Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-07-17

ness of 40 feet at the base and ., feet at
Inc Inc Top. still sleeper batter CT to & was
subsequently found to be more satisfac
tory and the thickness was then naLe 4
ieet at the base and :, feet on ton At first
the wall was laid up dry. but the top stones
were thrown Off by malicious persons and
also moved by the swell fror, racsing
steamers, that in the wori, of rac.nt
Itars the part of the wall above the level
tabouO Of high tide has been laid in 60
i'eht mortar, aud with most satisfa tori
results as to stability AMI arnn,r,,,.a
after the wall has been built a nockina
oi coarse gravel or oyster shells aho,,f
teet IN thickness is placed behind i; to af
torn drainage ana prevent injury from
einbahkment is then filled by grading dow,
'he latter Up to the close Of the tsc,I
tvaI eiaed June SO. 1885. there had been
puilt 1900 linear feet of wall.
Reservoir Outlet
Inc construction of the reservoir outlet
was begun in February, 1881, and comp,etaa
IN December. 1891. The structure is built
oI granite masonry. with wing walls IF
concrete all resting on founlat;on or
piles and grillage and concrete. If COW
s-sts of SIX gate openings eac,, six fac. d.a,
peio" low tide, and ten feet wide, spanned
by segmental arch, whose spring no In
Is at the level of high tide Between tho
openings are masonry piers four feet thick
n ~ edun otehins are two mitred lock gates
oPehhs Hto receSseS in the piers The
gates open on ebb tide and allow the lid ii
water which fas entered the reservoir on
the Hood tide to flow down the Washington
enc ia'i,ae.. Al the flrst turn of the food tide
me gates close automatically. The struc-
trre was built within a cofferdam The
lot hoatlons were very difficult, it being
necessary to drive the piles to about sew
enty feet below low tide
work Done During Past Fiscal Year.
On June 30. 1895, the construction of the
sea wall around the northeast shore of the
tioal reservoir was in progress, 1900 linear
ieet having been built This work has been
continued during the fiscal year.
1t has been done by hired labor. The sea-
son or 1888 proved very favorable one for
work or this character, and operations
We're continued without lntermission until
December 9. 1895. when the weather be-
ct.nie 100 coid Tor laying cement and work
on the upper part of the wall was suspend
ed Tor the season. Al this date the wall
mad been completed on the northeast shore
from the south end of the bathing beach
10 the reservoir outlet, on the southeast
shore from the reservoir outlet to the near
est practlcable point to the site of the
reservoir inlet and on the southwest shore
Tor distance of about 100 feet. During
the winter of 1896 the construction Of the
lower section of the wall, from low tide TO
212 feet above low tide which is of dry
masonry, was continued. This work could
only be done at low tide at stages of
unusually favorable for this kind Of cor
struction, while comparatively little ice
formed. Good progress made, and on
April Z. 1886, the lower section of the wall
had been laid around che remainder Of the
southwest Shore and on the northwest
shore to the inlet of the small tidal reser-
voir. On April Z, 1896, the laying Of ma
sorry in cement mortar was resumed
the upper part of the wall, and on June 30,
1886, was still in progress. At that date
the wall along the southwest shore Of the
reservoir and part of that on the north
west shore had been completed. The length
of wall finished In the reservoir during the
fiscal year which ended June 80 1856, was
5,4i0 linear feet.
Work was resumed on the sea wall re-
naming to be completed on the Virginia
channel front of section in March, 1886,
and on June 30 1896, was still in progress.
The length of wall completed at this local
ity during the fiscal year was 500 linear
feet, making total during the year of
6,240 linear feet On June 80, 1896, the total
length of completed wall was 32,645 linear
feet.
Training Dixie.
On June 3d. 1895, the extension of the
training dixie on the right of the Virginia
channel was in progress, and continued I'M
til August 10, 1885. During the fiscal year
1896 the dixie was extended 100 feet, max
ing the total length of the riprap dixie $3.50
feet. the embaHkment portion of the dixie
is 1855 feet long, making a total of 5, 775
linear feet on June 80, 1896
In general. it may be said that the expen-
diture of 5000. 32O.33 up to June 80, 1895
Qncluding liabilities outstanding at that
date, resulted in the dredging of a chan
mel ~ feet deep and $50 feet wide through
the bar above the Long bridge, and in re-
storing the standard of 2O-foot navigation
by dredging after the shoaling resulting
from various subsequent fresnets; in widen
ing the natural channel just below the Long
bridge from so to 500 feet, with a depth of 20
feet; In dredging channel $50 feet wide and
~ Feet deep through the bar in the Virginia
channe! near Gesboro' Point; in dredging
III the Washington channel a channel for
navigation 20 feet deep and 400 feet wide
from Long bridge to Giesboro' Point; in
dredging between the navigation channel
and section to the depth of II feet; in
dredging the junction of the Washington
ana ao virginia channels to depths Of from II
to ~ feet; IN dredging the tidal reservoir
Q11 acres) to depth of about feet; in
the construction Of the reservoir outlet,
S2,e4o linear feet Of sea wall, 5,775 linear
feet OF training dixie, and in the reclama-
ton OF 621 acres of land to heights of from
to IL feet above low tide.
During the fiscal year which ended June
~, 1875, the expenditure of S42,69246 Din
GLIDING outstanding liabilities) further re-
suited In the construction of 624O linear
feet OF sea wall and the extension of the
training dixie 100 feet.
Clearing.
The rich and fertile .o;l ~ whioh fh> ~