, 1946------------------- 44, 828. 36 Amount that can be profitably expended in fiscal year ending June 30, 1948, for maintenance-----......------------------ 20, 00. 00 SIn addition, $11,643.37 has been expended from contributed funds for new work. 88 REPORT OF CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMY, 1946 7. 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.--his provides for a channel 35 feet deep and 400 feet wide adjadent to the waterfront from deep water west of Common Fence Point through Mount Hope Bay and the harbor to the wharves above the bridges, with increased width at the bend on the approach below Slades Ferry Bridge, for a turning basin of the same depth about 1,100 feet wide and 850 feet long above the bridges between the Shell and Montaup wharves, for removal of the lower end of Hog Island Shoal to a depth of 30 feet and for the maintenance of the" 25-foot anchorage, about 42 acres in area, west of thelharbor channel. The length from IIog Island Shoal to the head of the project is about 10.5 miles. The mean tidal range is 4.4 feet and the maximum range, due to the combined effect of wind and other causes, is 8 feet or more. The estimate of cost for new work, revised in 1946, is $2,030,000 exclusive of amounts expended on previous projects. The latest (1946) approved estimate for annual cost of maintenance is $26,000. The existing project was authorized by the following river and harbor acts: Acts Work authorized " Documents July 3,1930 30-foot channel including Hog Island Shoal-.... .. Doc. No. 158, 71st Cong., 2(1sess. 1 July 24, 1946 35-foot channel and turning basin...... Doc. No. 628, 79th Cong., 2d sess. ...-------------. I Contains latest published map. . Local cooperation.-The River and Harbor Act approved July 24, 1946, authorized the 35-foot channel and turning basin subject to the provision that local interests give assurances satisfactory to the Secretary'of War that they will furnish free of cost to the United States, all lands, easements, and rights-of-way necessary for con- struction of the project, and suitable spoil-disposal areas for the initial work and subsequent maintenance as and when required. It is expected that these requirements will be met. Terminal facilities.-These consist of 17 wharves and piers, afi fording 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 and Terminal Facilities of Southern New England. RIVERS AND HARBORS-PROVIDENCE, R. I., DISTRICT 89 Operations and results during fiscal year.--Maintenance dredging of the entrance channel by U. S. hopper dredge Atlantic was com- menced on November 8 and completed on November 23, 1945. During the period 68,494 cubic yards, bin measurement, ordinary material were removed at a cost of $22,038.57 to restore project dimensions except for minor shoals. Preliminary expenses in connection with this work amounted to $2,174.96. Total costs and expenditures were $24,213.53 all for maintenance. Condition at end of fiscal year.-The existing project was about 22 percent complete. The controlling depths at mean low water were as follows: Hog Island Shoal, 20 feet at west edge of channel (1940) 30-foot existing channel, 29 feet except at edges, to Globe Wharf (December 1945); 35-foot waterfront channel, 22 feet to Tiverton Lower Pool, thence 16 feet to Globe Wharf; thence 30 feet except at edges to head of project (1944); 25-foot anchorage, 19 feet (1942). To complete the project requires removal of ledge rock at Hog Island Shoal, and dredging of the 35-foot channel and turning basin. The costs and expenditures under the existing project have been $ 4 5 2 ,7 9 2 r14 for new work, and $266,676.56 for maintenance, a total of $719,468.70, including $2,859.87 for maintenance dredging at the Firestone Wharf, under section 3 of the River and Harbor Act of October 17, 1940. Proposed operations.--No funds are available and no operations are contemplated during fiscal year 1947. The additional sum of $1,000,0,000 can be p)rofitably expended during fiscal year 1948, by contract, in dredging the 35-foot channel up to Slades Ferry Bridge. Cost and financial summary Cost of new work to June 30, 1946_------------------------ $782, 996. 30 Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1946 ------------------------ 348, 086. 87 Total cost of permanent work to June 30, 1946-, 1, 131, 083. 17 Net total expenditures_ --- _- ___ -1., 1____________-- , 131, 083. 17 Total amount appropriated to June 30, 1946-- ----------- 1, 131, 083. 17. Fiscal year endling June 30 1942 1943 1944 1945 19416 Cost of now work ... ,,........................- .. .........- .......... . - . .. Cost of maintenance -------------.. $6,331.71 $650.8 $590.39 $178, 607. 82 $2, 213. 53 Total expended------------------................... 6, 594. 93 387. 46 252. 54 178,945.67 24;213.53 Allotted.. ....... _ .............. 105, 083. 48 -6, 800. 00 91, 465 68 19, 611. 12 -5,786.47 Balance unexpended July 1,1945__.----------.----__.__-- $30, 000. 00 Deductions on account of revocation of allotment- .... - 5,786. 47 Net amount to be accounted for ..---------.-. .. . 24, 213. 53. Gross amount expended---_.. _. ----... . - $24, 217. 03 Less reimbursements collected- 3.----------- 50 24, 213. 53 Amount (estimated) required to be appropriated for completion of _ --------------- . ---------- existing project-- .- --. 1, 577, 000. 00 Amount that can be profitablyexpended in fiscal year ending June 30, 1948, for new work- -"..- -..--------- - - -.. 1, 000, 000. 0(0 90 REPORT OF CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMY, 1946 8. 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 N o. 278.) Previous p'rojects.-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 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 1945 is $2,262,000, exclusive of amounts expended on previous projects. ITi 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 Con., 1st sess.). The latest published map is in the project document. . Local cooperation.-Fullycomplied with. 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 35 wharves (in use or usable condi- tion), including 1 owned by the State and 5 by the city, adjacent to the harbor area, Providence River below Crawford Street, and Pawtucket (Seekonk) River below Red Bridge. The total available berthing space is 19,170 feet. The municipal wlarf at Fields Point and the State pier are open to general public use for commercial pur- poses. One wharf is open to the public upon agreement with the owner. Thirteen of the wharves have rail connections. The facilities are considered adequate for existing commerce. For further details see Port and Terminal Facilities of Southern New England. Operationsand results during fiscal year.-A rock obstruction was removed from the vicinity of Gulf Pier at a cost of $926.36. Main- tenance dredging of the entrance channel below Sabin Point by the U. S. hopper dredge Atlantic was commenced on May 6 and com- pleted on June 5, 1946. During the period 127,680 cubic yards, bin measure, ordinary material, were removed at a cost of $48,861.91 to restore a general depth.of 35 feet on shoals in the vicinity of North Point and Sabin Point. Preliminary expenses in connection with this work amounted to $796.36. Total costs were $50,584.63, all for main- tenance. Expenditures were $43,707.81. RIVERS AND HARBORS-PROVIDENCE, R. I). DISTRICT - 91 Condition at end of fiscal year.---The existing project was about 93 percent complete. Under the existing project a channel 600 feet wide from the deep water of Naragansett 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 com- mercial navigation is at Crawford Street Bridge, about 0.8 mile above Fox Point. The controlling depths at mean.low water were as fol-. lows: In the channels, 33 feet to Fox Point, except for minor shoals (1943 to 1946) ; in the widening below Fields Point, 5 to 35 feet (De- cember 1942). To complete the project requires completion of the widening of the channel at the turn below Fields Point. The costs under the existing project have been $2,112,233.67 for new work and $238,593.15. for maintenance, a total of $2,350,826.82. Expenditures have been $2,343,947. Proposed operations.-Funds unexpended on June 30, 1946, amounting to $7,221.55 will be applied as follows: Accounts payable-------------------- ------------- $6, 879. 82 Survey of channel condition----------------------------- 341. 73 Total----------------- -------------------------- 7, 221. 55 The additional sum of $350,000 can be profitably expended during fiscal year 1948 as follows: New Work: Dredging channel widening at the turn below Fields Point, by contract, in the summer of 1947 to complete the project--------- $150, 000 Maintenance: Dredging the channel between Sabin and Fox Points, by contract, about 400,000 cubic yards of mud and sand.------------- 200, 000 Total--------------- ----------------------------- - 350, 000 The amount of $200,000 for maintenance exceeds the average annual expenditure for the past 5 years, as only pa'tial maintenance has been accomplished and the channel has deteriorated. Cost and financial summary Cost of new work to June 30, 1946---............---------------------........ $5, 873, 645. 23 Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1946 ....................... 888, 729. 42 Total cost of permanent work to June 30, 1946 .---. 6, 762, 374. 65 Minus accounts payable June 30, 1946-_.-. .---..--..- . - 6, 879. 82. .. Net total expenditures-- --...-....... ,, . 6, 755, 494. 83 U1nexpended hbalance June 30, 1946..---------------------.---- 7, 221. 55 Total amount appropriated to June 30, 1946------------ 6, 762, 716. 38 Fiscal year ending June 30 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 Cost of new work__-------. $7, 817. 17 $23, 696. 32 $35, 172. 00 ........... Cost of nmaintenance-. --- --- ----------- -- ----------- .- $187, 620. 57 $50, 584. 63 'lotal expended ----------------- 13, 42.4 16, 126.74 48, 026.00 187, 617. 57 43, 707. 81 Allotted-- _____ ___._____ _ ._____ . I 1, 632. 29 -55, 107. 3 248, 245.47 -- 11, 05. 13 92 REPORT OF CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMY, 1946 Balance unexpended July 1, 1945 --------- _ - __ - $61, 979. 49 Amount allotted during fiscal year,, 50, 000. 00 Amount to be accounted for -- 111, 979. 49 Deductions on account of revocation of allotment --------------- 61, 050. 13 Net amount to be accounted for----- -_____________ - 50, 929. 36 .Gross amount expended --------------------------- -------- 43, 707. 81 Balance unexpended June 30, 1946_ -------- 7, 221. 55 Outstanding liabilities, June 30, 1946 ______ --------------- 7, 175. 24 Balance available June 30, 1946____________-________ 46. 31 Amount (estimated) required to be appropriated for completion of existing project---------------.----- 150, 000. 00 Amount that can be profitably expended in fiscal year ending June 30, 1948: For new work_-----_____--- - 150, 000. 00 For maintenance ------.... _.... 200, 000. 00 Total ------------------ 50, 000. 00 3------------------------- 1Exclusive of available funds. 9. 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 l'rovidence. (See U. S. Coast and Geo- detic Survey Chart No. 278.) 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 feet deep at mean low water and 150 to 230 feet wide from Red Bridge up to the ledge rock between the wharves at Pa1wtucket, 3.2 miles; thence with same depth 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. Tile 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 Provi- 11. I)oc. No. 113, 56th Cong., 1st sess. dence, to Division St. Bridge in Pawtucket. Mar. 3, 1909 Provisional authorization to deepen the channel Specified in act. to 18 feet at mean low water and increasing the width at such places as would best serve the in- terests of navigation. Mar. 2, 1919 Widening the channel, except through the ledge If. Doc. No. 1283, 64th Cong., 1stsess. I at Pawtucket, to 150 feet. Sept. 22, 1922 Present project wi(th of channel through the ledge II. Doc No. 654, 66th Cong., 2d sess. at Pawtucket. SContain latest )ublished map. RIVERS AND HARBORS-PROVIDENCE, R. I., DISTRICT 93 Local cooperation.-Fullycomplied with. Terminal facilities.-Includingthe five terminals at and near Phil- lipsd(lale, 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 (luringfiscal year.-None. Conitioins at end of fiscal year.--The existing project was com- pleted in 1927. The controlling depths at mean low water were as follows: 17 feet to a point about 400 feet above State Pier, Pawtucket, except for minor edge shoals just below and just above State Pier (1944) ; thence about 12 feet to the head of the project (1943). The head of navigation is at Pawtucket Falls, about 5.2 miles above the mouth of the river. The costs and expenditures under the existing project have been $337,788.85 for new work, and $442,832.90 for main- tenance, a total of $780,621.75. In addition, the sum of $67,792 has been expended for new work from contributed funds. IProposed operations.--No funds are available and no: operations are contellmplated during fiscal.year 1947. The additional sumn of $150,000 can be profitably expended during fiscal year 1948 in maintenance dredging, by contract, about 200,000 cubic yards of mud from the river channel in the spring of 1948. Tlhis amount exceeds tlhe average annual expenditure for the:past 5 years, as tie chainnel shoals gradually and maintenance' is necessary only at intervals of iabout 4 years. Cost and financial summary Cost of new work to June 30, 1946 ...-------....---------..--- ------ $672, 214. 17 Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1946---------------------- 442, 832. 90 Total cost of permanent work to June 30, 1946---------- 1,115, 047. 07 Net total expenditures------------------------ ------------ 1, 115, 047. 07 Total amount a)prop)riated to June 30, 1946------------- 1,115, 047. 07 Fiscalyear ending June 30 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 Cost of new work....------------------------ Cost of maintenance...._ ----------. ---------- -- $268. 91 $100, 746. 12 .. ..........--- ..... - Total expended..................---- ----------------- ---- 71, 261. 60 $29,753. 53---------- Allotted.... .............------------------------$36, 00) 0 .............. 69,000. -3,984. 97.......... Amount that can be profitably expended in fiscal year ending June 30, 1948, for maintenance_---------------------- $150, 000. 00 1In addition, $67,792 expended from contributed funds for now work. 10. WICKFORD IIAItIOR, II. I. Location.-On the west shore of Narragansett Bay about 20 miles south of 1Providence, R. I. (See U. S. Coast and Geodetic Survey Charts Nos. 236 and 353.) Previous projects.-Adopted by the River and Harbor Acts of March 3, 1873 and June 3, 1896. For further dletails see page 972, 721584-47-pt. 1, vol. 1-7 94 REPORT OF CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMY, 1946 Annual Report for 1873, page 1261, Annual Report for 1900 and page 112, Annual Report for 1943. Existing project.---This provides for two riprap breakwaters,at the entrance to the outer harbor, one from Saugat Point about 1,130 feet long and one from Poplar Point about 825 feet long, and for main- tenance of the channel 9 feet deep at mean low water, 60()feet wide with enlargements at the bends, up to the wharves at Wickford, completed under a previous project. Thlemean and spring tidal ranges are 4.1 and 5.1 feet respectively. The estimates of cost, made in 1946, are $125,000 for new work, exclusive of $25,000 to be contributed by local interests and exclusive of amounts expended under previous projects; and $500 annually for maintenance. The existing project was authorized by the River and IHarbor Act approved July 24, 1946. TThe latest publislled map is in the project document (S. Doc.No. 141, 79th Cong., 2d(1 sess.). Local cooperation.-The River andl Harbor Act approved July 24, 1946, authorized the existing project subject to the conditions that local interests contribute $25,000 toward the first cost of the break- waters, and in addition establish and maintain a suitable public wharf and hold and save the United States free from damages resulting from the improvement. It is expected that these requirements will be met. Terminal facilities.-There are several small private wharves open to the public subject to the owners' convenience. These are inadequate for existing traffic. Operations and results during fiscal year.-None. Condition at end of fiscal year.-- Work on the existing project has not begun. The controlling depths, at mean low water, as determined in 1940, were 9 feet through the entrance to Wickford Cove to a point about 2,100 feet below the highway bridge, thence 7 feet for a distance of about 1,700 feet, thence 5 feet to the bridge, and about 6 feet in the approach to Mill Cove. 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 1947. The sum of $125,000 can be profitably expended during the fiscal year 1948 for breakwater construction as authorized in the 1946 River and Harbor Act. Cost and fitnancial summary Cost of new work to June 30, 1946----------------------------- $16, 300. 00 Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1946 Total cost of permanent work to June 30, 1946-------------- 16, 300. 00 Net total expenditures ---------------- 16, 300. 00 Total amount appropriated to June 30, 1946--------------------- 16, 300. 00 Amount (estimated) required to be appropriated for completion of existing project-------------------------------------------- 125, 000. 00 Amount;that can be profitably expended in fiscal year ending June 30, 1948, for new work ----------------------------------------- 125, 000. 00 11. IIARHO I REFUGE AI OFI( BLOCK ISLAND, R. I. Location.-Located1 on the east sidle of Block l slaid, near te south end of tile inner curve of tihe shore line. Itis 13 mliles soutl-soulltlhwest fromn Point Judith IHIarbor anid about 25 miles southeasterly fromn RIVERS AND HARBORS-PROVIDENCE, R. I., DISTRICT 95 Stonington Harbor, Conn. (See U. S. Coast and Geodetic Survey Chart No. 276.) E1isting project.--This provides for a rubble-mound break-water extending northerly about 1,950 feet from the shore; a similar break- water about 1,100 feet long, extending northerly and easterly, enclos- ing, 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 basiii. The mean tidal range is 2.9 feet, and the maximum range, due to the comlbined 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. 1)oc.No. 81, 40th Cong., 2d sess. Aug. 5,1886 Breakwater enclosing the inner harbor----------............ S.)oc. No. 27, 48th Cong., 2d sess., and Annual Report, 1885, p. 610. June 3, 1896 Raising the crestof the main breakwater and mak- i. Doc. No. 83,154th Cong., 1st sess. ing it sandtight. July 25, 1912 Rebuilding the basin walls and present project H. Doe. No. 828, 60th Cong., 1st sess.u dimensions of the dredged areas. I Contains latest published map. Recommended modifications of project.-On June 24, 1926, the Chief of Engineers 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 commerce. Operations and results during fiscal year.-Costs and expenditures for an examination of the entrance channel. and basin amounted to, $658.10 for maintenance." Condition at end of fiscal year.-The existing project was about 94 .percent complete. The breakwater and harbor walls were collpleted. in 1916. The inner harbor and basin have been dredged to project dimensions, anld 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 for width of 100 feet except at: entrance to the basin (August 1945); inner harbor, 15 feet except for shoal extending 100 to 200 feet from the west end and other minor shoals (August 1945) ; and outer protected area 6 to 14 feet (1941).. The east breakwater and harbor walls are in good condition; the west breakwater is in poor condition. 96 REPORT OF CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMY, 1946 To complete the plrgj.ect requires the deepening of the outer pro- tected area adjacent to the dredged channel. The costs and expendi- tures have been $576,856.47 for new work and $243,024.26 for. maintenance, a total of $819,880.73. Proposed operations.-No funds are available and no operations are contemplated during fiscal year 1947. The additional sum of $30,000 can be profitably expended during fiscal year 1948 in maintenance dredging, by contract, about 40,000 cubic yards of sand from the entrance channel and basin. Cost and financial summary Cost of new work to June 30, 1946_.-- ___--.---.---------.. $576, 856. 47 Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1946_--------- ___-______ 243, 024. 26 Total cost of permanent work to June 30, 1946----------- 819, 880. 73 Net total expenditures ------------------------------------ _ 819, 880. 73 Total amount appropriated to June 30, 1946-------------- ----- 819, 880. 73 Fiscal year ending June 30 1942 1943 1944 1945 1940 Cost of new work Cost of maintenance-............. $14, 735.7079 - $150. 46 $26, 346. 72 --.-....--.-. - $658. 10 Total expended.---.............. 14, 964. 24 90. 33 26, 414. 61- .....-- .. --- 658. 10 Allotted ..----------------------- 22, 465.21 .....-........ 8,997.18 $25, 000 -24, 311.90 Balance unexpended July 1,1945---------------------------- $25, 000. 00 Deductions on account of revocation of allotment------------ 24, 341. 90 Net amount to be accounted for- ----------------- -- 658. 10 Gross amount expended_-- ------------- ----- _-_------ - 658. 10 Amount (estimated) required to be appropriated for completion of existing project ---------------------------------------- 38, 400. 00 Amount that can be profitably expended in fiscal year ending June 30, 1948 for maintenance-.. ------------ 30, 000. 00 12. PAWCATUCK RIVER, R. I. AND CONN. Location.-Formed by the junction of the Wood and Charles Rivers in southwestern Rhode Island, the river flows westerly and southerly 18 miles and enters Little Narraneansett Bay about 13 miles east of New London Harbor. (See,U. S. Coast and Geodetic Survey Charts Nos. 358 and 1211.) Previous projects.-Adopted by the River and Harbor Acts of March 3, 1871, August 14, 1876, and August 5, 1886. For furthler (letails 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 Narra- gansett Bay and in the river 10 feeet 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 andluppler wharves of Westerly, * about one-half mile; for the removal of obstruictions at Watch Hill, at the southeastern part of Little Narragansett Bay; for a channel 10 feet deep and 100 feet wide from the mouth of the river into Watch lill Cove; for an anchorage basin in the cove 10 feet dleep and about RIVERS AND HARBORS-PROVIDENCE, R. I., DISTRICT 97 16 acres in area; and for a riprap jetty 200 feet in length near the southwest corner of the basin. 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, revised in 1946, is $218,500 for new work, ex- clusive of $20,000 to be contributed by local interests, exclusive of amounts expended on previous projects, and $4,000 annually for maintenance. The existing project was authorized by the following river and harbor acts: Acts Work authorized Documents June 3, 1896 Present channel dimensions---------------..................... Doc. No. 62, 54th Cong., 1st sess.l Mar. 3, 1905 Removal of obstructions near Watch Hill...-..... Specified in act. Mar. 2,1945 Channel, anchorage and jetty at Watch Hill Cove. HI. Doe. No. 839, 76th Cong., 3d sess.t 'Contain latest published maps. Local cooperation.-The River and Harbor Act approved March 2, 1945, authorized the channel, anchorage and jetty at Watch Hill Cove subject to the conditions that local interests furnish free of cost to the United States, suitable spoil-disposal areas for the initial work and subsequent maintenance wllen and as required, and contribute in cash 40 percent of the first cost of the work, but not to exceed $20,0000. It is expected that these requirements will be met in 1947. T/erminal facilities.-Tihere are five private wharves in use near the head of navigation. At Watch Hill there are three public wharves and the yacht club wharf with a total of about 500 feet of berthage. Facilities are adequate for existing commerce. Operations and results during fiscal:year.-Costs and expenditures on preparation of specifications in connection with proposed mainte- nance dredging by contract amounted to $166.69. Condition at end of fiscal year.-The existing project was about 43 percent complete. The'll bay and river channels have been dredged to project (limensions; 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 (leficiency in depth at the channel edges in the vicinity of Rhodes Folly Beacon, due to ledge rock or large boulders (leeply embeledded in the bottolm. The most obstructive boulders in tile vicinity of Watch Hill have been removed, the work being completed in 1913. The channel, anchorage, and jetty at WatcL Hill Cove have not been constructed. The controlling deptlhs at mean low water were as follows: 7.5 feet through Little Narragansett Bay, thence 9 feet to tile wharves in Westerly, except edge shoals to 6 feet (April 1945) ; 6 feet in natural channel through Little Narragansett Bay to Watch Iill, and 3 to 7 feet in Watch Hill Cove (1938 and 1939). The head of commercial inavigation is at the highway bridge at Westerly. To complete the project requires widening of the channel to 200 feet to Avondale, tile removal of rock at Pawcatuck Rocks and in the vicinity of Rhodes Folly Beacon, an(l tlle construction of tile channel, anchorage and jetty at Watch Iill Cove. Thie costs and expenditures 198 REPORT OF CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMY; 1946 under the existing project have been $85,335.10 for new work and $122,228.94 for maintenance, a total of $207,564.04. - Proposed:operations.-Funds, unexpended on June 30, 1946, amounting to $41,324.99, will be applied to maintenance dredging, by contract, August to October 1946, about 62,000 cubic yards of mud and sand from the river channel to Westerly. .The additional sum of $68,500 can be profitably expended during fiscal year 1948 for completion, by contract, of the channel, anchor- age and jetty at Watch Hill Cove. Cost and financial summary Cost of new work to June 30, 1946--- .. $218, 692. 07 Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1946- ------------------ 1-- 122, 228. 94 Total cost of permanent work to June 30, 1946.....--- - 340, 921. 01 Net total expenditures_- _ __.. _ _..- _ _....... .. 340, 921. 01 Unexpended balance June 30, 1946--------------------.-.. --- 41, 324. 99 Total amount appropriated to June 30, 1946-------------- 382, 246. 00 Fiscal year ending June 30 . 1942 1943 1944 "1945 1946 Cost of new work-------------- _ -- Total expended .0............- -- -... ....... . ..... .... -. 2,508 32 ............ 166.69 :llotted.................... ............................ ... ..---- .....------- 35,000.00 9,000. 00 -Balance unexpended Julyl1, 1945----- --------- $32, 491. 68 Amount allotted during fiscal year..-- 34, 000. 00 Amount to be accounted for--------------------------- 66, 491. 68 Deductions on account of revocation of allotment..- ..------ 25, 000. 00 Net amount to be.accounted for-.------.....---------- -- 41, 491. 68 Gross amount expended ,------------------------------------ 166. 69 Balance unexpended June 30, 1946.--.---..--.-. -- 41, 324. 99 Amount (estimated) required to be appropriated for completion of existing project - ---.........-------.........-_,- 133, 100. 00 Amount that can be profitably expended in fiscal year ending June 30, 1948, for new work 1----------- --------- ..- ....- "' 68, 500. 00 . Exclusive of available funds. 13. MYSTIC RIVER, CONN. Location.-This river has its source -in southeastern Connecticut. It flows in a southerly direction 8 miles, and empties into Fishers Island Sound at Noank, 11 miles east of New London, Conn. (See U. S. Coast and Geodetic Survey Charts Nos. 358 and 1211.) Previous project.-Adopted by the River and Harbor Act of Sep- tember 19, 1890. For further details see page 1753 of Annual Report for 1915. Existing project.-This provides for a channel 15 feet deep and 125 feet wide from Fishers Island Sound to the bend opposite Murphy RIVERS AND HARBORS-PROVIDENCE, R.' I., DISTRICT. 99 Point, thence 15 feet and 100 feet wide to the highway bridge at Mystic, thence 12 feet deep and generally 100 feet wide to a point about 700 feet above the wharf of the Marine Historical Association, a total length of about 3.7 miles from the mouth; an anchorage basin of 8.5 acres 9 feet deep north of Mason Island; and a turning basin 9 feet deep about 500 feet below the highway bridge by widening the channel to 200 feet for a distance of 400 feet.,- All depths refer:to mean low water. The mean and spring tidalranges at, Noank are 2.6 and 3.1 feet respectively. The estimate of cost, revised in 1946, is$57,700 for new'work, exclu- sive of $14,000 to be contributed by local interests and exclusive of amounts expended under the previous project; and $1,700 annually for maintenance. The existing project was 'authorized by the following river, and harbor acts: Acts Work authorized 'Documents Sept. 19, 1890 Channel from Fishers Island Sound to highway Annual Report for 1889, p. 746. bridge. July 25, 1912 Restoration and maintenance of original project.- H. Doc. No. 858, 61st Cong., 2d sess. Mar. 4, 1913 --. Channel above highway bridge--.........-- ....... Doc. No. 637, 62d Cong., 2d sess. 1 Mar. 2,1945 Channel widening to Murphy Point, anchorageo 1. Doc.. No. 349, 77th Cong., 1st sess. and turning basin. Contains latest published map. Local cooperation.-Thle River and Harbor Act approved March 2, 1945, authorized the channel widening, anchorage, and; turning basin subject to the conditions that local interests contribute 50 per- cent ofthe estimated first cost of dredging the anchorage area, but not to exceed $14,000, furnish free of cost to the United States suitable areas for spoil disposal for the initial work and subsequent 'mainte- nance when and as required, and furnish assurances satisfactory to the Secretary of War that they: will establish and maintain a suitable public small-boat terminal adjacent to the turnino basin, 'and hold and save the United States free from claims for aamages resulting from the improvements. It is expected that these requirements will be met in 1947. Terminal facilities.-In addition to the small town wharf at Noank, there are numerous small private wharves, some open to the public subject to the owners'.. convenience. :.A public small-boat, terminal near the shopping center of Mystic is needed.: Operations and results during fiscalyear.-None. Condition at end of fiscal year.-The existing project was 24 percent complete. Channels,of project depths but deficient in width have been secured. To complete the project requires widening the channel by 25 feet up to Murphy 1Point and part of the channel above the highway bridge by 10 to 20 feet, (lredging the ancilorage basin north of Mason Island and the turning basin below tile highway bridge. The controlling depths at mean low water were 15 feet to the'highway bridge in Mystic (except in the widening), thence about 12 feet (not full width) to thehead of:the project (1941);:.3 feet in thle 9-foot 100 REPORT OF CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMY, 1946 anchorage (1940) ; and 0 to 15 feet in the 9-foot turning basin (1940). The head of navigation is about one-half mile above the head of the project. 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 fiscal year 1947. The additional sum of $43,600 can be profitably expended during fiscal year 1948, by contract, for completion of the channel widening to Murphy Point, the anchorage and the turning basin. Cost and financial summary Cost of new work to June 30, 1946-___ .__ ___-__---------------- $48, 125. 50 Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1946------------------------- 44, 264. 67 Total cost of permanent work to June 30, 1946.-------------92, 390. 17 Net total expenditures ------------------------------------- 92, 390. 17 Total amount appropriated to June 30, 1946----------------- 92, 390. 17 -- Fiscal year ending June 30 . 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 Cost of maintenance------------- n d--------- - - -- $43, 4 ,210. 3 .35-ep 7 -= - - -------------- ------------ ------------ Total expendedw work................... 44, 130. 17....... Allotted.......................... - 5, 869. 83------------- ------ ----------------------- Amount (estimated) required to be appropriated for completion of existing project--- ------------------------------------ $46, 100. 00 Amount that can be profitably expended in fiscal year ending June 30, 1948, for new work----. .------.---- ..--- ..------ - 43, 600. 00 14. NEW LONDON HARBOR, CONN. Location.--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 project.-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 generally 400 feet in width, 23 feet deep, and about 6,000 feet long skirting the water front of the city and in Win- throp Cove and east of the Central Vermont pier; 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 2.6 feet. The maximum tidal range, due to the combined effects of wind and other causes, is 7 feet or more. The estimate of costs 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: RIVERS AND HARBORS-PROVIDENCE, R. I., DISTRICT 101 Acts Work authorized Documents June 13, 1902 Water-front channel.- ..-.-.-.-.-..-.-... II-. Doc. No. 392, 56th Cong., 1st sess. June 25, 1910 Dredging in Shaws Cove..--------------------1H. Doec. No. 329, 60th Cong., 1st. sess. 1 July 27, 1916 Entrance channel _ __ __.......__..................... . Doc. No. 613, 63d Cong., 2d'sess. Aug. 26, 1937 Maneuvering area and present project extent of Rivers and Harbors Committee Dec. entrance channel. No. 82, 74th Cong., 2d sess. 1 Contains latest published maps. Local cooperation.-Fullycomplied with. Terminal facilities.-These comprise 40 wharves and piers in a developed frontage of about 3 miles. Five piers are owned and used the Federal Government, 1 owned by the city, and 1 by the State. Nine of the wharves are entirely or in part open to general public use and 2 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 and Terminal Facilities of Southern New England.) Operations and results during fiscal year.-None. Condition at end of fiscal year.-The existing project was com- pleted in 1938. The controllingr depths at mean low water were: Entrance channel to State Pier, ahout' 32 feet (1942 and 1943) ; water- front channel, 23 feet except for 1linor shoal to 19 feet in south reach (1943).; Winthrop Cove; 22 feet (1941); and Shaws Cove, 15 feet (1041). The costs and ex)endlitures under the existing project have been $567,974.190 for new work and $219,029.37 for maintenance, a total of $787,003,56. Proposed operations.-No funds are available and no operations are contemplated during fiscal year 1947. The additional sum of $150,000 can be profitably expended during fiscal year 1948 in maintenance dredging by United States hopper dredge of the outer portion of the entrance channel about 3 months in the fall of 1947. Cost and financial summary Cost of new work to June 30, 1946_--.$----------------------- $608, 774. 19 Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1946_____.-_________---____ 219, 029. 37 Total cost of permanent work to June 30, 1946-8-- 827, 803. 56 Net total expenditures_ ---- _---------------_- 827, 803. 56 Total amount appropriated to June 30, 1946-------------------- 827, 803. 56 Fiscal year ending June 30 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 Cst of new work----------------------...................------.......--...........--..............--..------------------------------------ Cost of maintenance----.............----------- $361. 66 $168, 628. 10 .............------------------------- Total cost.- .- --- - 361. 66(1 168, 628. 10 ........... ................... Total expended....---------------- 7. 50 144, 057. 55 $24, 924. 71..................... Allotted..... ................ ,., 175, 150. 00 .............. -6, 160. 24 ..................... Amount that can be Irofitably expended in fiscal year ending June 30, 1948, for maintenance-.-.------------------.... $150, 000. 00 102 REPORTi OF, CHIEF' OF 'ENGINEERS, U,. S. ARMY, 1946 15. THAMES RIVER, CONN. Location.--This is a tidal estuary varying in width from about 400 feet to three-fourths of a mile, and extending from the junction of the Yantic and Shetucket Rivers at Norwich, Conn., 15 miles southerly to Long Island Sound at New London. (See 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 Norwich 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; for widening the channel opposite the submarine base by an average of about 350 feet with a depth of 20 feet, the construc- tion 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 Mohegan, 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 2.6 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, revised in 1945, is $1,339,000 for new work exclusive of amounts expended on previous nually for maintenance. and $31,000 an- -projects, The 'existing project was authorized by the following river and harbor acts: Acts Work authorized , Documents Aug. 2,1882 Training walls...'.., ....... - Annual Report, 1882, p. 606. June 25,1910 Removal of obstructions in the Shetucket River.. H. I)oc.No. 397, 61st Cong., 2(1 sess. Jan. 21, 1927 Channel 18 feet deep above Allyns Point--..........Doec. No. 107, 69th Cong., 1st seSs. July 3,1930 Present project dimensions of channel up to Allyns Rivers and Harbors Committee Doo. point. No. 14, 71st Cong., 2d sess.l Aug. 30,1935 Present project dimensions of channel above Rivers and Harbors Committee Doc. - Allyns Point. No. 18, 74th Cong., 1st sess.1 Mar. 2,1945 Increased width opposite submarine base, 20 feet H. Doc. No. 367, 76th Cong., 1st sess.' deep. 1Contains latest published maps. Local cooperation.-The widening opposite the submarine base 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. *:Terminalfacilities.--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 fiscc. year.-None. Condition at end of fiscal year.-The existing project was practi- cally complete. The training walls were completed in 1906, except the upper end of the Rolling Mill dike, which is replaced by adjacent RIVERS AND HARBORS-PROVIDENCE, R. I., DISTRICT .103 shore improvements. The training walls are in fair condition. The-. widening opposite the submarine case was completed in 1940 bye the- Navy Department. Tlo complete the project requires slight' widen- ing of the channel at the upper end of Long Reach.:: The head of navigation is at Norwich, about 15 miles above the mouth. The con- trolling depth at mean low water (not full width) was 25,feet to upper end Bartlett Crossover, except for minor shoals (August 1943),. thence 25 feet to Norwich except for minor shoals (1939 and 1941). The costs and expenditures unIder the existing project have been $1,323,571.87 for new work and $486,251.58 for maintenance, a total of $1,809,823.45. Proposed operations.-No funds are available and; no operations, are contempIlated during fiscal year 197. : : ,.i:: The sum of $150,000 can be profitably expended during-fiscal year 1948 in maintenance dredging, by contract, about 300,000 cubic yards. of mud and sand from the river channel between the submarine base and Norwich in the fall of, 1947. This amount exceeds the average annual expenditure for the past 5 years, as the channel shoals gradu- ally and no maintenance dredging has been done since 1941.. Cost and financial summary Cost of new work to June 30, 1946_------------------------ $1, 471, 919. 46 Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1946_5-------.-.--------- 5522, 847. 45 Total cost of permanent work to June 30, 1946,_.-.-. 1, 994, 766. 91 Net total expenditures_--- --------------------------- - 1, 994, 766. 91' Total amount appropriated to June 30, 1946..---_---- -- - 1, 994, 766. 91: Fiscal year ending June 30 ,. 1942 1943 1944 . 1945 1946 Cost of new work ----------.. _,... --- , $2,279.60 ............................. ----- ---- ..---- Cost of maintenance .............. ----.................... ..............--- --- $592. 31 . Total expended---------.............. .. 12, 890. 61 $1,000. 00 ---------- 592. 31 ......... Allotted.. ........ ................ . ....... 18,859.64 -$31, 500.00 . 692. 31 ............ Amount (estimated) required to be appropriated for completion of existing project -------------------------------- ----. $15, 000. 00 Amount that can be profitably expended in fiscal year ending June 30, 1948, for maintenance---------------------------------................................. o 150, 000. 00 16. 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 52 statute miles. by channel from the mouth. (See U. S. Coast and Geodetic Survey charts Nos. 215, 254, 255, and 256.) Irevious project.-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. LExisting project.--This provides for a channel 15 feet deep at mean low water, 300 feet wide from the mouth to the Lyme railroad bride, about 3.4 miles; and thence 150 feet wide to Hartford, a total distance 104 REPORT OF CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMY, 1946 of 52 miles, the channel to be obtained by dredging and the construction of dikes, training walls, revetmentsi;and the 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; for a training dike about 3,700 feet long at Hartford, and for an anchorage 11 feet deep about "12 acres and one 6 feet deep about 17 acres in North Cove, Old Saybrook with an en- trance channel 11 feet deep and 100 feet wide. 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, revised in 1946, is $1,082,900 for new work, exclusive of $67,500 to be contributed by local interests, and $56,000 annually for maintenance. 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 Hartforddike........ ......... -----........... Present project dimensions authorized by the Chief of Engineers in 1889. Feb. 27, 1911 Present project dimensions of the channel over 11. Doe. No. 1294, 61st Cong., 3d sess. Saybrook Bar. Mar. 2,1919 Dikes, training walls, and revetments ........... H. Doc. No. 132, 65th Cong., 1st sess.' Aug. 30, 1935 Present project dimensions of channel and addi- If. Doc. No. 49, 73d Cong., 1st sess.' tional dikes, training walls, revetments, and accessory works. Mar. 2, 1945 Channel and anchorages, North Cove, Old Say- I. Doe. No. 368, 76th Cong., 1st sess.t brook. 1 Contain latest published maps. Local cooperation.-..-The River and HIarbor Act of August 30, 1935, authorized the 15-foot. channel up to Hartford and additional (likes, training walls, and revetments, subject to the provision that local interests shall furnish, free of. cost to the United States, suitable areas for the disposal of dredged material during initial construction and for future maintenance as and when needed. Areas have been fur- nished where required and it is understood that future requirements will be met. I'Thle River and Harbor 'Act approved March 2, 1945, authorized the channel and anchorages in North Cove subject to the provisions that local interests contribute in cash $67,500, but not to exceed 50 percent of the initial construction cost and give assurances satisfactory to the Secretary of War that they will provide a suitable public landing in the cove. It is expected that these requirements will be met in 1947. 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 RIVERS AND IARBORS-PROVIDENCE, R. I., DISTRICT 105 Hartford and at Middletown there is approximately one-half mile of wharf frontage along the west bank of the river. The facilities are considered a(lequate for existing commerce. Operations and results duLr g fs'cal year.-Ireliminary costs itn connection with a p)ropose(d contract for (likes at Wethersfield and bank revetment at Glastonbury amounted to $1,036.17 for new work. Maintenance dredging of river bars by U. S. hopper dredge Absecon, int progress at the beginning of the year, was completed on July 15. Dluring this period a total of 90,090 cubic yards, bin measure, ordinary mllaterial was removed to restore project dimensions on Saybrook Outer, Calves Island, Sears Upper, PFortlanid, and Cromwells Bars at a cost of $17,782.43. Maintenance (lredging of bars above Middle- town by contract was comlmenced on September 15 anl completed on November 13, 1945. D)uring this p)eriod 340,422 cubic yards ordinary' material were removed( to restore project (dimensions on Gildersleeve Islanl, Pistol Ploilnt, Brownstone, I)ividend, Glastonbury Two Piers, Glastolnblury Upper, Press IBarn, Naubuc, Cys Hollow, and Wethers- fiel(l Bars. Thle cost of this dre(lging on bars above Middletown was $131,634.88. In allition, the cost of preliminary work during the year amou te(l to $2,431.45. An examination of the conditions of traiining (likes cost $91.15. An examination of river bars below Mid- (lletown cost $2,998.45. Preliminary surveys in connection with a Plroposed contract for (lred(lging river bars above Middletown cost $1,694.45. Existing horizontal (cotr tol necessary for routine mainte- Ililce surveys was restore(d and( impl)roved at a cost of $2,480.93. Total costs (luring the year were :$1,036.17 for new work and $159,113.74 for maintenance, a total of $160,149.91. Expenditures were $182,414.59. Condition at end of fiscal year.-The existing I)roject was about 73 l)ercent complete. Thle 15-fxoot channel from the mouth to Hartford was comnpleted in 1937. Thle Saybrook jetties anl trainining walls at HIartford, Clay Banks, and Sears Shoal were completed in 1915. The stone (.likes and timber spurs at Pistol Point, Glastonbury, Press Barn, Naubuc, Cys Hollow 1and Clay Banks were completed in 1927. Timber Plile (likes at lress lar11 were coml)leted( in 1940 Bend in 1943. ''le aind at Glastonbury Clay Banks, Cys Hollow, Naubic, Press Barn, Glastonbury (including Two Piers), and Gildersleeve Island Reaches have been revetted. Timhe jetties at Saybrook need repairs. The train- ing walls, dikes, and revetments are generally in good condition. To complete the project requires the construction of additional permna- nent works, and (dredging the channel and anchorage in North Cove, Old Saybrook, Conn. The head of commercial navigation is at Ilart- ford, 52 miles by channel from tihe mouth. A dam at HIolyoke, Mass., 34 miles above HIartford, completely interruptS navigation. Due to the spring freshets of 1946 the channel dilenesions are some- what diminishedl. rTheecontrolling depths at mean low water were 15 feet oi Saybrook Outer Bar except minor edge shoals (August 1945), thence 15 feet to Middletown except for minor shoals (Jine 1946), and thence 14 feet to Hartford (June 1946). The costs under the existing project have been $769 918.90 for new work and $1,503,- 574.23 for maintenance, a total of '2,273,493.13. Expenditures have been $2,273,454.33. 106 REPORT OF.CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, :U. S. ARMY, 1946 Proposedoperations.-.Fundsunexpended on June 30, 1946, amount- ing to $222,827.48, will be applied as follows: Accounts payable June 30, 1946 ---------------- . _----------------- $38.80 iNew work: Tidal study, Hartford to Saybrook, and studies and designs for ,, additional training works, in progress-------------------- 3, 644.49 .. Construction of revetment at Glastonbury and training dikes at Wethersfield, by contract, August to October 1946_........ _ 70, 200. 00 Maintenance: :.: ,.Dredging on river bars above Middletown, by contract, August to October 1946, about 175,000 cubic yards of sand ---------- 77,444. 19 fRepairs to existing dikes and revetments by hired labor, August to October 1946- ...._-_... 10, 000. 00 Dredging on river bars below Middletown by a United States hop- per dredge, for about 2 months in the spring of 1947--------- 57, 500. 00 Restoration and improvement of survey control, by hired labor. 4, 000. 00 Total . .... ..-- . ...... ....- -. -222,827.48 The additional sum of $345,500, including 67,500 to be contributed .. by local, interests, can. be profitably expended during the fiscal year .1948 as follows: .New work : SDredging channel and anchorage at North Cove,.Old Saybrook, by contract, in the spring of 1948 ..--------- $--------243, $-----000 Maintenance:. Dredging on river bars above Midddletown, by contract, July to October 1947, removing about 200,000 cubic yards of sand .. 92, 500 Dredging on river bars below Middletown, using a United States hopper dredge, about 2 months in the spring of 1948 500 5--------57, Repairs to existing permanent works, August to October 1947 by .hired labor--- .------------------------------------------- 5, 000 Repairs tq Saybrook jetties, by contract, in the spring of 1948, plac- ing about 2,500 tons of riprap -------------------- ---- - 15, 000 Total :Totl------ .. .1._,----------------------------- . .1... ____ ------- . 413, 000 413,000 The amount of $170,000 for maintenance exceeds the average an- .nualexpenditure for the past 5 years due to prospective higher dredg- ing costs and damage to the Saybrook jetties by the 1944 hurricane. Cost and financial summary Cost of new work to June 30, 1946 ....------ ..-------------- $1, 057, 293. 1.9 'Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1946--- ------------------ 1,869, 922. 70 Total cost of permanent work to Jtine 30, 1946_.------- 2, 927, 215. 89 1Minus accounts payable June 30, 1946, ------------ 38. 80 Net total expenditures---- - --------------- ______ 2, 927, 177. 09 Unexpended balance June 30, 1946-....---------------...... 222, 827. 48 " Total amount appropriated to June 30,..1946------- 3, 150, 004. 57 Fiscal year ending June 30 1942 1943 1944 1945 . 1946 Cost ofnew work,-...__.. .-'. $3,197: 63 $23,251.72 $4,852.16 $1,036.17 03.. •Cost of maintenance..-.....-,.....91, 538.78 7,380. 57 120, 282. 32 $144,160. 03 159, 113. 74 ..--------- ----- ' 94,736.41 CTot of'Total new cost.....--- work---------------$,71,97.6 30,632.29 27,3, 2 7 ' 125, 113 $4 134.48 852.1 144,160.03 160, 149.91 18$,403.51 Total expended..------------- 96,741.89 -27,739. 60 113, 847. 15 135, 803. 51 182,4 14.60 Allotted------............---------..... 105, 000. 00 95, 000. 00 -15, 000. 00 127, 716. 66 290, 000. 00 RIVERS AND HARBORS---PROVIDENCE, R: I., DISTRICT 107 Balance unexpended July 1, 1945---, ....----------------- $115, 242. 07 Amount allotted during fiscal year.......... ....... .- - 290, 000. 00 Amount to be accounted for.---------------------- 405, 242. 07 Gross amount expended---. .---------------- $182, 415. 59 Less: reimbursements collected ------------------- 1. 00 182, 414. 59 Balance unexpended June 30, 1946-.. _ : ... ' 222, 827. 48 Outstanding liabilities, June 30, 1946_-._, - ------ .-- . : -. 797. 80 Balance available June 30, 1946 ---------------- 222, 029. 68 Amount (estimated) required to be appropriated for completion 1 of existing project ------------------ --- 245, 500. 00 Amount that can be profitably expended in fiscal year ending June 30, 1948: For new work 1---_--------------------- _--- _-----.. .... 175, 500. 00 1 170, 000. 00 For maintenance ------------------------------------ Total 1---------------------------------------------- 345, 500. 00 1Exclusive of available funds. . : 17. 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 September 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 riprap breakwaters, one extending north from Duck Island 1,100 feet, one extending west from Duck Island 2,697 feet, and one extending south from Stone Island, just south of Kelsey Point, 3,750 feet, each break- water to be 8 feet wide on top, 9 feet high above mean.low water, with side slopes of 2 on 3, except on the harbor side of those at Duck Island, where the slopes are 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 and spring tidal ranges are 4.5 and. 5.3 feet respectively. 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..........---------------.. ----.. -------... , Doc. No. 398, 60th Cong., 1st sess. July 27, 1916 redging.. ................ ... ........... . oc. No. 812, 64th Cong., 1st sess.' 1 Contains latest published map. S:Operations nd results during fiscal year.--None. Conditioh at end;, of fiscal' year.-The, existing .project was conm- pleted in1917, the breakwaters having, been'completed in 1914. , The central )ortions of the anchorage area have project depth. The 108 REPORT OF CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMY, 1946 controlling depths in 1939 in the protected area-'were 15 to 20 feet except in the extreme southeast corner about 8 feet, all at mean low water. The breakwaters need repairs. The costs and expenditures under the existing project have been $367,297.91 for new work and $307,782.60 for maintenance, a total of $675,080.51. Proposed operations.-No funds are available and no operations are contemplated during fiscal year 1947. The additional sum of $78,000 can be profitably expended during fiscal year 1948 as follows: Maintenance: Dredging the area behind the breakwaters by United States hopper dredge for about 2 months in the spring of 1948------------- $60, 000 Repairs to breakwaters, by contract, in the spring of 1948, placing about 3,000 tons of riprap------------------------------ 18, 000 Total ----------------------------------------------- 78, 0()) Cost and financial summary Cost of new work to June 30, 1946$------------------------- 482, 165. 81 Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1946_- --_----------- 313, 116. 70 Total cost of permanent work to June 30, 1946------------ 795, 282. 51 Net total expenditures_- -_________ ______.- ___- ____ 795, 282. 51 Total amount appropriated to June 30, 1946------------------- 795, 282. 51 Fiscal year ending June 30 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 Cost of new work .... Cost of maintenance.......... -..... I ' [ I Total expended----------------------------..................------- Allotted------ --. ......$50,00 .............. .-$50, 000......... ............. Amount that can be profitably expended in fiscal year ending June 30, 1948, for maintenance_ 000. 00 $-------------------- 18. CLINTON IIARBOR, CONN. Location.-On the north shore of Long Island Sound about 10 miles west of the mouth of the Connecticut River and about 20 miles east of New Haven Harbor, Conn. (See U. S. Coast and.Geodetic Survey Charts Nos. 216 and 1212.) Previous project.-Adopted by River and Harbor Act of August 2, 1882. For further details see page 640, Annual Report for 1894 and page 112, Annual Report for 1943. Existing project.-Thllis provides for a channel 8 feet deep at mean low water and 100 feet wide from Long Island Sound to the upper end of the wharves at Clinton, an anchorage area of the same depth op- )posite and above the wharves, 50 feet wide south of the channel and extending 600 feet above the end of the channel with widths of 150 to 250 feet, and for maintenance of a stone dike closing a breach in the sandy peninsula which separates the river from the outer harbor. The mean and spring tidal ranges are 4.7 and 5.5 feet respectively. The estimate of cost, revised in 1946, for new work, is $61,800 exclusive of $6,600 to be contributed by local interests and exclusive of amounts ex- pended under the previous project; and $550 annually for maintenance. RIVERS AND HARBORS--PROVIDENCE, R. I., DISTRICT 109 The existing project was authorized by the followingriver and har- bor acts: Acts Work authorized , Documents Aug. 2,1882 Dike.......................... ........ S. Ex. Doc. No. 84.47th Cong., 1st sess. Mar. 2,1945 Channel and anchorage ....----------- ---- 11. Doc. No. 240, 76th Cong., 1st sess.t Contains latest published map. Local cooperation.-lhe River and Harbor Act al)proved March 2,1945, autlhorized the existing project subject to the conditions that local interests contribute $6,600 in cash and establish and maintain a public sllall-boat terminal suitably equipped as may be required and approved by tihe Secretary of WWar, at an estimated first cost of not to exceed $8,000, and( p)rovi(le, free of cost to the United States, sllitably located and bulkheaded spoil disposal areas for new work alnd subse(luenllt maintenance as required, and hold and save the United States free from claims for damages resulting from the iln- 1provenment.. It is expected that these requirements will be met in 1947. T erminal facilities.- There are several small private wharves, some of which are open to public use. A public small-boat terminal is needed. Operations and results during fiscal year.--None. Condition at end of fiscal year.-Work on the existing project has not begun. Te controlling depths at mean low water were 4 feet in the channel (1943), and 0 to 8 feet in the anchorage (1938). There have been no costs or explendtitures under the existing project. Proposed operations.-No funds are available and no operations are contelnl)late(l during fiscal year 1947. The a(l(itional sum of $61,800 can be profitably expended during fiscal year 1948, by contract, for completion of the p)roject. Cost and financial summary Cost of new work to June 30, 1946--------------------------- $6, 330. 02 Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1946.------------------------ 1, 917. 25 Total cost of permanent work to June 30, 1946. ---------- 8, 247. 27 Net total expenditures --------------- _______-------------...................... 8, 247, 27 Total amountappropriated to June 30, 1946----_..- .-.. -- . 8, 247. 27 Amount (estimated) required to be appropriated for completion of existing project___------ ---------------------------------- , 61, 800. 00 Amount that can be profitably expended in fiscal year ending June 30, 1948, for new work -----------------. .----. .--.- ,- -61. 800. 00 19. GUILFORD IIAIRBOR, CONN. Location.-On the north shore of Long Island Sound about 13 miles east of New Haven Harbor, Conn. (See U. S. Coast and Geodetic Survey Charts Nos. 217 and 1212.) Existing project.-This provides for an entrance channel 100 feet wide, an anchorage basin 200 feet wide and 1,500 feet long in East River, and a branch channel in Sluice Creek 60 feet wide, to Whitfiell 72 1584-47--pt. 1, vol. 1--8 110 REPORT OF CHIEF' OF ENGINEERS' 'U. S. ARMY, 1946 Street, all 6 feet deep at mean low, water; 'The mean and spring tidal ranges are 5.4 and 6.4 respectively. The estimate of cost, revised in 1946, is $63,750 for new work, exclusive of $25,500 to be contributed by local interests, and $1,500 annually for maintenance. -.The existing project was authorized by the River and Harbor Act approved March 2, 1945. The latest published map is in the project document (H. Doc. No. 149, 77th Cong., 1st sess.). Local cooperation.-The River and Harbor Act approved March 2, 1945, authorized the existing project subject to the conditions that local interests furnish, free of cost to the United States, suitable spoil disposal areas for new work and subsequent maintenance when and as required, hold and save the United States free from claims for damages resulting from the improvement and contribute in cash 50 percent of the initial cost, but not to exceed $25,500. It is expected that these requirements will be met in 1947. ."".Terminal facilities.-A: State wharf about 370 feet in length pro- vides adequate facilities for existing commerce. Operationsand results during fiscal year.-None. Conditions at end of fiscal year.-Work on the existing project has not 'begun. The controlling depths at mean low water were 2 feet in the natural channel through the bar, 3 feet for a width of 50 feet in East River to the mouth of Neck River (1939), and 6 feet in Sluice Creek to the State wharf (1940). There have been no costs or ex- penditures under the existing project. Proposed operations.--No funds are available and no operations are contemplated during fiscal year 1947. The sum of $63,750 can be profitably expended during fiscal year 1948, by contract,:for completion of the project. Cost and financial summary Cost of new work to June 30, 1946___ _--._ , _..- .. - Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1946 .-.-.-- Total cost of permanent work to June 30, 1946_.------------------ Net total expenditures......--------------------------- Total amount appropriated to June 30, 1946._ .-....... Amount (estimated) required to be appropriated for completion of existing project----------------- _- _----- $63, 750. 00 Amount that can be profitably expended in fiscal year ending June 30, 1948, for new work--- 63, 750. 00 20. BRANFORD IIARBOR, CONN. Location.--On the north shore of Long Island Sound, 5 miles east of New Haven Harbor. (See U. S. Coast and Geodetic' Survey Chart No. 217.) - Existing project.-This'provides for a channel 81/2 feet deep and 100 feet wide from the outer harbor to the upper wharf in Branford River, about 2.3 miles. The plane of,reference is mean lower water. The mean tidal range is 5.9. feet,, and maximum range, due to the combined effect of wind and other causes, is '10feet 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. ! RIVERS AND HARBORS-PROVIDENCE, R. I., DISTRICT, 111 The existing project was authorized by the following :river, and harbor acts : Acts: Work authorized i :: Documents ( !' June 13. 1902 Channel between upper and lower wharves In the H. Doc: No. 100, 56th Cong., 2d sess., river. : . and Annual Report for 1901, p. 1188. Mar. 2.1907 Channel at the mouth of the harbor.. ., ... Specified in act. For latest published maps see If. Doe.: No. 1292, 64th Cong., 1st soss. 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., r: Operationsand results during fiscal year.-Maintenancedredging of the outer harbor and upper river channels, by contract, was com- menced on January 8 and completed on April 192 1946.: ,During the period 71,119 cubic yards, place measurement, ordinary material were removed at a cost of $45,561.93 to restore project dimensions. Pre- limminary expenses in connection with the work amounted to $224.54. Total costs and expenditures were $45,786.47 all for maintenance. Conditionat endo fiscal year.-The project was completed in 1907, The controlling depth was about 9 feet to the head of the project, except for edge shoals (April 1946). The costs and expenditures have been $9,537.45 for new work and $119,345.96 for maintenance, a total of $128,883.41. SProposed operations.--No funds are available and, no operations are contemplated during fiscal years 1947 and 1948., Cost and financial summary Cost of new work to June 30, 1946--_---.--.-..---.------------ $9, 537. 45 Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1946 ------------------------- 119, 345. 96 Total cost of permanent work to June 30, 1946------------ 128, 883. 41 Net total expenditures----.......-----------------..................---......... 128, 883. 41 Total amount appropriated to June 30, 1946.-------------------- 128, 883. 41 Fiscal year ending June 30 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 Cost of new work - ..... ., ---................. ...... --. .----- .- ..---- -. - ----........ Cost of maintenance...--- ------ -------------------------------- $45, 786.47 -------------.............. Total expended..-----.............. .... .. ....--------- -- -----.. ....--..-- ......-- 45,786.47 Allotted ........................----I-- -- --- --.-........... --....... - ............-- --- 45, 786.47 Amount allotted during fiscal year..------------.----- $45, 786. 47 Gross amount expended.----.. . .------.-.-.- ----..- -_ 45 786. 47 21. NEW ~IAVEN 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.) Previos projects.--Adopted by River anid Harbor Acts of August 30, 1852, March 3, 1871, June 10, 1872, and for West River, March 3, 112 REPORT OF CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMY, 1946 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 main channel 35 feet deepl, 400 to 800 feet wide, from Long Island Sound to Tomlinson Bridge; two anchorage basins below rTomlinson Bridge of 16- and 15-foot depths; a pile-and-riprap dike, total length about 4,200 feet, to con- tract 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 anchor- age 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 in Quinnipiac River 22' feet deep and 250 to 400 feet wide to a point about 1,000 feet above Ferry Street, thence 16 feet deep and 200 feet wide to Grand Avenue,. with a turning basin 22 feet deep, 200 to 800 feet wide and 700 feet long at the mouth of Mill River; 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 cauises, is 10 feet or more. The estimate of cost revised in 1946 is $4,435,000 for new work exclusive of amounts expended on previous projects, and $69,000 an- nually for maintenance. The existing project was authorized by the following river and harbor acts: 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-----------___...........__ I. D)oc. No. 82, 55th Cong., 1st sess. June 25, 1910 Brewery Street Channel, removal of rocks in II. 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 Mill II.Doc. No. 26, 62d Cong., 1st sess. River. Do..-... Present project dimensions of the West River It.Doc. No. 535, 62d Cong., 2d sess. Channel and anchorage. July 3,1930 Present project dimensions of channel in Quin- II.Doe. No. 686, 69th Cong., 2d sess. nipiac River. Aug. 30,19351 The 25-foot channel----------------.............. II. Doc. No. 479, 72d Cong., 2d sess Mar. 2, 1945 The 30-foot channel and anchorage and present 11. Doe. No. 307, 76th Cong., 1st sess. location of 16-foot anchorage. - July 24, 1946 35-foot main channel, elimination of 30-foot anchor- I1.Doc. No. 517, 79th Cong., 2d sess.t age, present location and extent of 16-foot av- chorage, and 22-foot channel and turning basin in Quinnipiac River. 1Also Public Works Administration, Sept. 6, 1933. 2Contains latest published map. RIVERS AND HARBORS-PROVIDENCE, R. I., DISTRICT 113 Local cooperation.-The 30- and 35-foot main channels and the 22- foot channel and turning basin in Quinnipiac River were authorized subject to tllhe conditions that local interests furnish free of cost to the United States all lands, easements, and rights-of-way and suitable spoil disposal areas for the initial work and for subsequent mainte- nance when and as required, and hold and save the United States free from damages resulting from the implrovelment. Local interests were requested to furnish assurances that these requirements would be met for the 30-foot main channel on May 31, 1945. Necessary State legislation lhas been passed and assurances are expected by August 15, 1946. Terminal facilities.-r le wharves and piers served by this improve- ment are group)ed near the head of the main harbor; on both sides of Mill River between Chapel Street and.Grand Avenue; on both sides of Quilnlnipiac River throughout the greater part of its improved portion; at Oyster lPoint; and along the westerly side of West River. 'Tlhetotal length of berthing space available at 50 wharves or p)iers is about 16,920 feet. One of the wharves is open to pIublic use, 6 are open to public use upon agreement with the owners, and 9 have direct rail connections. Facilities are adequate for existing commerce. For further details .see Port anld Terlmlillal Facilities of Southern New England. Operations and results during fiscal year.-A probing survey, by contract, to determine the location of rock areas in the main channel was connmmence(l on May 26 and completed on June 8, 1946, at a cost of $54,555.03 for new work. Preliminary expenses oni this work amounted to $1,014.13 (luring tile year. Preliminary expenses in con- nection with a prop)osed contract for improvement dredging of the :30-foot main channel amlounted to $365.79. Maintenance dredging of the main channel, by contract, in p)rogress at the beginning of the fiscal year, was suspended on November 10, but was againl in progress from November 24, 19)45, to January 3, 1946. Maintenance (lredging of the West River Channel un(ler the same contract was in progress from January 4 to February 21, 1946, whel the contractor defaulted. During these periods, 330,127 cubic yards, place measurement, ordi- nary material, were removed from the main channel and 30,752 cubic yards from thle West River Channel at a cost of $176,591.83 for the main channel and $17,790.07 for West River, by which a dleptl of 25 feet was restored in the main channel except for minor shoals. Preliminary ex)penses on advertising for completion of the de- faulted contract amounted to $1,990.32. Preliminary expenses in connection with a p)ropo)sed contract for widening the maintained area in the upper harbor amo)unted to $53.20. Total costs during the year were $55,934.95 for new work and $196,425.42 for mnainltenance, ittotal of $252,360.37. Expendlitures were $205,608.25. Condition at end of fiscal year.-The existing project was about 23 percent complete. The Sandy PIoint Dike, completed in 1889, is in poor condition. The controlling (le p ths at mean low water are as follows: Main channel to within. 1,000 feet of Tomlinson Bridge, 25 feet (not full width) (April 1946), thence to within 300 feet of Tomlinson Bridge, 18 feet (1943) ; 16-foot aniclhorage, 9 to 25 feet (1942) ; 15-foot anclhorage, 16 feet except at edges (1940) ; Brewery Street Channel, 12 :114 REPORT OF :CHIEF OF,(ENGINEERS, .U, 76th Cong., 1st sess.). For latest published map see project document. RIVERS AND HARBORS-NEW YORK, N. Y., DISTRICT 235 Local cooperation.--The River and Harbor Act of March 2, 1945, provides that local interests shall: (a) Contribute one-half the initial cost of the improvement but not to exceed $15,200. (b) Dredge and maintain to a depth of 8 feet a suitable approach to the existing public wharf at the foot of Maple Street. (c) Furnish, free of cost to the United States, all lands, easements, and rights-of-way and spoil-disposal areas for the initial work and for subsequent nlailntenance as reqlliredl. (d) Release the United States from all claims for damages inci- dental to the inpl)rovemnent. The supervisor, town of Islip, was notified of the conditions of local cooperation in letter dated January 24, 1946. In letter dated February 13, 1946, the supervisor, town of Islip, N. Y., forwarded a resolution of the town board, town of Islip, Suffolk County, N. Y., approving use of a sum not to exceed $15,200 and appointing a committee to obtain a spoil-disposal area. Terminal facilities.-Eightcommercial wharves with a total avail- able herthage of 1,700 "feet and three public wharves with a total available berthlage of 76()0 feet are located along the shores of the creek. The terminals are sufficient for existing and reasonably prospective commerce.. Operationsand results during fiscal year.-None. Condition at end of fiscal year.-No work has been dlone on this proj- ect and there have been no costs or expenditures. When examined in 1938, the controlling mean low-water depths in the area included in the existing project were as follows: main stream, 6 feet for a width of 75 feet; west branch, 5 feet for a width of 50 feet. Proposed operations.-No funds are available and no work is con- templated during the fiscal year 1947. Fulfillment of conditions of local cooperation is expected within the next 2 years. Tle project should be completed. The sum of $62,000 for new work can be profitably expended during the fiscal year 1948 to complete by November 30, 1947, under contract to be entered into, dredging of channel. Cost and financial summary Cost of new work to June 30, 1946-...-------------------- Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1946_ - ......... .- - Total cost of permanent work to June 30, 1946.__ Net total expenditures... -.. . ... Total amount approp)riated to June 30, 1946 __ _ ______ Amount (estimate(c required to be appropriated for completion of existing project------------------- ----------------------- $62, 000 Amount that can be profitably expended in fiscal year ending June 30, 1948, for new work. --------------------------------------- -62, 000 22. FIRE ISLAND INLET, N. Y. Location.--ire Island Inlet is situated on the south shore of Long Island, about 50 miles by water south and east of the Battery, New. York City. It is the main entrance into Great South Bay fromthe 236 REPORT OF CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMY, 1946 Atlantic Ocean. (See U. S. Coast and Geodetic Survey Chart No. 578.) Existing project.-This provides for the construction of a jetty extending generally southwest and south for a length of 5,000 feet from high ground on Democrat Point at the west end of Fire Island. Mean tidal range,. 3.6 feet; mean range of spring tides, 4.3 feet. Irregular fluctuations due to wind and other causes do not materially affect navigation. The estimate of cost for new work, made in 1937, is $759,000, includ- ing $100,000 contributed by local interests. Thle approved estimated cost of annual maintenance, made in 1937, is $25,000. The existing project was adopted by the River and Harbor Act of August 26, 1937 (Rivers and Harbors Committee Doc. No. 33, 75th Cong., 1st sess.). The latest published map is in the project document. Local cooperation:-Fullycomplied with. Terminal facilities.-No terminals are within the area immediately adjacent to the Federal improvement. At PIatchogue there are four wharves with available dockage of 2,000 feet and 1,200 feet of bulk- head. At West Sayville, two mooring basins have an available wharf- age of 2,000 feet. In addition, towns and villages have provided 3,500 linear feet of bulkhead for public use for mooring purposes. The terminals are ample for present and probable future needs. There is room for expansion should future commerce warrant. Operations and results during fiscal year.-The cost and expendi- tures of a survey to determine the condition of the breakwater were $600 for maintenance. Condition at end of fiscal year.-The existing project was completed 1n 1941. The controlling mean low-water depth through Fire Island Inlet was 6.5 feet along a somewhat circuitous course, when examined in March 1946. The jetty is in fair condition. The total cost and expenditures of the existing project to June 30, 1946, were $685,145.08---$594,354.69 United States funds and $90,190.39 contributed funds-a total of $684,545.08 for new work and $600 for maintenance. Proposed operations.--No funds are available and no work is con- templated during the fiscal year 1947. Repairs to the jetty will be necessary during the next 2 years. The additional sum of $20,000 can be profitably expended during the fiscal year 1948 for restoration of the jetty to satisfactory condition. Cost and financial summary Cost of new work to June 30, 1946 _______________________ $594, 354. 69 Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1946---.------------------ - 600. 00 Total cost of permanent work to June 30, 1946......----------- 594, 954. 69 Net total expenditures_ ---------------------------------- 1 594, 954. 69 Total amount appropriated to June 30, 1946 ------------------ _ 594, 954. 69 1 Exclusive of $90,190.39 expended from Contributed funds for new work. RIVERS AND HARBORS-NEW YORK, N. Y., DISTRICT 237 Fiscal year en(ling*June 30 1042 ' 1943 1944 1945 1946 Cost of new work. --------------- $9, 809. 61 ..-------------------------------- ------ -------- Cost of mnaintenance ...--- .--....-- .... --..-..-...... ------------- . .- $600 - Total expended--..--..-- 9,809. 61 -600 --............ .......... ......... .. .......... Allotted ........................------------------ -- 52,422.84 .............. --------------------------- .----------- .. ....... 600 Amount allotted dulring fiscal year ---------------------------- $600. 00 Gross amount expended--------------------------------- --- 600. 00 Amount that can be profitably expended in fiscal year ending June 30, 1948, for maintenance ------------------------------- 20, 000. 00 23. JONES INLET, N. Y. Location.-This is a small inlet on the south shore of Long Island connecting IIemlpstead Bay with the Atlantic Ocean. It is 37 miles by water southeast of the Battery, New York City. (See U. S. Coast and Geodetic Survey Chart No. 579.) L'xisting project.-Tlis provides for an entrance jetty and a channel 12 feet deep and 250 feet wide, from that depth in the ocean through the inlet to the Loop) Causeway Bridge over Long Creek. The length of section included inthe project is about 2.1 miles. Mean tidal range, 4.3 feet; range of spring tides, 5.1 feet; irregular fluctuations. due to wind and barometric pressure vary fromn 6 feet below to 8.4 feet above meal high water. The estimate of cost for new work, revised in 1946, is $1,210,000, exclusive of 1,210,000 to be contributed by local interests. The esti- mate of annual cost of maintenance, made in 1941, is $48,000. The existing project was adopted by the River and Harbor Act of March 2,1945 (II. Doc. No. 409, 77th Cong., 1st sess.). For latest published map see project document. Local cooperation.--The River and Harbor Act of March 2, 1945, provides that local interests shall: (a) Contribute.50 percent of the first cost of the improvement. (b) Furnish assurances satisfactory to tle Secretary of War that they will provide free of cost to the United States all lands, easements, rights-of-way, and spoil-disposal areas needed for the initial work and subsequent maIintenance, when and as required. (c) Hold and save the United States free from clailms for damages resulting from tile improvements. (d) Provide anld mailltain a channel 12 feet deep and generally 200 feet wide fromn the Loop Causeway Bridge over Long Creek to the head of navigation in Freeport Creek at Mill Road. In letter (latedl January 8, 1946, the presidbnt of the Long Island State Park Conlulission, State of New York, advised that the sum of- $900,000 had been set aside astlile share to b)e contributed by local interests; that all lands, easements, rights-of-way, and spoil-disposal areas required for tile initial work and subsequent maintenance would be furnisled; tllat the document lolding thle United States free from 7 21584-47-pt. 1, vol. 1----16 238 REPORT OF CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMY, 1946 claims for damages would be executed; and that initial dredging for the 12-foot channel has been completed. Since the estimate of cost to complete the work has been increased from $1,800,000 to $2,420,000 as a result of increased costs of construc- tion, the share to be contributed by local interests will increase from $900,000 to $1,210,000. It is expected that the conditions of coopera- tion will be satisfactorily met within the next 2 years. Terminal facilities.-Within the area tributary to Jones Inlet there are a number of privately owned small wharves and 40 boat repair and storage yards. The latter are equipped for the repair of pleasure craft and fishing vessels. In addition, there are nine public wharves open. to the public free of charge, with a total (lockage of 2,180 feet. Additional terminals would have to be constructed.for the receipt of commercial freight in any sizable quantity. Operations,and results during fiscal year.-None. Condition at end of fiscal year.--No work has been done on this project and there have been no costs or expenditures. When examined in June and July 1940, the controlling mean low-water deth in the area included in the existing project was 11 feet from Hempstead Bay to the outer bai', over which the controlling (lepth was 7 feet. Proposed operations.-No funds are available and no work is con- templated during the fiscal year 1947. Fulfillment of conditions of local cooperation is expecteld within the next 2 years. The project should be completed during the fiscal year 1948. The sum of $2,420,000, including $1,210,000 to be con- tributed by local interests, can be profitably expended during the fiscal year 1948, as follows: New work: Complete by June 30, 1948, under contract to be entered into, construction of jetty-------------------------------- $2, 175, 000 Complete by June 30, 1948, under contract to be entered into, dredging of channel- , ---------------------------- 245, 000 Total for all work- __ -________- -_______---_ 2, 420, 000 Cost and financial summary Cost of new work to June 30, 1946 . . _ _ _ __-... Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1946._ -.. -. Total cost of permanent work to June 30, 1946,__ Net total expenditures- Total amount appropriated to June 30, 1946-_______ Amount (estimated) required to be appropriated for completion of existing project ........----------------.........-. - -_ $1, 210, 000 Amount that can be profitably expended in fiscal year ending June 30, 1948, for new work -------------------------------- ------ 1,210, 000 24. EAST ROCKAWAY (DEBS) INLET, N. Y. Location.-Tlhe inlet is sitllated on the south solre of Long Island between the main body of the island and the western end of Long Beach. It is 10 miles east of Rockaway Inlet and about 27 miles by water south and east from the Battery, New York City. (See U. S. Coast and Geodetic Survey Charts Nos. 579 and 1215.) RIVERS AND HARBORS-NEW YORK, N. Y., DISTRICT 239 lExi8sting project.--This provides for a channel 12 feet deep at mean low water' and 250 feet wide from the 12-foot contour in the Atlantic Ocean to the 12-foot contour in Long Beach Channel, a distance of about 0.6 mile, protected by jetties. Mean tidal range, 4.1 feet; ImCean range of spring tides, 4.0 feet; irregular- fluctua- tions due to windi and barometric pressure vary from about 31/2 feet.below mean low water lup to about 31/, feet above mean high water. The estimate of cost for new work made in 1929 is $710,000 (in- cluding $100,000, local coftribution). The latest (1929) approved estimate for annual cost of maintenance is $20,000. The existing project was adopted by the River and Harbor Act of July 3, 1930 (1H. I)oc. No. 19, 71st Cong., 1st sess.). Tihe latest l)ublished mla)p is inlthe project (locument. Local cooperation.l-The River and Harbor Act of July 3, 1930, provides that local interests shall contribute $100,000 to the cost of the work; give assurances satisfactory to the Secretary of War and the Chief of Engineers that they will provide and1 maintain at their own expentse interior channels suitable for navigation, not less than 12 feet (leep, from East Rockaway Inlet to the IHempstead-Oyster Bay line, a distance of about 15 miles, to Hewlett Harbor and to Free- p)ort Harbor; furnllish, without expense to the United States, necessary land, easements, and rights-of-way for construction and maintenance of the jetties, and agree to, hold and save the United States :free of claims for damages to public and private property resulting from the i mproven ment. Assurances of compliance with the conditions of local cooperation precedent to construction of entrance channel and east jetty were approved by the Chief of Engineers and Secretary of War on July 14 and 15, 1932, respectively. Local contribution of $100,000 was de- ,posited to the credit of the United States on August 23, 1932. Since the construction of the west jetty is not considered necessary at this time, easements, rights-of-way and release of claims for damages neces- sary for' construction are not being secured. Terminal facilities.-No terminals are within the area immediately adjacent to the Federal inplrovemnent. The water front on the north side of Long Beach has been bulkheaded. There are five water ter- minals at Oceanside with an available wharfage of 2,000 feet. Three are oil terminals, of which one has aLspur railroad connection; the other two are unused at presenlt. th'lere are two terminals.at Island Park having a wharfage of 400 feet. 'here are public wharves at East Rockaway and Woodmnere. The facilities are considered ade- q(luate for existing conmmerce. Operations and results during fiscal year.-The cost and expendi- tures of a survey to(determine the condition of.the channel and break- water were $1,400 for maintenance. Condition at end of fiscal year.-The existing project was about 85 percent completed. The'east jetty, 4,250 feet long, was completed in 1934. 'The project channel was completed in 1935. -When exam- ined in Marchl 1946 the controlling mean low-water depth through the best available channel was 12 feet for a width of 250 feet, with the exception of a shoal having a controlling lepth of 11.5 feet at the outer end. The east jetty was in poor condition. The work remaining to 240 REPORT OF CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMY, 1940 be done under the existing project consists of building a west jetty, if necessary, to protect the channel. The total cost and expenditures of the existing project to June 30, 1946, were $596,788.61--$421,368.68 from regular funds and $82,- 600 from Publie Works funds, a total of $503,968.68 for new work and $92,819.93 from regular funds for maintenance. In addition, the costs and expenditures from contributed funds were $100,000 for new work. Proposed operations.-No funds are available. An anticipated allotment of $55,000 will be applied to 'maintenance repair of the east jetty. Completion of the project is not considered essential at this time. Therefore, no funds can be profitably expended during the fiscal year 1948. Cost and financial summary Cost of new work to June 30, 1946 -. - -' .------------ I $503, 968. 68 Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1946 -----------------------. 92, 819. 93 Total cost of permanent work to June 30, 1946.. Net total expenditures................................. -1 -------- 596, 788. 61 596, 788. 61 Total amount appropriated to June 30, 1946 ------------------ 596, 788. 61 Fiscal year ending June 30 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 Cost of new work ..... . I. . ... - . . . . . . -. . . . . . .. . Cost of maintenance----- --------...... $8,009.07 -$38. 73 ------ ....... ..........----- $1,400 Total expended-----..------------- 7, 902. 41 90. 36 ------------- --------.... 1,400 Allotted. . ..------------------ . 25,000.00 -17, 000.00 - $26,647.87.. . . . 1,400 Amount allotted during fiscal year --------------------------- $1, 400. 00 Gross amount expended--------------------------------- 1, 400. 00 Amount (estimated) required to be appropriated for completion of existing project - -------------------------------------- 200, 000. 00 t Exclusive of $100,000 contributed funds expended for new work. 25. JAMAICA BAY, N. Y. Location.-This is a bay inside the south shore of Long Island, the- entrance being about 17 miles by water south and east of the Battery, New York City. (See U. S. Coast and Geodetic Survey Chart No. 542.) Previous projects.-Adopted by the acts of June 14, 1880, and July 13, 1892. For further details see page 1770 of Annual Report for 1915, and page 185 of Annual Report for 1938. Existing project.-This provides for an interior channel extending from the vicinity of the Marine Parkway Bridge along the west and north shores of the bay, 18 feet deep at mean low water and 300 feet wide to Mill Basin, with a sswinging basin 1,000 feet wide and 1,000- feet long at that point; thence 12 feet deep and 200 feet wide to Fresh Creek Basin; an interior channel extending from the same locality along the south shore to Head of Bay, 15 feet deep and 200 feet wide; and an entrance channel connecting the two interior channels with deep water in the Atlantic Ocean, of suitable hydraullic dimensions to RIVERS AND HARBORS-NEW YORK, N. Y., DISTRICT 241 maintain the present tidal prism in the bay, but not less than 18 feet deep and 500 feet wide from opposite Barren Island to Rockaway Point, thence enlarging to not less than 20 feet deep and 1,000 feet wide to sea, protected by one riprap jetty. Length of section included in project is 18.1 miles. Mean tidal range, 4.9 feet at Barren Island, 5.1 feet at Canarsie, and 5.4 feet at Head of Bay; mean range of spring tides, 5.9, 6.1, and 6.4 feet, respectively; irregular fluctuations due to wind and barometric pressure vary from 4 feet below mean low water to 4 feet above mean high water. The estimate of cost for new work, revised in 1940, excluding amounts expended on previous projects but including $4,228,439 expended for new work under River and Harbor Act of June 25, 1910, is $4,498,000. The latest (1910) approved estimate of annual cost of maintenance is $96,000. Thle existing i)roject was authorized by the following river and harbor acts: Acts Work authorized Documents June 25, 1910 Construction of 1 jetty............................ II.Doc. No. 1488, 60th Cong., 2d sess. Mar. 2, 1945 Interior channel along west shore of bay, 18 and 12 I. l)oc. No. 700, 76th Cong., 3d sess. feet deep; interior channel along south shore," (Contains latest published map.) 15 feet deep; entrance channel, 20 and 18 feet deep; and 1 riprap jetty, all in lieu of work here- tofgro authorized. Modified conditions of local cooperation. Local cooperation.-Tlie River and Harbor Act of March 2, 1945, provided that in. lieu of conditions heretofore prescribed, local in- terests shall furnish, free of cost to the United States, suitable areas for the disposal of dredged materials for new work and subsequent maintenance, when and as required, and shlall hold and save the United States free from claims for damages resulting from the improvement. The city of New York was notified of the conditions of local coopera- tion in letter dated January 25 1946. In letter dated February 7, 1946, the mayor of the city of N'ew York advised that disposal areas are available anT(that the necessary (ocllument "holding the United States free from claims for damages" would be executed. Terminal facilities.---The terminals are concentrated at 2 general localities; Mill Basin on the west shore and from Seaside to and including -IIead of Bay on the south shore. Fourteen commercial concerns are located at Mill Basin and 18 along the south shore. Wharfage totaling 8,100 feet is available at Mill Basin. Nineteen yacht clubs and 18 boat yards equipped with marine ways are lo- cated within the bay. In addition, there are a number of small landings for Ileasure craft. IThe existing facilities are fairly ade- quate for existing conmmerce. (For latest full description of ter- minal facilities, see Iort Series No. 20, Corps of Engineers.) Operations and results during fiscal year.--'Tle cost and expendi- tures of a survey to determine the condition of the channel and break- water were $1,800 for maintenance. Condition at end of fiscal year.---Tlhe existing project was about 94 percent completed. 'lle westerly interior channel from Barren 242 REPORT OF CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMY, 1946 Island to Fresh Creek Basin and the swinging basin at Mill Basin have been dredged to project dimensions. No new work dredging of the entrance channel was done, since depths were greater than those required under the project. The east jetty, compIleted August 4, 1933, for a total length of about 8,400 feet, was.in,:fair condition when examined in May 1946. The controlling mean low-water depths of the channels included in this project are as follows: Section Depth Width Date Entrance Channel: Feet Feet From Atlantic Ocean to Rockaway Point............... 20 1, 000 June 1946. Rockaway Point to Barren Island-- ................... 18 500 Do. Interior Channel (north and west shores): Barren Island to Mill Basin............................ 18 300 Do. Swinging Basin...................------------------------------------18 1, 00() I)o. Mill Basin to Fresh Creek Basin........................ 12 200 Do. Interior Channel (south shore): Beach Channel: Barren Island to Cross Bay Boulevard Bridge..... 15 200 July-September 1939. Cross Bay Boulevard Bridge to Long Island I. R. 11 50-200 Do. bridge. Grass Iassock Channel: Long Island R. R. bridge to Sommerville Basin..... .... 11 130-200 I)o. Sommerville Basin to Mott Basin.................---------- 8 120-200 1)o. Mott Basin to Head of Bay--....................... 5 150-200 (X) Do. Head of Bay---------------------------------------.................. 4 70-200 Do. The work remaining to be done under the existing project consists of dredging the southerly interior channel. The total cost and expenditures of1 the existing I)roject to June 30, 1946, were $4,316,489.6o-$4,228,439.36 for new work and $88,050.24 for maintenance. Proposed operations.--No funds are available and no work is con- templated during the fiscal year 1947. - It is expected that the conditions of local cooperation will be com- plied with during the next 2 years. The existing project should be completed during the fiscal year 1948. The.sum of $372,000 can be profitably expentded during the fiscal year 1948, as follows: New work: Complete by Dec. 31, 1947, under contract to be entered into, dredging of south interior channel ------------------------- _ $270, 000 Maintenance: Complete by June 30, 1948, under contract to )beentered into, restoration of jetty to satisfactory condition----------------- 102, 000 Total for all work----------------------------------------- 372, 000 Cost of financial summary Cost of new work to June 30, 1946_----------_ __..--- $4, 307, 771. 72 Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1946- --..---. ---- 91, 011. 69 Total cost of permanent work to June 30, 1946---------- 4, 398, 783. 41 Net total expenditures -------------- 4, 398, 783. 41 Total amount appropriated to June 30, 1946--------------_ 4, 398, 783. 41 Fiscal year ending June 30 1942 1943 1944 1945 1945 Cost of new work........---------------- Total expof m intend ane -- .-----------.. ------ ---------------- -- --- 1----------- 0---- 1,800.00 Allottex ened-..... . .8... . ------ -------------- ------------ 0-)------ 1,800.0) RIVERS AND HARBORS-NEW YORK, N. Y., DISTRICT 243 Amount allotted during fiscal year---------- ----------------- $1, 800. 00 Gross amount expended ------------------------ ----- 1, 800. 00 Amount (estimated) required t bheappropriated for completion of existing project---------------------------------------- 270, 000. 00 Amount that can be profitably expended in fiscal year ending Juine 30, 1948: For new work-----------.. --- ----- --- . 270, 000. 00 For maintenance---- _ --------------------- ---------- 102, 000. 00 Total -- . ------------- _-- _ 372, 000. 00 2(;. NEW YORK IIARIItOR: ENT1tANCE CHANNELS AND ANCHIORAIGE AREAS Location.- 'Tie w(orks included iindler the above title are in the upper and lower bays, New York harbor. The harbor is 330 miles southwest by water of Boston Iarb)or, Mass., and 165 miles northeast of the entrance to Delaware Bay, N. J. and Del. T'he upper ) bay extends southerly froml the juniction of Hudson an(l East Rivers oppI)osite the Battery, New York City, a distance of about 51/2 miles to the Narrows. ' The lower bay extends from the Narrows to the sea, a (listance of about 9 miles. (See U. S. Coast and Geodetic Survey Charts Nos. 369 and 541.) Existing project.-lThis p)rovides for the Ambrose Channel 45 feet deep and 2,000 feet wide, extending from the sea to deep water in the lower bay, length about 10.2 miles; for the Anchorage Chan- nel, an extension of Ambrose Channel, with same depth and width, in the upper bay, opposite the anchorage grounds, length \the about 5.7 miles; for Bayside-Gedney Channel 35 feet deep and 800 feet wide, extending from the sea to the junction with Main Ship Channel, length about 6.2 miles; for the Main Ship Channel 30 feet deep and 1,000 feet wide, extending from Baysi(le-Gedney Channel to deep water in the lower )ay, length about 5.3 miles; for the removal of Craven Shoal to a depth of 30 feet; for a channel 16 feet deep, 200 feet wide, and about 2.3 miles long, extending from bell buoy 23 to Hoffman and Swinburne Islands, for an irregularly triangular- shaped anchorage area in the southierly half of Red Hook Flats (ap- )proximately442 acres in extent), 40 and 30 feet deep; an anchorage in the vicinity of Liberty (Bedloe) Island (about 160 acres in extent) 20 feet deep, and for a channel alon~g the New Jersey pierhead line connecting Kill Van 1(Kull with dee l) water in Anchorage Channel, south of the Liberty Island anchorage, 20 feet deep for a width of 500 feet and a length of about 3 miles. Thlie. project depths refer to mean low water. Mean tidal range, 4.7 feet; mean range of spring tides, 5.6 feet; irregular fluctuations (dueto wind and hbromnetric pres- sure vary from 4 feet below mean low water up to 4 feet above mean high water. The estimate of cost for new work, revised in 1946, is $17,645,000. Thle latest (1937) approved estimate for annual cost of maintenance is $31.5,000. 244 REPORT OF CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMY, 1946 The existing project was authorized by the following river and harbor acts: Acts Work authorized Documents ti _ _ i - July 5,1884 Main Ship-Bayside-Gedney to 30 feet for width Annual Reports, 1887, p. 62; and 1888, of 1,000 feet (dimensions fixed by Secretary of p. 63. War, Dec. 27, 1880, by authority of the act of, Aug. 5, 1886). Mar. 3,1899 Ambrose Channel (East Channel) to 40 feet...... II. Doc. No. 159, 55th Cong., 3d sess. (Annual Report 1899, I). 1279). June 25,1910 Maintenance of entrance channel under 1 head... Aug. 8,1917 Anchorage Channel, the extension of Ambrose IH. Doe. No. 518, 63d Cong., 2d sess. Channel into Upper Bay. Do......... Removal of Craven Shoal........................ HI. Doc. No. 557, 64th Cong., 1st ses. Do......... Channel between Staten Island and Iloffman and HI. Doec. No. 625, 64th Cong., 1st sess. Swinburne Islands. July 3, 1930 Relocation of southerly section of Anchorage Rivers and Harbors Committee Doc. Channel. No. 18, 71st Cong., 2d sess. 1 Aug. 30, 1935 Dredging south end of Red Iook Flats, Liberty 11. Doc. No. 183, 73d Cong., 2d sess. Island Anchorage, and channel along New Jersey pierhead line. Do......... Deepening Bayside-Gedney Channel to 35 feet HI. Doc. No. 133, 74th Cong., 1st sess.' for a width of 800 feet. Aug. 26,1937 Deepening Ambrose and Anchorage Channels to Senate committee print, 75th Cong., 45 feet for a width of 2,000 feet. 1st sess.t 1 Contain latest published maps. Terminal facilities.-The harbor consists of Upper Bay and Lower Bay. In the Upper Bay there are 45 piers with a total berthage of 70,723 feet and 11,171 feet of bulkheads and wharves available for dockage. In addition there are 5 car-float (railroad) bridges and 3 ferry terminals. These terminals are, located along the westerly shore of the bay, from St. George, Staten Island, to the Narrows and from Constable Hook, Bayonne,- to Ellis Island. The terminals along the Brooklyn water front are reported under Bay' Ridge and Red Hook Channels. The Lower Bay is largely undeveloped, the terminals being confined to Gravesend(lay. There are 7 piers with a total berthage of 9,808 feet and 1 bulkhead providing dockage of 1,675 feet. Of the terminals in the harbor, 27 are p)ublicly owned, 4 are open to public use, 27 are equipped with mechanical-handling devices, and 24 have railroad connections. The facilities are con- sidered adequate for present commerce. (For latest full description of terminal facilities see Port and Terminal Facilities at the' Port of New York, 1942, Corps of Engineers.) Operations and results during fiscal year.-The U. S. seagoing hopper dredge. Goethals was employed during the period March 27, 1946, to May 5, 1946, in the removal of shoals in Anchorage Channel to a depth of 40 feet. During the fiscal year there was removed a total of 457,084 cubic yards, place measurement of material, at a cost' of $95,653.57 for maintenance. The U. S. seagoing hopper dredge Navesinlk was employed(l inter- mittently froml February 18, 1946, to May 4, 1946, in dredging to restore a portion of the westerly end of Bayside Channel to a depth of 35 feet. During the fiscal year 253,800 cubic yards, place meas- urement, of material were removed at a cost of $99,138.97 for mainte- nance. RIVERS AND HARBORS-NEW YORK, N. Y., DISTRICT 245 Tlhe U. S. seagoing hopper dredge 'Goethals was.employed from June 19-30, 1946, and the IT. S. seagoing hopper dredge Marshall was employed from June 21-30, 1946, in dredging the westerly 600- foot strip of Ambrose Channel to 45 feet. During the fiscal: year 249,048 cubic yards, place measurement, of material were removed at a cost of $46,530.7( for new work. The cost of surveys to determine the condition of the channel along the New Jersey pierhead line, Anchorage Channel, and Red Hook Flats Anchorage were $1,430.39 for maintenlance. The cost of surveys and engineering preliminary to dredging Am- brose Channel was $2,656.15 for new work. Tlhe total cost of work was $245,409.78-$196,222.93 for mainte- nance and $49,186.85 for new work. The total expenditure was $287,604.82. Condition at end of fiscal year.-The existing project was about 86 percent completed. Main Ship-Bayside-Gedney Channels were completed to a depth of 30 feet inl1891. The1deepening of Bayside-Gedney Channel to 35 feet for a width of 800 feet was completed in 1939. Ambrose Channel was completed to a depth of 40 feet for a width of 2,000 feet in 1914. The center 800 feet was dredged to 45 feet in 1944. Relocation of Anchorage Channel was completed to a depth of 40 feet in 193"2. rThle channel between Staten Island and1 Hoffman and Swinburne Islands was completed in 1920 up to within 300 feet of the southerly limits of the project. The dredged channel meets all the needs of navigation and no further work of improvement is contemplated for the present. The channel along the New Jersey pierhead line from Kill Van Kull to Anchorage Channel was completed in 1939. The, R1,1IHook Flats anchorage was completed to 40 arid 30 feet and the Liberty (Bedloe) Ishlnd anchorage was completed to 20 feet in 1944. The controlling mean low-water depths of the channels included in this project are as follows: Section )epth (feet) Width (feet) D)ate Ambrose Channel ............--............... 45 500 to 2,000 (through June to August 1942, the center). February to 1)ecern- her 1943, January to July 1944. Main Ship Channel..---------------------- 30 800 to 1,000----------............ August 1943 and Feb- ruary 1945. Iayside-Gedney Channel...................- 35 300 to 800 .............----------- June 1944 and May 1946. Anchorage Channel........................... 42 1,800 to 2,000J.......... January to March, Juno 1943 and June 1940. Craven Shoal---------------30 -.-.-..... . July 1931. Channel between Staten Island and IloilTnan and Swinburne Islands: Bluoy 23 to loftlman Island---------------............... 13 100to 200.............. November 1943. IIotfman Island to Swinburne Island..... 10 ------------- 120 to 200.............. 1)o. IcedHIook Flats Anchorage: 40-foot area.--------------------- . 40 -... .. .. October 1i944. 30-foot area-----------------------------............................... 30 ......-----.........------------------........ Do. Liberty (Bedloc) Island Anchorage-----------........... 20 ........................ July 1943 and January to June 1944. Along New Jersey Pierhead line-...-...--. 19 130to 500 ............April 1946. 'Except for a shoal 101)by 600 with least depth of 27 feet located along westerly channel line. Except area oil northeasterly corner of Ellis Island where rock shoals exist with least depth of 14feet. 246 REPORT OF CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMY, 1946 The work remaining to be clone under the existing project con- sists of completing the deepening of Ambrose and Anchorage Chan- nels to 45 feet for a width of 2,000 feet as authorized in 1937. The total cost of the existing project to June 30, 1946, was $16,- 066,882.48-$13,144,500.58 for new work, including $116,530 applied to removing wrecks authorized by acts prior to the adoption of the existing project, and $2,922,381.90 for maintenance. The total ex- penditure was $16,045,020.98. Proposed operations.--The balance unexpended at the end of the fiscal year, amounting to $1,593,389.61, will be applied as follows: Accounts payable June 30, 1946 -------------------- --------- $21, 860. 50 New work: Dredge by use of 3 United States seagoing hop- per dredges for a total of 13 months (July 1, 1946, to Jan. 15, 1947) to continue deepening of the westerly 600-foot strip of Ambrose Channel to 45 feet- 118. 15 0--------------------$0, Dredge by use of 4 United States seagoing hop- per dredges for a total of 10.3 dredge months during the period Jan. 16 to June 30, 1947, in the deepening of a strip 800 feet wide through the center of Anchorage Channel.---------- 630, 605. (00 M c1, 460, 813. 15 Maintenance: Dredge by use of 1 United States seagoing hop- per dredge for about 2.2 months (luring the period August to November 1946 to restore. Red Hook Flats Anchorage to 30 and 40 feet and 3Bayside and Gedney Channels to 35 feet- 107, 615. 96 Condition surveys of Red Hook Flats Anchorage and Anchorage Channel_---------------- 3, 100. 00 110, 715.96 Total for all work ------------------------------.... 1, 593, 389.61 Deepening of Anchorage Channel to 45 feet should be continued. Maintenance (lredgng will be necessary during the fiscal year 1948. The additional sum of $983,000 can be profitably expended during the fiscal year 1948, as follows: New work: I)redge by use of 2 United States seagoing hopper dredges for about 4 months to provide project depth of 45 feet in the southerly half of Anchorage Channel -------------------------------- $583,000 Complete by June 30, 1948, under contract to be entered into, dredging to restore the channel along New Jersey pierhead line to project dimensions----- -------- $200, 000 Dredge by use of 1 United States seagoing hopper dredge for about 4 months to restore entrance channels and anchorage areas to project dimensions- -- _,.------ 200, 000 400, 000 Total for all work- ---_______ _ ___-_____ -- 083, 000 9. Cost and financial summary Cost of new work to June 30, 1946 $-------- 13,144,500. 58 Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1946 --------------------- 2,922, 381. 90 Total cost of permanent work to June 30, 1946--------- 16,.066, 882. 48 Minus accounts payable June 30, 1946 --------------------- 21, 860. 50 Net total expenditures_-- 16, 045, 021. 98 Unexpended balance June 30, 1946------- _ _ _--_ - 1, 593, 389. 61 Total amount appropriated to June 3), 1946. ----- 17; 638, 411. 59 RIVERS AND HARBORS-NEW YORK, N. Y., DISTRICT '247 Fiscal year ending June 30 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 Cost of new work. .-------.. $295, 419. 24 $1, 150, 385. 13 $2, 344, 113. 38 $518, 263. 99 $49, 186. 85 Cost of maintenance.........-------------.... . 3, 585. 38 19, 584. 64 129, 840. 30 196, 222.93 Total cost..................295, 419. 24 1, 153. 970. 51 2, 363, 698. 02 648, 104. 29 245, 409. 78 Total expended ......----............. 190, 438. 36 947, 755. 51 2 468, 666. 34 790, 276. 31 287, 604:82 Allotted. ---------------------- 940, 360. 41 1, 400, 000. 00 483, 973. 40 . 61, 000. 00 1, 743, 000.00 Balance unexlpended July 1, 1945_---------------------------$137, 994. 43 Amount allotted during fiscal year------------------------- 1, 743, 000. 00 Amount to be accollnted for -------------------- .. 1, 880, 994. 43 Gross amount expended --------------------------------- 287, 604. 82 Balance unexpended-June 30, 1946 ------------- _, . 1, 593, 389. 61 Amount (estimated) required to be appropriated for comple- tion of existing project - ---------------------------- 3, 040, 000. 00 Amount that can be profitably expended in fiscal year ending June 30, 1948: For new work ---------------------------------------- 583, 000. 00 For maintenance ------------------------------------- , 400, 000. 00 I Total 1___-- Exclusive of available funds. ----- _------- 983, 000. 00 ...---------------- 27. CONEY ISLAND CHANNEL, N. Y. Location.--This channel is situated on the east side of Lower Bay, New York Harbor, about 9 miles south of the Battery, New York City. The channel is shown on United States Coast and Geodetic Survey Chart No. 369, but it is not named. Existing project.--This provides for a channel 600 feet wide and 20 feet deep at mean low water, extending from deep water south- west of Nortons Point to deep water off Rockaway Inlet, a total length of about 11/; miles. 'Mean tidal range, 4.7 feet; mean r.ange of spring tides, 5.7. feet; irregular fluctuations due to wind and barometric pressure. vary from 4 feet below mean low water up to 4 feet above mean high water. The estimate of cost for new work, made in 1906, was $168,300. The latest (1928) approved estimate for annual cost of maintenance is $12,000. The existing project was adopted by-the River and Harbor Act of March 2, 1907 (H. Doc. No. 442, 59th Cong., 2d sess.). The latest published map is in the project document. Terminal faeilities.--There is a municipally owned pier built out from the Coney Island shore, for summer passenger travel; it does not extend to the channel. It is sufficient for this use. Commer- cially the channel is part of the water route between New York Harbor and Jamaica Bay and points east along the southern shore of Long Island. (Fo'r further details see Port Series No. 20, Corps of Engineers.) Operations and results durinq fiscal year.-The cost and expendi- tures of a survey to determine the con(lition of the channel were $290 for maintenance. 248 REPORT OF CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMY, 1046 Condition at end of fiscal year.-The existing project was completed in 1913. When examined in September 1945, the controlling mean low water depth was 20 feet for a width varying from 450 to 600 feet. The total cost and expenditures of the existing project to June 30, 1946, were $328,926.21-$111,371.21 for new work and $217,555 for maintenance. Proposed operations.-No funds are available and no work is con- templated during the fiscal years 1947 and 1948. Cost and financial summary Cost of new work to June 30, 1946 ------------------------- $11, 371. 21 Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1946------ - 217, 555. 00 Total cost of permanent work to June 30, 1946 -----.. ... 328, 926. 21 Net total expenditures- ----------------------------------- 328, 926. 21 Total amount appropriated to June 30, 1946-.--------_ - -- - 328, 926. 21 Fiscal year ending June 30 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 Cost of new work............... Cost of main tenance------------------.............. ............. ...... ... :::---- --- $290 Total expnded...........---------------... ------------- ----------- ------------- -------- 290 Allotted-------------------------- ------ -------------------- ----------- 290 Amount allotted during fiscal year..------------------------. $290. 00 Gross amount expended -------------------------------------- 290. 00 28. BAY RIDGf AND RED IHOOK CIIANNELS, N. Y. Location.--These channels lie along the east shore of the Upper Bay, New York Harbor, and, with Buttermilk Channel, form an east- erly channel along the Brooklyn water front from the Narrows to East River. (See U. S. Coast and Geodetic Survey Charts Nos. 369 and 541.) Previous projects.-Adopted by River and Harbor Acts of March 3, 1881, August 11, 1888, September 19r1890, August18, 1894, and June 3, 1896. For further details see page 1768 of Annual Report for 1915, and page 195 of the Annual Report for 1938. Existing project.--This provides for a channel 1,200 feet wide and 40 feet deep at mean low water from the Narrows to Bay Ridge Ave- nue, Brooklyn, thence 1,750 feet wide to the junction of B ty Ridgo and Red Hook Channels, thence 1,200 feet wide through Red Hook Channel to the junction with Buttermilk Channel, :and a channel of the same depth extending into Gowanus Bay from the junction of Bay Ridge Channel with Red Hook Channel, narrowing uniformly in width to about 500 feet at T wenty-eighth Street,'l3rooklyn. Length of section included in the project, 4 miles. Mean tidal range, 4.7 feet; mean range. of spring tides, 5.6 feet; irregular fluctuations due to wind and barometric ipressure vary from 4 feet below mean low water up to 4 feet above mean high water. The estimate of cost for new work, revised in 1930, was $4,609,000, exclusive of amounts expended on previous projects.: The latest (1930) aIproved( estimate for annual cost of maintenance is $150,000. SThe existing project was altholrize( by the followiiig river and harbor acts . RIVERS AND HARBORS-NEW YORK, N. Y., DISTRICT 249 Acts Work authorized Documents Mar. 3,1899 Channel 40 feet H. deep and 1,200 feet wide..---------........I. Doc. No. 337, 54th Cong., 2d sess.; Annual Report, 1897, p. 1177. Mar. 2, 1907 Dredging to obtain, first, a depth of 35 feet, sub- sequently increasing depth to 40 foot for full wi(ith. July 3, 1930 Widening of Bay Ridge Channel to 1,750 feet.....Rivers and Iarbors Committee Doe. No. 44, 71st Cong., 2d sess. (Con- tains latest published map.) Terminal facilities.--There are 52 piers with a total berthage of 84,366 feet and 8,096 feet of bulkheads and wharves available for dockage. Twenty-two of the terminals have mechanical handling devices and 19 have railroad connections. In addition, there are 6 railroad float bridges and 2 ferry slips. Of the terminals, 4 are Gov- ernment owned, 15 are owned by the city of New York and 7 are open to public use. The terminal facilities are considered adequate for existing commerce. (For latest full description of terminal facilities, see Port and Terminal Facilities at the Port ofNew York, 1942, Corps of Engineers.) Operations and results during fiscal year.--The U. S. seagoing hop- per dredge Goethals was employed from May 6 to June 13, 1946, the U. S. seagoing hopper dredge Navesinle was employed from May 6-19, 1946, and the U. S. seagoing hopper dredge Atlantic from June 6-30, 1946, in dredging sections 1 to 4 inBay Ridge Channel to a depth of 35 feet. During the fiscal year there was removed a total of 933,418 cubic yards, place measurement, of material at a cost of $183,059.64 for maintenance. The cost of surveys and engineering preliminary to dredging Bay Ridge Channel was $1,215.25 for maintenance. The total cost of work was $184,274.89 for maintenance. The total expenditure was $93,113.85. Condlition at end of fiscal year.-'The existing project was completed -in 1940. Bay Ridge Channel was completed in 1939 and Red Hook / Channel in 1940. The controlling mean low-water depths of the channels included in the project are as follows: Section Depth (feet) Width (feet) Date survey In Bay Ridge Channel from Narrows to Bay Ridge Ave., 37 1,200-800 May 1945. Brooklyn. Prom Bay Ridge Ave. to U. S. Army pier No. 3, Brooklyn.. 137 1,750-800 May 1945 and May 1946. From U. S. Army pier No. 3 to Gowanus Bay.............. 1i30 1,750-1,300 1)o. Branch in (owanus ay-------------------------------.................................... 30 1, 500-300 May 1945. Red Hook Channel-----------------..................................-----------------...... 37 500 Do. 1Except for a reach 750 feet wide along the easterly channel line between 69th Street pier and 33d Street Pier where the depth is 40 feet. The total cost of the existing project to June 30, 1946, was $7,955,388.45-$4,~12,636.95 regular funds and $64,559.68 Public Works funds, a total of $4,277,196.63 for new work and $3,678,191.82 for maintenance. 250 REPORT OF CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMY, 1946 Tile total expenditure was $7,864,048.18. Proposed operations.-The balance unexpended at the end of the fiscal year, amounting to $307,612.01, plus an anticipated allotment of $241,000, a tota) of $548,612.01, will be applied as follows: Accounts payable June 30, 1946-----------$---------------91, 340. 27 Maintenance: Dredge by use of 3-United States seagoing hopper , dredges for a total of 9.6 dredge months (July 1, 1946, to May 19, 1947) to restore sections of Bay Ridge and Red Hook Channels to a depth of 35 feet-------- ----------------- ---------- 457, 271.74 Total for all work------------- --------------------- 548, 612. 01 The project channels should be maintained. The additional sunm of $500,000 for maintenance can be profitably expended during the fiscal year 1948, by use of 3 United States seagoing hopper dredges for about 6 dredge months to restore southern half of Bay Ridge Channel to project depth of 40 feet. Cost and financial summary $5, 523, 296. 63 Cost of new work to June 30, 1946------------------------._ Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1946--------------------- 3, 678, 191. 82 Total cost of permanent work to June 30, 1946--____- . 9, 201, 488. 45 Minus accounts payable June 30, 1946 ---------------------- 91, 340. 27 Net total expenditures ----------------------------- 9, 110, 148.-18 . Unexpended balance June 30, 1946------ --------. --.--.-- 307, 612. 01, Total amount appropriated to June 30, 1946----------- 9, 417, 760. 19 Fiscal year ending June 30 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 Cost of new work .-----------............ . Cost of maintenance.............. $168, 013. 85 $22. 193.03 $22, 599.67 $479, 9650.80 $184, 274.89 Total expended................... 136, 55. 64 3, 247.45 17, 483.81 485, 291. 22 93, 113.85 Allotted .................... 222, 000. 00 -------- -- 15,0,000.00 271,000.00 309,000. 00 Balance unexpended July 1, 1945...- $91, 725. 86 $-------------------- Amount allotted during fiscal year---------------------- 400, 000. 00 Amount to be accounted for ------------- -- ------- 491, 725. 86 Deductions on account of revocation of allotment--- 91, 000. 00 Net amount to be accounted for-_ _--.- ----- - 400, 725. 86 Gross amount expended..----------__----_ -.---..-- _ 93, 113. 85 Balance unexpended-June 30, 1946--------------------- 307,612. 01 Amount that can be profitably expended in fiscal year ending June 30, 1948, for maintenance 'i- -___- - - -_500, 000. 00 SExclusive of available funds. 29. BUT'TERMILK CHANNEL, N. Y. Location.--lThis channel connects deep water in the Upper Bay, New York Harbor, southwest of Governors Island, with deep 'water in East River northeast of Governors Island, and with Bay Ridge and Red Hook Channels forms an easterly channel along the Brook- lyn water front from the Narrows to East River. It lies betweell RIVERS AND HARBORS-NEW, YORK, N. Y., DISTRICT 251 Governors Island 1anld1Brooklyn Borough,; New York City. (See U. S. Coast all([ Geodetic Survey Charts Nos. 541 and 745.) PIreviows projects.--A(lopted by River alnd1 Harbor Acts of June 14, 1880, July 13, 1892, and June 3, 1896(. For further details see page 205, Annual Report for 1932. E xisting, project.-Tllis 1provides for a channelllll 1,000 feet wide, 40 feet deep at llealn low water for the width of the existing 500-foot challnel and 35 feet deep for the remaining 500-foot width west of the existing channel, with suitable widlening at the junctions with East River and Red Hook and Anchorage Channels. Length of sec- tion included in the lproject, 214 miles. Mean tidal range, 4.4 feet.; mean range of spring tides, 5.3. feet; irregular fluctuations due'to wind andl barometric pressure vary from 4 feet below mean low water up to 4 feet above mnealn high water. The estimated cost for new work, revised in 1946, is $2,137,500, exclusive of amounts expended on previous projects. The latest (1935) approved estimated cost of annual maintenance is $20,000. The existing project was authorized by the following river and harbor acts: Acts Work authorized Documents June 13,1902 Channel 1,200 feet wide and not less than 30 feet 11. Doc. No. 122, 56th Cong., 2d sess. deep. (Annual Report, 1901, p. 1299). Aug. 30.1935 Channel 1,000 feet wide to depths of 40and35feet. Rivers and Iarbors Committee Doe. No. 55, 74th Cong., 1st sess. (Con- tains latest published map.) Terminal facilities.-There are 20 piers with a total berthage of 27,324 feet, and 3,722 feet, of bulkheads and wharves available for dockage. Of the terminals, 13 are equipped with mechanical-handling devices and 14 Ilave railroad colnections. Two of the terminals are owned by tile city of New York of which 3 are open to public use. In addition, there are two float bridges and two ferry slips. lPractically all of the available water front is occupied and the facilities are con- sideredIadequate for existing commerce. (For latest full description of terlninal facilities see 1ort anld Ter1minal Facilities at the Port of New York, 1.912, Corps of Engineers.) Operationsand results during fiscal year.--The U. S. seagoing hop)- per dredge Atlantic was employed from November 24, 1945, to March 31, 1946, in dredgilg the easterly 500-foot width between Anchorage and Red HIook Chlanels to a depth of 40 feet. were removed Thelre 366,00()() cubic yards, place measurement, of material at a cost of $179,737.92 for maintenance. Tihe cost of surveys and engineering )reliminary to dredging was $220.64 for maintenance. Tihe total cost of work was $179,)67.56 for maintenance. The total expenditure was $179),951.72. Condition at end, of fiscal year.-The existing p)roject was about 68 percent completed. Tie easterly 500-foot width of channel from Anchorage Channel to East River was com()lete(l to a 40-foot (lepth 252 REPORT OF CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMY, 1946 in 1935. The westerly 500-foot channel, including the widening at the junction with the East River, was completed to a 35-foot depth for the northerly three-quarters of a mile of its length in 1939, and for the southerly 2,000 feet in October 1944. The widenings at the junction with Red Hook and Anchorage Channels were completed in 1944. The controlling mean low-water depth in the easterly 500-foot channel was 40 feet for a width varying from 420 to 500 feet from Anchorage Channel to the junction with Red Hook Channel (April 1946), 40 feet in the widening at the junction with R]ed Hook Channel, thence 40 feet for a width varying from 330 to 500 feet to the East River (May 1940, June 1943, and April 1945). The controlling mean low- water depth in the westerly 500-foot channel was 34 feet in the south- erly 2,000 feet, including the widening at the junction with Anchorage Channel (June 1944 and April 1945), thence 20 feet for a distance of 1,1 miles except along the westerly channel line where it was 16 feet and less (June 1937 and May 19142), thence 35 feet for full project width for the remainder of its length, including the widening at the junction with East River (July to 1)ecernber 1939). The work re- maining to be done under the project consists of completing the deep- ening to 35 feet of the westerly 500-foot' channel. The total costs of the existing project to June 30, 1946, were $1,904,130.53-$122,051.24 Public Works funds and $1,323,465.94 regu- lar funds, a total of $1,445,517.18 for new work, and $458,613.35 for maintenance. The total expenditure was $1,904,114.69. Proposed operations.--lThe balance unexpended at the end of the fiscal year, amounting to $12,676.18, minus accounts payable to June 30, 1946, of $15.84, a total of $12,660.34 is available for revocation. Neither completion of the project nor further maintenance dredging will be necessary during the next two years. Completion of the ex;st- ing project is being deferred until removal of submarine utilities lead- ing to Governors Island. Therefore, no funds can be profitably ex- pended during the fiscal year 1948. Cost and financial summary Cost of new work to June 30, 1946------------------------$1,'941, 767. 18 Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1946------------------------ 458, 613. 35 Total cost of permanent work to June 30, 1946--------....... 2, 400, 380. 53 Minus accounts payable June 30, 1946 ----------------------- 15. 84 Net total expenditures ----------------------------- 2, 400, 364. 69 Unexpended balance June 30, 1946-------------------------- 12, 676. 18 Total amount appropriated to June 30, 1946------------ 2, 413, 040. 87 Fiscal year ending June 30 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 Cost of new work----------------................. $530. 80 $1, 106. 42 $225, 601. 03 $10, 384. 40 ............. Cost of maintenance--------------.............. --- --------.... 6,368.44 38, 995.46 385. 55 $179, 967.56 Total cost.................. 530.80 7, 474. 86 264, 596. 49 10, 769. 95 179. 967. 56 Total expended ................... 521. 14 7, 484. 52 242, 633.60 32, 732. 84 ' 179, 951.72 Allotted.......................... 270, 000. 00 -80, 000. 00 112, 000. 00 66, 000. 00 108, 000. 00 RIVERS AND HARBORS-NEW YORK, N. Y., DISTRICT 253 Balance unexpended July 1, 1945_---------------------------- $84, 627. 90 Amount allotted during fiscal year-------------------------- 108, 000. 00 Amount to be accounted for ----------------- ------ 192, 627. 90 Gross amount expended ----------------------------------- 179, 951. 72 Balance unexpended June 30, 1946....-------------------. 12, 676. 18 Amount (estimated) required to be appropriated for completion of existing project ---------------- 692, 000. 00 I Exclusive of available funds. 30. EAST RIVER, N. Y. Location.-This is a tidal strait about 16 miles long and 600 to 4,000 feet wide, connecting Hudson River and the Upper Bay at the Battery, New York City, with Long Island Sound at lThlrogs Neck, New York City, and sep)arating Long Island from Manhattan Island and the Inmainland. (See U. S. Coast and Geodetic Survey Charts Nos. 223, 226, and 745.) Previous projects.-Adopted by River and Harbor Acts of August 30, 1852, July 25, 1868, Marchl 3, 1899, and June 25, 1910. For further details see pIage 210, Annual RIe)ort for 1932. Existing project.-This provides for channels of the following di- Iensions (depthls refer to mlean low water) :From deep water in the Upper New York Bay to \Vallabout Channel, 40 feet deep and 1,000 feet wide; from Wtallabout Channel to 'llrogs Neck, 35 feet deep, with widths varying from about 550 to 1,000 feet, according to locality; east of Welfare (Blackwells) Island up to English Place (43d Drive), Long Island City, 30 feet deep and varying in width from 500 to 900 feet, with widening in tile approach from the main channel; between South Brother and B rrian Islanlds, 20 feet deep and 300 feet wide, with widening in the approach from the main channel; for the re- moval ot' Coenties Reef to a depth of 40 feet, also the'removal of the following rocks and reefs lying outside of the limiting lines of the main channel to give access to wharves: Along tile Brooklyn shore, Brooklyn Bridge to Manhattan Bridge (Fulton Ferry Reef), to a d(epth of 25 feet; Jay Street Reef, 25 feet; Corlears Reef, 35 feet; Shell Reef, 25 feet; Horns Hook, 40 feet; Rhinelander Reef, £6 feet; and reef off Oak Point, 30 feet; and for the construction of a dike in Pot Cove in Hell Gate. The length of the section included in the improvement is about 16.5 miles. 'Thle mean range of tides varies according to locality from 4 feet at at Wallabout Channel and 4.4 feet at the Battery to 4.9 feet at Hallets Point, 6.3 feet at Port Morris, and 7.1 feet at the eastern entrance at Tlrogs Neck; mean range of spring tides, 4.8, 5.3, 5.9, 7.4, and 8.5 feet, respectively; irregular fluctuations due to wind and barometric pressure vary according to locality from 4 feet below mean low water at the Battery, 3.5 feet at Wallabout Channel and 4 feet at Throgs Neck up to about 4 feet above mean high water at the Battery and 4.5 feet above mean high water at Throgs Neck; extreme fluctuations do not seriously affect navigation. 721584-47-pt. 1, vol. 1--17 254 REPORT OF CIIIEF OF ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMY, 1946 The estimate of cost for new work, revised in 1933, exclusive of amounts expended on previous projects, is $24,000,000. The latest (1921) approved estimate for annual cost of maintenance is $25,000. The existing project was authorized by the following river and har- bor acts: Acts Work authorized , Documents Mar. 3, 19151 Removal of Coenties Reef to 35 feet, conditioned H. Doe. No. 188, 6.3d Cong., 1st sess. upon local interests increasing depth to 40 feet. July 27,1916 Channel across Diamond Reef 35 feet deep and Do. 1,000 feet wide. Aug. 8,1917 Channel east of Blackwells Island to 20 feet: chan- Do. nel between South Brother and Berrian Islands, to 20 feet: channel between North and South Brother Islands to 26 feet. Do....... Channel 40 feet deep through East River and II. Doc. No. 140, 65th Cong., 1st sess. Hell Gate. July 18, 1918 Secure a depth of 40 feet in-channel through East Specified in act. River and Hlell Gate as soon as practicable. Sept. 22, 1922 Depth limited to 35 feet in the through channel Rivers and Harbors Committee DI)oc. between Wallabout Channel and Throgs Neck. No. 3, 67th Cong., 2d sess. (Contains Channel east of Blackwells Island, 30 feet to latest published map.) English Place and eliminated 20-foot channel north of English Place. Eliminated channel between North and South Brother Islands except as authorized prior to existing project. Removal of certain rocks and reefs and con- struction of dike in Pot Cove, Hell Gate. SPub. Res. No. 67, 63d Cong., 3d sess. Local cooperation.--Fully complied with. Terminal facilities.--rThere are 120 piers with a total bertlage of 85,844 feet and 56,518 feet of bulkheads and wharves available for dockage along both shores of the East River from the Battery to Clason Point. In addition, there are 10 ferry slips and 20 car-float bridges. Of the terminals, 141 are publicly owned, 5 are open to public use, 93 are equipped with mechanical-handling devices, and 41 have railroad connections. The facilities are considered adequate for present needs. (For latest full description of terminal facilities see Port and Terminal Facilities at the Port of New York, 1942, Corps of Engineers.) Operationsand results duringfiscal year.--The cost and expenditures of surveys to determine the condition of the waterway in the vicinity of the navy yard and off Corlears Reef were $1,939.85 for mainten- ance. Condition at end of fiscal year.-The project was substantially com- pleted in 1935. The controlling mean low-water depths of the various channels as determined by intermittent surveys made during the period 1910 to 1946, are as follows: RIVERS AND HARBORS-NEW YORK, N. Y., DISTRICT 255 Depth Width Section (feet) (feet) From Upper Bay to Wallabout Channel-------------------... ---- - -- 140 950-1,000 Corlears Reef-... ..------- --------------------- -.------------------ - 240.......... From Wallabout Channel through west channel at Welfare (Blackwells) Island and HIell (late to Throgs Neck at Lone Island Sound------------------------........................ .35 550-1,000 East Channel at Welfare (Blaekwells) Island: From Newtown Creek to English Place (43d Drive) Long Island City....... 28 ... Fronm English Place to deep water off north end of Welfare Island .......... 24 .......... ..--------- SBetween South Brother and Berrian Islands----... ---- ------- 20 300 1Except along the northerly channel line between piers 27 and 34 where a shoal with a least depth of 35 feet extends into the channel for a distance of 20 feet. 2 Except for shoals over the cable arees extending into the channel from the Manhattan side for a distance of 2100feet having a least depth of 30.1 feet. The work remaining to be done to complete the-existing project consists of the removal of a small shoal area along the east side of the 35-foot channel between Grand Street and North Third Street, Brooklyn. The construction of the dike at Pot Cove in Hell Gate, a part of the widening near the pierhead line in Jay Street Reef and removal of a small shoal area between Grand Street Bridge and North Third Street, Brooklyn, were omitted as unnecessary, the work coin- pleted being considered sufficient for the needs of navigation. The total cost and expenditures of the existilng project to June 30, 1946, were $24,640,090.98- $1,743,265.42 lPublic Works funds and $22,106,453.80 regular funds, a total of $23,849,719.22 for new work an(d $790,371.76 for maintenance. Proposed operations.--The balance unexpended at the end of the fiscal year, amounting to $29,339.93, will be applied to maintenance dredging by contract to restore project depth in the vicinity of Corlears Reef. No funds can be profitably expended during the fiscal year 1948. Cost and financial summary Cost of new work to June 30, 1946-------------------------- $30, 037, 412. 72 Cost'of maintenance to June 30, 1946--. ...-...--.----.... 828, 035. 71 Total cost of permanent work to June 30, 1946---------......... 30, 865, 448. 43 Net total expenditures---------------- -------------------- 30, 865, 448. 43 Unexpended balance June 30, 1946 ------------------------ 29, 339. 93 Total amount appropriated to June 30, 1946----------- 30, 894, 788. 36 Fiscal year ending June 30 1942 1943 , 1944 1945 1046 Cost of new work---------------.,'-------------------... Cost of maintenance .............. $5, 309.65 $16, 924.28 $1, 667. 68 $261, 752. 44 $1,939.85 Total expended.................. 5, 237.63 16, 864. 78 51,668. 05 261, 883. 59 1,939. 85 Allotted.......................... 100, 000. 00 .............. -22, 66. 17 242, 000. 00 25, 000.00 256 REPORT OF CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMY, 1946 Balance unexpended July 1, 1945--------------------------- $6, 279. 78 Amount allotted during fiscal year- .------...-.. ..-. - 25, 000. 00 Amount to be accounted for ----------------------- 31, 279. 78 Gross amount expended---------------------------------- 1, 939. 85 Balance unexpended June 30, 1946-.__--------------_ 29, 339. 93 Amount (estimated) required to be appropriated for completion of efisting project 1-----_- ------------------------------. 150, 000. 00 1Exclusive of available funds. 31. NEWTOWN CREEK, N. Y. Location.-This creek is a tidal waterway entering the East River, N. Y., and 41/ miles by water northeast of the Battery, New York City, and forms a part of the boundary between the boroughs of Brooklyn and Queens, New York City. (See U. S. Coast and Geodetic Survey Chart No. 745.) Previous projects.-Adopted by River and Harbor Acts of June 14, 1880, July 5, 1884, and June 3, 1896. For further details see page 1769 of Annual Report for 1915, and page 207 of Annual Report for 1938. Existing project.-This provides for a channel 23 feet deep and 130 feet wide from the East River to a point about 150 feet north of Maspeth Avenue; for a turning basin at the former location of Mussel Island and a triangular area lying on the north side of the entrance to the creek of the same depth; for a channel 20 feet deep at mean low water elsewhere in Newtown Creek, including Dutch Kills, Maspeth Creek, and English Kills, of the following widths' 150 feet wide from Maspeth Avenue to Grand Street Bridge, thence 125 feet wide to Metropolitan Avenue on the East Branch; 100 feet wide for a distance of 2,000 feet up Maspeth Creek; 75 to 100 feet wide for a distance of 2,800 feet up Dutch Kills with a turning basin at the head; and 150 feet wide in English Kills, or West Branch, to the Metropolitan Avenue Bridge, including the easing of bends, and for a channel 12 feet deep and 100 feet wide in English Kills from the Metropolitan Avenue Bridge to within 80 feet of the Montrose Avenue Bridge, suit- ably widened at bends and materially widened by excavating upland at the second bend above the Metropolitan Avenue Bridge. The total length of channel included in the project is about 5.2 miles. Mean tidal range, 4.2 feet; mean range of spring tides, 5 feet; irregular fluctuations due to wind and barometric pressure vary from about 3.5 feet below mean low water up to about 4 feet above mean high water. The estimate of cost for new work, revised in 1946, is $1,302,000, exclusive of amounts expended on previous projects. The latest (1937) approved estimate for annual cost of maintenance is $22,000. The existing project was authorized by the following river and harbor acts: RIVERS AND HARBORS-NEW YORK, N. Y., DISTRICT 257 Acts Work authorized Documents Mar. 2, 1919 20-foot channel.......--------------------------- . Doc. No. 936, 64th Cong., 1st sess.' July 3,1930 23-foot channel..........--------------------------- Rivers and Harbors Committee I)oc. No. 42, 71st Cong., 2d sess.' Aug. 26,1937 12-foot channel in English Kills---------------......... Rivers and IHarbors Committee Doe. No. 4, 75th Cong., 1st sess.' Minor modification of project in the vicinity of Mussel Island, without change in cost, ap- iproved by the Secretary of War, Mar. 22,1920. I Contains latest published maps. Local cooperation.-The River and Harbor Act of March 2, 1919, requires that all land needed for right-of-way be furnished without cost to the United States, and provides that no work shall be (lone in Maspethll Creek, in the removal of Mussel Island, or in English Kills until this has been done in each case and corresponding changes made in existing harbor lines; also that no work shall be undertaken under the existing project in Dutch Kills until the obstructive bridges near its mouth llave been suitably modified. Thlle River and IIarbor Act of August 26, 1937, requires that local interest furnish, free of cost to the United States, necessary easements or righlts-of-way for the enlargement of the channel in English Kills above Metropolitan Avenue and give assurances satisfactory to the Secretary of War that they will remove obstructive deposits resulting from the discharge of sewage into the waterway. That act also re- quires that before widening tile second bend south of Metropolitan Avenue local interests shall furnish necessary lands or rights-of-way and construct a new bulkhead on the widened channel. The lands needed in Maspeth Creek, Mussel Island, and the East Branch lhave been ceded to tile Unite(l States by the city of New York hv deed. The work of modifying the bridges near the mouth of Dutch Kills was completed in 1923. No action has been taken by the city autlorities to comply with tile requirements for dredging in English Kills (West Branch). Terminal facilities.-The length of water front measured along both sides of the improvement is 11.6 miles, of which 9.6 miles are bulklleaded and about 2 miles of frontage, distributed over the entire lengthll of this waterway, is yet undeveloped. There are 5 piers with a total berthage of 3,062 feet and 44,137 feet of bulkheads and wharves available for dockage. Of the terminals, 8 are owned by the city of New York, of which 5 are open to public use; 55 are equipped with mechanical handling devices, and 23 have railroad connections. The terminal facilities are considered adleqlluate for present needs. (For latest full-description of terminal facilities see Port and Terminal Facilities at the Port of New York, 1942, Corps of Engineers.) Operations and results during fiscal year.--The cost of a survey to determine the condition of the channel in Dutch Kills and English Kills was $825.30 for maintenance. The total expenditure was $1,162.25. 258 REPORT OF CHIEF OF' ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMY, 1946 Condition at end of fiscal year.-The existing project was about 64 percent completed. The work of enlarging the main channel to 23- foot depth and 130-foot width from the entrance to 150 feet north of Maspeth Avenue, including the triangular area at the entrance, and a turning basin at the former location of Mussel Island, is about 90 percent completed. Dutch Kills has been dredged to project depth, 20 feet, for a.width of 75 to 100 feet except at a few places near the head of improvement, where unstable bulkheads restricted dredging operations. Maspeth Creek has been dredged to project dimensions throughout. Newtown Creek is navigable on the West Branch (Eng- lish Kills) to Johnson Avenue, 3.92 miles from East River and on the East Branch to Metropolitan Avenue, 3.209 miles from the East River. The controlling mean low water depths of the channels included in this project are as follows: Section I)epth Width Date (feet) (feet) In main channel from East River to 1,300 feet below Meeker 22 240-40 March 1945. Ave. Bridge. From 1,300feet below Meeker Ave. Bridge to 600 feet north of 20 130-90 Do. Maspeth Ave. From 600 feet north to 150 feet below Maspeth Ave-............ 17 140-80 Do. Turning Basin at Mussel Island................________ 19 400-500 1)o. Dutch Kills: From Newtown Creek to 100 feet below Borden Ave. 15 35-100 February 1946. IBridee. From 100 feet below Borden Ave. Bridge to turning basin 12 30-100 Do. at the head. Maspeth Creek............. ........................--..... 112 100-60 March 1945. East Branch: From 150 feet below Maspeth Ave. to Grand St. Bridge.... 17 100-150 December 1944 and March 1945. From Grand St. Bridge to Metropolitan Ave.-......... 11 75-150 July 1932. English Kills (West Branch): From junction with East Branch to 1,400 feet below Metro- 12 125-60 February 1946. politan Ave. From 1,400 feet below to 700 feet below Metropolitan Ave.. 10 125-60 Do. From 700 foot below Metropolitan Ave. to within 80 feet 7 30-100 1)o. of Montrose Ave. 1Excludes a length of 320 feet below easterly limit of project where the depth ranges from 12 feet to 0. The work remaining to be done consists of completing to project dimensions: The 23-foot main channel between Greenpoint and Meeker Avenues, and between 800 and 150 feet north of Maspeth Avenue; the 20-foot channel in the East Branch; -and the 20- and 12-foot channels in English Kills. The total cost and expenditures of the existing project to June 30, 1946, were $925,845.89-$767,093.96 for new work and $158,751.93 for maintenance. Proposed operations.--The balance unexpended at the end of the fiscal year, anlountino to $109,261.55, will be applied to maintenance dredging by contract -September- December 1946) to restore the chan- nel in English Kills to the Metropolitan Avenue Bridge to limensions authorized under the previous project. It is expected that the conditions of local cooperation under the project will not be complied with during the next 2 years. Therefore, no funds can be profitably expended during the fiscal year 1948. RIVERS AND HARBORS-NEW YORK, N. Y., DISTRICT 259 Cost and financial summary ,Cost of new work to June 30, 1946---------------------- -- $1, 168, 354. 47 Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1946----------------------- 346, 232. 48 Total cost of permanent work to June 30, 1946---------- 1, 514, 586. 95 Net total expenditiires _ _ , 514, 586. 95 1-------------------- Unexpended balance June 30, 1946------- _---_.------- 109, 261. 55 Total amount appropriated to June 30, 1946------------ 1, 623, 848. 50 Fiscal year ending June 30 1942" 1943 1944 1945 1946 Cost of new work Cost of maintenance-------------$1,209.90 $431.11 $176.14 $22,613. 15 $825.30 Total expended................. 1, 209. 00 107. 74 499. 51 22, 276. 20 1, 162. 25 Allotted----------..................................------------- -21,664. 56 -1, 518.29 24, 000. 00 J 108, 700. 00 Balance unexpended July 1, 1945--__- _-___--_----- $1, 723. 80 Amount allotted during fiscal year_- -- __- ----- 110, 000. 00 Amount to be accounted for-------------------------- 111, 723. 80 Deductions on account of revocation of allotment."- 1, 300. 00 Net amount to be accounted for ------ - -- 110, 423. 80 Gross amount expended ------------------- .--------- 1, 162. 25 Balance unexpended June 30, 1946 --------------------- 109, 261..55 Amount (estimated) required to be appropriated for completion of existing project 1-.......__-.............-- ..-....-........ 535, 000. 00 Exclusive of available funds. 32. HARLEM RIVER, N. Y. Location.-Harlemn River and Spuyten Duyvil Creek, both included in the project for the improvement of Harlem River, are two connect- ing tidal waterways, of a joint length of about 8 miles, lying wholly within the limits of Greater New York and separating Manhattan Island from the mainland. (See U. S. Coast and Geodetic Survey Chart No. 274.) Previous proects.-Adopted by the River and Harbor Act of June 23, 1874. For further details see Annual Report for 1915, page 1762, and Annual Report for 1938, page 210. Existing project.-This provides for a continu(lus channel 15 feet deep at mean low water and 400 feet wide from East River to Hudson River, except in the vicinity of Washington Bridge, where the adopted width is 354 feet, and at the rock cut through Dyckmans Meadow, where it is 350 feet and the depth is 18 feet. It also provides for straightening the channel at Jolhnson Iron Works by making a cut 15 feet deep and 400 feet wide. The length of channel included in the project is about 8 miles. The main tid al range varies, according to locality, from 4.9 feet at Willis Avenue Bridge to 3.7 feet at Spuyten Duyvil Bridge; range of spring tides, 5.9 and 4.4 feet, respectively. Irregular fludctuations due to wind and barometric pressure vary from 3 feet below mneall low water up to 4 feet above lmean high water at Willis Avenue Bridge and from 3.5 feet below mean low water up to 3.5 feet above mean high water at Spuyten Duyvil Bridge. 260 REPORT OF CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMY, 1946 The estimate of cost for new work, revised in 1928, was $5,470,000, exclusive of amounts expended on previous projects. The latest (1928) approved estimate for annual cost of maintenance is $25,000. The existing project was authorized by the following river and harbor acts: Acts Work authorized Documents June 18,1878 Channel 15 feet deep and 350 feet wide----------.......... II.Ex. Doc. No. 75, Pt. 9, 43d Cong. 2d sess. (Annual Report, 1875, pt. 2, p. 224.) Chief of Engineers authorized widening to 400 Annual Report, 1886, p. 674. feet throughout except at D1yckmans Cut, where width was kept at 350 feet and depth increased to 18 feet. Chief of Engineers in 1893 reduced width of chan. Annual Report, 1912, p. 198. nel in vicinity of Washington Bridge to 354 feet. Mar. 4, 1913 Straightening channel at Johnson Iron Works.. ii. Doc. No. 557, 62d Cong., 2d sess. (Contains latest published maps.) Local cooperation.--'Fully complied with. Terminal facilities.-The length of 9he water front along both shores of the Harlem River is about 16 miles, of which 4 miles are unavailable for commercial use. About 5 miles of the water fronpt are occupied by six piers with a total berthage of 2,692 feet and 23,699 feet of bulk- heads and wharves available for dockage. Twenty-six of the termi- nals are owned by the city of New York. One of the latter is used as a barge canal terminal. Of the terminals owned by the city, six are open to tle public on equal terms. 1Forty-three of the terminals are equipped with mechanical-handling devices and 12 have railroad con- nections. In addition, there are four railroad float bridges. The terminal facilities are considered adequate for present needs. (For latest field description of terminal facilities, see Port and Terminal Facilities at the Port of New York, 1942, Corps of Engineers.) Operations and results during fiscal year.-The cost and expendi- tures of a survey to determine the condition of the channel were $680.00 for maintenance. Condition at end of fiscal year.--The existing project was substan- tially completed in 1938. Remaining widening to be done in the sec- tion above High Bridge is prohibited by the proximity of bulkheads to the channel line. The present widtht is considered adequate for navi- gation. No further improvement is contemplate(l under the project. A channel 15 feet deep at mean low water and 400 feet wide has been excavated from East River to High Bridge, thence 15 feet deep and 350 to 400 feet wide to the Hudson River. The rock cut through Dyckmans Meadow was completed to 18-foot depth and 350-foot width in 1896. The straightening of the channel at Johnson Iron Works was completed to 15-foot depth and 400-foot width in 1938. The controlling depthl fronm East River to Hudson River, as shown by examination made in February 1946 was 15 feet at mean low water through a navigable channel varying from 100 to 400 feet in width. RIVERS AND HARBORS-NEW YORK, N. Y., DISTRICT 261 The total costs and expenditures of the existing project to June 30, 1946, were $3,860,508.94-$3,595,119.48 for new work and $265,389.46 for maintenance. Proposed'operations.-No funds are available and no work is con- templated during the fiscal years 1947 and 1948. Cost and financial summary Cost of new work to June 30, 1946------------------------ $3, 616, 119. 48 Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1946------------------------_265, 389. 46 Total cost of permanent work to June 30, 1946----- -- - 3, 881, 508. 94 Net total expenditures -------- -------------------------- 3, 881, 508. 94 Total amount appropriated to June 30, 1946----_--------... 3, 881, 508. 94\ Fiscal year ending June 30 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 Cost of new work---------------------------- ---------------------------------- Cot f aiteane--------------------------- ------------ ------------- $680 Total expended----------------------.................-------- ............-------------.............---------------------- 680 Allotted------------------------........................ ----- -$21, 600 -$1,000----------------680 Amount allotted during fiscal year_ ---------------------------- _ $680. 00 Gross amount expended------------------------------ _680. ----- 00 33. IIHUDSON RIVER CIIANNEL, NEW YORK IIARBOR Location.-Iludson River empties into the Upper Bay of New York Harbor at the Battery, New York City. -The section included under this title extends from deep water in upper New York Bay to just north of Harlem River (Spuyten Duyvil Creek), a distance of about 14.5 iri'les. (See U. S. Coast and Geodetic Survey Charts Nos. 274, 745, and 746.) Previow projects.-Adopted by River and Harbor Acts of March 3, 18,75, June 6, 1900, March 3, 1905, and March 4, 1913. For further d(etails, see Anullal Report for 1915, page 1765, and Annual Report for 1938, page 213. Existing project.-This provides for a channel 48 feet deep and 2,000 feet wide, suitably widened at the bends, from West Fifty-ninth\ Street, Manhattan, to West Fortieth Street, thence 45 feet deep of the same width to deep water in Upper Bay; for a channel 40 feet deep for tile full width of the river extending from the north line of Fifty-ninth Street to the south side of Little Basin, and thence a chan- nel of the same depth to deep water in tile Upper New York Bay off Ellis Island, substaltially as shlown on Ilps in House Document No. 309, Seventy-second Congress, first session, subject to the provision that no dredging shall be dolle under the project within 50 feet of the pierllead lines; a chanllel 750 feet wide allnd 30 feet deep along the Weehawken-Edgewater water front; the removal of a shoal on the New York side between West Fifty-ninthl and West Sixty-first Streets to a depth of 40 feet; and tle removal of an obstruction north of the mouth of Spuyten D)uyvil Creek to the depth of the surrounding river bottom. The length of channel included in tile project is about 11 miles. The plane of reference is mean low water. Mean tidal range 262 REPORT OF CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMY, 1946 at the Battery, 4.4 feet, and at the mouth of Spuyten Duyvil Creek, 3.7 feet; mean range of spring tides, 5.3 feet and 4.4 feet, respectively; irregular fluctuations due to wind and barometric pressure vary from 4 feet below mean low water at the Battery up to 4 feet above mean high water, and at the mouth of Spuyten Duyvil Creek from 3.5 feet below mean low water up to 3.5 feet above mean high water. The estimated cost for new work, revised in 1946, is $6,890,000, exclusive of the amounts expended on previous projects. The latest (1937) approved estimate for annual cost of maintenance is $169,000. The existing project was authorized by the following river and harbor acts: Acts Work authorized Documents Mar. 4,1913 Channel 30 feet deep from Ellis Island to Newark If. 1)oc. No. 719, 62d Cong., 2d sess. St., 40 feet deep through the shoal from.Newark St. to Castle Point and channel 26 feet deep and 550 feet wide along Weehawken-Edgewater water front.- Removal of shoal east side of river between West 19th and West 32d Sts.; removal of rock near the Battery to 40 feet, and removal of obstruction near Spuyten Duyvil Creek. Mar. 4,1915 Additional dredging through shoal from Newark Annual Report, 1914, pp. 234-235. St. to Castle Point. Aug. 8,1917 Removal of shoal between West 32d and West II. Doc. No. 1697, 64th Cong., 2d sess. 61st Sts. to 40 feet and widening the 40-foot channel between the Battery and Canal St. to 2,000 feet. Mar. 3,1925 Channel 30 feet deep and 750 feet wide along II. D)oc. No. 313, 68th Cong., 1st sess. Weehawken-Edgewater water front. Jan. 21,1927 Modification of conditions of local cooperation affecting channel along Weehawken-Edgewater water front. July 3, 1930 Channel 40 feet deep between pierhead lines from II. l)oc. No. 450, 70th Cong., 2d sess.2 20th St., Manhattan, to a point 1,300 feet below Newark St., HIoboken, thence 2,800 feet wide to deep water off Ellis Island. Channel 30 feet deep between 40-foot channel and channel along Jersey City water front. Aug. 30,1935 1 Widening the 40-foot channel to full width of II. I)oc. No. 309, 72d Cong., 1st sess.2 river from north line of 59th St. to south side of Little Basin, thence a channel of same depth to deep water off Ellis Island. 26,137 Do.. Waiver of all conditions of local cooperation affect- Rivers and IHarbors Committee D)oc. ing the channel along the Weehawken-Edge- No. 49, 72d Cong., 2d sess. watei water front. Aug. 26,1937 Channel 45 and 48 feet deep and 2,000 feet wide... Senate Committee Print, 75th Cong., 1st sess 2 i 1 Also Public Works Administration Sept. 6, 1933, and Apr. 27, 1935. 2 Contain latest published maps. Terminal facilities.-The length of water front included in the project for improvement, measured along both shores of the river, is 32 miles; of this length 7 miles of the Manhattan water front and 10 miles of the New Jersey water front have been developed for commercial use. Along the Manhattan water front, there are 96 piers with a total bertlhage of 134,047 feet, 4,465 feet of bulk- RIVERS AND HARBORS-NEW YORK, N. Y., DISTRICT 263 heads and wharves available for dockage, 12 ferry slips and 6 car- float bridges. Along the Jersey water front, there are 135 piers having a total berthage of 167,760 feet, 23,948 feet of bulkheads and wharves available for dockage and 7 ferry slips, 11 car-float bridges, 6 small boat repair yards andl 1 large shipyard. Of the terminals, 134 are publicly owne(l, 27 are open for public use, 159 are equipped with meclanical-lhandling devices, and 135 have railroad connections. The facilities are adle(lllate for p)resent requirements. (For latest full descriIptionl of terminal facilities see IPort and Terminal Facilities at the Port of New York, 1942, Corps of Engineers.) Operations and results during fiscal year.-The U. S. seagoing hoppller (dred(ge Goethals was employed intermittently during the pe- riod October 1-20, 1945, and March 12-27, 1946, in dlredgingto restore a section of the channel along the Weehawken-Edgewater water front to a depth of 30 feet. I)llring the fiscal year, there was removed a total of 473,600 cubic yards, )placemeasurement, of material at a cost of $75,209.78 for mainltenance.. The cost of a survey to (leterm ine the condition of ltudson River Channel froml Battery to pier 98, Manhattanl, was $12,968.49. The cost of surveys andl engineering )reliminary to dredging the channel along the Weehawken-Edgewater water front was $1,827.60 for main- ten ance. The total cost of work was $90,005.87 for maintenance. The total expenditures were $90,934.76. Condition at end of fiscal year.-Abont 91 percent of the work uinder the existing )iroject has been completed. The work of widen- ing and deepening Weehawken-Edgewater Channel to project di- lmensions was complleted in 1937. -The work of widening the 40-foot channel for the full width of the river from Ellis Island to West Fifty-ninth Street, Manhattan, was completed in 1939. An area 1,400 feet wide extending along the Manhattan water front from West Fortieth 1939. to West Fifty-fourth( Street was deepened to 48 feet in When examined in I)ecember 1944 the controlling mean low water dlepth was 40 feet for the full width of the river from oi>posite Ellis Island to West Fifty-ninth Street, except for minor scattered shoals along the east and west channel lins. When examined interniittently from April 1943 to June 1946 the controlling mean low-water depth in Weehawken-Edgewater Channel was 30 feet for a wi(lth varyiing from 750 to 260 feet from opposite West Fifty-ninth Street to opposite West One IHun(lred and Twenty- second Street, thence 24 feet for a width varying from 250 to 750 feet to the upper end of the channel. The work remainining to be done under the existing project consists of completing the dredging of the 45- and 48-foot channels for a width of 2,000 feet from Upper Bay to West Fifty-ninth Street, as authorized in 1937. The total cost of the existing project to June 30, 1946, was $8,259,005.22--$668,820.36(; 'ublic Works funds and $5,158,802.95 regu" Jar funds-a total of $5,827,623.31 for new work and $2,431,381.91 for maintenance. The total expenditure was $8,257,602.36. 264 REPORT OF CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMY, 1946 Proposed operations.-The balance unexpended at the end of the fiscal year, amounting to $167,862.62 will be applied as follows: Accounts payable June 30, 1946 ------------------------------ $1, 402. 86 Maintenance: Dredge by use of I United States seagoing hopper dredge for 2 months (July 1946 and June 1947) to restore the channel along the Weehawken- Edgewater' water front to vicinity of Meadville terminal to project dimensions-------------- $163, 000. 00 Condition survey from Battery to pier 98, Manhattan -------------------------------- 3, 459. 76 166, 459. 76 Total for all work-------------------------------- 167, 862. 62 Deepening of the 45-foot channel from the Battery to West Fortieth Street should be continued. The channel along the Weehawken-Edge- water water froltt should be maintained. The additional sum of $615,000 can be profitably expended during the fiscal year 1948, as follows: New work: Dredge by use of 2 United States seagoing hopper dredges for about 3 months to complete the deepening of the easterly half of the channel to 45 feet------------------------------------ $450, 000 Maintenance: Dredge by use of 1 United States seagoing hopper dredge for about 2 months to restore project dimensions where necessary in the channel along Weehawken-Edgewater water front------------- 165, 000 Total for all work------------------------------------ 615, 000 Cost and financial summary Cost of new work to June 30, 1946 ...------------------------ $5, 897, 252. 43 Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1946 ----------------------- 2, 431, 381. 91 Total cost of permanent work to June 30, 1946--------- ......... 8, 328, 634. 34 Minus accounts payable June 30, 1946_--- __................. 1, 402. 86 Net total expenditures -------------------- --------- 8, 327, 231. 48 Unexpended balance June 30, 1946__ ------------------------ 167, 862. 62 Total amsount appropriated to June 30, 1946------------ 8, 495, 094. 10 Fiscal year ending June 30 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 Cost of new work-- Cost of maintenance-.--.---..... -$517. 88 $34, 525. 00 $40, 647. 33 $329, 732. 96 $90,005.87 Total expended------------------- 517. 88 34, 525. 00 40, 156. 46 327. 892.08 90, 934. 76 Allotted......................... 31, 000. 00 -5, 11.20 -------------- 383, 000 00 103, 400.00 Balance unexpended July 1, 1945------ --------------------- $155, 397. 38 Amount allotted during fiscal year-------------------------- 160, 000. 00 Amount to be accounted for_ ---------------------------- 315, 397. 38 Deductions on account of revocation of allotment-------------- 56, 600. 00 Net amount to be accounted for------------------------............. 258, 797. 38 Gross amount expended------------------------------------ 90, 934. 76 Balance unexpended June 30, 1946 -------------------- 167, 862. 62 RIVERS AND HARBORS-NEW YORK, N. Y., DISTRICT 265 Amount (estimated) required to be appropriated for completion of existing project --------------- --------------------- $1, 062, 000. 00 Amount that can be profitably expended in fiscal year ending June 30, 1948: For new work 1------------------------------------------------ 450, 000. 00 For maintenance ------------------------------------- 165, 000. 00 Total _ 1--------------------- ------------------- --.. 615, 000. 00 I Exclusive of available funds. 34. NEW YORK IIARBOR-COLLECTION AND REMOVAL OF~' DRIFT Location.-This project applies to the Lower and Upper Bays, New York Harbor; East River, Harlem River, Hudson Channel, N. Y., New York and New Jersey Channels, Newark Bay, N. J., and their tributaries. Existing project.-This provides for the collection and removal of drift from New York Harbor and its tributary waters, and authorizes the Secretary of War to allot such amounts as may be necessary for the work from appropriations for maintenance and improvement of existing river and harbor works or other available appropriations, and that this work shall be carried as a separate and distinct project. It is wholly a work of maintenance. The purpose of the work is to afford relief from variable conditions of obstruction, and no advance estimate of the amount of work required and its p)roper. cost can be made. The existing project was authorized by the following river and harbor acts: Acts Work authorized Documents Allotment from appropriations made for New Mar. 4,1915 York Harbor and its immediate tributaries may Aug. 8,1917 he used for collection and removal of drift in these waterways. July 3,1930 Carrying on thiswork as a separate and distinct project......................................... Terminal facilities.-Describedin the separate reports covered. Operationsand results during fiscal year.-The U. S. steam lighters Rockaway and N. Y. 20 and the U. S. tugs Astoria and Stanwix were assigned to the work of removing and disposing of drift when not employed on other work. There were removed and (disposed of during the fiscal year 661,696 cubic feet (5,169.5 cords) of driftwood ranging in size from small blocks up to timber of large dimensions, including piles and pieces of wreckage. Tile cost of this work was $298,906.06, all for maintenance. The expenditures were $296,613.71. Conditionat end of fiscal year.-The existing project is one of con- tinuous mnaititenance for whiich no percentage of completion exists. Navigation has been made safer by the continual patrol of the harbor and tile removatl of large llllantities of drift muaterial. The total cost of operations to June 30, 1946, ihas beenll $2,517,934.06. The total expenditures amounted to .$2,4)0.652.08. 266 REPORT OF CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMY, 1946 Proposed operations.---The balance unexpended at the end of the fiscal year, amounting to $291,298.45, plus accounts receivable of $12.48, a total of $291,310.93, will be applied as follows: Accounts payable June 30, 1940_______________________----_ $27,294. 46 Maintenance: Continue the work of drift removal for use of United States lighters, motor tenders, and launches (July 1946 to June 1947) ------------------ --- ------- 264, 016.47 ' Total------------------ -------------------------- 291, 310. 03 It is necessary for the safety of navigation that the removal of drift material be carried on regularly. The sum of $375,000 can be profit- ably expended on this work by the operation of United States lighters, motor tenders, and launches during the fiscal year 1948. Cost and financial sumnary Cost of new work to June 30, 1946 -............. ----------- ----- Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1946------------------- $2, 517, 934. 06 Total cost of permanent work to June 30, 1946 ......... 2, 517, 934. 06 Plus accounts receivable June 30, 1946------------------------- 12. 48 Gross total costs to June 30, 1946....----........---------------. 2, 517, 946. 54 Minus accounts payable June 30, 1946 --------------------- 27, 294. 46 Net total expenditures ------------ ---------------- 2, 490, 652. 08 Unexpended balance June 30, 1946_----------- ---------- 291, 298. 45 Total amount appropriated to June 30, 1946----------............ 2, 781, 950. 53 Fiscal year ending June 30 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 Cost of new work----- -- -... ------------- ..---. -..------- .--- ------- -- .-------- Cost of maintenance------------$. $149, 305. 71 $201, 826. 80 $313, 636. 20 $295, 330. 40 $298, 906. 06 Total expended.................... 143, 167.73 194, 724. 93 309, 878. 16 290, 227. 85 296, 613. 71 Allotted-------................---- . 225,000. 00 240, 000. 00 120, 000. 00 389, 000. 00 427. 000. 00 Balance unexpended July 1, 1945__ ..-- .---------------$160, 912. 16 Amount allotted during fiscal year_ - _-_-----. _ ..---------- 427, 000. 00 Amount to be accounted for .------ 587, 912. 16 Gross amount expended-----------------------------------296, 613. 71 Balance unexpended June 30, 1946 -.- ..- . . 291, 298. 45 Accounts receivable June 30, 1946-.------- . .------__--- 12. 48 Unobligated balance available June 30, 1946..--------- 291, 310. 93 Amount that can be profitably expended in fiscal year ending June 30, 1948, for maintenance 1....-------------------------------.......................... 375, 000. 00 1 Exclusive of available funds. 35. TARRYTOWN IIARIDOR, N. Y. Locatio.--This harbor extends along the east shore of HIudson River for a distance of about 1 mile below Kingsland Point, 29 miles above the Battery, New York City. The distance to the 12- foot contour in the river from the pierheads varies between 1,600 RIVERS AND HARBORS-NEW YORK, N. Y., DISTRICT 267 and 2,200 feet. (See U. S. Coast and Geodetic Survey Chart No. 281.) Existing project.-Thils provides for a channel along the wharf front of the harbor 12 feet deep at mean low water and 250 feet wide, and northerly and southerly connections with deep water in Hudson River of the same depth and 150 feet wide; total length, about- 1 mile. Mean tidal range, 3.1 feet; mean range of spring tides, 3.7 feet; extreme range due to wind and barometric pressure, 8.2 feet; irregular fluctuations are infrequellt and do not materially liFfect navigation. Thel estimate of cost for new work, revised in 1935, was $58,500. The latest (1935) approved estimate for annual cost of mainte- naitce is $5,000. The existing project was authorized by the following river and harbor acts: Acts Work authorized Documents Mar. 3, 1005 Channel 12 feet deep, 100 feet wide in approach HI. Doe. No. 283, 56th Cong., 1st sess. arms, and 150 feet wide along water front. Aug. 30, 1935 Widening channel to 150 feet in approach arms II. Doec. No. 262, 72d Cong., 1st sess. and 250 feet along water front. (contains latest published map). Terminal facilities.-Water terminals, eight in number, with a total available dockage of 3,670 feet, of which 537 feet are publicly owned, are located along the waterfront. Railroad connections are adjacent to the waterfront. Tlhe existing terminals are considered ade(luate for present commerce. Operationsand results during fiscal year.--None. The expenditures were $26.689 for a condition survey of the channel completed in 1945. Conditions at end of fiscal year.--The existing project was cornm- pleted in 1937. Thel controlling depth at mean low water, as shown by an examination made in June 1945, was 10 feet for a width of about 90 feet in the north and south entrance channels and vary- ing from 200 to 250 feet in the channel along the wharf fronts. The total cost and expenditures of the existing project to June.30, 1946 were $126,684.89-$69,836.48 for new work and $56,848.41 for maintenance. • Proposed operations.-No funds are available and no work is con- templated lduring the fiscal year 1947. Considerable shoaling has occurred and dredging will be necessary during the fiscal year 1948. The sum of $25,000 can be profitably expended during the fiscal year 1948, for restoration of project (dimensions. Cost and financial summary Cost of new work to June 30, 1946------------------ .......................... $69, 836. 48 Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1946----------------------- 56, 848. 41 Total cost of permanent work to June 30, 1946------------ 126, 684. 89 Net total expenditures ----------------------------------- 126, 684. 89 Total amount appropriated to June 30, 1946-------------------- 126, 684. 89 268 REPORT OF .CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMY, 1946 Fiscal year ending June 30 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 Cost of new work.... ... .... Cost of maintenance--------------............. ----- -------- -------------- ............. $220. 00 .. Total expended------------------................... ------- ---------------..............-----............................ 193. 31 $26. 69 Allotted,---------------------------------------------------- .......................................... 220. 00 ... Balance unexpended July 1, 1945 ---------------------------- $26. 69 Gross amount expended-------- -------- __------- --- ____-_ 26. 69 Amount that can be profitably expended in fiscal year ending June 30, 1948, for maintenance.------------ ------------- _- 25, 000. 00 36. PEEKSKILL HARBOR, N. Y. Location.-This'harbor is an indentation about five-eighths inlile long and 11 miles wide in the eastern shore of IHudson River, 42 miles above the Battery, New York City. (See U. S. Coast and Geodetic Survey Chart No. 282.) Existing project'.--This provides for a channiel 10 feet deep at mean low water, 100 feet wide, and about 1.8 miles long, extending from deep water in Hudson River north of the village to deep water south of it, following generally the contour of the shore, and two turning basins, 200 by 150 feet, of the same depth in front of the lower and center wharves. Mean tidal range, 2.9 feet; mean range of spring tides, 3.4 feet; extreme range, 7.1 feet; irregular fluctuations are infre- quent and do not materially affect navigation. The estimate of cost for new work made in 1896 was $50,000. The latest (1928) approved estimate for annual cost of maintenance is $4,000. The existing project was authorized by the following river and harbor acts: Acts Work authorized Documents June 3, 1896 Channel 10 feet deep and 100 feet wide----------......... . . oc. No. 37, 53d Cong., 3d sess.; Annual Report, 1895, p. 999. Chief of Engineers authorized construction of 2 Annual Report, 1896, p. 839. turning basins. For latest published map see Annual Report for 1903, p. 885. Terminal facilities.-Thereare 2,240 feet of bulkheads and wharves available for berthage at the inshore section of the improvement. One of the'terminals is open to the public; four are equipped with mechanical-handling devices. Tie existing terminals are considered adequate for present and prospective needs of commerce. Operationsand results bduring the fiscal year.-None. The expendi- tures were $110.16 for a condition survey of the channel completed in June 1945. Condition at end of fiscal year.- TIle existing project was com- )leted in 1899. The controlling depth at mean low water, as shown by an examination mlade in June 1045 was. 10 feet for a width varying RIVERS AND HARBORS-NEW YORK, N. Y., DISTIICT 269 from 100 to 30 feet in the north entrance channel, 9 feet for a width varying from 100 to 75 feet in the south entrance channel, and 9 feet for a width varying from 70 to 100 feet in the channel along the wharf fronts. The total cost and expenditures of the existing project to June 30, 1946, were $78,152.07-$19,400 fo'r nexw work and $58,752.07 for laintelnanllce. Proposed o/perations.-No funds are available and no work is con- templatb(d during the fiscal year 1947. Considerable shoaling has occuirred and lrelging will be necessary during the fiscal year 1948. The sum of $25,000 can be profitably ex)ended dllring the fiscal year 1948 for such work. Cost and financial summary Cost of new work to June 30, 1946 -------------------------- $19, 400. 00 Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1946-----_ -------------------- 58, 752. 07 Total cost of Ipermanent work to June 30, 1946------------- 78, 152. 07 Net total expenditures ---- _--------------------- 78, 152. 07 Total amount appropriated to June 30, 1946-_-------_- --- _ 78, 152. 07 Fiscal year ending June 30 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 Cost of new work-- -------- ---------------------- -------------------------- Cost of maintenanc ------------------------------------------------ $220.00.. .-. Total expended...................----------------------------- .............. ............---.............. 109. 84110. 1 Allotted-------------.......................... ............ .............. .......... 220.00 Balance unexpended July 1, 1945 ----------------------------- $110. 16 Gross amount expended-_ _-__-_. ____-- -__ __ 110. 16 Amount that can be profitably expended in fiscal year ending June 30, 1948, for maintenance.-----------------------------------25, 000. 00 37. ItONDOUT HARBOR, N. Y. Location.--Thlls harbor compl)rises the tidal mouth, about 1.8 miles in length, of Rondout Creek, whose source is about 18 miles west of Rondout. The creek elnmpties into the Hudson River from tile west, about 89 miles north of tile Battery, New York City, and 55 miles south of Albany. (See U. S. Coast and Geodetic Survey Chart No. 283.) Eistinlgproject.-This provides for a channel 100 feet wide, widen- ing at the bends, and 14 feet deep from (leep water in Hudson River to the higllway bridge, 1.3 miles above the mouth, thence 12 feet deepl to the west ellnd of Island (lock, 1.8 miles above the mlloutlh, two parallel dikes 35() feet apart, to maintain the clannel, and for a branch dike to extend upstream fomn tile outer end of tile north (like to protect that dike from running ice in Iud(lsol1 River. Mean tidal range, 3.6 feet; meai range of spring tides, 4.1 feet; extreme range, 8.2 feet; irregular fluctuations due to freslhets are in- frequent and dlo not inaterially affect navigation. The estimate of cost for new work, revised in 1935, was $105,000. The latest (1935) approved estimate for annual cost of maintenance is $5,000. 72 1584-47-pt. 1, vol. 1----18 270 REPORT OF CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMY, 1946 The existing project was authorized by the following river and harbor acts: Acts Work authorized Documents June 10,1872 Parallel dikes, branch dike, and entrance chahnel S. Ex. I)oc. No. 35, 42d Cong., 2d sess.; 14 feet deep. Annual Report, 1872, p. 810. Aug. 30, 1935 Extension of the 14-foot channel and for the 12-foot Rivers and Harbors Committee D)oc. channel. No. 17, 73d Cong., 2d sess. (Con- tains latest published map.) Local cooperation.-Fully complied with. Terminal facilities.-There are 17 timber wharves with a total avail- able dockage of 10,930 feet located along the section of the waterway under improvement. Of the terminals, one with available dockage of 550 feet is open to the public. Some of the terminals are equipped with transferi facilities; all are privately owned. The existing termi- - nals appear to be adequate for presenlt needs of commerce. (For latest full description of terminal facilities, see Port Series No. 25, 1936, Corps of Engineers.) Operationsand results during fiscal year.-None. Condition at end of fiscal year.-The existing project was substan- tially completed in 1938; l)ar't of the diking originally proposed was not built because deelmed of doubtful usefulness. Two parallel dikes of an aggregate length of about 5,000 feet, generally 350 feet apart, with a now obsolete spur front the old lighthouse south of the south (like, have been built across the bar at the mouth of the creek. A branch dike about 1,000 feet long extending northerly from the outer end of the north (like was also constructed. The project channel was completed in 1938. When examined in May 1944 the controlling depth at mean low water, from the Iudson River to the west end of Island dock, was 14 feet for a width of. 100 feet, for a distance of 1.25 miles, thence 12 feet for a width of 100 feet to the head of the project, except for shoals opposite the Texas Co. plant where the channel is- restricted to a width of 50 feet with an available depth of 14 feet, and opposite the C. Hiltebrant Shipyard Drydock where the channel is restricted to a width of 70 feet with an available depth of 12 feet. The total cost and expenditures of the existing project to June 30, 1946, were $326,754.09--$123,108.63 for new work and $203,645.46 for maintenance. Proposed operations.