of the report of a board of engineers in 1855 and in 1865; by the River and Harbor Act of March 2, 1867; by approval of the report of a board of engineers in 1870; and by River and Harbor Acts of August 5, 1886, and September 19, 1890. For further details. see page 1965 of Annual Report for 1915, and page 1600 of Annual Report for 1938. Existing project. This provides for the following: (a) An entrance channel 25 feet deep in soft material and 26 feet deep in hard material, 500 feet wide lakeward of the entrance piers, and 300 feet wide between the piers and into the harbor. (b) A channel of the same depths and 600 feet wide from the entrance channel to a line 50 feet outside of the pierhead line at the ore terminal, suitably widened at the junction with the entrance channel. (c) A harbor area 21 feet deep, approximately 117 acres, extending westerly from the 600-foot channel for a distance of about 2,100 feet to a line perpendicular to the harbor line 200 feet west of the city dock, with its southerly side 50 feet from the harbor line. (d) An approach channel 23 feet deep and 300 feet wide from the 25-foot channel to and including a turning basin of the same depth 1,200 feet long by 1,000 feet wide at the westerly docks. (e) An additional harbor area 18 feet deep, of about 35 acres, extending westerly from the 21-foot area and northerly from the harbor line off the public dock to natural deep water in the bay. (f) For harbor entrance piers 360 to 450 feet apart, of the timber crib type, with concrete superstructure extending to the 14-foot contour in the lake, the north pier to have a length of about 3,248 feet and the south pier to have a length of about 2,215 feet, further extensions lakeward to be made when required to meet. advance of said contour. (g) A timber crib breakwater 1,200 feet long (original length, 2,530 feet) with stone superstructure, extending from the inner end of the south pier toward the mainland to maintain a closure at the eastern end of the harbor and for plant growth and emergency protection work on the peninsula. The project depths are referred to low-water datum for Lake Erie, elevation 570.5 feet above mean tide at New York. Ordinary fluctuations of water level are from 3.5 feet above to 0.5 foot below low-water datum, and extreme fluctuations, produced by wind and other causes, are from 5.9 feet above to 2.7 feet below that plane. The estimate of cost for new work, revised in 1945, is $1,269,300, exclusive of amounts expended on previous projects. The latest (1945) approved estimate for annual cost of maintenance is $41,000. The existing project was authorized by the following river and harbor acts: Nov. 28, 1922 Reconveyed Presque Isle Peninsular to the State of Pennsylvania for park purposes. Aug. 30, 1935 Deepening, widening, and straightening entrance channel, dredging channel at easterly end of harbor basin, deepening a portion of harbor basin, all to present project dimensions; elimination of north breakwater from project; and limitation of south breakwater to a length of 1,200 feet. Mar. 2, 1945 Approach channel and turning basin to the west Do. Documents Annual Report, 1915, p. 1965. H. Doc. No. 70, 55th Cong., 1st sess. and Annual Report, 1897, p. 3237. Rivers and Harbors Committee Doc. H. Doc. No. 52, 73d Cong., 1st sess. (Contains the latest published map.) Report of Chief of Engineers dated Oct. erly docks. 26, 1942. Protection of the peninsula south of the water- Specified in act. works settling basin. 1 Completed under previous projects. Public, No. 366. Local cooperation. Providing an approach channel 23 feet deep, including a turning basin, to the westerly docks is subject to the condition that local interests give assurances satisfactory to the Secretary of War that they will: provide and maintain a coal dumper and slip so that full utilization can be made of the improvement; lower the waterworks intake line where necessary; and hold and save the United States free from all claims for damages incidental to the work or maintenance thereof. These conditions have not been complied with. Prior conditions have been fully complied with. Terminal facilities.-The developed water front has a length of about 2 miles. Two groups of terminals have been established along this harbor frontage. The westerly group consists of three piers one of which is used as a sand terminal and the other two handle petroleum products. The easterly group consists of one terminal for iron ore, one for petroleum, one for coal, one for pulpwood, one for package freight, two for sand, one grain elevator, and one municipal pier at which miscellaneous freight is handled. There are two small boat basins in which there are docks for fish, marine repair work, and small pleasure craft. The facilities are considered adequate for the existing commerce. Operations and results during the fiscal year.-Contract operations for construction of shore protection works on Presque Isle Peninsula were completed in 1944. This shore protection consists of the repair of the southerly 2,500 feet of the rubble mound faced steel sheet piling bulkhead, north of beach No. 2, constructed by the United States in 1930; and the construction of 2,750 feet of rubble mound protection at the root of the peninsula between Kelso groin and the rubble mound protection constructed by the United States in 1920 and 1921. The above work was performed at a cost of $140,114.68. Surveys off shore of the peninsula were made by hired labor at a cost of $825.29. Government plant and hired labor removed 109,706 cubic yards of material for restoration of project depth in the channels and basins at a cost of $37,878.62. The total cost of maintenance for the year was $178,818.59. The total expenditure was $280,732.46. Condition at end of fiscal year.