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6 p. Selected pages of the Report of the Chief of Engineers for 1879. Included are annual reports upon works of river improvements for the Willamette and Columbia rivers.
1879-11-24
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16TH CONGRESS, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. Ex. Doc.1, 2d Session. Part 2.
REPORT
OF THE
SECRETARY OF WAR;
BEING PART OF
THE MESSAGE AND DOCUMENTS
COMMUNICATED TO THE
TWO HOUSES OF CONGRESS
AT THE
BEGINNING OF THE SECOND SESSION OF...
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APPENDIXES
TO THE
REPORT OF THE CHIEF OF ENGINEERS
( CONTINUED.)
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APPENDIX K K,
ANNUAL REPORT OF MAJOR JOHN M. WILSON, CORPS OF ENGINEERS, FOR PART OF FISCAL YEAR ENDING JUNE 30, 1879.
UNITED STATES ENGINEER OFFICE,
Portland, Oreg., October 22, 1878. GENERAL : I have the honor to transmit herewith...
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Operations were commenced on August 8 and were continued until September 18, with. more or less delay from breakage, hauling out for vessels, &c.; a channel 600 feet long, 100 feet wide, and 18 feet deep at low-wafer was opened by removing 9,405...
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tions of old dams built many years ago at Bower's Bar and Clackemas Bar which had become serious impediments to navigation.
BISSELL'S AND DOVE'S ROCKS.
At certain stages of the Willamette River the current sets directly on these rocks, two...
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or less, of rock from the channel of the river, and operations were commenced on the last day of August.
The work will be confined to Pine Tree Rapids, Five Mile Rapids, and Fish Hook Rapids. From Pine Tree 27 rocks will be removed, and from...
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KK5.
IMPROVEMENT OF THE MOUTH OF COLUMBIA RIVER, OREGON.
The act of Congress approved June 18, 1878, made an appropriation of $5,000 for the improvement of the mouth of the Columbia River, Oregon, " the same or so much thereof as may be...
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directing the line of the shore-beacons a short distance above the upper edge of the cut. The axis of the channel being oblique to the current. shoaling took place gradually until there was scarcely I6 feet along the channel by the latter part of...
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SURVEYS DURING THE YEAR.
Early in July a survey was made of the upper end of Saint Helen's Bar to determine the best line for dredging a ship-channel. Later in November a survey was made of the upper channel at the foot of Sauvie's Island, and...
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direction of Major Wilson. Lieutenant Payson's report, dated November 16, 1878, accompanied my report to the Chief of Engineers dated December 18, 1S 78, and both were published in. Ex. Doc. No. 50, Forty-Fifth Congress, third session.
SURVEY OF...
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To indicate the approach to the south channel from the sea, there is an automatic buoy 1 mile seaward of black buoy No. 1, which gives a distinguishable blast in moderate weather.
ASTORIA STATISTICS.
I am under obligation to the Hon. W. D....
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In addition, a large fleet, carrying yearly over 30,000 tons of coal. valued at over $150,000 and over 100,000,000 feet of lumber, valued at over $1,250,000, leave the sound every year under enrollment, not having to enter or clear.
The...
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Since the loss of the Great Republic on Sand Island, April 21, the Independent Line has but one vessel, the California, tonnage, 674, which runs to Sitka.
CHARACTER OF VESSELS ENTERING THE COLUMBIA RIVER.
American vessels (wooden), average...
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Since the loss of the Great Republic on Sand Island, April 21, the Independent Line has but one vessel, the California, tonnage, 674, which runs to Sitka.
CHARACTER OF VESSELS ENTERING THE COLUMBIA RIVER.
American vessels (wooden), average...
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existing has become allayed the new channel will be run to the exclusion of the old one.
After several years' experience my immediate predecessor decided that, except in special cases, it was not advisable to build any more dams in the upper...
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was due to back-water from the Columbia River. The Columbia River being now at its maximum stage, the Willamette has not receded at Portland; but at Albany, the Willamette has gradually receded since April 1, with but one rise in May, and now...
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through the locks at Oregon City for the year ending May 31, 1879, furnished me through the courtesy of Frank T. Dodge, agent Oregon. Steam Navigation Company:
Ton.
Up freight : Miscellaneous merchandise, & c 8, 857
Down freight : Wheat,...
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way by means of capstan and cable when no steamer could be obtained for towing ; reaching the head of Eola Slough, 73 miles above Portland, by the 7th of August. here, on the 9th, she was taken in tow by the steamer Ohio, which, being the only...
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The locations and amounts of work most needed are
Cubic yards.
At Bonanza Rock, to widen the channel 250
At Dove's Rock, to widen the channel 500
At Tualatin Rocks, 3/4 mile below Dove's Rock, to widen and straighten the channel 300...
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snagboat, as has been proposed, I respectfully recommend that its power, in proportion to its dimensions, be made equal to that of the ordinary river steamboats. The gain in efficiency will more than compensate for the small additional cost.
A...
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has tilled with gravel, the whole covered with loose gravel And raked to a smooth surface, the crest of the dam being from 1 to 2 feet above low-water mark. Rows of gravel sacks are disposed around the free end or toe of the dash, forming an...
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KK 15.
IMPROVEMENT OF THE UPPER COLUMBIA AND SNAKE RIVERS, OREGON
AND WASHINGTON TERRITORY.
By act of Congress approved June 18, 1878, the sum of $20,000 was appropriated for the improvement, which has been applied in removing solid rock...
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these rocks has been a great benefit; the original depth of water over them was about 1 1/2 feet, and the improvement has carried this depth to 5 feet at lowest navigable stage. There are two other rocks standing in the channel which have less...
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