-No funds are available and no work is con- templated for the fiscal year 1947. It is expected that maintenance dredging of the channel and further repairs to the dikes will be necessary during the fiscal year 1948. Therefore, the sum of $40,000 can be profitably expended during the fiscal year 1948, as follows: Maintenance: Complete by Nov. 30, 1947, uinder a contract to be entered into, rem)val of shoals in the channel----------------------- $23, 000 Operate Government-owned plant during the fiscal year in repairing dikes where fountd to be most urgently needed...............---------------- 15, 000 Condition survey of channel anrid dikes .------ ..-----.-- -- . 2, 000 Total -------------------...............................---- ............ -------------- 40, 000 RIVERS AND HARBORS-NEW YORK, N. Y., DISTRICT 271 Cost and financial summary Cost of new work to June 30, 1946----------------------------- $123, 108. 63 Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1946_ ------------------------ 203, 645. 46 Total cost of permanent work to June 30, 1946_---------- 326, 754. 09 Net total expenditures_----------------------------------- 326, 754. 09 Total amount appropriated to June 30, 1946-------------------- 326, 754. 09 Fiscal year ending Juneo 30 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 Cost of new work----------................................................. . .......- Cost of maintenance.......... $3, 272.11-.............. $597.47 $19, 361.78 -.......... Total expended- ........... .... 6, 003. 71 $2. 65 597. 47 19, 361.78 ........... Allotted.......................... 3, 500. 00 ....................------------.......----------------. 13,868.76 ..-------........... Amount that can he profitably expendled in fiscal year ending June 30, 1948, for maintenance-----------------....------------- ----- $40, 000. 00 38. IIUI)SON RIVER, N. Y. Location.---This river has its source in the Adirondack Mountains, about 250 miles in a (lirect line and 315 miles along its course from the Battery, New York City, and flows in a generally southerly direc- tion into New York Bay. Thle section under improvement extends from New York City to Waterford, a distance of about 156 miles. (See U. S. Coast and Geodetic Survey Charts Nos. 281 to 284, in- clusive.) Previous projects.--The original project for improvement by the United States was adopted by River and Harbor Act of June 30, 1834, and modified in 1852 and 1866. A secon(l project was adopted by River and Harbor Act of July 13, 1892, and modified in 1899. For further details see page 1764, Annual Report for 1915, and page 226, Annual Report for 1938. Existing project.---This provides for a channel 27 feet deep at mean low water and 300 feet wide up to Hudson; thence of same depth and 400 feet wide through rock cuts and 300 feet wide elsewhere, from Hudson to the site of the former Albany-Greenbush Bridge at Albany; thence 14 feet deep at lowest low water and generally. 400 feet wide to the Federal lock at Troy; and thence of same depth and 200 feet wide to the southern limit of the State barge canal at Waterford ; with widening at bends and in front of the cities of Troy and Albany to form harbors 12 feet deep at lowest low water; and removal of State dam at Troy and the construction of a lock and dam about 21/2 miles below Waterford. The channel is to be formed by dredging and rock excavation, and to be maintained by dredging and by constructing new, and raising and repairing old, longitudinal dikes, built partly under previous projects and partly by the State of New York. The mean range of pool eleva- tion above the Federal dam at Troy, in seasons of moderate rains is about 2.2 feet, as determined in 1934. The mean tidal range as de- termined in 1936 is about 4.7 feet at the Federal darnm at.Troy and about 4.6 feet at Albany. The mean range during the summer months is about 4.7 feet. The normal pool level above the Federal damrn from Troy to Water- ford is 14.33 feet above mean sea level at Sandy Hook, N. J. In the 272 REPORT OF CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U. S./ARMY, 1946 tidal section of the river below the dam the assumed lowest low-water plane from Troy to Albany is 3 feet below mean sea level at Sandy Hook, N. J. The following table contains information concerning the various features of the lock and dam included in the existing project. Location : Below Waterford -- .-- --------------------------- Miles__ 2. 2 Above Battery, New York City--.-------------.... .---- do..._ 153. 8 Lock: Clear width----------------------. - -- . ffeet_.. 44.44 Greatest length available for full width---.-------------.--do ..-.. 492. 5 Lift at lowest stages----- ......--------------..---------- do 17.3 Depth on miter sills: Upper (at normal pool level) ...--- _--_- do .... 16. 3 Lower (at lowest low water) ..-.....------- .....do ... 13.0 Character of fundation:. Rock. Kind of dam: Fixed. Type of construction: Concrete, Completerl: 1917. Cost : $1,463,014.07. The estimated cost for new work, revised in 1946, is $17,211,000, exclusive of amounts expended on previous projects. The latest (1930) approved estimate for annual cost of maintenance is $337,300, including $21,300 for operation and care of the lock and dam. The existing project was authorized by the following river and harbor acts: Acts' Work authorized Documents I June 25, 1910 Channel 12 feet deep from Hudson tQ Waterford, H. Doc. No. 719, 61st Cong., 2d sess. removal of State lock and dam at Troy and con. struction of a new lock and dam. Mar. 3, 1925 Channel 27 feet deep from Hudson to Albany-..... Doe. No. 350, 68th Cong., 1st sess. July 3,1930 Channel 27 feet deep below Hudson.------------IH. Doc. No. 210, 70th Cong., 1st sess. (2) Operation and care of lock and dam at Troy were included in project July 1, 1935. Aug. 30, 19353 Relocation of the 12-foot channel between Troy S.Doc. No. 155, 72d Cong., 2d sess. and Waterford. June 20, 1938 Deepening channel between Albany and Water- H. Doe. No. 572, 75th Cong., 3d seas. ford to 14 feet, with no change In depths for har- bors in front of Albany and Troy. I These documents contain latest published maps. 9 Permanent Appropriations Repeal Act approved June 26, 1934. 3 PWA, Sept. 6, 1933. Local cooperation.-Fullycomplied with. Terminal facilities.-The piers an d other 'terminal or transfer facilities served by the improvement are as follows: Between Waterford and the Federal dam at Troy there are 14 wharves aggregating approximately 5,000 feet in length. The State of New York has constructed a barge-canal terminal at Cohoes. There is a dock 325 feet long on the west side of the river just north of the Federaldamn. At Troy there are nine terminals with available dockage of 2,383 feet, including tle State barge-canal terminal with 960 feet, In RIVERS AND HARBORS-NEW YORK, N. Y., DISTRICT 273 addition, 114 miles of concrete bulkhead were constructed along the water front by the city of Troy. At Watervliet there is a stone bulkhead 755 feet long. Between this point and Albany there are five timber wharves aggregating 4,275 feet in length. At Albany, and Rensselaer on the east side of the river, there are 30 terminals aggregating 18,661 feet of available berthage, in- cluding a city-owned recreation pier of 900 feet and the State barge-canal terminal with 1,586 feet located on the west side of the river. These terminals are adequately served with railroad track- age. There are five transit sheds, one warehouse, a 13,500,000-bushel grain elevator, and a molasses-storage plant, all provided by the Albany Port District Conmmission. Between Albany and HIudson there are about 100 timber wharves aggregating 3,70()0 feet in lenlgth; at Hudson there are 12 timber wharves aggregating 5,000 feet in length; at Athens there are 9 timber wharves aggregating 4,000 feet in length. Between Iudson and the upper limits of New York City the entire water fronts of Poughkeepsie, Newburgh, and Yonkers are equipped with transfer facilities. At Poughkeepsie there are 14 terminals with available dockage of 7,823 feet, including a city- owned pier of 270 feet. At Newburgh there are 17 terminals with a total dockage of 8,431 feet, of which 1 with 90 feet of dockage is open to the i)ublic. At Yonkers there are 26 terminals with dockage of 8,479 feet, of which 596 feet are for public use. The existing wharves are ample for Hudson River traffic. '(For latest full d(escrip)tion of terminal facilities see P1ort and Terminal Facilities at the Ports on the Upper Hudson River, 1941 and Port and Terminal Facilities at the Port of New York, 1942, Corps of Engineers). Operations and results during fiscal year.-By use of Government plant and hlire( labor, repairs were made to Cedarl illdike, Port Schyler dike, Breaker Island revetment Breaker Island half dike, Hlillhouse Island (like, high (like, Bath C'rossover dike and Patroons Lower Island dike. The cost of this work was $16,524.04 for mainte- nance. By use of Government plant and hired labor, snags and stumps which formed a potential menace to navigation were removed from the shores of the river at a cost of $7,280.40 for maintenance. Under a contract for (lrelging andl rock removal to a depth of 14 feet in the channel between the Troy Barge Canal terminal and the Federal lock at Troy, N. Y., work was commenced May 17, 1941, was discontinued November 14, 1942, was resumed April 23, 1946 and was in progress at the end of the fiscal y'ear. During the fiscal year, there were removed 30,003.6 cubic yards, place measurement, of mnaterial other than ledge rock and 30,311.5 cubic yards, place measure- ment of ledge rock at a cost of $187,240.37 for new work. The lock an(l dam in the Hudson River at Troy, N. Y. was operated and maintaine( d(luring the fiscal year. Operation of the lock for the 1945 navigation season was suspended December 17, 1945 and resumed March 20, 1940 for the 1946 season. The cost of work during the fiscal year was as follows: Operations, $47,562.14; ordinary mainte- nance and repairs, $14,147.99; improvements and betterments, $825.23, a total of $62,535.36. 274 REPORT OF CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMY, 1946 The cost of engineerilg, surveys, and c()ntingelncies was $37,243.83, all for maintenance. The total cost of work was $310,824.00-$187,210.37 for new work, $61,048.27 for maintenance and $62,535.36 for operations and care of lock and damn at Troy,N. Y. l'The total expenditures were $176,763.27. Condition at end of fiscal year.-About 91 percent of the existing project has been complete(l. Th1lie construction of new lock and danm at Troy, removal of old damn at Troy, and construction of 15,545 linear feet of new dikes have been completed. In the reconstruction of old dikes, 39,672 linear feet have been raised to the adopted crest height. The channel from Albany to Troy has been compllleted to a depth of 12 feet, with the exception of a small part of the widening to form har- bors at Albany and Troy, which work is not (deemednecessary for the present. About 4.1 miles of the channel between Albany and Troy remain to be deepened to 14 feet. rThe channel from Troy to Water- ford has been coml)leted to a depth of 14 feet. lThework of deepen- ing the channel south of Albany to 27 feet mean low water has been completed with the exception of about 1,500 linear feet at the northern end. The controlling mean low-water depth from New York City to TIud- son, N. Y., is 27 feet throiugh a navigable channel 300() :feet wide, thence 26 feet deep, 300 to 400 feet wide to 3,300 feet below the Dunn Memorial Bridge, except opposite Albany where the channel is restricted to 250 feet, thence 15 feet deep, 275 to 400 feet wide to the I)unn Memorial Bridge. The controlling lowest low-water depth from Albany to the lock and lamn at Troy is 11 feet through a channel varying in width from 400 feet at Albany to 100 feet near the south entrance to the lock at Troy, except at Congress Street Bridge where the channel is restricted to a width of 50 feet with an available depth of 14 feet. At the lock entrance it is 13 feet deep for a width of 45 feet. The controlling pool-level depth in the channel above the lock at Troy to Waterford, the head of the improvement, is 14 feet for a width of about 200 feet. The work remaining to be done lllkter the existing i)roject consists of completing the deepening of the channel fromn Albany to Water- ford to 14 feet, completing the widening of the harbors in front of Troy and Albany to a depth of 12 feet, time construmction an(l reconstruc- tion of (likes, and deepening thle northerly 1,500 feet of the 27-foot, channel from New York City to tile site of tle former Albany-Green- bush Bridge. The total costs under the existing project to June 30, 1946, were as follows: New work Maintenance Operating and Total Regular funds-..... - ... $14, 893, 366. 01 $3, 918, 320.65 $486, 734. 51 $19,298, 421. 17 Public works funds-- ----------------.............. 238, 350.00( -- _--- .------ ---. 238, 350.00 Emergency relief funds..........---------------- 311, 461.08 ---------------- --.-....-. 311,461.08 Total --- 15, 443, 177.09 3, 918, 320. 65 ------.........................-- 486,734. 51 19, 848, 232. 25 The total expenditulre under tile existing project to June 30, 1946, was $19,699,629.49--$19,149,818.41 regular funds; $238,350 Public Works fundIs; and $311,461.8 Emergency Relief funds. In addition RIVERS AND HAIRBORS-NEW YORK, N. Y., DISTRICT 275 the sum of $454,272.93 was expelndled between August 18, 1915, and June 30, 1935, on the oi)eration and care of the works of improvement unler the provisions of the permanent indefinite apprlopriation ,for sucll purpo)ses. Proposed operatiofs.---The balance unexpendled at the end of the fiscal year, amounting to $680,'270.44, will be applied as follows: Accounts pIayalble June 30, 1946---------------------------- $148, 602. 76 New work: Complete by I)ec. 15, 1946, under a contract in force, d(redging and rock removal to provide project depth of 14 feet be- tweenl the Troy Barge Canal terminal and( Federal lock at Troy__ 327, 759. 63 Maintenance : Complete by Dec. 15, 194.6, under a contract to be en- tered into, the removal of shoals f'rom the 27-foot chaOnnel between Alb)any and Hud1lson-ll_- - $57, 000. 00 Operate U. S. (lerrick boat II. R. No. 1 with. attendant plant for about 5 Io)nths in removing isolated shoals between Hudson and Albany and remnoving from the shores stumps and snags which are likely to be carried into the river (July 1946 to June 1947) ------ --- 34, 500. 00 Operate Governient-owned plant consisting of pile driver, (derrick boat, etc., in repairing (likes where found to lbe most urgently needed (July 1946 to Juine 1947) ---------------------------------- 36, 500. 00 Miscellaneous surveys, sweelpings, and current ob- servations pertaining to maintenance operations (July 1946 to June 1947)2----------------------23, 443. 41 151, 443.41 Maintenance (operating and care) Operations--Services of permanent and templorary forces at Troy lock and dai~ (July 1946 to June 1947) -------------------------------------- 39, 500. 00 Ordinary maint enance and repairs at Troy lock and damn (July 1946 to June 1947) ------------------ 12, 964. 64 52, 464. i64 rTotal for all work------------------------ ------------- 680, 270. 44 The d(lee)elling of the chalnnel )etweenlAlbany and Waterford to 14 feet, as authorized in 1938, should be comlnpleted. It is importanit that full project Ldimensions be maintained in the channel south of Albany, that (likes be kept in a proper state of repair, and that the operation and care of lock and (lam at Troy, N. Y. be continued. Thlerefore, the ad(litional suill of $519,000 can be pro'itably exp)ended during the fiscal year 1948, as follows: New work: Complete by June 30, 1948, under a contract to be entered into, (lred ging the uncompleted portion of the channel between Albany and the Troy-Menalds Bri(lge at Troy, N. Y -...--- __--- $269, 000 Maintenance: Complete by June 30, 1948, under a contract to be en- tered into, the removal of shoals in the channel between Hudson and Albany $--------------------$55, 000 Operate U. S. derrick boat II. R. #1 with attendant plant for about 6 months during the fiscal year in re- moving isolated shoals and shoals over rock areas between iHudson and Troy and removing from the shores stumps and snags which are likely to be car- ried into the river-------------------------------. 50, 000 Operate Government-owned plant consisting of pile driver, derrick boat, etc., during the fiscal year in repairing dikes where found to be most urgently needed --------------- ----------------------- 40, 000 Miscellaneous surveys, sweepings, and current observa- tions pertaining to maintenance operations during - fiscal year--....--.-. .....-.---.-...-.-.. -30, 000 175, 000 276 REPORT OF CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMY, 1946 Maintenance (operations and care): Operations-Services of permanent and, temporary * forces at Troy lock and dam (July 1947 to June 1948). $50, 000 Ordinary maintenance and repairs at Troy lock and dam (July 1947 to June 1948) -------------------- 20, 000 Improvement and reconstruction of Troy lock-------- 5, 000 $75, 000 Total for all work _--------------- _------------- --- 519, 000 Cost and financial summary Cost of new work to June 30, 1946-_ - . - $20, 555, 770. 59 Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1946: - - ._____- ..-- 5, 206, 125. 17 Total cost of permanent work to June 30, 1946-------- 25, 761, 895. 76 Minus accounts payable June 30, 1946 --- 148, 602. 76 Net total expenditures- _ _ _ .. .. .. 25, 613, 293. 00 Unexpended balance June 30, 1946__. -- _---- -680, 270. 44 6--------- Total amount appropriated to June 30, 1946.---------- 26, 293, 563. 44 Fiscal year ending June 30 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 Cost of new work---- ..---------- $985, 539. 71 $592, 594. 12 ----------.. -------------- $187, 240. 37 Cost of maintenance....-----------........ 197, 754.40 155, 592. 40 $150, 108. 81 $96, 858. 55 123, 583. 63 Total cost.................. 1,183, 294. 11 748, 186. 52 150, 108. 81 96, 858. 55 310, 824. 00 Total expended................... 1, 149, 796. 94 861, 480. 09 149, 740. 46 95, 010.97 176, 763. 27 Allotted.......................... 223, 000.00 -170, 000. 00 -120, 000.00 80, 768. 35 780, 000. 00 Balance unexpended July 1, 1945 --------------------- .. _... $77, 033. 71 Amount allotted during fiscal year__ ... _________ 780, 000. 00 Amount to be accounted for.. .. _.... _ _____ 857, 033. 71 Gross amount expended $177, $-------------------.. 204. 45 Less reimbursements collected_..-- -------.. 441. 18 176, 763. 27 Balance unexpended June 30, 1946._---. ----- 680, 270. 44 Outstanding liabilities, June 30, 1946...-.-. $388. 95 Amount covered by uncompleted contracts. . ... 404, 424. 70 404 813 :, v . 65 Balance available June 30, 1946----------------------.. 275, 456. 79 Amount (estimated) required to be appropriated for completion of existing project 1--------........ ----------------------------- 1, 440, 000. 00 Amount that can be profitably expended in fiscal year ending June 30, 1948: For new work --. ---------------- 269, 000. 00 For maintenance ------ ------------------------------- 250, 000. 00 Total 1- .------------------------------------- ....- - 519, 000. 00 1 Exclusive of available funds. 39. GREAT LAKES TO HUDSON RIVER WATERWAY-ENLARGEMENT OP NEW YORK STATE BARGE CANAL Location.-This waterway consists of that portion of the New York State Barge Canal system extending from the Hudson River at Water- ford to Oswego HIarbor on Lake Ontario. (See U. S. Lake Survey Charts Nos. 182, 183, 184, and 185.) RIVERS AND HARBORS-NEW YORK, N. Y., DISTRICT 277 Existing project.--Thlis provides for the allotment of Federal funds to the State of New York for expenditure under suitable Federal con- trol and supervision in the imlprovement of the canal connecting Lake Ontario with the IIudson River. The improvement provides for a depth of 13 feet below normlal pool level through all locks between Waterford and Oswego, deepening between locos to 14 feet below normal pool levels, widening at bends and elsewhere, and increasing the overheard clearance to 20 feet at maximum navigable stage at bridges and other overhead structures. The widths of channel to be provided under the project are 104 feet in earth cuts, 120 feet in rock cuts, 200 feet in river sections, with widening at bends and elsewhere as Inay be necessary. The length of the waterway included( in the project is about 184 miles, of which 1(0 niles are in the Erie Canal from Waterford to Sllree Rivers Poinlt and 24 miles are in the Oswego Canal from Three Rivers P'oint to Oswego. The estimate(l cost for new work, made in 1946 is $28,342,100. No estimate of maintenance with Federal funds is included, as main- tenance of the canal is not a part of the Federal project. Acts Work authorized Documents May 28, 1931 ])eepening between the locks to 14 feet, increasing Rivers and Harbors Committee Doc. and overhead clearances to 20 feet and.widening at No. 28, 73d Cong., 2d sess. (Con- Aug. 30, 1935 bends and elsewhere. tains latest published map.) Mar. 2, 1945 Depth of 13 feet below normal pool level through Report on file in the Office, Chief of all locks between Waterford and Oswego. Engineers (report not printed). Emergency Relief Act of 1935. Local cooperation.-The River and( Iarbor Act of March 2, 1945. authorized the deepening of the locks subject to the condition that an agreement be entered into between the United States and the State of New York embodying certain limitations and provisions to safe- guard( the interests of general commerce and navigation, insure Fed- eral control of the disposition of Federal funds, and provide for Fed- eral supervision of the work performed. The State of New York was notified of the condition of local cooperation in letter dated February 6, 1946, and has furnished assurances that an agreement will be ex- ecuted. Draft of agreement is being prepared. The requirements under the prior acts have been fully complied with. Terminal facilitie.-The State of New York has provided ter- minal and transfer facilities at all important points along the Erie and Oswego Canals, and at Buffalo, Troy, Albany, and New York Harbor. The freight-handling equipment, as well as the storage and dock facilities, is governed by the requirements of the particular locality. The State-owned terminal at Oswego is equipped with a grain elevator of 1,000,000 bushels capacity. The Albany Port Dis- trict Commission has erected a grain elevator of 13,500,000 bushels\ capacity at Albany. The State grain elevator in New York Harbor on Gowanus Bay has a capacity of 2,000,000 bushels. 278 REPORT OF CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMY, 1946 Terminals at Buffalo, Rochester, Syracuse, Schnectady, Troy, Al- bany, and Oswego are provided with direct railroad connections. All State-owned terminals are open to the public on equal terms. Lake- port terminals are extensive in character. Tile available terminals appear ample to meet all requirements. Operationsand results during fiscal year.-The cost of engineering studies for raising bridges at various locations between Waterford and Oswego, N. Y., was $777.23. The expenditures were $222.09. Condition at end of fical year.-The existing project was about 75 percent completed. The status of the channel deepening and wide- ning is as follows: Distance (miles) Corn- Work remaining to From- To- pleted be done to - -- project Work in Future ldepth progress work Hudson River ....-................... Guard gate 2 at Waterford...... 2.6 .......... 0.2 Guard gate 2 at Waterford............. Lock 10 at Cranesvill - - 32. 2 ...... .. Lock 10 at Cranesville................. Lock 16at Mind nville . . 36i.1 ... Lock 16 at Mindenville................ Guard gate 5 at l[erkimer ....... 15.5 ----..... 0.7 Guard gate 5 at HIcrkimer .............--- Oswego Harbor-----------------............. 96. 7 Total (184 miles).......................................------------------------------------------. 183. 1 .......... 0.9 Thirty-five barge canal bridges have been raised to project clearance with Federal funds under this improvement. lThree additional bridges were raised, four were removed, and two were remloved and replaced by new structures at project clearance; all by other agencies. The present depth is 14 feet at normal pool levels for tile following width: 75 feet in earth cuts, 94 feet in rock cuts, and 200 feet in canal- ized rivers and lakes. The 29 locks, 22 in Erie Canal east of 'Tlhree Rivers Point, and 7 in Oswego Canal, north of Three Rivers Point, have a clear width of 43.5 feet, usable length of 300 feet, and depth over miter sills of 12 feet. Numerous fixed bridges, transmission lines, and other structures span the waterways. There are 66 bridges between Waterford and Three Rivers Point and 13 between Three Rivers Point and Oswego. The minimum clearance under existing bridges and other overhead structures is 14.66 feet above maximnum navigable stage. The work remainiing to be done to complete the project consists of widening and dleepening the channel by excavation, including the re- moval of ledge rock and work incidental thereto, for a total distance of 0.9 miles, as (lescribed in the above table, the raising of 21 barge canal bridges, the lengthening of 1 bri(lge, the raising of 7 guard gates, the revetment of banks with quarry stone where necessary and the deepening to 13 feet through 27 locks. The total cost of the existing project to June 30, 1946, was $20,980,- 284.69 for new work-$16,166,884.53 from regular funds and $4,813,- 400.16 from Emergency Relief funds. The total expenditures were $20,979,729.55, of which $16,166,329.39 were regular funds and $4,813,400.16 Emergency Relief funds. Proposed operations.-'Tlhe balance ulnexpen(led at the end of the fiscal year, amounllltiHg to $805,570.61, will be applied as follows: RIVERS AND HARBORS-NEW YORK, N. Y., DISTRICT 279 Accounts payable Junie 30, 1946------------------------------ $555. 14 New work: Removal and replacement of guard gate No. 5, construct spillway and other incidental work at Ilerkirner, N. Y., by continuing contract to be entered into (September 1946 to September 1948)-------------------------------- $501,500.00 Removal and replacement of guard gate No. 4 at Little Falls, N. Y., by continuing contract to be entered into (September 1946 to September 1948)------------ ------------------- - 247, 800. 00 Lowering of a culvert at Oswego, N. Y., under contract to be entered into (April to September 1947) ---------------------------------- 34, 000.' 00 783, 300. 00 Balance remaining----- ----------------------------------- 21, 715. 47 Tctal for all work ------.----- ------------------ 805, 570. 61 The above work, together with work performed under previous allotments, will result in the widening and deepening to 14 feet of approximately 183.1 miles of canal and the d(leepening to restricted width of the remaining 0.9 mile of the waterway; in the placing of bank protection where needed over 65 miles of completed canal; in the raising of 35 bridges to a vertical clearance of 20 feet at maximum navigable stage; ilthe reconstruction of 2 loulble guard gates; and in lowering of 1 (live culvert. The improvement should be continued. Therefore, the sum of $3,000,000 can be profitably expended for new work during the fiscal year 1948, to reimburse the State of New York for work of raising bridges and guard gates, the lengthening of one bridge, and the lower- ing of (liveculverts, under contracts to be entered into during the fiscal year, as follows: New work: Elxcavation of ledge rock and removal and replacement of guard gate No. 1 and No. 2 at Waterford.----------------------- $638, 000 Lengthening of bridge E-28, Mindenville. ---------------- - 35, 500 Raising bridge E-44, Genessee St., Utica--------------------- 163, 100 Resume work under a suspended contract for raising bridge E-50, New York Central R. R., Rome-------------------------- 260, 000 Resume work llnder a suspended contract for raising bridge E-56, New York Central I . It., Rome-------------------------- 280, 000 Raising bridge E-62, New York, Ontario & Western R. R., Sylvan Ieach ------------------------------------ 141, 800 Resume work tinder a suspended contradt for raising bridge 1-65, New York Central It. l., Brewerton --------------- 530, 000 Raising bridge 0-14, Oswego....----------_------. -------------...... 99, 300 Lowering dive culvert, Fulton------------------------------ 77, 000 Raising guard gate No. 3, Indian Castle---------------------- 45, 000 Raising New York Central 1. It. bridge E-17, Rotterdam----....--. 225, 000 Raising guard gate No. 6, east of Rome -------------------- 45, 000 Raising guard gate No. 7, Rome---------------------- _ - 45, 000 Lowering sills of guard( gate No. 6, east of Rome--------------- 71, 000 Lowering sills of guard gate No. 7, Rome--------------------- 72, 000 Lowering sills of guard gate No. 3, Indian Castle -------------- 47, 000 Lowering lock sills at various locations..-- ----------- 225, 300 Total -----------------. .--- -------- 3, 000, 000 280 REPORT OF CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMY, 1946 Cost and financial summary Cost of new work to June 30, 1946---------------------.... $20, 980, 284. 69 Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1946--------------------- --------- Total cost of permanent work to June 30, 1946.....------.... 20, 980, 284. 69 Minus accounts payable June 30, 1946------------ ------- -- 555. 14 Net total expenditures--_ ------------------------- 20, 979, 729. 55 Unexpended balance June 30, 1946--. ------------------- 805, 570. 61 Total amount appropriated to June 30, 1946----------- 21, 785, 300. 16 Fiscal year ending June 30 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 Cost of new work .... ..-------------- $939, 306.98 $183, 893. 61 $4, 620. 24-------------- .............. $777. 23 Cost of maintenance.- Total expended---------------................... 1, 146, 818.93 249, 861.81 65, 356. 32 -------------- 222.09 Allotted...----------------------............... 269,000.00 -1,201,100.00 - 96, 000. 00 -------------- 800, 000.00 Balance unexpended July 1, 1945..-------------------------- $5, 792. 70 Amount allotted during fiscal year ----------------------- 800, 000. 00 Amount to be accounted for------------------------- 805, 792. 70 Gross amount expended--------------------------------- 222. 09 Balance unexpended June 30, 1946---------------- - 805, 570. 61 Outstanding liabilities, June 30, 1946------------------------ 3. 60 Balance available June 30, 1946.------------------ ---- 805, 567. 01 Amount (estimated) required to be appropriated for completion of existing project 1,---------------------------------- ------ 6, 578, 500. 00 Amount that can he profitably expended in fiscal year ending June 30, 1948, for new work -------------- -------------- 3, 000, 000. 00 1 Exclusive of available funds. 40. NARROWS OF'LAKE CIIAMPLAIN, N. Y. AND VT. Location.-This waterway, 37 miles long, comprises the south- ern end of Lake Champlain and extends from Whitehall to Crown Point, N. Y. The portion included in the project extends from White- hall, N. Y.. at the soulthern extremity of tile lake, northerly to Benson Landing, Vt., a distance of 16.5 miles. (See U. S. Lake Survey Chart No. 174.) Previous projects.--Adopted by River and Harbor Acts of July 4, 1836, March 3, 1837, July 7, 1838, August 5, 1886, July 13, 1892, and March 3, 1899. For further details, see page 256 Annual Report for 1932. Existing project.-This provides for a channel extending from Whitehall, N. Y., at tile head of Lake Clamplain, to Benson Landing to be 12 feet deep at low lake level and generally 200 feet wide, and the installation of fender booms at Putts Rock, Putts Leap, Narrows near Dresden, Pulpit Point, and Cedar Mountain. The reference plane of low lake level is 92.5 feet above mean sea level at Sandy Hook, N. J. Tle lengtll of the section included in the project for im- RIVERS AND H-IARBORS-NEW YORK, N. Y., DISTRICT , 281 provement is about 13.5 miles. The usual annual variation of the lake level is from 4 to 5 feet, and the extreme variation varies from 0.6 foot below up to 8.8 feet above the low lake level. The estimate of cost for new work, revised in 1928, is $1,196,000, exclusive of amounts expended on previous projects. The latest (1918) approved estimate for annual cost of maintenance is $5,000. The existing project was adopted by the River and HIarbor Act of August 8, 1917 (H. Doc. No. 1387, 62d Cong., 3d sess.). The latest published map is in the project document. Terminal facilities.-Terminal facilities are located in Whitehall Harbor and consist of three timber wharves, aggregating 4,200 feet in length. The State of New York has constructed a barge canal terminal at Whitehall, just south of the terminus of the canal, which has been equipped with a 15-ton hand-operated derrick and a store- .house. The facilities are considered adequate for present commerce. Operationsand results during fiscal year.--The fender booms at the Elbow (at Putts Leap and Putts Rock) were repaired and the fender booms opposite the )elaware & IlHudson Railroad trestle were re- placed at a cost of $4,090.13 for maintenance. The total expenditures were $4,090.13. Condition at end of fiscal year.-The existing project was about 47 percent comp)leted. A channel 12 feet deep at low lake level and least width of 150 feet has been excavated throughout the length of the improvement, except at the Elbow, where the width is 110 feet. Fender booms have been placed at the Elbow (Putts Leap) and oppo- site the Delaware & HIudson Railroad Co.'s coal trestle. No fender booms appear to be needed at the Narrows near Dresden, Pulpit Point, and Cedar Mountain. The controlling depths at low lake level, as disclosed by surveys made in September and October 1940, through the reachl included in the project, were as follows: Locality Depth Width (feet) (feet) Whitehall to the Elbow --------------------------------------------------- 12 140-300 At the Elbow. - - ._ _ - ---------..........--------- _--- _. -12 - - - .- - . -- 110 From th:e Elbow to Maple end--------------------------------------------- 12 100-150 From Maple Bend to Red Rock Bay------ . ----------------------------------- 12 150 From Red Rock Bay to Blenson Landing.-------.....-- ....................--- -12 140 Thle work remaining to be ldone to complete the project consists in widlening the channel throughoult its lengtll to the project width of 200 feet. The total cost and expenditures of the existing project to June 30, 1946, were $743,630.38-$566,811.14 for new work and $176,819.24 for maintenance. Proposed operations.-The balance unexl)ende(l at the end of the fiscal year, amounting to $761.46, will be applied to repair and care of fender booms at the Elow (at Puttts Leap and Putts Rock) and opposite the Delaware & Hudson Railroad trestle. Conmpletion of the project is not considered essential at this time in the interest of conmmerce and navigation. Therefore, no funds can be profitably expended (lduring the fiscal year 1948. 282 REPORT OF CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMY, 1946 Cost and financial summary Cost of new work to June 30, 1946-------------------------- $681, 811. 14 Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1946------------------------ 195, 959. 59 Total cost of permanent work to June 30, 1946------------ 877, 770. 73 Net total expenditures ------------------------------------ 877, 770. 73 Unexpended.balance June 30, 1946 ----------------------------- 761. 56 Total amount appropriated to June 30, 1946--------- ----- 878, 532. 29 Fiscal year ending June 30 1942 1943 1944 1945 1940 Cost ofnew work._.. . -.. .... - -.. . .- . .- . - - - --.. Cost of maintenance-------------.............. $95.5 $1,545.21 $809.30 $791.83 $4,090. 13 Total expended------------------ 1, 006. 13 1, 617. 62 779. 23 849. 69 4,090. 13 Allotted----------.............-- 1, 00.00 --------- ----------............- ---- , 00.00 .......... Balance unexpended July 1, 1945 ---------------------------- $4, 851. 69 Gross amount expended -----------------------------------. -4, 090. 13 Balance unexpended June 30, 1946 ---------.------------- 761. 56 Amount (estimated) required to be appropriated for completion of existing project 1----------------- 629, 200. 00 1 Exclusive of available funds. 41. BURLINGTON HARBOR, VT. Location.-This harbor, about 100 acres in extellt, is located in a half-moon-shaped indentation in the eastern shore of Lake Chainm- plain, about 40 statute miles south of the international boundary" line, 70 statute miles north of the southern end or head of the lake, and1 20 statute miles southeast of the harbor at Plattsburg, N. Y. (See U. S. Lake Survey Chart No. 172.) E isting project.-This provides for a breakwater 6,000 feet long located about 1,000 feet from the shore and practically parallel with it, to be built of stone-filled tim)er cribs, capped with large stone or concrete. The coimpleted breakwater is to be in two sections, the northerly 500 feet being separated from the southerly 5,500 feet by-a gap 200 feet wide for the purpose of safety in entering tile harbor (luring storms. The reference plane of low lake level is 92.5 feet above miean sea level at Sandy Hook, N. J. The level of the lake has varied from 0.6 foot below up to 8.8 feet above the low lake level. The usual annual variation is 4 to 5 feet. Tile estimate of cost for new work, revised in 1928, was $1,095,000. The latest (1928) approved estimate for anlnual cost of maintenance is $8,000. The existing project was authorized by the following river and harbor acts: RIVERS AND HARBORS-NEW YORK, N. Y., DISTRICT 283. Acts Work authorized Documents 1 July 4, 1836 Construction of first 1,000 feet of breakwater-1.... II. Doc. No. 131, 23d Cong., 1st sess. June 23,1866 Extension of 1,500 feet to breakwater---..--------......... 11. Ex. Doc. No. 56, 39th Cong., 2d sess., pp. 17 and 179, printed in pts. 3 and 4, Annual Report, 1866. Mar. 3, 1875 Extension of 2,(0)0 feet to breakwater....--.......... Annual Report, 1874, p. 274. Chief of Engineers authorized extension southerly Annual Report, 1887, p. 2407. of 1,000 feet and northerly for 500 feet. For latest published map, see Annual Report for 1897, p. 3298. Terminal facilities.-The terminals consist of bulklheaded shore front and open pile and solid filled piers having a total dockage of 6,52() feet. Of the ternilals, five wharves, two piers, and one ferry slip are in use. Five of the terminals lhave railroad collnections. The facilities are considered adle(luate for present needs of coimlnerce. Operationsand results dlturing fiscal year.-None. Condition at end of fiscal year.--Tle existing project was prac- tically conmplete(d in 1890; part of the breakwater originally pro- posed was not built, the work colnpleted being considered sufficient for the needs of lnavigation. The breakwater has been built in two sections, 361 and 3,793 feet in length, respectively, separated by a gap of 200 feet. Sections of the stone and concrete supelstructure of the breakwater have been (lisplaced by wave action and the failure of the timbers in the tops of the wooden cribs. The controlling depth in ,Julne 1939 was about 8.5 feet at low lake level at the wharves, increas- ing'honsiderably toward the breakwater. The (listillction lbetween new work and mlaintenanlce was not made in the early reports, hence it is implossible to separate tile costs prior to July 1, 1886. The total cost and expelnditures of the existing project to June 30, 1946, were $982,991.57; since Juine 30, 1886, the cost of maintenance was $276,577.46, leaving $706,414.11 as the cost of nlew work, including maintenance prior to June 1, 1886. Proposed operations.-No funds are available and no work is con- temnplated dluring the fiscal year 1947. Repair of the breakwater will be necessary during the fiscal year 1948, and the slinm of $31,000 can be profitably expended during the fiscal year 1948, for such work. Cost and financial summary Cost of new work to June 30, 1946___----------------------- $706, 414. 11 Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1946_--------------------- - 276, 577. 46 Total cost of permanent work to June 30, 1946..---------- 982, 991. 57 Net total expenditures-------------------------------- 982, 991. 57 Total amount appropriated to June 30, 1946----- ---------- 982, 991. 57 *284 REPORT OF CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMY, 1946 Fiscal year ending June 30 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 Cost ofnew work................ ......................................... Cost of maintenance------.............. $14, 991.42 $14, 410. 29 ........-------------- ... $500---------- Total expended..................----------------- 13, 818.43 15,583.28--500 Allotted.....................------------------------... ----------- -598.29 ---------------- 500 Amount that can be profitaly expended in fiscal year ending June 30, 1948, for maintenance--..------------------------------ $31, 000. 00 42. PLATTSBURG IIARBOR, N. Y. Location.--This harbor embraces an area of about 25 acres along the westerly shore of Cumberland Bay, an arm of Lake Champlain. The harbor proper is that portion of the bay between the wharf front of the city of Plattsburg, N. Y., and the breakwater constructed by the United States. (See U. S. Lake Survey Chart No. 172.) 'long, Existing project.-This provides for a breakwater about 1,565 feet built of timber cribs filled with rubblestone and capped with large stone and extending from a point about 750 feet south of the outer face of South Dock in a generally northeasterly direction to a point about 1,400 feet from shore; for dredging to a depth of 9 feet at low lake level between the breakwater and the wharves; and for the revetment of the, each in front of the United States reservation. The reference plane of low lake level is 92.5 feet above mean sea level at Sandy Hook, N. J. The usual annual variation of the lake level is from 4 to 5 feet, and the extreme variation varies from 0.6 foot below up to 8.8 feet above the low lake level. The estimated cost of new work, revised in 1910, was $217,500. The latest (1918) approved estimate for annual cost of maintenance is $2,000. The existing project was authorized by the following river and harbor acts: Acts Work authorized Documents I July 4, 1836 Construction of 1,000 feet of breakwater......---------... . Doc. No. 131, 23(1 Cong., 1st sess. July 11,1870 Extension of 400 feet to breakwater, dredging 11. Doc. No. 89, 39th Cong., 2d sess., between breakwater and wharves and beach and Annual Report, 1870, p. 55. revetment. Sept. 19,1890 Extension of 300 feet to 1,250 feet of breakwater Annual Report, 1889, p. 2458. already built. June 25,1910 Completion of imprpvement by dredging areas If. Doc. No. 759, 61st Cong., 2d seass. not heretofore dredged to 9 feet. I For latest map, see IH. Doc. No. 406, 64th Cong., 1st sess. Terminal facilities.---The terminal facilities which serve the im- provement consist of four timber wharves, aggregating 1,780 feet in length, 400 feet of which are open to the public; all are privately owned. The State of New York has constructed a barge canal termi- nal about 1 mile northl of the breakwater. The existing facilities appear to be adequate for the existing commerce. RIVERS AND HARBORS-NEW YORK, N. Y., DISTRICT: 285 Operations and results during fiscal year.-None. Condition at end of fiscal year.-The project has been completed. The breakwater was completed in 1893, and the dredging was com- pleted in 1913. As now constructed, with its lake face protected by a rubble mound for practically its entire length, the breakwater is in a generally good condition, although some maintenance will be necessary in the future. The controlling depth on June 30, 1929, was about 81/2 feet at low lake level. Revetient of the beach in front of the United States reservation has not been undertaken, as the mate- rial washed therefrom into the harbor can be more readily and economically removed by dredging.. The distinction between new work and maintenance was not made in the early reports, hence it is impossible to separate the costs prior to July 1, 1910. The total cost and expenditures of the existing project to June 30, 1946, were $237,289.88; the cost of maintenance since June 30, 1910, amounts to $38,874.75, leaving $198,415.13 as the cost of new work and maintenance prior to July 1, 1910. Proposed operations.-No funds are available and no work is con- templated during the fiscal year. 1947. Maintenance of the breakwater will be necessary during the fiscal year 1948. Therefore, the sum of $35,000 can be profitably expended during the fiscal year 1948 for such work. Cost and financial summary Cost of new work to June 30, 1946---__,------------------------ $198, 415. 13 Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1946-------------------------- 38, 874. 75 Total cost of permanent work to June 30, 1946..------------237, 289. 88 Net total expenditures-------------------------------------- 237, 289. 88 Total amount appropriated to June 30, 1946--------------- ----- 237, 289. 88 "- Fiscal year ending June 30 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 Cost of new work . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . .. . . .. .. . . . . . .. . . . .... Cost ofmaintenoancO..... . . - .------------- -------------------------------- $450 ............. Total expendod....----------------------- ------------------------- 450 .. Allotted-----------------------..........................------- ------------- ............. .............. -------.............----- 450 .......... Amount that can be profitably expended in fiscal year ending June 30, 1948, for maintenance--....----------------------------- $35, 000. 00 43. NEWARK BAY, IIACKENSACK AND PASSAIC RIVERS, N. J. Location.-Newark Bay is an estuary about 11/4 miles wide and 6 miles long, extending southerly from the confluence of the Hack- ensack and IPassaic Rivers to New York and New Jersey Channels. The Hackensack River rises near Haverstraw, Rockland County, N. Y., and flows into Newark Bay. It is about 45 miles long. The Passaic River rises in the highlands of northeastern New Jersey and flows into Newark Bay. It is about 80 miles long. (See U. S. Coast and Geodetic Survey Charts Nos. 287 and 369 and U. S. Geo- logical Survey chart of New York City and vicinity.) 721584--47-pt. 1,vol. -1 286 REPORT OF CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMY, 1946 Previous projects.--Adopted by River and Harbor Acts of August 30, 1852, June 10, 1872, June 14, 1880, June 13, 1902, March 2, 1907, July 25, 1912, March 2, 1919, and September 22, 1922. For further details see pages 265 and 266 of Annual Report for 1926; page 301, Annual Report for 1929; and page 244, Annual Report for 1938. Exi'sting project.-This provides for the following: (a) Newark Bay: A main channel 37 feet deep in rock and 35 feet deep in other material, 550 feet wide at the entrance and narrowing to 400 feet at 4,000 feet above the Central Railroad of New Jersey bridge; thence continuing to that width and same depths to the branch channel to Port Newark Terminal; thence 30 feet deep and 400 feet wide to the junction of the Passaic and HIackensack River Channels; removal of the east and west cut-offs, at the junction with Kill Van Kull and widening of bend above the Central Railroad of New Jersey bridge to the same depths, a distance of about 4.7 miles. (b) A branch channel in Newark Bay 37 feet deep in rock and 35 feet deep in other material, 600 feet wide to the inshore channel at Port Newaik Terminal, widened at the turn; thence an inshore channel of the same depths and 400 feet wide, a total distance of about 1.6 miles. (c)IHackensack River: A channel 30 feet deep and 400 feet wide from the upper end of the Newark Bay Channel to the Central Rail- road of New Jersey bridge, about 1.1 miles; thence 30 feet deep and 300 feet wide to a point about 2,000 feet north of the Delaware, Lacka- wanna & Western Railroad bridge, 2.8 miles; thence 12 feet deep and 200 feet wide to Little Ferry, 10.1 miles; and then 12 feet deep and 150 feet wide to the New York, Susquehanna & Western Railroad bridge, 2.5 miles, a total distance for the IHackensack River of about 16.5 miles. (d) Passaic River: A channel 30 feet deep and 300 feet wide, from Newark Bay to a point 3,000 feet above the Lincoln Highway bridge, 2.6 miles; thence 20 feet deep and 300 feet wide to the Nairn Linoleum Works, about 4.4 miles; thence 16 feet dee) and 200 feet wide to the Montclair & Greenwood Lake Railroad bridge, about 1.1 miles* thence 10 feet deep and 150 feet wide to the Eighth Street Bridge at i assaic, 7.3 miles, a total distance for the Passaic River of 15.4 miles. All depths refer to the plane of mean low water. The mean tidal range in Newark Bay is 4.9 feet; in Htackensack River at Court Street Bridge, 5.3 feet; in Passaic River at Pennsylvania Railroad Freight bridge, 5.1 feet; and in Passaic River at the Gregory Avenue Bridge, 4.9 feet; mean range of spring tides, 5.8, 6.4, 6.1, and 5.9 feet, re- spectively. High easterly or westerly wimls cause a fluctuation of as much as 2 feet above or below mean tidal range. The estimate of cost for new work, revised in 1946, is $9,822,200, exclusive' of amounts expended on previous projects. The latest (1942) approved estimate for annual cost of maintenance is $172,000. The existing project was authorized by the following river and harbor acts: RIVERS AND HARBORS-NEW YORK, N. Y., DISTRICT 287 Acts Work authorized Documents Mar. 2,1907 16-foot channel in Passaic River-.................. H. Doe. No. 441, 59th Cong., 2d sess. Feb. 27, 1911 Widening 16-foot channel in Passaic River........ Do. July 25, 1912 20-foot channel in Passaic River---------------.................11. . Doc. No. 707, 62d Cong.; 2d sess. Do....... 12-foot channel in Ifackensack River-----------............. H. Doc. No. 643, 61st Cong., 2d sess. Sept. 22, 1922 30-foot channel in HIackensack River below Cen- H. Doec. No. 206, 67th Cong., 2d sess.} tral It. It. of New Jersey bridge, 30-foot channel in Newark Bay, and 30-foot Port Newark con- necting channel. Jan. 21, 1927 10-foot channel in Passaic River.................. H. Doec. No. 284, 69th Cong., 1st seas. Do....... 30-foot channel in Iacksensack River above Cen- H. Doe. No. 429, 69th Cong., 1st sesq tral It. R. of New Jersey bridge. 1 July 3, 1930 30-foot channel in Passaic River-....---.-...-.. H. Doe. No. 156, 71st Cong., 2d sess. Mar. 2,1945 35 and 37 feet in main channel of Newark Bay and Report of Chief of Engineers dated branch channel to and inshore channel at Port May 20, 1942 (not printed). Newark Terminal and removal of portion of rock area at Bergen Point to same depths. Do....... Modification of local cooperation for 10-foot chan- H. Doc. No. 430, 76th Cong., 1st sessi nel in Passaic River. * Contains latest published map. SLocal cooperation.-Fully complied with as required by the River and Harbor Act approved January 21, 1927, except that local interests are required to provide suitable spoil-disposal areas for maintenance dredging in thle 30-foot channel in the Hackensack River above Central Railroad of New Jersey'bridge; in the 10-foot ciannel in the Passaic River; and whenever required by the Secretary of War, for dredging in the 30-foot channel in Newark Bay and the IHackensack River below; tle Central Railroad of New Jersey bridge, as required by the River and Harbor Act approved September 22, 1922. The River and Harbor Act of March 2, 1945, provides that local interests shall: (a) Furnish assurances satisfactory to the Secretary of War that they will provide, free of cost to the United States, all lalids, easements, rights-of-way and spoil-disposal areas needed for new work and sub- sequent maintenance, when and as required; (b) Iold and save the United States free from claims for damages resulting from the improvements; , (c) Provide and maintain suitable berthing areas at Port Newark Terminal, and that work shall not be undertaken until the harbor lines at Port Newark shall have been relocated shoreward. The mayor of the city of Newark was notified of the conditions of local cooperation inl letter dated January 24, 1946. It is expected that these conditions will.be met within the next 2 years. It further provided, for the 10-foot channel in Passaic River from Montclair & Greenwood Lake Railroad bridge to the Eighth Street Bridge in Passaic, that when spoil-disposal areas are not availabley or the placing of dredge spoil asllore is uneconomical as compared with other methods of disposa , local.interests shall not be required to fur nish disposal areas for maintenance dredging. " Terminal facilitie8.--'There iare X16 piers 'withr a berthage of- 8,525 feet, 55,300 feet of bulkheads available for dockage and a large ship 288 REPORT OF CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMY, 1946 yard along the waterways included in the project. Twelve of the terminals are publicly owned, the largest of which, Port Newark, owned and operated by the city of Newark, provides about 11,000 feet of wharfage. Eight of the terminals are open for public use, 56 are equipped with mechanical handling devices and 66 have railroad con- nectioiis. The facilities'are considered adequate for existing com- merce. (For latest full description of terminal facilities see I'ort and Terminal Facilities at the Port of New York, 1942, Corps of Engi- neers.) Operations and results durin fiscal year.-Under a contract for new work dredging and rock removal to a depth of 35 feet in the main channel in Newark Bay from Kill Van Kull to about 1,200 feet south of the Central Railroad of New Jersey bridge, including the cut-offs at the entrance and 37 feet in rock in a portion of the east cut-off, work was commenced August 22, 1945, and was completed March 7, 1946. During the fiscal year, 566,834 cubic yards, place measure- ment, of material were removed at a cost of $806,108.09 for new work. Under contract for dredging to a depth of 30 feet in Newark Bay, Hackensack and Passaic Rivers from about 300 feet above the Lehigh Valley Railroad bridge on the south to a point 3,000 feet above tihe Lincoln Highway Bridge on the Passaic River and 2,400 feet above the Pulaski Skyway on the Hackensack River, work was commenced February 26, 1946, and was in progress at the end of the fiscal year. During the fiscal year, 767,540 cubic yards, place measurement, of material were removed at a cost of $305,942.45 for maintenance. Government plant removed an obstruction in Passaic River, about 200 yards north of Avondale Avenue Bridge on December 4, 1945, at a cost of $501.71 for maintenance. The U. S. steam lighter Rockaway was engaged on June 19, 1946,- in the removal of an obstruction from the channel in IHackensack River about 4,000 feet downstream from the Central Railroad of New Jersey bridge. A section of bridge flat-iron (40 feet long, 15 feet wide and 6 feet high) was removed at a cost of $444.32 for maintenance. The cost of condition surveys and surveys and engineering prelimi- nary to dredging was $16,913.92-$5,793.67 for new work and $11,- 120.25 for maintenance. The total cost of work was $1,129,897.88-$811,901.76 for new work and $317,996.12 for maintenance. The total expenditure was $1,040,939.86. Condition at end of fiscal year.-The existing project was about 63 percent complete. The 30-foot channels in Newark Bay and Port Newark entrance channel, the 30- and 12-foot channels in Hackensack River, and the 30-, 16-, and 10-foot channels in Passaic River are completed. The 20-foot channel in Passaic River is completed to Jackson Street, Newark. The 35-foot main channel in Newark Bay from New York and New Jersey Channels to about 1,200 feet south of the Central Railroad of New Jersey bridge, including the triangular cut-offs at the entrance, is completed with the exception of a small area in the west cut-off in which grade could not be reached because of the existence of rock. The controlling mean low-water depths of the various channels, as shown by surveys made intermittently from September 1939 to June 1946, are as follows: RIVERS AND HARBORS-NEW YORK, N. Y., DISTRICT 289 Section Depth Width S(feet), (feet) In Newark Bay from mouth to 1,200 feet south of Central R. R. of New Jersey bridge brid ge.------------------------------------------------ . . . . . . . . . . . . . .------------------ . . 37 535 From 1,200 feet south of Central IR. R. of New Jersey bridge to junction of Ilacken- 3 3 sack and Passaic Itivers ------------------------------------------------ 30 200-535 In Iackensack Itiver from Newark Bay to about 2,000 feet above the Delaware, Lackawanna & Western It. b.bridge to 1,500 feet above route 3 highway bridge_ 30 100-300 From 1,500 feet above route 3 highway bridge to Overpeck Creek---------....... -12 200 From Overpeck Creek to Court St. Bridge_-----.....__....___-.__..._____ ,11 50-150 From Court St. Bridge to head of project at the %NewYork, Susquehanna & WesterntR. lt. Bridge -------------------------------------------------- 8 70-150 In Passaic River to 1,500 feet above the Lincoln Highway Bridge...... .... 30 300 Fronm 1,500 feet above the Lincoln Highway Bridge to 1,000 feet above Erie R. R. bridge (Newark branch) ------.... ---- --------------- ...........--------------- 16 120-200 From 1.000 feet above Erie It. It. bridge to Nairn Linoleum Works-.............. 15 180-300 From Nairn Linoleum Works to Montclair & Greenwood Lake R. R. Bridge... 13 50-200 From Montclair & Greenwood Lake It. It. Bridge to Gregory Avenue Bridge.... 10 110-150 I rom Gregory Ave. Bridge to 8th St. Bridge-----------------------------------.................................... 8 80-150 Port Newark entrance channel--------------------------------------------.................................................. 24 150-400 Minimum widths through bridge draws: Hackensack River: Feet 30-foot project............................................................................... 80-fot iro~et------ ----------------------------------------------------- 993 12-foot project-------------------------------------------------------------............................................................................... 566 Passaic RItiver: 30-foot project .... - . . . . 100 ..------------------------------------------------------------- 20- and 16-foot projects-------------------------------------------------------...................................................................... 75 10-foot project.... 4-------------------------- Htackensack River is navigable 201/2 miles above mouth to New Mil- ford. Passaic River is navigable 16 miles above mouth to Dundee Rapids. The work remaining to be done under the existing project consists of tile completion of the 35-foot main and branch channels in Newark Bay and inshore channel at Port Newark Terminal, and the 2 0-foot channel in Passaic River from Jackson Street to the Nairn Linoleum Works. Work in the Passaic River includes the removal of a small quantity of rock on the'west side of the channel above Center Street Bridge. Adjacent property owners are opposed to this work. The total cost of, the existing project to June 30, 1946, was $8,158,- 744.94-$5,879,515.83 for new work and $2,279,229.11 for maintenance. The total expenditure was $8,066,247.17. Proposed operations.-The balance unexpended at the end of the fiscal year, amounting to $611,070.80 , will be applied as follows: Accounts payable June 30, 1946.._...-.- .. - .-- $92, 497. 77 Maintenance: Complete by Jan. 10, 1947, under contract in force, dredging to restore project depth of 30 feet in Newark Bay, HIackensack and Passaic Rivers from about 300 feet above the Lehigh Valley It. R. bridge on the south to a point 3,000 feet above the Lincoln Highway Bridge on tile -Passaic River and 2,400 feet above the Pulaski Skyway on the IIackensack River-.... $293, 902. 08 Dredging by contract (March to June 1947) to restore project depth of 30 feet in Newark Bay from 1,200 feet south of Central It.. R. of New Jersey bridge to the Port Newark en- trance channel and in entrance channel to United States pierhead line-..- --.-...-...- 224, 670. 95 518, 573. 03 Total for all work.......... ........- -----...... . 611, 070. 80 290 REPORT OF. CHIEF. OF ENGINEERS, UI. S. ARMY, 1946 Deepening of the 35-foot channel in Newark Bay and Port Newark should be continued. Maintenance dredging will be necessary in Hackensack and Passaic Rivers. fThe additional sum of $2,113,000 can be profitably expended during the fiscal.year 1948, as follows: New work: Complete by June 30, 1948, under con- . tract to be entered into, dredging of 35-foot channel : in Newark Bay ------------------------------- , ------- $1, 500, 000 Maintenance: Complete by Nov. 31, 1947, under contract to be entered into, dredging to restore'the 12-foot .. section of Ilackensack River to project dimensions---•- $103, 000 Complete by June 30, 1948, under contract to be entered into, dredging to restore the 20-, 16-, and 10-foot sections of Passaic River to project dimensions_. --------- ,_.. _------. 510, 000 613, 000 Total for all work --------------------- ------------ 2, 113, 000 Cost and financial summary Cost of new work to June 30, 1946------------------------$7, 634, 837. 29 Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1946_ -___-- _____ _--. - 2, 721, 714. 55 Total cost of permanent work to June 30, 1946--...-------.. 10, 356, 551. 84 Minus accounts payable June 30, 1946--- ----------------- 92, 497. 77 Net total expenditures ---------------------------- 10, 264, 054. 07 Unexpended balance June 30, 1946- . ..--- .-.---.-- 611, 070. 80 Total amount appropriated to June 30, 1946----------- 10, 875, 124. 87 c Fiscal year ending June 30 1942 1943 19 1944 1945 1946 -------------- Cost of new work----................ ---------------------------- $3,857.80 $811, 901. 76 Cost of maintenance-............. - $48, 767.46 $59,665.94 $1,345. 33 44, 671. 29 317, 996. 12 Total cost .................- 48, 767.46 59,665.94 1, 345.33 48, 529.09 1, 129, 897. 88 Total expended.----------------- 48, 650. 84 56,116.46 5,175.73 44, 989. 34 1, 040, 939.86 Allotted....... ---------- ....------------------ ----------............. -9, 455. 11 254,000.00 1,443,000.00 Balance unexpended July 1, 1945__------_------- 1,.5"$209, 010. 66 Amount allotted during fiscal year- ----------------------- 1, 539, 000. 00 Amount to be accounted for, .------------------ ---- 1, 748, 010. 66 Deductions on account of revocation of allotment....--------------- 96, 000. 00 Net amount to be accounted for.------- -----.--. . 1, 652, 010. 66 Gross amount expended ....--------------------------------- 1, 040, 939. 86 Balance unexpended June 30, 1946.--------------------- 611, 070. 80 Amount covered by uncompleted' contracts -------------------- 353, 238. 85 Balance available June 30, 1946---------...................... 257, 831. 95 Amount (estimated) required to be appropriated for completion of existing project 1. ...----- -------. --- - 3, 942, 700. 00 Amount that can be profitably expended in fiscal year ending June 30, 1948: . . .. SFor new work 1 -------- --- -------------- 1, 500, 000. 00 ..- For maintenance I--------------- -------------- - 613, 000. 00 Total -.----.----------- ------------------ 2, 113, 000. 00 I Exclusive of available funds. RIVERS AND HARBORS--NEW YORK, N. Y., DISTRITIl 291 44. NEW YORK AND NEW JERSEY CHANNELS Location.-These channels extend from deep water nortliwestof Sandy Hook, through lower New York Bay and Raritan Bay, to Perth Amboy, and thence through Arthur Kill, lower Newark Bay, and Kill Van Kull to deep water in upper New York Bay. This route!is located alpproximately along the boundary line between the States of New York and New Jersey. (See U. S. Coast and Geodetic Survey Charts Nos. 285, 286, andll369.) Previous projects.-(a) Raritan Bay.-Adopted by River and HIarbor Acts of March 3, 1881, September 19, 1890, and June 3, 1896. (b) Staten Island Sound.-Adopted by River and Harbor Acts of June 23, 1874, March 3, 1875, June 14, 1880, August 11, 1888, May 15, 1889, and.October 20, 1890, June 3, 1896, June 13, 1902, June 25, 1910, and March 4, 1913. (c) New York and New Jersey channels.-Adopted by River and IHarbor Act of September 22, 1922. For further (letails, see page 284 of the Annual Report for 1923, and, page 194 of the Annual Report for 1934. EXi'ting project.-Tlhis provides for a channel through lower New York Bay, Raritan Bay, Arthur Kill, lower Newark Bay, and Kill Van Kull to upper New York Bay, the depth to be 37 feet in rock and 35 feet in soft material throughout, except in Arthur Kill between a point 1,000 feet north of the mouth of Smiths Creek and a point 1,000 feet south of Buckwheat Island, where the depth will be 30 feet; the width to be 600 feet across lower New York Bay and Raritan Bay and in the Arthur Kill to a point 500 feet south of Morse Creek, widened to 800 feet in the vicinities of Seguine Point and Wards Point, respec- tively, thence 500 to 600 feet wide and passing north of Shooters Island and protected by a dike on its northern side to the junction of the channel into Newark Bay; and, thence 800 feet wide through Kill Van Kull to upper New York Bay; with two anchorages 38 feet to accommodate five vessels each, one in the vicinity of Sandy IHoo (leep and one south of Perth Amboy, all with suitable easing at the bends and junctions. Length of section included in project 30.8 miles. In addition, the construction of a dike north of Shooters Island and two secondary channels 30 feet deep and 400 feet wide, one south of Shoot- ers Island and the other in Raritan Bay connecting with Raritan River, have been completed under previous projects and are main- tained under the existing project. All depths refer to the plane of mean low water. The mean range of tides varies between 4.9 and 5.1 feet; the mean range of spring tides, 5.8 to 6.1 feet. Extreme east- erly or westerly winds produce fluctuations of 1 to 3 feet above or below the mean range. The estimate of cost for new work, revised in 1939, is $37,630,000, exclusive of amounts expended on previous projects. The latest (1935) approved estimate for annual cost of maintenance is $195,000. 292 REPORT OF CHIEF OF ENGINEERS,. U. S. ARMY, 1946 The. existing project was authorized by the following river and harbor acts: Acts Work authorized Documents Sept. 6,19331 Anchorage off Perth Amboy to 33 fet--......------- Rivers and arbors Committee Doe. Aug. 30, 1935 gNo. 17, 71st Cong., 2(1sess. 1 May 28,19352 x proeaswhol II. Doc. No. 133, 74th Cong., 1st sess. Aug. 30, 1935 Exising project as a whole.... .... (Contains latest published map.) I Public Works Administration. 4 Emergency Relief Act of 1935. Local cooperation.---Work under the existing project is subject to the following conditions of local cooperation: (a) That where the project channel encroaches upon upland prop- erty and extends shoreward of harbor lines, the -completion of the encroaching portions of the project shall be deferred until the neces- sary rights-of-way for channel purposes shall have been granted free of cost to the United States; and (b) That local interests provide areas of land adjacent to the water- way, free of cost to the United States, for the disposal of dredged materials, except where, in the judgment of the Chief of Engineers, no suitable disposal areas exist. Under condition (a), a portion of Buckwheat Island necessary for channel purposes has been ceded to the United States. An easement dated August 4, 1942, approved by the Chief of Engineers on Septem- ber 5, 1942, conveyed to the United States free of cost, rights-of-way for channel purposes at Howland IIook, Staten Island, N. Y. Condi- tion (b) is being complied with. Terminal facilities.- There are 138 piers with a total berthage of 84,105 feet, 34,632 feet of bulkheads and wharves available for dock- age, 7 ferry landings, and 2 car-float (railroad) bridges. Of the terminals, 20 are publicly owned, 10 are open to the public, 93 are equipped with mechanical-handling devices, and 76 have railroad con- nections. Included in the terminals are five large shipyards. The facilities are considered adequate for existing commerce. (For latest full description of terminal facilities, see Port and Terminal Facilities at the Port of New York, 1942, Corps of Engineers.) Operations and results during fiscal year.-Under a contract for new work dredging in Arthur Kill at-the bend opposite Sewaren, N. J., to a depth of 30 feet at the widenings and 35 feet for a width of 400 feet, work was commenced May 31, 1945, and was completed September 21, 1945. During the fiscal year, 457,213 cubic yards, place measurement, of material were removed at a cost of $279,725.30 for new work. Under a contract for new work dredging,and rock removal in the easterly half of the channel in Arthur Kill from Piles Creek to Morse Creek (sec. 5, rock area 7) to a depth of 37 feet, work was commenced July 6, 1945, and was completed November 2, 1945. During the fiscal year, 233,734 cubic yards, place measurement, of material were re- moved at a cost of $488,419.68 for new work. RIVERS AND HARBORS-NEW YORK; N. Y., DISTRICT 293 Under a contract for new work dredging and rock removal in the easterly half of the channel in Arthur Kill from Morse Creek to above the Baltimore & Ohio railroad bridge (sec.'5, rock area 8) to a depth of 37 feet, work was commenced July 5, 1945, and was discontinued December 17, 1945, was resumed on January 23, 1946, and completed lebruary 18, 1946. During the fiscal year, 235,960 cubic yards, place measurement, of material were removed at a cost of $734,553.77 for new work. The U. S. seagoing hopper dredge Goethals was employed inter- inittently from July 1, 1945, to February '24, 1946; the U. S. seagoing hoplper ldredge Atlantic was employed July 1, 1945, to August 1, 1945; the U. S. seagoing hopper dredge Navesinle was employed intermit- tently from July 16, 1945, to February 17, 1946; the U. S. seagoing holpper dredge Absecon was employed July 18 to September 14, 1945; and the,I. S. seagoing hopper dredge Marshall was employed inter- mnittently from May 2 to June 21, 1946, in dredging a channel 35 feet deep and 400 feet wide from a point 3.4 miles west of Bayside-Gedney Channel to Perth Amboy (secs. 2 and 3, areas 1 to 10). During the fiscal year, there was removed a total of 3,174,248 cubic yards, place measurement, of pnaterial at a cost of $954,741.64 for new work. Under a contract for new work dredging and rock removal in Arthur Kill, vicinity of Woodbridge Creek (sec. 3) to a depth of 37 feet, work was commenced August 19, 1945, and waS completed May 17, 1946. During the fiscal year, 192,068 cubic yards, place measure- ment, of material were removed at a total cost of $672,710.33 for new work. Under a contract for new work dredging and rock removal in the easterly half of the channel in Arthur Kill at the bend opposite Eliza- bethport and a strip 75 feet wide in the westerly portion from the cut-off at Elizabethport to about 1,500 feet above the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad bridge (sec. 5, rock area 9), work was commenced December 3, 1945, and was discontinue(l December 31, 1945, was re- sumed February 24, 1946, and comp)leted March 4, 1946. During the fiscal year, 51,413 cubic yards, place measurement, of material were removed at a total cost of $127,063.05 for new work. The U. S. seagoing hopper dredge Navesinlk was employed inter- mittently from February 18, 1946, to May 4, 1946, in dredging to restore a section at the easterly end of New York and New Jersey channels in Lower New York Bay to a dep)th of 35 feet. During the fiscal year, 50,700 cubic yards, place measurement, of material were removed at a cost of $19,999.14 for maintenance. Under a contract for new work dredging in Arthur Kill from the south limit of the Sewaren area to Perth Amboy to 35 feet for a width of 400 feet (sec. 3, areas A to E), work was commenced June 17, 1946, and was in progress at the end of the fiscal year. During the fiscal year, 71,400 cubic yards, place measurement, of material were removed at a cost of $38,508.99 for new work. The U. S. derrick lighter N. Y. No..20 was employed on Janary 25, 1946, in removing obstructions from the channel in Arthur KIill in the vicinity of Carteret, N. J., at a cost of $301.09 foir maintenance. The cost of condition surveys and surveys and engineering prelimi- nary to dredging was $24,246.37, all for new work. 294 REPORT OF CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMY, 1946 The total,cost of work under the existing project was $3,340,269.36-- $3,319 969.13 for new work and $20,300.23 for maintenance. The total expenditure was $3,459,246.57. Condition at end of fiscal year.-The existing project was about 62 percent complete. Work completed thus far has consisted of providing project depth of 35 feet in soft material and 37 feet in rock in a 3.4-mile reach in lower New York Bay for a width of 600 feet, extending west- ward from Bayside-Gedney Channels; thence for a width of 400 feet in lower New York and 'Raritan Bays and Arthur Kill to Perth Amboy, except in the vicinity of Wards Point where the width is 300 . feet; the rock area in Arthur Kill in the vicinity of Woodbridge Creek; the 400-foot channel in Arthur Kill at the bend apposite Sewaren,. N. J., except in the widenings where the depth is 30 feet; the westerly half of the, channel from Buckwheat Island to Elizabethport; the easterly half of the channel from Morse Creek to about 1,500 feet above the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad bridge; thence the 'westerly 75 feet of the easterly half of the channel to the cut-off at Elizabeth- port; and the widening at the bend opposite hElizabethport: the channel for full width in Newark Bay and north of Shooters island from Elizabethport to the easterly end of Shooters Island; the northerly half of the channel in Kill Vani Kull from Shooters Island to Constable Point; the channel from Constable Point to St. George; and of pro- viding 33-foot depth in the northeasterly portion of Perth Amboy Anchorage. The controlling mean low-water depths of the channels included in the project are as follows: Section pth (feet) Widh (feet) Date From Main Ship Channel to 3.4 miles west........... 35 200-00 June 1946. From 3.4 miles west of Main Ship Channel to Perth 35 300-400 D)ecember 1944 to May 1945.. Amboy.' From Perth Amboy to Sewaren...............-....... 30 400-150 December 1944. From Sewaren to Piles Creek.....------------------------ 30 350-4() l)o. From Piles Creek to Elizabethport--.-----.... - ..- - 35 600-325 November 1939 and March . 19416. From Elizabethport to Bergen Point Light......------... 35 00-800 March and October 1944. Channel south of Shooters Island--....-----_-.. 29 600-400 August 1943. From Bergen Point to Upper New York Bay: (a) Northerly half ----------- ------------ 35 400-350 March 1944. (b) Southerly half.----------------........------------- 30 400-100 1)o. Anchorage in the vicinity of Sandy IIook.-.....-. 21.5 .......... November 1943. Anchorage south of Perth Amboy---. - 14.0 .......... February 1944. Channel in Raritan Bay connecting with Raritan 30 400 June 1938. River. I An area 1,250 feet by 3,000 feet adjacent to the channel has a controlling depth of 31 feet, except for a shoal'. with a least depth of 26 feet extending 130 feet into the area at the northwesterly corner. The work remaining to be done under the existing project consists of completing the deepening and widening of the entire channel to dimensions authorized by the River and Harbor Act of August 30, 1935, the completion of the deepening of the anchorage south of Perth Amboy, and dredging the anchorage in the vicinity of Sandy Hook. .The total costs and expenditures under the existing project to June 30, 1946, were as follows: RIVERS AND HARBORS-NEW YORK, N. Y., DISTRICT 295 Costs Expenditures New work Maintenance Total Regular funds.......................... $20,618,253.17 $437,231.45 $21,055, 484.62 $20, 955,997.62 Public Works funds..........-- ......... 807,000.00 ................ 807,000.00 807,000.00 Emergency Relief funds--------------................ 2, 023, 308. 41 ... . 2, 023, 308. 41 2,023, 308.41 Total United States funds........ 23, 448, 561.58 437, 231.45 23, 885, 793. 03 23, 786, 306. 03 Contributed funds..................... 7,711.82 ................ 7, 711.82 7, 711.82 Total, all funds..................-------------- 23, 456, 273.40 437,231.45 23, 893, 504. 85 23, 794,017.85 Proposed operations.-The balance unexpended at the end of the fiscal year, amounting to $4,014,674.23, will be applied as follows: Accounts payable June 30, 1946--_---.----..--.---- $99, 487. 00 New work: Dredge by use of 1 United States seagoing hoppdr dredge for 3 days (July 1 to 3, 1946) in the removal of isolated shoals in Raritan Bay between Seguine Point and Perth Amboy to 35 feet-_ -------------. $5, 000. 00 Complete by Oct. 15, 1946, under contract in force, dredging in the channel in Arthur K(ill from the south limit of the Sewaren area to Perth Amboy to 35 feet for a width of 400 feet (sec. 3, areas A to BE)--------- 207, 068. 95 Dredging and rock removal and removal of wrecks and obstructions by contract (Au- gust 1946 to February 1947), in the easterly half of the channel in Arthur Kill from above the Baltimore & Ohio IR. R. bridge to Elizabethport to 37 feet (see. 5, area 10).. 978, 952. 01, Dredging and rock removal by contract (Au- gust 1946 to August 1947) in the southerly half of the channel in Kill Van Kull from Bergen Point to Bayonne Bridge to 37 feet (sec. 7, area 13)- 1, 265, 522. 00 1.------------------- Dredging and rock removal by contract (Octo- ber 1946 to August 1947) in the southerly half of the channel in Kill Van Kull between Bayonne Bridge and Port Richmond to 37 feet (sec. 7, area 14) -------------------- 939, 194. 50 Dredging by contract (February to July 1947) in the southerly half of the channel in Kill Van Kull in the vicinity of West New Brighton to 35 feet (sec. 7, area 15)-------....... 463, 750. 00 3. 859. 487. 46 Maintenance:.... Dredge by use of 1 United States seagoing hopper dredge for 1.2 months commencing about Dec. 1, 1946, in the removal of' shoals in Raritan and Lower New York .... --. Bays.--------. ........... . .--.. .----- 55, 699. 77 Total for all work....--.-......--...--...... 4, 014, 674. 23 296 REPORT OF CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMY, 1946r New work should be continued during the fiscal year 1948. Main- tenance dredging will be necessary. The additional sum of $4,360,000 can be profitably expended during the fiscal year 1948, as follows: New work: Dredge by use of 2 United States seagoing hop- per dredges for about 8 months in completing lower entrance channel from 3.4 miles west 'of main ship channel to, vicinity of Wards Point to project dimensions (sec. 2)---- -------- -_ $1, 000, 000 Complete by June 30, 1948, under contract to be entered into, deepening of the channel in the vi- cinity of Wards Point to project dimensions (sec. 2)------------------------- --------- 500, 000 Complete by Mar. 31, 1948, under contract to be entered into, dredging and rock removal from New Brighton to Constable Point (sec. 7, areas 16 and 17) -------------------- 700, 000 Complete by June 30, 1948, under contract to be entered into, dredging Perth Amboy Anchorage 'to 35 feet___--------------------- -- - 2, 100,000 $4, 300, 000 Maintenance: Dredge by use of 1 United. States sea- going hopper dredge for about 1 month in the re- moval of shoals where necessary_____________.__.. 60, 000 Total for all work--------,_ _ ------ -_-.. .. 4, 360, 000 Cost and financial summary Cost of new work to June 30, 1946_---------------------- 1 2 36, 258, 536. 30 Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1946___________________ 2 1, 529, 065. 65 Total cost of permanent work to June 30, 1946........ 1 2 37, 787, 601. 95 Minus accounts payable June 30, 1946 --------------------- 99, 487. 00 Net total expenditures-------------------------- 2 37, 688, 114. 95 Unexpended balance June 30, 1946 ----------------------- 4, 014, 674. 23 Total amount appropriated to June 30, 1946--------- 2 41, 702, 789. 18 Fiscal year ending June 30 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 Cost of new work......-......... $1, 904, 574. 24 $1, 638, 536. 92 $547,162.48 $246, 204. 91 $3, 319, 969. 13 Cost of maintenance.... 71, 220. 19 ..------------- 562. 94 10, 306. 77 434, 784.84 20, 300. 23 1, 975,794. 43 1, 639,099.86 Total cost.......-------------........... 557, 469. 25 680, 989. 75 36 3, 340, 269. 1, 731,185.12 1, 847, 567. 30 Total expended--..................--------. 703, 296. 26 464, 135. 67 3, 459, 246. 57 Allotted. .--- .- ..........3, 750, 000. 00 -- 2,145,000.00 -135, 484. 08 3, 855, 000. 00 3, 753, 000. 00 Balance unexpended July 1, 1945. _- ....-----------..... $3, 720, 920. 80 Amount allotted during fiscal year ----- ---------.--..- 3, 780, 000. 00 Amount to be accounted for ----------------------- 7, 500, 920. 80 Deductions on account of revocation of allotment-----. - - 27, 000. 00 Net amount to be accounted for..-- . .. 7, 473, 920. 80 Gross:amount expended --------------------------------- 3, 459, 246. 57 Balance unexpended June 30, 1946_--------------.. 4, 014, 674. 23 21'Exclusive-of$7,711.82 expended from contributed funds for new work. 1Includes $6,621.00 for new work and $1,621.00 for maintenance of Lemon Creek. RIVERS AND HARBORS-NEW YORK, N. Y., DISTRICT 297 Amount covered by uncompleted contracts--- . - .---------- $217, 950. 95 Balance available June 30, 1946..........--------------------- 3, 796, 723. 28 Amount (estimated) required to be appropriated for completion of existing project a------------------------- _----------10, 315, 000. 00 Amount that can be profitably expended in fiscal year ending June 30, 1948: For new work 3-- 4, 300, 000. 00 For maintenance 3a ----------------------------------- 60, 000. 00 Total 3------------------------------------------- 4, 360, 000. 00 * Exclusive of available funds. 45. RARITAN RIVER TO ARTIIUIt KILL CUT-OFF CHANNEL, N. J. Location.--This channel is in the western portion of Raritan Bay, off Perth Amlboy, and about 23 miles by water southwest of the Battery, New York City. (See U. S. Coast and Geodetic Survey Chart No. '2s8.) L'xisting project.-This provides for a channel 1 mile long, 20 feet deep at mean low water and 800 feet wide, connecting the Raritan River Channel with the southern end of the Arthur Kill Channel, New York and New Jersey Channels project. The mean range of tides is 5.1 feet; me range an of spring tides, 6.1 feet. High easterly or westerly rindts cause irregular tidal fluctuations from 1 to 2 feet above or below the mnean range. The estimate of cost of new work made in 1933 was $600,000. The latest (1935) approved estimate of annual cost of maintenance is $21,000. The existing project was authorized by the Public Works Admin- istration under date of September 6, 1933, and by River and Harbor Act approved August 30, 1935 (I-I. Doc. No. 50, 73d Cong., 1st sess.), which document contains latest published maps. Terminal facilities.--No terminal facilities are served by the im- p)rovement, which is a connecting channel. Operationsand results during fiscal year.-Under a continuing con- tract for dredging to a depth of 20 feet, work was commenced April 1, 1946, and completed June 22, 1946. During the ,fiscal year 682,589 cubic yards, place measurement, of material were removed at a cost of $431,361.38 for maintenance. The cost of survey and engineering preliminary to dredging was $1,154.37 for maintenance. The total cost of work was $432,515.75 for maintenance. The total expenditure was $312,775.71. Condition at end of fiscal year.-The existing project was completed in 1935. When examined in June1946 the controlling mean low water depth through the channel was 20 feet for full project width. The total cost of the existing project to June 30, 1946, was $1,430,105.13-$810,500 Public Works funds for new work and $619,- 605.13 regular funds for maintenance. The total expenditure was $1,309,976.61. 298 REPORT OF CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMY, 1946 Proposed operations.--The balance unexpended at the end of the fiscal year, amounting to $147,440.86 lessaccounts payable of $120,- 128.59, a total of $27,312.34 is available for revocation. Maintenance dredging will not be necessary and no funds can be profitably expended during the fiscal year 1948. Cost and financial summary Cost of new work to June 30, 1946 --..... -------------. . $810, 500. 00 Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1946------------------------ 619, 605. 13 Total cost of permanent work to June 30, 1946-_- 1, 430, 105. 13 Minus accounts payable June 30, 1946----------------------- 120, 128. 52 Net total expenditures. .... ,.-------------.... 1, 309, 976. 61 Unexpended balance June 30, 1946_ ----------------- .-.--- 147, 440. 86 Total amount appropriated to June 30, 1946.------------1, 457, 417. 47 Fiscal year ending June 30 1942 1943 1044 1945 1946 Cost of new work .------------------.. ------ ---------------------- ----- -------- Cost of maintenance.............. $26, 184. 22 $20, 085. 00 ..--............ $1, 171. 91 $432, 515.75 Total expended--------._- .24, 735. 88 22. 105.44 783. 43 312.775. 71 Allotted--....... ......- ..------ ...------- 135, 000. 00 -215,034.38 ... -- 251,000.00 210,000.00 Balance unexpended July 1, 1945_ _--------______----$250, 216. 57 Amount allotted during fiscal year--_- ------ ___-_- _ -- 210, 000. 00 Amount to be accounted for_ - .-----------------460, 216. 57 Gross amount expended_ ----------------------------------- 312, 775. 71 Balance unexpended June 30, 1946_-..-------------_ 147, 440. 86 Amount covered by uncompleted contracts-.------ --.. 127, 623. 80 Balance available June 30, 1946...._...-.-.------- 19, 817. 06 46. RAHWAY RIVER, N. J. Location..-The Rahway River, about 25 miles long, rises near Pleasantdale, N. J., and flows in a southerly and easterly direction to join the Arthur Kill at Carteret, N. J., about 15 miles, by water, southwest of the Battery, New York City. (See U. S. Coast and Geodetic Survey Charts Nos. 369 and 385.), Previou.s projects.--Adopted by River and Harbor Act of March 3, 1879. For further details see page 113 of Annual Report for 1895, and page 255 of Annual Report for 1938. Existing project.--This provides for a.channel 8 feet deep at mean low water from the mouth of the river to a point just above Lambert's -wharf, a distance of about 2.5 miles, the width to be generally 100 feet, widening at the entrance, at bends, and at the turning basin at the head of the improvement.. Mean tidal range, 5 feet; mean range of spring tides, 6 feet: High easterly or westerly winds cause irregular tidal fluctuations from 1 to 2 feet above or below normal range. The estimate of cost for new work, revised in 1946, is'$102,000, ex- clusive of amounts expended on previous projects. The latest (1935) approved estimate of cost of annual maintenance is $8,000. RIVERS AND HARBORS-NEW YORK, N. Y., DISTRICT 299 Tlle existing p)roject was adopted by the River and Harbor Act Approved August 30, 1935 (H.Doc. No. 63, 73d Cong., 1st sess.). The latest published map is in the I)roject document. Local cooperation.--The project was authorized subject to the con- ditions that local interests shall construct at least one wharf open to the public, and suitable for barge traffic, within one-half mile of the head of the improvement; and 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. In letter dated September 24; 1945, the city of Linden offered to lease a portion of Lambert's Dock for a-period of 10 years and open it to the general public in lieu of constructing a wharf. The Chief of Engineers on I)ecenber 6,1945, accepted the I)rop)osed leasing of a portion of the dock as a satisfactory means of compliance with the condition requiring construction of a wharf. In letter dated lJuly 10, 1945, local interests gave assurances that spoil-disposal areas would be made available. Fulfillment of conditions of local cooperation is expected within the next 2 years. Teiminal facilities.--.There are three serviceable privately owned wharves used exclusively for private business and one small wharf for a yacht club. When conditions of local cooperation for providing public wharf are met, the terminals will adequately provide for the anticipated business. Operations and results during fiscal year.---The cost and expendi- tures of a survey to determine the condition of the channel were $300.00 for maintenance. Condition at end of fiscal year.--No work has been done under the existing project. The controlling mean low water depth when ex- amnine(l in March 1946 was 6 feet for a channel varying in width from 50 to 100 feet from the entrance to Lambert's wharf., The head of navigation is at Monroe Street Bridge, about 5 miles above the mouth. The total cost an(l expenditures of the existing project to June 30, 1946, were $300.00, all for maintenance. Proposed operations.-No funds are available and no work is con- templated dlluring the fiscal year 1947. The existing project should be completed during the fiscal year ,1948. Therefore, the sum of $102,000 can be I)rofitably expended during the fiscal year 1948 to be applied to dredging the channel to project dimensions. Cost and financial summary Cost of new work to June 30, 1946------..---.--.-. - -------- $37, 000 ------------------------------ 300 Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1946........................... Total cost of permanent work to June 30, 1946--------------- - 37, 300 " Net total expenditures --------------------------------------- 37, 300 Total amount appropriated to June 30, 1946............-----------------........... .37, 300 Fiscal year ending June 30 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 Cost of now Work_.: .... ...... .. ...... ...... . . .. , . . .. . .. _ .. . . . . -.- SCost of mnaintenatce---------- --. :-----------------00 Total exended....................................----...--------------.. ................... ... . 300 Allotted.... ................... , .........--. ...-. ............. .... . .... 300 300 REPORT OF CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMY, 1946 Amount allotted during fiscal year-------------------------------- $300 ----------------------------------------- Gross amount expended...................... 300 Amount (estimated) required to be appropriated for completion of existing project--- -------------------------------------- 102, 000 Amount that can be profitably expended in fiscal year ending June 30, 1948, for new work --------------------------------------- 102, 000 47. WOODBRIDGE CREEK, N. J. Location.-This is a small creek, risingnear Rahway, N. J., and flow- ing through marshes into the west-side of Arthur Kill, about 20 miles, by water, southwest of the Battery, New York City. (See U. S. Coast and Geodetic Survey Charts Nos. 286 and 369.) Previous project.-Adopted by River and Harbor Act of March 3, 1879. For further details see page 1777, Annual Report for 1915, and page 256, Annual Report for 1938. Existing project.-This provides for a channel 8 feet deep at mean low water and- 50 feet wide, extending from Arthur Kill to the Sala- mander dock, a distance of about 1.9 miles. Mean tidal range, 5.1 feet; mean range of spring tides, 6.1 feet. High easterly or westerly winds cause tidal fluctuations of about 2 to 4 feet above and below the mean range. The estimate of cost for new work, made in 1902, was $35,000, ex- clusive of amounts expended on previous projects. The latest (1928) approved estimate for annual cost of maintenance is $5,000. The existing project was adopted by the River and Harbor Act of June 13, 1902 (H. Doc. No. 282, 56th Cong., 1st sess., and Annual Report for 1900, p. 1552). The latest published map is in tfKe project document. Terminal facilities.-There are two terminals with a total dockage of 118 feet. One of the terminals with a dockage of 50 feet is publicly owned. The terminals are adequate for present commerce. Operations and results during fiscal year.-None. Condition at end of fiscal year.-The existing project was completed in 1908. When examined in" March, October, and November 1941, the controlling mean low-water'depth was 8 feet for a width of 50 feet from the mouth to the town dock, thence 1 foot to the head of the project. The total cost and expenditures of the existing project to June 30, 1946, were $205,953.20-$30,822.70 for new work and $175,130.50 for maintenance. Proposed operations.-No funds are available and no work is con- templated during the fiscal year 1947. Maintenance will be necessary during the fiscal year 1948 'redging and the additional sum of $35,000 can be profitably expended during the fiscal year 1948 for such work. Cost and financial summary Cost of new work to June 30, 1946.------------------.........,. $49, 822. 70 Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1946..------------------------......................175, 130. 50 Total cost of permanent' work to June 30, 1946.....-... 224, 953. 20 Net total expenditures- _-------------------- ..- 224, 953. 20 Total amount appropriated to June 30, 1946--------............. , 224, 953. 20 RIVERS AND HARBORS-NEW YORK, N. Y., DISTRICT 301 Fiscal year ending June 30 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 Cost of new work .. Cost of maintenance------------- $27, 465. 42---------------------- Total expended_............ 29, 103. 17 -- Allotted:........... ... ....... 3,000.00 -$3,896.83 .............. .............. ....... Allotted-----------------------3,000.00-$3,898---3-------------------- Amount that can be profitably expended in fiscal year ending June 30, 1948 for maintenance --------------- _--...------ $35, 000. 00 48. GREAT KILLS tHARBOR, STATEN ISLAND, N. Y. Location.-Great Kills is a small harbor contiguous to lower New York Bay, located on the southeasterly shore of Staten Island, N. Y,, about 8 miles northtwest of Sandy Hook, N. J., and 161/2 miles south- west of tile Battery, New York City. (See U. S. Coast and Geodetic Survey Chart No. 369.) Exi.sting project.-Tis provdes for an entrance channel 10 feet deep and 150 feet wide from deep water in lower New York Bay through the elltrance to the harbor in the vicinity of the present westerly end of Crooks Island, thence of same depth and width along the west side of tile harbor and for an anchorage area of 138 acres and 8-foot depth. The length of the section included in the project is about 1.9 miles. Thle mean range of tide is 4.7 feet; mean range of spring tides, 5.7 feet. Extreme easterly or westerly winds produce fluctuations of from 3 feet below mean low water to 3 feet above mean high water. The estimate of cost for new work revised in 1938, is $265,000, including $114,500 contributed by local interests. Tilhe latest (1938) approved estimate for annual cost of maintenance is $15,000. The existing project was authorized by the following river and harbor acts: Acts Work authorized Documents Jan. 21, 1927 Entrance channel to Crooks Island............... H. Doc. No. 252, 69th Cong., 1st sess. June 20, 1938 Extension of entrance channel and for an anchor- 1L.Doc. No. 559, 75th Cong., 3d sess. age area. (Contains latest published map.) Local cooperation.-Fully complied with except that local in- terests are required to furnish suitable spoil-disposal areas for alnintenance. Terminal facilities.-No terminals suitable for commercial pur- poses have been established. There are eight small piers used for mooring and. landing purposes. Four commercial boat yards are located at Great Kills. Upon completion of the two public termi- nals to be constructed in accordance with the requirements of local cooperation, the terminals will be sufficient for present needs. Operations and results during fiscal year.--The cost and expendi- tures of surveys and engineering preliminary to completion of dredg- ing were $2,358.35 for new work, all from contributed funds. 721584--47-pt. 1, vol. 1-20 302 REPORT OF CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMY, 1946 Condition at end of fiscal year.--The existing project was about 59 percent completed. The entrance channel up to Crooks Island was completed in 1935. When examined intermittently from March 1941 to December 1945, the controlling depth at mean low water was 10 feet for a width varying from 100 to 150 feet in the entrance chan- nel to Crooks Island, thence 9 feet for full project width in the chan- nel along the west side of the harbor for a distance of 2,000 feet, thence 0.9 foot for full project width to the head of the project, and 8 feet in the anchorage except in the northwest corner where the least depth was 1 foot. The work remaining to be done under the project consists of completing the dredging of the channel along the west side of the harbor and the anchorage area. The total cost of the existing project to June 30, 1946, was $194,- 055.48---$36,000 Public Works funds, $69,630.84 contributed funds, and $50,796.01 advanced funds, a total of $156,426.85 for new work and $37,628.63 regular funds for maintenance. The total expendi- tures were $180,910.24, of which $64,314.83 were contributed funds, $42,966.78 advanced funds, and $73,628.63 United States funds. Proposed operations.-The balance unexpended at the end of the fiscal year, amounting to $121,718.67 of which $0.28 are regular funds, $50.185.17 are contributed funds and $71,533.22 are advanced funds, will be applied as follows: Accounts payable June 30, 1946--------------------------------$13,145.24 New work: Dredging by contract (September and October 1946) to complete the channel along the west side of the harbor and the anchorage basin'to project dimensions-___ 1------------- 108, 573.15 Balance remaining-------------------------------------------- . 28 Total for all work------------ ---------------- 121, 718. 67 This work will complete the existing project. Maintenance dredg- ing will not be necessary during the fiscal year 1948. The sum of $114,500 can be profitably expended during the fiscal year 1948, to be applied to refund,. of advanced funds to the city of New York for dredging in Great Kills Harbor. Cost and financial summary UNITED STATES FUNDS Cost of new work to June 30, 194.6 _-_-__ _----_.-.-- .- $36, 000. 00 Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1946 ------------------------- 37, 628. 63 Total cost of permanent work to June 30, 1946------------ 73, 628. 63 Net total expenditures-- --------------------------------- 73, 628. 63 Unexpended balance June 30, 1946 ---------- -------- .28 Total amount appropriated to June 30, 1946-------------- 73, 628. 91 Fiscal year ending June 30 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 .......-----------.---............. Cost of new work .................-----............. .... ........ Cost of maintenance ........ ......................... .............. _...... $25, 549.72 ........... Total expended....-....... ------ ------------ -- - - ------- -- 25, 549. 72 .............------- Allotted..I.. . . .. ...... ......-- - --- - ---.. , 32,000.00.1 -$6,450 RIVERS AND HARBORS-NEW YORK, N. Y., DISTRICT 303 Balance unexpended July 1, 1945_,--------- --.---.-.-.- - $6, 450..28 Deductions on account of revocation of allotment- . ...-. 6, 450. 00 6-.-.. Balance unexpended June 30, 1946_--.-------------------- . 28 Amount (estimated) required to be appropriated for completion of existing project 1 2 ___----- . . .. .___ -114, 500. 00 Amount that can be profitably expended in fiscal year ending June 30, 1948, for new work I2_________-______---.L ...-- .-..--. 114, 500. 00 I For repayment of funds advanced by local interests. 2 Exclusive of available funds. CONTRIBUTED FUNDS ------------ Cost of new work to June 30, 1946 ......................... $69, 630. 84 Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1946___________._........L. --------- Total cost of permanent work to June 30, 1946__--------- 69, 630. 84 Minus accounts payable June 30, 1946-_ _------.--..----.---.- 5, 316. 01 Net total expenditures.............................-----------------------------------. 64, 314. 83 Unexpended baance June 30, 1946......----..--------.. --------------- 50, 185. 17 Total amount contributed to June 30, 1946--------------- 114, 500. 00 Fiscal year ending June 30 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 ------------- Cost of new work .... $62, 800. 13 $2, 544.77 -. .- . . ...-------------- $2,358.35 Cost of maintenance ....................................--------------.--- --------- --------- Total expended................... 238. 16 57, 2, 790.73 ............-----------------------...... 2,358.35 Contributed--------------................................................... Balance unexpended July 1, 1945 --------------------------- . $52, 543. 52 'Gross amount expended ---------------------------------------- 2, 358.35 Balance unexpended June 30, 1946.---------------------- 50, 185. 17 Amount covered by uncompleted contracts. ..-----------------. 5, 316. 01 Balance available June 30, 1946.---------------------- 44, 869. 16 ADVANCED FUNDS.. -------------------------- Cost of new work to June 30, 1946___ . $50, 796. 01 Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1946 ----------------------------- Total cost of permanent work to June 30, 1946------------ 50, 796. 01 Minus accounts payable June 30, 1946------ --.. -------------- 7, 829. 23 Net total expenditures-_ -------------------------- , 42, 966. 78 Unexpended balance June 30, 1946...........-----------------.................. 71, 533. 22 Total amount advanced to June 30, 1946. - ----------- . 114, 500. 00 Fiscal year ending June 30' 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 Cost of new work.-............ $44. 248. 77 $6,602.36.......................... Cost of mainenanc........................................... ............. ............. Total expended-- . . .. ..----------- . .38,9003.82 "- ................... -..... Advanced.-- ------------- ------------ --- .------- ... ..... ---- --- ------ 304 REPORT OF CHIEF OF ENGINEERS,, U. S. ARMY, 1946 Balance unexpended July 1, 1945 _._ .. ..--------------- $71, 533. 22 Balance unexpended June 30, 1946_ -- - _-_--____.___-_ _ 71, 533. 22 Amount covered by uncompleted contracts ---.- __ _-- ___-- 7, 829. 23 Balance available June 30, 1946------------------------ 63, 703. 99 CONSOLIDATED COST AND FINANCIAL SUMMARY, GREAT KILLS, STATEN ISLAND, N. Y. Cost of new work to June 30, 1946 ___----- --- ------------ $156, 426. 85 Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1946_ -_........._ 37, 628. 63 Total cost of permanent work to June 30, 1946------------194, 055. 48 Minus accounts payable June 30, 1946. ..-------- .-------- - 13, 145. 24 Net total expenditures--------------.--.. ---- --- - 180, 910. 24 Unexpended balance June 30, 1946 -------------------------- 121, 718. 67 Total amount appropriated to June 30, 1946-------------- 302, 628. 91 Fiscal year ending June 30 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 Cost of new work..-.-----.-........... $107, 048. 90 $9,047. 13 --------.............. .$2, . - 358.35 Cost of maintenance...........------------.. .....---------------------------........---------- $25, 549. 72 .......... Total expended................. 96, 141: 98 6,853. 69 - 25, 649. 72 .---------- 2, 358.35 Alloted, contributed and advanced ..--------------. . . 32,000.00 .--------------.. -6,450.00 Balance unexpended'July 1, 1945 .$------------ -------------- 130, 527. 02 Deductions on account of revocation of allotment------------__- 6, 450. 00 Net amount to be accounted for__.--.----------------. 124, 077. 02 Gross amount expended_ .--------.------------------------- 2, 358. 35 Balance unexpended June 30, 1946---------------------._ 121, 718. 67 Amount covered by uncompleted contracts--------------------- 13, 145. 24 Balance available June 30, 1946_---------------------. 108, 573. 43 Amount (estimated) required to be appropriated for completion of existing project 1 a_ 2_------------------------------ ------- 114, 500. 00 Amount that can be profitably'expended in fiscal year ending June 30, 1948, for new work 1 2__________________________ _____ 114, 500. 00 1For repayment of funds advanced by local interests. 2 Exclusive of available funds. 49. RARITAN RIVER, N. J. Location.-Rises in the north-central part of New Jersey and flows in a general southeasterly direction into Raritan Bay, between Perth Amboy and South Amboy, about 24 miles, by water, south of the Battery, New York City. (See U. S. Coast and Geodetic Survey Chart No. 375.) Previousprojects.--A survey of Raritan River for the improvement of New Brunswick Harbor was made in 1836. Subsequent projects were adopted by acts of June 18, 1878, and March 3, 1881. For further details see page 1777 of Annual Report for 1915, page 359 of Annual Report for 1918, and page 259 of Annual Report for 1938. . RIVERS AND HARBORS-NEW YORK, N. Y., DISTRICT 305 Existing project.-This provides for a channel 25 feet deep and 300 feet wide extending from the turn in New York and New Jersey Channels near Great Beds Light to the Government wharf on the main channel, a distance of 5.8 miles, widened to 600 feet for a length of 1,000 feet opposite the wharf to form a turning basin of same depth; thence a channel 15 feet deep and 200 feet wide, to the Wash- ington Canal, a distance of 3.0 miles; thence 10 feet deep in soft material, 11 feet deep inrock, and generally 100 feet wide with widen- ing at bends to the Delaware & Raritan Canal entrance at New Bruns- Wick, a distance of 5.0 miles; and for a'south channel, 25 feet deep and 300 feet wide from the junction with the main channel at Keasby to the upper limit of the Titanium Pigment Co. property, a distance of 0.8 mile; thence 10 feet deep and 150 feet wide to the upper junction with the main channel at Crab Island, a distance of 2.4 miles. The plane of reference is mean low water. The mean range of tides is 5.1 feet at the mouth of the river and 5.3 feet at New Brunswick; mean range of spring tides, 0.1 and 6.3 feet, respectively. High easterly or westerly winds cause irregular tidal fluctuations from 1 to 2 feet above or below the mean range. ''lThe estimate of cost for new work, revised in 1946, is $1,257,000, exclusive of amounts expended on previous projects and exclusive of $66,000 contributed by local interests. Thle latest (1940) approved estimate for annual cost of maintenance is $60,000. The existing project was authorized by the following river and harbor acts: Acts Work authorized Documents Mar. 2, 1919 Channel 15 feet deep and 200 feet wide to Wash- II. Doe. No. 1341, 62d Cong., 3d sess. ington Canal, thence 10 feet deep and 150feet wide to canal locks and 10 feet deep through south channel. July 3, 1930 Channel 25 feet deep and 300 feet wide up to New II. Doe. No. 127, 70th Cong., 1st sess. York & Long Branch R. R. bridge. , Do....... Channel 10 feet deep in earth and 11 feet in rock II.Doec. No. 454, 70th Cong., 2d sess.' to New Brunswick. Width reduced to 100 feet. Do ......Relocation of lower reach of south channel-....... Rivers and Harbors Committee Doo. No. 31, 71st Cong., 2d sess.1 Aug. 26, 1937 Channel 25 feet deep and 300 feet wide to Junction Rivers and Harbors Committee Doe. of main and south channels, thence of same No. 74, 74th Cong., 2d sess.' depth in south channel to Titanium Pigment Co. Oct. 17,1940 Channel 2b feet deep and 300 feet wide from June. Report on file in the Office, Chief of tion of main and south channels to the Govern- Engineers (report not printed). ment wharf, including a turning basin. 1 Contain latest published maps. Local coo peration.-Fully comnplied with except that local inter- ests are required to furnish spoil-disposal areas for the maintenance of the 25-foot channel from New York & Long Branch Railroad bridge to junction of main and south channels, and in the south channel to the Titanium Pigment Co. property. 306 REPORT^ OF CHIEF' OF ENGINEERS,. U. S. ARMY, 1946 Terminal:faoilities.--Thereare seven piers with a total berthage of 5,774 feet and 9,545 feet of bulkheads available for dockage. The Government has established a large ammunition and storage depot and arsenal, known as Raritan Arsenal, on the river. One of the terminals is municipally owned and is open to the public. Twelve of the terminals are equipped with mechanical-handling devices and 14 have railroad connections. In addition, there are two boat basins for accommodating small craft, one of which is municipally owned and open to the public. The terminals are considered adequate for the existing commerce. (For latest full description of terminal facilities see Port and Terminal Facilities at the Port of New York, 1942, Corps of Engineers.) Operationsand results during fiscal year.-Under a continuing con- tract for maintenance dredging to restore the south channel from Keasby to the Titanium Pigment Co. property to a depth of 25 feet, costs of.$40.74 were incurred during the fiscal year for work prelimi- nary to dredging. The cost of a condition survey from the upper end of Raritan Arsenal wharf to Delaware & Raritan Canal was $42.03 for main- tenance. The cost of surveys and engineering preliminary to dredging the main and south channels was $4,927.08 for maintenance. -The total cost of work was $5,009.85, all for maintenance. The expehditures were $5,146.93. Condition at end of fiscal year.-Work under the existing project was about 96 percent completed. The main channel has been dredged 25 feet deep and 300 feet wide from the junction with New York and New Jersey Channels to and including a turning basin of the same depth opposite the Government wharf, except for a shoal along the northerly channel line in the vicinity of the Victory Bridge, thence 15 feet deep and 200 feet wide to the mouth of the Washington Canal, thence 10 and 11 feet deep and 100 feet wide to the Delaware & Raritan Canal outlet locks at New Brunswick. The south channel has been dredged 25 feet deep and 300 feet wide for a distance of 3,200 feet, thence 10 feet deep and 150 feet wide for a distance of 12,400 feet to within 1,300 feet of the junction with the main channel at Crab Island. The controlling depths at mean low water are as follows: Section Depth (feet) Width (feet) Date In main channel from New York and New Jersey Channels to 22 170-300 May 1946. New York & Long Branch R. R. bridge. From New York & Long Branch R. ItR.bridge to junction 25 220-300 January 1944. with the south channel. From South Channel junction to the Government wharf...... 25 300 December 1944. Opposite Government wharf--------........ --....... ............. 25 120 D1o. Turning basin opposite Government wharf... ------------------- 25 300 Do. From turning basin to the Washington Canal................ 15 100-200 1935. From Washington Canal to the Delaware & Raritan Canal 10 100 1932 and 1935. lock at New Brunswick. In south channel to upper limit of Titanium Pigment Co. Dock.. 14 125-300 June 1946. From upper limit of Titanium Pigment Cod dock to Cross- 9 90-150 January 1944. man's dock. From Crossman's dock to a point about 6,000 feet below.'..,: 3 ............ :1936 From a point 6,000 feet below Crossman's dock to junction 1.5............1936. / with main channel opposite Crab Island. RIVERS AND HARBORS-NEW YORK, N. Y., DISTRICT 307 The work remaining to be done under the existing project is the dredging of the south channel to a depth of 10 feet and 150 feet wide for a length of 1,300 feet at the upper junction with the main channel at Crablsland. The total cost of the existing project to June 30, 1946, was $1,- 954,101.85-$878,179.72 from regular funds, $292,685.07 from Ord- nance funds, and $66,000.00 fror contributed funds, a total of $1,- 2363,861.79 for new work, and $717,237.06 from United States funds for maintenance. The exl)enditures were $1,954,074.24-$1,595,389.17 from regular funds, $292,685.07 from Ordnance funds and $66,000.00 from contributed funds. Proposed operations.-The balance unexpended at the end of the fiscal year, amounting to $216,623.57, will be applied as follows: Accounts payable June 30, 1946----------------------------- - $27.61 Maintenance: Dredging under continuing contract in force to restore the south channel from Keasby to the Titanium Pigment Co. property to project depth of 25 feet (August to December 1946) -------. 148, 264. 41 Dredge by use of 1 United States seagoing hopper dredge for 1.3 months (September to November 1940) in the removal of shoals in the channel from Great Beds Light to the New York & Long Branch R. R. Bridge to project depth of 25 feet- .... 67, 831. 55 Condition survey from upper end of Raritan Arsenal wharf to I)elaware & Raritan Canal.....------------------------------ 500. 00 Total --------------------------------------- 216, 623. 57 Completion of the existing project is not considered essential in the interest of commerce and navigation. No funds can be profitably ex- pended during the fiscal year 1948. Cost and financial summary Cost of new work to June 30, 1946-_---------------C_. .. 12 $1, 551, 335. 04 Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1946 --------------------- . 828, 656. 49 Total cost of permanent work to June 30, 1946----........ 12 2, 379, 991. 53 -..-------- Minus accounts payable June 30, 1946•....... - 27. 61 Net total expenditures _..---------------------------1 2 2, 379, 963. 92 Unexpended balance June 30, 1946.-------------------------- 216, 623. 57 Total amount appropriated to June 30, 1946-----..- -- 2 2, 596, 587. 49 Fiscal year ending June 30 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 Cost of new work ............... $95, 092. 31 -- $948. 94 $2, 023.13 ............. ....... Cost of maintenance.............. 17, 349. 74 941.60 1,751.00 $367, 705. 76 $5, 009.85 .................. Total cost 112, 442. 05 . -7. 34 3, 774. 13 367, 705. 76 5, 009. 85 Total expended.................. 120, 363.85 17. 80 4, 774. 13 367, 641.07 5, 146. 93 Allotted .......................... 114, 488. 35 269, 000. 00 198, 000. 00 Balance unexpended July 1, 1945-..------- --.. ..... . $23, 770. 50 Amount allotted (luring fiscal year-------------------------- 298, 000. 00 Amount to be accounted for-.--,-- ----..--..-.-. - 321, 770.'50 I Exclusive of $292,685.07 Ordnance funds expended for new work. Exclusive of $66,000.00 contributed funds expended for new work. , 308 REPORT: OF'CHIEF OF' ENGINEERS,"'U. S. ARMY, 1946 Deductions on account of revocation of allotment... . _-... - - $100, 000. 00 Net amount to be accounted for----------.. .. 221, 770. 50 Gross amount expended ---------------------------------- 5, 146. 93 Balance unexpended June 30, 1946_... ------- 216, 623. 57 Amount covered by uncompleted contracts... -.-- - - 127, 743. 00 SBalance available June 30, 1946-.-._ --- . .'_ .---- 88, 880. 57 Amount (estimated) required to be appropriated for completion of existing project 3 ------------------------- 87, 000. 00 z Exclusive of available funds. 50. WASIINGTON CANAL AND SOUTHI RIVER, N. J. Location.-South ,River rises in central New Jersey and empties into the Raritan River from the south, about 8 miles above South Amboy, N. J. (See U. S. Coast and Geodetic Survey Chart No. 375.) Previous projects.-Adopted by River and Harbor Acts of March 3, 1871, June 14, 1880, and July 25, 1912. For further details see page 1778 of Annual Report for 1915, page 323, Annual Report for 1929, and page 262, Annual Report for 1938. Existing project.-This provides for a channel, to be obtained by diking and dredging, 12 feet deep and 100 feet wide in Washington Canal, 0.8 mile, and 12 feet deep and generally 150 feet wide in South River following cut-off No. 1 up to Old Bridge, 4.4 miles. The tidal variation at the canal is 5.2 feet, and at Old Bridge, 5.6 feet; mean range of spring tides, 6.2 and 6.3 feet, respectively. Irregular tidal fluctuations from 1 to 2 feet, respectively, above or below the mean range take place during high easterly or westerly winds. The estimate of cost for new work, made in 1929, was $90,000, ex- clusive of amounts expended on previous projects. The latest (1929) approved estimate for annual cost of maintenance is $8,000. The existing project was adopted by the River and Harbor Act of July 3, 1930 (1H. Doc. No. 109, 71st Cong., 1st sess.). The latest published map is in the project document. Local cooperation.--Fullycomplied with. Terminal facilities.-There is one publicly owned wharf at South River and eight private wharves, some of which are open to public use. These facilities are considered adequate for existing commerce. *(For further details see Port Series No. 20, Corps of Engineers.) . Operations and results during fiscal year.--The cost and expendi- tures of a survey to determine the condition of the channel were $470 for maintenance. Condition at end of fiscal year.--Vork on the section of the existing project to be done by the United States, extending from the mouth of Washington Canal to the highway bridge at South River, was com- pleted in 1931. The section from the highway bridge at South River to Old Bridge was completed by the State of New Jersey. '[he con- trolling depth at mean-low water when examined in June 1946 was 12 feet for a width of 100 to 50 feet through Washington Canal and South River to 1,600 feet south of Raritan Railroad bridge, thence 11 feet for a width of 50 to 150 feet to within 2,000 feet of the head of the project at Old Bridge, thence decreasing to 2 feet at the head RIVERS AND HARBORS-NEW YORK, N. Y., DISTRICT 309 of the project. The minimum width through bridge draws is 48 feet. The head of navigation is at Old Bridge, about 5.3 miles above the entrance. Thfe total cost and expenditures of the existing project to June 30, 1946, were $171,487.11-$48,891.82 for new work and $122,595.29 for maintenance. In addition, the cost and expenditures from con- tributed funds were $364.73 for new work. Proposed operations.-No funds are available and no work is con- templated during the fiscal years 1947 and 1948. Cost and financial summary Cost of new work to June 30, 1946_ --------------------- _1$206, 116. 23 Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1946 .------------------------ 207, 529. 75 Total cost of permanent work to June 30, 1946,----------- 1413, 645. 98 Net total expenditures ----------------------------------- 1413, 645. 98 Total amount appropriated to June 30, 1946-.•...*.......---- 1413, 645. 98 Fiscal year ending June 30 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 Total expended-----.........-----------.......... -7, 816.20 -------------------------- --------------.... 470 Allotted -- -- . 3,183 0_----------------------- 31 -- - - - 470 Amount allotted during fiscal year.---------------------------- $470. 00 Gross amount expended ------------------------------------- 470. 00 1 Exclusive of $364.73 contributed funds expended for neW work. 51. CHEESEQUAKE CREEK, N. J. Location.-Cheesequake Creek is a small tidal stream, 6 to 7 miles long, rising in the eastern part of New Jersey near Old Bridge and flowing in a northeasterly direction into Raritan Bay, about 2 miles southeast of South Amboy. (See U. S. Coast and Geodetic Survey Chart No. 286.) Existing project.--This provides for a new outlet, 5 feet deep, from the creek into Raritan Bay, at right angles to tie shore line, through a beach which ran across the mouth of the creek from the right bank and which had forced the outlet nearly one-half mile to the westward. This improvement was to be obtained by dredging and constructing parallel jetties of stone 200 feet apart on each side of the dredged channel; the old outlet was to be closed by a pile dike, and a channel 4 feet deep at mean low water and from 50 to 100 feet wide was to be dredged from the mouth to the head of navigation, 31/2 miles up the creek. In this distance two dikes were to be built and a new channel to be made through the marsh to cut off a bend in the creek. Stump Creek, a tributary stream emptying into the creek near its mouth, was to be improved by dredging a channel 50 feet wide, 3 feet deep, and about 3,500 feet long. The mean range of tides is 5 feet. Irregu- lar tidal fluctuations from 1 to 2 feet, respectively, above or below the mean range are caused by strong easterly or westerly winds. 310 REPORT OF CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMY, 1946 The estimate of cost of new work, revised in 1884, is $90,000. The latest (1917) approved estimate for annual cost of maintenance is $2,500. The project was adopted by the River and Harbor Act of June 14, 1880 (S. Doc. No. 69, 46th Cong., 2d sess., and Annual Report for 1880, p. 525). The latest published map is printed in the Annual Report for 1905, page 1048. Terminal facilities.-No publicly owned wharf is located on this creek. Three commercial boat yards are located at the mouth of the creek, one of which is equipped with marine railways. The exist- ing terminal facilities are sufficient for present needs. There is ample room for expansion and development of terminals when future com- merce warrants. Operations and results during fiscal year.-The cost and expendi- tures of a survey to determine the condition of the channel from the entrance to Central Railroad of New Jersey bridge were $220 for maintenance. Condition at end of fiscal year.-The project is about 45 percent completed. The last work done in carrying out the project was in 1884. Maintenance dredging has been done several times since then. The work accomplished under the project consists of the construction of two parallel stone jetties at the mouth, the construction of a sheet- pile dike closing the old channel, and dredging a new outlet about 1,600 feet long, 100 feet wide, and 5 feet deep at mean low water. The head of navigation is Whitehead's dock. The controlling mean low- water depth was 4 feet to the New York & Long Branch Railroad bridge when examined in February 1946; thence between 3 and 4 feet to the head of navigation when examined in June 1928. The unfinished parts of the project are dredging a channel 4 feet deep and 50 to 100 feet wide between the railroad bridge and the head of navigation, including the construction of two dikes and dredging in Stump Creek. The total cost and expenditures of the existing project to June 30, 1946 were $65,176.69-$40,000 for new work and $25,176.69 for maintenance. Proposed operations.-No funds are available and no work is con- templated during the fiscal year 1947. The completion of the project is not required by existing commerce and navigation. Maintenance dredging will be necessary during the fiscal year 1948. The additional sum of $9,700 can be profitably ex- pended during the fiscal year 1948 in maintenance dredging, under contract, to restore the channel from Raritan Bay to New Jersey State Highway Bridge to project dimensions. Cost and financial summary Cost of new work to June 30, 1946 -------------------------- $40, 000. 00 Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1946 ------------------------ 25, 176. 69 Total cost of permanent work to June 30, 1946_ - Net total expenditures ------------------------------------- __ 65, 176. 69 65,: 176. 69 Total amount appropriated to June 30, 1946----------------- 65, 176. 69 RIVERS AND HARBORS----NEW YORK, N. Y., DISTRICT 311 Fiscal year ending June 30 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 C ost of n ew wo rk . ... . .. .. . __. . . . . . . . . . . . .- . . .. . --- - . . . .. ... . . . ... . . . Cost of m aintenance--- -- - . . . . ----- -- --.. . . . -.. . .. . $220.00 Total expended . -.- ------ 220.00 Allotted . .... .. .. ........... ............. . . . 220.00 Amount allotted during fiscal year_ $220. 00 Gross amount expended ---------------------------------------- 220. 00 Amount (estimated) required to be appropriated for completion of existing project- __________________________-- - _ 50, 000. 00 Amount that can be profitably expended in fiscal year ending June 30, 1948, for maintenance --- _________-______ --- 9, 700. 00 52. KEYPORT HARBOR, N. J. Location.-This harbor lies at the mouth of Matawan Creek, on the south side of Raritan Bay, about 9 miles west of Sandy Hook. (See U. S. Coast and Geodetic Survey Chart No. 369.) Existing project.-This provides for a channel about 1 mile long from Raritan Bay to the steamboat dock at Keyport, the width to be 200 feet and the depth to be 8 feet at mean low water. The mean range of tides is 4.9 feet; mean range of spring tides, 5.9 feet. High easterly or westerly winds cause the tides to fluctuate from 1 to 2 feet above or below the mean range. The estimate of cost for new work, made in 1883, was $40,475. The latest (1917) approved estimate for annual cost of maintenance is $5,000. The project was adopted by the River and Harbor Act, approved August 2, 1882 (H. Doe. No. 153, 42d Cong., 3d sess., and Annual Report for 1873, p. 941). The latest published map is printed in the Annual Report for 1905, page 1040. Terminal facilities.-There are two privately owned wharves located at the head of improvement, both in poor condition. Only one of these is open to public use. The terminal facilities are considered adequate under existing conditions. Operations and results during fiscal year.-The cost and expendi- tures of a survey to determine the condition of the channel were $320 for maintenance. Condition at end of fiscal year.-The existing project was completed in 1911. The controlling depth at mean low water when examined in June 1946 was 7 feet for full project width from Raritan Bay to 3,300 feet below the head of the project, thence decreasing gradually to 3.5 feet at the head of the project. The total costs and expenditures of the existing project to June 30, 1946, were $215,222.79-$40,475.00 for new work and $174,747.79 for maintenance. Proposed operations.-No funds are available and no work is con- templated during the fiscal years 1947 and 1948. 312 REPORT OF. CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U. 'S. ARMY, 1946 Cost, and finav.eial ,asummary Cost of new work to June 30, 1946-----__ __ . ----- ---. . $40, 475. 00 Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1946_-----------------...... 174, 747. 79 Total cost of permanent work to June 30, 1946-----------. 215, 222. 79 Net total expenditures- -----.---..--- ,.---- . ....-- .- 215, 222. 79 Total amount appropriated to June 30, 1946_..--------------- 215, 222. 79 Fiscal year ending June 30 1942 1943 1944 1946 1946 Cost of new work.'. '...----------- ----- ------...--- Cost of maintenance--------------..---- ------------------------------------------- $320 Total expended-----------------................... --------- -------------- ------------ ------------ 320 Allotted......................-------------------------.. .. .............. -------- 320 Amount allotted during fiscal year_ ---------------- ---------- $320. 00 Gross, amount expended---.----....- . -..- . ..-------------- 320. 00 53. WAY CAKE CREEK, N. J. Location.-This is a small stream flowing' generally north and emptying into Raritan Bay. It is 19 miles by water south of the Battery, New York City, and 8.2 miles by water west of Sandy Hook. (See U. S. Coast and Geodetic Survey Chart No. 369.) Existing project.-This provides for a channel 8 feet deep at mean low water, and 100 feet wide from the 8-foot contour in Raritan Bay to the mouth of Way Cake Creek. The length of the section included in the project is about 0.9 mile. Mean tidal range 4.8 feet; mean range of spring tides, 5.8 feet; irregular fluctuations due to wind and barometric pressure vary from 8.8 feet.above mean low water to 3.4 feet below mean low water. The estimate of cost for new work, revised in 1946, is $53,000. The estimate of annual cost of maintenance, made in 1941, is $2,700. The existing project was adopted by the River and Iarbor Act of March 2, 1945 (H. Doc. No. 624, 77th Cong., 2d sess.). For latest pub- lished map see project document. Local cooperation.-The River and Harbor Act of March 2, 1945 provides that local interests shall: (a) Furnish assurances satisfactory to the Secretary of War that they will provide and maintain in the creek a channel 8 feet deep, 100 feet wide, extending from the mouth upstream about 1,340 feet, with an anchorage 8 feet deep and 6.5 acres in area adjoining the inner channel, protected on the landward side by suitable bulkheads. S(b) Furnish, free of cost to the United States, suitable' areas for spoil disposal for.the initial dredging of the bay channel and for its subsequent maintenance as required. The attorney for borough of Keansburg was notified of the con- ditions of local cooperation in :letter dated January 18, 1946. It is expected that the conditions will be met within the next 2 years. Terminal facilities.--There are 1,200 feet of bulkhead on the right bank of the creek below LaurelAv enue-which comprise the: principal RIVERS AND HARBORS-NEW YORK, N. Y., DISTRICT 313 mooring facilities. In addition,, there.are 26 mooring-berths which are rented to boatmen by the borough of Keansburg. There are a number of small timber walkway piers on the left bank of the creek below Laurel Avenue. Between Laurel Avenue Bridge and the Cen- tral Railroad of New Jersey bridge there are several landings and bulkheads used for rowboats and outboard motorboats. The facilities are considered adequate for existing and prospective commnerce. Operations and results during fiscal year.-None. Condition at end of fiscal year.-No work has been done on this project and there have been no costs or expenditures. When examined in 1940 the controlling mean low water depth in the area included in in 1940 the controlling mean low-water depth in the area included in the existing project was 0.4 foot. Proposed operations.-No funds are available and no work is con- templated during the fiscal year 1947. The existing project should be completed. The sum of $53,000 can be profitably expended during the fiscal year 1948, for dredging the authorized 8-foot channel. Cost and financial summary Cost of new work to June 30, 1946_____...._ ... .... .... .... __...+ .. Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1946.............................. ..---.- Total cost of permanent work to June 30, 1946 Net total expenditures - .. .-------- . ----------- . .. - ...--.. Total amount appropriated to June 30, 1946....-...---.-...-...--- _...--- Amount (estimated) required to be appropriated for completion of exist- ing project---------------------------------------------- $53, 000 Amount that can be profitably expended in fiscal year ending June 30, 1948, for new work------------.------------.----.----.-. 53, 000 54. SIIOAL IIARBOR AND COMPTON CREEK, N. J. Location.-Shoal Harbor is an indentation on the south shore of Sandy Hook Bay about 4 miles west of Sandy Hoolk. Compton Creek is a small stream rising on the west side of the Navesinkl IHigh lands and flowing north through the meadows into Shoal Harbor. (See U. S. Coast and Geodetic Survey Chart No. 369.) Previous projects.--Adopted by River and Harbor Act of Sep- tember 19, 1890. For further details see Annual Report for 1934, page 211, and Annual Report for 1938, page 2065. Existing project.--Thllis provides for dredging a channel 8 feet deep at mean low water, exten(ling from deep water in inSandy HIook Bay to a p1oint 1,000 feet upstream from the Main Street Bri(lge across Compton Creek with a width of 150 feet in the bay and 75 feet inside the mouth of the creek, with widening at bends. The length of section included in the project is about 1.5 miles. Meani tidal range, 4.8 feet; mean range of spring tides, 5.8 feet; irregular fluctuations due to wind and barometric pressure vary from 3.4 feet below mean low water to 8.8 feet above mean low water. The estimate of cost of new work, revised in 1946, is $53,300, exclusive of amounts expended on previous projects. The latest (1940) estimate of annual eost' of maintenance is $160;o00. 314 REPORT OF.CHIIEF OF, ENGINEERS,.U. S. ARMY, 1946 The existing project was authorized by the following river and harbor acts: Acts Work authorized Documents Aug. 30,1935 8-foot channel in bay and creek to Main St. HI. I)oc. No. 58, 73d Cong., 1st sess. Bri Ige. Mar. 2,1945 Extension of 8-foot channel to 1,000 feet upstream If. Doec. No. 673, 76th Cong., 3d sess. from Main St. Bridge. (Contains latest published map.) Local cooperation.-The River and Harbor Act of March 2, 1945, provides that no work shall be undertaken until harbor lines have been established by the Secretary of War along that portion of Compton Creek extending 1,000 feet upstream from Main Street Bridge and until local interests have: (a) Conveyed to the United States, free of cost, h perpetual ease- ment to excavate all lands above ordinary high water included be- tween said harbor lines and have removed all structures and part extending channelward of said harbor lines. (b) Furnished, free of cost to the United States, suitable areas for the disposal of dredged material for new work and subsequent main- tenance as needed. (c) Given releases to hold and save the United States free frolll all claims for damages resulting from thie improvement. (d) Constructed ,the public wharf, assurances for which were furnished under the project of August 30, 1935, at a location and in accordance with plans to be approved by the Chief of Engineers and Secretary of War and given assurances satisfactory to the Secretary of War and they will maintain this wharf open to all on equal and reasonable terms. The clerk of Middletown Township was notified of the conditions of local cooperation in letter dated January 18, 1946. A letter dated July 2, 1946, advised that the township committee has given assurances that it will comply with all of the above conditions. The requirements under prior acts have been fully complied with. Terminal facilities.--There are two terminals with a total available dockage of 1,400 feet located near the mouth of Compton Creek. The terminals are equipped with loading and unloading devices. None has railroad connections Within the navigable sections of the creek, there are about 35 small landings and 2 boat yards equipped with 5 marine ways suitable for small fishing boats. Upon completion of a public wharf to be constructed under local cooperation, the terminals will be adequate for existing commerce. Operations and results during fiscal year.-None. Condition at end of fiscal year.--Work under the existing project was 66 percent completed. The controlling mean low-water depth in the channel, when examined in January 1945, was 8 feet for a width of 150 feet through the bay and 5.feet for a .width varying from 75 to 30 feet in the creek to the Main Street Bridge (August 1944). From Main Street Bridge to the head of the project there was a controlling depth of 2 feet below mean low water for a width of. 55 feet when RIVERS AND HARBORS-NEW YORK, N. Y., DISTRICT, 315 examined in October 1941. The head of navigation is at the Central Railroad of New Jersey bridge about 1 mild above the mouth. The work remaining to be done under the project consists of extending the channel 1,000 feet upstream from the Main Street Bridge. The total cost and exp enditures of the existing project to June 30, 1946, were $84,144.88--'30,281.99 for new work and $53,862.89 for maintenance. Proposed operations.-No funds are available and no work is con- templated during the fiscal year 1947. The project should( be completed (llring the fiscal year 1948. The suln of $23,000 can be profitably expended during the fiscal year 1948, to dredge the authorized channel. Cost and financial summary Cost of new work to June 30, 1946__ _ .. _ _-.....------.... $47, 281. 99 Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1946 ---- .-----------------. 223, 571. 72 Total cost of permanent work to June 30, 1946-..__:.. 270, 853. 71 ---------------------------------- Net total expenditures .. ..... .................... 270, 853. 71 Total amount appropriated to June 30, 1946------------------- 270, 853. 71 Fiscal year ending June 30 1942 1943 1944 1945 .1946 Cost of new work----------------------------------------------------------------- Cost of maintenance---- - ---------------------------------------- $33, 862.89 ------- Total expended-------------------------...................--.........................................---------------------- 33, 862. 89 ... Allotted-------------------------.......................... ----------------------------- 33, 862.89 Amount (estimated) required to be appropriated for compIletion of existing project_-- ------ ----------------.------.- $23, 000. 00 Amount that can be profitably expended in fiscal year ending June 30, 1948 for new work- ---------------------------------- - 23, 000. 00 55. SIIREWSBUIIY RIVER, N. J. Location.-This river is mainly a large tidal basin in the eastern part of New Jersey, the outlet being at the southeast end of Sandy Hook Bay, about 4 miles south from the point of Sandy Hook. (See U. S. Coast and Geodetic Survey Chart No. 543.) Previous projects.--Adopted by River and Harbor Acts of Au- gust 30, 1852; March 3,.1871; March 3, 1879, modified in 1883 and 1887; and by the River and Harbor Act of March 2, 1919. For further details, see page 1778 of Annual Report for 1915, page 373 of Annual Report of 1918, and page 267 of Annual Report for 1938. Existing project.-This provides for a channel 12 feet deep and 300 feet wide, following the westerly shore, from deep water in Sandy Iook Bay to a point 600 feet south of the railroad bridge at Highlands, a distance of 2.2 miles; then 9 feet deep and generally 150 feet wide, suitably widened at bends and turns, in the south branch of the river to the Branchport Avenue Bridge in the city of Long Branch, a distance of 6.8 miles; and for a channel in the north branch 6 feet deep and 150 feet wide from the junction to Red Bank, a distance of 6.1 miles. All depths refer to the plane f 316 REPORT OF CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMY, 1946 local mean low water. The mean range of tides at the mouth is 4.6 feet; at Highlands Bridge, 3.8 feet; at Seabright, 1.7 feet; at Branch- port, 1.7 feet; and at 'Red Bank, 3.0 feet. Mean range of spring tides is 5.6, 4.6, 2.1, 2.2, and 3.6 feet, respectively. High easterly or westerly winds cause irregular tidal fluctuations from 1 to 2 feet above or below the mean range. The estimate of cost for new work, revised in 1935, was $539,000, exclusive of amounts expended on Iprevious projects and exclusive of $50,000 contributed by local interests. Tile latest (1935) approved estimate of annual cost of maintenance is $45,000. The existing project was authorized by the following river and harbor acts: Acts . Work authorizqd Documents I Mar. 2,1919 Channel 6 feet deep in North Branch-----------............. H. Doc. No. 1296, 62d Cong., 3d sess. Aug. 30, 1935 Channel 12 feet deep---- - _______.................. I. D)oc. No. 157, 71st Cong., 2d sess. Do-....... Channel 9 feet deep---------------..............__ Rivers and Harbors Committee Doc. No. 31, 74th Cong., 1st sess. I These documents contain latest published maps. Local cooperation.-Fully complied with. Terminal facilities.-There are 5 publicly owned and 18 privately owned wharves used for commercial purposes with a total available (lockage of 5,132 feet. In addition, there are many pleasure-boat landings; these are not open to the public. None of the terminals has direct rail connections. lThe terminals are considered adequate for existing commerce. , Operationsand results during fiscal year.-The cost of surveys and engineering preliminary to contract dredging was $790 for mainte- nance. The expenditures were $787. Condition at end of fiscal year.-The existing project was completed in 1937. The controlling mean low-water depths of the channels included in the project, as shown by surveys made in May and June 1946, are as follows: Section Depth Width (feet) (feet) Sandy Hook Bay to 2,000 feet north of railroad bridve at HI1ihlands, N. J........ 11 70-300 From 2,000 feet north to 600 feet south of railroad bridge at Hiehlands, N. J...... 6 150-300 From 600 feet south of railroad bridge at Highlands, N. J., to junction of North and South Branches ... _,_3 70-150 From junction of North and South Branches to Branchport Ave. Bridge, Long Branch, N. J -- 7 150 North Branch: Junction with main channel to head of project opposite Maple Ave., Red Bank, N. J..----------------------------------------------------................................ 3. 5 75-150 The river is navigable on the North Branch to lRed Bank. 8 miles from the mouth and on the South Branch to Branchport, 9 miles from the mouth. The total cost of the existing project to June 30, 1946, was $684,458.22--$466,562.5 for flew work and $217,895.63 for mainte- RIVERS AND HARiBORS-NEW YORK, N. Y., DISTRICT . 317 nance. The expenditure was $684,455.22. In addition, the costs and expenditures from contributed funids were $36,311.03 for new work. Proposed operations.--The balance unexpended at the end of the fiscal year, amounted to $3, together with an anticipated allotment of. $29,000 to be made during the fiscal year, a total of $29,003 will be ap- plied as follows: Accounts payable June 30, 1946,--------------------------------------- $3 Maintenance: I)redging by contract (September to November 1946) to re- store sections of the clutnnel in the vicinity of IIighlands Bridge and North Branch to project dimensions_ _---_----__.--.-- 29, 000 TotaL.for all work------------------------------ ------- 29, 003 Maintenance work will not be necessary and no funds can be prof- itably expended during the fiscal year 1948. Cost and financial summary Cost of new work to June 30, 1946 __-.. ____-_- ______..- - '$687, 456. 54 Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1946------------------------- 504, 501. 68 Total cost of permanent work to June 30, 1946-......... 11, 191, 958. 22 Minus accounts payable June 30, 1946.--- ----------.-.----- 3. 00 Net total expenditures -------- ---------------------- 1; 191, 955. 22 Unexpended balance June 30, 1946-------------------------- 3. 00 Total amount apl)ropriated to June 30, 1946 --------- 11, 191, 958. 22 Fiscal year ending June 30 1942 1943 1944 1945 1940 Cost of new work---------------------------- --- ------------------- Cost of maintenance .....---.......----- $2, 794. 70 $207. 19 ............................ $790 Total expended-.................----------------- 2, 772. 11 229. 78 .....-------------------------........ 787 Allotted...............-------------........... 10, 000.00 -16,500.00 -$154.26 .... ......... 790 Amount allotted during fiscal year-__---.-__ .-....------ - $790. 00. Gross amount expended.------------------------------------ 787. 00 Balance unexpended June 30, 1946_ --- ____ ___ --.. 3. 00 I Exclusive of $36,311.03 contributed funds expended for new work. 56. SIIARK RIVER, N. J. Location.-This is a small stream entering the Atlantic Ocean 20 miles south of Sandy I:)ok on the New Jersey coast. It is 40 miles by water southt of the Battery, New York City. (See U. S. Coast and Geodetic Survey Charts Nos. 795 andl 1215). Existing project.- ihis provides for a chlannel 18 feet deep at mean low water and 150 feet wide across the bar at the entrance to the inlet; thence 12 feet deep and generally 100 feet wide through main channel and south channel to the Route 35 bridge; thence 8 feet deep and 100 feet wide to the upper limit of thleJBelmar municipal boat basin, with additional depths and widths whlere necessary and )racticable to I)ro- (luce satisfactory current velocities at bridges; and an anclhorage 12 feet deep over about 7.3 acres east of Route 4-N bridge. Tle length of section included in the project is about 1.7 miles. Mean tidal range at the mouth is 4 feet.' Iigh easterly or westerly winds cause fluctuations of 1 to 2 feet above or below this ranllge. 721584-47-pt. 1, vol. 1-21 318 REPORT OF CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMY, 1946 The estimate of cost for new work, revised in 1946, is $150,000. The estimate of cost for annual maintenance, made in 1938, is $30,000. The existing project was adopted by the River and Harbor Act of March 2, 1945 (H. Doc. No. 102, 76th Cong., 1st sess.). For latest published map see project document. Local cooperation.-TheRiver and HI-arbor Act of March 2, 1945, provides that local interests furnish, free of cost to the United States, all lands, easements, rights-of-way and spoil-disposal areas for the initial work and for subsequent maintenance as required, and hold and save the United States free from damages due to the construction works and subsequent maintenance. The Board of Chosen Freeholders, Monmouth County, was notified of the conditions of local cooperation in letter dated January 24, 1946. Local interests are taking steps to provide required disposal areas. It is expected that the conditions will be fully met within the next 2 years. Terminal -facilities.-Two yacht basins are located on the south shore of the lower portion of Shark River. One is publicly owned and has a berthage of 2,600 feet. Several boat yards, boathouses and landings for commercial and recreational craft are located in the lower portion of Shark River. Additional terminals adequate for prospec- tive commerce are expected to be provided upon improvement of the waterway. Operations and results during fiscal year.-The costs and expendi-' tures of a survey to determine the condition of the channel were $350 for maintenance. Condition at end of fiscal yar.-No new work has been done on this project.. When examined in April 1938 and October 1945, the con- trolling mean low-water depths were as follows: Main channel to the ocean '6.5 feet; south channel 6 feet; and the anchorage area varying from 7 feet below to 1 foot above mean low water. The head of navigation is at the head of the lagoon, a distance of about 3 miles toward the south end and 21/ miles to the north, both distances being measured from the mouth. The total cost and expenditures of the existing project to June 30, 1946, were $350, all for maintenance. .Proposed operations.-No funds are available and no work is con- templated during the fiscal year 1947. The project should be initiated and completed during the fiscal year 1948 and the sum of $150,000 can be profitably expended during the fiscal year 1948 for such purpose. Cost and financial summary Cost of new work to June 30, 1946__-_.. - _ Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1946.... _.---_ - ---- _-__ __ -- :_ $350 Total cost of permanent work to June 30, 1946----------..... . 350 TNet total expenditures....... .. _ ----- --------------..-.... 350 Total amount appropriated to June 30, 1946----------------------- 350 RIVERS AND HARBORS-NEW YORK, N. Y., DISTRICT. 319: Fiscal year ending June 30 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 Cost of new work------ ................. .............. ----------- ............- ----------- ----..------...........--------.........---------....------ Cost of maintenance..............----------- ...- ....................----------- ------------------............--------------...................------ $350 Total expended-................ -------------------------------------------------..........................................----------- 350 Allotted---------------------......................-.. .................-------.... --------------....---------------------- ...... 350 Amount allotted during fiscal year_--------.. .... --.. ---.--.. -. $350 Gross amount expended--------------------------------------- 350 Amount (estimated) required to be appropriated for completion of existing project---------------------------------------- - 150, 000 Amount that can be profitably expended in fiscal year ending June 30, 1948, for new work-------- ...--- ..-- ..----..-.- ..------ 150, 000 57. EXAMINATIONS, SURVEYS, AND CONTINGENCIES (GENERAL) The cost of work during the fiscal year amounted to $269,017.55. The expenditures were $247,071.70. The balance unexpended, includ- in, accounts receivable, at the end of the fiscal year, amounting to, $22,407.76, will be applied as needed during the fiscal year 1947 to payment of expenses incurred under this heading. The additional sum of $481,500 can be profitably expended during the fiscal year 1948. Cost and financial summary Cost of new work to June 30, 1946 - ... ....-.--... . - Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1946------.--.-....-.-.-. .. - $2, 744, 317. 53 Total cost of permanent work to June 30, 1946----------.......... 2, 744, 317. 53 Plus accounts receivable June 30, 1946--------------------- - 3, 855. 03 Gross total costs to June 30, 1946..--------------------................. 2, 748, 172. 56 Minus accounts payable June 30, 1946 ------------------.-. . 33, 923. 72 Net total expenditures----------------------------- 2, 714, 248. 84 Unexpended balance June 30, 1946 .................-........ 218, 552. 73 Total amount appropriated to June 30, 1946-------... 2, 932, 801. 57. Fiscal year ending June 30 1942 1943 1944 . .1945 1946 Cost of new work ................ I ................ .. . . . ' . . . . . . Cost of maintenance-.......... .... $166, 179.63 $119, 340. 87 $207,242. 99 $317,295. 71 $269,017, 5 Total expended.---.................. 150,104. 23 122, 060.65 187,498.09 331, 971.23 247, 071.70 Allotted.......................... 60, 000.00 259, 200.00 165, 000.00 533, 700.00 148,000. 00 Balance unexpended July 1, 1945---------------------------.......................... $317, 624. 43 Amount allotted during fiscal year--------- --------. ,._..-...- 188, 000. 00 Amount to be accounted for_ --------------.. --.. . 505, 624. 43 Deductions on account of revocation of allotment-.-----. .40, 000. 00 'Net amount to be accounted for-.. ............... -465, 624. 43 320 REPORT OF CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMY, 1946 Gross amount expended_---------------------- $270, 028. 86 Less reimbursements collected------------------- 22, 957. 16 $247, 071. 70 Balance unexpended June 30, 1946--_ ----------------- 218, 552. 73 Outstanding liabilities, June 30, 1946----- --------------------- 8, 829. 92 Balance available June 30, 1946 ----------------------- 209, 722. 81 Accounts receiveable June 30, 1946--------------------------- 3, 855. 03 Unobligated balance available June 30, 1946--------_- 213, 577. 84 Amount that can be profitably expended in fiscal year ending June 30, 1948, for maintenance ------.......------ 481, 500. 00 funds. :Exclusive of available 58. PRELIMINARY INVESTIGATIONS OF1 THE ST. LAWRENCE RIVER Location.-The International Rapids section of the St. Lawrence lies between the State of New York in the United States and the Province of Ontario in Canada, generally between the cities of Ogdensburg, N. Y., and Cornwall, Ontario. The international bound- ary follows approximately the center of the river, leaving the islands Galop, Ogden, Croil, Long Sault, and Barnhart in the United States, and the Sheek and Cornwall Islands in Canada. 'T'hese islands are the principal ones in tlis section, although numerous smaller ones exist. This area for river and llarbor and flood-control work is under the jurisdiction of the district engineer, Buffalo, N. Y. Existing project.-There is no existing project; however, an in- vestigation was authorized by Executive Order No. 8568, dated October 16, 1940. The work consists of preliminary investigations and surveys of the International Rapids section of the St. Lawrence River with respect to the development of navigation and hydro- electric power. The proposed plan provides for the development of navigation by the construction of canals and channels 27 feet deep, with a depth of 30 feet over the sills of the necessary locks and also provides for the development of power by utilizing the dif- ference in head of about 80 feet between the 1)ool above Long Sault Dam and the river below. The investigation proposes construction to include the following major items: Canadian and American powerhouses at the foot of Barnllhart Island, Long Sault Canal; two locks extending from Rich- ards Point, 4 miles northeast of Massena, N. Y., to the mouth of the Grass River; Long Sault Dam from the, New York mainland to the head of Barnhart Island; Iroquois Point Dam near Iroquois, Canada; Point Rockaway Canal and lock around .Iroquois )am; and channels and cuts in the St. Lawrence River. In addition some rehabilitation of towns, relocation of railroads, highways, and trans- mission lines, construction of (likes, and adjustments to existing canals are necessary. Local cooperation.--None required. However, the Dominion of Canada, the Province of Ontario, Canada, and.the TIydroelectric Power Commission of Ontario have, by furnishing engineering serv- ices, fully cooperated. Operations and results during fiscal year.-The model study of the Galop Rapids- section of the St. Lawrence River was completed RIVERS AND HARBORS-NEW YORK, N. Y., DISTRICT 321 except.for.the preparation of the report which was initiated,' An addendum to the final report of the plan of improvement of the water- way comprising results of the model study was initiated. The report on geological investigations with special emphasis on the September 1944 earthquake to determine the effect of earthquakes on structures within project area was completed. The total cost was $23,242.00 for new work. Tile expenditures were $23,245.36. Condition at eund of fiscal year.---The contract plans and specifica- tions, design analyses, and cost estimates have been completed for the major items of construction. Printing of the final report regard- ing the improvement of the international section of the St. Lawrence River has been completed. Operation of models of the Galop Rapids section of tlhe waterway has been completed and report is in progress. Geological investigations to determine the effect of earthquakes on structures within the project area have been completed. The total cost and expenditures of the project to June 30, 1946, were $1,397,- 782.43 for new work. Proposed operations.-The balance unexpended at the end of the fiscal year, amounting to $41,001.66, will be applied to new work, completion of report on model studies of Galop Rapids section of the St. Lawrence River, addendum to main report and reproduction of the above reports. No funds can be profitably expended during the fiscal year 1948. Cost and financial summary Cost of new work to June 30, 1946_ ------------------- 1 $467, 262. 49' Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1946_____ .... ___ .. ........ _ .... _ ._ Total cost of permanent work to June 30, 1946_-----------1 467, 262. 49 Net total expenditures ----------------------------------- 1 467, 262. 49 Unexpended balance June 30, 1946---------------------------' 41, 001. 66 Total amount appropriated to June 30, 1946_---------- 1 508, 264. 15' Fiscal year ending June 30 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 Cost of new work.-------------- $311, 378. 55 $17, 649.08 $54, 198.87 $60, 793.39 $23, 242.60 Cost of maintenance--------- --------------------- ---------------------------------- Total expended_-..-............. 368, 699. 54 9,897. 59 49, 317. 98 16, 102. 02 23, 245. 36 Allotted...----------------------...................... 400, 000.00 .............. 124, 554. 92 -16, 290. 77 ---.......... Balance unexpended July 1, 1945_..---.----.--.-.-._-__ -___ $64, 247. 02 Gross amount expended ----------------------- $23, 976. 86 Less reimbursements collected__-.--.---.-.--. , . 731. 50 23, 245. 36 Balance unexpended June 30, 1946---------------------- 41, 001. 66 Amount covered by uncompleted contracts -------------------- 9, 505. 52 Balance available June 30, 1946----.- ---.-.-.-.------. 31, 496. 14 I Exclusive of $930,519.94 expended for new work under emergency fund for the President orb account of preliminary investigations of St. Lawrence River. 322 ; REPORT OF. CHIEF .OF: ENGINEERS, .U. .S. ARMY, 1946 59. OTHER NAVIGATION PROJECTS FOR 'WHICH NO ESTIMATES ARE SUBMITTED . For last Cost and expenditures to Estimated full report June 30,.1946 Name of project . see Annual amount re- Report quired to for-- . New work Maintenance complete 1. Larchmont Harbor, N. Y.1----------------- 1916 '$76, 064.85 $211.42 (2) 2. Manhassett Bay, N. Y.__. ------ 1941 ---------------------------- $3,000 3. (Glencove Harbor, N. Y. 1911 ....------------------- 72, 000. 00 - _ -. _. 63,000 - 4. Port Jetfferson Harbor, N. Y 3-- ..... ,4.-1932 171, 426.71 10, 125.44 7 152, 700 5. Sumpawanus (Babylon Creek) Inlet, N. Y.3 8. 1895 7, 000. 00 16, 000 6. Sheepshead Bay, N. Y.3 .................. ------------------ 1931 33, 827. 59 ...3, 342. 81 (2) 7. Coney Island Creek, N. Y----- 1945 --............. 69,488.84. 350.00 91,000 8. Gowanus Creek Channel, N. Y.a------------............. 1940 145, 000.00 68,821.88 (2) 9. Wallabout Channel, N. Y.3-----------------................ 4 1940 . 18, 173.69 -34, 845. 24 (2) 10. Irvington Harbor, N. Y. .....................1941 28, 000 11. Wappinger Creek, N. Y...................... 1945 13, 000.00 41,3:12.02 (2) 12. Saugerties Harbor, N. Y.8.................... 1936 81, 904. 91 85, 094. 28 (2) 13. Otter Creek, Vt.3...------------------------- 1932 60, 253. 50 5, 246. 50 13, 500 -14. Gordons Landing, Lake Champlain, Vt.36 ... 1892 34, 750.00 --------- , .- (2) 15. Channel I etween North and South Hero Islands, Lake Champlain Vt.......- 19009 31,000.00 ...... - (2) 16. St. Albans Harbor, Lake Champlain, Vt.a 6 1917 3, 125.45 384. 55 (2) 17. Swanton Harbor, Vt.6, _____................... 1888 70, 500.00 .............. ()-------------- 169, 500 18. Rouses Point, Lake Champlain, N. Y..... 1895 98, 467. 55 .............. (2) 19. Great Chazy River, N. Y.3 6.................. 1895 18, 000. 00 (2) 20. Port Henry Harbor, N. Y........... ........ 1931 8 69,4('6 46 1, 252.75 2,000 21. Ticonderoga River N. Y.8 ..... ...... 1895 1 ,500.00 ............. 26,000 Elizabeth6iver, . 122. 14 . 0. ,481.15 58,791.21 9._...... 80,000 23. Lemon Creek, Staten Island, N. Y...... 1937 6, 621.00 1,621.00 80,000 24. tMatawan Creek, N. J.a--------------------....................... 1934 .25. Sandy Hook Bay, N. J.3--___..................... 1943 21,001). 01) 10 73, 964.09 508, 936.40 ----------.............. (2) 12,000 I Modification of existing project was recommended by the Chief of Engineers, Apr. 10, 1940 (II. Doc. No. 697, 76th Cong., 3d sess.). 2 Completed. a Improvement adequate for commerce. 4 Awaiting local cooperation. 6 In addition, $50,000 to be contributed by local interests. * No commerce reported. 7 In addition, $57,000 to be contributed by local interests. * Exclusive of $10,000 expended from contributed funds. * These amounts also included in report for New York and New Jersey Channels. No work has been done on the existing project for Lemon Creek. 0oExclusive of $53,790.03 expended from contributed funds. 60. PLANT ALLOTMENT, NEW YORK, N. Y., DISTRICT Cost and flnancial summary Undistributed costs June 30, 1946-- -------------------- $4, 774, 718. 88 Net total cost to June 30, 1946-------------------------- 4, 774, 718. 88 Plus accounts receivable June 30, 1946- ------ __ - _ __..-- _ 379, 581. 32 Gross total costs to June 30, 1946-------------------- 5, 154, 300. 20 Minus accounts payable June 30, 1946..----------------------- 193, 365. 10 Net total expenditures - __ ---------------------------- 4, 960, 935. 10 Unexpended balance June 30, 1946- -------.. . .-- 89, 730. 95 Total amount appropriated to June 30, 1946------------ 5, 050, 666. 05 Fiscal year ending June 30 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 Total expended................. -$131, 423.26 -$290, 461.06 --$2,843, 597.19 $30, 502.32 $242,275.44 A1.104W .i...rrir~ r""rrr.r"r'............ -- 276, 781.719 .- 2, 406, 927.031 -390,000.00 I..__......... _ U RIVERS AND HARBORS-NEW YORK, N. Y., DISTRICT :323 Balance unexpended July 1, 1945.---------------------------$332, 006. 39 Gross amount expended--...._ .....-- -.- . $1, 259, 713. 53 Less: Reimbursements collected... $1, 008, 454. 60 Receipts from sales--------- 8, 983. 49 1, 017, 438. 09 242, 275. 44 Balance unexpended June 30, 1946....---------------------- 89, 730. 95 Outstanding liabilities, June 30, 1946-------------- __ __ ___ _ _ _ __ 292, 929. 79 Balance available June 30, 1946 -203, 198. 84 '---------------------- Accounts receivable June 30, 1946 --------------------------- 379, 581. 32 Itnobligated balance available June 30, 1946- --------- 176, 382. 48 Status of all investigations for navigation called for by river and harbor acts and committee resolutions * Date trans- Document Recom- Locality Authorization act . mitted to Number mendat Congress Arthur Kill, N. Y., and N. J., be- River and Harbor Act,l............. tween a point 1,000 feet north of Mar. 2, 1945. mouth of Smiths Creek and a point 1,000 feet south of Buckwheat Island. Bay Shore IIarbor, N. Y............. River and Harbor Act, June 20, 1938. Bronx River, N. Y................ River and Harbor Act, Mar. 2, 1945. -- do.................... Centerport Harbor, Long Island, N. ..... do--------------------do.. Y. Champlain Canal, N. Y., with view ..... do .................... to improvement without taking title to skid canal and its appurte- nances. Cheesquake Creek, N. J........... East&Chester Creek, N. Y............ River and IIarbor Com- mittee resolution, June 27, 1945. East River and Flushing Bay and River and Iarbor Com- L Creek, N. Y., seaplane channels mittee resolution, Jan. I and anchorage basins in vicinity of 19, 1940. North Beach Airport. East River and Ifell Gate, N. Y., River and Harbor Com- between South Brother and Berri- mittee resolution, Apr. an Islands. 17, 1940. Fire Island Inlet, N. Y. (Long Island) River and Harbor Act, Mar. 2, 1945. Gardiners Bay, N. Y................ River and Harbor Act, July 24, 1946. Gowanus Creek Channel, N. Y...... River and Harbor Com- .........----.---------. mittee resolution, Mar. 19, 1946. Great Lakes-Atlantic 'Tidewaters Rivers and Harbors Com- Deep Waterway (under special mittee resolution, Mar. board).. 7, 1928. Great Lakes-Hudson River Water- Rivers and Harbors Com- way. mittee resolution, Apr. 28, 1942. Hackensack River, N. J ............ River and Harbor Act, Mar. 2, 1945. Hudson River, N. Y., from Albany .....---- do.................... to New York City. Hudson River, N. Y., deep-water Rivers and Harbors Com- channel between Hudson and Troy, mittee resolution, Mar. 21, 1945. Hudson River at mouth of Endikill River and Harbor Act, Creek, N. Y., construction of small Mar. 2, 1945. boat anchorage basin. Hudson River channel, and Hudson Rivers and Harbors Com- River;N. Y. tnittee resolution, May 8, 1941. Hudson River, at or near North River and Harbor Act, Germantown, Columbia County, Mar. 2, 1945. N. Y. Hutchinson River, N. Y.......... 324 'REPORT OF CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMY, 194b Status of all investigations for navigation called for by river and harbor acts and committee resolutions--Continued Date trans- Document Recm- Locality Authorization act .mitted to- Documet ecom Congress Number mendation Jamaic Bay N Y. fr dedin Jamaica Bay, N. Y., for dredging Rivers and Harbors Com- channel in Mott Basin. mittee resolution, Feb. 1, 1946. Keyport Harbor, N. J................ River and Harbor Act, Aug. 30, 1935 Long Island, southern coast from River and Harbor Act, New York City line to Montauk Mar. 2, 1945. Point, N. Y., for protection and improvement of the beaches along coast. Mamaroneck Harbor, N. Y., east River and Harbor Act, .............- basin of. July 24, 1916. Rivers and Harbors Com- .. - - -- - - Manhasset Bay, N. Y....... .....----------- ----------- mittee resolution, Mar. 25, 1938. Rivers and Harbors Com- .. - - -- - - Do--.................----...----------------.......... , ----------- mittee resolution, Dec. 30, 1938. Matawan Creek, N. J................ Rivers and Harbors Com- .. - - -- - - ------------ mittee resolution, Jan. 24, 1936. Rivers and Harbors Com- Do....-- ----........--...............-- ----------- mittee resolution, Jan. 26, 1940. Milburn Creek, Swift Creek and River and Harbor Act .. ------ adjacent bays and channels, N. Y. July 24, 1946. Mohawk River, N. Y................ River and HIarbor Act, *------- Mar. 2, 1945. Mohawk and Hudson Rivers, N. Y., River and harbor Act, .. ..........- ------------ with view to elimination of water chestnut; July 24, 1946. .. ------- Moriches Inlet, N. Y. (Long Island). River and ITarbor Act, ------------ Mar. 2, 1945. New Jersey coast, from Sandy Hook ....--- do..................... .............. to Cape May, improvement and protection of the beaches along said coast. ...------ New Jersey intracoastal waterway Rivers and Harbors Com- in the vicinity of Shrewsbury mittee resolution, Nov. River, N. J. 11, 1943. New Jersey intracoastal waterway, Rivers and IHarbors Com- Manasquan Inlet to Shrewsbury mittee resolution, Mar. River, N. J. 23, 1943. New York Bay-Delaware River sec- Rivers and harbors Coinm- tion of Intracoastal Waterway, mittee resolution, June water supply. 25, 1943. Nissequogue River (Long Island), River and Harbor Act, N. Y. Mar. 2, 1945. Nissequogue River, Long Island, N. Y.. River and Harbor Act, Oct. 12, 1945 Un favor Aug. 30, 1935. abole Oswego River, N. Y., investigations Sec. 7, River and Harbor .............. to ascertain the amounts of dam- Act, Mar. 2, 1945. ages resulting to manufacturers on the Oswego River, by the improve- ment of the Oswego and Erie Canals by the State of New York. Peconic River, Long Island, N. Y.... River and Harbor Act, ... - -- -- - Mar. 2, 1945. Port Chester Harbor, N. Y.......... Rivers and Harbors Com- .. - - -- - - mittee resolution, Nov. 30, 1945 Port Jefferson Harbor, N. Y., with Rivers and Harbors Corn- .. - - -- - - regard to extending or adding to nmittee resolution, Oct. the present jetties. 19, 1945. Rondout Ifarbor, N. Y.............. River and HIarbor Act, ... - -- -- - July 24, 1946. Sag Harbor, N. Y., with regard to Rivers and Harbors Com- .. - - -- - - raising the present breakwater. mittee, resolution, Mar. ------------ 19, 1946. Sag Harbot, N. Y.................... River and itarbor Act, ... - -- -- - July 24, 1946. St. James ;Harbor, N. Y. (Long Is- River and Harbor Act, land). Mar. 2, 1945. Rivers and HIarbors Com- Sandy IHoOk Bay, N. J---------............. mittee resolution, Aug. 21, 1944. Sandy Hook Bay, N. J., with view to River and IIarbor Act, providing channel to and naviga- Mar. 2, 1945. tion improvements at Leonardo. Saw Mill River, N. Y................ do--""-"----- .....- do-............................................... Shinnecock Inlet, Long Island, N. Y. - - -- -- - -- ---- ------ "---" FLOOD CONTROL--NEW YORK, N. Y., DISTRICT 325. Status of all investigations for navigation called for by river and harbor acts and committee resolutions-Continued Date trans- Locality Authorization act mitted to Number mendation Congress Shoal Harbor and Compton Creek, River and iharbor Act,--------------------- N.J. July 24, 1916. Shrewsbury River, N. J., to improveRivers and larbors Corn- .................. north branch of Blossom Cove. mittee resolution, Feb. 1,1946. Shrewsbury River (South Branch), Rivers and Harbors Com- --------------.................... N. J. mittee resolution, Mar. 5, 1946. Smithtown, Long Island, N. Y...... River and Harbor Act, ...------------------- Mar. 2, 1945. Steinway Creek, Astoria, N. Y....----------do. .................................... Westchester Creek, N. Y_--___. .___-----do- .................................... 61. WATERIURY RESERVOIR, WINOOSKI RIVER BASIN, VT. Location.--Tie Winooski River rises in.the northeastern part of Vermont anld flows westerly about 90 miles.into Lake Champlain, about 4 miles north of Biurlington, Vt. It lies wholly within the State and ihas a drainage area of about 1,080 square miles. The Waterbury Reservoir with a drainage area of 109 square miles is located on the Waterbury River, which enters the Winooski River 42 miles above the mouth, about 2 miles below Waterbury, Vt. (See U. S. Geological survey map covering Camels IIump, Vt., quad- rangle.) Existing project.-The existing (lain is of rolled earth-fill type 1,800 feet long as its crest rising 155 feet above the stream bed, and pro- viding a total storage capacity of 64,700 acre-feet, of which 27,900 acre-feet are reserve(d for floo(1 control. lThis )projectprovides for modificationl of the Waterbury Dam so as to accommodate safely the presently (lesigned maxilnull probable flood(. The work consists of increasillg the height of the dam 3 feet to elevation 633 feet mean sea level, the installation of one extra 35-foot tainter gate, thus provid- ing a total of three gates and reducing the length of fixed crest spill- way by 38 feet, the installation of a gasoline engine generator for the emergency operation of the gates in case of power failure, riprap- ping new embalnkment, restoring road surface and guard rails, ex- tending the existing bridge over the new tainter gate section, and performling such incidental work as may be required. Construction of the Waterbury Reservoir was completed in 1938 under authority granted by the Director, Emergency Conservation Work on June 2, 1933. Thework was performed( by the Civilian Conservation Corps under the supervision of the Chief of Engineers, United States Army. The estimated cost for new work, made in 1946 is $408,500 exclu- sive of amount expended on plrevious project and land and other work to be provided by local interests. The existing project was adopted by the Flood Control Act of December 22, 1944 (IIH. Doc. No. 629, 78th Cong., 2d sess.). The latest published map is in the project document. Local cooperation.-The Flood Control Act of December 22,: 1944, authorized the project subject to the condition that the State of 326 REPORT OF CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMY, 1946 Vermont. give assurances satisfactory to the Secretary of War that it will: (a) Provide, without cost to the United States, all lands, ease- ments, and rights-of-way necessary for the construction. (b) Hold and save the United States free from claims for dam- ages due to the construction works and due to inundation of the reservoir areas between the present and proposed maximum flow lines. (c) Continue to maintain and operate the works after comple- tion in accordance with 'regulations prescribed by the Secretary of War. These conditions have not been fulfilled. Operations and results during fiscal year.-The cost for prepara- tion of detailed plans was $6,268.98 for new work. The expenditures. were $6,840.39. Condition at end of fiscal year.--Detailed plans have been com- pleted. Preparation of contract plans and specifications and construc- tion of prdject works remain to be done. The total cost and expendi- ture of the existing project to June 30, 1946, was $6,894.12 for new work. Proposed operations.-The balance unexpended at the end of the' fiscal year, amounting to $17,105.88, will be applied to complete'prepa- ration of contract plans and specifications for the authorized project. Funds in the amount of $384,500 can be profitably expended during the fiscal year 1948 for initiation and completion of the construc- tion of the project by contract. This amount includes $16,000 for preparation of detailed construction drawings. Cost and financial summary Cost of new work to June 30, 1946_..----------------------. -$6, 894. 12 Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1946_.---......--- . .-. _ Total cost of permanent work to June 30, 1946__---------- 6, 894. 12 Net total expenditures6______-__-__-_------------------ 6, 894. 12 Unexpended balance June 30, 1946....------------------------ 17, 105. 88 Total amount appropriated to June 30, 1946-------------- 24, 000. 00 Fiscal year ending June 30 . 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 Cost of new work............-----------------....------------ .............. --------------............. .............. $625. 14 $6,268.98 Cost of maintenance------------------------------------------------------ Total expended----------- ---- ------------ ----------- ------------ 63. 73 6,840.39 Allotted----- .............................................. ............. 14,000.00 10,000.00 Balance unexpended July 1, 1945_---------------.--..... $13, 946. 27 Amount allotted during fiscal year..------------ . . ---------- - 10, 000. 0( Amount to be accounted for-- ------- ---------- 23, 946. 27 Gross amount expended-------........------------------.................. $7, 225. 39 Less reimbursements collected---..___-.. _.- .385. 00 6, 840. 39' , Balance unexpended June '30, 1946....._----- -17, --.... 105. 88 FLOOD CONTROL---NEW YORK, N. Y., DISTRICT 327 Amount (estimated) required to be,appropriated for completion of existing project .......-----------...-----------------------------................... $384, 500. 00 Amount that can be profitably expended in fiscal year ending June 30, 1948, for new work '_-.-.-.-.----. --------.-..-. . 384, 500. 00 I Exclusive of available funds. 62. WATERBURY, WINOOSKI RIVER BASIN, VT. Location.-The Winooski River, with a drainage, area of 1,080 square miles, rises in the northeastern part of Vermont, flows generally west for a distance of about 90 miles and enters Lake Champlain about 4 miles north of Burlington, Vt. The city of Waterbury is located about 44 miles above the mouth of the river, at which point the drainage area of the Winooski River is 735 square miles. (See U. S. Geological survey map covering Camels Hump, Vt., quad- rangle.) k'xisting project.--his project provides for the construction of earth levees and concrete walls on the north bank of the Winooski River at Waterbury, channel clearing between Bolton Gorge and Waterbury, removal of Bolton Gorge Dam and enlargement of Bolton Gorge. The aggregate length of the levees and flood walls is about 8,800 feet, of which 7,200 feet are earth embankment and 1,600 feet are concrete wall. The installation of a pumping plant, raising of a bridge, and the construction of one stop-log and three flood-gate structures are included in the project. The estimate of cost for new work, revised in 1946, is $2,077,700, exclusive of land and other work to be provided by local interests. The existing project was authorized by the Flood Control Act approved August 18, 1941 (HI. Doc. No. 656, 76th Cong., 3d sess., which contains the latest published map). Local cooperation.-See page 5 for requirements. These require- ments have not been fulfilled. Operations and results during fiscal year.-None. Condition at end of fiscal year.-No work has been done on this project and there has been no cost or expenditure. Proposed operations.-No work is contemplated during the fiscal. year 1947. Funds in the amount of $105,000 can be profitably expended for new work during the fiscal year 1948, for preparation of detailed plans and of contract plans and specifications for the authorized project. 63. WRIGHTSVILLE RESERVOIR, WINOOSKI RIVER BASIN, VT. Location.-The Winooski River rises in the northeastern part of Vermont and flows westerly about 90 miles into Lake Champlain, about 4 miles north of Burlinoton, Vt. It lies wholly within the State and has a drainage area of about 1,080 square miles. The Wrights- ville Reservoir with a drainage area of 80 square miles is located on the North Branch which enters the Winooski River 50 miles above the mouth at Montpelier, Vt. (See U. S. Geological survey map coveringe Montpelier, Vt., quadrangle.) . :: Existing project.--The existing dam is of rolled earth-fill, 1,250 feet long with a maximum height of 95 feet, and providing a total storage 328 REPORT. OF CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U...S. ARMY, 1946 / capacity of 20,300 acre-feet, all of which is reserved for flood control.. This project provides for modification of the Wrightsville I)am so as to accommodate safely the presently designed maximum probable flood. The work consists of increasing the height of the dam 17 feet to elevation of 712 feet mean sea level, thereby increasing the length about. 