OF THE

WAR DEPARTMENT

FOR THE

FISCAL YEAR ENDED JUNE 30, 1899.

REPORT OF THE

CHIEF OF ENGINEERS.

PART 1.

WASHINGTON:

GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE.

1899.

CONTENTS.

[Alphabetical index will be found at the end of each part or volume.]

PART I.

OFFICERS OF THE CORPS OF ENGINEERS.

STATUS, changes, and distribution of officers of corps, 3.

THE BOARD OF ENGINEERS

BOARD ON TORPEDO SYSTEM

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POST OF FORT TOTTEN, N. Y.-U.S. ENGINEER SCHOOL.-BATTALION
OF ENGINEERS.-ENGINEER DEPOT.

OFFICER IN COMMAND, MAJ. JOHN G. D. KNIGHT, CORPS OF ENGINEERS—

Post of Fort Totten, U. S. Engineer School, 5; Battalion of Engineers, Engineer

Depot, 6; statement of funds, 7; new appropriations, estimates, 8.

EQUIPMENT OF ENGINEER TROOPS AND CIVILIAN ASSISTANTS TO

ENGINEER OFFICERS...
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FORTIFICATIONS.

PROJECTS, 9; temporary defenses, gun and mortar batteries, 10; dynamite batter-

ies, 12; range and position finders, preservation and repair of fortifications, 13;

supplies for coast defenses, sea walls, and embankments, sites, 14; submarine

mines. National Defense appropriation and allotments, 15; defenses of coasts of

Maine and New Hampshire, 16; Boston, Mass., southeast coast of Massachusetts

and Rhode Island, at New Bedford, Mass., and Newport, R. I., 18; eastern entrance

to Long Island Sound and coast of Connecticut, 19; New York City, 20; Delaware

River, 22; Baltimore, Md., 23; Washington, D. C., 24; Hampton Roads, Va., coast

of North Carolina, 25; coast of South Carolina, 26; coast of Georgia, Cumber-

land Sound, Ga. and Fla., east coast of Florida, Key West, Fla., 27; Tampa Bay,

Fla., 29; Pensacola, Fla., Mobile and Mississippi Sound, 30; New Orleans, La.,

and Sabine Pass, Tex., 32; Galveston, Tex., Great Lakes, 33; San Diego, Cal., 34;

San Francisco, Cal., 35; mouth of Columbia River, Puget Sound, 36; estimates

for 1900-1901, 37.

RIVER AND HARBOR IMPROVEMENTS.

GENERAL statement, 37.

ATLANTIC COAST AND GULF OF MEXICO.

IN THE CHARGE of Majs. R. L. HOXIE AND S. W. ROESSLER, CORPS OF ENGI-

NEERS-

Lubec Channel, Me., 44; Moosabec Bar, Me., Narraguagus River, Me., 45;

breakwater from Mount Desert to Porcupine Island, Bar Harbor, Me., harbor at

Sullivans Falls, Me., 46; Union River, Me., 47; Bagaduce River, Me., 48; Pe-

nobscot River, Me., 49; Rockland Harbor, Me., 51: Carvers Harbor, Vinalhaven,

Me., 52: Georges River, Me., Kennebec River, Me., 53; Sasanoa River. Me.,

Portland Harbor, Me., 55; Saco River, Me., Cape Porpoise Harbor, Me., 58;

Cocheco River, N. H., 59; harbor of refuge at Little Harbor, N. H., 60; Exeter

River, N. H., 61; removing sunken vessels or craft obstructing or endangering

navigation, estimate of cost of improvement of Cape Porpoise Harbor, Me.,

examinations and surveys, 62.

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IN THE CHARGE OF COLS. CHAS. R. SUTER AND S. M. MANSFIELD, CORPS OF

ENGINEERS-

Newburyport Harbor, Mass., Merrimac River, Mass., 63; Powow River, Mass.,

64; Essex River, Mass., harbor of refuge, Sandy Bay, Cape Ann, Mass., 65; har-

bor at Gloucester, Mass., 66; harbor at Manchester, Mass., repair of sea wall at

Marblehead. Mass., 68; harbor at Lynn, Mass., 69; Mystic and Malden rivers,

Mass., 70: Mystic River, Mass., below mouth of Island End River, harbor at

Boston, Mass., 71; Town River, Mass., Weymouth River, Mass., 75; harbor at

Scituate, Mass., 76; harbor at Duxbury, Mass., harbor at Plymouth, Mass., 78;

harbor at Provincetown, Mass., harbor at Chatham, Mass., 80; removing sunken

vessels or craft obstructing or endangering navigation, estimate of cost of

improvement of Mystic River, Mass., examinations and surveys, 81.

