Consolidated statement, July 5, 1884, to June 30, 1897. IMPROVING MISSOURI RIVER FROM MOUTH TO SIOUX CITY, IOWA. $6,200,000.00 Total specific appropriations.... Balances from former appropriations: Act of August 2, 1882, applied to works above Sioux Survey of Missouri River from mouth to Fort Benton Total balances..... Received from sales and deposits. $4,000.00 1,982.80 14, 827.19 1, 467. 42 Total 6, 216, 294. 61 IMPROVING OSAGE RIVER, MISSOURI AND KANSAS. Act of August 17, 1894. Act of June 3, 1896 Balances transferred January 15, 1895, from Maj. Chas. J. Allen, Corps of Engineers: $46,000.00 Act of September 19, 1890.... Total.... 42, 655. 18 43, 366. 44 182, 021.62 IMPROVING GASCONADE RIVER, MISSOURI. Act of August 17, 1894. Act of June 3, 1896.. Balance transferred January 15, 1895, from Maj. Chas. J. Allen, Corps of Engineers: Act of July 13, 1892 .. Total Grand total.... Expended to June 30, 1897: $5,000.00 138. 11 10, 138. 11 6, 408, 454. 34 For improving Missouri River... For improving Osage River For improving Gasconade River. Total Balance June 30, 1897................ $5,828, 167.89 120, 641.81 5,958, 443. 85 450, 010. 49 List of civilian engineers employed on work of river and harbor improvements in charge of Missouri River Commission from July 1, 1896, to June 30, 1897, inclusive, in connection with improving Missouri River from its mouth to Sioux City, Iowa (under river and harbor acts of August 18, 1894, March 2, 1895, and June 3, 1896); improving Osage River, Missouri and Kansas (under river and harbor acts August 17, 1894, and June 3, 1896); improving Gasconade River (under river and harbor act of June 3, 1896). b On survey, examination of reservoir sites in Wyoming and Colorado. Abstract of proposals opened September 8, 1896, for furnishing articles enumerated below, in accordance with letter of August 24, 1896, from this office. CEMENT, NATURAL HYDRAULIC (3,000 BARRELS). 110 First reach, Gasconade Division. 110 Do. a 90 Do a. 100 St. Louis, Mo. 150 In field.b 150 Do.b a No guarantee with proposal; informal; cement to be tested at mills by Mead & Shaw, engineers, Louisville, Ky. b This bid accepted, subject to inspection and acceptance at Milwaukee, Wis. APPENDIX A. ANNUAL REPort of Mr. f. B. MALTBY, ASSISTANT ENGINEER. ST. LOUIS, April 30, 1897. CAPTAIN: I have the honor to very respectfully present the following report of surveys made under my direction during the summer of 1896: Verbal instructions received from you were to make the special surveys "at or near the mouth of Little Blue, in Jackson County, Mo.," "Miami," "from the foot of Bowling Green bend to the head of Harrison's Island," at "Rocheport" and "St. Charles," as mentioned in the river and harbor bill of June 3, 1896; also to extend the topographical survey of the Missouri River from the upper limit of the work already completed, as far as possible, and keep the entire expenditure for field work within $5,000. In pursuance of the above instructions, a party was organized, consisting of F. B. Maltby, chief of party, O. H. B. Turner, E. J. Thomas, S. F. Crecelius, J. William Link, and W. H. Roper, as topographers, J. L. Johnson, levelman, and the necessary number of recorders, axmen, boatmen, cooks, etc., the entire party numbering thirty-seven men. I left St. Louis August 17, 1896. Work was begun at Dewitt, Mo., August 22. The work was completed, party discharged, and I returned to St. Louis October 16, 1896. The party was subsisted and quartered on board the U. S. steamer Golden Gate. This arrangement proved very satisfactory and very much simplified the matter of moving the party from place to place. The entire cost of running the steamer was $967.97 for the two months' service. Owing to the short time the boat was in commission, the cost of running from the boat yard at Gasconade to and from the locality where work was performed, was a large part of the entire operating expenses. The river distance covered by the steamer was about 440 miles. În accordance with written instructions from Lieut. Col. Amos Stickney, Corps of Engineers, U. S. A., president Missouri River Commission, dated September 29, 1896, special surveys as enumerated above were made as follows: AT OR NEAR THE MOUTH OF LITTLE BLUE, IN JACKSON COUNTY, MO. The survey began just above Blue Mills Landing and was carried about 3 miles below Missouri City, a river distance of 10 miles. The main bank lines and the shore lines of all islands and bars and their elevations above the St. Louis City directrix were located. A tracing has been prepared showing the result of this survey; also the bank lines as surveyed in 1889; also the amount of caving, in acres, from 1889 to 1896. AT MIAMI. A This was within the limits of the regular topographical survey of the season. tracing has been prepared showing the result of this survey and giving the topographical features of the entire river valley between bluffs and from Millers Island to Dewitt. This tracing also shows the bank lines in 1890 and the amount of caving from 1890 to 1896. FROM THE FOOT OF BOWLING GREEN BEND TO THE HEAD OF HARRISONS ISLAND. The main bank lines and shore lines of islands and bars between the above-mentioned limits were located. A tracing has been prepared showing these lines; also the bank lines in 1890 and 1895, and also the amount of caving from 1890 to 1896. ROCHEPORT. A survey was made of the right bank above Rocheport to show the amount of caving; also in the vicinity of Huntsdale for the same purpose. A tracing of the survey of 1895 was prepared which shows this survey; also