275 feet, replacing existing spillway by a new concrete paved spillway of larger section, riprapping new embankment, altering roadway, and performing such incidental work as may be required. Construction of the Wrightsville Dam was completed in 1935 under authority granted by the Director, Emergency Conservation Work on June 2, 1933. The work was performed by the Civilian Conservation Corps under the supervision of the Chief of Engineers, United States Army. The estimated cost for new work, revised in 1946, is $1,357,400, ex- clusive of amount expended on previous project and land and other work to be provided by local interests. The existing project was adopted by the Flood Control Act of December 22, 1944 (II. Doc. No. 629, 78th Cong., 2d sess.). The latest published map is in the project document. Local cooperation.--The Flood Control Act of December 21, 1944, authorized ti e project subject to the condition that the State of Ver- mont give assurances satisfactory to the Secretary of War that it will: (a) Provide, without cost to the United States, all lands, easements, and rights-of-way necessary for the construction. (b) Hold and save the United States free from claims for damages due to the construction works and due to inundation of the reservoir areas between the present and proposed maximum flow lines. (c) Continue to maintain and operate the works after completion in accordance withregulations prescribed by the Secretary of War. These conditions have not been fulfilled. Operationsand results during fiscal year.-The cost for preparation of detailed plans was $18,155.99 for new work. The expenditures were $18,847.28. Conditionat end of fiscal year.-Detailedplans have been completed. Preparation of contract plans and specifications and construction of project works remain to be done. The total cost and expenditures of the existing project to June 30, 1946, were $18,901.04 for new work. Proposed operations.--rThe balance unexpended at the end of-the fiscal year, amounting to $27,098.96, will be applied toward prepara- tion of contract plans and specifications for the authorized project. Funds in the amount of $1,291,500 can be profitably expended during the fiscal year 1948 for initiation and partial completion of the con- struction of the project by contract. This amount includes $39,000 for preparation of detailed construction drawings. Cost and financial summary Cost of new work to June 30, 1946-_-------.--- ..-..... $18, 901. 04 Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1946.. ------...........---...... Total cost of permanent work to June 30, 1946-1--.--. 18, 901. 04 Net total expenditures.- - -- ---- - --. ~---.---- ---... . 18, 901. 04 Unexpended balance June 30, 1946----- --. ...-..... 27, 098. 96 Total amnount appropriated to June 30, 1946--..1--.....11-- . 46, 000. 00 FLOOD CONTROL---NEW YORK, N. Y., DISTRICT '329 Fiscal year ending June 30 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 Cost of now work .--..--..--.. .....---.........--------------........------.........-------------..... $745.05 $18,155. 99 Cost of maintenance..---..------.. ---------..- --I-------------.. ------------..----------- Total xpended------------- ------ --- 3. 76 18,847.28 Allotted ..--- ........... -------------------- ------- ---------- .....---------------- 46,00.00 Balance unexpended July 1, 1945_-- ----- _-$45, 946. 24 Gross amount exp)ended_----------------------------------- 18, 847. 28 Balance unexpended June 30, 1946_ __. ..-.---- .--- - 27, 098. 96 Amount (estimated) required to be appropriated for completion of existing project 1 -------------------------------------- , 311, 500. 00 Amount that can be I)rofitably expended in fiscal year ending June 30, 1948, for new work 11, 291, 500. 00 I Exclusive of available funds. 64. EAST BARE RESERVOII, WINOOSKI RIVER BASIN, VT. Location.-Tlle Winooski River rises in the northeastern part of Vermont and flows westerly for a distance of 90 miles to Lake Champlainl, which it enters about 4 miles north of Burlington, Vt. It lies wholly within the State and has a drainage area of about 1,080 square liles. Thel East Barre Reservoir with a drainage area of 38.7 square miles is located on the Jail Branch, which enters the Winooski River 58.5 miles above the mouth. (See U. S. Geological Survey map covering Corinth, Vt., quadrangle.) Existing project.-This project provides for modification of the East Barre Dam so as to accommodate safely tile presently designed Imaxinlilll probable flood. rThe work consists of increasing the height of the damn 10 feet to elevation of 1,185 mean sea level, thereby iicrees- ing the length about 350 feet, replacing existing )spillway by one of larger section and modifying existing spillway channel as required, riprapping new elmb)anklllent, altering roadway and performing such incidental work as may be required. Construction of the East Barre )a was collpleted in 1935 llder authority grante(1 by the Director, Emergency Conservation Work on June 2, 1933. The work was per- formed by tile Civilian Conservation Corps under the supervision of the Chief of Engineers, United States Army. - The estimated cost for new work, revised in 1946, is $2,322,500, exclusive of amoult expended on previous projects and land and other work to be provided by local interests. * The existing project, was adopted by the Flood Control Act of De- cember 22, 1944 (II. Doc. No. 0(29, 78th Cong., 2d sess.). The latest published nmap is in the project doculment. Local cooperation.-The Flood Control Act of December 22, 1944, autlorized the project subject to the condition that the State of Vermolt give assurances satisfactory to the Secretary of War that it will: (a) Provide, without cost to the United States, all lands, easements, and rights-of-way necessary for the construction. 330 REPORT OF CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMY, 1946 (b) Hold and save the United States free from claims for damages due to the construction works and due to inundation of the reservoir areas between the present and proposed maximum flow lines. (c) Continue to maintain and operate the works after completion in accordance with regulations prescribed by the Secretary of War. These conditions have not been fulfilled. Operations and results during fiscal year.-The cost for preparation of detailed plans was $27,274.82 for new work. The expenditures were $26,662.28. Condition at end of fiscal year.-Detailed plans have been completed. -Preparation of contract plans and specifications and construction of project works remain to be done. The total cost of the project to June 30, 1946, was $27,350.80 for new work. The total expenditure was $26,716.04. Proposed operations.-The balance unexpended at the end of the fiscal year, amounting to $13,283.96, will be applied as follows: Accounts payable June 30, 1946-...--.____- _--- $634. 76 New work: Preparation of contract plans and specifications for the authorized project-------------------------------------12, 649. 20 Total----------------- ----------------------------- 13, 283. 96 No funds can be profitably expended during the fiscal year 1948. Cost and financial summary Cost of new work to June 30, 1946_____--------------------______....... $27, 350. 80 Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1946.---...-. _--.--- ---- Total cost of permanent work to June 30, 1946----------- 27, 350. 80 Minus accounts payable June 30, 1946----------------------- 634. 76 Net total expenditures ---------- ---- __-----_____........... 26, 716. 04 Unexpended balance June 30, 1946--------------------------...... 13, 283. 96 Total amount appropriated to June 30, 1946_----- - .- 40, 000. 00 Fiscal year ending June 30 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 Cost of new work .------- ----.--------- ---- $----_--------------------$75.9 $27, 274.82 Cost of maintenance.... Total expended....-------- ---------.....--------------------- , -------- ----- 53. 76 26, 662.28 Allotted ...............------- ----- -- ----- ,-- --- , - --. ---- ---------.... . 40, 000.00 ....... Balance unexpended July 1, 1945-.. - _______________-_ -__ - $39, 946. 24 Gross amount expended------------------..- $27, 157. 28 Less reimbursements collected-------------------- 495. 00 26, 662. 28 Balance unexpended June 30, 1946..------...................---------------------. 13, 283. 96 Amount (estimated) required to be appropriated for completion of existing project 1---------------- _------.. 2, 282, 500. 00 ailablo funds. FLOOD CONTROL---NEW YORK, N. Y., DISTRICT 331 65. RUTLAND, OTTER CREEK, VT. Location.-Otter Creek rises in the Green Mountains at Dorset, Vt., flows generally north about 107 miles and enters Lake Champlain 19 miles south of Burlington, Vt. It has a drainage area of 936 square miles. The city of Rutland is located about 72 miles above the river's mouth at the junction of East Creek and the main stream. (See U. S. Geological Survey map covering Rutland, Vt., quadrangle.) Existing project.-This project p)rovides for channel improvement and construction of earth levees and concrete flood walls along East Creek in the vicinity of Rutland. The channel improvement extends for a distance of 3,300 feet. Tihe aggregate length of the levees and walls is 7,720 feet, of which 6,695 feet are earth embankment and 1,025 feet are concrete flood walls. Other work appurtenant to the project involves construction of two pumping.stations, reconstruction of two bridges, demolition of several structures, relocation of roads and utili- ties, and construction of an interceptor sewer with appurtenances. The estimate of cost for new work, revised in 1946, is $1,645,800 exclusive of lands, relocations, bridge reconstruction, sewer construc- tion, and other work to be provided by local interests. The existing project was authorized by the Flood Control Act ap- proved June 22, 1936, and modified by the Flood Control Act approved August 18, 1941. (See S. Doc. No. 171, 76th Cong., 3d sess., which con- tains the latest published map.) Local cooperation.-See page 5 for requirements. These require- ments have not been fulfilled. The mayor and the board of aldermen of the city of Rutland have indicated that they are favorably disposed to- ward the proposed project. However, funds for local cooperation are dependent upon approval of a bond issue to be voted upon by the citizens. Operations and results during fiscal year.--The cost of surveys, prep- aration of plans, and hydraulic studies was $4,900.03 for new work The expenditures were $7,010.86. Condition at end of fiscal year.-Detailedplans have been completed. Preparation of contract plans and specifications and construction, of the protective works remain to be done. The total cost and expendi- tures of the existing project to June 30, 1946, were $40,500 for new work. Proposed operations.-The balance unexpended at the end of'the fiscal year, amounting to $50,000, will be applied to complete prepara- tion of plans and specifications for the authorized local protective works. No funds can be profitably expended during the fiscal year 1948. Cost and financial summary Cost of new work to June 30, 1946_- .....---------------- $40, 500. 00 Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1946-___._._. _ ..............._._.-..... Total cost of permanent work to.June 30, 1946_,-........ 40, 500. 00 Net-total expenditures ----------------------------------- 40, 500. 00 Unexpended balance June 30, 1946 ............. ....-..... 50, 000. 00 Total amount appropriated to June 30, 1946------------ 90, 500. 00 332 'REPORT OF CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMY, 1946 Fiscal year ending June 30 m 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 Cost of new work--_____-------- ------- ------- , $5, 033.64 $30, 566. 33 $4, 900.03 =Cost of maintenance.............. ... Total expended.............----------------------------------- 4,770. 15 28, 718. 99 7,010.86 Allotted.................------------------------.. ----------- $20,000 ----------- 70,500.00 ----.......... Balance unexpended July 1, 1945---------------_______ -___ $57, 010. 86 Gross amount expended_ -- $---------------- $8, 495. 86 Less reimbursements collected-__------------.-- 1, 485. 00 7 ' 7, 010. 86 Balance unexpended June 30, 1946---------- .- _ 50, 000. 00 Amount (estimated) required to be appropriated for completion of existing project '------- ---........... 1, 555, 300. 00 1 Exclusive of available funds. 66. 10OOSICK FALLS, HOOSIC RIVER BASIN, N. Y. Location.-The Hoosic River rises in northwestern Massachusetts, flows generally north and northwest, crossing the southwest corner of Vermont to the vicinity of Eagle Bridge, N. Y., where it turns west and joins the Hudson River about 16 miles above Troy, N. Y. It is 66 miles long and has a drainage area of 713 square miles. Hoosick Falls, N. Y., is situated on the IIoosic River about 26 miles above the mouth. (See\U. S. Geological Survey map covering Iloosick, N. Y.- Vt. quadrangle.) EAcisting project.-This provides for channel widening for 2,300 feet and for construction of earth levees and concrete walls on the east bank of the river. . The principal structures involved are a reinforced concrete-floodwall approximately 900 feet in length, an earth levee ,approximately 2,400 feet in length, an emergency outlet section in the floodwall, a two-cell culvert to form an outlet for Woods Brook and for interior drainage, a single-cell culvert to replace the existing Woods Brook flume and interior drainage structures. The estimate of cost for new work, revised in 1946, is $736,500 exclusive of land and other work to be.provided by local interests. The existing project was authorized by the Flood Control Act approved June 22, 1936, and modified by the Flood Control Act approved August 18, 1941. (See H. Doc. No. 182, 76th Cong., 1st sess., which contains tile latest published map.) Local cooperation.--See page 5 for requirements. In addition to the usual reqcuirements for local cooperation as provided by law, local interests are required to give assurances satisfactory to the Secretary of War that they will insure against future encroachments upon the flood channels to be provided by the improvements, and assume the cost of relocation of a sanitary sewer. The Superintendent of Public Works, State of New York, who is duly authorized to carry out the State's participation in the project,,was requested to furnish assurances on March 6, 1945, and executed an agreement assuring State coopera- tion on March 12, 1945. The assurances were approved by the Secre- tary of War on April 23, 1945. FLOOD CONTROL-NEW YORK, N. Y., DISTRICT 333 Operations and results during fiscal year.--Tlhe cost of completion of plans and specifications was $20.71 for new work. The expendi- tures were $29.69. Condition at end of fiscal year.-Contract plans antd specifications have been completed. Construction of the protective works remains to be done. The total cost and expenditures of the existing project to June 30, 1946, were $36,000 for new work. Proposed operations.-No funds are available and no work is con- tenlplated (luring the fiscal years 1947 and 1948. Cost and financial summary Cost of new work to June 30, 19)46- Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1946------------ "--_ $36, 000. 00 .------------------------ ---.-..... ..- Total cost of permanent work to June 30, 1946 ----------- 36, 000. 00 Net total expenditures --------------------------------- 36, 000. 00 Total amount appropriated to June 30, 1946--- --------------- 36, 000. 00 Fiscal year ending June 30 19,12 1943 1944 1945 1946 - - --- Cost of new work ................ --..............---- .............. ----- $6,016.28 $29,963.01 $20.71 Cost of maintenance-------.... ----------------------------------------------------- Total expended-..------------------------------------- , 98. 59 30, 001.72 29. 69 Allotted----------............----..............-------------------- $10, 000 ------------ 000 00 26,.0 Balance unexpended July 1,1945_-_ _-----_--_------ _---- ------------- $29. 69 29. 69 Gross amount expended------------------------- Amount (estimated) required to be appropriated for completion of existing project___ _--------------------------_---- . -- 700, 500. CO 67. NOIRTII AI)AMS, IIOOSIC ItlVER BASIN, MASS. Location.-The IIoosic River rises in northwestern Massachusetts, flows generally lorth al(1 northwest, crossing the southwest corner of Vermont to the vicinity of Eagle Bridge, N. Y., where it turns west and joins thle IHudson River about 16 Imiles above Troy, N. Y. It is 66 miles long andlias a drainage area of 713 square miles. North Adams, Mass., is situated on the IHoosic River about 14 miles below the source of the river. (See U. S. Geological Survey map covering Greylock, Mass.-Vt., qlua(lranlgle.) Existing project.--llhis project provides for local channel improve- ment which would extend through the entire city for a distance of 9,100 feet along the north branch; 8,100 feet along the south branch and 12,100 feet along the nain streaml downstream from tile juntion and including Braytonville. On the north branch tile improvements would consist of a (lebris basin above thme Eclipse Dam; closure walls at tile proposed new Hoosac Cotton Mill Dam and a rectangular paved concrete cltute. On the soutlh branch, tile improvements would con- sist of a closure levee withl a check dam and stilling basin; a stop- log structure closure across the Boston & Albany Railroad track; a new trapezoidal earth channel with levee; an improved trapezoidal and rectangular earth channel withl levee and walls; a rectangular paved concrete flumne to thle new Johnson Dam; and a rectangular paved concrete clihute. At the junction, the imn)rovements would con- sist of a rectangular colncrete cllute to a drop structure and stilling 721584-47-pt. 1, vol. 1----22 334 REPORT OF CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMY, 1946 basin below Brown Street; closure levees; and rock paved and im- proved earth channels. At Braytonville the improvements would consist of a rock paved trapezoidal channel; a levee; an improved trapezoidal channel with levee, and a new dam and stilling basin with closure levee. Other work appurtenant to the project would involve bridge reconstruction and approaches; street and utility relocations; interior drainage; and miscellaneous alteration, construction and de- molition works. The estimate of cost for new work, revised in 1946, is $10,413,000 exclusive of land and other work to be provided by local interests. Thie existing project was authorized by the Flood Control Act approved June 22, 1936, and modified by the Flood Control Act .approved August 18, 1941. (See'IH. Doc. No. 182, 76th Cong., 1st sess., which contains the latest published map.) -Local cooperation.-See page page 5 for requirements. In addition to the usual requirements for local cooperation as provided by law, local interests are required to give assurances satisfactory to the Secretary of War that they will insure against future encroachments upon the flood channels to be provided by the improvements. These require- ments have not been fulfilled. However, the Commonwealth of Mas- sachusetts and the city of North.Adams have informally advised this oflice on'October 3, 1945, that they are favorably disposed toward as- suming the requirements of local cooperation in connection with the proposed project. Operations and results during fiscal year.-Tlhe cost of completion of detailed plans was $2,988.14 for new work. The expenditures were ,$7,794.59. Condition at end of fiscal year.-Detailed plans have been comn- p)leted. IPreparation of plans and specifications an(l construction of the. protective works remain to be done. The total cost of the existing project to June 30, 1946, was $80,000 for new work. The total ex- penditure was $79,996.49. Proposed operations.--he balance unexpended at the end of the fiscal year, amounting to $3.51, will be app)lied to accounts payable, June 30, 1946. No funds can be profitably expended during the fiscal year 1948. Cost and financial summary Cost of new work to June 30, 1946_------------------------$80, 000. 00 Coat of maintenance to June 30, 1946_ _______________--- Total cost of permanent work to June 30, 1946---------......... 80, 000. 00 Minus accounts payable June 30, 1946_------------------. _. 3. 51 Net total expenditures ---------------------------- 79, 996. 49 Unexpended balance June 30, 1946 ------------------------ 3. 51 Total amount appropriated to June 30, 1946----------- 80, 000. 00 Fiscal year ending June 30 1942 1943 , 1944 1945 [ .1946 ..----------- Cost of new work--................. ---- $11, 909.63 $65,102. 23 $2, 988. 14 Cost of maintenance.............. .............. Total expended-....------------ ------ ----.------------ 11, 737. 48 60,464. 44 7,794. 69 Allotted .---.--------------.. . ......... --. $60, 000 -------------- 20, 000. 00 FLOOD CONTROr--NEW YORK, N. Y., DISTRICT 335 Balance unexpended July 1, 1945---.......-------------------- $7, 798. 10 Gross amount expended--....------------------- $8, 289. 59 ..- Less reimbursements collected--- ----------------- 495. 00 7, 794. 59 Balance unexpended June 30, 1946 --------------------- 3. 51 Amount (estimated) required to be appropriated for completion of existing project 1_------------- ------------------- 10, 333, 000. 00 I Exclusive of available funds. 68. ADAMS, IIOOSIC RIVER BASIN, MASS. Location.--The Ioosic River rises in northwestern Massachusetts, flows generally north and northwest, crossing the southwest corner of Vermont to the vicinity of Eagle Bridge, N. Y., where it turns west and joins the Hudson River about 16 miles above Troy, N. Y. It is 66 miles long and has a drainage area of 713 square miles. Adams, Mass., is situated on the HIoosic River about 6 miles below the source of the river. (See U. S. Geological Survey map covering Greylock,. Mass-Vt., quadrangle.) Existing project.-This provides for channel improvement, for a distance of approximately 1.3 miles, with flood walls on both banks of the stream from high ground below Plunkett Dam to a proposed. weir above Commercial Street; a concrete paved chute or flume from this weir to a proposed stilling basin above the mouth of Tophet Brook and below HIoosac Street. Other work appurtenant to the project involves alteration of existing raceways, bridge reconstruc- tion, street and utility relocations, and channel improvement of tribu- tary brooks. The estimate of cost for new work, revised in 1946, is $2,795,900, exclusive of land and other work to be provided by local interests. The existing project was authorized by the Flood Control Act ap- proved August 18, 1941. (See II. Doc. No. 182, 76th Cong., 1st sess., wlich contains the latest published map.) Local cooperation.-See page 5 for requirements. In addition to the usual requirements for local cooperation as provided by law, local interests are required to give assurances satisfactory to the Secretary of War that they will insure against future encroachments upon the flood channels to be provided by the improvements. These requirements have not been fulfilled. The board of selectmen of the town of Adams in letter dated September 20, 1944, have indicated that they would look favorably toward assuming the requirements of local cooperation. Operationsand results during fiscal year.-None. The expenditure was $1.67 for accounts payable from the preceding fiscal year. Condition at end of fiscal year.-The preparation of plans has been partially completed. Preparation of contract plans and specifications and construction of protective works remain to be (lone. The total cost and expenditures of the project to June 30, 1946, were $22,000 for new work. Proposed operation.-No funds are available and no work is cons templated during the fiscal years 1947 an(t 1948. 336 REPORT OF CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMY, 1946 Cost and financial summary Cost of new work to June 30, 1946---,_......... .....-... $22, 000. 00 Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1946,..... ............... Total cost of permanent work to June 30, 1946_.......... 22, 000. 00 Net total expenditures-------- ....... .. .-- 22, 000. 00 Total amount appropriated to June 30, 1946------------------ 22, 000. 00 Fiscal year ending June 30 1942 1943 1944. 1945 1946 Cost of new work__---- ... ___.. -------------- $3, 609.35 $__... -$18, 390.65 .......... Cost ofmaintenance.... Total expended..------------------,- --------------- 3, 078:.87 18,919. 46 1.67 Allotted-------------------- ----------------- 10,000.00 20,000.00 -8,000.00 Balance unexpended July 1, 1945 .. - -------- _ . $8, 001. 67 Deductions on account of revocation of allotment-.------.--_ .8, 000. 00 Net amount to be accounted for------------------------ 1. 67 Gross amount expended------------------------------------- 1. 67 Amount (estimated) required to be appropriated for completion of existing project------------------------- ,. ----------- 2, 773, 900. 00 69. SNAGGING AND CLEARING UNDER AUTHORITY OF SECTION 2 OF TIHE FLOOD CONTROL ACT APPROVED AUGUST 28, 1937, AS AMENDED The Flood Control Act approved A(ugust 28, 1937, as anended by the Flood Control Acts approved August 11, 1939, August 18, 1941, and July 24, 1946,' authorized the allotment of not to exceed $1,000,000 from the flood-control appropriations for any one fiscal year for the removal of accumulated snags and other debris from, and the clearing and straightening of channels in navigable streams and tributaries thereof when such work is advisable in the interests of flood control; provided that not more than $50,000 shall be allotted for this purpose for any single tributary from the appropriations for any one fiscal year. During the fiscal year the sum of $25,000 was allotted for the clear- ing of, and the removal of snags and other debris from channel of Pequannock Township ditch, Morris County, N. J., in the interest of flood control of the contiguous area. The cost of surveys and preparation of plans and specifications was $2,865.31 for new work. Tlhe expenditures were $2,057.11. The balance unexpended at tile end of the fiscal year, amounting to $22,942.89, will be applied to accounts payable, June 30, 1946, $838.20,. and to new work, clearing and snagging operations by contract, $22,104.69. . Cost and financial summary Cost of new work to June 30, 1946_---------------------- $2, 865. 31 Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1946.._ .______ Total cost of permanent work to June 30, 1946------------- 2, 865. 31 Minus accounts payable June 30,- 1946_ --------- 808. 20 Net total expenditures. ...... :-,----------------..... .. 2, 057. 11 Unexpended balance June 30, 1946------------------ 22, 942. 89 Total amount appropriated to June 30, 1946.----.-..... -25, 000. 00 FLOOD CONTROL-NEW YORK,;N. Y., DISTRICT 337 Fis cal year ending June 30 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 Cost of new work---------- $2, 865. 31. .........------------.... ...........................................................---------------------------- Cost of maintenance..-..........-------........----------.......-------------------- ----------- --------- Total expended------.............---..... -..............-------- ------------- . 2, 057.11 Allotted ---------------------......................--------------............................ ........... 2, 000. ..............----------. 00 Amount allotted during fiscal year__ __ _____- _$25, _-_-_------------ 000. 00 Gross amount expended- 2, 057. 11 Balance unexpended June 30, 1946------ ----------- --- 22, 942. 89 Outstanding liabilities, June 30, 1946------------------------- -- 30. 00 Balance available June 30, 1946---------------------------- 22, 912. 89 70. PRELIMINARY EXAMINATIONS, SURVEYS, AND CONTINGENCIES 1'OR FLOOD CONTROL The cost of work lduring the fiscal year amounted to $56,345.44. The expenditures were $44,518.05. The balance unexpended at the end of the fiscal year, amounting to $83,514.82, will be applied as needed during tile fiscal year 1947 to payment of expenses incurred under this heading. 'The additional sumi of $110,000 can be profitably expended (luring the fiscal year 1948. Cost and financial summary _ Cost of new work to June 30, 1946_ _...... .. -.. - ...... . -.---. --. Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1946-___-----_-----____-- $223, 468. 74 Total cost of permanent work to June 30, 1946--....----------- 223, 468. 74 Plus accounts receivable June 30, 1946_-_----- _-_ --- _ -.-- .- 2, 358. 75 Gross total costs to June 30, 1946 ---------------------- 225, 827. 49 Minus accounts payable June 30, 1946.---..---.--...--.... . . 16, 042. 31 Net total expenditures ---------------------------------- 209, 785. 18 Unexpended balance June 30, 1946_ --------............. - - - 83, 514. 82 Total amount appropriated to June 30,1946-------------- 293, 300. 00 Fiscal year ending June 30 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 Cost of new work... . . . . . . -.. . . .. . .. . . . .. . .. . . . . . . . . . . .. . Cost of maintenance------------$9,298.28 $6, 60.06 $11,301.07 $11,798.21 $56,345.44 Total expended......--------------............. 9,887.63 6,552.97 11,673.25 10,153.26 44,518.05 . 18,800.00 ....... Allotted.......................... .. 89, 750.00 45,000.00 Balance unexpended July 1, 1945......... ........ $83, 032. 87 --..........- Amount allotted during fiscal year .--------------------------- 45. 000. 00 Amount to be accounted for...---------------------- 128, 032. 87 Gross amount expended.--------------------------- $73,573. 05 Less reimbursements collected-------------------- 29, 055. 00 -- 44, 518. 05 Balance unexpended June 30, 1916-.......-............ . 83, 514. 82 338 REPORT OF CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, J. S. ARMY, 1946 Outstanding liabilities, June 30, 1946---------------------------- $57. 50 Balance available June 30, 1946------------------------ 83, 457. 32 Accounts receivable June 30, 1946--_-.--..-.----.--..--..-.-.- 2, 358. 75 Unobligated balance available June 30, 1946.------------- 85, 816. 07 Amount that can be profitably expended in fiscal year ending June 30, 1948, for maintenance 1 ------- ....- ....------------ 110, 000. 00 .1 Exclusive of available funds. 71. -OTHER FLOOD-CONTROL PROJECTS FOR WHICH NO ESTIMATES ARE SUBMITTED For last full Cost and expenditure to Estimated report, see June 30, 19460 amount Name of project Annual r o Report required to for- New work Maintenance complete 1. Lamoille River, Vt..._----................ 1939 2 $49, 837. 43 i... - ,$26, 500 2. Proctor, Otter Creek Basin, Vt.-..-............ 1937- .............. a 22, 500 3. Bennington, Hoosic River Basin, Vt.4----... . 1941 . _........... .............. - 291,000 4. Waterford, Hudson and Mohawk Rivers, N.Y.'-----------------1939-315,000) 6.Winooski River, Vt ------------------------ 1940 4,897,427.37() S1 unit of project completed; remaining unit awaiting local cooperation. 2 Includes $23,507.43 emergency relief funds. 3 Completion not desired by local interests. 4 Awaiting local cooperation. * Completed. Status of all investigations for flood control called for by Flood Control Acts and Committee Resolutions Date trans- Document Recon- Locality Authorization act mitted to Congress number mendation I I I I Ausable River Basin, N. Y., at and Commerce Committee res- in .the vicinity of Lake Placid, olution, Dec. 1, 1943. N.Y. Blind Brook and tributaries, N. Y... Flood Control Act, Aug. 18, 1941. Bronx River and tributaries, N. Y... -.-- do.................. Hackensack River and tributaries, Flood Control Act, July N. J., and N. Y. 24, 1946. -------------- Hutchinson River and tributaries, Flood Control Act, Aug. N. Y. 18, 1941. _..----r--.. Kinderhook Creek, N. Y., and Mass.. Commerce Committee res- olution, Oct. 28, 1941. Mamaroneck and Sheldrake Rivers, Flood Control Act, Aug. and their tributaries, N. Y. 18, 1941. .............. Passaic River, N. J.................. Flood Control Act, May 6, 1936. Do..............................- Flood Control Act, June 22,1936. Saw Mill River and tributaries, N. Y. Flood Control Act, Aug. 18, 1941. Winooski River and tributaries, Vt., Flood Control Committee flnal report. resolution, June 20, 1940. i FLOOD CONTROL IMPROVEMENTS IN THE SYRACUSE, N. Y. DISTRICT This district comprises the watershed of .the Mohawk River and its tributaries in northearstern New York, the watershed of the Oswego River and its tributaries in northern New York, and the watershed of the Susquehanna River and its tributaries, above and including Shamokin Creek, in south central New York and northern Pennsylvania. District engineer: Lt. Col. J. H. Elleinan, Corps of Engineers, to October 21, 1945, and Col. J. S. Seybold, Corps of Engineers, since that date. Division engineer: Col. A. H. Burton, Corps of Engineers, to October 31, 1945, and Col. C. L. Hall, Corps of Engineers, since that date. IMPROVEMENTS Flood-control projects Page Page 1. Syracuse, Oswego River 14. Plymouth, Susquehanna Riv- Basin, N. Y--_-- - 339 er, Pa-,----.----- --- . 378 2. Owasco Lake, Oswego River 15. Sunbury, Susquehanna Riv- Basin, N. Y-.--..---...- 341 er, Pa-_.-- .--.. . . 380 3. Canandaigua Lake, Oswego 16. Swoyerville and Forty Fort, River Basin, N. Y- -_... 4. Keuka Lake, Oswego River 343 P a ------- _----------- 17. Chittenango Creek and trib- 382 Basin, N. Y----------... 344 utaries, N. Y__ _ __ _ 383 5. IIammondsport, Oswego 18. Owasco Inlet and Outlet, River Basin, N. Y....... 345 Montville and Dry Creeks, 6. Ithaca, Oswego River Basin, State Ditch and Crane N . Y ------------------- 347 Brook, N. Y------...--- 384 7. Watkins Glen, Oswego River 19. Genegantslet Reservoir, Basin, N. Y----..-.--..- 349 Genegantslet Creek, N. Y_ 386 8. Montour Falls, Oswego River 20. South Plymouth Reservoir, Basin, N. Y-.---....-..- 350 Canasawacta Creek, N. Y_ 388 9. Southern New York flood 21. Snagging and clearing under control project_ 352 authority of section 2 of 10. Stillwater Reservoir, Lack- the Flood Control Act awanna River, Pa.....-:. 371 approved August 28, 1937, 11. Williamsport, Susquehanna as amended----- _______ 389 River, Pa.- .-- ... ..... 372 22. Preliminary examinations, 12. Wilkes-Barre-Hanover surveys and contingencies Township, Susquehanna for flood control ......... 390. River, Pa-...-----...... 374 23. Other flood-control projects 13. Kingston-Edwardsville, Sus- for which no estimates are quehanna River, Pa-...... 376 submitted_..-..-.-..-. 391. 1. SYRACUSE, OSWEGO RIVER BASIN, N. Y. Location.---Syracuse, N. Y., is located in Onondaga County the southern end of Onondaga Lake. (See U. S. Geological Survey topo- ht graphical map of New York State.) 339 340 REPORT OF CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMY, 1946 Existing project.--The plan of improvement provides for increasing the capacity of Onondaga Creek Channel through the city between Atlantic and I)orwin Avenues, 4.5 and 6.3 miles, respectively, above the mouth of Onondaga Creek from 1,000 to 6,000 cubic feet per second by widening and realining the channel and constructinlg low levees on both banks at the lower end. Two new bridges will be required over the new channel. It also provides for'constructing a retention reservoir on Onondaga Creek about 4 miles south of Syracuse with a capacity of 18,160 acre- feet at spillway crest, consisting of ani earth dam 67 feet high, a con- crete spillway channel, and an outlet conduit with appurtenant struc- tures. This will )provideprotection for the city of Syracuse against a flood ap)proximately 70 percent greater than the largest of record. The existing project was authorized by the Flood Control Act ap- proved August 18, 1941 (H. Doc. No. 846, 76th Cong., 3d sess.). The estimated Federal cost is $3,144,000 (revised in 1946) for con- struction, and the estimated local cost is $596,800 (revised in 1946) for lands and damages. Local cooperation.--lThe improvement is subject to the condition that responsible local agencies furnish assurances' satisfactory to the Secretary of War that they will provide without cost to the United States all lands, easements, and rights-of-way necessary for the con- struction of the project including the reservoir; hold and save the United States free from claims for damages due to the construction work; maintain and operate the works after completion in accordance with regulations prescribed by the Secretary of War; take such meas- n ures as may be necessary to prevent any encroachments upon the flood channel capacities to be provided by the proposed improvements; and bear the expense of all utility and bridge changes. Assurances have been accepted. Operations and results during the fiscal year.-Engineering studies, design, and preparation of construction plans and specifications were continued by hired labor. The cooperating agency, the State of New York, continued negotiations with the Onondaga Indians for pur- chase of lands within the Onondaga Indian Reservation. The cost of this work was $39,204.53 for new work. The expenditures were $49,374.47, all for new work, Condition at end of fiscal year.-Constructionplans and specifica- tions were completed by hired labor. Construction has not been initi- ated. The cost of this work was $142,526.85 for new work. The ex- penditures, all for new work, were $144,227.46. Proposed operations.--The unexpended balance at the end of the fiscal year, $1,435,772.54, plus accounts receivable, $1,694.95, plus esti- mated changes in deferred costs, $51.14, amounted to $1,437,518.63. This amount will be applied as follows: Accounts payable, June 30, 1946 45. 48 $----------------- New work: Engineering studies and preparation for construction, design, and working drawings; construction of the Onondaga Darn portion of the Syracuse project by continuing contract; construction of the Onondaga Creek Channel portion of the local improvement project by continuing contract-----------............. 1, 437, 473. 15 Total_.----.---------.-.-.------...----..... , -. 1, 437, 518. 63 FLOOD CONTROIr---SYRACUSE, N. Y., DISTRICT 341 The additional sum of $1,564,000 can be profitably- expended ,for,... new work during the fiscal year 1948 for engineering studies and. design; completion of the Onondaga Dam portion of the Syracuse project; and completion of the Onondaga Creek channel portion of the local improvement project. Cost and flinancial summary Cost of new work to June 30, 1946__-____________-_------ - $142, 526. 85 Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1946_---.-.----.----------. _ ----------- Total cost of permanent work to June 30, 1946----------- 142, 526. 85 Undistributed costs June 30, 1946__------------------------_ 51. 14 Net total cost to June 30, 1946------------------------ 142, 577. 99 Plus accounts receivable June 30, 1946 _-------------- _ _ _- 1, 694. 95 Gross tdtal costs to June 30, 1946------------ ------ ---- 144, 272. 94 Minus accounts payable June 30, 1946_ --- ....-.. -----.. --- 45. 48 Net total expenditures --------------------------- -- 144, 227. 46 Unexpended balance June 30, 1946----.----- ----------- 1, 435, 772. 54 Total amount appropriated to June 30, 1946 ------------ 1, 580, 000. 00 Fiscal'year ending June 30 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 Cost of new work_.... ... ___.. . ..- - $9, 008. 19 $51, 780. 54 $42, 533. 59 $39, 204.53 Cost of maintenance------------ .............. - ------------ - ----------.. ------------------------- Total expended----_ .............. ............. 6, 978.33 53, 880. 61 33, 994. 05 49, 374. 47 Allotted-------------------....................--------------............. 60,000.00 120,000.00 .............. 1,400,000.00 Balance unexpended July 1, 1945__ .----.----------- '$85, 147. 01 Amount allotted during fiscal year__--------- ..----------- 1, 400, 000. 00 .. Amount to be accounted for------------------------- 1, 485, 147. 01 Gross amount expended.. ------------------------------------ 49, 374. 47 Balance unexpended June 30, 1946_ .--------- __ ---- 1, 435, 772. 54 Outstanding liabilities, June 30, 1946.-------------------------- 45. 48 Balance available June 30, 1946_---------- -------- 1, 435, 727. 06 Accounts receivable June 30, 1946_ -- ---- .--.---.----- - -1, 694. 95 Unobligated balance available June 30, 1946-.-----------1, 437, 422. 01 Amount (estimated) required to be appropriated for completion of existing project 1_----------- -_-_-_---_ ______. - .--- 1, 564, 000. 00 Amount that can be profitably expended in fiscal year ending June 30, 1948, for new work 1-_ .- __.-------- ------------ 1, 564, 000. 00 I Exclusive of available funds. 2. OWASCO LAKE, OSWEGO RIVER BASIN, N. Y. Location.-Owasco Lake, N. Y., is located in the central portion of the Oswego River watershed., The.,city of Auburn, N. Y.,,.is situated at the outlet at the northern end of the lake., The outlet flows north- erly for 17 miles and empties into the Seneca River. (See U. S. Geo- logical Survey topographic maps of New York State.) 342 REPORT OF CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMY, 194($ Existing project.-There is an old masonry dani, known as the State Dam, in the city of Auburn across the outlet channel about 9,600 feet downstream from the lake. The plan of improvement provides for the replacing of the old dam with a new dam about 9,400 feet down- stream from the lake, consisting of a rolled earth section and a con- crete spillway section, sluice gates, head gates, a concrete wall between the power inlet and sluiceway, and the improving and deepening of the channel through a length of about 9,600 feet. rThe improved channel will be 15 feet wide at the bottom, with side slopes of 1 on 2 in earth and 4 on 1 in rock. The project will afford a substantial reduction of flood heights at Auburn and Owasco Lake in general. The existing project was authorized by the Flood Control Act approved August 18, 1941 (11. Doc. No. 846, 76th Cong., 3d sess.). The estimated cost, as shown in the project document, is $113,000 for construction, including $7,000 to be contributed by local interests. T he estimated local cost for lands and damages is $1,000. Local cooperation.-See page 5 for requirements. Assurances for local cooperation have been withdrawn. The 5-year limitation clause, as set forth in section 2 of the authorizing act, has been invoked as of April 30, 1946. Authorization for this project will therefore expire on April 30, 1951, unless satisfactory assurances of local cooperation are reestablished prior to that date. Operations and results during fiscal year.-Preliminary work, by hired labor on engineering studies, and the preparation of detailed plans was in progress. The cost of this work was $711.69 for new work. The expenditures were $5,858.18. Condition at end of fiscal year.-Preparationof detailed plans was in progress. Construction has not been initiated. Completion of plans and specifications by hired labor, and construction of the pro- tective works by contract remain to be done. The cost and expendi- tures were $26,858.18 for new work on this project. Proposed operations.-None. The project is in an inactive status. The unexpended balance at the end of the fiscal year amounted to $141.82. No additional funds can be profitably expended during the fiscal year ending June 30, 1948. Cost and ,financialsummary Cost of new work to June 30, 1946-..-------------------------- $26, 85& 18 Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1946.....-.. Total cost of permanent work to June 30, 1946------------ 26, 85& 18 Net total expenditures.......- __- --------------- 26, 858. 18 Unexpended balance June 30, 1946----------------------------- 141. 82 Total amount appropriated to June 30, 1946-------------- 27, 000. 00 Fiscal year ending June 30 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 Cost of new work ................. -- $2,009. I $....... b9 $13,697.34 $10, 439.16 $711.69 Cost of maintenance.............. ---------------------------..............------------------------------------- otal expended............-------- ... 1,949.30 13,758.03 5,292. 67 , 858. 1 Allotted.......... .. ..---------...- 5, 000. 00 16,000.00 6,000.00-...-..... FLOOD CONTROIL-SYRACUSE, N. Y., DISTRICT 343 Balance unexpended July 1, 1945- ... . $6, 000. 00 Gross amount expended---------------------------------- 5, 858. 18 Balance unexpended June 30, 1946 141. 82 ------------------------- Amount (estimated) required to be appropriated for completion of existing project --------------- --------------- _------ 79, 000. 00 1 Exclusive of available funds. 3. CANANDAIGUA LAKE, OSWEGO RIVER BASIN, N. Y. Location.-CanandaiguaLake is the most westerly of the Finger Lakes in the Oswego River watershed. The lake outlet flows north- eastward and joins the Clyde River at Lyons, N. Y. Thie city of Canandaigua is located( at the north end of the lake near the outlet. (See U. S. Geological Survey topographic maps of New York State.) Existing project.-The flow from Canandaigua Lake is carried by two channels at its northerly end, the outlet and a feeder canalfwhich join about 2 miles below the lake. The i)lan of improvement provides for the improvement of the outlet channel from the outlet sill to a point about 4 miles downstream, so as to secure a minimum bottom width of 20 feet with side slopes of 1 on 21/ feet; the improvement of the feeder canal for its total length of about 11/ mniles from the lake to its confluence with the outlet channel, so as to secure a bottom width of 20 feet with side slope of 1 on 21/2 feet; and the lowering of the outlet sill 11/4 feet. The project will afford a substantial reduction in flood stages on Canandaigua Lake. The existing project was authorized by the Flood Control Act ap- proved August 18, 1941 (H. Doc. No. 846, 76th Cong., 3d sess.). The estimated Federal cost, revised in 1946 is $66,000 for construc- tion, and the estimated local cost is $9,500 for lands, damages, and relocations. Local cooperation.-See page 5 for requirements. Assurances of local cooperation have been withdrawn. The 5-year limitation clause, as set forth in section 2 of the authorizing act 2 has been invoked as of March 21, 1946. Authorization for this project will therefore ex- pire on March 21, 1951, unless satisfactory assurances of local coop- eration are reestablished prior to that date. Operations and results during fiscal year.--Preliminary work by hired labor was in. progress on engineering studies, and preparation of detailed plans. The cost and expenditures for this work were $865.05 for new work. Condition at end of fiscal year.-Preparationof detailed plans was in progress. Construction has not been initiated. Completion of preparation of plans and specifications by hired labor, and construc- tion of the protective works by contract remain to be done. The cost and expenditures for this work were $9,000 for new work. Proposed operations.-None. There remains no unexpended bal- ance at the end of the fiscal year. The project is in an inactive status. No funds can be expended profitably during the fiscal year ending June 30, 1948. - 344 REPORT OF CHIEF, OF ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMY, 1946 Cost, atd fn'ancial summary Cost of new work to June 30, 1946 .........--------------------------- $9,000. 00 Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1946-------------------------------- Total cost of permanent work to June 30, 1946.------------9, 000. 00 Net total expenditures_ - '- 9,000. 00 Total amount appropriated to June 30, 1946--.--.--..-.- .... --.- 9, 000. 00 Fiscal :yea ending June 30 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 Cost of new work............................. ............. $2, 847.49 $5, 287. 46 $865. 05 -----------...........----------------------- Cost ofmaintenance............................ Total expended................... ... ...-.-.- . _ .--.--.- . .. .. 2,847.49 5,287.46 ' 865.05 Allotted .............-.---....... ...... ..... --............. 3,000.00 6, 000. 00.......... Balance unexpended July 1, 1945-- --------------------------- ... $865. 05 Gross amount expended---------------------------------------- 865. 05 Amount (estimated) required to be appropriated for completion of existing project- ,------------------------.... .---- 57,000. 00 I Exclsive of available funds. 4. KEUKA LAKE, OSWEGO RIVER BASIN, N. Y. Location.-Keuka Lake, N. Y., is located in the southwestern por- tion of the Oswego River watershed and is shaped in the form of a Y. The outlet is at the northern end of the eastern branch of the lake. The village of Penn Yan is situated at the northern end of the lake along the outlet. (See U. S. Geological Survey topographic maps of New York State.) Existing project.--There is a dam across the outlet channel about 1 mile downstream from the lake, with raceways at both ends.. Two. streams enter the outlet channel between the lake and the dam. The plan of improvement provides for removing shoals in the channel just upstream from the dam and at the mouths of the two streams entering the outlet channel; replacing the present small gate in the raceway at the southern end of thle dam by a single modern struc- ture and appurtenances; lowering the sill 1.7 feet, and channel excava- tion downstream from the gate to reduce tail-water elevations. The project will afford a substantial reduction in flood stages in Keuka Lake. The existing project was authorized by the Flood Control Act approved August 18, 1941 (H. Doc. No. 846, 76th Cong., 3d sess.). The estimated Federal cost revised in 1946 is $70,000 for con- struction, and the estimated local cost, revised in 1946, is $13,800 for lands and damages. Local cooperation.-See page 5 for .requirements., In addition to the usual requirements for local cooperation as provided by law, local interests are required to take such measures as may be necessary- to prevent any encroachments upon the flood-channel capacities to be provided by they-proposed iiprovements, and secure -tlhenecessary ' agreements to pIermit regulation oi lake levels. Assurances have been accepted. FLOOD CONTROL---SYRACUSE, N. Y., DISTRICT -345 Operationsand results duringfiscabyear.-Engineeringstudies and preparation of contract plans and specifications, by hired labor, were in progress. TIhe cost of this work was $560.09 for new work. The expenditures were $7,000. Condition at end of fiscal year.-Contract plans and specifications were completed. Construction of the protective works by contract remains to be done. The cost and expenditures were $16,000 for new work.- Proposed operations.--None. There remains no unexpended bal- ance at the end of the fiscal year. The additional sunm of $54,000 can be I)rofitably expended for new work.during the fiscal year 1948 for engineering studies and design; and completion of'construction. Cost and ,financial summary Cost of new work to June 30, 1946__--..-----.-.------------- $16, 000. 00 Cost of maintenance to June 30,.1946_-.. -------. Total cost of permanent work to June 30, 1946 ------------ 16, 000. 00 Net total expenditures --------------------- ---------------- 16, 000. 00 Total amount appropriated to June 30, 1946-------------------- 16, 000. 00 Fiscal year ending June 30 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 .......----------------..-..............------------- (Cost of new work............... ....... $3,000.00 $12, 439.91 $5500.09 Cost of maintenance ..... ------------ .-- ------------- -----------..----- - ------- Total expended..........-------........ ---------- .......-----....... 2, 621. 42 6,378. 58 ..-----.....----....------... 7, 000. 00 -------------- Allotted......................... -----------.......... .........----..... ... 3,00. 00 13, 000. 00 ............. Balance unexpended July 1, 1945-_---------------------------- $7, 000. 00 Gross amount expended_-.--- --------.------- ------ - 7, 000. 00 Amount (estimated) required to be appropriated for completion of existing l)poject ------------ --------- - ----- 54, 000. 00 Amount that can be profitably expended in fiscal year endingJune 30, 1948, for new work------------------- .------- - 54, 000. 00 5. IIAMMONDSPOItT, OSWEGO RIVER BASIN, N. Y. Location.-The village of Iammnon(lsport, N. Y., is located in Steuben County and is situated at the southern end of Keuka Lake. (See U. S. Geological Survey topographic n aps of New York State..) Existing project.--Tlle lower portion of Glenl Brook, from its moutlh at Ketuka Lake to a point about 2,450 feet upstream, is car- ried by an existing concrete flume, the safe carrying capacity of which is limited by a 900 bend at its upper end to 1,800 cubic feet per second. lThe plan of improvement provides for increasing the channel capacity to 5,000 cubic feet per second by widening, deepening, and straightening the upper 700 feet of the present flume, constructing re- inforced-concrete cascades at the bend, clearing the channel above the flume, and constructilrg 4 timber check danms in the chalnnelabove, the flume to reduce debrisielosited'in the flumie. This will provide a safe 346:. REPORT OF CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMY, 1946 channel capacity of 5,000 cubic feet per second for Glen Brook, or approximately 40 percent greater than the discharge of the largest flood of record. The existing project was authorized by the Flood Control' Act ap- proved August 18, 1941 (II. Doc. No. 846, 76th Cong., 3d sess.). The estimated cost is $362,800 (revised in 1946) for construction, and the estimated local cost is $13,200 (revised in 1946) for lands and damages. Local cooperation.-See page 5 for requirements. In addition to the usual requirements for local cooperation as provided by law, local interests are required to take such measures as may be necessary to prevent any encroachments upon the flood channel capacities to be provided by the proposed improvements. Assurances have been ac- cepted. Operations and results during fiscal year.-Preliminarywork, by hired labor, consisting of engineering studies and preparation of de- tailed plans, was in progress. The cost-of this work was $1,305.84 for new work. The expenditures were $1,737.91. Condition at end of fiscal year.-Completionof detailed plans, prepa- ration of contract plans and specifications by hired labor, and con- struction of protective works by contract remain to be done. Con- struction has not been initiated. The cost of this ,work was $8,836.51 - for new work. The expenditures for new work were $8,808.41. Proposed operations.-The unexpended balance at the end of the fiscal year amounted to $12,191.59. This amount will be applied as follows: Accounts payable June 30, 1946-__ _-___ ________________ $28. 10 New work: Completion of engineering studies, including proposed model study design, and preparation of detailed plans---..-----......--. 12, 163. 49 Total --------------------- 12, 191. 50 The additional sum of $25,000 can be profitably expended during the fiscal year 1948 on new work, engineering studies, design, and prepa- ration of construction plans and specifications. Cost and financial summary Cost of new work to June 30, 1946__ ___ ------------------- 8, 836. 51 Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1946. Total cost of permanent work to June 30, 1946------------- 8, 836. 51 Minus accounts payable June 30, 1946------------------------. : 28. 10 Net total expenditures-------------------------------- 8, 808. 41 Unexpended balance June 30, 1946-- -__________________._____ 12, 191. 59 Total amount appropriated to June 30, 1946-------------- 21, 000. 00 Fiscal year ending Junoe 30 1942 :: 1943 1944 1945 1946 Cost of new work..........-_ ....... .............. $4, 968 98 $2, 561. 69 $1, 305. 84 Cost of maintenance.... ..... Total expended.....------------------------- ---- ---. 4,507. 68 2, 562. 82 1,737.91. Allotted.----.------------------------------ .----------- 6,000.00 15,000.00.......... FLOOD CONTROIL---SYRACUSE, N. Y., DISTRICT 347 Balance unexpended July 1, 1945_-_ ___------- -_--_---------- $13, 929. 50 Gross amount expended- ------- --------------------------- -- 1, 737. 91 Balance unexpended June 30, 1946_ _-_--------------. 12, 191. 59 Outstanding liabilities, June 30, 1946_- - 28. 10 .-.-----.------------ Balance available June 30, 1946_ _-------------------- 12, 163. 49 Amount (estimated) required to be appropriated for completion of existing p)roject 1___.. ..--------------- -- 341, 800. 00 Amount that can be pIrofitably exp)ended in fiscal year ending June 30, 1948, for new work ---------------------------- ----- 25, 000. 00 I Exclusive of available funds. 6. ITHlACA, OSWEGO RIVER BASIN, N. Y. Location.-The city of Ithaca, N. Y., is located in Tompkins County and is situate(d at the southern end of Cayuga Lake. (See U. S. Geological Survey topographical maps of New York State.) Existing project.-Fall Creek tflows along the northern edge of the city and discharges into Cayuga Lake, and Cascadilla Creek flows through the center of the city and empties into Cayuga Inlet about 1/, mile above its mouth. The plan of improvement provides for widening Fall Creek channel from the foot of the falls at Lake Street to a point 2,900 feet downstream and for constructing levees on both banks of the channel, the levee on the left bank to be 5 feet higher than the levee on the right bank so as to protect the left bank from flows of 20,000 cubic feet per second and the right bank from flows of 14,000 cubic feet ier second; protecting tie.Fall Creek channel slopes upstream from the railroad bridge with a concrete crib wall and protecting bridge piers and abutments with riprap; increasing the capacity of Cascadilla Creek channel from 1,200 to 1,800 cubic feet per second by clearing the channel from the mouth of the gorge to Lincoln Street, a distance of about 4,200 feet; pav- ing the bottom of Cascadilla Creek channel from Cayuga Street bridge to proposed debris dam; and constructing a concrete check dam at the mouth of the gorge to reduce debris deposits in the channel. The plan of improvement for Fall Creek will protect the area along the left bank from floods about 30 percent greater than the largest flood of record, and along the right bank from floods approxi- mately equal to the largest flood of record. The plan for Cascadilla Creek will provide protection against floods about 30 percent greater than the largest flood of record. The existing project was authorized by the Flood .Control Act approved August, 18, 1941. (II. Doc. No. 846, 76th Cong., 3d sess.). The estimated Federal cost, revised in 1946, is $510,000 for construc- tion, and the estimated local cost, revised in 1946, is $33,600 for lands and damages. Local cooperation.-See page 5 for requirements. In addition to the usual requirements for local cooperation as provided by law, local interests are required to take such measures as may be neces- sary to pIrevent any encroachments upon the flood-channel capaci- ties to be provided by the proposed improvements. Assurances have been accepted. 348 REPORT OF CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMY, 1946 Operations and results during fiscal year.--Preliminary work, by hired_labor, on engineering studies and on preparation of detailed plans was in )rogress. The cost of this work was $2,306.37 for new work. The expenditures were $3,765.98. Condition at end of fiscal year.-Completion of detailed plans and specifications by hired labor, and construction of the protective works by contract remain to be done. The cost was $19,812.90 for new work. The expenditures, all for new work, were $19,765.98. Proposed operations.-The unexpended balance at the end of the fiscal year amounted to $16,234.02. This amount will be applied as follows: Accounts payable Jue 30, 1946------------------------------------$4. 92 New work: Completion of detailed ilans and continuation of construc- tion plans and specifications, by hired litbor-________ --- ______ 16, 187. 10 Total-------- ------------------------------------------- 16, 234.02 No expenditure of funds is proposed for the fiscal year 1948. Cost and financial summary Cost of new work to June 30, 1946---__ ----- __ $19, 812. 90 Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1946 .-- - -.. -. Total cost of permanent work to June 30, 1946------------- 19, 812. 90 Minus accounts payable June 30, 1946.-------------------------- 46. 92 Net total expenditllres-- ----------------------------- . 19, 75. 98 Unexpended balance June 30, 1946_ - ___-__--------- - 16, 234. 02 Total amount appropriated to June 30, 1946--------------36, 000. 00 Fiscal year ending June 30 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 Cost of new work............... ............. ... .. •-..... $4,000 $13, 506. 53 $2, 306. 37 ------------------ - Cost of maintenance------------.............. .......---...---- Total expenled................... ... . ..... i . .4,000 12, 000.00 3, 765.98 Allotted--------.......... ..............--------------- 4,000 32, 000. 00 Balance unexpended July 1, 1945------------------------------ $20, 000. 00 Gross amount expended_ __-_-__..----- .--. 3, 765. 98 Balance unexpended June 30, 1946-------------------- ---- 16, 234. 02 Outstanding liabilities, June 30, 1946__---- ----------------- _ -46. 92 Balance available June 30, 1946-- ---------- -------- 16, 187. 10 Amount (estimated) required to be appropriated for completion of existing project 1-------------------------------------- ------- 474, 000 I Exclusive of available funds. FLOOD CONTROL-TSYRACUSE, N. Y., DISTRICT 349 7. WATKINS GLEN, OSWEGO RIVER BASIN, N. Y. Location.-Watkins Glen, N. Y., is located in Schuyler County at the southern end of Seneca Lake. (See U. S. Geological Survey topo- graphical maps of New York State.) Existing project.--The plan of improvement provides for the im- provement of the Glen Creek Channel through the village of Watkins Glen from the mouth of the gorge to below the village by increasing the capacity of the channel to 10,000 cubic feet per second by widening and deepening the channel, the construction of 320 feet of concrete walls and 1,250 feet of levee upstream from the railroad bridge. It also provides for channel paving and facing existing crib walls with concrete between Franklin Street and Decatur Street; drop structures at Franklin and Decatur Streets; replacing one highway bridge at l)ecatiur Street, and replacing ablltments on one railroad bridge. This will provide a safe channel capacity for flood discharges of Glen Creek equal to that of the largest, flood of record. The existing project was authorized by the Flood Control Act ap- proved( August 18, 1941 (II. DI)oc. No. 846, 76th Cong., 3d sess.). The estimlated Fe(leral cost is $646,20() (revised in 1946) for construction. 'he estimatel local cost is $134,700 (revised in 1946) for lands and damages. Local cooperation.-See page 5 for requirements. In addition to the usual relluirelllellts for local cooperation as provided by law, local interests are re(lliire( to take such measures as may 'be necessary to prevent auniy enicroaclllnellts ilpoln the flood-channel capacities to be provi(le(l tby the proposed ilmprovements, and to replace one highway bridge and alltllelits on one railway bridge. Assurances have been accep)tedl. Operations and esults during fiscal year.-l-Preliinarywork, by hire(l labor, consisting of engi ieering studies, design, and Ipreparation of plans was un(lertakenl. 'lie cost was $644.31 for new work. Ex- pen(litures for new work were $599.96. Condition at'end of fiscal year.-Colstruction]has not been initiated. Completion of l)lans and specifications b)y hired labor, and construc- tion of the pr)otective works, 'emain to be accomplished. The cost of this work was $10,190.95. 'The expenditures were $10,146.60. Proposed operations.-The unexpen(led balance at the end of the fiscal year anmolited( to $13,853.40. This amount will be applied as follows: Accounts payable, June .30, 1946 ------------------------- $ 44. 35 New work: continue work on ldesign andI preparation of contract plans and1 specilications__------------------------ -------------------- 3, 809.05 Total ------------------------------------ Trotal .- --------------- 1.3, 853. I40 i,85.0 Thle additional steum of $25,000 can be profitably expended (turing the fiscal year 1948 on completion of new work, design and preparation of contract plans and specifications. 721584-47-pt. 1, vol. 1-23 350 REPORT OF CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMY, 1946 Cost and ,financial summary Cost of new work to June 30, 1946__------ - ----- -__- $10, 190. 95 Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1946._.____.._ __ __.- Total cost of permanent work to June 30, 1946--- .-- __-- 10, 190. 95 Minus accounts payable June 30, 1946_--.-----. ____--- _ .---- 44. 35 Net total expenditures _--- -,- ---- ___- ---- _____-- 10, 146. 60 Unexpended balance June 30, 1946---------- --------------------- 13, 853. 40 Total amount appropriated to June 30, 1946--------------- 24, 000. 00 Fiscal year ending June 30 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 Cost of new work....--------- --------------------------- $4, 00()0.00 $5, 546. 64 31 $644. Cost of maintenance....----- ------- ----- --- ------ -- ....... --...... ............... Total expended-.......--------------------------- ----------- - 4, 000.00 5, 546. 64 599. 96 ----------------- Allotted.---, ---------------------------- 4,000.00 (00.01) 20,0 Balance unexpended July 1, 1945-------------------------------$14, 453. 36 Gross amount expended ------------------------------- --------- 599. 96 Balance unexpended June 30, 1946------- ----------------- 13, 853. 40 Outstanding liabilities, June 30, 1946_ , .... -_ ------- 44. 35 Balance available June 30, 1946 _-----____ ----- _________ 13, 809. 05 Amount (estimated) required to be appropriated for completion of existing project ---------------------------------- ---------------- 622, 200. 00 Amoint that can be profitably expended in fiscal year ending June 30, 1948, for new work 1----------------------- 25, 000. 00 I Exclusive of available funds. 8. MONTOUR FALLS, OSWEGO RIVERL BASIN, N. Y. Location.-The village of Montour Falls, N. Y., is located in Schuyler County and is situated 2.5 miles from the southern end of Seneca Lake. (See U. S. Geological Survey topographical maps of New York State.) Existing" project.-Catherine Creek flows northerly thlrough the center of the village of Montour Falls and discharges illto Seneca Lake. Havana Glen Creek joins Catherine Creek just south of the village, Catlin MillCreek flows through a diversion channel to the east of the village and joins Catherine Creek north of the village, and Shlequaga Creek flows through a diversion channel along the northwest edge of the village and joins Catherine Creek north of tle village. The plan of improvement for Catherine and HIavana Glen Creeks provides for the (liversion of Catherine Creek to tile east of the village to join the present diversion channel of Catlin- Mill Creek, involving the excavation of a channel about 5,000 feet long and the construction of a levee along the left bank of the clianel so as to secure a channel with a capacity of 35,000 cubic feet per sec- ond; the (liversioli of the lower part of Havana Glen Creek to enlter FLOOD CONTROL--SYRACUSE, N..'Y., DISTRICT 351 the Catherine Creek (liversion channel: the construction of check laills on Havana Glen Creek and on Catlin Mill Creek; bank protec- tion where scour is likely to occur; construction,of a small gate in the levee where it crosses the present Catherine Creek channel to provide water for sewage disposal; and construction of two new highway bridges across the Catherine Creek diversion channel, one at Oswego Street and one at Broadway Street. The plan of improvement for Shequaga Creek provides for in- creasing the capacity through the village to 11,000 cubic feet per second to be secured( by widening and deepening the channel and construction of a wall and levee along the right bank. The plan also includes constructioni of a stilling basin at the base of the falls, construction of a twin barrel, reinforced concrete conduit, and pro- vision of an ad(litional span for the existing Pennsylvania Railroad bridge near the lower end of the proposed improvement. The project will p)rovi(le substantial flood protection for the village of Monitour Falls. The existing l)roject was authorized by the Flood Control Act ap- l)rovedc August 18, 1941 (II. Doc. No. 846, 76th Cong., 3d sess.). Tihe estiilmated Federal cost is $1,729,600 (revised in 1946) for con- struction, and( the estimnated local cost is $225,700 (revised in 1946) for landls and damll ages. Local cooperatio.-See page 5 for requirements. In addition to the usual requirements for local cooperation as provided by law, local interests are required to take such measures as may be necessary to prevent any encroachments the flood-channel capacities to be )upon p)rovided by the p)rol)osed improvements, and replace the Broadway Street Bridge and the Steruben Street Bridge, estimated to cost $86,000 and $20,000 respectively, as reported in House Document No. 846. Assurances have been accepted. Operations and results ddiring fiscal year.-Preliminarywork, by hired labor, consisting of engineering studies and preparation of plans, was in p)rogress. The cost was $2,158.90 for new work. Expenditures for new work were $6,084.58. Condition at end of fiscal year.-Engineering studies, design, and p)rep)arationl of plans were continued by hired labor. Construction has not been initiated. Completion of plans and specifications by hired labor and construction of the protective works by contract remain to be done. The cost of this work was $41,016.89. The expenditures were $41,056.59. - Proposed operations.--The unexpen ed balance at the end of the fiscal year of $33,943.41, I)ls accounts receivable, $39.70, amounted to $33,983.11. This amount will be applied as follows: New work: Continuation of engineering studies, design, and I)reparation of plans and sl)ecifications. -The additional sum of $820,000 can be profitably expended during the fiscal year 1948 for new work: Completion of engineering studies, pIlans,.and specifications and construction of levees and check dams on Catlin Mill, Shequaga, and Catharine Creeks under continuing conttract. 352 REPORT OF CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMY, 1946 Cost and financial summary Cost of new work to June 30, 1946-------------------------- $41, 016. 89 Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1946-.- -.... Total cost of permanent work to June. 30, 1946----------- 41, 016. 89 Plus accounts receivable June 30, ,1946_ --------------------- _ 39. 70 Gross total costs to June 30, 1946-------------- _______ 41, 056. 59 Net total expenditures------------------------------------- 41, 056. 59 Unexpended balance June 30, 1946_-------------------------- 33, 943. 41 Total amount appropriated to June 30, 1946------_------ 75, 000. 00 Fiscal year ending June 30 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 -- Cost of new work... --------------- $3, 634, 38 $22, 407. 17 $12, 816. 44 $2, 158. 90 ....... Cost of maintenance....-------- ------------- .... ----------------- ... , ..... .. , Total expended---------...................--..------- --.....-----... 3, 426. 62 21, 857. 04 9, 688. 35 6, 084. 58 Allotted- ---------------------------------- 35, 000. 00 -----...... 40, 0(X).00 Balance unexpended July 1, 1945--------------------------___ $40, 027. 99 Gross amount expended------------------------------------ 6, 084. 58 Balance unexpended June 30, 1946---------------------- 33, 943. 41 Amount (estimated) required to be appropriated for completion of existing project 1---------- --------------------- ---- 1, 654, 600. 00 Amount that can be profitably expended in fiscal year ending June 30, 1948, for new work -----------------...- - 820, 000 1 Exclusive of available funds. 9. SOUTHERN NEW YORK FLOOD ,CONTROL PROJECT Location.--The work covered by this project is in the upper water- shed of the Susquehanna River to and including the Chemung River. This includes about 6,050 square miles in south central New York, and about 1,480 square miles in northernl Pennsylvania. (See U. S. Geological Survey index maps of New York and Pennsylvania.) Existing project.--The Flood Control Act approved June 22, 1936, authorized the construction of detention reservoirs and related flood- control works for protection of Binghamton, Hornell, Corning, and other towns in New York and Pennsylvania, in accordance with plans approved by the Chief of Engineers on recommendation of Board of Engineers for-Rivers and Harbors. The individual units which con- stitute the approved plan of improvement are described in the follow- ing paragraphs: Davenport Center Reservoir: This reservoir will be located on Charlotte Creek near Davenport Center, N. Y. The (lam will be of the earth-filled type, 3,400 feet long at thie top of the embankment and rising 98 feet above the stream bed, with a concrete spillway and outlet conduit in the right abutment. The reservoir will provide a ttorage capacity of 52,500 acre-feet. The estimated cost of new work, revised in 1946, is $4,818,600 for construction and $1,30(),000 for lan(ds and damages. FLOOD CONTROL----SYRACUSE, N. Y., DISTRICT 353 West Oneonta Reservoir: This reservoir will be located on Otego Creek near West Oneonta, N. Y. The dam will be of the earthl-filled type, 1,300 feet long at the top of the embankment and rising 82 feet above the stream bed, with a concrete spillway and outlet con- duit in the right abutment. The reservoir will provide a storage capacity of 34,500 acre-feet. The estimated cost of new work, revised in 1946, is $6,831,800 for construction and $1,200,000 for lands and damages. East Sidney Reservoir: This reservoir will be located on Ouleout Creek near East Sidney, N. Y. The dam will be of concrete gravity and earth-fill type, 2,000 feet long at the top of the embankment and rising 128 feet above the stream bed, with five outlet conduits in the spillway section of the (lam; 750 feet of the dam, including the spill- way, is concrete gravity section and 1,250 feet is rolled earth embank- ment. The reservoir will provide a storage capacity of 32,300 acre- feet. The estimated Federal cost of new work, revised in 1946, is $5,672,00() for construction and $425,000 for lands and damages. Copes Corner Reservoir: 1This reservoir will be located on Butter- inut Creek near Copes Corner, N. Y. Thle diun will be of the earth- filled type, 94() feet long at the top of the embankment an(1 rising 63 feet above the stream bed, with a concrete spillway and outlet con()(luit in the right abutment. The reservoir will provide a storage cal)acity of 38,700 acre-feet. The estimated Federal cost of new work, revised in 1946, is $3,911,800 for construction and $1,200,000 for lands and ldanages. Whitney Point Reservoir: Thell reservoir is located on the Otselic River near Whitney Point, N. Y. The dam isof ths earth-filled type, 4,30() feet long at the top of the embankment and rising 90 feet above the. stream bed, with a concrete spillway and outlet'con- d(uit in the left abutment. The reservoir has a storage capacity of 87,600 acre-feet. .Tlhe estimated Federal cost of new work, revised in 1946, is $4,002,800 for construction and $990,000, revised in 1945, for lands and damages. Arkport Reservoir: Tlhe reservoir is located on the Canisteo River near IHornell, N. Y. 'Thel dam is of the earth-filled, type, 1,200 feet long at the top of the embankment and rising 100 feet above the stream bed, with a concrete spillway and outlet conduit in the right abutment. The reservoir has a storage capacity of 8,000 acre-feet. Tilie Federal cost of new work is $1,753,000 for. construction and an estimated $1'27,000 for lands and damages. Almond Reservoir: This reservoir will be located on Canacadea Creek near HIornell, N. Y. The darn will be of the earth-filled type, 1,350 feet long at the top) of the embankment and rising 90 feet above the bed of the stream, with a concrete spillway and outlet conduit in the left abutment. The reservoir will provid.e a storage capacity of 14.800 acre-feet. Theli estimated Federal cost of new work, revised in 1946, is $5,04:4,700 for construction and $525,000 for lands and damages. Oxford, N. Y.: The plan of improvement provides for the con- struction of earth levees and the clearing of the Chenango River channel, consisting of the following features: About 2,100 feet of earth levee on the left bank of the Chenango River, extending from high ground near Cemetery Drive and running mostly along the 354 REPORT OF CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMY, 1946 railroad to high ground near Main Street; removal of the dami and island below Main Street; raising of the Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad over the levee; and appurtenant drainage struc- tures. The improvement provides protection for the village of Ox- ford on the left bank against a flood of magnitude approximately 5 feet higher than the maximum flood of record, which occurred in July 1935. The estimated Federal cost of new work, revised in 1940, was $86,000 for construction. The estimated Federal cost of lands, revised in 1941, is $46,100. The estimated local cost of lands and damages is $37,500. Lisle, N. Y.: The plan of improvement provides for channel realine- ment and the construction of earth levees and concrete flood walls, consisting of the following features: Relocation of about 3,000 feet of the Dudley Creek. channel, extending from 1,200 feet west of the inter- section of Cortland and Main Streets to the confluence with the Tioughnioga River; realinement of some 5,70() feet of the LTioughnioga River channel east of the village; about 4,150 feet of earth levee and 970 feet of concrete wall on the right bank of Dudley Creek and the Tioughnioga River, extending from Main Street just above Collier Street to the railroad crossing on River Street; raising of about 1,860 feet of the Delaware, Lackawanna & Western single-track railroad over the levee; relocation of about 1,600 feet of Cortland Street; a new bridge over the relocated Dudley Creek; and appurtenant drainage structures. The improvemnent will provide protection for the village of Lisle against a flood of magnitude applroximnately 3 feet higher than the maximum flood of record, which occurred in July 1935. The esti- mated Federal cost of work, revised in 1946, is $580,000 for construc- tion and $47,500 for lands and (rnamages. Thle estimated local cost of lands and damages is $112,000. Whitney Point, N. Y.: The plan of improvement provides for channel realinement and construction of earth levees, consisting of the following features: Realinement of about 1,800 feet of the Tiough- .nioga River channel, above the confluence with the Otselic River; about 7,100 feet of earth levee along the right bank of the Tioughnioga River, •extending from high ground on Main Street above the village to Col- lins Street just below the village; and appurtenant drainage structures. The improvement, supplemented by the Whitney Point Reservoir above the area, will provide protection for the village of Whitney Point against a flood, of magnitude approximately 4 feet higher than the maximum flood of record, which occurred in July 1935. The esti- mated Federal cost of new work, revised in 1946, is $403,000-for con- struction and $5,600 for lands and damages. The estimated local cost of lands and damages is $77,500. Binghanlton, N. Y.: The plan of improvemlent provides for the con- struction of earth levees and concrete 00(lood walls, consisting of the following features: About 900 feet of channel excavation and about 1,400 feet of earth levee along Phelps Creek, town of Port Dickinson; new concrete wall on the right bank of the Chenianlgo River extend- ing downstream from high ground near the city limits to the existing flood wall, a distance of about 500 feet; raising about 3 feet the exist- ing earth levee on the right bank of the Chenango River, extending- fromi the Cutler Dami downstream for a distance of about 1,200 feet; about 2,00 feet of the earth levee on the left bank of the Chenango FLOOD CONTROL-SYRACUSE, N. Y., .DISTRICT 355 3 River north of the city limits in the village:of Port Dickinson, ex- ten(linlg from, Church Street to high ground just north of the city line; about 3,900 feet of earth levee on the left bank of the Chenango River from I)eForest Street to Noyes Island; new concrete flood walls and river banlk revetmulent for a distance of about 5,500 feet, extending on the left bank of the Chenango River from Noyes Island to the junction with the Susquehanna River; about 700 feet of concrete flood wall and raising of about 1,()00() feet of existing concrete flood wall on the right bank of the Suisquehanna River, extenlding from the Delaware, Lacka- wanlna & Western Railroad downstream to the Tompkins Street Bridge; about 2,00()0 feet of earth levee, about 1,800 feet of concrete flood wall on the right bank of the Susqulehanna River, extending from Stllyvesanlt Street to the mllouth of the Chenango River: about 9,000 feet of earth levee and about 2,000 feet of concrete flood wall on the left bank of thle Stisqtlehalla River, extending from Pierce Creek to high ground at State Highway Route No. 17 about one-half mile below Pennsylvania A'velnue; a concrete pressure conduit 1,200 feet long, to carry the flow of IPark Creek frot Vestal Avenue to the Sus- quellanna IRiver; about 700 feet of levee extendling from the Erie Railroad to high g'round ( along the right bank of the Chamberlain Creek ear the mo()thl; a weir, dlrop stru cture, about 1,300 feet of earth levee, an(d about 1,50() feet of channel excavation and raising of about 500 feet of existing concrete floo(d wall for the improvement of Pierce Creek-fromt its 1(mouth to about 1,000 feet above Conklin Avenue; and appu)l)rtenlant lenatraiage structtures. Tlle iml)rovemlent, sul)pplemented by the authorized flood-control dams above the area, will provide pro. tection for the city of Binghaiton against a flood of magnitude ap- proximately 4 feet higher than the nmuiximunm of record, which oc- curred in March 1936. The estimated -Federal cost of new work, re- vised ini1.942, is $2,558,000 for construction and $83,000, revised in ([damaes. 1945, for lands ald The estimated local cost of lands and damallges is $625,000 (revised in 1946) . Local interests have contrib- uted('an additional amlount of $163,095.63 for the construction of ium- Irovelmenlts not itclhrded in the authorized project. Elmira, N. Y.: The plan of improvement provides for the con- struction of earth levees, concrete flood walls, a concrete conduit and a pumping station and consists of the following features: About 17,700 feet of earth levee, and about 4,100 feet of concrete flood wall on the right bank of Chemnung River, extending from South Hoffman Street to a point below the city near the upper end of Big Island; about 10,800 feet of earth levee and about 6,850 feet of concrete wall on the left bank of the Chemung River extending from Durland Avenue to Sullivan Street; about 10,000 feet of earth levee on the right bank of Newtown Creek, extending from about the intersection of the Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad and East Church Street to high ground near the intersection of Sullivan and Warren Streets; about 4,300 feet of earth levee on the right bank of Diven Creek; about 2,000 feet of concrete conduit enclosing Hoffman Brook from West Second Street to the Chemung River; about 14,300 feet of earth levee on the left bank of Seely Creek, extending from the Erie Rail- road to high ground approximately 1,000 feet northwest of the inter- section of South. Broadway and Pennsylvania Avenue, a pumping 356 REPORT OF CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMY, 1946 plant for the disposal of interior drainage; and appurtenant drainage structures. The improvement will provide protection for the city of Elmira against a flood of magnitude approximately 60 percent greater than the discharge of the July 1935 flood. The estimated Federal cost of new work, revised in 1946, is $5,486,100 for construction and $98,500 for lands and damages. The. estimated local costs of lands and damages is $621,000. Corning, N. Y.: The plan of improvement provides for the con- struction of a pumping station, earth levees, and concrete flood walls, consisting of the following features: About 4,300 feet of earth levee, enlargement of about 8,610 feet of existing earth levee, and about 3,100 feet of concrete flood wall on the right bank of Chemung River, extending from the Erie Railroad bridge to high ground at Park Avenue below the city; about 200 feet of concrete flood walls; about 2,500 feet of earth levees, and enlargement of about 11,500 feet of exist- ing earth levee on the left bank of the Chemrnung and Cohocton Rivers, extending from the Erie Railroad Bridge over the Cohocton- River to the mouth of Post Creek; about 2,500 feet of earth levee and enlarge- ment of about 4,700 feet of existing earth levee on the right bank of Post Creek from its mouth to Watson Street; realinement of about 3,000 feet of channel, about 8,800 feet of earth levee, about 3,000 feet of channel excavation, a pressure conduit about 40() feet long, a drop structure and a weir for the improvement of Cutler Creek, extending from its mouth to high ground at Deckertown Road and IIornby Road; and appurtenant drainage structures. The improvement will provide protection for the city of Corning against a iflood of magni- tude approxilnmately 6 feet higher than the flood which occurred in July 1935. The estimated Federal cost of new work, revised in 1942, is $2,064,500 for construction- and $114,500 for lands and damages. The estimated local cost of lands and damages is $212,000. Painted Post, N. Y.: The plan of improvement provides for chan- nel realinement and the construction of earth levees and concrete flood walls, consisting of the following features: Realinemelnt of about 6,000 feet of the Cohocton River channel, extending fromn about one-half mile above State Highway Route No. 17 to the Chemung River; construction of about 3,000 feet of earth levee and raising of about 1,200 feet of existing flood wall along the left bank of the Cohocton River, extending from the mouth of HIodgman Creek to the Chemung River; about 2,900 feet of earth levee, and about 2,100 feet of concrete flood wall, extending on the left bank of Hodgman Creek, from its mouth to high ground above State Highway No. 2; and ap- purtenant drainage structures. The improvement provides protec- tion for the village of Painted Post against a flood of magnitude approximately 7 feet higher than the flood which occurred in July 1935. The estimated Federal cost of new work, revised in 1941, is $411,000 for construction and $16,300, revised in 1945, for lands and damages. The estimated local cost of lands and damages is $51,000. Addison, N. Y.: The plan of improvement provides for the con- struction of earth levees and concrete flood walls, consisting of the following features: Construction of about 3,200 feet of earth levee and about 640 feet of concrete flood wall on the right bank of the Canisteo River, extending from high ground on Steuben Street near the Balti- FLOOD) CONTROL-SYRACUSE, N. Y., DISTRICT 357 more & Ohio Railroad to the mouth of Tuscarora Creek; removal of existing (lain, mill, and raceway from the channel; construction of about 2,250 feet of earth levee on the left bank of Tuscarora Creek, extending from Tuscarora Street to the Canisteo River; cutting of a new outlet channel on Tuscarora Creek approximately 500 feet long at its mouthl; constructing about 4,700 feet of earth levee on the right bank of Tuscarora Creek, extending from high ground at south edge of the village to South Street; and appurtenant drainage structures. Tlle improvement, snlpplemented by the Arkport and Almond Reservoirs above the area, will provide protection for the village of Addison against a flood of magnitude 1 foot above the nIaximunm 1oo(1 of record, which occurred in July 1935. The esti- matedl Federal cost of new work, revised'in 1946, is $637,000 for con- struction and $30,()00 for lands and damages. Thlle estimated local cost of lands and ldamages is $87,500. Bath, N. Y.: The i)lan of improvement p)rovides for the con- struction of earth levees and concrete flood walls along the Cohocton River, consisting of the following features: Construction of about 10,400 feet of earth levee and aboult 1,250 feet of concrete flood wall, extendlin g from above Cameron Street to below the turn-out of the Bath & Ilamnmondsport Railroad; including about 600 feet of cut-off levee between the Erie Railroad and State IHighwly Route No. 2; three stop-log structures across railroad tracks; a sandbag opening at Cameron Street; and a sill across the Delaware, Lackawana and West- ern Railroad tracks below Cameron Street; and appurtenant drainage' structures. The improvement will provide protection for the village of Bath against a flood of magnitude of approximately the maximum of recor(l which occurred in July 1935. rThle estimated Federal cost of new work, revised in 1946, is $610,800 for construction. Thle esti- mated local cost of lands and damages is $23,700 (revised in 1946). Avoca, N. Y.: lThe plan of improvement provides for the construc- tion of earth levees, channel improvement, and channel realinement, consisting of the following features: Improvement and realinement of about 8,30() feet of the Cohocton River channel, extending from above the Erie Railroad to below the junction of Main Street and State Highway Route No. 2; construction of about 8,500 feet of earth levee on the left bank of the Cohocton River, extending from high ground above Alexander Avenue to about 1,300 feet below the junction of Main Street and State Highway Route No. 2; about 4,500 feet of earth levee on the right bank of Salmon Creek, extending from high ground above Alexander Avenue to the Erie Railroad; a new high- way bridge for State Highway No. 2 over the Cohocton River; raising of the Erie Railroad bridge 4 feet; and appurtenant drainage structures. The improvement provides protection for the village of Avoca against a floo(1 of magnitude approximately 5 feet higher than the maximum flood of record which occurred in July 1935. The esti- mated Federal cost of work, revised in 1941, is $415,000 for construc- tion and $39,000 for lands and damages. The estimated local cost of lands and damages is $95,000. Canisteo, N. Y.: The plan of improvement provides for the con- struction of earth levees, consisting of the following features: About 8,220 feet of earth levees on the right bank of the Canisteo River, ex- 358 REPORT OF. CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMY, 1946 tending from high ground 1,475 feet west of State Highway Route No. 21 above the village to a point qAt the intersection of Ordway Lane and East Main Street; about 7,400 feet of earth levee on the left bank of Purdy and Bennett Creeks, extending from Main Street Bridge to high ground above Greenwood Street, and 1,000 feet of earth levee on the right bank of Bennett Creek, extending upstream from Main Street Bridge; a concrete check dam with wing levees above Green- wood Street; a new highway bridge at Greenwood Street; alterations to existing timber check dams in Bennett. Creek; channel excavation in Bennett and Purdy Creeks; and appurtenant drainage structures. The improvement, supplemented( by the Arkport and Almond Res- ervoirs above the village, will provide I)rotection for the village of Canisteo against a flood of magnitu(le of approximately the maximum flood of record, which occurred in July 1935. The estimated Federal cost of new work, revised in 1946, is $944,600 for construction and $10,000 for lands and damages. The estimated local cost of lands and damages is $72,100 (revised in 1946). Hornell, N. Y.: The plan of improvement provides for channel realinement and( the construction of earth levees and concrete flood walls, consisting of the following features: Realinement of about 4,600 feet of Canisteo River Channel, and about 5,800 feet of earth levee on its right bank, extending from Seneca Street upstream to the junction of the Pittsbutrg, Shiawmut & Northern Railroad and - the Erie Railroad; construction of about 4,500 feet of earth levee, extending on both sides of Seneca Street from the Canisteo River to Wightman Avenue and the junction of Cleveland Avenue and Bethesda Drive; construction of about 7,200 feet of earth levee, about 2,500 feet of concrete flood wall, and raising of about 1,500 feet of existiilg concrete flood wall, on the right bank of the Canis- teo River, and about 12,000 feet of channel improvement, extending from Seneca Street to the Erie Railroad; construction of about 2,500 feet of earth levee, about 2,100 feet of concrete flood wall on the left bank of Canisteo River', extending from a point opposite Walnut Street to the Erie Railroad; a ring-earth levee about 2,800 feet long around the sewage-disposal plant on the left bank of the Canisteo River; about 4,500 feet of realinement and improvement of the Canis- teo River channel, with about 4,500 feet of earth levee on its right bank, extending from Cedar Street downstream to about 1,400 feet above East Avenue; about 2,400 feet of channel paving, 1,400 feet of earth levee, and raising of about 1,90() feet of concrete flood wall on Canacadea Creek; about 1,600 feet of channel paving on Chauncey Run with about 300 feet of new wall and about 300 feet of wall cap- ping; removal of five bridges, erection of three bridges, miscellaneous bridge structures, and two drop structures; and appurtenant drainage structures and small stream-control works. The improvement, supplemented by the Arkport and Almond Res- ervoirs above the area, will provide protection for the city of HIornell against a flood of magnitude app.roximately 4 feet higher than the maximum flood of record which occurred in July 1935. The esti- mated Federal cost of new work, revised in 194(6, is $3,365,800 for construction and $460,000 (revised in 1941) for lands and damages. -Almond, N. Y.: ihe plan of impr'ovement provides for channel FLOOD CONTROL--SYRACUSE, N. Y., DISTRICT 359 realinement and the construction of earth levees, consisting of the following features: About 4,750 feet of earth levee on the left bank of Canacadea Creek, extending from high ground above the village to high ground below the village; realinement of about 3,200 feet of channel on Canacadea Creek, extending downstream from Angelica Street; and ap)purtenant drainage structures. The improvement will provide protection for the village of Almond against a flood of mag- nitude of approximately the maximum flood of record, which oc- curred in July 1935. The estimated Federal cost of new work, revised in 1946, is $177,700 for construction and $3,300 for lands and damages. The estimated local cost of lands and damages is $24,000 (revised in 1946). 1)arms and reservoirs' r a i Estimated Federal cost Name Nearest city River . ,r I8 0 >) 0 4Q Davenport Cen- Oneonta......... Charlotte Creek-.._ 5 98 52, 500 $4, 818, 600 $1, 300, 000 $6, 118, 600 ter. West Oneonta....-....-dlo. ...... Otego Creek....... 2 82 34,,500 6, 831,800 1,200,000 8,031,800 East Sidney------.........__do.......... Ouleout Creek.... 4 128 32, 300 5,672, 000 425, 001) 6, 097, 000 Copes Corner-...__ Sidney-------........ Butternut Creek.. 3 63 38, 7() 3,911,800 1, 200, 000( 5,111, 800 Whitney Point 2_. Binghamton.... Otselic River-..... 1 00 87, 600 4, 002,800 990, (000 4, 992,800 Arkport 2......... Iornell......... Canisteo River.... 50 100 8,000 1,753, 000 127,000 1,880, 0(10 Almond...............do..--------........ Canacadea Creek. 3 90 14, 800 5,044,700 525, (00 5, 569, 700 ----------------------------------- Total.......------------........................... 32, 034,700 5, 767,00037,801,700 I All dams are located in New York State; all are of earth fill type except East Sidney. 2 Completed. Local flood-protection, works - Estimated Federal cost New York Location, River Type of structure 1n Oxford 1......... Chenango-------- 40 Levee and channel improve- $86, 000 $46,100 $132,100 ment. Lisle --.......... Tioughnioga...... 12 Walls, levee, and channel re- 580, 000 47, 500 627, 500 alinement. Whitney Point- ..... do............. 10 Levee and channel recline- 403, 000 5, 600 408, 600 men t. Binghamton 1... Susquehanna-...... 328 Wall, levee, and conduit-...... 2, 558, 000 83, 00(0 2, 641, 000 Elmira 2........ Chemung......... 27do--------------------......................... 5, 486, 100 98, 50( 5, 584, 600 Corning -............ do............. 44 .... 1 do0. .... .. 2,064, 500 114, 500 2,179, 000 Painted Post 1.. Cohocton-......... O Wall, levee, and channel re- 411, 000 16,300 427, 300 alinement. Addison----....Canisteo......-. 81----do-_.--------...--.... -- . 637,000 30,000 667,000 Bath------.- - Cohocton.--.-- 21 Wall and levee_.............. 610,8(1) 0 610, 800 Avoca ,---......... 1.. (o .. ........... 30 Levee and channel improve- 415,(50) 39,001) 454,000 Iment and realinement. Canisteo........ Canisteo....-. 36 Levee and wall---................ 944,600 10,000 954, 600 Hornell - do............. -............. 42 Wall, levee, and channel re- 3,365,800 460,000 3,825,800 alinemnent. Almond......... Canacadea Creek . 6 Levee and channel realine- 177, 700 3, 300 181,000 ment. Total--..-- ....- ....... .. ....-................ -............ 17, 739, 500 953, 800 818, 693,300 1Construction completed. 2 Part of project completed. 8 Does not include contributed funds of $160,095.63 by the city of Binghamton and $3,000 by the village of Port DI)ckinson. 360 REPORT OF CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMY, 1946 Local cooperation.-See page 5 for requirements. The Secretary of War accepted as satisfactory the assurances of the State of New York to comply with conditions and cooperation for local improve- ment projects or parts thereof, within the purview of section 3 of the Flood Control Act, approved June 22, 1936, at Avoca, Lisle, Oxford, and Painted Post, N. Y., on December 15, 1936; at Binghamton, N. Y., on November 15,'1937; at Corning and Elmira, N. Y., on May 8, 1940; at Whitney Point, N. Y., on June 22, 1940; at Bath, N. Y., on June 24, 1943; and at Addison, Almond, and Canisteo, N. Y., on December 9, 1943. Permission to enter those properties on which surveys and foun- dation investigations are necessary is being obtained as need therefor arises, and lands, easements, and rights-of-way required for construc- tion activities are being acquired as operations progress. The city of Binghamton has contributed a total of $160,095.63 and the village of Port Dickinson has contributed a total of $3,000 to the United States to defray the cost of related features of construction desired by the city but not required for the authorized project. NOperations and results curing fiscal year.-DavenportCenter Iieser- voir.--Engineeringstudies, design, and preparation of plans and speci- fications were continued by hired labor. The cost of this work was $68,064.18 for new work. West Oneonta Reservoir.-Engineeringstudies, design, and prep- aration of plans and specifications were continued by hired labor. The cost of this work was $53,303.55 for new work. East Sidney Reservoir.-Engineeringstudies, design, and prepara- tion of revised plans and specifications were completed by hired labor. Preparation of plans and specifications for the operating equipment was continued by hired labor. The cost of this work was $26,717.51 for new work. 'Copes Corner Reservoir.-Aerial mapping of the proposed reser- voir area by contract was initiated. Tihe cost of this work was $181.24 for new work. Whitney Point Reservoir.--The State of New York continued nego- tiations necessary to complete appropriations of reservoir lands. Re- imbursement to the State of New York for costs of lands was made. Maintenance of the completed structure by hired labor was continued. The reservoir was operated on several occasions to effect reductions in stage downstream. Limited benefits were realized since run-off from the watershed was small. The cost of work was $67,044.31, of which $56,843.73 was for new work, and $10,200.58 for maintenance. Arkcport Reservoir.-Maintenanceby hired labor of the completed structure was continued. The reservoir operated satisfactorily and during the flood of May 1946 effected considerable reduction in dam- ages at downstream localities. Reimbursement to the State of New York for cost of lands required for the project was made. The cost of this work was $2,685.78, of which -$552.36 was adjustment on cost for new work and $3,238.14 for maintenance. Almond Reservoir.-Engineering studies, design, preparation of revised plans and specifications were completed by hired labor. Prep- aration of plans and specifications for the. operating equipment was continued by hired labor. Bids for construction of dam were opened on May 20, 1946. Acquisition of lands for the dam site was continued FLOOD CONTROL-SYRACUSE, N. Y., DISTRICT 361 by the State of New York. Reimbursement to the State of New York for cost of lands acquired for the project was made. The cost of this - work was $29,578.70. Oxford, N. Y.-Reimbursement to the State for cost of lands ac- quired for the project was made. . The completed channel improve- ment works were maintained during the fiscal year by hired labor. The cost of this work was $760.18, of which $239.87 was for the new work, and $520.31 for maintenance. Lisle, N. Y.-Maintenance of the completed portion of the project was continued by hired labor. Contract plans and specifications for the Dudley Creek unit were completed by hired labor. Contract for construction of the project was awarded on June 28, 1946. The cost for all work was $6,353.00, of which $5,924.14 was for new work, and $428.86 for maintenance. WVhitney Point (village), N. Y.-Acquisiton of rights-of-way for the project was in progress by the State of New York. Preparation of contract plans and specifications was completed by hired labor. Bids for construction of the project were opened June 10, 1946. The cost of this work was $6,180.57 for new work. Binghamton section No. 1.-Reimbursement to the State of New York for cost of lands acquired for the project was made. Cost of tis work was $289.18 for inew work. Binghamton section No. 2.-Reimbursement to the State of New York for cost of lands acquired for the project was made. The cost of this work was $291.87 for new work. Binghamton, Pierce Creek.-Engineering studies, design, and prep- aration of plans and specifications were initiated by hired labor. The cost of this work was $130.13, all for new work. Binghamton (maintenance).- Channel clean-up on Pierce Creek and Park Creek was il progress during the fiscal year. The cost of this work was $2,690.27. Elmira section No. 2.-Engineering studies, design, and preparation of plans and specifications were completed by hired labor. The flood of May 28, 1946, necessitated additional engineering study and modi- fication of the existing andi )roposed flood-protective works. Revision of plans and preparation of working di'awings for construction under colltract was initiated. Reimbursement to the State of New York for cost of lan(ls acquired for the Hoffman Brook Iportion of the project was made. Acquisition of lands for the project was continued by the State of New York. Contract for construction was awarded on May 17, 1946. The cost of this work was $50,299.90. Corning section No. 1.-Reimbursement was made to the State of New York for cost of lands acqluired for the project. Maintenance of completed structures was continued by hired labor. The cost of this work was $7,020.21, of which $5,756.42 was for new work and $1,263.79 for maintenance. Corning section No. 2.-Final settlement was made with a contractor for a claim. Tlhe cost of this work was $918.75 for new work. Painted Post, N. Y.-Reimbursement to the State of New York for cost of lan(ls acquire(l for the p)roject was continued. Maintenance of completed structures was continued by hired labor. The cost of this work was $538.31, of which $25.41 was for new work and $512.90 for maintenance. 362 REPORT OF CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMY, 1946 Addison, N. Y.-Contract plans and specifications were completed by hired labor. Bids for construction of the project were received May 28, 1946. The costs were $9,815.14, all for new work. Bath, N. Y.-Contract plans and specifications were completed by hired labor. Bids for construction of the project were opened May 20, 1946. The costs were $12,155.61, all for new work. Avoca, N. Y.--Reimbursement to the State of New York for cost of lands acquired for the project was made. The completed channel - improvement work was maintained by hired labor. The cost of this work was $850.53, of which $344.03 was for new work and $506.50 for maintenance. Canisteo, N. Y.-Contract plans and specifications were completed. Bids for construction of the project were opened June 18, 1946. Tie costs were $14,473.15, all for new work. Hornell, N. Y. (upper, middle, and lower sections, Chauncey Ruin, Canacadea (reek, and Crosby Creek).--Reimbursement to the State of New York for cost of lands acquired for the project was made. The existing channel improvement works were maintained during the fiscal year by hired labor. Cost of this work was $44,390.18, of which $36,- 217.25 was for new work and $8,172.93 for maintenance. Hornell, Crosby Creek.--Engineeringstudies, design, and prepara- tion of plans and specifications for channel improvements were in progress by hired labor. The costs were $2,710.06, all for new work. Hornell, CanacadeaCreek.-Engineeringstudies, design, and prep- aration of contract plans and specifications for channel improvements were completed by hired labor. Construction of a timber check by contract was completed. The costs were $46,309.06, all for new (ldami work. Almond (village), N. Y.-Preparationof cointract plans and speci- fications was completed by hired labor. Bids for construction of the project were opened June 20, 1946. The costs were $4,606.88, all for new work. Summary of operationsand results dwring the fiscal year.-The out- standing operational occurrence of the year was the storm and flood of May 1946. Heavy rains on May.27, 1946, in the middle reaches of the West Branch of the Susquehanna River and the Chemung River basin, fell on ground already wet from previous rains and resulted in heavy run-off, causing the fourth highest stage in over 100 years on the West Branch at Williamsport, Pa., and the greatest flood known on the Chemung and Tioga Rivers, approached only by the historic 1889 flood. Completed local flood-control improvements in the flooded areas, particularly those at HIornell, Painted Post, and Corning, N. Y., and at Wilkes-Barre, Hanover Township, and Kingston-Edwardsville, Pa., afforded full protection. Those communities suffered no damages, although flood levels at some localities reached design stages. At Plymouth, Pa., owing to lack of pumping plants, completion of which was deferred because of the war, levee protection was not fully effec- tive. The Arkport Reservoir was effective in reducing the flow in the Canisteo River, thus aiding in the protection of Hornell, N. Y., and reducing damages to other communities downstream. FLOOD CONTROL-SYRACUSE, N. Y., DISTRICT 363 Thle gates on Whitney Point Dam were closed throughout the flood period but had little effect as the reservoir watershed was.outside the area of heavy rainfall. It is estimalted( that approximately $10,000,000 of damage was pre- vented by the flood protection at Corning and Painted Post, although local run-off caused some damage in the protected areas. At Elmira, N. Y., only a small section of the project was completed. While this section was fully effective, a large portion of the.city was inlundate(l and (lamages from the flood are estimated at approximately $9,000,000. The projects constructed in Wilkes-Barre, Hanover Township, and Kiingston-E(lwardsville, Pa., afforded( complete i)rotection from the river, which reached the fourth highest stage in over 100 years. It is estinmated that the protective works )revented $8,000,000 damage to these conlinunities. Summnary of costs and expenditures.--The total cost of new work for the fiscal year was $430,824.00. Thlle total cost of maintenance work for the fiscal year was $27,534.28. The total expenditures for new work for the fiscal year were $523,702.39. The total expeditures for main- tenance for the fiscal year were $28,218.15. Condition at end of fiscal year.-The Southern New York project is approximalltely 31 percent complete, exclusive of the Genegantslet and South Plylmlouth Reservoirs, which are additions to the comprehlensive program for southern New York, authorized by the 1944 Flood Control Act, and described sepIarately. 'Tile cost of new work to June 30, 1946, and the )ercenltage of construction work completed for each project unit are as follows: Percent Percent Cost of new of con- Cost of new of con- work to struc- work to struc- Unit June 30, 1946 tion June 30, 1946 tion (all funds) corn- (all funds) coinm- pleted pleted Reservoirs: Local flood protection- D)avenport Center 1_.. $192,749. 60 0 Continued. West Oneonta 1- --........ 176, 979. 98 0 Corning--------------... .. $2,072, 015. 68 100 East Sidney 1-..------- 215, 802. 78 0 Painted Post....---------- 402, 038. 48 100 , Copes Corner ...------ 56, 123.97 0 Addison 1.............. 36, 456.74 0 Whitney Point........ 4, 408, 527.59 99 Bath ................. 41, 476.76 0 Arkport ----....- -- . 1, 812, 204. 75 100 Avoca................. 405, 466. 13 100 Almond 1...------------ 324, 346. 88 0 Canisteo 1............. 61,507.72 0 Local floodprotection: Hornell .............. _________ 2,964, 739.98 87 Oxford.-------------... -- 86,356.92 100 Almond 1- ----.............. 18,057.58 0 - 171,207.49 Lislc..-----------................ 45 Whitney Point 1....... 37,344.45 0 17, 118, 453.08 Total...-------------............. Binghamton 2---... .. 2, (150, 006. 55 98 Elmira-....------------ 984, 953.05 20 1 Costs for preliminary work only. 2 Includes $163,095.63 contributed funds. 3 Includes Canacadea Creek, Chauncey Run, and Crosby Creek. Thle remaining work necessary for completion of the existing project consists of completion of the units on which construction was termii- natedl in accordance with the existing Federal wartime policies, and engineering studies, design, and construction of remaining project units. The total cost of new work to June 30, 1946, was $17,118,453.08, of which $16,220,085.81 was from regular funds, $735,271.64 for Emer- 364 REPORT OF CHIEFOF ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMY, 1946 gency Relief funds, and $163,095.63 from contributed funds. The total expenditures for new work to June 30, 1946, were $17,179,943.36, of which $16,281,576.09 was from regular funds, $735,271.64 from Emergency Relief funds, and $163,095.63 from contributed fllunds. The total cost for maintenance to June 30, 1946, was $123,751.30. The total expenditures for maintenance to June 30, 1946, were $123,- 254.39. Proposed operations.-The unexpended balance for new ,work and maintenance at the end of the fiscal year, $7,954,019.52, p)lus accounts receivable, $29,166.63, pluls tlhe'estimated value of l)lanit and materials available for use in operations, $76,367.88, amounted to $8,05)9,554.03. This amount pilus the sum of $ 1,301,300 allotted in July 1946, amounted to $9,363,854.03. Of this amount, .$9,257,701.53 is avail- able for new work, $41,248.70 for maintenance, and $6'-,903.80 for accounts payable on June 30, 1946. Thlis amount will be applied as follows during the period July 1946 to June 1947: Accounts payable on June 30, 1946....----------------------- 64, 903. 80 New work: Davenport Center Reservoir: Foundation investigations, engineering studies, design and preparation of plans and specifications for dam and Government-furnished equip- ment, and completion of land appraisals: Design (hired labor) ------------------ $50, 149. 35 Lands (hired labor)--------------------- 1, 441. 88 -,..51,591.23 West Oneonta Reservoir: Foundation inves- tigation, engineering studies, and prepara- tion of plans and specifications for damn and Government-furnished equipment, and completion of land appraisals: Design (hired labor) ---------------- - 48, 932. 54 Lands (hired labor)-------------------- 1, 436. 06 East Sidney Reservoir: -- - 50, 368. 60 Engineering studies and design of dam and relocations: Design (hired labor)---------------$56, 165. 33 Lands, easements, and rights-of-way in- cluding Government costs and -reim- bursement to the State of New York for lands, easements, and rights-of-way for the ldam and reservoir: Lands (hired labor) _ - --- -149, 949.52 Construction of concrete and earth (dam with overflow spillway and outlet works under continuing contract: Construction (contract) ----------- 1, 231, 300. 00 Furnishing gates, liners, and operating equipment under continuing contract: Government-furnished equipment and materials (contract) --------- 200, 200. 00 Furnishing cement for concrete under continuing contract: Government-furnished supplies (con- tract)-- "85, 800. 00 Completion of utility relocations in reser- voir area by contracts with owning agencies: Utility relocations (contract)-..-. . 10, 000. 00 1, 733, 414. 85 FLOOD CONTROL-SYRACUSE, N. Y., DISTRICT 365 New work-Continued Copes Corner lReservoir: Surveys, foundation investigatiyns, engineering studies and de- tailed design. Initiation of contract plans and specifications; completion of land ap- praisals: Design (hired labor)- ..- __ ___ _- __-$123, 318. 76 Lands (hired labor)-- ------ _ -_-_ 1, 500. 00 $124, 818. 76 Whitney Point Reservoir: Completion of mis- cellaneouts enineering studies; completion of land acqulisition and reimbursement to the State of New-York for cost of lands, easements, rights-of-way, and relocations for t he dam and reservoir: Design (hired labor)- ___-----4, 416. 82 Lanlds (hired labor) -------------------- 394, 839. 45 399, 256. 27 Arkport Reservoir: Comptetion of reimburse- ment to the State of New York for lands, easements, iutility relocations and rights-of- way necessary for the dam and reservoir: Lan(ds (hired labor) ___._ . ............ 67, 552. 36 Almond Reservoir: Partial completion of engineering studies ant (design: D)esign (hired labor)-- .. $64, 749. 40 Lands, easements, andl rights-of-way, in- cluding reimbursement to the State of New York and related Governrnint costs: Lands (hired labor)__ ------ 259, 753. 52 Construction of earth darn, spillway, outlet works, and grading for highway and railroad relocations under con- tinuing contract: Construction (contract) ----------- 1, 348, 800. 00 Furnishing gates, liners, arind operating equipment under continuirng contract: Supply (contract)_-_ -- ___ - 172, 200. 00 Initiation of utility relocations in reser- voir area to be performed by contract with owning agencies: Utility relocations (contract)----.....---. 100, 000. 00 1, 945, 502. 92 Oxford, N. Y.: Completion of reimburse- ment to the State of New York for the cost of lands, easements, utility reloca- tions, and rights-of-way required for the work: Lands (hired labor) .... . 39, 760. 13 Lisle, N. Y.: Engineering studies and design; comnple- tion of reimbursement to the State of New York for the cost of lands, ease- ments, and rights-of-way necessary for the project: Design (hired labor). .------.--. - 9, 517. 71 Lands (hired labor)_-----_------ 46, 773. 42 Construction of relocated channel, levees, walls, and appurtenant structures under continuing contract: Construction (contract) ------- 290, 000. 00 Completion of utility relocations by con- tract with owning agencies: Utility relocations (contract)....... 2, 500. 00, 348, 791. 13 721584-47-pt. 1, vol. 1-24 366 REPORT OF CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMY, 1946 New work-Continued Whitney Point (village), N.'Y.: Engineering studies and design during construction: Design (hired labor).' ' $12, 230.'43 Completion of reimbursement to the State of New York for'costs of lands, easements, and rights-of-way required for the project: Lands (hired labor). ...... 5, 022. 27 Construction of channel realignment, levees, drainage and stoplog structures under continuing contract: Construction (contract)._ .__ 316, 600. 00 Completion of relocation of utilities by contracts with owning agencies: Utility relocations (contract) ..... . 6, 500. 00 . - $340, 352. 70 Binghamton, N. Y.: Section No. 1: Completion of reim- bursement to the State of New York for cost of lands, easements, utility relocations, and rights-of-way neces- sary for the project: Lands section 1 (hired labor)- .-- -: 7, 210. 82 Section No. 2: Completion of reim- bursement to the State of New York for cost of lands, easements, utility relocations, and rights-of-way re-' quired for the project: Lands section No. 2 (hired labor)..-.. 44, 708. 13 Pierce Creek: Completion of engineering studies, design, and preparation of final plans and specifications for chan-. nel paving; completion: Design (hired labor) --- - - - 3, 069. 87 Completion of construction of channel paving on Pierce Creek: Construction (contract) . ------ ;,40, 100. 00 95, 08& 82 Elmira, N. Y.: Section No. 2: Engineering studies and design during construction: Design section No. 2 (hired labor).. 61, 113. 75 . Completion of reimbursement to the State of New York for cost of lands, easements, and rights-of-way for IHoff- man Brook conduit: Lands (hired labor)-----.- . 90, 695. 96 Construction of protection works under section No. 2 under continuing con- tract: Construction (contract) .-' - 1, 301, 825. 52 Relocation of utilities under contracts with owning agencies: Utility relocations (contract) - : 5, 300. 00 Section No. 3: Engineering studies, de- sign; and preparation of final plans and specifications for levee closure and pumping plant: Design section No. 3 (hired labor)-- 25, 000. 00. 1, 483, 935. 23 Corning, N. Y.: Section No. 1: Completion of reimbursement to the State of New York for costs of lands, easements, utility relocations and rights-of-way necessary for the project: Lands (hired labor)--------------------------- 64, 443. 58 FLOOD CONTROL---SYRACUSE, N. Y., DISTRICT 367 New work-Continued Painted Post, N. Y.: Completion of reimburse- ment to the State of New York for costs of lands, easements, utility relocations, and rights-of-way: Lands (hired labor)-------------------------------- $10, 274. 59 Addison, N. Y.: Engineering studies and design during construction: D)esign (hired labor) --------------- $7, 222. 43 Completion of reimbursement to the State of New York for costs of lands, easements, and rights-of-way neces- sary for the project: Lands (hired labor) --------------.. 29, 716. 61 Construction of channel improvement, levees, walls, and relocated structures under continuing contract: Construction (contract) ------------ 581, 800. 00 Completion of relocation of utilities under contracts with owning agencies: Construction (contract) ----------- 2, 500. 00 Bath, N. Y.: 621, 239. 04 Engineeriog studies and design during construction: -------------- I)esign (hired labor) 22, 103. 29 Construction of local protection works including levees, walls, drainage, and closure structures: Construction (contract) ----------- 533, 230. 00 Temporary relocation of railroad facilities at closure structures" in 'the project works under contracts with owning agencies: Construction (contract) ------------ 14, 000. 00 569. 333. 29 Avoca, N. Y.: Completion of reimbursement to the State of New York for costs of lands, easements, utility relocations and rights-of- way required for the project: Lands (hired labor) ------------------------------- 38, 655. 97 Canisteo, N. Y.: Engineering studies and design during construction, including preparation of working drawings: Design (hired labor) ------------ 5, 499. 28 Partial reimbursement to the State of New York for costs of lands, easements, and rights-of-way necessary for the project: Lands (hired labor) ---------------- 2, 361. 07 Construction of protection works includ- ing levees, check dam, and related facilities under continuing contract: Construction (contract)--- -- 876, 000. 00 Utilities relocations under contracts with owning agencies: Construction (contract).----------- 3, 800. 00 Ilornell, N. Y.: 887, 660. 35 Upper, lower, middle, and Canacadea Creek sections: completion of reim- bursement to the State of New York for costs of lands, easements, utilities, relocations, and rights-of-way nec- essary for the uppier, middle, lower and Canacadea sections: S Lands (hired labor) .. .... 235, 980. 67 368 REPORT OF CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMY, 1946 New work-Continued Hornell, N. Y.-Continued Chauncey Run: Engineering studies, design, .,nd preparation of plans and speci- fications for additional channel improvement work: Design Chauncey Run section (hired labor)-- - - -___ - $3, 000. 00 Completion of reimbursement to the State of New York for costs of lands, easements, and rights-of- way required for the Chauncey Run section: Lands Chauncey Run section (hired labor) ,-,----- ------- 2, 452. 08 Crosby Creek: Engineering studies, de- sign, and preparation of contract plans and specifications for construe- tion of channel improvement: Design Crosby Creek section (hired labor) -- --- -- --------- 33, 339. 94 $274, 772. 69 Almond (village) N. Y.: Engineering .studies, design, and prepa- ration of working drawings during construction: Design (hired labor) 7, 873. 73 Partial reimbursement to the State of New York for costs of" lands, ease- ments, and rights-of-way necessary for the project: Lands (hired labor) - ...--- 3, 155. 95 Construction of channel realignment, levees, and drainage facilities: Construction (contract)-_--- --- 63, 090. 00 Completion of relocation of utilities under contracts with owning agencies: Utility relocations (contract)_....... 750. 00 74, 869. 68 Cooperative stream gaging program: Share of district program for fiscal year chargeable to southern New York project: Design (hired labor) -------------- 10, 000. 00 Unallocated__------ ------ - - - - - - - - - - _- 20, 019. 34 Total, new work-------------------------------.- 9, 322, 605. 33 Maintenance: The following listed units of the southern New York flood-control project will be maintained by hired labor; period July 1946 to June 1947: Whitney Point Reservoir------------------ $12, 398. 98 Arkport Reservoir-_ ---------------------- 5, 428. 90 Oxford, N. Y., local flood protection..-------- 1,148. 18 Lisle, N. Y., local flood protection _ .----- . 1, 163. 24 Binghamton, N. Y., local flood protection-. 1, 665. 14 Corning, N. Y., local flood protection-------- 2, 640. 76 Painted Post, N. Y., local flood protection_- 1, 153. 18 Avoca, N. Y., local flood protection--------- 1, 142. 60 HIornell, N. Y., channel improvement 7, 067. 72 Sedimentation surveys: Arkport and Whitney Point Reservoirs ----------------- ----- 2, 000. 00 Unallocated balance---------------------- 5, 440. 00 Total maintenance---------------------------------- 41, 248. 70 Total new work and maintenance_-------.-------... . 9, 363, 854. 03 FLOOD CONTROL---SYRACUSE, N. Y., DISTRICT 369 Additional funds in the amount of $8,972,400.00 can be profitably expended for engineering studies, preparation of construction plans and specifications, and construction and maintenance during the fiscal year ending June 30, 1948, as follows: New work: Davenport Center Reservoir: Construction of dam: Design (hired labor)................ $35, 000 Construction (contract) - ..-.- ..-...- 1, 015, 000 Railroad and highway relocation (con- tract) - . - - ...-- .- 800, 000 Land (hired labor)--- - - - - - - -- 200, 000 $2, 050, 000 East Sidney Reservoir: Construction of dam, continuation: Design (hired labor) ------------------ : 40, 000 Construction (contract)- --------- - .1, 475, 000 Land (hired labor) -------------------- 275, 000 1, 790, 000 Copes Corner Reservoir: Engineering studies, design, plans, and specifications; partial' completion: Design (hired labor)__ ___..._ 40, 000 Almond Reservoir: Construction of dam, continuation: D)esign (hired labor) ------------------ $50, 000 Construction (contract) -- ---------- 1, 910, 000 Land (hired labor) __----- __-- _ 250, 000 2, 210, 000 Elmira, N. Y.: Completion of construction of section No. 2 and design of pumping station, section No. 3: Design (hired labor) ------------------ 47, 600 Construction (contract) ..-------.------ 2, 762, 400 2, 810, 000 Total, new work_______ _ __________ _ .____ .__ 8, 900, 000 Maintenance: The project units at the following listed locations will be maintained during the fiscal year July 1947 to June 1948: Whitney Point Reservoir-_ -----------------. 22, 000 Arkport Reservoir ------------ _.------------ 11, 700 Oxford local improvement_----__ ------ - 2, 700 Lisle local improvement------------------- 3, 700 Binghamton local improvement------------- 3, 700 Corning local imnprovement_ ---- __----- - 5, 600 Painted Post local improvement--__ Avoca local improvement_-_ ______------ _ __ - - 6, 2, 000 700 HIornell local improvement ----------------- 14, 300 Total maintenance__.... ... .. ... ... ... ... . '72, 400 Total new work and maintenance................_..... 8, 972, 400 370 REPORT OF CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMY,, 1946 Cost and ,financial summary Cost of new work to June 30, 1946----------------------- 2 $17, 118, 453. 08 Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1946..- ---- - --... - -123, __-- 751. 30 Total cost of permanent work to June 30, 1946----- ......-- 12 17, 242, 204. 38 Undistributed costs June 30, 1946------------------------- 96, 730. 54 Net total cost to June 30, 1946___-------------_ ___ 17, 338, 934. 92 Plus accounts receivable June 30, 1946 --------------------- 29, 166. 63 Gross total costs to June 30, 1946_-------__ -.__ 17, 368, 101. 55 Minus accounts payable June 30, 1946_,----------________ 64, 903: 80 Net total expenditures --------------------------1 2 17, 303, 197. 75 Unexpended balance June 30, 1946-----------------------. 7, 854, 01. 52 Total amount appropriated to June 30, 1946--------......... 1 2 25, 157, 217. 27 Fiscal year ending June 30 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 Cost of new work-------------................. 12, 936, 038. 98 $1, 522,855.82 $864, 280. 41 $543, 112.30 $430, 824. 00 Cost of maintenance-------------.............. 6, 862. 77 16, 737. 71 37, 462. 53 28, 700. 24 27, 534. 28 Total cost---------------.................. 2, 942, 901.75 1, 539, 593.53 901, 742.94 571, 812.54 458, 358.28 Total expended._---- -- . --. . 3, 550, 752. 41 1, 726, 743. 24 976, 874.95 409, 402. 92 54 551,920. Allotted__.........-............ . 2, 397,100.00 -140, 969.87 -84?, 334. 50 273, 650.00 6,940, 700.00 Balance unexpended July 1, 1945------------------------_ $1, 565, 240. 06 Amount allotted .during fiscal year------------------------ 6, 940, 700. 00 Amount to be accounted for_ .. . _____ 8, 505, 940. 06 Gross amount expended_$---------------- Less: $714, 257. 86 Reimbursements collected_ $159, 893. 43 Receipts from sales....... 2, 443. 89 162, 337. 32 551, 920. 54 Balance unexpended June 30, 1946-----------------, 7, 954, 019. 52 Outstanding liabilities, June 30, 1946- ...__ _ 1, 453, 181. 70 Amount covered by uncompleted contracts-, 709, 767. 42 2, 162, 949. 12 Balance available June 30, 1946-------------------- 5, 791, 070. 40 Accounts receivable June 30, 1946------------------------ 29, 166. 63 Unobligated balance available June 30, 1946........-- . 5, 820, 237. 03 Amount allotted in July 1946_- -___________________ . 1, 304, 300. 09 Unobligated balance available for fiscal year 1947..... 7, 124, 537. 03 Amount (estimated) required to be appropriated for comple- tion of existing project 3----------- ___ ---------------- _____ ____ 30, 128, 535. 16 Amount that can be profitably expended in fiscal year ending June 30, 1948: For new work 3----------------------------------- 8, 900, 000. 00 For maintenance ---------------------------------- 72, 400. 00 Total ---------------------------------------- 8, 972, 400. 00 1 Includes $735,271.64, Emergency Relief funds. 2 Includes $163,095.63, contributed funds. a Exclusive of available funds. FLOOI) CONTHOL-SYRACUSE, N. .Y., DISTRICT 371 10. STILLWATER RESERVOIR, LACKAWANNA RIVER, PA. Location.--The Stillwater Dam site is on the Lackawanna River, 37 miles from the mouth of the stream and about 2 miles upstream from Forest City, Susquehanna County, Pa. (See U. S. Geological Survey quadrangle sheet "1Penilsylvania-IIonesdale.") Existing 1 roject.--''his 1)rovides for the constriction of the Still- water Dam, of the concrete gravity type, with spillway crest 50 feet above river level. The reservoir capacity will be 13,300 acre- feet, of which 12,480 acre-feet will be flood,-control storage and 820 acre-feet will be uitilized to maintain the existing water-supply reservoir for Forest City, Pa., at this site. 'he reservoir area will be 550 acres, and the pool will extend 3 miles upstream. The reservoir will control 55 percenlt of the watershed above Carbondale, 28 percent above Olyphant, anll17 p)ercent above Scranton. 'l'he existing project was authorized by the Flood Conitrol Act aplprove(l August 18, 1941, as a inmodification of the southern New York and eastern Pennsylvania project authorized by the Flood Control Act approved June 22, 1936. The estimated construction cost is $866,000; the cost of lands and. dlamages is $1,554,000, as showin in the project document. Local cooperation.-Section 2 of the Flood Control Act approved June 28, 1938, a)pplies. Operations and results dulring fiscal year.-None. Condition at end of fiscal year.-No work has been (lone. Prepara- tion of pIlanls has been suspended pending completion of a review rel)ort for the Lackawanna River. Construction has not been initiated. Compllletioi of p1reparation of plans and specifications by hired labor and construction of the project by contract remain to be done. The cost was $77,292.92 for new work. 'ihe expenditures, all for new work, were $77,29.2.92. Proposed operations.-Thle unexpended balance at the end of the fiscal year amounted to $2,707.08. No additional funds can be expended during the fiscal year 1948. Cost and financial summary Cost of new work to June 30, 1946___-__-----__ Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1946.__.._._._ .-_.------ _ ._ -$77, 292. 92 .---. ---- Total cost of permanent work to June 30, 1946.------------ 77, 292. 92 Net total expenditures ------------------ -------------------- 77, 292. 92 Unexpended balance June 30, 1946----------------------------- 2, 707. 08 Total amount appropriated to June 30, 1946.-------------- 80, 000. 00 Fiscal year ending June 30 1942 1943 1144 1945 1946 Cost of new work-....---------- ---------------. $45, 039. 71 $4, 554. 51 $27, 698. 70 --- _. _- Cost of maintenance .............. ............. ...................... ........ - Total expended.---.-- ------------------.---- 43, 146. 28 , 383. 82 27, 762. 82.. . -------- Allotted ....-------------------------...................... ........ 75, 000. 00 55, 000. 00 -...-. -$0,000 Balance unexpended July 1,1945_------------------------------- $52, 707. 08 Deductions on account of revocation of allotment----....- .--. - . 50, 000. 00 Balance unexpended June 30, 1946_ .------ -- ------------ - 2, 707. 08 Amount (estimated) required to be appropriated for completion. of existing project -- - --------------- _---.. 2, 340, 000. 00 1Exclusive of available funds. 372 REPORT OF CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMY, 1946 11. WILLIAMSPORT, SUSQUEHANNA RIVER, PA. Location.-Williamsport,the county seat of Lycoming County, Pa., is located on the left bank of the West Branch of the Susquehanna River, 40 miles above its mouth. (See U. S. Geological quadrangle sheets, "Pennsylvania-Trout Run and Williamsport.") Existing project.--The plan of improvement provides for the con- struction of a system of levees and concr:ete flood walls, consisting of the following features: About 25,225 feet of earth levee and 4,275 feet of concrete flood wall along the left bank of the West Branch of the Susquehanna River, extending from high ground near Meade Street and Lose Avenue generally parallel to and on the right bank of Millers Run to the Susquehanna River, thence extending upstream along the left bank of the river and Lycolning Creek; ab)out 17,390 feet of earth levee and 3,540 feet of concrete flood wall along the left balnk of the West Branch of the Susquehanna River, extendllng from high ground at Mill Lane generally parallel to and on the right bank of Lycoming Creek to the Susquehanna River, thence extending upstream along the left bank of the river to Reighard Avenue, thence to high ground at Dove Street and Wayne Avenue; about 10,275 feet of earth levee and 1,565 feet of concrete flood wall alono the right bank of the West Branch of the Susquehanna River in South Williamsport, extending from high ground at Central Avenue and Charles Street, along Charles Street to the river, thence upstream along the river to high ground at Maynard Street; a reinforced concrete pressure culvert about 2,250 feet long to provide for control of Ilagernman Rul; 11 pumping stations for the disposal of interior drainage; and appurtenant drain- age structures. T'he project will provide protection for the city of Williamsport and the borough of South Williamsport against floods 4 feet higher than the maximum flood of record, which occurred in March 1936. The existing project was authorized by the Flood Con- trol Act approved Junme 22, 1936. The estimated cost of the new work, revised in 1946, is $10,714,537 for construction, which does not include $23,140 of local contributions. The estimated local costs of lands and damages is $751,500. Local cooperation.-See page 5 for requirements. Local interests have furnished assurances that all the requirements will be complied with. Rights-of-way have been acquired for the first and second units of construction work. Operations and results during fiscal year.-Foundationinvestiga- tion, engineering studies, design, and preparation of contract plans and specifications by hired labor were in progress. The cost of this work was $95,243.39 for new work. The expenditures, all for new work were $103,370.59. Conditionat end of fiscal year.-Constructionof the project was sus- pended in accordance with the existing Federal wartime policies. The construction of the project is about 18 percent complete. Prep- aration of contract plans and specifications for section I is 95 percent complete, for section II is 70 percent complete, and for section III is 40 percent complete. FLOOD CONTROL--SYRACUSE, N. Y., DISTRICT 373 The cost of this lnew work is as follows: Cost of new work, regular funds_----------__-__------- - $1, 276, 444. 12 Cost of new work, emergency funds_-___----____-_------- 1, 887. 03' Total cost for new work-_- -------.--- -- ----- 1, 278, 331. 15 The expenditures, all for new work, were as follows: Cost of new work, regular funds-------------------------- $1, 277, 901. 76 Cost of new work, emergency funds------------------------ 1, 887. 03 Total expenditures for new work_-------------------- 1, 279, 788. 79 Proposed operatwions.- The llnelend(le balance at the end of the fiscal year, $2,128,948.24, p)l1us estimated change in charges, d(eferred $3,545.89, plus contributed funds, $23,140, amounted to $2,155,634.13. 'This amount will be appliedl as follows: Accounts payable, June 30, 1946----------------------------- $2, 088. 25 New work: Engineering studies, design, and preparation of contract pllans and specifications for local improvements at Wil- liamsport and South Williamsport, Pa.: Design (hired labor) ------------------------------- 216, 274. 30 Construction of closure section, unit 1: (Contract) -------------------------------------- 435, 337. 57 Initiation of construction of levee unit 3, under continuing contract: (Contract) ---------------------------------- -972, 934. 01 Initiation of construction of levee unit 6, under continuing contract: (Contract)- -- _____ _ __--- ------------ .-- __ 510, 000. 00 Modification of railroad facilities at stop-log or sandbag structures: under contract with railroad companies: (Contract) _-------------------------------, ------- 19, 000. 00 Total-- -------------------------------------- 2, 155, 634. 13 The addlitional stun of $4,465,000 can be profitably expended (luring the fiscal year 1948 as follows: New work: Engineering studies and design: Design (hired labor). ... . .- . . ... .. .. . . $150, 000. 00 Construction of flood protection works, levee unit 2, under continuing contract: (Contract)- _------------------$830, 000. 00 Completion of levee unit 3: (Contract)_----- ------------------ 528, 520. 04 Initiation of construction of levee unit 4: (Contract) ----------------------- 856, 880. 00 Initiation of construction levee unit 5: (Contract)_---- .. --- ... __.... ---. - 200, 000. 00 Completion of levee unit 6: (Contract)------------------------1, 134, 600. 00 Pumping plants; partial completion: (Contract) -------------------------- 764, 999. 96 4, 315, 000. 00 - 1.e- ..- Total .... ..--... . . .. . . .. . - . - . - 4, 465, 000. 00 374 REPORT OF CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMY, 1946 Cost and financial summary Cost of new work to June 30, 1946------------ ----------- 1$1, 278, 331. 15 Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1946__ w _ _____.._--_ Total cost of permanent work to June 30, 1946--------- 11, 278, 331. 15 Undistributed costs June 30, 1946._ ___ .------------------ - 3, 545. 89 Net total cost to June 30, 1946 __-------- 1, 281, 877. 04 Minus accounts payable June 30, 1946_ _------------------ 2, 088. 25 Net total expenditures---------------__._ --- - 1 1, 279, 788. 79 Unexpended balance June 30, 1946 ------------------------- 2, 128, 948. 24 Total amount appropriated to June 30, 1946_--.-- --- 1 3, 408, 737. 03 Fiscal year ending June 30 1942 1943 1944 19465 1946 Cost of new work ... $511, 706. 86 ..-------------- $11, 511. 34 $72, 664. 13 $118, 968. 18 $95, 243.39 Cost of maintenance.. Total expended 581, 544. 25 .---------------- 4. 209. 65 67, 777. 89 115, 259. 37 103, 370. 59 Allotted ...........---------------------.. 500, 000.00 -490, 000. 00-------.......------ 65, 850.00 2,100, 000.00 Balance unexpended July 1, 1945_-- ----------- . _.- $132, 318. 83 Amount allotted during fiscal year_-------------_ _ _..___.. 2, 100, 000. 00 Amount to be accounted for ------------------------ 2, 232, 318. 83 Gross amount expended 391. 23 $-----------------------103, Less reimbursements collected.------------------ 20. 64 -- --- 103, 370. 59 Balance unexpended June 30, 1946_..... .....--- 2, 128, 948. 24 Outstanding liabilities, June 30, 1046--- _ $399. 34 Amount covered by uncompleted contracts--... 361, 161. 00 361,560. 34 ---------------------- Balance available June 30, 1946........... 1, 767, 387. 90 Amount (estimated) required to be appropriated for completion of existing project 2 --------------------------------------- 7, 305, 800. 00 Amount that can be profitably expended in fiscal year ending June 30, 1948, for new work 2 ----------------------------- 4, 465, 000. 00 } Includes $1,887.03 Emergency Relief funds. 2 Exclusive of available funds. 12. WILKES-BARRE-IANOVER TOWNSHIP, SUSQUEHANNA RIVER, PA. Location.-The city of Wilkes-Barre, with Hanover Township adjoining, is located in the central part of Luzerne County, Pa., on the left bank of the North Branch of the Susquehanna River approx- imately 62 miles'above its mouth. (See U. S. Geological Survey quad- rangle sheets "Pennsylvania--Pittston and Wilkes-Barre.") Existing project.-The plan of improvement provides for the con- struction of a system of levees and concrete flood walls, consisting of the following features: About 25,350 feet of earth levee and 161.5 feet of concrete flood wall along the left bank of the North Branch of the Susquehanna River, extending from high ground at the Lehigh & West Virginia Railroad near Union Street in Wilkes-Barre downstreaiu along the left bank of the river to high ground near the mouth of Solomon Creek in Hanover rTownship; eight pumping stations for the FLOOD CONTROL-SYRACUSE, N. Y., DISTRICT 375 disposal of interior drainage; appurtenant drainage structures; about 17,900 feet of electric transmission line; and two transformer substa- tions for furnishing power to the pumping stations. The project will provide protection for the city of Wilkes-B3arre and the borough of Hanover Township against floods 4 feet higher than the maximum flood of record, which occurred in March 1936. The existing project was authorized by the Flood Control Act approved June 22, 1936. The estimated cost for new work, revised in 1946, is $3,477,600 for construc- tion. The estimated local costs of lands and damages is $210,000. The completed 1)ortions of the project were turned over to local interests for maintenance and operation. Local cooperation.-See page 5 for requirements. All rights-of- way requirements have been met. Operationsand results during fiscal year.-Constructionof the Solo- mon Creek pumping station was suspended July 20, 1943, in accord- ance with existing Federal policies on wartime construction. Engi- nee.riing stud(ies and design in connection with the construction of the project were continued by hired labor. The cost of this work was $10,468.65, all for new work. The expenditures, all for new work, were $9,748.35. Condition at end of fiscal year.-Construction of the project, as originally authorized, is 96 percent complete. The work remaining to be done is the completion of the Solomon Creek pumping station and the installation of pumping equipment and appurtenances by contract. The total costs of new work were as follows: Cost of new work, regular funds---------------------$------$2, 442, 141. 78 Cost of new work, emergency funds- ----- ---------- 872, 714. 73 Total costs for new work----------------------------- 3, 314, 856. 51 The expenditures, all for new work, were as follows: Cost of new work, regular funds ----------------------- . $2, 441, 669. 90 Cost of new work, emergency funds---------- ,--------------- 72, 714. 73 Total expenditures for new work-.---------------. 3, 314, 384. 63 Proposed operations.--The unexpended balance at the end of the fiscal year, $163,172.22, plus accounts receivable, $1,058.79, plus esti- mated change in deferred charges, $739.22, amounted to $164,970.23. This amount will be applied as follows: Accounts payable .June 30, 1946-------, ------- _ -_ _-.----$2, 269. 89 New work: Completion of engineering studies and plans by hired labor; completion of Solomon Creek pumping station including electric substation, transmission lines, gates, and motors by con- - tract; repairs and general clean-up by hired labor; preparation of final drawings and reports by hired labor- 162, 700. 34 .-.-.-------------- Total ---.--------------------------------------- 164, 970. 23 No additional funds can be profitably expended (luring the fiscal year 1948. 376 REPORT OF CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMY, 1946 Cost and financialsummary Cost of new work to June 30, 1946_-..---------. _.--1 ------ $3, 314, 856. 51 Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1946_ .... .. ..... . . ........ Total cost of permanent work to June 30, 1946------........ 13, 314, 856. 51 Undistributed costs June 30, 1946-------------------------- 739. 22 Net total cost to June 30, 1946_----------------------. 3, 315, 595. 73 Plus accounts receivable June 30, 1946------ ----------------- 1,,058. 79 Gross total costs to June 30, 1946-------------------- 3, 316, 654. 52 Minus accounts payable June 30, 1946- ------------------- - 2, 269. 89 Net total expenditures ------------ --------- _ _ 1 3, 314, 384. 63 Unexpended balance June 30, 1946----- ---------------------.................. 163, 172. 22 Total amount appropriated to June 30, 1946----------- 1 3, 477, 556. 85 Fiscal year ending June 30 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 Cost of new work. -- ------ . $335, 835.41 $383, 254. 49 $76, 509. 67 $5, 884. 42 $10, 468. 65 Cost of maintenance.... Total expended-.................. 300, 783.37 415, 787.17 111, 206.58 8,166.08 9,748. 35 Allotted..-.----,------------- 40,000.00 175, 0000 -70, 096.80 -20,000.00 158,000.00 Balance unexpended July 1, 1945__'-------------------- $14, 920. 57 Amount allotted during fiscal year,---------------- 158, 000. 00 Amount to be accounted for------------------------- 172, 920. 57 Gross amount expended9------------------------------------ 9, 748. 35 Balance unexpended June 30, 1946--------- ----------- 163, 172. 22 Outstanding liabilities, June 30, 1946------------- $282. 49 Amount covered by uncompleted contracts-------....... 129, 740.'00 130, 022. 49 Balance available June 30, 1946---------------------- 33, 149. 73 Accounts receivable June 30, 1946------------------------- - 1, 058. 79 Unobligated balance available June 30, 1946-------- - 34, 208. 52 I Includes $372,714.73 Emergency Relief funds.. 13. KINGSTON-EDWARDSVILLE, SUSQUEHANNA RIVER, PA. Location.-The boroughs of Kingston and Edwardsville, Pa., are located in Luzerne County, Pa., on the right bank of the North Branch .of the Susquehanna River approximately 62 miles above its mouth. (See U. S. Geological Survey quadrangle sheet, "Pennsylvania-- Pittston.") Existing project.-The plan of improvement provides for the con- struction ofa system of levees consisting of the following features: About 18,169 feet of earth levee along the right bank of the North Branch of the Susquehanna River, extending from high ground, near Rutter Avenue and Church Street in Kingston sotutheasterly to the river, thence downstream along the right bank of the river to the FLOOD CONTROL---SYRACUSE, N. Y., DISTRICT 377 Kingston-Edwardsville borough line, thence northerly generally parallel to the Edwardsville borough line, to high ground near Toby Creek and Plymouth Street; a concrete pressure culvert about 6,659 feet long to carry the flow of Toby Creek; three pumping stations for the disposal of interior drainage; 3,080 feet of concrete intercepting sewer; appurtenant drainage structures; and about 16,700 feet of electric transmission lines with 2 transformer substations for furnish- ing power to the pumping stations. The project will provide pro- tection for the boroughs of Kingston and Edwardsville against floods 4 feet higher than tfle maximum flood of record, which occurred in March 1936. The existing project was authorized by the Flood Con- trol Act approved June 22, 1936. The estimated cost of new work, revised in 1943, is $4,376,600 for construction. The estimated local costs of lands and damages is $370,000. The completed portions of the project were turned over to local interests for maintenance and operation. Local cooperation.-See page 5 for requirements. Fully complied with. Operationsand results during fiscal year.-Engineeringstudies and design in connection with deferred work at the Toby Creek intake structure were in progress by hired labor. A temporary sandbag (like was placed by contract. The costs, all for new work, were $1,567.35. The expenditures were $1,746.65. Condition at end of fiscal year.-Construction of the project was completed in August 1943 except for the deferred construction at the pressure culvert intake. The total costs of this work were as follows: Cost of new work, regular funds_-------------------------- $3, 178, 502. 16 Cost of new work, emergency funds------------- ------------- 1, 162, 548. 42 Total costs for new work--------------------------- 4, 341, 050. 58 The expenditures, all for new work, were as follows: Cost of new work, regular funds------------------------- $3, 178, 534. 41 Cost of new work, emergency funds_------------------------ 1, 162, 548. 42 ...............-----...... Total expenditures for new work----------- 4, 341, 082. 83 Proposed operations.-The unexpended balance at the end of the fiscal year $6,886.46, plus accounts receivable, $9.33, plus estimated change in deferred charges, $359.10, amounted to $7,254.89. This amount will be applied as follows: Accounts payable, June 30, 1946--------------------------------- $336. 18 New work: Preparation of plans and specifications, and construction of deferred work on Toby Creek pressure culvert intake: Design (hired labor) and contract------------------------- 6, 918. 71 Total---------------------------------------------7, 254. 89 No additional funds can be profitably expended during the fiscal year 1948. 378 REPORT OF CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U. S.ARMY, 1946 Cost and financial summary Cost of new work to June 30, 1946- -. - " - ------ 1 $4, 341, 050. 58 Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1946----- - Total cost of permanent work to June 30, 1946------- ......-- 4, 341, 050. 58 Undistributed costs June 30, 1946--------------------------_ 359..10 Net total cost to June 30, 19461 ---------- . __ ---- 4, 341, 409. 68 Plus accounts receivable June 30, 1946------------------------ 9. 33 Gross total costs to June 30, 1946 -,,------------------- 4, 341, 419. 01 Minus accounts payable June 30, 1946------------------------- 336. 18 Net total expenditures, ------------------------- 4, 341, 082. 83 Unexpended balance June 30, 1946 -------------------- ---- 6, 886. 46 Total amount appropriated to June 30, 1946_- 4, 347, 969. 29 Fiscal year ending June 30 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 Cost of new work ................---- $224, 140. 98 $2:30,728. 33 $18. 445. 07 $1, 292. 9 $1, 567. 35 Cost of maintenance ......... ...------------- ----------- . I Total expended----......----------........... 237, 321.73 244, 88. 67 23, 262. 25 -6, 660. 33 1, 746. 65 Allotted------.........,..--....------.....--------- 4, 00. 0 45, ()0. 00 -28, 579. 13 - Balance unexpended July 1, 1945_ _------------------$__ ___8, 633. 11 Gross amount expended- ------------------------------- 1, 746. 65 Balance unexpended June 30, 1946---- ---------------- 6, 886. 46 Outstanding liabilities, June 30, 1946_-------------------_ -336. 18 Balance available June 30, 1946-----------1----------- 6, 550. 28 Accounts receivable June 30, 1946------------------ -- __ 9. 33 Unobligated balance available June 30, 1946-------, 6, 559. 61 1 Includes $1,162,548.42 Emergency Relief funds. 14. PLYMOUTHI, SUSQUEHANNA RIVER, IPA. Location.-The borough of Plymouth is located in Luzerne County, Pa., on the right bank of the North Branch of the Susquehanna River, 59.5 miles above its mouth. (See U. S. Geological Survey quadrangle sheet "Pennsylvania-Wilkes-Barre.") Existing project.-The plan of improvement provides for the con- struction of a system of levees consisting of the following features: About 8,680 feet of earth levee along the right bank of the North Branch of the Susquehanna River, extending from high ground near the Carey Avenue Bridge downstream along the right bank of the river to Mras Street, thence northerly to high ground near Main Street approximately paralleling Flat Road; a diversion channel about 2,670 feet long on the outside of the levee system from Main Street to the river paralleling Flat Road; two pumping stations for the disposal of interior drainage; appurtenant drainage structures; and about 4,100 feet of electric transmission lines, with one transformer sub- station for supplying power to the pumping stations. The project will provide protection for the borough of Plymouth against floods 4 feet higher than the maximum flood of record, which occurred in FLOOD CONTROL----SYRACUSE, N. Y., DISTRICT 379 March 1936. The existillg )projectwas authorized by the Flood Con- trol Act appro(ve{d June 22, 1936. Ille estimated cost of new work, revise(d inl1946, is $1,70,0()0 for construction. The estimated local costs of lands andl(I (lanages is $150,000. Local cooperation.-See page 5 for requirements Local interests have furnished assurances that all the requirements will be complied with. All rights-o f-way requirements have been met. Operations and results during fiscal year.-Construction work on Plymouth pumpllillng stations was suspended July 31, 1943, in ac- cordalnce with the existing Fe(leral policies on wartime construction. Engineering stu(lies, design, plans, and specifications in connection with the modificatioln of thme electrical system were in progress with hired labor. costs, all for new work, were $11,620.53. Tlhe ex- lThe pel(nditulres were $12,134.94. Condition at end of fiscal year.-Construction of )project,as author- ized, is84 percent coiimplete. Revised I)lans aind sp)ecifications, and Imo()lificatio()s of the electrical system were completed and approved. The renmaining work consists of construction of the Brown and Wad- ham Creeks pimping stations and installation of pumping equipment and aLppurtenances by contract. The total costs of this new work were as follows: Cost of new work, regular funds-_ ------------------------- $1, 152, 426. 44 . Cost of new work, emergency funds-- .--.------------------- 4, 356. 76 Total costs for new work_-- -----.---.---.---.----- 1, 156, 783. 20 Tlime explen(litures, all for new work, were as follows: Cost of new work, regular funds,___ --- __ __ --- - ----- __ - $1, 151, 091. 19 Cost of new work, emergency funds_.------------------ 4, 356. 76 Total expenditures for new work_--------------------- 1, 155, 447. 95 Proposed ope'ration.s.--The IunexLpended balance at the end of the fiscal year, $553,408.81, )plusestimated changes in deferred costs, $246.36, aImounte(l to $553,655.17. This amount will be applied as follows: Accounts payable, June 30, 1946--- ------------------ $1, 581. 61 New work: Engineering studies and plans during construction by hired labor; construction of pumping stations by contract; preparation of final drawings and reports by hired labor------ 552, 073. 56 Total---------- ---------------------- - ------ 553, 655. 17 No aldditiolnal expenditure is plroposed for the fiscal year 1948. Cost and financial summary Cost of new work to Ju.ne 30, 1946--------------------------- $1, 156, 783. 20 Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1946-. .-. . . _. --..... -.. Total cost of permanent work to June 30, 1946.......--------- 11, 156, 783. 20 Undistributed costs June 30, 1946-------------- -------- __ 246. 36 Net total cost to June 30, 1946 ------------------------- 1, 157, 029. 56 Minus accounts payable June 30, 1946 --------------------- 1, 581. 61 Net total expenditures- ------ -- 11, 155, 447. 95 Unexpended balance June 30, 1946 -------------------- 553, 408. 81 Total amount appropriated to June 30, 1946---------- 11, 708, 856. 76 Includes $4,356.76 Emergency Relief funds. 380 REPORT OF CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMY, 1946 Fiscal"year ending June 30 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 Cost of new work................. $233, 589.44 $538,420. 46 $72, 451. 81 $6,370. 85 $11, 620. 53 Cost of maintenance---- -------------- ---------- ------- ------ -------............---. . Total expended ---- 199, 590. 69 --................... 552, 396. 14 111,468. 93 . 9,347.60 12, 134. 94 Allotted-......................---------------------.. 357, 000. 00 -145, 000.00 00 5, 0()00. ...---........... 560, 51)0.00 Balance unexpended July 1, 1945_-_..._ . __________ ._ $5,043. 75 Amount allotted during fiscal year_.-------.------.------ - 560, 500. 00 Amount to be accounted for -----------------.---- _ - 565, 543. 75 Gross amount expended_-- --------- _-__----------- 12, 134. 94 Balance unexpended June 30, 1946--------------------- 553, 408. 81 Outstanding liabilities, June 30, 1946----- -------- $62. 50 Amount covered by uncompleted contracts------- 453, 382. 00 453, 444. 50 Balance available June 30, 1946--- _ - -------- _- 99, 964. 31 15. SUNBURY, SUSQUEIIANNA RIVER, PA. Location.-Sunbury, Pa., is situated on the Susquehanna River in Northumberland County, IPa. (See U. S. Geological Survey quad- rangle sheet "Pennsylvania-Sunbury.") Existing project.-The plan of implrovement provides for 10,200 feet of levee on the right bank of Shamokin Creek, one pumping station, interceptor sewer and appurtenant works in the Shamokin Creek section; approximately 14,000 feet of levee, 2,200 feet of con- crete flood wall, an interceptor sewer, four pumlping stations and appurtenant structures along the left bank of the Susquehanna River. TIlhe project will provide protection for the city of Sunbury against a flood approximately 3 feet higher than the maximum flood of record, which occurred in March 1936. The existing project was authorized by the Flood Control Act approved June 22, 1936, as modified by the Flood Control Act approved August 18, 1941 (II. Doc. No. 366, 76th Cong., 1st sess.). The estimated construction cost, revised in 1946, is $4,390,700. The estimated local cost of lands and damages is $53,000. Local cooperation.--See page 5 for requirements. Assurances of cooperation have been furnished by the city of Sunbury and have been accepted. Operations and results during fiscal year.-Engineering studies, design, and preparation of plans and specifications were continued by hired labor. The cost of this work was $25,605.95 for new work. The expenditures were $26,320.95. Condition at end of fiscal year.-Contract.,plansand specifications for the Shamokin Creek plortion of the project are complete. Con- structi')n has not been initiate(l. Completion of plans and specifica- tions for the Susquehanna River portion by hired labor an(l construc- tion of the protective works by contract remain to be done. rlhe total cost of this new work was $115,413.87. Tle expen(litlures, all for new work, were $115,927.03. Proposed operations.-Tle unexpended balance at the end of the fiscal year, $1;380,772.97, plus estinlated change in deferred chlarges, FLOOD CONTROL-SYRACUSE, N. Y., DISTRICT 381 $1,457.22, amounted to $1,382,230.19. This amount will be applied as follows: - Accounts payable June 30, 1946-_ -- - - - - $944. 06 New work: Design engineering studies, and preparation of con- tract plans and specifications for the Susquehanna River units of the project; by hired labor; construction of the Shamokin Creek portion of the project including levees, pumping plant, and intercepting sewer under continuing contract; temporary relocation of railroad tracks at closure structures on Shamokin Creek; construction of the upper unit of protection on the Susquehanna River, including levees, walls, pumping plant, and closure structures; temporary relocation of. railroad facilities at closure structures on the Susquehanna River_---- 1, 381, 286. 13 Total ------------------------------------------ 1, 382, 230. 19 / The adlditional sum of $2,100,000 can be profitably expended during the fiscal year 1948 as followvs: New work: Engineering studies, design, and preparation of working drawings; by hired labor; completion of construction of the Shamokin Creek portion of the project; completion of construction on the upper unit of protection on the Susque- hanna River; construction of the lower unit of protection on the Susquehanna River, including levees, walls, pumping plants, and closure structures under continuing contract------------ 2, 100, 000. 00 Cost and financial summary r Cost of new work to June 30, 1946 _ _ _----------------------_$115, 413. 87 Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1946_...._.._......... ......-.......... . Total cost of permanent work to June 30, 1946 ----------- 115, 413. 87 Undistrihuted costs June 30, 1946--__ ---------- ;------- - 1, 457. 22 Net total cost to Ju'ne 30, 1946__ __-.__-- .-------- 116, 871. 09 Minus accounts payable June 30, 1946 ___ --------------- _-_ 944. 06 --------------------------- Net total expenditures_ - 115, 927. 03 Unexpended balance June 30, 1946_- ------ ______.. .---. 1, 380, 772. 97 Total amount appropriated to June 30, 1946 ------------. 1, 496, 700. 00 Fiscal year ending June 30 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 Cost of new work ...--------------------------............. $8, 875. 59 $60, 320. 38 $20, 611. 95 $25, 605. 95 Cost of maintenance ..................... ........................................... Total expended . --. ....... __............ 7, 974. 31 55, 542. 75 26, 089.02 26, 320. 95 A lotte --------.................................... 20, 000. 00 60, 000. 00 16, 700. 00 1, 400, 000.00 Balance unexpended July 1, 1945_--___ __ .---.-.--.----- $7, 093. 92 Amount allotted during fiscal year_- .-.------------- 1, 400, 000. 00 Amount to be accounted for 1, 407, 093. 92 .------------------------ Gross amount expended _-----___ ..-------- --------- 26, 320. 95 Balance unexpended June 30, 1946-----------....-------- 1, 380, 772. 97 Outstanding liabilities, June 30, 1946 -------------------------- 44. 06 Balance available June 30, 1946-_ _ .------------ --- 1, 379, 828. 91 Amount (estimated) required to be appropriated for completion of existing project --- _------- --- -- 2, 894, 000. 00 Amount that can be profitably expended in fiscal year ending June 30, 1948, for new work 1- ---------- -- 2, 100, 000. 00 I Exclusive of available funds. 72 84 15 -47--pt. 1, vol. 1----25 382 REPORT OF CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U.. S. ARMY, 1946 16. SWOYERVILLE AND FORTY FORT, PA. Location.-Swoyerville andl Forty Fort, Pa., are situated on the Susquehanna River in Luzerne County, Pa. (See U. S. Geological Survey quadrangle sheet, "Pennsylvania Pittston.") Existing project.-The proposed improvement will provi(le pro- tection for the communities of Swoyerville and Forty Fort against a flood ap)proximately 4 feet higher than the maximumn flood of record, which occurred in March 1936, by means of levees and re- lated works along the north bank of the Susqehanna River and along Abraham Creek. The existing project was autlhorized by the Flood Control Act approved June 22, 1936. (See II. Doc. No. 702, 77th Cong., 2d sess.) The estimated construction cost is $1,934,200 (revised in 1946). the local cost of lands and damages is $111,500 (revised in 1946). Local cooperation.-See page 5 for requirements. The Common- wealth of Pennsylvania has established (drainage district No. 23, to cover the drainage area of,the North Branch ofC the Sulsqullenna River in the Borough of Forty Fort, Swoyerville, Wyoming, and West Wyoming, County of Luzerne. Assurances for local cooperation have been furnished by Luzerne County, Pa. Operations and results during fiscal. :ear.-Preliminarywork by hired labor, consisting of surveys, foundation investigations, engineer- ing studies and preparation of (letailed plans, was in progress. The cost of this work was $2,242.44 for new work. The expenditures were $3,597.59. Conditionat end of fiscal year.-Preparation of preliminary plans is complete. Construction has not been initiated, and preparation of contract plans and specifications by hired labor remains to be done. Thle cost was $23,553.01 for new work. Expenditures, all for new work, were $23,597.59. Proposed operations.-The unexpended balance at the end of the fiscal year, $6,402.41, plus accounts receivable, $44.58, amounted to $6,446.99. This amount will be applied to new work for continuation of engineering studies. No expenditure of funds is proposed lluring the fiscal year 1948. Cost and financial summary Cost of new work to June 30, 1946____-------$_____________ $23, 553. 01 Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1946_ Total cost of permanent work to June 30, 1946_- -- 23, 553. 01 Plus accounts receivable June 30, 1946____ --. --------------- 44. 58 Gross total costs to June 30, 1946_---- ----------- __ 23, 597. 59 Net total expenditures----- ---------------------------- __ -23, 597. 59 Unexpended balance June 30, 1946_- _ .-----.-- .-.-.-... 6, 402. 41 Total amount appropriated to June 30, 1946------------- 30, 000. 00 FLOOD CONTROL--SYRACUSE, N. Y., DISTRICT ' 383 Fiscal year ending June 30 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 Cost of new work --- " $11. 97 $21, 298. 60 $2, 242. 44 Cost of miaintenance---------- .------ ---------------- --- ------------ --------------------- Total expended.................. ---------- ----- - 20,000.00 3597.5 Allotted------------ Allotted...................... -------------- ......... I---- ................. 20,00. 20,00.00 i ,000.------------- 10,000.O0 1............. Balance unexptended July 1,1945--...-......--------...----------------- $10, 000. 00 Gross amount expended -------------- - --------------------- 3, 597. 59 Balance unexpended June 30, 1946 ------------- - 6, 402. 41 Accounts receivable June 30, 1946_- --------------------- -- 44. 8S Unobligated balance available June 30, 1946 - ---------- 6, 446. 99 Amount (estimated) required to be appropriated for completion of existing project 1--------- ------ 1, 904, 200. 00 1 Exclusive of available funds. 17. CIITTENANGO CREEK AND TRIBUTARIES, N. Y. Location.-Chittenango Creek and its two principal tributaries, Limestone Creek and Buttternlt Creek, are located in Onondaga and Madison Counties, New York. (See U. S. Geological Survey quad- r'agle sheets, "New York-Chittenango, Syracuse, and Cazenovia.") Exsting project.--lhe project provides for channel improvements along 40 miles of the lower reaches of Chittenango, Limestone, and Butternut Creeks, consisting of clearing the channels of debris, trees, and snags, removal of obstructing bars, and minor straightening of the channels. The work will extend' from the old Erie Canal aque- duct north, on the Chittenango Creek to Bridgeport, N. Y., on the Limestone Creek to its confluence with Butternut Creek, and on Butter- nut Creek to its confluence with Chittenango Creek. The plan of improvement will alleviate existing flood conditions in the adjacent agricultural area. r The existing project was autlorized by the Flood Control Act ap- proved December 22, 1944. (See H. Doc. No. 625, 77th Cong., 2d sess.) The estimated Federal cost for construction, revised in 1946, is$367,900. The estimated local costs are $78,100. Local cooperation.-See page 5 for requirements. In addition to the usual requirements for local cooperation as provided by law, local interests are required to contribute $25,000 to the construction cost. The State of New York has informally indicated that cooperation requlirements will be met. Operations and results during fiscal year.-Preliminary work by lire(l labor, includling surveys, folun(lation exploration, engineering studies and the preparation of detailed pllans was in progress. 'llhe cost of this work was $8,158.28 for new work. Expenditures, all for new work, were $7,121.37. . Condlition at end of fiscal year.-Preparationof preliminary plans is 53 percent complete. Construction has not been initiated. Comple- tion of detailed plans, and preparation of contract plans and speci- fications by hired labor, remain to be dlone. The. cost of this work was $8,197.42. The expenditures were $7,160.51. 384 REPORT OF CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMY, 1946 Proposed operations.-The unexpended balance at the end of the fiscal year amounted to $5,339.49. This amount will be applied as follows : Accounts payable June 30, 1946-------......----.....---........--------------.. $1, 036. 91 New work: Completion of engineering studies, preliminary design and preparation of detailed plans by hired labor-....-.-------.--- 4, 302. 58 Total......... .......................--------------------------------------------- 5, 339. 49 No additional funds can be profitably expended during the fiscal year 1948. Cost and financial summary ..--------------. Cost of new work to June 30, 1946_------ Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1946_ __.... _.......... _ -..-. $8, 197. 42 Total cost of permanent work to June 30, 1946------------- 8, 197. 42 Minus accounts payable June 30, 1946-------------------------1, 036. 91 Net total expenditures--------------------- --------- -7, 160. 51 Unexpended balance June 30, 1946----------------------------- 5, 339. 49 Total amount appropriated to June 30, 1946- --------- _ 12, 500. 00 Fiscal year ending June 30 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 Cost of new work .............. ----.........-------------..----------... -$39. -----.............. ....-----------......---- 14 $8,158. 28 Cost of maintenance.. Total expended----..............---------...---- .....-------- .... ............--------------...-------------- 39. 14 7,121. 37 Allotted------------..................... ----- ------ ------------------------------- .............. 12,500.00----------.. Balance unexpended July 1, 1945.------------------_ _____ _ $12, 460. 86 Gross amount expended -------------------------- $7, 167. 81 Less reimbursements collected ------------------------ 46.44 7, 121. 37 Balance unexpended June 30, 1946__.--- ----------- 5, 339. 49 Outstanding liabilities, June 30, 1946-------------------------- 1, 036. 91 Balance available June 30, 1946__ -__________ '_____ 4, 302. 58 Amount (estimated) required to be appropriated for completion of existing project ------------------------------------------- 355, 400. 00 I Exclusive of available funds. 18. OWASCO INLET ANI) OUTLET, MONTVILLE ANI) DRY CREEKS, STATE I)ITCII, AND CRANE BROOK, N. Y. Location.-Owasco Inlet rises near Freeville, N. Y., in Tompkins County, N. Y., and flows northward 20 miles to Owasco Lake in Cayuga County, N. Y. The lake is 11 miles in length and discharges into Owasco Outlet, which flows northward 16 miles and empties into Seneca River. Montville and Dry Creeks are tributaries of the inlet, at and near the village of Moravia, N. Y.,' respectively, State Ditch being a tributary of the outlet. Crane Brook drains an area immedi- ately west of the Owasco Basin and flows in a general northerly direc- tion to the Seneca River. (See U. S.Geological Survey quadrangle sheets, "New York-Auburn, Moravia, and Weedsport.") FLOOD CONTROL--SYRACUSE, N. Y., DISTRICT 385 Existing project.-The project provides for the improvement of the channels of Owasco Inlet, Montville Creek, and Dry Creek, in Cayuga County, N. Y., and the construction of a dike along the north side of Dry Creek; the improvement of State Ditch and the channel of Owasco Outlet in Cayuga County, N. Y.; the improvement of Crane Brook, Cayuga County, N. Y., including the excavation of pilot and bypass channels; and the construction of dikes on the north side of the brook. The existing project was authorized by the Flood Control Act alpproved December 22, 1944. (See II. Doc. No. 815, 77th Cong., 2d sess.) The estimated Federal construction cost, revised in 1946, is $510,000; the estimated local cost is $107,500. Local cooperation.-See page 5 for requirements. In addition to the usual requirements for local cooperation as provided by law, local interests are required to make the necessary bridge changes without cost to the United States. The State of New York has informally indicated that cooperation requirements will be met. Operations and results during fiscal year.-Preliminary work, by hired labor, including surveys, foundation exploration, engineering studies, and the preparation of detailed plans, was in progress. The cost of this work was $12,910.91 for new work. The expenditures were $15,)51.04, all for new work. Condition at end of fiscal year.-Preparationof preliminary plans is 19 percent complete. Completion of preliminary plans, prepara- tion of contract plans and specifications by hired labor, and construc- tion of the project by contract remain to be lone. The cost of this work was $12,954.95. The expenditures were $15,553.57. Proposed operations.-The unexpended balance at the end of the fiscal year $8,946.43, plus accounts receivable, $2,598.62, amounted to * $11,545.05. Tlhis amount will be applied to new work, completion of surveys, foundation investigations, preliminary design and prepara- tion of detailed plans for proposed improvements on Owasco Inlet, Montville and Dry Creeks, State DI)itch, Owasco Outlet, and Crane Brook by hired labor. The additional sum of $20,000 can be profitably expended during the fiscal year 1948 for new work; completion of engineering studies, design, plans, and specifications for the proposed improvements. Cost and financial summary Cost of new work to June 30, 1946- _--_.... _----------- $12, 954. 95 Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1946_-----.-.- .-- .- ------- --------- _ Total cost of permanent work to June 30, 1946 -----.---.. 12, 954. 95 Plus accounts receivable June 30, 1946 ----------- -------- 2, 59&8. 62 Gross total costs to June 30, 1946 .-.--------------------- 15, 553. 57 Net total expendlitures. ---------- ..- ... "--------- 15, 553. 57 Unexpended balance Juno 30, 1946 ..........................---..----------------... 8, 946. 43 Total amount appropriated to. June 30, 1946 ;-------------24,500.00 386 / REPORT OF CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMY, 1946 Fiscal year ending June 30 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 .............. Cost of new work---------------------................-------- --............. ----- -- ---........--------.... $44.04 $12,910.91 Cost of maintenance- ------------------------------------------------------------ Total expended------.........------- -- ........---------------------------.. ............. 41. 6.3 15, 512. 04 Allotted --------------------- ........ .... ------------ -- --------- ----------- 12, 500. 00 12,000.00 Balance unexpended July 1, 1945----------..--- -------------.. $12, 458. 47 Amount allotted during fiscal year------....--------------. 12, 000. 00 Amount to be accounted for ____- _ _---------- . _:-_ $15, 553. 72 24, 458. 47 Gross amount expended ..-.- --. ---- -Less reimbursements collected.----------------------- 41. 68 15, 512. 04 Balance unexpended June 30, 1946_----------- --------- 8, 946. 43 Accounts receivable June 30, 1946--------- ----------------- --- 2, 598. 62 Unobligated balance available June 30, 1946------------ 11, 545. 05 Amount (estimated) required to be appropriated for completion of existing project 1-- -_ -_ - _ .-- .---.. 485, 500. 00 Amount that can be profitably expended in fiscal year ending June 30, 1948, for new work 1___ _ _ _ ___. ... 20, 000. 00 IExclusive of available funds. 19. GENEGANTSLET RESERVOIR, GENEGANTSLET GREEK, N. Y. Location.-The Genegantslet Dam site is on the Genegantslet Creek, 3 miles above its junction with the Chenango River and about .2 miles west of Greene in Chenango County, N. Y. (See U. S. Geological Survey quadrangle sheet, "Greene, N. Y.") Existing project.--The .plan of improvement consists of a dam of the earth-filled type, 1,200 feet long at the top of the embankment and rising 100 feet above the stream bed with a gate-controlled outlet and a side-channel spillway in the left abutment. Outlet and spill- way will be placed on rock. The reservoir will have a storage capacity of 30,000 acre-feet at spillway crest. The reservoir area will be 435 acres, and the pool will extend 4.8 miles upstream. The reservoir will control 97 percent of the watershed of Genegantslet Creek or 6 percent of the Chenango River watershed above Binghamton, N. Y. The existing project was authorized by the Flood Control Act approved December 22, 1944, as a modification of the plan for flood control in southern New York and eastern Pennsylvania authorized by the act of June 22, 1936, as modified by the act of August 18, 1941. (H. Doec. No. 702, 77th Cong., 2d sess.) The estimated construction cost is $4,037,600 (revised in 1946); the estimated cost of lands and damages is $512,400 (revised in 1946). Local cooperation.-None required. See page 5. Operations and results during fiscal year.--Surveys, engineering studies, and design by hired labor in connection with the preparation of detailed plans were continued. The cost of this work was $17,450.80 for new work. The expenditures were $19,098.07, all for new work. Conditionat end of fiscal year.-Surveys, foundation investigations, engineering studies, and design were continued by hired labor. Com- FLOOD CONTROL---SYRACUSE, N. Y.,: DISTRICT 387 pletion of detailed plans, preparation of contract plans and specifica- tions by hired labor, and construction by contract remain to be done. The cost of this work was $19,245.71. The expenditures were $19,445.18. Proposed operations.