IN THE CHARGE OF MAJ. D. W. LOCKWOOD, CORPS OF ENGINEERS—

Harbor of refuge at Hyannis, Mass., harbor of refuge at Nantucket, Mass, 82;

harbor at Vineyard Haven, Mass., Woods Hole Channel, Mass., 84; New Bed-

ford Harbor, Mass., 85; Canapitsit Channel, Mass., Taunton River, Mass., 86;

Sakonnet River, R. I., 87; Sakonnet Point, R. I., Pawtucket River, R. I., 88;

Providence River and Narragansett Bay, R. I., 89; removal of Green Jacket

Shoal, Providence, R. I., harbor at Wickford, R. I., 90; Fall River Harbor, Mass.,

Newport Harbor, R. I., 91; harbor of refuge at Point Judith, R. I., entrance to

Point Judith Pond, R. I., 93; harbor of refuge at Block Island, R. I., 94; Great

Salt Pond, Block Island, R. I., 95; removing sunken vessels or craft obstructing

or endangering navigation, examinations and surveys, 96.

IN THE CHARGE OF MAJ. SMITH S. LEACH, CORPS OF ENGINEERS-

Pawcatuck River, R. I., and Conn., 97; harbor of refuge at Stonington, Conn., 99;

Mystic River, Conn., 100; Thames River, Conn., 102; Connecticut River below

Hartford, Conn., 104; harbor of refuge at Duck Island Harbor, Conn., 106;

New Haven Harbor, Conn., 107; breakwaters at New Haven, Conn., 109; Housa-

tonic River, Conn., 110; Bridgeport Harbor, Conn., 112; Saugatuck River and

Westport Harbor, Conn., 115; Norwalk Harbor, Conn., 117; Five-mile River

Harbor, Conn., 119; Stamford Harbor, Conn., 120; harbor at Coscob and Mianus

River, Conn., 122; Greenwich Harbor, Conn., 123; estimate of cost for extension

of channel of Bridgeport Harbor, Conn., 124; examination and survey, 125.

IN THE CHARGE of Lieut. COL. W. H. H. BENYAURD AND MAJ. H. M. ADAMS,

CORPS OF ENGINEERS-

Port Chester Harbor, N. Y., 125; Mamaroneck Harbor, N. Y., 126; Larchmont

Harbor, N. Y., 127; East Chester Creek, N. Y., Bronx River, N. Y., 128; Matti-

tuck Harbor, N. Y., 129; Port Jefferson Harbor, N. Y., 130; Huntington Harbor,

N. Y., 131; Glencove Harbor, N. Y., 132; Flushing Bay, N. Y., 133; East River

and Hell Gate, N. Y., 134; Harlem River, N. Y., 135; Newtown Creek, N. Y., 137;

Wallabout Channel, N. Y., 138; Canarsie Bay, N. Y., 139; Browns Creek, Sayville,

N. Y., Patchogue River, N. Y., 140; removing sunken vessels or craft obstruct-

ing or endangering navigation, survey of Wallabout Channel, N. Y., 141; exami-

nations and surveys, 142.

IN THE CHARGE OF MAJ. H. M. ADAMS, CORPS OF ENGINEERS-

New York Harbor, N. Y., 142; Bay Ridge Channel, the triangular area between

Bay Ridge and Red Hook channels, and Red Hook and Buttermilk channels, in

the harbor of New York, 144; Gowanus Creek Channel, New York Harbor, 146;

removing sunken vessels or craft obstructing or endangering navigation, survey

of East Channel, New York Harbor, from Narrows to the sea, 147.

IN THE CHARGE OF COL. J. W. BARLOW AND LIEUT. COL. A. M. MILLER, CORPS

OF ENGINEERS-

Channel between North and South Hero islands, Lake Champlain, Vt., harbor at

Burlington, Vt., 148; Otter Creek, Vt., 149; Narrows of Lake Champlain, N. Y.

and Vt., 150; Hudson River, N. Y., 151; Saugerties Harbor, N. Y., 153; harbor at

Rondout, N. Y., harbor at Peekskill, N. Y., 154; Passaic River, N. J., 155; channel

between Staten Island and New Jersey, 156; Elizabeth River, N. J., Raritan

River, N. J., 157; South River, N. J., 158; Raritan Bay, N. J., 159; Matawan

Creek, N. J., Keyport Harbor, N. J., 160; Shoal Harbor and Compton Creek, N. J.,

161; Shrewsbury River, N. J., Manasquan River, N. J., 162; removing sunken

vessels or craft obstructing or endangering navigation, examinations and sur-

veys, 164.