Money statement. July 1, 1904, balance unexpended June 30, 1905, amount expended during fiscal year, for works of improve ment July 1, 1905, balance unexpended... July 1, 1905, outstanding liabilities payable by United States.. $353, 462. 84 89, 361.68 264, 101. 16 14, 674. 97 July 1, 1905, balance available 249, 426. 19 July 1, 1905, amount of United States funds covered by uncompleted contracts 44, 172. 69 Abstract of formal contract in force during fiscal year ending June 30, 1905, for building portions of barrier No. 1, Yuba River, California. Name of contractor, Lewis Moreing; contract approved May 17, 1904; work to be begun on or before June 17, 1904, and to be completed on or before November 17, 1904. The contract provided that the contractor should excavate 3,500 yards of gravel, at 30 cents per cubic yard; furnish and deliver 9,000 feet of piles, at 20 cents per linear foot; drive in position, straighten, and cut off 500 piles, at $1.50 per pile; furnish, deliver, and place 67,000 feet of lumber, at $40 per 1,000 feet B. M.; 120 cords of loose brush, at $3.50 per cord; 2,844 yards of mattress, at 50 cents per square yard; 1,500 tons of large rock, at $2 per ton; 1,000 yards of large rock laid in Portland cement mortar, at $7 per cubic yard; 4,800 tons of small rock, including sluicing, at $1 per ton; 17,000 feet of cable, at 18 cents per linear foot; 2,800 yards of concrete, at $7.50 per cubic yard; 300 pile points, at 50 cents each. Abstract of emergency contract in force during fiscal year ending June 30, 1905, for constructing embankment fill at barrier No. 1, Yuba River, California. Name of contractor, Lewis Moreing; work to be begun on or before December 19, 1904, and to be completed within thirty days from date of commencement. The contract provided that the contractor should construct 8,000 yards of embankment fill, at $1 per cubic yard, and furnish and place 300 yards of riprap, at $1 per square yard. Abstract of formal contract in force during fiscal year ending June 30, 1905, for erecting pile-driver derrick and for furnishing and delivering piles for use in constructing portion of barrier No. 1, Yuba River, California. Name of contractor, Hugh McGuire; contract approved February 15, 1905; work to be begun on or before March 17, 1905, and to be completed before May 1, 1905. The contract provided that the contractor should construct and deliver 1 pile-driver derrick for $630, and furnish, deliver, and store at barrier No. 1, Yuba River, California, 400 piles (each about 40 feet long), at 314 cents per linear foot. Abstract of formal contract in force during fiscal year ending June 30, 1905, for driving piles, etc., for portion of barrier No. 1, Yuba River, California. Name of contractors, Palmer & McBryde; contract approved April 1, 1905; work to be begun on or before April 1, 1905, and to be completed by June 15, 1905. The contract provided that the contractors should drive 350 piles, at $7.60 per pile, and furnish and place 5,000 pounds of cast-iron pile shoes, at 6 cents per pound. Abstract of formal contract in force during fiscal year ending June 30, 1905, for furnishing cement for use in building a portion of barrier No. 1, Yuba River, California. Name of contractor, Western Fuel Company; contract approved April 3, 1905; work to be begun before May 1, 1905, and to be completed before July 1, 1905. The contract provided that the contractor should furnish and deliver at Marysville, Cal., 12,000 sacks of "Standard" (American) Portland cement, at 564 cents per sack (each sack containing about 93 pounds of cement), and that a rebate of 5 cents each should be allowed for empty sacks returned in good condition, free on board cars at Marysville, Cal. Abstract of formal contract in force during fiscal year ending June 30, 1905, for hauling cement for use in building a portion of barrier No. 1, Yuba River, California. Name of contractor, George S. Risher; contract approved April 5, 1905; work to be begun before May 1, 1905, and to be completed before July 1, 1905. The contract provided that the contractor should unload 12,000 sacks of cement from cars at Marysville, Cal., haul and deliver same at the site of barrier No. 1, Yuba River, California (a distance of about 17 miles), and there store it in cement storehouse belonging to the United States and State of California, at 183 cents per sack (weight about 94 pounds each). Abstract of formal contract in force during fiscal year ending June 30, 1905, for building portions of barrier No. 1, Yuba River, California. Name of contractors, Palmer & McBryde; contract approved May 17, 1905; work to be begun by June 15, 1905, and to be completed by October 31, 1905. The contract provides that the contractors shall excavate 3,000 yards of material, at 75 cents per cubic yard, and furnish, deliver, and place the following-named materials at the prices stated: 12,000 yards of embankment, at 30 cents per cubic yard; 59,000 feet of bulkhead lumber, at $25 per 1,000 feet board measure; 10,000 tons of rock fill, at 874 cents per ton of 2,000 pounds; 2,200 tons of large rock, at $2 per ton of 2,000 pounds; 3,300 yards of concrete (cement for this concrete to be furnished the contractors by the United States and State of California), at $4.25 per cubic yard; 17,000 feet of cable, at 15 cents per linear foot; 800 yards of brush fascine mattress, at 70 cents per square yard; 5,000 sand bags, filled with sand, at 7 cents each. Abstract of formal contract in force during fiscal year ending June 30, 1905, for excavating cut at Daguerre Point, Yuba River, California. Name of contractor, Edward Malley; contract approved October 26, 1903; work to be begun on or before December 26, 1903, and to be completed on or before November 16, 1905. The contract provides that the contractor shall excavate 667,000 cubic yards of earth, at 23 cents per cubic yard, and 2,000 cubic yards of rock, at 90 cents per cubic yard. Abstract of emergency contract in force during fiscal year ending June 30, 1905, for closing sloughs of Yuba River, California. Name of contractor, Lewis Moreing; work to be begun on or before October 25, 1904, and to be completed within 20 days from date of commencement. The contract provided that the contractor should furnish and place 11,000 yards of sand and gravel fill, at 35 cents per cubic yard, and 400 yards of brush protection, at 35 cents per square yard. Abstract of formal contract in force during fiscal year ending June 30, 1905, for constructing embankment near Daguerre Point, Yuba River, California. Name of contractor, Anson B. Munson; contract approved April 12, 1905; work to be begun on or before June 16, 1905, and to be completed on or before June 18, 1906. The contract provides that the contractor shall construct 200,000 yards of embankment fill, at 12 cents per cubic yard. Abstract of emergency contract in force during fiscal year ending June 30, 1905, for renting office rooms in San Francisco, Cal., for the use of the California Débris Commission. Name of contractor, B. P. Oliver; contract to become effective April 1, 1905, and to terminate on or before June 30, 1906. The contract provides that the contractor shall rent rooms to the United States in the Flood Building, San Francisco, Cal., to be used as office rooms by the California Débris Commission, at $70 per month, this rental to include heat, light, water, and elevator service. Respectfully submitted. Brig. Gen. A. MACKENZIE, W. H. HEUER, Colonel, Corps of Engineers. Captain, Corps of Engineers. Chief of Engineers, U. S. A. Abstract of emergency contract in force during fiscal year ending June 30, 1905, for renting office rooms in San Francisco, Cal., for the use of the California Débris Commission. Name of contractor, B. P. Oliver; contract to become effective April 1, 1905, and to terminate on or before June 30, 1906. The contract provides that the contractor shall rent rooms to the United States in the Flood Building, San Francisco, Cal., to be used as office rooms by the California Débris Commission, at $70 per month, this rental to include heat, light, water, and elevator service. Respectfully submitted. Brig. Gen. A. MACKENZIE, W. H. HEUER, Colonel, Corps of Engineers. Captain, Corps of Engineers. Chief of Engineers, U. S. A. |