Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1898-01-20
MAINE RIVERS AND HARB0RS.
Exhaustive Statement Of improvements Last
Year. Col Damreii and Major HoAif.

wear. Including also the cost Of all Int-
proVeno ndS IN to date and the com
mcrcc that passes over various water
WAYS, writes the Washington CORES
pondent of the Lewiston Journal. Each
river and each harbor is taken up il
detail. 1t will be remembered that
Lieut.. Col Damrell was in charge Of
river and harhor improvements for the
Maine and New Hampshire district
until April q. 1891 when he was Sue
cccdcd by Maj. Hoxie. They receive
their immediate orders from Lieut..
George +. Howell.
\ very comprehensive statement Is
MADE concerning Eockland harbor,
where the tonnage for 1896 is given al
$50. a95 tons the chief items being 2lo.-
80 tons of wood and co0perage aud
~ 800 tons of lime. 1t is well known
that the government has long been en-
gaged in the construction Of break
waters there and up to within few
months ago had placed 2S3i4% tons #
Stonein position. practically completing
the work from the shore end out to a
point 213G fee, from high water line.
During the past year the expenditures
amounted ""N ~ 3oi-'''' = '"'''' @
was made last May for completing the
breallwatcr and the contractor began
delivering store June 2. 1897 1t has
been deemed best to defer the rock
excavation and dredging, comtem-
plated by the project. until after tn"
areakWatcr is completed as the belief
is that the additional protection given
by the breakWater Will reduce the cost
,f the rock work
M ,...,.,,,,,t,, ,y,,,n1.d ~, ra,n
fi'V -
den harhor lasi year me E"ill q wv
o4S11. There has recently been
Irndped there 81 49a cubic wards of ma
,';'T ,..t,ait,. c,i.tin., III ,.r,,,,.-
'r' ld'' 'i"' O., ',''
al Of the middle ground and comVlCt-
commerce. tbnr. v,ur, obtained NV IN.
-
engineer III ''','' ''''' -" "'t va "'''''
last year at 'arNerS harp"i MAJ
haven. Me. 1t is proposed IL drctipr
a.. ba,l,,,, Of an ,.a,.l,- d,te Iids hay-
~. .,.
ne atltahF '"''' "iNi'd ~ 'i"' III
pose. The tonnaE" for tine harhni last
year WAS 63u7S tons. nearly - 600 Of
.,., .,
"i'''' was
The operations during ~ past year N
Improving TN" k"unebrr river consisted
in dredging the channels west of Swans
island in removing ledge to the drpth ot
dftccn feet at mean low hide az LoNciny
NaIroWS. and in dredging through ErittS
Shuul for a width If lun feet ~ Il depth
nf ten feet at mean low It'd. M the
tbpN" work hats been completed 'ule~~
new conditions CV,lap only thr dredging
Vt Cages shoals uu5tr Augusta i- 10 he
DOM i'm order tn complete thc project.
Kids haNt. already been submitted for the
latter work The engineer iu Chatgr
lSticS Of the commerce on tn. river hut
hc points tu The fact that n i>nH it
reached The large figure of T. ~ Va tons
IA, chief items being S73 ooo toms OF ice
md les ~ tons Of coal.
The amount of government money eN-
pended in the Improvement ~ Portland
harpnr first and last has been almost
b. Wear. contracts f<,r. lei duling he
year for completing the present proiect
If imnrtVcm.ni hut The contractors did
nothing on their Jobs The tonnage Of
Portland harhur for last wear Was l.351.-
80 tons the largest single item nciug
~ 80 tons nt coal TGr first work on i'm
proving Portland harhor WAS begun as
early as 1896 This work Was the con-
-trrction nt a hreakwatcr whicu was
CONNECTED in 1874 The project for deep
.nin.. the waters I'll thc harhor was uu-
i.rtakrn hy authority OF All act of Con-
.rr4S of lN,i> The ulan at that time WAS
- cNcavatr Il channel @nl feet wide
through the southern slope Of the middle
ground to a dcpth uf twcuty feet at
mean low tide and ia" removal Of tn"
bar off III, Grand trunk wharVes 90 The