, 1879-07-08
THE UPPER RIVERS.

Streams That Arc tn Ho 1mpruvcl This
Year aud ChHrartcr Of tho rroJnntH.
~. FiMi Tfontsr. Iaxss.
A reporter Of tho Pioneer-i'ress yesterday
called At tho Office Of Mai, Charles J. Alien, The
eil1rient and accomplished engineer who Is IN
charge Of tho United States river and hnrbor
improvements for tho district OF which 1T. Paul
Is Tic headquarters. mud TIC following tntercst-
Ing facts wcro courteouslY furnished In uusuer
to inquiries:
RED RIVER or TIE NORTH.
The worKs are: A drcdgc hus been built for
nac upon this river. the machinery oi which was
buist by DBgooi, Of Truy, N. T., untl delivered
at atooshead. Tic h,ili was constructed At
Atoort'entl, and the machinery set up By tn:
United States engineers 'ihs masillno works
we'll In drcdg!ng out tho mud lumps iu tic chan
ncl.
MtaNEsoTA RIVER.
No appropriation wa. unsle by tic Inst tom
grcss, hence no work to he tonc this year.
ST. CHo1x ntvEtt.
An appropriation Of sl0,oo0 was made for
this river, by act Of Congress, approved Jt1tit
", 1878. With this money the worst oustruc'
tions 10 navigation, natural and artificial, fer
water, llavo bcon retnoycl from the channel.
Tie partics aru working down from Taylor'a
Falls 10 the mouth Of tlle river, so far Is tho
money will admit Of. The ohstruct!ons. such ~
tho main channels mlat he kept good b. closts.
tip siouchs u,tl other secondary channels by
tnPnHs Of low lnns and protecting ocndh IN tho
river, thnt arc apt to cave under The action Of
t1,e current. Tile last Congress appropriated
5000 for this stream, but this ls not Us yet
available for use. =
CHIPPEWA RIVER, WISCONSIN.
Two appropriations 1lnve been male by Con.
ereBa for the improvement Of this stream, thu:
larger w,rtioM Of whtci, has been expended 10
ictttes ut right anglcs to the direction Q! the
current OF tho Mississippi Ri7cr. This hos
proven most valuable work tO tic steamboat
anl lumber interests, tho wosks having dct,.
trouble Is cxpcrfonced III entering It. An ap-
preparation Of $4,000 by last Congress not yot
available.
M1ssIs8ITrT RIVER ABOVE THE FALLS.
WIng-latns have been constructed at points
between st. Cloud and thu Falls Of st. Anthony
nr rdsfcrant times. md buwllets removed iron1
the chanpel. No appropriations were rslado for
thta purt OF thu stream by the last Congress.
IMPROVING AND PROTECTING TIE FALLS or 8T.
ANTHONY.
This work was almost entirely finished by Col.
Fnrquuar. Some few repairs w:ru nlatlu list
year, nhtl cribs, etc., rcuauvcd fron the chanHct
above Tic falls.
facilitate tile passage OF lUgs over thu fnIls, is
to ha constructed. The Inst Congress ordered
this work nnd appropriated $l0,00l for It. al,
understanding huviI,E been Ind with owners OF
wutrr-pnwcr at tho falls Ill connection with tlr
work plans lsage l>ev" forwarded to Washington
for tic work which will bu proceeded with as
soou Us tho nccessary orders arc received.
RESERVOIRS.
Examinations and surveys Df the sources ol
tliu Mississippi. The St. Croir, tic Chippewa a,s
the Wisconsin Rivers, 10 Isecrta!n tiu fraslblli-
ty 0f reservoirs to aid navigation, will he pro-
cccdctl with. The lust Congress nude IN MI.
preparation for carving OIL tEcst examinations,
n1tl surycylng parties arc HOW out On these
streams.
NlHnofis AND CANALS ON LAKE SUPERIOR.
Appropriations wcre nl2dc by tho lust Con
gscss for surveying the Bay Ut Supcriur, u,ld Iul
the improvement 1T the hlrhors uf Duluth nu,
Superior; also for Grand Ainrnis harbor III tN,
north shore OF Lake Superior, hW. tAcsc appro,
prsations aro not, as yet, ayailuDle.