-'-The unexpended balance at the end' of the fiscal year, $173,554.82, plus accounts receivable, $218.07; amounted to $173,772.89. This amount will be applied as follows: Accounts payable June 30, 1946___ -- --------------------- $18. 60 lNew work: Surveys, foundation investigation, 'gross appraisal of reservoir lands, preparation of detailed plans, and report on spill- way design flood; engineering studies, design, and preparation of' construction plans andi specifications by hired labor ------------ 173, 754. 9 Total-----_ --------------------------------------- 173, 772. 89 The addllitional sum of $100,000 can be profitably expended during, the.fiscal year 1948 for new work, .completion of engineering studies, design, and preparation of construction plans and specifications for dan and reservoir. Cost and financial summary Cost of new work to June 30, 1946___ ____-- ----------- $19, 245. 71 Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1946...-.---------------------.------- Total cost of permanent work to June 30, 1946------------ 19, 245. 71 Plus accounts receivable June 30, 1946 -----. .-. _______---- -- 218. 07 Gross total costs to June 30, 1946----------- ------------ 19, 463. 78 Minus accounts payable June 30, 1946_ ---.----.-------------- 18. 60 Net total expenditures - - - .. - - 19, 445. 18 Unexpended balance June 30, 1946 .------- ------------- 173, 554. 82 Total amount appropriated to June 30, 1946..__- ---- "- 193, 000. 00 Fiscal year ending June 30 1942 1943. 1944 1945 1946 Cost of now work-----.--- 794.91 $-------$1, $17, 450. 80 Cost of maintenance..----------------------...--.--------------------------------------- Total expended.......................---------------------..... --------- ..------------ 3.....47.11 19,098.07 Allotted.......................... ...............--------------------------------- 110, 000.00 83, 000. 00 Balance unexpended July 1, 1945_..$-_----------------- -$109, 652. 89 Amount allotted during fiscal year_.------.------------ - 83, 000. 00 ------------- Amount to be accounted for------..........-----.... 192, 652. 89 Gross amount expended ----- '- - .-....-. $19, 118. 71 Less reimbursements collected.....- --------- 20. 64 19, 098. 07 Balance unexpended June 30, 1946--. ------------ 173, 554. 82 Outstanding liabilities, June 30, 1946..-__ . . 18. 60 Balance available June 30, 1946_..- -.---------.. _' 173, 536. 22 Accounts receivable June 30, 1946__------ .-------------- 218. 07 Unobligated balance available June 30, 1946------------. 173, 754. 29 Amount (estimated) required to be appropriated for completion of existing project 1------------__ 4, 357, 000. 00 Amount that can be profitably expended in fiscal year ending June 30, 1948, for new work 1 --------------- , 100, 000. 00 1Exclusive of available funds. - 388 REPORT OF CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMY, 1946 20. SOUTH PLYMOUTI RESERVOIR, CANASAWACTA CREEK, N. Y. Location.-The South Plymouth dam site is in Chenango County, N. Y., on Canasawacta Creek, 4 miles above its junction with the Chenango River near Norwich, N. Y. (See U. S. Geological Survey quadrangle sheet, "Norwich, New York.") Existing project.--The plan of improvement consists of a dam of the earth-filled type, 1,000 feet long at the top of the embankment and rising 110 feet above the streambed, with a gate-controlled out- let and a side-channel spillway in the right abutment. Spillway will be on rock and the outlet tunneled beneath it. The reservoir will have a storage capacity of 18,000 acre-feet at spillway crest. The reservoir will control 92 percent of the watershed of Canasawacta Creek or 4 percent of the Chenango River watershed above Bing- hamton, N. Y. The reservoir area will be 515 acres and the pool will extend 2.5 miles upstream. existing project was authorized lThe by the Flood Control Act approved DI)ecember 22, 194, as a modifica- tion of the plan for flood control in southern New York and eastern Pennsylvania authorized by the act of June 22, 1936, as modified by the act of August 18, 1941. (1H.Doc. No. 702, 77th Cong., 2d sess.) The estimated construction cost is $3,524,000_(revised in 1946). The esti- mated cost of lands and damages is $600,000 (revised in 1946). Local cooperation.--None required. See page 5. Operations and results during fiscal year.-Surveys, engineering studies, and design by hired labor in connection with the preparation of detailed plans were initiated. The cost of this work was $2,543.07 for new work. The expenditures were $3,251.75, all for new work. Condition at end of fiscal year.-Foundation investigations, engi- neering studies and design were started by hired labor. Aerial survey by contract was initiated. Completion of detailed plans, preparation of contract plans and specifications by hired labor, and construction of the project by contract remain to be done. The cost of this work was $2,543.07. The expenditures were $3,251.75. Proposed operations.-The unexpended balance at the end of the fiscal year, $169,748.25, plus accounts receivable, $713.48, amounted to'$170,461.73. This amount will be applied as follows: N Accounts payable, June 30, 1946--------------------------_ --- $4. 80 New work: Surveys, foundation investigations, 'gross appraisal of reservoir lands, preliminary design, and preparation of detailed plans for dam and reservoir; engineering studies including prepara- tion of report on storage outlet and spillway capacities, detailed design and preparation of final plans and specifications for dam and reservoir by hired labor --------------------------------- 170, 456. 93 Total......................------------------------------------------ 170, 461. 73 The additional sum of $75,000 can be profitably expended during the fiscal year 1948 for new work, completion of engineering studies, detailed design and preparation of final plans and specifications for dam and reservoir by hired labor. FLOOD CONTROL-SYRACUSE, N. Y., 'DISTRICT 389 Cost and financial summary Cost of new work to June 30, 1946__-------- .-------------.. -- $2, 543. 07 Cost of maintenance to June 30,, 1946 ..-------------- ------------------ Total cost of permanent work to June 30, 1946__ __ _ __ _ 2, 543.07 Plus accounts receivable June 30, 1946___---_-- _-----. ----------- 713. 48 Gross total costs to June 30, 1946 ------------ 3,256. 55 Minus accounts payable June 30, 1946 ------------------------ - 4. 80 Net total expenditures- -------------- --. ----- 3, 251. 75 Unexpended balance June 30, 1946------------------------ 169, 748. 25 Total amount * appropriated to June 30, 1946-------------- --------... 173, 000. 00 Fiscal year ending June 30 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 cost ofne nework---------------- ....--- -- --------- $ 43 07 Cost of maintenance.-..-.- -$. Total expended... ............... -- --..-........... ....... ........... ....... 3,251.75 Allotted ....------------------------------------------------------------------ 173,000.00 Amount allotted during fiscal year---L,---------- ------------- $173, 000. 00 Gross amount expended ---- ---------------- -------... 3, 251. 75 vpalance unexpended June 30, 1946 ..--------------------- 169, 748. 25 Outstanding liabilities, June 30, 19)46_____- - ________------ 4. 80 Balance available June 30, 1946-----------'----- --------- 169, 743.,45 Accounts receivable June 30, 1946_-_ _----------------- - - 713. 48 Unobligat'd balance available June 30, 1946-------------- 170, 456. 93 Amount (estimated) required to be appropriated for completion of existing project -------------- --------------------------- 3, 951, 000. 00 Amount that can be profitably expended in fiscal year ending June 30, 1948, for new work .-------------------------------- -- 75, 000. 00 1 Exclusive of available funds. 21. SNAGGING AND CLEARING UNDER AUTHORITY OF SECTION 2 OF TIE FLOOD CONTROL ACT APPROVED AUGUST 28, 1937, AS AMENDED The Flood Control Act approved August 28, 1937, as amended by the Flood Control Acts approved August 11, 1939, August 18, 1941, and July 26, 1946, authorized( the allotment of not to exceed $1,000,000 from the flood-control appropriations for any one fiscal year for the removal of accumulated snags and other debris from, and the clearing and straightening of channels in navigable streams and tributaries thereof when such work is advisable in the interest of flood control; provided that not more than $50,000. shall be allotted for this purpose for any single tributary from the appropriations for any one fiscal year. FLlunds in the amount of $25,000 were allotted in the fiscal year 1946 for removal of snags and debris from the channels of the Chenango River in the vicinity of Port Dickinson, N. Y. 390 REPORT OF CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMY, 1946 Operations during the year consisted of surveys, engineering studies, and preparation of plans and specifications by hired labor for removal of an abandoned dam, overbank and channel clearing on the Chenango River at Port Dickinson. Invitations for bids were issued May 24, 1946, but no bids were received. The cost of this work was $1,745.77. The expenditures were $1,941.02. - The total cost for clearing and snagging operations was $9,604.87. The total expenditures were $9,800.12. The unexpended balance at the end of the fiscal year, $23,058.98, plus accounts receivable, $195.25, amounted to $23,254.23. This amount will be applied to new work, completion of snagging and clearing operations on the Chenango River, in the vicinity of Pprt Dickinson, N. Y., by contract. Cost and financial summary Cost of new work to June 30, 1946_-....--..----.---------- $9, 604. 87. Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1946_______... _ ... _ --------- Total cost of permanent work to June 30, 1946------------- 9, 604. 87 Plus accounts receivable June 30, 1946-------------------------- 195. 25 Gross total costs to June 30, 1946--..---- --,- ------ 9, 800. 12 Net total expenditures....-------------------------........ - 9, 800. 12 Unexpended balance June 30, 1946--------------------------- 23, 058. 98 Total amount appropriated-to June 30, 1946---------------32) 859. 10 Fiscal year ending June 30 1942 1943 1944 1915 1946 Cost of new work ....-.... .. $180. 27 $6, 806.18 . ...---.-- .. .-- ........ $1,745. 77 Cost of maintenance ..-----------.. --------..---------------. ---.. ------- Total expended------------------- 237. 10 6, 806. 18 -.. -----....--------------. . . 1,941.02 Allotted - . . .... --. - - ... 2, 500-.00 -- --....... I $3,640.00 ........-............ 25,000.00 Amount allotted during fiscal year_- $25, 000. 00 Gross amount expended----------------------------------- - 1, 941. 02 Balance unexpended June 30, 1946---------.------------- 23, 058. 98 Accounts receivable June 30, 1946-- --------------------------- 195. 25 Unobligated balance available June 30, 1946--------------- 23, 254. 23 22. PRELIMINARY EXAMINATIONS, SURVEYS, AND CONTINGENCIES FOR FLOOD CONTROL The cost of work during the fiscal year amounted to $52,754.60. The expenditures were $36,406.53. The unexpended balance at the end of the fiscal year, $54,757.12, plus accounts receivable, $2,434.32, amounted to $57,191.44. This amountwill be applied as needed dur- ing the fiscal year 1947 to payment of expenses incurred under this heading. The additional sum of $330,000 can be profitably expended during the fiscal year 1948. FLOOD CONTROL-=--SYRACUSE, N. Y., DISTRICT 391 Cost and financial summary Cdst of new work to June 30, 1946----------------------------------- Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1946---------------------___ 367, 125. 58 Total cost of permanent work to June 30, 1946------------367, 125. 58 Plus accounts receivable June 30, 1946------ ------------------ 2, 434. 32 Gross total costs to June 30, 1946_....--.- ---------.. 369, 559. 90 Minus accounts payable June 30, 1946____ _------ _----------- .65. - 64 Net total expenditures_. ...-- .--------- .--- 369, 494. 26 Unexpended balance June 30, 1946----'--- ---------- 54, 757. 12 Total amount appropriated to June 30, 1946--------------424, 251. 38 Fiscal year ending June 30 1942 1943 1944 1945 . 1946 Cost of new work. Cost of maintenance. -- .------- . ..------ -$18, 640.34 $34,119. 60 $52, 754. 6(0 Total expended.- ................. ............................ 8,142. 64 44,693.71 36,406. 53 Allotted-- ----------------....................... .............. ........... 54,000.00 40, 000. 00 50, 000. 00 Balance unexpended July 1, 1945_. '---_--_-,--- ---------- $41, 163. 65 Amount allotted during fiscal year_-... ,,-. _. .-.---------- 50, 000. 00 Amount to be accounted for----------------- ---------- 91, 163. 65 Gross amount expended---------.------ ---------- 36, 406. 53 Balance unexpended June 30, 1946_- ---- - ------- - 54, 757. 12 Outstanding liabilities, June 30, 1946-.- .. ------ 5. 64 66---- Balance available June 30, 1946------------------------54, 691. 48 Accounts receivable June 30, 1946_------------ --.. --.--- . --.- 2, 434. 32 Unobligated balance available June 30, 1946-... ------- -- 57, 125. 80 Amount that can be profitably expended in fiscal year ending June 30, 1948, for maintenance '------------- , -----------------------330, 000. 00 1Exclusive of available funds. 23. OTHER FLOOD CONTROL PROJECTS FOR WHICH NO ESTIMATIES ARE SUBMITTED For last Cost and expenditures to full report June 30, 1946 Estimated Name of project see Annual reamount ReportMa required to 2 epor- or--f Ne work New Mainte- complete nance 1llton Pam- .......................... 1937 ...........- $263,900 iontgomer y, Pa.' --------------------------- 1937c ------.----------------- 139,100 uncy, Pa. ------------------------------- 19:17 --------- 360,8(0 Jrsey Shore, Pa. --. project-1-. 1937 ------------------------- 3905,900 1 ock laven P1a.l -...--.................... 1937 -------------------.------- 2,860000 >oOOmsburg a .......... 1937 1937.............. ------------ 131,300 West Pittstn, Pa.a------...-___________________ 1937 -.----------. - - -- 100,000 anticoke, Pa.'-..-_....... - ----- .381,7001937----------... No funds have been allotted and no work has been done on these projects. In accordance with the sro- visions of the 1941 Flood Control Act the 5-year limitation clause on assurances of local cooperation has been invoked. Project authorization will expire Jun 1951. 2 Prior to 1942 these projects were reported by the lialtimore district. a No funds have been allotted and no work has been done on these projects. Request for assurances has been withheld pending results of investigations in connection with the review report on the Susquehanna River In Luzerne County, Pa. 392 REPORT OF.CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMY, 1946 Status of all investigations for flood control called for by flood-control acts and committee resolutions Date trans- Document Recom- Locality Authorization act mitted to Docment mn Congress No. mendaton Catatonk Creek Basin in the vicinity Commerce Committee of Candor, N. Y. (tributary of the resolution, June 20, 1944. Susquehanna River). Lackawanna River, Pa............... Commerce Comittee Resolution, July 8, 1942. Mohawk River, N. Y-----------................ Flood Control Act, Aug. 11, 1939. Newtown (Newton) Creek, N. Y. Flood Control Committee (tributary of the Susquehanna Resolution, May 13, River). 1943. Oneida Creek and tributaries, New' Flood Control Act, July York. 24, 1946. Oswego River watershed, with a view Commerce Committee to local flood protection for Kash- resolution, Apr. 17, 1946. ong Point, N. Y., and vicinity. Owego Creek, in the vicinity of Owe- Commerce Committee go, N. Y. (tributary of the Susque- resolution, June 20, 1944. hanna River). Susquehanna River, North Branch, Flood Control Committee Pa., and tributaries. resolution, July 5, 1946. Susquehanna River, West Branch, Flood Control Committee Pa., and tributaries. resolution, May 29, 1946. Susquehanna River, Pa., flood con- Flood Control Committee trol in Luzerne County, Pa., at and resolution, Jan. 31, 1946. in vicinity of Wilkes-Barre, Kings- ton, and contiguous areas. Susquehanna River, N. Y., flood con- Flood Control Committee trol on Solomon Creek in Hanover resolution, Mar. 22, 1946. Township, Pa. Susquehanna and Chenango Rivers Flood Control Committee in Broome County, N. Y. resolution, Dec. 18, 1945. Commerce Committee Do-------.......................---...------------..... resolution, Jan. 14, 1946. Susquehanna River in vicinity of Flood Control Act, Dec. Endicott Johnson City, and Ves- 22, 1944. tal, N. Y Susquehanna River, flood protection Commerce Committee for Cortland, N. Y., and vicinity. resolution, Apr. 17, 1946. Susquehanna River and tributaries Flood Control Committee New York, Pennsylvania, and resolution, Apr.,19, 1946. Maryland, with view to providing flood protection at and in the vicin- ity of Nichols, Tioga County, N. Y. Susquehanna River, at and in the Flood Control Act, July vicinity of Sidney, N. Y. 24, 1946. 1 I I IMPROVEMENT OF RIVERS AND HARBORS IN THE PHILADELPHIA, PA., DISTRICT This district comprises a portion of southeastern New York, eastern Pennsylvania, western and southern New Jersey, northern and south- eastern Delaware, and( a snmall 'part of northeastern Maryland embraced in the drainage basin of the Delaware Bay and River system and those basins tributary to the Atlantic Ocean from Mana- squan River, N. J., inclusive, to the south boundary of Delaware. It also includes the Chesapeake and Delaware Canal and the approach channel thereto in Chesapeake Bay and Elk River, Md. District engineer: Col. Clarence Renshaw, Corps of Engineers, to August 15, 1945; Col. F. F. Frech, Corps of Engineers, since that date. Division engineer: Col. Albert II. Burton, Corps of Engineers, to .December 1,1945; Col. C. L.Hall, Corps of Engineers, since that date. IMPROVEMENTS Navigation Page I Page 1. Delaware River between 16. Mantua Creek, N. J-_--- 430 Philadelphia, Pa., and 17. Raccoon Creek, N. J-_.----- 431 Trenton, N. J--------- 394 18. Salem River, N. J--_- 433 2. Delaware River, Pa., N. J., 19. .Cohansey River, N. J\ _-_ _ 435 and Del., Philadelphia, Pa., 20. Cold Spring Inlet, N. J,- . 437 to the sea _ _ 397 21. Absecon Inlet, N. J--...- 439 3. Delaware River at Camden, 22. Tuckerton Creek, N. J 441 N..J_- - - - 401 23. Barnegat Inlet, N. J ...... 443 4. Schuylkill River above Fair- 24. Manasquan River, N. J. -- 445 mount Dam, Pa ...-.- 404 25. New Jersey Intracoastal 5. Schuylkill River, Pa_ 404 Waterway------------- 447 6. Wilmington IIHarbor, D)el..- 408 26. Examinations, surveys, and 7. Inland Waterway from 1)ela- contingencies (general).- ' 450 ware River to Chesapeake 27. Other navigation projects for Bay, Del. and Md __.. 411 which no estimates are 8. Smyrna River, Del....... 416 submitted -...... _,..... 451 9. Little River, )el_ __ 418 28. Plant allotment__._._ . 451 10. Mispillion River, Del .__ 419 29. Hopper dredge replacement 452 11. Inland Waterway between Rehoboth Bay and Dela- Flood control ware Bay, I)el_. . 421 12. Harbor of Refuge, Delaware 30. Lehigh River, Pa - - 454 Bay, Del_ 423 31. Mount Htolly, Itancocas, 13. Indian River Inlet and Bay, Creek, N. J_.--------- 455 Del_ 425 32. Preliminary examinations, 14. Cooper River, N. J. ... 427 surveys, and contingencies 15. Big limber Creek, N. J .... 428 for flood control........ 456 393 394 REPORT OF CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMY, 1946 1. DELAWARE RIVER BETWEEIN PIIILADELPHIA, PA., AND TRENTON, N. J. Location.-This river has its source-in southeastern New York, flows in a general southerly direction 315 miles, forming the boundary line between the States of New York and New Jersey on the east and Pennsylvania and Delaware on the west, and empties into Delaware Bay. (See U. S. Coast and Geodetic Survey Charts Nos. 1218, 280, 294, 295, and 296.) Prev'ious projects.-Adopted by River and Harbor Acts of June 10, 1872; March 3, 1875; June 14, 1880; July 5, 1884; August 18, 1894; March 2, 1907; June 25, 1910; July 25, 1912; June 5, 1920; and March 3, 1925. For further details see page 1778 of the An- nual Report for 1915; page 311 of the Annual Report for 1924; page 220 of the Annual Report for 1934; and page 296, Annual Report for 1938. * Existing project.-This provides for a channel 28 feet deep an(l 300 feet wide from Allegheny Avenue, Philadelphia, to the Penn- sylvania Railroad bridge at Delair; thence 25 feet deep and 300 feet wide to the ulpper end of the municipal marine terminal at Trenton, including a turning basin 500 feet wide andl 1,700 feet long at the terminal, widening the 25-foot channel at bends above Delair, and the maintenance of a channel 12 feet deep and 200 feet wide from the upper end of the 25-foot channel to the Pennsylvania Railroad bridge at Trenton, dredged under a previous project. The project also provides for an auxiliary channel 20 feet deep and 200 feet wide east of Burlington Island extending easterly from the main channel to the upper end of the.United States Pipe & Foundry Co's property at East, Burlington, with a turning basin 450 feet wide at the lupper end, an anchorage 22 feet deep, 100 feet wide, andl 400 feet long along its west or landward side and 800 feet long along the west side ofthe ship channel, opposite the mouth of Biles Creek, Pa:, and for the initial- excavation only, of a cross channel 8 feet deep and 200 feet wide through the artificial island opposite Delanco, N. J. The total length of the section included in the project is about 30()1/ miles, excluding the auxiliary channel east of Burlington Island which is 1.4 miles long, and the cross channel opposite Delanco. The lower end is about 55 miles above the mouth of the river at Liston Point and about 105 mliles above the harbor of refuge at the mouth of Dela- ware Bay. All depths refer to the plane of mean low water. The mean tidal range at Trenton is 6.2 feet, an increase of 0.8 foot since the completion of the 25-foot channel. Freshets, which occur usually . during February and March, attain a height of 9 to 20 feet above mean low water in the vicinity of Trenton. Navigation is occasionally suspended during a portion of the winter months on account of ice. The estimate of cost for new ,work, revised, in 1946, is $5,243,000, exclusive of amounts expended on previous projects but including :$15,000 contributed funds. The latest (1946) approved estimate for anual cost of maintenance is $142,000. The existing project was authorized by the following river and harbor acts: RIVERS AND HARBORS-PHILADELPHIA, PA., DISTRICT 395 Acts Work authorized Documents July 3, 1930 A channel 28 feet deep, 300 feet wide between Rivers and Harbors Committee Doe. Allegheny Ave., Philadelphia, Pa., and L)elair No. 3, 71st Cong., 1st sess. 1 Bridge. Aug.30, 1935 2 )Deepeningthe channel to 25 feet from Delair Rivers and ITarbors Committee Doe. Bridge to Trenton, N. J., and for maintenance No. 11, 73d Cong., 1st sess. of the 12-foot channel from the upper end of the 25-foot project to Pennsylvania IR. It. bridge at Ferry St., Trenton. )o-..... Auxiliary channel, 20 feet deep, east of Burlington Rivers and Harbors Committee Doc. Island. No. 66, 74th Cong., 1st sess. 1 Aug. 26, 1937 A cross channel 8 feet deep, opposite Delanco, Rivers and Harbors Committee DI)oc. N.J. No. 90, 74th Cong., 2d sess. July 24, 1946 Anchorage at mouth of Biles Creek. I. )oc. No. 679, 79th Cong., 2d sess. I Contains latest published maps. = Also Public Works Administration, Sept. 6, 1933; and Emergency Relief Administration, May 28, 1935 Local cooperation.--The work authorized by the River and Harbor Act approved July 24, 1946, is subject to the provision that appropri- ate authorities of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania furnish, free of cost to the United States, suitable areas for disposal of dredged ma- terial (luring initial constrll tion and subsequent maintenance. The requirement has not been complied with. All prior requirements have been fullly colmplied with except that local interests are required to furnish suitable areas for (lisposal of dredged material during main- tenance as antl when needled. Terinal facilztie..-lThere are 21 piers, wharves, and docks within tile illprovellernt, exclusive of those within limits of city of Phila- delphia. lThe facilities a're considered adeqllate for existing commerce. (For furtier (letails see Port and Terminal Facilities at Ports on the Delaware River, 1941, Corps of Engineers.) Operations and results during fiscal year.-Under maintenance by hired labor, a tide gage was operated and maintained at Trenton dur- ing the year at a cost of $825.49; and surveys and channel examina- tions were made at a cost of $4,717.23. The total cost of all work was $5,542.72 for maintenance. The ex- penditures were $4,423.95. Condition at end of fiscal year.-The existing project was about 99 percent complete. The channel between Philadelphia and Trenton was completed in 1937 and tile cross channel opposite Delanco in 1939. The work remaining to be (lone is the dredging of the anchorage at the mouth of Biles Creek. The latest exalminations slhow mnilmum depths, at mean low water, as follows: Minimum depth Date Section Project deplth L.cft out- Midchan- nel for Right side quar- half proj. outside ter ct widthl quarter / Feet Feet Feet Feet May 1946 ........ Allegheny Ave. to Delair bridge............ 28 27.6 28.0 23.0 April 1946::.:.. )elair lride to Trenton Marine 'I'Terminal 25 0.5 15.7 15.0 )o......... 'l'reton 'Marine ''rniirnal to Pennsylvania 12 8. 1 9.2 5.5 R. B. bridge. Do..---.. Channel east of Burlington Island........... 20 10.0 13.3 10.8 396 REPORT OF CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMY, 1946 The total costs and expenditures under the existing project were as follows: Public Works Emergency funds Total funds lRelicf funds Regular funds Total New work_........---.------ - $2, 189, 955. 51 $2, 636, 456. 26 $363, 405. 46 $5, 189, 817. 23 Maintenance-------- ----------- ---------------------- -- 17, 111.08 9---- 917, 111.08 , Total_ ...................-------------- 2, 189, 955. 51 2, 636, 450. 26 1,280, 516. 54 6, 106, 928.31 Expenditures................... 2, 189, 955. 51 2, 636, 456. 26 1,- 79, 371. 27 6, 105, 783. 04 In addition $15,000 contributed funds were expended for new work. Proposedoperations.-Itis proposed to apply the funds unexpended on June 30, 1946, amounting to $1,775.89, as follows: Accounts payable June 30, 1946_ ________------------------_____ $1, 145. 27 Operating tide gage at Trenton during the fiscal year--------------- 630. 62' Total-------------------------- -------------------- 1, 775. 89 The additional sum of $254,000 can be profitably expended during the fiscal year 1948, as follows: New work: Dredging anchorage at the mouth of Biles Creek, by con- tract, April tract, 1948_ April 1948---- "__ ------------------------------- 000 $54, 000 $54, Maintenance: Dredging by contract and with a United States hopper dredge where required, March and April 1948___--------------. 200, 000 Total for all work--_______________________-------------------------------________ 254, 000 Cost and financial summary Cost of new work to June 30, 1946_______________________ 1$7, 678, 990. 68 Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1946--------------_________________ 1, 469, 831. 54 Total cost of permanent work to June 30, 1946 _--_ Minus accounts.payable June 30, 1946______--------____ --- 1 9, 148, 822. 22 1,145. 27 Net total expenditures---------------------------- 19, 147, 676. 95 Unexpended balance June 30, 1946 - 1, 775. 89 Total amount appropriated to June 30, 19469----------- , 149, 452. 84 Fiscal year ending June 30: 1942. 1943 1944 1945 1916 . Cost'of new work...---..-------..----- -- - . - ---- -- ----- ------------- Cost of maintenance-------------.............. $6, 525.47 $2,807.71 $2,479.32 $7, 54. 14 $5, 512.72 Total expended.---..---------- - 6,35r). 17 1, 903:.51 4, 144. 89 7, 377. 7 4, 423. 95 Allotted--........----......--------------.......... 56,300. 00 -35, 000.)) -109, 500. 00 47, 500. 00 -94, 090. (}0 Balance unexpended July 1, 1945_--------------------------- $100, 199. 84 Deductions on account of revocation of allotment ------------- 94, 000. 00 Net amount to be accounted for--------------------, 6, 199. 84 Gross amount expended--------------------------_ ------- 4, 423. 95 Balance unexpended June 30, 1946-------------------- 1, 775. 89 Outstanding liabilities, June 30, 1946----------- $1, 145. 27 Amount covered by uncompleted contracts--- ....--- 50. 00 1, 195. 27 Balance available June 30, 1946--------------------- 580. 62 1In addition $15,000 contributed funds exponded for now work. RIVERS AND HARBORS-PHILADELPHIA, PA., DISTRICT 397 Amount (estimated) required to be appropriated for completion of existing project 2-- ------ - ------- -- ---- $54, 000. 00 Amount that can be profitably expended in fiscal year ending June 30, 1948: For new work 2 -------------- ---- 54, 000. 00 For maintenance 2 ---------------- 200, 000. 00 Total 2 ------------------- 254, 000. 00 2 Exclusive of available funds. 2. DELAWAItE IlVER, PA., N. J., ANDI) DEL., PIIILADELPHIIA, PA., TO TIHE SEA Location.--See page 394, also United States Coast and Geodetic Survey Charts Nos. 1218, 294, '295, and 280. P'revio8 )rojects.-Ad(l)pte(l by River and Harbor Actsof July 4, 1836; March 3, 1873; March 3, 1875; June 18, 1878; March 3, 1879); July 5, 1884; Aligust 11, 1888; and Marchl 3, 1899. For further (letails, see page 1779 of Annual Report for 1915 and page 299, Annual Report for 1938. Lxi.stinq project.-Thlis provides for a channel 37 feet deep from Alleglheny Avenue, Philadelphia, Pa., to the Philadelphia Navy Yard, thence 40() feet to (lee water in DI)elaware Bay, 800 feet wide in the straight reaches from Allegheny Avenue to a point in Delaware Bay hear Ship John Light, thence 1,000 feet wide to deep water in Dela- Ware Bay, with 1,200 feet width at Bulkhead Bar and 1,000 feet width at other bel(s and in Philadelphia Harbor; for ,an anchorage at Port Riclhmond 37Tfeet deep and about 6,400 feet long; for an anchorage at Gloucester 30t feet (leepl al about 3,500 feet long; for an anchorage in the vicinity of Mantua Creek 37 feet deep, 1,400 feet wide and havingv a mean length of 11,600 feet; and for an anclhorage at Marcus Hook 33 .feet deep, 1,400 feet wide and having a mean length of 10,500 feet. It also provides for the construction of dikes aidl trainining works for the regulation and control of the tidal flow; for straightening the channel 111( extending the 1,000-foot width fromn Philadelphia Harbor to Horseshoe Bend; and for the maintenance of an area on the north side of the channel opposite the Philadelphia Navy Yard between' Shipway 3 and Schuylkill River to a (lepth of 40 feet and a width of 150 feet oil Mifllin Range and 200 feet on West Horseshoe Range, and of any areas dredged by local interests to a depth of 35 feet between the chan- nel and a line 100 feet channelward of the pierhead line between Point house Wharf and the Philadelphia Navy Yard, when in the opinion of the Chief of Engineers such areas are so located as to be of benefit to general navigation. The total length of the section included in the project is about 96.5 miles. All depths refer to the plane of mean low water. The mean tidal range at various points on the river and bay is as follows: Philadelphia, 1a., 5.5 feet; Chester, Pa., 5.4 feet; New'Castle, I)el., 5.3 feet; Liston Point, I)el., 5.6 feet; and Lewes, Del., 4.1 feet. 'Under the influence of heavy and long-continued winds the extreme tidal range is about 14 feet. The normal maximunm:velocity of tidal current in the dredged channel varies between 2 and 31/2 miles per 72 1584-47--pt. 1, vol. 1-26 398 REPORT OF CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U.;S. ARMY, 1946 hour. Storm tides may increase the maximum to as much as 41/ miles per hour. The estimate of cost for new work, revised in 1946, is $34,900,000, exclusive of amlounts expended on previous projects. The latest (1946) approved estimate for annual cost of maintenance is $3,600,000. The existing project was authorized by the following river and harbor acts : Acts Work authorized Documents June 25, 1910 Channel 35 feet deep from Allegheny Ave., Phila- 3H. )oc. No. 733, 61st Cong., 2d(1sess. delphia, Pa., to I)elaware Bay. July 3,1930 Anchorages 35 feet deep at Port Richmond and H. Doe. No. 304, 71st Cong., 2d sess.' Mantua Creek, a 30-foot anchorAge at Glouces- ter, N. J., and extending the 1,000-foot chan- nel width in Philadelphia HIarbor to Horse- shoe Bend. Aug. 30, 1935 2 An anchorage 35 feet deep at Marcus Hook, Pa .. Rivers and IIarbors Committee Doe. No. 5, 73d Cong., 1st sesg. June 20. 1938 A channel 37 feet deep from Philadelphia-Camden S.D)oc. No. 159, 75th Cong., 3d sess.I Bridge to the navy yard, thence 40 feet deep to deep water in Delaware Bay. 1 Mar. 2, 1945 A 37-foot depth in channel from Allegheny Ave., H. Doc. No. 580, 76th Cong., 3d sess. Philadelphia, Pa., to Philadelphia-Camden Bridge end in the anchorage at Port Richmond. Do-....... A 37-foot depth in and enlargement of anchorages f. I)oc.No. 340, 77th Cong., Istsess.' near Mantua Creek and Marcus iHook. I Contins latest publshbermaps. 2 Also Public Works Administration, Sept. 6,1933. Local cooperation.--The River and Ilarbor Act of June 20, 1938, imposes the condition that the cities of Philadelphia and Camden shall agree to dredge not less than 110,000 cubic yards annually in maintaining the channel and anchorages in Philadelphia, Itarbor between Allegheny Avenue and the mouth of Schuylkill River. This condition will become effective after completion of initial (lre(lging of the 40- and 37-foot channels below the Philadelphia-Camden bridge. Terminal facilities.-There are 262 wharves on the river between Allegheny Avenue, Philadelphia, and the sea, 208 located on tile waterfront of Philadelphia, Camden, and Gloucester and 54 below Philadelphia. Ten are owned by the United States, 3 by the States of Pennsylvania and New Jersey, 28 by municipalities, 78 by railroad companies, and 143 by private interests. The p)ublic and railroad piers are open to public use, some free and others on payment of charges. Most of the piers which are equipped to handle general cargo have direct rail connections with three railroad systems operat- ing in the area. The facilities are considered adequate for existing commerce. (For further details see Port and Terminal Facilities at Ports on the Delaware River 1941, Corps of Engineers.) Operationsand results during fiscal year--New worlc--Hired labor. -Plans and specifications were prepared for dredging the channel from the Philadelphia Navy Yard to the Philadelphia-Camden Bridge to 37 feet. The cost was, $2,356.92. Plans and specifications RIVERS AND HARBORS-PHILADELPHIA, PA., DISTRICT 399 were prepared for dredging an extension to Marcus Hook Anchorage, having a depth of 35 feet, a width of 1,200 feet and an average length of 4,706 feet, extending upstream from the upper limit of the existing anchorage. The cost was $1,212.30. The total cost for new work was $3,569.22. Maintenance-Contract.--RepairingPennsville Dike was in prog- ress from October 15, 1945, to January 13, 1946. There were placed 7,004 tolls of stonle at a cost of $45,570.10. Underwater rock explora- tions at the intersection of Chester and Marcus Hook Ranges'were made from November 13 to 30, 1945. There were 2,332 probings made. at a cost of $25,465.91. Maintenance-Hiredlabor.-Dredging in Mantua Creek Anchor- age and in the 40-foot channel where required was in progress through- out the year. Plant operating on this work included the U. S. hopper dredges Olatsop, Delaware, New Orleans, Raritan,- and Rossell. There were removed 10,280,307 cubic yards, bin measurement, of ma- terial from the channel and 391,745 cubic yards of material from Mantua Creek Anchorage. The cost including rehandling by pipe- line dredges was $2,490,148.51. In addition, the U. S. hopper dredge - Delaware dredged 1,810,350 cubic yards of material, by agitation, from the Liston Range Channel. The cost was $36,319.50. Model studies of shoaling in Delaware River by United States Waterways Experiment Station, Vicksburg, Miss., were in progress (during the year. -The cost was $1,121.62. Other costs were: Sweeping and removing boulders by the U. S. derrick boat Babcock, $49,190.26; operating tide gages, $1,181.89; and surveys and channel examinations, $99,384.75; a total of $149,756..0. The total costs for all work were $3,569.22 for new work, and $2,748,382.54 for maintenance, a total of $2,750,830.14. The expendi- tures were $2,722,312.90. Condition at end of fiscal year.--The existing project was about 82 percent complete. The 40-foot channel from the Philadelphia Navy Yard to the sea was completed in 1942. The work remaining to be done is the deepening of the channel from Allegheny Avenue to the Philadelphia Navy Yard including Port Richmond Anchorage from 35 feet to 37 feet and enlarging and deepening Mantua Creek and Marcus Hook Anchorages. The latest examinations show minimum depths, at mean low water, available to navigation as follows: Minimum depth Date Section Project Date Section depth Left Left Right Right outside inside inside outside quarter quarter quarter quarter Feet Feet Feet Feet Feet May 1946....... Allegheny Ave. to the Philadelphia- 37 26,1 24.6 30. 8 26.0 Camden Bridge. Do......... Philadelphia-(Camden Bridge to the 37 27.1 32.9 32.9 22. 5 navy yard. June 1946.......Navy yard to the sea-................... 40 31.9 37.2 37. 6 31.6 400 REPORT OF CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMY, 1946 The costs and expenditures under the existing project were as follows:. Public Works funds Regular funds Total New work........................-----------------------------. $813,045. 79 $26, 109, 173. 69 $26, 922, 219. 48 Maintenance-------------------- .............................. ...----------------------......... 46, 551, 919. 27 46,'551, 919. 27 Total .......................--------------------------- 813, 045. 79 72, 661, 092. 96 73, 474, 138. 75 Expendtures .................-------- 813, 045. 79 72, 588, 812. 05 73, 401, 857.84 Proposedoperatidns.-It is proposed to apply the funds unexpended on June 30, 1946, amounting to $2,244,498.30, as follows: Accounts payable, June 30, 1946 ---------------------------- _ $72, 280. 91 New work: Dredging an extension to the upstream end of Marcus Hook Anchorage, 35 feet deep, 1,200 feet wide and 4,706 feet long, by contract, September 1946 to February 1947---------- 735, 000. 00 Maintenance: Dredging to maintain project depth in the channel between Allegheny Ave. and Delaware Bay with 2 United States hopper dredges, 1 for 11 months and 1 for 10 months, and rehandling the material with . a United States pipe line dredge..__....- $1, 365, 217. 39 Sweeping and removing boulders by the U. S. derrick boat Babcock, July 1946 to February 1947_------_ ______--__- 72, 000. 00 _------- Total maintenance-__---_-_---- -- 1, 437, 217. 39 Total for all work --------------.-------- ..--- - 2,'244, 498. 30 The additional sum of $7,544,200 can be profitably expended during the fiscal year 1948 as follows: New work: Dredging to deepen and enlarge Mantua Creek and Marcus Hook Anchorages to project dimensions by "contract July 1947 to May 1948.....---------------------------------- $4, 148, 000 Maintenance: Dredging with 4 United States hopper dredges and rehandling with pipe-line dredges during the fiscal year ----------- Dredging in 'Philadelphia ---------------- Harbor and Port Richmond Anchorage, by contract, August to $3, 000, 000 October 1947---.....--------------- 396, 200 Total maintenance --------------------------------- 3, 396, 200 Total for all work.--------------------------------- 7, 544, 200 Cost and financial summary Cost of new work to June 30, 1946----------------------- $39, 898, 277. 09 Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1946_--- --------- 47, 577, 328. 29 Total cost of permanent work to June 30, 1946---------......... 87, 475, 605. 38 Minus accounts payable June 30, 1946_ .... ___- -.......-72, 280. 91 Net total expenditures_ ._---.-------------------.---87, 403, 324. 47 Unexpended balance June 30, 1946 ------------------------ 2, 244, 498. 30 Total amount appropriated-to June 30, 1946----------- 89, 647, 822. 77 RIVERS AND HARBORS-PHILADELPHIA, PA., DISTRICT 401 Fiscal year ending June 30 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 ------------ Cost of new work.............. $3, 891, 983.9 $707, 651.49 $1,1365, 376.91 $561, 221. 79 $3. 569. 22 Cost of maintenance----.............. 2, 183, 383.69 4, 263, 070.43 2, 950, 813.40 3, 273,464.87 2, 748, 382. 54 mtal cost.................. 6,075, 367. 67 4, 970, 721.92 31 4,316,190. 3,834,686.60 2, 751,951.76 Total expended-............ ..- 6, 280, 654.48 4, 970, 084. 15 4, 202, 124.67 3, 997, 527. 24 312.90 2,722, Allotted- _ _ ..................7,226, 000. 00 5,415, 458.84 .............6,204, 000.00 3, 256, 145.80 Balance unexpended July 1, 1945.---------- $1,710, 665. 40 Amount allotted during fiscal year-.------ --.- ---------- 3, 560, 145. 80 Amount to be accounted for- ---------- ----- 5, 270, 811. 20 Deductions on account of revocation of allotment. ------- 304, 000. 00 Net amount to be accounted for.---------- -4, 966, 811. 20 Gross amount expended_________ ___________--- -- 2, 722, 312. 90 Balance unexl)ende(l June 30, 1946 ----- --- 2, 244, 498. 30 Outstanding liabilities, June 30, 1946--- $72, 280. 91 - Amount covered by uncompleted contracts ..--- 1, 659.73 73, 940. 64 Balance available June 30, 1946......------------------ ----- 2, 170, 557. 66 Amount (estimated) required to be appropriated for completion * of existing project 1 -------------------------------------- 7, 243, 000. 00 Amount that can be profitably expended in fiscal year ending June 30, 1948: For new work i ---------------- 4, 148, 000. 00 For maintenance 1---------------_------- --- 3, 396, 200. 00 Total -------------------------------------------- 7, 544, 200. 00 ' Exclusive ofavailable funds. 3. DELAWARE RIVER AT CAMDEN, N. J. Location.--Camden, N. J., is located on the east bank of the Dela- ware River, directly opposite the city of Philadelphia, Pa. It is about 51 miles above the mouthl of the river-and about 101 miles above the harbor of refuge at the mouth of Delaware Bay. (See U. S. Coast and Geodetic Survey Charts Nos. 295 and 280.) Previous projects.--Adopted by River and Harbor Act of June 25, 1910. No work was done on this project. For further details see page 321 Annual Report for 1932. AIisting project.--This provides for dredging in front of Camden to a depth of 18 feet from that depth north of Cooper Point to Berkley Street and 30 feet from the latter point to Newton Creek, with the depth increased to 37 feet in front of the Camden Marine Terminals, these depths extending from the ship channel in Delaware River to a line parallel with and 50 feet distant from the established pierhead line, and the 37-foot depth in front of the Camden Marine Terminals ex-. tendin about 2,900 feet along the inshore side and about 5,100 feet along )he ship channel. All depths refer -to the plane of mean low water. Tlhe distance from Cooper Point to Berkley Street is about 1.5 miles, and from Berkley Street to Newton Creek is about 2.5 miles. The lower end of the project is about 49 miles above the mouth of the river 402 REPORT OF CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMY, 1946 at Liston Point and about 99 miles above the harbor of refuge at the mouth of Delaware Bay. The mean tidal range is 5.5 feet and the extreme tidal range under the influence of prolonged heavy winds is about 14 feet. The estimate of cost for new work, revised in 1946, is $978,000, ex- cluding $15,000 contributed funds. The latest (1946) estimate for annual cost of maintenance is $25,000. The existing project was authorized by the following river and liar- bor acts: Acts Work authorized Documents I Mar. 2,1919 A depth of 30 feet from Newton Creek to Kaighn II.Doc. No. 1120, 63d Cong., 2d sess. Point, thence 18 feet to Cooper Point. July 3,1930 Extending the 30-foot depth upstream to Berkley H. 'Doc. No. 111, 70th Cong., 1st sess. St. Terminal. Mar. 2, 1945 A depth of 37 feet in front of the Camden Ma-. I. Doc. No. 353, 77th Cong., 1st sess. rine Terminals. I Contain latest published maps. Local cooperation.---The work authorized by the River and Hiar- bor Act of March 2, 1945, is subject to the condition that local in- terests furnish assurance satisfactory to the Secretary of War that they will provide and maintain when and as needed such depth from the Federal channel line to and between the wharves at the terminal as may be required for the accommodation of vessels at the terminal. Assurance that the required conditions will be met was furnished by , local interests on June 13, 1946. All prior, requirements have been fully complied with. Terminal facilities.-There are 60 piers, wharves, and docks along the Delaware River water front at Camden, including 3 oil terminals on Pettys Island. Two are modern terminals designed for overseas and domestic general cargo, and are open to all carriers on equal terms. They are the Beckett Street terminal, owned by the South Jersey port district, and the Spruce Street municipal pier, owned by the city of Camden. The piers have direct railroad connections. . The facilities are considered adequate for existing commerce. (For further details see Port and Terminal Facilities at Ports on the Delaware River 1941, Corps of Engineers.) Operationsand results during fiscal year.--Maintenance tlredging in front of the Camden marine terminal by the U. S. hopper dredges New Orleansand Iossell was in progress from April 1 to 9, 1946. The area in front of the terminal was restored to a depth of 30 feet. There were removed 33,391 cubic yards of material at a cost of $17,359.12. Surveys were made at a cost of $727.28. The total cost for all work was $18,- 086.40 for maintenance. The expenditures were $17,670.90. Condition at end of fiscal year.--The existing project was about 55 percent complete. The work remaing to be done is the deepening of the area in front of the.Camden marine terminal from 30 feet to 37 feet. The latest examination (April 1946) indicates that project depths are well maintained in the completed portion of the project except along the eastern edge, and that the minimum depth in the 37-foot project depth area in front of the terminal is 30 feet. - RIVERS AND HARBORS- PHILADELPHIA, PA., DISTRICT 403 The costs lunder the existing project, excluding $15,000 contributed funds expended for new work, were $462,905.66 for new work and $88,514.42 for maintenance, a total of $551,420.08. The expenditures were $551,004.58. Proposed operatiowns.-ItisI)roposed to apply the funds unexpended on June 30, 1946, amounting to $3,616.85 as follows: Accounts payable, June 30, 1946__---- -------------------- $415. 50 Maintenance: Surveys and examinations ------- __ --- 3, 201. 35 Total --------------------- _-- 3,616.85 The additional sum of $565,000 can be profitably exp)ended during the fiscal year 1948, as follows: New work: Deepening of the area in front of the Camden marine terminal from 30 feet to 37 feet, by contract, July 1947 to March 1948_ $515, 000 Maintenance: Dredging of the 30-foot area to project depth with a United States hopper dredge d(luring March 1948-- ----------- 5---- 0, 000 Total for all work --- 000 5---------------------------- Cost and financial summary Cost of new work to June 30, 1946------------------------ $462, 905. 66 Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1946------------------------ 1 88, 514. 42 Total cost of permanent work to June 30, 1946__- ------ ' 551, 420. 08 Minus accounts payable June 30, 1946-------------------------- 415. 50 Net total expenditures_ ------.----.-.-.- ....... 1 1551, 004.'58 Unexpended balance June 30, 1946--------------------------.. 3, 616. 85 Total amount appropriated to June 30, 1946.------------1 554, 621. 43 Fiscal year ending June 30 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 Cost ofnow work-....-.-.- --- -------........... Cost of aitenance---..............----------............ ...... $1,712.25 $18,086.40 'I'otal expended---------- ----------------------------------------- 1,712. 25 670. 17, 90 -... -..-.-.. $17, Allotted--...-.-.... 000 -$66, 070. 39.............. 3,000.00 20,000.00 Balance unexpended July 1, 1945,-- --------------- ..... '-$1, 287. 75 Amount allotted during fiscal year-... -----...... ---- 20, 000. 00 Amount to be accounted for__ - 21, 287. 75 _,------------------- Gross amounted expended---------------------------------- 17, 670. 90 Balance unexpended June 30, 1946-------------....----- 3, 616. 85 Outstanding liabilities, June 30, 1946--------. . i ..-------- -415. . . 50 Balance available June 30, 1946--------- .- -------.-. 3, 201. 35 Amount (estimated) required to be appropriated for completion of existing project 2---- .---. ----------------- ----. 515, 000. 00 Amount that can be profitably expended in fiscal year ending June 30 1948: For new work 2 ..----------------------------------- 515, 000. 00 For maintenance 2-.-..-----.-..-- . .._.. . 50, 000. 00 Total a................---------------------------------- ----------- 565, 000. 00 1In addition $15,000contributed funds expended for new work.- 2 Exclusive of available funds. 404 REPORT OF.-CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMY, 1946 4. SCHUYLKILL RIVERABOVE FAIRMOUNT DAM, PA. Location.-Schuylkill River has its source in Schuylkill County, Pa., and flows southeasterly 150 miles to the Delaware River at Phila- delphia,'Pa. (See U. S. Geological Survey quadrangle sheets of Pennsylvania.) Ecisting project.-This provides for the improvement of the Schuyl- kill River above Fairmount Dam in the interest of navigation and other purposes by the removal of culm deposits from the pools tformed by Plymouth Dam, Flat Rock Dam, and Fairmount Darn. The estimate of cost for this work made in 1946 is $12,895,000. The existing project was authorized by the River and Harbor Act of July 24, 1946 (II. Doc. No. 529, 79th Cong., 2(1 sess.). The latest published maps are contained in the project document. Local cooperation.- The accomplishment of the authorized work is subject to the requirements that local interests: (a) Stop the dis- charge of mine and industrial wastes into the streams of the Schuyl- kill watershed; (b) construct works to intercept accumulated wastes which enter the headwaters by erosion, or are now present thereir, and keep them frorrgoing downstream; (c) remove 50 percent of the culmn deposits in the river between Auburn and Norristown Danm and give assurances satisfactory to the Secretary of War that they will remove tihe remaining 50 percent, of the culm deposits in the river between Auburn and Norristown Dam; (d) .furnish without cost to the United States all lands, easements, and rights-of-way necessary for the construction of the project; (e) hold( and save the United States free from damages due to the construction works; and (f) maintain and operate all works after completion in accordance with regulations prescribed by the Secretary of War. Operations and results during fiscal year.-None. There were nlo costs or expenditures. Condition at end of fiscal year.-Operatiorson the existing project have not been initiated. Proposed operations.-No work is contemplated during the fiscal years 1947 and 1948, as it is believed that the requirement imposed on the project, that local interests shall have accomplished the re- moval of 50 percent of the culm deposits between Auburn and Fair- mount Dam, will not have been met during that time. Cost and financial summary Cost of new work to June 30, 1946- .... ..----- Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1946-- .. ... ....-- ...-. --. Total cost of permanent work to June 30, 1946_....--..-----.---.--.. Net total expenditures- -- - - - - - - -- -..- - .-- - - - .. Total amount appropriated to June 30, 1946.------------- ...... c...... . Amount (estimated) required to be appropriated for completion of .- existing project_--------------___----.. ___ __- ----- $12, 895, 000 5. SCIIUYLKILLA RIVER, PA. Location.-This river has its source in Schuylkill County, Pa., flows in a general southeasterly direction 150 miles, and empties into the Delaware River at Philadelphia, Pa. (See U. S. Coast and Geodetic- Survey Charts Nos. 295 and 280.) RIVERS AND HARBORS-PHILADELPHIA, PA., DISTRICT 405 Previous projects.-Adopted by River ands Harbor Act of July 11, 1870, and modified April 26,1892." For further details see page 325, Annual Report for 1932. Existing project.--'This Iprovides for a channel 33 feet deep and 400 feet'wide in Delaware River to the mouth and within the river to Twenty-ninth Street, 3,/ mile above the mouth; thence the same depth and 300 feet wide to 1Passyunk Avenue Bridge, 31/2 miles above the mouth; thence 26 feet deep and 200 feet wide to Gibsons Point, 41/2 miles above the mouth; and thence 22 feet deep and 200 feet w.ide to University Avenue Bridge, miles above the mouth, including widen- ing at bends. The total length of the section includled in the project isabout 61/2 miles. All depths refer to the plane of imeanl low water. Tile mean tidal range at the mouth is 5.4 feet and at Grays Ferry Bri(lge about 12 nlmile below University Avenue Bridge, 5.8 feet. The extree tidal ralnge, due to freslets anlld prolonge(l heavy winds, is about 14 feet. The estimated cost for new work, revised in 1946, is $3,520,000 ex- clusive of amotnts expended on previous projects, but inclusive of $1,036,00() for the restoration of project depItlhs above l'assyun k Avenue as provided for in the River and Harbor Act of Jully 24, 1946. The latest (101(') approved estimate for annual cost of maintenance is $966,000, in addition to $1,300,000 re(luired to restore project dlep)th below P1assyunk Avenue as provided for by the River and Harbor Act of July 3, 1930. Tile existing project was authorized by the following river and har- bor acts: Acts Work authorized Documents Aug. 8, 1917 Depths of 35 feet from mouth to Girard Point, II.Doc. No. 1270, 64th Cong., 1st sess. thhcie 30 feet, 26 feet, and 22 feet to University Ave. Bridge, Philadelphia. July 3, 1930 A depth of 30 feet instead of 35 feet between the Rivers and Harbors Committee Doc. mouth and (irard Point, and the conditional No. 40, 71st Cong., 2d sess.' restoration and maintenance of the chanhel below I'assyunk Ave. by the United States. July 24, 1046 A depth of 33 feet from the channel in Delaware IT.Doc. No. 699, 79th Cong., 2d sess. Rtiver to l'assyunk Ave., restoration of the project channel dimensions between Passyunk Ave. and University Ave., and full maintenance of the entire project. 1Contains latest published maps. Local coo peration.-The River and Harbor Act of July 24, 1946, provides (a) that the city of Philadelphia agree to remove 60,000, cubic yards (place measurement) of material annually from that por- tion or those portions of the project which the district engineer may designate until such time as adequate municipal sewage-treatment works are constructed and placed in effective operation and (b) that local interests agree to hold and save the United States free from all damages which may result from the work. Prior requirements have been fully complied with. Terminal .facilities.-There are 30 wharves located 'within the limits of the improvement. These terminals are considered ade- 406 REPORT OF CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMY,- 1946 quate for existing commerce. (For further details see Port and Terminal Facilities at Ports on the Delaware River 1941, Corps of Engineers.) Operations -and results during , fiscal year--Maintenance-Con- tract.-Dredgingto restore the channel for a distance of 2,500 feet downstream of Passyunk Avenue Bridge to 30 feet, commenced June 15, 1946, was in progress at the end of the fiscal year. There were removed 69,720 cubic yards, place measurement, of material at a cost of $28,311.72. Maintenance--Hiredlabor.-Dredging in the channel between the Delaware River and Passyunk Avenue Bridge by the U. S. hopper dredges Clatsop, New Orleans, Hoffman, and Rossell was in pirogress at intervals throughout the year. There were removed( 2,306,214 cubic yards, bin measurement, of material. The cost was $935,939.87. Surveys and channel examinations were made at a cost of $19,638.47. The total cost of all work was $983,890.06 for maintenance. The expenditures were $1,002,880.62. Condition at end of fiscal year.-The existing project was about 41 percent complete. The work remaining to be done is the deepening of the channel to 33 feet from the Delaware River to IPassyunk Ave- nue Bridge and the removal of a few rock shoals and the restoration of project depth,above IPassyunk Avenue Bridge. The latest examinations show minimum depths, at mean low water, available to navigation as follows: Minimum depth SDate Section Project Mid- Dle)th Left- * channel Right- outside for half outside ' quarter project quarter f width Feet Feet Feet Feet June 1946........ ---------------- Delaware River to 29th St..--.. 33 17.6 27.0 21.7 Do ..------.......-- 29th St. to Passyunk Ave.-.-.-. -". - 33: 10.0 13.7 18.0 May 1946-...... Passyunk Ave. to Gibson Point--------............. 26 13. 2 10. 4 3. 4 Do--.......... Gibson Point to University Ave-------------............. 22 3. 8 7. 0 0. 0 The costs under the existing project were $1,456,001.01 for new work and $5,287,080.51 for maintenance, a total of $6,743,081.52. The ex- penditures were $6,749,417.14. Proposedoperations.-Itis proposed to apply the funds unexpended on June 30, 1946, and accounts receivable, amounting to $587,435.16, as follows: Accounts payable, June 30, 1946-----.'... ___ _.----.-. $24, 402. 00 Maintenance: Dredging downstream of Passyunk Ave. Bridge. under contract in force to be completed August 1946---------------------..........................----.......... $104, 702. 00 Dredging to provide project depth between Dela- ware River and Passyunk Ave. Bridge with a United States hopper dredge, as required, and rehandling material with a pipe-line dredge _- 458, 331. 16 563, 033. 16 Total--- . . .- .-------------.---.-.-.. . 587, 435. 16 RIVERS AND HARBORS---PHILADELPHIA, PA.,' DISTRICT 407 The additional sum of $3,064,000 can be profitably expended during the fiscal year 1948, as follows: New work: Dredging the channel from Delaware River to Passyunk Ave. Bridge from 30 feet to 33 feet by contract, July 1947 to June 1948- ,$988, 000 Removal of rock shoals above Passyunk Ave. Bridge by contract, April to June 1948-_ -..----- ----- 40, 000 Restoration. of project depths above Passyunk Ave. Bridge by contract from July 1947 to June 1948----.---- ,-- --- 1, 036, 000 Total new work-----. -------------------------- 2, 064, 000 Maintenance: Dredging to maintain project depth between Delaware River and Passyunk Ave. Bridge with 2 United States hopper dredges, as required, including rehandling with a United States pipe-line dredge -------------------------------------------- 1, 000, 000 Total for all work --------------------------------- . 3, 064, 000 Cost and financial summary Cost of new work to Juine 30, 1946----------------------- $1, 981, 001. 01 Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1946 _ _ 5, 287, 080. 51 Total cost of permanent work to June 30, 1946.---------- 7, 268, 081. 52 Plus accounts receivable June 30, 1946.------------------------ 30, 737. 62 Gross total costs to June 30, 1946_----- ------ -- - 7, 298, 819. 14 Minus accounts payable June 30, 1946_ ..---------- - ... -24, 402. 00 Net total expenditures- ---- -, , -------------- , 7, 274, 417. 14 Unexpended balance June 30, 1946---------,----- 556, 697. 54 Total amount appropriated to June 30, 1946------------ 7, 831, 114. 68 I Fiscal year ending June 30 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 Cost of new work-.. Cost of maintenance.------------- $96, 375.78 $269, 679. 03 $540, 462. 57 $575, - 372. 91 $983,890.06 Total expended.................. 95, 065.78 264, 812.95 648, 264. 39 560, 483. 53 62 1,002,880. r l . .. lotted........................... 167, 000.00 190, 000. 00 371,000.00 893, 000. 00 1,225, 000. 00 Balance unexpended July 1, 1945--------------- -- ---------- $334, 578. 16 Amount allotted during fiscal year_. ------------------------- 1, 275, 000. 00 Amount to be accounted for_---- ------------------ Deductions on account of revocation of allotment..------.. - _-. 1, 609, 578. 16 50, 000. 00 Net amount to be accounted for.. 1, 559, 578. 16 Gross amount expended ------------------- _ ------------- 1, 002, 880. 62 Balance unexpended June 30, 1946....----------------- . 556, 697. 54 Outstanding liabilities, June 30, 1946..------------ $24, 402. 00 Amount covered by uncompleted contracts--------..... 62, 398. 00 86, 800. 00 Balance available June 30, 1946_- ..-.-- ------ 469, 897. 54 Accounts receivable June 30, 1946---- -.-----..-.-..-..--- 30, 737. 62 Unobligated balance available June 30, 1946------------ 500, 635. 16 408 REPORT OF CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMY, 1946 Amount (estimated) required to be appropriated for completion of existing project 1 _---_-_-_---.---_$2,064,000. 00 Amount that can be profitably expended in fiscal year ending June 30, 1948: For new work 1--------------- -------.------------------ 2, 064, 000. 00 For maintenance 1 - --------------------------- --------- 1, 000, 000. 00 Total I - - -_-- - - - - - - - - - - - - 3, 064, 000. 00 I Exclusive of available funds. G. WILMINGTON HARBOR, DEL. Location.--This harbor is formed by Christina River, which rises in New Castle County, Del., flows northeasterly 16 miles, passing through the city of Wilmington,.Del., and empties into Delaware River about 29 miles below Philadelphia, Pa. (See U. S. Coast and Geodetic Survey Chart No. 294.) Previous projects.- -Work was done on Christina River from 1836 to 1838. The original project was adopted by River and HIarblor Act of July 11, 1870, and modified by River and Harbor Acts of March 3, 1881, and July 5, 1884. For further details see page 1785 of Annual Report for 1915 and page 308 of Annual Report for 1938. Existing project.-This provides for a. channel 30 feet deep and 400 feet wide in Delaware River to the mouth of Christina River a'd within the river to Lobdell Canal, %%mile above the mouth; thence 21 feet deep and 250 feet wide to the mouth of Brandywine River, 11/2 miles above the mouth; thence the same depth and 200 feet wide to the pulp 'works, 3%4 miles above the mouth; thence decreasing to a depth of 10 feet in 750 feet to the Pennsylvania Railroad bridge No. 4; and thence 7 -feet deep and 100 feet wide to Newport, 9 miles above the mouth, including an inner basin 30 feet deep formned by widening the channel to an average width of 600 feet and extending approximately 4,400 feet upstream from the mouth to Lobdell Canal. It also pro- vides for the removal of about 1,200 feet of the outer end of a stone- filled, pile- and timber-crib jetty constructed 2,150 feet long on the north side of the entrance; for a steel-sheet pile jetty 2,300 feet long, with 120-foot inshore wing, on the south side of the entrance, and for a V-shaped stone-filled pile and timber jetty at the mouth of Brandywine River, 430 feet long on the Brandywine side and 260 feet long on the Christina side. The total length of the section included in the project is about 9 /miles. All dlepths refer to the plane of mean low water. The mean tidal range at the mouth is 5.1 feet, and at Newport 3.9 feet. The extreme tidal range due to prolonged heavy winds is about 13 feet. The estimate of cost for new work, revised in 1946, is $1,247,000, exclusive of amounts expended on previous projects. The latest (1946) approved estimate for annual cost of maintenance is $281,000. The existing. project was authorized by the following river and harbor acts: RIVERS AND HARBORS-PHILADELPHIA, PA., DISTRICT 409 Acts Documents -------- ----- Work authorized I June 3, 1896 HI. Doc. No. 66, 54th Cong., 1st sess.; Mar. 3,1899 D)epths of 21, 10, and 7 feet, and jetties........--- - Annual Report, 1896, p. 973; Annual Report, 1897, p. 1250.1 July 25,1912 Purchase or construction of a dredge and auxil- H. 1)oc. No. 359, 621 Cong., 2d sess. iaries, including a wharf and depot, and main- tenance of the project. Sept. 22, 1922 Entrance channel and basin with 25-foot depth II. D)oc. No. 114, 67th Cong., 1st sess., Mar. 3, 1925 and construction by local interests of the new and Senate Committee Print, 68th south jetty. Cong., 1st sess.' July 3, 1930 A 30-foot depth between Delaware River and the Rivers and Harbors Committee Doe. Lobdell Canal and modification or removal of a No. 20, 71st Cong., 2d sess. portion of the north Jetty. Aug. 30, 19352 Completion of the now south jetty by the United Rivers and Harbors Committee Doe. States; subject to the provision that the city of No. 32, 73d Cong., 2d sess. Wilmington shall reimburse the United States for the cost, without interest, of any part of the structure that may subsequently be occupied and utilized for city activities. Oct. 17, 1940 Permit temporary occupancy by the city of Wil- H. Doc. No. 658, 76th Cong., 3d sess. mington of any part of the south jetty for city activities under revocable license, provided the occupied portion of the jetty is properly main. tainedl without expense to the United States. I Contains latest published maps. Also May 28, 1935, under Emergency Relief Administration. Local cooperation.---Fully complied with. Terminal facilities.-A modern marine terminal is located just inside the entranlce to the harbor. This terminal is operated for the city of Wilmington by a board of harbor commissioners, and is open to all oil equal terms. Railroad connection on the terminal wharf provides for direct interchange of freight between car and ship. There are X34 other wharves and landings within the Christina River Which forms the harbor. The facilities are considered adequate for existing commerce. (For further details see Port and Terminal Facil- ities at Ports on the Delaware River 1941 Corps of Engineers.) Operations and results (luring fiscal year.-Maintenance dredging in the challnnel between Delaware River and Lobdell Canal was in progress at illtervals during the year. 'There were removed 2,089 cubic yards, bin measurement, of material by the U. S. hopper dredge Raritan between September 4 and 10, 1945, at a cost of $658.73, and 985,074 cubic yards, place measurement, of mnaterial by the U. S. pipe- line dlredge Alabama from September 11, 1945, to January 15, 1946, and fron June 27 to 30, 1946, at a cost of $151,402.95. Other costs Were surveys and channel examinations $4,453.87, and the completion of the lodel study of the shoaling problem in the harbor by the United States Waterways Experiment Station, Vicksburg, Miss., at a cost of $190.88. Tile total cost of all work was $156,706.43 for maintenance. The expenditlres were $146,337.50. Condition at end of fiscal year.-The existing project was about 9 percent complete. TThe channel above Lobdell Canal and the V-sha ed stone-filled pile and timber jetty at the mouth of Brandy- wine River, 430 feet long on the Brandywine side and 260 feet long on 410 REPORT OF CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMY, 1946 the. Christina side, were completed in 1901. Removal of about 1,200 feet of the outer end of a stone-filled, pile-and timfber-crib jetty con- structed 2,150 feet long on the north side of the entrance was completed in 1931. TrIe steel-sheet pile jetty 2,300 feet long, with 120-foot in- shore wing, on the south side of the entrance was completed in 1936. The harbor channel, withthe exception of the deepening of the inner basin from 25 feet to 30 feet, was completed in 1931. The latest examinations showed depths at mean low water as follows: Minimum depth Date Section Project Mid- depth Left channel Right outside for half outside quarter project quarter width Feet . Feet Feet Feet Feb. 18, 1946..... Delaware River to Lobdell Canal-----------.. 30 21.8 25. 6 24.0 Jan. 18, 1946 .... Lobdell Canal to Brandywine River ........ 21 3. 8 13.9 7.9 Do ........ Brandywine River to Market St............ 21 .8 14. 6 10. June 1945-...-.... Market St. to the pull) works-. ...... -.. 21- ........- 1 14.4 Do.......... Pull) works to Pennsylvania It. R. bridge 10 .......... 19.6 No. 4. June 1944........ Pennsylvania R. R. bridge NQ.4 to Newport 7 .......... 1 6. 4 iIn 80-percent project width. The costs and expenditures under tile existing project, excluding $60,000 contributed Funds expended for maintenance, were as follows: Emergency Relief funds ReliefRegular funds Total New work.-.-.......... '-.'.- .. : $206, 176. 75 $9024,356.12 $1, 130, 532. 87 Maintenance.--------. ----------- 5------------ -56, 205, 971. 14 5,205, 971.14 Total------------.......... ..... ...-206,176.75 6,130, 327.26 6,336, 504.01 Expenditures .......-------------- ..............----. 206, 176. 75 6, 119, 870. 65 6, 326. 047. 40 -Proposed operations.--It is proposed to apply the funds unexpended on June 30, 1946, amounting to $298,546.52 as follows: Accounts payable, June 30, 1946-----..... ------------------------ $10, 456. 61 Maintenance: Dredging between Delaware River and Lobdell Canal with a United States pipe-line dredge, at intervals during the year totaling 5 inonths---------- ---------------------------- 228, 089. 91 Dredging between Lobdell Canal and Market St. Bridge with a United States hopper dredge, including rehandling with a pipe-line dredge, 1 month-------------------------------- 60, 000. 00 Total_--------------- -------------- ------------------ 298, 546. 52 Thle additional sum of $300,000 can be profitably expended during the fiscal year 1948 for maintenance of the channel between Delaware River and Market Street Bridge by a United States hopper dredge and a United States pipe-line dredge operating at intervals during the year. The completion of the project is not required by existing commerce. RIVERS AND HARBORS-PHILADELPHIA, PA., DISTRICT 411 Cost and financial summary Cost of new work to June 30, 1946.-------- ----------------- $1,532, 654. 08 Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1946 . ,. ,1 5, 205, 971. 14 Total cost of permanent work to June 30, 1946- . 1 6, 738, 625. 22 -- Minus accounts payable June 30, 1946------------ ------ 10, 456. 61 Net total expenditures-_ __ -_ _____-.-._-------- I1 6, 728, 168. 61 Unexpended balance June 30, 1946- -__.-- _ ----- -298, 546. 52 Total amount applropriated to June 30, 1946------------1 7, 026, 715. 13 Fiscal year ending June 30 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 Cost of new work_.. ....... Cost of maintenance---------.. $155, 806. 77 $416, 023. 92 $207, 799. 81 $210, 7., 677. 67 $156, 706. 43 Total exlen(ded................... 149, 722. 76 408, 861. 88 217, 399. 60 214, 283. 62 146, 337. 50 Allotted ----...................... 140, 000. 00 411,000.00 85, 000.00 245, 500. 00 368, 000.00 Balance unexpended July 1, 1945_ ___.--- ---------- ___-$76, --- 884. 02 Amount allotted during fiscal year.'--- ----- - _ _-.--- - 368, 000. 00 Amount to be accounted for-- - ------- - - 444, 884. 02 \ Gross amount expended -------------------------------------- 146, 337. 50 Balance unexpended June 30, 1946 - .298. 546. 52 Outstanding liabilities, June 30, 1946--. .- _'_ --. 10, 456. 61 Balance available June 30, 1946.-------------------------- 288, 089. 91 Amount (estimated) required to be appropriated for completion of existing project 2 __.._ __.... ...------.---------- ' 116, 000. 00 Amount that can be profitably expended in fiscal year ending June 30, 1948, for imaintenance 2--_- - - --..--.--. . 300, 000. 00 In addition $60,000 contributed funds expended for maintenance. -Exclusive ofavailable funds. 7. INLAND WATERWAY FROM DELAWARE RIVER TO CIIESAPEAKE BAY, DEL. AND MD. , Location.--This waterway begins at Reedy l'oint on Delaware Rhver, about 41 miles below Philadelphia, Pa., and passes through the sea level Chesapeake & Delaware Canal, a distance of 14 miles, to Back Creek, at Chesapeake City, Md. It then passes for 5 miles cdown Back Creek, and thence 9 miles down Elk River to Chesa- Peake Bay. A branch channel connects Delaware River at I)ela- Ware City, Del., with the main channel at a point about 11/2 miles West of Reedy 'oint. (See U. S. Coast and Geodetic Survey Charts Nos. 294, 1226, 570, and 572.) Previous projects.-The River and Harbor Act of August 8, 1917, made appropriation for preliminary studies with a view to taking Over the Chesapeake & IDelaware Canal.. The River and a-rbor Act of March 2, 1919, provided for the purchase of the Chesa- peake & Delaware Canal. The River and Harbor Act of January. - 21, 1927, and*July 3, 1930, provided, for dredging in Back Creek, Md.,'and the construction of bridges and roadways. For further, details see Annual Report for 1934,-page 242, and Annual Report for 1938, page 312. 412 REPORT OF CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMY, 1946 Existing project.-This provides for a sea-level channel to accommodate vessels drawing 25 feet and having a depth of 27 feet and a width of 250 feet from Delaware River to Elk River and thence 400 feet wide down Elk River and Chesapeake Bay to deep water at or near Pooles Island; alteration of existing bridges over the canal; extension of the entrance jetties -at Reedy Point; the enlargement of the anchorage and mooring basin in Back Creek to afford an area about 400 feet wide, 1,000 feet long, and 12 feet deep, including provision of sluice gates at the fixed highway bridge; dredging the Delaware City Branch Channel to a depth of 8 feet and a width of 50 feet; (leepening the existing basin to the same depth; revetment of both banks east of Fifth Street Bridge; and construction of bulkheads. The project also provides for the construction of a four-lane high- level fixed highway bridge across the canal at or near St. Georges, Del., of such type, design, and clearances for navigation as are ap- proved by the Chief of Engineers. The total length of the section included in the project, excluding the Delaware City Branch Channel, which is about 2 miles long, is about 46 miles. All depths refer to tie plane of mean low water in Delaware River. The mean tidal range at the Delaware River entrance is 5.2 feet and in Elk River at the mouth of Back Creek, 2.2 feet. The extreme tidal range is from 6.3 feet above mean high water to 3.0 feet below mean low water. The estimate of cost for new work, revised in 1946, is $14,622,000. The latest (1946) approved estimate of cost for annual maintenance is $825,000, including $225,000 for oplerationll and care of the water- way. The existing project was adopted by the River and Harbor Act of August 30, 1935 (HI. Doc. No. 201, 72d Cong., 1st sess., and Rivers and Harbors Committee Does. Nos. 18 and 24, 73d Cong., 2(1 sess.). The act approved August 7, 1939 (Public, No. 310, 76th Cong., 1st sess.), authorized the construction of a four-lane high-level fixed highway bridge at or near St. Georges, 1)el. The latest published( map of the canal is found in Rivers andl Harbors Committee Document No. 24, Seventy-third Congress, second session. Operation and care of the canal and appurtenant works were included in the project July 1, 1935, under the provisions of the PIerma- nent Appropriations Repeal Act approved hJune 26, 1934. Local cooperation.-Fully complied with. Terminal facilities.-Aml1e mooring facilities at the eastern and western ends of the canal and bulkheads at Delaware City and St. "Georges have been constructed( by the United States. A harbor for small boats has been provided and a wharf has been constructed at Chesapeake City. The facilities are considered adequate for existing COmmerce. Operations and results during fiscal year---New orlc--lired la- bor.--Plansand specifications wer.e prepared for stabilizing three sec- tions of the banks through the canral. The cost was $17,844.60. New w~orc--Contract.-Bankstabilization on the north side of the canal, stations 71+500 to 74+350, commenced May 23, 19116, was 4 percent complete. The cost was $5,253.50. Bank stabilization on tlhe ,RIVERS AND HARBORS-PHILADELPHIA, PA., DISTRICT 413 south side of the canal, stations 35 + 000 to 41+'350, commenced June 22, 1946, was 1 )ercellt complete. The cost was $3,817.29. The total cost for new work was $26,915.39. laintenance-Contract.-Stabilizingthe north bank of the canal between stations 50+000 and 52+000, in progress at the end of the previous fiscal year, was completed October 30(), 1945. The costs were $68,253.099 Costs ill connection with engineering services for the construction of a two-lanie high-level highway bridge across the canal at Chesapeake City, Md., were $537.76. lThe collstructio n of the substructure for the highway bridge at Cheslpealte City, Md., coinnenliced June 17, 1)46, was in progress at the end of the fiscal year. Preliminary work only was accomplished. S'te costs were $423.67. Engineering costs in connection with the con- strliction iof the bridge were $5,030.38. Alaintenance-IJiredlabor.--Renloving shoals in the Reedy Point entrance channel was iinprogress as follows: By the U. S. hopper dredge Clat. op froin September 12 to October 16, 1946, removing 122,775 cubic yards, bill measurement, of material at a cost of $51,365.66 ,and( by the U. S. pipe-lille dredge Alabama from January 15 to Febru- ary 19, 19146, removing 158,365 cubic yards, 1lace measurement, of laterial at a cost of $57,182.39. Iteinoval of shoals betweeni Delaware River anid Courthouse Point by the U. S. Ihopper (lre(lge :lbsecon was illprogress from January 2 to 12, 1946, altnd by the U. S. hopper (dredge Ilofmnan from January 17 to 22, 1946. Tllhere were renroved( a total of 74,966 cubic yards of nmate- rial at a cost of $28,334.56. lhenioval of shoals between Ree(ly Point Bridge. and Courthouse Point by U. S. derrick boat No.37 was ill progress at intervals dulring the year. There were removed 35,854 cubllic yards o()f material at a cost of $28,420.48. Other hired labor costs illclluded maintaining an(l repairig banks, $33,912.04; draining banks, $25,634.41; topsoil lig and seedling banks, $2O,541.3'; imaiiitaililg and( repairing auxiliary works, $26,590.4(0; 'aUilntaininig and(operating tidle gages, $2,283.26 ; removing miscellane- Ois obstructions aldl ldebris, $17,754.03; and surveys, channel examina- tions, aLnd collectionl of miscellaaneour s enlgi neering (data,$41,632.05; a total of $168,347.55. The total cost of all Mlaintenance was $407,896.44. Operatingand eare-HIlredlabor.-The waterway, highway bridges, and a ferry at Chesapeake City, Md., were operated( an(l maintained througihout the year. The operating costs were $495,398.13. The iilainteianlce costs were $32,0() 1.27. The cost of all work was $26,915.39 for new work, $40(7,896.44 for maintenance, and $528,299.4() for oper- ating andil caIre, a total of $963,111.23. The expenditures, were $079,952.02. Conditiont at end of fi(al year.-Thlie existing project was about'9. Percent complete. Tihe 27-foot deptlh channel was completed in 1938 "1(d thilefour-lanle high-level fixed ilighway bridge at St. Georges in 1942. Tihe work remaining to be done is the completion of hank.sta- bilization and dredging the Delaware City branch channel from a )point400 feet east of Fifth Street Bridge to its junction with the canal. 72 1584--47--.pt. 1, vol. 1-27 414, REPORT OF ICHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMY, 1946' The latest examinations show minimum depths, at mean low water,. as follows: SI ' . Minimum depth Date Section Project Mid- Date Section depth Left channel Right outside for half outside quarter project quarter width; Feet Feet Feet Feet November 19451.. Delaware River to Elk River--------------- 27 16. 6 23. 8 14.8 Do----......----. Elk River and Chesapeake Bay__.-----_... 27 19.8 21.3 13.2 Do -.......... Delaware City Branch Channel--.... ..- . ........... ..... - 11.5 - ......... 1 80 percent project width. The total costs and expenditures under tie existing project were as follows: Emergency Relief fund Regular . funds Total New work....-..--........------ --.... ----.. ....... $4,756, 247.79 $9, 222, 903.69 $13, 979,151.48. Maintenance------------..............---------- 7, 681, 051.67 7, 681, 051. 67 Operating and care-..................-- ----- .. - 3, 407, 557. 75 3,407, 557.75 Total ........--..------..------- --------- 4, 756, 247, 79 20,311, 513.11 . 25, 067, 760.90 Expenditures--................-- - ........ 4, 756, 247. 79 20,292,158.37 25,048,406.16 In addition, the. sum of $2,513,270.24 was expended between August 1918 and June 1935 onoperating and care of the works of improvement under provisions of the permanent indefinite appropriation for such purpose. Proposedoperactions.-Itis proposed to apply the funds unexpended on June 30, 1946, amounting to $3, 843, 039.08, as follows: Accounts payable, June 30, 1946- ------------- -----..... $19, 354. 74 New work: Stabilizing north bank of canal near Chesa- peake City between stations 71+500 and 74+-350 under contract in force to be com- pleted September 1946-----------------............... $130, 000. 00 Stabilizing south bank of canal near Lorewood between stations 35+000 and 41+350 under contract in force to becompleted February 1947- ------- " ----------.---.----... 358, 000. 00 Stabilizing south bank of canal near St. Georges S between stations 27+300 and 34+240 by contract, July to November 1946. - 98, 000. 00. Topsoiling and seeding stabilized areas by hired labor-__----------- .- . 33, 000. 00 Total new work --------------------------------- 619, 000. 00 Maintenance: Constructing substructure of a 2-lane, high- level fixed highway bridge at Chesapeake - City, under contract in force to be com- pleted February 1947...... .... : $1, 2.32, 000. 00 ....--------- S;.Constructing superstructure of a 2-lane, high-level fixed highway bridge at Chesa- peake City, by contract, September 1946 . to July 1947. 1,000, 000. 00 " RIVERS AND HARBORS-PHILADELPHIA, .PA., DISTRICT:. 415. Maintenance-Continued 'Constructing approaches to highway bridge at Chesapeake City, October 1946 to July 1947 ------------------------------- $400, 000. 00 Engineering services in connection with the construction of the highway bridge at Chesapeake City---------------------- 150, 000. 00 Removing miscellaneous small shoals between Delaware River and Elk River with U. S. derrick boat No. 37 as required. _L---- 10, 000. 00 Maintaining canal banks and auxiliary works, July to December 1946-------------7, 000. 00 Removing obstructions and debris, July to December 1946------------------------ 5, 684. 34 -- $2, 804, 684. 34 Maintenance (operating and care): . Operating canal and bridges throughout the year by hired labor _------------------ 200, 000. 00 Operating ferry at Chesapeake City through- out the year by contract ---------------- 190, 000. 00 Ordinary maintenance and repairs to bridges and ferry_ ___-__---. --------------- 10, 000. 00 400, 000. 00 Total maintenance------------------------------ 3, 204, 684. 34 Total for all work_ _------ -.---.--------- 3, 843, 039. 08 The additional sum of $860,000 can be profitably expended during the fiscal year 1948 as follows: Maintenance: Dredging between Delaware River and Elk River with a United States hopper dredge, and rehandling with a pipe-line dredge, 2/2 months ---- -_------------- $200, 000 Dredging in Elk River anid Chesapeake Bay with a United States hopper dredge and rehandling with a pipe-line dredge, 2 months_ __-_ __- _----- 160, 000 Maintaining candl banks and auxiliary works throughout the year--------- -------------------------- 100, 000 Removing obstructions and debris throughout the year_ 10, 000 $470, 000 Maintenance (operating and care): Operating canal and bridges throughout the year ...-------. 320, 000 Operating ferry at Chesapeake City by contract, July to September 1947_ ------------------------- /, 40, 000 Ordinary maintenance and repairs to bridges throughout the year------------------------------------- 30, 000 390, 000 Total for all work----------------- ---------- .------- 860, 000 Cost and financial summary Cost of new work to June 30, 1946_ --. -.-. --.-..- .$24, 688, 906..49 Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1946- ----------------- 17, 992, 357. 28 Total cost of permanent work to June 30, 1946.......---------.. 42, 681, 263. 77 Minus accounts payable June 30, 1946.----------------------- 19, 354. 74 Net total expenditures ---------------------------- 42, 661, 909. 03 Unexpended balance June 30, 1946_ ..-..--.-------. -- - 3, 843, 039. 08 Total amount appropriated to June 30, 1946.A.-..-.-- 46, 504, 948. 11 416- REPORT OF CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMY, 1946 Fiscal year ending June 30 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 Cost of new work ..............------------ $262, 613. 38 $66, 308. 61 $626, 225. 37 $136, 480. 16 $26, 915. 39 Cost of maintenance-----------.............. 1,578, 007.06 1, 192, 561.92 1, 120, 825. 56 1,069, 734.98 936,195.84 Total cost-----------................. 1,840, 660.44 1, 258,870. 53 1,747,050.93 1, 206, 215. 14 963,111.23 Total expended-.... .............. 2, 146, 269. 88 1, 226, 212. 21 1, 741, 940. 80 1,261,436. 45 979. 952.02 ....................... Allotted---------------------.. 267, 500. 00 2,469,0.00............ 1,712, 400.00 4,145, 000.00 Balance unexpended July 1, 1945-------_____________---------------__$____ 677, 991. 10 Amount allotted during fiscal year_---------------- ________ 4, 145, 000. 00 Amount to be accounted for......_ _ _.__ _____. 4, 822, 991. 10 Gross amount expended--------------....... $987, 276. 69 Less: Reimbursements collected. $7, 114. 42 Receipts from sales....... 210. 25 7, 324. 67 979, 952. 02 Balance unexpended June 30, 1946---------.---------- 3, 843, 039. 08 , Outstanding liabilities, June 30, 1946 .......---------- $19, 354. 74 Amount covered by uncompleted contracts ... 1, 595, 988. 50 1 615 R34 24 ,, V1up, , &'z .0 Balance available June 30, 1946 --------------------- 2, 227, 695. 84 Amount (estimated) required to be appropriated for completion of existing project '_---.-----.------- --------------- 24, 000. 00 Amount that can be profitably expended in fiscal year ending June 30, 1948, for maintenance 1 -------------------------- 860, 000. 00 1Exclusive of available funds. 8. SMYRNA RIVER, DEL. Location.--This, river, formerly Duck Creek, rises in New Castle and Kent Counties, Del., flows northeasterly 15 miles along the boundary line between the two counties, and empties into Delaware Bay about 57 miles below Philadelphia, Pa. (See U. S. Coast and Geodetic Survey Charts Nos. 294 and 1.218.) Previous projects.-Adopted by River and Harbor Acts of June 14, 1880, August 11, 1888, June 13, 1902, and March 3, 1905. For fur- ther details see page 1786, Annual. Report for 1915, and page 321 of Annual Report for 1938. Existing project.----This provides for a channel 7 feet deep at mean low water, 100 feet wide in Delaware Bay to the mouth, and thence 60 feet wide to Smyrna Landing, 8/ miles above the mouth. It also provides for three cut-off. in the river and for two parallel, stone- fillfd, pile-and-timber jetties spaced 375 feet apart in the mouth, the north jetty 800 feet long and the south jetty 2,700 feet long. The total length of the section included in the project is about 91/ miles. The mean tidal range at the mouth is 5.8 feet, and at Symrna Land- ing 3.4 feet. The extreme tidal range is from about 1 foot below mean low water to about 2 feet above mean high water. The estimate of cost for new work, revised in 1946, is $151,000, exclusive of amounts expended on previous projects. The latest (1946) approved estimate for annual cost of maintenance is $5,000. RIVERS AND HARIBORSPHILADELPHIA, PA., DISTRICT 417 The existing project was adopted by the River and Harbor Act of Junie 25, 1910 (H. Doc. No. 815, 60th Cong., 1st sess.). The latest published map is in that document. Local cooperation.-Fully complied with. Terminal facilities.---There are nine wharves and landings of pile- and-timber construction. Tile terminals are considered adequate .for existing commerce. Operations and results dulring fiscal year.-A survey was made to determille channlel con(litions, and work was in progress at the end of the fiscal year illn preparing Iplas and specifications for maintenance dredging to restore the entrance and the upper section of the river near Prices anding to I)roject (lillmensions. The total cost was $2,755.35 for inaittenallce. ''lle expenditures were $2,329.81. Condtion at end of fiscal year.--lThe existing project was about 95 percent comp])lete. A 7-foot channel from Delaware Bay to the wharf at Slilyrna Landing was completed under a previous )roject. The tllree cut-offs were conmp)leted( in 1917 and the two p)arallel stone-filled, pile all( tilll)er jetties spaced 375 feet ap)art, inl1939. Thie work re- Imaling to be done is the (dredging of a channel 7 feet deep from the Wharf at Syrna Land(ling up)streamn to the fixed highway bridge, a distamice of about 750 feet. T' e controlling ldepths, at mean low water, il April 1946(i, were as follows: From Delaware Bay to the mout|h, 4.7 feet; thence to 1Prices Landing, 5.2 feet; and thence to Sinyrna Landing, 4.8 feet. costs tinder the existing project were $143,759.16 for new work I'lhel anld $82,409.51 for maintenance, a total of $226,168.67. The expendi- tures were $225,643.13. Proposedoperations.--It is prlopl)osed to a)l)ly the funds unexpended on June 3(), 1946, amoun)ting to $22,770.19, as follows: Acounts ayble, June 30, 14 --------------------------- $525. 54 Maiintennnce: Dredging to restore the entrance channel and the upper section of thie iver to project (limensions, by contract, August and September '194L..-------------------------------------- 2, 244. 65 otal-------------------- ----------------------------------- 22, 770.19 No maintenance is contemplated during the fiscal year 1948, as itis believed that chann el (epths will be adequate to meet the needs of comt1111merce The coll pletionl of the project is no6t required by existing commerce. Cost and financial summary Cost of new work to June 30, 1946__--_ ----------------..-. . $198, 843. 94 Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1946_.-----------------..--. 105, 132. 36 Total cost of permanent work to June 30, 1946------------ 303, 976. 30 Minus accounts payable June 30, 1946.-------------------------- 525. 54 Net total expenditures---. ..--.- ..-- -------------- 303, 450. 76 Unexpended balance June 30, 1946.--__---------_--------- 22, 770. 19 Total amount appropriated to June 30, 1946_--------------326, 220. 95 418 REPORT OF CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMY, 1946 Fiscalyear ending June 30 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 Cost of new work .-.. ...... Cost of maintenance----- ------------- - ., -- ----- $185.13 - - -- -------- I $100 '-------------- .--- ----- $2, 755. 35 Total expended----..........--------------- ------------ 185. 13 --------- 2, 321. 81 Allotted........----------------------............................--- -12,014.87 ----------- 100 25,000.00 Balance unexpended July 1, 1945...... ----------- $100. 00 Amount allotted during fiscal year-_--------------_ -.25, 000. 00 Amount to be accounted for_ .-....- 25, 100. 00 Gross amount expended__-----------______________---_ 2, 329. 81 Balance unexpended June 30, 1946---------------------- 22, 770. 19 Outstanding liabilities, June 30, 1946---------------------------- 525. 54 Balance available June 30, 1946_-._ .- ___.________-_ 22, 244. 65 Amount (estimated) required to be appropriated for completion of existing project 1-------------------------------- 7, 200. 00 t Exclusive of available funds. 9. LITTLE RIVER, DELAWARE Location.-This river rises in Kent County, Del., flows easterly 7 miles, and empties into Delaware Bay about 32 miles above Cape Henlopen. (See U. S. Coast and Geodetic Survey Chart No. 1218.) Existing project.--his provided for a channel 5 feet deep at mean low water from the 5-foot contour in Delaware Bay to the bridge at Little Creek Landing, 3 miles above the mouth, 60 feet wide across tile bar outside the mouth, and 40 feet wide in the river, including several cut-offs to eliminate sharp bends, which shortened the distance about half a mile. The mean tidal range at the mouth is 5.1 feet and at Little Creek Landing 5.2 feet. The extreme tidal range is from 2 feet below mean low water to 1 foot above mean high water. The estimate of cost for new work, made in 1912, was $14,000. The latest (1928) approved estimate for annual cost of mainte- nance is $3,000. The existing project was adopted by the River and Harbor Act of July 25, 1912 (H. Doec. No. 626, 62d Cong., 2d sess.). There is no published map of the river. Local cooperation.-Fullycomplied with. Terminal facilities.--here are three pile-and-timber wharves or landings on this stream. The terminal facilities are considered ade- quate for the existing commerce. Operations and results during fiscal year.-None. Expenditures amounting to $12.50 were for payment of accounts payable at end of -last fiscal year. Condition.at end of fiscal year.-The existing project was com- - pleted in 1914. The controlling depths, at mean low water, in June ;1945 were as follows: From Delaware Bay to the mouth, 2.6 feet; and thence to the highway bridge at Little Creek Landing, 2.3 feet. The costs and expenditures under the existing project were $12,- 015.86 for new work and $46,050.59 for maintenance, a total of $58,066.45. RIVERS AND HARBORS-PHILADELPHIA, PA., DISTRICT 419 Propo8eed operations.-No funds are available and no work is con- templated during the fiscal year 1947. The sum of $12,000 can be profitably expended during the fiscal year 1948 for maintenance dredging to restore the entrance channel and the channel in the upper portion of the river to project dirnen- sions, by contract, September and October 1947. Cost and financial summary Cost of new work to June 30, 1946,-_______-___________ . $12, 015. 86 Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1946.--.--.--- _-__, ..__ 46, 050. 59 Total cost of permanent work to June 30, 1946----------- '58, 066. 45 'Net total expenditures_- . 58, 066. 45 Total amount appropriated to June 30, 1946--------------------58, 066. 45 year ending Juno 30 Fiscal 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 cost of new w ork ..........----------------. .------ --- --- Cost ofmaintenance.....------------- ----------------------------------- $30. 00---------- Total expendedI................... ---....-- .... -.... ..-....... --... - 17.50 $12.5) .... 000 Allotted----...................... -$20,000 .$20, ---------...... .. ......... Balance unexpended July 1, 1945-------------------------------$12. 50 Gross amount expended----..--------------------------------- 12. 50 Amount that can be profitably expended infiscal year ending June 30, 1948, for maintenance_.-----_--_ _ ---------------------------. 12, 000. 00 10. MISPILLION RIVER, DEL. Location.-Thliis river rises in Kent and Sussex Counties, Del., flows nortlleasterly 15 miles along the boundary line between the two coun- ties, and empties into I)elaware Bay about 16 miles above Cape Hen- lopen. (See U. S. Coast and Geodetic Survey Chart No. 1218.) Previou2 projects.-Adopted by River and Harbor Acts of March 3, 1879, July 13, 1892, modified July 3, 1893, and by River and Harbor .Act of Marcl. 2, 1907. For further details see page 1786, Annual Report for 1915, page 448 of Annual Report for 1918, and page 327 / of Annual Report for 1938. Existing project.---This provides for a channel 6 feet deep at mean low water, 80 feet wide in Delaware Bay to the mouth, and thence 60 feet wide to Milford, 11 miles above the mouth, with additional width at sharp bends. It also provides for four cut-offs, 50 feet wide, and for two parallel stone-filled pile and timber jetties at the mouth, spaced 210 feet apart, the south jetty 5,850 feet long and the north Jetty about 6,496 feet long extending to a J)oillt opposite tile end of the south jetty. Thie total length of tile section included in the project is about 12 miles. The mean tidal range at the mouth is 4.3 feet and at Milford 3.4 feet. The extreme tidal range is from about 1 foot below mean low water to about 2 feet above mean high water. The estimate of cost for new work, revised in 1937, was $177,350, exclusive of amounts expended on previous projects. The latest (1937) approved estimate for annual cost of maintenance is $7,400. 420 REPORT OF CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMY, 1946 The existing project-was. authorized by the following river and har- bor acts: Acts Work authorized Documents Mar. 2, 1019 A 6floot depth and extension of south jetty-....... 11. Doc. No. 678, 62(1 Cong., 2d sess.' Aug..26,1937 Extension of north jetty..----- - -...........--------------...... Rivers and Harbors Committee DIoc. No. 83, 74th Cong., 2d sess.i I Contains latest published maps. Local cooperation.--Fullycomplied with. Terminal facilities.---There are-2 wharves inside the mouth of the river anti 10 piers or wharves at Milford, 2 of which are owned by the T city of Milford. 'I'here is also a marine railway at Milford. he facilities are considered adequate for existing commerce. Operations and results du(ring fiscal year.-None. Exl)enditures amounting to $1.06.57 were for payment of accounts i)ayable at end of last fiscal year. Condition at end of fiscal year.--The existing project was completed in 1939. The four cut-offs were completed in 1923 ; the 7-foot clhannel in 1924; and the two p)arallel stone-filledl pile anti timber jetties at the mouth in 1939. The controlling depths at mean low water, in June 1945, were as follows: From Delaware Bay to the mouth, 6.1 feet; thence to the highway drawbridge, 5 feet; and thence to the fixed highway bridge at Milford, 5.3 feet. The costs and expenditures und(er the existing project were $216,390.72 for new work and $168,234.34 for maintenance, a total of $384,625.06. Proposed operations.-No funds are available and no work is con- templated during the fiscal year 1947. The sum of $125,000 can be profitably expended during the fiscal year 1948 for repairing the south jetty at the mouth of the river by contract, August to December 1947. Cost and financial summary Cost of new work to June 30, 1946_-------------______________ $365, 189. 13 Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1946--.---------------------- 229, 406. 76 Total cost of permanent work to June 30, 1946-.-----...-- 594, 595. 89 Net total expenditures_ ---------------------------------- 594, 595. 89 Total amount appropriated to June 30, 1946--------- ------.... 594, 595. 89 Fiscal year ending June 30 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 Cost of new work---------------- - -------------- ------ ----- Cost Of maintenance------------- $9,118.07 ........ $28.14 $40,856.33-.......... Total expended--............-------.. 9, 118.07 - -_ -- -- ---- 1 40 777. 90 $106. 57 Allotted----------..... --......... ----.... 918. 5,18.07 - --- 40,000.00 900.00 -15.53 Balance unexpended July 1, 1945_ -------------------------- $122. 10 Deductions on account of revocation of allotment.....-.------.-- 15. 53 Net amount to be accounted for_ __..----..------ -----. 106. 57 Gross amount expended..________ ________ ---------. - 106. 57 Amount that can be profitably exlpended in fiscal year ending June 30, 1948, for maintenance--- .----------...---------.------ 125, 000. 00 RIVERS AND HARBORS-PHILADELPHIA, PA., DISTRICT 421 11. INLAND \VATE1tWAY BETWEEN REIIOBOTII BAY AND' DELAWARE BAY, I)EL. Location.-Thllis waterway, a tidal canal, is situated in the south- easterly part of Sussex County, Del. It extends 12 miles northward from Rellobotll Bay throughll the highland west of the town of Reho- both and through the marshes back of Cape Jlenlopen to Lewes River; thence (lown Lewes River to its junction with Broadkill River near itsInollth. Anl entrance to the waterway from Delaware Bay is located about 4 miles ab ove Cape IlIenlol)pen. (See U. S. Coast and Geodetic Survey Charts Nos. 379, 1218, aind 1219.) Previo.us projects.-A canal along a slightly different route formed a part of the projected waterway from Chincoteague Bay, Va., to Dela- ware Bay, begun ill 1886 and abandoned in1905. 'Uisting p')roject.--Tlhis pLrovides for an entrance channel near Lewes 10 feet dleel and(l 200 feet wide protected by 2 parallel jetties 500 feet apart; thence a channel 10 feet deep and 100 feet wide to South Street. Bridge at Lewes, with a basin of the same depth 1,200 feet long and up to 375 feet in width at the latter 1)oinlt; thence a channel (6feet deep a11n(50 feet wide (4() feet wide through I)eep Cut near Rehoboth) to Itel ob)othi Bay; a channel 6 feet deep and 1()(0 feet wide from the en- trance to 3Broadkill River; 2 parallel rubble mound jetties 725 feet long at the Rclhobotlh Bay entrance, and the construction of 1 highway l)ridlge andl 1 railroad bridge at Rehobotllh. Thell total length of the Sectioni incll(edl in thei )roject is about 12 miles. All (lepths refer' to the p)lane of mean low water. The mean tidal range in thle waterway opl)osite the Delaware Bay entrance is 3.9 feet, at Lewes 3.7 feet, and at Rehoboth 0.6 foot. The extreme tidal range isfrom about 1 foot below mean low water to about 3 feet above mean high water. The estimate of Federal cost for new work, revised in 1946, is $744,- 300, exclusive of amount expended on plrevious projects. The latest (1946) app)roved estimate for annual cost of maintenance is $28,500. I'he existing project was authorized by the following river and -1larl)(or acts: Acts Work authorized * Documents July 25, 1912 A 6-foot-depth canal to connect Rehoboth Bay and HI. )oc. No. 823, 60th Cong., 1st sess., I)elaware Bay. and Rivers and Harbors Committee i)oc. No. 51, 61st C)ng., 3d sess.' Aug. 30, 1935 A 6-foot-depth entrance near Lewes, Jetties, widen- Rivers and Iarbors Committee Doc. ing the canal from Broadkill River to Lewes, No. 56, 74th Cong., 1st sess.l and basin. Mar. 2, 1945 A 10-foot depth from )elaware Bay to Lewes and 1H. )oc. No. 344, 77th Cong., Istsess.' in basin, and extending jetties. Contain latest published maps. Local cooperatiol.- The work antlhorized Lby the River and Iar- bor Act of Marchi 2, 1945, is subject to the condlition that local interests furnish free of cost to the United States all lands, easements, rights- of-way and spoil-disposal areas necessary for the improvement and their subsequent maintenance, when and as required, hold and save the Unitedl. States free fromn claims for (lalnages resulting from the im- provenients, and(l give assurances satisfactory to tlhe Secretary of War 422 REPORT OF CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMY, 1946 that they will provide and maintain suitable terminal facilities at Lewes. This requirement has not been complied with. All prior requirements have been fully complied with. A channel 9 feet deep and 100 feet wide from Delaware Bay to the United States Coast Guard wharf near the inner end of the entrance, a distance of about one-half mile, was dredged in 1943 with Navy Department funds. The cost was $45,000. T1erminal facilities.-There are three wharves at Lewes, Del., one owned by the town, one Government owned, and one privately owned, all open to public use. There are a number of small landings for fish- ing parties and private boats on the inland waterway. At Lewes, on the north bank of the;waterway, the Lewes Anglers Association has constructed a wharf about 600 feet long with 43 slips for fishing party boats. At Rehoboth there are two private wharves of pile and timber construction. At Henlopen Acres, adjoining Rehoboth, a pri- vate yacht basin, with accommodations for more than 50 fishing party boats and pleasure craft, connects with the canal. Operations and results during fiscal year.--Maintenance dredging between Lewes and Rehoboth Bay and in the yacht basin at Lewes by contract, commenced December 12, 1945, was completed March 12, 1946. There were removed 53,651 cubic yards of material, place measurement, at a cost of $29,418.48, Surveys and channel examina- tions were made at a cost of $2,372.56. The total cost of all work was $31,791.04 for maintenance. The expenditures were $32,871.56. Condition at end of fiscal year.-The existing project was about 59 percent complete. The jetties at the Rehoboth Bay entrance were completed in 1903 undler a previous project; the highway bridge at IRehoboth, in 1915, which the Delaware State Highway Department replaced with a new structure in 1926; the railroad bridge at Rehoboth, in 1916, removed by the Pennsylvania Railroad Co. in 1941; a channel (leeF 6 feet and 50 feet wide from Broadkill River to Rehoboth Bay, in 1927; t ie channel widened to 100 feet between Broadkill' River and Lewes with basin at Lewes and a new entrance from Delaware Bay 6 feet deep and 200 feet wide, in 1937 ; and jetties at the Ielaware Bay entrance extending to the 6-foot depth curves in the bay, in 1938. The work remaining to be done is the deepening of the channel from Dela- ware Bay to Lewes and the basin at Lewes from 6 feet to 10 feet, and extending the existing jetties at the Delaware Bay entrance. The controlling depths, at local imean low water, in June 1945, were as follows: Entrance channel 8.2 feet; thence to the highway bridge at Lewes, 6 feet; and thence (March 1946) to Rehoboth Bay, 6 feet. The costs and expenditures under the existing project, excluding $60,000 contributed funds expended for new work, were $435,383.07 for new work and $76,345.75 for maintenance, a total of $511,728.82. Proposed operations.-No funds are available and no work is con- templated during the fiscal year 1947. The additional sumi of $308,0900 can be profitably expended during the fiscal year 1948, as follows: New work: Dredging of the channel from Delaware Bay to Lewes and the basin at Lewes to 10 feet, by contract, August 1947 to November 1947___ $75, 900 Extending the existing jetties at Delaware Bay entrance, by con- tract, September 1947 to January 1948----------------- 233, 000 Total--------------- -------------------- 308, 00 RIVERS AND HARBORS-PHILADELPHIA, PA., DISTRICT 423' Cost and financial summary Cost of new work to June 30, 1946----------- .... ---- --------- $435, 383. 07 Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1946---------------------- 76, 345. 75 Total N Total cost of permanent work to June 30, 1946--_---_ ettotal expenditures ------------------ . ------------ amount appropriated to June 30, 1946----------------- ----- 511, 728. 82' 511, 728. 82 1 511, 728. 82 Fiscal year ending June 30 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 Cost of new work.--- . ost of maintenance------------- ------ _.-.--------.$6,927- 65 . $915.89.09 $31,791. 04 Total expended.---- ------------------------------------ 5,955. 81 9,480. 41 32, 871.56 Allotted - ............ $13,500 -$13,500 15,403.00 30,000.00 2,904.78 IBalance unexpended July 1, 1945--------------------------- $29, 966. 78 Amount allotted during fiscal year____-------------------- 3, 000. 00 S Amount to be accounted for--------------------------- 32, 966. 78 eductions on account of revocation of allotment------------------ .... 95. 22 'Net amount to be accounted for-....--.-.-------- 32, 871. 56 Gross amount "noun t expended_ _32, 871. expende-------,,,-----------L-----------2 7.5 56 Amount (estimated) required to be appropriated for completion of existing project -------------------------------------- 308, 900. 00 Amount that can be profitably expended in fiscal year ending June. 30, 1948, for new work...........----------------------- ----------- 308, 900. 00 In addition, $60,000 contributed funds expended for new work. 12. IIAItBOR OF' I EFUGE, DELAWARE BAY, .DEL. Location.-..This hlarb)or is at the lower end of DelawareBay, a few iles frIo1n the Atlantic Ocean on the Delaware side of the bay. It is about 120 miles south of New York Harbor, about 114 miles north of the entrance to Chesapeake Bay, and about 101 miles from I'hiladel- Phia, Pa. (See U. S. Coast and Geodetic Survey Chart No. 1218.) lrevious projects.--Tie original project was a(opted by the River anld hlarbor Act of May 7, 1822, and modified by the River and Harbor I Act of July 4, 1836, January 23, 1880, and August 2, 1882. The total cost andlexpenditures of all projects, prior to the adoption of the existillg project whicll was begun in 1897, were $2, 7 4 9 ,4 51. 7 9 , all for new work. For further details see Annual Reports for 1874, Part II, page 146; 1932, page 330; and 1938, page 330. E&itlsting plroject.--Ihis provides for the construction of a break- water about 8,000 feet long, beginning at a point about 6,000 feet from Cape tenllopen and extending in a northerly direction for a distance of 2,695 feet; thence in a orthwesterly direction for 5,33() feet; for the construction of 5 ice piers located in prolongation of this line and 10 more in a line perpendicullar thereto exten'ling toward the Dela- Ware shore; and for a channel 15 feet deep and 300 feet wi(le from deep Water in Delaware Bay to the pier of the Atlantic Fisheries Co. at Lewes, Del., with a turning basin 600 feet square at the inner end. The mean tidal range at this locality is about 4.3 feet. lThe extreme. tidal range due to wind and equinoctial tides is about 1 foot greater. 424. REPORT OF CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMY, 1946 The estimate of cost for new work, revised in 1946, is $2,348,500, exclusive of amounts expended on previous projects. 'The latest (1935) approved estimate for annual cost of maintenance is $28,000. The existing project was authorized by the following river and har- bor acts: Acts Work authorized Documents Breakwater constructionIDo No 52 Con., st sess. June 3,1896Construction of 10 ice piers- --------------- .-- by atDpast (Subproject, approvedl Iment Apr. 23, 1900.) Construction of 5 ddlitional icepiers--...... (Subproject, approved by War Depart Iment June 30, 1902.) July 3, 1930 Channel 18 feet deep to the Queen Anne pier at 102.) Rivers antd Irbors, (30 itc DoC. Lewes, 1)el. (No work has been done on this No. 15, 70th Cong., 1st sess.' channel.) Aug. 30,1935 Channel 15 feet deep to the pier of the Atlantic Rivers and Harbors Committee 1)oc. Fisheries Co., about 0.7 mile east of the Queen No. 56,74th Cong., 1st sess.' Anne pier. 1 Contains latest published maps. Local cooperation.---The River and Harbor Act of August 30, l935, provides that local interests shall give assuranl satisfactor to tie Secretary of War that they will d redge teir berthing facilities to depth of 15 feet and that at least one pier will be matle available for the use of visiting craft, subject to general dockage rates. Alssrance that the required conditions will be met was furnished by local interests on June 13, 1946. .. Terminal facilitjies.-'lhe only terminal facilities are the wharves oi the )elaware Bay shore, about a mile east of the town of Lewes, T hese consist of four private piers owned by fertilizer compallies, Del. and the Government-owned pier at Fort Miles. The four private piers have rail connection. Operationsand results during fiscal year.--None. .Condition at end of fiscal ?year.--.The existing project was calboIt 87 percent complete. TIhe lreakwater was constructel in 101tand the ice piers in 1903. The work remlaniung to be (lolle to codplete tle project is the provision of a 15-foot cllannel to the Atlantic Fisheries pier, and a turning basin 600 feet wide at the inn er end. The coiln- trolling depth, at mean low water, ill the pr'oposed clhannel, is feet. The cost and expenditures under the existing iproject were $2,- 9 238,05.34 for new work and $120,455.55 for maintenance, a total of $2,358,660.89. Proposed operations.-No funds are available and n o work is con- templated during the fiscal year 1947.. The sum of $110,500 can be profitably expended during the fiscal year 1948 in dredging a 15-foot channel, 300 feet wide, from dleep water to the Atlantic Fisheries Co. pier, with.turning basin 600 feet wide at inner end, by contract (April to May 1948). The proposed work will complete the )roject. RIVERS AND HARIBORS-PHILADELPHIA, PA., DISTRICT 425 Cost and financial summary Cost of new work to June 30, 1946--------- ------------ $4, 987, 657. 13 Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1946__---------- ---------- 120, 455. 55 'N Total cost of permanent work to June 30, 1946- .--.---5, 108, 112. 68 Tet total expenditures_ . _ ........----------------- 5, 108, 112. 68 Total amount aplropriated to June 30, 1946 . ---------- 5, 108, 112. 68 Amount (estimated) required to be appropriated for completion of existing project_-------- --------- ____-- __---- __. 110, 500. 00 Amount that can be profitably expended in fiscal year ending June 30, 1948, for new work ------------------------------ 110, 500. 00 13. INDIAN RIVER INLET AND BAY, DEL. Location..--This bay is a shallow lagoon nmiles long and 2 miles Wide on the Delaware coast about midway between Cape IHenlopen and h Maryland State 1 line.l The inlet is an opening through the barrier lacl separatilg Indlianl River Bay anl the Atlantic Ocean. (See ST.Coast and Geodetic Survey Chart No. 1219.) '. Previous 1proje.tsI.-Ad(opted by River and Harbor Act of August 2, 1882. Ior further (letails see pagq 744, Annual Report for 1888. xus'tinng project.-This provides for the fixation of the inlet by the COlstriuctl)ll of two parallel jettles of steel sheet pile and stone design extending to apl))roximately the 14-foot; delthll curve in the ocean, and for (lelgii- ginll entrance ch(annel 15 feet (leel) and 200 feet wide, for . listace11(o~(, f 7,00() feet inshore f'roln tle jetties; thence a channel 9 feet deep, 1oo feet wide in tile bay and 80 feet wide inlthe river, to al'l includilg a turning basin 9 feet deep, 175 feet wide and 300 feet ljog at Old Lan(ling; thence a channel 4 feet deep and 60 feet wide to •the highway bridge at Millsboro. The project also provides that the interior. channel dimensions ons ay, in the discretion of the Chief of Engineers, be modified as may be found desirable to increase the l elliciency •ydraulic of the channel, without increasing the cost. Tilhe total length of the sectiol included in the project is about 133/4 miles. All depths refer to the plane of mean low water. 'IThe mean tidal ra.llge in the ocean at the inlet is 3.8 feet, and at the highway bridge .. ide the inlet 2.4 feet. Theo extreme tidal range at the highway d)rdge is about 6 feet. The estimate of cost for new work revised in 1946 is $716,000 exclu- sive of amounts expended on previous projects, but including $210,000 contri)buted funds. The latest (1946) approved estimate for annual cost of maintenance is $28,500. The existing project was authorized by the following river and harbor acts' Acts Work authorized ' Documents Aug. 26, 1937 A 15-foot Inlet channel, steel and stone jetties, Rivers and Harbors Committee Doc. 6-foot channel from end of inlet channel to deep No. 41, 75th Cong., 1st sess.t water in the bay and authority to modify in- terior inlet channel. Mar. 2,1945 A 9-foot chennel from Inlet to Old Landing, in- I. Doe. No. 330, 76th Cong., 1st sess.t cluding basin, and 4-foot channel to highway bridge at Millsbhoro. 1Contains latest published maps. 426 REPORT OF CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMY, 1946 Local cooperation.--The work authorized by the River and Harbor Act of March 2, 1945, is subject to the conditions 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 :initial work and for subsequent maintenance; hold and save the United States free from claims for damages resulting from the im- proveiment; contribute $50,000 to the initial cost; and give assurances satisfactory to the Secretary of War that they will provide and main- tain suitable terminal facilities, open to all on equal terms. These requirements have not been complied with. All prior requirements have been complied with. Terminal facilities.-There is a privately owned basin with berth- ing facilities for small boats located about three-fourths mile west of the highway bridge near the inlet and one-quarter mile north of the inlet channel, connected therewith by a channel 6 feet deep and 40, ,feet wide; a United States Coast Guard wharf on the north side of the inlet channel in the same locality; and two wharves at Oak Grove in Indian River Bay. ,The facilities are considered adequate for exist- ing commerce. Operationsand results during fiscal year.--Under maintenance, sur- veys and channel examinations were made at a cost of $1,983.98. The expenditures were $2,616.13. Condition at end of fiscal year.-The existing project was about 67 percent complete. Dredging to provide a channel 15 feet deep and 200 feet wide from the ocean to a point 7,000 feet from the ocean shore line, and thence a channel progressively decreasing in depth to 6 feet and in width to 100 feet to the 6-foot depth curve in Indian River Bay was completed in 1938. The construction of two parallel jetties spaced 500 feet apart, each 1,566 feet.long with inshore end sections of steel-sheet pile construction reinforced with stone the north 904 feet long and the south 890 feet long, and with outshore end sections of all stone construction was completed in 1939. The work remain- ing to be done is the dredging of a channel from the inlet to the high- way bridge at Millsboro to dimensions authorized in the River and Harbor Act of March 2, 1945. The controlling depths at ocean mean low water in June 1945 were as follows: through the inlet to the lhigl~ way bridge, 9.8 feet; thence to the Coast Guard wharf 3,600 feet west of the highway bridge, 8.6 feet; and thence (March 1946) to India River Bay, 0.3 foot. The costs under the existing project, excluding $160,000 contributed funds expended for new work, were $270,119.19 for new work and $171,843.77 for maintenance, a total of $441,962.96. .The expendi- tures were $441,906.78. Proposed. operations.-It,.is.proposed to apply the funds unex- pended on June 30, 1946, amounting to $893.22, as follows: Aceoiints payable, June 30, 1946_'"_'- 18 $56..... Maintenance, surveys and examination --------- 837. 04 Total-------------- ---------------------------- 893. 22 The sum of $40,000 can be profitably expended during the fiscal ... year 1948, on maintenance dredging to restore the channel between the highway bridge and Indian River Bay to a depth of 6 feet, by contract, July-to September, •~~ ,~~~~ 1947. - .-. -..- ..~ ~~ -.: :., -,.. : RIVERS AND HARBORS-PHILADELPHIA, PA., DISTRICT 427 :The completion of the existing project is not',considered' necessary during the fiscal year 1948. . Cost and financial summary Cost of new work to June 30, 1946 ......-- .-.------ .- . 1$280, 119. 19 Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1946_. --------.--.---. 171, 843. 77 Total cost of permanent work to June 30, 1946---- - inus accounts payable June 30, 1946- -_ 1 451, 962. 96 .. . 56. 18 _.................._ _ _ Net total nexpended expenditures----------------------------- 451, 906. 78 balance June 30, 1946_-- ---------.-..-. .. - - . 893. 22 Total amount appropriated to June 30, 1946._ -1 452, 800. 00 .... .--. Fiscal year ending June 30 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 Cost of new work ot ofmaintenance-. . $62, 190. 91 $56, 764.45 $22, 358.90 $1,871.79 $1,983.98 Total expended-.---------------57, 032. 11 62, 933. 36 21, 753. 15 1,844. 18 2,616. 13 Allotted- --------------------.................-------------.....- 40, 200. 00 25, 500.00..................... Balance unexpended July 1, 1945_--------------------------. $3,.509. 35 Gross amount expende--- -------------------------------...................... 2, 616. 13 O Balance unexpended June 30, 1946'_--------.-... --.... .-893. 22 utstanding liabilities June 30, 1946__. ----------------------- 56. 18 Balance available June 30, 1946_----..---.-.----- 837. 04 Amount (estimated) required to be appropriated for completion of existing project 2..- -- .__ ...- -------- -------------------_ 235, 600. 00 Amount that can be profitably expended in fiscal year ending June 30, 1948, for maintenance 2 -.-- _-_-..-...-- ..---.- 40, 000. 00 In addition $160,000 contributed funds expended for new work. Exclusive of available funds. 14. COOPER RIVER, N. J. Location.-This river rises in Camden County, N. J., flows north- Westerly 13 mliles, passing through the northern part of the city of Canldenl, and empties into Delaware River opl)osite the central portion of lhiladelphia, Pa. (See U. S. Coast and Geodetic Survey Chart N0 . 295.) • Xisting project.-This provides for a channel 12 feet deep at mean low water and 70 feet wide in Delaware River to tile mouth and within the river to what was formerly Browning Chemical Works, 11/2 miles above the mouth. The total length of tile section included in the project is about 13/ miles. The mean tidal range at the mouth is 5.5 feet. The extreme tidal range is about 14 feet. The estimate of cost for new work, made in 1895, was $35,000. The latest (1929) approved estimate for annual cost of maintenance is $13,500. Thile existino project was adopted by tlhe River and HIarbor Act of June 3, 1896 (-I. Doc. No. 176, 53d Cong., 3d sess., and Annual Report for 1895, p. 1102 (et seq.). The latest publislhed nap is illn House Document No. 134, Sixty-third Congress, first session. 428 ' REPORT OF CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMY, 1946 Terminal facilities.-There are 11 wharves on the river, all ill- the city of-Camden; 10 are privately ownedl and I is owned by the city. The facilities are considered adequate for existing commerce. Operations and results during fiscal year.--Maintenance dredging between Delaware River and the Pennsylvania Railroad bridge by contract, in progress at the end of the previous fiscal year, was colm- pleted October 18, 1945. There were removed 58,025 cubic yards, place measurement, of material. The cost was $52,990.07. r'Ilhe expendi- tures were $54,233.12. Condition at end of fiscal year.--The existing project was con- pleted in 1920. "The controlling (lepths, at mean low water in October 1945, were as follows: From Delaware River to the Pennsylvaunli Railroad bridge, 12.2 feet; and thence, in Jun e 1945, to the upper. end of the project, 5.5 feet. 'I'lThe costs and expenditures under the existing project were $33,101.64 for new work and $165,256.96 for maintenance, a total of $198,358.60. Proposed operations.-No funds are available and nio work is con- templated dluring the fiscal years 1947 and 1948, as it is believed tlhat channel depths will be adequate to meet the needs of conunerce. Cost and financial summary Cost of new work to June 30, 1946______----- $------------- $33, 101. 64 Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1946___--------------------- 165, 256. 96 Total cost of permanent work to June 30, 1946---..... 198, 358. 60 Net total expenditures------------------------ 198, 358. 60 - Total amount appropriated to ,June 30, 1946------------------- 198, 358. 60 Fiscal year ending June 30 1942 1943 14 1045 1946 Cost of new work -... . Cost of maintenance... - -- $4, 741. - 16-- -----..-- ------------ ----- $2,269. 72 $ 2, 9~0. 07 Total expended------------------ 4, 741. 16 1, 026. 67 54, 233. 12 -Allotted. -- ~--$l, -5 --- ------- 75, 00. 00 -19, 740. 21 Allotted-* --------- I----- --------- - 1 25.1 --- ---- 730000 - 174)2 Balance unexpended July 1, 1945 $---------------------_ 73, 973. 33 Deductions on account of revocation of allotment_--_- 19, 740. 21 --- ---- Net amount to be accounted for------------------------ 54, 233. 12 Gross amount expended-------------------------------- 54, 233. 12 15. BIG TIMB:IER CREEK, N. J. Location.-This creek rises in Camden and Gloucester Counties, N. J., and with its south branch flows northwesterly 16 miles along the boundary line between the two counties, emptyi-ng into I)elaware River opposite the south portion of Philadelphia, Pa. (See- U. S. Coast and Geodetic Survey Chart No. 295.) . Existing project.---This )rovides for a channel 10 feet deep at mean low water, generally 75 feet wide from the 10-foot ,contour in Dela- ware River to the mouth and within the creek to Marters sand( plant, 31/. miles above the mouth, and thence 60 feet wide to Clements Bridge, 5 miles above the mouth, including four cut-offs. The total RIVERS AND HARIHOIIS--PHILADELPHIA, PA., DISTRICT ,429 length of the section include(l in the project is about 51/2 miles. The mean tidal range at Westville, near the mouth is 5.4 feet and at Clem-- ents Bridge 4.3 feet. 'hI'e extreme tid(al range is from about 11/2 feet below mean low water to ab)out 2 feet above mean high water. The estimate of cost for i ew work, revised in 1935, was $104,500, of hllich $50,000 has been contributed by local interests. The latest (1935) approved estillate for annual cost of maintenance is $4,000. The existing 1)roject was aultllorized by the following river and harbor acts: Acts Work authorized D)ocuments JUly 3,1930 A channel of 10-foot d(lepth from I)elaware River II. Doe. No. 217, 70th Cong., 1st sess.' to Marters sand plant. Aug. 30. 1935 Extension of iproject to Clements Bridge .. . Rivers andl Iarbors Committee Doe. No. 15, 73d Cong., 1st sess.i I Contains latest published maps. local cooperaition.--Fullycollmplied with. I erminal facilities.l'llhere is one lwharf and one boat yard for the replair and storage of slnall boats at Westville. Thle wharf is privately O(Wned but op)ell to )publicuse. Th'le facilities are considered adequate or existing conunerce. Operations al 'results during fiscal year.-No e. Expenditures lOunting to $0() were for )ayment of accounts payable at end of last iscal year. ait on~dition, end of fia('l year.-llte existillg project colll)letel in 1941. ''The chlanel from the Delaware River to Marters sand plant was Tas coml)let e( 1 in 1933:, andl tilhe chaiel froi Marters sand plant- to Clileents Bri(lge, including- four cut-offs, in 1941. .The controlling deptlls at imean low water were as follows: In ,Jlme 1944 front Dela- Ware River to Marters salld plant, 7.7 feet; thence (May 1942) to Clenents Bri(lge, 9 feet. Costs and expenditures n(de' the existing 1project, excludling $50,00() ful(nds exle(ndled( for new work, were $58,664.77 for new (contlil)ute((l Work and(l $11,311.59 for mnainteliance, a total of $(;9,976(;.36. lropo,sed operation..-No flunds are available and no work is con- temlplate (du'ring the fiscal year 1947. I'lie sum of $6,000 can be profitably expended during the fiscal year 1948 for nmaintenance (lredlging to restore the entrance channel to Pr)ject (limensions, by contract, August 1947. Cost and financial summary Cost of new work to .June 30, 1946-----------------------_____ $58, 664. 77 Cost of maintenance to ,Jine 30, 1946_. .--- _ ___------_ 11, 311. 59 Total cost of permanent work to June 30, 1946 ----------- 69, 976. 36 et total expenlitres...--- -- ---------------------------------- 69, 976. 36 Total amount approp)riated to June 30, 1946_ ----- _ _ 1_ 69, 976. 36 In addition, $50,000 contributed funds expended for new work. 721584-47_pt. 1, vol. 1----28 430 REPORT OF CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMY, 1946 ""~~ i ~~ , ', , --- ' Fiscal year ending June 30 1942 1943 1944. 1945 1946 Cost of new work---------------- $486. 00 ------------------. __------- ------------ Cost of maintenance......-------- -136. 45 ...- ...... . - $6, 500 $60 . ..... Total cost----------------- 622. 45 ----- --------- 6, 500 00 60 --- Total expended---------- -------- 9,387.2 6,500-------------- -- Allotted----------------- .--- ----. -1,786.13 ... - 6, 500 60---------- Balance unexpended July 1, 1945_ Gross amount expended___ ----------------- $60. 00 ----------- 60. 00 --------------- ,,---- Amount that can be profitably expended in fiscal year ending June 30, 1948, for maintenance 2 ---------- ___ 6, 000. 00 2 Exclusive of available funds. 16. MANTUA CREEK,' N. J. Location.-This creek rises in Gloucester County, N. J., flows north- westerly 161/2 miles and empties into Delaware River about 10 miles below Philadelphia, Pa. (See U. S. Coast and Geodetic Survey Chart No. 295.) Previous projects.--Adopted by River and HIarbor Act of August 2, 1882; and modified in 1889. For further details see page 1784, Annual Report for 1915, and page 342, Annual Report for 1938. E xisting project.-This provides for a channel 20 feet deep and 110 feet wide from that depth in Delaware River to the Grasselli Chlem- ical Plant of E. I. du Pont de Nemours & Co., a distance of 5,400 feet; thence 12 feet deep and 100 feet wide to the plant of the Strathmann Sand & Gravel Co., 5,900 feet; thence 10 feet deep and 60 feet wide to Friars Landing, 2,000 feet; and thence 7 feet deep and 60 feet wide to Parkers Landing near Mount Royal, 2 miles; a dredged cut-off 3 feet deep and 50 feet wide across a bend in the creek 9,000 feet above Mount Royal; and twin.jetties at the mouth of the creek. The section of the creek included in the existing project extends from Delaware River upstream 7 miles to 1 mile below the town of Mantua. All depths refer to the plane of mean low water. The mean tidal range at the mouth is 5.2 feet; at Paulsboro, 5 feet; at Mount Royal, 4.6 feet; and at Mantua, 3.5 feet. The extreme tidal range is about 10 feet. The estimate of most for new work, revised in 1938, was $200,000, exclusive of amounts expended on previous projects. The latest (1938) approved estimate for annual cost of maintenance is $5,500. The existing project was authorized by the following river and har- bor acts : Acts Work authorized Documents Mar. 3, 1899 A channel of 12-foot, 8-foot, and 7-foot depth to II. D)oc. No. 123, 55th Cong., 2d sess.; Parkers Landing, cut-off above Mount Royal, Annual Report 1898, p. 1122.1 and jetties at mouth. Mar. 2,1907 A dike across old mouth-. __-------------- Specified in act. Aug. 30, 1935 A channel of 12-foot and 10-foot depth to Friars Rivers and Harbors Committee Doe. Landing. . No. 14, 73d Cong., 1st sess.' June 20, 1938 A channel of 20-foot depth to the Orasselli chemi. II. Doc. No. 505, 75th Cong., 3d sess.' cal plant. t These documents and II. Doc. No. 523, 61st Cong., 2d(1 sess., contain the latest published maps. RIVERS AND HARBORS-PHILADELPHIA, PA., DISTRICT 431 Local cooperation.-Fullycomplied with. 7 Terminal facilities.-There are 10 wharves of pile and timber con- Struction on this stream. The facilities are considered adequate for 'xisting commerce. { Operations and results during scal year.-Maintenance dredging between Delaware River and the Grasselli Chemical Plant by contract as in progress from January 15 to February 11, 1946. ''There were remove 9$,516 cubic yards, place measurement, of material at a cost of $10,470.390. SSurveys and clhannel examinations were made at a cost of $1,029.61. The total cost for all work was $11,500 for maintenance. The ex- penditures were $11,560. . . Condition i at end of fiscal year.-The existing project was completed l 1940. The jetties at the mouth were completed in 1913 and the dredging in 1940. The controlling depths, at mean low water, were as follows: In March 1946, Delaware River to Grasselli Chemical Plant, 19.4 feet; thenge (June 1945) to the highway bridge at Pauls- boro, 11.1 feet; thence (1942) to Friars Landing, 11.5 feet; thence to PIarkers Landing, 6.5 feet; and thence to Mantua, 0.5 foot. Tile costs and expenditures under.the existing project were $166,- 687.08 for new work and $123,043.82 for maintenance, a total of $289,730.90. Proposedl operations.--No funds are available and no work is con- teniplated (luring the fiscal year 1947. 'The sum of $20,000 can be profitably expended (luring the fiscal Year 1948 for repairing the jetties at the mouth of the creek by con- tract, August and September 1947. Cost and financial summary . Cost of new work to June 30, 1946___....- -___-. ..---.-. . $169, 687. 08 Cost of maintenance to June 30,.1946--.............------------------------ 123, 043. 82 Total cost of permanent work to June 30, 1946....------------- 292, 730. 90 et total expenditures _ . ...--------------------------------. 292, 730. 90 otal amount appropriated to June 30, 1946--1. •-:--, .; 292, 730. 90 _ _ Fiscal year ending June 30 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 Cost oft new work.. ........ - -.......- -..... Cost of maintenance.............. .............. $31,747.40 '.............. $60.00 $iit,500 Total expended .....-.... - - -- ---........... 31,747.40 ....-------------- 11,560 Allotted-------------------------...-................. ...-------------------.. 41,000.00 .- 9,192. 60 11,500 Balance unexpended July 1, 1945_-_--.. - _--..-..___ . $60. 00 Amount allotted during fiscal year-..-.. L......... ..... i- , 11i 500. 00 Amount to be accounted for . . 11, 560. 00 .------------------ Gross amount expended_-------------------- ,------------.. - 11, 560. 00 Amount that can be profitably expended in fiscal year ending June 30, 1948, for maintenance-. -...........----.............-- _ .... : 20, 000. 00 17. RACCOON CREEK, N. J. Location.-This creek rises in Gloucester County, N. J., flows north- westerly 16 miles through the county, and empties into Delaware River about 20 miles below IPhiladelphia, Pa. (See U. S. Coast and Geodetic SUttvey Chart-No. 295c) --.-- .---- ..-- -..-............. - 432 REPORT OF CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMY, 1946 Previous projects.-Adopted by River and Harbor Act of August 2, 1882. For further details see page 1784, Annual Report for 1915, and page 344, Annual Report for 1938. Existing project.-This provides for a channel 7 feet deep at meau low water, 75 feet wide, in Delaware River 'to tlhe mouth alnd witlhin the creek to Bridgeport, 1% miles above the mouth; thence 60 feet wide to Springers wharf, 5 miles above the mouth; and thence 40 feet wide to Swedesboro, 9 miles above the nmiouth. It also provides for a cut-off at Molonox Shoal, 71/2 miles above the mouth, and for a stone-filled, pile and timber-crib south jetty at the moluth, 950 feet long. 'The total length of the section included in the project is about 9!) miles. The mean tidal range at the mouth is 5.3 feet, and at Swedesboro, 4.4 .feet. The extreme tidal range is about 10 feet. The estimate of cost for new work, made in 1913, was $106,535, exclu- sive 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: Acts Work authorized I)ocuments June 13,1902 A channel of 7-foot depth to Springers wharf and If. Doc. No. 231, 56th Cong., 1st sess., 5 feet to Swedeshoro. and Annual Report 19(x), p. 1590. Mar. 2,1907 A cut-off, Molonox Shoal. ---------- ------- -...... Specified in act. Mar. 2,1919 A 7-foot-depth extension to Swedoshoro, and jetty I. Doe. No. 00() 63d Cong., 2d sss. at mouth. Contains latest published maps. Local cooperation.--Fully complied with. Terminal facilities.-Therre 11 wharves of pile-anli-timber con- struction, all privately owned. Thrle facilities are considered adequate for existing commerce. Operations and results during fiscal year.-A survey was made to determine channel conditions, and plans and specificaions were pre- pared for maintenance dredging to restore the entrance channel and the uppet' section of the creek near Swedesboro to project dimensions. The total cost was $2,635.27 for maintenance. The expenditures were $2,563.06. Condition at end of fiscal ye r.--The existing project was coin- pleted in 1922. The controlling depths, at mean low water, were as follows: In February 1946 from Delaware River to the mouth, 4.1 feet; thence in June 1945 to the highway bridge at Bridgeport, 7.1 feet; and thence, in March 1946, to Swedesboro, 3.5 feet. The costs under the existing project were $82,)07.73 for new,work and $150,249.07 for maintenance, a total of $233,156.80. The expen- (litulres were $233,019.59. Proposed operations.-It is proposed to apply the funds unex- pended on June 30, 1946, amounting to $51,501.94, as follows: Accounts payable June 30, 1946-------------------- ------- $137. 21 Maintenance: I)redging to restore the entrance channel and the upper section of the creek to project dimensions, by contract, August and' September 1946------------------- 51,364.73 Total.--------------------. 51, 501.94 RIVERS AND HARBORS--PHILADELPHIA, 'PA., DISTRICT 433 No maintenance is conlltemiplated during the fiscal year 1948, as it is believed( that channel depths will be adequate to meet the needs of commlnerce. Cost and financial summary Cost of new work to June 30, 1946$------------------------------83, 664. 96 Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1946-----------.-.----.---. 150, 249. 07 Total cost of permanent work to June 30, 1946-_-- --- ...-.233, 914. 03 Minus accounts payable June 30, 1946----------- -------------- 137. 21 Net total expenditulres-_ ---------- --- 233, 776. 82 balance June 30, 1946_____________----------- bexpended 51, 501. 94 Total amount allppropriatedto June 30, 1946-_ -. - --- 285, 278. 76 Fiscalyear ending June 30 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 Cost of nmaintenance ---------------------........... ...------------.-----.....---------..---- ----- S n- $2,63527 rotal expen(l.(-----------2--------------------------------------------------2, 563.00 Allotted-------........-------------------------- ..-- ..-------- 65 54, 000.00 lBalance unexpended July 1, 1945------------------------------- $65. 00 Amount allotted d(lurilng fiscal year_____--- ____.----------- . 54, 000. 00 Amount to be accounted for_ -. 54, 065. 00 Gross amollrnt expended________-------------- ----------------- 2, 563. 06 Balance unexpended Jlune 30, 1946---------------------- 51, 501. 94 Outstanding liabilities, June 30, 1946--------------- ------------ 137. 21 Balance available June 30, 1946------------------------- 51, 364. 73 18. SALEM ItIVER, N. J. Location.-This river rises in Salem County, N. J., flows through Sthe colunty westerly 13 miles, thence southerly 7 miles to the city of Salei, and(l thence westerly 3 miles, emptying into Delaware River about 45 niles )elow Phlliladelphia, Pa. It is joined at Salem by Little Salem River, or Fenwick Creek, from the east. (See U. S. Coast and Geodetic Survey Chart No. 294.) Previous projects.---Tile River and Harbor Act of July 11, 1870, l)rovided for a survey and the original project was adopted by River and Harbor Act of March 3, 1871, and modified in 1878, and a sub- Sequent project adlopted by River and Harbor Act of March 2, 1907. For further details see page 1784, Annual lieport for 1915; page 349 of Annlll Report for 1924; and page 346 of Annual JteI)ort for 1938. Existinq project.--lThis provides for a channel 12 feet deep at mean low water, 150 feet wide in Delaware River across halem Cove to the moluth, and thence 10() feet wide to the fixed highway bridge in Little Salem River at Sailem, 21/4 miles above tile mouth. It also p)rovi(les for a cut-off to eliminate a large horseshoe bend b)etween thle mouth and Salem. Tlhe total length of the section included in the project is about 4 miles. 'iThe mean tidal range is 5.4 feet: The extreme tidal range is frm about 1 foot below mea n low water to ab)ou t 2 feet above mllean high water. 434. REPORT.OF CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMY, 1946 The estimate of cost for new work, revised in 1946, is $150,000 (one- half of which is to be contributed by local interests), exclusive.of' amounts expended under previous projects. The latest (1946) ap< proved estimate for annual cost of maintenance is $12,000. The existing project was adopted by the River and harbor- Act of March 3, 1925 (II. Doc. No. 110, 68th Cong., 1st sess.). The latest' published map is in that document. Local cooperation.--Theexisting project requires that local interests contribute 50 percent of the estimated cost of new work and that a: right-of-way for the proposed cut-off shall be conveyed to the United States free of cost. The contributions thus far made provided the right-of-way for the cut-off and for 50 percent of the cost of the 12-foot channel up to a point 225 feet above the county (Penns Neck) highway bridge, amounting to $51,825.10, of which $27,905.82 was contributed by the State of New Jersey, $19,932.73 by the county of Salem, and $3,968.55 by the city of Salem. 'erminal facilities.-There are seven wharves on the river, all at Salem. There are also three marine railways at two yards with repair. and storage facilities for small boats. All wharves are privately owned. The facilities are considered adequate for existing commerce. Operationsand results durinq fiscal year.--A survey was madle to determine channel conditions between Delaware River and Penns Neck Bridge, and plans and specifications. were prepared for main- tenance dredging to restore the entrance channel to project dimen- sions. The total cost was $1,815.53 for maintenance. The expendi- tures were $1,754.85. Condition at end of fiscal year.-The existing project was about 60 percent complete. The dredging of the channel from Delaware River to Penns Neck Bridge to project dimensions, including the cut-off, was completed in 1928. The channel from Penns Neck Bridge to the fixed highway bridge in Little Salem River was dredged to a depth of 9 feet under a previous project. The work remaining to be done is the deepening of the channel in Little Salem River from 9 feet to . 12 feet. The controlling depths, at mean low water, in March 1946 were as follows: !From Delaware River Across S ilem Cove to the cut-off, 6.5 feet; thence to Penns Neck Bridge, 12.7 feet; and thence (June 1945) to the fixed highway bridge at Salem, 8.9 feet. The costs under the existing project, excluding $51,825.10 con- tributed funds expended for new work, were $51,825.09 for new work and $43,017.01 for maintenance, a total of $94,842.10. The expendi- tures were $94,699.80. Proposedoperations.--It is proposed to apply the funds unexpended on June 30, 1946, amounting to $128,903.61, as follows: Accounts payable, June 30, 1946----------------------------------- $142. 30 Maintenance dredging to restore the entrance channel to project dimensions, August to October 194 ________________________ 128, 761.31 Total----------------- ------------------- 128, 903. 61. No maintenance is contemplated during the fiscal year 1948, as it is believed that channel depths will be adequate to meet the needs of existing commerce. The completion of the project isnot required by existing commerce. RIVERS AND HARBORS-PHILADELPHIA, PA., DISTRICT 435 Cost and financial summary Cost of new work to June 30, 1946__------------------------ ' $107, 634. 43 Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1946___--- -------------- 9--91, 017. 01 Total cost of permanent work to June 30, 1946 ---------- 1198, 651. 44 Minus accounts payable June 30, 1946__--_------------------- 142. 30 Net total expenditures- --- - -_------ -------- 1 198, 509. 14 Unexpeilded balance June 30, 1946..........-----....------------------- 128, 903. 61 Total amount appropriated to June 30, 1946 ----------- 1 327, 412. 75 Fiscal year ending June 30 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 C OSts n-or n ew w ork --__ t off - -- -- - - -- ----- -- - -- - - - - - - -. -- -- I-- -I .-- Cost of maintenance----------------------------------------------$11,923. 16 $1,815. 53 Total expended .. __________ -.......... .......... = . 11,841.64 1,754.85 S .. ... Allotted A"ottO d ------------------------------------------------------. -...................... .. ..... 12,500.00 12 50. 00. 130,000.00 Balance unexpended July 1, 1945----------------------------- $658. 46 Amount allotted during fiscal year_ .-------------------... 130, 000. 00 Amount to be accounted for --.------ ------------ 130, 658. 46 Gross amount expended-_--- ---- - ------------------- 1, 754. 85 Balance unexpended June 30, 1946-_--__ _-. -- .---.----- 128, 903. 61 Outstanding liabilities, June 30, 1946___--___--.---.----------- 142. 30 Balance available June 30, 1946.....--------------------- . .128, 761. 31 Amount (estimated) required to be appropriated for completion of existing project 2---------------------------------------- -23, 000. 00 In addition, $51,825.10 contributed funds were expended for new work. Exclusive of available funds. 19. COIIANSEY RIVER, N. J. Location.-This river rises in Salem "County, N. J., flows south- erly and southwesterly 27 miles through Cumberland County, and: empties into Delaware Bay about 62 miles below Philadelphia, Pa. (See U. S. Coast and Geodetic Survey Chart No. 1218.) Previous projects.-Adopted by River and Harbor Act of March 3, 1873, and modified in 1879. 'or further'details, see page 1785, Annual Report for 1915, andl page 348, Annual Report for 1938. Existing project.-This provides for a channel 12 feet deep, 100 feet wide from that de p th in Delaware Bay through a neck of land at the mouth and within the river to the south side of Glass Street in Bridgeton, 19 miles above the mouth; thence a channel 8 feet deep, 100 feet wide to Broad Street; and thence 75 feet wide to Commerce Street Bridge, 191/t miles above the mouth; and for a turning basin 12 feet deep and 800 feet long formed by widening the channel on the south' side to a maxirnum width of 250 feet just below Glass Street. The total length of the section included in the project is about 191/, miles. All depths refer to the plane of mean low water. The mean tidal range at the mouth is 5.7 feet, and at Bridgeton 6.2 feet. The extreme tidal range is froml about 2 feet below mean low water to about 3 feet abovemean high water. 436 REPORT OF CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMY, 1946 The estimated cost for new work, revised 'in 1937, was $140,000, exclusive of amounts expended on previous projects. The latest (1937) approved estimate for annual cost of maintenance is $9,000. The existing project was authorized by the following' river and harbor acts: Acts Work authorized Documents -------- -- -- ----- Mar. 2. 1907 A channel of 7-foot depth over entire project.---- . D)oc. No. 64.5, 59th Cong., 1st sess.' Aug. 26, 1937 A channel of 12-foot depth to Glass St., thence Senate committee print,75th Cong., 8-foot depth to Commerce St., with turning Ist sess.' basin. I Contain latest published maps. Local cooperation.--Fully complied( with except that local interests are required to furnish suitable spoil-disposal areas for subsequent maintenance as required. -Terminal facilities.--There are 22 wharves on this river, of which 16 are at Bridgeton and 6 at Greenwich Piers. Three wharves at Bridgeton and 1 at Greenwich Piers have (lirect rail connections. A marine railway is located at the latter place. The facilities are con- sidered adequate for existing commenlrce. Operatioins and results during #fscalyear.---None. Expenditures "amountingto $85 were for payments of accoulnts payable at end of last fiscal year. Condition at end of fiscal year.--.The existing project was completed in 1939. The controlling depths, at mean low water, in Jlune 1945, were as. follows: Delaware B iy to the mouth, 11.1 feet; thence to Glass Street in Bridgeton, 9.1 feet; thence to Broad Street Bridge, 4.5 feet; an(l thence to Commerce Street Bridge, 2.6 feet. The costs and expenditures under the existing project were $110,- 755.75 for new, work and $104,776.66 for .maintenance, a total of $215,532.41. Proposed operations.-No funds are available and no work is conl- templated during the fiscal year 1947.. :The sum of $35,000 can be profitably expended during the fiscal year 1948 for maintenance dredging between Fairton and Commerce Street Bridge in Bridgeton, by contract, October to Decelnber 1947. Cost and financial summary Cost! of new work to June 30, 1946-__-- ---- ------------- $146, 755. 75 Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1946----------._ 104, 776. 66 Total cost of permanent work to June 30, 1946--_ ..---------... 251, 532. 41 Net total expenditures. -------------- ---.. .. _-251, 532. 41 Total amount appropriated to.June 30, 1946---.---.. .. --.. _ 251, 532. 41 Fiscal year ending June 30 1942 1943: 1944 1945 1946 Cost of new work- .. Cost of maintenance.---------- ----------------------- 5-"----------- Total expended..-------------- ----------------------------------....--------....................... ------ $85 Allotted ,,,,--.... --------------- I-- ----------- -$15, 500 _ ........... RIVERS AND HARBORS-PHILADELPHIA, A., DISTRICT 437 Balance unexpended July 1, 1945------------------------------ $85. 00 Gross amount expended .......... --------------. .85. 00 Amount that can be profitably expended in fiscal year ending June 30, 1948, for maintenance----------------- --------------- 35, 000. 00 20. COLD SPRING INLET, N. J. Location.-Tllis inlet is located in Cape May Couirty, southern New 'Jersey, about 3 miles east of Cape May City and about 16 miles northeast of Delaware B reakwater. The inlet connects Cold Spring I1arbor with the Atlantic Ocean and is about 1 mile in length. (See U. S. Coast and Geodetic Survey Charts Nos. 234, 827, and 1219.) Existing project.-This provides for an entrance channel 25 feet dleep and 400 feet wide, protected by two parallel jetties, and extend- lng from the 25-foot (tep)th curve in the Atlantic Ocean to a line 500 feet harbowardl of a line joining the inner ends of the jetties; thence 20 feet deep and 30() feet wide to deep water in Cold Spring Iarbor. hlie total length of the section included in the project is about 21/ miles. The mean tidal range at the inner ends of the jetties is 4.3 feet. The extreme tidal range, due to ocean storms, is about 11 feet. The estimate of cost for new work, revised in 1945, was $1,382,000, including $100,000 contributed funds. The latest (1941) approved estillmnte for annual cost of maintenance is $30,000. The existing project was authorized by the following river and harbor acts: Acts I Work authorized ,l)ocuments Mar. 2,1907 An inlet channel 25 feet deep and jetties.......... 1. Doc. No. 388, 59th Cong., 2d sess. Mar. 2, 1945 A 20-foot channel to deep water in harbor-...... i. . Doc. No. 262, 77th Cong., 1st sess.' 1 This document and Annual Report for 1911, p. 1382, contain the latest published maps. Local cooperation.--All cooperation requl'ired under the act of 1907 has been completed, except the work of deepening and enlarging the inner harbor, which is 80 piercenlt complete. A channel 20 feet deep and 30() feet wide was dredged from a line 500 feet harborward of a line joilling the illner ends of the jetties to deep water in Cape May hiarbor in 1942 with Navy D)epartment funds. The cost was $50,000. T'e7ninal facilities.-Wlmharves with docking facilities for colnuner- cial fishing vessels and fishing-party boats are located on the inner end of the harbor at Cape May. There is also a well-equipped marine railway adjoiining the fish dock, a nulmber of small wharves for'pri- Vate craft and(l arty boats, and a yacht basin with acconlnodations for )about50 boats., North of the inlet entrance channel at Wildwood Crest is another large well-equipl)ed wharf for coinmmercial fishing boats. Bothl fish (locks have direct railroad connectiolls. The facili- ties are considered adequate for existing commerce. Operationsand results during fiscal year.-Repairswere lma(le to the Outer end of the east jetty, by contract, between May 1 and 23, 1946. A total of 519.34 tons of stone was placed at a cost of $12,072.34. Sur- Veys and channel examinations were made at a cost of $2,051.30, The total cost of all work was $14,123.64 for maintenance. The exl)endi- .tures were $14,975.46. 438 REPORT OF CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U..S. ARMY, 1946 Condition at end of fiscal year.--The jetties were completed in 1911, the 25-foot channel in 1917, and the 20-foot channel in 1942 as a war emergency.measure with Navy Department funds. The jetties are spaced 850 feet apart. The east jetty is 4,548 feet long and the west jetty 4,410 feet long, with inshore end wings 750 feet and 297 feet long, respectively. The wings and the 2,000-foot inshore end section of the west jetty are qf stone-filled pile and timber construction, and the entire east jetty and the outshore end section of the west jetty are of rubble mound construction. The controlling depth at mean low water in October 1945 from the Atlantic Ocean to the inner end of the project in Cape May Harbor was 18.5 feet.' The costs under the existing project, excluding $100,000 contributed funds expended for new work, were $879,274.62 for new work and $651,257 for maintenance, a total of $1,530,531.62. The expenditures were $1,530,237.74. Proposed operations.--It is proposed to apply the funds unexpended on June 30, 1946, amounting to $13,086.02, as follows: Accounts payable, June 30, 194......--------------- $203. 88 Maintenance: Dredging throughout the project with a United States hopper dredge in August 1946 1-----------------------------12 14 Total .... _ _ _ ___ _ _13, 086. 02 Total--------------------------------------------13,08.02 The additional sum of $60,000 can be profitably expended during the fiscal year 1948 for channel maintenance, with a United States hopper dredge, as required. Cost and financial summary Cost of new work to June 30, 1946- . - -- - - 1 $879, 274. 62 Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1946 ____- .____________ 651, 257. 00 Total cost of permanent work to June 30, 1946--------- 1 1, 530, 531. 62 Minus accounts payable June 30, 1946--------------------___ 293. 88 Net total expenditures 11, 530, 237. 74 Unexpended balance June 30, 1946 -------------------------- 13, 086 02 Total amount appropriated to June 30, 1946----------- 1 1, 543, 323. 76 Fiscal year ending June 30 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 C ost of new w ork __-. Cost of maintenance.............. $31, 851. 39 $792. 54 $39, 175. 00 $22, 205. 29 $14, 123.64 Total expended...--............... 25, 427. 21 7, 053.99 39, 337.73 21, 119. 59 14, 975. 46 Allotted -...---------------------- 58, 732.84 25, 0(0). 00 -10, 000. 00 -46, 000. 00 (........ Balance unexpended July 1, 1945 --------------------..---. $28, 061. 48 Gross amount expended ----------------------------.. .-- 14, 975. 46 Balance unexpended June 30;, 1946..--L-- Outstanding liabilities, June 30, 1946 -------------------------- --------- 13, 086. 02 293. 88 Balance available June 30, 1946- . .. _ ...... 12, 792. 14 '--------- Amount that can be profitably expended in fiscal year ending June 30, 1948, for maintenance 2 ---.. ----------------- ... 60, 000. 00 SIn addition, $100,000 contributed funds expended for new work. 2 Exclusive of available funds. RIVERS AND HARBORS-PHILADELPHIA, PA., DISTRICT 439 21. ABSECON INLET, N. 'J. Locaton.-rThis I*_ inlet is located on the coast of New Jersey about :65 miles north of Delaware breakwater, between Brigantine Beach on the north and Absecon Beach on the south. It forms the en- trance to the harbor at Atlantic City, N. J. (See U. S. Coast and Geodetic Survey Charts Nos. 826 and 1217.) Previous project.-Adlopted by River and IHarbor Act of July 25, 1912. 'Th'le project was completed in 1916. For further details see Annual Report for 1936, page 319. Eaxisting. project.---Tllus provides for an inlet entrance channel 2 0 feet deep at mean low water and 400 feet wide, for an entrance channel 15 feet dee p anil 200 feet wide from the inlet channel into Clain Creek, and for a turning basin 15 feet deep within Clam Creek. The act authorizing the inllet entrance channel also provides that should the channel at any time have a deleterious effect on the Atlantic City Beach, work upon the improvement may cease, it being under- stood that the project is adopted on the basis that the interests of the beach in front of the city are superior to those of the inlet. The total length of the section included in the project is about 11/2 miles. She mean tidal range in the ocean is 4 feet and at the inlet gorge 3.6 feet. The extremne tidal range, due to ocean storms, is about 11 feet. The estimate of cost for new work, revised in 1946, is $226,000. The latest (1946) estimate for annual cost of maintenance is $151,000. 'the existing project was authorized by the following river and harbor acts: 'Acts Work authorized Documents Sept. 22, 1922 July 24, 1946 An inlet entrance channel 20 feet deep-------.........-- I. Doe. No. 375, 07th Cong., 2d sess. A channel 15 feet deep into Clam Creek and a I. Doc. No. 504, 79th Cong., 2d sess.t turning basin. SContains the latest published map. Local cooperation.--The act of July 24, 1946, imposes the conditions that responlsible local agencies give assurances satisfactory to the Secretary of War that they (a) will provide without cost to the United States suitable spoil-disposal areas for the new work and subsequent maintenance when and as required, and (b) will hold and save the United States free from damages due to construction and maintenance of the Clamn Creek entrance channel and basin. There were no previous requirements. Terminal 'facilities.-There are nine wharves served by this im- provement; one is Government-owned, six are privately owned and Open to the general public use upon payment of moderate wharf- age, and two are publicly owned. Three of the wharves have direct railroad connection. There is also a continuous line of piers or land- 1fng places for pleasure craft on both sides of the large basins which indent the south shore of the inner channel. There are three ship- yards and three marine railways at this locality.---The facilities are Considered adequate for the existing commerce. 440 REPORT OF CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMY, 1946 Operations and results during fiscal year.-Maintenance dredging of the entrance channel by the U. S. hopper dredge Hoffman was ill progress from February 26 to April 24, 1946. There were removed 123,896 cubic yards, bin measurement, of material. The cost was $63,724.21. Surveys and channel examinations were made at a cost of $3,686.84. The total cost of all work was $67,411.05 for main- tenance. The expenditures were $65,665.26. Condition at end of fiscal year.--The project was about 93 percent complete. The inlet entrance channel was completed in 1938. The work remaining to be (lone is the dredging of the entrance channel from the inlet into Clam Creek and the turning basin within Clam Creek, authorized in the River and Harbor Act of July 24, 1946. The least depth at mean low water, in June 1946, in the middle half of the project channel was 4 feet. The controlling depth in a natural channel along the westerly edge of the project channel was 11 feet. The costs under the existing project were $208,647.66 for new work a-nd $1,153,954.97 for maintenance, a total of $1,362,602.63. The ex- penditures were $1,360,825.04. Proposedoperations.-Itis proposed to apIply the funds unexpen(led on June 30, 1946, amounting to $43,687.25 as follows: Accounts payable, June 30, 1946 777. 59 $------------------- Maintenance: Dredging throughout the project with a United States hopper dredge, October and November 1946_ _ - 41, 909. 66 Total ------------------------------------ ------------- 43, 687. 25 The additional sum of $116,000 can be profitably expende(l durillng the fiscal year 1948, as follows: New work: Dredging the entrance channel from the inlet channel into Clam Creek and the turning basin within Clam Creek to project dimen- sions, September and October 1947 ------------------------------ $16, 000 Maintenance: Dredging in the inlet channel with a United States hopper dredge as required-------------------------------- ------------ 100, 000 Total for all work ----------------------------------------- 116, 000 Cost and financial summary Cost of new work to June 30, 1946.---------------------------- $435, 144. 55 Cost.of maintenance to June 30, 1946_------------------------- 1, 389, 740. 58 Total cost of permanent work to June 30, 1946-----------1, 824, 885. 13 Minus accounts payable June 30, 1946 ----------------------- , 1,777. 59 Net total expenditures ------------------------------ 1, 823, 107. 54 Unexpended balance June 30, 1946_---_____ _ ___--__- -- _ 43, 687. 25 Total amount appropriated to June 36, 1946 -------------- 1, 866, 794. 79 Fiscal year ending June 30' 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 Cost of new work---....-----. --- ---.... .. Cost of maintenance-----------.............-. $4,240. 12 $2 3, 323. 88 $134, 801. 77 $46, 891.09 $67, 11. 05 Total expended...---------- 4,255. ---........... 258, 28. 00( 139, (1)6.01 47, 222. 77 65,665. 2 Allotted.......---- 39,000. 00 187, 070. 39 ---................-------------... 138, 000. 00 92, )000.00 34, 500.00 RIVERS AND HARBORS---PHILADELPHIA, PA., DISTRICT 441 Balance unexpended July 1,1945_--- ________ ___ - -- $74, 852. 51 Anount allotted during fiscal year_- ---------------------- 46, 000. 00 Amount to be accounted for ______ ___ ----------- 120, 852. 51 eductions o n account of revocation of allotment---------- 11, 500. 00 Net amount to be accounted for-------- 109, 352. 51 Gross amount expended ------------------------------------ 65, 665. 26 Balance unexpended June 30, 1946- -43, 687. 25 )utstanding liabilities, June 30, 1946 -------------------------- 1, 777. 59 Balance available June 30, 1946- ____--- --.--- 41, 909. 66 Amount (estimated) required to be appropriated for completion of existing pl)roject 1_ _------------------------------------------ 16, 000. 00 Amount that can be profitably expended in fiscal year ending June 30, 1948: For new work 1----- ----------------------------------- 16, 000. 00 For maintenance 1. .__.____..---...-- -- __---------_ 100, 000. 00 Total 1 ------------------------- 116, 000. 00 1Exclusive ofavailable funds. 22. TUCKERTON CREEK, N. J. Location.---Tlhis creek rises in Ocean County, N. J., flows southerly miles, and elmpties illto Little Egg Harbor abut bo 8 miles north of Little EI(g Inlet. (See U. S. Coast and Geodetic Charts Nos. 825 and 121;.) EI isting project.- hills provides for aLchannel 6 feet deep, ,80 feet Wide fromll the llead of Marchel(ler Channel in Little 'l'uclelrtoll Bay to thel Iloutll, tlhence 75 feet widle to Parkers Landing, I mile above the 1outoethence 60 feet wide to West Tuckerton Landing, 1%% miles. r abov e Ithe (lotl, tllhence a channel 5 feet deep and () feet wide to just above Scow Landing, 2 miles above the mouth; and thence a channel 3 feet deep and 40 feet wide to the mill dam at Tuckerton, 21/4 miles above thle mouith1. Th'le total length of the section included in the project is about 31/2 miles. All depltlhs refer to the plane of mean low ater. The mean tidtal range is 2.5 feet. The extrenme tidal range is fron about 1 foot below mean low water to about 1 foot above mean ligh water. The e tinmate of cost for new work,'made in 1900, was $61,380. The latest (1.928) approved estimate for annu al cost of Inaintenance is $5,000. The existing i)roject was adopted by the following river and harbor acts: Acts wVork authorized Documents June 13, 1902 A channel having depths of 6,5, and 3 feet......11. 1)oc. No. 274, 56th Cong., 1st sess. Mar. 3, 1905 Substitution of channels across Little Tuckerton Specifled in act. Bay. II.Doc. No. 1040, 64th Cong., Ist sess., contains latest published map. 442 REPORT OF CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMY, 1946 Local cooperation.-None required. Terminal facilities.-There are a number of wharves and piers of' pile-and-timber construction along the creek. There are also four. boat yards with marine railways and repair. and storage facilities: located at Tuckerton. One wharf at Tuckerton is publicly owned. The facilities are considered adequate for existing commerce. Operations.andresults during fiscal year.-A survey of the entire' project was made, and plans and specifications were I)rep)ared for dredging the entrance channel. The total cost was $2,482.94 for main- tenance. Thle expenditures were $2,372.83. Condition at end of fiscal year.--The existing.project was completed in 1925. 'he controlling deptls, at mean low water, in March 1946, were as follows: Across the bay outside the mouth and within the creek to the Tuckerton Yacht Club, 0.7 foot; thence to Scow Landing, 3.9 feet; and thence to the mill dam at Tuckerton, 3.6 feet. The costs under the existing project were $60,242.16 for new work and $130,356.90 for maintenance, a total of $190,599.06. The expendi- tures were $190,433.95. Proposedoperations.-It is proposed to apply the funds unexpended. on June 30, 1946, amounting to $47,682.17, as follows: Accounts payable, June 30, 1946_-_--_ .--.. _ _--- -_______ $165. 11 Maintenance: Dredging to restore the entrance channel to project di- mensions, by contract, August and September 1946..------------- 47, 517. 06 Total----- --- ------------------------------- 47, 682. 17 No maintenance is contemplated during the fiscal year 1948, as it is believed that channel depths will be adequate to meet the needs of . commerce. Cost and financial summary Cost of new.work to June 30, 1946-- _ _ __ .. __ __ _ $60, 242. 16 Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1946-- 130, 356. 90 Total cost of permanent work to June 30, 1946------------ 190, 599. 06 Minus accounts payable June 30, 1946________----------------------_____.... 165. 11 Net total expenditures_ -------------------------.----- 190, 433. 95" Unexpended balance June 30, 1946-------. 47, 682. 17 Total amount appropriated to June 30, 1946--------------_ 238, 116. 12 Fiscal year ending June 30 1942 1943 1944. 1945 1946 Cost of new work................. -----..--------------------------- Cost of maintenance----.......---- --..... ... ---------- ::::::::::::::--------------------$55 ---- $2-48294 Total expended---......--..........---------------------- ----------- - ---- ..-----------------.. ,372. 83 Allotted-------- .------------- -------------.------------ .------ 55 50,000.00 Balance unexpended July 1, 1945 0 $--------------------------- Amount allotted during fiscal year---------------------------50, 000. 00 Amolnt to be accounted for- . 50, 055. 00 Gross amount expended_.......... _ ._ -2, _-........- 372. 83 Balance unexpended June 30, 1946--------------_-__ 47, 682. 17 Outstanding liabilities, June 30, 1946------------------------- - 165. 11 Balance available June 30, 1946-----------------------. 47, 517.06 RIVERS AND HARBORS--PHILADELPHIA,' PA., DISTRICT 443 23. BAItNEGAT INLET, N. J. Location..-Tiuts inlet is located on the east coast of New Jersey, about 50 miles south of Sandy Hook and 23 miles north of Little Eger harbor. It forms the main entrance to Barnegat Bay, the largest of the bays on the New Jersey coast which are separated from the ocean by narrow barrier beaches. The inlet lies between Island Beach on the north and Long Beach on the south. (See U. S. Coast and Geodetic Survey Charts Nos. 825 and 1216.) thEisting project.--Thlis provides for a channel 8 feet deep through the inlet and 10 feet through the outer bar, the channel to be pro- tected by two converging stone jetties extending to the 12-foot contour inthe ocean and spaced 1,000 feet apart at the outer ends; a channel of suitable hydraulic characteristics extending in a northwesterly direc- tion from the gorge in the inlet to Oyster Creek Channel just north- .west of Sunset Shoal, thence via Oyster Creek Channel to deep water in the bay; and the maintenance of a channel 8 feet deep and 200 feet Wide to connect Barnegat City Harbor with the main inlet channel. The total length of the section included in the project is about 4.5. miles. All deplths refer to the plane of mean low water. The mean The tidal.range at the inlet gorge is 2.7 feet and in Barnegat Bay 0.5 foot, extreme tidal range at the inlet is from about 2 feet below mean low water to about 3 feet above mean high water. The estimate of cost for new work, revised in 1940, was $800,000 including $300,00() contributed funds: The latest (1946) approved estimate for annual cost of maintenance is $19,500. The existing )projectwas authorized by the following river and. harbor acts: Acts Work authorized Documents Aug. 30,1935 An 8-foot depth through the inlet to Oyster Creek Rivers and Harbors Committee Doc. 1 Channel and across inner bar, 10-foot depth No. 19, 73d Cong., 2d sess. through outer bar and for jetties. Aug. 26,1937 A channel of suitable hydraulic characteristics Rivers and Harbors Committee Doe, from the gorge to Oyster Creek Channel, and No. 85, 74th Cong., 2d sess.l thence to deep water in bay. July 24,1946 Maintenance dredging of a channel to connect the II.Doc.No. 358, 79th Cong., 2d sess.t main inlet channel with IBarnegat City Harbor. 1 Contain latest published maps. Local cooperation.-The River and Harbor Act of July 24, 1946, !nposes upIon the work authorized therein the condition that local 'nterests agree to hold and save'the 'United States free from claims. due to the work. Prior requirements have been fully complied with, Terminal facilities.-There are four docks or terminals located in the inner harbor at Barnegat City which furnish adequate facilities. for the present comilnerce of tile locality. All are private, three being used for fishing interests. Operations and results during fiscal year.-Surveys and channel exalinations were made at a cost of $241.66 for maintenance. Thel expend(itures were $859.29. Conditionat end of fiscal year.-The existing project was completed in1940. Dredging to providle a channel 20 feet deep and 300 feet wide from thile inlet gorge to Oyster Creek Channel, and thence a channel 8 444 REPORT OF CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMY, 1946 feet deep and 20() feet wide to deep water in Barnegat Bay was coll- pleted in 1939. A north jetty 4,900 feet long and iasouth jetty 2,950 feet long, with pile and timber sheet pile inshore end sections 769 and 750 feet long respectively, and outshore end sections of all-stone con- struction were completed in 1940. The controlling depths at meall low water in June 1946 were as follows: The navigable channel through the inlet to the gorge, 9 feet; thence through the dredged channel to Oyster Creek Channel, 4 feet; and thence (Julle 1944) to deep water in Barnegat Bay, 6.4 feet. The controlling depth is 11 feet in a natural channel south of and adjacent to the dredged channel between the gorge and Oyster Creek Channel. The costs under the existing project, excluding $300,000 contributed funds expended for new work, were $448,849.09 for new work and $495,609.06 for maintenance, a total of $944,458.15. The expenditures were $944,452.60 - Proposed operations.-It is proposed to apply the funds unexpended on June 30, 1946, amounting to $1,100, as follows: Accounts payable, June 30, 1946 ------------------ $5. 55 Maintenance: Payments for easements on land acquired for disposal of dredged material ______ ------------ 983. 58 Surveys and channel examinations--------------------------____ 110. 87 Total --------------------------------------------- 1,100. 00 'lThe additional sum of $55,0(0 can be profitably expended (luring the fiscal year 1948 for maintenance dredging in the inlet chamniel by a United States hopper dredge, October and November 1947. Cost and financial summary Cost of new work to June 30, 1946-- _ $448, 849. 0() Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1946------------------------ 495, 609. 06 -Minus Total cost of permanent work to June 30, 1946 accounts payable June 30, 1946---- -------------------- ---------- 944, 458. 15- 5.55 Net'total expenditures------------------ ----------- 1 944, 452. 60 Unexpended balance June 30, 1946._ _------------ - - - -- 1, 100. 00 Total amount appropriated to June 30, 1946 - -- 945, 552. 60 - Fiscal year ending June 30 1042 1943 1944 1945 1946 Cost of new work.. ..................... Cost of maintenance..---------.......... $6,308.05 $190,107. 66 $27631324 $18,301.26 $241. 66 Total expended.-..------------- - 6, 308.95 170, 843. 0 23, 142.43 20,17:1. 46 859. 29 Allotted.------------------- - --__ ---.- __---- () 135, 000.0 257, 500.00 16, 252. 60 .. ------- Balance unexpended July 1, 1945--------_ ---------------_ $1, 959. 29 Gross amount expended --------------------------- -- 859. 29 Balance unexpend(ed Jlune 30, 1946 _ -- 1, 100. 00 Outstanding liabilities June 30, 1946......------------- 5.55 Balance available June 30,11946 . ------------ . 1, 094. 45 Amount that can be profitably expended in fiscal year ending June 30, 1948, for maintenance 2--- . ----- _ -- __- _ ._ _ 55, 000. 00 I In addition, $300,000 expended fromncontributed funds for new work. s Exclusive of available funds. RIVERS AND HARBORS-PHILADELPHIA, PA., DISTRICT 445. 24. MANASQUAN RIVER, N. J. Location.-This is a small stream located in the eastern part of New Jersey, rising near Freehold and flowing easterly to the Atlantic Ocean, which it enters, about 26 miles south of Sandy Hook. (Se, * S. Coast and Geodetic Survey Chart No. 795.) Previous projects.-Adopted by River and Harbor Act of March 3, 1879. For further details see Annual Report for 1909, page 186, and Annual Report for 1938, page 269. Efisting project.--This provides for a channel 14 feet deep and 250 fet wide, protected by jetties and other works, extending from the Atlantic Ocean to the inner end of the north jetty, thence 12 feet deep and 300 feet wide to within 700 feet of the New York & Long Branch Railroad bridge, thence of same depth and narrowing to a width of 100 feet to within 300 feet of the bridge; for a widening on the north- erly side of the channel of 200 feet for a distance of 3,150 feet to a depth of 8 feet; for an anchorage of 19 acres in area to a depth of 10 feet on the south side of the channel and for an anchorage of 27.5 acres in area to a delcth of 12.feet about 0.5 mile west of route 35 high- Way bridge. Length of section included in project is about 1.5 miles. Mean tidal range is 3.7 feet at the inner end of the inlet and 4 feet at Ocean end; mean range of spring tides, 4.4 and 4.8 feet respectively; irregular fluctuations due to wind and barometric pressure vary from 2.7 feet below to 7.5 feet above mean low water at the inner end of the illet. The estimate of cost for new work, revised in 1946, is $976,000, exclusive of amount expended on previous projects but including $300,000 contributed by local interests. The estimate for annual cost of mnaintenance, revised in 1946, is $30,000. The existing project was authorized by the following river and larbor acts: Acts Work authorized Documents July 3, 1930 Channel 8 feet deep and provision of works I.LDoc. No. 482, 70th Cong., 2d sess. designed to secure the channel. Aug. 30,1935 Widening of channel on northerly side----------. Senate Conunittee Document, 74th Cong., 1st sess. Mar. 2, 1945 I)eepening channel to 12 and 14 feet; 10-and 12-foot 11. l)uc. No. 356, 77th Cong., 1st sess.1 anchorages. Contains latest published Inap. Local cooperation.-The River and HIarbor Act of March 2, 1945, Provides that local interests furnish, free of cost to the United States, suitable areas properly diked for disp)osal of dredged material, for new work and maintenanle, when and as needed; convey to the United States, free of cost, a l)erpletllal easement to excavate all lands above o'(dillary high water iequired for the ilnlprovement; and release the JUnite(l States from all claims for dlamage resulting from the improve- inedit. These conditions have not been fulfilled. The requilements under prior acts have been fully complied with. Te'ninal facilties.-Five la ndings with a total wiarfage of 700 1584-47-pt. 1, vol. 1-290 72 . : 446 REPORT OF CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMY, 1946 feet, used by commercial fishermen, and seven' landings and boat basins for pleasure craft are located along the river and ts branches. The pleasure boat landings and basins are equipped with marine railways, boat building and repair facilities and boat storage facili- ties. Two yacht clubs with a mooring capacity of 45 boats and numer- ous pleasure boat landings are also located along the waterway. The existing facilities are considered adequate for present requirements. Operationsand results during fiscal year.-Repairingthe north and, south jetties at the inlet by contract, in progress at the end of the previous fiscal year, was completed October 15, 1945. During the fiscal year 5,190 tons of cap stone, 2,386 tons of core stone, 412 cubic yards of Lumnite grout and 216.5 cubic yards of air-entrained grout were placed at a cost of $56,778.79 for maintenance. .The removal of stone from the channel by contract, commenced July 9, was completed August 17, 1945., A total of 2,313 tons of material was removed at a cost of $18,427.25 for maintenance. The total cost of all work was $75,206.04 for maintenance. The expenditures were $93,603.47. Condition at end of fiscal year.