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Excerpt from Thirtieth Annual Report of the Board of Harbor and Land Commissioners: For the Year 1908 Through transactions of the Board there has been paid into the treasury of the Commonwealth during the past year from sales, rents, licenses, leases and other sources, and credited to the Commonwealths flats improvement fund and the harbor compensation fund for Boston harbor, the aggregate sum of $81,263.83. During the year 14 contracts were made, involving the estimated expenditure of $218,164.39. A list of these contracts and those pending, with details relating thereto, may be found in the Appendix. Boston Harbor. The work of deepening and widening the main channel by the United States is progressing favorably. The 35-foot channel will probably be dredged by June, 1909, to its full width of 1,200 feet in front of the Commonwealth pier. The Commonwealth will then complete the dredging from the easterly side of the pier to the channel, and there will be a large water area about 30 feet deep between the South Boston and East Boston piers. In March, 1908, it was ascertained that the area in front of the Cunard pier had shoaled somewhat, and a contract was made to dredge the area between the pier and the main channel to a depth of 35 feet. The depth heretofore had been only 27 feet since the last dredging in 1895. This work was completed July 18, 1908, covering an area of about 4 acres. The amount dredged was 72,876 cubic yards, at 28.8 cents per cubic yard, measured in scows, at a cost of $20,988.29. Since the fire at these wharves the Cunard steamers have berthed at the Eastern Railroad pier, and the depth of water at the northwest in front of that pier is insufficient for the navigation of large steamships, but will be improved as soon as funds available will permit. It is ascertained that there is some shoaling westerly of the main channel from India wharf northerly to Lewis wharf. Probably this shoaling extends along all the water front from Northern Avenue bridge to Charlestown bridge. 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.