New-York tribune., 1900-07-22
NEW-YORK HARBOR WORK.
WHAT THE ENGINEERS HAVE DONE TO
IMPROVE CHANNELS.
Try TELEGRAPH TO THE TRrFUNFl


washington July 1.-THE annual report Of the
,,rineers in charge Of the improvement of New
vo~l Harbor. Bay Ridge Red Hook and Butter
,rz channels and Gowanus Creek ChanneI-Mator
= II Adams, Lieutenant-ColoneI W. H H Ben
,r-5 and Major W L. MarshaH-has been sub
-ltted Since 1891 when the project OF 1884 for
,-,nroytng the main channel from New-York Har-
80 70 deep water was completed. approprfat tions
have been applied TO maintaining this channel by
Increasing its width and removing shoals In the
ss-ai year 10, s51 cubic yards Of material were
s-edged. al from the main ship channel. While
,se total OF working days is stated al s05 in only
,s9 was the force actually employed at work The
o--naI operating expense per cubic yard including
-eaairs and supplies, was 157 cents. Dredging un-
a. -he project for making Ambrose Channel two
.Lousand feet wide and forty feet deep at mean
10 water has not yet been begun. Delays in the
obstruction Of two hydraulic steel dredges are as
rned as causes. ii being decided not bes- 20 begin
yi,h an insufficient plant As TO The present ocn-
si.jou Of the Improvement the report says:
-ba fr1proved channel from deep water below the
Ns-~ows 10 the sea by way Of Sandy Hook has a
s-fh Il thirty feet and general width Of ore tha-
So So 81 Northwest ShoaI the channel has been
rrs6e two thousand feet wide.
- ana the available depth across the bar In
range Of the projected Improvement is sixteen feet.
funds ard future APPROPRIATIONS VIII be applied to
- width al points where shoaling has occurred.
Trder the project Of 1893 il is expected that excava-
Ambrose NnaIluel Will De DeEuD the latter
- ~ fba calendar year Of 1900 Further the
engineers say that the approPria ton Of s0OO 600 by
fCr the so-called Easr ChaEnel Csince named Am
brose Channel. the limit Of cost OF which is fixed
Fl 8 ni1a a10 Exclusive OF the amounts herein and
heretofore appropriated
The engineers submit what seems modest estl-
mate as 10 the amount required, in addition to
available balances. TO meet obligations UP 70 June
g. 1872 under continuing contract for excavation OF
Ambrose Channel The precise sum is not per-
7-4--ed -5 be published now
The total value OF imports Of New-York for the
fiscal year ended June 80 1893 was S5IsO404 4o9 while
The valve OF such imports for that time for all other
United States ports was only SS 7S 75s. The total
value OF NETWORKS exports was 5E.773.5O4 and
f0r all other ports s74 $50 $50 For the period
ne number Of vessels belonging 70 the port was
nun 5raueht OF vessels leaving the harbor was
3 feet 5 inches; Of vessels entering the same rs
let inches. Ninety-nine vessels OF twenty-seven
feer or entered Cor the year from tke rec
ords of the New-York and New-Jersey Pilot Com
Channel vessels drawing twenty-seven feet could
cross he bar only al extreme hIsh LiGe. Do,
Ridge and Red Hook. the triangular area between
-Ten and TutterufIk Channel consolidated in 1896.
vas completed on June "A 1892 the channels being
giES as follows Bay Ridge channel 500 feet; the
triangular area. maximum width u go feet; Red
PED Hook Shoal 900 feet. Under the same project,
also Ciowanus canal from Percival-st- to the
Hamiton-ave- bridge, was made eighteen feet deep.
WIKI widths from IS 10 l55 feet Under the act
Ridge and Red Hook channels 200 feet wide and
a feet at mean low water. limit Of cost Of
s95el. .Ho and under the authority OF this act a
continuing contract for the whole work was made
T is intended under the existing contract that
excavation shan begin in October or November. and
that II viii be prosecuted appropriations are
made until the entire project is completed. The
exact amount OF the estimates is not given out buI
i can be stated that with the $4,000 already ap-
prorriateE Il viii not be so large sum as that
required for the East Chaun7l
~ ETowsnus Creek Channel II IS said that the
Cr7nuel has been dredged 10 twenty-six feet deep
q mean low water for fUll length, me
u 9TH extending within fltJesn feat Of me pier
side II be Widsned to the
rie- lines without endangering the pier heads.
THE middle part. 70 feet wide has shoaled about
thee feet by deposit o. soft mud; the sides. Ie-
Gently 6redEed, retain the depth OF twenty-slx
fe~- Under existing contract the available funds
v-ar HC avpIed n removing shoals the outer end
q -1~ channel Further appropriations viii be 2p-
ll-.g to removing shoals throughout the channel