--The existing project was about 82 percent complete. A rubble-mound jetty 1,230 feet long north of the entrance and one 1,030 feet long south of the entrance were com- pleted in 1931. Two steel bulkheads, each 950 feet long, at the inshore ends of the jetties were completed in 1937. A steel bulkhead 698 feet long'and two steel groins of an aggregate length of 570 feet, constructed on the northerly beach, were completed in 1938. A chan- nel 10 feet deep and 250 feet wide from the 10-foot contour in the ocean to a point near the inshore end of the jetties and thence 8 feet deep and 300 feet wide to a point 700 feet below the New York & Long Branch Railroad bridge was completed in 1933, and the 200- foot widening on the northerly side of the channel was completed in 1937. The work remaining to be done consists of deepening the channel to 12 and 14 feet and dredging two anchorage basins. The controlling depths, at mean low water, in May 1946, were as follows: From the Atlantic Ocean to the west end of north bulkhead, 11 feet: and thence to 700 feet east of the New York & Long Branch Railroad bridge, 6.7 feet. The total cost of the existing project, excluding $300,000 contrib- uted funds expended for new work, was $335,342.16 for new work and $411,846.75 for maintenance, a total of $747,188.91. The expendi- tures were $745,020.34. Proposed operations.-Itis proposed to apply the funds unexpended on June 30, 1946, amounting to $53,436.26 as follows: Accounts payable, June 30, 1946- $-------___________ $2, 168. 57 Maintenance: Repairing groin at inner end of north jetty by contract in August 1947------------------..-------.. ------ -------------- 1, 250. 00 Dredging to restore the channel between the inner ends of the jetties and the railroad bridge to a depth of 8 feet by contract, August and September 1947 - -----.-------------------- 50, 017. 69 Total............ _------------------------------------------- 53, 436. 26 The additional sum of $178,800 can he profitably expended during the fiscal year 1948 for new work in dredging the channel between RIVERS AND HARBORS-PHILADELPHIA, PA., DISTRICT 447 the ocean and the railroad bridge, and the 19-acre anchorage on the south side of the channel to project dimensions, September 1947 to January 1948. Cost and financial summary Cost of new work to June 30, 1946__------------------------ Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1946_ ------------ _ --------- 1$374, 342. 16 413, 900. 86 Total cost of permanent work to June 30, 1946----------- 1788, 243. 02 Minus accounts payable June 30, 1946_-- ------_ _- -------- 2, 168. 57 Net total expenditures- ____---------- ------------ i 786, 074. 45 nexpended balance June 30, 1946_ _..........__._..-.-.. .- 53, 436. 26 Total amount appropriated to June 30, 1946------------- ' 839, 510. 71 Fiscal year ending June 30 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 cost of new work---------------------------------------------- ------- cost oflaintenance-------------.. $6, 479.86 .$4045.24"------"---_ -$30, 526. 27 $75,206.04 Total expended................. 6, 483. 86 404. 24 .............. 9, 960. 27 93, 603. 47 At.. Allotted--- 25, 000.00 -------....................... -5, 900. 00 -$25, 600. 49 101,00.00. 56,000.00 Balance unexpended July 1, 1945_----------------------- _$91, ---- 039. 73 Amount allotted during fiscal year----------------------- 56, 000. 00 Amount to be accounted for- .-- ----------- 147, 039. 73 Gross amount expended ------------------ 93, 603. 47 9--------- Balance unexpended June 30, 1946---------------------- 53, 436. 26 Outstanding liabilities June 30, 1946.----------------------- .,-- 2, 168. 57 Balance available June 30, 1946------------------------ 51, 267. 69 Amount (estimated) required to be 'appropriated for completion of existing project 2------------------------------------ -- 340, 300. 00 Amount that can be profitably expended in fiscal year ending June 30, 1948, for new work 2---------.------ ------------ 178, 800. 00 " In addition, $300,000 was expended from contributed funds for new work. Exclusive of available funds. 25. NEW JERSEY INTRACOASTAL WATERWAY Location.-This waterway, a sea-level inland water route approxi-- nately parallel with the New Jersey coast, extends from the Atlantic Ocean at Manasquan Inlet, about 26 miles south of Sandy hook, N. J., to Delaware Bay about 3 miles above Cape May Point. The waterway extends through the Inlet and up Manasquan River a distance of about 2 miles; thence by the Manasquan-Bayhead Canal through high ground for a distance of 2 miles to the head of Barnegat Bay. It then )asses through a series of bays, lagoons, and thoroughfares along the New Jersey coast to Cape May Harbor; thence across Cape 5May County to I)elaware Bay through a.land cut by way of the New Eng- land Creek basin. (See U. S. Coast and Geodetic Survey Charts Nos.234, 795, 825, 826,827, 1216, 1217, 1218, and 1219.) Existing project.--This provides for a channel 12 feet deep at mean low water and generally 100 feet wide, extending from the Atlantic Ocean at Manasquan Inlet, N. J., to Delaware Bay above 448 REPORT OF CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMY, 1946 Cape May, N. J., by the further improvement of Manasquan River and Inlet, N. J., and the present New Jersey Intracoastal Waterway, and by the construction of a canal of similar dimensions from Cape May Harbor to Delaware Bay via the New England Creek basin, with adequate jetties at the Delaware Bay entrance. The total length of the project is about 117 miles. Normal tidal range in sections of the waterway remote from inlets is 0.5 foot. Near the inlets the mean tidal range generally is 3 feet; in the ocean, 4 feet; at the head of Cape May Harbor, 4.6 feet, and in Delaware Bay, near the entrance, 4.7 feet. The estimate of cost for new work, revised in 1945, is $4,585,000, including $1,824,940 Navy Department funds. The latest (1939) approved estimate for annual cost of maintenance is $150,000. The existing project was adopted by the River and Harbor Act approved March 2, 1945 (H. Doc. No. 133, 76th Cong., 1st sess.). The latest published map is in the project document. Local cooperation.--The project is subject to the conditions that the State of New Jersey cede to the United States all right, title, and interest that it has acquired to lands, easements, rights-of-way, and structures otherth an bridges for the Manasquan-Bayhead Canal; that the State of Ney Jersey furnish, free of cost to the United States, all lands, easements, rights-of-way, and disposal areas required for construction of the Cape May Canal and for improvement of the proposed waterway and for their subsequent maintenance; that local interests provide, maintain, and operate suitable bridges over the waterway; that the State of New Jersey donate to the United States the navigation aids in use on the present New Jersey Intracoastal Waterw £y, and that the State of New Jersey hold and save the United States and its agents free from' any claims for damages resulting from the work of improvement. The only measures taken.by local interests to comply with the specified requirements are that the State of New Jersey has contributed $99,000 toward the acquisition of land for the rights-of-way and disposal areas for the Cape May Canal, and has as- sumed the maintenance and operation of one temporary highway bridge constructed by the Federal Government across the canal. A land cut 12 feet deep and 100 feet wide connecting Cape May Harbor with Delaware Bay, including jetties at the Delaware Bay entrance, two temporary highway drawbridges, and one temporary railroad drawbridge, was constructed in 1942-43 with Navy Depart- ment funds. The cost was $1,824,940. Navy Department funds in the amount of $286,954.70 were also expended for maintenance of the waterway. Terminal facilities.-There are numerolus piers, wharves, and (locks at resorts located at or adjacent-to the waterway, most of which are open to general public use, and fuel, water, and other supplies are readily available. Public and privately owned boat basins are located in a number of streams entering the bays and thoroughfares through which the waterway passes. Boat repair and storage yards with marine railways for small craft arm also scattered along the waterway. Transfer facilities, including facilities for icing, storing, and shipping food fish, are available at most of the larger communities along the waterway, including Atlantic City, Wildwood, and Cape May. Tho RIVERS AND HARBORS-PHILADELPHIA, PA., DISTRICT 449 plants at the two latter places have direct railroad connections. The facilities are considered adequate for existing commerce. Operations and results during fiscal year.-A survey was made-of the waterway from Manasquan River to Cape May Harbor to deter- .mine the condition of the existing channel and bridges, and to obtain Information for use in the preparation of a construction planning report. The cost was $50,983.68 for new work. The expenditures were $40,206.17. Condition at end of fiscal year.--A canal 12 feet deep and 100 fe'et wide connecting Cape May Harbor with Delaware Bay has been con- structed with Navy Department funds' amounting to $1,824,940. The dredging was completed in 1942; two parallel stone jetties at the Delaware Bay entrance to the canal in 1943; one temporary highway' drawbridge in 1943; and one temporary highway drawbridge and one railroad bridge in 1944. The work remaining to be (lone is the dredging of a channel 12 feet deep and 100 feet wide from the Atlantic Ocean at Manasquan Inlet to Cape May Harbor. The costs under the existing project, excluding $1,824,940 expended for new work and $286,954.70 for maintenance from United States Navy Department funds, were $50,983.68 for new work. The expendi- tures were $490,206.17.' Proposedoperations.-Itis proposed to apply the funds unexpended on June 30 1946, to the payment of outstanding obligations. The snum of $92,000 can be profitably expended during the fiscal year" 1948 for maintenance of the canal connecting Cape May Harbor with Delaware Bay. Cost and financial summary Cost of new work to June 30, 1946_-------------------------1 $50, 983. 68 Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1946--------------------------------- Total cost of permanent work to June 30, 1946..---------- 12 50, 983. 68 Minus accounts payable June 30, 1946--_------------------ - 1, 777. 51 Net total expenditures- - -------------------------- 49, 206. 17 Unexpended balance June 30, 1946_---------------------.- 793. 83 Total amount appropriated to June 30, 1946-------.........--. 1 50, 000. 00 Fiscal year ending Juno 30 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 ost of new work ............................---------------------------------------........-----------------.............. $50,983. 68 Cost of maintenance......... ..... .... Total expended....----------. --- - .--... -... -.... .. .. .- ..- . 49,206.17 A11~ "'lotte ........---- ---------------------------- 0,0---------------------------- 00.00 I Amount allotted during fiscal year---... ...---..-.----.. $50, 000. 00 . Gross amount expended------------------....-... -.-... - 49, 206. 17 Balance unexpended June 30, 1946-------- ------------ 793. 83 Outstanding liabilities, June 30, 1946 _. -. $1, 777. 51 Amount covered by uncompleted contracts--...... 96. 21 - 1, 873. 72 Balance available June 30, 1946_..-...-.-------....-- -- 1, 079. 89 SIn addition $1,824,940 Navy Department funds and $99,000 contributed funds were expended for new Work. 2 In addition $286,9564.70 Navy )epartment fuds were expended for maintenance. 450 REPORT OF CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMY, 1.946 Amount (estimated) required to be appropriated for completion of existing project 3 -....- ..--. ---- - $2, 710, 000. 00 Amount that can be profitably expended in fiscal year ending June 30, 1948, for maintenance 3-_--_-_--_-_-___-_____ - 92, 000. 00 a Exclusive of available funds. 26. EXAMINATIONS, SURVEYS, AND CONTINGENCIES (GENERAL) 'The cost of the work during the year was $88,563.40. The expendi- tures were $87,364.56. The balance unexpended on June 30, 1946, amounting to $74,415.22, will be applied as needed during the fiscal year 1947 to payment of expenses incurred under this heading. The sum of $100,000 can be profitably expended during the fiscal year 1948. Cost and financial summary Cost of new work to June 30, 1946______ ___ Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1946--_-_------- .$1, 198, 638. 63 Total cost of permanent work to June 30, 1946---------- 1, 198, 638. 63 Minus accounts payable June 30, 1946----------------------- 4, 874. 56 Net total expenditures-----------------------------1, 193, 764. 07 Unexpended balance June 30, 1946____ --------.- 74, 415. 22 Total amount appropriated to June 30, 1946------------ 1, 268, 179. 29 Fiscal year ending June 30 1942 1043 1944 1945 1946 cost of new work------------ Cost of maintenance------- ..---$7 ,588... 37 $55.319. 88 $39,7 00.23 $81, 823. 31 $88,563.40 Total expended----------------- 70,644. 08 2,271. 33 40, 417. 33 79, 069. 09 87, 364. 50 Allotted-....---_--------------.... 14,645.19 111, 014.87- .............- 140,000.00 90,000.00 Balance unexpended July 1, 1945---------......----------------- $71, 779. 78 Amount allotted during fiscal year_- ---------------- ..------ 90, 000. 00 Amount to be accounted for______------------------ 161, 779. 78 Gross amount expended._____________________________ 87, 364. 56 Balance unexpended June 30, 1946--------------------- 74, 415. 22 Outstanding liabilities, June 30, 1946___------------$4, 874. 56 Amount covered by uncompleted contracts-------....... 24. 10 4, 898. 66 Balance available June 30, 1946-------------------- 69, 516. 56 Amount that can be-profitably expended in fiscal year ending June 30, 1948, for maintenance 1--- ---------...................... 100, 000. 00 1 Exclusive of available funds. RIVERS AND HARBORS-PHILADELPHIA, PA., DISTRICT - 451 27. OTHER NAVIGATION PROJECTS FOR WHIICII NO ESTIMATES ARE1 SUBMITTED For last full Cost and expenditures to Estimated report, see June 30, 1946 amount ' Name of project Annual requreto. Reportcomplete for- New work Maintenance complete 1. Delaware River, N. Y., N. J., and Pa., at or .near mouth of Neversink River 1 1.......... 2. Chester River, Pa.2 3- ---- 1917- ... - _........... $61, 392. 60 4 - 1931' $6, 000. 00 $650. 26 3. 600. 00 3 Icee Harbor at Marcus Hook, Pa. ... . 1928 208, 963. 64 14, 336. 36 (5) A Iearbor at New Castle, Del.............. 1898 224, 703.84 .............. (5) quinimink A Ie7Psic o5. River, I)el. ....... . 1931 36, 973. 35 41, 098. 56 3, 000. 00 River, Del. 7......................... -- 1931 36, 956. 06 32, 242. 94 () t.Jones River, el .................... 3 1940 207, 102. 64, 607. 22 267, 500. 00 S urderkill River, Dtel. .------ 1945 37, 630.07 182, 645. 22 22, 400. 00 . Broadkill 0.Inland River, l. 11 -----.............--. Waterway from Chincoteague Bay, -- 1941 68, 227.97 101,853.67 () - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 11. to Delaware Bay, l)el.'12 1939 168, 411.88 1342, 794.40 (1) 1. Rancocas Creek, N. J.3, ... 1942 ..-------------------- 44, 500. 21 13, 090.94 36, 750. 00 132. Woodbury Creek, N. J.23..-.........--... 14.Oldmans Creek, N.J. 14................... 1941 1940 27,093.01 31,188.43 55,405.91 31, 736. 20 (5) 88,800.00 15.Alloway Creek, N. J.3--------------------- ....................... 1931 21, 397.73 33, 002. 27 (5) 16.Maurice River, N. J.8i...................... 1941 143. 984.49 118, 643.91 120,000.00 17.Denn 18.Goshenis Creek, Creek, N. J.*2 ........................ N. J. ........................1897 19(15 4,701.05 .............. (5) 15, 358.77 870.00 (5) 19.Abscon 19 Creek, Egg N. N. ........................ arbor, 1941 11, 934. 96 67, 725. 34 () J1 -ittle ._(------ 15, 21: T4uleCreek 7, 048. 0--- -----------( () N..J ..--- ) - - - - 1912 8000 (17) Toms River, N. J 181 ..... 1940 10,050.00 19, 873. 21 183, 000. 00 1 Abandonment recommended In It. Doe. No. 467, 69th Cong., 1st sess. Nocommerce reported. 3 Channel adequate for commerce. _larbor not now required by commerce. i Completed. Sxpen(led $100 during fiscal year. E:xpended $57.50 (luring fiscal year. AWaiting local cooperation. Expended $59 (luring fiscal year. 1 Rxpendedl $57.79 during fiscal year. s Expended $126 during fiscal year. ""Cost of maintaining bridges assumed by State of Delaware. In addition $2,000contributed funds expended for maintenance. 1=4 14Expended $60 during fiscal year. isExiendle(l $85 during fiscal year. 17 ast appropriation for this project was in 1852. No Information Is at hand relative to work done. to t alntenance assumed by local authorities as required by act. 1o roject modified by River and HIarbor Act approved Mar. 2, 1945. Expended $55 during fiscal year. 28. PLANT ALLOTMENT, PHILADELPHIA, PA., DISTRICT Cost and financial summary Undistributed costs June 30, 1946- ..-....-....- .. --... - $3, 309, 490. 44 Net total cost to June 30, 1946___________. 3, 309, 490. 44 Plus accounts receivable June 30, 1946---.------------------ -203, 049. 89 Gross total costs to June 30, 1946__--------.-- 3, 512, 540. 33 Minus accounts payable June 30, 1946.----------------------- 359, 893. 44 S Net total expenditures-----------------------------8, 152, 646. 89 Unexpended balance June 30, 1946------------------------ 1, 166, 308. 34 Total amount appropriated to June 30, 1946------------4, 318, 955. 23 Fiscal year ending June 30 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 - Total expended--................... $2,382,319.16 $55,183. 44 -$3,540,955.90 $94, 637.11 -$1,119,467.98 173, 719. 87 -3,215,730. 87 Allotted--...................................... -590, 000. 00 -760, 000. 00 452 REPORT OF CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMY, 1946 Balance unexpended July 1, 1945---------------------------$806, 840. 36 Deductions on account of revocation of allotment--- - 760, 000. 00 Net amount to be accounted for_----..__- 46, 840. 36 Reimbursements collected........ $765, 681. 45 Receipts from sales-------------- 644, 691.45 S-- L-"---= $1, 410, 372. 90 Gross amount expended_---------------. -__290, 904. 92 1,119, 467. 98 Balance unexpended June 30, 1946---.---------------- 1, 166, 308 34 Outstanding liabilities, June 30, 1946----------- $359. 893. 44 Amount covered by uncompleted contracts___.. 646, 851. 45 - 1, 006, 744. 89 Balance available June 30, 1946----------------------- 159, 563. 45 Accounts receivable June 30, 1946--------------------------_ 203, 049. 89 Unobligated balance available June 30, 1946 ------------ 362, 613. 34 29. IIOPPER DREDGE REPLACEMENT Cost and fihancial summary Cost of new work to June 30, 1946_____________________ Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1946_$----------------. _6, .$_ 537, 004.57 Total cost of permanent work to June 30, 1946 .....--------- 6, 537, 004. 57 Minus accounts payable June 30, 1946-------_ _____________ 1, 524, 664. 11 Net total expenditures--------------______ _________________ 5, 012, 340. 46 Unexpended balance June 30, 1946--- --------------------- 12, 737, 659. 54 Total amount appropriated to June 30; 1946---------- 17, 750, 00. 00 Fiscal year ending June 30 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 Cost of new work..... Cost of maintenance..------------- .._ -- . "$114, .---.------------------------- 40 5.33. $6422'71i.17 Total expended.--..................--- ..--. .------------- /-114 ,528.45 4,897,812.01 Allotted-- ------------------------------------------------ =. .. --- 13, 500, 000.00 4,250,000.00 Balance unexpended July 1,1945_________________________ $13, 385, 471. 55 Amount allotted during fiscal year------------------------- 4, 250, 000. 00 Amount to be accounted for------------- ----------- 17, 635, 471. 55 Gross amount-expended------------------- $4, 897, 866. 62 Less reimbursements collected_ --------------- 54. 61 4, 897, 812. 01 Balance unexpended June 30, 1946------------------... 12, 737, 659. 54 ......... $1,524, 664. 11 Outstanding liabilities, June 30, 1946-------- Amount covered by uncompleted contracts.... 10, 926, 751. 07 12, 451, 415. 18 Balance available June 30, 1946------ ---------------- 286, 244. 36 Amount that can be profitably expended in fiscal year ending June 30, 1948, for maintenance '--. _______ ---- ____ _ 11, 000, 000. 00 I Exclusive of available funds. RIVERS AND HARBORS-PHILADELPHIA, PA., DISTRICT 453 Status of all investigations for navigation called for by river and harbor acts and committee resolutions Date trans. Document Recom- Locality Authorization act mitte to .No. mendation Congress I *I' I- I Absecon Inlet, N. J .................. Rivers and [Harbors Conm- Mar. 13, 1946 1I. 504, Favorable mnittee resolution, Apr. 79th , 16, 1935, and amended Cong., Feb. 27, 1936. Absecon Inlet, N. J., improvement... Commerce 2d sess. Committee ....do........ .....do..... Do. resolution, May 12, 1941. Absecon Inlet, N. J., improvement Riversand Hlarbors Com- ..... do.............do.... Do. Of anchorage area and small boat mittee resolution, Feb. harbor on Clam Creek*. 28, 1941. arnegat Inlet, N. J-............... Rivers and IHarbors Com- mitteeooresolution, Aug. arnegat Inlet, N. J. (interim report). 10, 1944. ..... do.....-------------...... Sept. 25, 1945 II. 358, Do. 79th Cong., 1st sess. Cold Spring Inlet (Cape May iar- River and HIarbor Act, bot),, N. J. with a view to shore July 24, 1946. Delaware River between Philadel. Rivers and Harbors Coinm- June 19, 1946 IIH. 679, DI)o. othia, Pa., and Trenton, N. J., 25- mittee resolution,.Apr. 79 th ot channel to and turning basin 24, 1945. Cong., at Biles (reek. 2d sess. Delaware River, N. Y., Pa., N. J., Rivers andi arbors Com. ..........- and l)el. construction of dams in mittee resolution, Jan. Vicinity of 'locks Island, Belve- 24, 1939. here, and Chestnut Hill, Pa. (navi- .ation and power). liaware Rliver to Chesapeake Bay, Commerce Committee i. and Md., Inland Waterway, resolution, Mar. 28, rith Particular reference to 1939. )la ware River, Pa., N. J., and )el., River and Harbor Act, Shilacdelphiq to the sea. July 24, 1946. Uelaware River, Pa., N. J., and between Philadellphia an'Tlrenton. D)el., do...........-----...-------- ..... shingCreek, Cumberland County, River and Harbor Act, Mar. 2, 1945. Indian Ilver Inlet to Rehoboth Bay, do ....-------------- ..... 1)e1" waterway. i |llionRiver l)el.tup to Milford. -- .- - .... do.... . . ..-- Penylaeck Creek, a tributary of the River and Ilarbor Act, 1)dlaware River located in Phila- July 24, 1946. dolphia, Pa., with a view to pro- Vipplied to dredging in the channel to a deplth of 37 feet with a United States hopper dredge, during June and July 1947. The additional sum of $922,000 can be profitably expended during the fiscal year 1948, to be applied to (leepening .the channel to 39 feet as autholized ill the 1945 River and HIarbor Act. Cost and fenancial summary Cost of new work to June 30, 1946_----------------------------- $74, 358. 58 Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1946---------------- ---------- 501, 178. 30 Total cost of permanent work to June 30, 1946-----------1575, 536. 88 Net total expenditures--------------------------------- --- 575, 536. 88 Unexpended balance June 30, 1946_-..---.-.-- --------- 108, 463. 12 Total amount appropriated to June 30, 1946-............. 684, 000. 00 year ending June 30 . iscal 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 / Cost of new work----------------- $694. 60 $73,663.98......................... Cost ofmaintenance------------- 2, 753.60 296, 452.49 $2,074. 71 $81, 547. 43 $118, 350. 07 Total cost..---------------............ 3, 448. 20 370,116. 47 2, 074. 71 81, 547. 43 118, 350. 07 Total expended--............-----...... 3, 448. 20 375, 762. 81 935. 82 77, 039. 98 118, 350. 07 ------------------- Allotted.......................... 45,000.00 123,500.00 ----.............. 153, 500. 00 92,000.00 Balance unexpended July 1, 1945..---_--____-_____________ $134, 813. 19 Amount allotted during fiscal year_-------_. -----.--.--------- 105, 000. 00 Amount to be accounted for_--- -------------- _ -- 239, 813. 19 Deductions on account of revocation of allotment---------------- 13, 000. 00 Net amount to be accounted for 226, 813. 19 ;----------------------- Gross amount expended_------------------------------------- 118, 350. 07 Balanc unexpended June 30, 1946- ---------------------- 108, 463. 12 Amount (estimated) required to be appropriated for completion of existing project 2-_, _______.__ _ __.----------------922, 000. 00 Amount that can be profitably expended in fiscal year ending June 30, 1948 for new work 2----------- ------------- 922, 000. 00 Costs and expenditures prior to fiscal year 1942 are included in the project for Baltimore Harbor and 2 lanlnels. Exclusive of available funds. 586 REPORT. OF CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMY, 1946 8. HORN HARBOR, VA. Location.-This is a tidal estuary 4 miles in length, located in Mathews County, Va., entering Ch1esapeake Bay on its western shore 43 miles northerly of Norfolk, Va. (See U. S. Coast and Geodetic .Survey Chart No. 494.) Existing project.-This provides for a channel 7 feet deep and 100 feet wide across the entrance bar. The plane of reference is mean low water. The mean tidal range is about 2 feet with winds causing varia- tions of 2 to 3 feet. The estimate of cost of new work made in 1933 was $12,000. The latest (1935) approved estimate for annual cost of maintenance is $1,000. The existing project was adopted by the River and Harbor Act of July 3, 1930 (H. Doc. No. 124, 70th Cong., 1st sess.), and modified by the River and Harbor 'Act of August 30, 1935 (Rivers and Harbors Committee Doc. No. 22, 73d Cong., 2d sess.), which removed the re- quirement that.local interests contribute $6,000 toward the cost of the improvement. The latest published map is in the latter document. Local cooperation.-Local interests are required to.provide free of cost to the United States suitable spoil-disposal areas during initial construction and future maintenance, not less than 800 feet and not more than 1,200 feet from the center line of the channel, and furnish releases from all damages to oyster grounds that may be caused by dredging. The cooperation was complied with and approved August 14, 1936. Terminal facilities.-There are 18 wharves and stagings and 1 marine railway within the harbor. Two wharves are open to the public, and two are solely for fuel-oil companies. The existing fa- cilities are considered adequate. Operations and results during fiscal year.--A condition survey was made during.the year at a cost and expenditure of $1,692.07, all for maintenance. Condition at end of fiscal year.-The existing project was com- pleted in 1937. The controlling depth at mean low'water as ascer- tained in January 1946 was 3.9 feet in midchannel and 3.4 feet along the edges. The head of navigation for boat traffic is at the Standard Oil Co.'s dock. Navigation is practicable throughout the year. The total cost and expenditure was $13,678.86, of which $11,486.79 was for new work and $2,192.07 for maintenance. Proposed operations.-The unexpended balance at the end of the fiscal year will be applied to maintenance dredging to restore the en- trance channel to project dimensions by contract, 11/2 months, October and November 1946. The additional sum of $4,300 can be profitably expended during the fiscal year 1948 in making a condition survey with Government plant and hired labor during April 1948. Cost and financial summary Cost of new work to June 30, 1946_-----.------..------.- ___-$11, 486. 79 Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1946 -------------------------- 2, 192. 07 Total cost of permanent work to June 30, 1946----- . ,--- 13, 678. 86 Net total expenditures---------------.. --------------------- 13, 678. 86 RIVERS AND HARBORS-NORFOLK, VA., DISTRICT 587 , Unexpenddd balance June 30, 1946--.---------------------- $20, 407. 93 Total amount appropriated to June 30, 1946------.------- 34, 086. 79 Fiscal year en(ling June 30 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 Cost of new work Cost of maintenan.ce. $500 $1, 692.07 Total expended...... . S =.500 1,692.07 A .. . otte ------- - - - - - - - - - - - -- -I------500 22, 100. 00 Amount allotted during fiscal year--------------------------- $22, 100. 00 Gross amount expended------- ----------- -- ----------------- 1, 692. 07 Balance unexp)ended June 30, 1946- -- -------------- --- 20, 407. 93 Amount that can be profitably expended in fiscal year ending June 30, 1948, for maintenance 1 ----------------------------------- 4, 300. 00 Exclusive of available funds. 9. MATTAPONI RIVER, VA. Location.-Mattaponi River rises in central Virginia and flows in a southeasterly (lirection for about 120 miles to its junction with the Pamunkey River at West Point, Va., formilng the York River. U.1S. Coast ind Geodetic Survey Chart No. 504.) -(See revio~ projects.-The original project was adopted by the River and IIarbor Act of Juneo 14, 1880, and modified by the River and Iar- bor Act of July 13, 1892. For further details see page 531 of Annual Report for 1918 and page 438 of Annual Report for 1938. isting 7project.--r1lis provides for an entrance channel 16 feet deep, 5,600 feet long, and 200 feet wide across the shoal separating the deep waters of the Mattaponi and York Rivers below the town of West Point anId the enlargement to an equal depth of the natural channel in Mattaponi River opposite the existing terminals at and in the vicinity of Sixth and Seventh Streets of that town over an area having a maximum length and width of 1,000 feet and 100 feet; a channel 9 feet deep and 150 feet wide from the mouth to Locust Grove, a channel 7 feet deep and 100 feet wide from Locust Grove to Rose- Spout, with a basinl immediately above Rosespout 7 feet deep, 180 feet wide, and 400 feet long, and snagging between the mouth and bukirk, Va. Tlie distances from the moiith to Locust Grove, Rose- spout, and )runkirk are 28, 34, and 41 miles, respectively. The plane of reference is meanl low water. 'idal ranges are: Mean, 3.9 at Walkerton, 2.9 at West Point; extreme, 4.5 at Walkerton, 3.9 feet at WVest Point; irregular, 7 feet at Walkerton, 6 feet at West Point. The estimate of cost for new work, revised in 1942, was $79,250, ex- elusive of amount expended on previous projects. The latest (1912) approved estimate for annual cost of maintenance is $7,000. 588 REPORT OF CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMY, 1946 The existing project was authorized by the following river and harbor acts : Act Work authorized Documents Mar. 2,1919 Improved channels to Pointers (Rosespout) and II. Doe N o .861,64th Cong., 1st sess. snagging to Dunkirk. Aug. 30,1935 Channels 9 and 7 feet deep, mouth to Rosespout, Rivers and Harbors Committee Doc. t including basin 7 feet deep at latter point and No. 47, 73d Cong., 2d sess. snagging, mouth to Dunkirk. July 24,1946 Channels 16 feet deep at and immediately below IH. Doc. No. 766, 78th Cong., 2d sess.' West Point. 1Contains latest published map. Local cooperation.--All requirements anld conditions imposed by the River and Harbor Act of August 30, 1945, have been complied with. The River and Harbor Act of July 24, 1946, in adopting the modi- fication of the I)roject to provide for an entrance channel 16 feet deep across the shoal between the Mattaponi and York Rivers and the en- largement of the natural channel in Mattaponi River at West Point, imposed the conditions that local interests give assurances satisfactory to the Secretary of War that they will (a) provide siiitable areas for the disposal of dredged material when antl as required for the initial work and subsequelit IIlaintenance; (b) h11ol( and save the United States free from damages arising from the improvement; and (c) dredge to an equal (lep)th adequate approach anld berthing areas adjacent to the terminals at Sixth and Seventh Streets of the town of West Point. 'Terminal facilities.-In tile portion of tile waterway between Walk- erton and Pointers there are two shore landings. In the deeper por- tions of the waterway below Walkerton there are aboult 14 wharves of open-pile construction andl about 13 shore lanldings. Five of these wharves are located at West Point, Va. All of the facilities are privately owned, but some are open to )publicuIse at nominal wharfago charges. The facilities are considered adequate for existing comnlerce. Operations and results during fiscal year.-None. Condition at end of fiscal year.-The existing) project was about 35 percent complete at tlhe ellnd of the fiscal year. Tilhe controlling depth as ascertained in August 1941 was 9 feet froml the mouth to Locust Grove and 7:feet from Locust Grove to Rosespout. Thlle head of navigation for boat traffic is at Aylett, Va. Navigation is practicable throughout tile year. The work to be done to complete the p)roject Consists of dredging an entrance channel 16 feet d(eel), 5,600 feet long and 200 feet wide across the shoal se)arating the (leel) waters of the Mattaponi a(nd York Rivers below the town of West Point andlthe enlargement to an equal depth of the natural clhannel in Mattal)oni River opposite tile existing ternminals at and inlthe vicinity of Sixth and Seventh Streets over an. area halvillng maxiln um lengtil andl wi(ltl o(f 1,000 feet and 100 feet. RIVERS AND HARBORS-NORFOLK, VA., DISTRICT 589 The total cqst and expenditure was $85,643.61, of which $32,586.39 Vwas for new work and $53,057.22 for maintenance. Proposed operations.-The unexpended balance at the end of the fiscal year will be applied to condition and control surveys with Governent plant and hired labor during October and November 1946. Tllhe additional sum of $127,600 can be profitably expended during the fiscal year 1948 as follows: New work: )redging 16-foot channel authorized in 1946 River and Harbor Act_--------------------------------------------- $60, 000 Maintenance: Snagging and bank trimming with U. S. derrick boat Roanoke, 2 months, September and October 1947------- $7, 600 Dredging between the mouth and Rosespout by contract, S2months, November and )ecember 1947----------- 60, 000 - 67, 600 Total for all work__ ---- ___----- ------------- \127, 600 Cost and financial summary Cost of new work to June 30, 1.946----- ------ $------ 83, 835. 87 Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1946-_ ------- ----- 113, 497. 45 Total cost of permanent work to June 30, 1946_------------197, 333. 32 Net total expenditures------------------ ---------------------- 197, 333. 32 Unexpendled( balance June 30, 1946 ---------------------------- 5, 000. 00 Total amount appropriated to June 30, 1946--------------202, 333. 32 Fiscal year ending Juno 30 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 Cost of new work-. -$29, . 984. 00.. Cost of maintenance--.........................-----------------------------.........---- Total expended.......... ......... 30,018.45 .... . . . . ....-.. --...... " " .-......... ~Uloted---------------J-55i-------- j $5,000-- Allotted----.... .................. - 8,981.55 ..-.................. -......... .......... $5,000 Amount allotted during fiscal year__----------------------------$5, 000. 00 3alance unexpended June 30, 1946---------------------------- 5, 000. 00 Amount (estimated) required to be appropriated for completion of existing project 1--------------- --------------------------- 60, 000. 00 Amount that can be profitably expended in fiscal year ending June 30, 1948: For new work 60, 000. 00 601----------------------------- For maintenance 1----------------------- -------- 67, 600. 00 Total 1 -------------------------- --------------------- 127, 600. 00 1Exclusive of available funds. 10. PAMUNKEY RIVER, VA. Location.-Pamu1lnkey River rises in central Virginia and flows it a solutheasterly direction for about 130 miles to its junction with the Mattaposi River at West Point, Va., forming the York River. (See U. S. Coast and Geodetic Survey Chart No. 504.) Ewisting project.--This provides for a channel 7 feet deep and 100 feet wide between the mouth of the river and Bassett Ferry, a distance 721584-47--pt. 1, vol. 1 3-38 590 REPORT OF CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMY, 1946 of 47.5 miles, thence 5 feet deep and 50 feet wide to Manquin Bridge, a distance of 5.2 miles. All depths are referred to mean low water. Tidal ranges are: Mean, 4 feet at Newcastle Ferry, 2.9 feet at West Point; extreme, 5 feet at Newcastle Ferry, 3.9 feet at West Point; irregular 7.5 feet at Newcastle Ferry, 6 feet at West Point. The estimate of cost for new work made in 1945 was $41,500.. The latest (1945) 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 Dredgipg and snagging for channel 5 to 6 feet deep Annual Report, 1875, pt. 2, p. 162. and 40 to 60 feet wide to IHanovertown, Va. June 14,1880 For channel 7 feet deep and 100 feet wide on lower Annual Report, 1885, pt. 2, p. 982. bars with dikes on 2 bars. Limits dredging and snagging for channel 7 feet Annual Report, 1908, pt. 1, p. 249. S deep and 100 feet wide to Bassett.Ferry. Mar. 2,1945 A channel 5 feet deep and 50 feet wide between I. lDoc. No. 671, 76th Cong., 3d sess.' Bassett Ferry and Manquin Bridge. I Contains latest published map. Local cooperation.-The River and Harbor Act of March 2, 1945, in adopting the project for a channel 5 feet deep and 50 feet wide between Bassett .Ferry and Manquin Bridlge inlpose(l the con(itions that local interests furnish, free of cost to the United States, all lands, easements, and rights-of-way and spoil-disposal areas for the initial work and for subsequent maintenance when and as required, and give assurances satisfactory to the Secretary of War that they will provide and main- tain suitable terminal facilities, olen to all on equal terms. These conditions have not been complied with. Terminal facilities.-There are no wharves existing in the improved section. Six shore landings are located along the banks where deep water is available. They appear to be adequate for the requirements of present and prospective commerce. In the deep portion of the water- way below the section under improvement there exist 20 wharves or landings. Operationsand results during fiscal year.--None. Condition at end of fiscal year.-The existing project was about 76 percent complete at the end of the fiscal year. Channels aggregating 1.6 miles have been dredged. Longitudinal sheet pile dikes, aggre- gating 1,478 linear feet, and permeable spur dikes, aggregating 2,332 linear feet, have been built. The dikes are in good condition. The controlling depth in March 1938 was 6.2 feet except at the extreme upper end of the project. Depths are referred to mean low water. The present head of navigation, for other than rowboats and fishing skiffs, is at Bassett Ferry. Navigation is practicable throughout the entire year. The work remaining to be done to complete the project consists of dredging a channel 5 feet deep and 50 feet wide between Bassett Ferry and Manquin Bridge. RIVERS AND HARBORS-NORFOLK, .VA., DISTRICT 591 The total cost and expenditure of the existing project was $139,- c24.97, of which $31,376.44 was for new work and $108,248.53 for maintenance. Proposed operations.--The unexpended balance at the end of the fiscal year will be applied to condition and control surveys with Gov- eminent plant and hired labor, during December 1946 and January 1947. The additional sum of $7,600 can be profitably expended during the fiscal year 1948, for snagging and bank trimming from the mouth to bassetts Ferry, with U. S. derrick boat Roanoke, 2 montlls, November Sand December 1947. Cost and flnancial summary Cost of new work to June 30, 1946_________--_ 376. 44 $----------31, Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1946_ _ 108, 248. 53 Total cost of perinanent work to June 30, 1946------------13, 624. 97 Net total expenitures--. ------------ -------------------- 139, 624. 97 1 u nexpended balance June 30, 1946_ ___-____------- . 5, 000. 00 Total amount appropriated to June 30, 1946-------------- 144, 624. 97 Fiscal year ending June 30 1942" 1943 1944 1945 1946 - Cost of now work---------.. ------- ---------- - -------------------- -------- Cost of maintenance... ------------- -------------------- -------------------------- Total expended -------------------- ----------- --------------------------------- Allotted.............. - ............. -. ...-.......... . . ............. $5, 000 -Amount allotted during fiscal year_ ---. ____-------_ -____ $5, 000. 00 BIalance unexpenrded( June 30, 1946 ---------------------------- __ 5, 000. 00 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, 1948, for maintenance 1 __________-------------- 7, 600. 00 1Exclusive of available funds. 11. CHANNEL CONNECTING YORK RIVER, VA., WITII BACK CREEK TO SLAIGIIT'S WHARF Location.--The channel -known as the Thorofare lies in York County, Va., 39 miles northerly from Norfolk, Va., and connects Back Creek, a tidal estuary on the west shore of Chesapeake Bay, with the York River. (See U. S. Coast and Geodetic Survey Chart No. 494.) Existing project.--This provides for a channel 7 feet deep and 80 feet wide across the York River flats, and 60 feet wide through the Thorofare. The plane of reference is mean low water. The mean tidal range is 2.4 feet with winds causing variations of 2 to 3 feet. The estimate of cost for new work made in 1934, including $2,500 contributed by local interests, was $22,500. The' latest (1935) ap- proved estimate for annual cost of maintenance is $2,000. The existing project was adopted by tile River and Harbor Act of August 30, 1935 (Rivers and Harbors Committee Doc. No. 6, 74th 592 REPORT ,OF CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMY, 1946 Cong., 1st sess.). The latest published map is in the project document. Local cooperation.-Fullycomplied with. Terminal facilities.--There are no landings or other facilities on the Thorofare. A public wharf and a number of small wharves and landings in Back Creek serve the iridividual owners. These facilities are considered adequate for present commerce. Operationsand results during fiscal year.-None. Conditionat end of fiscal year.--The existing project was completed in 1937. The controlling depth in March 1939 was 7 feet at mean low water. The total cost and expenditure was $17,354.71, all for new work, of which $2,500 was expended from contributed funds. Proposed operations.-The unexpended balance at the end of the fiscal year will be applied to condition and control surveys, with Gov- ernment plant and hired labor, during February 1947. No funds can be profitably expended during the fiscal year 1948 as it is believed that the present condition of the project will meet the needs of navigation until a later date. Cost and financial summary Cost of new work to June 30, 1946 --------------------------- . 1$14,854. 71 Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1946 ___ Total cost of permanent work to June 30, 1946__------------ 14; 854. 71 Net total expenditures ----------------------------------- 14, 854. 71 Unexpended balance June 30, 1946 ---------------------------- 3, 000. 00 Total amount appropriated to June 30, 1946-------------- 117, 854. 71 Fiscal year ending June 30 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 Cost of new work................ .................................................. Cost ofmaintenance.. -------. ------.------- - -------------.. . . .. . . . . . .. . . Total expended.... -----------------................------.......------------..... ------------......... -....... .... , ...... Allotted.............----------------------------------------------------------------------............. $3,000 Amount allotted during fiscal year-___--- ----------------- ---- $3, 000. 00 Balance unexpended June 30, 1946----------------------------- 3, 000. 00 1 In addition, $2,500 was expended from contributed funds for now work. 12. THIMBLE SHOAL CHANNEL, VA. Location.---Thimble Shoal Channel lieS between Hampton Roads and the ocean, and is 20 miles northeast of the center of Norfolk Harbor, extending southeasterly 11 miles from a point 1/4 miles east of Thimble Shoal Lighthouse toward the entrance to Chesa- peake Bay. (See U. S. Coast and Geodetic Survey Chart No, 1222.) Previous projects.--Adopted by River and Harbor Act of June 25, 1910. For further details see page 470, Annual Report for 1932. ' Existing project.-This provides for dredging a channel 11 miles long, 750 feet wide, and 40 feet deep at mean low water. Under ordinary conditions the mean tidal range is 2.6 feet and the extremes 2 and 3 feet. The extremes of irregular fluctuation, due to combined wind and tides, referred to mean low water, are -2 feet and ,+9.5 feet. RIVERS AND HARBORS-NORFOLK, VA., DISTRICT 593 The estimate of cost for new work, revised in 1928, was $2,325,000, exclusive of ,amounts expended on previous projects. The latest (1928) approved estimate of cost for annual maintenance is $50,000.. The existing project was adopted by the River and Harbor Act of August'8, 1917 (1(H. Doc. No. 140, 65th Cong., 1st sess.). The latest published map is inI House Document No. 551, Sixty-first Congress, second session. Local cooperation.-None required. Terminal facilities.--For a description of the terminal facilities for these points see this heading under "Norfolk Harbor" and "Channel to Newport News, Va." Operations and results durinq fiscal year.-Maintenance dredging with the U. S. hopper dredge Chinook in the channel between Hamp- ton Roads and the Atlantic Ocean was carried on during the periods August 1 to 14, August 26 to' September 4, October 17 to November 12, 1945, and June 1 to 30, 1946. There were removed 969,676 cubic yards of mlaterial, binn measurement. The cost of the work was $184,511.37. Miscellaneous condition surveys were made during the fiscal year at a cost of $3,347.35. The total cost and expenditure of the work was $187,858.72, all for mhaintenance. Condition at end of fiscal year.-The existing project was com- pleted in 1929. The controlling depth as ascertained in April to May 1946 was 39.5 feet in midchannel and 37.1 feet along the edges. Depths referred to are mean low water. The total cost and expenditure of the existing project was $3,362,- 156.95, of which $2,283,772.56 was for new work and $1,078,384.39 for maintenance. Proposed operations.-The unexpended balance at the end of the fiscal year, less an amount revoked, will be applied as follows: Maintenance: Afterd(redgingsurvey with Government plant and hired labor 1.6 months August and September 1946--------------------- $5, 426. 69 Condition and control surveys with Government plant and hired labor, 1% months, April and May 1947._ _- _---___-4, 500. 00 Total for all work --------------- 926. 69 -9,9--------------- The additional sum of $5,000 can be profitably expended during the fiscall year 1948 for condition and control surveys, with Government plant and hired labor, 11/2 months, March and April 1948. Cost and financial summary Cost of new work to June 30, 1946________________________ $2, 617, 381. 44 Cost of maintenance to June 30, 19461_____-_______ .__-__ 1, 078, 384. 39 Total cost of perlanealnt work to June 30, 1946.....--------_ 3, 695, 765. 83 Net total expenditures ------------- _ --------------------- 3, 695, 765. 83 Unexpended balance June 30, 1946.----------__.._________ 67, 926. 69 Total amount appropriated to June 30, 1946------------ 3, 763, 692. 52 594 REPORT OF CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMY, 1946 Fiscal year ending June 30 1942 1943 . 1944 1945 1946 Cost of new work..... Cost of maintenance-------------.............. $1, 930. 38 $9, 141.38 $141, 123. 46 $85, 808.99 $187, 858.72 Total expended--...........--- . 2, 869.95 12, 657. 56 143, 016. 86 80, 085. 61 187, 858.72 SAllotted .-- -.-- - ..------------- 45,000.00 117, 500. 00--....-...-.. 204, 500. 00 125, 445.44 Balance unexpended July 1, 1945_---------------------------$130, 339. 97 Amount allotted during fiscal year ---- -------------- ._ 143, 800. 00 Amount to be accounted for-_-------_-___----- . 274, 139: 97 Deductions on account of revocation of allotment_ _- _------ 18, 354. 56 Net amount to be accounted for _.----__-----_ . 255, 785. 41 Gross amount expended-------------------------------- 187, 858. 72 Balance unexpended June 30, 1946 7, 926. 69 6--------------------- Amount revoked in July 1946------------------------------- 58, 000. 00 \ Unobligated balance available for fiscal year 1947_---_.. 9,926. 69 Amount that can be profitably expended in fiscal year ending June 30, 1948 for maintenance i_-------------- ..------------.-. 5, 000. 00 I Exclusive of available funds. 13. LITTLE RIVER (CREEK), VA. Location.-Little Creek is a tidal estuary entering the south side of Chesapeake Bay, Va., about 31/2 miles east of the corporate limits of the city of Norfolk and 9 miles west of Cape Henry. (See U. S. Coast and Geodetic Survey Charts Nos. 481 and 1222.)' Existing project.-This provides for maintenance of an existing channel 20 :feet deep and 400 feet wide extending inshore from that depth in Chesapeake Bay to the terminals of the Pennsylvania Rail- road System, a distance of about 1.4 miles, including a basin adjacent to the terminals of the same depth 400 to 1,240 feet wide and 1,160 feet long. All depths are referred to mean low water. Under ordinary conditions the mean tidal range is 2.6 feet, with extremes of -2 and +9.5 feet occurring during storm periods. The estimate of cost (1943) for annual maintenance is $20,000. The existing project was authorized by the River and lHarbor Act of March 2, 1945, in accordance with a report on file in the'ffice of the Chief of Engineers. Local cooperation.-None required. Terminal facilities.-The Pennsylvania Railroad maintains at its terminal a small pier, two ferry slips and two floating- bridges for transfer of freight cars to and from its ferries, and berths for mooring tugs and car ferries, aggregating approximately 950 lineal feet. The Virginia Ferry Corp. maintains a ferry slip and foot whai'f at the rail- road terminal. Extensive Government-owned facilities are maintained on the waterway at the head of the project. There are no publicly owned facilities on the waterway. The facilities are considered ade- quate for existing commerce. Operations and results during fiscal year.-None. Conditions at end of fiscal year.---This is an artificial channel, orgi- nally dredged to a depth of 17 feet and width of 300 feet, supplemented by protection works consisting of stone jetties and wood bulkheads, RIVERS AND HARBORS-NORFOLK, VA., DISTRICT 595- all of which were provided by the Pennsylvania Railroad Co. under War Department permit. The dredging was completed in 1930. The cost is unknown. Thechannel was subsequently enlarged by the Navy Department to the existing project dimensions. The enlargement was commenced on April 5, 1942, and completed on May 26, 1943. The cost of the work was $185,618.40 of which $168,623.40 was Federal funds expended by United States navy and $16,995 was contributed by the Pennsylvania Railroad Co. The controlling depths, as ascertained by the Navy I)epartment in August 1944, were as follows: 16.1 feet along the center line; 12.5 feet along the right edge; and 17.1 feet along the left edge. All depths are referred to mean low water. Proposed operations.-No funds are available and no operations are proposed during the fiscal year 1947. The sum of $6,000 can be profitably expended during the fiscal year 1948, for condition an(l control surveys, with Government plant and hired labor, during September and October 1947. Cost and financial summary Cost of new work to June 30, 1946-__---------------------------------- Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1946-------------- ------------------- Total cost of permanent work to June 30, 1946.----- ---------- , Net total expen:iitures _.. . ...... Total am'ount appropriated to June 30, 1946-_ _____------------- ------ Amount that can he profitably expended in fiscal year ending June 30, 1948, for maintenance----------- --------------------------- $6, 000 14. JAMES RIVER, VA. Location.--Tlis river is formed by the junction of the Cowpasture and Jackson Rivers in Botetourt County, Va., flows easterly 340 miles, and empties into HIampton Roads at Newport News, Va. (See U. S. Coast and Geodetic Survey Charts Nos. 529, 530, and 531.) Previous projects.-Adopted by River and Harbor Act of July 11, 1870. For further details see page 1797 of Annual Report for 1915, and page 461 of the Annual Report for 1938. E'sting project.--This provides for a channel 25 feet deep and 300 feet wide from the mouth to Ilopewell, 69.2 miles; thence 25 feet deep and 200 feet wide, following the cut-off route between Tiopewell and the Richmond deep-water terminal, 17.2 miles; thence a channel 18' feet deep and 200 feet wide from the deep-water terminal to the Rich- mond lock, 4.4 miles, and the removal of tile obstruction in Richmond Harbor known as Trigg Cofferdani; and for a turning basin 200 feet wide, 600 feet long, and 18 feet deep in Richmond Harbor. Derths of channels are referred to meanl low water. The total length of channel included in the project is 90.8 miles, which is the navigable section. The mean tidal ranges under ordinary conditions for different parts of the river are as follows: Mouth, 2.7 feet; Jamestown, 1.85 feet ; City Point, 2.8 feet; Dutch Gap, 3.5 feet; Richmond, 3.9 feet. Following are the extreme ranges under ordinary conditions at the same locali- ties: Mouth, 2.1 to 3 feet; Jamestown, 1.6 to 2.3 feet; City Point, 2.3 to 3.2 feet; Dutch Gap, 2.9 to 3.9 feet; Richmond, 3.2 to 4.2 feet. The rdinary fluctuations of stage at Richmond, due to floods, are 6 to 12 feet above mean low water. Tie extreme fluctuations are 16 to 32 feet. 596 REPORT OF CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMY, 1946 The flood heights below Richmond diminish rapidly, the extreme, ac- cording to available information, being about 11 feet lower at Dutch Gap, 14 miles below, and 17 to 18 feet lower 20 miles below. The estimate of cost for new work, revised in 1946, exclusive of the amount expended on previous projects, is $6,722,900. The latest (1945) approved estimate of cost for annual maintenance is $101,500. The existing project was authorized by the following river and har- bor acts: Acts Work authorized Documents July 5, 1884 '"hannel 22 feet deep from mouth to Richmond S. Ex. Doc. No. 147, 47th Cong., 1st and construction of spur and training dikes. sess. June 13,1902 Extension of improvement to Richmond lock gate..-I. )oc. No. 234,56thCong., 1stsess Mar. 3,1905 Forming a turning basin by widening channel at Richmond. July 3, 1930 Present project dimensions---..... ----... . If. Doe. No. 314, 71st Cong., 2d sess.' Aug. 26, 1937 Removal of the Trigg cofferdam.................. Rivers and Harbors Committee Doc. No. 68, 74th Cong., 1st sess.' Mar. 2,1945 Turning basin in Richmond Harbor...-----------.......... . )oc. No. 738, 77th Cong., 2d sess.t 1Contains latest published maps. Local cooperation.-The River and Harbor Act of March. 2, 1945, in adopting the project for a turning basin, 200 feet wide, 600 feet long, and 18 feet deep, in Richmond Harbor, imposed the condition that local interests furnish free of cost to the United States suitable spoil-disposal areas for new work and subsequent maintenance when and as required, and hold and save the United States free from all claims for damages incidental to the work. This condition has not been complied with. All prior conditions have been complied with. Local interests are required to furnish suitable areas for the disposal of dredged material for future maintenance. Terminal facilities.---The river's commerce at Richlnond is handled at the city-owned terminals, city wharf, and Richmond dock, and at 14 privately owned wharves located within or in the immediate vicinity of Richmond Harbor. .The Richmond deep-water terminal at the head of the 25-foot depth serves oceangoing vessels and the larger ships engaged in coastwise trade. Below the deep-water terminal the improvement is served by 42 wharves. -The Richmond terminals and wharves, together with the wharves between Richmond and the river's mouth, are adequate for the river's commerce. Operations and results- during fiscal year.-Advance planning for new work, consisting of surveys and subsurface investigations, plans, estimates, and specifications in connection with removal of rock and overburden in the 25-foot channel in the vicinity of Falling Creek and in the 18-foot channel between Richmond deep-water terminal and Richmond lock, with Government plant and hired labor, was commenced October 26, 1945, and continued to April 25, 1946, when the work was complted. The cost of the work was $4,830.81. 'Maintenance dredging under contract in the 25-foot channel, )be- tween Hopewell and Riclmond deep-water terminal, in progress at the. beginning of the fiscal year, was carried on during thile periods July 1i to 16, August 12 to 23, and September 4 to November 19, 1945, when the RIVERS AND HARBORS-NORFOLK, VA., DISTRICT 597 work was completed. There were removed 213,718 cubic yards of material, place measurement. The cost of the work was $91,723.38. Condition, control, and miscellaneous surveys, and river flow and regulation works studies were carried on during the fiscal year at a cost of $16,001.44. The total cost of the work was $112,555.63, of which $4,830.81 was for new work and $107,724.82 for maintenance. The total expenditure was $150,434.34. Condition at end of fiscal year.-The existing project was about 90 percent complete at the end of the fiscal year. The controlling depths at mean low water are as follows: Controlling depths Name of channel Midchannl Right outs atedetermined Left outside for half width toutside quarter (feet) (feet) quarter (feet) Mouth to lopewell 22. 5 24.2 24.0 May 1946. Iolewell to Richmond I)eepwater Terminal. ......................------------------------ 21.0 25.0 24.4 May to November Richmond I)eepwater Ter 1945. Terminal to 1BIuxton Line I)ock ..... uxton Line l)ock to Iichnmond Lock. 15. 3 18.0 15. 8' October 1945., 5. 9 8. 4 11. 6 Do. The head of navigation for boat traffic is at Richmond, Va. Navi- gation is practicable throughout tile year. The work relmaininlg to be done to complete the project consists of renoval of rock and overburden in the 25-foot channel in the vicinity of Falling Creek and in tile 18-foot channel between Rich- mnond deep-water terminal and Richmond lock, and removal of rock and overburden to provide a turning basin 18 feet deep, 200 feet wide, and 600 feet long in Riclhmond Harbor, to occupy the same area dredged by the city of Ricllnond as a turning basin. Depths are referred to mlean low water. The total cost and expenditure of the existing project was $8,236,- 687.12, of which $5,993,743.42 was for new work, representing $5,- 409,906.89 from regular funds and $583,836.53 from Public Works funds, and $2,242,943.70 for maintenance, including $837.98 applied to the removal of shoals in Bennetts Creek, Va., under tile provisions of section 3 of the River and Iarbor Act approved October 17, 1940. Proposed operations.--'l e Iunexpended balance it the end of tile fiscal year will be applied as follows: New work: Removal of reck and overburden in the 25-foot channel in the vicinity of Falling Creek and in the 18-foot channel between Richmond Deepwater Terminal and Richmond Lock, by con- tract, 4 months, October 1946 to January 1947.-------------- $654, 669. 19 Maintenance: Dredging in the 25-foot channel to ease the bend at lower end of Rocklanding Shoal Channel, by contract, 1.5 months, August and September 1946 -------------------------------------- $66, 056. 00 Dredging in the 25-foot channel between Rich- I mond )eepwater Terminal and Iopewell, by contract, 2 months, March to May 1947..... __ 27, 750. 00 598 REPORT OF CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMY, 1946 Maintenance-Continued Dredging shoals after freshets in the 18-foot chan- nel in Richmond Harbor with Government plant and hired labor or by contract, 1 month, as needed--. ---- - --------- $28, 200. 00 Condition, control and miscellaneous surveys river flow and regulation works studies, with Government plant and hired labor, 12 months, July-to June 1947-------------------------- 27, 403. 74 $149, 409. 74 Total for all work----------------- .---------------- 804, 078. 93 The additional sum of $547,230 can be profitably expended during the fiscal year 1948 as follows: New work: Dredging turning basin 18 feet deep, 200 feet wide, and 600 feet long in Richmond Harbor, November 1947------------------ $81, 930 Maintenance: Dredging in the 25-foot channel between the mouth and Hopewell by contract, 6.5 months, December 1947 to June 1948---------------- ------------------- $288, 300 Dredging in the 25-foot channel between Richmond Deep- water Terminal and HIopewell, by contract, 3 months, April to June 1948-----------------------------105, 000 Dredging shoals after freshets in the 18-foot channel in Richmond harbor, by contract, 1 month, as needed... 37, 000 Condition, control, and miscellaneous surveys, and river flow and regulation works studies, with Government plant and hired labor, 12 months, July 1947 to June _ 1948 ---------------------------------------- 35, 000 465, 300 Total for all work.--------------------------------- 547, 230 Cost and financial summary Cost of' new work to June 30, 1946_-- $6, 756, 743. 42 Cost of maintenanc' to June 30, 1946 ----------------------- 2, 242, 943. 70 Total cost of permanent work to June 30, 1946---------- 8, 999, 687. 12 Net total expenditures ------------------------------- - - 8, 999, 687. 12 Unexpended balance June 30, 1946- -- -----------..----.-. 804, 078. 93 Total amount appropriated to June 30, 1946.------------ , 803, 766. 05 Fiscal year ending June 30 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 Cost of new work-.....---$---------------------------- ---------------------------- $4,830. 81 Cost of maintenance...----------......... $33, 969. 47 $64, 870. 71 $40, 208. 05 $336, 471. 45 107, 724.82 Total cost................---------------.. 33, 969. 47 64, 870. 71 40, 208. 05 336, 471. 45 112, 555. 63 Total expended.... --...............----- 36, 842. 95 58, 865. 07 41, 67. 80 303, 435. 33 150. 434. 34 Allotted--------------------................---- 168, 592. 60 -8, 500.00 .............. 226, 150.00 780, 600.00 Balance unexpended July 1, 1945 .--------------------------- $173, 913. 27 Amount allotted during fiscal year.----..----.---.--.---.... 1, 470, 200. 00 Amount to be accounted for ------------------------ 1, 644, 113. 27 Deductions on account of revocation of allotment........ ..- . - 689, 600. 00 Net amount to be accounted for..................-------------------- 954, 513. 27 RIVERS AND HARBORS-NORFOLK, VA., DISTRICT 599 Gross amount expended _..--------------------------- _ $150, 434. 34 Balance uncxpended June 30, 1946--------------------- 804, 078. 93 Amount (estimated) required to be appropriated for completion of existing project 1 -- 81, 930. 00 Amount that can be profitably expended in fiscal year ending June 30, 1948: For new work 1---------------------------------------- 81, 930. 00 Formaintenance 1 465, 300. 00 . Total -- ------------- -------------------------- 547, 230. 00 Exclusive of available funds. 15. APPOMATTOX RIVER, VA. Location.-This river rises in Appomattox County, Va., flows northeasterly 137 miles; and empties into the James River at Hope- well, Va. The portion under improvement extends from its mouth to Petersburg, Va., a distance of 111/2 miles, which is the length of the tidal and navigable reach. (See U. S. Coast and Geodetic Survey Chart No. 531.) Previous projects.--None. A survey of the river was made prior to the adoption of the existing project. For further details, see page 469, Annual Report for 1938. TExisting project.-This provides for a channel 80 feet wide and. 12 feet deep from themouth of the river to a point 400 feet above Lieu- tenant Run; thence 80 feet wide and of such depth, not exceeding 12 feet, as can be.obtained without rock excavation to the head of navi- gation at Petersburg; including a basin at the mouth of Poes Run 200 feet long, 150 feet wide, and 20 feet deep; and a turning basin at the mouth of Lieutenant Run 500 feet long, 140 to 160 feet wide, and 12 feet deep in the upper 300 feet, the removal of rock to a depth of'18 feet in the north half of the lower 200 feet, and removal of soft mnaterial to rock in the south half of the lower 200 feet of this basin. All depths are referred to mean low water. The project also provides for a dam at Petersburg and the excava- tion for a width of from 200 to 300 feet of a diversion channel con- necting the river above the dam. with the river at a point 21/2 miles below; for about 1.7 miles of levees on the low grounds between the navigable and the diversion channels; for a highway bridge and a railway bridge across the diversion channel; and for other work incidental to the diversion channel. Under ordinary conditions the mean tidal range is 2.9 feet and the extremes 2.4 and 3.3 feet. There are no records available of the heights of stage due to ordinary floods. These are estimated at 6 to 8 feet above mean low water at Petersburg, where the extremes are from 15.6 to 17.1 feet. The estimated cost of the navigable channel, revised :in 1946, is $834,000 for new work, and the estimated cost (1909) of the diversion channel and work incidental to its construction was $260,000. The estimated cost of maintenance (1945) of the navigable channel is $15,000 annually. 600 REPORT OF CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMY, 1946 The existing project was authorized by the following river and harbor acts: Acts W ork authorized Documents Mar. 3,1871 Channel 12 feet deep at mean high water and 60 Annual Report 1874, pt. II, p. 54. feet wide. June 13,1902 Diversion channel and work incidental thereto... H. Doc. No. 139, 56th Cong., 2d sess., Mar. 3,1909 and Annual Report, 1901, p. 1467. June 25, 1910 Increasing channel to width of 80 feet and main- HI. Doe. No. 952, 60th Cong., 1st sess. tenance of diversion works. Jan. 21,1927 Channel 80 feet wide and 10 feet deep at mean low II. Doe. No. 215, 69th Cong., 1st seass. water between mouth and Petersburg. Mar. 2, 1945 Present project dimensions------------------................II. Doe. No. 223, 76th Cong., 1st sess.t 1Contains latest published map. Local cooperation.-The River and Harbor Act of March 2, 1945, in adopting the present project dimensions, imposed the conditions that local interests furnish, free of cost to the United States, all lands, easements and rights-of-way, and spoil-disposal areas for the initial work and for subsequent maintenance tp required, and hold and save the United States free from claims for damages attributable to construction of the improvement. These conditions have not been complied with. All prior requirements and conditions have been fully complied with. Terminal facilities.-Wharves and terminals served by the Appo- mattox are situated on the river front at 'Petersburg. The wharves constitute a continuous timber bulkhead on piling and have an aggre- gate length of about 2,313 feet. There is one mooring trestle used for sand and gravel loading, located 2.5 miles downstream from Peters- burg. The terminal facilities are considered adequate for the present river commerce. Operations and results during fiscal year.-Advance planning for new work, consisting of surveys and subsurface investigations, plans, estimates, and specifications in connection with provision of a chan- nel 12 feet deep and generally 80 feet wide, including a basin at the mouth of Poes Run and a turning basin at the- mouth of Lieutenant Run, with Government plant and hired labor, was commenced Octo- ber 29, 1945, and continued to the end of the fiscal year. The cost of the work was $16,591.61. Maintenance dredging under contract for removal of shoals to a depth of 10 feet between a point three-fourths mile below Poes Run and the head of the project at Petersburg was commenced July 21 and continued to August 11, 1945, when the work was completed. A portion of the dredged material was used to fill three breaks in Poca- hontas levee, caused by a freshet. There were removed 34,114 cubic yards of material, place measurement. The cost of the work was $18,348.63. Preliminary engineering and design for restoration of earth levee (Pocahontas levee) betweeni the diversion and navigable channels below Petersburg, Va., was carried on intermittently during the year at a cost of $918.71. RIVERS AND HARBORS-NORFOLK, VA., DISTRICT 601 Condition, control, and miscellaneous surveys were made during the year at a cost of $1,703.75. lle total cost and expenditure of the work was $37,592.70, of which $16,591.61 was for new work and $21,001.09 for maintenance. Condition at end of fiscal year.-The existing project was about 83 percent complete at the end of the fiscal year. rThe controlling depth in January 1946 was 6.9 feet between the mouth and a point just be- low Lieutenant Run and 8 feet between the latter point and the head of the project. Depths are referred to mean low water. The head of navigation for boat trailic is at Petersburg. Navigation is practicable throughout the year. rThe work remaining to be done to complete the project consists of providing a channel 12 feet deep and generally 80 feet wide from the mouth of the river to the lower end of the turning basin at Lieutenant Run; a channel 80 feet wide and of such depth not exceeding 12 feet, as can be obtained without rock excavation from the upper- end of the turning basin to the head of,the existingo project; extending the existing turninig basin to a point 100 feet eow the center line of Lieutenant Run; widening this basin to 160,feet at the bend at the mouth of the run. and to 140 feet at the lower end; removing all rock lying less than. 18 feet below mean low water in the north half of the lower 20() feet of the basin; removing soft material in the south half of the lower 200 feet of this bain to rock; dredging the re- bnailder of e t 5rning basin to a depth of 12 feet; and dredging a basin 20. feet deep, 150 feet wide, and 200 feet long at the mouth of Ioes Run. Tihe total cost and expenditure of the existing project was $1,272,- 269.(66(, of which $846,742.61 was for new work and $425,527.05 for maintenance. Of the total expenditure, $977,269.66 was applied to the navigable channel and $295,000 to the diversion channel. IProposed operations.--The unexpended balance at the end of the. fiscal year will be applied as follows: New work: Advance planning, consisting of plans estimates, and specifications, 3 months, July to September 1947------------ -- $1, 098. 78 Maintenance: Removal of shoals in the 10-foot channel opposite the mouth of Lieutenant Run, with Government plant and hired labor,Y month, July 1946------.. $12, 000. 00 Restoration of earth levee (Pocahontas levee) be- tween the diversion and navigable channels below Petersburg, by contract, 3 months, August to October 1946 ------------------------------ 50, 842. 94 Condition survey with Government )lant and hired labor, 0.6 month, May 1947-------------------2, 000. 00 64, 842. 94 Total for all work. ------ ------------------------ 65, 941. 72 The additioial sum of $260,600 can be profitably expended during the fiscal year 1948 as follows: New work:. Providing a channel generally 12 feet deep and 80 feet wide between the mouth and the head of the project at Petersburg, 'including a basin at Poes Run and a turning basin at Lieutenant Run, by contract, 4 months, July to October 1947.-------------. $250, 000 602 REPORT OF CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMY, 1946 ,:Maintenance: Snagging and bank trimming, with U. S. derrick boat Roanoke, 2 months, July and August 1947---------- $7, 600 Condition, control and miscellaneous , surveys with Government plant and hired labor, 1 month, April. ,.. 1948.. .............------------------- ------------ 3, 000 $10, 600 Total for all work ----------------------------------- 260, 600 " Cost and financial summary Cost of new work to June 30, 1946,.-- ------ --------------- $869, 242. 61 Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1946----.....--........... ..... 425, 527. 05 Total cost of permanent work to June 30, 1946---.-_..--1, 294, 769. 66 - Net total expenditures. - - - - --------------------------------- 1, 294, 769. 66 Unexpended balance June 30, 1946- -------. -.-.--------- 65, 941. 72 Total amount appropriated to June 30, 1946--.------- . 1,360, 711. 38 Fiscal year ending June 30 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 --- ~~~~_/_~ I ~-~_ _1 - Cost of new work_.:..., ...... $16, 591.61 Cost of maintenance..-----............ $353. 57 $35, 088. 78 . ... $1,465. 68 21,001.09 Total cost..-----------............... 353. 57 35, 088. 78 .............-- 1,465. 58 37, 592. 70 Total expended.-.....".....---- 353. 57 35, 088. 78 --- .----. .1,465. 58 37, 592. 70 Allotted.. ......------------- 12, 500. 00 -6,120.99 -----.......... 34, 000. 00 71, 000.00 Balance unexpended July 1, 1945 ---------------------------- $32, 534. 42 Amount allotted during fiscal year 96, 690. 39 _----------------------- Amount to be accounted for... .........-------------------------- 129, 224. 81 Deductions on account of revocation of allotment .......- .. . 25, 690. 39 Net.. amount to be accounted for---------------------- 103, 534. 42 Gross amount expended_ ---------------------------- 37, 592. 70 Balance unexpended June 30, 1946----...------------------ 65, 941. 72 Amount (estimated) required to be appropriated for completion of existing project 1--------. .. ----------------------- 25O, 000. 00 Amount that can be profitably expended in fiscal year ending. June 30, 1948: For new work 1 250, 000. 00 For maintenance 1----------------------------------------- 10, 600. 00 Total 1---------- ------------------------ ----. -------- 260, 600. 00 I Exclusive of available funds. 16. DEEP CREEK, VA. Location.--This creek is a tidal estuary of James River, lying wholly in Warwick County, Va. It is about 3 miles in length, flows in a southeasterly direction, and empties into James River on its northerly side about 10.5 miles upstream from the city of Newport News, Va. (See U. S. Coast and Geodetic Survey Chart No. 529.) E. isting project.-This provides for dredging a channel 6 feet deep at mean low water from that depth in James River to Hicks Landing, a distance of 6,000 feet, with widths of 80 feet in Janmes River and 50 feet in the creek; a turning basin 6 feet deep, 100 feet wide, and 150 RIVERS AND HARBORS-NORFOLK,; VA., DISTRICT 603 feet long at the upper end; an achorage basin 6 feet deep and 6.4 acres in area opp)osite Menchville; and the'construction of a timber jetty 800 feet long for the protection of the north side of the anchorage basin, if and when found necessary. Under ordinary conditions the mean tidal range is 3 feet. lThle extremes of irregular fluctuation re- ferred to mean low water due to combined effect of wind and tides are -2 feet and + 9.6 feet: ' The estimate of cost of new work, revised in 1945, was $30,600. The latest (1937) approved estimate of cost for annual maintenance is $2,000. The existing project was a(lopted by the River and Harbor Act of August 26, 1937 (Rlivers and Harbors Committee Doc. No. 76, 74th Cong., 2d sess.). The latest published map is in the project document. Local cooperation.-F'ully complied with. Local interests are re- quired to furnish suitable spoil-disposal areas for future maintenance. Terminal facilities.-There are two wharves and two narrow moor- ing piers on this creek, all of which are in fair condition. All are privately owned but are open to the public without charge. The wlharves have no rail connections but are served by State highways. - 'le existing facilities are adequate for existing commerce. Operations and results during fiscal year.-A condition survey, by Government plant and hired labor, was made (luring the fiscal year at a total cost and expenditure of $2,272.90, all for maintenance. Condition at end of fiscal year.-The existing project was about 83 percent comlilete, at the end of the fiscal year. The controlling depth as ascertained in February 1946 was 1.5 feet in the channel, 9.6 foot in the turning basin at the head of the project, and 3.1 feet inthe anchorage basin. Depths are referred to mean low water. The head of navigation for boat traffic is Parkers Landing at the head of the project. Navigation is practicable throughout the year. The work remanining to be (lone to complete the project consists of construction of a tiunber jetty for thile protection of the anchorage basin, if and when found necessary. The total cost and expenditures of the existing project were $28,193.01, of which $25,637.45 was for new work and $2,555.56 for mainitenance. Proposed operations.--he unexpended balance at the end of the fiscal year will be applied to maintenance dredging between the6-foot contour in James River and Hicks Landing to restore the chai'el to project depth of 6 feet, including the turning and anchorage basins, bY contract, 2 months, August to October 1946. The additional sum of $4,300 can be profitably expended during the fiscal year 1948 for condition survey, with Government plant and hired labor, 1 month, March 1948. Cost and financial summary Cost of new work to June 30, 1946-. ___ ---..--.-... . . -$25, 637. 45 Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1946-------------------------- 2, 555. 56 Total cost of permanent work to June 30, 1946------------- 28, 193. 01 "Nettotal expenditures-- _- __------------------ 28, 193. 01 Unexpended balance June 30, 1946-... ---.--.---. --. 36, 427. 10 Total amount appropriated to June 30, 1946_-------------- 64, 620. 11 604 REPORT OF CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMY, 1946 - ! Fiscal year ending June 30 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 Cost of new work ...---------------- ------------------------ - -- Cost of maintenance-------------.............. $282.66-------------------------------------$2, 272.90 Total expended..----------------- 282.66-------.-----------------2,272.90 Allotted.......................... --------------------- 4, 717.34------ 38, 700.00 Amount allotted during fiscal year ------------------------------ $8, 700. 00 Gross amount expended--------------------------------------- 2, 272. 90 . Balance unexpended June 30, 1946------_----------.--.- 36, 427. 10 Amount (estimated) required to be appropriated for completion of existing project 1--- ------- -------- 5, 600. 00 Amount that can be profitably expended in fiscal year ending June 30, 1948: for maintenance 1.------_ - --- 4, 300. 00 1 Exclusive of available funds. 17. PAGAN RIVERI, VA. Location.---This river, a tidal stream, rises in Isle of Wight County, Va., flows northeast 10 miles, and empties into James River. (See U. S. Coast and Geodetic Survey Chart No. 529.) Previowu projects.-Adopted by River and Harbor Acts of June 14, 1880, and March 3, 1905. For further details see page 1798 of Annual -Report for 1915 and page 442 of Annual Report for 1937. LExisting project.--l'lisI)rovides for a channel having a least width of 80 feet and a (lel)tll of 10 feet at miean11 low watelr betweell the wharf of the Smithfield, Newport News & Norfolk Steamship Co. '(formerly the Old Dominion Steamship Co.) at Smithfield, and'the 10-foot contour in James River, a distance of abouit 62/3 miles. Under ordi- nary conditions the mean tidal range is 2.7 feet. No data for extreme ranges of tides are available. The estimate of cost for new work, revised in 1920, exclusive of amount expended on previous projects, was $54,600. The latest (1928) approved estimate for annual cost of mainltenalce is $3,000. The existing project was authorized by' the following river and harbor acts: Ac" Work authorized Documents June 25, 1910 Channel widening at bends ....---------...... -- . D)oc. No. 397, 60th Cong., 1st sess. 1 Mar. 2,1919 Present project dimensions----------------....................... ])oc. No. 591, 64th Cong., 1st sess. I Contains latest published map. Local cooperation.-Nonerequired. Terminal facilities.-Thereare 16 wharves or landings on this river, of which 14 are at Smithfield, Va., and 2 at Battery Park, about 1 mile above the river's mouth. The length of dockage available at Smithfield is about 1,100 feet. At Battery Park'the length of dock- age is about 85 feet. The facilities are considered adequate for present andl prospective requirements. RIVERS AND HARBORS-NORFOLK, VA., DISTRICT" 605 Operations and results during fiscal year.--A condition survey was made dui-ing the fiscal year at a cost and expenditure of $3,609.74, all for mainteniance. Condition at end of fiscal ?/ear.-lThe existing project was com- pleted in 1923. The controlling depth as ascertained in 'December 1945 was 5.2 feet at mean low water. The head of navigation is at Cofer Landing, 9 miles above the mouth. Navigation is practicable throughout the year. The total cost and expenditure of the existing project was $169,- 489.40, of which $30,754.48 was for new work and $138,734.92 for maintenance. Proposed operations.-The unexpended balance at the end of the fiscal year will be applied to a condition and( control survey, with Governlent plant and hired labor, 1 month, February 1947. The additional sum of $72,000 can be profitably expended during \ the fiscal year 1948 for maintenance, dredging through the bar at the mouthll and between the latter point and Smithfield to provide a depth of 8 feet for full width, by contract, 1.5 months, July and August 1947, Cost and financial summary Cost of new work to June 30, 1946 ---- Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1946_--_--- _______---.____------ - $51, 425. 49 - ___-____________ 138, 734. 92 Total cost of pIerianent work to June 30, 1946------------- 190, 160. 41 Net total expenditures _------------------ ..----------------- 190, 160. 41 nexpended balance June 30, 1946---------------------------- 3,590. 26 Total amount appropriated to June 30, 1946--------------- 193, 750. 67 Fiscal year ending June 30 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 Cost ofnew work... ostofmaintenance ...........................------------------------------------------------------ $3, 609.74 Total expended................. . .-.. .. ... . . ..... . . . ... .. . . . . -.. ... . 3 ,609 .74 All,, , ~~~e0----------------------- otted -----------...... I-------------- -------------- -------------- 7,200. 7,200.00 O Amount allotted during fiscal year-------_ ..-----..-----------.- $7, 200. 00 Gross amount expended ----- -------------- --------------- - 3, 609. 74 Balance unexpended June 30, 1946_-.-- ---------- -- 3, 590. 26 Amount that can be profitably expended in fiscal year ending June 30, 1948 for maintenance 1 .....----......---------- 72, 000. 00 1Exclusive of available funds. 18. PORTSMOUTH IIARIIBOR, VA., CHANNEL TO NANSEMONI) ORDNANCE DEPOT Location.-This clhannel is located at the westerly end of IIamlp- ton Roa(ls, at the mouth of Nansemond River. (See U. S. Coast and Geodetic Survey Charts Nos. 400, 529, and 1222.) R.Aisting project.-This I)rovides for dredging a channel 100 feet Wide front deep water inl ampton Roads shoreward approximately 2,400 feet to a turning basin varying in width from 100 to 300 feet, approximately 300 feet long, all to a depth of 12 feet at mean low 72 1584--47-pt. 1, vol. 1-39 606 REPORT OF CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMY, 1946 water; and theconstruction of a timber wharf approximately 650 feet long connecting the turning basin with the shore. Under or- dinary conditions the mean tidal range is 2.7 feet and the extremes minus 2 feet and plus 9.5 feet. The estimated cost of new work made in 1940 was $117,000. The latest (1940) approved estimate for annual cost of maintenance is $5,000. The existing project was adopted by the River and Harbor Act of October 17, 1940, in accordance with a report on file in the-Office of the Chief of Engineers. Local cooperation.--None required. Terminal facilities.-There are no terminal facilities located in the vicinity, except the wharf constructed under the project. The terminal facilities are considered adequate for existing commerce. Operationsand results during the fiscal year.--A condition survey was made during the fiscal year at a cost and expenditure of $371.91, all for maintenance. SCondition at end of the fiscal year.--The existing project was com- pleted in 1942. 1The controlling depth as ascertained in February 1946 was 10 feet at mean low water. The total cost and expenditure of the existing project was $231,- 727.82, of which $165,565.50 was for new 1vork and $66,162.32 for maintenance. Proposed operations.Tlhe unexpended balance at the end of the fiscal year will be applied as follows: Maintenance: Dredging to restore project dimensions in the channel and turn- ing basin by contract, 1.3 months, December 1946 and January 1947-------------------------------------------- $25, 000. 00 Condition survey with Government plant and hired labor, 0.5 month, June 1947------------------------------------ 1, 972. 18 _-__-_- Total for all work-___--- -.. . - - -______ ____ 20, 972. 18 The additional sum of $27,000 can be profitably expended during the fiscal year 1948 as follows: Maintenance: Dredging to restore project dimensions in the channel and turning basin by contract, 1.5 months, October and November 1947- .- $25, 000 Condition survey, with Government plant and hired labor, 0.5 month, June 1948 -------------------------------------- 2, 000 Total for all work------------------------------------ 27, 000 Cost and financial summary _-____ Cost of new work to June 30, 1946_----------- -- ----- $165, 565. 50 Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1946.------------------------- 66, 162. 32 Total cost of permanent work to June 30, 1946.------------ 231, 727. 82 Net total expenditures. -------------------------- . . 231, 727. 82 Unexpended balance June 30, 1946 --------------------------- 26, 972. 18 Total amount appropriated to June 30, 1946-------------- 258, 700. 00 RIVERS AND HARBORS---NORFOLK, VA., DISTRICT 607 Fiscal Year ending June 30 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 Cost ofnew work ...-------------- $140,433.49 -$4, 168.09 .. ofmaintenance Cost 166. 24 25, $23, 249. 33 $17, 374. 84 $371. 91 Total cost ................ 140, 433.49 20, 978.15 23, 249. 33 - 17,_737., 374. 84 7.0 91 371. Total expended---------.. ........ 147, 606. 24 25, 188.36 26, 548. 25 14, 375. 92 371.91 Allotted ---- - ............... 157,300. 00--------------- 29,000.00 15, 000. 00 14, 400. 00 Balance unexpended July 1, 1945 - $------------------------ 12, 944. 09 Amount allotted during fiscal year________________---------- 26, 800. 00 Amount to be accounted for --- 39, 744. 09 eductions on account of revocation of allotment------------ ---- 12, 400. 00 Net amount to be accounted for----------- ------- 27, 344. 09 Gross amount exl)ended _____-------- --------------- 371. 91 Balance unexpended June 30, 1946---------- -------- ---- 26, 972. 18 Amount that can be profitably expended in fiscal year ending June 30, 1948 for maintenance -- -- ---------- 27, 000. 00 ' Exclusive of available funds. 19. WILLOUGIIBY CHANNEL, VA. Location.--'lis clhannel is located in Iampton Roads and extends 'from deep water iin Hampton Roads to the entrance to Willoughby !lay. 1222.) (See TU.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey'Charts Nos. 400 and Existing project.--Thlis provides for dredging a chalnel 10 feet deep at mlea1n low water, over a bottom width of 300 feet, from deep Wvater in lam)npton Roads to a point opposite the extreme tip of Villoughby Spit, a distance of approximately 8,400 feet. Under O1(llnliary conditions the mean tidal range is 2.7 feet and the extremes "2 and +9.5 feet. The estimate of cost for new work made in 1929 was $8,500. The latest (1929) approved estimate for annual cost of maintenance is $500. 'Tle existing project was adopted by the River and Harbor Act of July 3,1930 (II. Doc. No. 507, 70th Cong., 2d sess.). The latest Publislled rlal is in the project document. Local cooperation.--None required. STerminal facilities.--A ferry wharf owned by the Chesapeake Iferry Co. and used by its ferries operating between Willoughby Spit and Old Point Comfort, is the only commnercial wharf located on Willoughby Spit. Operations and results during-fiscalyear.-None. Condition at end of fiscal year.-The existing project was completed 111 1931. The controlling depth in April 1943 was 10 feet. at mean low water. The total cost and expenditure of the existing project was $24,100.27, of which $8,500 was for new work and $15,600.27 for maintenance. Proposed operations.-No funds are available and no expenditures are 1proposed (luring the fiscal year 1917. Thesumll of. $3,000 can be profitably expended during the fiscal Year 1948, for condition and control surveys, with Government plant and hired labor, (luringDecenlber 1947. 608 REPORT OF CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMY, 1946 Cost and financial summary Cost of new work to June 30, 1946_-- ..-----------.-------------- $8, 500. 00 Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1946._---- -----.-- --.-------- 15, 600. 27 Total cost of permanent work to June 30, 1946------------- 24, 100. 27 Net total expenditures -------------------------------------- 24, 100. 27 Total amount appropriated to June 30, 1946---------------------- 24, 100. 27 Fiscal year ending-June 30 1942 1943 . 1944 1945 1946 ........---------------... Cost of new work----------------------................. -----......--..... ------------------------- Cost ofmaintenance--.....- ------------ - ----------------------------------------------- Total expended...---------------------------------------------------------------- $9, 000 -$9, 000---------------------------.............. Allotted--........-------.......-----.......... . .............-- Amount that can be profitably expended in fiscal year ending June 30, •1948for'maintenance ------------------------------------ $3, 000. 00 20. NEWPORT NEWS CREEK, VA. Location.--Newport News Creek, Va., is located on the southern end of the peninsula between the James and York Rivers and within the corporate limits of. the city of Newport News. (See U. S. Coast and Geodetic Survey Charts Nos. 400 and 1222.) Existing project.--This provides for a channel 12 feet deep at mean low water with widths varying from 200 to 60 feet from deep water in Hampton Roads to and through the municipal boat harbor entrance, thence 12 feet deep at-mean low water and 150 feet wide to and includ- ing a turning basin and anchorage of the same ldeith 220 feet wide and 400 feet long in the upper end of the harbor. The mean tidal range is 2.7 feet and the extremes 2.1 and 3 feet respectively. The extremes of irregular fluctuations due to combined wind and tides referred to mean low water, are - -2 feet and + 9.5 feet. The estimate of cost for new work, revised in 1946, is $145,000. The .latest (1945) approved estimate for annual cost of maintenance is $7,000. The existing project was adopted by the River and Harbor Act of July 24, 1946 (IH. Doc. No. 559, 79th Cong., 2d sess.). The latest pub- lished map is in the prcjct document. Local cooperation.-The project as adopted imposed the condition that local interests give assurances satisfactory to the, Secretary of War that they will (a) reserve at least 400 linear feet of harbor frontage suitably bulkheadedl for public use without assessment of the usual rental charge; (b) promulgate, adopt, and enforce such regula- tions as may be necessary for the safe and easy movement and anchor- , age of vessels within the harbor; (c) maintain such portions of the bulkhead and wharf terminals on the lharbor as'may be necessary to provide adequate facilities for the handling of commerce; (d) simul- taneously dredge and maintain within the harbor, the side areas between the terminals and the recommended harbor channel; (e) simultaneously dredge and maintain, during the operational life of the existing storm sewers at the upper end of the recommended im- provement, a catch basin opposite the discharge of thesesewers. RIVERS AND HARBORS-NORFOLK, VA., DISTRICT 609 Terminal facilities.-Terminal and transfer facilities consist of aPProxinmately 7,150 linear feet of timber bulkheads and fills, 43 small fi!ge piers and 2 marine railways. Of these facilities, 31 small finger piers and 1,180 linear feet of timber bulkheads and fills are publicly owned and are open to general public use. These facilities are adequate for existing commerce. Operations and results during fiscal year.-None. Condition at end of fiscal year.-No work has been accomplished on tlhis project. The controlling (lepth as ascertained in April 1945 is. 3 feet at mean low water. The head of navigation for boat traffic is tl)e head of the proposed turning basin at the head of the project. Navigation is practicable throughout the year. The work to be done to complete the project consists of dredging a channel 12 feet deep at mean low water with widths varying from 200 to 60 feet from deep water in IIampton Roads to and through the mnicipal boat harbor entrance, thence 12 feet deep at mean low water and 150 feet wide to and including a turning basin and anchorage of the same depth 220 feet wide and 400 feet long in the upper end of the larbor. Proposed operations.-No funds are available and no operations are proposed durling the fiscal year 1947. The sum of $145,000 can be profitably expended during the fiscal year 1948 for completion of 12-foot project authorized in the 1946 River and Hlarbor Act. Cost and financial summary Cost of new work to June 30, 1946 _...................... Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1946____ .....---- - . . .. .. ......-- . ..... _.. - N Total cost of permanent work to June 30, 1946-. et total expenditures-- ...------------- -.. ---------------------------- -_... __._.... otalamount appropriated to June 30, 1946----------------------- -__ Amount (estimated) required to be appropriated for completion of exist- ing project --------------------------------------------- $145, 000 Amount that can be profitably expended in fiscal year ending June 30, 1948, for new work.---------------------------------------- 145, 000 21. CHANNEL TO NEWPORT NEWS, VA. JLocation..-This channel lies to the west of the north entrance to Norfolk Harbor Channel and connects deep water in James River with Hampton Roads. (See U. S. Coast and Geodetic Survey Chart No.400.) Previous projects.-Adopted June 13, 1902. For further details, see page 1797 of Annual Report for 1915, and page 459 of Annual Report for 1938. lE;isting project.-This provides for dredging a channel 40 /feet deep at mean low water, 600 feet wide, increased to 1,000 feet at the ends, and 31 miles long through the shoal north of Middle Ground Light. Under ordinary conditions the mean tidal range is 2.7 feet and the extr'emes 2.1 and 3 feet. The extremes of irregular fluctua- tions due to combined wind and tides, referred to mean low water, are -2 feet and +9.5 feet. 610 REPORT OF CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMY, 1946 The estimate of cost for new work; revised in 1927, was $1,521,515, exclusive of amount expended on previous projects. The latest (1927) approved estimate for annual cost of maintenance is $20,000. d The existing project was authorized by the following river a harbor acts: Acts ..- Work authorized Documents June 25, 1910 Channel 35 feet deep and 400 feetwide----------.. H. Doc. No. 550, 61st Cong, 2d sess Aug. 8,1917 --- Channel 35 feet deep and 600 feet wide - .......II. Doc. No. 605, 63d Cong., 2d sess. Jan. 21,1927 Present project dimensions---- . ... H. Doc. No. 486, 67th Cong., 4th sss.. 1 Contains latest published map. Local cooperation.--None required. Terminal facilities.-There are four piers at Newport News, which are the property of the city, and which are open to general pulblic use on equa terms. All of the other piers and wharves served by this 1imp provement are owned by private corporations or comnpanies. The principal terminal and transfer facilities are those of the Chesapeake & Ohio Itailway Co. and the Newport News Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Co. There are also at Newport News a wharf used by steamers of the Eastern Steamship Co. and a small-boat harbor. The facilities are considered adequate for present commerce. Operationsand results dwring fiscal year.-Maintenance dredging in the channel with the U. S. hopper dredge Chinook was commenced May 1, 1946, and continued to the end of the month, when the work was completed. There were removed 403,171 cubic yards of material, bin measurement, The cost of the work was $74,019.04. Miscellaneous condition surveys were made during the year at a cost of $693.16. The total cost and expenditures was $74,712.20, all for mainte d Condito at end of fiscal year.-The existing project was completed in 1931. The controlling depth as ascertained in March 1946 wa5s 37. feet in midchannel and 35.9 feet along the edges. Depths are referred to mean low water. The total cost and expenditure of the existing project was $1,544,469.81, of which $1,252,261.99 was for new work and $292,207.82 for maintenance. Proposed operations.--The unexpended balance at the end of the fiscal year will be applied to after-dredging survey, by Government plant and hired labor one-half month, Auoust 1946. The additional sum of $2,500 can be profitably expended during the fiscal year 1948 for condition survey, with Government plant and hired labor one-half month, April 1948. Cost and financial summary Cost of new work to June 30, 1946-..-.-- -_ $1, 477, 261. 99 Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1946________________________ 304, 707. 82 Total cost of permanent work to June 30, 1946- ----- 1,781, 96 9 . 81 Net total expenditures__________ --- ____------------ Unexpended balance June 30, 1946-_ ----- - - 1, 781, 969. 2, 000. 01 81 Total amount appropriated to June 30, 1946......--.. 1, 783, 969. 82 RIVERS AND HARBORS-.NORFOLK, VA., DISTRICT 611 Fiscal year ending June 30 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 of nnost work st of laint nance-....... . $2,311.89 $15,869.i1. ------------- .1.. $31,242. ..35 $74, 712.20 712. 20 Totalexpe ecI.-------------- 1,681.08 16, 500.00 . 242.35 712. 20 74,712.20 00.74, Allotted-16, 16,500.00---- 33, 000.00 74, 954. 56 alance unexpended July 1, 1945 1, 757. 65 $------------------- Aount allotted during fiscal year 74, 954. 56 ross Amount to be accounted for--------------------------- 76, 712. 21 amount expended.-------------------------------------- 74, 712. 20 Balance unexpended June 30, 1946 _ .. .--- 2, 000. 01 Amount that can be profitably expended in fiscal year ending June 30, 1948, for maintenance 1 ------------ 2, 500. 00 Exclusive of available funds. 22. NORFOLKI ARBOR, VA; Location.--Norfolk Va., is 187 miles south of Baltimore, Md., and 30 miles from the entrance to Chesapeake Bay at Cape Charles (ldCape Henry. The hiarbor extends from the 40-foot contour in ainpton Roads to a point 2,500 feet above the Norfolk & Western ailway bridge over the Southern Branch of the Elizabeth River, a distance of 16.03 miles. (See U. S., Coast and Geodetic Survey Charts Nos. 400 and 452.) Previous projects.-Adopted by River and Harbor Acts of August 14, 1876; July 5, 1884: modified June 30, 1885; and( by River and I'arbor Acts of September 19, 1890; June 3, 1896; July 7, 1898; June 13, 1902; March 3, 1905; and March 2, 1907. For further details see Page 1795 of Annual Report for 1915, and page 454 of Annual Report nor 1938. Emisting project.-Tiis provides for. a main clhannel.40 feet deep, 50 feet wide, from Hampton Roads to the mouth of tle Southern ranchl of Elizabeth River, and 450 feet wide up this branch to the 1elt Line Railroad. bridge, a total distance of 11.88 miles, and dredged areas in front of the navy yard on either side of the 40-foot channel, immediately downstream from the Belt Line Railroad bridge, 85 feet deep for a width varying from 600 feet to 800 feet; thence 30 feet (leep, 375 feet wide, and 1.05 miles long to the Virginian Rail- Way bridge; and tlhence 25 feet deep and generally 200 feet wide, and 3.10 miles long to a pIoint 2,500 feet above the Norfolk & Western Itailway bridge, making a total distance of 16.03 miles; a channel ill the Eastern Branch, 25 feet deep, 500 feet wide, and 1.09 miles llOng, from the 40-foot channel at the mouth to the Norfolk & West- ern Railway bridge, including within its limits, for a distance about 1,000 feet above the mouth, a channel 30 feet deep and 300 feet wide to a. point opposite the terminal of the Imperial Tobacco Co. in lierkeiey; thence 25 feet deep, 300 feet wide, and 0.55 mile long to the Campostella Bridge; thence 25 feet deep, 200 feet wide, and 1.20 miles long to the Virginian Railway bridge; and for' maintenance at a depth of 25 feet of the existing turning basin approximately $1/2 acres in extent at the head of the existing project just below the Virginian Railway bridge; a channel in the Western Branch, 612 REPORT OF CHIE' OF ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMY, 1946 between the 40-foot channel at the mouth and a point about 3,000 feet above the West Norfolk Highway bridge, a distance of about 1.72 miles; 24 feet deep, 300 feet wide, 0.78 mile, and 200 feet wide, 0.37 mile to the bridge; thence 18 feet deep, 150 feet wide, 0.57 mile; a channel in Scotts Creek between the 40-foot channel at the mouth and a point 100 feet above the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad bridge (about 0.73 mile upstream), 12 feet deep and 100 feet wide; anchorage areas on the west side of the 40-foot channel opposite Lambert Point and south of Craney Island aggregating 171 acres, consisting of: One anchorage space 1,200 by 2,400 by 30 feet deep; one anchorage divided into two spaces, each 1,200 by 1,200 by 22 feet deep; one space 900 by 1,900 by 16 feet deep; and another anchorage of 45 acres, 12 feet deep, near Pinner Point; and a trapezoidal-shaped disposal area of about 2,500 acres of flats adjacent to and north of Craney Island, enclosed by stone-faced levees of sand pumped from existing de- posits adjacent to and within the disposal area, three sluiceways i11, the westerly levee, two rehandling basins, each 200 by 800 feet, 40 feet deep, spaced 500 feet apart, an approach and exit area 3,800 - feet long, 600 feet ,wide, and 28 feet deep connecting the rehandling basins with the 40-foot -channel. All depths are referred to mean low water. The mean tidal range is 2.7 feet and the extreme 3 feet. The ex- tremes of irregular fluctuations, due to combined effect of tides and wind, referred to mean low water, are -2 feet and + 9.62 feet. The estimate of cost for new'work, revised in 1946, exclusive'of amounts expended, on previous projects, is $12,008,000. The latest (1945) .approved estimate for annual cost of maintenance is $848,300. -. The existing project was authorized by thle following river and harbor acts: Acts. Work authorized Documents HAMPTON ROADS AND ELIZABETH RIVER Mar. 2,1907 A channel 30 feet deep to the navy yard.....-..... H. Doc. No. 381, 59th Cong., 1st sess. June 25, 1910 Depth of 35 feet to the navy yard -------------.............. Doc. No. 551, 61st Cong., 2d sess. I. Aug. 8, 1917 Depth of 40 feet and width of 750 feet to the mouth HI. Doc. No. 140, 65th Cong., 1st sess. of the Southern Branch. SOUTHERN BRANCHI June 25, 1910 Aug.' 8, 1917 'Fora channel with depths of 22 and 25 feet..... Depth of 40 feet and width of 450 feet from the . Doc. No. 551, 61st Cong., 2d sess. HI. Doc. No. 140, 65th Cong., 1st sess. mouth to the Belt Line R. R. bridge. . Mar. 3,1925 Channel 30 feet deep and 375 feet wide to the Vir- II. Doc. No. 226, 68th Cong., 1st sess. ginian fy. bridge, thence 25 feet deep and gen- erally 200 feet wide to thel'orfolk & Western Ry. bridge. Aug. 30, 1935 2 Depth of 25 feet and width of 200 feet from the H. Doec. No. 182, 73d Cong., 2d sess.' Norfolk & Western Ry. bridge to a point 2,500 feet above, with a turning basin 500 feet square. See footnotes at end of table. RIVERS AND HARBORS-NORFOLK, VA., DISTRICT: 613 Acts Work authorized Documents -I-I...._ - I, - _-- EASTERN BRANCII July 5, 1884 Inprovement of the Eastern Branch.............. Annual Report, 1885, p. 1015. Mar. 2, 1907 Width of 500 feet and depths of 25 feet and 22 feet 1. 1)oc. No. 373, 59th Cong., 1st sess. Removal Of shoals at the mouth .................. Specified in act. Mar, 3,1925 I)epth of 25 feet and width of 200 feet from the II. Doec. No. 226, 68th Cong., 1st sess.t Norfolk & Western Ity. bridge to the Virginian ICy. bridge. July 3,1930 The 30-foot channel to a point opposite the ter- 11. Doc: No. 37, 71st Cong., 1st sess. minal of the Imperial Tobacco Co. in Berkley. ar, 2, 1945 Depth of 25 feet and width of 300 feet from the H. Doe. No. 224, 76th Cong., 1st sess.t Norfolk & Western iy. bridge to the Cam- pIostella Bridge. WESTERN BRANCH Mar. 4, 191.3 Channel with depth of 24 feet and widths of 300 HI. Doe. No. 566, 62d Cong., 2d sess. and 200 feet to the West Norfolk highway bridge. July 3, 1930 For the 18-foot channel to a point about 3,000 feet II. Doc. No. 265, 70th Cong., 1st sess.t above the West Norfolk highway bridge. SCOTTS CREEK Do.-.... For the present project dimensions............. 11. Doec. No. 189, 70th Cong., 1st sess. ANCIIORAGES June 25,1910 A 30-foot anchorage at Lambert Point............ II. Doc. No. 551, 61st Cong., 2d sess. Aug. 8,1917 Present project dimensions of the anchorage at 1H.Doec. No. 605, 63d Cong., 2d sess.t Pinner Point. uly 3,1930 Present project dimensions of anchorage opposite II. Doc. No. 143, 70th Cong., 1st sess. Lambert Point and elimination of the 35-foot anchorage authorized by the act of Aug. 8, 1917. Oct. 17, 1940 Extension of present anchorage to afford 2 anchor- II. D)oc. No. 683, 76th Cong., 3d sess. age spaces 22 feet deep and 1 anchorage space 16 feet deep. DISPOSAL AREA July 24, 1946 A trapezoidal-shaped area of about 2,500 acres of II. Doec. No. 563, 79th Cong., 2d sess.l flats adjacent to and north of Craney Island, including sluiceways, rehandling basins and approach and exit areas. 1Contains latest published maps. 2 Included in the Emergency Relief program, May 28, 1935. Local cooperation.-The River and Harbor Act of July 3, 1930, in adopting the project for a channel in the Eastern Branch, 30 feet deep and 300 feet wide, extending from the 40-foot channel to a point oppo- Site the terminal of the Imperial Tobacco Co., imposed the condition that local interests give assurance satisfactory to the Secretary of War and the Chief of Engineers that they will provide and maintain, with- out cost to the United States, a branch channel of equal depth to the tobacco terminal. This condition has not been complied with. All prior requirements and conditions imposed by the River and larbor Acts of August 30, 1935, and October 17; 1940, have been com- plied with. The River and Harbor Act of August 30, 1935, requires 614 REPORT OF CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMY, 1946 local interests to furnish suitable areas for the disposal of: dredged material for future maintenance as and when needed for the 25-foot channel of the Southern Branch of Elizabeth River above the Norfolk & Western Railway bridge. The River and Harbor Act of July 24, 1946, in adopting a trape- zoidal-shaped disposal area of about 2,500 acres adjacent to and north of Craney Island imposed the conditions that- (a) Users of the disposal facilities, other than the Engineer Depart- ment, shall pay to the district engineer a fixed unit toll for sucil use, including the cost of rehandling dredged material into the disposal area, the amount of such toll to be determined by the Chief of Engi- neers and to include interest on and amortization of the net investment and operation and maintenance costs. (b) The Commonwealth of Virginia will-- (1) Convey to the Unitedl States, by appropriate legislation or otlher- .wise, title to the submerged lands permanently occupied by the disposal area and terminate all existing oyster leases in effect within the limits of the disposal area; it being understood that the United States will compensate private oyster growers for crops in production on the submerged lands at the time of occupancy by the United States. .(2) Terminate, prior to the initiation of the construction and for the useful life of the disposal area, the leases of private oyster growers for leaseholds in areas on the south side of Hampton Roads which may be necessary for the construction, maintenance, and op)eration of the disposal area, including dredging for fill material adjacent to the dis- posal area; it being understood that at the time of the termination the United States will compensate these oyster growers for crops in production. (3) Except as provided in (1) and (2) above, release tilhe United States from all claims for such damages as may occur to public or leased oyster bottoms from the construction, maintenance, and opera- tion of the project. Terminal facilities.--The terminal facilities within the limits of this improvement include about 227 wharves, piers, etc., with an ag- gregate length available for wharfage purposes of about 32 miles. It is considered that the facilities are adequate for the present commuerce - of the port. Operations and results durin. fiscal year.-Maintenance dredging with the U. S. hopper dredge Navesink in the Eastern Branch 25foot channel between the junction of the Southern and Eastern Branches and Berkley Bridge, in progress at the beginninning of the fiscal year, was continued to July 4, 1945, when the work was comlpleted. There were removed 31,169 cubic yards of material, bin measurement. The cost of the work was $8,610.06. Maintenance dredging with the U. S. hopper dredge Chinook in Norfolk Harbor 40-foot channel between the junction of the Southern and Eastern Branches and deep water in Hampton Roads was comn- menced January 7, 1946, and continued to April 30, 1946, when the work was completed. There were removed 1,436,242 cubic yards of material, bin measurement. The cost of the work was $255,413.43. Condition, control, ind miscellaneous surveys, tide gaging and gage compilations were carried on during the fiscal year at a cost of $1,289.06. RIVERS AND HARBORS-NORFOLK, VA.,,DISTRICT 615 The total cost and expenditure was $283,312.55, all for maintenance. Condition at end of fiscal year.-The existing project was about 56. percent complete at tile end of the fiscal year. The controlling depths at mean low water are as follows: Controlling depths Name of channel Left outside Midchannel Right out- )ate determined quarter ffl... \ for half th ffnnt €.^\ quarter side1€.. I (U41 \I )- _________I_______ 4 f .O.tchannel: S taml~ton Roads to Junction of 26.9 38.6 '24.6 October-November . brances. 1945. unction of branches to Belt Line 32. 4 38. 2 34. 5 So , It. . bridge. outhern Branch Do. llclt Line It. It. bridge to Virginian 22. 7 26. 0 26.0 June-February 1946. Virginian Iy. bridge to point 2,500 24. 1 22. 8 21. 2 February 1946. feet above the Norfolk & Western Ry. bridge.. . Eastern lirancil:. 40-foot channel at the mouth to 22. 0 21. 4 20. 4 June 1945. -Norfolk & Western Ity. bridge. Norfolk & Western ty. bridge to 21.9 21. 2 20. 4 April 1943. eottVirginian Ity. bridge. WeSot Cr rT \Vestern e BIranch: .................... 3 9..3:. 10. 7 9. 5 January 1941. 40-foot channel at the mouth to 14.3 15. 6 15.7 May 1934. West Norfolk highway bridge.. West Norfolk highway bridge to 18.1 19.5 18.2 April 1934. 3,000 feet above. The work remaining to be done to complete the project consists of redging a channel 30 feet deep and 300 feet wide in the Eastern ranch between the 40-foot channel at the mouth and a point opposite the terminal of the Imperial Tobacco Co., a distance of about 1,000 feet; widening the 25-foot channel in the Eastern Branch between the 0Norfolk & Western Railway bridge and the Calpostella Bridge from 200 to 300 feet, a distance of 0.55 mile, including maintenance to a leplth of 25 feet of an existing turning basin approximately 51/ acres nIIextent at the head of the existing project just below the Virginian Railway bridge; dre(lging a turning basin in the-Southern Branch 25 feet deep and 500 feet square at a point 2,500 feet above the Norfolk SWestern Railway bridge; completion of dredging three additional 'anchorage areas south of the present Craney Island Anchorage (two areas, 1,200 feet by 1,200 feet to a depth of 22 feet, and one area 900 feet by 1,900 feet to a depth of 16 feet); and construction of a trapezoidal-shaped disposal area of about 2,500 acres of flats adjacent to and north of Craney Island, two rehandling basins, and an approach and exit area to connect the rehandling basins with the 40-foot Channel. The total cost of the existing project was $11,118,242.34, of which $6,430,864.07 was regular fun(ls and $49,978.50 Emergency Relief funls, a total of $6,480,842.57 for new work; and $4.637,399.77 regular funds for maintenance. The expenditures were $11,068,263.84 regular funds and $49,978.50 Emergency Relief funds, a total of $11,118,242.34. In addition, $23,935.71 was expended from contributed ftunds for new Work. 616 REPORT OF CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMY, 1946 Proposed operations.-The unexpended balance at the end of the fiscal year will be applied as follows: Maintenance: Dredging in the Southern Branch 30-foot channel between the Norfolk and Portsmouth highway bridge and the Virginian Ry. bridge to restore project dimensions with U. S. hopper dredge Iloffman, July to September 1946---------------- $58, 000. 00 Dredging in Norfolk Harbor 40-foot channel between the Nor- folk & Portsmouth Belt Line R. R. bridge and deep water in Hampton Roads with new United States hopper dredge, February to May 1947_ ------------------------------ 222, 000. 00 Dredging in Norfolk HIarbor 40-foot channel to remove a shoal on the east edge at Lambert Point, by contract, September 1946 ,----------------------------------------- 19,000.00 Removal of floating debris, including trees and snags, with Government plant and hired labor, when and as required, July 1946 to June 1947------------------------------- , 000. 00 Condition, control and miscellaneous surveys, tide gaging and gage compilations; with Governmept plant and hired labor, 12 months, July 1946 to June 1947 ----------------- _34, 360 49 Total ----------- --------------------------- 338, 360. 49 The additional sum of $658,000 can be profitably expended during the fiscal year 1948 as follows: New work: Dredging to widen the channel in the Eastern Branch as above, by contract, 1Y, months, October and November 1947- $108, 000 Maintenance: Dredging in Norfolk Harbor 40-foot channel between the Norfolk & Portsmouth Belt Line R. R. bridge and deep water in IIHampton Roads, with United States hopper dredge, 4 months, March to June 1948-------------- 300, 000 Dredging in the Eastern Branch 25-foot channel between the mouth and the Virginian Ry. bridge including restor- ation of the existing turning basin just below the Vir- ginian Ry. bridge, with United States hopper dredge, 3 months, July to September 1947----------------- 120, 000 Dredging in the Southern Branch 25-foot channel between the Virginian Ry. bridge and a point 2,500 feet above the Norfolk & Western Ry. bridge, by contract, 3 months, January to March 1948-------------------------- 90, 000 Removal of floating debris, including trees and snags, with Government plant and hired labor when and as required 12 months,.July 1947 to June 1948__ ------ ,,,,,--------- 5, 000 Condition, control and miscellaneous surveys, tide gaging and gage compilations, with Government plant and hired labor, 12 months, July,1947 to June 1948 ------------ 35, 000 550, 000 Total for all work ---------------------------------- 58, 000 Cost and financial summary Cost of new work to June 30, 1946---------------------- $9, 042, 546. 84 Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1946---------.-------- - 4, 709, 439. 04 To al cost of permanent work to June 30, 1946- 13, 751, 985. 88 Net total expenditures _____________________ __ -. 13, 751, 985. 88 Unexpended balance June 30, 1946 ------------------------- 338, 360. 49 Total amount appropriated to June 30, 1946- ...-------- 14, 090, 346. 37 1 In addition $23,935. 71 expended from contributed funds for new work. RIVERS AND HARBORS--NORFOLK, VA., DISTRICT 617 Fiscal year ending June 30 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 Cost of new work...--------------- $78, 387. 07 -$2, 098. 00 $31, 315.06 .. Cost of maintenance-------------... 236, 946. 49 152, 754. 84 .513, 758. 77 $427, 968.26 $283, 312. 55 i Total cost----------------.............. 315, 33. 56 150, 656. 84 545, 073. 83 427, 968. 26 283, 312. 55 i Total expended ................... 300, 758. 90 171, 133. 22 564, 239. 95 404,165. 31 283, 312. 55 i Allotted . ..........--------- 239, 300. 00 370, 000. 00 -9, 350. 00 328, 600. 00 591, 100. 00 S.'30.0 7, 0.0 Balance unexpended July 1, 1945_----- $--------30, 573. 04 Amount allotted during fiscal year_- 591, 100. 00 Amount to be accounted for -------- 6----- 673. 04 621, Gross amount expended-------------------- --------------- 283, 312. 55 Balance unexpended June 30, 1946------------- ---- 338, 360. 49 Amount (estimated) required to be appropriated for completion of existing project 2 ------.---------. 5, 527, 200. 00 Amount that can be profitably expended in fiscal year ending June 30, 1948: For new work 2 108, 000. 00 For maintenance 2 .------------- 550, 000. 00 Total 2------------------- 658, 000. 00 IExclusive of available funds. 23. 'LAFAYETTE RIVER, VA. Location.--This river is a tidal estuary of Hampton Roads, formed ?Y two branches lying wholly in Norfolk County, Va., and, except for a small portion of its headwaters, in the corporate limits of the City of Norfolk. The two branches, each about 2 miles long, flow frolm the northeast and southeast and join at a point about 3.5 miles above the mouth. (See U. S. Coast and Geodetic Survey Charts Nos. 78, 400, 452, 1222, and 1227.) lRisting project.--Tilis provides for dredging a channel 8 feet deep and 100 feet wide from deep) water in Hampton Roads to the Hampton lBoulevard Bridge, a distance of about 1% miles. Under ordinary conditions the mean tidal range is 2.7 feet, and the'extremes of irreg- ular fluctuation referred to mean low water due to combined effect of Wind and tides are -2 feet and + 9.62 feet. The estimate of cost of new work, made in 1937, was $12,000. The latest (1937) approved estimate of cost for annual maintenance is $1,000. The existing project was adopted by the River an1 IHarbor Act of August 26, 1937 (Rivers and Harbors Committee Doc. No. 5, 75th Cong., 1st sess.). The latest published map is in the project document. Local cooperation.-Fully complied with. Terminal facilities.-The only wharf of importance on Lafayette diver is an open-pile structure about 300 feet long, owned and oper- ated by the Norfolk Country and Yachit Club. It is used by pleasure boats operated by members of the local yacht club and by visiting members of other yacht associations for landing, obtaining provisions, and fuel supplies. A number of small landings of light construction and three small marine railways are located elsewhere on the river and 618 REPORT OF CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMY, 1946 its tributaries. The wharf and landings are privately owned and are not open to public use. The existing facilities are not adequate for present pleasure-boat traffic and 'considerable'development to accom- modate potential traffic would be required. Ample room for develop- ment is available. Operations and results during fiscal year.-None. Condition at end of fiscal year.--The project was completed in 1939. The controlling depth as ascertained in November 1941 was 7.2 feet at mean low water. The head of navigation for boat traffic is at the Cottage Toll Road highway bridge. Navigation is practicable throughout the year. The total cost and expenditure of the existing project was $19,048.19, all for new work. Proposed operations.-The unexpended balance at the end of thle fiscal year will be applied to a condition survey with Government plant and hired labor, one-fourth month, October 1946. The additional sum of $30,000 can be profitably expended during the fiscal year 1948 for maintenance dredging to restore the channel from deep water in Hampton Roads to the Hampton Boulevard Bridge, by contract, 1 month, August 1947. Cost and financial summary Cost of new work to June 30, 1946__________________________ _ $12, 048. 19 Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1946_ ----- Total cost of permanent work to June 30, 1946 ---------- 12, 048. 19 Net total expenditures ------------------------------------ 12, 048. 19 Unexpended balance June 30, 1946_ - ________-____________ - - 1, 000. 00 Total amount appropriated to June 30, 1946--------------13, 048. 19 Fiscal year ending June 30 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 'Cost of new work ........... Cost of maintenance............-- ------ -- ---. . .. . . ..- - -Total expended.-- . S-Allotted_ . .,000 Amount allotted during fiscal year. - ___________ $1, 000. 00. Balance unexpended June 30, 1946----------------------- 1,000. 0000 Amount .,0.. Amount that can be profitably expended in fiscal year ending June 30, 1948 for maintenance 1----- . ------- 30, 000. 00 1 Exclusive of available funds. 24. INLAND WATERWAY FROM NORFOLK, VA:, TO BEAUFORT INLET, N. C. Location.-The improvement described consists of a sea-level in- land water route approximately paralleling the Atlantic coast between Norfolk, Va., and Beaufort Inlet, N. C., a distance of 197.91 statute RIVERS AND HARBORS-NORFOLK, VA., DISTRICT"- 619 'miles. For description 6f the waterway see pages 495-497,. Annual Report for 1932. (See U. S. Coast and Geodetic Survey Charts Nos. 1227, 1228, 1231, and 1233.) Previou projects.-Partial projects were adopted by River and harbor Acts of March 3, 1873, June 18, 1878, March 3, 1879, June 14, 1880, March 3, 1881, and September 19, 1890. For further details see page 497, Annual Report for 1932, and page 476, Annual Report for 1938. SEistinq project.-This provides for an inland waterway with a depth of 12 feet at mean low water between Norfolk, Va., and Beau- fort Inlet, N. C., a distance of 197.91 miles, with bottom widths varying from 90 feet in land cuts to 300 feet in open waters, for the construc- tion of tidal guard lock in the Albemarle and Chesapeake Canal at or near Great Bridge, Va., for the protection of the canal property in the vicinity of the, lock against flooding by storm tides through con- struction of necessary (likes and appurtenant works,'and for the con- struction, operation, and maintenance of 'a suitable bridge across the Waterway near Fairfield, /- N. C. Data relative to the completed lock included in the project Dimensions Depth on miter sills Miles froe Grat_ Year nor. reat- Gocation Character of opened Actual folk Location Width e foundation to navi- cost "V . , of e t hgation Lift Upper Lower Va.' chan avail- able ber for full width Feet Feet Feet Feet Feet 12.04 Albemarle and Ches- 75 600 2.7 (1) (1) Piles in sand 1932 $499. 913. 00 apeake oCanal and shells. (Great 3ridge, Va.) 1 lfeetat mean low water. The waterway is nontidal except in the Southern Branch of Ehzabeth River and in Beaufort Inlet, N. C. In the Southern Branch the mean tidal range under ordinary conditions is 2.7 feet, and the extremes are 2.3 and 3.2 feet. extremes of irregular The fluctuation, due to the combined effect of the tide and wind, re- ferred to mean low water, are -2 and +9.62 feet. In Beaufort .Inlet, N. C., under ordinary conditions, the mean tidal range is 2.6 feet and the extremes are 2.3 and 3.2 feet. The estimate of cost for new work, revised in 1945, was $8,242,500, exclusive of amounts expended on previous projects, but including the Purchase price of the canal. The latest (1945) approved estimate for cannual cost of maintenance is $251,000, including $131,000 for opera- tion and care of the waterway. 620 REPORT OF.CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMY, 1946 The existing project was authorized by thie following river and harbor acts : • i_ Acts Work authorized Documents - - - - . July 25,1912 Original route of the Norfolk-Beaufort Inlet sec- II. Doc. No. 391, 62d Cong., 2d sess. tion. Do....... Purchase of canal---- --------------------..... I. Doc. No. 589, 62d Cong., 2d sess. Aug. 8, 1917 .Change in route; following changes approved by IH. Does. Nos. 1478, 63d Cong., 3d sess. Secretary of War Apr. 14, 1919: and 1136, 64th Cong., ist sess.' Albemarle Sound-Pamlico Sound section: Changed from "Alligator River-Rose Bay route" to "Alligator River-Pungo River route." Pamlico Sound-Neuse River section: Changed, from "Pamlico Sound-Btant Shoal-Neuse River route" to "Goose Creek. Bay River route." July 18,1918 Alligator River-Pungo River route (proposed Approved by Secretary of War MaY land cut connecting the rivers): Changed from 15,1919. a straight line to a bent line approaching nearer the town of Fairfield, N. C. Mar. 4, 1933 2 Construction of a suitable bridge near Fairfield, Rivers and Harbors Committee Doe. N. C. No. 5, 72d Cong., 1st sess. s 1 July 3, 1930 Construction of a tidal lock at Great Bridge at a S. Doc. No. 23, 71st Cong., 1st se s. limit of cost of not to exceed $500,000. June 26,19348 Operating and care of the works of improvement provided for with funds from War Department appropriations for rivers and harbors. ss l Mar 2, 1945 Protection to canal property in the vicinity of the H. Doec. No. 117, 76th Cong., 1st se ./ lock at Great Bridge against flooding by storm tides through construction of necessary dikes and appurtenant works. I Contain latest published maps. 2 Public, No. 433, 72d Cong. 3 Permanent appropriations repeal act. Local cooperation.-Fullycomplied with. Terminal facilities.-The north endof this waterway is in Norfolk Harbor, the terminal facilities of which are described in the report on that improvement. Between Norfolk and Albemarle Sound there are-13 wharves, or ]anding . Along the route between Albemarle Sound and Pamlico River are 10 wharves. Located upon waters tributary to the Pamlico River-Neuse River section are 15 wharves, aggregating a frontage of about 600 feet. There are 8 wharves on the section of the waterway from Neuse River to Beaufort Inlet, with a combined frontage of about 400 feet. At Morehead City, N. C., there are 27-wharves, their total frontage being about 500 feet. Con- tiguous to the harbor at Beaufort, N. C., the southern terminus of the waterway, there are 46 wharves, their' total frontage being about" 1,200 feet. rThe facilities are considered adequate for existing corn- merce. merce. Operations and results during fiscal year.-Advance planning for new work, consisting of surveys and subsurface investigations, plans, estimates and specifications, in conection with protection to canal RIVERS AND HARBORS-NORFOLK, VA., .DISTRICT 621 property at.Great Bridge through construction of dikes and appur- tenant works, was commenced August 18 and continued intermittently to October 31, 1945, when the work was suspended. The cost of the Work was $1,762.71. Maintenance snagging and bank trimming in the Southern Branch of Elizabeth River withl U. S. derrick boat Roanolce was commenced April 10 and continued to April 28, 1946, when the work was tempo- rarily tuspended. The cost of the work was $3,390.01. I reliainlary engineering and design for renewal of bulkheads and revetmient at Great Bridge, Va., was made during the year at a cost of $1,673. 0 Maintenance snagging and bank trimming in the Adams-Core Creek land cut and in the Alligator River-Pungo River land cut with the U. S. derrick boat Northeast was commenced September 10 and con- tinued to September 30, 1945, when the work was completed. The cost of the work was $2,068. Maintenance dredging under contract in Currituck Sound south of the Virginia-North Carolina State line, in progress at the begin- rUng of the fiscal year,.was continued to July 28, 1945, when the work was completed. There were removed 328,770 cubic yards of material, place measurement. The cost of the work was $54,971.56.' rlract surveys, under contract, were made of approximately 614 acres, required for additional right-of.way along the Adams-Core Cr eek land cut. Thie cost of the work was $1,792.50. Condition, control, and miscellaneous surveys, and water-level Studies were made and plans, estimates, and specifications were pre- Pared during the year at a cost of $16,619.72. . Operation and care of the lock, bridges, buildings, wharves, canal plant, grounds, and roads were carried on during the year as required. The cost of the work was $127,623.15 for operation and $46,857.10 for ordinary maintenance and repair. The total cost of the work was $256,757.81, of which $1,762.71 was for new work, $80,514.85 for maintenance and $174,480.25 for opera- .tions and care. Of these amounts $121,751.16 pertains to the Norfolk, Va., district and $135,006.65 pertains to.the Wilmington, N. C., district. The total expenditure was $324,755.70, of which $121,751.16 was disbursed by the Norfolk, Va., district and $203,004.54.was disbursed by the Wilmington, N. C., district. Condition at end -of fiscal year.--The existing project was about 99 percent complete at the end of the fiscal year. The Albemarle and Chesapeake Canal was acquired by the United States from the Albe- Inarle & Chesapeake Canal Co. on April 30, 1913, for $500,000. A tidal ruard lock in the Albemarle and Chesapeake Canal at Great Bridge, Va., was completed in 1932. (See table in paragraph "Existing Project.") The lock is in good condition. controlling depth at the end of the fiscal year was 11 feet, mean mhe low water. The work remaining to be done to complete the project consists of protection to canal property in the vicinity of the lock at Great Bridge, Va., against flooding by storm tides through construction of necessary ldikes and aappurtenant works. 721584--47-- pt. 1, vol. 1-40 622 REPORT OF CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMY, 1946 The total costs of the existing project to the end of the fiscal year were as follows: Districts New work Maintenance Operating and Total care Norfolk: .Regular funds_ ...- . .- $8, 124 976. 07 1 $2,101, 656. 69 $1,160, 106.16 $11, 386, 738. 92 Public Works funds.---.-------------80, 282. 36 - - - 8-,--282. 36 Wilmington----........... .. . . . 891, 390.25 433, 033. 81" 1,324, 424.06 Total-- ---------------------....... 8,205,258.43 2,993, 646.94 1,593,139.97 12,791, 445.34 1 Includes $904.95 for Bennetts Creek, N. C. The expenditures were '$12,718,589.04 from regular funds and $80,282.36 from Public Works funds, a total of $12,798,871.40, of which $11,467,021.28 was disbursed by the Norfolk, Va., (listrict aCnd $1,331,850.12 was disbursed by the Wilmington, N. C., district. In addition, the sum of $975,744.25 was expended between May 1, 1913, and June 30, 1936, on the operating and care of the works of improvement under the provisions of the Ipermanent indefinite ap- propriation for such purposes. Proposed operations.-The unexpended balance at the end of the fiscal year plus an anticipated allotment and accounts receivable, will be aIpplied as follows: Accounts payable June 30, 1946 __--______________________ -- $662. 00 Maintenance: , Replace bulkhead on north side of Virginia Cut between lock and bridge at Great Bridge with a steel sheet pile bulkhead, by contract, 1Y2 months, October and November 1946 _-------- 41, 139. 00 Replace wood sheet pile bulkhead around boat basin at Great Bridge, by contract, 2 months, December 1946 and January 1947 _ Repair revetment on south side of Virginia Cut -------- 37, 812. 00 between lock and bridge at Great Bridge, by contract, 2 months, February and March 1947------------------------------------16, 200. 00 Snagging and bank trimming in Southern Branch, Virginia Cut, and North Landing River, with U. S. derrick boat Roanoke, 4.6 months, July and August 1946 and April to June 1947 ------ 17, 480. 00 Snagging and bank trimming in Adams-Core Creek land cut with Government plant and hired labor, 2 months, October and November 1946------------------------------------- 7, 000. 00 Maintenance dredging in Alligator River, Goose Creek, . and Adams-Core Creek land cut, by contract, January and February 1947_--------- 27, 473. 64 Acquisition of approximately 614 acres of addi- tional right-of-way along Adams-Core Creek land cut ------------------------------ _ 19, 000. 00 Condition, control, and miscellaneous surveys, plans, specifications, etc--_ -25, 826. 87 191, 931. 51 Maintenance (operating and care): Operation - --------------- ._ ___ _.. 154, 000. 00 Ordinary rep)airs---- ------------------------- 69, 293. 05 223, 293. 05 Total for all work --------------------------- _-- 415, 886. 56 RIVERS AND HARBORS-NORFOLK, VA., DISTRICT. 623 The additional sum of $763,600 can be profitably expended during. the fiscal year 1948, as follows: Maintenance: Replace bulkheads on the north and south sides of Vir- ginia Cut at the Great Bridge highway bridge with a steel sheet pile bulkhead by contract, 2 months, January and I'ebruary 1948----_----------------- $56, 500 Replace bridge at Northlanding, Va., with a double-leaf horizontal swing bridge, by contract, 12 months, July 1947 to June 1948-------------- ------------- 332, 200 Dredging in Northlanding River portion of the project north of the Virginia-North Carolina State line, by contract, 1/2 months, February and March 1948__---- .54, 000 Snagging and bank trimming throughout the project north of the Virginia-North Carolina State line, with U. S. derrick boat Roanoke, 3 months, April to June, 1948- _------------------------ 11,400 Snagging and bank trimming in land cuts south of the Virginia-North' Carolina State line-with Government plant and hired labor, 2 months, as needed------- --- 7, 000 Maintenance dredging south of the Virginia-North Carolina State line, by contract, as needed -------- 61, 000 Condition, control and miscellaneous surveys, plans, specifications, etc., with Government plant and hired labor, 12 months, July 1947 to June 1948_-----------22, 000, $544, 100 Maintenance (operating and care): Operations_------------------------------------ 162, 100 Ordinary repairs-------------------------_ ----- 57, 400 219, 500 Total for all work----------- ------------------------- 763, 600 Cost and financial summary Cost of new work to June 30, 1946___------ ----------- $8, 497, 354. 08 Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1946----.......----------------- .5,614, 735. 51 Total cost of permanent work to June 30, 1946 ------. 14, 112, 089. 59 Plus accounts receivable June 30, 1946 ..--...----------.........-- 8, 088. 06 Gross total costs to June 30, 1946-_ --------- - .14, 120, 177. 65 Minus accounts payable June 30, 1946_ ------ ------ 662. 00 Net total expenditures --------------- --------- -14, 119, 515. 65 Unexpended balance June 30,. 1946 -------------------------- 370, 035. 79 Total amount appropriated to June 30, 1946---------- 14, 489, 551. 44 Fiscal year ending June 30 ' 1942 '1943 1944 ' 1945 1946 Cost of new work.. .. ....---------------- Cost of maintenance.------------ . -------.. ... ...... . ---------- ------- --- $1,762. 71 $419, 725. 92 $585, 743. 67 " $401, 569. 50 $392, 966. 76 24, 995. 10 Total cost-.......---------------...... 419, 72. 92 585,743. 67 401, 569. 50 392, 966. 76 256, 757. 81 Total expended....--....-,,.. 382, 96. 24 570,656. 73 453, 077. 00 334, 017. 44 324, 755. 70 Allottedl....... 623, 625. 00 --.................. 350, 000.00 -58, 650. 00 521, 300. 00 441, 700. 00 Balance unexpended July 1, 1945____.. .......-..-- ._ ... $253, 091. 49 Amount allotted during fiscal year--_-__.---.. ----- _-_- -. 580, 790. 76 - Amount to be accounted for------------ -------- - 833, 882. 25 Deductions on account of revocation of allotment-._ ------- - 139, 090. 76 : Net amount to be accounted for- ----- .- .---- 694, 791. 49 624 REPORT OF CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMSY, 1946 Gross amount expended - $324, 815. 70 Less reimbursements collected------------------ 60. 00 $324, 755. 70 Balance unexpended June 30, 1946_ ____ 370, 035. 79 Outstanding liabilities June 30, 1946..----------------------- 20, 456. 75 Balance available June 30, 1946--..--_ -- ___ --- 349, 579. 04 Accounts receivble June 30, 1946_- . _.. 8, 088. 06 Unobligated balance available June 30, 1946------------ 357, 667. 10 Amount (estimated) required to be appropriated for completion of existing project -------------------------------------- 39, 000. 00 'Amount that can be profitably expended in fiscal year ending June 30, 1948 for maintenance 1 -------- --- 763, 600. 00 I Exclusive of available funds. 25. WATERWAY FROM NORFOLK, VA., TO TIIE SOUNDS OF NORTH CAROLINA Location.---'This water route extends south from Norfolk, Va., to Pamlico Sound, N. C. (See U. S. Coast and Geodetic Survey Charts Nos. 1227, 1228, 1229, and.1231.) For description see page 492, An- nual Report for 1932. Existing project.-This provides for dredging channels to depths of 10 feet at mean low water, over a least bottom width of 80 feet, in Deep Creek, Va.; Turners Cut, Pasquotank River, anllld Croatan Sound, N. C., and maintaining the Dismal Swamp Canal (which connects Deep Creek and Turlrners Cut) to a depth of about 9 feet over a bottom width of 50 feet. The limiting width of 80 feet applies to Turners Cut; the channels in Deep Creek and P1asquotank River have been dredged to depths of 10 feet over bottom widths of 100 feet, while the Croatan Sound Channel has been dredged to a depth of 12 feet over a bottom width of 200 feet. Thle project further provides for the protection of banks in Turners Cut with sheet piling, and cut- ting certain sharp points in Pasquotank River, in order to shorten its course. The component parts of the waterway and their lengths are about as follows: Deep Creek, Va., 3 miles; Dismal Swamp Calal, 22 miles; Turners Cut, 4.5 miles; Pasquotank River, 30 miles- Albe- marle Sound, 20 miles, and Croatan Sound, 12.5 miles, a total of 92 miles. Data relative to the completed locks included in the project Dimensions Depth on miter sills Miles from Great- Year Nor- Location Width est Characterof opened of Actual folk, Width length foundation to navi- cost Va. chan- avail. Lift Upper Lower gation ber able for full width Feet Feet Feet Feet Feet 10. 7 I)ismal Swamp Ca- 52 300 12 12 12 Natural earth 1940 $348,878.83 nal (l)cep Creek, with cut-off Va.). wails. 33.1 Dismal Swami Ca- 52 300 12 12 13 ..... do..........1941 372,56. 40 ial (South Mills, N. C.). RIVERS AND HARBORS-NORFOLK, VA., DISTRICT 625 The waterway is nontidal except in Deep Creek, where the mean tidal range under ordinary con4itions is 3 feet and the extremes 2.3 and 3.2 feet. The extremes of irregular fluctuation in this stream, due to combined effect of tides and wind, referred to mean low water, are about -2 feet and +9.62 feet. The remaining sections of the waterway are nontidal and not subject to floods. There are at times, however, variations of 1 to 2 feet in level, due to wind. The estimate of cost for new work, made in 1899, was $274,310, ex- clusive of the purchase price of the Dismal Swamp Canal. The latest (1945 approved estimate of cost for annual maintenance is $99,500, including $65,500 for operation and care of the waterway. The existing project was authorized by the following river and harbor acts: / Acts Work authorized Documents Mar. 3, 1899 Present project dimensions and original route... II. Doc. No. 317, 54th Cong., 1st sess., and Annual Report, 1896, p.. 1086; Ii. Doc. No. 131, 55th Cong., 3d sess., and Annual Report, 1899, p. 1485. Mar. 3, 1925 Purchase of the Lake Drummond Canal (Dismal Rivers and Harbors Committee Doc. Swamp Canal). No. 5, 67th Cong., 2d sess. June 26, 1934 1 Operating and care of the works of improvement provided for with funds from War Department I appropriations for rivers and harbors. SPermanent Appropriations Repeal Act. Latest published map is found in 11. Doc. No. 391, 62d Cong., 2d sess. Local cooperation.-None required. Terminal facilities.-The northern end of this waterway is in Nor- folk Harbor, Va., the terminal facilities of which are described under this heading in tlhe report on that improvement. There are three small wharves on the.Dismal Swamp Canal. There are three landings along the PIasqlotank River between the south end of the canal and Elizabeth City. At Elizabeth City, N. C., there are 18 wharves. Below Eliza- beth City there are two wharves on the east bank of the Pasquotank River. rlTle facilities are considered adequate for existing commerce. Operations and. results during fiscal year.-Maintenance snagging and bank trimming with the U. S. derrick boat Roanoke in the Dismal Swamp Canal section of the waterway was commenced October 29, 1945, and continued intermittently to February 17, 1946, when the Work was completed. The cost of the work was $11,360.29. Preliminary engineering and design for renewal of 1,580 linear feet of timber bulkhead at Deep Creek, Va., and South Mills, N. C., Was made during tile year at a cost of $1,250.50. Condition, control, and miscellaneous surveys with Government plant and hired labor were made during the year at a cost of $3,966.75. Operation and care of locks,-bridges, buildings, wharves, canal plant, grounds, and roads were carried on during the year as required. .Tlle cost of the work was $88,793.55 for operation anid $5,283.74 for orldinnary maintenance and repairs. The total cost and expenditure was $110,654.83, of which $16,577.54 was for maintenance and $94,077.29 for operation, and care. 626 REPORT OF CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMY, 1946 Condition at end of fiscal;year.--The"existing project wascom- pleted in 1903.. The Dismal Swamp. Canal was acquired by the United States, March 30, 1929, from the Lake Drummond Canal & Water Co. for $500,000: Controlling depths in the various sections of the waterway are as. follows: Controlling depths: 80 Ipercent of Section project width- IDate determined 40 percent on either side of center line Deep Creek..". .------------... . . . .. . . . . . 110. O February 1946. ilismal Swamp Caal---------. --. . , . ...... ... 28.5 April-May 1916. Turners Cut--------------------- 3 10.0 May 1946. Pasquotank River------------------------------------..... 3 10.0 April-May 1943. i 1 Depths are referred to mean low water. 2 Depths are referred to canal datum. 8D)epths are referred to ordinary low water. \ 4 Depth exists along the center of the channel only. The total cost of the existing project was $3,623,806.33, of-whiclh $751,196.46 (including $500,000 for the purchase of the Dismal Swamp Canal) was for new work; $1,739,951.72.for maintenance, and $1,132,- 658.15 for operation and care. The total expenditure was $3,284,968.44. In addition, the sum of $338,837.89 was expended between March 30, 1929, and June 30, 1936, on the operation and care of the works of improvement under time pro- visions of the permanent indefinite appropriations for such purposes. 'Proposed operations.--iThe unexpended balance at the end of the fiscal year will he applied as follows : Maintenance: Snagging and bank trimming in Deep Creek, Dismal Swamp Canal, and Pasquotank River, with U. S. derrick boat Roanoke, 3.5 months, November 1946 to February 1947 ------------------------- $13, 300. 00 Dredging in Deep Creek and Dismal Swamp Canal by contract, 1.5 months, February and March 1947 ---------------- 16, 300. 00 Condition, control, and miscellaneous surveys and water level investigations, with Government plant and hired labor, 12 months, July 1946 to June 1947_------------------------------- 19, 350. 33 -- 48, 950. 33 Maintenance (operating and care): Operations-------------------------------- 98, 300. 00 Ordinary repairs.. ---------------------------- 65, 021. 71 163, 321. 71 Total for all work....---------------------------------- 212, 272. 04 The additional sum of $237,700 can be profitably expended during the fiscal year 1948 as follows: Maintenance: , Snagging and, bank trimming in Deep Creek, Dismal Swamp Canal, including Feeder Ditch to Lake Drum- mond, Turners Cut, and Pasquotank River with U. S. derrick boat Roanoke, 3, months, January to March 1948----------------------------------- ----- $11,400 RIVERS AND HARBORS-NORFOLK, VA., DISTRICT 627 Maintenance.-- Continued Re1newing 1 584 feet of bulkhead in Dismal Swamp Canal at Deep 'reek and South Mills by contract 3 mionths, October to December 1947------------------------ $62, 000 Condition, control and miscellaneous surveys, with Gov- ernment plant and hired labor, 12 months, July 1947 to June 1948------------------------------------- 8, 000 $- 400 $81, Maintenance (operating and care): Operations ------------------------------------ 117, 100 Ordinary repairs -------------------------------- 39, 200 --- 156, 300 Total for all work_ -_ ---- ---- --- 237, 700 Cost and financial summary Cost of new work to June 30, 1946--------------------- ---- $751, 196. 46 Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1946--------------------- 2, 872, 609. 87 Total cost of permanent work to June 30, 1946--- --- 3, 623, 806. 33- Net total expenditures_ ---------------------------------- 3, 623, 806. 33 Unexpended balance June 30, 1946.- .- - - .-.- .----- 212, 272. 04 _ Total amount appropriated to June 30, 1946--_------ 3, 836, 078. 37 Fiscal year ending June 30 1942 * 1943 1944 1945 1946 Cost of new work '-' - "'. --- ----. . .I;- --. .... i ' Cost of maintenance------------$..... 110.768. 9 $149, 584. 11 $195, 960.6 $150, 458.45 $110, 654.83 Total expended-. .. __ .__.. .___ 110, 247. 71 158, 981. 68 179, 875. 63 160, 329.04 110, 651.83 Allotted... --- _-.--- . 185, 600.00 130, 602.78 20, 367. 70 191, 250. 00 254, 450.00 l3alance unexpended July 1, 1945_________________________-- $68, 476. 87 Amount allotted during fiscal year___________________________ 333, 049. 00 Amount to be accounted for-_-------------------- 401, 525. 87 Deductions on account of revocation of allotment-----.... ..--... 78, 599. 00 , Net amount to be accounted for_ - .---- _ 322, 926. 87 Gross amount expended------ ----------------------------- 110, 654. 83 Balance unexpended June 30, 1946. .....--------------------- 212, 272. 04 Amount that can be profitably expended in fiscal year ending June 30, 1948, for maintenance 1------------ 237, 700. 00 SExclusive of available funds. 20. KNOBBS CREEK, N. C. Location.-This creek is a nontidal fresh-water stream emptying Into Pasquotank River from the west, about 18 miles above its mouth in Albemarle Sound. (See U. S. Coast and Geodetic Survey Chart No. 1228.) Existing project.--This provides for a channel 10 feet deep at mean low water, from that depth in Pasquotank River to the .Norfolk Southern Railroad bridge, 100 feet wide in Pasquotank River and* generally 60 feet wide in the creek, with a turning basin in the sharp bend opposite the plant of the Chesson Manufacturing Co. Being a branch of 1Pasquotank River, Knobbs Creek is affected by the wind tides which influence that stream and Albemarle Sound. In extreme cases the water rises 4 to 5 feet above mean low water, but the average fluctuation of the water surface is about 1 foot. 628 REPORT OF CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMY, 1946 The estimate of cost for new work, made in 1927, was $79,000. The latest (1927) approved estimate for annual cost of maintenance is $500. The existing project was adopted by the River and IHarbor Act of July 3, 1930 (I. Doc. No. 102, 70th Cong., 1st sess.). T'lhe latest pub- lished map is in the project document. Local cooperation.-'lFullycomplied with. T'erminal facilities.-There are eight wharves with an aggregate available frontage of 1,200 or 1,400 linear feet located on Knobbs Creek. The existing wharves are considered adequate for present commerce. Operationsand results during fiecal year.-Snaggingand bank trilm- ming with the U. S. derrick boat'Roanoke between the molluth and the head of the project was commenced February 18, 194, and contilllle to April 1, 1946, when the work was completed. The cost and expenditure of the work was $5,415.62, all for maintenance. Condition at end of fiscal year.-TIhe existing project was completed in 1931. The controlling (lepth in February 1933 was 10 feet. The head of navigation is the Norfolk Southern Railway bridge at the head of the project. Navigation is practicable throughout the \ year. The total cost and expenditure was $95,915.62, of which $80,500 was for new work and $15,415.62 was for maintenance. Proposed operations.--The unexpended balance at the end of the fiscal year will be applied to maintenance, snagging and bank trimming from the mouth to the head of the project with U. S. derrick boat Roanoke, 1.4 months, March and April 1947. The additional sum of $4,000 can be profitably expended during the fiscal year 1948, applied to condition and control surveys, with Gov- ernment plant and hired labor, 1 month, March 1948. Cost and financial summary Cost of new work to June 30, 1946__ $80, 500. 00 Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1946------------------------- 15, 415. 62 Total cost of permanent work to June 30, 1946 5, 915. 62 9------------ Net total expenditures 9-------------------------------- 915. 62 Unexpended balance June 30, 1946---___- -- ------ 5, 384. 38 Total amount appropriated to June 30, 1946--------------101, 300. 00 Fiscal year ending June 30 1042 1943 1944 1945 1916 Cost of new work ... Cost of maintenance------------............. --- $4,000 : $5 4i5.62 Total expended...'.4, 000------------------------------ -------5, 145.62 Allotted ----..........------------------- 6, 000 $7, 000 3,800. 00 Balance unexpended July 1, 1945-_ -- -- - -$7, 000. 00 Amount allotted during fiscal year_ - -- ____________________-- 3, 800. 00 Amount to be accounted for_____.... .. _________________ 10, 800. 00 Gross amount expended_- - - 5, 415. 62 Balance unexpended June 30, 1946.....----------------------- 5, 384. 38 Amount that can be profitably expended in fiscal year ending June 30, 1948, for maintenance 1----__-______ _ _..- 4, 000. 00 1 Exclusive of available funds, i RIVERS AND HARBORS-NORFOLK, VA., DISTRICT 629' 27. BLACKWATER RIVER, VA. Location.-This river rises in Prince George County, near Peters- burg, Va., and flows in a general southeasterly directions of 80 miles, where it unites with the Nottoway River to form the Chowan River whllich empties into Albemarle Sound. The portion under improve- Inent extends from its mouth to Franklin, Va., a distance of 13 miles. (See U. S. Geological Survey, Holland quadrangle, Virginia.) Previous,project.--The original project was adopted by the River and .Harbor Act of June 18, 1878. ,For further details see page 1802 of Annual Report for 1915 and page 480 of Annual Report for 1938. LExisting project.-This- provides for a channel 12 feet deep and generally 80 feet wide from the mouth to a point just downstream from the Seaboard Air' Line Railway bridge at Frianklin, Va., a dis- tance of 14.5 miles including cut-off channe]ls of like dimensions tllroughi two bends at Cherry Grove and Georges Bend, and a turn- ing basin of 3.2 acres at Franklin, Va. The stream is nontidal. The Portion of the river under improvement is subject to freshets ot short dhuration, causing rises of 3 to 4'feet, but the general stage of the river remains for the greater part of the time at the elevation of Alhbemarle Sound, with which it connects. The estimate of cost for new work revised in 1946, exclusive of amount expended on previous projects, is $222,000. The latest (1945) approved estimate of cost for annual maintenance is $7,000. The existing project was authorized by the following river and lharbor acts: Acts Work authorized I)ocuments Mar. 2,1907 Clearing the 13 miles of river below Franklin, Va., II. 1)oe. No. 177, 59th Cong., 1st soess. of obstructions so as to afford a condition of easy navigation for boats of 7-foot draft. Mar. 2, 1945 Present project dimensions--------.......................---- I. Doe. No. 101, 76th Cong., 1st sess.' Contain latest published maps. Local cooperation.--The River and Harbor Act of March 2, 1945, in alopting the present project dimensions, imposed the conditions that local interests furnish, free of cost to the United States, all lands, easements and rights-of-way and spoil-disposal areas for the initial work and for subsequent maintenance as required and give assurances satisfactory to the Secretary of War that they will con- struct at Franklin, Va., additional termninal facilities suitable for the mooring of large barges and for the efficient transfer of cargo be- tween barge and terminal. These conditions have not been complied with. Termihal facilities.-There is a wharf at Franklin', Va., and three small wharves and a warehouse between this point and the mouth of the' river. All of these are privatelyowned but are open to the general public on equal terms. The facilities are considered adequate for existing commerce. Operations and results duwring fiscal year.--Advance planning for new work, consisting of surveys anlld subsurface investigations, plans, 630 'REPORT OF CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMY 1946 i estimates and specifications, in connection with provision of a 12-foot channel from the mout.hto Franklin, Va., inprogress at the beginning of the fiscal year, was continued to the end of March 1946 when the work was suspended pending receipt of data relative to rights-of-way and spoil-disposal areas from local interests. The cost and expendi- ture was $14,440.24, all for new work. Condition at end of fiscal year.---The project was about.5 percent complete at the end of the fiscal year. The controlling depth as ascertained in May to September 1945 was 7.7 feet. The head of navigation for boat traffic is at Burdette, Va. Naviga- tion is practicable tlhroughout the year. The work remaining to be (lone to complete the project consists of providing a channel 12 feet deep and generally 8() feet wide ftom the mouth to a point just downstream from the Seaboard Air Line Railway bridge at Franklin, Va., a distance of 14.5 miles, ilclllding cut-off channels of like- dimensions through two bends at Cherry Grove and Georges Bend, and a turning basin of 3.2 acres at Franklin, Va. The total cost and expenditure of the existing project was $77,- 209.01, of which $21,153.34 was for new work and $56,055.67 for maintenance. Proposed operations.l--The unexpended balance at the endl of the fiscal year will be applied as follows: New work: Advance planning, consisting of completion of plans, mates and specifications for 12-foot channel including cut-offs esti- and turning basins ---- ---------------------------------- 890. 99 Maintenance: Snagging and bank trimming Ibetween the mouth the head of the project, with U. S. derrick boat Roanoke, and months, September to November 1946--_---------------11, 2.5 400. 00 Total for all work ---------- ---------------------------- 12, 290. 99 The additional sum of $220,000 can be profitably expended during the fiscal year 1948, in dredging a channel 12 feet deep and 80 feet wide from the mouth to Frankfin, Va., including cut-offs at Cherry Grove and Georges Bend, and a turning basin at Franklin, Va., by contract, 31/ months, September to December 1947. Cost and financial summary Cost of new work to June 30, 1946______ 35, 153. 34 $__________ Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1946---____ 56, 055. 67 Total cost of permanent work to June 30, 1946 ----------- 91, 209. 01 Net total expenditures ---------- 91, 209. 01 Unexpended balance June 30, 1946 - ._________________________ 12, 290. 99 Total amount appropriated to June 30, 1946---------------103, 500. 00 Fiscal year ending June 30 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 Cost of new work..... $4, 568.77 $14,440.24 Cost of maintenance....-------.........----- $16, 000 .--------------------------- -. 7 . . Total expended -.------------- 16, 000 ...----------........ . ---. 4, 568.77 14, 440. 24 Allotted .... . ...---------------------- 6, 000--------5,000. 00 26,300. 00 :. -- ^---- ^- ..---" , 0 (.,, __, 1_,,,,; 5, 0 0 6 . 0 RIVERS AND HARBORS---'NORFOLK, VA., DISTRICT 631 Balance unexpended July 1, 1945 ..-- ---------------------- - $431: 23 Amount allotted during fiscal year_ ------------------------ 41, 631. 23 Amount to b)e accounted for_ -------------------------- 42, 062. 46 Deductions on account of revocation of allotment-- -------- 15, 331. 23 r Net amount to be accounted for_------------------------- 26, 731. 23 Gross aimount expended-------------------------- ---------- 14, 440. 24 Balance unexpended June 30, 1946______------- ---------- 12, 290. 99 Amnount (estimated) required to be appropriated for completion of existing project ------------------------------------------- 220, 000. 00 Amount that can be profitably expended in fiscal year ending June 30, 1948, for new work 1____________----- ---- 220, 000. 00 I Exclusive of available funds. 28. OTHER NAVIGATION PROJECTS FOR WHICH NO ESTIMATES ARE SUBMITTED) For last Cost and expenditures Estimated Name of project full report, to June 30, 1946 amount re- see Annual quired to Report for- New work Maintenance complete 1. York River Va.l----... ........................ 1941 $180, 904. 20 $173, 354. 65 $128, 000 2. Nansemond River, Va.-..................... 1943 137, 477. 11 47, 143.82 (2) 3. H ampton Creek, V a.3.. . . . . . . .. . 1945 4 123, 787.85 9, 314. 15 15, 000 4. Chahnel from Phoebus, Va., to deep water in lHampton Roads 1-................ 1944 6 11,500.00 11,750.00 (2) 1Channels adequate for commerce. 9 Completed. 3 Dredging in Sunset or Ilerberts Creek. To be dond at a later date. S In addition, $40,000 expended from contributed funds. 0 Includes $5,681.85 applied to Iterberts Creek under provisions of sec. 3 of the River and Harbor Act of Oct. 17, 1940. * In addition, $1,199.57 expended from contributed funds. 29. PLANT. ALLOTMENT, NORFOLK, VA., DISTRICT Cost and financial summary Undistributed costs June 30, 1946_.-.--------------------------$41, 661. 27 Net'total cost to June 30, 1946_______ -.- ______--. ----. __ -41, 661..27 Plus accounts receivable June 30, 1946..-.-- - __ __, _ - 124, 89. 69 -------- Gross total costs to June 30, p946.----------------- ------ 83, 228. 42 Minus accounts payable June 30, 1946__.......__.-__........ 88, 234. 66 Net total expenditures - ------- - .. -- 5, 006. 24 Unexpended balance June 30, 1946-----------------------------626, 709. 97 Total amount appropriated to June 30, 1946-------------- 621, 703. 73 Fiscal year ending June 30 1942 1943 1944 . 1945 1946 Total expended.......-............ -$338, 407. 18 -$573, 587. 13 -$117, 385. 52 $515, 888. 40 -$308, 175.33 Allotted.----------------------......................... 38, 070. 53------------- .............. -350, 000. 00--------------------- 632 REPORT OF CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMY, 1946 Balance unexpenided July 1, 1945 _____......_ $318, 534. 64 Reimbursements collected----------- $893, 216. 96 Receipts from sales___ ___-----___ 8, 968. 88 $902, 185. 8.1 Gross amount expended_---_------- _ ------ 594, 010. 51 308, 175. 33 Balance unexpended June 30, 1946---------------------626, 709. 97 Outstanding liabilities, June 30, 1946-_-- -________________ 102, 685. 69 Balance available June 30, 1946 ----------------------- 524, 024. 28 Accounts receivable June 30, 1946_ __________________-_____ 124, 889. 69 Unobligated balance available June 30, 1946-------------- 648, 913. 97 30. EXAMINATIONS, SURVEYS, AND CONTINGENCIES (GENERAL) The cost and expenditure of the.work during the fiscal year was $75,020.97. The unexpended balance at the end of the fiscal year, $58,532.39, plus an additional allotment to be made, will be applied as needed. during the fiscal year 1947 to payment of expenses to be in- .curred under this heading, The additional sum, 2,400 can be .oof profitably expended during the fiscal year 1948. Cost and financial summary Cost of new work to June 30, 1546- Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1946_______________________ 1 $854, 671. 41 Total cost of permanent work to June 30, 1946--------_ 854, 671. 41 / --------- - Net total expenditures -- 1 854, 671. 41 Unexpended balance June 30, 1946._ -_________- ----- - 58, 532. 39 Total amount appropriated to June 30, 1946------------1 913, 203. 80 Fiscal year ending June 30 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 Cost of new work.......... -...---------------------- cost of maintenance.............. $76, 49:3. 66 $32,742. 75 $33, 515. 91 $47,172. iii 11 $75,Ci20. 97 Total expended 84, 963. 95 32, 453. 26 Alltte_,_.............. .39, 399. 42 .-------------------- 39, 542 65 75,020.97 75, 020. 97 Allotted--------------------------------95, 500.00--------------56,600.00 74, 200.00 Balance unexpended July 1, 1945 59, 353. 36 $--------------------------- Amount allotted during fiscal year_ ____________ 74, 200. 00 Amount to be accounted for- -_ - 133, 553. 36 Gross amount expended ----------------------------------- 75, 020. 97 Balance unexpended June 30, 1946 8, 532. 39 5---------------------- kmount allotted in July 1946__. -- 100, 000. 00 Unobligated balance available for fiscal year 1947__------- 158, 532. 39 Amount that can be profitably expended in fiscal year ending June 30, 1948, for maintenance 2 ------- _ _ _.. 242, 400. 00 3 1 In addition, $912.50 of contributed funds expended on beach erosion study. Exclusive of available funds. RIVERS AND HARBORS-NORFOLK, VA., DISTRICT 633 Status of all investigations for navigation called for by river and harbor acts and • .. • committee . , resolutions . , . Date trans- Recom- Locality Authorization act mitted to Document No. mendation Congress i I_ 1----I- -1 --- i i Aberdeen Creek, Gloucester -------------------- River and Harbor Act, County, Va. July 24, 1946. Browns Bay, Gloucester River and HIarbor Act, -------------------- County, Va., and channel Mar. 2, 1945. connecting with Mobjack ---- ---- ---- Chuckatuck Creek, Nanse- ..... do.....-------------- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - mond and Isle of Wight Counties Va. Dais Creek. Mathews County, ..... do....-------------- - - - - - - - - - - - - --------------- Deep Creek, Va_............ Rivers and Harbors Com- -------------------- mnittee resolution, Mar. 26, 1940. Der Creek, Mathews County,, River and Harbor Act, -------------------- Elizabeth River, Southern Mar. 2, 1945. *---do----------------- -------------------- BIranch, Norfolk Harbor, Va. Finneys 'Creek, Accomac ....-do....-------------- ------,--------- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - County, Va., and channel connecting said creek with Wachapreague Inlet and the Atlantic Ocean. Hague, The(Snmith reek), Va.. ..... -do........ ...... iarpers Creek, Mathews River, and Harbor Act, County, Va., and the chan- July 24, 1946. nel connecting said creek with Mobjack Bay. op)ewell, Va., at or near, with .....-do.....- ..--- -....... - - - - - - - - ------------------- a view to construction of a harbor for light draft vessels. James River, Va.......,...... Rivers and Harbors Com- -------- - - - - - mnittee resolution, June 7, 1945. Kings Creek, Northampton River and HIarbor Act, -----------.------- County, Va. Mar. 2, 1945. Lafayette River, Va .........Rivers and harbors Com- ----------------- mittee resolution, Mar. 2, 1939. Little Creek, Princess Anne River and Harbor Act, County, Va. Mar. 2, 1945. -------------- Lynnhaven Inletand Bay ..... do...... .. .., and connecting waters, Virginia, with a view to pre- Paring a plan of improve- mentand estimate of cost, Particularly to I)revent shoaling, in the interest of shellfish production alld navigation. Nansemond River, Va., im- Rivers and Harbors Com- Drovement and mainte- mitteoo resolution, July nance of channel through 20, 1946. Bennett Creek. Newport News Creek, Va...--- Rivers and Harbors Com- Apr. 30, 1946 II. 559, 79th Cong., Favorable. mittee resolution, Aug. 2d sess. 13, 1942. Norfolk Harbor, Va., dis- Rivers and Harbors Com- May 1, 1946 hI. 563, 79th Cong., 1)o. Posal area for dredged mittee resolution, June 2d sess. material. - 16,1944. Norfolk, Va., to Beaufort, River and Harbor Act, -- -. - - -- - N. C., Inland Waterway, Mar. 2, 1945. sidechannel 12 feet deep to Elizabeth City, N. C., via Pistquotank River and Al- bermarle Sound. Norfolk Va., to Beaufort Rivers and Harbors Com- Inlet, N. C., Inland Water- Way. Paunkey rnitteo resolution, Oct. 30, 1945. ------------ -------------- Iiver (York Sec. 6, River and Harbor ---- -- ------ ---- ---- ---- ---- River System, Va.) (sup. Act, Aug. 30, 1935. 308). 634 REPORT OF CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U.- S. ARMY, 1946 Status of all investigations for navigation called for by river and harbor acts and committee resolutions-Continued Date trans- Recom- Locality Authorization act mitted to Document No. mendation Congress Pasquotank River, N. C., Rivers and Harbors Com- ............................ waterway from Norfolk, mittee resolution, Jan. Va., to the Sounds of North 27, 1937. Carolina. Quinby Creek, Va-------.......--. Rivers and Harbors Corn- ..-- mittee resolution, Feb. 8, 1946. Salters Creek, Newport River and Harbor Act,- ...... ------------ News, Va. July 24, 1946. Virginia Beach, Va., Beach River and Harbor Act, . Erosion Study. July 3, 1930; act of Con- gross, July 31, 1945. .Winter arbor, Va.......... Rivers and arbors Com- .. ......................... mittee resolution, Mar. 5,1946. 31. ROANOKE RIVER BASIN, VA. AND N. C. Location.---The works covered by this project consist of a series of dams and reservoirs on the Roanoke River and its tributaries in Virginia and North Carolina, within a radius of 100 miles from Danville, Va. Ex!misting project.---The Flood Control .Act approved December 22, 1944, approved the general plan for the comprehensive development of the Roanoke River Basin for flood control and other p)urposes as set forth in House Document No. 650, Seventy-eighth Congress, sec- ond session, and authorized the construction of the Buegs Island Reser- voir on the Roanoke River in Virginia and North Carolina, and the Philpott Reservoir on the Smith River in'Virginia as the initial step of this development at an estimated cost of $36,140,000. Following is a list of the dams and reservoirs included in the colm- prehensive plan. The estimates of cost as given were revised in 1946. Damns and reservoirs Distance Estimated cost Nearest above Height of dam and type Reservoir Power de- Name ame earest city mouth, capacity velopment Land and Construction damages Total 2 Miles Acre-feet Kilowatts r Buggs Island, Va. and N. C.__ Boydton, Va---------- ... 178. 7 144 feet-Concrete gravity and earth 3, 392, 000 - 4110, 000 $37, 180, 000 $20, 550, 000 $57, 730. 000 O - - - - - - - -- -- -- - fill. - - - -- - - - - - - O Philpott, Va. Bassett, Va ......----------- 44.3 222 feet-Concrete gravity 5 ' 332, 000 12, 800 8, 330, 000 450, 000 8, 780, 000 Gaston, Va. and N. C- .-----.. Roanoke Rapids, 144.9 108 feet-Concrete gravity and earth 432,000 54,000 14, 690, 000 1,910,000 6 16, 600, 000 N. C. fill. Roanoke Rapids, N. C .....--.--- do--------------- ... 137. 5 79 feet-Concrete gravity ..... ..---------------50, 700 58, 800 14, 810, 000 1,460, 000 16,270, 000 ci Smith Mountain, Va-------- Leesville, Va__ . .. Altavista, Va .--------- --...-- do--------------- 314. 2 293. 7 244 feet-Concrete gravity-_ _-- 95 feet-Concrete gravity and earth fill_ -- __ 825, 000 76, 900 33, 000 16, 000 13, 640, 000 4, 510, 000 2, 390, 000 560, 000 16, 030, 000 5, 070, 000 z Taber, Va .----------------- . do--------------- 275. 0 54 feet-Concrete gravity.........-------------- 34, 000 10, 000 3, 910, 000 930, 000 4,843, 000 Melrose, Va.................---------------.Brookneal, Va-....---- 262. 9 110 feet-Concrete gravity and earth 78, 600 34, 500 8, 880, 000 3, 260, 000 712, 140, 000 O O fill. Randolph, Va------------- Chase City, Va ......- 227. 8 147 feet-Concrete gravity and earth 305,000 - 24, 000 8, 850, 000 2, 580, 000 11,430, 000 fill. Stuart, Va. and N. C--------........ Spray, N. C----------- 5. 3 138 feet-Earth fill__ .................. _ 163,000 9,000 4, 330, 000 580, 000 4,910,000 Schoolfield, Va. and N. C-...... Danville, Va---------- 67. 0 126 feet-Concrete gravity and earth 248, 000 24, 000 9, 170, 000 3, 500, 000 12, 670. 000 xi fill. 1Includes highway, railroad, and utilities relocation. r 2Exclusive of transmission lines. 3 Details of these project items are given in individual reports. 4 Does not include 3 32,000-kilowatt units to be installed at a later date. S Authorizing legislation provided for earth dam; concrete gravity dam now under consideration for construction. 6 Includes cost of canal, dikes, and 2 powerhouses. 7 Includes cost of earth dam on Whipping Creek, diversion conduit, power canal, powerhouse, etc. 00 d H y C3 636 REPORT OF CHIEF OF,ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMY, 1946 Local cooperation.-See page 5 for requirements. Buggs Island and Philpott Reservoirs are the only projects in the comprehensive plan that have been authorized for construction in accordance with the above authorization, and individual reports on the two reservoirs are given in the following pages. All operations previously reported under the heading "Roanoke, River Basin, Va. and N. C.," for those two projects are now contained in the individual reports, and previous costs and expenditures have also been transferred to those reports. 32. BUGGS ISLAND RESERVOIR, ROANOKE RIVER BASIN, VA. AND N. C. Location.-The site for the proposed Buggs Island Dam is on the Roanoke River, about 178.7 river miles above the mouth. It is in Mecklenburg County, Va., 20.3 miles downstream from Clarksville, Va., 18 miles upstream from the Virginia-North Carolina State line, and 80 miles southwest of Richmond, Va. The reservoir will extend upstream on the Roanoke River 56 miles and on the Dan River 34 miles. Existing project.--This project provides for the construction of a conlcrete gravity and earth fill dam with wing and saddle dikes on (lie right and left banks, with a total length of approximately 22,500 feet. The main dam will consist of a nonoverflow concrete section on the right bank 600 feet long, a concrete spillway section 1,150 feet long, a concrete power intake section 647 feet long, and a concrete l!on overflow section on the left bank 400 feet long. The right bank earth wing and saddle dikes will total 9,100 feet in length and the left bank wing and saddle dikes will total 10,600 feet in length. The miaximum height of the concrete section will be 144 feet above bed rock an(l the earth-fill dikes will vary in height to a maximum of 45 feet. The dam will provi(le a total storage capacity of 3,392,00()0 acre- feet, of which 471,000 acre-feet will be uncontrolled flood storage; 1,345,000 acre-feet, controlled flood storage; 1,085,000 acre-feet, power draw-(lown; and 491,000 acre-feet in (lead storage below the surface of the minimum power pool. The reservoir will be operated as a unit of a coordinated system of reservoirs in the Roanoke River Basin for the control of filoods,, the generation of hydroelectric power, the regulation of low-water flow .for the abatement of pollution, and for other I)urposes. rlThe initial power installation will be 110,000 kilo- watts, with provision for the addition of three 32,000-kilowatt units at a later date. T he estimate of cost, revised in 1916, is $37,180,000 for construction and $20,550,000 for lands and damages, including the relocation of highways, railroads, and utilities, a total of $57.730,000 for new work. The existing project was authorized by the Flood Control Act ap- proved December 22, 19t14, which approved the general plan for the comprehiensive development of the Roanoke River Basin for flood control and other purposes as set forth in House Document No. 650, Seventy-eighth Congress, second session. The latest published map is printed in the project document. Local cooperation.-See page 5 for requirements. Operations and results during fscal year.-Operations by hired labor consisted of planning, field surveys, geological investigations, FLOOD CONT OL -NORFOLK, R - VA., DISTRICT - 637 and engineering studies in connection with the preparation of detailed plans; preparation of plans and specifications for the construction of the project; and land acquisition. Operations by,contract included co.lstruction of field office buildings, clearing and grubbing the left Wing dike area, an(l construction of 0.8 mile of access highway on the left bank. The cost was $623,754.55 for new work. Expenditures Were $529,380.04. Conditin at end of fiscal year.-Thel detailed plans were com- Pleted. IPrepnaration of plans and sp)ecifications were about 25 per- cent Complete. Land acquisition .work accomplished consisted of acquiring by direct purchase 68 acres of land for a Government con- struction camp site; acquiring by condemnation approximately 1,500 acres of land for tlle proposed earth wing dike on the left bank; and filing declaration of taking by condemnation for title on 1,200 acres of land for the proposed earth wing dike on the left bank. Clearing and grutlbin of the left wing dike area by contract was completed during the fiscal year. Construction of 0.8 mile of the access road on the left bank was 59 percent complete. The total costs under the project have ,een$630,449.21 for new work. The expenditures have been $529,851.67. Proposed operations.-Itis proposed to apply the funds unexpended On June 30, 1946, $3,470,148.33, as follows: Accounts pavable June 30, 1946 ...------------------------ $100, 597. 54 New work: Revision to detailed plans; preparation of plans and specifications; project construction; and land acquisition--- ... 3, 369, 550., 79 Total for all work .---------....------------------------ 3, 470, 148. 33 The additional sunm of $20,000,000 can be profitably expended for new work during the fiscal year 1948 for completion of installation of equipment in temporary housing quarters, construction of opera- tors' village, land acquisitlon in reservoir, reservoir clearing, reloca- tion of railroads and highways in reservoir, and provision for general contract for construction of dam and appurtenant structures. Cost and financial summary Cost of new work to June 30, 1946.-------------------------- $630, 449. 21 Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1946------------------------------------ - Total cost of permanent work to June 30, 1946--------- 630, 449. 21 Minus accounts payable June 30, 1946 --------------------- 100, 597. 54 Net total expenditures_ _ ----------------------------- 529, 851. 67 Unexplended balance June 30, 1946 -------------------------- 3, 470, 148. 33 Total amount appropriated to June 30, 1946 ----- - _ 4, 000, 000. 00 Fiscalyear ending June 30 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 otf now work..-------------------- --------------------------- $6, 694.66 $623,754.55 of inal-tenance ..- .. . . . . ._. . . ..--- oSt -- ... _ . - 47.-- .,-0. otal expended----- -------------------..------------------------- 471.63 529, 380.04 Allotted - --..- - - -- ... -- -- --- - .. -- -- - - -- - - -- - - -- -- -- -- -- -- - 300,000.00 3,700, 000. 00 72158 4--47--pt. 1, vol. 1- 41 638 REPORT OF CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMY, 1946 Balance unexpended July 1, 1945_._.__--_____-.----- - _- $299,528. 37 Amount allotted during fiscal year_ -.---.---------- ___ 3, 700, 000. 00 Amount to be accounted for------------------------ 3, 999, 528. 37 Gross amount expended-------- --------------------------- 529, 380. 