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

There has been good deal Of work
done the last season in the way Of
improving the navigation of the upper
Mississippi, in spite Of the fact that
the season was not favorable. W. A.
Thompson, United States assistant en-
gineer,~whoeis familiar with the work,
briefly explains all that has been done.
as follows:
owing to the small appropriations
ana the long duration of the high water
PERIOD The work in this district was
not not carried on SO extensively. as before
improvements were carried on during
the season in Lake Pepin, and in the
vicinity OF Winona, La Noble, Trem-
pealeau, La Crosse, Brownsville, Coon
SIougn, Lansing and Wyalusing.
Inc act of congress dated June g.
1896, provides for the construction of q
pier at Kings Coolie, Mimi, midway
between Lake City and Reeds Land
ing, at cost of 100000 This pier,
when completed, will be 20 feet long
and twelve feet above the low water of
1864. The pier is to have a gravel foun-
datIon and the superstructure will be
built Of heavy logs and timbers, drift
bolted together and ballasted with
gravel and rock. There have been used
in the construction of this pier 81, 576
cubic yards of gravel, and 1.690 cubic
yards of rock. Three hundred feet of
the pier have been completed
Harbors of refuge at Stockholm,
Wis, and Lake City, Mimi, have been
repaired. All the old and broken tim
bers. were replaced by new ones and
$40 cubic yardSs Of rock were used in
strengthening the foundation; cost Of
repairs, $3.50. n--v
Dredging operations were carried on
at Big End, in Coon Slough and above
n ifA
Van Gorders 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 cost Of
So, $50. ri
s'Dams and shore projections were
built in the following localities for
the purpose of deepening the channel
and combining the water within the 500
feet channel limit.
sixteen hundred feet 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 lWinona, below Trem-
pealeau, and above Brownsville The
aggregate lineal feet of dams built
were 1850. The aggregate lineal feet
Of shore protection were 1000. There
were used in this work Is, 100 cubic
yards Of rock; and 64,150 cubic yards of
brush. Total cost Of work, $685. 0O
The following was performed UNI
der contract with Albert Kirchner, of
Fountain City, Wis, between Genoa
tract there were built $500 lineal feet
of shore protection, 1920 lineal feet Of
dams: 24,9S5 cubic yards of brush were
put in place at a total cost of $50, 00O
The work in the above named Iocali-
ties is all of a permanent character
The river is now good at all these
points and no further trouble is antic-
iDated"