9. March 21, to trustees of Sophia Augusta Sherman, to remove 3 old piles and drive 6 new ones, remove 40 feet of caplog, and replace with new cap 6 x 12, 40 feet, put in 3 rods through wall plate, and through deadman, 20 feet back from dock front sunk in ground, in Providence, on the east side of the Providence river.

10. March 28, to Dailey Brothers, to deposit 3 or 4 scow loads. of dredged material on Wm. M. Harris' land on Allen's avenue, in Providence, back of bulkhead.

11. March 28, to Sarah N. Cranston, to drive 25 fender piles to hold wall from falling into river at her wharf on South Water street, in Providence.

12. April 18, to S. S. Atwell, to remove five old piles at the head of his wharf at Field's Point, in Providence, also two on the north side and two on the south side, and replace them with new ones.

13. May 9, to Helen M. Beattie, to build a wharf opposite her property in Tiverton, on the east side of Seaconnet river, in accordance with her petition.

14. May 16, to George H. Covo, to build a breakwater opposite his property in Warren according to his petition.,

15. May 23, to M. E. Dailey to remove piles, planking, and timber in Bower's Cove, otherwise known as Watchemocket Cove, in East Providence, on the east side of Providence river.

16. June 6, to David R. Dodge, to build an extension to his wharf at Long Meadow, in the town of Warwick.

17. June 6, to Providence, Fall River and Newport Steamboat Company, to pull 31 piles and drive about 75 new ones, and put in 2 new caplogs about 160 feet long at its wharf at Rocky Point, in Warwick.

18. June 13, to Providence Terminal Company, to drive temporary piles in the Seekonk river for the purpose of testing the supporting power of the bottom of said river.

19. July 18, to James A. Garland, to construct two 5-pile dolphins

across the head of his wharf at Potter's Cove, Prudence Island, in the town of Portsmouth.

20. August 15, to The Textile Finishing Machinery Company, to build either a seawall or a small bulkhead in Warren river on the south side of its property, in Warren, and fill back of the same with stones, foundry waste, or other suitable filling.

21. August 15, to The Textile Finishing Machinery Company, to build a seawall in Warren river on the north side of its property, in Warren, and fill back of the same with stones, foundry waste, or other suitable material.

22. August 29, to East Greenwich Sewer Commission, to build and maintain an outlet sewer into tide water opposite Division street, in East Greenwich.

23. September 5, to Frederic S. Nock, to renew necessary piles in breakwater in Greenwich Bay, in the town of Warwick, also to place 10 new piles and to continue the bulkhead north of railway, 175 feet more or less. Bulkhead to be of old railroad ties bolted together.

24. September 19, to Edmund J. Delahanty, to construct and maintain a wharf along the north line of his property, facing Mount Hope Bay, in Bristol.

25. September 19, to Stephen R. Tucker, to build a wharf opposite his property at Oakland Beach in Warwick Cove, in the town of Warwick.

26. September 19, to Emma F. Pierce, to build a wharf opposite her property at Riverside, opposite Cady avenue, in the town of Warwick.

27. October 10, to Israel Dube, to build a retaining wall 100 feet in length north of Wallis' retaining wall, running north to Kelley's Bridge in the town of Barrington.

October 10, to Ralph W. Farnham, to build a wharf on the east side of Prudence Island, in the town of Portsmouth, about 200 feet south of Sand Point.

29. October 24, to the town of East Greenwich, by its Sewer Commissioners, to lay a line of 24" cast-iron pipe for a sewer outlet, under the bottom extending from the foot of King street, in East Greenwich, into the Cove.

30. October 24, to Enterprise Transportation Company, to drive and maintain four nests of spring piles located as shown opposite the Old Clyde line pier, on the east side of Providence river, in Providence.

31. December 5, to John Carpenter, to build and maintain a wharf in Cowesset Bay, opposite his property in the town of Warwick.

NEWPORT COUNTY.

The commissioners continue to receive applications from shore owners in Newport county, for aid in their plans for improvements opposite their properties. The commissioners feel that they ought to renew, and they do renew, their recommendation that the benefits of the act in relation to harbor commissioners be extended to that county.

WORK OF THE UNITED STATES ENGINEER DEPARTMENT.

By the courtesy of Lieutenant-Colonel J. H. Willard, Corps of Engineers, United States Army, in charge of river and harbor improvements in this district, we have been furnished with data especially relating to these waters, and we have made extracts therefrom which may be found in the appendix.

Respectfully submitted,

J. HERBERT SHEDD,
ALFRED W. KENYON,

HENRY T. ROOT.

Harbor Commissioners.

APPENDIX A.

EXTRACTS FROM REPORT OF CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U. S. A., FOR 1906.

IMPROVEMENT OF SAKONNET RIVER.

Operations during the past fiscal year.—The work of enlarging the draw opening through the causeway known as "Stone Bridge," at Tiverton, R. I., was commenced August 22, 1905, by dredging under the contract with Charles M. Cole, of Fall River, Mass., at the rate of $1.87 per cubic yard, and was completed October 3, 1905.

There were 14,299.29 cubic yards of stone, measured in place, removed under the contract, which completed the project.

Operations contemplated for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1907.-No further work is contemplated.

Amount and character of work: Dredging about 12,000 cubic yards.

Rate per cubic yard: $1.87.

Date of approval: August 8, 1905.

To commence: Within fifteen days after receipt of notice of approval by the Chief of Engineers.

To complete: Within three working months after commencement.

COMMERCIAL STATISTICS.

Tonnage of merchandise using this river is difficult to estimate, as the river is a connecting waterway between Mount Hope Bay on the north, and the Atlantic Ocean on the south, and vessels pass through bound for and from ports both north and south. Statistics given for vessels and tonnage are upon reports received from Mr. J. B. Church, superintendent of the American Fisheries Company, Tiverton, R. I.

The vessels entering and leaving this waterway are as follows (each entrance and departure together being counted as one):

IMPROVEMENT OF PAWTUCKET (SEEKONK) RIVER.

Operations during the past fiscal year. The approved project for the expenditure of the appropriation of $30,000 made by the river and harbor act of March 3, 1905, provided for commencing the new channel of 16 feet depth by excavating a portion of the channel to that depth through the ledge rock at Pawtucket, reserving $5,000 of the appropriation for redredging portions of the 12 foot channel below the city which had shoaled. Proposals for the rock excavation were received, after the usual public advertisement, August 31, 1905, and the contract awarded to R. G. Packard Company, of New York, at the rate of $6.70 per cubic yard measured in place. Work under this contract commenced January 6, 1906, and was completed June 13, 1906, 3,420.3 cubic yards of rock being excavated from 200 feet in length of the channel.

Operations contemplated for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1906.—It is proposed to apply the balance on hand to redredging shoal places in the channels and any further appropriations, first to completing the 16-foot channel through the ledge