New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-08-06
RIVER IND HARBOR IMPROVEMENTS.
PROJECTS AND ESTIMATES SUBMITTED by MAJOR
j. w. BARLOW.
IBY TELEGRAPH TO THE srRInuHrl

j. w. BARLOW.
IBY TELEGRAPH TO THE aTRIBUNE
WAsulNGToN, Aug. 5.-MaiOr j. w. Barlow
submits the Chief Engineer the following projects
and estimates for the improvement of the rivers and
harbors I'M Ter his charge.
Port Jefferson Haroor, Ne,r- Tork-The project sub
Amount available July l. 1881, $i,2s0 "a; estimated
NOrqcaih Harbor Conn During the present season it
is proposed TO widen the lower OF the crOsspver
shoals that formed the during the winter
and spring from the action OF the ice or so much OF this
able July 1881, $5,024 53 estimated necessary for
southport Har6or, Conn.rhe effect of the work done
in this harbor already has been greatly to the
the OF the harbor be completed far
seem M 10 REQUIRE Amount available July l. 1851,
2,5l1 AZ estimated necessary to complete improve
BRIDGEPORT Commit is claimed by the citizens of
thus FAR nave been made this now largely used
harbor of refuge, and that frequently the channel Is
winds or fair weather that it is with much difficulty that
O passage through the fleet can be made by vessels
bound to the wharves. Outside the channel there
very small available for anchorage and that only
is proposed to widen the channel from the inner beacon
60 the Thary rye and to make four hundred
carry out this project would require the OF $4,000
available July /, 1851 $io,o8l ii.
, HousdtOnie Ri0er, COnn-Any Improvement made on
would require frequent additional work to remove the
shoals which every feshet is liable to form For the re
nell il is estimated that So 900 could be advantageousy
Amount available July i, ISL is @,55$ GO;
Milford Ldr60r, COtR.-The work already done has
been OF value to commerce. and has increased
ferially the shipping entering this harbOr BY act of
Congress approved March g. 1851 survey for break
made during the coming and maps and estimates
of cost Will be prepared. Amount available July l.
1881 $40 10; necessary for fiscal year ending June so
1888 81 200.
Breaklrater at Ne,c-Haren, Coa,n.-six hundred and
ninety feet of this breakwaer has now been built To
finish ii in three will require animal appropr
atiOn OF 100000 Ii is work of the greatest mIor
tance not TO the commerce of NewHaVen inparticuar
Island sound Amount available July /, 1881
$60,293 So; amount required tor next fiscal year
100000.
Nesc-Horen HCr6or, Conn-The work consists in WIDEN
dixie from Sandy Point with ell running toward the
EOnd the dixie TO be 400 feet long Estimated
cost 100000, amount available July 1881 $lS, l24 49,
amount required for next fiscal year, $4,000.
and widening the channel and the building of "a dixie
LOCO feet long trading cove flats and continuing the
work on the fOurteenfoot channel, between Norwich
md Indian Point, also the removal of shoal in
London Harbor. Amount available July l, 1891,
R46e95 81 required for fiscal year $64 200
which viii finish the work.
Ne1c London HarbOr COnnRemoval of a shoal to the
depth of sixteen feet below low water "A total
tiaed cost of $4,000 Amount available July L. 1881
$4,000 amount required for next fiscal year, $17, 300
which Will complete the work
Stoittagon Hdr60r, CO1t.-The Improvement consists
In the completion of the west breakwatcT and the build
which iii times OF east and southeast gales makes in
tween Napatree Point and the end Fishers
lsiand this breakwater to be located between the mid
die ground aud Bartetts Reef Amount available July
a, 1881, $3OO26 81; amount required for fiscal year
ending June 80, 1888, $4,000, which WIN complete the
work,