04 Balance unexpended June 30, 1946------------------- 3, 470, 148. 33 Outstanding liabilities June 30, 1946----------- $129, 028. 68 Amount covered by uncompleted contracts-... 312, 209. 21 441,'237. 89 Balance available June 30, 1946 ___________________ 3, 028, 910. 44 Amount (estimated) required to be appropriated for completion of existing project L.-------------- ----- 53, 730, 000. 00 Amount that can be profitably expended in fiscal year ending June 30, 1948, for new work 1--. 20, 000. 000. 00 1Exclusive of available funds. , 33. PIIILPOTT RESERVOIR, ROANOKE RIVER BASIN, VA., AND N. C. Location.-The site for the proposed Philpott Darn is on Smith River Va., 44.3 miles above its junction with the Dan River near Leaksville, N. C., and 35 miles upstream from the Virginia-North Carolina State line. It is in Franklin and Henry Counties, 32 air miles south of Roanoke, Va. The reservoir will extend upstream about 16 miles. Existing project.--The project works will consist of a concrete gravity dam 900 feet long with a maximuln.height of 220 feet; and will contain an ungated integral spillway, and a powerhouse at the dam site. The total power installation will be approximnately 12,000 kilowatts. The reservoir will have a total storage capacity of 249,800 acre-feet, of which 82,400 acre-feet will be reserved for the control of floods, 111,100 acre-feet for the development of hydroelectric power, and 56,300 acre-feet will be dead storage. The reservoir will be oper- 'ated as a unit of a coordinated reservoir system for the control of floods in the Roanoke River Basin, the generation of hydroelectric power, the regulation of low-water flow for the abatement of )pollution, and for other purposes. The estimate of Federal cdst (revised in 1946) is $8,330,000 for con- struction and $450,000 for lands and damages, including highway, railroad, and utilities relocation, a total of $8,780,000 for new work. The existing project was authorized by the Flood Control Act ap- proved December 22, 1944, which approved the general plan for the comprehensive development of the Roanoke River Basin for flood control and other purposes as set forth in House Document No. 650, Seventy-eighth Congress, second session. The latest published map is printed in the project document. Local cooperation.-See page 5 for requirements. Operations and results during fiscal year.--Operations by hired labor during the fiscal year consisted of preliminary planning, initia- tion of field surveys, engineering studies, an(l appraisal of land values. Operations by contract consisted of foundation explorations." The cost was $51,197.78 for new work. The expenditures were $34,636.78. FLOOD CONTROL--NORFOLK, VA., DISTRICT 639 Condition at end of fiscal year.--Engineering-investigation, field surveys, and subsurface investigations have been initiated for the 1hilpott Dam and Reservoir. The total costs of the project have been $51,197.78. The expenditures have been $34,636.78. Proposed operations.-Itis proposed to apply the funds unexpended OnlJune 30, 1946, as follows: Accounts payable June 30, 1946 .--------.----------------- $16, 561. 00 New work: Completion of detailed plans and preparation of about 45 percent of the construction plans and specifications for the I'hilpott project_-------------------------------------- 398, 802. 22 Total -------------------------------------------- 415, 363. 22 The additional sum of $2,150,000 can be profitably expended for new Work during the fiscal year 1948, for completion of detailed plans and Specifications; construction of temporary housing and operators' quar- ters; access highway to dam site; land acquisition; and provision for general contract for construction of dam. Cost and financial summary Cost of new work to June 30, 1946-___-------__--- __-. $51, 197. 78 Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1946...._ ._______... Total cost of permanent work to June 30, 1946__-------- 51, 197. 78 Minus accounts payable June 30,.1946__.__------------- --_ . 16, 561. 00 Net total expenditures .................---------------------------- 34, 636. 78 Unexpended balance June 30, 1946_ -_----- ------------ 415, 363. 22 Total amount appropriated to June 30, 1946-------------- 450, 000. 00 SFiscal year ending June 30 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 Cost of new work ----------------------------------------------- "------------$51,197. 78 Cost of maintenance-------- --------- Total expended................. -- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -- - - - 34, 636. 78 ... A 11 "llotted .........................-.............. 450,000.00 Amount allotted during fiscal year--_..-...--..... .. - . -- $450, 000. 00 Gross amount expended-------------------- --------------- 34, 636. 78 Balance unexpended June 30, 1946-_--..-..--_- --- . 415, 363. 22 Outstanding liabilities, June 30, 1946.....-------------$19, 283. 57 Anount covered by uncompleted contracts...... 184, 905. 00 204, 188. 57 Balance available June 30, 1946----------------------. .... 211, 1.74. 65 Amount (estimated) required to be appropriated for completion of existing project 1 -_ _ _ . 8, 330, 000. 00 Amount that can be profitably expended in fiscal year ending June 30, 1948, for new work 1------------------------ 1 - 2, 150, 000. 00 Exclusive of available funds 640 REPORT OF CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMY, 1946 34. GATIHRIGIIT RESERVOIR AND FALLING SPRING REREGULATING DAM, JAMES RIVER BASIN, VA. Location.-The sites of the proposed Gathright and Falling Spring Dams are on the Jackson River, a tributary of the James River, at miles 43.4 and 35.1, respectively. The Gathright (lam site is located in the reach of the Jackson River known as the Gorge, 11 air- line miles north of Covington, Va. The Falling Spring dam site is located 6 miles north of Covington and 1 mile south of the community of Falling Spring, Va., also known as Barber and Ben. Both darn sites are in Alleghany County, but the Gathright Reservoir extends into Bath County. (See Falling Spring and Mountain Grove, Va.- iW. Va., quadrangles of the United States Geological Survey.) Existing proyect.--This project provides for the construction of the Gathright Dam and Reservoir and the Falling Spring reregulating dam and reservoir on the Jackson River. The Gathright Dam will be a rock-fill dam with impervious earth core having a maximum height of 248 feet above stream bad and a crest length of 900 feet with a gated side-channel concrete spillway. fThe reservoir will haive a capacity of 417,000 acre-feet to the top of the gates. Of this total,_ 110,000 acre-feet will be available for flood control and 264,000 acre- feet will be usable power storage. The power plant will have an installed capacity of 34,000 kilowatts. 'Thlevariable flow from this power installation will be reregulated by the Falling Spring Dam, which will be a low gravity-type concrete structure, with an earth embankment at the right abutment. The Falling Spring Dam will have a maximum height of 64 feet and a crest length of 850 feet of which 610 feet will be concrete and 210 feet will be earth. The storage at spillway elevation will be 4,700 acre-feet of which 4,000 acre-feet will be available for stream-flow regulation. .The estimate of Federal cost for the project, including both dams and reservoirs (revised in 1946), is $13,380,00() for construction and $1,160,000 for lands and( damages including highway, railroad, and utility relocation, a total of $14,540,000 for new work. Thel project was authorized by the Flood Control Act approved July 24, 1946. Local cooperation.-See page 5 for requirements. Operations and results during fiscal year.-None. Condition at end of fiscal year.-No work on this project has been, accomplished. Proposed operations.-No funds were available on June 30, 1946. No operations are proposed during fiscal year ending June 30, 1947. The sum of $2,000,000 can be profitably expended during the fiscal year 1948, for new work on preparation of detailed plans; prepara- tion of construction plans and specifications; construction of con- struction camp and access highway; land acquisition; and construc- tion of outlet tunnel. FLOOD CONTROL-NORFOLK, VA.,. DISTRICT 641 Cost and financial summary Cost of new work to June 30, 1946 .__'__-- ----------- Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1946_ Total cost of permanent work to June 30, 1946__. ... . Net total expenditures_ .- - Total amount appropriated to June 30, 1946 . ..------------ ....------- Amount (estimated) required to be appropriated for completion of existing project--------------------------------------$14, 540, 000 Amount that can be profitably expended in fiscal year ending June 30, 1948, for new work---------. -------------------------- 2, 000, 000 35. PItEIMJINARlY EXAMINATIONS, SURVEYS, AND CONTINGENCIES FORI FLOOD CONTROL The cost of the work during the fiscal year was $30,098.60 and the expenditures were $32,383.31. The unexpended balance June 30, 1946, $22.549.19, will be applied during the fiscal year to accounts payable, 304.05, and to the payment of expenses to be incurred under this headlng. The additional sum of $38,000 can be profitably expended during the fiscal year 1948. Cost and financial summary Cost of new work to June 30. 1946--------------------- -------------- Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1946__----------------- --- $1, 039, 404. 86 Total cost of permanent work to June 30, 1946--------- ....... 1, 039, 404. 86 Minus accounts payable June 30, 1946 .---------------- ---- 304. 05 Net total expenditures- . ...-------------- - 1, 039, 100. 81 Unexpended balance June 30, 1946-------------------------- 22, 549. 19 Total amount appropriated to June 30, 1946------------ 1, 061, 650. 00 Fiscal year ending June 30 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 Cost of new work----------------?--------------:----------------------------..--------------- --------. Total expended----------------.............. 193, 428.94 86,681.84 37, 064.99 194, 560. 43 32,383. 31 Allotted -------------------------..........................---------.......... 54 900 00 100 00 00 149, 200.00 15,000.00 Balance unexpended July 1, 1945_- .--------.---.----.----- $39, 932. 50 Amount allotted during fiscal year_----------------------... -15, 000. 00 Amount to be accounted for._.. . ...-..L.. -....... 54, 932. 50 Gross amount expended_----------------------------------- 32, 383. 31 Balance unexpended June 30, 1946.._ ..--.-.----.--. .. 22, 549. 19 Outstanding liabilities, June 30, 1946....------------------- 304. 05 Balance available June 30, 1946_-------..-.---.----.- 22, 245. 14 Amount that can be profitably expended in fiscal year ending June 30, 1448, for maintenance 1........ SExclusive of available funds . . -........... 38, 000. 00 642 REPORT OF CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U, S. ARMY, 1946 Status of all investigationsfor flood control called for by flood control acts and committee resolutions Locality: Authorization act mitte to Document ment Rtecommen- Ite iomen- Congress James River, Va------..................... Flood Control Act, June ... 22, 1936. Jafnes River, Va. (sup. 308)..- ----- .. Sec. 6, River and Harbor .. Act, Aug. 30, 1935. Pamunkey River (York River sys- ..... do-- ......................... --................. tem, Va.)-(sup. 308). Roanoke River and tributaries, flood Commerce Committee .. control on Goose Creek, Va....-------.... resolution, Mar. 9, 1946. IMPROVE'MENT OF RIVERS AND HARBORS IN THE WILMINGTON, N. C., DISTRICT This district comprises central and eastern North Carolina em- braced in the drainage basins tributary to the Atlantic Ocean from the southern boundary of Virginia to Shallotte River, inclusive, with the exception of the Ronnoke River Basin above Weldon, N. C.; the Meherrin River Basin above Murfreesboro, N. C.; and the Chowan Iiver Basin above the confluence of the Nottaway and Blackwater Rivers. It includes the portions of the Intracoastal Waterway from the northern boundary of North Carolina to Little River, S. C., and the p)ortion of the waterway from Norfolk, Va., to the sounds of North Carolina, south of the north shore of Albemarle Sound. District engineer: Col. E. E. Haring; Corps of Engineers, to De- cember 16, 1945; Col. G. W. Gillette, Corps of Engineers, since that date. Division engineer: Brig. Gen. R. F. Fowler, U. S. A., to December 26, 1945; Brig. Gen. Jamnes B. Newman, Jr., U. S. A., since that date. IMPROVEMENTS Navigation Navigation Page Page 1. Inland Waterway from Nor- 22. Channel from Back Sound to folk, Va., to Beaufort In- Lookout Bight, N. C-----. 677 let, N. C_ .... 644 23. Inland Waterway, Beaufort 2. Pembroke Creek, N. C- .. 644 to Cape Fear River, N. C., 3. Chowan River, N. C....... 645 including waterway to 4. Roanoke River, N. C_ _. 646. Jacksonville, N. C-....... 678 5. Scuppernong River, N. C_._ 648 24. Intracoastal Waterway, Cape . 6. Manteo (Shallowbag) Bay, Fear, N. C., to Winyah N. C -. -- - - -- - - 649 Bay, S. C_- - 682 7. Channel from Pamlico Sound 25. Cape Fear River, N. C., at to Itodanthe, N. C.____ 650 and below Wilmington_ - - 685 8. Channel from Pamlico Sound 26. Cape Fear River, N. C., to Avon, N. C____.__.. 652 above Wilmington_ __ 688 9. Belhaven Iarbor, N. C.__ 653 27. Northeast (Cape Fear) River, 10. Far Creek, N. C_._._ 654 N. C-------- -- 692 11. Waterway connecting Swan 28. Lockwoods Folly River, N. Quarter Bay with Deep C_---------------- 693 Bay, N. C_. --- ---- 656 29. Examinations, surveys, and 12. Pamlico and Tar Rivers, contingencies (general)-_ _ 694 N. C _---------.----.... 657 30. Other projects for which no 13. Rollinson Channel, N. C_ .. 660 estimates are submitted.. - 695 14. Silver Lake Iarbor, N. C_.. 661 31. Plant allotment...---------. 695 15. Neuse River, N. C........ 663 16. Trent River, N. C------. . 664 Flood control 17. Channel connecting lThor- oughfare Bay with Cedar 32. Snagging and clearing under Bay, N. C --------- 666 authority of section 2 of 18. Drum Inlet, N. C...... 667 the Flood Control Act 19. Waterway connecting Pamn- approved August 28, 1937 697 lico Sound and Beaufort 33. Goldsboro, Neuse River, N HIarbor, N. C _. . 668 C------------------_ 697 20. Morehead City Harbor, N. 34. Preliminary examinations C..-. 671 and surveys for flood con- 21. Beaufort Harbor, N. C..... 674 trol-.-.---------------- 698 643 644 REPORT OF CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMY, 1946 1. INLAND WATERWAY FROM NORFOLK, VA., TO BEAUFORT INLET, N. C. (SECTION EXTENI)ING FROM TIIE NORTH CAROLINA-VIRGINIA STATE LINE TO BEAUFORT INLET, N. C.) For report on this improvement, see page 618. 2. PEMBROKE CREEK, N. C. Location.-PembrokeCreek is a small nolltial strealm flowing soutlh andsoutheasterly 91/2 miles to the western end of Edenton Bay, an in- (lentation on the north shore at- the west end of Albemarle Soiind. The town of Edenton is situated at tlhe- mouth of the creek. Existing project.-Tlhis provides for a channel 12 feet deep), 80 feet wide from the improved cllhannel ill Edenton Bay lupstream 500 feet; thence 8 feet deep and 50 feet wide to the wharf of the United States fish hatchery, two-thirds mile above the imoulth. The estimate of cost for new work, revisedl in 1946, is $12,500. The latest (1945) approved estimate for annual cost of maintenance is $300. 'flle existing project was adopted by thme River and Harbor Act of March 2, 1945 '(H. Doc. No. 235, 76th Cong., 1st sess.). Thle latest published mnap is contained in that document. Local cooperation.-The River and Harbor Act of March 2, 1945, provided that local interests furnish, free of cost to the United States, suitable spoil-disposal areas for tlhe initial work and for subsequent maintenance as required. Local interests have signified their inten- tion of meeting all local cooperation re(luiremnen ts when and as required. Terrninal facilities.-Thme Farmers IPeanut Co. has a wharf at the mouth of Pembroke Creek, at, the end of the west branch of the im- proved Edenton Harbor Channel. The United States fish hatchery has a small wharf, a small marine railway, and a boathouse on the south shore of the creek. Bisecting the lower portion of the creek for some 2,000 feet, a row of piles maintained by the M. G. Brown Lumber Co. forms a log pond of about 28 acres on the north side of the creek. There is ample room in the shore of the creek for additional terminals should the needs of commerce so require. Operations and results during fiscal year.-None. Condition at end of fiscal year.-No work has been done on the existing project. A depth of 4 feet is available from the improved channel in Edenton Bay to the United States fish hatchery wharf, two-thirds mile above the mouth of Pembroke Creek Proposed operations.-No funds are on hand and no work is pro- pose(d during the fiscal year 1947. The sum of $12,500 can be profitably expended for new work during the fiscal year 1948 for dredging 25,000 cubic yards of material to provide a channel 80 feet wide and 12 feet deep from improved chan- nel in Edenton Bay upstream 500 feet, thence 50 feet wide and 8 feet deep to United States fish hatchery. RIVERS AND -HARBORS--WILMINGTON, N. -C., DISTRICT 645 Cost and financial summary Cost of new work to June 30, 1946------------------------ ------- Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1946----------------------------- -------- Total cost of permanent work to June 30, 1946----------------------- Net total expenditures--------------------- ---------------- -------- Total amount appropriated to June 30, 1946_---------------- -------- Amo1unt (estimated) required to be appropriated for completion of existing project_ -------------------------------------------- $12, 500 Amount that can he profitably expended in fiscal year ending June 30, 1948, for new work ----------- -------- -------------------- 12, 500 3. CIIOWAN It LVER, N. C. Location..-Chowaln River is a nloutidal, freshwater stream, formed by the Nottoway and Blackwater Rivers, both of which are entirely in Virginia, and have their confluence at the Virginia-North Carolilna State line. F1romn the confluence of the two streams, the Chowan River flows south and southeast 52 miles to where it empties into the north- western end of Albemarle Sound, 4 miles west of Edenton, N. C. Existing project.-This provides for a channel 12 feet deep and 80 feet wide from the mouth to the confluence of the Nottoway and Black- water Rivers, Va., including a cut-off channel of like dimensions through a sharp bend near Rlddicksville, N. C. The estimate of cost for new work made in 1938 is $15,000. The latest (1945) approved estimate for annual cost of maintenance is $500. The existing )roject was adopted by the River and Harbor Act of 1arch 2,1945 (11. D)oc. No. 101, 76th Cong., 1st sess.). The latest pub- islledl map is contailed in this document. Local cooperation---The IRiver and Harbor Act of March 2, 1945, provided that local interests furnish, free of cost to the United States, talllands, easeinelts, an(d rights-of-way and spoil-disposal areas for initial work and for subsequent maintenance as required. Local in- tCerests have signified their iAteltionI of nmeeting all local cooperation 1)rovisions wlhen an d as required. 'erminal facilities.-None. Operationsand results during iscal year.-None. Conditionat end of fiscal year.--No work has been done on the exist- Inig project. A depth of 11 feet is available from the mouth to the head of the project at the confluence of the Nottoway and Blackwater Rivers, 52 miles above. Proposed operations.-No funds are on hand and no work is pro- posed during the fiscal year 1947. The sum of $15,000 can be I)rofitably expended for new work during the fiscal year 1948 for dredging 35,000 cubic yards of material to pro- vide a channel 12 feet deep and 80 feet wide from the mouth to the confluience of the Nottoway and Blackwater Rivers, including a cut- off of like (limensions throglh a sharp bend at mile 50, by contract, September 1947. 646 .:REPORT OF CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMY, 1946 Cost and financial summary Cost of new work to June 30, 1946 --------------------------------- Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1946_-----------_ _----- .___---- Total cost of permanent work to June 30, 1946--------------------- Net total expenditures-------- ----------------------------- ----- Total amount appropriated to June 30, 1946_------------------- -------- Amount (estimated) required to be appropriated for completion of ex- isting project-------------------------------------------- $15, 000- Amount that canr be profitably expended in fiscal year ending June 30, 1948, for new work ---------------------------------------- 15, 000 4. ROANOKE RIVER, N. C. Location.-This stream rises inthe Blue Rildge Mountains, west of IRoanoke, Va., and flows southeasterly for about 200 miles to Clarks- ville, Va., where it is joined by Dan River, its prilncipal tributary; and thence in the same general direction for about 198 miles and elmpties into the westerly end of Albemarle Sound, N. C. (See U. S. Coast and Geodetic Survey Chart No. 1228 and 1Post Route Map of North Carolina.) isXting project.-This I)rovidles for dredging a channel 12 feet deep and( 150 feet widle from the 12-foot contour in Albemarle Sound into Roanoke River and thence upstream to a.point about 1 mile above the town of Plymouth, N. C., a (listance of 10 miles; thence a channel 10 feet deep and 100 feet wide to Hamilton, a distance of 53 miles; tlhence a channel 8 feet deep and 80 feet wi(le to Palmyra Landing, a distance of 18 miles, with a (ut-off channel of like dlimensions about '2 miles aboveH amilton; and thence a channel 5 feet deel) and 50 feet wide to Weldon, N. C., a distance of 50 miles, by dlredging, snagging, and regulation. Depths of channels are referred to mean low water. The rise and fall of the river, resulting from freshets, is from 18 to 33 feet for about 70 miles below Weldon, but this fluctuation (liminishes towar(l the mouth, the variations in water levels being from 1 to 2 feet in the lower 15 or 20 miles. The total length of chaunnels included in the project is 131 miles. IThlle estimate of cost for new work, revised in 1938, is $638,500. The latest (1938) app)roved estimate for annual cost-of maintenance is $6,000. The existing project was authorized by the following river andI harbor acts: Acts Work authorized Documents Mar. 3, 1871 Improvement of the river between the mouth and S.I)oc. No. 23, 42d Corg., 2d sess., and Weldon. Annual Report, 1872, p. 726. 1 July 3, 1930 Entrance channel 10 feet deep and 150 feet wide.... II. Dco. No. 211, 70th Cong., 1st sess. 1 June 20, 1938 Present project dimensions ....................... I)oc. No. 694, 75th Cong., 3d sess. 1Contains latest published maps. Local cooperation.-The River and Harbor Act of June 20, 1938, in adopting the modified project imposed the condition that local interests shall furnish, free of cost to the United States, necessary rights-of-way and suitable spoil-disposal areas for the initial work and for subse- RIVERS AND HARBORS-WILMINGTON, N. C., DISTRICT 647 quent maintenance as may be required, and hold and save the United States free from damages that may result from the execution and main- tenance of the improvement. All conditions have been fully complied with and approved by the Chief of Engineers July 19 1940. Terminal facilities.---There are eight wharves at Ilymouth. One mile farther upstream there is a large wharf and bulkhead, a transit shed, and crane runway for handling wood pulp and pulp materials. Between this point and Hamilton there are 10 wharves. Between H1amilton and Halifax there are 13 log landings. These facilities ap- Pear to be adequate for existing commerce. Operations and results during fiscal year.-The work consisted of snagging with Government plant and hired labor. Between July 1 and August 20, 1945, the U. S. derrick boat Northeast, removed 92 snags,29 logs, 14 stumps, 168 trees from the channel and 10 trees from tire banks, working between miles 82 and 38 above the mouth. The costs and expenditures were $5,867.89 for maintenance. Condition at end of fiscal year.-The existing project was completed to the practicable limit. As it is impracticable to obtain and main- tain the project above Palmyra by dredging, snagging, and regulation, the percentage of completion is uncertain. At the close of the fiscal Year the limiting depths at local mean low water were as follows: Be- tween Albemarle Sound and 1 mile above Plymouth, 10.2 feet; thence to Hamilton, 6.5 feet; thence to Palmyra, 1.6 feet; and thence to Veldon, 1 foot. The work remaining to be done consists of completing by dredging, snagging, and regulation, a channel between Palmyra ald Wellon to a (Ldepth of 5 feet and a minimum width of 50 feet. The total costs and expenditures under the existing project to June 30, 1946, were $404,584.34 for new work and $198,205.04 for main- tenance, a total of $602,789.38. Proposed operations.-An anticipated allotment of $60,000 will be applied to dredging channel between the mouth and Plymouth, 10 miles above, by contract, January, February, and March 1947. The additional sum of $75,000 can be profitably expended during the fiscal year 1948 for maintenance dredging, by contract, as needed be- tween Plymouth and Palmyra Landing, September, October, and November 1947. The plant of the North Carolina Pulp Co. at Plymouth, 10 miles above the mouth, is engaged in the manufacture of pulp for the paper / ndustry. A large part of its raw material and finished product moves by water, and maintenance to full project dimensions is believed to be Warranted by the use now being made of the river. Cost and financial summary Cost of new work to June 30, 1946....------------------------- $404, 584. 34 Cost of maintenanceto June 30, 1946__--- ----.--.------- 198, 205. 04 -___ N Total cost of permanent work to June 30, 1946------------ 602, 789. 38 et total expenditures ..------------ -----------------------..... 602, 789. 38 Total amount appropriated to June 30, 1946------------------- 602, 789. 38 648 REPORT OF CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMY, 1946. Fiscal year ending June 30 1942 1943 1944 19415 1946 $5,75. 4 ........... Cost of new work...--------...........---... Cost of maintenance..-------------........... 1, 054.36 ..----------- $5,000 $, 132. 11 $587.89 Total cost----------------- 26, 819. 82 .......-------..-- 5, 000 6, 132. 11 5, 867. 89 Total expended-----------------................... 44, 628. 26i ........... 5, 000 6, 132. 11 5, 87. 89 -$19, 391. 50 Allotted-.....-.- ............................... - 1, 000 12, 000. 00 ...... Balance unexpended July 1, 1945..------------------------------- $5, 867. 89 .Gross amount expended ------------------------------------ 5, 867. 89 Amount that can be profitably expended in fiscal year ending June 30, 1948 for maintenance___........ ________-.... _ 75, 000. 00 5. SCUPPER1NONG RIVIER, N. C. Location.--This river rises in'the center of a peninsula between Albemarle and Pamlico Sounds. It flows in a general northerly di- rection, making a long bend eastward to the town of Colllumbia, then turning westward again until it flows into Albemarle Sound. (See U. S. Coast and Geodetic Survey Chart No. 1228.) Previous projects.-Adopted by River and Harbor Acts of March 3, 1879, and June 13, 1902. For further details, see page 1802 of' Annual Report, for 1915 and.page 490 of Annual Report for 1938. Existing project.-This provides for a channel 10 feet deep and 150 feet wide on bottom across the bar; thence 10 feet deep and 100 feet wide on bottom up to and in front of the town of Colllrbia; thence 8 feet deep and 40 feet wide on bottom to Spruills Bridge, near Creswell, including six cut-offs; thence 7 feet deep and 30 feet wide on bottom to the highway bridge near Cherry; and a turning basin 7 feet deep, of a triangular form.150 feet wide on a side, near Cherry Bridge, at the mouth of Mauls Creek. The total length of channels included in the project is about 20 miles. The plane of reference is mean low water. This is a nontidal stream, the oscillations of the surface being controlled by the winds, which cause ordinary variations of 1 foot. Tlhe extreme range of wind tides is 5.1 feet, as determined by 1 year's tide-gage readings. The estimate of cost for' new work, revised in 1925, was $59,000, exclusive of amount expended on previous projects.. Tle latest (1928) approved estimate for annual cost of maintenance is $2,500. The project was authorized by the River and Harbor Act of March 2, 1919 (II. Doc. No. 1196, 62d Cong., 3d sess.). latest published lThe map is in the project document. Terminal facilities.---There are 11 wharves, piers, etc., on Scupper- nong River, of which 9 are located at Columbia. The total berthing space at Columbia is about 300 feet. All wharves are privately owned and operated. The present facilities appear to be adequate for existing commerce. Operations and results during fiscal year.--None. Condition at end of fiscal year.-The existing project was com- pleted in 1925. 1he controlling depths at the end of the fiscal year were 9.3 feet from the mouth to Columbia; thence 8.6 feet to Spruills Bridge; thence 6.7 feet to Cherry. The total costs and expenditures RIVERS AND HARBORS-WILMINGTON, N. C., DISTRICT 649 under tile existing project to June 30, 1946, were $59,914.95 for new work an(l $41,804.25 for maintenance, a total of $101,719.20.. Proposed operations.--No funds are on hand. An anticipated allotment of $15,000 will be applied to maintenance dredging, by contract, between the mouth and Columbia, March 1947. It is not expected that maintenance funds will be required during the fiscal year 1948. Cost and financial summary Cost of new work to June 30, 1946_--_----------------------- -- $81, 163. 63 Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1946--------------------------- 54, 865. 81 Total cost of permanent work to June 30, 1946 ----------- 136, 029. 44 Net total expenditures---------------------------------- 136, 029. 44 Total amount appropriated to June 30, 1946-------------------- 136, 029. 44 6. MANTEO (SIALLOWBAG) BAY, N. C. Location.-Manteo Bay or Shallowbag Bay, formed by a natural indentation of the shore line, is situated on the northeastern side of Roanoke Island; N. C. (See U. S. Coast and Geodetic Survey Chart No. 1229.) *Existing project.-This provides for a channel 100 feet wide and 6 feet deep at mean low water from that depth in Roanoke Sound to the town of Manteo, a distance of about 22/3 miles, and for a connecting channel of the same dimensions extending south through Roanoke and lPLanI11II Sounds to Oregon Inlet, a (listance of about 11 miles. The variations of t,he water surface are (lue to winds and seldom exceed 2 feet above or below mean stage. The extreme range of wind-tides, determined by 1 year's gage readings at Manteo, is 5.1 feet. T'he estinijate of cost for new work, revised in 1941 is $55,503. The latest -(1941) approved estimate of cost for annual maintenance is $5,000. The existing project was authorized by the following river ,and harbor acts: Acts Work authorized Documents June 25, 1910 Channel 6 feet deep and 100 feet wide from Roa- 11. Doc. No. 906, 60th Cong., 1st sess.1 noke Sound to Manteo. Oct, 17, 1940 Connecting channel of same dimensions to Oregon . DI)oc. No. 313, 76th Cong., 1st sess.l Inlet. 1 Contains latest published maps. Terminal facilities.-There are 17 wharves on the portion of, this harbor under improvement. They have a total frontage of 1,060 feet. The existing facilities are considered adequate for present commerce. Operations and results during fiscal year.-The work consisted of maintenance dredging by contract and miscellaneous surveys. Be- tween July 1 and 31, 1945, the contract dredge Arlington removed 91,094 cubic yards of material from shoals in the channel from Manteo to Oregon Inlet. The costs were $29,892.44 for maintenance.. The expenditures were $33,823.83. Conditionat end of fiscal year.-The existing project was completed in 1941. The controlling d(lepth in the channel to Manteo was 5.5 650 REPORT OF CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMY, 1946 feet and to Oregon Inlet 4.5 feet. The total costs and expenditures under the existing project to June 30, 1946, were $63,383.84 for new work and $81,956.12 for maintenance, a total of $145,339.96. Proposed operations.-The balance .unexpended June 30, 1946, $289.21, plus an anticipated allotment of $15,000, will be applied to maintenance dredging by contract in the channel to Manteo,April 1947. The additional sum of $50,000 can be profitably expended dulring the fiscal year 1948 for maintenance dredging by contract in the chan- nel from Manteo to Oregon Inlet, May and June 1948. .The channel from Manteo to Oregon Inlet is used by a large number of commercial and pleasure fishing boats to reach the fishing grounds offshore of Oregon Inlet. Considerable use of this channel is also made by boats of the United States Coast Guard. It is believed that the use being made of this waterway warrants its maintenance to full project dimensions. Cost and financial summary Cost of new work to June 30, 1946_------- --------- __.--_ -_-_ $63, 383. 84 Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1946-- -.------------------ . 81, 956. 12 Total cost of permanent work to June 30, 1946_------------ 145, 339. 96 Net total expenditures----------------------------- ----- 145, 339. 96 Unexpended balance June 30, 1946----------------------------- 289. 21 Total amount appropriated to June 30, 1946 -------------- 145, 629. 17 Fiscal year ending June 30 1942 - 1943 1944 1945 1946 Cost of new work-........... .. $52,880. 66 ...... Cost of maintenance--............. 441. 23 $156. 77 ..-------------- 5, 881. 065 $29, 892. 44 Total cost.................. 53, 321. 89 156. 77-------------- .............. 5, 881. 65 29, 892. 44 53,321.89 Total expended----................... 156. 77 -, .............. 950. 26 33, 823. 83 Allotted............------------............----------.. 17,000.00 -------------- .............. $9, 271. 78 38, 503. 30 -2, 500. 00 Balance unexpended July 1, 1945---------------------------- $36, 613. 04 Deductions on account of revocation of allotment.-----------------2, 500. 00 Net amount to be accounted for_ -------.------- ___ - 34; 113. 04 Gross amount expended_--------------..-----.-- $33, 913. 92 Less reimbursements collected--------------------- 90. 09 33, 823. 83 Balance unexpended June 30, 1946_----_ .------------ _ 289. 21 Amount that can be profitably expended in fiscal year ending June 30, 1948,,for maintenance ------ - ,___ ._---- -_ 50, 000. 00 1Exclusive of available funds. 7. CIIHANNEL FROM PAMLICO SOUND TO RODANTHE, N. C. Location.--The village of Rodanthe is on the narrow barrier beach between Pamlico Sound and the Atlantic Ocean, about 25 miles north of Cape Iatteras and 15 miles south of Oregon Inlet. The main. 6-foot depth contour in Pamlico Sound lies about 3 miles offshore (westward) at this locality, but at a point about opposite Rodanthe, ainarrow slough, known locally as Pughs Channel, brings the 6-foot depth to within 1 mile of the beach. (See U. S. Coast and Geodetic Survey Chart No. 1232.) RIVERS AND HARBORS-WILMINGTON, N. C., DISTRICT 651 Existing project.-This provides for a channel 6 feet deep, 100 feet wide, from the 6-foot contour in Pamlico Sound to the shore, with a basin at the shore end of the same depth, 80 to 100 feet wide, and heaving a total length, including arms, of about 1,200 feet. Lunar tides are imperceptible. Normal variations in the water surface due to wind actionI seldom exceed 1 foot, but may be as much as 5 feet during severe storms. The estimate of cost for new work, revised in 1946, is $10,000. The latest (1945) approved estimate for annual cost of maintenance is $2,000. - The existing project was adopted by the River and Harbor Act of March 2, 1945 (II. Doc. No. 234, 76th Cong., 1st sess.). The latest published map is contained in that document. Local cooperation.-The River and I-Iarbor Act of March 2, 1945," provided that local interests furnish, free of cost to the United States, suitable spoil-disposal areas for new work and for subsequent main- tenance as required. The board of county commnissioners, Dare County, has signified its intention of meeting all local cooperation Iequirements, when and as required. Terminal facilities.-There are two wharves with a combined front- age of 90 feet in the existing basin at Rodanthe, in addition to the bulkheaded portion generally used by the Coast Guard. These fa- cilities are open to the pulblic when not in use by their owners. The (existinglfacilities are believed to be adequate for present and pros- Pective commerce. Operations and results during fiscal year.-None. Condition at end of fiscal year.-No work has been done on the existing project., A depth of about 4.5 feet is available in the existing channel from Pamlico Sound to and including the basin at Rodanthe. Proposed operations.-No funds are on hand and no work is pro- l)osed during the fiscal year 1947. The slim of $10,000 can be profitably expended for new work during the fiscal year 1948 for dredging 10,000 cubic'yards of material to P)rovide a channel 6 feet deep, 100 feet wide, from Pamlico Sound to Rodanthe, with a basin of the same depth at the shore end, 80 to 100 feet wide and having a total length including arms of about 1,200 feet, by contract, October 1947. Cost and financial summary Cost of new work to June 30, 1946......................----------------- ...----- Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1946------ --------------------------- Total cost of permanent work to June 30, 1946_-------------- -------- Net total expenditures------------------------------------- ------- Total amount appropriated to June 30, 1946--------------------------- Amount (estimated) required to be appropriated for completion of existing project----------------------------------------- $10, 000 Amount that can be profitably expended in fiscal year ending June 30, 1948, for new work_-__--------------------------------------- 10, 000 652 REPORT OF: CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMY, 1946 8. CHANNEL FROM PAMLICO SOUND TO AVON, N. C. Location.-The village of Avon is on the narrow barrier beach between Pamlico Sound and the Atlantic Ocean, 9 miles north of Cape Hatteras. Westof the village the sound is 25 miles wide. About 4 miles offshore a shoal or bar parallels the beach front Hatteras Inlet, 15 miles southwest of Avon, to Oregon Inlet, 30 miles north of Avon., Cape Channel, a natural opening in the bar 6 miles southwest of Avon, has a controlling depth of 6 feet; from that opening a depth of 5 feet is available to Black Hammock Channel, a basin with depths of over 10 feet, 1,500 feet from the shore line at Avon. Shoreward of the basin the water is very shallow. (See U. S. Coast and Geodetic Survey ,Chart No. 1232.) Existing project.--This provides for a channel from Pamlico Sound to Avon, 6 feet deep and 100 feet wide, with a basin at the shore end, same depth, 100 feet wide and 300 feet long. Lunar tides are im- perceptible. Normal variations in the water surface idue to wind action seldom exceed 1 foot, but may be as much as 5 feet during severe storms. The estimate of cost for new work, revised in 1946, is $26,500. The latest (1945) approved estimate for annual cost of maintenance is $1,000. The existing project was adopted by the River and Harbor Act of March 2, 1945 (HI. Doc. No. 316, 76th Cong., 1st sess.). The latest published map is contained in that document. Local cooperation.--The River and Harbor Act of March 2, 1945, provided that local interests furnish, free of cost to the United States, necessary rights-of-way and suitable spoil-disposal areas, as and when required for new work and subsequent maintenance, and hold and save the United States free from claims for damages resulting from the improvement. The Board of County Commissioners, Dare County, has signified its intention of meeting all local cooperation requirements, when and as required. Terminal facilities.-None. Operations and results during fiscal year.-Plansand specifications for new-work dredging by contract were prepared. Condition at end of fiscal year.-No work has been done on the existing project. A depth of 5 feet is available from Pamlico Sound, through Cape Channel, to Black Hammock Channel near Avon. The costs were $99.84. The expenditures were $22.07 for new work. Proposed operations.-The balance unexpended June 30, 1916, $26,477.93, will be applied to new work, as follows: Accounts payable_.------------------------- --------------- $77. 77 New work: Dredging, by contract, to provide a channel 6 feet deep, 100 feet wide, from Pamlico Sound to Avon, with basin at shore end. 26, 400. 16 Total for all work_.-------------------------------- 26, 477. 93 It is not expected that maintenance funds will be required during the fiscal year 1948. RIVERS AND HARBORS-WILMINGTON, N. C., DISTRICT 653 Cost and financial summary Cost of new work to June 30, 1946 -------------------------- $99. 84 Cost of maintenance to Jullne 30, 1946_.. ______ Total cost of permanent work to June 30, 1946-------------- 99. 84 Minus accounts payable June 30,.1946---------------------------- 77. 77 Net total expenditures_ -- ---------- 22. 07 UnexpecnLded balance June 30, 1946 ---------------- 26, 477. 93 Total amount appropriated to June 30, 1946---------------26, 500. 00 Fiscal year ending June 30 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 Cost of neW work.------------. ----------.----------- ----------- ------.------------ $99. 84 C st of mainten ance- . . ".. ......- .............. -...... - .-.---- ...........--- -- - -------. __. -. --. Total expend-------------------- ------------------------------------------ 22. 07 Allotted. ------------------------------ ------------ ------------ ------------ 2, 500. 00 Amnount allotted during fiscal year__----- -___- - -___-_______ _ $26, 500. 00 Gross amount expended--------------------------------------- 22. 07 Balance uncexpended June 30, 1946_------- .-- __._ .-- 26, 477. 93 Outstanding liabilities June 30, 1946___----------------------------- 77. 77 Balance available June 30, 1946_----- --------------- 26, 400. 16 9. BELHIIAVEN HIARBOR, N. C. Location.--The town of Belhaven is located at the junction of I'antego Creek and 1Pungo River, about 11 miles above the mouth of the latter. r'lhe harbor consists of the lower reaches of Piantego Creek and is about 6,000 feet long. PIungo River forms )partof the inland waterway from Norfolk to Beaufort, Norfolk )being130 miles llortli of Belhaven and Beaufort 66 miles south. (See U. S. Coast and Geodetic Survey Chart No. 123-1.) Alistng project.--This provides for a channel 12 feet deep at 11lean low water and 100 feet wide, extending from deep water in Pllingo River to a point about 800 feet east of the highway bridge, With a turning basin 800 feet long and 300 feet wide at' the upper end; and for tihe construction of timber breakwaters at the mouth of Pantego Creek. Pungo River,is a nontidal stream with little slope. Variations in the water surface, due to winds, seldom exceed 2 feet Above or below mean stage. Tihe estimate of cost for new work, revised in 1938, was $106,500. I'h latest (1938) approved estimate for annual cost of maintenance is $7,500. The existing project was authorized by the following river and larbor acts: Acts Work authorized Documents July 3,1930 Present project dimensions of the channel and II. Doe. No. 778, 69th Cong., 2(1sess. 1 turning basin. June 20,1938 Timber breakwaters at the mouth of Pantego II. Doc. No. 693, 75th Cong., 3d sess.t Creek. 1Contains latest published mnaps. 721584-47-pt. 1, vol. 1-42 654 REPORT OF CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMY, 1946 Local cooperation.-Fullycomplied with. Terminal facilities.-There are 12 wharves along the town water front, all of timber construction; 1 is owned by the town and is open to use byall without charge; 4 have rail connections. The facilities are considered adequate for existing commerce. Operations and results during fiscal year.--None. Condition at end of fiscal year.-Channel dredging under the exist- ing p)roject was completed in 1931; the breakwaters were completed in 1910. At the close of the fiscal year the controlling depth in the channel to Belhaven was 12 feet; in the turning basin at the upper end 10.9 feet; and the breakwaters were in fair condition. The total costs and expenditures under the existing project to June 30, 1946, were $128,876.22, of which $126,687.41 was for new work and $2,188.81 for maintenance. Proposed operations.-No funds are on hand. An anticipated allotment of $10,000 will be applied to maintenance as follows: Dredging, by contract, in turning basin, March 1947._ $5, 000 -------------- Repairs to breakwaters, by contract, June 1947------- -------------- 5, 000 Total for all work------------------------ -------------- 10, 000 It is not expected that maintenance funds will be required during the fiscal year 1948. Cost and financial summary Cost of new work to June 30, 1946__. ._---------_- - -$126, 687. 41 Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1946_- ----------------. ----- 2, 188. 81 Total cost of permanent work to June 30, 1946_------------128, 876. 22 Net total expenditures- ---- _ _ -- _ _.__-_-- .. __-_-_ 128, 876 22 Total amount appropriated to June 30, 1946-------------------_ 128, 876. 22 Fiscal year ending June 30 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 Cost of new work-..---.--------.$ 1,376. 22--------..----- Cost of maintenance---------------------------------------------------------------- Total expended-.............----------------..... 1, 376. 22------------------------------------------- ------------------- 623.78--. Allotted. ........................-- .. ....- 10. FAR CREEK, N. O. Location.--Far Creek is located in Hyde County, N. C., and flows in an easterly direction into Pamlico Sound at a point about 95 miles south of Norfolk, Va. (See U. S. Coast and Geodetic Survey Chart No. 1232.) Existing project.-This provides for a channel 7 feet deep at mean low water and 60 feet wide from Pamlico Sound to a point about 200 feet below the highway bridge at Englehard, with a turning basin at the head. The total length of channels included in the project is about 2 miles. There is sonme lunar tide in Pamlico Sound, but the principal variations in the level of the water surface are due to winds. Ordinary winds cause a variation of about 1 foot, while severe storms will double or triple this variation. llThe estilnate of cost for new work, made in 1929, was $30,000. The latest (1929) approved estimate for annual cost of maintenance is $2,000. RIVERS AND HARBORS-WILMINGTON, N. C., DISTRICT 655 The project was authorized by the River and Harbor Act, approved July 3, 1930 (H. Doc. No. 112, 71st Cong., 1st sess.). The latest pub- 1ished map is contained in this document. Local cooperation.-Fullycomplied with. ,Terminal facilities.-There are five wharves at Engelhard with a total frontage of about 510 feet, all privately owned. The existing facilities are considered adequate for present commerce. Operations and results during fiscal year.--'The work consisted of m•faintenance dredging by contract and miscellaneous surveys. Be- tween June 1 and 30, 1946, the contract dredge Arlington removed 63,923 cubic yards of material from shoals in the. inner portion of the waterway. The costs were $23,747.85 for maintenance. The ex- penditures were $3,870.65. Condition at end of fiscal year.-The existing project-was completed in 1931. At the close of the fiscal year the controlling depth to Engle- hard was 5.6 feet. The total costs and expenditures under the exist- ing project to June 30, 1946, were $34,500 for new work and $65,381.78 for maintenance, a total of $99,881.78. Proposed operations.-The balance unexpended June 30, 1946, $32,- 129.35, will be applied to maintenance, as follows: Accounts payable--------------------------------------- $19, 877.20 Dredging, under existing contract, July 1946-------------------- 10, 564. 76 Miscellaneous surveys and contingencies-...---------------------- 1, 687. 39 Total for all work....----------- ---------------- ---- 32, 129. 35 It is not expected that maintenance funds will be required during the fiscal year 1948. Cost and financial summary Cost of new work to June 30, 1946. ------------------------ $34, 500. 00 Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1946------------ ------------ 65, 381.78 Total cost of permanent work to June 30, 1946..---------- 99, 881. 78 Minus accounts payable June 30, 19461------------------------ 19 877. 20 Net total expenditures ---- ------------------- 80, 004. 58 Unexpended balance June 30, 1946_ ------------------------ 32, 129. 35 Total amount appropriated to June 30, 1946.------------- -112, 133. 93 Fiscal yoar ending June 30 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 Cost of new work-.......... Cost of laintenance........---...... . --- --------.............. .............. ------------- ----..-------.........-------... .........---- $23, 747.85 Total expended.............-----------------......--------------.................---------...................---------------.............. 3, 870. 65 Allottedl-......----------------------------.--.. -36, 000.00 Amount allotted during fiscal,year_------------------------- $36, 000. 00 Gross amount expended--------------------------------------- 3, 870. 65 Blalance unexpended June 30, 1946-------------------. 32, 129. 35 Outstanding lial ilities, June 30, 1946....------------ $19, 877. 20 Amount covered by uncompleted contracts--------- 9, 353. 59 29, 230. 79 B3alance available JTlne 30, 1946.------------------------ 2, 898. 56 656 REPORT OF CHIEF OF :ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMY, 1946 11. WATERWAY CONNECTING SWAN QUARTER BAY WITH DEEP BAY, N. C. Location.-Swan Quarter Bay and Deep Bay are shallow bays on the north side of Pamlico Sound about 10 miles east of the mouth of IPamlico River. The town of Swan Quarter is located at the head of Swan Quarter Bay. By boat route, Belhaven on Pungo River lies 26 miles norl westerly, and Washington. on Pamnlico River lies 45 miles westerly. (See U. S. Coast and( Geodetic Chart No. 1231.) Existing project.-This provides for a channel 60 feet wide and 8 feet deep from Deep Bay through the present waterway to Swan Quarter Bay, and thence through the Swan Quarter Canal to a basin of the same depth about 500 feet long, and 60 to 300 feet wide, at the head of the canal. There is no lunar tide. Variations in the water surface due to wind action seldom exceed 1 or 2 feet above or below mean stage. The estimate of cost for new work, revised in 1946, is $46,000. The latest (1945) approved estimate for annual cost of maintenance is $1,500. The existihg project was authorized by the following river and harbor acts: Acts Work authorized Documents 1 June 25,1910 Channel, 5,500 feet long, 50-foot bottom width, II. D)oc. No. 445, 60th Cong., 1st sess. 6-foot depth, between Swan Quarter Bay and l)eep Bay. Mar. 2,1945 Channel, 8 feet (leep, 60 feet wide, from Deep Bay If. Doc. No. 2:39, 76th Cong., 1st sess.' to and including basin at head of Swan Quarter Canal. I Contain latest published maps. Local cooperation.-The River and Harbor Act of March 2, 1945, provided that local interests shall extinguish all claims of right, title, and interest of the Swan Quarter Canal Co. in the existing canal; shall furnish, free of cost to the United States, a right-of-way 200 feet wide along the canal extending 100 feet on each side of the cenlter line and including the area enclosed by a line parallel to and 70 feet (listant from the bottom edge of the cut around the basin, and suitable spoil-disposal areas for new work and for subsequent main- tenance as required; and shlall, before work is undertaken, furnish assurances satisfactory to the Secretary of War that they will con- struct adequate terminal facilities at Swan Quarter, open to all on equal terms. The board of county collnissiollers, Hyde County, has signified its intention to comply with all local cooperation require- ments, when and as required, with the exception of the requirement that local interests shall extinguish all claims of right, title, and interest of the Swa Quarter Canal Co. in the existing canal. Terminal facilities.-There are no wharves along the waterway connecting Swan Quarter Bay with Deep Bay, and none are needed. At the head of the Swan Quarter Canal there are five wharves, with a total frontage of 205 feet, generally open to the public when not in use by the owners.rThlese facilities are considered adequate for exist- ing commerce, but a suitable warehouse and public wharf should be Iprovided if thle improvement is made. RIVERS AND .HARBORS-WILMINGTON, N. C., DISTRICT 657 Operationsand results during fiscal year.-None. Condition at end of fiscal year.--The existing project is 28 percent 0compllete. The part of the project providling for a chLannel 5,50() feet long, 50 feet wide, and 6 feet deep, through marsh, connecting Swan Quarter Bay with Deep Bay, was completed in 1911. No work has been1 (loe on the part providing for a channel 8 feet deep, 60 feet wide, from Deep Bay to and including a basin at head of Swan Quar- ter Canal, authorized by River and Harbor Act of March 2, 1945. At the close of the fiscal year there was an available depth of 4.3 feet in the chamnnel connecting Swan Quarter Bay with Deep Bay, and 5.5 feet in the Swan Quarter Canal from Swan Quarter Bay to Swan Quarter. The total costs and expenditures under the existing )roject to June 30, 1946, were $8,550.98 for new work and $10,433.40 for mailliteniiaice, a total of $18,984.38. Propos.ed(operations.-No fulnds are.on hand and no work is pro- posed (urillng the fiscal year 1947. The sumn of $37,50() can be profitably expended for new work dluring the fiscal year 1948 for dredging 150,000 cubic,yards of ma- terial to provide a channel 60 feet wide and 8 feet deep from Deep Bay through present waterway to Swan Quarter Bay and thence through the Swan Quarter Canal to a basin of the same depth about 500 feet long and 60 to 300 feet wide at head of canal, by contract, Augu1st and September 1947. Cost and financial summary Cost of new work to June 30, 1946.---- -------------------- $8, 550. 98 Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1946 ------------------------- 10, 433. 40 Total cost of permanent work to June 30, 1946 ----------- 18, 984. 38 N'et total expenditures ------------------------------------- 18, 984. 38 Total amount appropriated to June 30, 1946-------------------- 18, 984. 38 Amolmt (estimated) required to be appropriated for completion of existing project------------------------------------------- 37) 500. 00 Amount that can be profitably expended in fiscal year ending June 30, 1948, for new work.---------.--- ---------------------------- 37, 500. 00 12. PAMLICO AND TAR RIVERS, N. C. Location.-Tlhe two names are applied to the same river, it being known as the 'amlico below Washington, N. C., and as the Tar above that point. This stream rises in Person County, flows in a general southeasterly direction for 217 miles, and empties into Pamlico Sound. The Pamlico River is 38 miles long. (See U. S. Coast and Geodetic Survey Chart No. 537.) P'revious projects.-Adopted by River and( Harbor Acts of July 4, 1836, and August 30, 1852. For further details see page 502 of Annual Report for 1938. Existing project.--This provides for a channel 12 feet deep at mean low water and 200 feet wide from the 12-foot contour in the river below Washington to the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad bridge at Washing- ton ; 12 feet deep and 100 feet wide from Washington to a turning basin of the same depth, 200 feet wide, and 300 feet long, in HIardee Creek, 1,500 feet above its mouth; 6 feet deep and 75 feet widle to Greenville; 20 inches deep and 60 feet wide to Tarboro; thence to clear the natural 658 REPORT OF CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMY, 1946 channel above Tarboro to Little Falls. The length of section under improvement is 97 miles, extending from a point 14 miles below Wash- ington to Little Falls. The stream is nontidal; variations in the water surface at Washington, due to prevailing winds, seldom exceed 2 feet. The extreme range of the flood or freshet stage for the upper section is 34 feet at Tarboro. For the lower section, the extreme range due to winds is 8.3 feet. The estimate of cost for new work, revised in 1937, was $754,000, exclusive of amount expended on previous project. The latest (1937) approved estimate for annual cost of maintenance is $66,000. The existing project was authorized by the following river and harbor acts: Acts . Work authorized Documents Aug. 14, 1876 Channel 9 feet deep and 100 feet wide from the mouth to Washington. Mar. 3,1879 Clearing the channel to Tarboro--------------.................. II.Doe. No. 68, 45th Cong., 3d sess., and Annual Report, 1879, p. 700. Aug. 11, 1888 Clearing the channel between Tarboro and Little Annual Report, 1889, p. 1130. Falls (Rocky Mount). Mar. 2, 19007Channel 4 feet deep and 60 feet wide between Hi.Doec. No. 342, 59th Cong., 2d sess. Washington and Greenville. July 25,1912 A 10-foot depth and 200-foot width from the mouth II. Doec.No. 270, 62(1 Cong., 2(1sess.' to Washington, thence 6-foot depth and 75-foot width to Greenville. July 3, 1930 Present 12-foot project to the Atlantic Coast Line Rivers and Harbors Committee Doc. R. R. bridge at Washington. No. 11, 71st Cong., 1st sess.' Aug. 26, 1937 Present 12-foot project from Washington to a turn- Rivers and Harbors Committee Doc. ing basin in Hardee Creek. No. 22, 75th Cong., 1st sess.t 1 Contains latest published maps. Recommended modifications of project.-The abandonment of this improvement above Tarboro, N. C., is recommended in House Docu- ment No. 467, Sixty-ninth Congress, first session. Local cooperation.-Fullycomplied with. [Terminal facilities.-There are 54 wharves on the portion of this river under improvement, of which 34 are along tile water front at Washington, 19 between Washington and the mouth, and only 1 in usable condition above Washington. They have a total frontage of 3,570 feet. Thlle existing facilities are considered adequate for exist- ing commerce. Operations and results during fiscal year.-The work consisted of maintenance dredging by contract, and miscellaneous surveys. Be- tween April 5 and June 30, 1946, the contract dredge Marion re- moved 295,860 cubic yards of material from shoals in channel between Washington and Hardee Creek. T he costs were $77,441.39 for main- tenance. TIhe expenditures were $49,443.35. Condition at end of fiscal year.-The existing project was completed in 1939. The controlling dlepth at the close of tile fiscal year was 12 feet to Washington, 10.2 feet to and including tlhe turning basin in Hardee Creek, 3.5 feet to Greenville, and 1 foot to the mouth of Fishing Creek. The total costs under the existing project to June 30, 1946, were $674,651.38 for new work and $507,384.82 for main- tenance, a total of $1,182,036.20. The total expenditures were $1,- 154,038.16. RIVERS AND HARBORS--WILMINGTON, N. C., DISTRICT 659 Proposed operations.---The balance unexpended June 30, 1946, $40,556.65, plus an anticipated allotment of $25,000, will be applied to maintenance, as follows: Accounts payable June 30, 1946________________--$------------27, 998. 04 Dredging channel between Washington and Hardee Creek, under an existing contract, July 1946----- -------------------- ------ 10, 356. 92 Dredging channel at and below Washington, by contract, February and March 1947 -------- ------ - 25, 000. 00 Miscellaneous surveys and contingencies------------------------ 2, 201. 69 Total for all work ----------------------------------- 65, 556. 65 The additional sum of $66,000 can be profitably expended during the fiscal year 1948 for maintenance as follows: Dredging channel between Washington and HIardee Creek, by contract, April and May 1948 _ __ _ __------ ---------- $35, 000 Dredging channel at and below Washington, by contract, June 1948 --- 25, 000 Snagging between Washington and HIardee Creek, with United States plant and hired labor, February and March 1948_6------------------ , 000 Total for all work 6, 000 6--------------------------- It is expected that movement of freight to the terminal in Hardee Creek, in boats drawing from 10 to 11 feet, will be resumed about October 1946. Maintenance of project dimensions and keeping the river clear of obstructions will permit these freight boats to move Over this project without interruption. Cost and financial summary Cost of new work to June 30, 1946------------------------- $689, 651. 38 Cost of.maintenance to June 30, 1946_------------------------ 507, 384. 82 Total cost of permanent work to June 30, 1946_--------........ 1, 197, 036. 20 Miulls accounts payable June 30, 1946__--------------------. 27, 998. 04 Net total expenditures _------------------1----- 1, 169, 038. 16 Unexpended balance June 30, 1946-- ---------------------- 40, 556. 65 Total amount appropriated to June 30, 1946----------- 1, 209, 594. 81 Fiscal year ending June 30 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 Cost of new work ...----------------- --------- Cost of maintenance............. $62, 131. 76 --- ----- --- - ------- ------------ $9, 820. 81 .............. ...... .... $77441.39 Total expended.-............... 43, 156. 19 28, 866. 38 ...... ...................... 49, 443. 35 Allotted ..... .................. 18, 100. 0-------0 .....----.....----.... --$9, 610. 12----------.............. 90, 000. 00 Amount allotted during fiscal year__------- -- ---------------- $90, 000. 00 Gross amount expended.--------------------- ------ 49, 443. 35 lBalance unexpended June 30, 1946_..- ----------------- 40, 556. 65 Outstanding liabilities June 30, 1946_----------- $27, 998. 04 Amount covered by uncompleted contracts------- 9, 269. 40 -- 37, 267. 44 Balance available Juhe 30, 1946------------ -----. -- - 3, 289. 21 Amount that can be profitably expended in fiscal year ending June 30, 1948, for maintenance 1.--- -- -.-.--- - 66, 000. 00 a Exclusive of available funds. 660 REPORT OF CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMY, 1946 13. ROLLINSON CHANNEL, N. C. Location.-This channel extendis from (deep water in Pamlico Sound to the village of Hatteras, near Hatteras Inlet, N. C. (See U. S. Coast and Geodetic Survey Chart No. 1232.) Existing project.---This provides ,for a channel 100 feet wide and 6 feet deep at mean low water from deep water in Pamlico Sound to and including a basin at Hatteras> Variation in the water surface (lue to \vinds seldom exceeds 1 or 2 feet above or below mean stage. Severe windstorms will double or triple this variation. The estimate of cost for new work, revised in 1946, is $60,100. The latest (1945) approved estimate of annual cost of maintenance is $4,270. The existing project was authorized by the following river and harbor acts: Acts Work authorized I)ocuments Aug. 30, 1935 6-foot channel, 100 feet wide from deep water in H. Doc. No. 218, 72d Cong., 1st sess. Pamlico Sound to natural inner basin. 1 Mar. 2,1945 Extension of 6-foot channel to and including basin lI.Doc.No. 236, 76th Cong., 1st sess. same depth at Hatteras. I Contains latest published map. Local cooperation.-The River and Harbor Act of March 2, 1945, , provided that local interests furnish, free of cost to tile United States, all lands, easements, and rights-of-way and spoil-disposal areas for the initial work and for subsequent maintenance as required; set, apart suitable space for a public lauding; and h(old and save tlhe United States free from claims for damags es resultifig from the ifm- l)rovement. The Board of County Commissioners, I)are County, has signified its intention of meeting all local cooperation requirements. Terminal facilities.-There are eight wharves in the basin at Hat- teras, with a total frontage of about 1,400 feet. The existing facilities are considered a(lequate for present commuerce. Operations and results during fiscal year.--The work consisted of miscellaneous surveys. Thle costs were $1,716.93 for maintenance. The expenditures were $1,648.34. Condition at end of fiscal year.-The existing project is 43 percent complete. 'Ihe, 6-foot channel, 100 feet wile, from deep water in Pamlico Sound to'the natural inner basin was completed in 1936. No work has been done on the extension of thie 6-foot channel to and(in- cluding basinl at Hatteras. At the end of the fiscal year the controlling depth in the completed portion was 3.4 feet. 'Ilhe costs under the existing project to June 30, 1946, were $20,125.43 for new work and $39,316.93 for miaintenalce, a total of $59,442.36. 'The expenditures for new work were $20,125.43 and for maintenance $39,248.34, a total of $59,373.77. Proposed operations.-The balance unexpended June 30, 1946, $14,351.66, plus an anticipated allotment of $15,000, will be applied to maintenance as follows: Accounts payable, June 30, 1946 ---------------------------- $68. 59 Dredging under existing contract in channel through outer shoal, August 1946.. ..-------------.----.--- ------- 14, 950. 00 RIVERS AND HARBORS---WILMINGTON, N. C., DISTRICT 661 i)redging to restore project dimensions in channel through outer shoal, June\1947---------------------- _ ---------------- $14, 333. 07 Total for all work--------"-- ..--.------------ 29, 351. 66 The additional sum of $55,000 can ,be profitably expended during the fiscal year 1948, as follows: 'ew work: Dredging 123,000 cubic yards of material from extension of 6-foot channel to and including basin, same depth, at IHatteras, by contract, October and November 1947_--- _ -------- _ -$40, $-_ 000 Maintenance: Dredging, by contract, in channel through outer shoal, May 1948------------------ -------------------------- 15, 000 Total for all work ------------- ------------- ------------ 55, 000 Cost and financial summary Cost of new work to June 30, 1946__---------------- ---------- $20, 125. 43 Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1946-_______ ---- __--__---_ 39, 316. 93 Total cost of permanent work to June 30, 1946------------- 59, 442. 36 Minus accounts payable June 30, 1946--........------------------------- 68. 59 Net total expenditures ___---_ .. _ -......- _-_..... 59, 373. 77 Unexpended balance June 30, 1946-...____....____ _.......... _ 14, 351. 66 Total amount appropriated to June 30, 1946------------- . 73, 725. 43 Fiscal year ending June 30 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 Cost of new work ............................. .... Cost of maintenance--------------.............. ....... ...... ----------------------- $22, 500 ---------------$1,716.93 'otal expended................... ... .......... -.............. 22, 500, ........... 1,648.34 Allotted.----------...........---------.......... .... .. .............. 22,500 --............------------ 16,000.00 Amount allotted during fiscal year_ ... - - $16, 000. 00 Gross amount expended_-.-----.----------------.. --- 1, 648. 34 Balance unexpended June 30, 1946---.------------ -__14, 351. 66 Outstanding liabilities, June 30, 1946------------------ $68. 59 Amount covered by uncompleted contracts 12, 467. 00 ----------- 12, 535. 59 Balance available June 30, 1946------------------------- , 816. 07 Amount (estimated) required to be appropriated for completion of existing project 1 --------------------------------------------- 40, 000. 00 Amount that can be profitably expended in fiscal year ending June 30, 1948: For new work 1----------------- 4--------------------------- 40, 000. 00 For maintenance 1 ------------------------------ 15, 000. 00 Total 1-------------------- -------------------------- 55, 000. 00 1Exclusive of available funds. 14. SILVER LAKE HARBOR, N. C. Location.-Silver Lake Harbor is at the westerly, end-of Ocracoke Island, which is a portion of the barrier separating Pamlico Sound from the Atlantic Ocean. Beaufort Harbor lies about 50 miles south- west* Belhaven is about 60 miles northwest. (See U. S. Coast and Geodetic Survey Chart No. 1232.) 662 REPORT OF CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMY, 1946 Existing project.--This provides for a channel 10 feet deep from that depth in Pamlico Sound to and including an anchorage'basin of the same depth in Silver Lake Harbor, with widths of 100 feet across Big Foot Slough bar, and 60 feet in the entrance channel, together with a training wall 300 feet long to protect the outer end of the entrance channel from northeast storms. The ordinary range of tide is about 1 foot within the lake and about 21/2 feet at the outer end of the connect- ing channel. Severe storm tides have been known to raise the water surface of the lake as much as 5 feet. The estimate of cost for new work, revised in 1941, is $71,000. The latest (1941) approved estimate for annual cost of maintenance is $4,900. The existing project was authorized by the following river and harbor acts: Acts Work authorized Documents July 3,1030 Entrance channel 5 feet deep and 50 feet wide Rivers and Harbors Committee Doc. from Pamlico Sound to the 3-foot contour in the No. 3, 70th Cong., 1st sess. lake and training wall at entrance. Oct. 17,1940 Channel 10 feet deep and anchorage basin of same I. Doc. No. 325, 76th Cong., 1st sess.l depth, 100 feet wide across Big Foot Slough and 60feet wide in entrance. 1Contains latest published map. Local cooperation.-Fullycomplied with. Terminal facilities.-There are 12 small wharves extending from the shore to the deeper waters in the lake. These facilities are con- sidered adequate for the present commerce. Operationsand results during fiscal year.-None. Condition at end of fiscal year.-The existing project was com- p)leted( in 1942.. At the end of the fiscal year the controlling depth was 10 feet in Big Foot Slough bar chanlnel and in the entrance channel and basin at Ocracoke. The total costs and expen(litures under the existing project to June 30, 1946, were $107,801.31, of which $67,241.30 was for new work and $40,560.01 for maintenance. Proposed operations.-No funds are on hand. An anticipated allotment of $15,000 will be applied to maintenance dredging, by contract, in Big Foot Slough bar channel and entrance channel to basin in Silver Lake at Ocracoke, May 1947. The additional sum of $15,000 can be profitably expended during the fiscal year 1948 for maintenance dredging, by contract, in Big Foot Slough bar channel, June 1948. Cost and financial.summary Cost of new work to June 30, 1946_.--------- ---------------- $67, 241. 30 Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1946------------------------ 40, 560. 01 Total cost of permanent work.to June 30, 1946..---------- -107, 801. 31 Net total expenditures-- ----------------------------------- 107, 801. 31 Total amount appropriated to June 30, 1946-------------- ------ 107, 801. 31 RIVERS AND -HARBORS-WILMINGTON, "N. C., DISTRICT 663 Fiscal year ending June 30 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 Cost of new work.............---------------. $13, 956. 64 $42, 284. 66 Cost of maintenance... -------.......... 239. 61 257.35 "$21, 086.44 $16, 000.00 _.. Total cost..- - -.. -..- . 14,196. 25 42, 542. 01 21. 086. 44 16, 000. 00 ...... .. . . Total expended. _.............. 14, 196. 25. 42, 542. 01 21, 086. 44 15, 964. 24 $35. 76 , llotted.-------------.... A1 .. -.... 17,504. 27 --20,229.85 20, 000. 00 16, 000. 00.......... lBalance unexpended July 1, 1945-_----------------------------- $35. 76 Gross amount expended ----------------------------------- ----- 35. 76 Amnount that can be profitably expended in fiscal year ending June 30, 1948, for maintenance----------------------------------- 15, 000. 00 15. NEUSE RIVER, N. C(. Location.-Rises inthe northerly part of North Carolina and flows in a southeasterly direction until it reaches Kinston; thence north- east to mouth 'of Contentnea Creek; thence southeast to a point 20 miles below New Bern; thence northeast until it flows into Pamlico Sound. Its total length is about 300 miles. (See U. S. Coast and Survey Chart No. 538.) Existing lproject.--This provides for a channel 300 feet wide and 12 feet deep at mean low water from a point 10 miles below, up to and in front of New Bern; 4 feet deep at (lead low water to Kinston, and during 9 months of tie year 3 feet deep at dead low water to Smithfield, to be obtained by dredging and snagging. Length of the section included in the project, about 160 miles. The stream isnontidal; variations in the water surface at and below New Bern, dlue to p)revailing winds, seldom exceed 2 feet above or below mean stage. The extreme range of flood or freshet stage for the upper section of the river is 21 feet at Selmina. Tide-gage readings at New Bern,. covering 4 years, show the extreme range of wind tides to .be 8.3 feet. Tile estimate of cost for new work, revised in 1927, was $417,200. The latest (1928) approved estimate for annual cost of maintenance ,is $12,500. The existing project was authorized by the following river and harbor acts: Acts Work authorized Documents June 18,1878 An unobstructed channel 5 feet deep at low stage Annual Report, 1879, p. 708. to Goldsboro and 3 feet deep at dead low water to Smithfield. June 13, 1902 Channel 8 feet deep at dead low water and 300 feet HI.Doc. No. 317, 54th Cong., 2d sess. wide to New Bern, thence 200 feetwide at New (Annual Report, 1897, p. 1427.) Bern. Jan. 21, 1927 Channel 12 feet deep at mean low water and 300 I. I)oc. No. 299, 67th Cong., 2d sess. feet wide to and in front of New Bern. Latest published map is in Annual Report, 1889, p. 1058. 664 REPORT OF CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMY, 1946 Local cooperation.-Fully.compr)lied twith. Terminal facilities.-Thereare 30 wharves on this stream, of which 2 are below New Bern, 16 at or near New Bern, 3 at Bridgeton, and 9 above New Bern. They have a total frontage of about 2,900 feet. Existing facilities are considered adequate for present needs. Operations and results during fiscal year.-None. Conditionat end of fiscal year.-Except for the width of the channel in front of New Bern, which is only 200 feet, the project is completed to the practicable limit. Asit is impracticable to obtain and maintain the project depth above New Bern by snagging and(lredlging, the percentage of completion is uncertain. At the close of the fiscal year a channel 300 feet wide and 12 feet deep was available from the mouth to New Bern. From New Bern to a point 23 miles above, the controll- ing depth was 4 feet; thence 2.5 feet to the mouth of Contentnea Creek, 32 miles above New Bern; thence 1 foot to Seven Springs, 75 miles above New Bern. The total costs and expenditures to June 30, 1946, were $691 233.94, of which $403,066.04 was for new work and $288,- 167.90 for maintenance. Proposed operation.-No funds are on hand. An anticipated al- lotment of $15,000 will be applied to maintenance dredging in IIamnp- ton Shoal Channel, about 8 miles below New Bern, by contract, April 1947. The additional sum of $12,500 can be profitably expended during the fiscal year 1948 for maintenance dredging in front of New Bern, by contract, April 1948. No maintenance dredging has been done since April 1941. It is expected that shipments by the larger-type Inland Waterway freight boats and tankers will be resumed by October 1946. -Cost and financial summary Cost of new work to June 30, 1946_---------- ------------------ $403, 066. 04 Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1946------------------------ 288, 167. 90 Total cost of permanent work to June 30, 1946--__------ 691, 233. 94 Net total expenditures----- --------.-------- -------- 691, 233. 94 Total amount appropriated to June 30, 1946 ----------------- 691, 233. 94 Fiscal year ending Juno 30 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 Cost of new work---------------..................--------- ----------------------------------------- Cost of m aintenance-.....--------......... . ............. ................. $1.65- Total expended.....----....-----......... 52.05 ......................................... Allotted........-'... ........ - -2,148. 65 . . . .. . . .. .. . . ..-.... --.. Amount that can be profitably expended in fiscal year ending June 30, 1948, for maintenance --------------------------------- $12, 500. 00 16. TRENT RIVER, N. C. Location.--This stream is formed by the junction of Beaver Dam and Tuckahoe Creeks, in Jones County, N. C. It flows for 80 miles (about 40 miles in an air line) easterly through Jones and Craven Counties, and at New Bern empties into the Neuse River, being its principal tributary. (See U. S. Geological Survey sheets, New Bern and Trent River.) RIVERS AND HARBORS-WILMINGTON, N. C., DISTRICT 665 Previous projects.-Adopted by the River and Harbor Act ap- proved March 3, 1879, and modified in 1885, 1887, 1889, and 1896. For further details see page 1803 of the Annual Report for 1915 and page 514 of the Annual Report for 1938. Lxisting project.-This provides for a channel 12 feet deep at mean low water and 300 feet wide in front of New Bern, a channel 6 feet deep at dead low water over Foys Flats; a channel 50 feet idleand 4 feet deep at low water to Trenton; and a boat basin at New Bern 600 feet long and 250 feet wide and a repair basin 300 feet long and 220 feet wide at the adjacent boat works, with an access channel 90 feet wide to each basin, all to a depth of 8 feet at mean low water. The length of section included in the project is 38 miles. Near the mouth the water level varies about 2 feet under normal condlitionis, according to )revailing winds. The estimate of cost for new work, revised in 1946, is $58,800, exclusive of amounts spent on previous projects. The latest (1945) approved estimate for annual cost of maintenance is $2,700. The existing project was authorized by the following river and harbor acts: Acts Work authorized Documents Juno 13, 1902 8 feet at dead low water at Now Bern----------............. I. Doc. No. 121, 56th Cong., 2d sess. Do....... Channel 6 feet deep at dead low water over Foys Joint Resolution No. 22, approved Flats, 4 miles above New Bern. Mar. 4, 1907. June 25, 1910 A 4-foot navigable depth to Trenton-----------............. 11. D)oc. No. 1471, 60th Cong., 2d sess. Jan. 21,1927 Channel 12 feet deep at mean low water and 300 It. Doc. No. 299, 67th Cong., 2d sess. feet wide in front of New Bern. Mar. 2, 1945 Basins and access channels at New Bern-.......... H. Doe. No. 623, 77th Cong., 2d sess.' ' Contains latest published map. Local cooperation.-The River and HIarbor Act of March 2, 1945, provided that the city of New Bern or other responsible local interests furnish, free of cost to the United States, the necessary rights-of-way and spoil-disposal areas for new work and sulbsequent mailltenance lhen and as required; hold all(n save tile United States free froln all claims for ltlamages attributable to the inlprovenment; agree to p)rovide suitable bulkheads, boat slips, walkways, road access anti facilities for servicing boats, opeIo to all on equal terms; and to contribute one-third of the aollont reqtiired for the (redging, but not to exceed $5,500. To (late neither the city of New Bern, nor any resplonsible local interest had signified its intention to meet these local cooperation requirements. Terminal facilities.-There are 27 wharves on the portion of this stream under improvement, of which 21 are at or opposite New Bern, 5 are at or near Polloksville, and 1 at Trenton. They have a total frolntage of about 3,00()()feet. The existing facilities are considered adequate for existing comunlerce. Operations and results during fiscal year.-None. Condition at end of fiscal year.-The existing. project is about 80 percent complete. That part of the existing project providing for a channel 12 feet deep at mean low water and 300 feet wide in front of Now Bern, a clhannel 6 feet deep at dead low water over FIoys Flats, and a channel 50 feet wide and 4 feet deep to Trenton, 38 miles above 666 REPORT OF CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMY, 1946 the mouth, was completed in 1929. No work has been done on the boat basins and access channels at New Bern authorized by tile River and Harbor Act of March 2, 1945. At the close of the fiscal year, project depth was available to PIolloksville, 18 miles above the mouth, and 3.5 feet thence to Trenton, 38 miles above the mouth. The costs and ex- penditures under the existing project to June 30, 1946, were $86,975.83, of which $44,294.05 was for new work and $42,681.78 for maintenance. Proposedoperations.-Nowork is proposed during fiscal year 1947. The sum of $14,500 can be profitably expended for new work (luring the fiscal year 1948, for dredging 82,000 cubic yards of material from approach channel 8 feet deep, 90 feet wide, and basin, same depth, 250 feet wide, 600 feet long, by contract, October 1947. Cost and financial summary Cost of new work to June 30, 1946...------------------------- $115, 199. 45 Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1946_-----------------__ ____ 69, 786. 77 Total cost of permanent work to June 30, 1946------------ 184, 986. 22 Net total expenditures- ---------. -- _ __ 184, 986. 22 Total amount appropriated to June 30, 1946------------------- 184, 986. 22 Fiscal year ending June 30 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 Cost of new work --...- - - Cost of maintenance------------- - - - $3, - - 000. 00 ._.- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - ------ Total expended------------------ 5,921.85....................... 3,000. 00........... Allotted .....-..........-......-.... Amount (estimated) required to be appropriated for completion of existing project---------.--------------------------------- $14, 500. 00 Amount that can be profitably expended in fiscal year ending June 30, 1948, for new work_------------ -- ------------------ - 14, 500. 00 17. CHANNEL CONNECTING THIOROUGHIFARE BAY WITI CEDAR BAY, N. C. Location.-Thoroughfare Bay is on the north side of Core Sound, about 6 miles west of the end of the peninsula at the junctioni of Core and Pamlico Sounds. It lies about 30 miles by the boat route through Core Sound easterly from Beaufort, N. C. (See U. S. Coast and Geodetic Survey Chart No. 1233.) Ixisti q project.-Ilis provides for a channel 7 feet deep and 50 feet wide, with increased widths at bends, to connect T'lhoroughfare Bay and Cedar Bay. The channel is about 4 miles long. There is no lunar tide inlthe waterway, variations in the level of the water surface being due to wind action. Ordinary storms will cause a variation of 1 foot above or below the mean stage, while severe storms may cause a -variation of as much as 3 feet. The estimate of cost for new work, revised in 1946, is $30,000. Thle latest (1945) Iapproved estimate for annual cost of maintenance is $1,000. The existing project, was authorized by the following river and hlarbor acts: RIVERS AND HARBORS-WILMINGTON, N. C., DISTRICT 667 Acts Work authorized Documents Mar. 2,1919 5-foot channel, 50feet wide. .....................-- It.Doc. No. 1125, 63d Cong., 2d sess. Mar. 2,1945 Present project dimensions....................... S. 1)oc. No..87, 76th Cong., 1st sess.l - 1 Contains latest published map. Local cooperation.-Tlhe River and Harbor Act of March 2, 1945,, provided that local interests furnish, free of cost to the United States, suitable spoil-disposal areas when and as required, for new work and subsequent maintenance. The board of county commissioners, Car- teret County, has signified its intention of meeting all local coojlera- tion requirements. Terminal facilities.--There are no wharves on the waterway and, as it isonly a part of a through waterway, none are deemed necessary. Operations and results during fiscal year.-None: Condition at end of fiscal year.-The existing project was 31 percent complete. The 5-foot channel, 50 feet wide, was completed in 1921. No work has been done on increasing the depth to 7 feet, same width. The total costs and expenditures under the existing project to June 30, 1946, were $9,000 for new work and $15,549.01 for maintenance, a total of $24,549.01. Proposedoperations.-No work is pIroposed during fiscal year 1947. The sum of $21,000 can be profitably expended during the fiscal year 1948 for new work dredging, November 1947. Cost and financial summary ---- Cost of new work to June 30, 1946.....-...._ --------- $9, 000. 00 Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1946_- ---.--..---.-...--- .--- 15, 549. 01 Total cost of permanent work to June 30, 1946------------- 24, 549. 01 Net total expenditures_ ----------------- ---------- 24, 549. 01 Total amount appropriated to June 30, 1946-------------- 24, 549. 01 Amount (estimated) required to be appropriated for completion of existing project..---------. ------------------------------- 21, 000. 00 Amount that can be-profitably expended in fiscal year ending June 30, 1948, for new work--------_----- -------------. ------- _ 21, 000. 00 18. DRUM INLET, N. C. Location.-Drumn Inlet is an opening through the barrier beach Which separates Core Sound from the Atlantic Ocean. It is about 1,100 feet wide and is situated about 35 miles northeast of Beaufort and opposite the village of Atlantic. Existing project.-This provides for a channel 12 feet deep at mean low water and 200 feet wide from the gorge in the inlet to the federally improved channel in Core Sound, a distance of about 1 mile. The mean range of tide is 3.8 feet in the ocean and 0.3 foot in Core Sound. at Atlantic. The estimate of cost for new work, made in 1937, was $50,000. The latest (1937) approved estimate for annual cost of maintenance is $4,500. 668 'REPORT OF CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U. Sj ARMY, 1946 The existing project was adopted by the River and IIarbor Act of June 20, 1938 (H. Doc. No. 414, 75th Cong., 2d sess.). The latest published map is contained in this document. Local cooperation.--Fully complied with. Terminal facilities.-There are no wharves along this waterway, and, as it is only a part of a through waterway, none are deemed necessary. Operations and results during fiscal year.-Miscellaneous surveys were made. The cost and expenditures were $2,108.78i Condition at end of fiscal year.-The existing project was completed in 1940. At the close of the fiscal year the controlling d(epth was 3.5 feet. A depth of 7 feet was available on the ocean bar. Thle costs and expenditures under the existing project to June 30, 1940, were $52,828.22 for new work and $25,960.60 for maintenance, a total of $78,788.82. Proposed operations.-Thebalance unexpended June 30, 1946, $47,- '891.22, will be applied to maintenance dredging by contract, October and November 1946. The additional sum of $30,000 can be l)rofitably expended (luring the fiscal year 1948 for maintenance dre(lging, May 1948. Cost and financial summary Cost of new work to June 30, 1946.. ------------------------ $52, 82. 22 Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1946 ------------------------- 25, 960. 60 Total cost of permanent work to June 30, 1946_---------- 78, 788. 82 Net total expenditures _ _--------------------------------- 7, 788. 82 Unexpended balance June 30, 1946-_--------------------_ --- 47, 891. 22 Total amount appropriated to June 30, 1946- ----- 126, 680. 04 Fiscal year ending June 30 1042 1943 1944 1945 1946 Cost ofnew work ---------- - Cost of maintenance-........---------......-- 17, 291.48 -----------------------...........--------------.............. $2,108.78 Total expended...........----------------...... 17, 307. 48 ...-----------------.--------- ...........-----------.. 2, 108. 78 Allotted-.........---.......------------------.......... 10, 000.00 -$24,500 -$8,319.9--------------- .............. 000.00 50, Amount allotted during fiscal year_-------------------------- $50, 000. 00 Gross amount expendel------------------------------------2, 108. 78 Balance unexpended June 30, 1946----_ -.---- _---------_ 47, 891. 22 Amount that can be profitably expended in fiscal year ending June 30, 1948, for maintenance 1---------------- ----------------- 30, 000. 00 IExclusive of available funds. 10. WATERWAY CONNECTING PAMLICO SOUND AND BEAUFORT IIARBOR, N. C. Location.-This waterway begins at the southeast corner of Pamlico Sound, passing southwesterly through Wainwright Slough, Core Sound, The Straits, and ITaylors Creek to 3eaufort Harbor, a total length of 36.5 miles. (See U. S. Coast and Geodetic Survey Chart No. 1233.) RIVERS AND HARBORS-WILMINGTON, N. C., DISTRICT 669 Previous projects.-No previous project exists for this waterway as a whole. The River and Harbor Act of March 4, 1913, authorized a channel 23/4 miles long connecting Core Sound and Beaufort Harbor. For further details see page 520 of the Annual Report for 1938. E isting project.-This provides for a channel 7 feet deep at mean low water and 75 feet wide from Pamlico Sound to Beaufort Harbor by way of Wainwright Slough, Core Sound, The Straits, and Taylors Creek; also for an alternative route of the same width and depth through Back Sound by way of channels at east and west end of Iarkers Island; for a channel 7 feet deep and 75 feet wide from the main channel in Core Sound to the town of Atlantic; for a side channel 5 feet deep, 75 feet wide, with basin 150 feet by 130 feet, same depth, at Davis, and for a side channel 7 feet deep, 75 feet wide, with basin 200 feet by 500 feet, same depth, at sea level. Tlhe estimate of cost for new work, revised in 1946, is $154,300, ex- clusive of amounts expended on previous projects. The latest (1945) approved estimate for annual cost of maintenance is $14,050. The existing project was authorized by the following river and har- bor acts: Acts Work authorized Documents 1 Sept. 22, 1922 A 7-foot channel 75 feet wide from Core Sound to II. Doe. No. 88, 67th Cong., 1st sess. Beaufort Harbor. Aug. 30, 1935 2 A 7-foot channel 75 feet wide from Pamlico Sound II. Doc. No. 485, 72d Cong., 2d sess. to Beaufort IHarbor via Wainwright Channel. Aug. 26, 1937 A 7-foot side channel 75 feet wide to Atlanti..... Rivers and Harbors Committee Doe. No. 92, 74th Cong., 2d sess. Mar. 2,1945 Channels 7 feet deep, 75 feet wide, at east and II. Doc. No. 99, 77th Cong., 1st sess. west end of IIarkers Island and side channel 5 feet deep, 75 feet wide, with basin 150 feet by 130 feet, same depth, at Davis. Do....... 7-foot side channel 75 feet wide, with basin 200 feet S. Doe,. No. 247, 77th Cong., 2d sess. by 500 feet, same depth, at Sealevel. These documents contain the latest published maps. 2 Included in the Public Works Administration program Jan. 3, 1934. Local cooperation.-The River and Harbor Act of March 2, 1945, provided that local interests furnish, free of cost to the United States, all necessary rights-of-way and spoil-disposal areas for new work and subsequent maintenance, remove all structures from the area to be dredged, release the United States from all claims for damages incident to the work of improvement, and provided further that local interests be required to contribute $1,000 toward the cost of dredging side channel and 'basin at Sealevel. The board of county commis- sioners, Carteret County, has signified its intention of meeting all local cooperation requirements. Terminal facilities.-There are 5 wharves on the portion of the Waterway connecting Core Sound with Beaufort Harbor. They have a total frontage of about 200 feet. Between the eastern end of this portion of the waterway and Pamlico Sound there are 15 small wharves. Additional wharves are needed at several of the conm munities along Core Sound. 721584-47-pt. 1, vol. 1-43' 670 REPORT OF. CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMY, 1946 Operations and results during fiscal year.--Miscellaneous surveys were made. The costs and expenditures were $1,362.56. Condition at end of fiscal year.-The existing project was 61 percent, complete. That portion of the project providing for a through chan- nel from Pamlico Sound to Beaufort was completed in 1934, and the side channel to Atlantic in 1937. Under authority of section 3, River and Harbor Act, approved October 17, 1940, the side channel and basin at Sealevel were practically completed in December 1944. No work has been done on the side channel and basin at Davis; on the 7- by 75-foot connecting channels at east and west ends of Harkers Is- land, nor toward completion of the side channel and basin at S'ealevel. At the close of the fiscal year the controlling depth in the completed portion was 6 feet. The total costs and expenditures on the existing project for the through waterway and for the side channel and basin at. Sealevel to June 30, 1946, including $40,000 Public Works funds for new, work and $1,000 contributed by local interests, were $202,- 086.90, of which $67,655.04 was for new work and $134,431.86 for maintenance.. The total cost of the side channel to Atlantic, all for new work, was $18,584.53, of which $13,171.72 was Works Progress Administration funds and $5,412.81 was contributed by local interests. Proposed operations.-The balance unexpended June 30, 1946, $14,173,67, will be applied to maintenance as follows: Accounts payable June 30, 1946------------------------------------. $11. 44 Dredging channel opposite Atlantic and in Taylors Creek section, by contract, October 1946 ------------------------.......... 14, 162. 23 Total for all work_ _--------------------_ ------------ 14, 173. 67 The additional sum of $79,750 can be profitably expended (lluring the fiscal year 1948, as follows: New work: Dredging 343,000 cubic yards of material from connecting channels, east and west end Harkers Island; side channel and basin at. Davis, and completion of side channel and basin at Sealevel, by contract, July to October 1947 - _---__-. .. -- -- - ___ __ $68, 000 Maintenance: Dredging, Wainwright Slough and side channel to - Atlantic, by contract, November. 1947 ... ---------------------- 11, 750 Total for all work- -------------------------- _______------ 79, 750 SCost and financial summary Cost of new work to June 30, 1946------------------------................... $87, 655. 04 Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1946_......................... 147, 285.. 67 Total cost of permanent work to June 30, 1946------------ 234, 940. 71 Minus accounts payable June 30, 1946. ,- .------------------ - 11. 44 Net total expenditures- - --------.......-- --------- 1 234; 929. 27 Unexpended balance June 30, 1946.---------------------------14, 173. 67 Total amount appropriated to June 30, 1946 ------------- 1 249, 102. 94 Fiscal year ending June 30 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 Cost of new w ork-.... - -- -- -- - - - - - - -- - -- - - --- - - - - --- - - - - - -- -$ --- Cost of maintenance------ .------$20, 088. 42 $4,362. 18 $4, 000. 00 $17, 675. 21 $1,362. 66 Total expended--.... ....--------- ......---- 21,346.08 '4,362.18 4, 000.00 1',675.21 1,351. 12 Allotted -- ---- 00 -7,000. 00 -------..........................- 11,000. 63.02 200. 00 18, 15,000.00 1In addition, $10,000 contributed funds were expended on new work under previous project. RIVERS AND HARBORS--WILMINGTON, N. C,., DISTRICT 671 Balance unexpended July 1, 1945..........----------------................... $524. 79 Amount allotted during fiscal year .............. 15, 000. 00 Amount to be accounted for........--------------------------- 15, 524. 79 Gross amount expended------------------------------------ 1, 351. 12 Balance unexpended June 30, 1946 .................... _ 14, 173. 67 Outstanding liabilities, June 30, 1946--------------------------- 11. 44 Balance available June 30, 1946-----..--- ------------ 14, 162. 23 Amount (estimated) required to be appropriated for completion of existing project ------------------ ------------------------ 68, 000. 00 Amount that can be profitably expended in fiscal year ending June 30, 1948: For new work 2 .___________________-___________________ 68, 000. 00 -11, For maintenance 2-______________________________________ 750. 00 ------------- Total 2a____________________________ 79, 750. 00 Exclusive of available funds. 20. MOREHEAD CITY IHARBOR, N. C. Location.-This harbor is situated on the northern shore of Bogue Sound, adjacent to Beaufort Harbor and Inlet. New Bern, N. C., the nearest city of importance, is about 43 miles by inland waterway to the northwest. (See U. S. Coast and Geodetic Survey Chart No. 420.) Previou.s p'roject.-Tie channel across the ocean bar was formerly improved under the title of Beaufort Inlet, N. C. The project was adopted by the River and Harbor Act of March 3, 1905 (H. Doc. No. 563, 58th Cong., 2d sess.). For further details, see page 470 of Annual Report for 1935. Existing project.-This provides for a channel 30'feet deerp and 400 feet wide across the ocean bar at Beaufort Inlet, thence same depth and 300 feet wide to the marine terminals at Morehead City, enlarged to 600 feet to form a turning basin at that point, and for construction of jetties at the inlet; for a channel 12 feet deep and 100 feet wide from the 30-foot channel to Sixth Street, Morehead City, thence same depth and 200 to 400 feet wide to 'T'enth Street, thence 6 feet deep and 75 feet wide to deep water in Bogue Sound. The average rise of the tide is about 2/2 feet at Morehead City and 31/2 feet at the inlet. Observa- tions made in 1907 showed an extreme range of 4.8 feet. The estimate of cost of new work, revised in 1946, is $2,221,100. The latest (1936) approved estimate for annual cost of maintenance is $89,000. 672 REPORT OF CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMY, 1946 The existing project was authorized by the following river and harbor acts: Acts Work authorized Documents June 25, 1910 Channel 10 feet deep and 100 feet wide to the HI. Doc. No. 649, 61st Cong., 2d sess. wharves at Morehead City, thence 200 feet wide in front of the wharves. 1 July 3,1930 Channel 12 feet deep and 100 feet wide from the H. Doc. No. 106, 70th Cong., 1st sess. outer harbor to 6th St. in Morehead City, thence 200 to'400 feet wide to 10th St., and a channel 6 feet deep and 75 feet wide connecting with Bogue Sound. Aug.26, 1937 2 Channel 30 feet deep and 400 feet wide across the Senate committee print, 74th Cong.. bar at Beaufort Inlet, thence 30 feet deep and 1st sess. 300 feet wide to the marine terminals at More- head City. 1 Contains the latest published map. 2Included in Public Works Administration program, July 5, 1934, under the National Industrial Recovery Act of 1933. Local cooperation.-The project provides that local interests fur- nish, free of cost to the United States, spoil-disposal areas as required for new work and for future maintenance and all other lands needed for the improvement, and to the further condition that local interests give assurances satisfactory to the Secretary of War that an adequate terminal open to the public on uniform terms will be available by the time the channel is completed. Terminals have been completed and spoil-disposal areas for new work furnished. Lands needed in connec- tion with the construction of jetties have not been furnished. Terminal facilities.-There are 37 wharves along the main water front of the town, with a total frontage of -about 1,182 feet. The marine terminals provide 1,350 feet of berthing space with a depth alongside of 27 feet at mean low water, and facilities for transfer of cargoes between rail and water carriers. The existing facilities are considered adequate for existing and prospective commerce. Operations and results during fiscal year.-The work consisted of maintenance dredging by contract and by Government plant and hired labor, repairing dredging ranges and miscellaneous surveys. Between August 6 and October 10, 1945, the contract dredge Florida removed 193,887 cubic yards of material from the turning basin in front of the marine terminal and from the 300-foot-inside channel at a cost of $57,062,18. Between June 19 and 30, 1946, the U. S. hopper dredge Culebra removed 145,801 cubic yards of material from shoals in the outer end of the 300-foot channel, at a cost of $28,625.09. Damaged dredging ranges were repaired at a cost of $863.80. Miscellaneous surveys cost $2,281.16. The total costs were $88,832.23. The expenditures were $88,691.04. Condition at end of fiscal year.-The existing project was 40 per- cent complete. The part of the existing project providing for a 12- foot channel to Morehead City, thence a 6-foot channel westward to Bogue Sound, was completed in 1931; the part providing for the 30- foot channel to the terminals was completed in 1936. No work has been done on the jetties proposed for Beaufort Inlet. At the close of RIVERS AND HARBORS--WILMINGTON, N. C., DISTRICT 673 the fiscal year a depth of 29.6 feet was available in the ocean bar channel; 27 feet in the 30-foot channel (inside) to the terminals at Morehead City; 12 feet from deep water in the outer harbor to the foot of Tenth Street, Morehead City, and thence 6 feet westward to Ilgue Sound. The total costs under the existing project to June 30, 1946 were $1,323,787.59, of which $613,106.40, including $59,630.54 regular funds and $553,475.86 Public Works funds, was for new Work and $710,681.19 for maintenance. The total expenditures amounted to $1,323,607.73, including $553,475.86 Public Works funds. Proposed operations.-The balance unexpended June 30, 1946, $62,473.87, plus an anticipated allotment of $21,000, will be applied to maintenance, as follows: Accounts payable June 30, 1946__------- ------------------- $179. 86 Dredging the 30- by 300-foot channel from just inside the inlet to buoy 17, with U. S. hopper dredge Culebra and hired labor, July 1 to 6, 1946-------------...............--------..--------------------10, 000. 00 Dredging the 30-foot channel through the inlet with Government plant and hired labor, September and October 1946----------------- 70, 000. 00 Miscellaneous surveys and contingencies.....------------------------ 3, 294. 01 Total for all work -----..........------------------------------ 83, 473. 87 The additional sum of $175,000 can be profitably expended during the fiscal year 1948 for maintenance, as follows: Dredging harbor in front of Morehead City and approach channels, by contract, August 1947.------------------------------.. . $25, 000 Dredging the 30-foot channel from a point just inside the inlet to the marine terminals at Morehead City, and the turning basin in front of the terminals, by contract, July, August, and September 1947....... 75, 000 Dredging the channel through the inlet with United States hopper dredge and hired labor, September and October 1947.-------------- 75, 000 Total for all work ------------------------------------ _ $175, 000 The Standard Oil Co. of New Jersey has recently completed an oil Storage and distribution terminal at Morehead City, with a capacity of 375,000 barrels. The company has advised that it expects to handle 1,250,000 barrels -of various petroleum products through this terminal during the calendar year 1947, including a large quantity of aviation gasoline and other fuels for the Marine Corps Installations at Cherry Point and Camp Lejeune. The company's present delivery schedule calls for one tanker of the T-2 type, drawing 29 feet loaded, to arrive at this terminal each month. In view of the proposed additional use" to be made of this 30-foot channel, it is believed that maintenance of this channel to full project dimensions is warranted. Cost and financial summary Cost of new work to June 30, 1946_----....-- ....------ $657, 590. 64 Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1946--------................... 995, 238. 63 Total cost of permanent work to June 30, 1946.---------- 1, 652, 829. 27 Minus accounts payable June 30, 1946_---.-------__...-, 179. 86 Net total expenditures----------------------------- 1, 652, 649. 41 Unexpended balance June 30, 1946----------------.-.-...._ 62, 473. 87 Total amount appropriated to June 30, 1946.------------ 1, 715, 123. 28 S674 REPORT OF CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMY, 1946 Fiscal year ending June 30 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 Cost of new work----- . . .. . . . . . . ..------------------------------------------ ------ . Cost of maintenance.............. $36,255.83 $22, 237.29 $213,141.53 $144,373.76 $88,83 2 Total expended .................. 36, 900. 16 22, 237. 29 212, 586. 53 144, 890. 09 88,691.04 Allotted.......................... 55, 000. 00 -........... 144, 357. 59 234,000.00 61,500.00 Balance unexpended July 1, 1945-__---------.-.-.--.-____- $89, 664. 91 Amount allotted during fiscal year_-..-....-..-.--..---.---- 89, 000. 00 Amount to be accounted for---------------------------- 178, 664. 91 Deductions on account of revocation of allotment -------------- 27, 500. 00 Net amount to be accounted for.-------------------- __ 151, 164. 91 Gross amount expended---------------------- $88, 696. 96 Less reimbursements collected------------------- 5. 92 88, 691. 04 Balance unexpended June 30, 1946--------------------- 62, 473. 87 Outstanding liabilities, June 30, 1946....------------------------ 179. 86 Balance available June 30, 1946_.--------. --------- - 62, 294. 01 Amount (estimated) required to be appropriated for completion of existing project 1 ----------------------- 1, 608, 000. 00 Amount that can be profitably expended in fiscal year ending ----- June 30, 1948, for maintenance 1_----------- ----------- 175, 000. 00 1 Exclusive of available funds. 21. BEAUFORT HARBOR, N. C. Location.-This harbor is just inside Beaufort Inlet adjacent to Morehead City Harbor. New Bern, N. C., the nearest city of impor- tance, is about 43 miles by inland waterway to the northwest. (See U. S. Coast and Geodetic Survey Chart No. 420.) Previous projects.--Adopted by River and Harbor Act of July 4, 1836. The total cost and expenditure was $5,000 for new work. For further details, see page 1803 of Annual Report for 1915. Existing project.-This provides for the stopping of erosion at the inlet by jetties and sand fences at Fort Macon and Shackleford. Points and other shore protection; for a channel 12 feet deep at mean flow water, 100 feet wide in Bulkhead and Gallants Channels and 600 feet wide in front of the town of Beaufort; and for the construc- tion of a stone bulkhead from Town Marsh across Bird Shoal to the westerly end of Carrot Island. The distance from the inlet to the upper end of Gallants Channel is about 5 miles. The average rise of tide is 21/2 feet at Beaufort and 31/2 feet at the inlet. The extreme range of tides is 5 feet. Trhe estimate of cost for new work, revised in 1946, exclusive of amount expended on previous projects, is $341,700. The latest (1945) approved estimate for annual cost of maintenance is $20,200. RIVERS AND HARBORS-WILMINGTON, N. C., DISTRICT 675 The existing project was authorized by the following river and harbor acts: Acts Work authorized Documents Mar. 3,1881 9-foot channel 200 feet wide through Bulkhead Annual Report, 1881, p. 1013. Channel to Beaufort; a 6-foot channel 100 feet wide to North River and Core Sound; and the construction of jetties on Shackleford Point. )o--...... Reduced channel 100 feet wide and 7 feet deep Annual Report, 1890, p. 1134. through Bulkhead Channel to Beaufort. Mar. 2,1907 Repairs to Fort Macon jetties and additional Specified in act. :uJetties and shore protection. June 25, 1910 10-foot channel 60 feet wide from Beaufort through II. Doec. No. 511, 61st Cong., 2d sess. Gallants Channel to the inland waterway. Mar. 2, 1919 Turning and anchorage basin 10 feet deep in front H. Doc. No. 1108, 63d Cong., 2d sess. of Beaufort. Sar. 3, 1925 Bulkhead across Bird Shoal...............,.. Rivers and Harbors Committee Doe. No. 8, 68th Cong., 2d sess.' July 3,1930 Increase in depth to 12 feet in Bulkhead Channel, H. Doe. No. 776, 69th Cong., 2d sess.l Gallants Channel, and in front of Beaufort. Mar. 2,1945 Increase in width and length of basin in front of II. Doe. No. 334, 76th Cong., lstsess.l -Beaufort, all to depth of 12 feet. Contains latest published maps. Local cooperation.-The River and Harbor Act of March 2, 1945, -provided 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 required for initial work and for subsequent maintenance, and hold and save the United States free from claims for damages resulting from the improvement. The board of county commissioners, Carteret County, has signified its intention of meeting all local cooperation requiremnents. Terminal facilities.-There are 40 wharves contiguous to this har- bor. They have a total frontage of about 1,400 feet. The existing facilities are considered adequate for present commerce. Operations and results during fiscal year.-The work consisted of maintenance dredging by contract, and miscellaneous surveys. Be- tween October 10 and 19, 1945, the contract dredge Savannah removed 16,746 Cubic yards of mate rial from the entrance to Bulkhead Chan- nlhel. The costs were $8,999.85 for maintenance. The expenditures were $8,974.25. Condition at end of fiscal year.-'Tile existing project was 83 per- cent complete. IThe deepening of Bulkhead and Gallants Channels and of the basin in front of Beaufort was completed in 1931. No work has been done on increasing the width and length of the basin in front of Beaufort. At the close of the fiscal year the controlling depth in the completed portion was 12 feet. lThe stone jetties and trainmng Wall were in fair condition. The costs under the existing project to June 30, 1946, were $269,667.38 for new work and $286,401.63 for mlaintenance, a total of $556,069.01. Expenditures were $269,667.38 for new work and $286,376.03 for maintenance, a total of $556,043.41. 676 REPORT OF CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMY, 1946 Proposed operations.---The balance unexpended June 30, 1946, $9,255.83, plus an anticipated allotment of $7,500 will be applied to maintenance as follows: Accounts payable, June 30, 1946. .. .--- _ _ _ __ _ _ _ $25. 60 Dredging by contract to restore project dimensions in Bulkhead and Gallants Channels and in the basin in front of Beaufort, October 1946-------------------------------------------------16, 730. 23 Total for all work.------------------- -------------- 16, 755. 83 The additional sum of $89,500 can be profitably expended during the fiscal year 1948, as follows: New work: Dredging 360,000 cubic yards of material to enlarge basin in front of Beaufort to 600 feet wide, 12 feet deep, by contract, December 1947, January and February 1948_ _ _________ $72, 000 Maintenance: Dredging shoals in Bulkhead and Gallants Channels, by contract, October 1947_----------_ _- _..-- __-_-_-_-_-_-17, 500 Total for all work_----...-- _-_--______-___-- _-- -- 89, 500 Cost and financial summary Cost of new work to June 30, 1946_------....---______ __ $274, 667. 38 Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1946_---....---...-.- 286, 401. 63 Total cost of permanent work to June 30, 1946__--------- 561, 069. 01 Minus accounts payable June-30, 1946--- 25. 60 Net total expenditures. . . . . . . 561, 043. 41 Unexpended balance June 30, 1946----------------------------9, 255. 83 Total amount appropriated to June 30, 1946-------------- 570, 299. 24 Fiscal year ending June 30 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 Cost of new work ............... Cost of maintenance............. $1, 429. 11 $13. 729.67--------------$16, 769. 02 $ 99.85 Total expended.................. 3. 424. 42 1,729. 6--------------1,7.2 3424.42 13, 729. -------- 67 16, 769. 92 ,942 8,942 10, 000.00 Allotted......................... -------------....... 12, 092.71 35,000.00- Balance unexpended July 1, 1945------------------------_ Amount allotted during fiscal year.-----__________ $18, 230. 08 10, 000. 00 Amount to be accounted for --------------------------- 28, 230. 08 Deductions on account of revocation of allotment---------------- 10, 000. 00 Net amount to be accounted for------------------------18, 230. 08 Gross amount expended_------..--..-.----...-. . . ... 8, 974. 25 Balance unexpended June 30, 1946.....----------------------- 9, 255. 83 Outstanding liabilities, June 30, 1946. --------------------------- 25. 60 Balance available June 30, 1946-- 9, 230. 23 Amount (estimated) required to be appropriated for completion of existing project 1 ------------------------------------------ 72, 000. 00 Amount that can be profitably expended in fiscal year ending June 30, 1948: For new work 1 ------------------------------------------ 72, 000. 00 For maintenance 1----------------------.---.---- - -- 17, 500. 00 Total 1 --------------------------------------- ------ 89, 500. 00 I Exclusive of available funds. RIVERS AND HARBORS--WILMINGTON, N. C., DISTRICT 677 22. CHANNEL FROM BACK SOUND TO LOOKOUT BIGIIT, N. O. Location.--This channel extends from a point near the eastern end of Harkers Island, about 8 miles east of Beaufort, through the shallow waters of Back Sound and Lighthouse Bay, to and through Shackleford Banks, and into the Atlantic Ocean at Lookout Bight, and is about 4 miles long. (See U. S. Coast and Geodetic Survey Chart No. 421.) Existing project.-The project provides for a channel 100 feet wide and 7 feet deep at mean low water from deep water in Back Sound, through Shackleford Banks to deep water in Lookout Bight. The mean range of tide-is 3.8 feet in Lookout Bight and 1.3 feet in Back Sound, and the extreme range is 8.2 feet in Lookout Bight and 3.8 feet in Back Sound. The estimate of cost for new work, made in 1946, is $99,700. The latest (1945) approved estimate for annual cost of maintenance is $23,000. The existing project was authorized by the following river and harbor acts: Acts Work authorized Documents Aug. 26,1937 5-foot channel, 50 feet wide from Back Sound to I. Doc. No. 251, 75th Cong., 1st sess.l Lookout Bight. Mar. 2, 1945 Present project dimensions.....................----- I. Doc. No. 746, 77th Cong., 2d sess. 1 IContain latest published maps. Local cooperation.-Fully complied with. Terminal facilities.-None. Not required. Operations and results during fiscal year.-The work consisted of maintenance dredging by contract and miscellaneous surveys. Be- tween April 27 and 'ay 24, 1946, the contract dredge Arlington, removed 41,532 cubic yards of material from shoals in the Lookout Bight entrance, in the tangent through'the barrier beach, and in the tangent in Back Sound. The costs were $26,356.34 for maintenance. The expenditures were $26,320.31. Condition at end of fiscal year.---The existing project was 33 percent complete. The channel 5 feet deep, 50 feet wide, was completed in 1938. No work has been done on increasing the depth to 7 feet and the width to 100 feet. The controlling dept& at the close of the fiscal year was 5 feet. The costs under the existing project to June 30, 1946, were $24,676.08 for new work and $110,919.61 for maintenance, a total of $135,595.69. The expenditures were $24,676.08 for new work and $110,883.58 for maintenance, a total of $135,559.66. Proposed operations.-The balance unexpended June 30, 1946, $16,679.69, will be applied to maintenance, as follows: Accounts payable June 30, 1946----------------------------- $36. 03 Dredging, by contract, December 1946.---------------------- 16, 643. 66 Total for all work. ------------------------------- . .. 16, 679. 69 678 REPORT OF CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMY, 1946 The additional sum of $75,000 can be profitably expended for new work during the fiscal year 1948, for dredging 300,000 cubic vards of material to enlarge existing channel to a depth of 7 feet, width of 100 feet, by contract, July to October 1947. Cost and financial summary Cost of new work to June 30, 1946___---...-.-.--.---_--- -$24, 676. 08 Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1946_-----------------------. 110, 919. 61 Total cost of permanent work to June 30, 1946------------ 135, 595. 69 Minus accounts payable June 30, 1946-__---- ___----__ ___--- 36. 03 Net total expenditures------------------------------.......... 135, 559. 66 Unexpended balance June 30, 1946- -.--------.-.-.- .....--- 16, 679. 69 Total amount appropriated to June 30, 1946 -------------- 152, 239. 35 Fiscal year ending Juno 30 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 Cost ofnew work................. Cost of maintenanco.............. $6, 963. 97 . "........ $1,352. 96 $23,739. 35 $26, 3 6.34 " __ Total expended ........... -------------- 16, 85,25.82 1,352 96 23,739.35 26,320.31 Allotted----..................... 10,000.00 -$31,000.00 ............ .. 23, 739. 35 43, 000. 0 Amount allotted during fiscal year__-------------------------_ $43, 000. 00 Gross amount expended ------------------------------------ 26, 320. 31 Balance unexpended June 30, 1946_--------------------- 16, 679. 69 Outstanding liabilities, June 30, 1946.-------------------------- 36. 03 Balance available June 30, 1946__._--.--..---..--.--.-... 16, 643. 66 Amount (estimated) required to be appropriated for completion of existing project 1- ....-.--......---......-....-- 75, 000. 00 Amount that can be profitably expended in fiscal year ending June 30, 1948, for new work 1 ------------------------------------- 75, 000. 00 I Exclusive of available funds. 23. INLAND WATERWAY, BEAUFORT TO CAPE FEAR RIVER, N. C., INCLUDING WATERWAY TO JACKSONVILLE, N. C. Location.-This waterway begins at Beaufort Harbor and follows the general line of the coast, passing through Bogue Sound and the sounds and marine marshes to the south, to a point in Myrtle Sound just north of Carolina Beach, crossing the mainland at that point into Cape Fear River, which it enters about 16 miles below Wilmington. (See U. S. Coast and Geodetic Survey Charts Nos. 1234 and 1235.) Previos projects.-Adopted by River and Harbor Acts of July 4, 1836; March 3, 1837; July 7, 1838; August 2, 1882; August 5, 1886; September 19, 1890; March 3, 1905; June 25, 1910; and August 8, 1917. For further details, see page 1803 of Annual Report for 1915, and page 585 (for New River), page 587 (for waterway between New River and Swansboro), page 589 (for waterway between Beaufort Harbor and New River; that is, portion between Beaufort and Swansboro), Annual Report for 1917; Annual Report for 1926, page 532, and An- nual Report for 1938, page 523. RIVERS .AND '.HARBORS-WILMINGTON, N. C., DISTRICT 679 Eiisting project.-This provides for a waterway 12 feet deep at Rean low water and 90 feet wide along the coast from Beaufort, N. C., to the Cape Fear River, 93.5 miles, with such modifications in routing as the Chief of Engineers may find desirable and economical and including the provision of a tidal lock near the Cape Fear end and a highway bridge in its vicinity. The project also provides for a channel 10 feet deep at mean low water and 90 feet wide in New River to the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad bridge at Jacksonville, N. C., 21 miles; for a side channel 12 feet deep and 90 feet wide to a turning basin of the same depth, 200 feet wide and 350 feet long, opposite the principal wharves at Swansboro; for an entrance channel 6 feet deep and 90 feet wide at New River Inlet with connecting channel of the sane dimensions to the Inland Waterway near the mouth of New River; for six mooring basins at various locations along the Waterway, and for a channel 8 feet deep, 90 feet wide, from the waterway via Motte and Banks Channels to a point just within Masonboro Inlet, at Wrightsville Beach. The tidal range varies from 31/2 feet at the inlets to 1 foot at points between. The tidal range for New River variesfrom 31/2 feet at New River Inlet to 1 foot at the head of the marshes, and nothing at Tar Landing 31 miles above. At the Beaufort end of this waterway the -extreme range of tide is 5 feet. At the various inlets between Beaufort Inlet and New River Inlet the extreme range of tides is probably from 4.5 to 5 feet. At the Cape Fear River end the mean range is 3.8 feet. The estimate of cost for new work, revised in 1946, is $2,427,300, exclusive of amounts expended on previous projects. The latest (1945) approved estimate for annual cost of mnaintenance is $162,100. The existing project was authorized by the following river and harbor acts: Acts Work authorized Documents Aug. 8,1917 A 3-foot channel 100 feet wide from Beaufort to TI. Doe. No. 1775, 64th Cong., 2d sess. Swansboro, thence 40 feet wide to Jacksonville. Jan, 21,1927 A 12-foot channel 90 feet wide from Beaufort to H. Doe. No. 450, 69th Cong., 1st sess.' Cape Fear River, N. C. Aug. 30, 1935 A 10-foot channel 90 feet wide in New River from H. Doc. No. 67, 74th Cong., 1st soss.l the Inland Waterway to Jacksonville. Aug. 26, 1937 A 12-foot side channel 90 feet wide to Swansboro.. Rivers and Harbors Committee Doe. No. 16, 75th Cong., 1st sess.1 June 20, 1938 A 6-foot channel 90 feet wide from New River Ii. Doec. No. 691, 75th Cong., 3d sess.1 Inlet to the Inland Waterway. Mar. 2,1945 6 mooring basins..--...............--------------- H. Doe. No. 660, 76th Cong., 3d sess.' Do....... An 8-foot channel 90 feet wide from waterway to II. Doe. No. 346, 77th Cong., 1st sess.I Masonboro Inlet. i Contain latest published maps. Hlouse Local cooperation.-Fully complied with, except for conditions in I)ocuinent No. 346, seventy-seventh Congress, first session, viz, that local interests furnish free of cost to the United States all lands, easements, and rights-of-way and spoil-disposal areas for the im- provement and subsequent maintenance, when and as required, and 680 REPORT OF CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMY, 1946 hold and save the United States free from claims for damages result- ing from the improvement. The Board of County Commissioners, New Hanover County, has signified its intention of complying with all local cooperation requirements. Terminal facilities.-The north end of this waterway is in Beau- fort Harbor and harbor at Morehead City, the terminal facilities of which are described in the reports for those improvements in this report. There are 16 wharves between Morehead City and Swans- boro, 10 at or near Swansboro, 9 on New River, of which 5 are at or near Jacksonville, and 16 between New River and Cape Fear River. The facilities are considered adequate for existing commerce. Operations and results during fiscal year.-The work consisted of maintenance dredging by contract and with Government l)lant and hired labor. Between July 1 and 16, 1945, and October 26, 1945, and January 10, 1946, the contract dredge Marion removed 143,011 cubic yards of mate- rial from shoals in sections 1 and 2, at a cost of $48,906.37. Between May 21 and June 19, 1946, the U. S. dredge CaptainIluston removed 193,565 cubic yards of material from shoals in section 4, at a cost of $55,480.49. Miscellaneous surveys cost $10,928.51. The total costs were $115,315.37 for maintenance. The expendi- tures were $130,476.77. Condition at end of fiscal year.--The existing project is 98.6 percent complete. That part of the project providing for a 12-foot channel between Beaufort and the Cape Fear River was completed in 1932; the 12-foot side channel to Swansboro and the 10-foot channel in New River to Jacksonville were completed in 1939; and the channel from New River Inlet to the waterway was completed in 1940. No work has been done on that part of the existing project providing for six mooring basins, nor on the 8-foot channel from the waterway to Masonboro Inlet. At the close of the fiscal year, the controlling (epths were as follows: 9.2 feet between Beaufort and the Cape Fear River, 12 feet in side channel to Swansboro, 7.8 feet in waterway to Jackson- ville, N. C., and 5.1 feet to New River Inlet. The total costs of the existing project to June 30, 1946, were $2,361,331.39 for new work and $1,462,698.56 for maintenance, a total of $3,824,029.95. The total ex- penditures were $3,823,386.70. Proposed operations.-The balance unexpended June 30, 1946 $37,464.88, plus an anticipated allotment of $86,000, will be applied to maintenance, as follows: Accounts payable June 30, 1946_------------------------------- $643. 25 Dredging to restore project dimensions in waterway between Beau- fort and Cape Fear River, including waterway to Jacksonville, N. C., in side channel to Swansboro, and in New River Inlet channel, by contract, as needed during fiscal year 1947--------- 110, 000. 00 Miscellaneous surveys and contingencies-----------------------12, 821. 63 Total for all work_ __----------------.-...----.----....-123, 464. 88 RIVERS AND HARBORS-WILMINGTON, N. C., DISTRICT 681 The additional sum of $227,000 can be profitably expended during the fiscal year 1948, as follows: New work: Construction of 6 mooring basins, by contract, August to October 1947 ----------------------------------------------- $48, 000 Dredging, by contract, 60,000 cubic yards of material from channel 8 feet deep, 90 feet wide, from Inland Waterway through Motte and Banks Channels to Masonboro Inlet, August 1947----------18, 000 Maintenance: Dredging to restore project dimensions in waterway between. Beaufort and Cape Fear River, including waterway to Jack- sonville, N. C., in side channel to Swansboro and in New River Inlet channel, by contract, as needed during fiscal year 1948---------- ........... 161, 000 Total for all work.------------- .....--------------- 227, 000 Cost of financial summary Cost of new work to June 30, 1946_----------_ -------------- $2, 560, 038. 31 Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1946_------.-... ...--.---. 1, 570, 332. 50 Total cost of permanent work to June 30, 1946 Minus accounts payable June 30, 1946...-...-.-----.-. ---------- 4, 130, 370. 81 . .643. 25 Net total expenditures.-----... .4, - 129, 727. 56 Unexpended balance June 30, 1946-------------- ----- 37, 464. 88 Total amount appropriated to June 30, 1946.----------- 4, 167, 192. 44 Fiscal year ending June 30 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 Cost of new work................. Cost of maintenance............ $115,997.92 $119, 026.72 $457, 549. 62 $55, 263.96 $115, 315. 37 Total expended................... 116, 094. 93 112, 438. 12 464,138. 22 39, 459.31 130, 476. 77 Allotted.......................... 95, 000.00 275, 000. 00 204, 000. 00 120, 229.33 73, 000. 00 Balance unexpended July 1, 1945_-----..... .- $94, 941. 65 Amount allotted during fiscal year__._.-.....-...-...-.....-- 95, 000. 00 Amount to be accounted for--.-. 189, 941. 65 Deductions on account of revocation of allotment-----_-_------ 22, 000. 00 Net amount to be accounted for.--------------------- 167, 941. 65 Gross amount expended_.....-.---.-...-....------------ 130, 476. 77 Balance unexpended June 30, 1946_-----.--...--. 37, 464. 88 Outstanding liabilities, June 30, 1946 ------------------------- 643. 25 Balance available June 30, 1946_.----- .----------- 36, 821. 63 Amount (estimated) required to be appropriated for completion of existing project ' -------------------------------------- 66, 000. 00 Amount that can be' profitably expended in fiscal year ending June 30, 1948: For new work 1 ------------------------- 66, 000. 00 For maintenance -------------------------------------- 161, 000. 00 Total i- -----....................................- - - 227, 000. 00 'Exclusive of available funds. 682 :REPORT OF CHIEF? OF ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMY, 1946 . 24. INTRACOASTAL WATERWAY FROM CAPE FEAR RIVER, N. C., TO WINYAH BAY, S. C. Location.--This waterway begins at Southport, N. C., and fol- lows in general a route from the Cape Fear River up Elizabeth River 6.7 miles to a point near its headwaters; thence through high ground 2.6 miles to the headwaters of Davis Creek; thence down Davis Creek to the sounds and salt marshes and through the latter to Little River, S. C., 24.2 miles; thence up Little River 5.7 miles to its headwaters; thence through high ground 21.8 miles to the head of Socastee Creek; thence down Socastee Creek 6.5 miles to the Waccamaw River, and down the latter 27 miles to Winyah Bay; a total distance of 94.5 miles. (See U. S. Coast and Geodetic Survey Charts Nos. 1236 and 1237.) Existing project.-This provides for a waterway 12 feet deep at mean low water and not less than 90 feet wide between Cape Fear River, N. C., and Winyah Bay, S. C., a distance of approximately 94.5 miles; for the construction of three bridges crossing the water- way in HIorry County, S. C.; for a yacht basin 230 feet wide, 450 feet long, and 12 feet deep near the town of Southport, connected with the Intracoastal Waterway by a suitable channel of the same depth; and for an anchorage basin 125 feet wide, 335 feet long, and 12 feet deep near Myrtle Beach, S. C. The mean range of tide on Cape Fear bar is 4.7 feet; at inlets 4 feet, varying to 2 feet at points midway between inlets, and in Winyah Bay, at Georgetown, 3.3 feet. The estimate of cost for new work, revised in 1946 is $6,027,600. The latest (1945) approved estimate for annual cost of maintenance is $91,800. The exisiting project was authorized by the following river and harbor acts: Acts Work authorized Documents July A waterway 8 feet deep and 75 feet wide from Cape 3, 1930 H. Doc. No. 41, 71st Cong., 1st sess. Fear River to Winyah Bay. Aug. 30,19351. Construction of bridges across the waterway in Rivers and Harbors Committee Doe. IIorry County, S. C. No. 14, 72d Cong., 1st sess. Aug. 26,1937 Increasing dimensions of waterway to 12 feet deep Rivers and Harbors Committee Doe. 5 and 90 feet wide. No. 6, 75th Cong., 1st sess. June 20,1938 To provide a yacht basin near Southport, 12 feet H. Doe. No. 549, 75th Cong., 3d sess.s deep, 230 feet wide, and 450 feet long, with connecting channel. Mar. 2, 1945 Anchorage basin 125 feet wide, 335 feet long, 12 IH. Doe. No. 327, 76th Cong., 1st seas. feet deep, near Myrtle Beach, S. C. 1 Included in Public Works Administration program Sept. 6, 1933. 2 Contain latest published maps. Local cooperation.--Fully complied with, except for conditions in House Document No. 327, Seventy-sixth Congress, first session, which require 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 mainte- nance; and gives assurances, satisfactory to the Secretary of War, that they will provide and maintain suitable mooring piles, walkways, RIVERS .AND HARBORS-WILMINGTON, :N.' C.,' DISTRICT 683 and road connections open to the public without cost, and will provide and operate servicing :facilities for recreational craft, open to 'all on equal and reasonable terms, all as may be required by the Secretary of War. Terminal facilities.-There are numerous wharves and lanings along the present waterways, used mostly for shipping agricultural and timber products. These wharves are of the open-pile and timber type. The facilities are considered adequate for existing commerce. Operations and results during fiscal year.-The work consisted of maintenance dredging, by contract and with Government plant and hired labor, experimental bank stabilization with hired labor, and miscellaneous surveys. The work under the Wilmington, N. C., district, covering the section from Cape Fear River, N. C., to Little River, S. C., consisted of main- tenance dredging by contract and miscellaneous surveys. Between July 19, 1945, and January 24, 1946, the contract dredge Marion re- moved 171,961 cubic yards of material from shoals in the waterway between Shallotte River, N. C., and Little River, S. C., at a cost of $37,665.52. Miscellaneous surveys cost $2,768.55. The total costs were $40,434.07 for maintenance. Thie expenditures were $44,483.17. The work under the Charleston, S. C., district, covering the section from Little River to Winyah Bay, S. C., was as follows: The U. S. pipe-line dredge Colonel George P. Howell and hired; laborl removed 144,780 cubic yards of material from nine shoals be- tween miles 17.5 and 25.5, at a cost of $27,925.50. During March 1946, kudzu crowns and willows were planted by hired labor along both banks of the waterway and along the banks of a connecting drainage ditch near Myrtle Beach, at a cost of $2,388.91. Miscellaneous surveys cost $6,339.17. In addition, the cost during the fiscal year 1945 was ad- justed by a credit of $825.93 resulting from collection of damages due the Government from a contractor. The cost of surveys and supervi- Sionl was $14,073.01. The total costs were $45,854.09 for maintenance. The expenditures were $59,085.98. Condition at end of fiscal year.-The existing project is 99.8 percent complete; the 8-foot waterway, including construction of three bridges, was completed in 1936; the enlargement of the previous 8-foot project to the existing 12-foot project and dredging the yacht basin at Southport were completed in 1940. No work has been done on the anchorage basin near Myrtle Beach, S. C. At the close of the fiscal Year the controlling depths were 11 feet from Cape Fear River, N. C., to Little River, S. C.; thence 9.5 feet for a width of 60 feet from Little iver, S. C. to Socastee Bridge; thence 12 feet to Winyah Bay, S. C. The total costs under the existing project to June 30, 1946, were $6,932,511.24 ($4,867,074.30 regular funds and $2,065,436.94 Public Works funds) of which $6,013,621.86 was for new work and $918,889.38 for maintenance. The total expenditures were $6,- 932,036.46, of which $4,866,599.52 was regular funds and $2,065,436.94 1Public Works funds. 684 REPORT OF CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMY, 1946 Proposed operations.-The balance unexpended June 30, 1946, $119,297.86, will be applied to maintenance, as follows: Accounts payable June 30, 1946-------------------------------_$474. 78 Restoring project dimensions by contract and with Government plant and hired labor, as needed, July 1, 1946, to June 30, 1947: Section from Cape Fear River, N. C., to Little River, S. C..-- 28, 181. 17 Section from Little River to Winyah Bay, S. C.. -------------- 90, 641. 91 Total for all work-- -------------------------------- 119, 297. 86 The additional sum of $143,000 can be profitably expended during the fiscal year 1948, as follows: New work: Dredging, by contract, to provide an anchorage basin 125 feet wide, 335 feet long, and 12 feet deep near Myrtle Beach, S. C., January 1948 -------------------------------------------- $14, 000 Maintenance: Dredging to restore project dimensions, by contract and with Government plant and hired labor, as needed, July 1, 1947, to June 30, 1948: Section from Cape Fear River, N. C., to Little River, S. C...... 50, 000 Section from Little River to Winyah Bay, S. C ----------------- 79, 000 Total for all work------------------.........-..-.- 143, 000 Cost and financial summary Cost of new work to June 30, 1946-___......._-.. ___..___. .$6, 013, 621. 86 Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1946------------------------ 918, 889. 38 Total cost of permanent work to June 30, 1946 ..---------- 6, 932, 511. 24 Minus accounts payable June 30, 1946,----------------------- 474. 78 Net total expenditures_ .---- _______- ______-_ _ Unexpended balance June 30, 1946......------ __ _ _ _ _ -119, 6, 932, 036. 46 297. 86 Total amount appropriated to June 30, 1946------------ 7, 051, 334. 32 Fiscal year ending June 30 . 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 Cost of new work ................. Cost of maintenance............. $22, 056. 35 $245, 384. 92 $89, 186. 38 $136, 282. 58 $8628816 Total expended................... 24, 050. 566 231, 020. 40 101, 444. 29 118, 749. 32 103, 569.15 Allotted...........-..............- 8, 000. 00 178, 471. 35 33, 00.00 330,800. 00 1,617. 62 Balance unexpended July 1, 1945.-------------------------- $221, 249. 39 Amount allotted during fiscal year_------------------------- 138, 600. 00 Amount to be accounted for. ----------------------- 359, 849. 39 Deductions on account of revocation of allotment -------------- 136, 982. 38 Net amount to be accounted for..--------. _ _------ -_ 222, 867. 01 Gross amount expended__-------------------- $106, 899. 87 Less reimbursements collected----- --------- .3, _ 330. 72 103, 569. 15 Balance' unexpended June 30, 1946--------------------- 119, 297. 86 Outstanding liabilities, June 30, 1946..---------_ _ _.... __ __. 487. 28 Balance available June 30, 1946_..--.____-- __-_..--- 118, 810. 58 RIVERS AND HARBORS-WILMINGTON, N. C., DISTRICT 685 Amount (estimated) required to be appropriated for completion of existing project i ------------------------------------- $14, 000. 00 Amount that can be profitably expended in fiscal year ending June 30, 1948: For new work ---------------- ----------------------- 14, 000. 00 For maintenance 1---------.--------------------------- 129, 000. 00 Total 1------------------------------------- -------- 143, 000. 00 SExcltlsivo of available funds. 25. CAPE FEAR RIVER, N. C., AT AND BELOW WILMINGTON Location.-This river is formed by the confluence at Moncure, N. C., in Chatham County, of the Deep and Haw Rivers. It flows south- easterly and empties into the Atlantic Ocean at Cape Fear, near the southern extremity of the State. (See U. S. Coast and Geodetic Sur- Vey Charts Nos. 424 and 425.) Previous projects.-Authorizedby River and Harbor Acts of March 2, 1829; July 22, 1854; July 11, 1870; March 3, 1873; June 23, 1874; September 19, 1890; June 13, 1902; and March 2, 1907. For further details, see page 1804 of Annual Report for 1915 and page 533 of Annual Report for 1938. Existing project.-This provides for a channel 32 feet deep, 400 feet wide, from the outer end of the ocean bar to Wilmington, with increased widths at bends; for an anchorage basin at Wilnington of the same depth, 2,000 feet long, 900 feet wide at the upper end, 1,100 feet wide at the lower end, with approaches 1,500 feet long at the upper end and 4,500 feet long at the lower end; for a turning basin opposite the principal terminals at Wilmington, 32 feet deep, 1,000 feet long, 800 feet wide, with suitable approaches at each end; for a channel 12 feet deep and 100 feet wide in the Cape Fear River, from a point near the eastern entrance of the inland waterway to a connec- tion with the main river channel at a point about 3 miles above; and for a channel 25 feet deep, 200 feet wide, from Hilton Bridge over Northeast (Cape Fear) River to a turning basin of the same depth, 600 feet wide, 114 miles above. The plane of reference is mean low water. The length of the section under improvement is about 311/ miles, the upper limit being 11/ miles above Hilton Bridge over North- east (Cape Fear) River. The average rise of tide is 4.7 feet at the ocean bar, 3.6 feet at Keg Island, and 3.4 feet at Wilmington. The extreme range of tides is about 8.5 feet at the ocean bar, 7.3 feet at Orton Cove, and 6. 4 feet at Wilmington. The estimated cost for new work, revised in 1946, is $4,609,500, exclu- sive of amounts expended on previous projects. The latest (1945) approved estimate for annual cost of maintenance is $303,000. 721584-47-pt. 1, vol. 1--44 686 REPORT OF CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMY, 1946 The existing project was authorized by the following river and harbor.acts : Acts Work authorized Documents July 25, 1912 Channel 26 feet deep and 400 feet wide across the HI. Doc. No. 287, 62d Cong., 2d sess. bar, thence same depth and 300 feet wide, in- creased at bends, to Wilmington. Mar. 2, 1919 Channel 30 feet deep and 400 feet wide, across the IH. Doe. No. 746, 65th Cong., 2d sess. ocean bar. (No work was done on this project.) Sept. 22, 1922 A new channel across the ocean bar 30 feet deep H. Doec. No. 94, 67th Cong., 1st sess. and 400 feet wide from Baldhead Point. July 3,1930 Present 30-foot project to Hilton Bridge at Wil- Rivers and Harbors Committee Doo. mington, and a turning basin. No. 39, 71st Cong., 2d sess. 1 Mar. 2,1945 Increase channel widths from 300 to 400 feet, turn- H. Doe. No. 131, 76th Cong., 1st sess. ing basin from 600 to 800 feet, and a channel 12 feet deep, 100 feet wide, from Inland Waterway to river channels. Do....... Increase length of southerly approach to anchor- 8. Doc. No. 83, 76th Cong., 1st sess.I age basin from 1,500 to 4,500 feet, and increase depth of channel from outer end of ocean bar to Wilmington, including turning basin, from 30 to 32 feet. Do-....... Channel 25 feet deep, 200 feet wide, from Hilton S. Doc. No. 170, 76th Cong., 3d sess.' Bridge (Northeast Cape Fear River) to a turn- ing basin, same depth, 134 miles above. 1 Contain latest published maps. Local cooperation.-The River and Harbor Act of March 2, 1945, provided that local interests furnish free of cost to the United States all lands, easements, and rights-of-way and spoil-disposal areas re- quired for the initial work and for subsequent maintenance, when and as required, and hold and save the United States free from claims for damages resulting from the improvement. The board of county com- missioners, New Hanover County, has signified its intention of com- plying with all local cooperation requirements. Terminal facilities.--There are 53 wharves of all classes at Wil- mington, with a combined berthing space of 18,229 linear feet, and depths of water alongside from 10 to 30 feet at mean low water. It is believed that the terminals at Wilmington are adequate at the pres- ent time for the commerce through this port. Below Wilmington there are 27 wharves, which are considered adequate for present needs. For further details, see Port Series No. 11, revised 1944, Corps of Engineers. Operations and results during fiscal year.--The work consisted of maintenance dredging and miscellaneous surveys with Government plant and hired labor, replacement of dredging ranges and repairs to wharf at Southport, and new-work construction of dredging ranges with Government plant and hired labor. Between July 1 and 20, 1945, the U. S. hoppler dredge San Pablo removed 102,375 cubic yards of material by dredging and 91,234 cubic yards by agitation, a total of 193,609 cubic yards, from Baldhead Shoal (ocean bar) channel, and 12,075 cubic yards from Smiths Island Reach, river channel, at a cost of $26,158.81. Between December 26, 1945, and May 15, 1946, thile U. S. dredge Captain JHuston removed 1,067,494 cubic yards of material from tilhe RIVERS .AND HARBORS-WILMINGTON, N. C., DISTRICT 687; river channel; between January 22 and April 15, 1946, the U. S. dredge Talcott removed 638,961 cubic yards of material from the river channel and anchorage basin at Wilmington, a total of 1,706,455 cubic yards, at a total cost of $347,900.79. The United States Engineer Department wharf at Southport was repaired by contract at a cost of $4,816.27. One hundred and thirteen river-channel dredging ranges were re- placed by contract at a cost of $13,659.89. One hundred and nineteen new-work dredging ranges were con- structed by United States plant and hired labor at a cost of $14,639.18. Surveys in connection with advance planning on new work for widening and deepening the Cape Fear River cost $2,607.77. Miscellaneous surveys cost $16,431.77. The total costs were $426,214.48. The expenditures were $424,- 896.19. Condition at end of fiscal year.--The existing project is 57 percent complete. That part of the project providing for a 30-foot channel, 400 feet wide across the ocean bar and the present 30-foot channel to Hilton Bridge, was completed in 1932. No work other than construc- tion of dredging ranges and preparation of plans and specifications has been done on that part of the existing project providing for in- creased width and dep)th in the river channel, turning and anchorage basins, the 25-foot channel 200 feet wide, and basini in Northeast (Cape Fear) River above Hilton Bridge, or the channel 12 feet deep, 100 feet wide, from the waterway to river channel. At the close of the fiscal year the controlling depths were 29 feet in the .ocean bar channel, 29.8 feet in the river channel up to Wilmington and 28 to 30 feet in the anchorage basin at Wilmington. The total costs under the exist- ing project to June 30, 1946, were $2,051,229.42 for new work and $5,217,545.10 for maintenance, a total of $7,268,774.52. The total expenditures were $7,267,456.23. Proposed operations.-The balance unexpended June 30, 1946, $1,106,862.93, plus an anticipated allotment of $100,000, will be applied as follows: Accounts payable June 30, 1946----------- ----------------- . $1, 347. 46 New work: D)redging to increase channel width in upper part of river from 300 to 400 feet and depth to 32 feet, and increasing depth and length of anchorage basin at Wilmington, by contract, September 1946 to June 30, 1947_---- . .- .--- 993, 293. 39 Maintenance: l)redging ocean bar channel with Government plant and hired labor, August, November, and December, 1946_-._ ------ 130, 000. 00 Dredging to restore project dimensions in lower reaches of river, March and April 1947--------------------------- 70, 000. 00 Miscellaneous surveys and contingencies------------------- 12, 222. 08 Total for all work-------------- .. ----------------. 1, 206, 862. 93 The additional sum of $1,790,000 can be profitably expended during the fiscal year 1948, as follows: New work: Dredging to increase channel width from 300 to 400 feet and depth to 32 feet in lower reaches of river; increasing width and depth of turning. basin; construction of 25- by 200-foot channel with basin in Northeast (Cape Fear) River, and con- struction of channel 12 by 100 feet from inland waterway to river channel, by contract--- ...------- -.. l--.L- - $1, 460, 000 688 REPORT OF CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMY, 1946 New work-Continued Deepening ocean bar channel to 32 feet, with Government plant and hired labor___.-------------.-..-..-.... $105, 000 Maintenance: Dredging ocean bar channel with Government plant and hired labor ----------------------------------------------- 105, 000 Dredging in river channel and anchorage basin, by contract ...- 120, 000 Total for all work --------- ------------------------ 1, 790, 000 Cost and financial summary Cost of new work to June 30, 1946_------------------------ $6, 676, 844. 09 Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1946_------------------- -- 5, 820, 159. 35 Total host of permanent work to June 30, 1946---------.......... 12, 497, 003. 44 Minus accounts payable June 30, 1946_ 1, 318. 29 Net total expenditures---------------------------- 12, 495, 685. 15 Unexpended balance June 30, 1946_.--....---........--...- 1, 106, 862. 93 ,Total amount appropriated to June 30, 1946.----------- 13, 602, 548. 08 Fiscal year ending June 30 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 Cost of new work-----.----------"-------------.--------------..-------------- $17, 246.95 Cost of maintenance.............. $49, 520.89 $225,817. 33 $215, 752. 41 $123,494.16 408, 967. 63 Total cost.................. 49, 520.89 225, 817.33 215, 752. 41 123, 494. 16 426, 214.48 Total expended................... 51, 059. 31 225, 817. 33 215, 673. 37 123, 573. 20 424, 896. 19 Allotted....................-----...... 175, 000. 00 168, 775.00 2, 500.00 . 266, 250.00 1,383,400. 00 Balance unexpended July 1, 1945__.-_ _-- _-- - .-.-- ------ $148, 359. 12 Amount allotted during fiscal year...-.-..-..-.....-------- 1, 398, 400. 00 Amount to be accounted for.------------------ --- - 1, 546, 759. 12 Deductions on account of revocation of allotment.....-------------- 15, 000. 00 Net amount to be accounted for-----------------------1, 531, 759. 12 Gross amount expended ------------------------------------ 424, 896. 19 Balance unexpended June 30, 1946....------------------- 1, 106, 862. 93 Outstanding liabilities June 30, 1946-------------------------- 1, 347. 46 Balance available June 30, 1946_- --------... --...,._-1, 105, 515. 47 Amount (estimated) required to be appropriated for completion of existing project 11-------------------------------------- 1, 565, 000. 00 Amount that can be profitably expended in fiscal year ending June 30, 1948: For new work I---------------------------------------- 1, 565, 000. 00 For maintenance 1-------------------- --------------- 225, 000. 00 Total 1 1, 790, 000. 00 1Exclusive of available funds. 26. CAPE FEAR RIVER, N. C., ABOVE WILMINGTON Location.-Forlocation of river see preceding report on Cape Fear River, N. C., at and below Wilmington. Previous projects.-Adopted by acts of March 3, 1881, and June 13, 1909. For further details see page 1805 of Annual Report for 1915 and page 535 of Annual Report for 1938. Existing project.--This provides for a navigable depth of 8 feet at low water from Navassa to the head of navigation at Fayetteville, RIVERS AND HARBORS--WILMINGTON, N. C., DISTRICT 689 115 miles above Wilmington, by the construction of three locks and dams and by dredging of river shoals between Navassa and Fayette- ville, and for a dredged channel from Wilmington to Navassa (4 miles), 25 feet deep and generally 200 feet wide, with a cut-off across Horseshoe Bend and a turning basin approximately 550 feet long and 400 feet in average width at its head. Data regarding locks and dams are as follows: Distance Distance Maximum Lock and dam Location from Wil- above available Lift mington mouth dimensions | I ... . . . I I No.1 .-. Miles Miles Feet Feet No.2 Kings Bluff-........... 39 69 200 by 40 11 IlBrowns Landing.......... 71 101 200 by 40 9 No. 3 T o lar s La nd i n g -. .. . . . . . . 95 126 300 by 40 9 _ - Available depth on Character Kind of Year of Actual Lock and dam miter sills of foun- dam Type of construction comple- at low dation tion cost water =- I*I I I -I- -- Feet No. 1..... 9 Sand.... Fixed... Concrete lock timber crib 1916 1$565, 856 dam, rock filled. No. 2................ 12 ...do....-...do.... Concrete lock, dam rock 1917 2909, 633 No. 3 ................ filled. 9 I...do....l...do .... Concrete lock, concrete 1935 660, 930 dam. 1 _ _ I _ I _ _ Includes $96,184 for increasing lift. lncludes $356,443 for reconstruction and repairs. The tide ranges from 3.4 feet at Wilmington to 1 foot at lock No. 1, Kings Bluff, N. C., 39 miles above. The extreme range of lunar tides is 6.4 feet at Wilmington and 1.5 feet at Kings Bluff. The maximum variation due to floods ranges from 70 feet at Fayetteville to 5 feet at Wilmington. The estimate of cost for new work, revised in 1937, is $2,700,700, exclusive of amount expended on previous projects. The latest (1937) approved estimate for annual cost of maintenance is $43,600, includ- ing $14,000 for operation and care of locks and dams. Lihe existing project was authorized by the following river and harbor acts: Acts Work authorized Documents .1 -I June 25,1910 The 8-foot channel and construction of 2 locks II. Doe. No. 890, 60th Cong., 1st sess. and dams. July 3,1930 Channel 22 feet deep to Navassa. (No work was Rivers and Harbors Committee Doe. done on this project.) No. 39, 71st Cong., 2d sess. June 26, 1934 1 Operation and care of locks and dams provided for with funds from War Department appro- priations for rivers and harbors. Aug. 30, 1935 Construction of lock and dam No. 3, and repairs II. Doe. No. 786, 71st Cong., 3d sess.' and alterations to locks and dams Nos. 1 and 2. Aug. 26, 1937 Present project dimensions from Wilmington to Rivers and Harbors Committee Dec. Navassa with cut-off across Horseshoe Bend, No. 17, 75th Cong., 1st sess.8 and a turning basin. 'Permanent Appropriations Repeal Act. 2 Included in Public Works Administration program, Sept. 27, 1933. Contains latest published maps. 690 REPORT OF CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMY, 1946 : Local cooperation.--Fullycomplied with. Terminal facilities.-There are six wharves between Wilmington and Fayetteville, including the public terminal at.that point. They have a total frontage of about 700 feet. The terminals appear to be adequate for existing commerce. Operations and results during fiscal year.-The work consisted of maintenance dredging with leased plant, maintenance dredging and snagging with Government plant and hired labor, miscellaneous sur- veys, and operation and maintenance of three locks and dams. Between August 13 and November 11, 1945, the leased dredge North- wood, removed 559,599 cubic yards of material from 50 shoals between miles 16 and 115, at a cost of $63,998.03. Between January 2 and 21, 1946, the U. S. dredge Talcott removed 103,217 cubic yards of material from shoals in the 25-foot channel from Wilmington to Navassa, at a cost of $23,688.56. Between July 1 and 31, 1945, and May 24 and June 18, 1946, the U. S. derrick boats Contentnea and Northeast, supplemented by two tractors, removed 101 snags, 28 stumps, 335 trees, 25 logs from the channel; 5 trees from the bank between miles 27 and 72, a nd 2,000 cubic yards of material from a shoal at the lower entrance to lock No. 2, at a cost of $7,991.80. Between October 1, 1945, and February 12, 1946, the U. S. (lerrick boat Northeastremoved 170 snags, 52 stumps, 75 logs, 671 trees, 3 cords " of small snags from the channel, and 10 trees from thle banks, between miles 16 and 115, at a cost of $5,560.44. Miscellaneous surveys cost $2,578.22. The three locks and dams were operated and maintained throughout the fiscal year at a cost of $34,563.33, of which $22,872.30 was for oper- ation and $11,691.03 for maintenance and repairs. The total costs were $138,380.38 for maintenance. The expenditulres were $137,858.03. Condition at end of fiscal year.--The existing project was completed in 1935, except the 25-foot project to Navassa, which was completed in 1939. The controlling depths are 25 feet from Wilmington to Navassa, 4 miles; thence 22 feet to a point 9 miles above Wilmington; thence 5.5 feet to Fayetteville, 115 miles above Wilmnington. The total costs under the existing project to June 30, 1946, were $3,445,- 505.11, of which $2,339,797.63 (including $1,104,390.72 Public Works funds) was for new work, $657,829.16 for maintenance, and $447,878.32 for operating and care. The total expenditures to June 30, 1946, were $3,444,978.16, of which $2,164,761.88 was regular funds, $1,104,390.72 Public Works funds, and $175,825.56 expended between November 1, 1916, and June 30, 1935, on the operating and care of the works of improvement under the provisions of the indefinite appropriation for such purposes. Proposed operations.-The balance unexpended, June 30, 1946, $39.586.60, plus an anticipated allotment of $40,000, will be applied as follows: Accounts payable June 30, 1946 ------------------------------- _ $526. 95 Maintenance: Dredging river channel between Navassa and Fayetteville, by contract, September and October 1946_-- --.--- - -- 38, 000. 00 Snagging between miles 16 and 110 with United States plant and hired labor, May and June 1947--------....--....----. -- 7, 000. 00 RIVERS AND' HARBORS--WILMINGTON, N. C.,' DISTRICT 691 Operating and care of locks and dams: Operating locks and dams Nos. 1, 2, and 3, July 1, 1946, to June 30, 1947 --------------------------------------------- $27, 000. 00 Maintenance and repairs, locks and dams Nos. 1, 2, and 3------...... 4, 500. 00 Miscellaneous surveys and contingencies------------------- 2, 559. 55 Total for all work ----------- --- --------------------- 79, 586. 50 The additional sum of $91,500 can be profitably expended during the fiscal year 1948, as follows: Maintenance: Dredging river channel between Wilmington and Fayetteville, by contract, as needed ___-------------------- ---------------- $53, 000 Snagging between miles 16 and 115, with Government plant and hired labor, as needed_ .- - 7, 000 Operating and care of locks and dams: Operating locks and dams Nos. 1, 2, and 3, July 1,1947, to June 30, 1948 ------------------------------------------------ 27, 000 Maintenance and repairs, locks and dams Nos. 1, 2, and 3..---....----_ _ 4, 500 Total for all work_ -.- __-. - - _______.---------------... 91, 500 Cost and financial summary Cost of new work to June 30, 1946-__---- ..---.- --... $2, 488, 916. 82 Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1946_-------. ------ -_1, 113, 885. 15 Total cost of permanent work to June 30, 1946------ 3, 602, 801. 97 Minus accounts payable June 30, 1946._- .. _-_.---------. 526. 95 Net total expenditures-------------- --- ----------- 3, 602, 275. 02 Unexpended balance June 30, 1946..---.------- ----------- 39, 586. 60 Total amount appropriated to June 30, 1946------------ 3, 641, 861. 62 Fiscal year ending June 20 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 Cost ewwok-...... -- -of Cost of new work-- ............... Cost of maintenance__.......... $46, 002. 53 ----------- :~- $38, 685. 71 -- - $64, 079.49 $80, 330. 90 ----------------------- $138, 30. 38 -- Total expended .................. 46,3C1.68 38, 685.71 64,146.18 86,259.61 137, 858.03 Allotted.......................... 11,000.00 90, 600. 00 51,315.00 , 37, 000. 00 171, 500. 00 Balance unexpended July 1, 1945--------------------_.-------- $86, 844. 63 Amount allotted during fiscal year .........- - ..--.--. --... 98, 600. 00 Amount to be accounted for.-----.---- - 185, 444. 63 Deductions on account of revocation of allotment-------------- 8, 000. 00 Net amount to be accounted for-- Gross amount expended...------.---.---.- -------. 177, 444. 63 137, 858. 03 Balance unexpended June 30, 1946_----.-.------- 39, 586. 60 Outstanding liabilities June 30, 1946---........--------. .949. 77 Balance available June 30, 1946_---------------------- 38, 636. 83 Amount that can be profitably expended in fiscal year ending June 30, 1948, for maintenance 1-....---------------------------- 91, 500. 00 i Exclusive of available funds. 692 REPORT OF CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMY, 1946 27. NORTHEAST (CAPE FEAR) RIVER, N. C. Location.-This river rises in the northern part of Duplin County and flows 130 miles southerly, emptying into the Cape Fear River at Wilmington, 30 miles above its mouth. (See U. S. Coast and Geodetic Survey Chart No. 1235.) Existing project.-This provides for clearing the natural channel for small steamers to Iallsville and for pole boats to Kornegays Bridge. Total length of section, 103 miles. T'ihe tide ranges from about 3.4 feet at the mouth of this stream to nothing a short distance above Bannermans Bridge. The upper portionl is subject to freshets of from 8 to 12 feet. The extreme range of lunar tides is 6.4 feet at mouth, 2.5 feet at Castle Hayne, and 2 feet at Smitlls Bridge. Tihe maximum variation due to floods is 5 feet at mouth, 8 feet at Kornegays Bridge, and 13 feet at Bannermans Bridge. The estimate of cost for new work, revised in 1945, is $11,000. The latest (1945) approved estimate for annual cost of maintenance is $2,000. The existing project was authorized by the River and Harbor Act, September 19, 1890. (See H. Ex. Doc. No. 35, 51st Cong., 1st sess., which contains latest published map, and Annual Report, 1890, p. 1181.) Local cooperation.-None. Terminal facilities.-The wharves on the portion of the river under improvement by the United States number eight, all of which are just above Hilton Bridge. They have a total frontage of about 1,140 feet. The water terminals are considered adequate for existing com- merce. Operations and results (luring fiscal year.-None. Condition at end of fiscal year.-Clearingthe natural channel was ,'ompleted in 1896. T he river is in fair condition for 521/2 miles above the mouth. The governing depths are 15 feet for 23/4 miles above the mouth; thence 6 feet to a point 48 miles above the mouth; and thence 3 feet to Crooms Bridge, 56 miles above the mouth. Above Crooms Bridge the river is navigable only during freshets, which may occur any month in the year. The total costs and expenditures under the existing project to June 30, 1946, were $10,687.96 for new work and $61,138.57 for maintenance a total of $71,826.53. Proposed operations.-- o funds are on hand. An anticipated al- lotment of $5,000 will be applied to maintenance snagging between the mouth and Crooms Bridge, 56 miles above, with Government plant and hired labor, January and February 1947. The additional sum of $5,000 can be profitably expended during the fiscal year 1948 for maintenance snagging between the mouth and Croons Bridge, 56 miles above, with Government plant and hired labor, February and March 1948. Cost and financial summary -------------------------- $..10,687. 96 Cost of new work to June 30, 1946.. Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1946_..-..-.--- .------------ 61, 138. 57 Total cost of permanent work to June 30, 1946_. -----.---- 71, 826. 53 Net total expenditures .-. - --. . _ .. . 71, 826. i 53 Total amount appropriated to June 30, 1946.--.. .-----..-...- 71, 826. 53 RIVERS AND HARBORS-WILMINGTON, 'N. C., DISTRICT 693 Fiscal year ending Juno 30 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 Cost of new work........................................ .. 2 0.0 -,. ............. Cost of maintenanco----------.--------------------------1, 936. 70..................... Total expended------------------------------------------1,936.70- ---- ------ Allotted--------------------- --------- ----- ------------- 2,6500.00 -$563. 30..........-- Amount that can be profitably expended in fiscal year ending June 30, 1948, for maintenance -------------------------------- $5, 000. 00 28. ,LOCKWOODS FOLLY RIVER, N. 0. Location.-Lockwoods Folly River is a small stream about 50 miles long, lying wholly in Brunswick County, which empties into the At- lantic Ocean at a point 12 miles west of the mouth of the Cape Fear River. Supply, 19 miles above the mouth is the practical head of navigation. (See U. S. Coast and Geodetic Survey Chart No. 1236 and U. S. Geological Survey map of North Carolina.) Existing project.-This provides for a channel 100 feet wide and 6 feet deep at low water from the ocean to the bridge at Supply,'19 miles above, to be secured by dredging through the oyster rocks and mud flats. Theaverage rise of the tide is about 41/2 feet near the inlet and 2 feet at Supply. The estimate of cost for new work, made in 1892, was $60,000. The latest (1896) estimate for annual cost of maintenance is $500. T he existing project was authorized by the River and Harbor Act approved September 19, 1890 (Annual Report for 1887, p. 1099). The latest published maps are included in this report. Terminal facilities.-There are no wharves on this river. Natural landings are used for loading and are considered adequate for existing commerce. Operationsand results during fiscal year.-None. Condition at end of fiscal year.-Prior to the fiscal year_1940, no work had been done on this project since 1897, when the project was about 33 percent complete. At the close of the year, between the Intracoastal Waterway and Genoes Point, the controlling depth was 4 feet, thence 3 feet to Supply, 21 miles above the mouth, tile head of navigation. The total costs and expenditures under the existing proj- ect to June 30, 1946, were $30,912.42, of which $17,818.50 was for new work and $13,093.92 for maintenance. Proposedoperations.-No funds are on hand. An anticipated allot- ment of $5,000 will be applied to maintenance dredging, by contract, beween the Inland Waterway and Genoes Point, February 1947. The additional sum of $5,000 can be profitably expended during the fiscal year 1948 for maintenance dredging, by contract, in Mercers Cut, mile 7, April 1948. 694 REPORT OF CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMY, 1946 Cost and financial summary Cost of new work to June 30, 1946---.......-----..-.--.-....- $17, 818. 50 Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1946.------------------------- 13, 093. 92 Total cost of permanent work to June 30, 1946------------- 30, 912* 42 Net total expenditures _. --------------------------------- 30, 912. 42 -------------------- Total amount appropriated to June 30, 1946...... 30, 912. 42 Fiscal year ending June 30 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 Cost of new work... ..... .. ,,----------------..............---------- --------... Cost of maintenance.............. $7, 000. 00 .............. ........... , 931.32 ...----------- Total expended.................. 7,000.00 ..------ -. 1,931. _______ Allotted................-------------------..................-------1, 931.32 - -- Amount that can be profitably expended in fiscal year ending June 30, 1948, for maintenance -------------------------------- 5, 000. 00 29. EXAMINATION, SURVEYS, AND CONTINGENCIES (GENERAL) The costs during the fiscal year were $37,239.24. The expenditures were $34,439.95. The balance unexpended June 30, 1946, will be ap- plied as needed during the fiscal year 1947 to payment of expenses incurred under this heading. The sum of $59,050 can be profitably expended during the fiscal year 1948. Cost and financial summary Cost of new work to June 30, 1946 --- - t .------------------------ Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1946----------------------- $347, 062. 98 Total cost of permanent work to June 30, 1946------------347, 062. 98 Minus accounts payable June 30, 1946------------------------- 2, 815. 79 Net total expenditures_ -_ _.....-.-- ..-.---...-----.-. 344, 247. 19 Unexpended balance June 30, 1946__ ----- .......----------- 13, 245. 02 Total amount appropriated to June 30, 1946-------------- 357, 492. 21 Fiscal year ending June 30 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 , C ost ofnew w ork . . ----.................................... .. . . . . . . .. . . ............... Cost of maintenance .............. $13, 416. 17 $10,007. 22 $12, 416. 16 $11, 721. 03 $37, 239. 24 Total expended------------............. 12, 930. 47 10, 007. 22 12, 416. 16 11, 721.03 34, 439. 95 -5, 000. 00 Allotted-......................... 5,000. 00 10, 000. 00 25, 000. ;0 28, 500. 00 Balance unexpended July 1,1945.------------------ .--- $19, 184. 97 Amount allotted during fiscal year.--------------------------- 28, 500. 00 Amount to be accounted for..---- .------- 47, 684. 97 Gross amount expended_ __.---___----..---.-..-..---.--.--...34, 439. 95 Balance unexpended June 30, 1946------------- -----_ _ 13, 245. 02 Outstanding liabilities, June 30, 1916----....------__ ..-------- 2, 815. 79 Balance available June 30, 1946---- .-.-.- __---------- 10, 429. 23 Amount that can be profitably expended in fiscal year ending June 30, 1948, for maintenance.------- --.-. .---------.-.- 59, 050. 00 RIVERS AND HARBORS--WILMINGTON, N. C., DISTRICT 695 30. OTHER NAVIGATION PROJECTS FOR WHICH NO ESTIMATES ARE SUBMITTED For last Cost and expenditures to Estimated Name of rojet full report June 30, 1946 amount re- see Annual quired to Report for- New work Maintenance complete Newbegun Creek, N. C.-................... 1928 1. $4, 802.08 $246. 58 (2) IPerquimans River, N. C.1.................. 1910 2. 13, 750.00 ......... (2) Edenton Harbor, N. C..................... 3. 1941 73, 750. 00 2, 970.84 (2) 4. Mcherrin lt iver, N. C.-..................... 1945 47, 734. 34 49, 195. 55 (2) 5. Cashie River, N. C.I....................... 1945 40, 402.73 15, 394.93 (2) 6. Mackay Creek, N. C. -- 1938 13, 374. CO -------...................... 4, 773.03 (2) 7. Fishing Creek, N. C...................... 1931 22, 715. 10 8, 632 85 (2) 8. South River, N. C.I....................... 1936 12, 452.02 21, 469 88 (2) 9. Hay River, N. C.I. ....... ................. 1941 44, 381. 56 49, 518.44 (2 10. , l>nith ('rck (Pamlico County), N. C.'..... 1941 14, 471.80 6, 957.80 (2 11. -wift Creek N. C. 1940 1, C00.00 , 5,422.10 (2 12. Content nea Creek, N. C.1..------.--- - 1941 64,394.56 32, 247.15 (2 13. Hlarbor of Refuge at Cape Lookout, N. C.I.. 1934 1, 368, 798. 72 32,853.75 $1, 160, 000 14. Smiths Creek (Wilmington), N. C._......... 1141 8, 507.45 17.(1 (2) 15. fBlack River, N. C.._--...... 1941 12, 358.40 36, 071.85 (2) 16. Shallotte River, N. C.1.-..-.............. 1933 18,181.37 6, 467.81 (2) Channels adequate for commerce. 2 Completed. No commerce reported. 31. PLANT ALLOTMENT, WILMINGTON, N. C., DISTRICT Cost and financial summary Undistributed costs June 30, 1946-------------- ------------ $96, 792. 03 Net total cost to June 30, 1946----------------------------- 96, 792. 03 Plus accounts receivable June 30, 1946------------------------ 38, 259. 04 Gross total costs to June 30, 1946---------------------- 135, 051. 07 Minus accounts payable June 30, 1946- ___-.------___.-_ 61, 784. 43 Net total expenditures_-------.----. .73,---------- - 266. 64 Unexpended balance June 30, 1946 -------------------------- 184, 437. 79 Total amount appropriated to June 30, 1946------------- 257, 704. 43 " Fiscalyear ending June 30 1942 1943 1944 - 1945 1946 Total expended...................-$128, 925. 88 -$44, 043. 92 -$258, 689. 28 $137, 710.00 -$642, 827.76 Allotted............."............ -98, 100. 00 -- 176, 000.00 .............- 540, 000. 00 _________________-- Blanc une Balance unexpended July 1, 1945. --------------------------- $81, 610. 03 Deductions on account of revocation of allotment--------------- 540, 000. 00 Net amount to be accounted for-------------------- ---458, 389. 97 Reimbursements collected..... $1, 392, 361. 74 Receipts from sales----------- 11, 574. 55 $1, 403, 936. 29 Gross amount expended.-----.-.- -------- - 761, 108. 53 642, 827. 76 Balance unexpended June 30, 1946-------------------- 184, 437. 79 Outstanding liabilities, June 30, 1946....------------------------- 70, 418. 27 Balance available June 30, 1946.----------------------- 114, 019. 52 Accounts receivable June 30, 1946------.-.-- .----------- 38,259. 04 Unobligated balance available June 30, 1946.----------- 152, 278. 56 696 REPORT OF CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMY, 1946 Status of all investigations for navigation called for by river and harboracts and committee resolutions , Date trans- Locality Authorization act mitte tns- Do ument Recom- Congress No. mendaton Beaufort to Jacksonville, N. O., in- Rivers and Harbors land waterway and New River to Committee resolution Jacksonville, N. C. June 7, 1945. Beaufort, N. C., to Cape.Fear River, Rivers and Harbors Inland Waterway, including water- Committee resolution, --------------- way to Jacksonville, N. C., for side Nov. 30, 1945. channel to Peltier Creek west of Morehead City. --------------- Belhaven Harbor, N. C., to modify Rivers and HIarbors existing project for timber break- Committee resolution, waters at mouth of Pantego Creek. Sept. 25, 1945. Cape Fear River at and below Wil- River and Harbor Act, - - - - - - - - mington, N. C. July 24, 1946. Do............................. Commerce Committee resolution, Feb. 7, 1946. Carolina Beach, N. C................ River and Harbor Act, July 24, 1946. Cross-Rock Channel between Wal- .....do.................... lace Channel and Sheep Island Slue, via Casey Island, Pamlico Sound, N. C. Far Creek, N. 0-..................... Rivers and Harbors Committee resolution, June 27, 1945. Harkers Point Basin, at IHarkers Is- River and HIarbor Act, land, Carteret County, N. C. July 24, 1946. Hatteras Inlet, channel to Hatteras, Rivers and Harbors N. C. Committee resolution, --------------- June 19, 1945. Holden Beach, Brunswick County, River and Harbor Act, N. C. July 24, 1946. Manteo to Oregon Inlet, N. C., chan- Rivers and Harbors nel, and branch channel to a point Committee resolution, at or near Wanchese on Mill Creek, Aug. 23, 1945. N. C. Manteo to Oregon Inlet, N. C., chan- Rivers and Harbors --------------- nel of 12-foot depth with suitable Committee resolution, width. Apr. 1, 1946. Neuse and Trent Rivers, N. C ...... River and Harbor Act, July 24, 1946. -------------- Norfolk, Va., to Beaufort, N. C., In- Rivers and Harbors land Waterway, in vicinity of Committee resolution, Fairfield, N. C. Oregon Inlet, N. C................. Nov. 28, 1944. Rivers and Harbors --------------- ~ Committee resolution, Apr. 5, 1946. Oregon Inlet, N. C., and channel River and Harbor Act, from Manteo to Oregon Inlet; par- July 24, 1946. ticularly with view of providing depth of 12 to 15 feet through the Ocean Bar Channel, thence a chan- nel 10 to 12 feet deep through the inlet to Pamlico Sound via Davis Slough, Old. House Channel, or other more suitable route. Pamlico Sound to Beaufort Harbor, Rivers and Harbors N. C., waterway via Core Sound Committee resolution, (harbor improvements at and in Apr. 1, 1946. vicinity of Marshallberg, Carteret County). 0 - -- - Pamlico Sound, N. C., channel to Rivers and Harbors Stumpy Point. Committee resolution, Apr. 12, 1946. - - - - - - - - Purviance Creek, New Hanover River and Harbor Act, County, N. C. Mar. 2, 1945. - -- -- -- -- Scuppernong River, N. 0............ Commerce Committee resolution, May 16, 1945. - ----- Smiths Creek, N. 0C.................. Rivers and Harbors Committee resolution, Apr. 1, 194(1. - --- -- - Tar River, N. C., including Fishing, Rivers and Harbors Otter, Swift, and Town C(reeks, Commit tee resolution, navigation and flood control. Feb. 1, 1939. - - - - - - - - - - Thoroughfare, channel to Alber- River and Harbor Act, marle Sound, N. C., either via Mar. 2, 1945. lower Cashie River, Middle River, and Bachelors Bay, or via any other route. - - - -- FLOOD CONTROL-WILMINGTON, N. C., DISTRICT 697 32. SNAGGING AND CLEARING UNDER AUTHORITY OF SECTION 2 OF TIHE FLOOD CONTROL ACT APPROVED AUGUST 28, 1937, AS AMENDED The Flood Control Act approved August 28, 1937, as amended by the Flood Control Acts approved August 11, 1939, August 18, 1941, and July 24, 1946, authorized the allotment of not to exceed $1,000,- 000 from the flood-control appropriations for any one fiscal year for the removal of accumulated snags and other debris from, and clear- ing and straightening of channels in, navigable streams and tribu- taries thereof when such work is advisable in the interest of flood control; provided that not more than $50,000 shall be allotted for this purpose for any single tributary from the appropriations for any one fiscal year. An allotment of $25,000 was received during the fiscal year 1946 for snagging and clearing on Tar River, N. C., between Hardee Creek Jmile 17) and Rocky Mount (mile 89). Between June 1 and 30, 1946, Government plant and hired labor removed 328 obstructions from the channel and 50 obstructions from the bank between miles 88 and 82, a total of 378. The costs were $4,629.36. The expenditures were $1,145.28. Cost and financial summary Cost of new work to June 30, 1946____. Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1946.......................... -......... $108, 555. 05 Total-cost of permanent work to June 30, 1946------------ 108, 555. 05 Plus accounts receivable June 30, 1946---..--.-... -.. .. --.... -- 40. 45 Gross total costs to June 30, 1946---------------------- 108, 595. 50 Minus accounts payable June 30, 1946_...-----.-.......-...-. 3, 524. 53 Net total expenditures. ........ ......... _..._-_..... 105, 070. 97 Unexpended balance June 30, 1946.--------------------------- 23, 854. 72 Total amount appropriated to June 30, 1946-------------- 128, 925. 69 Fiscal year ending June 30 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 Cost of new work ------------ 1032. 77- . - ............ . $4, 629. 36 CoSt of maintenance- ---- --- : - - . - . -.. . -. . ... . . . . . . . Total expended ............. ------. 3,581.79 -. - 1,145. 28 lotted---- --------------- I--- --.................................... ........... .......... .............. 25, 000.00 Amount allotted during fiscal year---------------------------$25, 000. 00 Gross amount expended--.------------....-.-..-....-.-- 1, 145. 28 Balance unexpended June 30, 1946----------------------... 23, 854. 72 Outstanding liabilities June 30, 1946---------------------------...... 3, 535. 85 Balance available June 30, 1946_...-..--.---.... 20, 318. 87 Accounts receivable June 30, 1946_--..-...--....-..... 40. 45 Unobligated balance available June 30, 1946-----.... -20, . 359. 32 33. GOLDSBORO, NEUSE RIVER, N. C. Location.--The work covered by this project is on that portion of Neuse River near Goldsboro, N. C., lying between points 94.8 and 102.5 miles above New Bern, N. C. Existing project.-This provides for the construction of a cut-off channel for the control of floods, about 6,400 feet long, across the 698 REPORT OF CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMY, 1946 bend in Neuse River located just above mile 95. The estimated Fed- eral cost (revised in 1946) is $85,200 for construction, and the esti- mated costs to local interests are $12,500. The project was authorized by the Flood Control Act approved August 18, 1941. (See I. Doc. No. 327, 77th Cong., 1st sess., which contains the latest published map.) See page 5 for requirements. The necessary assurances from local interests have been received. Operations and results during fiscal year.