Excerpt from A Historical Summary Giving the Scope of Previous Projects for the Improvement of Certain Rivers and Harbors A resolution of the House of Representatives, December 15, 1880, requested information as to the condition of the breakwater (piers), the necessity for repair, and the probable cost. The report (h. Ex. Doc. No. 27, 46th Cong., 3d sess.) represented the piers as in bad condition and submitted an estimate of as the cost of rebuild ing them. The river and harbor act of March 3, 1881, appropriated and the work was accomplished the same year. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.