The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1872-11-29
Operations oc tho United Skates Enrf.
nccr Corps ia Virginia.
Correspondence Of the Richmond Dispatch

nccr Corps ia Virginia.
{Corresrondcncc OF the Richmond Dispatch,
WASHINGTON, November 80, 1872.
The following items OF Virginia intercs,
occur in the report of the Chief of the Engi.
uerr Corps:
FORT MONROE, OLD FONT COMFORT, "a. 81
Projects have been for some time prepared
Ny the Board OF Engineers for Notifications
for the notifications needed to adapt the
work for heavy guns of the largest size.
Owing tc The want of appropriations the
operations Cor the year have been confined
10 reInirin& and rebuilding the 15-nch gun
platforms and making other necessary re-
aairS. which have been quite extensive.
The pinilc stones injured by the expert
mental firing in 1871 have been removed
and others substituted. 4 wooden sustain
;MC rCyctcDent in the rear OF the ordnance
office has been removed.
RcpairS have been made upon the ramps.
tcvTC' Iein, cascmatcS, bindings, and bridges
III and about the work.
AMOUNT appropriated for fiscal year end
lug June 80. 1875. $4,000: appropriation
asked Cor next fiscal year, Sto1000.
The work on the artCsian we'll at Fort
Monroe was suspended for want Of funds in
August. 1870. and WAS resumed about the
fr>, of October. 1871. II was determined 10
drill ia>tcaG oG herring. the latter process
having ceased 10 hc practicable in this case,
and The WORK preliminary to this change
will soon bc completed. The depth will then
he increased 10 about 200 feet. Al that point
The biologists have stated there is 4 fair pros
jr,2: 81 obtaining good wafer. The present
water supply nj the fort is insufficient and
extensive, and il i>a matter Of grave impor-
-. al,. 10 Il s,;l,
especially in tme Of war.
W appropriation was made for the fiscal
wear ending june 80. 1878. aud no appropria-
iion Is asked for the next fiscal year
FORT WOOL. HAMPTON ROADS, VA.
This ca>cmatcd work unitcs with Fort
Monroe in closing the passage Of Hampton
Roads. crossing lis fire with the guns from
ihit fort.
Until improved projects for lis completion
ARE devised no further WORK is contemplated
other than that Necessary to preserve it from
injury.
IMPROVEMENT or ACCoTlNK GREEN, VA.
\ survey was made of this locality in June
and July. 1871. ANA Il report rendered under
date Of January 80. 1872. An estimate was
Submitted amounting 10 $4,000 for giving Il
channel up 10 The village of Accotink forty
feet wide at thp bottom and five feet deep at
mean low-Walcr. An appropriation Of 8, 900
was made June 10, 1872, which it is pro-
posed TO eXpend III making channel to the
town Of .tccotink about two and half feet
deep ut mean low-watcr. and rs wide us the
funds will permit Estimated amount re-
Quirud - complete improvements, and which
may bc expended ia the fiscal year ending
June 90, 1874. is $4,000.
AQUA CREEK.
The amount available for the present fiscal
year 10 complete improvements at Aqui,
Creek is Sl.100 Nhr appropriation made June
10th. 1872, and which it WAS proposed to
cNpyRd III making 4 channel from the draw
GA tic railroad bridge up towards the mar
rows As taras practicable. twenty feet wide
at bottom and four feet deep ut mean low
Water.) Amount required according 10 c>ti-
mate, which may be expended in fiscal year
ending June 80, 1874, $1,000.
RAPPAnANNOCE RIVER.
The amount available for the Improvement
OF the Rlppahannock river below trcGericks-
burg, for the present fiscal wear l. ,22G. 10.
The amount required for the fiscal year end
Ing June 80. 1874. is $4,000. 1t is proposed
tn eXpcnd the appropriation Of $4,000 0;
June 10Th, 1872, i'll extending the channels
already dreQyeG and in building dykes. with
the double object al contracting the wafer
WAY and increasing the flow through tn"
tlredged channel, and providing; Il receptacle
behind which to deposit the material removed
from the channel.
IMPROVEMENT or JAMES RIVER. VA.
Mr.. Mailletert has removed wrecks and
other distractions in the river III Drcwry'$
lui in Si.cl 4 successful manner :tS to re-
store tie tiuc channel originally existing al
that point. The Dutcl!-tiap cuI-uii WAS
uprncd 20 the use o! nay gators early III
January. 1872. to 4 width Of about lGj feet
IL thc Nairg-linc. \ landslide OF moderate
extent occurred on the southern side Of the
cutoff in March. 1872, inluring somewhat
the appearance OF tiic new channel. bat not
seri u>ly impeding its Use. The GcbriS will
soon i,c removed. The contractors having
failed to open the required channel through
the rock at Rockets reel, the work has been
taken in hand by the Supervising Engineer,
and is progressing satisfactorily towards
collpletiou. The operations ot the authori-
ties Of the city have been chiefly confined to
dredging and TO the construction Of dykes
behind which to deposit the drrdGcd mate.
rial. These dykes serve also TO rcctily adj
rantagcouSly the banks and waterways, and
thus improve the rcGiMen Of the stream.
Amount available July l. 1871, $67 ,S3l SO
amount appropriated June 10, 1872, $4,000
amount expended III 1I>cai year ending Junt
50. 1872, S42, il..G4.
Amount available for fiscal year rndns
June 81, 1873. so. 4l3.1.i; required for lsca
year ending June 80, 1874, 100000.
TlMoN.