Report of the Chief of Engineers U.S. Army, Part 1U.S. Government Printing Office, 1889 Includes the Report of the Mississippi River Commission, 1881-19 . |
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100 feet wide 12 feet 1891 Submitted act of August adopted amount available Amount amount covered Amount estimated amount expended Appendix appropriated by act approved August 11 available Amount appropriated balance available Bayou breakwater bridge canal Chief of Engineers commenced completion of existing compliance with requirements construction Corps of Engineers covered by existing Creek cubic yards dike dredging dredging a channel ending June 30 entrance estimated cost exclusive of liabilities existing contracts expended during fiscal expended in fiscal expended to June expenditure feet at low feet at mean feet deep fiscal year ending harbor acts Island jetty Lake liabilities outstanding July low-water mean low water miles mouth navigation obstructions officer in charge original project outstanding liabilities July Point present project profitably expended proposed repairs required for completion requirements of sections river and harbor rock Secretary Secretary of War shoals Submitted in compliance vessels width worthy of improvement
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Page 444 - That any bridge constructed under this act, and according to its limitations, shall be a lawful structure, and shall be recognized and known as a post-route, upon which, also, no higher charge shall be made for the transmission over the same...
Page 436 - That any bridge constructed under this Act and according to its limitations shall be a lawful structure, and shall be recognized and known as a post route, upon which also no higher charge shall be made for the transmission over the same of the mails, the troops, and the munitions of war of the United States, than the rate per mile paid for their transportation over the railroads or public highways leading to said bridge; and the United States shall have the right of way for postal telegraph purposes...
Page 417 - War, for his examination and approval, a design and drawings of the bridge, and a map of the location, giving, for the space of one mile above and one mile below the proposed...
Page 434 - ... at all stages, and the soundings, accurately showing the bed of the stream, the location of any other bridge or bridges, and shall furnish such other information as may be required for a full and satisfactory understanding of the subject...
Page 415 - ... security of navigation of said river as the Secretary of War shall prescribe; and, to secure that object, the said company or corporation shall submit to the Secretary of War, for his examination and approval, a design and drawings of the bridge, and a map of the location, giving, for the...
Page 440 - ... payment of a reasonable compensation for such use; and in case the owner or owners of said bridge and the several railroad companies, or any one of them, desiring such use, shall fail to agree upon the sum, or sums to be paid, and upon rules and conditions to which each shall conform in using said bridge, all matters at issue between them shall be decided by the Secretary of War, opon a hearing of the allegations and! proofs of the parties.
Page 422 - ... one mile below the proposed location, the topography of the banks of the river, the...
Page 16 - ... quay, pier, wharf, weir, bridge, building, or other work lawfully erected or to be erected on the banks or sides of any port, harbor, haven, channel, or navigable river, or to the casting out, unlading, or depositing of any material excavated for the Improvement of navigable waters...
Page 607 - That where it is made manifest to the Secretary of War that the establishment of harbor lines is essential to the preservation and protection of harbors he may, and is hereby, authorized to cause such lines to be established, beyond which no piers, wharves, bulkheads, or other works shall be extended or deposits made, except under such regulations as may be prescribed from time to time by him...
Page 435 - ... bridges, and shall furnish such other information as may be required for a full and satisfactory understanding of the subject ; and until the said plan and location of the bridge are approved by the Secretary of War the bridge shall not be built ; and should any change be made in the plan...