-None. Condition at end of fiscal year.--No work has been done. Proposed operations.-No funds are on hand and no work is pro- posed during the fiscal year 1947. The sum of $85,200 can be profitably expended for new work during the fiscal year 1948 for construction of cut-off channel, 6,400 feet long, across the bend in Neuse River immediately above mile 95. Cost and financial summary Cost of new work to June 30, 1946,__ ------- _-_.- Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1946-----------,......------------------ ..... Total cost of permanent work to June 30, 1946-------------------- Net total expenditures--- .-- ---- - .--. -- _--.- - Total amount appropriated to June 30, 1946.......................... ..-- Amount (estimated) required to be appropriated for completion of ex- isting project....-------------------------------------------- $85, 200 Amount that can be profitably expended in fiscal year ending June 30, 1948, for new work_-----------------------..-----.--...- 85, 200 34. PRELIMINARY EXAMINATIONS, SURVEYS, AND CONTINGENCIES FOR FLOOD CONTROL The cost during the fiscal year amounted to $10,006.17. The ex- penditures were $8,374.83. The balance unexpended June 30, 1946, will be applied as needed during the fiscal year 1947 to payment of expenses to be incurred under this heading. The sum of $50,000 can be profitably expended during the fiscal year 1948. Cost and financial summary Cost of new work to June 30, 1946 ---..------------ - ..-----------. Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1946_-------..-...------.--. $37, 787. 46 /Total cost of permanent work to June 30, 1946------------ 37, 787. 46 Minus accounts payable June 30, 1946 ------------------------- 1, 631. 34 Net total expenditures----__..----.-.-..-.-.. -.. -- 36, 156. 12 Unexpended balance June 30, 1946. ..--------------------------- 14, 825. 17 Total amount appropriated to June 30, 1946-------------- 50, 981. 29 Fiscal year ending Juno 30 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 Cost of new work ----------------- ................ ------ - ----------- -------. Cost of maintenance--..-----------............ $1, 550. 59 $7, 9)0. 40 $3, 430. 30 $7, 000. 00 $10, 006. 17 Total expendedo.--, ------------- , 261. 14 8,189, 85 3, 430. 30 7, (X. 00 8374.83 Aotd.X)0- .... Allotted .......................... 20, 000. 00 2, 000. 00 -9,118. 71 15, 200. 00 15, 000. 00 FLOOD CONTROL-WILMINGTON, N. C., DISTRICT 699 Balance unexpended July 1, 1945-_ .--------------------------- $8, 200. 00 Amount allotted during fiscal year..---------------------------- 15, 000. 00 Amount to be accounted for--------------------------- 23, 200. 00 Gross amount expended.------- ----------------------------- 8, 374. 83 Balance unexpended June 30, 1946__- ...-- .--------- 14, 825. 17 Outstanding liabilities, June 30, 1946----___.--.---..------. 1, 643. 84 Balance available June 30, 1946-----.__ ...--.------- 13, 181. 33 Amount that can be profitably expended in fiscal year ending June 30, 1948, for maintenance 1_-- - ________-_-.-.....-- 50, 000. 00 Exclusive of available funds. SEtatua of all investigations for flood control called for by flood control acts and committee resolutions Date trans- Document Locality Authorization act mitted to No. Recom- Congress mendation I *-*I -. - I- Cape Fear River, N. C., for flood Flood Control Commit- control. tee resolution, May 2, 1946. Cape Fear River, N. C., for flood Flood Control Commit- control on the Northeast (Cape tee resolution, Oct. 8, Fear) River. 1945. Neuse River, N C., for flood control ..... do................... along Core Creek, N. C. Meuse River and tributaries, for Flood Control Commit- floodcontrolbetween Smithflehl --............ .... tee resolution, Mar. 1, dWayne l County Line, North 1946. Carolina. Pasquotank River, N. C............. Flood Control Act, Dec. 22, 1944. ar River N. C., including Fishing, Rivers and larbors Com- Otter,Swift, andl Town Creeks, inittee resolution, Feb. navigation and floo(1 control. 1, 1939. Tar River, N. C., reservoirs (Sup. Sec.6, River and Harbor 308 report). Act, Aug. 30, 1935; sec. 7, Flood Control Act, June 22, 1936. 'IMPROVEMENT OF RIVERS AND HARBORS IN THE CHARLESTON, S. C., DISTRICT This district comprises a very small portion of southwestern*Vir- ginia, western-central North Carolina, and all of South Carolina 'except the western portion, embraced in the drainage basins tributary to the Atlantic Ocean between Little River and the Beaufort-St. Helena Bridge at Beaufort, S. C. It includes the Intracoastal Water- .way in the same reach. District engineer: Col. Carl R. Shaw, Corps of Engineers, thriough September 11, 1945; Lt. Col. John P. Larsen (acting), Corps of Engineers, September 12, 1945 to January 3, 1946; Col. Ellis E. Harng Corps of Engineers, January 4, 1946, to date. Division engineer: Brig. Gen. R. F. Fowler, United States Army, through, December 26, 1945; Brig. Gen. James B. Newman, Jr., United States Army, December 27, 1945, to date. /IMPROVEMENTS Navigation Navigation Page Page 1. Intracoastal Waterway, 13. Waterway from Charleston Cape Fear River, N. C., to Beaufort,*S. C..------ 726 to Winyah Bay, S. C. 14. Abbapoola Creek, S. C..... 729 (Wilmington, N. C., dis-' 15. Russell Creek, S. C- .---- 730 trict) _--------------- 701 16. Examinations, surveys, and 2. Winyah Bay, S. C-------- 701 contingencies (general) - - 731 3. Waccamaw River, N. C. and 17. Other navigation projects .. S. C _..----------------.. 705 for which no estimates are 4. Great Pee Dee River, S. C-, 706 submitted--.--------- - 731 5. Mingo Creek, S. C_------- 708 18. Plant allotment---------- 732 6. Waterway from Winyah Bay to Charleston, S. C__. 709 Flood control 7: Santee River, S. C 712 8. Congaree River, S. C.... --- 713 19. Edisto River, S. C_..------- 733 9. Charleston Harbor, S. C- - 716 20. Yadkin River, N. C --- 734 10. Ashley River, S. C- -....._ 720 21. Preliminary examinations, s1.hipyard River, S. C- 722 surveys, and contingencies 12 . Beresford Creek, S. C-...... 725 for flood control-------. -735 1. INTRACOASTAL WATERWAY FROM CAPE FEAR RIVER, N. C., TO WINYAII BAY, S. C., SECTION SOUTH OF 'LITTLE RIVER, S. C. For report on this improvement, see page 682. :. ./ , 2. WINYAH BAY, S. C. Location.--On the coast of South Carolina, 50 miles northeast of Charleston Harbor and 90 miles southwest of the entrance to Cape Fear<' River, N. C. (See U. S. Coast and Geodetic Survey Chart No. 787.) Previous projects.-Adopted by River and Harbor Acts of August 2, 1882; August 5, 1886, and June 25, 1910. For further 701 72 1584-47--pt. 1, vol. 1-45 702, REPORT OF CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMY, 1946 details see page 1806 of Annual Report for 1915; page 549 of Annual Report for 1938; and page 442 of Annual Report for 1944. ' Existing project.-This provides for a channel 27 feet deep from that depth in the Atlantic Ocean to and including a turning basin in Sampit River, 600 feet wide across the outer bar and in the gorge and, 400 ,feet widethence to the turning basin, widened at the bends, to be secured and maintained by the construction of two jetties of stone on brush mattresses, springing respectively from North and South Islands, the north jetty having a length of 11,139 and the south jetty 21,051 feet. , The estimate of cost for new work, revised in 1946, is $3,144,800 exclusive of amounts expended on previous projects. The latest (1946) approved estimate for annual cost of maintenance is $65,000. The mean range of tide at Georgetown is 3.3 feet; spring tides have a mean range of 3.9 feet.: The existing project was authorized by the following river and harbor acts: Acts Work authorized D-ocuments Aug. 5,1886 Jetties and earthen dike to protect south jetty ... l. . Doc. No. 258, 48th Cong., 2d sess., and Annual Report, 1885, PP. 1154-1170, and If. F x. Doc. No. 117, , . 50th Cong., 2d sess., and Annual Re- port, 1889, pp. 1110-1115. June 25, 1910 Previous project channel dimensions and training I. Doc. No. 398. 58th Cong., 2d sess., wall. . and Annual Report, 1904, pp. 1591- 1609. Mar.. 2,1945 27-foot channel from ocean including a turning H. Doc. No. 211, 76th Cong., 1st sess. basin in Sampit River. - Contains latest published map., Local cooperation.--That portion of the project authorized in the River and Harbor Act of March 2, 1945, is subject to the re- quirements that local, interests .furnish, free of cost to the United States, all.lands, easements, rights-of-way, and spoil-disposal areas for new work and for subsequent maintenance as required. These requirements have.not been met. Logal interests (city of Georgetown, S. C.) were notified October 18, 1945, of requirements. Written assurance was given by the city of Georgetown, S. C., October 22, 1945, that requirements of local inter- ests would be met. The Georgetown, S. C., assurances: were approved by the Chief of Engineers on February 13, 1946. Maps and drafted unsigned-deeds covering the rights-of-way were forwarded to the mayor of Georgetown, S. C., with letter of trans- mittal dated June 14, 1946. Abstracts of titles to lands are in process and it is planned to secure necessary signatures to deeds covering the rights-of-way immediately after completion of abstracts. It is be- RIVERS AND HARBORS-CHARLESTON, S. C., DISTRICT 703 lieved that the deeds will have been signed.and can and will be sub- ' mitted for approval about August 15, 1946. Terminal facilities.-The terminal facilities at the port of George- town served by this improvement consist of four wharves of ordinary- timber construction, one of creosoted-timber construction, suitable for oceangoing vessels, and a number of smaller wharves and landing places. These are considered adequate for the present commerce of the port. Operations and results during fiscal year.-Projectdimensions were restored in the entrance channel to Sampit River and in the Eastern Channel of Winyah Bay by the pipe-line dredge Northwood, by con- tract, removing 494,650 cubic yards of material at a cost of $72,028.15. On May 21, 1946, surveys were commenced in Sampit River and the Eastern Channel of Winyah Bay to obtain information necessary to plan for the new 27-foot channel, at a cost of $15,191.21. The cost of surveys and supervision was $1,443.97. The total costs during the year were $73,472.12 for maintenance, and $15,191.21 for new work. Condition at end of fiscal year.--A channel 18 feet deep and 400 feet Wide from the entrance of Winyah Bay to the head of the project was completed in 1937 with the completion of Eastern Channel. The jet- ties were completed in 1903-4. The crest elevations range.,from 8 to -4 feet and are as much as 12 feet below their original heights. Dikes of various forms have been built to protect the South Island beach and the shore end of the south jetty. An earth dike about 3,010 feet long has been constructed east of the Eastern Channel, largely from original channel excavation, to assist in maintaining the channel. The Sainpit River entrance is protected on the eastern side by a timber and brush training wall 2,000 feet long. The work remaining consists of providing a channel 27 feet deep and 600 feet wide from that depth in the ocean across the outer bar and through the gorge; thence 27 feet deep and 400 feet wide to the head of the project, including a turning basin at that point in Sampit River. ' A reconnaissance examination durino September 1945 showed that full project dimensions obtained from deep water in the ocean to the lower end of the Eastern Channel, 6 miles; also this examination Showed a controlling center-line depth of 14.5 feet in the Western SChannel from the Estherville-Minim Creek Canal to the upper end of the Eastern Channel, which is maintained as a link in the Intracoastal Waterway; and a controlling center-line depth of 12 feet in the part of lthe channel below the Estherville-Minim Creek.Canal. This p)art of the Western Channel is rarely used by navigation. Surveys in May and June 1946 showed that full project dimensions obtained from time lower end of the Eastern Channel to the mouth of Sampit River; thence a controlling depth of 16 feet for 300-foot width to the head of the project, except in the mouth of Sampit River where fth controlling depth is 15 feet. The costs of the existing project to the end of the fiscal year have been $873,408.51 for new work and $1,422,459.89 for maintenance, a total of $2,295,868.40.. The expenditures have been $2,294,953.05. 704 REPORT OF CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMY, 1946 Proposedoperations.-Thebalance unexpended June 30, 1946, $672,- 153.34, will be applied as follows: Accounts payable June 30,.1946...___-_ _---__-__-_-____ ____ $915. 35 New work: Dredging by contract to partially provide, with avail- able funds, a channel 27 feet deep at mean low water from that depth ih the Atlantic Ocean to and including A turning basin in Sampit River, 600 feet wide across the outer bar and in the gorge; thence 400 feet wide to the turning basin, widened at bends, about 17.7 miles, Nov. 1 to Dec. 31, 1946 ------------------- 614, 808. 79 Maintenance: Dredging by contract to restore former project depth of 18 feet for a 300-foot width in the mouth of Sampit River and at intermittent reaches in the Eastern Channel as may be required, Dec. 21, 1946, to Mar. 4, 1947_.----------------- 56, 400. 00 Total for all work------------------ ----------------- 672, 124. 14 Balance remaining------------------------------------------- 29. 20 Total '-- . ---- .----- '--------- ------.---- - 672, 153. 34 The additional sum of $1,721,600 can be profitably expended during the fiscal year 1948 as follows: New work: Dredging by contract and United States hopper dredge and hired labor to complete the 27-foot channel and turning basin---------- ------------------------------------ $1, 656, 600 Maintenance: Dredging by contract as required to restore 27-foot depth in channel and turning basin---- -------------------. 65, 000 Total for all work-_ ---------------------------------- 1, 721, 600 Cost and financial summary Cost of new work to June. 30, 1946 , 319, 260. 36 $----------------------- Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1946_----____------- 1, 537, 016. 26 Total cost of permanent work to June 30, 1946----------4, 856, 276. 62 Minus accounts payable June 30, 1946 ______ ___ -915. 35 7__ Net total expenditures. ----------------------------- 4, 855, 361. 27 Unexpended balance June 30, 1946-------------------------- 672, 153. 34 Total amount appropriated to June 30, 1946------------ 5, 527, 514. 61 Fiscal year ending Juno 30 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 $- - -- I.- Cost of new work. $15,191.21 Cost of maintenance--------.............. $7, 205. 81 $2, 258. 49 $3, 796. 95 $2, 090. 28 73, 472. 12 Total cost .................. 7, 205. 81 2, 258. 49 3, 796. 95 2, 090. 28 88, 663. 33 Total expended .....---------- 7, 387. 82 2, 057. 10 3, 295. 87 2, 611.36 87, 747.98 Allotted- --.................. •15, 600. 00 -27, 500. 00 -9, 000. 00 68, 000. 00 687, 800 00 Balance unexpended July 1, 1945 72, 101. 32 $-------------------- Amount allotted during fiscal year_-------------------------- 699, 800 00 Amount to be accounted for..--------------------- 771, 901. 32 Deductions on account of revocation of allotment--------------- 12, 000. 00 Net amount to be accounted for----------------------- 759, 901. 32 Gross amount expended------------------- $94, 327. 95 Less reimbursements collected ------------------- 6, 579. 97 87, 747. 98 Balance unexpended June 30, 1946....------------ -------- 672, 153. 34 RIVERS AND HARBORS-CHARLESTON, S. C., DISTRICT 705 Outstanding liabilities, June 30, 1946---- .--------- _-------_ _ $915. 35 Balance available June 30, 1946----------------------- 671, 237. 99 Amount (estimated) required to be appropriated for completion of existing project 1---------------- -------------------- , 656, 600. 00 Amount that can be profitably expended in fiscal year ending June 30, 1948: For new work L---1--------------------------- , 656, 600. 00 For maintenance - ---------- _----- 65, 000. 00 Total 1--- __---- 721, 600. 00 1,1--------------- 1 Exclusive of available funds. 3. WACCAMIAW RIVER, N. C. AND S. C. Location.--Thisriver rises at Lake Waccariiaw, N. C., and flows southwest 139.9 miles into Winyah Bay, near Georgetown, S. C. (See U. S. Geological Survey map of North and South Carolina, 1929.) Existing project.--This provides for a channel 12 feet deep at low Water, with 80 feet bottom width, from the mouth of the river to Conway, 41.5 miles; thence a channel 4 feet deep at low water and 50 feet wide to Red Bluff, 25.5 miles above Conway; thence a cleared channel to Lake Waccamaw. The usual seasonal variation in water surface is about 7.5 feet at Conway and about 12 feet at Star Bluff, 80 miles above the mouth. The tidal variation in Winyah Bay is 3.3 feet and at Conway at lower river stage it is 1.2 feet. The estimate of cost for new wor, revised in 1930, was $262,800. The latest (1930) approved estimate for annual cost of maintenance is $4,500. The existing project was authorized by the following river and harbor acts: Acts Work authorized Documents June 14,1880 Channel 12 feet deep to Conway and cleared chan- S.Ex. Doc.No. 117, 46th Cong., 2d sess nel, Conway to Lake Waccamaw. and Annual Report, 1880, p. 848. July 3,1930 Channel 4 feet deep from Conway to Red Bluff... H. iDoc. No. 82, 70th Cong., 1st sess. 1 Contains latest published map. Recommended modifications of project.-Recommendationwas made to Congress in 1926 that the project be curtailed by eliminating all Work between Star Bluff and Lake Waccamaw (11. Doc. No. 467, 69th Cong., 1st sess.). T'erminal,facilities.7 -At Bucksport there is a wharf with an elec- trically operated boat lift, where marine fuel may be obtained. At intermediate landings there are privately owned wharves, a number of which are used for loading pulpwood on barges. These facilities are considered adequate for existing commerce. Operations and results during fiscalyear.-The channel was cleared "of the most serious obstructions betveen Enterprise, mile 27, and Conway, mile 41.5, by U. S. snag boat WVateree removimg 289 snags, 706 REPORT OF CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMY, 1946 stumps, logs, and overhanging trees at a cost and expenditure of $2,905.48 for maintenance. Condition at end of fiscal year.-The 12-foot channel to Conway, mile 41.5, was completed in 1924, and that depth obtains for most of the distance. There has been no commercial navigation above Con- .way during the past several years. A survey during 1939, and an investigation during February 1942, showed full project dimensions in the 4-foot channel above Conway to Sessions Landing, mile 54; thence to Red Bluff, mile 67, sand bars limit the controlling depth to 2.8 feet at low water for a width of 30 feet. Above Red Bluff, no work having been done for several years, the channel is obstructed by logs and snags and cannot be navigated safely. The costs and expenditures to the end of the fiscal year have been .$262,813.58 for'new work and $159,813.29 for maintenance, a total of $422,626.87. Proposed operations.--No work is proposed during the fiscal year 1947. The sum of $9,000 can be profitably expended during the fiscal year 1948'in maintenance snagging, as required, from Enterprise, mile 27, to Red Bluff, S. C., mile 67, with U. S. snag boat Wateree and hired labor; October 1 to November 15, 1947. Cost and financial summary Cost of new work to June 30, 1946--- -_------------------_$262, 813. 58 Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1946....------------ -- 159, 813. 29 Total cost of permanent work to June 30, 1946------------ 422, 626. 87 Net total expenditures ------------------------------------ 422, 626. 87 Total amount appropriated to June 30, 1946------------------- 422, 626. 87 Fiscal year ending June 30 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 Co st of n ew work .-.- - -I . . - -.- . ------------.-- - -.- .--- . . . ..-- . ..-- -.-- .. .. ......... ....... Cost of maintenance-.....-........$2, 417.39 -- - ----- $127. 71 $2, 307. 47 $2,905. 4 Total expended-...,,-,-.......... 2, 485. 23 -$67. 79 127. 71 2, 307. 47 2, 905. 4 Allotted........ . ........-----------------------. 3, 000. 00 -4, 200. 00--------- ..... ---- 3, 800. ----........ 00 ............-- Balance unexpended July 1,1945--.-..----.. _-------.---- $2, 905. 48 Gross amount expended ............. $3,076. 39 Less reimbursements collected-.----------.-------. - 170. 91 2, 905. 48 Amount that can be profitably expended infiscal year ending June 30, 1948, for maintenance.--------........-_... 9, 000. 00 4. GREAT PEE DEE RIVER, S. C. Location.'-- Great Peedee '(Pee Dee) River rises in the mountains of North Carolina and flows generally southeast for 435 miles into Winyah Bay, near Georgetown, S. C. Above the Uharie River, 233 miles from the mouth, it is called the Yadkin. (See U. S. Geo- logical Survey map of South Carolina, 1929.) SExisting project.--This provides for a cleared 9-foot channel from Waccamaw River via Bull Creek, to Smithls Mills, and thence a 31/- foot channel to Cheraw at all stages of water. The tidal variation at RIVERS AND HARBORS-CHARLESTON, S.' C., DISTRICT 707 low-water stage is 2.3 feet at Waccamaw River and 3 inches 16 miles above." The ordinary flood stage is 18'feet"above the low-water stage at Smiths Mills, 17 feet at Atlantic Coast Line Railroad bridge, and 30 feet'at Cheraw Bridge, respectively 55, 105, and 172.5 miles from the mouth. . The estimated cost for new. work, revised in 1900, was $235,345. The latest (1900) 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 lane 14,1880 Removal of obstructions to secure a navigable S. Ex. Doc. No. 117,' 46th Cong.,. 2d depth of 9 feet to Smiths Mills and 334 feet to sess., and Annual Report, 188), p. Cheraw. 844.1 . rune 13, 1902 To secure a 334-foot channel between Cheraw and II. Doeo. No. 124, 56th Cong., 2d sess. Atlantic Coast Line R. R. bridge by dredging, snagging, and constructing timber and pile dams. SFor map see Annual Report for 1889, p. 1180. Recommended modifications of project.-Recommendation' was made to Congress in 1926 that the project be curtailed by elimination of all work between Jeffreys Creek and Cheraw (H. Doc. No. 467, 69th Cong., 1st sess.) .. ':Terminal facilities.--At various places along the stream are land- ings for the handling of pulpwood. There are practically no other terminal facilities, except privately owned small sheds at a few land- Jngs to protect freight. Operations and results during fiscal year.---During two periods of Snagging the channel was cleared of the most serious obstructions be- tween, the head of Bull Creek at Great Pee Dee River, mile 32.5, and Smiths Mills, mile 55,'by U. S. snag boat WVateree, removing 1,050 Stumps, logs, snags, and overhanging trees at a cost and expenditure of $9,548.33 for maintenance. The cost and expenditures of surveys and supervision were $225.99. The total costs and expenditures during the year were $9,774.32 for maintenance. Condition at end of fiscal year.--The existing project was completed in 1909. Project dimensions obtain from the head of Bull Creek at Great Pee Dee River, mile 32.5, to Smiths Mills, mile 55, the head of commercial navigation. A survey during January 1939, and an investigation during January 1942, showed a cleared channel 3 feet deep from Smiths Mills, mile 55, to Jeffreys Creek, mile 91; thence 2 feet to Mars Bluff, mile 105; thence less than 1 foot to Cheraw, mile 174.5. The costs and expenditures to the end of the fiscal year have been' $183,712.41 for new work and $232,179.01 ' for maintenance, a total of $415,891.42. Proposed ,o erations.-The balance unexpended 'June 30, 1946, $10,44.05, will he applied to maintenance snagging and removal of obstructions in the form oflogs, stumps, snags, and overhanging trees 708 REPORT OF CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMY, 1946 from the head of Bull Creek at Great Pee Dee River, mile 32.5, to Smiths Mills, mile 55, with U. S. snag boat Wateree and hired labor, July 12 to September 2, 1946. * The additional sum of $6,000 can be profitably expended during the fiscal year 1948 in maintenance snagging, as required, from the head of Bull Creek at Great Pee Dee River, mile 32.5, to Smiths Mills, mile 55, with U. S. snag boat .Wateree and hired labor, September 1 to 30, 1947. Cost and financial summary Cost of new work to June 30, 1946 ------------------------ .... $183, 712. 41 Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1946-.----------------------- 232, 179. 01 Total cost of permanent work to June 30, 1946.-----. -- -- 415, 891. 42 Net total expenditures-- ---------------------------------- 415, 891. 42 Unexpended balance June 30, 1946--------------------------- 10, 494. 05 Total amount appropriated to June 30, 1946--- -----.--- 426, 385. 47 Fiscal year ending June 30 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 Cost of new work-------------------................--------------....................----- Cost of maintenance---......----------........ $48.79 $3, 220. 63 $3,716. 52 ............---------------.. $9, 774. 32 Total expended................... 3,843. 48 -- $126. 96 48. 79 3, 220. 63 9,77432 Allotted----.........--...----------------.............. 5, 000. 00 -5, 000. 00 ------------- 7, 000 00 15,000.00 Balance unexpended July 1, 1945__.,._....._ ..__ .......... $5, 268. 37 Amount allotted during fiscal year ___.......:________......_ 15, 000. 00 Amount to be accounted for---.---.-.----------------- 20, 268. 37 Gross amount expended---_ - __-----.----.- $11, 444. 86 Less reimbursements collected__--.--.-.--- -- 1. 670. 54 __ 9, 774. 32 Balance unexpended June 30, 1946__-.-.----.----- .. - 10, 494. 05 Amount that can be profitably expended in fiscal year ending June 30, 1948, for maintenance -_.--- . .. ,.---------- 6,000. 00 1 Exclusive of available funds. 5. MINGO CREEK, S. C. Location.--This stream rises in the northern part of Williamsburg County, S. C., about 12 miles east of Kingstree, flows southeasterly about 45 miles in Williamsburg and Georgetown Counties, and enters Black River at a point about 25 miles above the mouth of the latter and about 30 miles by water from Georgetown, S. C. The head of navigation is regarded as-being 11 miles above the mopth., (See U. S. Geological Survey map of South Carolina, 1929.) Previous projects.-The original project was adopted by the River and Harbor Act of August 11, 1888. For scope of previous projects, see page 1807, Annual Report for 1915. ,xistingproject.-This provides for a channel 60 feet wide and 8 feet deep at mean low water from the mouth to Hemingway Bridge, 11. miles, by making four short cut-offs. The rise of tide is 2 feet and freshet rise 41/2 feet. The estimate of cost for new work, made in 1910, was $22,000. The latest (1928) approved estimate for annual cost of maintenance is $400. RIVERS AND HARBORS-CHARLESTON, S. C.) DISTRICT 709 - The existing project was adopted by the River and Harbor Act of July 25, 1912 (H.Doc. No. 782, 61st Cong., 2d sess.). Local cooperation.-Fully complied with. Terminal facilities.-Severallandings for loading pulpwood are lo- cated along the creek. These facilities are considered sufficient for present and prospective commerce. Operationsand results during fiscal year.-None. Condition at end of fiscal year.-The existing project was completed in 1913. . The creek was last cleared of obstructions between its mouth at Black River and the Hemingway highway bridge, mile 11.4, the head of commercial navigation, during January 1945. The costs and expenditures to the end of the fiscal year have been $12,050 for new work and $6,550 for maintenance, a total of $18,600. ,Proposed operations.-No work is proposed during the fiscal year 1947. The sum of $4,000 can be profitably expended during the fiscal year 1948 for maintenance snagging, as required, between the mouth at 'Black River and the Hemingway highway bridge, mile 11.4, with U. S. snag boat WVateree and hired labor. Cost and financial summary Cost of new work to June 30, 1946....----------------------------- $29, 050 Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1946.----.--.-- --------- ------- 7, 150 Total cost of permanent work to June 30, 1946_,._---- - . 36, 200 Net'total expenditures ------------------------------------- 36, 200 Total amount appropriated to June 30, 1946____-_________-.-_ 36, 200 Fiscal year ending June 30 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 Cost of new work------------ ------------------- ------------------- ------------------ "----- aneac coto ------------- -------------- --------- $,0..... ------------- otal expended-------------------...................----------------..............------------.............-----...2,800............ Allotted........................ $1,500 -$500-------------- .............. $1, 800---------- ............. Amount that can be profitably expended in fiscal year ending June 30, 1948, for maintenance------------------------------------- $4, 000 6. WATERWAY FROM WINYAII BAY TO CHARLESTON, S. C. .Location.-The waterway follows creeks, sounds, rivers, bays, and extensive marshland cuts beginning at a point 8 miles below George- town in Winyah Bay to Charleston Harbor. The route is tidal throughout and is sheltered from the sea. The distances from Charleston to McClellanville, Winyah Bay, and Georgetown are 37 miles, 57 miles, and 65 miles, respectively. (See U. S. Coast and Geodetic Survey Charts Nos. 836 and 837.) Existing project.--This provides for a channel 12 feet deep at mean low water and 90 feet wide at bottom between Charleston Harbor and winyaih Bay, 54 miles, with a branch channel of the same dimensions to McClellanville. The mean tidal range is 3.3 to 5.1 feet, according to locality. The estimate of cost for new work, revised in 1937, was $2,326,000, and the latest (1945) approved estimate for annual cost of mainte- nance is $90,000. 710 REPORT OF CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, ,U. S. ARMY, 1946 The 'existing project. was authorized by the following river and harbor acts: . ... Acts Work authorized Documents Sept. 19,1890 Annual Report, 1889, p. 1184. Channel from Minim Creek to Winyah Bay-....... June 13, 1902 Channel from Charleston to a point opposite H. Doc. No. 84, 56th Cong., 1st sess., McClellanville. and Annual Report, 1900, p. 1908. • Mar.' 2,1907 Branch channel to McClellanville---......----------.... Annual Report, 1903, p: 1133. Mar., 2, 1919 Extending the channel to Minim Creek, thence H. Doc. No. 178, 63d Cong., 1st sess.: through the Estherville-Minim Creek Canal to; E Winyah Bay. Mar. 3,1925 Cut across the Santee Delta at Four Mile Creek.... II. Dec.No. 237, 68th Cong., 1st sess. Aug. 30,19351 Enlarging the channel from Winyah Bay to Rivers and IHarbors Committee Doc. Charleston, including the branch channel to No. 11, 72d Cong., 1st sess. McClellanville, to depth of 10 feet and bottom width of 90 feet. Aug. 26, 1937 For present project dimensions----......----------- Rivers and Harbors Committee Doe. 2 S- No. 6, 75th Cong., 1st sess. 1Included in Public Works Administration program Sept. 6, 1933. 9 Contains latest published maps. Local cooperation.-Fully complied with. Terminal facilities.-On the waterway approximately 5 and 10 miles, respectively, south of McClellanville there are wharves used for the receipt of oysters and shipments of oyster shells and pulpwood. At McClellanville, on the branch channel, there are three wharves used for the receipt of oysters, shipments of pulpwood, and for loading and unloading supplies. On connecting tributaries there are privately owned wharves. These facilities are considered adequate for existing commerce. Operations and results during fiscal year.-The U. S. pipe-line dredge Colonel G. P. Hoawell and hired labor, removing 80,411 cubic yards of material at a cost of $13,770.03, restored project dimensions in the east approach to the former bridge over the Cove, which has been removed. Project dimensions were restored at 16 shoals between Winyah Bay and Charleston by the pipe-line dredges Cherokee, Charleston, and Savannah, by contract, removing 757,179 cubic yards of material at a cost of $80,309.19. Project dimensions were restored in the branch channel to McClellanville by the pipe-line dredge Chero- kee, by contract, removing 152,054 cubic yards of material at a cost of $23,636.58. On May 27, 1946, snagging was commenced in Esther- ville-Minim Creek Canal by the U. S. snag boat IVateree and hired labor, removing snags, stumps, and overhanging trees at a cost of $6,951.60. Maintenance costs of $3,686.33 were incurred in connection with dredging to be done in the fiscal year 1947. The cost of surveys and supervision was $7,910.92. The total costs during the year were $136,264.65 for maintenance. The expenditures were $314,992.07. Condition at end of fiscal year.--The project was completed in 1940. Surveys during March 1946 showed a controlling depth of 12 feet for a 90-foot width between Winyah Bay, mile 68.8, and Charleston Harbor, mile 122.1, except at intermittent shoals where the controlling depth RIVERS AND HARBORS--CHARLESTON,' S. C., DISTRICT 711 for a central width of 75 feet is as follows: 7.3 feet from Winyah Bay to North Santee River; thence 9.9 feet to the branch channel at McClellanville; thence 7.3 feet to Harbor River; thence 8.3 feet to Seewee Bay; thence 9 feet to Hamlin Creek; thence 8 feet to Conch "Creek; thence 12 feet to Charleston Harbor. An examination during Marcl 1946 in the branch channel to McClellanville showed a con- trolling depth of 9.5 feet for a central width of 60 feet. The costs to the end of the fiscal year for new work have been $874,270.91 from regular funds and $1,193,857.08 from Public Works funds, a total of $2,068,127.99. The costs to the end of the fiscal year for maintenance have been $1,929,999.13 from regular funds, $13,308.01 'from Public Works funds, and $54,915.78 from Emergency Relief funds, a total of $1,998,222.92. The total cost for all work has been $4,066,350.91. The expenditures have been $2,804,268.44 from regular funds, $1,207,165.09 from Public Works funds, and $54,015.78 from Emergency Relief funds, a total of $4,066,349.31. Proposed operations.-Tlhebalance unexpended June 30, 1946, $270,- 690.23, will be applied as follows: Accounts payable June 30, 1946-------------------------------- $1. 60 Maintenance. Clearing the part of the project in the Estherville-Minim Creek Canal of logs, stumps, snags, and overhanging trees that ob- struct navigation, and the banks thereof of overhanging trees that may enter the channel in the near future, with U. S. snag boat Wateree and hired labor, July 1 to 15, 1946------------- 1, 848. 40 'Dredging by contract to restore project dimensions at intermit- tent shoals in the main channel, Sept. 12 to Dec. 17, 1946___ 260, 840. 23 Placing base-line reference points about 300 feet apart between existing concrete monuments throughout the project, including the branch channel to McClellanville, by hired labor, Jan. 1 to June 30, 1947--------------------------------------- 8, 000. 00 Total for all work - -------------------------------- .. . 270, 690. 23 The additional sum of $90,000 can be profitably expended during the fiscal year 1948, in maintenance dredging by contract to restore project dimensions, as required, from Winyah Bay to Charleston, S. C., in- cluding the branch channel to McClellanville. Cost and financial summary Cost of new work to June 30, 1946- ......----------. .-- $2, 068, 127. C9 Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1946 ..---------------------- 1, 998, 222. 92 MTotal cost of permanent work to June 30, 1946---------......... 4, 066, 350. 91 Minus accounts payable June 30, 1946----------------------- 1. 60 Net total expenditures ----------------- _ ----------- 4, 066, 349. 31 Unexpended balance June 30, 1946_------.---. ------ ._ - 270, 690. 23 Total amount appropriated to June 30, 1946---._..--- 14, 337, 039. 54 Fiscal year ending June 30 " 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 Cost of new work ..... ..................................... Cost of mnaintenanco.............. $33, 533. 59 $473, 924. 00 $88,353.95 $178,519.85 +$116, 264. 6 Total expended-..,-............. 29, 565. 83 488, 728. 86 79,105.45 146, 185. 15 168, 806. 92 Allotted.......... ............ 57, 600.00 540,970.00 10, 000.00 297, 000.00 236,800.00 Includes $1,207,165.09 Public Works funds and $54,915.78 Emergency Relief funds. 712 REPORT OF CHIEF OFYENGINEERS, U. S. ARMY, 1946 Balance unexpended July 1, 1945--------------------------- $202, 697. 15 Amount allotted during fiscal year.....---------------------------236, 800. 00 Amount to be accounted for.-_ _ - ----- ---------- 439, 497. 15 Gross amount expended ---------------------- $170, 074. 92 Less reimbursements collected.-------------------1, 268. 00 168, 806. 92 Balance unexpended June 30, 1946_-------__--- 270, 690. 23 Outstanding liabilities, June 30, 1946------------------_-_ -- 14. 10 Balance available June 30, 1946----------------------- 270, 676. 13 Amount that can be profitably expended in fiscal year ending June 30, 1948 for maintenance 2................................ 90, 000. 00 2 Exclusive of available funds. 7. SANTEE RIVER, S. C. Location.-This river is formed by the confluence of the Con- garee and Wateree Rivers, about 29 miles southeast of Columbia, S. C. It flows generally southeast for 143 miles and enters the Atlantic Ocean about 45 miles northeast of Charleston Harbor. (See U. S. Coast and Geodetic Survey Chart No. 1238 and U. S. Geological Survey map of South Carolina, 1929.) Previous projects.-Adopted by River and Harbor Act of March 3, 1881. For further details of.previous projects see page 1808 of Annual Report for 1915, and page 558 of Annual Report for 1938. ~xisting project.-This provides for snagging the entire river. The plane of reference for the lower river is mean low water, the mean tidal range at the mouth being 4.5 feet. Tidal action extends' 48 miles above the mouth, about 10 miles above Lenuds Ferry. During June 1941, the river was closed to navigation at Wilsons Landing, 87 miles above the mouth, by the construction of the Santee Dam by the South Carolina Public Service Authority. There is no approved estimate of annual cost of maintenance. The existing project was adopted by the River and Harbor Act approved September 19, 1890 (Annual Report for 1889, p. 1184). Terminal facilities.-There are no terminal facilities along the river; however there are two landings used for loading pulpwood on Wadmecon River, a tributary entering Santee River approxi- mately 20 miles above its mouth. In the tidal reach there are several privately owned landings which are used infrequently. Operations and results during fiscal year. -The river was cleared of the most serious obstructions between its crossing of the Intracoastal Waterway, mile 7, and the mouth of Wadmecon River, mile 20, by U. S. snag boat IVateree removing 365 snags, stumps, and over- hanging trees at a cost and expenditure of $2,252.38. Condition at end of fiscal year.-In June 1941 the river was closed to navigation at Wilson Landing, mile 87, by construction of the Santee Dam of the Santee-Cooper hydroelectric project. The con- trolling depth in the 12 miles next above the Intracoastal Waterway crossing at mile 7 is about 9 feet; thence 4 feet to Lenuds Ferry, 31 miles above the crossing. The head of the tidal reach is at mile 48, :about 10 miles upstream from Lenuds Ferry. The controlling depth from Lenuds Ferry to Santee Dam, about 40 miles, has been reduced to probably no more than 2 feet by diversion of the waters to the RIVERS AND HARBORS-CHARLESTON, S. C., DISTRICT 713 Pinopolis Reservoir and Cooper River. The flow passing the dam has been reduced to 500 cubic feet per second, the minimum permitted under the terms of the Federal Power Commission license, except when floods require opening spillway gates. Navigation between points on the Santee River above the dam afid the seacoast is possible via the Cooper River and the Santee-Cooper project. The costs and expenditures to the end of the fiscal year have been $178,544.05 for maintenance. Proposed operations.-No work is proposed during the fiscal year 1947. The sum of $4,000 can be profitably expended during the fiscal year 1948 for maintenance snagging, as required, from the crossing of the Intracoastal Waterway, mile 7, to the mouth of Wadmecon River, mile 20, with U. S. snag boat iVateree and hired labor. Cost and financial summary Cost of new work to June 30, 1946-______,---- ---------------- $99, 750. 00 Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1946_ --- __--_ --.----------- 178, 544. 05 Total cost of permanent work to June 30, 1946_ .------- 278, 294. 05 Net total expenditures_- --------------- -------------- 278, 294. 05 Total amount appropriated to June 30, 1946_____---_---------- 278, 294. 05 Fiscal year ending Juno 30 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 of maintenance- CostCs ...... ..... mitnnco,.-,--------------$1,178. .. " , '$, 84--------$1, 447. 18 $2, 252. 38 Total expended.....----------------........... --.............. 1,176. 84 .............. 1, 447. 18 2, 252. 38 -1,400.00 ------.............. Allotted......................................... 2,000.00 252. 38 'Balance unexpended July 1, 1945--- .---------------.--..-------- $2, 000. 00 Amount allotted during fiscal year-_ ----------------------------- 252. 38 Amount to be accounted for---_-_--------- - __ -_ 2, 252. 38 Gross amount expended--_-------------------. $2,334. 56 Less reimbursements collected------ ------------- ..- 82. 18 2, 252. 38 Amount that can be profitably expended in fiscal year ending June 30, 1948, for maintenance------------------------------------4, 000. 00 8. CONGAREE RIVER,* S. C. Location.-This river is formed by the confluence of the Broad and Saluda Rivers at Columbia, S. C., and flows southeasterly 50 miles, there uniting with the Wateree River to form the Santee River. (See U. S. ceological Survey map of South Carolina, 1929.) Existing project.--This provides for a 4-foot navigable channel over the lower 49 miles of the river, to be secured by dredging and -bank protection, and for the construction of a lock and dam to ex- tend deep water to Gervais Street Bridge, Columbia, S. C. The variation in water surface due to freshets is about 24 feet at the mouth of the river and about 39 feet at Columbia, the plane of reference being ordinary low water. The estimate of cost of new work, revised in 1925, is $514,000. The latest (1928) approved estimate of annual cost of maintenance 714 REPORT OF CHIEF:OF.:ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMY, 1946 is $5,200,, including $200: for operation and care of the lock and Sdam. . SData concerning the lock:and dam are as follows:. Location, 2 miles below Gervals Street, Columbia, S. C., 47 miles above mouth of river. Feet Length between .miter sills----- .-------------------------------- 170 Clear width-------------------------------------------------- 55 Lift --------- _ ---------------------------------------------- 10 Depth of miter sills at low water ...----------------------------------- Character of foundation: Ledge granite. Kind of dam, movable: Chanoine wickets. Cost to date: Original structure---,..-----. ------------------ $225, 000 SAlterations --------------------------------------------- 56, 000 Total ---------------------------- ------------ 281, 000 Completed, 1914. The existing project was authorized by the following river and harbor acts: Acts Work authorized Documents Aug. 5, 1886 Improvement of the lower 49 miles............... If. Ex. Doe. No. 254, 48th Cong., 2d sess., and Annual Report, 1885, p. 1140. Mar. 3,1899 Construction of a lock and dam ..... ------------ ...... . Ex. Dec. No. 66, 53d Cong., 2d sess., and Annual Report, 1896, p. 1183. June 25, 1910 Rebuilding the dam and raising the crestI......... . Doc. No. 608, 61st Cong., 2d sess. Aug. 8,1917 Bank protection.................................. I. Doc. No. 702, 63d Cong., 2d sess. June 26,19341 Operating and care of lock and dam provided for with funds from War I)epzrtment appropria- tions for rivers and harbors. 1 Permanent Appropriations Repeal Act. Terminal facilities.-There are no public terminals on the river. The Gulf Oil Corporation has leased the Government reservation at the lock and dam site, near Columbia and has constructed an oil terminal thereon for its use, but the movement of petroleum products to this terminal has been temporarily discontinued. Sev- eral landings along the river were formerly used for handling logs and yeneer timbers. Operations and results during fscal year.-A survey was made from the lock and dam near Columbia to its mouth, at a cost and expenditure of $4,371.41 for maintenance. Operating and care of lock and dam across Congaree River near Columbia, . CC.-None.. Condition at end of fiscal year.--That part of the existing project which covers dredging and bank protection has been about 71 percent complete for many years, the work remaining consisting of revetting about 20,000 feet of banks in the vicinity of Congaree and Gill Creeks, beginning about 5 miles below Columbia.. An examination in April and May 1946 showed a controlling depth of 5 feet from the mouth to the Jock and darn at Columbia, S. C., except during the low-water stage resulting from thile week-end shut-down of upstream power RIVERS. AND .HARBORS-CHARLESTON, .S. C., DISTRICT 715 plants, when the controlling depth is'l foot. .' No commerce has been reported on the stream since 1937 The part of the project covering the lock and dam has been co-. pleted as described in paragraph "Existing project.":. he 'lock and dam were placed out of commission in August 1920, and the buildings and grounds are being leased. ' The costs to the end of the fiscal year have been $364,823.87 for Iew ,work, $2,325.82 for operating and care, and $394,930.92 . for. maintenance, a total of $762,080.61..: The expenditures have been $7,62,073.64. In additioi, the sum of $1090833.10 was expended be - tween August 7, 1906, and June 30, 1935, on operation and care of the: fwork of improvement under the provisions of the permanent indefinite appropriation for such purposes. Proposed operatiois.-The balance unexpended June 30, 1946, $7,377, of which $7,170.03 will be revoked, will be applied as follows: . Acqounts payable June 30, 1946-----------, - ----------------- _ $6. 97 Maintenance and protection of property at the lock and damrn.--' 200. 00 :Total for all work ---------------------- -- -----------. 206. 97 The additional sum of $200 can be profitably expended during th fiscal year 1948 for maintenance and protection of property at the lock and dam. Cost and.financial summary Cost of new work to June 30,'1946-- ---------------- .... .... $364, 823. 87 Cost of maintenance to June 30,,1946------------- --------.--- 507, 089. 84 Total cost of permanent work to June 30, 1946------------ 871, 913. 71 Minus accounts payable June 30, 1946_............-------------------- 6. 97 Net total expenditures ------------------------------ 871, 906. 74 Un1expended balance June 30, 1946-- -------------------------- 7, 377. 00 Total amount appropriated to June 30, 1946-------------- 879, 283. 74 Fiscal year ending June 30 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 ostof new work.-- .--- of maintenance-------------$126.12 cost $26.16 $513.22---------- $4,371.41 Total expended................... 140. 40 11.88 513. 22 ............ 4, 364. 44 Allotted..................---------------------..... -----------.............. -- 5, 300. 00 350. 00 $200. 00 11, 500. 00 Balance unexpended July 1, 1945_---------------------------- $241. 44 Amount allotted during fiscal year--------------------------- 11, 500. 00 Amount to be accounted for ----------------- ------ 11, 741. 44 Gross amount expended---... _ .----------.. $4, 484. 35 Les5 reimbursements collected---------------------.......... 119. 91 4, 364. 44 Balance unexpended June 30, 1946- ....--------- ------ 7, 377. 00 Outstanding liabilities, June 30, 1946.------------------- 6. 97 Balance available June 30, 1946------ -------------.... 7, 370. 03 Amount (estimated) required to be appropriated for completion of i existing project 1------------ , ---------------------------- 149, 000. 00 Amount that can be profitably expended in fiscal year ending June 30, 1948, for maintenance 1 ---------------------------- _- - 200. 00 Exclusive of available funds. 716 REPORT OF CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMY, 1946 9. CHARLESTON HARBOR, S. C. Location.-On the coast of South- Carolina, about 15 miles south- erly of the middle point of the coast line, 50 miles southwest of Winyah Bay, S. C., and 80 miles northeast of the mouth of the Savannah River. (See U. S. Coast and Geodetic Survey Charts Nos. 1239 and 470.) SPrevious projects.--Adopted by River and Harbor Acts of August 30, 1852; June 18, 1878; August 11, 1888; March 3, 1899; June 25, 1910; August 8, 1917; and July 18, 1918. For further details see page 1808, Annual Report for 1915; page 579, Annual Report for 1926; page 562, Annual Report for i938. E'fisting project.--This provides for commercial purposes a channel 35 feet deep, 1,000 feet wide from the sea to the inner end of the jetties, thence 600 feet wide to Town Creek, thence 500 feet wide through Town Creek, thence 600 feet wide to the navy yard, and thence 400 feet wide to Goose Creek, with a turning basin 700 feet wide at the port terminals, together with a channel 30 feet deep, 600 feet wide in Cooper River around the east and north sides of Drum Island; also an anchorage area 30 feet deep in the water area between Castle Pinckney and Fort Moultrie; also a channel in Shem Cfteek 10 feet deep and 110 feet wide from a flared entrance from Hog Island channel to and including a turning basin 130 feet wide and 400 feet long with the upper end 250 feet upstream of the Mount Pleasant public wharf. The estimate of cost for new work, revised in 1916, is $4,191,000 exclusive of amounts expended under previous projects. The latest (1946) approved estimate of annual cost of maintenance is $615,000. The existing project includes the maintenance of two entrance jetties completed in 1895 under previous projects. These jetties are of stone on log-mattress foundation,-the north jetty 15,443 feet long and the south jetty 19,101 feet long; the distance between their axes at the outer end is 2,900 feet. 'Ihe height as originally built, except the submerged inner portions and the gap left in the south jetty, was 12 feet above mean low water for the greater part of their length. The Chief of Engineers authorized 35 feet depth for 600 feet width in Cooper River around the north and east side of Drum Island on July 23, 1942. The project also provides for a 40-foot channel 1,000 feet wide from the sea to the inner ends of the jetties, described above, thence 600 feet wide to the south pier at the navy yard, and thence 1,000 feet wide to the commandant's wharf, at an estimated first cost of $3,603,000 and $250,000 annually for maintenance, both figures being additional to the estimates for the commercial project given above, and that it be considered as a national defense rather than a commercial measure and be prosecuted only as found necessary in the interest of national defense. The mean tidal range is 5.2 feet, though this increased to 7 or 8 feet under the influence of northeast winds or storms of long duration. RIVERS AND HARBORS-CHARLESTON, S. C., DISTRICT 717 The existing project was authorized by the following river and harbor acts: 5 Acts Work authorized Documents i i June 18,1878 2 jetties ......................................... Annual Report, 1878, pp. 553-572. Aug. 8,1917 Increase in depth to 30 feet with width of 500 feet H. Doc. No. 233, 62d Cong., 2d sess. between the jetties and 1,000 feet seaward there- of. -July 18,1918 The 40-foot channel to the navy yard. (Act pro- H. Doc. No. 1916, 64th Cong., 2d sess. vided that the 40-foot channel should not be pt. I, pp. 21-29, 57, 58, and 61-68. undertaken "until the proposed new drydocks at this navy yard, carrying a depth of 40 feet of water over the blocks, has been authorized." This dock was authorized in the Naval Appro- priation Act approved July 1, 1918 (40 Stat. L. 725) .) Jan. 21,1927 Present project dimensions of the channels for H. Doe. No. 249, 60th Cong., 1st sess.2 commercial purposes, and for the present proj- ect widths of the 40-foot channel which was au- thorized as a national-defense measure. Oct. 17,1940 The 35-foot channel depth from the sea to the H. Doe. No. 259, 76th 'Cong., 1st sess. head of the project via Cooper River and Town Creek, also a channel in Shem Creek to Mount Pleasant, 110 feet wide and 10 feet deep, includ- ing a turning basin at the upper end. Mar. 2, 1945 An anchorage area 30 feet deep in the water area HI. Doe. No. 156, 77th Cong., 1st sess. between Castle Pinckney and Fort Moultrie. 1Completed under previous projects. Contains latest published maps. Local cooperation.---The project authorized in the River and Harbor Act of October 17, 1940 (1H. Doc. No. 259, 76th Cong., 1st sess.), is subject to the requirements that local interests furnish, free of cost to the United States, suitable spoil-disposal areas as and when required for initial work and for subsequent maintenance. All prior require- ments have been fully complied with. Terminal facilities.-Piersand slips extend for about 1 mile along the eastern water front of the city of Charleston, and an additional mile is covered by marginal wharves. The Port Utilities Commission of the city of Charleston owns the terminals at Columbus Street, a large pier near Market Street, and two piers at Tradd Street. It also owns and operates the belt-line railway serving all wharves and ware- houses and connecting with trunk lines entering the city. Its wharves are open to the public on a charge basis. Modern facilities exist also at the coal pier of the Southern Railway and at the wharves of the Standard Oil Co., the Charleston Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Co., the Clyde Steamship Co., the Seaboard Air Line Railway Co., the South- ern Railway Co., and the Concentration Warehouse & Compress Co. On Cooper River above the navy yard a compress and warehouse company has a marginal wharf 750 feet long; and the Texas Corp., the Sinclair Refining Co., and the Davison Chemical Co. main- tain piers at their properties. The facilities are considered adequate for existing commerce. 'For further details, see Port Series No. 9, revised 1940, Corps of Engineers. / 721584-47-pt. 1, vol. 1-46 1 718 REPORT.OF CITEF' OF ENGINEERS, U. S; rARMY,' 1946: r Operations and results during fiscal year--New work.--Project dimensions were provided in Shem Creek by the pipe-line dredge Northwood, by contract, completing the new work at a cost and ex-. penditure of $2,000. Maintenance.-Project dimensions were restored at shoal 6' in Cooper River, by the pipe-line dredge Admiral, by contract, remov- ing 304,025 cubic yards of. material at a cost of $39,997.64. Project dimensions were restored in Town Creek and shoal 4 in Cooper River by the pipe-line dredge Savannah, by contract, removing 48,305 cubic yards of material at a cost. of $5,907.14. The U. S. hopper dredge Culebra restored project depth in the entrance channel, removing 98,168 cubic yards of material at a cost of $25,329.20. Approximate project dimensions were restored at shoal 7 in Cooper River by the U. S. hopper dredge Culebra during two periods, removing 86,510 cubic yards of material at a cost of $8,488.51 and removing 487,435 cubic yards of material at a cost of $46,295.73. Project depth for approximately project width was restored in Shem Creek by the pipe- line dredge Northwood, by contract, removing 36,496 cubic yards of material at a cost of $11,877.06, of which $2,000 was reported above for new work, leaving a net maintenance cost of $9,877.06. Maintenance costs of $4,056.41. were incurred in connection with dredging to be done in the fiscal year 1947. The cost of surveys and supervision was $15,589.98. The total cost during the year was $155,541.67 for maintenance. The expenditures were $261,973.90. Condition at end of fiscal year.-The jetties protecting the entrance channel across the bar were completed in 1895. These jetties are described in "Existing project." That part of the existing project comprising the Entrance and South Channels has been 83 percent completed. Dredging.in this part of the channel was terminated on September 4, 1942, after project depth had been secured for approximately project width in the outer 4.2 miles of the project, and for 600-foot width only between the jetties. The new-work dredging in South Channel was not undertaken. The parts: of the existing project comprising Cooper River and Town Creek Channels, including the 35-foot,channel around the north and east sides of Drum Island, were completed in 1942. Other work remain- ing to complete the project consists of providing an anchorage area 30 feet deep in the water area between Castle Pinckney and Fort Moultrie, and completing dredging to project dimensions in the entrance and South Channels. Surveys during the latter part of the fiscal year in the entrance channel, South Channel, and Cooper River Channel showed a con- trolling depth of 34 feet for not less than 400-foot width from, the; 35-foot contour in the ocean to the intersection of Cooper River and South Channel, where the controlling depth at shoal 7 is 33.2 feet; thence approximately project dimensions to the head of the project, except at shoal 6 in the Cooper River north of Drum Island, where there is a controlling (lepth of 28.9 feet for 600-foot width, and at shoals O6A,,5,and 5A,where there is a controlling depth of 24.5 feet for 600-foot width. Surveys in Town Creek showed a controlling depth of 25.9 feet for a 250-foot central width. RIVERS AND :IIARBORS-CHARLESTON, i S. C., DISTRICTP 719 A. survey in Shem Creek during June 1946 shows that project dimensions obtain. The cost of the existing project has been $1,496,964.34 from regular funds and $57,813.37 from Public Works funds, a total of $1,554,777.71, for new work, and $1,930,807.77 from regular funds and $56,086.63 from Public Works funds, a total of $1,986,894.40, for maintenance, a grand total of'$3,541,672.11, exclusive of $600 contributed funds. The expenditures have been $3,421,337.18 from regular funds, $113,900 from Public Works funds, a total of $3,535,237.18.. In addi- tion, $600 from contributed funds was expended for maintenance. Proposed operations.-The balance unexpended June 30, 1946, $685,520.91, will be applied as follows: Accounts payable June 30, 1946------... .. ...------------------- $6, 434. 93 New work: Dredging by U. S. hopper dredge IIoffman and hired labor to complete a part of the Charleston Harbor 35-foot project in the entrance and ,South Channels, for full project dimensions, Apr. 1 to June 30, 1947__ -------------------------------- _ 183, 178. 27 Maintenance: Dredging by the U. S. hopper dredge Ilofman and hired labor to restore former depths and widths in the entrance and South Channels of Charleston Harbor 35-foot project, Jan. 2 to Mar. 31, 1947-_ _----- ---.------- -------------------------- 111, 000. 00 Dredging by contract to restore project dimensions at intermit- tent shoals in Cooper River and Town Creek Channels, Sept. 1 to Feb. 7, 1947----------- ----------------------- 384, 907. 71 Total for all work_._.-------- . ------------..- .__ 685, 520. 91 The Atdditional sum of $793,000 can be profitably expended during the fiscal year 1948, as follows: New work: Dredging to complete the entrance and South Channels of I the 35-foot project in Charleston Harbor with a United States hopper dredge and hired labor.......----- ----------------------....... $178, 000 Maintenance: - Dredging by contract to restore project dimensions throughout the inner harbor, comprising Cooper River and Town Creek Channels_ 519, 000 1.. Dredging to maintain project dimensions in the entrance and L South Channels with a United States hopper dredge and hired labor.-----.-.---- --- ' ---------------------------------- 96, 000 Total for all work------------- ---------------------- 793, 000 This amount exceeds the average cost for maintenance (luring the past 5 years due to increased shoaling in the harbor, resulting from the enlargement of the project during 1942 and from scouring in Cooper River from Charleston to Pinopolis Dam caused by the great increase in fresh-water discharge as a result of the operation of the Santee-Cooper hydroelectric project. Cost and financial summary Cost of new work to June 30, 1946- ------- .$8, --------.. 141, 232. 82 Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1946.........------------........--------.... 2, 388, 883. 90 ins Total cost of permanent work to Jule 30, 1946 -.. _ 10, 530, 116. 72 Minusaccounts payable June 30, 1946,---------------------- 6, 434. 93 Net total expenditures. ------------------------- 1 10, 523, 681. 79 Unexpended balance June 30, 1946__--_------------------- 685, 520. 91 Total amount appropriated to June 30, 1946 --------- 11, 209, 202. 70 In addition $600 was expended from contributed funds. 720 REPORT OF CHIEF; OF ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMY, 1946 Fiscal year ending June 30 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 Cost of new work................. $815, 494. 03 $238, 742. 27 .- .--...... . $2, 000.00 Cost of maintenance.............. 13, 639. 67 30, 779.07 $302, 897. 62 $765,166.84 155, 541.67 Total cost.................. 829,133.70 2(9, 521.34 302, 897.62 765, 166.84 157,541.67 Total expended----------------................... 861, 051.99 246, 974.20 300, 994. 48 656, 373.01 261,973.90 Allotted----------------------....................... 697, 300.00 256, 000.00 110,000.00 901, 750. 00 669, 700. 00 Balance unexpended July 1, 1945-----------------.. --..- _ $277, 794. 81 Amount allotted during fiscal year.------------------------- 669, 700. 00 Amount to be accounted for 947, 494. 81 Gross amount expended_ .------------------- $276, 755. 74 Less reimbursements collected------------------ 14, 781. 84 261, 973. 90 Balance unexpended June 30, 1946 ...- -..... .--.. --- 685, 520. 91 Outstanding liabilities, June 30, 1946-.--.................... 7, 202. 81 Balance available June 30, 1946 ----...............--- 678, 318. 10 Amount (estimated) required to be appropriated for completion _ of existing project 2 ---.----.-----.. ----...----- 2; 453, 000. 00 Amount' that can be profitably expended in fiscal year ending June 30, 1948: For new work 2. . ... . . ... .. 178, 000. 00 For maintenance 2. .- ___ - ..-- .-.- - -. - -.- .- 615, 000. 00 Total 2 793, 000. 00 2 Exclusive of available funds. 10. ASHLEY RIVER, S. C. Location.-Rises near Ridgeville, S. C., and flows southeasterly 40 miles, uniting with the Cooper River to form the harbor of Charles- ton, S. C. (See U. S. Coast and Geodetic Survey Charts Nos. 1239 and 470.) Previous projects.--The original project was adopted by the River and Harbor Act of June 14, 1880. For further details see page 1809, Annual Report for 1915, and page 566, Annual Report for 1938. Existing project.--This ptovides for a channel 30 feet deep at mean low water and 300 feet wide from the mouth to the Standard wharf, 7.8 miles, suitably widened at bends and at tile head of the imp)rove- ment; and for maintenance, to a depth of 12 feet and a width of 100 feet, of the approach channel to the municipal yacht basin. The mean tidal variation is about 5.2 feet. The estimate of cost for new work, revised in 1937, was $391,150, exclusive of the amount expended on previous projects. The latest (1937) approved estimate for annual cost of maintenance is $26,000. The existing project was authorized by the following river and harbor acts: RIVERS AND HARBORS-CHARLESTON, S., C., DISTRICT 721 Acts Work authorized Documents July 25,1912 Channel 20 feet deep and 240 feet wide up to Rivers and Harbors Committee Doe. Standard wharf. No. 4, 62d Cong., 2d sess. Aug. 26, 1937 Enlarging channel to present project dimensions Rivers and Harbors Committee Doe. 1 and for maintenance of entrance channel to No. 449, 74th Cong., 2d sess. Municipal Yacht Basin. Contains latest published map. Local cooperation.-Fullycomplied with. Terminal facilities.-The facilities extend 51/2 miles above the United States lighthouse wharf adjacent to Tradd Street and in- clude the wharves of the American Agricultural Chemical Co., Planters Fertilizer & Phosphate Co., Wood Preserving Corp., and the Virginia-Carolina Chemical Co. The fertilizer company wharves are equipped with mechanical unloading devices. These terminals are considered adequate for existing commerce. At the municipal yacht basin there are three docks of creosoted-timber construction for the accommodation of local and transient yachts. For further details see Port Series No. 9, revised 1940, Corps of Engineers. Operationsand results during fiscal year.-Projectdimensions were restored in Ashley River from its mouth to the head of the project by the pipe-line dredge Charleston, by contract, removing 498,708 cubic yards of material at a cost of $68,835.06. Project dimensions were restored in the 'entrance channel to the municipal yacht basin by the Pipe-line dredge Northwood, by contract, removing 44,318 cubic yards of material at a cost of $12,671.93. Project dimensions were restored in the entrance channel to the municipal yacht basin by the U. S. pipe-line dredge Colonel G. P. Howell and hired labor; removing 38,332 cubic yards of.material at a cost of $7,569.96. The cost of surveys and supervision was $930.17. The total cost during the year was $90,007.12 for maintenance. The expenditures were $79,362.40. Condition at end of fiscal year.-The existing project was completed in 1940. A survey during the latter part of the fiscal year showed that project depth for a central width of 150 feet obtains, except in the turning basin, where there is a controlling depth of 26 feet for 30 0-foot width. A survey during June 1946 in the entrance channel to the municipal yacht basin showed that project dimensions obtain. Thel costs at the end of the fiscal year have been $255,496.41 for new work and $237,917.17 for maintenance, a total of $493,413.58. The expenditures have been $482,768.86. In addition, $700 from contributed funds were expended for /maintenance. Proposed operations.-The balance unexpended June 30, 1946, $16,930.39, will be applied as follows: Accounts payable June 30, 1946------------. ---------------- $10, 644. 72 Mlaintenance studies, surveys, and supervision of project----------- 6, 285. 67 Total for all work--.....-------------.----- - --- 16,930. 39 722 ":REPORTI OF CHIEF. OF ENGINEERS, U: S. ARMY, 1946 The additional sum of $300,000 can be profitably expended during the fiscal year 1948, for maintenance dredging to restore full project dimensions over the entire project. :This amount exceeds the average cost for maintenance during the past 5 years due to need for removing over 2,000,000 cubic yards of silt accumulated during the war, when only'partial project dimensions were maintained. Cost and financial summary Cost of new work to June 30, 1946_ _----- .. ------- ---- - $260, 996. 41 Cost of mainltenance to June 30, 1946 _----------------------- 1237, 917. 17 Total-cost of permanent work to June 30, 1946 ----------- 498, 913. 58 Minus.accounts payable June 30, 1946---- --------------------- 10, 644. 72 Net total expenditures-__----_----- .- ___ ___ __-- 1 488, 268. 86 Unexpended balance June 30, 1946. ------------------------- 16, 930. 39 Total amount appropriated to June 30, 1946.-------------1 505, 199. 25 Fiscal year ending June 30 .. 1942 1943 * 1944 1945 1946 Cost of new work...-..... ,....... . ............. ............. ...-..-- _ --- Cost of maintenance.............. $6, 399. 95 $6, 204. 76 $502. 73 $60, 970. 15 $90,007.12 Total expended----..... -....... 6, 515.98 6,130. 97 446. 20 61, 026. 68 79, 362. 40 Allotted -----------------------.......................... 8,600.00 -7, 000. 00 4, 000. 00 103, 500.00 42, 230. 00 Balance unexpended July 1, 1945.-------- ------.-----... $54, 062. 79 Amount allotted during fiscal year_ _,_.....---.- 42, 230. 00 . Amount to be accouhted for9-------------------------- 96, 292. 79 Gross amount expended ---------------------.- $81, 213. 54 Less reimbursements collected,--------------------- 1, 851. 14 79, 362. 40 Balanco unexpended June 30, 1946----------------------- 16, 930. 39 Outstanding liabilities, June 30, 1946-------- ------.. -.... - 14, 355. 72 S.alance available June 30, 1946.------------------------- 2, 574. 67 Amount that can be profitably expended - - - - - - in fiscal year - - - - - - ending June 30, 1948 for maintenance 2 ... . . .... ... 300, 000. 00 1 In addition $700 was expended from contributed funds. 2Exclusive of available funds. 11. SIIIPYARD RIVER, S. C. Location.--This waterway is a salt-water tidal tributary of Charles- ton Harbor, S. C. It has its source about one-half mile below the ,United States navy yard, whence it flows southerly about 3 miles and empties into Cooper River about three-fourths mile above Drum Island. (See U. S. Coast and Geodetic Survey Chart No. 470.) Previous projects.--Adopted by River and Harbor Acts of July 25, 1912; March 3, 1925; July 3,1930; August 30, 1935; and August 26, 1937.- For further details of previous projects see page 610, Annual Report for 1932, and page 463, Annual Report for 1944. -istin project.-This provides for a channel 30 feet deep at mean low water and 200 feet wide, widened at the entrance from deep water RIVERS AND HARBORS-CHARLESTON, S.' C.,%DISTRICT 723 in Cooper River, to the vicinity of the plant ofthe Pittsburgh' Metal- ;lurgicat Co., with a:turning basin -30 feet deep opposite the Gulf Oil Corp. terminal and a turning basin 30 feet deep at the upper end of the project. :The mean tidal variation is 5.2 feet. The estimate of cost :of new work, revised in 1946, exclusive of amounts expended on previous projects, is $543,000. rThn latest (1946) approved T estimate of annual cost of maintenance is $121,900. he existing project- was authorized by the following river and Sarbor acts: : Acts , Work authorized ,Documents July i3,1930 Channel depths of 12 and 20 feet...--------------........... Rivers and Harbors Committee.' Doc. No. 13, 71st Cong., 2d sess. Aug. 30, 1935 28-foot channel from Cooper River to the Gulf Oil Rivers and Harbors Committee Doc. Corporation's terminal, and the deepening of No. 43, 73d Cong., 2d sess. the channel above that point to 20 feet from the depth of 12 feet previously authorized without local cooperation. Aug. 26, 19371 Enlargement of the channel to a depth of 30 feet Rivers and IHarbors Committee Doe. and a width of 200 feet up to the Gulf OilCor- No. 38, 75th Cong., 1st sess.2 poration's terminal with a turning basin 30 feet deep at the latter point. Mar. 2,1945 Extension of the existing 30-foot channel to vicin- I.Doc. No. 93, 79th Cong., 1st sess., ity of the Pittsburgh Metallurgical Co. plant, with a turning basin at the upper end. 1Included in Emergency Relief Administration program May 28, 1935. 'Contains latest published map. Local cooperation.-Priorrequirements for the part of the project authorized in the River and Harbor Act of August 26, 1937, have been •fully complied with. The modification of the project authorized in the River and Harbor Act of March 2, 1945, is subject to the condi- tions that local interests furnish, without cost to the United States, necessary rights-of-way and suitable spoil-disposal areas for the ini- tial dredging and for subsequent maintenance when and as required; establish and maintain terminals satisfactory to the Secretary of War; and hold and save the United States free from all claims for damages resulting from the improvements. These requirements have not been met. The South Carolina State Ports Authority, representing local in- terests, was contacted on November 15, 1945, and was fully advised as to requirements. The most interested agency in the proposed project and the South Carolina Ports Authority have tentatively agreed to act jointly in meeting the requirements of local cooperation; however, to date no concrete commitment in writing has been obtained. Immediate nego- tiations are anticipated, which should result in obtaining satisfactory commitments for submission to the Chief of Engineers, that local in- terests will meet the requirements. Terminal facilities.---In the lower three-quarter mile of the channel are the large marginal wharves of the Gulf Oil Corp. and the Shipyard .iverTerminal Zo. (recently destroyed by fire-to be rebuilt), the. latter handling chiefly fertilizer and fertilizer materials. These wharves accommodate deep-draft, oceangoing vessels. On the upper 724 REPORT OF CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMY, 1 946 channel are the North State Lumber Co.'s wharf, one small privately oivned wharf and Pittsburgh Metallurgical Co.'s wharf for handling ores. , Operationsand results during fiscal year.-Projectdimensions were restored in the former 30- and 20-foot project and turning basin, by the pipe-line dredge Admiral, by contract, removing 1,369,719 cubic yards of material at a cost of $302,124.56. Maintenance costs of $1,077.98 were incurred in connection with dredging to be done in the fiscal year 1947. The cost of surveys and supervision was $1,983.06. The total cost during the year was $305,185.60 for maintenance. The expenditures were $305,184.49. Condition at end of fiscal year.-That part of the former project providing for a 20-foot channel from the upper end of the Gulf Oil Corp. terminal to opposite the site of the former Tuxbury Lumber Co. wharf was completed in 1936; the former 30-foot channel from Cooper River to the upper end of the Gulf Oil Corp. terminal, including the turning basin opposite thereto, was completed in 1939; the work re- maining consists of widening the entrance channel in Cooper River and providing a channel 30 feet deep and.200 feet wide from the head of the present 30-foot channel to the vicinity of the plant of the Pittsburgh Metallurgical Co., with a turning basin 30 feet deep at its upper end. A survey during May 1946 showed a controlling depth of 17.6 feet from Cooper River to the lower end of the flared entrance to the upper end of the Gulf Oil Corp. terminal, including the turn- ing basin opposite thereto, for a 200-foot width; thence a controlling depth.of 8 feet to the head of the former 20-foot project, for a 100- foot width. The costs to the end of the fiscal year have been $81,260.39 from regular funds and $31,563.71 from Emergency Relief funds, a total of $112,824.10 for new work; and $611,787.60 from regular funds for maintenance, a total of $724,611.70, The expenditures have been $693,046.88 from regular funds and $31,563.71 from Emergency Relief funds, a total of $724,610.59. Proposed operations.--The balance unexpended 'June 30, 1946, $88,777.38, will be applied as follows: Accounts payable June 30, 1946------------.---------------------$1. 11 Maintenance: Dredging by contract to restore project dimensions in the formerly authorized 30-foot channel and turning basin, July 28 to Nov. 12, 1946------------------------------------ 88, 776. 27 Total for all work'.---------- ------ ------------------- 88, 777. 38 The additional sum of $552,100 can be profitably expended during the fiscal year 1948 as follows: New work: Dredging by contract to provide for a widened entrance channel in Cooper River and a channel 30 feet deep and 200 feet wide from the head of the present 30-foot channel to the vicinity of the plant of the Pittsburgh Metallurgical Co., with a turning basin 30 feet deep at the upper end --------------------------------- $430, 200 Maintenance: Dredging by contract to restore 30 feet depth in the formerly authorized 30-foot channel and turning basin, and 20 feet depth in that part of the formerly authorized 20-foot channel which will be utilized in the newly authorized 30-foot channel to the metal- lurgical plant, previous to dredging the new 30-foot channel----....... 121, 900 Total for all work. .. . . . /.. . .. . . . . . 552, 100 RIVERS AND. HARBORS-CHARLESTON, S. C., DISTRICT 725 Cost and financial summary Cost of new work to June 30, 1946 ___ _ _....._:..-..-1.. _ $116, 974. 10 Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1946..--------- ------- - - 611, 787. 60 Total cost of permanent work to June 30, 1946_----. 1728, 761. 70 Minus accounts payable June 30, 1946 11 1--------------1. Net total expenditures.. ---------.. . ...--------- 1 728, 760. 59 Unexpended balance June 30, 1946_ __-__----------- 88, 777. 38 Total amount appropriated to June 30, 1946. ------------- 1 817, 537. 97 Fiscal year ending June 30 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 Cost ofanewnwork.-------------------------$---- 6- 26--I- 57 ,1--------- Cost of maintenance--------------$8,6b94.80 $32,543.97 $66, 436.39 $26,236.07 $305,185.60' Total expended............... 8, 956. 33 32, 141.54 55, 400. 17 26, 271.29 305,184.49 asooaa. 6,0. .14.42,7.2 3514( Allotted-...-- .........-......... 31,600.00 67,6500.00 45,000.00 236,000.00 138, 00. 00 Balance unexpended July 1, 1945 -------------- , ----- Amount allotted during fiscal year. -----. ____.------.-..----138, . $255, 961. 87 000. 00 Amount to be accounted for_ .. - ---- _ _ 393, 961. 87 Gross amount expended____ _____ $305, 641. 73 Less reimbursements collected_ .---------... -- 457. 24 305, 184. 49 Balance unexpended June 30, 1946.----------------- _ 88, 777. 38 Outstanding liabilities, June 30, 1946_ ---------------- -. 11 Balance available June 30, 1946_ .... --------- _ _ .__ 88, 776. 27 Amount (estimated) required to be appropriated for completion of existing project 2 430, 200. 00 Amount that can be profitably expended in fiscal year ending June 30 1948: For new work 2 430, 200. 00 For maintenance 2---------------- ---------------------- 121, 900. 00 Total _---------------------------------------------- 552, 100. 00 1Includes $31,563.71 Emergency Relief Funds. I 3 Exclusive of available funds. 12. BERESFORD CREEK, S. C. Location.-This creek is a winding tidal stream 8.5 miles long, lo- cated 6 miles north of Charleston, S. C. It extends from Clouter Creek, a tributary of Cooper River, generally northeasterly to Wando River, and separates Daniel Island from the mainland. (See U. S. Coast and Geodetic Survey Chart No. 470.) E isting project.---This provides for a channel 6 feet deep at mean low water and 60 feet wide, with widening at bends, from deep water in Cooper River via Clouter Creek to mile 1.83, at an estimated first cost of $21,000, with $900 annually for maintenance, subject to the provision: That until a width of 60 feet is needed throughout and is authorized by the Chief of Engineers a channel 6 feet deep and 60 feet wide shall be dredged only in the sharper bends and in the reaches 726 : REPORT :OF CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U: 'S. ARMY, 1946 where the existing width at 6-foot depth is less than 20 feet. The mean'tidal variation is about 5.2 feet. The estimate of cost for new work (1946) is $26,000. The latest (1946) approved estimate for annual cost of maintenance is $1,100. The existing project was authorized by the River and Harbor Act approved March 2, 1945 (H. Doc. No. 602, 76th Cong., 3d sess.). Local cooperation.--Theproject requires that local interests furnish, without cost to the United States, all lands, easements, and rights-of- way and spoil-disposal areas for initial work and for subsequent main- tenance as required. These requirements have not been met. The South Carolina State Ports Authority, representing local interests, was contacted on November 15, 1945, and fully advised as to require- ments of local interests. The Ports Authority advised that it would willingly obligate itself to meet the requirements if the financial part of the obligation were furnished by other interests. The required fi- nancial backing has not been acquired. 'Under existing conditions, no specific date for compliance can be anticipated. .Terminal facilities.-Thereare several privately owned wharves for loading vegetables on the creek. These facilities are considered suf- ficient for present and prospective commerce. Operations and results during fiscal year.-None. Condition at-end of fiscal year.-A survey during September 1940 showed a controlling depth of 3.4 feet from the mouth to the head of the project, mile 1.83. Proposed operations.-No work is proposed during the fiscal year 1947. ' The sum of $26,000 can be profitably expended during the fiscal year 1948 for new work of providing a channel 6 feet deep and 60 feet wide with widening at bends from Cooper River via Clouter Creek to mile 1.83. Cost and financial summary Cost of new work to June 30, 1946 .. .. Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1946---------------____________ ______ Total cost of permanent work to June 30, 1946_ Net total expenditures........ Total amount appropriated to June 30, 1946--.-. ..... -. Amount (estimated) required 'to be existing project....------------ "appropriated for completion of ----------------------------- $26, 000 Amount that can be profitably expended in fiscal year ending June 30, 1948, for new work.... -------------------------------------26, 000 13. WATERWAY FROM CHARLESTON TO BEAUFORT, S. C. 'Location.-The waterway' begins at the Ashley River entrance of, Wappoo Creek; passes through Wappoo Creek, Stono, Wadmalaw, and Dawho Rivers, North' Creek, Watts Cut, and South Edisto River, Fenwicks Island Cut, Ashepoo River, Ashepoo-Coosaw Cut, Coosaw' River, Brickyard Creek, and Beaufort River to Beaufort, S. C. The distances from Charleston to Yonges Island, Martins Point, and Beau- fort are 23 miles, 25 miles, and 68.5 miles, respectively. (See U. S. Coast and Geodetic Survey Charts Nos. 837 and 838.) RIVERS AND HARBORS CHARLESTON, S. C., 'bISTRICT 727 '"Previousprojects.-Adopted by River and Harbor Acts of March 3, 1881, and June 13,-1902. For further .details see page 613, Annual Report for 1932. Existing project.-This provides for a waterway:12 'eettdeep at mean low water and not less than 90 feet wide from Charleston to Beaufort, S. C., with cut-offs in Wappoo Creek, from' Church Flats in Stono River to Wadmalaw Sound, from Dawho to South Edisto River and from Ashepoo to Coosaw River. The mean tidal range is 5.2 .feet at Charleston and 7.4 feet at Beauifort. The estimate of cost for new work, revised in 1937, was $653,000, exclusive of amounts expended on previous projects. The latest (1945) approved estimate for annual cost of maintenance is $38,000. The existing project was authorized by the following river and harbor acts: Acts Work authorized . Documents Mar. 3, 1925 Widening and deepening the waterway from S. Doc.No. 178, 68th Cong., 2d sess. Charleston to Beaufort. Aug. 30,19351 Cut-off between Ashepoo and Coosaw Rivers--.... If. oc. No. 129, 72d Cong., 1st sess. Aug. 26, 1937 Enlarging the channel from Charleston to Beau- Rivers and Harbors Committee Doc. fort, Including a cut-off between Church Flats No. 6, 75th Cong., 1st sess.' of Stono River and Wadmalaw Sound. Included in Emergency Relief Administration program May 28, 1935. - * Contains latest published map. Local cooperation.-Fullycomplied with. Terminal facilities.-There is a rail-water terminal owned by the Atlantic Coast Live Railroad Co. at Yonges Island, S. C., used for the receipt of farm produce by water and reshipment by rail. At Beaufort, S. C., and along connecting tributaries of the waterway there are numerous wharves used for the receipt of shrimp and oysters, and shipment of oyster shells and farm produce. These facilities are con- sidered adequate for present commerce. Operations and results'duringfiscal year.--Project dimensions were restored at seven intermittent shoals by the Iipe-line dredge Cherokee by contract, removing 240,083 cubic yards of material at a cost of $36,518.98. Maintenance costs of $534.66 were incurred in connection with dredg- ing to be done in the fiscal year 1947. The cost of surveys and supervision was $4,927.95. The total cost during the year was $41,981.59 for maintenance. The expenditures Were $41,981.59. Conditionsat end of fiscal year.-The existing project was completed in 1940. Surveys near the end of the fiscal year showed that project dimensions obtained, except at intermittent shoals where the con- trolling depth for a central width of 60 feet is as follows: 11 feet from Ashley River to Wappo Creek; thence 10.5 feet to Stono River; thence 11 feet to north approach of Dawho highway bridge; thence 10.5 feet to South Edisto River; thence 11 feet to Ashepoo-Coosaw cut-olff; 728 REPbRT OF CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMY, 1946 thence 9 feet for 1 mile in Ashepoo-Coosaw cut-off; thence 12 feet to Beaufort, S. C. The costs to the end of the fiscal year were $669,785.80 from regular funds and $74,642.87 from Emergehcy Relief funds, a total of $744,428.67, for new work, and $792,401.55 from regular funds for maintenance, a total of $1,536,830.22. The expenditures have been $1,462,187.35 from regular funds and $74,642.87 from Emergency Relief funds, a total of $1,536,830.22. Proposed operations.--The balance unexpended June 30, 1946, $80,265.78, will be applied as follows: Maintenance: . Dredging by contract to restore project dimensions at intermit- tent shoals between Charleston and.Beaufort, S. C., Sept. 15 to Dec. 28, 1946-------------- ---------------------. $54, 905. 78 Dredging by contract as required to maintain project dimensions between Charleston and Beaufort, S. C., Apr. 20 to May 27, 1947 --------------------------------------------- 25, 360. 00 Total for all work--------------------------------_ $80, 265. 78 The additional sum of-$38,000 can be profitably expended during the fiscal year 1948, in maintenance dredging by contract to restore project dimensions, as required, from Charleston to Beaufort, S. C. Cost and financial summary Cost of new work to June 30, 1946___-------------------------$853, 918. 31 Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1946_.-----__----------.. --. -816, 151. 13 Total cost of permanent work to June 30, 1946_---------- 1, 670, 069. 44 Net total expenditures.. --------------. ._ ___.. . 1, 670, 069. 44 Unexpended balance June 30, 1946.--- --------.----.. ---_ 80, 265. 78 Total amount appropriated to June 30, 1946------------ 1, 750, 335. 22 Fiscal year ending June 30 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 Cost of new work-----------,,- ...... - ---------------.. .-------------- ----------- Cost of maintenance---$22,897.55 $336, 609.05 $154, 323. 52 $6, 706.83 $41, 981.59 Total expended-----------------................... 22,185.30 337,180.49 154,236. 25 6,860.70 41,981.59 Allotted.......................... 62, 600.00 330,150.00 108,000.00 34,000.00 90,000.00 Balance unexpended July 1, 1945--------------------------- $32, 247. 37 Amount allotted during fiscal year_..------- __------------ 90, 000. 00 Amount to be accounted for---.---- -__--.--------- 122, 247. 37 Gross amount expended-_ ______-------- - $43, 939. 56 -------------------- Less reimbursements collected._ 1, 957. 97 41, 981. 59 Balance unexpended June 30, 1946--..... .-... _--- _80, 265. 78 Outstanding liabilities, June 30, 1946___--.-------------------- - 12.50 Balance available June 30, 1946-_ __--_---- --------- _ 80, 253. 28 . -- Amount that can be profitably expended in fiscal year ending June 30, 1948, for maintenance 1 -- --------- 38, 000. 00 1Exclusive of available funds. RIVERS AND HARBORS--CHARLESTON, S. C., DISTRICT 729 14. ABBAPOOLA CREEK, S. C. Location.-This creek is a small tidal stream that flows easterly 6 miles across Johns Island on the coast of South Carolina into Stono River at a poirit 5 miles from the ocean and 14 miles south- west of Charleston, S. C. (See U. S. Coast and Geodetic Survey Chart No. 1239.) Existing project.--This provides for a channel 4 feet deep and 60 feet wide from the mouth to a turning basin at mile 5. The mean tidal variation is about 5.2 feet. The estimate of cost for new work (1946) is $14,000. The latest (1946) approved estimate for annual cost of maintenance is $950. The existing project was authorized by the River and Harbor Act approved March 2, 1945 (H. Doc. No. 97, 76th Cong., 1st sess.). Local cooperation.-The project requires that local interests fur- nish, free of cost to the United States, all lands, easements, and rights-of-way and spoil-disposal areas for initial work and for sub- sequent maintenance as required. These requirements have not been met. The South Carolina State Ports Authority, representing local inter- ests, was contacted on November 15, 1945, and fully advised as to requirements of local interests. The ports authority advised that it would willingly obligate itself to meet the requirements if the financial part of the obligation were furnished by other interests. The required financial backing has not been acquired. Under existing conditions, no specific date for compliance can be anticipated. Terminal facilities.-There are eight privately owned wharves along the lower 5 miles. These facilities are considered sufficient for p)resent and prospective coommerce. Operations and results duwring fiacal year.-None. Condition at end of fiscal year.-Surveys during December 1937 and February 1940 showed a controlling center-line depth of 1.8 feet from the mouth to the head of the project, mile 5. Proposed operations.-No work is proposed during the fiscal year 1947. The sum of $14,000 can be profitably expended during the fiscal Year 1948 for the new work of providing a, channel 4 feet deep and 60 feet wide from the mouth to a turning basin at mile 5. Cash and financial summary Cost of new work to June 30, 1946 . __..__....----------------------------------- Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1946_________ __________ Total cost of permanent work to June 30, 1946___- -- _ -------- \Net total expenditures - ----------- Total amount appropriated to June 30, 1946 _Amount (estimated) required to be appropriated for completion of existing project--------- -------------------------------- $14, 000 Amount that can be profitably expended in fiscal year ending June 30, 1948 for new work ----------------------------------------- 14, 000 730 REPORT OF CHIEF OF. ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMY, 1946 15. RUSSELL CREEK, S. C. Location.--This creek is a small tidal stream 61/4 miles long in the sea island region of South Carolina, 27 miles southwest of Charleston. 'The lower and navigable end connects through Steamboat Creek and North Edisto River with the Atlantic Ocean and also the Intracoastal Waterway between Charleston and Beaufort. (See U. S. Coast and Geodetic Survey Chart No. 1239.) E'isting project.--This provides for a channel 5 feet deep and 60 feet wide from the mouth to the highway at mile 4.2. The mean tidal variation is about 6.1 feet. The estimate of cost for new work (1946) is $20,000. The latest (1946) approved estimate for annual cost of maintenance is $1,300. The existing project was authorized by the River and Harbor Act approved March 2, 1945 (S.Doc. No. 41, 76th Cong., 1st sess.). Local cooperation.-The project requires that local interests furnish, free of cost to the United States, all lands, easements, and rights-of- way and spoil-disposal areas for initial work and subsequent main- tenance as required. These requirements have not been met. The South Carolina State Ports Authority, representing local inter- ests, was contacted on November 15, 1945 and fully advised as to re- quirements of local interests. The ports authority advised that it would willingly obligate itself to meet the requirements if the financial part of the obligation were furnished by other interests. The required financial backing has not been acquired. Under existing conditions, no specific date for compliance can be anticipated. Terminal. facilities.--There are two. public and four privately owned wharves on Russell Creek between the highway bridge and the mouth. These wharves are adequate for. present commerce and could.readily be enlarged if required. Operations and results during fiscal year.-None. Conditionat end of fiscal year.-A survey during April 1938 showed a' controlling center-line depth of 1.4 feet from the mouth to the head of the project, mile 4.2. Proposed operations.-No'work is proposed during the fiscal year 1947. ' The sum of $20,000 can be profitably expended during the fiscal year 1948 for new work of providing a channel 5 feet deep and 60 feet wide from the mouth to the highway at mile 4.2. Cost and financial summary _ "Cost of new work to June 30, 1946 ---------------------------------- Cost of maintenance to Junie 30, 1946_...---------------------------- Total cost of permanent work to June 30, 1946------------ -------- Net total expenditures . .... .....---------------------......-------------- ------ Total amount appropriated to June 30, 1946_---.--.--------------_ ------- Amount (estimated) required to be apprdpriated for completion of existing project--------------------- --- ------------------ $20, 000 Amount that can be profitably expended in fiscal year ending June 30, 1948, for new work------------- ------------ -------------- 20, 000 RIVERS AND HARbORS-CHARLESTON, S. C,, DISTRICT 731 16. EXAMINATIONS, SURVEYS, AND CONTINGENCIES (GENERAL) The cost of work during the year was $78,955.91 from regular funds. The expenditures during the year were $79,343.04. balance unex- pended June 30, 1946 $27,763.70, will be applied during the fiscal year 'The to accounts payable 89.32, and to the payment of expenses to be in- curred under this heading. The additional sum of $78,000 can be profitably expended during the fiscal year 1948. Cost and financial summary Cost of new work to June 30, 1946.---- .----.-.-.------.. ---. - ---- - Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1946---------------------- $919, 330. 47 Total cost of permanent work to June 30, 1946----------- 919, 330. 47 Minus accounts payable June 30, 1946-------------- ----------- 89. 32 Net total expenditures ------------- ----------------- 1919, 241. 15 Inexpended balance June 30, 1946--------------------------- 27, 763. 70 Total amount appropriated to June 30, 1946- .-----...-- 947, 004. 85 Fiscal year ending June 30 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 Cost of new work -------------------------.-.----------------------------------- cost of mainte-nance .-------- $148, 637. 16 $110, 814. 95 $27, 364. 11 $49, 505. 42 $78, 955. 9 Total expended................ 169, 519. 63 90, 113.31 28, 855. 94 47, 783. 29 79, 343.04 Allotted ---------------------- 114, 25.00 147, 0.00 19,000.00 83, 300.00 49, 600. 00 Balance unexpended July 1, 1945_ --------------------------- $57, 506. 74 Amount allotted during fiscal year-._---------------------- ---- 49, 600. 00 Amount to be accounted for--_ _ ...___-- ..-..-- - .. 107, 106. 74 Gross amount expended_ ___--_-------------- $79, 420. 66 ILess reimbursements collected-------------------._ 77. 62 79, 343. 04 Balance unexpended June 30, 1946...................----------------------.. 27, 763. 70 Outstanding liabilities, June 30, 1946_----- ___------------------_89. 32 Balance available June 30, 1946------------------------ 27, 674. 38 Amount that can be profitably expended in fiscal year ending June / 30, 1948, for maintenance 2-.- ------------ ----.---- ,-- 78, 000. 00 1In addition, $738 was expended from contributed funds. * Exclusive of available funds. 17. OTHER NAVIGATION PROJECTS FOR .WHICH NO,ESTIMATES 'ARE SUBMITTED . For last full Cost and expenditures to Estimated report see June 30, 1946 Name of project amount re- Annual Re- quired to port for- New work Maintenance complete 1.Yadkin River N. C. ....................... 1892 $102,808.91 .............. $4,191.00 2. Salkahatchie River, S. C.--............------ 1896 15, 840. 73 -...... (1) 3. Lumber River, N. C. and S. C.1............. 1897 19, 00().00.............. 16,000.00 . LynchHRiver and Clark Creek; S. C.......... 1910 9, 500).00 ...- -- - (2) 5.Little Pee D)ee River, S. C._................. 1919 19, 549.99 $25,650.01 30, 450. 01 6. Edisto River, S. C...'.................... 1938 33,102. 65 900.00 (2) 7. Wateree River, S. C.i .................... 1940 60, 000. 00 151, 783.83 () 1 No commerce reported. Completed. 732 'IEPORT OF CHIEF OF.ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMY, 1946 18. PLANT ALLOTMENT, CHARLESTON, S. C., DISTRICT Cost and financial summary Undistributed costs June 30, 1946 .$--------------------------$162, 946. 54 Net total cost to June 30, 1946------------------- 162, 946. 54 Plus accounts receivable June 30, 1946_------------------------ 34,'107. 04 Gross total costs to June 30, 1946- _........ . -.... 197, 053. 58 Minus accounts payable June 30, 1946----------------------- 26, 962. 24 Net total expenditures---_ -- .- _- 170, 091. 34 Unexpended balance June 30, 1946_-_-------..------ _-..---- 277, 990. 67 Total amount appropriated to June 30, 1946 -------------- 448, 082. 01 Fiscal year ending June 30 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 Total expended.........-......... $329, 786.08 $39, 447. 18 -$139, 403. 23 - $112, 236. 91 -$122, 879.97 Allotted-----------------................... 44, 983. 92 -------------- .............. 181,000. 00 -30, 000. 00 Balance unexpended July 1, 1945-_-------_ _-.----------- $185, 110. 70 Deductions on account of revocation of allotment------- __- 30, 000. 00 Net amount to be accounted for------- ---------------- 155, 110. 70 Reimbursements collected----------- $639, 431. 12 Receipts from sales. \_ 3, 215. 19 $642, 646, 31 Gross amount expended_--- __.- '_... .-.. -_ 519, 766. 34 122, 879. 97 Balance unexpended June 30, 1946----------.... --- .277, _ 990. 67 Outstanding liabilities, June 30, 1946------------------------- 32, 036. 68 Balance available June 30, 1946-- -- - - 245, 953. 99 Accounts receivable June 30, 1946 ------------------------- __ - 34, 107. 04 Unobligated balance available June 30, 1946-- ------------ 280, 061. 03 Status of all investigations for navigation called for by river and harbor acts and committee resolutions Dateo trans- Locality Authorization act mitted to Nrumnt mdcot Congress Number mendation Beaufort, S. C., construction of boat River and Harbor Act, .. basin at or near on the Intracoastal July 24, 1946. Waterway. Cape Fear River, N. C., to Winyah Rivers and Harbors Bay, S. C., Intracoastal Waterway, Committee resolution, improvement at and near Singleton June 20, 1940. Swash. Cape Fear River, N. C., to St. Johns Commerce Committee ............. River, Fla., Intracoastal Water- resolution, Mar. 14, way, for construction of small boat 1946. basin near Ocean i)rive Beach, S. C. Charleston Itarbor, S. C., with a ;River and Harbor Act, .......................-.... view to extending Shemi Creek July 24, 1946. Channel. Cooper River, S. C., from Charleston River and Harbor Act, _......................... Harbor to the Pinopolis power Mar. 2, 1945. plant. Cooper River between: Charleston Commerce Committee ...................... and Pinopolts l)am, S. C. (Review resolution, iMar. 27, of waterway from Charleston to 1944. Columbia, S. C.). FLOOD CONTROL-CHARLESTON, S. C., DISTRICT 733 __ __ Date trains- Document Recom Locality Authorization act mitted to Number mendation Congress' Jeferys Creek, Florence County, River and Harbor Act, ................ S.C. Mar. 2, 1945. Little River, N. C. and S. C......... Rivers and THarbors .. Committee resolution, Apr. 30, 1940. Murrells Inlet, S. C.................. River and Harbor Act,---------------------- Mar. 2, 1945. Myrtle Beach, S.'C., with view to River and Harbor Act, .. establishing harbor for light-draft July 24, 1946. vessels. Ocean l)rive Beach, S. C., construc- .....----do..... ............................ tion of boat basin at or near on the Intracoastal Waterway. Pee D)ee (Little) River, S. C., from River and Harbor Act | junction of Lumber River to the Mar. 2, 1945.-. . Great Pee l)ee River, to remove logs, debris, and other obstructions. Santee-Congaree Buckingham Land- ing Site, S. C. (navigation, flood ..... do---------.... .......--------------...--- control, and development of power) Santee River, N. C. and S. C., salt Commerce Committee water intrusion and diversion of resolution, Apr. 2, 1941. water into Cooper River. Santee River (Lower), N. C. and 8. Sec. 6, River and Htarbor 4C. (navigation and irrigation). Shipyard River, S. C................ Act Aug. 30, 1935. Rivers and iHarbors ,,,,,,,, ,,,,,,-, Committee resolution, Nov. 20, 1945. .- ateree River, S. C., from Junctio Commerce Committee of Santee to Camden, S. C. (navi- resolution, Nov. 17, gation and hydroelectric power). 1938. 19. EDISTO RIVER, S. C. Location.-The river is formed by the confluence of its North and South Forks in southern South Carolina and flows southeasterly 118 miles to the Atlantic Ocean 30 miles southwest of Charleston. (See U. S. Geological Survey map of South Carolina, 1940.) Existing project.--Tlhis project provides for clearing the channel and immediate banks of the lower 10 miles of North Fork, the )lower 18 miles of South Fork, and the upper 15 miles of Edisto River. : The estimate of Federal cost for new work is $139,000. The existing project was authorized by the Flood Control Act approved December 22, 1944 (S. Doec. No. 182, 78th Cong., 2d sess.). Local cooperation.--See page 5 for requirements. The necessary assurances of local cooperation have not been furnished by local interests. Operations and results during fiscal year.-Surveys were made of the river in connection with preparation of the detailed plans. The costs of the existing project to the end of the fiscal year have been $6,011.54 for new work. The expenditures have been $5,917.93. Condition'at end of fiscal year.-Construction on the project has not been started. The costs of the existing project to the end of the fiscal year have been $6,378.86 for new work. The expenditureshave been $6,164.65. Proposed operations.--The balance unexpended June 30, 1946, $3,835.35, will be applied during the fiscal year to accounts payable, $214.21, and to a survey to determine the extent of the lands, ease- rients, and rights-of-way necessary for the project and to the prepa- ration of c6nltract plans and specifications. 721584--47--pt. 1, vol. 1 47 734 REPORT OF CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMY, 1946 The additional sum of $129,000 can be profitably expended during the fiscal year 1948 on the construction of the project. S Cost and'flnancial summary Cost of new work to June 30, 1946--__ ___,------. -------- ---- $6, 3'18. 86 Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1946_ -. ..... -___ ..... _ -------- Total cost of permanent work to June 30, 1946 ------------- 6, 378. 86 Minus accounts payable June 30, 1946 ------------------------- 214..21 ----------- Net total expenditures-____ --------------- 6, 164. 65 Unexpended balance June 30, 1946 ---------------------------- 3, 835. 35 Total amount appropriated to June 30, 1946 -------------- 10, 000. 00 Fiscal year ending June 30 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 $367. 32 $6, 011.54 Cost of new work....... ---------------------.............. ...........----- ...........-.......------.... ------ --.. Cost of maintenance........ ..... ---- ------------ ----------------------- Total expended.....-............. ---- -------------- " ---------------------- 246. 72 5,917.93 Allotted... ............... .......... ................. ..... 10000..........00 - - - - ,: ............ Balance unexpended July 1, 1945__--.............- - -__.. - $9, 753. 28 Gross amount expended_------__ -_ ------------ _ - -- 5, 917. 93 Balance unexpended June 30, 1946_ .-...... .~_. - 3, 835. 35 Outstanding liabilities, June 30, 1946,-. .-- --------- _ _- . 214. 21 i ::, Balance available June 30, 1946-. . -....-------------- - 3, 621. 14 Amount ,(estimated) required to be appropriated for completion of existinig project 1-------- -------- -------------- ---- ------ 129, 000. 00 Ambunt. that canibe profitably expended in fiscal year ending June ,30, '1948, for:new work - ----------- 129, 000. 00 i Explusive of available funds. 20. YADKIN RIVER, N. C. I' cation Th:.--TiYadkin River rises on the eastern slope of the Blue Ridge Mountains in western North Carolina, flows generally north- easterly 100 'miles: to the vicinity of Donnaha, N. C., thence south- easterly 104 miles to a point near Badin, N. C., to its confluence with the Uharie River where its name changes to the Great Pee Dee River. '(See.U. S. Geological* Survey ' Map of North Carolina 1940.) Existing project.-This proJect provides for the construction of four detention reservoirs, two on the Yadkin River and two on Reddies River, a tributary entering the stream at North Wilkesboro, N. C. The dams will be concrete gravity structures with lengths of from 475 to- 800 feet and heights of from 64 to 90 feet. The reservoirs will have a total storage capacity of 141,700 acre-feet. The estimate of Federal cost for new work is $7,194,000, of which $751,000 is for lands, damages, and relocations. The project was recommended by the Chief of Engineers in report dated June 19, 1946, and authorized by the Flood Control Act ap- proved July 24, 1946. 1 / FLOOD CONTROL-CHARLESTON,, S. C., DISTRICT 735 Local cooperation.-See page 5 for requirements. Operations and results during fiscal year.-None. Condition at end of fiscal year.-No work has been done to date. Proposed operations.-No funds are available and no work is pro-- Posed in the fiscal year 1947. Ihe sum of $2,780,000 can be profitably expended during the fiscal year 1948 as follows: Preparation of detailed plans and contract plans and specifications__ $350, 000 "Acquisition of land and construction of Wilkesboro Dam--------- 2, 430, 000 -- Total --------.--- ---------------. '----------_--- 2, 780, 000 Cost and financial summary Cost of new work to June 30, 1946-__-----------.. .. .---- ---------------- Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1946--------------------------- ---- Total cost of permanent work to June 30, 1946_.....-------.--.- Net total expenditures-------------. ....... .... ... Total amount appropriated to: June 30, 1946-_ ...... -----.. . .- Amount (estimated) required to be appropriated for completion of existing project_-------------------- ---------------- $7, 194, 000 Amount that can be profitably expended in fiscal year ending June 30, 1948, for new work ----------------------------------- 2, 780, 000 21.. PRIELIMINARY EXAMINATIONS, SURVEYS, AND CONTINGENCIES FOR FLOOD CONTROL The cost of work during the year was $47,988.06. The expendi- tures were $45,013.91. The balance unexpended June 30, 1946, $12,541.97, will be applied during the fiscal year to accounts payable, $2,974.15, and to the payment of expenses to be incurred under this heading. The additional sum of $5,000 can be profitably expended during the fiscal year 1948. Cost and financial summary Cost of new work to June 30, 1946___________... ... _ ... __ __ Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1946.......--------------------$231, 937. 18 Total cost of permanent work to June 30, 1946------------ 231, 937. 18 Minus accounts payable June 30, 1946--__-..---.-.-----.. -- .2, 974. 15 Net total expenditures ------------------- --------- 228, 963. 03 Unexpended balance June 30, 1946_.------ _. --. . -..__. . -. 12, 541. 97 Total amount appropriated to June 30, 1946-....-......-. 241, 505. 00 Fiscal year ending June 30 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 Cost of new work--------.------- ------------ I-- - ---- ----- ---- - --- -... 9t of maintenance------------$_ 69, 725. 86 $13, 241. 67 $6, 388. 50 $5, 274. 12 $47, 988. 06 Total expended.................. 43, 814. 71 39, 672. 6 , 076. 47 6, 586. 15 45, 013. 91 Allotted. .. . . . .. ..______._____________ . . .. . . .. 68, 475. 00 . . . . "5 15,. 700. 00 -.. .... .---- . 57,830.00 . 8000.00 736 REPORT OF ,CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMY, 1946 Balance unexpended July 1, 1945_'..------.-..--..-----.---.-- $52, 555. 88 Amount allotted during fiscal year ----------------------------- 5, 000. 00 Amount to be accounted for------ ---.-------- .------- 57, 555. 88 Gross amount expended.. ----------------------------------- 45, 013. 91 Balance unexpended June 30, 1946---------... -------- 12, 541. 97 Outstanding liabilities, June 30, 1946-------_-----.----------. - 2, 974. 15 Balance available June 30, 1946------------------------- 9, 567. 82 Amount that can be profitably expended in fiscal year ending June 30, ,1948, for maintenance-------------_________________________ 5, 000. 00 Status of all investigations for flood control called for by flood control acts and com- mittee resolutions Date trans- Document Recom- Locality Authorization act mitted to No. mendation Congress Santee-Congares Buckingham Land- River and Harbor Act, ............................ ing Site, S. C. (navigation, flood Mar. 2, 1945. control, and development of power. Santee River (Lower), N. C. and S. Sec. 6, Riverand Harbor, ........................... C. (navigation and irrigation). Act, Aug. 30, 1935. Waccamaw River, N. C. and S. C., Flood Control Commit-. .......................... for flood protection of Conway, S. tee resolution, July 23, C. 1946. Yadkin (Upper) River, N. C........ Commerce Committee ............... ............ resolution, Mar. 24, 1945. IMPROVEMENT OF RIVERS AND HARBORS IN TIIE SAVANNAH, GA., DISTRICT This district comprises a very small portion of southwestern North Carolina, western South Carolina, eastern Georgia, and a small portion of northeastern Florida embraced in the drainage basins tributary to the Atlantic Ocean between the Beaufort-St. Helena bridge at Beau- fort, S. C., and the harbor at Fernandina, Fla., inclusive. It includes the Intracoastal Waterway between these points (Beaufort to Cum- berland Sound section). District engineer: Col. C. T. Hunt, Corps of Engineers, to August 11, 1945; Lieut. Col. John P. Larsen, Corps of Engineers (acting), to September 7 1945; Col. . B. Higgins, Corps of Engineers, to June 27 1946; Col. Paschal N. Strong, Corps of Engineers, since that date. Division engineer: Brig. Gen. R. F. Fowler, United States Army, to December 27, 1945; Brig. Gen. James B. Newman, United States Army, since that date. IMPROVEMENTS Navigation Navigation-Continued Page •Page 1. Savannah Harbor, Ga..---- 737 10. Other navigation projects 2. Savannah River below Au- for which no estimates gusta, Ga-------------- 743 are submitted -------- 762 3. Waterway between Beau- 11. Plant allotment------------ 763 fort, S. C., and St. Johns River, Fla. (Beaufort, S. Flood control C., to Cumberland Sound section)-----------------747 12. Savannah River Basin, Ga. 4. Altamaha, Oconee, and Oc- and S. C-__.------------ 764 mulgee Rivers, Ga------- 751 13. Macon, Ga.------------- 766 5. Brunswick Harbor, Ga..... 753 14. Preliminary examinations, 6. Satilla River, Ga-_-------- 756 surveys, and contingen- 7. St. Marys River, Ga. and cies for flood control -... 768 Fla-------------------- 758 15. Other flood-control projects 8. Fernandina Harbor, Fla..-..- 759 for which no estimates 9. Examinations, surveys, and are submitted------------768 contingencies (general)-... 761 1. SAVANNAH IIARBOR, GA. Location.--The entrance is 75 statute miles south of Charleston harbor, S. C., and 70 statute miles north of Brunswick Harbor, Ga. (See U. S. Coast and Geodetic Survey Chart No. 440.) Previous projects.-Adopted by specific acts of Congress May 18, 1826; March 3, 1855; August 7, 1856; and by River and Harbor Acts of March 3, 1873; June 23, 1874; September 19, 1890; June 3, 1896; and June 13, 1902. For further details, see page 1810 of Annual Re- Port for 1915, and page 578 of Annual Report for 1938. Existing project.'--This consists of eliminating the regulating dam across South Channel, relocating the inland waterway in the vicinity, 737 738 REPORT OF CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMY, 1946 further extending training walls, revetments, and jetties, and pro- viding for- (a) Channels 36 feet deep and 500 feet wide across the ocean bar between stations 245 and 194, 9.7 miles;-thence 34 feet deep and gen- erally 400 feet wide, increased to 550 feet opposite the Atlantic Coast Line terminals, between stations 194 and 103, with a turning basin 34 feet deep at the Mexican Petroleum Corp., refinery, 17.2 miles; thence 30 feet deep and 300 feet wide to the foot of Kings Island, 0.6 mile; thence 30 feet deep and 200 feet wide tothe vicinity of the At- lantic Creosoting Co. terminal, with a turning basin 30 feet deep, 2.1 niiles; thence 30 feet deep and 200 feet wide to a point 1,500 feet below the Atlantic coastal highway bridge,-with a turning basin 30 feet deep at the upper end, 1.45 miles; a total length of 31.05 miles; and with such modifications thereof as the Secretary of War and the Chief of Engineers may consider desirable. (b) Enlargement of contracted portions of the channel and such enlargements of the channel as may be necessary to smooth out abrupt changes and for otherwise improving the hydraulic' conditions with a view to reducing shoaling. (c) Tlie maintenance of the channels, anchorage basins, enlarge- ments at Drakies Cut, Kings Island, West Broad and( Barnard Streets, mooring dolphins near Fort Oglethorpe, anld the existing training walls and jetties. The plane of reference is mean low water, which varies for dif- ferent parts of the harbor. The mean range of tide is 7.6 feet at the upper end of the harbor, and 7.1 feet at the lower end. Extreme ranges are about 10.5 feet and 11 feet, respectively. Tides below mean low water occur six or seven times a month and minus 2-foot tides occur from six to eight times a year. The mean tidal range has been increased by the improvement about 2.8 feet at the upper end. The estimate of cost for new work, revised in 1946, is $9,060,700, exclusive of amounts -expended on previous projects. The latest (1946) approved estimate for annual cost of maintenance is $937,000. The existing project was authorized by the following river and harbor acts: Acts Work authorized Documents June 23,1874 Regulating works.. Annual report 1873, p. 747. ------------------------- .... Mar. 2,1907 Tentative provision for a 26-foot channel from the IT. Doe. No. 181, 59th Cong., 1st sess. quarantine station to the Seaboard Air Line BRy.bridge. June 25, 1910 Definite provision for the 26-foot channel... July 25, 1012 A 21-foot channel from th6 Seaboard Air Line Ry. H. Doc. 563, 62d Cong., 2d sess. bridge to the foot of Kings Island. Aug. 8, 1917 A 30-foot depth from the sea to the quarantine II. Doc. No. 1471, 61th Cong., 2d sess. station. RIVERS AND HARBORS--SAVANNAH, GA., DISTRICT. 739 Acts Work authorizes1 Documents Jan. 21,1927 A 21-foot channel above Kings Island-.-.-.....- II. Doe. No. 261, 69th Cong., 1st sess. Do....... Channel 30 feet deep, with general width 500 feet, II. Doe. No. 262, 69th Cong., 1st sess. from the ocean to the quarantine station, thence 26 feet deep, general width 400 feet, to the Sea- board Air Line Ity. bridge; thence 21 feet deep and 300 feet wide to Kings Island. Widening at West Broad and Barnard Sts.;- anchorage basin; mooring dolphins; regulating dam across South Channel; relocation of the inland waterway; dredging Drakies Cut to 13 feet; widening to 525 feet at Kings Island; extension of training walls, revetments, and jetties. Consolidation of projects relating to Savannah Harbor. July 3,1930 Channel 26 feet deep and 300 feet wide from the S. Doc. No. 39, 71st Cong., 1st sess. Seaboard Air Line Ry. bridge to the foot of Kings Island. Aug. 30, 1935 Authorizes the present project and the elimina- II. Doe. No. 276, 73d Cong., 2d sess. tion from the project of (a) the regulating dam across South Channel; (b) the relocation of the inland waterway; and (c) the further extension of training walls, revetments, and jetties. Mar. 2,1945 Authorizes deepening the channel and turning II. Doc. No. 283, 76th Cong., 1st sess.t basin above the Seaboard Air Line Ry. bridge from 26 to 30 feet and widening the channel op- posite the Atlantic Coast Line terminals to a maximum of-550 feet for a length of 5,000 feet. Nov. 7,1945 Authorizes deepening the channels to 36 feet II. Doc. No. 227, 79th Cong., 1st sess.t deep and 500 feet wide across the ocean bar between stations 245 and 194; 34 feet deep and generally 400.feet wide, increased to 550 feet opposite the Atlantic Coast Line terminals, between stations 194 and 103, with a turning basin 34 feet deep at the Mexican Petroleum Corp. refinery;. and with such modifications thereof as the Secretary of War and the Chief of Engineers may consider desirable. July 24,1946 Extending channel 30 feet deep, 200 feet wide, HI. ])oc. No. 678, 79th Cong., 2d. sess.l upstream from Atlantic Creosoting terminal to a point 1,500 feet below the Atlantic coastal high- way bridge, with turning basin 30 feet deep at upper end. I Contains the latest published maps. Local cooperation.-The River and Harbor Acts approved Novem- ber 7, 1945, and July 24, 1946, impose the conditions that local interests shall: (a) Provide, free of cost to the United States, all lands and rights-of-way required for the initial construction and subsequent maintenance when and as required; (b) hold and save the United States free from damages due to the construction works. - By resolu- tion adopted March 13, 1929, the city of Savannah ,made available certain lands necessary for improvement and the future maintenance of the harbor at Kings Island, and binds itself to furnish, when required, such dumping ground as may be needed in the future improvement and maintenance of Savannah Harbor. The city of Savannah has secured for the United States practically all of the 740 REPORT OF CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMY, 1946 dumping privileges required for improvement under the existing project. Terminal facilities.--This improvement 'serves numerous wharves and piers owned by individuals and corporations, a municipal wharf, and the terminals of three trunk-line railways and two ocean steam- ship companies. For further details see Port Series No. 14, Corps of Engineers (revised 1946). In addition to these facilities, there were constructed in 1912 a pile-and-timber fitting-out wharf 1,800 feet long at the shipyard of the Southeastern Shipbuil(ding Corp., (now inactive), 2.3 miles below the center of the city, and a similar wharf 450 feet long at the shipyard of the Savannah Machine & Foundry Co., about 3,000 feet below the Seaboard Air Line Railway bridge. Neither of these shipyard wharves is open to the public. At the latter shipyard, a graving dock has been constructed and is Snow open to the public on equal terms. This dock will accommodate, vessels having a beam as great as 62 feet and an over-all length of .450 feet, and has a depth over entrance sill of 26 feet at mean high water. Operations and results during fiscal year--Maintenance.-Govern- ment plant and hired labor operated between the sea and the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad terminals, removing 10,V26,221 cubic yards of material at a cost of $965,955.80. Engineering studies and surveys cost $47,726.20. The cost was $1,013,682 for maintenance. The expenditure was $1,011,657.15. The following tabulation shows the names of plant, sections of the harbor over which work was performedL yardages removed, and methods of dredging: Cubic yards removed Name of channel Regular Agitation dredging dredging Dredge Culebra: Obstructions, station 140+100-146+600..------------------------------ 12, 450 ..------------ The flight, station 146+600--151+800 .....----------- ---------------- 24, 899 Upper Flats, station 151+800--12+333...... ._,_- 468, 055 Lower Flats, station 162+333-171+100---__..__---------......." ..--- .. .. 1........ 418, 496 Long Island crossing, station 171+100--190+333................ ......... 8, 627 270, 200 Tybee knoll, station 194-216...................------------------------------------- 577, 775 1, 197, 152 Tybee roads, station 216--234--------------------------------------............................................ 318, 00 3, 675 Tybee bar, station 234-244---------------------------------------.............................................. 283, 575 ........-----.....-- Dredgo Dewitt Clinton: City front, station 116B-127+500.................----------------------------------...................... 439, 493 .............. Wrecks, station 127+500-135 .-----...... --.......-...-.-.-. ,.- . 1,486, 850 1........--- 5-fathom hole, station 1358-140+100 .................................. 557. 99 .............. Obstructions, station 140+100-146+600. 500, 412 .............- .---------------------------- The Bight, station 146+600---151+800--------------------------------.................................... 77, 883 .............- Upper Flats, station 151+800-162+333------------------------------.................................. 540, 296 ...........--- Dr'edge Pascagoula: ----------------------------- Obstructions, station 140+100--146+600................................. 231, 766 .............. The Bight, station 146+600---151+800.................................... ----------------------------- 316, 58 ..........---- Upper Flats, station 151+800-162+333------------------------------.................................. 630, 086 ..........-- Lower Flats, station 162+333-171+100....--------------................ 140, 079 148, 554 Long Island crossing, station 171+100-190+333----------------------.......................... 1, 351, 628 .............--- Quarantine, station 190+333-194----------------------------------........................................ 520,988 ............-- .................... Total number cubic yards removed..........------------------- 8,020, 089 2, 5C6, 132 RIVERS AND HARBORS-SAVANNAH, GA., DISTRICT 741 Condition at end of fiscal year.-The existing project was modified, by the River and Harbor Acts of March 2, 1945, November 7, 1945, and July 24, 1946. The channel is being maintained at previous project depths of 26 and 30 feet until the authorized deeper channels are completed. The 30-foot channel from the sea to Old Quarantine Station was completed in 1930, and the remainder of the 30-foot channel in 1937. That part of the 26-foot channel from the Seaboard Air Line Railway bridge to the foot of Kings Island was completed in 1931, and the remainder from the foot of Kings Island to the Atlantic Creosoting Co.'s wharf, including the turning basin near the upper end of the harbor, in 1937. Cross-tides channel was closed with a hydraulic fill in 1937. The anchorage basiit and mooring dolphins near Fort (Oglethorpe were completed in 1926. Of the 10 dolphins Origin flly constructed, only 1 is now in place. The channel enlarge- nellts at Drakies Cut, Kings Island, and at West Broad and Barnard Streets were completed in 1931, 1929, and 1924, respectively. White- hall Channel training wall was'completed in 1929 and was replaced by three spur dikes in 1937. These spur dikes are in good condition. I' g Island training wall was raised and extended in 1940 and is in good condition. Long Island training wall hydraulic fill was completed in 1931, and other training walls and jetties prior to 1929. Least depths in midchannel for half project channel width at mean low water, as determined in June 1946, were 27.2 feet in the bar channel from the sea to station 162 opposite the girls house; thence 28 feet to Fort Jackson; thence 27.5 feet to the Seaboard Air Line Railway bridge; thence 23.6 feet to the upper end of the harbor. The turning basin at the upper end of the harbor had a controlling depth of 26.3 feet for a width of 600 feet. The least depths do not occur abreast, and there was a practicable navigation channel 27.2 feet deep with one-half project width from the sea to the Seaboard Air Line Railvay bridge. The shoals, where they occur, are soft mud. The costs under the existing project to June 30, 1946, have been $5,177,678.13 for hew work and $15,845,187.11 for maintenance, a total of $21,022,865.24. The expenditures have been $21,016,435.48. Proposed operationd.--'The balance unexpended June 30, 1946, $1,478,194.55, will be applied as follows: Accounts payable June 30, 1946..---------------------------- $6,429. 76 New work: Connence dredging 36-foot channel between seation 194 and the outer end of bar with U')ited States hopper dredge 5Y6 months ,between Sept. 15, 1946, and Mar. 31, 1947, and with the U. S. hopper dredge Gerig, 3 months between Apr. 1, 1947, and June 30, - 1947--_ -_ . . . .__ - - . -._.__. . $491, 625. 00 - Dredging 30,foot channel between Seaboard Air Line Railv ay bridge and upper end of harbor with contract pipe-line dredge, 3 months be- tween Sept. 15, 1946, and Dec. 31, 1946---.... 229, 420. 00 Dredging- 34-foot channel between stations 194 and 162 with contract pipe-line dredge, 33/ months between Oct. 1, 1946, and Feb. 15, 1947.--------------------------------- 278, 955. 00' Total new work------------------------------- 1,000, 00. 00 742 / REPORTOF CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMY, 1946 Maintenance: Dredging in channel between station 194 and outer end of bar with U. S. hopper dredge Culebra, 1/3 months between Sept. 15, 1946, and Mar. 31, 1947 _---------------------- $65, 000. 00 Dredging in channel between station 168 and Seaboard Air Line Railway bridge with U. S. pipe-line dredge DeWitt Clinton, 6 months between July 1, 1946, and June 30, 1947 -. 201, 000. 00 Dredging in channel between station 182 and :South Channel with U. S. pipe-line dredge Pascagoula, 4 months between July 1, 1946, and June 30 1947_ ----... _-.- 147, 000. 00 Dredging in channel between stations 194 and 162, and between Seaboard Air Line Railway bridge and upper end of harbor, with contract pipe-line dredge, Y months between Sept. 15, 1946, and February 15, 1947_---.-------. 58, 764. 79 Total maintenance---_- ' ---------------------. $471, 764. 79 Total for all work_-------------------------------- 1, 478, 194. 55 The additional sum of $5,003,418 can be profitably expended during the fiscal year 1948 as follows: New work:' Dredging 36-foot channel between station 194 and outer end of bar with U. S. hopper dredge Gerig, .83/2 months between July 1, 1947, and June 30, 1948--..----------------------------------$614, 000 Dredging'34-foot channel between stations 162 and 103 with 2 contract pipe-line dredges, 11 months (5% months for each dredge) between July 1, 1947, and June 30, 1948------------ ------------- 1, 453, 000 Dredging channel 30 feet deep and generally 200 feet wide, including turning basin, from upper end of present harbor to a point 1,000,feet below coastal highway bridge:.. 816, 000 .--------------------- Total new work. ..---------------------------------- $2, 883, 000 Maintenance: Dredging in channel between station 194 and outer end of bar with U..S. hopper dredge Gerig, 1 months between July 1, 1947, and June 30, 1948_ $97, 500 Dredging in channel between station 194 and upper end of harbor with U. S. pipe-line dredge Henry Bacon, 11 months between July 1, 1947, and June 30, 1948 ---------------------------------- 528, 000 Dredging in channel between stations 162 and 103 with Government or contract pipe-line dredges, 11 months between July.l1, 1947, and June 30, 1948 . 1, 494, 500 .------------------------------------ Total maintenance_._------- -- _... _------ - ----- 2, 120, 000 Total for all work. ----------------------------------- 5, 003, 000 Cost and financial summary Cost of new work to June 30, 1946 ----------------------- $12, 438, 062. 11 Cost of maintenance to June'30, 1946_--------------- 16, 144, 081. 37 Total cost of permanent work to June 30, 1946....---------.. 28, 582, 143. 48 Minus accounts payable June 30, 1946--.---..---.--. -----. 6, 429. 76 Net total expenditures. ....---------------------- 28, 575, 713. 72 RIVERS AND HARBORS-SAVANNAH, GA., DISTRICT. 743 Unexpended balance June 30, 1946....---------------------............. .. , $1, 478, 194. 55 Total amount appropriated to Jpne 30, 1946.------. . 30, 053, 908. 27 Fiscal year ending June 30 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 Cost of new work ..... - , "0- Cost of maintenance----...... - -$449, 403.00 $531, 790.42 $665, 132.45 $843, 137.22 $1, 013, 682.00 Total expended .... ... .. . 447, 814.02 529, 141.03 665, 623.03 845, 067.74 1, 011, 657.15 Allotted----.... ....... . .... 425, 800. 00 641,375. 00 100, 000. 00 1, 327, 700.00 1, 958, 800. 00 Balance unexpended July 1, 1945-----__________---------- $531, 051. 70 Amount allotted during fiscal year..................------------------------- 1, 958, 800. 00 Amount to be accounted for.........------------------------.. 2, 489, 851. 70 Gross amount expended__-_-----_-_----.__ --.--.-.- 1, 011, 657, 15 Balance unexpended June 30, 1946.--_------ __ - 1, 478, 194. 55 Outstanding liabilities, June 30, 1946---- _______-__ - -__ 6, 439. 76 Balance available June 30, 1946---------------------- 1, 471, 754. 79 Amount (estimated) required to be appropriated for completion of existing project 1--------------- ..- - - 2, 883, 000. 00 Amount that can be profitably expended in fiscal year ending June 30, 1948: For new work 1 _ __2, 883, 000. 00 For maintenance 1__ .. __---_ 2, 120, 000. 00 1 - - - - - - -- - - - - - - - - - - -- - - - - - - --- - - - - - ---- - - Total ... 5, 003, 000. 00 1Exclusive of available funds. 2. SAVANNAH RIVER BELOW AUGUSTA, GA. Location.-This river is formed by the confluence of the Tugaloo and Seneca Rivers on the northwestern part of the South Carolina- Georgia boundary line. It flows southeast for 314 miles, forming the boundary line, and empties into the Atlantic Ocean 16.6 miles belowkSavannah, Ga. (See U. S. Geological Survey maps of South Carolina and Georgia.) Previous project.-Adopted by the River and IHarbor Act of March 3, 1881. A subdivision between new work and maintenance is not possible. For further details see page 1813 of Annual Report for 1915 and page 581 of Annual Report for 1938. Existing project.-This provides for a channel 6 .feet deep and 75 feet wide (at ordinary summer flow, which corresponds to a discharge of 4,000 second-feet at Augusta, Ga.), from the upper end of Savannah Harbor to the head of navigation at Augusta, 3 miles above Fifth Street Bridge, about 199 miles. The improvement is to be obtained by constructio of one lock and damn at New Savannah N Iluff, use of contraction works, closure of cut-offs, bank protection, removal of snags, overhanging trees, and wrecks, and dredging trouble- some bars. Tllhemean tidal variation at the mouth of the river is 7.I feet. The freshet variation above the normal pool level (elevation 114.5 mean sea level) of the New Savannah Bluff lock and dam at 744 - REPORT OF CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMY, 1946 the head of the improvement is about 13 feet ordinarily, with an extreme of 34 feet. The pertinent data for the lock and dam are given in the following table: Lock and dam at New Savannah Bluff Nearest railroad station, Augusta, Ga., 13 miles. Distance above Bull Street, Savannah, Ga., 188 miles. Lock dimensions, 56 by 360 feet. Lift of lock, 15 feet. Depth on lower miter sill at low water, 10 feet. D2pth on upper miter sill at normal pool level, 13.5 feet. Character of foundations--piles in sand, clay, and gravel. Kind of dam, fixed.1 Type of construction, concrete. Completed, 1937. Total cost, $1,473,812.10. 1 Five steel vertical-lift crest-control gates, set between concrete piers and resting on concrete sill. The estimate of cost for new work, revised in 1935, is $3,340,000, exclusive of amounts expended on previous projects. The latest (1930) approved estimate fbr annual cost of maintenance and oper- ation is $75,000 for the first 3 years and $50,000 annually thereafter, of which $15,000 is for operating and care of lock and dam. The existing project was authorized by the following river and harbor acts: Acts Work authorized Documents Sept. 19, 1890 For a 5-foot channel---------------.......................----....... I. Doc. No. 255, 51st Cong., 2d sess., and Annual Report, 1890, p. 1328. June 25, 1910 Special improvement by bank protection work of II. Doc. No. 962, 60th Cong., 1st sess. 20 or 25 miles of the river immediately below Augusta. July 3, 1930 The present 6-foot channel project and the lock II. Doc. No. 101, 70th Cong., 1st sess. and dam. Aug. 30,19351 Provision made for locating the lock and dam at Senate committee print, 73d Cong.,2d New Savannah Bluff. sess.' Aug. 26,1937 Conditions of local cooperation modified..--........ Rivers and Harbors Committee Doc. No. 39, 75th Cong., 1st sess. 1 Included in the Public Works Administration program, Sept. 27, 1933. Contains the latest published map. Local cooperation.-Fullycomplied with. Terminal facilities.-Tlhe only water terminals served by this im- provement are at Augusta and at or near Savannah. The city of Augusta owns and operates, on equal terms to all, a wharf and ware- Shouse; a short distance below this terminal the Pure Oil Co. has a terminal (storage capacity of 27,500 barrels) for berthing and dis- charging oil barges; and just outside of the eastern city limits is the Merry Bros. Brick & Tile Co.'s terminal. At Savannah there is one municipal wharf, suitable for berths for river steamers, open to the RIVERS AND HARBORS-SAVANNAH, GA., DISTRICT 745 public on equal terms. In addition, there are extensive facilities at Savannah, privately owned, for oceangoing and smaller vessels. Along the river there are numerous natural landings without wharves or railway connections. The terminal facilities on this improvement are considered ample for existing commerce. Operationsand results during fiscal year-Maintenance.--TheU. S. Saagboat Macon and hired labor operated on maintenance snagging between October 5, 1945, and May 31, 1946, removing 2,872 snags and sunken logs, between mile 21 and mile 188, at a cost of $37,625.50. Surveys and engineering studies cost $2,364.22. The minimum daily flow of the river at the New Savannah Bluff navigation (ldam during 1945 was 2,000 cubic feet per second on October 13, 1945. The minimum weekly flow was 2,750 cubic feet per second. 'lleminimum daily and weekly flows of record are 1,105 and 1,220 cubic feet per second, respectively. Power plants with storage on the river are Stevens Creek plant, 9 miles above Augusta, and(the six plants of the Georgia Power Co. on "theheadwaters. No regulation of flow is required at headwater plants, ,bilt the Stevens Creek pIlant is required( to pass the natural flow of the river when this is at or below 6,550 cubic.feet per second. The Stevens Creek plant has operated in this manner (luring the past year, but sufficient information is -not available to determine what effect the headwater plants have on the natural flow of the river. Maintenance (operating and care).-The lock and damn at New Savannah Bluff was operated and ordinary repairs to the structure and al)purtenant works were made at a cost of $20,882.32. The cost, all from regular funds, was $60,872.04 for maintenance: The expenditure was $63,847.01. Condition at end of fiscal year.--The existing project was completed in 1939. Construction of the lock and dam at New Savannah Bluff was completed in 1937 and the open-channel works in 1939. The lock and dam and all open-channel works are in good repair. The controlling depth at ordinary summer water was'4 feet or greater for about 74 percent of the fiscal year. This depth corresponds to a height of 4.2 feet on the Butler Creek gage, and to a discharge of 4,000 second-feet at Augusta. The costs and expenditures on the existing project to June 30, 1946, vere as follows: Regular fufundPublic Works Total Cost: New work. ........................................ $1,117, 237.02 $1,634, 562. 24 $2, 751, 799.26 Maintenance 1, 435, 605.74 ... ....................................... 1, 435, 605. 74 Operating and care ................................198, 816.01 ..-----......- 198,816.01 Total........----------------------------------- 2, 751, 658. 77 1,634, 562.24 4, 386, 221.01 ExPenditures---...................................2, 750, 535.47 1, 634, 562.24 4, 385, 097.71 746 REPORT OF CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMY, 1946 Proposed operations.-The balance unexpended Juine 30, 1946, $88,469.83, plus amount due from other projects, $318.11, a total of $88,787.94, will be expended as follows: Accounts payable June 30, 1946--------------------------_ $1, 441. 41 Maintenance: Snagging with U. S. snag boat Macon, 7Y{ months between Aug. 1, 1946, and June 30, 1947---------------------------------- 47, 346. 53 Operation and care,.New Savannah Bluff lock and dam: Operations------- -----------........ ---- $25, 500. 00 Ordinary repairs--5------------------------ 5, 100. 00 Improvements and reconstruction------------ 8, 900. 00 Emergencies ------ --------------------- _ 500. 00 40, 000. 00 Total for all work-----..---.. _--..---- - _ -___ 88, 787. 94 The additional sum of $219,200 can be profitably expended during fiscal year 1948 as follows: Snagging with U. S. snag boat Macon, 11 months between July 1, 1947, and June 30, 1948---------------- ------------------------ $70, 700 Snagging with an additional snag boat, 11 months between July 1, 1947, and June 30, 1948-----------------------------------------68, 500 .Repairs with hired labor to open channel works (pile dikes and bank revetments) between miles 47.5 and 187 (zero mile at Bull St., Savan- ,nah, Ga.) between July 1, 1947, and June 30, 194.----------------- 25, 000 Repair and construction by contract, bank protection on South Carolina side, downstream of New Savannah Bluff lock and dam------ 25, 000 ------. Operation and care,,New Savannah Bluff lock and darn: Operations ---------------------------------- $26, 000 - Ordinary repairs-.------------------------ -------- 3, 500 Emergencies.---- --------------------------------- 500 30, 000 Total for all work.------------------------------------ 219, 200 Cost and financial summary Cost of new work to June 30, 1946_ ..------------------------ $2, 845, 279. 35 Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1946---------------------- 1, 634, 421. 75 Total cost of permanent work to June 30, 1946.--.----. 4, 479, 701. 10 Plus accounts receivable June 30, 1946----------------------- 318. 11 Gross total costs to June 30, 1946 ---------------- S 4, 480, 019. 21 Minus accounts payable June 30, 1946 ---------------------- - 1, 441. 41 Net total expenditures ---------- ------------------- 4, 478, 577. 80 Unexpended balance June 30, 1946-------------------------- 88, 469. 83 Total amount appropriated to June 30, 1946------------4, 567, 047. 63 Fiscal year ending June 30 :1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 Cost of new work ....----------------- .............-- .......... ----............. --......... ... ... .............. Cost of naintenance-- $66, 577. 77 $41, 185. 65 $29, 909. 44 $27, 635. 00 $60, 872.04 T-otal expended................... 406. 92 69, 44 41, 166. 062. 16 30, 24, 236. 65 63,847.01 Allotted...................... . 61, 800. 00 36,649. 23 -3), 000. 00 77, 500. 00 97, 100.00 Balance unexpended July 1, 1945____._________________ $55, 216. 84 Amount allotted during fiscal year__------.----..-------- 97, 100. 00 Amount to be accounted for-----. .--------.--.- 152, 316. 84 RIVERS AND HARBORS-SAVANNAH, .GA., 'DISTRICT 747 Gross amount expended.----------------------------------- $63, 847. 01 Balance unexpended June 30, 1946---____ - ..--.-.. - 88, 469. 83 Outstanding liabilities, June 30, 1946------------------------.. 1,554. 38 Balance available June 30, 1946. . -----.---- -86, - 915. 45 Accounts receivable June 30, 1946----------------------- 318. 11 Unobligated balance available June 30, 1946 ..----- 87, 233. 56 Amount that can be profitably expended in fiscal year ending June 30, 1948, for maintenance 1 ____..-.. ......... 219, 200. 00 1 Exclusive of available funds. 3. WATERWAY BETWEEN BEAUFORT, S. C., AND ST. JOHNS RIVER, FLA. (BEAUFORT, S. C., TO CUMBERLAND SOUND SECTION) Location.--This section of the waterway connects Beaufort, S. C., 'with Fernandina, Fla. (See U. S. Coast and Geodetic Survey Charts Nos. 838-841, inclusive.) For Cumberland Sound to St. Johns River section see page 770. Previous projects-Between Savannah, Ga., and Fernandina,Fla.- IPreviotus improvements in this section were authorized by River and harbor Acts of August 2, 1882, August 11, 1888, July 13, 1892, and March 3, 1905. ' For further details see pages 1814, 1821-1823 of the Annual Report for 1915, and page 585 of the Annual Report for 1938. Existing project.-This provides for a waterway 12 feet deep at mean low water and not less than 90 feet wide, between. Beaufort, S.C., and Savannah, Ga., via Beaufort River and Port Royal Sound; for a waterway 12 feet deep at mean low water, with widths.of 90 feet in land cuts and narrow streams and 150 feet in open waters, between 3avannahl, Ga., and Fernandina, Fla., to follow in general the alineielnt of the existilng waterway, except for such'cut-offs or other changes in the route as may be found desirable and justified by the resultant benefits to navigation; and for a suitable anchorage basin at Thunderbolt, Ga. The total distance from Beaufort, S. C., to Fernandina, Fla., is 180.2 miles. The project also provides for the following: (1) Removing logs and snags from Generals Cut, Ga.; (2) an alternative and more )rotected route, 7 feet deep at mean low "Water from Doboy Sound to Brunswick Harbor, via Darien River, I'ree Mile Cut, Altamalla River, One Mile Cut, Butterrpilk Sound, Mackay River, Back River, Clubb Creek, and Plantation Creek; (3) a protected channel 7 feet deep at mean low water and 75feet widae arouind St. Andrew Sound extending from the main route of the water- way in Jekyll Creek through Jekyll Sound, Little Satilla River, Um- 1brella Cut, Umbrella Creek and its south branch, through Dover Cut to Dover Creek, thence Iup Dover Creek and through' anarrow neck of lall(l to Satilla River, thence through a land cut south of Todd Creek ild thlroughl Floyd Creek to the main route of the waterway in. Cum- lerland River; (4) a channel 5 feet deep at mean low water and 50 feet wide to connect Baileys Cut to Satilla River and Dover Creek, Ga.; (5) a loop 8 feet deep at mean low water to reach tlhe wha rves at tile southern endl of Cumberland Sound* (6) an alternative route 9 feet (leel ) and 150 feet wide in that part o Frederica River, Ga.-., not 748 REPORT OF CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMY, 1946 now traversed by the main route, at no additional cost to the United States. In general, the ,work is to be accomplished by dredging, sup- plemented by training walls as necessary. The mean tidal range between Beaufort, S. C., and Fernandina, Fla., is from 6 to 8 feet, with fluctuations from 11/2 to 21/2 feet, due to winds and lunar phases. The estimated cost of new work, revised in 1938, is $961,600, ex- clusive of amounts expended under previous projects. The latest (1938) approved estimate for annual cost of maintenance is $112,000. The existing project was authorized by the following river and harbor acts: Act Work authorized, Document BEAUFORT, S. C., TO SAVANNAII, GA., SECTION June 3, 1896 Route No. 2 adopted ..... _. . 11. D)oc. No. 295, 53d Cong., 3d( sess. .---------... Mar. 3, 1899 Route No. 1 adopted ........................... Do.' July 25,1912 Provided for Archer Creek....................... II. D)oc. No. 513, 62d Cong., 2d sess. (This route now abandoned.) SAVANNAH, A., TO FERNANDINA, FLA., SECTION July 13,1892 Original 7-foot channel_.......................... II. Doc. No. 41, 52(1 Cong., 1st sess. 1 Mar. 3,1905 Provided for Skidaway Narrows_.............,... If. Doec. No. 450, 58th Cong., 2d sess. 'July 25,1912 Incorporated alternative routes previously im- Ir. I)oc. No. 1236, 60th Cong., 2(1sess.' proved as separate projects and the auxiliary channels. CUMBERLAND SOUND, OA., AND FLA., TO ST. JOHIN RIVER, FLA., SECTION Mar. 4,1913 For a channel 7 feet deep and 100 feet wide-... II. Doc. No. 898, 62d Cong., 2d sess. Aug. 8, 1917. Consolidation of the three sections, shown above, into "Waterway between Beaufort, S. C., and St. Johns River, Fla." BEAUFORT, S. C., TO CUMBERLAND SOUND, OA., AND FLA., SECTION Mar. 2, 1919 Removing logs and snags from Generals Cut... . II. Doc. No. 581, 63(1 Cong., 2d sess.' Do--..---:. Improving Back River to provide a channel 7 feet II. Doe. No. 1391, 62d Cong., 3d sess. deep and 150 feet wide. Mar. 3,1925 Channel 75 feet wide between Beaufort, S. C., and S. T)oc. No. 178, 68th Cong., 2d sess. Savannah, Ga. 1 July 3,1930 Channel from Baileys Cut to Dover Creek-.... S. Doec. No. 43, 71st Cong., 2d sess. Aug. 26,1937 A 7-foot protected channel around St. Andrew Senate committee print, 74th Cong., Sound. 1st sess.' Do. A 12-foot channel between Beaufort, S. C., and Rivers and Harbors Committee Doe. Savannah, Ga., via Beaufort River and Port No. 6, 75th Cong., 1st sess. Royal Sound. June 20,1938 A 12-foot channel between Savannah, Ga., and If. Doe. No. 618, 75th Cong., 3d sess. Fernandina,/Fla., various cut-offs; and anchor- age basin at Thunderbolt, Ga. Mar. 2,1945 An alternative route 9 feet deep and 150 feet wide HI.Doe. No. 114, 77th Cong., 1st sess. in that part of Frederica River, Ga., not now traversed by the main route, at no additional cost to the United States. I Contain latest published maps. RIVERS AND HARBORS-SAVANNAH, .GA., DISTRICT 749 Local cooperation.-Fully complied with. Terminal facilities.-E--xclusive of terminal facilities at the ports of entry, this improvement serves numerous wharves, some of which are open to the public on equal terms. These facilities are considered ample for existing commerce. Operations and results during fiscal year.-The U. S. dredge Creigh- ton and hired labor performed 11 months of maintenance dredging in various localities between St. Augustine Creek near Savannah and Jekyll Creek near Brunswick, removing 1,338,565 cubic yards of mate- 'tial at a cost of $160,064.23. Repairs to mileage and direction signs costs $2,848.29. The sum of $1,200 was received for damages to guide and tie-up dolphins. Surveys and engineering studies cost $5,547.07. The cost for maintenance was $167,259.59. The expenditures were $171,399.41. The following tabulation shows the names of plant, sections of waterway over which work was performed with the yardage removed in each section, and total yardage removed: Cubic yards re- Name of channel or waterway moved (regular dredging) Dredge Creighton: St. Augulstine Creek, mile 42-43 .----------- ...------------------------- 61,823 Wilrington River, mile 43-45.5--. .--------------- --- ---- --------------------- 284, 647 1lell (late, mile 66-66.5--------------- .-- ----------------- ------ 123, 908 Creighto' Narrows, mile 104-105---------------------------------------------- 70, 756 oboy Soundl, mlile 114--..........-------........----------------------- ------------- 69, 017 Rockdedundy River, mile 116-117-...... .------------------ 110, 949 Altamaha Sound, mile 122-123. ---------------------------------------------- --- I, 385 111..... I3uttermilk Sound, mile 126--127-.................------.......--------------........................ 194, 930 Mackay River, mile 133-134---. "..------------------------------------------------ 55, 817 JekyllCreek, mile 146-147.5--------.......................----------------------..............-------------.. 255, 333 Total number cubic yards removed.. - .---.----------------------------... 1, 338, 565. Condition at end of fiscal year.-The main 12-foot channel of the existing project was completed in 1941. The 7-foot pIrotected route around St. Andrew Sound was completed in 1939. The training; Walls and closure dlams.were completed in 1912-and are in satisfactory condition. All othdr improvements were completed in 1932. Since March 1943, the route of the Intracoastal Waterway has been through the Elba-McQueens Island put andI the northwesterly end of St. Augustine Creek. The previous route through the westerly end. of South Channel and the northerly end of Wilmington River has been abandoned. As determined by surveys:made in June 1946, the main route has a controlling depth of 12 feet or more, except in Wilmington River, mile 43-45, where the controlling depth is 10 feet $ in Creighton Narrows, mile 105, where the controlling depth is 11 feet; and in Jekyll Creek, mile 146.5-148.2, where the controlling depth is 9.1 feet. The costs under the existing project to June 30, 1946, were $763,599.20 for new work and $3,069,520.94 for maintenance, a total of $3,833,120.14. The expenditures were $3,833,117.78. 721584-47-pt. 1, vol. 1---48 750 REPORT OF CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMY, 1946 Proposed operations.--The balance ~unexpended June 30, 1946, $153,952.57, plus amount due from other projects, $50.14, a total of $154,002.71, will be applied as follows: Accounts payable June 30, 1946---.. . $52. 50 Maintenance: Dredging with U. S. pipe-line dredges Creighton or Colonel G. P. Howell between Beaufort, S. C., and Cumberland Sound, 7z2 months between July 1, 1946, and Feb. 15, 1947- _. 153, 950. 21 --------- ----------- 154, 002. 71 Total for all work--------------- The additional sum of $238,000 can be )profitablyexpended during the fiscal year 1948 as follows: Maintenance: .Dredging with U. S. pipe-line dredge Colonel G. P. Howell be- tween Beaufort, S. C., and Cumberland Sound section, 11 months between July 1, 1947, and June 30, 1948 236, 000 $----------- Repairs by hired labor to speed and directional markers _..... 2, 000 Total for all work-----........-- __________-------- - 238, 000 Cost and financial summary Cost of new work to June 30, 1946 -------------------------.. $958, 096. 16 Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1946_---_------------------_ 3, 204, 318. 57 Total cost of permanent work to June 30, 1946---------- 4, 162, 414. 73 Plus accounts receivable June 30, 1946---------------------- .. 50. 14 Gross total costs to June 30, 1946--------------------._. 4, 162, 464. 87 Minus accounts payable June 30, 1946 ------------------------ 52. 50 Net total expenditures-__- ...--------.. - ------ 4, 162, 412. 37 Unexpended balance June 30, 1946-"-..--.---__. . -___ --- _ 153, 952. 57 Total amount appropriated to June 30, 1946------------ 4, 316, 364. 94 Fiscal year ending June 30 1942 .1943 1944 1945 1946 Cost of new work----.. ,- -- ,,,--------,---, ----- ,. . ---. Cost of maintenance--.............. $122, 031. 09 $650, 175. 33 $418, 803.93 $149, 157.88 $167,259.59 Total expended--------- 141, 763.63 642, 977.60 424, 515. 37 147, 934.68 171, 399.41 Allotted. .-----.. *- --..-- -- 127,000.00 1,010,050.00 26, 000. (10 212, 500.00 199, 000.00 Balance unexpended July 1, 1945 - .:_.. _._.__.. . $126, 351. 98 Amount allotted during fiscal year.....---------------------------- 199, 000. 00 ' Amount to be accounted for .......------------------ 325, 351. 98 Gross amount expended----....------------------- ._.-.. . ., 171, 399. 41 Balance unexpended June 30, 1946_,.-.------ - .. 153, 952. 57 Outstanding liabilities, June 30, 1946,--------------------------- 52. 50 Balance available June 30, 1946...-... - ..... . 153, 900. 07 Accounts receivable June 30,: 1946.. .;_ -- - -.-. - --....- . 50. 14 Unobligated balance available June 30, 1946---- ---------- 153, 950. 21 Amount that can be profitably expcnded in fiscal year ending June 30, 1948, for Inaintenance I 238, 000. 00 I Exclusive of available funds. : - RIVERS AND HARBORS---SAVANNAH, GA., DISTRICT 751 4. ALTAMAIIA, OCONEE, AND OCMULGEE 'RIVERS, GA.: Location.-Tlhese rivers are located entirely within the State: of Georgia. (See U. S. Geological Survey map of Georgia.) For full lescription of these rivers, see page 636, Annual Report for 1932, Previous projects.-Prior to the present one, projects had been adopted and expenditures made under them for the Altamaha River by 'River and Harbor Acts of March 3, 1881, and September 19, 1890; for the Oconee River by River and Harbor Acts of June 18, 1878, Septem- ber 19, 1890, and March 3, 1905; for the Ocmulgee River, by the River and Harbor Acts of August 14, 1876, and September 19, 1890. For further details, see page 1815 of Annual Report for 1915, and Page 589 of Annual Report for 1938. lXisting project.-This contemp lates an ap propriation of $40,000 ,annually for the Altamaha, Oconee, and Ocmulgee Rivers, to be a.pplied, following in general the methods which hadl been carried on lunder the previous projects, to nmaintenance of 3-foot depth during ordinary summer low .water and to the gradual increase of channel d4 epth, so far as I)racticable, without sacrificing the maintenance work. h'lese methods are removal of rock shoals, snags, overhanging trees, and other obstructions; closing incipient cut-oilffs;: revetting caving banks; and use of spur dikes and training walls. The width of channel was not specified, but it should vary from 60 to 100 feet, according to locality. The present project provides also for removal of obstructions such as overhanging trees and submerged stumps, snags, and logs fron Rifle Cut. This project covers the entire Altamaha River (including a 'channel between the river and Darien, Ga.), a length of 137 miles, the lower 145 miles of the Oconee River, and the lower 205 miles of the Ocmulgee River. The Altamaha River has a mealn tidal range of 6.4 feet at its mouth, which gradually decreases to mile 33 above, where there is no percetible tidal effect. At I)octortown, mile 59, ordinary floods attain a height of about 10 feet above low water, and extreme fioods a height of about 15 feet'above low water. On thme Oconee River at Dublin the ordinary fluctuations attain a leight of 22 feet, and the extreme fluctuations a height of 32 feet above low water. On the Ocmnulgee River at Macon the ordinary fluctuations attain a height of 15 feet, and the extreme fluctuations a height of 25 feet above low water. .There is no approved estimated cost for improvement or for maintenance. The existing project was adopted by the River andIHarbor Acts of July 25, 191'2 (I. Doc. No. 443, 62d Cong., 2d sess.), and March 2 1945 '(I.Doc. No. 610, 77th Cong., 2d sess.). The latest published maps of these rivers are in the following dlocuments: Altanaha River, Ilouse Executive Document No. 283, Fifty-first; Congress, second session; (Oconee River, House Executive' Document No.' 211, 'Fifty-first Con- gress, first session; Ocmulgee River, house Executive Document No. 215, Fifty-first Congress first session; and Lower Altamaha River and "Darien Harbor, Ga., ilouse Document No. :610, Seventy-seventh Congress, second session. ' Local cooperation.-Thliea work in Rifle cut was authorized'o. con- Palatka to Sanford, with a side channel to Enterprise, and with cut-offs and easing of bends. ST. JOHNS RIVER, FLA., JACKSONVILLE TO LAKE IIARNEY )o24.......Combining the two above projects into a single If. Doc. No. 445, 78th Cong., 2d sess.'. project for St. Johns River, Fla., Jacksonville to Lake I [arney; and for a cut-off 5 feet deep and 75 feet wide between Lake Monroe and the vicinity of Osteen Bridge. July 24, 1946 A channel 12 feet deep and 100 feet wide from S. Doc. No. 208, 79th Cong., 2d sess.t Palatka to Sanford, and in the branch to Enter- prise. 1Contain latest published maps. The latest published detailed maps of the section from Jacksonville to Palatka are printed in Annual Report for 1900, p. 1976. Local cooperation.--The River and Iarbor Act approved March 2, 1945, imposed the conditions that local interests furnish, free of cost to the United States, all lands, easements, and rights-of-way and suitable spoil-disposal areas for new work and subsequent main- tenance. The cut-off channel between Lake Monroe and the vicinity of 780 REPORT OF CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMY, 1946 Osteen Bridge is subject to the additional requirement (H. Doc. No. 445, 78th Cong., 2d sess.) that local interests agree to hold and save the United States free from any damages resulting from this work. A resolution adopted July 5, 1945, by the Board of County Commis- sioners for Seminole County, agreeing to comply with the conditions imposed by House Document No. 445, Seventy-eighth Congress, second session, was accepted by the Secretary of War on October 3, 1945, as satisfactory assurance of compliance. On December 11, 1945, the Board of Directors for the Seminole County Chamber of Conmmerce adopted a resolltion agreeing to assume responsibility for compliance with the local cooperation requirements imposed by House Document No. 603, Seventy-sixth Congress, third session. That resolution was accepted by the Chief of Engineers on January 28, 1946, as satisfactory assurance of compliance. Local interests are actively engaged in securing the.necessary spoil-disposal areas and rights-of-way for new work. The River and Harbor Act approved July 24, 1946 (S. Doc. No. 208, 79th Cong. 2d sess.), imposed. the condition that responsible local interests give assurances satisfactory to the Secretary of War that they will (a) provide without cost to the United States, all lands, easements, and rights-of-way necessary for construction of the project and its subsequent maintenance, when and as required; and (b) pro- vide and maintain, without cost to the United States, adequate terminal facilities when and as required, which shall be open to all on equal terms. All prior requirements have been fully complied with. Termvinal facilities.-There are an ample number of wharves and terminals at Jacksonville and about 24 piers and wharves at various points on the river above Jacksonville. These include the following: Municipal piers or wharves at Mandarin, Green Cove Springs, Federal Point, Palatka, and a municipal recreational pier at Sanford; and 6 privately owned piers at Palatka, 5 at Sanford, and 8 at other points along the river between Palatka and Sanford. Five of the private piers have nearby tank storage for petroleum products as follows: One at Palatka, one at Lake Monroe, one at Enterprise, and two at Sanford. All piers have highway connections and one at Palatka has railway connections. In addition, there are a number of small pri- vately owned piers and wharves for recreational craft at various points along the river. The facilities are considered adequate for existing commerce. Operations and results during fiscal year.-Dredging by contract to remove shoals in the Enterprise approach channel in Lake Monroe, begun June 25 and in progress at the beginning of the fiscal year, was completed July 26, 1945. There were removed 103,447 cubic yards of material at a cost of $23,022.29 for maintenance. Examination of four cuts cost $1,123.14 for maintenance. Surveys and preparation of plans an(l specifications for dee)ening the inml)rovemnent to 10 feet between Palatka and Sanford, and for provision of a cut-off channel between Lake Monroe and the vicinity of Osteen Bridge cost $83,042.58 and $1,242.46, respectively, for new work. The costs for the year were $84,285.04 for new work and $24,145.43 for maintenance, a total of $108,430.47. The expenditures were $106.284.70. RIVERS AND HARBORS--JACKSONVILLE, FLA., DISTRICT 781 Condition at end of fiscal year.--The existing project is about 38 percent complete. Work between Jacksonville and Palatka was com- pleted during the calendar year 1915 except for the work in Deep Creek, which is about 50 percent complete. A channel 8 feet deep. and 100 feet wide from Palatka to,Sanford was completed in 1935 except for easing several bends. A channel 5 feet deep and 100 feet wide from Sanford to Lake Iarney was completed in 1912. When last surveyed, controlling dep ths in midchannel for at least half project widths were as follows: Jacksonville to Palatka, 9.7 feet in 1945; from Palatka to Sanford, 7.7 feet in May 1943; Enterprise approach chan- nel, 8 feet in May 1945; and Sanford to Lake Harney, 3.5 feet in May 1939. The controlling depth at the entrance to Deep Creek was 7 feet, date of survey unknown. The work remaining to be done to complete the project is as follows: Complete two cut-offs and ease five bends in Deep Creek; deepen the channel from Palatka to Sanford to 12 feet, including the side channel to Enterprise and easing several bends; and provide a cut-off channel 5 feet deep and 75 feet wide between Lake Monroe and the vicinity of Osteen Bridge. The costs under the existing project have been $470,477.17 for new work and $385,492.07 for maintenance, a total $855,969.24., The 'of expenditures have been $853,279.30. Proposed operations.-The balance unexpended and accounts re- ceivable June 30, 1946, plus $20,000 allotted in July 1946, a total of $310,153.78, will be applhed as follows: Accounts ''payable June 30, 1946_ --- ---- ___-_--- - '$2, 749. 34 New work: Complete hired labor surveys and preparation of plans and specifications for deepening the im- provement to 12 feet between Palatka and San- ford, and for the cut-off channel between Lake Monroe and the vicinity of Osteen Bridge, July 1, 1946, to June 30, 1947--------------------- $40, 000.00 Begin, by continuing contract, dredging to deepen the improvement between Palatka and Sanford, to 12 feet, including the side channel to Enter- prise and easing several bends, February to June 1947- _ -_ 247, 404. 44 287, 404. 44 Maintenance: Dredge by contract to remove a shoal about 1 mile long, off Plummer Point, during October 1946 ----------------- 20, 000. 00 Total for all work_.--------------------------------- 310, 153. 78 The additional sum of $480,000 can be profitably expended Iduring the fiscal year 1948, as follows: New work: Complete, by continuing contract,/dredging to deepen the im-, provement between Palatka and Sanford to 12 feet, including the side channel to Enterprise and easing several bends, July 1947 to January 1948 ------------------- . .----- . -. -. $452, 300, Dredge by contract a cut-off channel 5 feet deep"and 75 feet wide between Lake Monroe and'tie vicinity of OsteenB3ridge, ___ August and September 1947_ .------------.----- -. 27, 700 Total for all work---..------------------------------ 480, 000. 721584--47-pt. 1, vol. 1- 50 782 REPORT OF CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMY, 1946 'Cost and financi'al summary Cost of new work to June 30, 1946 . -.-.--._ $500, 043. 43 Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1946------------------------ 411, 330. 07 Total cost of permanent work to June 30, 1946 373. 50 9------------11, Plus accounts receivable June 30, 1946 ------------------- 5. 40 Gross total costs to June 30, 1946 ---------- 9----- 11, 432. 90 Minus accounts payable June 30, 1946 ------------ 2, 749. 34 Net total expenditures-- .__......9.......9!)08, 683. 56 Unexpended balance June 30, 1946 - 290, 094. 38 Total amount appropriated to June 30, 1946- - --- --- 1,198,777.94 Fiscal year ending June 30 1942 1943 194.1 1945 1946 Cost of new work.--------........-----.. - --.---. ---- - ---- - -- --- -- $----285. 04 $84, Cost of maintenance ..--.....--------...... $3, 195. 77 $487. 13 ..--------- $2, 760. 29 24, 145. 43 Total cost----------...................................----------------------------.............-----.....-...--------........ 108, 430.47 Total e~pended _---.....- -- - 4, 283. 28, 487. 13 .........-- ... 2, 216. 12 106, 284. 70 Allotted-----------.......---..........- - ..----- ------------- -------------- 33, 600. 00 364, 995. 20 Balance unexpended July 1, 1945.. 31, 383. 88 Amount allotted during fiscal year..-..-- 371, 995. 20 :Amount to be accounted for-_ __----- 403, 37!). 08 .---------- Deductions on account of revocation of allotment --------------- 7, 000. 00 Net amount to he accounted for----------- ----- 396, 379. 08 Gross amount expended ----- $118, 155. 14 Less reimbursements collected-------- -------------- 11, 870. 44 -,106, 284. 70 Balance unexpended Jlune 30, 1946---.-.-- ------------- 290, 094. 38 Outstanding liabilities, June 30, 1946_. $2, 749. 34 Amount covered by uncompleted contracts ------------ 207. 88 2, 957. 22 Balance available June 30, 1946 ----------------------- 287, 137. 16 Accounts receivable June 30, 1946------------------------------ 59. 40 Unobligated balance available June 30, 1946......---- 287, 196. 56 Amount allotted in Jlily 1946 .. ----------------------------- 20, 000. 00 Unobligated balance available for fiscal year9947 ..------ . 307, 196. 56 Amount (estimated) required to be apl)prol)riated for comllpletion of existing project I ------------------ 495, 310. 00 Amount that can be profitably expender in fiscal year ending June 30, 1948, for new work I--- - ---------- ------------ 480, 000. 00 1 Exclusive of available funds. 4. CROSS-FLO)RIDA BARGE CANAL Location.--The proposed canal extends up the St. Johns River, past Palatka, thence up the valley of the Oklawaha River, across the divide, and down the valley of the Withlacoochee River to the Gulf of Mexico, at a point about 95 miles north of Tampa, Fla. RIVERS AND HARBORS-JACKSONVILLE, FLA.,, DISTRICT 783 SExisting project.-This provides for a lock canal with project depth of 12 feet and minimum bottom width of 150 feet, with five locks 75 feet wide, 600 feet long, and 13 feet deep over the sills. The following table shows the principal features of the locks and d(ams: St. Johns Eureka lock Silver Springs 1)unnellon Inglis lock lock and dam lock lock and dam Nearest railroad station---------.......... Palatka, 11.2 Sparr, 15.8 Ocala, 8.9 J)unnellon, Dunnellon, miles. miles. miles. 2.5 miles. 11.1 miles. Distance from Atlantic Intra- 90.4 miles .... 111.4 miles... 127.7 miles...156.5 miles... 168.6 miles. coastal Waterway. Lock dimensions ................ - 75 x (100feet.. 75 x 6(100 feet.. 75 x 600 feet.. 75 x 600 feet.. 75 x 600 feet. Lift at normal pool levels-....... 20 feet-....... 20 feet....... 7 feet.. ..... 19 fee ...... 28 feet. Oepth on sills at normal pool levels: 14 feet-....... Upper---------....................... Lower........................ 15 feet..... - 17 feet-....... 23 16 feet ...-... 14 feet-..... ofeet..... 2:3feet...... 16 feet. 18feet....... 18feet. Character offoundation. ....... Piles in sand Piles in sand Piles in sand Rock........ Rock. Kind ofdarnm ................----- (2) Movable.... None .......- None........ Movable. Type of construction...-- ......... .............. --- Earth 3. Earth 3------.............................. Estimated cost of lock and dam.. $3, 208,400! $4,689,400 $2,777, 200 $4, 917,000 $4,476,900 Clear width and greatest available length. 'Rodman dam will maintain the pool for this lock. That darn is 18.8 miles from Iollister and 96.1 miles from the Intracoastal Waterway. It is to be constructed of earth and will have a concrete spillway with movable gates on pile foundation. Its estimated cost is $2,315,:300. a With concrete spillway and movable gates. Lock only. The estimated cost of new work, revised in 1946, is $72,483,000 with $323,000 annually for maintenance and operation. The project was authorized in Public Law No. 675, Seventy-seventh Congress, approved July 23, 1942. Local cooperation.-.The project provides that local interests fur- nish without cost to the United States all lands, easements, and rights- of-way necessary for the construction of the canal; hold and save the United States free from damages due to the construction works and take over, maintain, and operate all highway bridges and roadways built in connection with the project. Operations and results during fisal year.-Periodicground-water observations, operation of meteorological station, and compilation of data cost $5,270.70. Reproduction of plans cost $4,837.53. The cost incurred in connection with a report on malaria control by the United States Public Health Service was $445.95. Buildings and grounds at Camp Roosevelt were maintained by hired labor at a cost of $30,- 556.88. Under contract, the steel water tank was cleaned and painted between January 8 and 19, and 13 buildings were reroofed between January 14 and April 23, 1946; at a cost of $13,209.28. The total cost for the year was $54,320.34 for new work. The expenditures were $56,549.97. Condition at end o ffscal year.-Work on the project has been lim- ited to detail planning, including surveys and preparation of detailed past Palatka, thence up the valley of the Oklawaha River, across water observations and stream gaging are being continued. The cost has been $1,342,593.33, all for new work. The expenditures have been $1,341,215.51. 784 'REPORT OF CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMY, 1946 Proposed operations.-The balance unexpended and accounts re- ceivable June 30, 1946, plus an expected allotment of $50,000, a total of $87,881.81, will be applied as follows: Accounts payable June 30, 1946_----------------_-_______-_ $1, 475. 14 New work: Complete additional studies and review of the project, July to September 1946, as follows: Board of consulting engineers_ - -___-____ _ $10, 000. 00 Restudy of cost estimates-------------------10, 000. 00 Reproduction of plans, work, etc------------- 6, 000. 00 Resurvey of economics --------------------- 12, 000. 00 Report on malaria control by U. S. Public Health Service_ -------------------------- _ 2, 400. 00 Report by U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service- . 1, 200. 00 Report on recreational facilities-------------- 3, 400. 00 Total----------- ------------------ -- 45, 000. 00 Monthly ground-water observations, stream gaging, operation of meteorological station, and compilation of data, July 1, 1946, to June 30, 1947--------- 5, 806. 67 General maintenance of Camp Roosevelt near Ocala,. Fla., July 1, 1946, to June 30, 1947--------------35, 600. 00 86, 406. 67 Total for all work_.. .____ ______..... .. ____ __ 87, 881. 81 The additional sum of $5,000,000 can be profitably expended during the fiscal year 1948, as follows: New work: ....... Detail planning on locks, July 1, 1947, to June 30, 1948------- $150, 000 Partially complete by continuing contract: Construction of St. Johns dock, July 1947 to June 1948 ----------------------------$1,921, 000 Construction of Rodman dam, July 1947 to June 1948.....-------------------- ------ 1, 320, 000 Clearing Rodman and Eureka pools, July 1947 to June 1948 --------------------------- 898, 000 Excavation between Palatka and St. Johns lock, November 1947 to June 1948_----------. 500, 200 Excavation between St. Johns lock and station 5019 + 00, September 1947 to June 1948- - 210, 800 4, 850, 000 Total for all work ----------- 5, 000, 000 .-------------------- Cost and financial summary Cost of new work to June 30, 1946---------------------------.$1, 342, 593. 33 Cost of maintenance to Juno 30, 1946.,--.---- --- ------- Total cost of permanent work to June 30, 1946----------1, 342, 593. 3. .97. Plus accounts receivable June 30, 1946--_----------------_ 32 Gross total costs to June 30, 1946-----------_ . 1, 342, 690. 65 Minus accounts payable June 30, 1946..-_------------------- 1, 475. 14 Net total expenditures_--- - ------.-------___ _ 1, 341, 215. 51 Unexpended balance June 30, 1946--.- -------------------- 37, 784. 49 'total amount appropriated to June 30, 1946------------ 1, 379, 000. 00 RIVERS AND' HARBORS--JACKSONVILLE, FLA., DISTRICT 785 Fiscal year ending June 30 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 Cost of new work.._ . ..... __ _ .. ........... $8, 337.28 $987, 774. 37 $292, 161. 34 $54, 320. 34 Cost of maintenance....---------- ------------------------------------------------------ Total expended ---------------- ..... 104. 25 999, 495.44 285. 065.85 56. 549. 97 Allotted.......................... -------.............. 100, 000. 00 1,200, 000. 00 17, 500. 00 61, 500. 00 Balance unexpended July 1, 1945$--------------------------- 32, 834. 46 Amount allotted during fiscal year------------ --------------- 61, 500. 00 Amount to be accounted for------------ 94,334. 46 Gross amount expended ---------------- $59, 863. 20 _- Less reimbursements collected .------------- 3, 313. 23 - 56, 549. 97 Balance unexpended June 30, 1946_ --------------- 37, 784. 49 Outstanding liabilities, June 30, 1946------------ $1, 475. 14 Amount covered by uncompleted contracts------' -216. 61 - 1, 691. 75 Balance available June 30, 1946 ----------. --------_36, 092. 74 Accounts receivable June 30, 1946_-------------- 9------------7. 32 Unobligated balance available June 30, 1946--...-----...... 36, 190. 06 Amount (estimated) required to be appropriated for completion of existing project 1-------------------------------------------- 71, 054, 000. 00 Amount that can be profitably expended in fiscal year ending June 30, 1948, for new work I __5, 000, 000., 00 1Exclusive of available funds. 5. OKLAWAIIA RIVER, FLA. Location.-This river has its source in the system of large lakes in the central part of the peninsula of Florida and flows generally- northerly then easterly, emptying into the St. Johns River 22 miles above Palatka. Tlhe extreme head of the system may be taken as Lake Apopka, 120 miles libove the Inouth of the river. Prevtous projects.-The first improvement was authorized by an act of Congress approved February 24, 1835. For further details see page 1825, Annual Report for 1915, and page 613, Annual Report for 1938. Eistinq project.--This provides for deepening the channel to 6 feet at mean low water from the mouth to the head of! Silver Springs Run, 58 miles; for clearing the channel of obstructions fronm Silver Springs Run to Lake Griffin, including the Kyle and Young Canal and its extension to Morrisons Landing and the J. D. Youn0 Canal from Morrisons Landing to Starkes Ferry (clear title to'tihe canals anlld suficient land adjacent thereto to provide for future widening has been conveyed to the United States), and maintain- ing the dikes with a view to obtaining a navigable depth of about 4 feet to Leesburg, 86.5 miles above the mouth. The work embraces dredging, snagging, cut-offs at sharp) bends, removal of overhang- ing trees and obstructive aquatic vegetation, and construction of a lock and dam at Moss Bluff to retain the water level in Lake Griffin. 786 REPORT OF CHIEF OF ENGIN EERS, U. S. ARMY, 1946 Lock and dam at Moss Bluff Distance to nearest town: 20 miles by canals. Name of nearest town: Leesburg, Fla. Distance above mouth of river: 66.3 miles by canals. Distance above mouth of Silver Spring Run: 13.7 miles. Width of lock chamber: 30 feet. Greatest available length for full width: 125 feet. Lift above low water: 11.5 feet. Depth on upper miter sill at normal pool level: 7 feet. SDepth on lower miter sill at low water: 7 feet. Character of foundation: Piles in sand and clay. Character of construction: Concrete, with timber gates. Kind of dam: Movable. Type of dam: Needle. Completed in 1925. Total ,cost: $161,000. The river is nontidal except for a short distalnce above the moutlh at the St. Johns River,. where the mean range at low-water stage is about 0.5 foot. The mean fluctuation due to rainfall is about 2 feet at the mouth, about 3 feet at the mouth of Silver Springs Rurln, and about 21/2 feet at Lake Griffin. The extreme fluctuation is about 3 feet at the mouth, 5 feet at Silver Springs RunI , and about 41, feet at Lake Griffin. The estimate of cost for new work, revised in 1929, is $351,000, exclusive of amount expended on previous projects. The latest (1945) approved estimate of annual cost of nmainte nance is $18,500, including $10,500 for operation and care of lock and (lam. The existing project was authorize(l by the following river and ,. harbor acts: Acts Work authorized l)ocuments Sept. 19,1890 Clearing the river of obstructions with a view to Annual Report for 189M,pp. 13i:0-1364. obtaining a navigable channel about 4 feet deep from the mouth to Leesburg. Mar. 2, 1907 Deepening the channel to 6 feet at mean low water II. Dec. No. 782. 