Annual Report (or Report) of the Secretary of War, Volume 2, Part 4U.S. Government Printing Office, 1902 |
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Page 2602
... necessary to reach a place for its docks that will afford security from cyclones , storms , swells , and tidal waves , " etc. It was also authorized to collect tolls , etc. An act passed by Congress August 9 , 1888 , confirmed the above ...
... necessary to reach a place for its docks that will afford security from cyclones , storms , swells , and tidal waves , " etc. It was also authorized to collect tolls , etc. An act passed by Congress August 9 , 1888 , confirmed the above ...
Page 2603
... necessary for improving Aransas Pass . This com- pany built the shore end of south jetty about 1892 , and breakwater or north jetty in 1895 and 1896 , and attempted to dredge the channel by dynamiting , at a cost of about $ 300,000 . In ...
... necessary for improving Aransas Pass . This com- pany built the shore end of south jetty about 1892 , and breakwater or north jetty in 1895 and 1896 , and attempted to dredge the channel by dynamiting , at a cost of about $ 300,000 . In ...
Page 2656
... necessary , and will also admit of small boats crossing between them from shore to shore , besides affording an opportunity for a tow passing one draw to slacken speed , if need be , before passing the other . This crossing appears to ...
... necessary , and will also admit of small boats crossing between them from shore to shore , besides affording an opportunity for a tow passing one draw to slacken speed , if need be , before passing the other . This crossing appears to ...
Page 2659
... necessary to provide a slot in the bridge floor in each track for the entire length of the bridge , and to support and brace the slot bars or rails so that they will not yield or deflect in case a heavily loaded team crosses them . The ...
... necessary to provide a slot in the bridge floor in each track for the entire length of the bridge , and to support and brace the slot bars or rails so that they will not yield or deflect in case a heavily loaded team crosses them . The ...
Page 2664
... necessary for advertising for bids on this basis , and are transmitted herewith . The Board carefully considered the question of a design which would provide a more handsome structure than is possible with a through truss bridge . The ...
... necessary for advertising for bids on this basis , and are transmitted herewith . The Board carefully considered the question of a design which would provide a more handsome structure than is possible with a through truss bridge . The ...
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amount appropriated approved August authorized azimuth Back azimuth bridge built canal channel Chief of Engineers Clair Clair River completed construction Continuing improvement contract corner of section corporation Corps of Engineers Creek cubic yards depth Detroit River dikes discharge district dredging East East Base ENGINEER OFFICE expended feet wide foot G. L. GILLESPIE gauge Geodetic hereby House Document Numbered hundred Huron Improving harbor inches Island July June 30 Lake Huron Lake Michigan Lake Superior Latitude length lengths-Continued light-house linear feet Lock longitude maintenance Marys River ment mile Mississippi Mississippi River mouth navigation October Oswego Park piers Point Provided Proviso railroad companies Railway Company repair reservoir road Secretary Secretary of War shore line side South span station street submitted in House survey Table of positions thereof thousand dollars tion triangulation Washington Washington Aqueduct West Base wharves