Morning journal and courier., 1880-07-12
News by Telegraph FROM ALL QUARTERS. Rivers and HarbOrs. Expenditure of Money for their Improvement. A Submission of Plans. Work of improving in New England. The New Haven BreakWater. The Appropriation Available for
 Its Advancement.
The New Haven BreakWater.
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River and Harbor Improvements = I Amounts to be Expended in New EngIand-Work that Will be Done The New Haven Breakvvater. WASHINGTON, July 1.-The engineers in | charge of the river and harbor improvements I have submitted the following projects to the ! chief of engineers, embodying the work which will be carried on under the appro- I priation contained in the river and harbor appropriation bill during the present fiscal year
 ! Maine-Bath Harbor. The most import ant work remaining to be done is the removal of the sunken lodges from the channel north and east of Marsh Island. It is recommend ed that $7,OOO of the appropriation be used for the removal of the most important of these Iedges Other miscellaneous work will be completed. Belfast harbor-Iti is reported that to make the present improvements per manent it will probably become necessary to build stone jetty out from the north shore of the harbor so as to divert the force and direction of the tidal currents upon the dredged area, and by..their effects prevent the reformation of the shoal The estimated cost of cobble stone jetty is $18,0OO. As the appropriation for the present year is only $3 900, it is recommended that the work be not commenced until the appropriation of next year is available. Richmond Island harbor-To complete the breakwater six thousand tons more of eobble stone will be required It is estimated that with the s, 900 appropriated this year, 2,5O0 tons of stone can be purchased and delivered. Portsmouth harbor, N. H.-To build the breakwater between Sweet Island and Goat Island will require 2,50O tons of stone cob work is $2 ,OOO for breaking and removing gangway rock to Q depth of twenty feet at mean low water, and to such an extent as the balance of the appropriation will allow. Provincetown harbor, Mass.-The amount available for it's improvements is $1, 112. v. All the works for this harbor have been com pleted, except the stone bulkhead at the other end of Long Point, near the lighthouse, and the three gun battery. This extension has become necessary from the destructive effect of storms on the wooden bulkhead built for the protection of Long Point. It is recom- mended that the amount be applied to such repairs as may be necessary at Charles river, from the mouth to the head of tldeSwater. Twenty-two thousand five hundred dollars is allotted for work on the shoal below the Brookline bridge and up the river towards Watertown as far as the amount available will go; also for a survey of the channel from Boston harbor to Nantasket beach, pre- yious to commencing work.
 Merrimac river, Mass.-Owing to contin- ued increased business on this river it is rec commended that several Instructions not at first contemplated shall be removed {; also that further work be done at the falls for the i'm provement of navigation, and at Rocksbridge, where there number of sunken wrecks and shoals.
 Lake Winnipesogee, N. H.-It is reeom- mended that the $5,OOO appropriated be ex- pended in the dredging now projected. Newburyport Mass.-It is recommended that careful survey be made with a view to the contemplated improvementsb by jetties, etc. Providence pier and Narragansett bay-It is proposed to continue the work of widen ing and deepening the channel to depth of 20 feet at mean low water above Fields Point, also in the channel through Pawtucket shoal to make the same 70 feet wide and g feet deep at mean low water, also to cut channel between Fox Point and Fields Point 200 feet wide and 20 feet deep.
 Connecticut river-It is proposed to expend $6, ,OOO or so much as may be necessary in dredging between Hartford and Middletown at such places as may be necessary when the river reaches a low water stage also to ex pend S6 OOO or as much as may be required,
 
 Saybrook, which it is believed increases the flow through the channel.
 Taunton river, Mass.-It is proposed to expend the appropriation in dredging to se- cure navigable depth of eleventh feet at mean low water to Weir bridge in Taunton
 This channel is to be sixty feet wide and eleven feet deep from the bridge to the ship
 yard, thence to Berkley bridge eighty feet wide in the straight portions, and one hun dred feet in the bends from Berkley to Digh- Ian, the channel to be one hundred feet wide
 and twelve feet deep. Work will be com menced at Win bridge and pushed as far as the appropriation permits.
 Block Island harbor, R. Tt is proposed to spend $2OO or as much as is necessary for the removal of a small schooner that lies near the northwestern corner of the Fall River Iron Company's wharf and directly in the track of vessels entering leaving the inner harbor, also to dredge the inner harbor to @ depth of nine feet at mean low water as far as the funds will allow Little Narra- gansett bay, Rhode Island and Connecticut- Work will be continued in dredging the ' feet channel at the mouth of the Pawtucket river to deep water outside the bar, also to
 widen the channels dredged last year
 Stonington harbor, Conn--With the $25,- 900 appropriated, it is proposed to make
 survey of the harbor with a view of submit ting plans for an easterly breakwater. It is expected that small part of the ap- |
 west breakwater at New Haven, The appro- priation of $15, ,OOO is to be applied in widen ing the sixteen foot channel, which has been dredged from deep water above Fort Hale to Tomlinson's bridge. It is proposed to in- crease the width of this channel to four hun dred feet.
 Milford-The $5 ,O00 appropriated is to be expended in extending the dredged channel to the dock at the upper end of the harbor, making channel 60 feet wide and four feet deep at mean low water. and with any sum remaining to make such repairs to the lower channel as may be needed Bridgeport, Ct. It is proposed to devote the $1O, GOO appro- priated to widening the main ship channel from Long Island Sound to the city wharves This channel is now 200 feet wide and 12 feet deep and it is proposed to make 1t 300 feet wide Southport, Ct--The $2, 800 appro- priated will be applied to extending the four foot channel to the wharves and making 1t as wide as the funds will allow. It is intended to make this channel throughout 100 feet wide and four feet deep at mean low water
 Norwalk, Conn.-With the &, 900 appropria- ted it is proposed to make channel POO feet wide and six feet deep at mean low water from Long Island Sound as far towards the steamboat landing as the funds will allow, also to make channel 100 feet wide and six feet deep at mean low water from Gregory's Point to Norwalk.
 Thames river. Conn.-The &, 800 appro- priated will be expended in the removal of shoals rocks and sand east of the New Lon don railroad wharves, and to make channel 100 feet wide and If feet deep at mean low water at such places between the mouth of the river and Norwich as may be found ad- vantageous Housatonic river, Conn.-The appropriation of $2,O0O it is proposed to devote to securing depth of seven feet at mean low water through the cross channel below Stratford at the mill bar.
 Breakwater at New Haven-The $50, GOO appropriated and to be expended in placing rip rap stone in the breakwater between Southwest ledge and Quixe's ledge, at the en- trance to New Haven harbor. The work was commenced in April last.
 Invasion of Indian Territory.
 WASHINGTON, July 11.-No information has yet been received at the Interior department concerning the stPayne invasion" of the h. dian Territory, except through the press dis patch published in the morning papers, but