APPENDIX C. ANNUAL REPORT OF S. WATERS FOX, DIVISION ENGINEER, ST. JOSEPH DIVISION, 1894. MISSOURI RIVER COMMISSION, OFFICE OF DIVISION ENGINEER, OFFICE BOAT Margaret, Gasconade, Mo., June 30, 1894. COLONEL: I have the honor to submit the following report of the operations under my charge on the St. Joseph division of the Missouri River for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1894. The only work done on this division was in Belmont Bend, on the St. Joseph Reach, during the fall and winter of 1893. The approved project, submitted under date of May 27, 1893, provided for the construction of 3,500 feet of revetment to close the gap between the works in Belmont and Elwood Bends, and the reinforcement with rock ballast of 4,500 linear feet of the upper bank of the old Belmont revetment. Notification of the approval of an allotment of thirty thousand dollars ($30,000) for expenditure in accordance therewith, was received under date of June 24, 1893. An office was opened in St. Joseph September 11, 1893, and measures taken at once for carrying on the work. All of the construction materials were purchased in open market. As none of the floating plant under charge of the Commission was available, the following pieces were chartered under authority from the Chief of Engineers, U. S. Army, dated September 1, 1893, viz: One steamer, with crew. One sand dredge. Two barges, each.. One barge.. Per day. $22.00 8.00 3.00 2.00 Two of the barges were provided with ways, brush platforms, capstans, etc., necessary for their use as mattress boats. The sand dredge was dismantled and outfitted with a Davidson's pump 18 by 18 by 10 inches, 4-inch hose, and other accessories necessary for use as an hydraulic grader. Weaving mattress began with one party October 8 at a point 1,110 feet below point A on the accompanying map. A second party began weaving October 24 at the point A. The former finished work November 24; the latter, November 8. The total length of mattress woven was 4,598 feet, protecting 4,513 linear feet of bank, shown on the accompanying map A to B. The maximum width of mattress at any point was 126 feet; the average width 85.75 feet. The driving of piles for shore anchorage of the mattress was begun October 9 and finished November 30. Four hundred and fifty-seven piles were driven to an average penetration of 19.54 feet each. The progress of this branch of the work and of mattress construction was seriously retarded by failure in delivery of materials. Hydraulic bank grading was begun October 10 and carried on, with some interruptions, on account of ice in the river, until November 30, at which time it was finished. Four thousand and one linear feet of bank, containing 32,575 cubic yards of earth, were graded. The ballasting of the upper bank was finished December 16. The delivery of the chartered plant to the owners at St. Joseph, as provided in the charter, having been made impossible by the closing of the river with ice, an agreement was reached by which they were to accept the plant if pulled out on the bank at the lower end of the work. All of the hulls, except the steamer and one barge (the latter being wrecked by consent of the owners), were pulled out by December 16 and a release from further liability secured. The Government property and records were then shipped to Gasconade, Mo., and the St. Joseph office closed December 23, 1893. Exhibits of cost in detail of the work are given in the appendix. A partial shore-line survey in Belmont Bend, to show the location of the new revetment, was made May 9, 1894. At that time a break about 100 feet long in the upper bank work, at (A) on the map, was reported. Under date of June 11 an estimate of cost for the repair of the break was submitted. The work will be undertaken as soon as the river has receded to a proper working stage. Very respectfully, your obedient servant, Lieut. Col. CHARLES R. SUTER, Corps of Engineers, U. S. A., S. WATERS Fox, President Missouri River Commission. EXHIBIT A.-Cost in detail of 4,513 linear feet of revetment in Belmont Bend, 1893. EXHIBIT B.-Miscellaneous data and elements of cost of 4,513 linear feet of revetment in Belmont Bend, 1893. 4,513 4, 589 394, 278.50 85.75 $24.849.72 $5.5046 $6.30 EXHIBIT C.-Cost of miscellaneous items of new plant, repair, care, and transportation of plant and administration. 'APPENDIX D. ANNUAL REPORT OF S. WATERS FOX, DIVISION ENGINEER, KANSAS DIVISION, 1894. MISSOURI RIVER COMMISSION, OFFICE OF DIVISION ENGINEER, OFFICE BOAT MARGARET, Gasconade, Mo., June 30, 1894. COLONEL: I have the honor to submit the following report of the operations under my charge, on the Kansas City division of the Missouri River, for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1894. Work on this division was confined to the loading of plant and construction materials on barges at East Bottoms, near Kansas City, and the care of plant while awaiting transportation from that point to Gasconade, Mo. On July 1, 1893, there were 28 hulls at East Bottoms. These were taken away in tow by the steamer Gasconade and the United States tow boat Alert; the former taking 7 hulls in 2 tows on July 4 and 12, respectively; the latter took 21 hulls in 3 tows, leaving East Bottoms July 6, 17, and 24. The expense of all of the above operations was charged to the allotment for systematic improvement in first reach. Very respectfully, your obedient servant, Lieut. Col. CHARLES R. SUTER, Corps of Engineers, U. Š. A., President Missouri River Commission. S. WATERS FOX, APPENDIX E. ANNUAL REPORT OF SAMUEL II. YONGE, DIVISION ENGINEER, OSAGE DIVISION, 1894. MISSOURI RIVER COMMISSION, OFFICE OF DIVISION ENGINEER, COLONEL: I have the honor to submit my report of the operations conducted under my charge on the work of improving the Missouri River on Osage division of first reach during the fiscal year ending June 30, 1894, as follows: SYSTEMATIC IMPROVEMENT IN THE FIRST REACH. Projects.-The construction of improvement works was, with one exception, viz, Dike 21A, carried on under approved projects fully described in former reports. The several works, and the projects of which they form parts, are as follows, viz: The construction of incomplete parts of Dikes B and C of the project of February 9, 1892; the extension of Dikes 17A, 18A, and 19A, under project of February 17, 1892, as amended in project of March 21, 1893; the completion of Dikes 20 and 21 to the lines of rectification as fixed by the latter project; the construction of Dike 34, and of parts of Dikes 26, 27, 28, 29, 35, and 36 also of the latter project. The construction of Dike 21A became necessary to meet a change in the direction of flow on the Barkersville crossing, caused by the formation of a reef whereby Dike 22 was threatened with being flanked. Your verbal approval for its construction was given July 28, 1893. After the river had fallen sufficiently to observe the effects of Dikes B, C, and D of the Cedar City group, it became apparent that these dikes alone were not sufficient to entirely prevent a flow into Cedar City Chute, to accomplish which at least one more dike would be required. In pursuance of your instructions, a survey and examination of the river in that vicinity were made in July, on which a report was submitted recommending a modification of the project of February 9, 1892, by changing the proposed location of Dike E so as to make it normal to the general direction of flow from the main river into the chute (see Pl. 1). Your approval of the above recommendations was given in August, and I was at the same time instructed to proceed with the work when it should become possible to do so. It was not possible, however, to construct the dike during the summer and fall of 1893, on account of all the available plant being required for more urgent works, nor in the spring of 1894, on account of there being no funds available for the purpose. By your letter of August 29. 1893, I was directed to proceed with the work of extending the Murrays Bend revetment of 1892 to the foot of the bend, in accordance with the approved project of August 19, 1892. |