other obstructions; the removal of a shoal near Bucksport; and a gen eral increase in depth and width of channels from the mouth up to Bangor. The expenditures during the fiscal year ending June 30, 1893, amounted to $18,177.58. The contract for dredging at and near Sterns Mill, which was in progress at the close of the fiscal year 1892, was completed in the following November, the total quantity of material excavated being 61,460 cubic yards. A contract was made in February, 1893, for widening the Bangor channel 60 feet, to the full projected width of 360 feet. This work is now in progress, having been commenced early in June, 1893. July 1, 1893, amount covered by uncompleted contracts... 14, 720.00 15,020.00 30, 769.55 July 1, 1893, balance available.... Amount (estimated) required for completion of existing project...... 290, 000.00 Submitted in compliance with requirements of sections 2 of river and harbor acts of 1866 and 1867. (See Appendix A 7.) 8. Belfast Harbor, Maine.-Originally the harbor was not deep enough to accommodate the commerce. At one place in the harbor the depth was only about 4 feet at mean low tide. In 1876, a project for dredging was adopted, and the work was completed in 1879, at a cost of $22,000. No more work was done until 1890, when a new project was adopted by which it was proposed to dredge a channel 250 to 300 feet wide, and 15 feet deep at mean low tide, from the deep water at the entrance to the upper harbor; to dredge an area on the north side of the harbor to a depth of 8 feet; and to dredge an area on the south side of the channel to a depth of 13 feet. The total expenditures up to June 30, 1892, were $35,000. At that date the 8-foot dredging had been completed, leaving the 13-foot and 15-foot dredging yet to be done. The expenditures during the last fiscal year were $26.05. A contract was made in October, 1892, for dredging the channel of entrance to the depth of 15 feet at mean low tide. Work was commenced during the early part of June, 1893, and is now in progress. Amount appropriated by act approved July 13, 1892. July 1, 1893, balance unexpended... July 1, 183, outstanding liabilities.. $200.00 July 1, 1893, amount covered by uncompleted contracts. 9,200.00 July 1, 1893, balance available. $10,000.00 26.05 9, 973.95 9,400.00 573.95 Amount (estimated) required for completion of existing project.... 32,000.00 32,000.00 9. Camden Harbor, Maine.-Before the improvement was commenced vessels drawing more than 6 feet could not reach the wharves at low tide. The improvement projected is to dredge an area at the eastern part of the entrance to a depth of 12 feet at mean low tide; to dredge a channel on each side of the harbor, and the approach to the same, to a depth of 10 feet at mean low tide; to dredge small channels at the upper end of the harbor to a depth of 5 feet at mean low tide; and, after completion of the above items, to dredge the middle ground of the harbor to the same depths as the adjacent channels. The expenditures under the present project, to the close of the fiscal year ending June 30, 1892, were $11,000. As a result the western channel had been dredged to a depth of 10 feet at mean low tide throughout its entire length, including the approach, the latter to a width of 125 feet, and the channel itself to a width of 100 feet. The expenditures during the last fiscal year were $41.93. No work was in progress. A contract for dredging was made December 17, 1892, the work to be done during the latter part of the present season. Amount appropriated by act approved July 13, 1892... June 30, 1893, amount expended during fiscal year.. July 1, 1893, balance unexpended....... July 1, 1893, amount covered by uncompleted projects........ July 1, 1893, balance available...... $12,000.00 41.93 11, 958. 07 11,000.00 958.07 37,000.00 Amount (estimated) required for completion of existing project.... Amount that can be profitably expended in fiscal year ending June 30, 1895 37,000.00 Submitted in compliance with requirements of sections 2 of river and harbor acts of 1866 and 1867 and of sundry civil act of March 3, 1893. (See Appendix A 9.) 10. Rockland Harbor, Maine.