Expenditures.—The total expenditures for the fiscal year, exclusive of outstanding liabilities, amounting to $118,048.59, were $4,463,760.20, expended as follows: For investigations, inspections, hearings, and other action incidental to administration of Federal laws For the removal of sunken vessels For other civil works: United States lake survey Washington Aqueduct and Anacostia Park Total Total funds available Total expenditures Outstanding liabilities Balance available June 30, 1950 $606,080.57 487,244.85 Funds needed for miscellaneous civil works.-The amounts which can be profitably expended during the fiscal year ending June 30, 1952, as indicated in the respective reports, are as follows: Supervision of deposits, harbor of New York $410,858 496,000 Expenditures to be paid from Federal and District of Columbia funds, recommended in estimates submitted by the commissioners of the District of Columbia: Washington aqueduct, District of Columbia 6,128,000 Reclamation of Anacostia River and Flats, D. C. 234,000 Total amount which can be profitably expended for mis- .... SUPERVISION OF THE HARBOR OF NEW YORK Supervisor: Captain J. D. Beard, United States Navy. 7,268,858 The laws enacted for the preservation of the tidal waters of New York Harbor, its adjacent or tributary waters, and the waters of Long Island Sound are administered by the Supervisor of New York Harbor, a line officer of the Navy, under the direction of the Secretary of the Army. The supervisor is charged under the laws with the duties of preventing any obstructive or injurious deposits in the waters under his jurisdiction and the prevention of any interference with safe navigation of the channels of the harbor by deep-draft vessels. The laws relating to the supervision of New York Harbor are acts of Congress of June 29, 1888, (25 Stat. 209), amended by section 8 of act of May 28, 1908 (35 Stat. 424-426); act of Congress of August 18, 1894 (28 Stat. 360); act of Congress of May 28, 1908 (35 Stat. 426); act of Congress of February 16, 1909 (35 Stat. 623); and act of Congress of June 7, 1924 (Oil Pollution Act, 1924, 43 Stat. 604). Operations and results during fiscal year.-Notices to acquaint navigation interests with the laws and regulations relating to the harbor were issued with a view to obtaining cooperation in their administration; dumping grounds for stone, ashes, mud, cellar dirt, sewerage sludge, and other refuse were designated; and 2,867 permits were issued for the removal of approximately 26,846,264 cubic yards of material. Soundings were taken at frequent intervals over the designated dumping areas to insure that sufficient depth of waters was maintained. Supervision was exercised by means of inspectors and patrols. Patrols were maintained to insure that no material was deposited at places other than the designated dumping grounds and to keep the main channels free of any interference to the safe navigation of these channels by deep-draft vessels; to prevent the discharge into navigable waters of waste oil and sludge, rubbish, and waste resulting from loading operations. The amounts of material reported to have been removed were constantly checked by the patrols. Actions to end of fiscal year 1950 for violations of act of June 29, 1888, and its amendments, and Oil Pollution Act, 1924 Number of cases reported to United States attorneys for prosecution: Prior to fiscal year 1950 1,544 During fiscal year 1950 30 Total 1,574 Number of convictions obtained or cases settled by compromise: Prior to fiscal year 1950 1,029 The total cost for the year, including the cost of operating the vessels and the work of the office, was $436,459.61. The total expenditure was $374,232.59. Proposed operations.-The balance unexpended June 30, 1950, $16,866.62, plus the allotment of $360,000, received July 13, 1950, a total of $376,866.62, together with other additional funds, will be applied as follows: The amount that can be profitably expended for maintenance during the fiscal year ending June 30, 1952, is $410,858, distri Unobligated balance, June 30, 1950 Appropriated for fiscal year ending June 30, 1951 Estimated additional amount needed to be appropriated for $4.82 360,000.00 360,004.82 66,155.00 Summary of deposits.