Data to accompany annual report of harbor improvement, for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1869, in compliance with provisions of sections 2 and 3 of circular from headquarters Corps of Engineers, June 10, 1868. Amount required for the entire completion of each work: Total.... Buffalo sea wall $14,000 00 637,803 17 225,000 00 876, 803 17 $50,000 00 Dunkirk Harbor: Completion of west United States pier.. $15, 338 11 Completion of breakwater.. Dredging old breakwater Dredging and blasting in harbor Total.... 135, 376 58 2, 179 41 255, 000 00 407, 894 10 Amount that can be profitably expended upon each work during the next fiscal year: Buffalo Harbor... Buffalo sea wall Dunkirk Harbor Collection district in which each work is located: $206, 762 19 000, 000 00 72, 681 24 Buffalo Harbor and sea wall, in the district of Buffalo Creek, New York. Dunkirk Harbor, in the district of Dunkirk, New York. At or near what port of entry, light-house, or fort, each work is located: Buffalo Harbor and sea wall are near Fort Porter, New York. Lighthouse on south pier. Beacon on middle reef. Dunkirk Harbor has light-house on main land. Beacon at end of west pier. Amount of revenue collected at the nearest port of entry for the last fiscal year: Collection district of Buffalo Creek, New York. $479, 138 97. 5, 281 73 Amount of commerce or navigation which would be benefited by completion of each particular work: ABSTRACT OF PROPOSALS ATTACHED. Abstract of contracts for each class of materials or labor for each work, with names of contractors. Name of work. Name of contractor and what he contracts for. Buffalo Harbor, New York..... J. E. & D. E. Bailey, of Toledo, Ohio, and Alonzo D. Buffalo sea wall.. Dunkirk Harbor Denny, of Detroit, Michigan, for all material and labor. Not under contract. Hart & Jennings, of Fulton, New York, for all labor, and also for timber and lumber for breakwater. Bailey & Denny, of Buffalo, New York, for all material for repair of west pier. Pratt & Co., of Buffalo, New York, for all iron material for breakwater. Statement of cash received and expended on account of each work during fiscal year, and amount of appropriation available June 30, 1869, and amount required for the year ending June 30, 1871. Amount received. Improving harbor of Buffalo, New York.. $119, 124 82 $105, 865 12 $177, 259 70 $220, 000 00 42, 681 24 100, 000 00 No repairs will probably be required on any of the works for the next three years. After that time $1,000 per annum for each harbor may be required to keep the piers and breakwater in repair. The channel dredging at Buffalo Harbor is done annually by the city authorities. Respectfully submitted. F. HARWOOD, Captain Engineers and Brevet Lieutenant Colonel Ú. S. A. Brevet Major General A. A. HUMPHREYS, Brigadier General and Chief of Engineers, Office of the Chief of Engineers, Washington, D. C. NOTE.-Sketches to accompany this report will be forwarded on roll. |