-The location of Rockland Harbor is such that, besides accommodating its own commerce, it affords a convenient refuge for large numbers of coasting vessels. When the project for a breakwater was adopted the harbor was open to easterly storms, the anchorage was unsafe, and the seas often broke over the wharves. The project as originally adopted in 1881 provided for two breakwaters, one starting from southwest ledge in the harbor, and running in a northerly direction toward Jameson Point, a distance of 2,640 feet, the other starting from Jameson Point, and extending southward about 1,900 feet. The estimated cost was $550,000. The top of each breakwater was to be only 5 feet above the level of mean low tide. In 1887 the project was amended so as to bring the top of the breakwater from Jameson Point to the level of high tide, leaving the other as originally designed. The estimated cost was thus increased to $650,000. In 1890 the project was again modified. Instead of building the second breakwater from Southwest Ledge in a northerly direction, on which no work had been done, it was decided to prolong the one from Jameson Point in a southerly direction. By doing so, a much larger area of the harbor would secure protection. The estimated cost of the new project was $632,500, this being inclusive of the part already constructed. Up to the close of the fiscal year ending June 30, 1892, there had been expended on the breakwater the sum of $169,385.48, and about 180,000 tons of stone had been placed in position. The above expenditures had resulted in protecting a part of the harbor, giving a secure harbor of refuge for many vessels that trade near this port. During the fiscal year ending June 30, 1893, the expenditures were $29,750.97. At the close of the fiscal year 1892 work on the breakwater was in progress under a contract with William S. White, of Rockland, Me. This contract was completed in November, 1892. At that date the breakwater had been practically completed to a point about 2,215 feet from the shore. In December, 1892, a contract was made involving the expenditure of the appropriation of July 13, 1892, for continuing the construction of the breakwater. The work was in progress at the close of the fiscal year 1893, about 23,460 tons of stone having been deposited. The price is 73 cents per ton of 2,000 pounds of stone, deposited in place. An examination of Rockland Harbor, under the provisions of act of Congress of July 13, 1892, was made and report thereon submitted August 17, 1892. (See below, page 37.) July 1, 1893, outstanding liabilities.. July 1, 1893, amount covered by uncompleted contracts.. $1,330.91 16,571.85 July 1, 1893, balance available.... 4, 291.70 412,500.00 Amount (estimated) required for completion of existing project.... Amount that can be profitably expended in fiscal year ending June 30, 1895 100, 000. 00 Submitted in compliance with requirements of sections 2 of river and harbor acts of 1866 and 1867 and of sundry civil act of March 3, 1893. (See Appendix A 10.) 11. Kennebec River, Maine.-Before the improvements were commenced the main channel of the river between the foot of Swan Island and Gardiner was obstructed by shoals near Beef Rock, with only 10 feet of water at mean low tide, by dangerous sunken ledges in Lovejoy Narrows, by a shoal below South Gardiner with only 8 feet on it at mean low tide, and by a ledge at Nehumkeg Island. The steamboat channel to the west of Swan Island (Hatchs Rock) was obstructed by a shoal over which there was only 7 feet of water, and the channel between Gardiner and Augusta, a distance of 6 miles, was obstructed by shoals which gave only a navigable depth of 34 feet of water in low summer tides. Appropriations were made at various times between 1827 and 1852 for improving the river, but the first regular project was adopted only in 1866, and was for removing rocks and straightening and deepening the upper part of the river. The estimated cost was $50,000. In 1868 the project was amended so as to give a wider channel, and the estimate was increased to $80,000. In 1871 the project was extended, the additional cost being estimated at $13,000, making the estimate for the entire project $93,000. It was again extended in 1872, to include the removal of ledges in Lovejoy Narrows, at an additional estimated cost of $30,603.61. This project was modified in 1873, and as modified was completed in 1877. In 1881 a project was adopted for the improvement of the channel west of Swan Island, and near the north end of it. The estimated cost of this project, which was completed in 1883, was $20,500. The river and harbor act of 1886 provided for a new survey of the river from Bath to Augusta. This survey was made in 1887, and a project submitted for the further improvement of the river, giving 12 feet clear depth at low tide up to the Upper Sands Bar, near South Gardiner, 10 feet from thence to Hinckley Shoal, and 8 feet from thence to Augusta, together with an improvement of the steamboat channel west of Swan Island to 9 feet at mean low tide. The estimated cost of this project was $410,500, which estimate was subsequently increased to $428,500. In August, 1892, the project was revised, and a general project for the improvement adopted, as follows: For a channel depth of 13 feet up as far as Sands Island; 12 feet from thence to Hinckley Shoal, and 10 feet from thence to Augusta; a steamboat channel, 9 feet deep, west of Swan Island, and the removal of old bridge piers at Hallowell, all the above depths being