-The amounts of material disposed of under the supervision of the Supervisor of New York Harbor since 1890 are as follows: Material deposited at the mouth of the harbor under supervision: From 1890 to 1949 Fiscal year 1950: Bay Ridge and Red Hook Channels, Ambrose Chan- Other than United States material Total for fiscal year 1950 Total from 1890 to 1950 Cubic yards 776,251,141 4,656,736 7,958,851 12,615,587 788,866,728 Material deposited behind bulkheads under supervision: Fiscal year 1950 Total from 1890 to 1950 Deposited at Barren Island, N. Y., under supervision: From Deposited in Hudson River at points agreed upon with the 439,508,164 12,543,836 452,052,000 5,327,546 From 1907 to 1949 Fiscal year 1950 Total from 1890 to 1950 ... Deposited in Long Island Sound, Fishers Island Sound, Block From 1890 to 1949 Fiscal year 1950 Total from 1890 to 1950 .... Total amount of material deposited, 1890 to 1949 Grand total 31,336,734 46,716 1 31,383,450 89,085,186 1,640,125 90,725,311 1,341,508,771 26,846,264 1,368,355,035 NOTE: Of this total, 5,333,450 cubic yards resulted from operations by the United States. ANACOSTIA PARK AND THE RECLAMATION AND DEVELOPMENT OF ANACOSTIA RIVER AND FLATS FROM THE MOUTH OF THE RIVER TO THE DISTRICT LINE, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA District engineer: Col. Henry C. Wolfe, Corps of Engineers, to May 31, 1950; Lt. Col. H. R. Davis, Corps of Engineers, acting district engineer, to June 27, 1950; and Col. Alan J. McCutchen, Corps of Engineers, since that date. Location. The Anacostia River enters the Potomac River at Washington, D. C. Previous projects. For the part of the project below the Anacostia Bridge, which is also a river and harbor improvement, see Annual Report of the Chief of Engineers for 1919, page 553, under heading "Existing project." For a description of the previous projects for the improvement extending upstream from the Anacostia Bridge see Annual Report of the Chief of Engineers for 1923, page 1990 under heading "Existing project." Existing project. This provides for the improvement of the river and for the reclamation and development of the adjacent flats from the mouth of the river upstream to the District of Columbia boundary line, a distance of about 6 miles, to afford a river channel 15 feet deep in the section between the foot of Fifteenth Street SE., and Massachusetts Avenue, 9 feet deep thence to Benning Road. The section from the mouth upstream to the foot of Fifteenth Street SE., was dredged to a depth of 24 feet under a river and harbor project. The dredged material is to be used for fills. The project includes a constant-level lake or lateral basin on the west side of the river, to be known as Lake Kingman, and a smaller lake on the east side of the stream. The normal surface elevation of the lakes is to be 2 feet above mean low tide, and they are to be dredged to a depth of 6 feet. A culvert or small bridge is to be constructed over Lake Kingman on the line of Benning Road, and a lock and bridge is to be built at the lower end of Lake Kingman. Influent and effluent gate-control works are to be constructed to provide circulation and maintain a constant level in both lakes. Masonry sea walls on a riprap substructure are to be constructed along the tidal channel of the river to extend 6 feet above mean low water; the walls of the lakes are to extend 3 feet above mean low water or 1 foot above the level of the lake. A portion of the reclaimed tract is to be set aside for development by the Agriculture Department for a national arboretum and botanical garden. A strip of water-front land on the right bank of the river between the Anacostia Bridge and the Pennsylvania Railroad freight bridge is to be set aside for commercial purposes. The estimated cost of the project to the Federal Government and the District of Columbia is $4,125,000 (October 1923). To this must be added $150,000 appropriated by act approved July 3, 1930, and $15,000 appropriated by act approved April 4, 1938, for cost of land not covered in estimated cost of project because of increased commercial valuation and subsequent adverse court decision as to United States ownership. The acts of Congress authorizing and defining the present plan of improvement are as follows: The latest published map is found in Annual Report of Chief of Engineers, 1924, at page 1994. The District of Columbia Appropriation Act approved March 2, 1911, 36 Stat. 1005 (Public No. 44), in authorizing the project provided that the work is to be carried on under the supervision of the Chief of Engineers, United States Army, upon plans prepared under the direction of, and to be approved by, a board of engineers to consist of the Engineer Commissioner of the District of Columbia, the officer in charge of public buildings and grounds, and the engineer officer in charge of the improvements of the Potomac River. |