Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1889-07-17
Annual Report of Work Done and tt
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Annual Report of Work Done and That
should he Done.
WASHINGTON, July iGih.-The only re.
port on improvements in the rivers and
the harbors on the Pacific coast vet re-
ceived is that of Major Huer upon the i'm
proyement of the San Joaquin river, Stock
ton and Mormon sloughS. For this project,
and the maintenance of q channel of nine
feet deep and 100 feet wide through the
tidal parts of the river and the Stockton
and Mormon sloughs, there had been soent
to June 80, 1883, Sl57,954 SO.
The River and Harbor bill of 1888 appro-
priated S25, 600, and Of this amount SI5,079
was spent in the last fiscal year. The en-
gineer asks S112 000 for next year. Snag.
glng In the Mokelumne river was contin-
ued at cost of 81 479 - out of the $1,000
appropriated. BY the Act of August IL.
1883, the project has opened ten or twelve
miles OF river that were impossible. allow
ing boats to reach Benson Bar, scraping the
wing damming and suagging continued
throughout the year on the Sacramento
and Feather rivers.
The snsg-boat removed 65S snags and
made l27 blasts of powder and ran 49S
miles. Up TO the present time Congress
has appropriated $465 coo for these rivers.
of which S342, 632 has been spent. There
is vet unexpended SIP 367, of which SlOO,-
600 cannot be used until under the Act of
Congress the Secretary of War has satisfied
himself that hydraulic mining has ceased.
As 1t has not ceased, these funds are not
available.
A further sum of $l4OO0 has been set
aside for legal expenses in connection with
the suppression of hydraulic mining. The
engineers want $4S 600 for use next wear.
Some little work was done in strengthen
ing Petaluma creek, but none of the 81, 600
appropriated for 1883 has been touched.
The engineers want S2S, 600 for next year.
very little work was done at Humboldt
bay last year. Contracts were le; and the
plant placed in position, some training.
wall was built and the engineer wants
S53I 800 for the completion of this next
year.
ANOTHER DISPATCH.
WASHINGTON, July l6sh-Msior VIII.
Heuer, stationed ar San Francisco. in max.
ing his annual report of the operations at
humboldt Bay, says that the trsining wall
has not yet been extended sufficiently to
bring about the desired results. Il NAV be
that largely increased estimates will be
necessary for the improvement Of the har-
Dor. Additiona! walls NAV be necessary
as well as an increase in the height of
those now constructed. Thirty three thou
sand seven hundred dollars can be well ex-
pended during the coming fiscal year.
No appropriation is asked for the Mo-
keiumne river. The sum of $2S coo is
asked for to dredge ard improve Petaluma
creek. For the improvement of the San
Joaquin river, Stockton and Mormon
sloughs, it is proposed that work shall be
continued by first dredging to maintain
nine feet depth 10 Stockton; second. re-
pairs to the Paradise dam: third. closing
the crevaSse at Laird's slough; fourth,
snagging, scraping or building low wing
dams IN the upper river, and fifth making
new cutoff at the Twenty one-mile
slough
The sum of SIP, 900 can be profftablv ex-
pended on Sacramento ard Feather rivers.
Hydrsulic mining has not yet ceased, con-
sequently there is yet uuexpanded by
authority of Congress, @t22 367 90. When
The mining ceases then the army of engi-
neers will begin with the projected i'm
provements with any moneys appropriated
In future, unless otherwise directed by Con-
gress. lt is proposed to continue the work
With the snagboat after she is repaired, aud
to add the wing dams as may De required.
Below Marysvllle both the Sacramento and
Feather rivers continue to deteriorate. and
navigation is obstructed because of tie
material mined and dumped into the rivers
and their tributaries. No work has been
cone on the Feather river during the past
wear