59th ('ong., 1st sess. from the mouth of the river to the head of Silver Springs Run. June 25,1910 1Maintenance of levels in the lakes at the head of pecified inlsot. July 25,1912 the river.I July 27,1016 Acceptance of certain artificial waterways and Do. extensions thereof between Heather Island and Lake Griffin as part of the waterway in lieu of portions of the natural bed of the river. (1) Operation and care of the lock and dam provided for with funds from War Department appro- priations for rivers and harbors. 1 Permanent Appropriation Repeal Act of June 26, 1934. The latest published maps may be found in House Document No. 514, Sixty-third Congress, second( session, and Annual Report for 1891, page 1620. RIVERS AND HARBORS-JACKSONVILLE, FLA., DISTRICT 787 Local cooperation.--Fullycomplied with. Terminal facilities.-There are numerous privately owned landings along this river, more or less out of repair, and a municipal wharf at Leesburg; no charges for wharfage. The facilities are considered adequate for existing commerce. Operations and results during fiscal year--Maintenance.--Frequent Inspections of the upper river and gages and periodic inspections of the lower river were made. During inspections several trees, limbs, treetops, and other minor obstructions to navigation were removed. The cost was $2,971.67. Operating and care.-The lock and dam were operated and main- tained. Buildings and grounds were cared for with United States plant and hired labor. Installation of safety handrails on the lock walls was started May 31, 1946, and was in progress at the end of the fiscal year. Thle costs wee $7,3)1.40 for operation and $1,784.34. for Improvement and reconstruction, a total of $9,175.74. The costs for the year were $2,971.67 for maintenance and $9,175.74 for operating and care, a total of $12,147.41. The expenditures were $13,974.69. Condition at end of fiscal year.-The existing project was about 89 percent complete. By dredging, making cut-offs, and snagging, a channel about 5 feet deep at ordinary stages has been obtained from the St. Johns River to the head of Silver Springs Run, 58 miles above the mouth. A channel 4 feet deep at low-water stages and 30 feet wide between Silver Springs Run and Moss Bluff lock was completed in 1929. The lock and dam were completed in 1925. For further details relative to this lock see paragraph "Existing project." The United States reservation comprises 13.14 acres of land, 2 dwellings, a. storehouse, and other small buildings. Much, of the original dredging of the canal between Moss Bluff lock and Starkes Ferry was done by private interests. Widening and (eepening that canal to provide for control of Lake Griffin was completed in 1930, and the dike on the east side was repaired and improved in 1936. At the close of the fiscal year the river below Moss Bluff lock was in good condition; the lock and dam were in fair condition, but some repairs may be necessary; and the canals and dikes above the lock were in fair condition. In June 1946 the controlling depths, which were about 1 to 3 feet above ordinary low stages, were as follows: Mouth of the river to Silver Springs Run, 4.5 feet; Silver Springs Run, 6 feet; Silver Springs Run to Moss Bluff lock, 4 feet, and thence to Leesburg, 6 feet. The work remaining to be done to complete the project is easing several sharp bends and obtain- ing project dimensions in the section between the mouth of the river and the mouth of Silver Springs Run, which is not consideredneces- sary at this time. The costs of the existing project have been $311,352.45 for new work, $313,214.33 for maintenance, and $82,046.79 for operating and care, a total of $706,613.57. The expenditures have been $707,470.79. In addition, $11,414.41 were expended between August 1,1929, and June 30, 1935, on the operation and care of the works of improvement under the provision of the permanent :indefinite appropriation for such purposes. 788 ' REPORT OF CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMY, 1946 Proposed operations.-The balance tmnexpended and accounts re- ceivable June 30, 1946, $13,173.74, will be applied as follows: Maintenance: Periodic condition surveys, inspections, and contin- gencies, including weekly inspections of the upper-river stream gages and periodic inspections of the lower river, July 1, 1946, to June 30, 1947------------------ ------------------- _$2, 038. 43 Maintenance (operating and care): . Operation of lock and dam at Moss Bluff----- $10, 000. 00 Ordinary repairs------------ -------------------- 600. 00 Improvement and reconstruction----------------- 535. 31 11, 135. 31 Total for all work----------------------------------- 13, 173. 74 The additional sum of $15,500 can be profitably expended during the fiscal year 1948 as follows: Maintenance: Miscellaneous surveys, inspections, removal of minor obstructions, contingencies, including weekly inspections of the upper river and gages and periodic inspection of the lower river, July 1, 1947, to June 30, 1948-------------------------------- $3, 500 Maintenance (operating and care): Operation of lock and dam at Moss Bluff----------- $10, 700 Ordinary repairs---------------------------------- 800 Improvement and reconstruction -- - .------ _ 500 __- 12, 000 Total for all work--------------------- ---------------- 15, 500 Cost and financial summary Cost of new work to June 30, 1946_------------------------- $315, 264. 40 Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1946 ------------------------ 406, 675. 53 Total cost of permanent work to June 30, 1946:---------- 721, 939. 93 Plus accounts receivable June 30, ,1946------------------------ 857. 22 Gross total costs to June 30, 1946----------------------722, 797. 15 Net total expenditures----_ ------------------------------- 722, 797. 15 Unexpended balance June 30, 1946_-------- ------------- 12, 316. 52 Total amount appropriated to June 30, 1946--------------735, 113. 67 Fiscal year ending June 30 1942' 1943 1944 1945 1946 Cost of new work......- .... ---- -- ------------ ------ -....-- -- Cost of maintenanc ---.............. , $11, 382. 49 $15, 523. 05 $16, 421.82 $10, 263. 19 $12, 147. 41 Total expended................... 10, 756. 57 16, 234. 65 15, 352. 06 10, 473. 65 13, 974. 69 ------------------- Allotted.......................... 18, 700. 00 9, 200. 00 10, 300. 00 14, 084. 34 21, 500. 00 Balance unexpended July 1, 1945-_ ----------- $4, 791. 21 $------ Amount allotted during fiscal year_-. ------ _-_------.-- 21, 500. 00 Amount to be accounted for -------------------------- - 26, 291. 21 Gross amount expended$---------------------------16, 702. 95 Less reimbursements collected.. ------------------- 2, 728. 26 13, 974. 69 Balance unexpended June 30, 1946-_...--- - ---- --- -12, 316. 52 RIVERS AND HARBORS-JACKSONVILLE, FLA., DISTRICT 789 Amount covered by uncompleted contracts----------------- ------- $9. 50 Balance available June 30, 1946------------------------ 12, 307. 02 Accounts receivable June 30, 1946---------- ----------------- -- 857. 22 Unobligated balance available June 30, 1946---------- -- 13, 164. 24 Amount (estimated) required to be appropriated for compl etion of existing project 1----------- 39, 600. 00 Amount that can be profitably expended in fiscal year ending June 30, 1948 for maintenance 1---------------- 15, 500. 00 I Exclusive of available funds. 6. INTRACOASTAL WATERWAY FROM JACKSONVILLE TO MIAMI, FLA. Location.-Thle waterway extends from Jacksonville to Miami, Fla., following the St. Johns River to the mouth of Pablo Creek, 23 miles, and thence following in general the line of a canal constructed by the Florida Coast Line Canal & Transportation Co. (See U. S. Coast and Geodetic Survey Charts Nos. 842, 843, 844, 845, 846, and 847.) Previous projects.-Adopted by River and Harbor Acts of June 15, 1844, July 13, 1892, August 18, 1894, and Deficiency Act of February 26, 1896. For further details, see page 1825, Annual Report for 1915; page 655, Annual Report for 1926; and page 618, Annual Report for 1938. E isting project.-This provides for an inland waterway 12 feet deep at local mean low water and generally 1.25 feet wide from Jack- sonville to Miami, with such modifications in cut-off and other ques- tions of alinement as may be required by the Chief of Engineers; for a turning basin 8 feet deep, 400 feet wide, and 800. feet long in the vicinity of Jacksonville Beach, Fla.; for an entrance channel.8 feet deep and 100 feet wide from the Intracoastal Waterway to and'includ- Ing a turning basin of the same depth, 300 feet wide and 600 feet long, at Sebastianl, Fla.; and for a basin 8 feet deep extending from the Intracoastal Waterway to the easterly shore about 1,140 feet wide at the waterway and 280 feet wide at the shore line, at or near Vero Beacll, Fla. Thel length of the waterway is 372 miles following a coastal route. Depths in excess of those called for under this project already exist in the St. Johns River from Jacksonville to a point 23 mniles east and also for a total of about 44 miles between the St. Johns River and Miami, or about 19 percent of the total length of the project. The project also includes the operation and maintenance of the bridge near Palm Valley, the title to which was passed to the United States, along with all other property of the Florida Coast Line Canal & Trans- portation Co., under the conditions of local coop)eration. The mean range of tide is 3.8 feet at the St. Johns River, 0.7 foot in the Indian River at Fort Pierce, 1.8 feet in Lake Worth at the Port of Palm Beach terminals, 2.3 feet at the Port Everglades terminals, and 2 feet in Biscayne Bay. The extreme range is about 7 feet at the St. Johns River, 1.5 feet at Fort Pierce, and 3 feet in Biscayne Bay. rTidal effect is imp)erceptible at points along the waterway dlstant from inlets. 790 REPORT OF CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMY, 1946 The estimate of cost for new work, revised in 1946, is$22,710,000, exclusive of amounts expended on previous projects. The latest (1945) approved estimate for annual cost of maintenance is $318,000, includ- ing $12,000 for the operation and care of the bridge near Palm Valley. The existing project was authorized by the following river and harbor acts: Acts Work authorized Documnents Jan. 21,1927 For a channel 8 feet deep and 75 feet wide from 1H. i)o(. No.. 86, 6tith ('ong., 2d sess.c Jacksonville to Miami. July 3,1930 For a width of 100 feet ........................ . io. 2d sess. No. 71.71st ('Cog., (2) Operation and care of the bridge near Palm Valley provided for with funds from War Department appropriations for rivers and harbors. Aug. 26,1937 Turning basin in the vicinity of Jacksonville II. Doc. No. 180, 75th Cong., 1st sess.t Beach. .... Ieport of Chief of Engineers dated Oct. Mar. 2,1945 A channel 12 feet deep and 125 feet wido....._ 26, 1942 (not printedl). 1 ............ .Doc. No. 3:36,76th (Cong., 1st sess. Do...... A side channel and basin at Sebastian---------- 1 Do...... A basin at Vero each --------------........................... .Doc. No. 261, 76th Cong., 1st sess. 1 Contain latest published maps. 2 Permanent Appropriation Repeal Act of June 26, 1934. Local cooperation.-The work authorized by the River and Harbor Act of August 26, 1937, is subject to the condition that local interests provide, free of cost to the United States, all lands and rights-of-way necessary for the improvement and for its subsequent mnaintenance when and as required, and to the further condition that local interests provide, without cost to the United States, suitable highway connec- tions and a bulkhead along the south side of the basin on plans ap- proved by the Chief of Engineers, and agree to mnaintain said bulkhead and the land approaches thereto as a public terminal opell to all on equal terms. A resolution adopted by the city council of Jacksonville Beach, Fla., agreeing to comply with those conditions, was accepted by the Chief of Engineers on October 18, 1945, as satisfactory assur- ance of compliance. The lands needed for rights-of-way and spoil disposal have been furnished. A highway from Jacksonville to Jack- sonville Beach, now under construction by the Florida State Road Department, will satisfy the requirement as to highway connections. All work authorized by the River and Harbor Act of March 2, 1945, is subject to the conditions that local interests furnish, free of cost to the United States, all lands, easements, and rights-of-way and spoil-disposal areas, for new work and for subsequent maintenance, when and as required, and hold and save the United States free from claims for damages resulting from the improvement. The act im- posed additional requirements as follows: (a) Deepening the water- way to 12 feet is subject to the conditions (report of Chief of Engineers dated October 26, 1942) that local interests bear the cost of all altera- tions of bridges, cables, pipe lines, and other structures made necessary by the improvement and that, if for any cause the Secretary of War finds it advisable, lie may cause proceedings to be instituted in the name of the United States for acquirement by condemnation or other- wise of any lands, easements, rights-of-way, and spoil-disposal areas RIVERS AND HARBORS-JACKSONVILLE, FLA., DISTRICT 791 needed for the improvement, after receipt of assurances satisfactory to him from responsible local agencies that they will reimburse the United States for the costs; (b) provision of a side channel at Sebas- tian is subject to the condition (H. Doc. No. 336, 76th Cong., 1st siss.) that local interests give assurances satisfactory to the. Secretary of War that they will provide and maintain suitable terminal facilities open to all on equal terms; (c) provision of the basin at Vero Beach is subject to the requirements (HII. Doc. No. 261, 76th Cong., 1st sess.) that local interests will furnish assurances satisfactory to the Secre- tary of War that they wil lprotect the shore line with an adequate bulkhead, and provide, maintain, and operate terminals adequate to full utilization of the improvement, open to all on equal and reasonable A resolution adopted by the city of Verto Beach on August 8, 1945, agreeiig to comply with the features of local cooperation pertaining to the basin at Vero Beach, was accepted by the Secretary of War on November 28, 1945, as satisfactory assurance of compliance. On March. 14, 1946, local interests were informed as to the requirements ilnposed in conlnection with the provision of a side channel at Sebas- tian, but to July 26, 1946, no assurance of compliance with those requlirements had been received. All, prior requirements of local cooperation have been complied with except the provision of spoil areas in perpetulity for maintenance as required by tile River and Harbor Acts approved January 21, 1927, and July 3, 1930. The Florida Inland Navigation District, a special taxing district empowered by State law to comply with features of local cooperation, has furnished a number of permannent spoil-disposal areas, but these have been found to be inadequate. The Florida In- land Navigation District was requested to furnish additional spoil- disposal areas in perpetuity for a 25-year intenai ce program for the 8-foot channel in the southerly and northerly halves of the water- Way on May 15 and July 1, 1944, respectively. A few areas have been furnished. The Florida Inland Navigation District is actively en- gaged in securing other areas by negotiation, or when necessary, by condemnatioi. Temporary spoil-disposal areas for maintenance have been furnished as and when required. Terminal facilities.-Extensive terminals with railway and street connections are available in connection with the harbors at Jackson- ville and Miami. Terminals, with railway and highway connections, for coastwise vessels have been constructed at Fort Pierce (Indian River), Riviera (Lake Worth), and Port Everglades (Hollywood liarbor). Municipal piers or wharves have been constructed at Titus- ville, Courtenay, Cocoa, Melbourne, and Vero Beach for handling general freight and at St. Augustine, Daytona Beach, New Smyrna Beach, Eau Gallie, West Palmhn Beach, and Miami for the use of recreational craft. At Daytona: Beach, Titusville, Eau Gallie, and Fort Pierce, yacht basins open to the public have been provided, con- nlected with the Intracoastal Waterway by chalnnels 6 to 8 feet deep and 80 to 100 feet wide. At Fort Pierce a channel 6 feet deep and 80 feet wide has been dredged by the United States from the Intracoastal I'Vaterway to and up Taylor Creek to the United States Lighthouse Service buoy depot. There are also a number of privately owned 792 REPORT OF CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMY, 1946 piers, wharves, and landings at various points along the waterway. The facilities are considered adequate in general for the existing commerce. (For further details on facilities at Jacksonville and Miami, see Port Series No. 8, revised 1936, and Port and Terminal Facilities Report, 1941, Corps of Engineers.) Operations and results during fiscal year--New work.-Advance planning for deepening the waterway to 12 feet, including prep)aration of a definite project report and plans and specifications, which was in progress at the beginning of the fiscal year, was continued and was 32 percent complete at the close of the fiscal year. The cost was $141,- 908.79 for new work. ,Maintenance.-Bycontract, maintenance dredging to restore project dimensions on 12 shoals between Melbourne and Miami was begun October 8, 1945, and was completed January 18, 1946. There were removed 165,971 cubic yards of material at a cost of $61,046.94. Periodic condition surveys and inspections, and preparation of spec- ifications for proposed maintenance dredging by contract cost $9,480.30.. Operating and care.--The steel and concrete double-leaf bascule highway bridge near Palm Valley was operated and maintained. An additional electric power plant to furnish lights at night was installed. rlThe costs were $11,930.10 for operation, $970.66 for ordinary repairs, $945.24 for improvement and reconstuction, and $50.04 for emer- gencies; a total of $13,896.04. The costs for the year were $141,908.79 for new work, $70,527.24 for maintenance, and $13,896.04 for operating and care, a total of $226,- 332.07. The expenditures were $234,977.84. Condition at end of fiscal year.--The existing project was 33 percent complete, A channel 8 feet deep at local mean low water and 100 feet wide was completed in 1935. Construction of a steel and concrete double-leaf bascule highway bridge near Palm Valley, to replace the temporary pontoon bridge at that locality, was completed in 1937, at a cost of $117,916.77. The controlling depth at local mean low water, as determined by surveys made from July 1944 to February 1946, was 8-feet for a width of 100 feet except for a shoal at Oak Land- ing with a limiting depth of 7.8 feet and a shoal at Matanzas Re- location Cut with a limiting depth of 6.4 feet in the easterly half of the channel. The work remaining to be done to complete the project is as follows: Deepen the waterway to 12 feet and widen to 125 feet; pro- vide a turning basin near Jacksonville Beach; provide a side channel and basin at Sebastian; and provide a basin at Vero Beach. The present width of 100 feet is reduced at 53 localities by bridges with a minimum horizontal clearance of 52 feet at the Deerfield Beach Bridge. The total costs under the existing project have been as follows: Now work Maintenance Operating and care Total Regular funds----------------------------- $5,198, 478. 57 $2, 886, 229. 64 $74, 394. 13 $8, 159, 102. 31 2, 199, 841.72 ............................. P'ublio Works funds------------------.......................... 2, 199, 841.72 Total, United States funds..----------........... 7, 398, 320. 29 2,886, 229. 64 74,394. 13 10, 358, 944. 06 Contributed funds ----------......................................... ,500. 00 ...-------------- ,500. 00 Total, all funds............. ....... 7,398, 320. 29 2, 891, 729. 64 74, 394. 13 10, 364,444. 06 RIVERS AND HARBORS-JACKSONVILLE, FLA., DISTRICT 793 The expenditures have been $10,360,968.43 United States funds, including $2,199,841.72 Public Works funds. In addition, $5,500 were expIended from contributed funds for maintenance, and $3,179.07 were expended between July 1, 1934, and June 30, 1935, on the operating and care of the works and improvement under the provi- sion of the permanent indefinite appropriation for such purposes. Proposed operations.-The balance unexpended and accounts re- ceivable June 30, 1946, $301,692.15, will be applied as follows: Accounts payable June 30, 1946------------------------------- 329. 93 New work: Complete about 77 percent of advance planning, includ- ing preparation of a definite project report and pIlans and specifica- tions, for deepening the waterway to 12 feet and widening to 125 feet, July 1, 1946, to June 30, 1947_ '_ 200, 425. 54 Maintenance: Emergency dredging by contract to remove shoals between Melbourne and Miami, as and when re- quired, during the fiscal year 1947------------ $21, 000. 00 Emergency dredging by contract to remove shoals between St. Johns River and Melbourne, as and when required, during the fiscal year 1947- -_ - 43, 000. 00 Periodic condition surveys, inspections, and con- tingencies, July 1, 1946, to June 30, 1947..------- 24, 714. 03 88, 714. 03 Maintenance (operating and care): Operation of Palm Valley Highway Bridge- .--..-----... 11, 222. 65 Ordinary repairs_---------------------- -------- 400. 00 Improvement and reconstruction---- ----------- 600. 00 12, 222. 65 Total for all work_.-----.-------------------------- 301, 692. 15 The additional sum of $3,218,200 can be profitably expended during the fiscal year 1948, as follows: New work: Complete advance planning, including surveys and preparation of a definite project report and plans and specifications, for deepening the waterway to 12 feet and widening to 125 feet, July 1 to Nov. 30, 1947_$----------------------------------157, 250 Dredge by contract to deepen the waterway to 12 feet and widen to 125 feet from Fort Lauderdale to Miami, July 1947 to June 1948-------------2, 842, 750 $3, 000, 000 Maintenance: Dredge by contract to remove critical shoaling throughout the project, as required, July to De- cember 1947 ------------------------- 180, 000 Periodic condition surveys, inspections, and con- tingencies --------------------- ------------- 25, 000 205, 000 Maintenance (operating and care): Operation of Palm Valley Highway Bridge ....--------- 12, 000 Ordinary repairs-_-------------------- ------- 900 Improvement and reconstruction- ---------------- -- 300 13, 200 Total for all work- --.----------------------------- 3, 218, 200 794 REPORTr. 1OFCHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMY, 1946 Cost and financial summary Cost of new work to June 30, 1946------------------------$7, 493, 095. 54 Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1946.--------------------1 3, 177, 025. 09 Total cost of permanent work to June 30, 1946---------10, 670, 120. 63 ------ Plus accounts receivable June 30, 1946_ __-- -______ 2, 354. 30 Gross total costs to June 30, 1946----- ----------- 10, 672, 474. 93 Minus accounts payable June 30, 1946 ----------------------- 329. 93 Net total expenditures --------------------------- 1 10, 672, 145. 00 Unexpended balance June 30, 1946 -------------------------- 299, 337. 85 Total amount appropriated to June 30, 1946----------' 10, 971, 482. 85 Fiscal year ending June 30 1942 1943 1914 1915 1946 Cost of new work---....-----------.......... ---------- --..... ------..---- . --....... $4, 416.06 $141, 908. 79 Cost of maintenance--... -.......--.. $214, 973. 01 $381, 531. 15 $213, 098. 36 182, 258. 36 84, 423. 28 Total cost-.......--------------- 214, 973.91 381, 531. 15 213, 098. 36 186, 674. 42 226, 332.07 Total expended...---------------- 213, 260. 85 382, 624. 75 212, 519. 08 187, 175. 09 234, 977. 84 Allotted....-....-......-......... 284, 300. 00 415, 100. 00 35, 000. 00 267, 400. 00 428, 500. 00 Balance unexpended July 1, 1945----------------- ---------- $105, 815. 69 Amount allotted during fiscal year- -- _--- ------------ 428, 500. 00 ' Amount to be accounted for- .----..----.. - Gross amount expended----------------------253, 854. 20 . 534, 315. 69 . Less reimbursements collected._..---- ----------- 18, 876. 36 234, 977. 84 Balance unexpended June 30, 1946------------------ 299, 337. 85 Outstanding liabilities, June 30, 1946..--------------- 329. 93 Amount covered-- by uncompleted contracts.------. ----------- - ____ 749. 26 1091 1, 079. 19 Balance available June 30, 1946----------------------- 298, 258. 66 Accounts receivable June 30, 1946 --------------------------- 2, 354. 30 Unobligated balance available June 30, 1946-------.--.. 300, 612. 96 Amount (estimated) 'required to be appropriated for completion of existing project ------------------------------------- 15, 111, 300. 00 Amount that can be profitably expended in fiscal year ending June 30, 1948: For new work 2---------------- 3, 000, 000. 00 2 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -- - - - - - - -- - For maintenance -- 218, 200. 00 Total 2--- .... ... -. ..--------------- ..-- 3, 218, 200. 00 1 In addition, $5,500 expended from contributed funds. 2Exclusive of available funds. 7. CANAVERAL HARBOR, FLA. Location.-On the east coast of Florida in Canaveral Bight, about 120 miles south of St. Augustine Harbor and 65 miles north of the entrance to Fort Pierce Harbor. (See U. S. Coast and Geodetic Survey Charts Nos. 1245 and 1246.) Existing project.---This provides for a turning basin 27 feet deep at mean low water and 1,000 feet wide, with an average length of RIVERS AND HARBORS-JACKSONVILLE, FLA., DISTRICT 795 about 1,900 feet, inear the easterly shore of Banana River and in- closed by. (like,; an entrance channel 27 feet deep and 300 feet wide extending from the turning basin through the barrier beach to deep water in Canaveral Bight, protected at its seaward entrance by two jetties to the 12-foot depth contour; a barge canal 8 feet deep at local leall low water and 100 feet wide from the turning basin to the Intracoastal Waterway; and a lock 50 feet wide and 250 feet lolng to pass the barge canal through the dike inclosing the turning basin. The entrance channel is about 1.6 miles long an( the barge calal about 7:y4 miles long. The two jetties are each about 1,'275 feet long. Data relative to the proposed lock.. Distance to nearest town: 10.7 miles via 8-foot barge canal and Intra- coastal Waterway. Name of nearest town: Cocoa, Fla. Distance from Intracoastal Waterway channel: 7.2 miles. Lock dimensions: 50 by 250 feet. Lift: Varies with the tide. Depth on miter sills: 12 feet below mean low water. (Character of foundation: Piles in sand. Kind of dam: None. Estimated cost: $575,200. The mean range of tide is about 3.5 feet and the maxilmum range about, 6 feet. Onshore winds generally raise the water level from 4 to 6 feet above mean low water. There is no perceptible tidal effect in Indian and Banana Rivers in the general vicinity, but the level of the water is considerably affected by winds, northerly winds causing a lowering of tihe waters and southerly winds causing them to rise above normal. Easterly winds cause a rise at their western shores and westerly winds a rise at their eastern shores. The estimate of cost for new work, revised in 1946, is $1,280,000, exclusive of $850,000) to be contributed by local interests. 'the ap- proved estimate for annual cost of maintenance, made in 1941, is $45,500, including $11,000 for the operation and ciare of the lock. The existing project was authorized by the River and Harbor Act ,approved March 2, 1945 (II. Doc. No. 367, 77th Cong., 1st sess.). 'lhe latest piublislhedl tmap is in the project document. Local coopertWion.-- he authorized work is subject to the con- ditions that local interests contribute 50 percent of the estimated first cost of the improvement, but not to exceed $850,000, and fur- nish assltraices satisfactory to tihe Secretary of War that they will: (1) Furnish free of cost to the United States all lands, easements, rights-of-way, and spoil-disposal areas required for the imiprove- mnenlt and its subsequent maintenance, when and as required; (2) construct without cost to the Unite(d States, and in accordance with plans apiproved by the Secretary of War, adequate piers, slips, ware- houses and transit sheds, a p)recoolilg lplant with a capacity of at least 120,000 standard boxes of citrus fruit per week, a shipside citrus packing lant withl a capacity of at least 50,000 standard boxes per week, direct and adequate highway connections between the port terminals and the mainland, and all bridges made neces- saryl)y the entire improvement; (3) agree to operate and main- taun free of cost to tlhe United States all port facilities open to all 796 REPORT OF CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMY, 1946 on equal and reasonable terms; (4) agree to receive and pay for at the rate of 6 cents per cubic yard not less than 1,500,000 cubic yards of material to be dredged by the United. States from the barge canal or turning basin and deposited upon the right-of-way for the causeway carrying the highway between the port terminals and the mainland; and (5) provide, operate, and maintain free of cost to the United States adequate railroad connections between the port and the rail lines on the mainland when the Secretary of War shall require it. On May 21, 1945, Atlantic Peninsula Corp., the spon- sor of the project, requested 6 months' time for concluding its program for financing. ITo July 26, 1946, no d(efinite assurance of compliance with the requirements had been furnished. T'erminal facilities.-There are no facilities at the site of the pro- posed improvement. About 2 miles north thereof, a privately owned timber pier, extending about 700 feet into Can overal Bight, is use( for handling fish and shrimp. The facility has highway connections only, and although considered ample for existing commerce, is in- adequate for prospective commerce. Operations and results during fiscal year.-Advance planning for the improvement, including surveys and preparation of a definite project report, was begun during March 1946, and was 42 percent complete at the close of the fiscalyear. The cost was $16,741.13 for new work. The expen(litures were $11,717.23. Condition at end of fiscal year.--Work on the project has been limited to surveys and preparation of definite project report, which are 42 percent complete. The cost has been $16,741.13, all for new work. I'he expenditures have been $11,717.23. Proposed operations.-The balance unexpended June 30, 1946, $818,782.77, plus $830,500 to be contributed by local interests, a total of $1,649,282.77, will be applied as follows: Accounts payable June 30, 1946------------ ----------------- $5, 023. 90 New work: Complete detail planning, including preparation of a definite project report and plans and specifications, July 1, 1946, to June 30, 1947. $97, 760. 00 Construct 'by contract a 50-foot-wide and 250- foot-long lock, June 1947 to December 1948_- 544, 000. 00 Construct by contract the 2 jetties at the sea- ward entrance, May 1947 to May 1948- - -- 509, 098. 87 Dredge the turning basin and barge canal by contract, April to November 1947------_ - 493, 400. 00 1, 644, 258. 87 Total for all work-.--__ . .'.-. 1, 649, 282. 77 No additional funds can be profitably expended during the fiscal year 1948. Cost and financial summary Cost of new work to June 30, 1946---- ---------------------- $16, 741. 13 Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1946----------------------------- -- Total cost of permanent work to June 30, 1946------------ 16, 741. 13 Minus accounts payable June 30, 1946------------------------- 5, 023. 90 Net total expenditures ------------------------------- 11,717. 23 Unexpended balance June 30, 1946--------- --- 818, 782. 77 Total amount appropriated to June 30, 1946----- - 830, 500. 00 RIVERS AND HARBORS--JACKSONVILLE, FLA., DISTRICT 797 Fiscal year ending June 30 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 Cost of newCotffe work_. ........ ok------- Cost of nmaintenance ..... ,...... ---- -------- ........--.... -------------- -------------- ---- $1771.13 $16,741.13 .... . ----- ---- --- -- Total expended.----- ------------- -------------------------------............. 11, 717. 23 Allotted.....-------------------... --------------------------------------................... 830, 500.00 Amount allotted during fiscal year_______________- ----------- $830, 500. 00 Gross amount expended-------------------------------- ------- 11, 717. 23 Balance unexpended June 30, 1946- 782. 77 8-______-18, Outstanding liabilities, June 30, 1946 ____--------------------- 5, 023. 90 Balance available June 30, 1946 ------- --------- 813, 758. 87 Amount (estimated) required to be appropriated for completion of existing project 1 ---------- -------------- ---- 449, 500. 00 1Exclusive of available funds. 8. FORT PIERCE HARBOR, FLA, Location.-On the east coast of Florida, about 213 miles south of tile entrance to St. Johns River and about, 124 miles north of the entrance to Miami Harbor. (See U. S. Coast and Geodetic Survey Charts Nos. 1247, 582, and 845.) lExisting project.--This irovides for the maintenance and ampli- fication of the project developed by private interests to provide a channel 350 feet wide at the '27-foot contour in the ocean, tapering to 200%feet, wide at station 100, near the westerly side of-the inlet, tllthence 200 feet wide across Indian River to station 30, thence flaring to a,turning basin 750 feet wi(le, the depth to be 25 feet in the basin and in the chanel to station 130, and thence 27 feet to the 27-foot contour ill the ocean; and for the maintenance of the jetties at the ocean end of the inlet, and sllore-revetmllents within the inlet in pro- longation of the jetties. The two parallel rubblestone jetties with revetient extensions, constructed by local interests, to protect the elltrallce, are 900 feet apart, tile north jetty and revetment being about 3,500 feet long, and the south jetty and revetment about 3,200 feet long. The mean range of tide is about 2.6 feet at the entrance and 0.7 foot at the terminal, with northeast storm tides as high as 5 feet above mean low water. The estimate of cost for new work, revised in 1937, is $322,000. The latest (1935) approved estimate of annual cost of maintenance is $250,000 for initial restoration, $50,000 a year for a period of 4 years, and $30,000 a year thereafter. 721584-,47--pt. 1, vol. 1------ 51 798 ^ REPORT OF CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U.. S. ARMY, 1946 The existing project was authorized by the following river and harbor acts: Acts Work authorized Documents Deficiency Act of Mar, 4, 1931,.. The expenditure of $20,000 for dredging in act. Specified the channel, provided that local in- terests agree to maintain said channel. War Department Appropriation The expenditure of up to $30,000 for Do. Act, Mar. 4, 1933. dredging the channel. Aug. 30, 1935 (maintenance in- For maintaining the channels, jetties, If. I)oc.No. 252, 72d Cong., cludlod in Public Works Ad- and revetments, and the enlargement 1st sess.; Rivers and liar- ministration program Sept. 6, of the channels and turning basin to bors Committee Doec. 21, 1 1933). . the existing project dimensions. 74th Cong., 1st sess. 1 Contains latest published maps. Local cooperation.--Fullycomplied with as to original construction. The River and Harbor Act approved August 30, 1935, imposed the condition that local interests furnish suita.le spoil-disposal areas for subsequent maintenance. Adequate spoil-disposal areas have been furnished in perpetuity. Terminal facilities.-These consist of two earth-filled piers retained by steel sheet-piling and forming a slip 200 feet wide by 330 to 350 feet long with bulkhead wharf at inner end. These facilities afford a berthing space of about 1,653 feet. The south pier and the bulklhead wharf are municipally owned, the pier having a berthing space of 524 feet, with depths of 25.5 to 18 feet. The bulkhead is used for tie-up of Government vessels. A warehouse 75 by 280 feet is on tile munici- pal pier, and a precooling plant 102 by 365 feet occupies the north pier, just landward of which is another warehouse, 50 by 100 feet. A fruit-packing house 170 by 225 feet is located at the west end of the slip. The north pier is served by railway and both piers by highway connections. North of the turning basin there is a bulkhead wharf with a depth of 15 to 12 feet and with tank storage in the rear for petroleum products. The facilities are considered adequlate for exist- ing commerce. (See Port and Termrlinal Facilities Report, 1941, Corps of Engineers.) Operations and results during fiscal year.-Periodiccond(lition sur- veys and inspections cost $1,451.99 for maintenance. The expelld(i- tures were $2,421.23. Condition at end of fiscal year.-The existing project was com- pleted in 1938. Restoration of the jetties originally constructed by local interests was completed in 1934. Both jetties are in good condi- tion. The revetments are in fair condition; both are ragged, with nearly vertical faces along the water side resulting from loss of numerous stones into,tlhe water. The westerly 500 feet of the south revetient is in very poor condition; of that section, the westerly 200 feet has disappeared and needs replacing to prevent further shore erosion. Stones should be replaced in the adjacent 300 feet of this section of the revetinent. In May-June 1945, the controlling depths in lli(lcllannel for half project widths were as follows: Outer Bar Cut, 27 feet; channel between the land revetments, 24.7 feet; channel across Indian River, 23.0 feet; and in the turning basin, 24.6 feet. RIVERS AND HARBORS---JACKSONVILLE, FLA., DISTRICT 799 The limiting deyths, in the left outside quarters of the entrance chan- nel and turning basin, were 21.8 feet and 22.3 feet, respectively. The total costs have been $901,429.12, of which $337,182.67 was for new work and $564,246.45, ,including $250,000 Public Works funds, was for maintenance. The expenditures have been $901,238.56. Proposed operations.-The balance unexpended June 30, 1946, $1,801.40, will be applied as follows: Accounts payable June 30, 1946--_ --------------- ------------- $190. 56 Maintenaice: Periodic condition su rveys, inspections, and contin- gencies, July 1, 1946, to June 30, 1947------------------------1, 610. 84 Total for all work----------------- i,1,----------------- 801. 40 The additional sum of $87,000 can be profitably expended during the fiscal year 1948, as follows: Maintenance: Dredge with a United States hopper dredge to remove shoaling throughout the project as required, about 1.5 months, February and March 1948_-------------------------------------- $54, 000 Repair by contract the'rock revetments inshore of the north and south jetties, November and December 1947--------------- 30, 000 Periodic condition surveys, inspections, and contingencies ..- -... 3, 000 Total for maintenance---_ - -..-.--... . ....- --..---.. 87, 000 Cost and financial summary Cost (of new work to .Juno 30, 1946 ... .-----..- $337, 182. 67 Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1946_--..---------- ..---- -- .. 564, 246. 45 Total cost of permanent work to June 30, 1946-------9--- -01, 429. 12 Minus accounts payable June 30, 1946...........-------------..----.....--------.... 190. 56 Net total expenditures .---------------- ------ __---- 901, 238. 56 Unexpended balance June 30, 1946__--.-. --. --__.- ...-.-- 1, 801. 40 Total amount appropriated to June 30, 1946-------------- 903, 039. 96 Fiscal year ending June 30 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 Cost of new work. cost of maintenance-------------.$20. 708. 42 $3, 000. 00 - $20, 000. 00 $12, 137. 17 -$1,451.99 Total expended----.. -------------............... 21,413.94 38, 0.00 2,46.11 2 8,43. 26 2,421.23 Allotted -------" -2, 000. 00 38, 000. 00 20, 000. 00 20, 000. 00 -4,800.00 Balance unexpended July 1, 1945 ........-------------...............--..---.. 022. 63 $---------9, Deductions on account of revocation of allotment---------------- 4, 800. 00 Net amount to be accounted for-.._. ..-.-.-.--.-. . .. 4, 222. 63 Gross amount expended-------------------------- $2, 448. 04 Less reimbursements collected_ ...--------------- - 26. 81 2, 421. 23 Balance unexpended June 30, 1946_.-.---- ... ----- --- 1, 801. 40 Outstanding liabilities, June 30, 1946..-.........-..---.. -. - 190. 56 Balance available June 30, 1946--------------------------- 1, 610. 84 Amount that can be profitably expended in fiscal year ending June 30, 1948, for 'maintenance 1 ............................... 87, 000. 00 SExcluslvo of available funds. 800 REPORT OF CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMY, 194 6 ' 9. ST. LUCIE INLET, FLA. Location.--On the east coast of Florida, about 19 miles south of the entrance to Fort Pierce Harbor, Fla., and 100 miles north of the entrance to Miami Harbor, Fla. (See U. S. Coast and Geodetic Survey Charts Nos. 846 and 1247.) Previous projects.-Thoe River and Harbor Act of March 4, 1913, authorized the expenditure of $300,000 for"excavating a cut of 18-foot center depth across the rock reef and bar as a preliminary step toward securing later a channel 18 feet deep and at least 200 feet wide. For further details see pages 687-689 of the Annual Report for 1932. Existing project.-This provides for a channel 200 feet wide and 10 feet deep at mean low water across the outside rock reef at the seaward entrance to the inlet. The project channel is about 1,300 feet long and the total distance from the seaward end( of the entrance bar through the inlet and across Indian River to P1ort Sewall is about 2.7 miles. The mean range of tide is 2.6 feet, and the extreme range about 4.5 feet, with tides of 7 feet.or more under storm conditions. The estimate of cost for new work, revised in 1946, is $53,000, ex- clusive of amounts expended on previous projects. The approved estimate of annual cost of maintenance, mriade in 1941, is $1,0()0. The existing project was authlorized by the River and Harbor Act approved March 2, 1945 (II. Doc. No. 391, 77th Cong., 1st sess.). The latest published map is in the project document. Local cooperation.---The River and Harbor Act approved March 2, 1945, imposed the condition that local interests furnish, free of cost to the United States, all spoil-disposal areas necessary for the improvement and its subsequent maintenance, when and as required, and hold and save the United States free from claims for damages resulting from the improvements. The Board of Commissioners of St. Lucie Inlet District and Port Authority, a local authority created and empowered:by State law to comply with features of local coopera- tion, adopted a resolution on Junie 5, 1945, agreeing to comply with the above-mentioned requirements. On October 11, 1945, that resolu- 'tion was accepted by the Chief of Engineers as satisfactory assurance of compliance. Terminal facilities.--There are no commercial facilities in the im- mediate vicinity of St. Lucie Inlet. Thelre are, however, a number of small privately owned piers and wharves on Manatee Creek at Slerno, which are used )y commercial fishermen. On St. Lucie River at Stuart and vicinity there are a municipal pier open to the public, a pier for handling petroleum I)roducts, a marille ways, and many small privately Qwned piers for the commercial fishing fleet andl sonime of tihe charter boats. Highway connections only are available. rThe facilities are considered adequate for the existing colnmmerce. Operations and results during fiscal year.-None. Condition at end of fiscal year.-No work has been done and no costs or expenditures have been incurred. In March 1941, the controlling depths were as follows: Across the entrance bar, about 4 -feet;from the inlet across Indian River to Port Sewall, 6 feet; and in St. Lucie River from its mouth to the junction of the North and South Forks, 4 feet. RIVERS AND HARBORS-JACKSONVILLE, FLA., DISTRICT 801 Proposed operation.-Nofunds are available, and n.o operations are proposed for the fiscal year 1947. The sum of $53,000 can be profitably expended during, the fiscal year 1948 for new work to complete the project by dredging, under contract, to provide a channel 200 feet wide and 10 feet deep at mean low water across the outside rock reef at the seaward entrance to the inlet, July to September 1947. Cost and financial summary Cost of new work to June 30, 1946 ------ __ $26, 688. 51 Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1946._------------------------ -------- Total cost of permanent work to June 30, 1946------------- 26, 688. 51 Net total expenditures------------------------------------ 26, 688. 51 Unexpeunded balance June 30, 1946----------------------------------- Total amount appropriated to June 30, 1946-------------- 26, 688. 51 Amount (estimated) required to be appropriated for completion of existing project---------------------------------------- .53, 000. 00 Amount that can b)e profitably expended in fiscal year ending June 30, 1948, for new work_5---------------------------------- 3, 000. 00 10. LAKE" WORTTI INLET, FLA. Location.-On the east coast of Florida about 71 miles north of the entrance to Miami Harbor. It is the entrance channel to the Port of P'alm Beachl. (See U. S. Coast and Geodetic Survey Charts Nos. 1248 and 846.) E~isting project.-This provides for the maintenance and ampli- fication of the improvements constructed by local interests to pro- Vide a channel 25 feet deep at mean low water (plus 2 feet of over- deptll from the ocean to station 65 + 00 and 1 foot of overdepth thence to and in the turning basin), and 300 feet wide from deep water in the ocean to station 69+00, thence reducing to a width of 200 feet at station 65+00, ilear the westerly side of the inlet, thence 200 feet wide across Lake Worth to station 33 +23, thence flaring to a turning blasin of the same depth, 700 feet square, on the westerly side of the lake; for the removal of the obstructive point on the south side of the inlet; for the revetment of the banks of the inlet; and for restora- tion of the existing jetties. The jetties constructed at the entrance by local interests consist of two parallel rubblestone structures 800 feet apart, the north jetty and revetment being about 1,800 feet long and the south jetty 1,700 feet long. The mean range of tide is 2.8 feet at the inlet and 1.8 feet at the Port of Palm Beach terminals., The extreme range is about 41/2 feet at the inlet and 3 feet at the terminals. The estimate of cost for new work, revised in 1946, is $1,472,000. The latest (1945) approved estimate of annual cost of maintenance is $30,000. 802 REPORT OF CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMY, 1946 The existing project was authorized by the following river' and harbor acts: Acts Work authorized Documents (1) Maintenance of improvement previously con- H. Doc. No. 185, 73d Cong., 2d ses. structed by local interests. (2) Deepening the channels and turning basin, as con- Recommended by Chief of Engineers structed by local interests, to 20 feet. to Public Works Administration Oct. 17, 1934. Aug. 30,1935 Authorized the work previously approved by II. Doc. No. 185, 73d Cong., 2d sess., Public Works Administration, and for widening and Rivers and Harbors Committee of the channels to existing project dimensions, I)oc. No. 42, 74th Cong., 1st sess. enlargement of turning basin, removal of oh- structive point on south side of the inlet, revet- nment of the banks of the inlet, and restoration of existing jetties. Mar. 2,1945 Deepening the channels and turning basin to 25 11. Doc. No.530, 78th Cong., 2di sess. feet. / I Public Works Administration program Mar. 13, 1934. SPublic Works Administration program Dec. 10, 1934. 8 Contains latest published maps. Local cooperation.-The River and Harbor Act of March 2, 1945, imposed the condition that local interests give assurances satisfac- tory to the Secretary of War that they will: (a) Simultaneously dredge the slip at the harbor terminal to a depth of 25 feet plus 1 foot of overdepth; (b) furnish free of cost to the United States suitable spoil-disposal areas for thl work and its subsequent main- tenance as and when required; and (c) provide additional berthing space and terminal facilities when needed to accommodate any in- crease in the commerce of the port. A resolution adopted August 1, 1945, by the Port of Palm Beach )istrict, agreeing to comply with the above-mentioned conditions, was accepted by the Secretary of War on October 30, 1945, as satisfactory assurance of compliance. All prior requirements have been complied with except that perl'etual easements of access to the north and south easement areas adjacent to the channel throughl the inlet have not been furnished as re(lquired under the provisions of the Act of August 30, 1935 (Rivers and Tiar- bors Committee Doec. No. 42, 74th Cong., 1st sess.). Terminal facilit'ies.-These consist of a slip (90 feet long, 210 feet wide, and 22.5 feet deep, with a wharf on either side and a bulkhead at the inner end, and two additional shore wharves. These facilities afford a total berthing space of 2,092 feet, with depths ranging fronl 26 to 1.7 feet. All except one are owne(l by the Port of Palm Beach Commission. A steel warehouse, 70 by 620 feet, and a wooden frame building, 70 by 140 feet, have been constructed on the north side of the slip; and the former precooling plant, 36 by 124 feet, north of the warehouse has been remodeled for use as a warehouse for express traffic. Two nearby storage dep)ots for petrolellm products and one for tank-storage of imported fountain syrup are connected with the ter- minals by pipe lines. Rail and highway connections, water supply, and other facilities have been provided to the warehouse and ship- side. The facilities are considered adequate for existing commerce. RIVERS "AND HARBORS-JACKSONVILLE, FLA., DISTRICT 803 (See Port and Terminal Facilities Report, 1941, Corps of Engineers.) Operationsand results duringfiscal year.-Surveys and preparation of plans and specifications for deepening the improvement to 25 feet Were begun during June 1946, and were in progress at the close of the iscal year. The cost was $1,390.75 for new work. Periodic condition Surveys and inspections and preparation of plans and specifications for proposed repairs to a 200-foot section of the south jetty cost $2,267.19 for mainltenance. The costs for the year were $1,390.75 for new work and $2,267.19 for laintellauce, a total of $3,(657.94. The expenditures were $2,807.10. Condition at end of fiscal year.-The existing project is about 45 percent complete. Enlargement and deepening to 20 feet of the en- trance channel and turning basin, originally constructed by local interests, were completed in 1937. Restoration of the stone jetties and revetments and removal of the obstructive land point at the south side of the inlet were completed in 1938. As reconstructed, the north etty and revetment are 950 and 1,500 feet long, respectively; the jetty las been capped with concrete for 850 feet at the shoreward end, and the Voids in the granite enrocknient at the seaward end of the structure have been filled with asphaltic concrete. The south jetty and revet- nient are 1,890 and 420 feet long, respectively; the jetty has been capped with concrete for 1,790 feet from the shoreward end, but asphaltic concrete was not placed in the voids of the granite enrockment at the seaward end. Both jetties are in good condition except that a 40-foot section of the concrete cap near the land end of the south jetty is badly cracked, with several longitudinal cracks extending through the cap- Ping. The damage has been caused by settlement of the base rocks away from the concrete cap, permitting water to flow under the jetty during flood tides. The south revetment and the seaward half of the north re- Vetment are in fair condition; the structures are ragged from the loss of numerous stones into the water. The landward half of the north revetment is in poor condition, with a number of holes through the structure from serious loss of stones from wave action. The turning basin, as completed by the United States, is 700 feet wide for 700 feet, and thence converges, in about 850 feet, to 200 feet wide at its junction with the channel. During 194:6 the Port of Palm Beach Com- nissioners dredged an extension to the southerly side of the turning basin 22 feet (teelp, 200 feet wide, about 900 feet long, and flaring lortlheasterly to join the project basin 600 feet from its southeast corner. In August 1944, project depth of 20 feet, with 22 feet in mid- channel for half. project width, existed throughout the improvement. The work remaining to be done to complete the project is to deepen the imnprovement to 25 feet. The total costs and expenditures have been as follows: Cost -- ---- -------- Expenditures New work Maintenance Total egular funds----...$575, 320. 48 $357,119. 28 $932, 439. 76 $931, 110. 58 Pblic Works funds....------------------- - 80, 000. 00 30, 000. 00 110, 000.00 110, 000. 00 'Total, all funds ........ ......... 55, 320.48 387,119.28 ,042, 439.76 1, 041,119. 58 804 :REPORT OF CIHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMY, 1946 Proposed operations.--The balance unexpended June 30, 1946, $739,781.19, will be applied as follows: Accounts payable June 30, 1946_ _________---________ ___ $1, 320. 18 New work: Complete, by hired labor, surveys and preparation of plans and specifications for deepening the improvement to 25 feet, July 1 to Sept. 30, 1946_ $19, 143. 50 Begin dredging, by continuing contract, to deepen the entrance channel and turning basin to 25 feet, November 1946 to June 1947----- 690, 6_- 500. 00 --- 709, 643. 50 Maintenance: Dredge, with a United States hopper dredge, to remove shoals throughout the project, as re- quired, about 3 weeks, March and April 1947.. 23, 500. 00 Periodic condition surveys, inspections, and con- tingencies --------------..----------.... --. ------ 5, 317. 51 28, 817. 51 Total for all work -------------------------------- 739, 781. 19 The additional sum of $151,350 can be profitably expended during the fiscal year 1948, as follows: New work: Complete dredging, by continuing contract, to deepen the entrance channel and turning basin to 25 feet, July and August 1947_ $106, 350 Maintenance: Repairs by contract to a 200-foot section of the south -_ jetty, July to October 1947-_______-__-___--- $40, 000 Periodic condition surveys, inspections, and contin- gencies-- ------------------------------------ 5, 000 -45, 000 Total for all work.------------ ----------------------- 151, 350 Cost and financial summary Cost of new work to June 30, 1946_- _-_-- __-__--_--------- -- $655, 320. 48 Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1946_------__----------- 387, 119. 28 Total cost of permanent work to June 30, 1946---------- 1, 042, 439. 76 Minus accounts payable June 30, 1946 --------------------- - 1, 320. 18 Net total expenditures_ -----------.---------- __------1, 041, 119. 58 Unexpended balance June 30, 1946 -------------------------- 739, 781. 19' Total amount appropriated to June 30, 1946------------_ 1, 780, 900. 77 Fiscal year ending June 30 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 Cost of new work..-------------------............--...........---------------------............-----............. $264. 82 $1, 390.75 CoSt of maintenance-------------.............. $86, 650.91 $3, 302.73 $10, 556.72 22, 310. 53 2, 267. 19 Total cost... ....----------------- 86, 650.91 3, 302.73 10, 556. 72 22, 575. 35 3,657.94 Total expended..-................ 148, 338. 35 3, 284. 39 10, 221.95 22, 460. 67 2, 807. 10 Allotted------ .............. ... -25, 200. 00 12, 000. 00 .... .... 52, 000. 00 711, 270.31 Balance unexpended July 1, 194:5 .--------------------------- $31, 317. 98 Amount allotted during fiscal year............................ 731, 500. 00 Amount to be accounted for -------------------------- 762, 817. 98 Deductions on account of revocation of allotment--------------- 20, 229. 69 Net amount to be accounted for-----.....----.---.---. 742, 588. 29 RIVERS AND HARBORS-JACKSONVILLE, FLA., DISTRICT 805 Gross amount expended_------------------------__$3, 412. 28 Less reimbursements collected- - -------- 605. 18 $2, 807. 10 Balance unexpended June 30, 1946-------------------- 739, 781. 19 Outstanding liabilities, June 30, 1946-------------------------- 1, 320. 18 Balance available June 30, 1946_-- ---------- 738, 461. 01 Amount (estimated) required to be appropriated for completion of existing project ---------------------- 106, 350. 00 Amount that can be profitably expended in fiscal year ending June 30, 1948: For new work 1 - . 106, 350. 00 For maintenance - -- -------- _ _--_ 45, 000. 00 Total -------------------------------------- 151, 350. 00 1Exclusive of available funds. 11. PALM BEACH, FLA., SIDE CHANNEL AND BASIN Location.-On the east coast of Florida about 71 miles north of the entrance to Miami Harbor, and on the easterly side of Lake Worth, south of and connecting with the entrance channel at Lake Worth Inlet, Fla. (See U. S. Coast and Geodetic Survey Charts Nos. 846 and 1248.) Exaisting project.-This provides for an anchorage basin 750 feet Wide, 2,000 feet long, and 16 feet deep in Lake Worth opposite Tangier Avenue, Palm Beach, Fla., and a channel of the same depth 150 feet wide connecting the basin with the Lake Worth Inlet Channel to the north. Thlle mean range of tide-in Lake Worth is 1.8 feet; the storm range is about 6 feet. The estimate of cost of new work, revised in 1946, is $280,000, of which the total cost to the United States shall not exceed $140,000. The latest (1938) approved estimate of cost for annual maintenance is $1,000. The existing project was adopted by the River and Harbor Act approved June 20, 1938 (IL D)oc. No. 705, 75th Cong., 3d sess.). Local cooperation.--'The act which adopted the project imposed the condition that responsible local agencies give assurances satisfactory to the Secretary of War that they will provide, without cost to the Unite(l States, necessary rights-of-way and spoil-disposal areas, properly bulkheaded, for new work and for subseqluent maintenance as required, and pay one-half of the cost of the initial dredging, pro- vided the total cost to the United States shall not exceed $140,000. Terminal facilities.-At West IPalm Beach and Palm Beach there are several wharves, of which two are municipally owned, three are club wharves, and the remainder are privately owned. The wharves are used almost exclusively by pleasure craft during the winter season. The facilities are considered inadequate for the present needs of pleasure craft, but local interests are considering time provision of additional facilities in the near future. Operationsand results during fiscal year.-None. Condition at end of fiscal year.-No work has been done, and no costs or expenditures have been incurred. Proposed operations.-The sum of $140,000,'together with an equal amount to be contributed by thle local interests, can be profitably ex- 806 REPORT OF CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMY, 1946 pended during the fiscal year 1948 in completion of the project as authorized in the River and Harbor Act approved June 20, 1938. Cost and financial summary Cost of new work to June 30, 1946 --------------------------- -------- Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1946- ..... -------- -------- Total cost of permanent work to June 30, 1946_---------- -------- Net total expenditures ------------------------------------------- Total amount appropriated to June 30, 1946----------------- ----- Amount (estimated) required to be appropriated for completion of existing project----- ------------------------------------ $140, 000 Amount that can be profitably expended in fiscal year ending June 30, 1948, for new work----------- --------------------------- 140, 000 12. NEW RIVER, FLA. Location.--The South New River Canal, which carries part of the drainage from Lake Okeechobee and the Everglades, enters and forms South Fork of New River in eastern Broward County. Fork flows thence northeasterly 5.4 miles to its confluence with the The South North Fork to form New River. New River flows easterly 2.5 miles through the city of Fort Lauderdale into New River Sound, 24 miles 'north of Miami. (See U. S. Coast and Geodetic Survey Charts Nos. 546 847, and 1248.) Existing project.-This provides for dredging a channel 8 feet deep at mean low water and 100 feet wide through the rock shoal between the Intracoastal Waterway and Tarpon Bend, and for removal of sunken vessels and snags in New River and in its South Fork to the intersection of Dania Cut-off Canal, 7.9 miles above the mouth of the river. The mean tidal range is about 2.3 feet at the mouth and 1.7 feet at the intersection of the South Fork and Dania Cut-off Canal. The maximum range at the' mouth is about 4 feet, with storm tides as high as 8 feet. The estimate of cost for new work, revised in 1946, is $69,000. The approved estimate of annual cost of maintenance, made in 1939, is $2,000. The existing project was authorized by the River and Harbor Act approved March 2, 1945 (I-I. Doc. No. 553, 76th Cong., 3d sess.). The latest published map is in the project document. Local cooperation.,-The authorized work is subject to the provisions that local interests furnish, free of cost to the United States, all lands, easements, and rights-of-way and spoil-disposal areas for new work and for subsequent maintenance, when and as required, and hold and save,the United States free from claims for damages resulting from the improvement. A resolution adopted December 31, 1945, by the city of Fort Lauderdale, Fla., agreeing to comply with the above- mentioned provisions was accepted by the Chief of Engineers on February 22, 1946, as satisfactory assurance of compliance. Terminal facilities.-The city of Fort Lauderdale owns 5,400 linear feet of frontage, improved by the construction of concrete retaining walls with fenders, and 2 timber wharves having a total berthing space RIVERS AND HARBORS-JACKSONVILLE, FLA., DISTRICT 807 of 825 feet, all open to the public on equal terms. Privately owned facilities consist of one timber wharf used by commercial fishermen, eight. boat storage and repair yal(rds, and several slips, boathouses, and small wharves used principally by recreational craft. The facili- ties are considered adequate for the existing commerce. Operations and results during fiscal year.-None. Condition at end of fiscal year.-No work has been done and no costs or expenditures have been incurred. In April 1939 the control- ling depth in New River and its South Fork was 4 feet. Proposedoperations.-No funds are available, and no operations are proposed for the fiscal year 1947. The slm of $69,000 can be profitably expended during the fiscal year 1948 for new work to complete the project by dredging, by contract, to provide a channel 8 feet deep and 100 feet wide through the rock shoal between the Intracoastal Waterway and Tarpon Bend, and for removal of sunken vessels and snags in New River and its South Fork to the intersection of Dania Cut-off Canal, March to June 1948. Cost and financial summary Cost of new work to June 30, 1946----------------------------------- Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1946------------------------ ------- Total cost of permanent work to June 30, 1946.------------------ Net total expenditures--------------------------------------------- Total amount appropriated to June 30, 1946---------------------------- Amount (estimated) required to be appropriated for completion of existing project------------------------------------------ $69, 000 Amount that can be profitably expended in fiscal year ending June 30, 1948, for new work--------------------------------------- 69, 000 13. IIOLLYWOOD IIARBOR (PORT EVERGLADES), FLA. Location.-On the east coast of Florida, about 23 miles north of Miami and about 48 miles south of Lake Worth Inlet (Port of Palm 13each). The site of the harbor is in Lake Mabel. (See U. S. Coast and Geodetic Survey Charts Nos. 546, 847, and 1248.) Existing project.-This authorizes the maintenance and amplifica- tion of the improvement constructed by local interests to provide: A channel 500 feet wide at its seaward end, converging to 400 feet at the jetty entrance, thence converging to 300 feet at a pIoint 1,000 feet withinl tile jetty entrance, ahid theice 300 feet wide, and flaring at the inner end, to a turning basin 1,200 feet long and 2,250 feet wide over the major portion of its length, all to a dep)th of 35 feet at mean low Water; and for the maintenance of two converging rubblestone jetties constructed at the entrance to protect the channel, and of two parallel steel sheet-piling bulkheads 800 feet apart to protect the land points of the inlet from erosion. The entrance channel is about 7,300 feet long. The jetties are 700 feet apart at the outer ends and 1,200 feet apart at the siiore ends. The north jetty is angular and about 1,450 feet long; the south jetty is straight and about 1,250 feet long. Both jetties were built to 6 feet above mean low water with top widths of 6 feet at the shore ends and 12 feet at the sea ends, and with side slopes 1 on 11/2. The mean range of tide is 2.5 feet at the entrance and 2.3 feet at the 808 REPORT OF CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMY, 1946 terminals; the extreme range is about 4.5 feet, with storm tides of about 6.5 feet. The estimate of cost for new work, revised in 1946, is $2,223,000. The latest (1946) approved estimate of annual cost of maintenance is $42,500. The existing project was authorized by the following river and harbor acts: Acts Work authorized Documents July 3, 1930 Maintenance of the harbor as constructed by local 11. Doc. No. 357, 71st Cong., 2d sess. interests. Aug. 30, 1935 For enlarging the entrance channel to existing Rivers and Harbors Committee, Doc. project dimensions and completing the turning No. 25,74th Cong., 1st sess. basin to 1,200 feet square. June 20, 1938 Foroenlarging the turning basin to provide exist- 11. Doc. No. 545, 75th Cong., 3dlscs. Ing project dimensions by adding a trapezoidal area 350 feet wide on the north side. July 24, 1946 For general widening of the turning btsilnby 200 II. Doc. No. 768,78th Cong., 2d(1seas 1 feet on the north and 500 feet on the south, and for enlarging the flare of the entrance channel at the basin. 1 Contains the latest published maps. Local cooperation.--The conditions imposed by tile River and Iar- bor Act approved June 20, 1938, included the requirement that local interests agree to provide the slips, piers, and other terminal facilities necessary for the full utilization of the improvement. A resolution adopted January 26, 1939, by the Broward County Port Authority, agreeing to provide suitable and suflicient slips, p)iers, and other terminal facilities necessary for the full utilization of the improve- ment was accepted by thq, Chief of Engineers February 20, 1939, as satisfactory assurance of compliance with that part of the required local cooperation. In partial compliance withl the conditions tile port authority has provided, north of the original slip, the second slip described, below under "Terminal facilities." All otler requirements affecting original construction have been fully complied with. The River and Harbor Acts approved August 30, 1935, and June 20, 1938, imposed the condition that local interests furnish suitable areas for the disposal of dredged material for maintenance. Sufficient temporary spoil-disposal areas have been furnished when required. The River and Harbor Act approved July 24, 1946, imposed the conditions that responsible local interests agree to (a) l)rovide free of cost to the United States all necessary lajlds and rights-of-way and suitable spoil-disposal areas, diked as necessary, for new work and for subsequent maintenance, when and as required; (b) promptly dredge and bulkhead slip 3 and the berth at the east end of pier 3 on completion of the Government's improvement of the southern part of the turning basin; and (c) hold andti save the United States free from damages resulting from tile work. Terminal facilities.---These consist of three piers, one bulkhead, and one mooring constructed around two slips off the turning basin, all owned by the BIroward County Port Authority. The docking facili- ties provide 5,270 feet of berthing, with depths from 35 to 25 feet. Slip No. 1 is 1,200 feet long and 300 feet wide, with steel bulkhleads at the end and both sides and a depth of 35 feet. Slip No. 2 is 700 feet long, 300 feet wide, and 25 feet deep, with steel sheet-pile bulkheads RIVERS AND IIARBORS-JACKSONVILLE, FLA., DISTRICT 809 along its sides, so constructed that it can later be extended to 1,200 feet long and deepened to 35 feet. A steel warehouse 1,120 by 75 feet and a l)recooling plant have been built, with railway and highway connections. Equipment for the transfer of railroad freight cars to and from car ferries has been installed. Three nearby tank storage depots for petroleum products and a tank depot for molasses are con- nected with the terminals by pipe lines. The facilities are considered inadequate for present needs. (See Port and Terminal Facilities Report, 1941, Corps of Engineers.) Operations and results dwring fiscal year.-None. Condition at end of fiscal year.-The existing project is about 65 Percet complete. Local interests dredged an entrance channel 210 feet wide, 35 feett deep, and about 6,900 feet long, from the ocean to a partially completed turning basin 1,200 feet square; constructed two convergillg angular-stone jetties to protect the entrance channel, and two steel sheet-pile bulkheads to protect the land points. The United States has enlarged the entrance channel and turning basin to project dimensions and has reconstructed the jetties, including straightening the south jetty. Both jetties are in good condition. The steel sheet- pile bulkhead at the inner end of the south jetty is in poor condition, and the similar bulkhead on the north side of the land-cut is in fair coi(ndition. The sheet piling, except for a short section at the seaward en(l, was cut off at the low-tide line during construction for concrete ca)pp)ing, which was never placed. The tie-back piles and deadman ti11b(er.s have beeon virtually destroyed above earth line by marine borers, leaving most of the tie rods disengaged and lying on the bottom. The controlling depth in April 1944 was 35 feet, with limiting widths of 200 feet in the channel from the ocean to the seaward end of the Jetties, thence 150 feet to the turning basin, and 500 feet in thle turning basin. rlhe work remaining to be done to complete the project is as follows: Widen the turning basin by 200 feet on the north and 500 feet on the 'south, and enlarge the flare of the entrance channel at the basin, all to a depth of 35 feet. Under War Department permit, local interests began, in June 1946, dredging which will extend the 3 5-foot-depth turning basin northward about 1,700 feet. Completion of that work will make it unnecessary for the United States to per- form the work authorized on the northerly side of the turning basin. Thlle costs and expenditures under the existing project have been $1,436,853.83 for new work and $239,848.93 for maintenance, a total of $1,676,702.76. Proposed operations.-No funds are available and no operations are contemplated during the fiscal year 1947. The sunm of $460,000 can be profitably expended during the fiscal year 1948, as follows: New work: Dredge, by contract, to widen the turning basin 500 feet on the south side, and to enlarge the: flare on the south side of the entrance channel at the basin, l)ecember 1947 to May 1948- ...-.... $410, 000 Maintejnance: Dredge with a United States hopper dredge to remove shoaling throughout the project, as required, about 1.5 months, .January and February 1948-------------- $45, 000 Periodic examinations ardl detailed survey to determine the con(lition of the project--------- ------------ -- 5, 000 Total for all work--- _-------_ _______--- .--... - 400, 000 ' 810 REPORT OF CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMY, 1046 Cost and financial summary Cost of new work to June 30, 1946-------------------_ ----- $1, 436, 853. 83 Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1946-- --------------- ----- 239, 848. 93 Total cost of permanent work to June 30, 1946.....---------- 1, 676, 702. 76 Net total expenditures ---------------------------------- , 676, 702. 76 Total amount appropriated to June 30, 1946- --------------- 1,676, 702. 76 Amount (estimated) required to be appropriated for completion of existing project_-._----------____-_ _____---- 786, 000. 00 Amount that can be profitably expended in fiscal year ending June 30, 1948: For new work --------------------------------------- 410, 000. 00 For maintenance ------------------------------------- 50, 000. 00 Total----- ------------------------ --------------_ 460, 000. 00 14. MIAMI IARBOR (BISCAYNE BAY), FILA. Location.-Biscayne Bay is a large, shallow, salt-water sound lying between the Florida Keys and the mainland on the east coast of Florida near the southern extremity of the peninsula. (See U. S. Coast and Geodetic Survey Charts Nos. 547, 847, 848, and 1248.) Existing project.--This provides for the following: (a) A channel 30 feet deep and 500 feet wide from the 30-foot contour in the ocean to near the outer end of the north jetty, thence 300 feet wide through the entrance and across Biscayne Bay to and including a turning basin 1,400 feet long and 1,350 feet wide on the westerly side of Biscayne Bay in front of the municipal terminals at Miami; (b) two parallel rubblestone jetties at the entrance, 1,000 feet apart, and 3,000 feet and 2,750 feet*long, respectively; (c) an approach channel 300 feet wide and a turning basin of irregular shape about 2,000 feet square, both 30 feet deep, at Virginia Key, and dredgino 12,060,000 cubic yards of material from bay bottom in addition to that to be dredged from the approach channel and turning basin to provide fill for the island, with such modifications as in the discretion of the Secretary of War and the Chief of Engineers may be advisable; (d) a channel 15 feet deep and 200 feet wide from the mouth of Miami River to the turning basin at the municipal terminals; (e)' a channel 8 feet deep, 200 feet wide from the mouth of Miami River to the Intracoastal Waterway and thence 100 feet wide to Government Cut; (f) a channel at the mouth of Miami River, 15 feet deep at mean low water, 250 feet wide at the outer end and tapering to 170 feet wide at Brickell Point in a distance of about 1,400 feat; thence a channel in Miami River, 15 feet deep under flood conditions, 150 feet wide for 3 miles, thence 125 feet wide for 1.1 miles, and thence 90 feet wide for 1.4 miles; (g) a channel 12 feet deep and 100 feet wide from Miami River to a harbor of refuge in Palmer Lake, the location of the harbor of refuge and channel lead- ing thereto being subject to modification at the discretion of the Chief of Engineers; (1) an approach channel 6 feet deep and 700 feet wide to the harbor line at the seaplane base at Dinner Key, with an enlarge- ment at the inner end and with a channel 8 feet deep and 50 feet wide along the easterly edge of the widening. The plane of reference is mean low water except for the 15-foot channel in Miami River where depths are based on flood conditions. RIVERS AND HARBORS-JACKSONVILLE, FLA., DISTRICT 811 The total length of the waterway under improvement is about 17.7 miles, including about 6 miles of entrance channel from the ocean to and including the turning basin at the municipal terminals, 1.6 miles of approach channel- to Virginia Key, 5.8 miles in Miami River and at its mouth, 0.8 mile at Dinner Key Airport, and 3.5 miles of con- necting channels leading from Miami River and its mouth. The mean tidal variation is 2.5 feet at the entrance and 2 feet in the bay. The extreme variation is about 4.5 feet at the entrance and 3 feet in Biscayne Bay. Strong easterly winds raise the water level about 1.5 feet at the entrance and 1 foot in the bay. Strong westerly winds lower the water level about 1 foot at the entrance and about 0.5 foot in the bay. The estimate of cost for new work, revised in 1946, is $13,088,200, excluding $15,870 to be contributed by local interests. The latest (1915) approved estimate of annual cost of maintenance is $101,000. The existing project was authorized by the following river and harbor acts: __ Acts Work authorized Documents 21 ----- ---- - - - ---- I - - -- - --- - - MIAMIRIVER July 3, 193 ) The 15-foot channel in Miami River, 15) feet wide Specifled In act. at the mouth. (I) The channel at the l)inner Key Airport......... S. Doc. No. 95, 72d Cong., 1st sess., and 2 specified in act. MIAMI HARBOR June 13,1902 An 18-foot channel in a land cut across the penin- II. I)oc. No. 662, 56th Cong., 1st sess. sula and construction of the north jetty. (Annual Report, 1900, p. 1987.) Mar. 2,1907 Construction of the south jetty and for a channel Specified in act. width of 100feet. July 25, 1912 Enlarging the channel to 20-foot depth and 300- . Doc. No. 554, 62d Cong., 2d sess. foot width, and extending the jetties. Mar. 3,1925 Deepening the channel to 25 feet, mean low water, II. Doc. No. 516, 67th Cong., 4th sess. with present project widths at the entrance and a width of 200feet across Biscayne Bay. . July 3,1930) Rivers and Harbors Committee Doc. A channel width of 300 feet across the bay and enlarging the municipal turning basin, with No. 15, 71st Cong., 2d sess. expenditures thereon limited to $200,000. Aug. 30,19353 A depth of 30 feet from the ocean to and in the Senate. Committee Print, 73d Cong., turning basin, with the existing authorized 2d sess. project widths, including the 300-foot width in the channel across the bay. Aug. 26,1937 Extending the turning basin 200 feet to the south- Rivers and Harbors Committee Doo. ward. No. 86, 74th Cong., 2d sess. Mar. 2,1945 The Virginia Key improvement..--------------.............-- Report of Chief of Engineers dated June 24, 1942 (not printed). 1)o. ..... For incorporation of the project for Miami River 11. I)oc. No. 91, 79th Cong., 1st sess.S in that for Miami Harbor; the widening at the mouth of Miami River to existing project widths; the channels from the mouth of Miami River to the turning basin and to Government Cut; and the channel from Miami River to the harbor of refuge, provided that local interests contribute one-third of the cost. 'War Department Appropriation Act approved July 14, 1932. Contains latest published maps. Included in the Public Works Administration program Jan. 3, 1934. 812. REPORT OF' CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMY, 1946 Local cooperation.-All work authorized by the River and Har- bor Act approved March 2, 1945, is subject to the conditions that local interests furnish, free of cost to the United States, all lands, easements, and rights-of-way and suitable spoil-disposal areas for the initial work and subsequent maintenance, as and when required, and hold and save the United States free from claims for damages resulting from the improvement. Additional requirements imposed by the act of March 2, 1945, are as follows: (a) The Virginia Key improvement is subject to the conditions that local interests give as- surances satisfactory to the Secretary of War that they will provide auxiliary channels and suitable airport and harbor terminal facilities at Virginia Key generally in accordance with the plans submitted by the district engineer and subject to such modifications as the Chief of Engineers may require, and provide such operating facilities as the United States may require; (b) the provision of a channel froml Miami River to the harbor of refuge is subject to the conditions that local interests contribute one-third of the initial cost of the channel, furnish assurances satisfactory to the Secretary of War that they will provide and maintain suitable depths in the harbor of refuge and construct and maintain adequate mooring facilities therein, and agree that, at any time upon the approach of a hurricane or severe storm and specifically upon the request of the district engineer or his authorized representative, timhe refuge basin will be open to all without charge until storm danger is past. On March 21, 1945, local interests were informed as to the requirements of local cooperation imposed in connection with the Virginia Key implrovemlent. No as- surance of compliance with these requirements has been received. All' prioi' requirements have been fully complied with. On September 5, 1945, the Commission of the City of Miami, Fla:, adopted a resolution agreeing to assume responsibility for conimpliance with the local cooperation requirements imposed in House Document No. 91, Seventy-ninth Congress, first session, except those pertaining to the channel from Miami River to the harbor of refuge in Palhmer Lake. On May 9, 1946, that resolution was accepted by the Secretary of War as satisfactory assurance of partial compliance. Terminal facilities.-These consist of 14 piers and wharves in Bis- cayne Bay, with an aggregate berthing space of about 13,555 feet, with depths of 31 to 18 feet. Five of the facilities have railway connec- tions, and all have highway connections except one on Fishler Island, which can be reached only by water. A municipal yacht anchorago with a depth of 16 feet and a municipal yacht basin have been con- structed for the use of recreational craft. One of the municipal piers, the municipal open wharf, one i)rivate pier, and the municip)al yacht facilities are open to the public. In addition, there are six piers and wharves on Miami River, used by smaller vessels serving the port. Numerous bulkhead wharves and slips on this river are use(l for moor- ing recreational craft. The facilities are consideied inadequate for preselnt nee(ls. (See Port Series No. 8, pt. 2, revised 1930, and Port* and1 T'erminal Facilities Report, 1941, Corps of Engineers.) Operation,~ and results during fiscal year.-Preliminary work on preparation of detailed plans and specifications for the Virginia Key inprovement cost $9.52 for new work. Periodlic condition surveys and(l RIVERS AND HARBORS-JACKSONVILLE, FLA., DISTRICT 813 Inspections cost $2,949.27 for maintenance. The total costs for the year wele $2,58.79. Tlhe expenditures were $1,462,62. Condition at end of fiscal year.-The existing project was about 55 Percent complete. The 15-foot depth channel in Miami River, 150 feet wide at the mouth, and the applroach at the Dinner Key Airport, Were completed in 1933. The 30-foot-depth entrance channel from the Atlantic Ocean to and including the turning basin in front of the municipal terminals was compnlleted in 1939. The two stone jetties at the'entrance were completed in 1929. The north jetty and revet- Inent is 4,688 feet long and the south jetty and revetment 3,850 feet long. The south jetty, both revetments, and that part of the north Jetty landward of the low-tide shore line in the ocean are in good condition. Seaward of the low-tide shore line, the north jetty is in fair conditioll; this section was damaged during the hurricane of November 1935. Numerous pieces of granite were dislodged from the upper part of the jetty and now rest on the ocean bed along the jetty. At five points in the jetty, crests have been lowered to the Plane of mean high tide. No sand encroachment toward the channel has takenll place through these lowered sections. In November 1944, the controlling (lep)ths in the main entrance channel and turning basin were as follows: Entrance channel, 30.6 feet, except for a shoal in the left outside quarter of the channel with a limiting depth of 29.1 feet; turning basin, 28 feet to within 150 feet of the edge of the basin. In June 19'44, the controlling depths in Miami River in the middle half of the channel were 12.1 feet to the lTamiami Canal andl thence 6.9 feet to the rlThirty-sixth Street Bridge. The control- ling (lel)th in the approach channel at the Dinner Key Airport was 5.7 feet in May 1940, and the controlling dep)th in the channel along the easterly edge of the widening was 8 feet in 1935. Tle work remaining to be done to comp)lete the p)roject is as follows: Provide an al)proach channel and turning basin 30 feet deep at Virginia Key and (lrege 12,0(60,000 cubic yards of material fromn the bay bottom in alddition to that to be dredged froml the app)roach channel and turnimng basin to provide fill for the island; widen the mouth of Iiami River by 20 to 100 feet for 1,400 feet; provide a channel 15 feet deep and 200 feet wide from the mouth of the river to the turning basin in front of the mnunicil)al terminals; provide a channel 8 feet deep, 200 feet wide from the mouth of the river to the Intracoastal Waterway,and tllence 100 feet wide to Government Cut; and provide a chalnnel 12 feet leep amll 100 feet wide from Miami River to a harbor of refuge in Ialmer Lake. 'ile total cost, all frinds, has been $8,571,583.51, of which $7,218,- 130.02, including $2,202,126.04 Pu'blic Works funds, was for new Work, and $1,353,453.49 for maintenance. 'The total expenditures have been $8,570,557.62, inclu(ding $2,202,126.01 Public Works funds. Proposed operations.-The 'bal ance unexpended and accounts re- ceivable June 30, 1946, $76,500.66, will be applied as follows: Accounts payable June 30, 1946_------------------------------- $1, 069. 14 New work: Complete about 46 percenit of detail planning for the Virginia Key iilmprovement, including completion of a definite Iproject report, July 1, 1946, to June 30, 1947- -..------- 66, 142. 88 Mai ntenance: Periodic conlition surveys, inspections, and contin- gencies- - ------------------------ 9, 288. 64 Total for all work- ---------- ----- -------- 76, 500. 66 7 21584-47-pt. 1, vol. 1-52 814 REPORT OF CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMY, 1946 The additional sum of $260,850, United States funds and $15,870, contributed funds, a total of $276,720, can be profitably expended during the fiscal year 1948, as follows: New work: Complete detail planning for Virginia Key improvement, July 1, 1947, to June 30, 1948__--- ---,--- -___- $77, 070 Detail planning for the Miami River improvement, July 1 to Sept. 30, .1947_ ---------.- --.. - 7, 500 Dredge by contract to widen the mouth of Miami River by 20 to 100 feet, to provide a channel 15 feet deep and 200 feet wide from the mouth of the river to the project turning basin, to provide a channel 8 feet deep and 200 feet wide fronrthe mouth of the river to the Intracoastal Waterway and thence 100 feet wide to Government Cut, and to provide a channel 12 feet deep and 100 feet wide from Miami River to a harbor of refuge, March and April 1948----------- --------------------- 97, 150 $181, 720 Maintenance: Repair by contract the damaged portion of the jetties, November and December 1947----_--.. ----- Dredge with a United States hopper dredge to remove _ _ 53, 000 shoaling throughout the entrance channel, as required, December 1947_ -- __ __-_______- --- _ 37, 000 Periodic 'condition surveys, inspections, and contin- gencies,------------ --------------------------- 5, 000 95, 000 Total for all work.------------------------------------- 276, 720 Cost and financial summary Cost of new work to June 30, 1946------------- ---------- $7, 218, 130. 02 Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1946--------- ------------- 1, 353, 453. 49 Total cost of permanent work to June 30, 1946---------- 8, 571, 583. 51 Plus accounts receivable June 30, 1946_ - _ ____---- -------- 43. 25 Gross total costs to June 30, 1946 -------------------- 8, 571, 626. 76 Minus accounts payable to June 30, 1946 --------------------- . 1, 069. 14 Net total expenditures -------------------------- 8, 570, 557. 62 Unexpended balance June 30, 1946_------------------- __ . 76, 457. 41 Total amount appropriated to June 30, 1946------------8, 647, 015. 03 Fiscal year ending Juno 30 1942 . 1943 1944 ' 1945 1946 Cost of new work . _.-- ^- ---------- .------------- 1$435.86 $9. 52 Cost of maintenance .............. -$17, 552.00 $16, 869. 80 $1, 855.62 8, 467. 77 2, 949. 27 ---------------- Total cost.................. 17, 552. 00 16, 869. 80 1, 855. 62 8, 903. 63 2, 958.79 Total expended-----------------................... 19, 967.45 25, 224. 38 -8, 173.84 4, 214. 98 1,462.62 Allotted ......-.. .............. 24, 400. 00 8, 000. 00 .............. 400.00 73, 600. 00 Balance unexpended July 1, 1945----------------------- ---- $4, 320. 03 Amount allotted during fiscal year---------------------- ---- 121, 900. 00 Amount to be accounted for-------------------------- 126, 220. 03 Deductions on account of revocation of allotment-.....-- ---- -48, 300. 00 Net amount to be accounted for---. -- _ ---- 77, 920. 03 RIVERS AND HARBORS-JA(KSONVILLE, FLA., DISTRICT "815 Gross amount expenled------------------------- $20, 971. 95 Less. reimbursements collected---- ------------- 19, 509. 33 $1, 462. 62 Balance unexpended June 30, 1946--------------------- 76, 457. 41 Outstanding liabilities, June 30, 1946 .. - .--- $1, 069. 14 Amount covered by uncompleted contracts ..-- 459. 55 S---- 1, 528. 69 Balance available June 30, 1946_ ----------- -------- 74, 928. 72 Accounts receivable June 30, 1946-_ --- ---------- - 43. 25 Unobligated balance available June 30, 1946--------- --- 74, 971. 97 Amount (estimated) required to be appropriated for completion of existing project 1-_.- 803, 900. 00 ..... _------------.----5, Amount that can be profitably expended in fiscal year ending June 30, 1948: For new work 116---------------------------------------- 15, 850. 00 For maintenance ------------------- -------------------------- 95, 000. 00 Total --------------------- ----------------------------- 260, 850. 00 Exclusive of available funds. 15. INTRACOASTAL WATEltWAY FROM MIAMI TO KEY WEST, FLA. Location.-This section of the Intracoastal Waterway extends from Miami to Key West, Fla., following a protected inside route along the bays, sounds, and connecting waterways. (See U. S. Coast and Geodetic Survey Charts Nos. 547, 576, 584, 848, 849, 1248, 1249, 1250, 1251, and 3261.) Existing project.-This provides for a channel 7 feet deep at mean low water and 90 feet wide from Miami to Key West, about 157 miles, along a protected inside route. The mean tidal range is 2 feet at Mianmi and 1.3 feet at Key West; the extreme range is about 3,feet at Miami and at Key West. From Cross Bank to Bahia Honda the prevailing range of tide is 0.5 foot, with a maximum of 1.3 feet op- posite Vaca Key. West of Big Spanish Channel the tidal range is 1.8 feet. Northerly winds lower the water level about 1 foot and winds from other directions raise the water level a lesser amount. The estimate of cost for new work, revised in 1946, is $2,3p7,000. The latest (1945) approved estimate of annual cost of maintenance $20,000. is; The existing project was authorized by the following river and harbor acts: Acts Work authorized Documents Aug. 30, 1935 For a channel 7 feet deep and 75 feet wide from Ii. Doc. No. 44, 72d Cong., 1st sess. 1 Miami to Cross Bank, Florida Bay, Fla. Mar. 2, 1945 Extension of the waterway to key West, Fla., Report of the Chief of Engineers dated with a width of 90 feet throughout. Oct. 26, 1942. (Not printed.) Contains the latest published maps. -816 REPORT OF CHIIEF OF ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMY, 1946 Local cooperation.--The River and Harbor Act of March 2, 1945, imposed the conditions that local interests agree to furnish free of cost to the United States all needed lands, easements, rights-of-ways and spoil-disposal areas for new work and maintenance when and as required and to hold and save the United States free from damages which may result from provision of the proposed ilnprovelnent. A resolution adopted June 5, 19-5, by the Board of County Commission- ers of Monroe County, Fla., agreeing to assume responsibility for com- pliance with the requirements pertainining to Monroe County, was accepted by the Chief of Engineers on November 21, 1945, as satis- factory assurance of compliance. A resolution adopted March 51 1946, by the Board of County Commissioners of Dade County, Fla., agreeing to comply with those features of local coop)eration that per- tain to Dade County, was accepted by the Chief of Engineers on April 23, 1946, as satisfactory assurance of compliance. Terminal facitities.-Terminals with railway' and street conned tions are available in connection with the harbors at Miami and Key West. There are 23 small piers along the waterway between Miami and No Name Key, and a small ways at Marathon on Vaca Key. The facilities are considered adequate except for recreational craft at Key West. (For further details on facilities at Miami and Key West, see Port and Terminal Facilities Report, 1941, Corps of Engineers, and Port Series No. 8, Corps of Engineers, revised 1936, for Miami.) Operations and results dluring ficAal year.-PlreliI tinary advance planning for the improvement during July and August 1945 cost $2,004.80 for new work. A minor inspection of the waterway cost $42.58 for maintenance. The costs and expenditures for the year were $2,047.38. Condition at end of f3scal year.-The existing project was about 9' percent'complete. A channel 7 feet deep and( 90 feet wide from Miami to Cross Bank was completed in 1939, the ad(litional 15 feet of width having been obtained without cost to the United States. In 1939 the -controlling depths were as follows: Miami to Cross Bank, 7 feet ex- cept for a shoal with a limiting depth of 6.5 feet opposite thle entrance to Tavernier Creek; Cross Bank to Key West by natural channels, 5 feet. The work remaining to be (lone to complete the project is ex- tendimg the waterway from Cross Bank to Key West. Th'le costs and expenditures under the existing project have been $203,367.53 for neWr work and $324.70 for mainitenance, a total of $203,692.23. Proposed operations.-No funds are available and no operations are .contemplated during the fiscal year 1947. The sum of $100,000 can be profitably expended(lduring the fiscal' year 1948 for new work for advance planning for extending the water- way from Cross Bank to Key 'Vest,involving surveys, substrata hives- tigations, and preparation of contract plans and specifications, August 1, 1947, to June 30, 1948. Cost and financial summary Cost of new work to June 30, 1946. ... ...-----------. $203, 367. 53 Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1946-------------------------- 324. 70 Total cost of permanent work to June 30, 1946_------------203, 692. 23 Net total expenditures-------------_ .. -------- 203, 692. 23 Total amount appropriated to June 30, 1946 --- .-- 203, 692. 23 RIVERS AND HARBORS-JACKSONVILLE, FLA., DISTRICT 817 Fiscal year en ding June 30 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 Cost of new work. :: ------ ----------- .-------------- --- - $ 2,004.80 Cost of maintenanIce ------------.-------------.--------------.----------.-. 42.58 Total cost . -- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - .. . ...... ' 2,047.38 Total expended... . . ... . ... 2 ,04 7 .3 8 -- - - - -- - - - - - - - - - - Allotted ---------------------- ------------------------------------- - --. - 2,047. 38 Amount allotted during fiscal year --------------------------- $59, 342. 58 Deductions on account of revocation of allotment--------------- 57, 295. 20 Net amount to be accounted for ----- --------- 2, 047. 38 ross amorlnt expended------------------------- $2, 098. 36 Less reinmbirselrents collected 50. 98 2, 047. 38 Amount (estimaited) required to be appropriated for completion of existing project---------------------------------- ---- 2, 103, 600. 00 Amount that can be profitably expended in fiscal year ending June S30, 1948, for new work--------------------------------- 100, 000. 00 16. KEY WEST HARBOR, FLA. Location.-Key West is on the island of Key West, near the western end of the Florida Keys. It is about 516 statute miles from Jackson- Ville, 614 statute mniles from New Orleans, and 220 miles south of the entrance to TampaL Bay. Thle harbor )roper lies in front of the town. (See U. S. Coast and Geodetic Survey Charts Nos. 576, 584, 1251, and 3261.) Previous projects.-Adopted by River andtlarbor Act of August 2, 1882. For further details see page 1827, Annual Report for 1915, aldc page 613, Annual Report for 1938. S isting project.-This )providesfor removal of coral heads and reefs froam the main ship channel and anchorage, to give a clear depth of 30 feet at mean low water and a channel width of 300 feet; and for a northwest entrance channel 17 feet deep at mean low water and of sufficient width for navigation, to be obtained by construction of a stone jetty on each side of the entrance and by dredging; removing the Mid(ldle Ground to the extent of enlarging the channel opposite the Wharves to a width of 800 feet and a depth of 26 feet at mean low Water. The mean range of tide is about 2.5 feet at the northwest entrance and about 1.3 feet at the seaward entrance of the Main Ship Channel and in the harbor. The extreme range of tide is about 5.5 feet at the northwest entrance and about 3.1 feeet at the seaward entrance of the Main Ship Channel anld in the harbor. The estimate of cost of new work, revised in 1919, is $1,969,200, ex- Clusive of amounts expended on previous projects, and exclusive of dredging at the northwest entrance for which no estimate of cost has been made. Tine latest (1931) approved estimate for annual cost of maintenance, exclusive of the jetties, is $13,500. 818 REPORT OF CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMY, 1946 The existing project was authorized by the following river aind harbor acts: Acts Work authorized l)ocuments Sept. 19,1890 The northwest entrance,__- __ ___.. ___.- __.i. Doc. No. 145, 50th Cong., 2d( sess. and It. Ex. Doc. No. 39, 51st Cong., 1st sess. (Annual Reports 1889, PP. 1328-1337, and 18), pp. 1581-1596.) May 28, 1908 Application of funds already appropriated for Specified in act. 'the removal of certain reefs in the Mhdn Ship Channel. July 25, 1912 ........ II. )oc. No. 706, 62(d Cong., 24. sess.' The Main Ship Channel and anchorage-------- s" July 18, 1918 Removing the Middle Groundl...-............. .I. Doc. No. 185,65th Cong., 1st se s 1 1 Contain the latest published mnaps of the channels involve(l. The latest map of the entire harbor is published in I. D)oc. No. 680, 63d Cong., 2d sess. Terminal facilities.-These consist of fouir wharves and six piers, all having connections with city streets. Terminals are adequate for present needs and, with the exception of one whlarf, are open to the public. In addition to the above there are four Government piers. (For further details see Port'Series No. 8, and Port and Terminal Facilities Report, 1941, Corps of Engineers.) Operations and results during fiscal year.-None. Condition at end of fiscal year.-The existing project, as a whole, was about 50 percent complete, the remaining work being 0ollnlpletill of the jetties at the northwest entrance, which is conlsidered ull- necessary at this timune. The west jetty is about 20 percenlt complete, the east jetty about 67 percent complete, and( the jetties as a whole, about 60 percent complete. Between December 1942 and Jllly 194 3, the United States Navy Department dredged a chlaunel 30 feet deep, 300 feet wide, and 9,000 feet long to extend the Main Ship Channel to the Naval Operating Base, and dredged a turning basin at that point 1,200 feet wide, 1,500 feet long, and 30 feet deep. When last surveyed the controlling depths were as follows: Northwest Channel, 17 feet for a width of 200 feet in December 1940; Main Ship Channel, 30 feet in 1943; and Middle Ground opposite the wharves, 26 feet for a width of 800 feet in 1929. The costs and exIpen(litures under the existing p)roject lhave beenl $1,012,908.75 for new work and $238,742.96 for maintenallce, a total of $1,251,651.71. The costs of new work include $345,887.16 for removal of Middle Ground and $33,658.67 for work in the Main Ship Channel, of which $2,274.44 was for the removal of coral hleads under authority given in the special act of May 28, 1908. Proposed operations.-No funds are available and no operations are contemplated during the fiscal year 1947. The sum of $40,000 can be profitably expended during the fiscal year 1948, as follows: RIVERS AND HIARBORS-JACKSONVILLE, FLA., DISTRICT 819 Dredge by contract to remove shoals in Northwest Channel, 1 month, November 1947 -------------------------------- ------ -$36, 000 General condlition survey of the entire improvement, October 1947-----..... 4, 000 Total for maintenance .. ,---------- 40, 000 ---------------------- No funds can be profitably expended for new work as the commerce using the Northwest Channel does not justify the relatively high cost of completing the jetties. Cost and financial summary Cost of new work to June 30, 1946__ _- __ ---------------- $1, 040, 408. 75 Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1946-------------------- 238, 742. 96 Total cost of permanent work to June 30, 1946---------- 1, 279, 151. 71 Net total cxpenditures--------------- ------------ ---- 1, 279, 151. 71 Total amount appropriated to June 30, 1946--- ---- 1, 279, 151. 71 ..........----------.... Amount (estimated) required to be appropriated for completion of existing project _-------------------------------------956, 300. 00 Amount that can be profitably expended in fiscal year ending June 30, 1948, for maintenance---------------------------- 40, 000. 00 17. CALOOSAIIATCIIEE RIVER AND LAKE OKEECIIOBEE DRAINAGE AREAS, FLORIDA Location.--The Caloosahatchee River has its source in Lake Okee- chobee and flows generally southwesterly, emptying into the Gulf of Mexico through San Carlos Bay, about 30 miles south of the entrance to Charlotte Harbor. (See U. S. Coast and Geodetic Survey Charts Nos.473, 1247, 1255, and 1289.) Lake Okeechobee is a large, fresh-waterlake in south-central Florida. (See U. S. Coast and Geodetic Survey Chart No. 1289.) St. Lucie Canal was constructed by the Everglades Drainage District as a control canal for Lake Okeechobee. It begins at about the middle of the east shore of Lake Okeechobee and empties into the south branch of the St. Lucie River at St. Lucie lock. The length of the canal is 23.9 miles. (See U. S. Coast and Geodetic Survey Chart No. 1289.) St. Lucie River, south branch, flows north from the entrance of the St. Lucie Canal for about 7.4 miles to Stuart, where it joins the north branch to form the St. Lucie River; thence east, southeast, and east about 7.7 miles, emptying into the Indian River opposite St. Lucie Inlet. (See U. S. Coast and Geodetic Survey Charts Nos. 846, 1247, and 1289.) Taylor Creelk is formed by the junction of several small creeks that have their headwaters in Allapattah Flats and flows generally south- easterly, emptying into Lake Okeechobee at its most northerly ex- tremity. (See U. S. Coast and Geodetic Survey Chart No. 1289.) (For description of above waterways see p. 705, Annual Report for 1932.) Previous projects.-Adopted by River and Harbor Acts of August 2, 1882, and August 11, 1888. For further details see page 707, Annual Report for 1932. / 820 REPORT OF CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMY, 1946 Existing project.-This provides for: (a) A channel 12 feet deep and 200 feet wide from the Gulf of Mexico to Punta Rasa, about 3.8 miles, thence 10 feet deep and .100 feet wide to Fort Myers (Edison Memorial Bridge), about 16.3 miles, with a turning basin at that point; (b) improving the Caloosahatchee River and Canal from Lake Okee- chobee to the Gulf of Mexico by straightening and by dredging a ctlan- nel (Lake Okeechobee to Fort Myers, 56.5.miles) which will provide a discharge outlet capacity of 2,500 cubic feet per second from Lake Okeechobee, including necessary control works; (c) a channel 8 feet deep from Fort Myers to the Intracoastal Waterway near Stuart with widths of 90 feet from Fort Myers to Moore Haven, 80 feet in the exist- ing channel along the southerly shore of the lake to the hurricane gate at Clewiston, 100 feet thence across Lake Okeechobee to and in the St. Lucie Canal to St. Lucie lock, and thence 80 feet to the Intracoastal Waterway; (d) a channel in Taylor Creek 6 feet deep, when the lake is at elevation 14, and 60 feet wide from the town of Okeechobee into Lake Okeechobee, about 4.8 miles; (e) a levee about 67.8 miles long and a navigation channel 80 feet wide and 6 feet deep (8 feet in the section from Moore Haven to Clewiston) following in general the south shore of the lake for about 58.3 miles; (f) a north shore levee about 153/ miles long; (g) replacing existing locks Nos. 1 and 2, St. Lucie Canal, with a single new lock with a usable width of 50 feet and a usable length of 250 feet, a depth of not less than 8 feet over the sills and a new weir structure; (h) protection works in St. Lucie Canal to prevent erosion and silting; (i) a channel 8 feet deep and 100 feet wide from the project turning basin to the existing mnunicipal yacht basin at Fort Myers; and (j) a basin 8 feet deep, 200 feet wide, and 400 feet long at Stuart. The total length of the waterway from the Gulf of Mexico to the Intracoastal Waterway is'about 154.6 miles via the channel across Lake Okeechobee, or about 165.3 miles via the channel along the south shore of Lake Okeechobee. The plane of reference is based on minimum water elevations as follows: Mean Mean low water sea level St. Lucio River- Indian River (Intracoastal Waterway) to St. Locie lock ......... 0. 0 --0. 409 St. Lucio Canal arindLake Okechobee- St. Luci lock to Moore Haven lock------. - 14.0 12.56 Caloosahatch c (Canal-Moore Ilaven lock to Ortona lock ------------------------ 11.5 10.06 Caloosahatchee River-Ortona lock to the Gulf of Mexico........................... 0.0 -0.88 The following tables show the principal features of the locks and dams and protective works included in the project: RIVERS AND HARBORS-JACKSONVILLE, .FLA., DISTRICT 821 Locks and dams St. Lucie Canal Caloosahatchee River Lock No. 11 St. Lucie lock 2 Moorekllaven Ortona lock Distance from Lake Okeechobee. 0.3 mile ......- . 23.9 mile--..... .. . ....------------15.5 miles. Nearest town (Florida).......... Port Mayaca, Stuart, 8 miles. Moore Haven, La Belle, 8 Lk0.5 mile. 0.75 mile. miles. Lock dimensions 4........... 30 x 130 feet..... 50 x 250 feet-.....50 x 250 feet .... 50 x 250 feet. Sith minimum water ele- vations.--- - ---- 0................ i_ 114 fe feet........... _ _ _ 2.5 feet.......... 2 e 1 . e t 11.5 feet. epth over sills: Upper .... .. __...... 6.2 feet---------.......... 13.5 feet-......... 10 feet...---------....... 12 feet. Lower-................... 7.5 feet---------.......... 11 feet---------........... 11 feet---------.......... 11 feet. aracter of foundation......... Rock .....-------...... ----------- Pile.. ....... Pile ...... ...-----------... Pile. ind of dam... .. Movable ........ Movable ....... None........... Movable. TYle of construction: Lock-.... -- Dam...................... ........... Concrete-...... Concrete-.. ... Concrete-....... Concrete. Concrete, needle Concrete, Tain- Concrete, Tain- Concrete, Tain- controlled. ter gate con- ter gate con- ter gate con- trolled. trolled. trolled. ate of completion.. ----------- ... 1925 .......-----------... 5)... ()-- - 1937. Aetual cost.......----------------- $127,448.98 7...... $1,939,600 8_...... $1,067,000 .9-.... $856,904.15. o Constructed and paid for by Everglades Drainage District. It is provided with a bypass 50 feet wide, ofunlimited length, and having a minimum d(lepth of 8.5 feet on the sill. This lock and dam will be removed after installation of the T'ainter gates in the St. Lucie l)am. Old lock No. 2, constructed by Everglades 1)rainage l)istrict, s adjacent to the new lock and will serve as an auxiliary after installation of Tainter gates in the new dam and an auxiliary lock gate on the upstream Side of the ol lock. This lock is 30 by 130 feet in the clear, with a limiting depth of 4.7 feet on the lower sill. Combhined hurricane gate and lock. Width of chamber and greatest length available for full width. Substantially completed in 1943 except for the installation of the Tainter gates in the dam. This Is now controlledl by temporary wooden needles. About 53 percent complete (lock completed in 1935). Cost to the Everglades l)rainago l)istrict. 8Estimated; includes $40,000 for removing old lock No. 1. Estimated; includes $510,000 for the new spillway. Hurricane gates , hurricane Nearest town Depth Character Year Actual gate over of com- No. Name Distance sills foundation pleted cost Miles Feet 2 Clewiston, Fla 0 10. 0 Pile ...... 1935 $309, 748.18 3 Lake Harbor, Fla....................... 0. 5 10.0 Rock-......1935 316, 938.28 4 Belle Glade, Fla......................... 4. 0 10. 0 ... do.......1935 350, 025. 30 SCanal Point, lla........................ 10.0 .. do ....... 1935 262, 464.60 6 Okeechobee, Fla. .... - 6.0 7.0 Pile....... 1936 373, 273. 30 1All are 50 feet wide, with available length unlimited, with steel sector gates, and have no lift. They are constructed of concrete, and hurricane gate No. 6 has an automatic culvert-controlled spillway. rihe mean range of tide is 1.7 feet at Punta Rasa and 0.7 foot at Fort Myers. Tie extreme range is about 4.5 feet at Punta Rasa and about 2 feet at Fort Myers. At low-river stage, tidal influence is perceptible at the Ortona lock, 57.3 miles above Punta Rasa. The Iean range of tide at St. Lucie Inlet is 2.6 feet andti the extreme range about 4.5 feet. Tidal effect is perceptible to St. Lucie lock, 15.1 miles. . Lake Okeechobee is maintained, so far as possible,. be- tween 14 and 17 feet above Lake Okeechobee datum. The estimate of cost for new work, revised in 1946, exclusive of amounts expended on previous projects, is $19,438,100, of which $500,000 was contributed by local interests. The latest (1946) ap- proved estimate for annual cost of maintenance is $326,800, including 822 REPORT OF CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMY, 1946 $130,000 for operating and care of locks and dams and p1rotective works. The existing project was authorized by the following river and harbor acts: ___ ~_ Acts Work authorized Documents I- - 1 June 25, 1910 For improving the Caloosahatchee River from Rivers and Harbors Committee Doe. Fort Myers to the Gulf of Mexico, with a turn- No. 8, 61st Cong., 2d sess. ing basin at Fort Myers. July 3, 1930 For a floodway and navigation channel, at least S, l)oc. No. Hl1, 71st ('oog., 2(1 sSs. 6 feet deep and 80 feet wide, in Caloosahatchee Canal and River including the necessary con- trol works; for the channel in Taylor Creek; for a levee and a navigation channel 6 feet deep and 80 feet wide along the south shore of the lake; for a north shore levee; for a channel 6 feet deep and 80 feet wide in St. Lucie River; and for pro- tection works in St. Luci Canal; and subject to the condition that local interests contribute $2,000,000 toward the cost and agree to main- tain all works and channels within the Ever- glades Drainage District. Aug. 30, 1935 For the United States to maintain all project Specified in act. works when completed and to bear the cost of all drainage structures heretofore or hereafter con- structed in connection with the project, and for the total cash contribution required of local interests to be $500,000. Aug. 26, 1937 The construction of a now lock and weir structure Rivers and Harbors Committee 1)Do00. in St. Lucie Canal. No. 28, 75th Cong., 1st sess. Ma'r. 2,1945 For deepening to 8 feet with present widths, from 1. 1)oc. No. 696, 76th Cong., 3(1sess.i Fort Myers to the Intracoastal Waterway near Stuart via the existing channel along the southerly shore of the lake to Clewiston and a channel across Lake Okeechobee. I)o...... For a channel from the project turning basin to of Engineers dated Report of Chief of the municipal yacht basin at Fort Myers; and June 5, 1943. (Not printed.) for a basin at Stuart. 1 Contains the latest published map. Local cooperationi.--All work authorized by the River and -Iar- bor Act approved March 2, 1945, is subject to the conditions that local interests furnish, free of cost to the United States, all lands, easements, and rights-of-way and spoil-disposal areas when and as required for the initial work and for subsequent maintenance, and hold and save the United States free from all claims for damages resulting from the improvement. The provision of a channel from the project turning basin to the municipal yacht basin at Fort Myers and of a basin at Stuart is subject to the ad(litional requirements that local interests provide, maintainl, and operate adequate mooring and servicing facilities open to all on equal and reasonable terms, imake additional inmprovements to p)rotect the Fort Myers yacht basin from wave action, and inclose the Stuart basin in accordance with plans to be approved by the Chief of Engineers. A resolution adopt- ed November 10, 1945, by the Board of Commissioners of the Okee- chobee Flood Control District (an agency created by the State of RIVERS AND HARBORS-JACKSONVILLE, FLA., DISTRICT 823 Florida to comply with the requiremnents imposed by the River and Harbor Act of July 3, 1930) agreeing to comply with the require- ments of local cooperation imposed in reference to deepening the waterway to 8 feet between Fort Myers and the Intracoastal Water- Way (II. DI)oc. No. 696, 76th Cong., 3d sess.) was accepted by the Chief of Engineers on February 18, 1946, as satisfactory assurance of compliance. On July 14, 1945, the City Council of Fort Myers, Fla., adopted a resolution agreeing to comply with the features of local cooperation pertaining to the channel from thel project turning basin to the Irmuillicipal yacht bpsinl at Fort Myers, but statement of financial ability has not been furnished. The city of Stuart has been requested to furnish a similar resolution in respect to the basin at Sttuart. All prior requirements have been substantially complied with. Ierminal facilities.-I the vicinity of Fort Myers on the Caloosa- ltltchee River these consist of three freight piers, one railroad ter- ninal lpierl,one municipal recreation pier, four privately owned piers, and a municipal yacht basin. A mooring basin has been provided at La Belle. There are numerous small wooden-pile landings along the UPper Caloosalhatchee River, along the lake shore, in St. Lucie Canal, and on St. Lucie River, including one railroad terminal pier, a mu- nicil)al'pier, and a pier for handling petroleum products at Stuart. A marginal wharf 30 feet long and other limited facilities with high- Way anmid railway connections are available on Taylor Creek at the town of Okeechobee. The facilities are considered adequate for ex- isting commerce. Operationsand results dring ft.eali year-New work.-Surveys, de- ~ign, and preparation of a definite project report for a spillway at oore-Ilaven lock were commenced during March 1946, and were 85 percent complete at the close of the fiscal year. The cost was $9,335.43 for new work. Completion of plans and specifications for installing seven Tainter gates and appurtenances at St. Lucie lock and for re- moving old lock No. 1 at Port Mayaca cost $4,006.02 for new work. Maintenanee.--Payment of outstanding contractor's earnings for 193,585.7 cubic yards of material removed during the previous fiscal 'e'ar, but credited during the current fiscal year, in constructing a lydraulically placed protective beach on the north-shore levee, cost $40,826.27. Replacing 53,054.7 linear feet of fenctes in divisions 3 and. 4, ly contract, was begun June 30 and completed November 9, 1945, at a cost of $13,571.55. ioutine patrol, inspection, and maintenance of levee slopes, ramps, protective lantings, and cattle fences, in progress throughout the year by hired labor, cost $59,139.17. Payment of con- tractor's claim for levee work completed (luring a previous fiscal year cost $4,031.43. By contract, reconstructing and resurfacing roads and parking areas adjacent to warehouse, shops, and ofices at the Clewiston reservation cost $14,332.01. Maintenance and operation of meteoro- logical instrmuients, compilation of mneterological data, and stream gaging cost $24,543.98. Periodic condition surveys and inspections cost $8,676.47. Repairs by hired labor to riprap and concrete levee revetment in divisions 1 and 2 were completed in October 1945. A total of 17,500 cubic yards of stone and salvaged concrete was placed at a cost of $60,084.94. 824 .REPORT OF CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMY, 1946 Operating and care.-Moore. Haven and Ortona locks on the Caloosahatchee Canal, St. Lucie lock supplemented by old lock No. 2 on St. Lucie Canal, 5 hurricane gates on Lake Okeechobee, 16 drainage structures on the west, south, and east shores, and 4 on the north shore of Lake Okeechobee, 16 drainage spillways on St. Lucie Canal, and an intercommunciating radio-telephone network of 6 stations have been operated and maintained. Dewatering, cleaning, and painting all metal surfaces at Moore Haven lock, about 74 percent complete at the beginning of the fiscal year, was completed July 5, 1945. All metal surfaces at Ortona and St. Lucie locks were dewatered, cleaned, and painted between July 30 and September 13, 1945. The hydroelectric turbine at St. Lucie lock was dewatered for periodic inspection during August 1945. Replacement of deteriorated timber fenders along lock- chamber walls at Ortona lock was commenced during August and conm- pleted in December 1945. Additional guardrails were installed by hired labor at old lock No. 2, St. Lucie Canal, during January and Feb- ruary 1946. The costs were $57,010.81 for operations, $102,205.24 for ordinary repairs, $6,462.19 for improvement and reconstruction, and $1,672.24 for emergencies, a total of $167,350.48. Summary.---The costs for the year wer~ $13,341.45 for new work, $225,205.82 for maintenance, and $167,350.48 for operating and care, t total of $405,897.75. The expenditures were $392,649.27. Regulation.-Regulation of Lake Okeechobee consists of main- tenance of lake stages as nearly as possible between elevations 14 and 17 feet, Okeechobee datum. From July 1 to September 14, 1945, there was no regulation discharge from the lake. From September 14 to December 12, 1945, regulation discharge varied from 340 to 8,426 cubic feet per second, and totaled 815,468 acre-feet. Without regdlation, the lake would have reached an elevation of 18.77 feet on December 31, 1945. Unregulated outflow, which included local-use demand by the Everglades Drainage District over which the United States has no control, varied from 100 to 8,760 cubic feet per second and totaled 297,306 acre-feet from July 1 to December 31, 1945. During 1946 regulation discharges covering 9 weeks varied from 159 to 7,215 cubic feet per second and totaled 453,096 acre-feet. Unregulated outfloW varied from 305 to 1,489 cubic feet per second, or 249,506 acre-feet. Lake stages, rainfall, and evaporation were as follows: Period Lake stage Rainfall Evaporation , Feet Inches Inches July 1 to Dec. 31, 1945... .................................--------------------------------.. 13.08-16.86 . 21. 10 23. 15 Jan. 1 to June 30, 1946 ...............--------------------------------........................ 16. 86-15. 44 18. 90 28. 7 I Evaporation was recorded from a standard land pan. The correction factor to reduce to open water is 78 percent of the recorded value. Condition at end of fiscal year.--Thle existing project was about 95 percent complete. 'lThe channel from the Gulf of Mexico to Puinta Rasa and thence in the Caloosahatclhee River to Fort Myers was com- 'pleted in 1913. Other features of tie project have been accomplished as follows: Dredging 56.5 miles of floodway and navigation channel in the Caloosahatchee River and Canal from Moore Haven to Fort Myers, having a minimum bottom width of 90 feet and a depth of at RIVERS AND HARBORS-JACKSONVILLE, FLA., DISTRICT 825 ieast 7 feet, and riprap protection of all drainage openings and bridges :)etween Moore IIaven and Citrus Center; dredging 58.3 miles of nav- igationl channel, generally 8 feet or more deep, but with a limiting (lepth of 0 feet, and at least 80 feet wide, in Lake Okeechobee along the south shore levee from the Fisheating Creek auxiliary floodway channel to St. Lucie Canal; dredging a channel at least 6 feet deep and 60 feet wide il Taylor Creek from the town of Okeechobee to Lake Okeechobee, about 4.8 miles; (drec(ging 5 auxiliary floodway channels exteL(ling into Lake Okeechobee at the mouth of the Clewiston Indus- trial Canal near Liberty Point, near the mouth of Fisheating Creek, at the mouth of Kissimmee River, and at the mouth of Taylor Creek; dredging a channel 8 feet dleep and 80 feet wide in St. Lucie River, completed in 1931; constructing 67.8 miles of continuous levee on the West, south, and east shores of Lake Okeechobee and 15.74 miles of levee on the north shore; constructing a lock and spillway near Ortona, a combined lock and hurricane gate at Moore IIaven, a new lock and a new spillway with temporary wooden flashboards at the lower end of St. Lucie Canal near Stuart; constructing 4 hurricane gates through the levee at the entrances to canals at Clewiston, Lake Harbor, South Bay, and Canal PIoint, and a combined hurricane gate and culvert Spillway through the north-shore levee at Taylor Creek; constructing 16 metal-pipe drainage culverts with concrete headwall through the West-, south-, and east-shore levees, and 4 similar culverts through the north-slhore levee; constructing 16 drainage spillways at drainage openings in the banks of St. Lucie Canal; levee enlargement and con- struction of a protective beachalong approximately 14.4 miles of the east-slore levee between Bacom Point and Port Mayaca; and exten- Sl()o of levee toe along 1.2 miles of levee on the north shore between Nlibbin Slough and Kissinmmee River. Natural depths in excess of 8 feet exist across Lake Okeechobee except in the approach channel to Clewiston and thme approach channel to St. Lucie Canal, St. Lucie Canal, 8 feet deep and at least 150 feet wide, was constructed by local Interests. For information relative to locks and hurricane gates see table in the paragrapl "Existing project." The controlling depths When last surveyed( were as follows (less than project (lepthl being due Of to isolatel shoals) : (Gulf of Mexico to Iunta Rasa, 9.5 feet for a width 200 feet, and thence to Fort Myers, 5.8 feet for a widtll of 100 feet, 11 November 1944; Fort Myers to Lake Okeechobee at Moore Haven, 4 feet for a wi(lth of 75 feet (7 feet may be had for a limiting width of 60 feet on one side of thoechannel), in January 1946; Lake Okeecho- bee from Moore HIaven to St. Lucie Canal via south-shore channel, 9 feet for widltlh of 65 feet, and via Liberty 'Pointfloodway channel, 'a (.5 feet for a width of 60 feet, in January 1946 ; St. Lucie Canal and ItiVer to Intracoastal Waterway, 7 feet for a witlth of 65 feet in Janui- ary 1946; anid rTaylor Creek from the town of Okeechobee to Lake Okeechobee, 2 feet for a widlth of 50 feet in March 1946. ITheiwork rlenlai mig to be (lone to com plete the project is as follows: Complete the spillway at St. Lucie lock, involviig installationl of seven steel laillte.r gates and appolrtenances, and( removal of oldl lock No. 1 at ort Mayaca; (leepen the waterway to 8 feet from Fort Myers to the Iltracoastal Waterway, involving (leeplening Caloosahmatechee River and Canal from Fort Myers to Moore Haven and (I'edlging al)lproach cllanels 8 feet dleep and 100 feet wide to Lake Okeechobee from tihe 826 REPORT OF CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMY, 1946 hurricane gate at Clewiston. and from Lake Okeechobee to St. Lucie Canal; dredge a channel 8 feet deep and 100 feet wide connecting the project turning basin with the existing municipal yacht basin at Fort Myers; construct a spillway at Moore Haven lock; and dredge a basin 8 feet deep, 400 feet long, and 200 feet wide at Stuart. The costs of the existing project to June 30, 1946, have been as follows: New work Maintenance Operating Total and care ----------------------- Regular funds..._ . $8, 119, 142.98 $5, 458, 480. 16 $1,037,129. 16 $14, 614, 752. 30 Public Works funds......................-------------------- 7, 694,360. 74 --------------------------- 7, 694, 30. 74 Emereency Relief funds ........... ........ 2, 170, 253. 00 747. 00 -- 2,171, 000. 00 Total, United States funds__.----... 17, 983, 756. 72 5,459, 227. 16 1,037, 129. 16 24. 480, 113.04 500,000.00 Contributed funds ...............---------------... 1, 000. 00 --------------- 501, 000. 00 Total, all funds..............-----------------......--- 18, 483, 756. 72 5, 460, 227. 16 1,037, 129. 16 24, 981, 113.04 The expenditures have been $14,549,154.80 regular funds, $7,694,- 360.74 Public Works funds, and $2,171,000 Emergency Relief funds, a total of $24,414,515.54 United States funds. In addition, $501,000 were expenldedl from contributed funds for new work and maintenance as indicated above. Proposed operations.-The balantce unexpended and accounts re- ceivable June 30, 194(, $417,350.81, will be applied as follows: Accounts payable June 30, 1946... _51 1.98 New work: By continuing contract begin the installation of 7 Tainter gates and other appurtences at the new spillway for St. Iucie lock, and removal of old lock No. 1 and spillway at Port MIayaca, Febru- ary to June 1947 --------------- ---------------------- 150, 64.5. 95 Maintenance: Dredge by contract to remove shoals in Caloosa- hatchee River and Canal between Lake Okeecho- bee and Fort Myers, November and December 1946----------------------------------- $24, 000.00 Repair rock revetments in divisions 1 and 2 by hired labor, January" to April 1947------------- 7, 000. 00 General inspection, l)atrol, and maintenance of levees and fences, rehabilitation of protective growth, mowing and replacing grass on levee slopes, and maintenance of too ditches on the land side of the levee system, by hired labor, July 1,1946, to June 30, 1947---------------- 66, 000. 00 Compilation of meteorological data, operation of meteorological instrumnents, purchase and re- newal of recording charts, and stream gaging.... 28, 000. 00 Periodic condition surveys, inspections, and con- tingencies_--------------------------------- 12, 301. 64 137, 501, 64 Maintenance (operating and care): Operations __---------------------------------63, 900. 00 Ordinary repairs_------------.-----.--..-.--- 47, 781. 24 Improvement and reconstruction---------------- 17, 007. 00 128, 688. 24 .Total for all work 417, 350. 81 _---------------------------------- RIVERS AND ~ARBORS--JACKISONVILLE, . FLA., DISTRICT 827 The additional sum of $1,128,700 can be profitably expended during the fiscal year 1948, as follows: New work: By continuing contract, complete provision of 7 Tainter gates and appurtenances at the spillway for St. Lucie lock, and compllete removal of old lock No. 1 and spillway at Port lMayaca, July 1947-..-- - - $12, 700 Construct by contract a spillway at Moore haven lock, September 1947 to June 1948..--- - _ 510, 000 l)redge by contract to (ltel)elt the waterway to 8 feet, to provide a channel 8 feet leep and 100 feet wide connlecting the project turning basin with the munici- pal yacht basin at Fort Myers, and to provide a basin 8 feet deep, 400 feet long, and 200 feet wide at Stuart, November 1947 to ay 1948 ---------- 281, 000 -- $803, 700 Main tenance: - General inspection, patrol, and nlaint enance of levees and fences, rehabilitation of protective growth, mow- irtgand replacing grass on levee slopes, and main- tenance of toc (ditches on the land side of the levee system, by hired labor, July 1, 1947, to June 30, 1948_ 80, 000 Rlepairand rellace by hircd labor riprap) revetments on Schannel and levee slopes as required, July 1, 1947, to June 30, 1948------------------------------------ 35, 000 I)redge )y contract to remove shoaling in the waterway between the Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway and( Fort Myers, January and February 1948_- -_ 40, 000 ('ompilationi of meteorological d(ata, maintenance and operation of weather instruments, and stream gaging by hired labor, July 1, 1947, to June 30, 1948. _ 25, 000 Periodic condition, surveys, inspections, and contin- gencies----------- 15, 000 195, 000 Maibiteniance (operating and care): Operations ---------------------------------------- 75, 000 Ordinary repairs__----------------------------------- 40, 000 Ilmprovenmenlt and reconstruction .. 15-------------- 15, 000 130, 000 'l'otal for all work --------------------------------- 1, 128, 700 Cost and financial summary Cost of new work tJune 30, 1946 -------- 18, 011,206.48 Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1946----------------------- 6, 618, 492. 32 Total cost of permanent work to June 30, 1946 .-------- 24, 629, o98. 80 Undistributed costs June 30, 1946------------------------- -- 67, 558. 50 Plus Net total cost to June 30, 1946_---------------- accounts receivable June 30, 1946-_ --- --- - 24, 562, 140. 30 2, 475. 98 Gross total costs to June 30, 194:6 ---------------- 24, 564, 616. 28 aius accounts payable June 30, 1946 ----------------- 514. 98 Net total expenditures ------------------------------- 24, 564, 101. 30 Unexl)ended balance June 30, 1946 -------------------------- 414, 874. 83 Total amount appropriated to June 30, 1946_----------- 24, 978, 976. 13 1 Inaddition, $500,000 was expended for new work and $1,000 for maintenance from contributed funds. :828 REPORT OF CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMY, 1946 Fiscal year ending June 30 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 Cost of new work.------..------........... $251, 980. 10 $413, 374. 11 $14, 587. 06 $1,012. 60 $13, 341. 45 Cost of maintenance---..........-------- 262, 941. 66 264, 967. 93 176, 496. 20 304. 377. 32 392, 556. 30 Total cost.-..........------------- 514, 921. 76 703, 342. 04 191, 083. 26 305. 389. 92 405, 897. 75 Total expendtled...........------------ . 541, 645. 38 772, 673. 98 175, 90(0:00 294, 465. 52 392. 649. 27 Allotted-...............---------------.....---- 553, 000. 00 87, 000. 00 33, 944. 80 783, 765. 00 276, 800. 00 Balance unexpended July 1, 1945----------------------------- $530, 724. 10 Amount allotted during fiscal year--------_ --------------- 276, 800. 00 Amount to be accounted for --------------------------- 807, 524. 10 Gross amount expended-- - -_ ____-_______ $471, 274. 04 Less reimbursements collected--------------------- 78, 624. 77 392, 649. 27 Balance unexpended June 30, 1946---------------------- 414, 874. 83 Outstanding liabilities, June 30, 1946--_----- 514. 98 Amount covered by uncompleted contracts--.... . 1, 524. 23 2, 039. 21 Balance available June 30, 1946--_ 412, 835. 62 Accounts receivable June 30, 1946-_____________________ _ 2, 475. 98 Unobligated balance available June 30, 1946------------- 415, 311. 60 Amount (estimated) required to be appropriated for completion of existing project 2 - - - - - - - 803, 700. 00 Amount that can be profitably expended in fiscal year ending June 30, 1948: For new work 2----------------------------------------- 803, 700. 00 For maintenance 2--------------------------- -------------- 325, 000. 00 - -- -- -- -- - - -- - -- -- - -- -- -- -- Total 2 _ __ _ 1, 128, 700. 00 9 Exclusiveof available funds. 18. INTRACOASTAL WATERWAY FROM CALOOSAIIATCHEE RIVER TO ANCLOTE RIVER, FLA. Location.--The waterway extends from the imouth of the Caloosa- hatchee River at -Punta Rasa, Fla., to the mouth of Anclote River, Fla., following in general an almost continuous series of protecte d illside waterways along the (Gulf Coast of Florida. (See U. S. Coast and Geodetic Survey Charts Nos. 473, 474, 586, 1255,. 1250, and 1257.) Previous projects.-Adopted by the following river and harbor acts: For the inlmprovement of the inside passage from 1Punta Rasa to Char- lotte Harbor (Pine Island hound), act of June 13, 1902; for Caseys" Pass (Venice Inlet), act of August 30, 1935; for Sarasota Bay (i4- cludinlg Little Sarasota Bay), acts of September 19, 1890, June 3, 1896, March 2, 1907, March 2, 1919, and August 26, 1937; and for channel from Clearwater Harbor through Boc. Ciega Bay to ITampn Bay, acts of June 25, 1910, and March 2, 1919. For further details see page 291, Annual Report for 1904; page 776, Annual Report for 1918; page 66(;2, Annual Report for 1938; pages 720, 724-725, and 733-734, Annual Report for 1940; and pages 692-. 6)4, Annual Report for 14:1; and page 767, Annual Rel)ort for 1945. LExisting project.-his i)rovides for iml)rovement of the section RIVERS.AND HARBORS-JACKSONVILLE, FLA., DISTRICT 829 of the Intracoastal Waterway from the Caloosahatchee River, Fla., to Anclote River, Fla., to a depth of 9 feet at mean low water and a width of 100 feet, including deepening the existing 100-feet-wide en- trance channel at Caseys Pass (Venice Inlet) ; and for the construction of a highway bridge over the land cut at Venice, the operation and maintellmllce of the bridge to be assumed by local interests. Two parallel jetties 300 feet apart, each 659.4 feet long and consisting of 19 steel sheet-pile cylinders connected by steel shdet-pile curtain walls, together with wood sheet-pile bulkhead extensions and riprap shore revetments, were constructed at the Caseys Pass entrance under a previous project and are maintained under the existing project. The waterway will inciide the existing improved channels in Pine Island Sound from lunta Rasa to Charlotte Harbor, in Little Sarasota Bay and Sarasota Bay from Venice to Tamnlpa Bay, through the entrance from the Gulf of Mexico at Caseys Pass (Venice Inlet), and in Boca Ciega Bay from Clearwater Harbor to Tampa Bay. The total length of the waterway is 147.8 miles, and the length of the'entrance channel at Caseys Pass is 0.5 mile. The mean ranges of ti(le are 1.7 feet at Punta Rasa, 1 foot at South Boca Grande, 1.4 feet in Talmpa Bay at Anna Maria, and 2 feet at the entrance to Anclote River. The extreme ranges are about 41/2 feet at Punta Rasa, from about 3 to 4 feet between South Boca Grande and Pulver 13 rid(ge over JBoca Ciega Bay, and about 5 feet at the entrance to Anclote River. Southerly winds over the area geiierally raise the water level.froln 1 to 11/. feet and northerly winds lower the water level from 1 to 2 feet. The estimate of cost for new work, revised in 1946, is $3,680,000, exclusive of amounts expended on previous projects. The latest (1945) approved estimate for annual cost of maintenance is $87,000. The existing project was adopted by the River and Harbor Act ap- proved March 2, 194 5 (I1. I)oc. No. 371, 76th Cong., 1st sess.). The latest published map is in the project document. Local cooperation.--TIhe act which adopted the project imposed the conditions that local interests furnish, free of cost to the United States, all lands, easements, and rights-of-way and spoil-disposal areas for the initial work and for subsequent maintenance, when and as re- quire(l, hold and save the United States free from claims for damages resulting from the improvelnent, and give assurances satisfactory to the Secretary of War that they will assume maintenance and operation of the highway bridge to be constructed near Venice. The West Coast Waterway Association, with the cooperation of the several counties through which the proposed waterway passes, is undertaking to de- velop ways and means for compliance with the requirements of local cooperation. To facilitate construction of the project when funds become available, the Secretary of War, on January 29, 1946, author- ized acceptance by the district engineer of funds to be contributed by the several counties in Florida for acquisition of lands, easements, and rights-of-way required for the improvement,-pursuant to the provi- sions of section 4 of the River and Harbor Act al)provedl March 4, 1915, and acquisition by the division engineer of said lands, easements, and righlts-of-way upon receipt by the district engineer of the funds contributed by the counties. The division real estate branch is con- 72 1584-47-pt. 1, vol. 1-53 830 REPORT OF CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMY, 1946 ducting investigations for preparation of a gross appraisal indicating the cost of lands, easements, and rights-of-way for submission to and approval by the Chief of Engineers preparatory to acceptance of the funds proposed to be contributed by local interests for such purposes. Terminal facilities.-These consist of: One phosphate-loading wharf at South Boca Grande; 1 municipal concrete pier, 1 railway pier, 1 freight wharf, 1 marginal wharf 500 feet long on the terminal island, and 10 privately owned landings, all at Sarasota; 6 wharves along Boca Ciega Bay; and a number of small privately owned piers and wharves at various points along the waterway for use of com- mercial fishing boats and recreational craft. The municipal pier and the freight wharf at Sarasota are open to the public. T'he railway pier at Sarasota is used mainly for storing Pullman cars. All other piers have highway connections only. The facilities are considered adequate for the existing commerce. Operations and results during fiscal year.-Advance planning for the improvement, including surveys, substrata investigations, and preparation of plans and specifications, was begun during December 1945, and at the close of the fiscal year was 23 percent complete. The cost was $38,139.21 for new work. Under a contract for maintenance dredging to remove five shoals in Sarasota Bay between Tampa Bay and Sarasota, 11,996 cubic yards of material were removed between October 25 and November 14, 1945, at a cost of $15,891.21 for main- tenance. The total cost for the year was $54,030.42. The expendi- tures were $48,325.40. Condition at end of fiscal year.-Work on the l)roject has been limited to completion of about 23 percent of the required advance planning. Under previous projects, channels have been dredged as follows: A channel 7 feet deep and 100 feet wide from Punta Rasa through Pine Island Sound to Charlotte Harbor; a channel in Little Sarasota Bay 4 feet deep and from 50 to 75 feet wide from Venice to Sarasota; a channel in Sarasota Bay 7 feet deep and 100 feet wide from Sarasota to Tampa Bay; an entrance channel 8 feet deep and 100 feet wide from the Gulf of Mexico at Caseys Pass (Venice Inlet); and a channel 8 feet deep and 100 feet wide connecting Tampa and Boca Ciega Bays, thence 7 feet deep and 100 feet wide through lower Boca Ciega Bay to Blind Pass, and thence 5 feet deep and 50 feet wide to Clearwater Harbor. When. last surveyed the controlling depths in midchannel for one-half of former project widths were as follows: From Punta Rasa through Pine Island Sound to Charlotte Harbor, 6 feet in February 1940; Little Sarasota Bay from Venice to Sarasota, 3 feet, and thence in Sarasota Bay to Tampa Bay, 7 feet, in November 1945; entrance channel from the Gulf of Mexico at Caseys Pass (Venice Inlet), 6.4 feet in March 1940; channel between Tampa and Boca Ciega Bays, 8 feet, and thence through lower Boca Ciega Bay to Blind Pass, 7.1 feet in November 1939; and from Blind Pass to Clearwater Harbor, 5 feet in April 1940. The costs under the existing project have been $38,139.21 for new work and $15,891.21 for maintenance, a total of $54,030.42. The expenditures have been $48,325.40. RIVERS AND HARBORS-JACKSONVILLE, FLA., DISTRICT 831 Proposed operations.-The balance unexpended June 30, 1946, $134,674.60, will be applied as follows: Accounts payable June 30, 1946 ----------- ------------------ $5,705. 02 New work: Continue advance planning for the improvement, July 1, 1946, to June 30, 1947--------------------------------- 128, 969. 58 Total for all work-- ------------------------------ 134, 674. 60 The additional sum of $1,000,000 can be profitably expended during the fiscal year 1948, as follows: New work: Complete advance planning for the improvement, July 1 to Sept. 30, 1947-------------- ------- ---- $17, 890 Dredge bycontract the section'of the waterway between Caseys Pass (Venice Inlet) and Tampa Bay, July 1947 to June 1948..----------------------------------------... 982, 110 Total for all work-.. ___.. .. ....--------..-- . - , 000, 000 Cost and financial summary Cost of new work to June 30, 1946____..----.-.- -------- $.._ $553, 618. 63 Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1946_------------------------ 466, 640. 53 Total cost of permanent work to June 30, 1946---------- 1, 020, 259. 16 Minus accounts payable June 30, 1946------------------------ 5, 705. 02 Net total expennditures-_ ----------------- ----- 1, 014, 554. 14 Unexpended balance June 30, 1946------------------------- 134, 674. 60 Total amount appropriated to:June 30, 1946------------1, 149, 228. 74 Fiscal year ending June 30 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 Cost of new work............-----------..............-----------..................-------- $38,139. 21 ...........-------------.......-------.... Cost of Inaintenance..........................................---------------------- ------------------- ----- 15891. 21 Total cost...............---- ----- ..---................. ..........------------ 54,030.42 Total expended-...... .-.. .. .=.. "--- . ..... .- 4 ,325. 40 ..... ----..................... ----------------------..------------- Allotteod........- __.. . 183,000.00 Amount allotted during fiscal year-.................. $183, 000. 00 ---....... Gross amount expended . ..----------------------- $53, 993. 36 Less reimbursements collected-..----.-.-.-- 5, 667. 96 48, 325. 40 Balance unexpended June 30, 1946--------------------- 134, 674. 60 Outstanding liabilities,' June 30, 1946$--... .-- . . $5, 705. 02 Amount covered by uncompleted contracts---------......... 286. 85 5, 991. 87 Balance available June 30, 1946----------------------- 128, 682. 73 Amount (estimated) required to be appropriated for completion of existing project _- -..___..._--- .- ... _.-.--------3, 512, 900. 00 Amount that can be'profitably expended in fiscal year ending Junie 30, 1948, for new work 1--------------- .----------- 1, 000, 000. 00 Exclusive of available funds. 832 ..RPORT OF CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMY, 1946 19. CHARLOTTE HARBOR, FLA. Location.-This harbor is a large bay on the west coast of Florida. The entrance is 70 miles south of the entrance to Tampa Bay and 150 miles north of Key West. (See U. S. Coast and Geodetic Survey Charts Nos. 474 and 1255.) Previous projects.-Appropriationsfor removing obstructions from Peace River (formerly Peace Creek) were made in 1881, 1882, and 1886. Improvement of Charlotte Harbor and Peace River was authorized by act of September 19, 1890. A' project for improvement of Pine Island Sound is now included in "Previous projects" for "Intracoastal Waterway from Caloosahatchee River to Anclote River, Fla." For further details see page 152, Annual Report for 1890; page 1828, Annual Report for 1915; and page 769, Annual Report for 1945. SExisting project.-This provides for a channel 30 feet dleep at mean low water and 300 feet wide, increased to 700 feet wide at the bend, from the Gulf of Mexico to South Boca Grande, just inside the entrance, thence 10 feet deep and 100 feet wide from deep water at Boca Grande to the end of the municipal terminal at Mauld Street, 1Punta Gorda, with a turning basin 200 feet square at the outer end of the terminal. The mean range of tide is 1 foot at South Boca Grande rind 1.4 feet at Punta Gorda. The extreme range is about 3 feet at South Boca Grande and 3% feet at Punta Gorda. Strong southwesterly winds raise the water level about 11/2 feet, and strong northerly and easterly winds lower it about 1 foot. The estimate of cost for new work, revised in 1937, exclusive of amounts expended on previous projects, and exclusive of $15,562.78 contributed by local interests, is $151,600. The latest (1937) ap- proved estimate of annual cost of maintenance is $29,000. The existing project was authorized by the following river and harbor acts: Acts Work authorized Documents July 25, 1912 A 24-foot channel 300 feet wide from the Gulf of Hf. Doc. No. 699, 62d Cong., 2d sess. Mexico through the Boca Grande entrance. Mar. 3,1925 A depth of 27 feet at the entrance and a width of iH. Doc. No. 113, 66th Cong., 1st sess. 500 feet at the bend. July 3, 1930 The 10-foot depth to Punta Gorda and the turning Rivers and Harbors Committee Doo 1 basin at that point. No. 1, 70th Cong., 1st sess. Aug. 26,1937 The 30-foot depth at the entrance and the 700-foot Rivers and Harbors Committee Doc. width at the bend. No. 95, 74th Cong., 2d sess. 1 Contain latest published maps. Local cooperation.-Fullycomplied with. Terminal facilities.-These consist of a phosphate wharf at South Boca Grande and a municipal earth-fill pier about 850 feet long, retained by steel sheet-piling, at Pinta Gorda. Both wharves are open to the public. Railway connections are available at South Boca Grande, and highway and railway connections are available at Ii uta Gorda. The facilities are considered adequate for existing commerce. (For further details see Port Series No. 8, Corps of Engineers.) Operations and results during the fiscal year.-The T. S. hopper dredge San Pablo restored project dimensions in the 30-foot entrance RIVERS AND HARBORS-JACKSONVILLE, FLA., DISTRICT 833 chlanniel to South Boca Grande from September 10, 1945, to March 1, 1946. IThere were removed 384,160 cubic yards place measurement of material at a cost of $221,331.10. Periodic surveys and inspections cost $4,759.65. Tihe total cost for the year was $226,090.75 for mainte- nlance. The expenditures were $225,991.11. Condition at end of fiscal year.-The existing project was completed in 1939. The 10-foot channel to Punta Gorda and the turning basin at that point were completed in 1931. When last surveyed the control- ling depths at mean low water were as follows: The entrance channel to South Boca Gralde, 30 feet in March 1946 and in the clhannel thlence to Punta Gorda, 9 feet in October 1941. The costs under the existing project have been $193,961.76 for new work and $596,285.35 for mainte- nance, a total of $790,250.11. The expenditures have been $790,150.47. In a(l(lition, $15,562.78 were expended from contributed funds for new work in the Boca Grande entrance channel. Proposed operations.--The balance unexpended June 30, 1946, $188.10, will be applied to the payment of accounts payable, amount- ng to $99.64; the remainder, $88.46, is available for revocation. No funds can be profitably expended for maintenance during the fiscal year 1948, as tile condition of the project is expected to meet the heeds of commerce for the next 2 years. Cost and financial summary Cost of new work to June 30, 1946- ------------------ 1 $306, $ 964. 76 ,----- Cost of mainitenance to June 30, 1946_--------------- ...--- 596,285. 35 Total cost of permanent work to June 30, 1946._--------. 1 903, 250. 11 Minus accounts payable June 30, 1946----_ _ ------------------- 99. 64 _ Net total expenditures---. __- Unexpended balance June 30, 1946_---------------------------- I--------------------1 903, 150. 47 188. 10 Total amount appropriated to June 30, 1946------------- 1903, 338. 57 Fiscal year ending June 30 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 Cost of now work---------- -- ----------------- ------------ Cost ofmaintenance..-.----.... - ---..-.-. $55.20 ----.. - $620.79 $226,090.75 Total expended.................. ........... 55.0 .............. 620.79 225,991.11 Allotted --.-------------------... ----- 1,000.00 -$944.80 81,000.00 145,800.00 Balance unexpended July 1, 1945_- _-_------- ----------------- $80, 379. 21 Amount allotted during fiscal year_-------------------- 147, 800. 00 Amount to be accounted for --------------------- 228, 179. 21 Deductions on account of revocation of allotment---------------- 2, 000. 00 Net amount to be accounted for_----------------__ 226, 179. 21 Gross amount expended_ 227, 029. 04 $---------------------- Less reimbursements collected_------------------- , 037. 93 225, 991. 11 Balance unexpended June 30, 1946----------------------- 188. 10 Outstanding liabilities, June 30, 1946____----.... $99. 64 Amount covered by uncompleted contracts....-... 30. 00 129. 64 Balance available June 30, 1946 ------------------------- 58. 46 1 In addition, $15,562.78 was expended from contributed funds for new work. 834 REPORT OF CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMY, 1946 20. LITTLE MANATEE RIVER, FLA. Location.--Little Manatee River rises in southeastern Hills- borough County and flows about 30 miles westerly into the east side of Tampa Bay about 19 miles south of Tampa. Marsh Branch is a small tributary joining Little Manatee River about 2 miles above the mouth of the latter. (See U. S. Coast and Geodetic Survey Chart No. 1257.) Existing project.--'This provides for a channel 6 feet dleep at mean low water, 100 feet wide from Tampa Bay to a point 2,700 feet above the railroad I)ridge at Ruskin, and 75 feet wide in Marsh Branch to and including a turnino basin, 425 feet long and 275 feet wide at the highway bridge at Ruskin. The lengths of sections included in the project are about 0.8 mile in Tampa Bay, 3.3 miles in Little Manatee River, and 1.3 miles in Marsh Branch. The mean range of tide is about 1.6 feet at the mouth of Little Manatee River and 1.5 feet at the highway bridge at Ruskin. The extreme range at the mouth of the river is about 4 feet. Strong southerly winds cause higher tides and northerly winds correspondingly lower the water. Freshets are reported to sometimes raise the water from 5 to 6 feet at the highway bridge over Marsh Branch, due to lack of an adequate channel from'the bridge to Little Manatee River. The estimate of cost for new work, revised in 1946, is $89,000. The approved estimate of annual cost of maintenance, made in 1939, is $2,500. The existing project was authorized by the River and Harbor Act approved March 2,1945 (II. Doec. No. 552, 76th Cong., 3d sess.). The latest published map is in the project document. Local cooperation.-Trhe authorized work is subject to the con- ditions that local interests furnish, free of cost to the United States, all lands, easements, and rights-of-way and spoil-disposal areas for the initial work and for subsequent maintenance when and as re- quired; hold and save the United States free from claims for dam- ages resulting from the improvement; and give assurances satisfac- tory to the Secretary of War that they will provide and maintain suitable terminal facilities open to all on equal terms. A resolution adopted November 23, 1945, by the Board of County Commissioners of Hillsborough County, agreeing to assume responsibility for compliance with the requirements of local cooperation, was accepted by the Secre- tary of War on February 25, 1946, as satisfactory assurance of com- pliance. -yacht Terminal facilities.-These consist of several small privately owned wharves and a small protected adequate for the existing commerce. basin, which are considered :Operations and results during fiscal year.--None. Condition at end of fiscal year.--No work has been done and no costs >or expenditures have been incurred. In July 1939 the con- -trolling depth from the natural basin on the east side of Tampa Bay to the mouth of Little Manatee River was about 3.5 feet; thence to the upper end of the project in Little Manatee River, 3 feet; and in Marsh Branch, 1 foot. RIVERS AND HARBORS-JACKSONVILLE, FLA., DISTRICT 835 Proposed operations.--Nofunds are available, and no operations a'e proposed for the fiscal year 1947. The sum of $89,000 can be profitably expended during the fiscal year 1948 for new work to complete the project, by dredging, by contract, to provide a channel 100 feet wide and 6 feet deep from Tampa Bay to a point 2,700 feet above the railroad bridge at Ruskin, and 75 feet wide and 6 feet deep in Marsh Branch to and including a turning basin, 425 feet long and 275 feet wide, at the highway bridge at Ruskin, November 1947 to May 1948. Cost and financial summary Cost of new work to Juhe 30, 1946. ..---------------------------------- Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1946.-------- ----------- -------- Total cost of permanent work to June 30, 1946.-------------------- Net total expenditures_-- .. ------ ------------ -------- Total amount appropriated to June 30, 1946_ . ---- ----- ----- - Amount (estimated) required to be appropriated for completion of exist- ing project.... ..---------------------------------------------- $89, 000 Amount that can be profitably expended in fiscal year ending June 30, 1948, for new work................-------------------...89-------------89, 000 21. TAMPA HARBOR, FLA. Location.--Thisharbor is a large natural indentation of the Gulf of Mexico approximately midway of the western coast of the peninsula of Florida. The entrance is about 220 miles north of Key West, abouti 330 miles from Pensacola, 360 miles from Mobile, and 512 milesfromn New Orleans. (See U. S. Coast and Geodetic Survey Charts No. 586, 587, and 1257.) Previous projects.-Adopted by the following river and harbor acts: For Tampa Bay, acts of June 14, 1880, and August 11, 1888; for Tampa and Hillsboro Bays, acts of June 14, 1880, March 3, 1899, and March 3, 1905; for Hillsboro River, act of June 14, 1880. For further details see pages 1829, 1830, and 1831 of the Annual Report for 1915, and page 665, Annual Report for 1938. Eisting project.--Trhis provides for : (a) Channels from the Gulf of Mexico through Tampa and Hillsboro Bays and upper Tampa Harbor to the city of Tampa, and through Tampa Bay to the city of Port Tampa, 32 feet deep and 600 feet wide on Egmont Bar and thence 30 feet deep to Tampa and Port Tampa, with widths of 400 feet in Mullet Key Cut, 300 feet in the channels through Tampa and Hills- boro Bays and in Seddon and Garrison channels, 400 feet in Spark- man Channel and 500 feet in Ybor Channel, with widening at the bend between Sparkman Channel and Cut D of Hillsboro Bay Channel by 250 feet; (b) a turning basin 30 feet deep at the mouth of Hillsboro River (west end of Garrison Channel) involving cutting back the northwest corner of Seddon Island by 150 feet; (c) a turning basin 30 feet deep at the entrance to Ybor Channel including the widening of the bend between Sparkman and Garrison Channels by cutting back the northeast corner of Seddon Island (to about 950 feet from the point of intersection of the edges of the two channels) and cutting off the resulting corners; (d) a turning basin 30 feet deep at the entrance to 836 REPORT OF CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMY, 1946 the Port Tampa terminals 2,000 feet long and 550 feet in maximum width; (e) maintenance of a channel dredged ill Iillsboro River under a previous project, 12 feet deep, 200 feet wide, and 2,400 feet long, from the turning basin at the mouth to a point 100 feet south of the Lafayette Street Bridge, and' provision of a channel 9 feet deep and 100 feet wide thence to a point 2,000 feet upstream from the Colunibus Drive (formerly Michigan Ave.) Bridge, with removal of snags, wrecks, and piling thence to the Florida Avenue Bridge; (f) a channel in the Alafia River 25 feet deep and 150 feet wide from the ship channel in Hillsboro Bay to and including a turning basin iin tthe Alafia River, 600 feet wide and 1,025 feet long; (g) construction of a breakwater of dredged material at Peter O. Knight Field, Davis Islands, about 2,000 feet long and partially inclosing a landing basin for seaplanes (maintenance to be assumed by local interests). The plane of reference is mean low water. The mean range of tide is 1.3 feet at the lower end of the bay, 1.6 feet at Port Tampa, and 1.8 feet at Tampa. The extreme range is about 33/4 feet at the lower end of the bay and 43,4 feet at Tampa. Strong southwesterly winds raise the water level about 1.5 feet. Strong northerly winds, which usually occur in the winter months, lower the water level about 2 feet. The estimate of cost for new work, revised in 1946, is $10,038,000, exclusive of amounts expended on previous projects. The latest (1945) approved estimate of annual cost of maintenance, exclusive of the breakwater at Peter O. Knight Field, is $141,000. ' The existing project was authorized by the following river and harbor acts: Acts Work authorized Documents TAMPA BAY Mar. 3,1899 For a channel 27 feet deep from the Gulf of 11.Doec. No. 52, 55th Cong., 3d sess. Mexico to Port Tampa, 500 feet wide across the (also printed in Annual Report, 1899, bar and 300 feet wide in the bay. p. 1640). Channel dimensions speci* fled in act. Mar. 3,1905 For a channel depth of 26 feet with sufficient width Specified in act. from the Gulf of Mexico to Port Tampa. TAMPA AND HIJLLSBORO BAYS June 25,1910 For a depth of 24 feet in Hillsboro Bay........... I. Doec. No. 634, 61st Cong., 2d sess. Aug. 8,1917 For a 27-foot depth from Gulf of Mexico up to H. Doec. No. 1345, 64th Cong., 1st sess. and in the several channels of HIillsboro Bay, the widths to be 500 feet on the bar, 300 feet in Tampa Bay, Ybor and Garrison Channels, and 200 feet in Hillsboro Bay, Sparkman and Sed- don Channels, with turning basins at the mouth of Hillsboro River and at Ybor Estuary. HILLSBORO RIVER Mar. 3,1899 For a 12-foot channel to within 100 feet of the II. Doc. No. 545, 55th Cong., 2d sess., Lafayette Street Highway Bridge (now work and Annual Report for 1898, pp. 1357- completed under a previous project under the 1360. title "Improving MHillsboro Bay, Fla."). RIVERS AND HARBORS-JACKSONVILLE, FLA., DISTRICT 837 1 1 Acts Work authorized Documents -_---1 - TAMPA HARBOR Sept. 22,1922 Consolidation of the above projects to form a Specified in act. single project for Taml)a Harbor. July 3,1930 Increasing the depth of Egmont Channel to 29 H. Doc. No. 100, 70th Cong., 1st sess. feet and the width of Sparkman Channel to 300 feet. Aug. 30, 19351 For a depth of 32 feet and a width of 600 feet on S. Doc. No. 22, 72d Cong., 1st sess. Egmont Bar; a depth of 30 feet and a width of 400 feet in Mullet Key Cut; and a depth of 30 feet and a width of 300 feet in all other project channels in Tampa IHarbor (except in Hillsboro River and in the channel leading to Alafia River); a turning basin 2,000 feet long and 550 feet in maximum width at the entrance to the Port Tampa terminals. June 20,1938 For widening the bend between Sparkman Chan- S. Doc. No. 164, 75th Cong., 3d sess. nel and Cut D of HIillsboro Bay Channel by 250 feet; widening Ybor Channel to 400 feet; and extending the turning basin at the west end of Garrison Channel (mouth of HIillsboro River) easterly for 300 feet. Do....... For construction of a breakwater at Peter O. Senate Committee Print, 76th Cong., 2 Knight Field, Davis Islands, its maintenance 1st sess. to be assumed by local interests. Mar. 2,1945 For widening Sparkman Channel to 400 feet and S. Doc. No. 183, 78th Cong., 2d sess.' Ybor Channel to 500 feet; widening the bend between Sparkman and Garrison Channels an additional 250 feet to extend the turning basin westerly, and widening the bend between Sed- don and Garrison Channels by 150 feet (in lieu of 300 feet previously authorized) to extend the turning basin easterly. For a channel 9 feet deep and 100 feet wide in the II. Doc. No. 119, 77th Cong., 1st sess.' Hlillsboro River for about 2.4 miles above the Do---... upper end of the existing 12-foot channel, and for the removal of obstructions thence to the Florida Ave. Bridge. , For a channel 25 feet deep and 150 feet wide from S. DIoc. No. 16, 77th Cong., 1st sess.' the HIillsboro Bay Channel to and including a turning basin in the Alafia River. Included in the Public Works Administration program, Sept. 6, 1933. Contain the latest published maps. Local cooperation.-Widleningthe bend between Splarkman Channel and Cut D of Iillsboro Bay Channel by 250 feet, provided for in the River and Harbor Act of June 20, 1938 (S. Doc. No. 164, 75th Cong., 3d sess.), is subject to the conditionl that local interests furnish, free of cost to the United States, necessary rights-of-way and suitable spoil-disposal areas for new work and for subsequent maintenance as required, and move and reconstruct all bulkheads, wharves, buildings, roads, railroad tracks, and all other structures as may be necessary. Local interests are now engaged in compliance with these require- Inents. All improvements authorized by the River and Harbor Act ap- proved March 2, 1945, are subject to the conditions that local inter- ests furnish, free of cost to the United States, all lands, easements, 838 REPORT OF CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMY, 1946 rights-of-way, and suitable spoil-disposal areas for new work and sub- sequent maintenance when and as required, and hold and save the United States free from claims for damages resulting from the im- provements. Additional conditions imposed by the act of March 2, 1945, are as follows: (a) The work authorized in accordance with Senate Document No. 183, Seventy-eighth Congress, second session, is subject to the conditions that the city of Tampa agrees to commence and complete promptly the construction of the belt-line railroad and the paving of streets on the north and east sides of Ybor Channel when- necessary in the judgment of the Secretary of War; and that local interests construct such bulkheads and retaining walls, and strengthlen or move adjacent structures, as may be required to safeguard both the channels and the adjacent lands and structures, all in'a manner satis- factory to and approved by the Chief of Engineers and the Secretary of War; (b) the improvements authorized in IIillsboro River (I. Doc. No. 119, 77th Cong., 1st sess.) are subject to the condition that local interests agree to make, at their expense, necessary alterations to structures crossing the river; and (c) the provision of the Alafia River Channel and basin (S. Doc. No. 16, 77th Cong., 1st sess.) is subject to the condition that local interests furnish assurances satiS- factory to the Secretary of War that they will construct and maintain a wharf with adequate depth alongside and a precooling plant with a capacity of not less than 840 tons per week, open to all on equal terms. A resolution adopted May 3, 1946, by the HIillsborough County Port Authority, agreeing to comp)ly with the conditions of local cooperation imposed in Senate Document No. 183, Seventy-eighth Congress, sec- ond session, insofar as they apply to widening Sparkman Channel, was accepted by the Secretary of War on June 13, 1946, as satisfactory assurance of partial compliance. The resolution, in fact, includes all requirements imposed in the document except with respect to con- struction of a belt-line railroad and paving streets on the north and east sides of Ybor Channel. Local interests are now engaged in fur- nishing all lands, easements, rights-of-way, and spoil-disposal areas required for widening Sparkman Channel, and for widening the bends between Sparkman and Garrison Channels and between Seddon and Garrison Channels. The IHillsborough County Port Authority has indicated that it will attempt to furnish assurances that the require- ments of local cooperation pertainining to the work in Hillsboro River will be complied with. On March 20, 1945, the local interests spon- soring the Alafia River Channel were informed as to the requirements imposed in connection with provision of that channel. Assurance of compliance has not been furnished. Terminal facilities.--There are 51 piers and wharves at Tampa, including 13 on Hillsboro River and 13 at Port Tampa. The mu- nicipal terminal consists of a slip 778 feet long, 250 feet wide, and 29 to 30 feet deep. The city of Tampa also owns a shore wharf on. Hillsboro River and another on Garrison Channel. Thirty-eight of RIVERS AND HARBORS-JACKSONVILLE, FLA., DISTRICT 839 the facilities, including the municipal slip, have railway connections and all, except 4 on Seddon Island, have highway connections. The municipal terminals, 1 city wharf, and 10 private terminals are open to the public. On the east shore of Hillsboro Bay there is a large phosphate plant providing about 1,000 feet of berthing space with a privately dredged channel 23 feet deep connecting with the H-Iillsboro Bay Channel of the Tampa Harbor project. The facilities are considered adequate for the existing commerce. (See Port Series No. 8, pt. 2, revised 1936, and Port and Terminal Facilities Report, 1941,' Corps of Engineers.) Operations and results during fiscal year-New work.-Surveys for the proposed improvements in upper Tampa Harbor as outlined in Senate )ocument No. 183, Seventy-eighth Congress, second session Sexcept Ybor Channel), were begun November 8, 1945, and completed uring April 1946. Preparation of plans and specifications was about 89 percent complete at the close of the fiscal year. The cost was $24,785.60 for new work. Preparation of plans and specifications for proposed new-work dredging cost $76.93 for new work. 1Maintenance.-Duringthe periods March 4 to April 13, 1946, and May 8 to 18, 1946, the U. S. hopper dredge San Pablo completed the maintenance dredging most urgently needed to meet the requirements of existing commerce in Cut C, IIillsboro Bay Channel, and Spark- man, Ybor, Garrison, and Seddon Channels. T'here were removed 199,543 cubic yards place measurement of material at a cost of $64,- 437.18. Maintenance dredging with the U. S. hopper dredge San Pablo to remove shoaling in the westerly 14,000 feet of Egmont Chan- nel was begun May 20, 1946, and was in progress at the close of the fiscal year. There were removed 119,259 cubic yards of material at a cost of $50,102.51. Periodic condition surveys and inspections cost $12.270.79. 'The costs for the year were $24,862.53 for new work and $126,810.48 for maintenance, a total of $151,673.01. The expenditures were $149,- 013.92. Condition at end of iscal year.-The existing project was about 87 percent complete. .Egmont Relocation Channel to replace the old channel alinement on Egmont Bar was completed to a depth of 32 feet in 1939. Channels 30 feet deep, 400 feet wide at Mullet Key Cut and amnpa Bay Channel Cut A, 300 feet wide to and including the several channels of upper Tampa Harbor, except in Alafia River Channel, were completed in 1936. The breakwater of dredged material at Peter O. Knight Municipal Airport was completed in 1941, and the city has formally assumed responsibility for its care, preservation, and main- tenance. The turning basins at the entrance to Ybor Channel and at the west end of Garrison Channel (mouth of Hillsboro River) have been partially completed. The turning basin at Port Tampa has been extended to a total lengthl of 2,750 feet by a widening on the easterly side of the P1ort Tampa Channel at its junction with the basin. 840 REPORT OF CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMY, 1946 When last surveyed- the controlling depths were as follows: Present depth Date Section Project Mid- depth Left channel Right outside for half outside quarter dredged quarter width Feet Feet Feet Feet July 1946_ .. ......... Egmont Relocation Channel.... 32 25. 8 32.9 30. 7 April 1946..---------------. Mullet Key Cut----------------................ 30 31. 2 31.5 31. 2 Tampa IBay Channel: Do....------------------- Cut A ...................----------------------. 30 31.0 32.0 30. 0 D)o------------------....................-- Cuts B to F------------------.................30 30. 0 30.6 25. 9 ------------------ Port Tampa Channel and turn- o)...................... 30 29. 30. 0 28.0 ing basin. ---------- April-May 1946............. illsboro Bay Channel....---------- 30 29. 0 30. 0 26. Upper harbor: May 1946.... .........-------------------Seddon Channel------------............ 30 29. 7 30. 0 28. 9 Do....--------------------- Sparkman Channel..:-..... 30 28. 2 30. 5 26. 5 I)o--------------------- Garrison Channel----------- 30 29.9 30.0 25. 5 )o---------------------...................... Ybor Channel............-------------- 30 29. 7 30. 0 30. 0 April 1946 --------............ . Alafla River Channel............ 25 14. 7 17.0 11.0 lillsboro River: .................. March 1944----------------- Mouth to Lafayette St. 12 9.0 10.9 9.0 Bridge. 1939-----------------------Thence to a point 2.000 feet 9 ---------- 4. 1 - upstream from Columbus Drive Bridge. The work remaining to be done to complete tile project is as follows: Widen the bend at lower end of Sparkman Channel by 250 feet; widen Ybor Channel 100 feet on each side to a total width of 500 feet; widen Sparkman Channel to a total width of 400 feet; widen the bend between Sparkman and Garrison Channels by cutting back the north- east corner of Seddlon Island by 250 feet; enlarge tile turning basin at the west end of Garrison Channel by 150 feet in an easterly direction by cutting back the northwest corner of Seddon Island; dredge a channel 9 feet deep and 100 feet wide in Ilillsboro River for about 2.4 miles above the upper end of tihe existing 12-foot channel, and thence remove obstructions to the Florida Avenue Bri(dge; and dredge a chan- nel 25 feet deep and 150 feet wide fromn the IIillsboro Bay Channel to an(Il inclu(ling a turning basin in Alafia River. The total costs and expenditures undl(ler the existing project have been as follows: Costs , Expenditures New work Maintenance Total Regular funds._._..... ........ $5, 967, 664. 04 $2, 055, 223. 77 $8. 022, 887. 81 $8, 020, 302. 54 Public Works funds---....----------------- 1, 329, 300. 47- 1,329, 300. 47 1, 329, 300. 47 Emergency Relief funds-----....---- ------ . 1, 463, 000.001,463, x)0. 00 1, 463, 000. 00 Total..............................--------------------------. 8, 759, 964. 651 2, 055, 223. 77 10, 815, 188. 28 10, 812, 603. 01 Propo.ed operations.-The balance unexpended June 30, 1946, $264,924.74, will be applied as follows: RIVERS AND HARBORS---JACKSONVILLE, FLA., DISTRICT. 841 Accounts payable June 30, 1946---------- ---------------- ------- $2, 585. 27 New work: Complpte, by hired labor, advance planning for all work authorized by act of Mar. 2, 1945, except for widening Ybor Channel, July 1, 1946, to June 30, 1947_----------- ----------------- $41, 860. 00 Dredge, by contract, to widen Sparkman Channel along the easterly side to 400 feet for a distance of 2,970 feet, and to widen the bend between Sparkman Channel and Cut I), TIillsboro Bay Channel by 250 feet, October 1946 to May 1947_ 172, 507. 95 214, 367. 95 Maintenance: Complete dredging with U. S. hopper dredge San Pablo to remove shoaling in the westerly 14,000 feet of Egmont Relocation Channel, July, to October 1946----_ ------------------------- 38, 000. 00 Periodic condition surveys, inspections, and con- tingencies-------------------------------- , 971. 52 47, 971. 52 Total for all work ------------------ _ 264, 924. 74 The additional sum of $951,700 can be profitably expended during the fiscal year 1948, as follows: New. work: Dredge, by contract, to complete the widening of Sparkman Channel to 400 feet, to widen the bend between Seddon and Garrison Channels, and /to widen the bend between Sparkman and Garrison Channels, July 1947 to March 1948_-------------- $540, 700 Dredge, by contract, a channel in Hillsboro River, 9 feet deep and 100 feet wide, from the upper end of the existing project to a point 2,000 feet upstream from the Columbus Dr. Bridge, and remove snags, rocks, and piling thence to the Florida Ave. Bridge, Sep- tember and October 1947________-__---__ _____ _ 60, 000 Dredge, by contract, a channel 25 feet deep and 150 feet wide from the ship channel in HIillsboro Bay to and including a turning basin in Alafia River, February to June 1948.__ _.------------.------ - 201, 000 $801, 700 Maintenance: Dredge with a United States hopper dredge to remove shoaling throughout the improvement, as required, 3.5 months, July to October 1947__- ---- _-_ --- 138, 000 Periodic condition surveys, inspections, and con- tingencies---------------------------------.............12, 000 150, 000 Total for all work.----------- -------------------------- 951, 700 Cost and financial summary Cost of new work to June 30, 1946 $9, 613, 014. 97 $---------------------- Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1946_---------__-_______ 2, 072, 331. 01 Total cost of permanent work to June 30, 1946_....... 11, 685, 345. 98 Minus accounts payable June 30, 1946--------------- 2, 585. 27 'Net total expenditures- ------------ ------- - -- 11, 682, 760. 71 Unexpended balance June 30, 1946._________---------- 264, 924. 74 Total amount appropriated to June 30, 1946------------ .1, 947, 685. 45 842 REPORT OF CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMY, 1946 I i Fiscal year ending June 30 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 -- 1.- .-- - I I Cost of new work................. $1,784.80 $76. 85 $24, 862. 53 Cost of maintenance.............. 7, 655. 93 $129,552.71 $7, 998.17 108, 108. 99 126.,810.48 Total cost.......----------... 9, 410. 73 i 129, 552. 71 I 7,998.17 i - -- e-- 108,185.84 1 151,673.01 a Total expended.................. 19.359 18 128,886.38 -2, 559. 92 104, 778. 82 149, 013. 9 Allotted.......................... 140, 000. 00 fi68,300. 00 -75, 000. 00 180,500. 001 324, 629. o( Balance unexpended July 1, 1945_--_-----. --.-------.- $89, 308.97 Amount allotted during fiscal year.------ ------------ - 324, 629. 69 Amount to be accounted for_ ___._ ___ 413, 938. o Gross amount expended ----------------------$182, 849. 19 Less reimbursements collected.---- ..- - 33, 835. 27 149, 013. 92 Balance unexpended June 30, 1946- "---__ 264, 924. 74 Outstanding liabilities, June 30, 1946------------- Amount -+ covered by uncompleted contracts..... $2, 585. 27 1 t7. AF 49 . y-2, 656. 76 ---.- Balance available June 30, 1946---------- _-_ 262, 267. 98 Amount (estimated) required to be appropriated for completion of existing project 1 1 063, 700. 00 Amount that can be profitably expended in fiscal year ending June 30, 1948: f For new work _ 801, 700. 00 For maintenance - _--- - 150, 000. 00 Total 1- ------------------------------ ------------ 951, 700. 00 I Exclusive of available funds. 22 ANCLOTE RIVER, FLA. Location.--Anclote River rises in the western part of the peninsula of Florida and flows southwesterly, emptying into the Gulf of Mexico about 38 miles north of the entrance to Tampa Bay. (See U. S. Coast and Geodetic Survey Chart No. 1257.) Existing project.-This provides for a channel 9 feet deep at mean low water and 100 feet wide, with width increased at entrance and at bends, from the Gulf of Mexico to and including a turning basin of .Tarpon irregular shape, 850 feet long and 300 feet in maximum width, at Springs. The length of the section included in the project is about 8.5 miles. ....... The mean range of tide is abotut 2 feet at the entrance, 1.5 feet at the mouth of the river, and 2 feet at Tarpon Springs. The extreme range is about 5 feet at the entrance. Strong southwesterly winds raise the water level about 1 foot; strong northerly or northeasterly winds, which occur mostly during the winter, lower the water level about 1.5 feet. The estimate of cost for new work, revised in 1946, is $194,100. The latest (1945) approved estimate of annual cost of maintenance is $8,500. RIVERS AND HARBORS---JACKSONVILLE, FLA., DISTRICT 843 The existing project was authorized by the following river and harbor acts: Acts Work authorized Documents Mar. 3, 1899 A channel 6 feet deep and 100 feet wide to Sponge II. I)oc. No. 200, 55th Cong., 2d sess. Harbor; thence 4 feet deep to Tarpon Springs. an. 21, 1927 Extension of the 6-foot channel to Tarpon Springs, IH. Doc. No. 18, 63d Cong., 1st sess. with a turning basin 200 feet wide and 500 feet long. Aug. 30, 1935 Deepening the channel to 9 feet from the Gulf of Rivers and Harbors Committee Doc. Mexico to the lower end of the turning basin at No. 36, 73d Cong., 2d sess. Mtar, 2, 1945 Tarpon Springs. Extension and enlargement of the channel up- H. Doc. No. 243, 76th Cong., 1st sess.1 stream at Tarpon Springs to form a turning basin. Contains latest published maps. Local cooperation.-The