The  contract  for  iron  w'as  awarded  to  Charles  W.  Scofield,  of  ClevelaDl
Ohio.  The  contract  for  materials,  other  than  iron,  and  for  the  lab*
was  awarded  to  Mr.  Charles  E.  Williams,  of  Buffalo,  N.  Y.  Mr.  Wil
iams  failed  to  execute  his  bond  or  enter  into  contract,  and  the  wor^
was  awarded  to  the  next  lowest  bidders,  Messrs.  L.  P.  and  J.  A.  SmiiL
of  Cleveland,  Ohio.  A  contract  was  at  once  made  with  them  dattc
February  28,  1887.
Repairs  to  piers  and  breakwater  were  made  at  various  times  duris^
the  year  by  "hired  labor  and  purchase  in  open  market,"  the  characts
and  quantity  of  the  work  to  be  done  making  that  system  more  eoonoa-
ical  and  advantageous  than  contract  method.
For  this  purpose  the  sum  of  $760  was  expended  during  the  fiscal  ye»

At  the  close  of  the  fiscal  year  ending  June  30, 1887,  the  piers  were  is
fair  repair  and  the  breakwater  in  fair  condition  and  withstanding  wd
the  action  of  the  storms.  Some  slight  repairs  were  needed  to  piers  aai
breakwater,  which  will  be  commenced  in  August.  There  was  a  good
15^-foot  channel  between  the  piers  and  to  deep  water  in  the  lake.
The  cost  of  the  proposed  east  breakwater,  3,500  feet  long,  was  esti-
mated to  be  about  $440,000.  The  estimated  cost  of  this  harbor  of  refa^
as  originally  projected  and  approved  was  $1,800,000.  The  amount  ex-
pended up  to  the  present  time,  the  west  breakwater  being  completed  ss
originally  designed,  is  $800,000.  When  the  work  now  recommended  is
constructed  the  total  cost  of  the  harbor  of  refuge,  under  the  projeci
now  approved,  will  be  about  $1,300,000,  which  is  $500,000  less  than  tk
original  estimate.
