The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-12-05
ASSISTANT FNGINEER THOMPSON
TELLS WHAT WAS DONE
LAST SEASON
!, IMPROVE NAVIGATION.
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LAKE -PEPINs WINoNA, TREMPEA-
LEAU, LA CBossE, BROWNS
WILLIE, COON SLOUGH
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PLACES THAT RECEIVED NOTICE.
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SmaH Appropriations and Long
Duration of High Water Linn
tied the Work.

,Inefe has been good deal of work
done the last season in the way Of
improving the navigation of the upper
Misslsslpp1,s-in spite of the fact that
the season was not favorable. w A.
thompson, United States assistant en-
glneer, who is familiar with the work.
prleny explains all that has been done,
as follows: Ne..- e -t-,ea u,
owing to the small appropriations
ana the long duration Of the high water
PERIOD, the work in this district was
not carried on SO extensively as before
improvements were carried on during
the season a IN Lake Pepin, and in the
vicinity of Winona, La Mobile Trefn-
pealeau, La Crosse, Brownsville. Coon
slough, Lansing and Wyalusing.
-naaodche act Of congress dated June 8,
1880, provides for the construction of 2
pier at Kings Coolie, MIMI, midway
between between Lake City and Reeds Land
ing, at cost Of $4,000. This pier
when completed, will be ?70 feet long
ana twelve feet above the low water Of
1864. The pier is to thavesa gravel foun-
dation and the superstructure will be
bu1It OF. heavy logs and tinbers drift
polted together and ballasted with
gravel and rock There have been used
IN the construction Of this pier SEES
cubic yards of gravel, and 1000 cubic
the pier have been completed
Harbors Off refuge at Stockholm,
Wis, and Lake City, Mimi, have been
repaired. All the old and broken TIM
bers We're. replaced by new ones and
6f0 cubic yards of rock were used in
strengthening the foundation; cost of
repairs, $780, .T
Dredging operations were carried on
at Big Emo, in Coon Slough and above
Winona. Three s.Wing dams opposite
Van Gorder'S quarry were removed and
the channel through the neck of land
at Big End was increased in width
from $50 to 400 feet. Forty-one thou
sand seven hundred cubic yards of
material were dredged at a cost of
So, $3.50. t.rsIa
Dams and shore projections were
built in the following localities for
the purpose Of Edeepening the channel
and combining the water within the SEQ
feet channel limit
Sixteen hundred7feet of shore protec-
ton were built below the foot Of
Blacksmith's slough; series of eight
wing dams were built in the vicinity
of La Noble and Telegraph island
Three wing dams were built below
Trempealeau; four wing dams were
built above La Crosse railroad bridge
and three dams opposite Brownsville
In addition to this, repairs were made
to dams above Winona, below Trem-
pealeau, and above Brownsville. The
aggregate lineal feet of dams built
were 1850. The aggregate lineal feet
of shore protection were 1900. There
were used in this work Is, 100 cubic
yards Of rock, and 64,150 cubic yards Of
brush. Total cost Of work, 1913, 000
The following was performed I'M
der contract with Albert Kirchner of
Fountain City, Wis, between. Genoa
and Prairie du Chen. Under this con-
tract there were built $500 lineal feet
of shore protection, 1920 linea1 feet of
dams: 24,985 cubic yards of brush were
put in place at a total cost of $50, 900.
The work in the above named local.
ties is, all Of a, permanent character.
The river is now good at all these
points and no further trouble is antfc-
ipated."