the bank lines of 1890; also the amount of caving, in acres, from 1890 to 1896. AT ST. CHARLES. Surveys were made in the vicinity of St. Albans and opposite Tavern Rock; also in Howards Bend, to show the amount of caving. Tracings have been prepared, showing the topography of the valley in these localities made from the survey of 1895. They show also the recent surveys and the bank lines in 1890; also the amount of caving, in acres, from 1890 to 1896. The topographical survey of the Missouri River and its adjacent valley was begun at Dewitt, Mo., at the upper limit of the work of 1895 and was carried upstream to about 14 miles below Lexington, Mo., a channel distance of 511⁄2 miles. ENG 97-242 List of civilian engineers employed on work of river and harbor improvements in charge of Missouri River Commission from July 1, 1896, to June 30, 1897, inclusive, in connection with improving Missouri River from its mouth to Sioux City, Iowa (under river and harbor acts of August 18, 1894, March 2, 1895, and June 3, 1896); improving Osage River, Missouri and Kansas (under river and harbor acts August 17, 1894, and June 3, 1896); improving Gasconade River (under river and harbor act of June 3, 1896). a On survey, Missouri River. b On survey, examination of reservoir sites in Wyoming and Colorado. Abstract of proposals opened September 8, 1896, for furnishing articles enumerated below, in accordance with letter of August 24, 1896, from this office. CEMENT, NATURAL HYDRAULIC (3,000 BARRELS). APPENDIX A. ANNUAL REPORT OF MR. F. B. MALTBY, ASSISTANT engineer. ST. LOUIS, April 30, 1897. CAPTAIN: I have the honor to very respectfully present the following report of surveys made under my direction during the summer of 1896: Verbal instructions received from you were to make the special surveys "at or near the mouth of Little Blue, in Jackson County, Mo.," "Miami," "from the foot of Bowling Green bend to the head of Harrison's Island," at "Rocheport" and "St. Charles," as mentioned in the river and harbor bill of June 3, 1896; also to extend the topographical survey of the Missouri River from the upper limit of the work already completed, as far as possible, and keep the entire expenditure for field work within $5,000. In pursuance of the above instructions, a party was organized, consisting of F. B. Maltby, chief of party, O. H. B. Turner, E. J. Thomas, S. F. Crecelius, J. William Link, and W. H. Roper, as topographers, J. L. Johnson, levelman, and the necessary number of recorders, axmen, boatmen, cooks, etc., the entire party numbering thirty-seven men. I left St. Louis August 17, 1896. Work was begun at Dewitt, Mo., August 22. The work was completed, party discharged, and I returned to St. Louis October 16, 1896. The party was subsisted and quartered on board the U. S. steamer Golden Gate. This arrangement proved very satisfactory and very much simplified the matter of moving the party from place to place. The entire cost of running the steamer was $967.97 for the two months' service. Owing to the short time the boat was in commission, the cost of running from the boat yard at Gasconade to and from the locality where work was performed, was a large part of the entire operating expenses. The river distance covered by the steamer was about 440 miles. În accordance with written instructions from Lieut. Col. Amos Stickney, Corps of Engineers, U. S. A., president Missouri River Commission, dated September 29, 1896, special surveys as enumerated above were made as follows: AT OR NEAR THE MOUTH OF LITTLE BLUE, IN JACKSON COUNTY, MO. The survey began just above Blue Mills Landing and was carried about 3 miles below Missouri City, a river distance of 10 miles. The main bank lines and the shore lines of all islands and bars and their elevations above the St. Louis City directrix were located. A tracing has been prepared showing the result of this survey; also the bank lines as surveyed in 1889; also the amount of caving, in acres, from 1889 to 1896. AT MIAMI. A This was within the limits of the regular topographical survey of the season. tracing has been prepared showing the result of this survey and giving the topographical features of the entire river valley between bluffs and from Millers Island to Dewitt. This tracing also shows the bank lines in 1890 and the amount of caving from 1890 to 1896. FROM THE FOOT OF BOWLING GREEN BEND TO THE HEAD OF HARRISONS ISLAND. The main bank lines and shore lines of islands and bars between the above-mentioned limits were located. A tracing has been prepared showing these lines; also the bank lines in 1890 and 1895, and also the amount of caving from 1890 to 1896. ROCHEPORT. A survey was made of the right bank above Rocheport to show the amount of caving; also in the vicinity of Huntsdale for the same purpose. A tracing of the survey of 1895 was prepared which shows this survey; also the bank lines of 1890; also the amount of caving, in acres, from 1890 to 1896. AT ST. CHARLES. Surveys were made in the vicinity of St. Albans and opposite Tavern Rock; also in Howards Bend, to show the amount of caving. Tracings have been prepared, showing the topography of the valley in these localities made from the survey of 1895. They show also the recent surveys and the bank lines in 1890; also the amount of caving, in acres, from 1890 to 1896. The topographical survey of the Missouri River and its adjacent valley was begun at Dewitt, Mo., at the upper limit of the work of 1895 and was carried upstream to about 1 miles below Lexington, Mo., a channel distance of 51 miles. ENG 97-242 |