-The existing project was 61 percent complete. The breakwater and piers were completed in 1915. A 3,050-foot section of rubble mound protection work on the peninsula was completed in 1921, 5,281 feet of steel sheet piling protection work with stone facing were completed in 1930, and two experimental 300-foot stone groins and about 1,385 feet of stone protection work at beach No. 2 were completed in 1943. The construction of 2,750 feet of stone protection work, just north of the Kelso groin, was completed in 1944. The 18-foot harbor basin was deepened in 1900. Widening and straightening of the entrance channel was completed in 1936. The deepening of the entrance channel and the approach channel to the easterly docks to 25 feet, except for small triangular areas along the southeasterly and southwesterly limits of the approach channel, was completed in 1939. The 21-foot harbor basin was deepened in 1940. The work remaining to be done to complete the project consists of dredging an approach channel and turning basin to the westerly docks, deepening the remaining portion of the approach channel to the easterly docks, and the conditional extension of the piers. There is a controlling depth of 25 feet at low-water datum in the entrance channel and in the approach channel to the docks at the easterly end of the harbor, 15 feet to docks at the westerly end, and 21 feet to the public docks, foot of State Street. The total cost of the existing project was $3,114,411.19, of which $767,275.02 was for new work and $2,347,136.17 for maintenance. The total expenditure was $3,101,082.87. In addition, there was a cost and expenditure of $148,500 from contributed funds for maintenance. Proposed operations.-The balance unexpended and the accounts receivable at the end of the fiscal year ($46,631.69) plus an additional amount anticipated to be allotted will be applied as follows: Accounts payable, June 30, 1945 Survey lakeward of Presque Isle Peninsula by $6,000.00 $13, 328. 32 11, 000. 00 Sweeping channels and basin and removing obstructions by Government plant, July, August, and September 1945 Total 56, 631.69 Redredging and sweeping are required annually. For these items of maintenance the additional sum of $43,500 can be profitably expended during the fiscal year 1947 as follows: Dredging channels and basin by United States hopper dredge, summer and fall 1946 and spring 1947 Sweeping channels and basin and removing obstructions, by Government plant, summer and fall 1946 Total Cost and financial summary Cost of new work to June 30, 1945 $38, 500 5,000 43, 500 $1,504, 242. 06 Total cost of permanent work to June 30, 1945 Minus accounts payable June 30, 1945 Net total expenditures Unexpended balance June 30, 1945 1 2, 452, 036. 56 3,956, 278. 62 13, 328. 32 13, 942, 950. 30 46, 631. 69 13, 989, 581. 99 Total amount appropriated to June 30, 1945 1 Amount that can be profitably expended in fiscal year ending Amount (estimated) required to be appropriated for completion of existing project' 502, 000.00 43, 500.00 1 Exclusive of $148,500 expended from contributed funds for maintenance. Exclusive of available funds. 9. BARCELONA HARBOR, N. Y. Location. This harbor is located on the south shore of Lake Erie about 17 miles southwesterly of Dunkirk, N. Y., and 28 miles northeasterly of Erie, Pa. (See U. S. Lake Survey Chart No. 32.) Previous projects.-Adopted by the River and Harbor Act of July 4, 1836. Only information available is in the index to the reports of the Chief of Engineers under the project title "Portland Harbor, N. Y." Existing project. This provides for a harbor formed by an east and a west breakwater, 780 feet and 900 feet long, respectively, with an opening 200 feet wide at the outer end; an entrance channel 100 feet wide and 10 feet deep, extending from deep water in the lake to a point 160 feet from the outer end of the east breakwater; and a harbor basin 8 feet deep, 800 feet long, and from 100 to 350 feet wide; with such modifications as in the discretion of the Secretary of War and the Chief of Engineers may be desirable. The project depth is referred to low-water datum for Lake Erie, elevation 570.5 feet above mean tide at New York. Ordinary fluctuations of water level are from 4 feet above to low-water datum, and extreme fluctuations produced by wind and other causes are from 6 feet above to 3 feet below that plane. The estimate of cost for new work, made in 1945, is $295,500, excluding $7,500 to be contributed by local interests, but exclusive of amounts expended on previous projects. The estimate for annual cost of maintenance, made in 1945, is $2,000. The existing project was authorized by the River and Harbor Act approved March 2, 1945 (H. Doc. No. 446, 78th Cong., 2d sess.). Local cooperation.-Construction of the project is subject to the condition that responsible local agencies give assurances satisfactory to the Secretary of War that they will (1) Contribute $7,500 in cash toward the cost of protective structures and dredging. (2) Provide and maintain, without cost to the United States and in accordance with plans approved by the Chief of Engineers, a suitable and adequate public wharf for the accommodation of transient vessels. (3) Establish a competent and properly constituted public body empowered to regulate the use, growth, and free development of harbor facilities (exclusive of Federal property) with the understanding that harbor facilities shall be open to all on equal and reasonable terms. (4) Hold and save the United States free from damages due to the construction and maintenance of the works. (5) Provide, without cost to the United States, all lands, easements, and rights-of-way necessary for the construction of the project, including suitable spoil-disposal areas when and as required. Assurances have not as yet been received. Terminal facilities.-There are seven stone-filled timber mooring cribs. All the cribs are privately owned and are used exclusively by fishing vessels. Operations and results during fiscal year.—None. Condition at end of fiscal year. No work has been started and no expenditures have been incurred. Proposed operations.-The amount of $9,800 allotted during the fiscal year 1946 will be applied to engineering studies and the preparation of detailed plans. |