referred to mean low tide. The estimated cost of the revised project is $388,500. The total expenditures for the river up to June 30, 1892, were $288,792.82. By the expenditure of this sum the channel near Beef Rock has been improved to give a clear depth of over 12 feet, the dangerous. rocks in Lovejoy Narrows have been removed to a depth of 12 feet, and the channel through the Narrows straightened, the shoal near South Gardiner was deepened from 8 feet to 10 feet, the ledge at Nehumkeg was removed to 12 feet, the steamboat channel west of Swan Island has been deepened to 9 feet, and near the head of it to 10 feet, the channel between Gardiner and Augusta has been deepened to 7 feet between Gardiner and Hallowell, and to 6 feet between Hallowell and Augusta, and the old piers of the bridge at Hallowell have been removed. Some shoaling has since taken place between Gardiner and Augusta, and some on the bar below South Gardiner, but on the whole a decided betterment of navigation has been accomplished. The expenditures for the year ending June 30, 1893, have been $21,415.57. A jetty, about 1,500 feet long, was built at Upper Sands Bar, and some work was also done on Beef Rock Jetty, in both cases by purchase of material in open market. Contracts were made for dredging at and near Gardiner, and for removal of ledge in Lovejoy Narrows. In both cases work was commenced during the early part of June, and was in progress at the close of the year, but not sufficiently advanced to afford material advantage to navigation. July 1, 1893, outstanding liabilities $2,509.50 July 1, 1893, amount covered by uncompleted contracts 66,118.42 68,627.92 July 1, 1893, balance available ............... 16,513.69 163,500.00 Amount (estimated) required for completion of existing project... Amount that can be profitably expended in fiscal year ending June 30, 1895 Submitted in compliance with requirements of sections 2 of river and harbor acts of 1866 and 1867 and of sundry civil act of March 3, 1893. (See Appendix A 11.) 100,000.00 12. Harraseeket River, Maine.-The act approved March 3, 1881, provided that a survey be made of this river. The survey was made in July of that year, and a report submitted in December by the engineer of the district. The river empties into Casco Bay at Stocksbridges Point, about 12 miles northeast of Portland. From Stocksbridges Point up to Westons Point the depth of water is no less than 10 feet at mean low tide, with no obstruction to navigation. From Westons Point up to Freeport Landing, a distance of 4,500 feet, the depth diminishes so that for the greater part of the distance the bottom of the river is 33 feet out of water at mean low tide. The rise and fall of tides here is 9 feet. The project recommended in 1881 was the dredging of a channel not less than 60 feet wide and 3 feet deep at mean low tide up to Freeport, and a turning basin 180 feet wide at the head of the channel. The estimated cost of the improvement recommended was $13,000. No appropriation was made for the work, however, and a new survey was ordered in the river and harbor act of 1888. A project for the improvement was submitted January 4, 1889. This project was on a somewhat larger scale than the one previously suggested, and contemplated a depth of channel of 5 feet at mean low tide, which would give about 14 feet at high tide. The estimated cost of the project was $36,000. There had been no expenditures up to the close of the fiscal year ending June 30, 1892, and no work had been done, as it was not deemed expedient to expend any money on the improvement until sufficient funds had been appropriated to accomplish more work than could be done with the amount at that time available. The expenditures during the year ending June 30, 1893, were $47.80. No work was done. Proposals for dredging were twice invited by public advertisements, but the prices were regarded as high, and all the bids were rejected. The work will be readvertised at an early date. 13. Portland Harbor, Maine.-The entrance to the main part of the harbor of Portland or the anchorage has always been good, but prior to the improvements made by the Government the approach to the inner harbor was obstructed by a shoal known as the middle ground, over which the depth was only from 8 to 10 feet at mean low tide, while between it and Stamford Ledge the greatest available depth was only 16 feet. Besides, the best part of the wharf front of the city was exposed to the swell from the Atlantic, which sometimes made it dangerous for vessels to lie at the docks, and the depth along this front was in some places as little as 4 feet, making a part of it unavailable for commercial purposes. The first work of improvement undertaken by the Government was the construction of the break water. This was begun as early as 1836. It was completed in 1874, |