Annual Reports of the War Department, Volume 3U.S. Government Printing Office, 1881 |
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12 feet Abstract of proposals Amount appropriated amount available bank bidder Board of Engineers boats breakwater canal Cape Cape Mendocino cents channel Chief of Engineers coast Columbia River commerce construction contract Coos Bay cords Corps of Engineers Creek cribs cubic feet cubic yards curve depth dredging ending June 30 ENGINEER OFFICE entrance Erie Erie Canal excavation exclusive of outstanding expended during fiscal feet long feet wide fiscal year ending foot Grand Marais harbor of refuge improvement Island June 14 June 30 lake linear feet lock low-water Maumee River Michigan miles Money statement mouth navigation Ohio River outstanding liabilities July pier extension piles Port Orford pounds present profitably expended removed repairs reservoir respectfully riprap rock Saint Mary's River San Francisco sand season shoal shore snags steamers stone survey timber tonnage tons Total Trinidad UNITED STATES ENGINEER vessels Wabash width
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Page 2720 - ... and detailed report of their proceedings and actions, and of such plans, with estimates of the cost thereof, for the purposes aforesaid, to be by him transmitted to Congress: Provided, That the commission shall report in full upon the practicability, feasibility, and probable cost of the various plans known as the jetty system, the levee system, and the outlet system, as well as upon such others as they deem necessary.
Page 2016 - That if any bridge built under this act shall be constructed as a drawbridge, the same shall be constructed as a pivot draw-bridge, with a draw over the main channel of the river at an accessible and navigable point...
Page 1905 - States in a few days, since no other disposition has been ordered of it. The balance of tolls collected up to midnight of June 30, 1880, was (29,496.65.
Page 2720 - It shall be the duty of said commission to take into consideration and mature such plan or plans •and estimates 'as will correct, permanently locate and deepen the channel and protect the banks of the Mississippi river; improve and give safety and ease to the navigation thereof; prevent destructive floods; promote and facilitate commerce, trade and the postal service...
Page 2570 - LETTER OF THE CHIEF OF ENGINEERS. OFFICE OF THE CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, UNITED STATES ARMY, Washington, DC, December 27, íítf; SIR : I have the honor to acknowledge the reference to this office report of resolution dated December 12, 1892, of the Senate oftlie Uni...
Page 2286 - River empties into Maumee Bay at a point, by way of the channel, about 7 miles from the deep water of Lake Erie. A history of the operations carried on in past years for the improvement of this harbor will be found in the Annual Reports of 1880, 1881, and 1883.
Page 2268 - And, provided further, That this cession is upon the express condition that the state of...
Page 1958 - Connellsville, a distance of 25.J miles, was made in 1875 by my assistant, Col. TS Sedgwick, as a part of the survey for the extension of the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal from Cumberland to Pittsburgh. . This survey is reported in the Report of the Chief of Engineers for 1870, Part 2, pages 58-129.
Page 2133 - PROPOSED APPLICATION OF FUNDS AVAILABLE FOR EXPENDITURE DURING THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING JUNE 30, 1882.
Page 2028 - ... 4. Amount of excavation required to excavate a channel 100 feet wide, from the...