Report of the Chief of Engineers U.S. Army, Part 1U.S. Government Printing Office, 1917 Includes the Report of the Mississippi River Commission, 1881-19 . |
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Page 83
... commerce for the current year and valued at $ 5,300,389.23 , 15 feet . The figures given below are for the foreign commerce only . No detailed statistics of the tonnage or value of the domestic commerce are obtainable . The leading ...
... commerce for the current year and valued at $ 5,300,389.23 , 15 feet . The figures given below are for the foreign commerce only . No detailed statistics of the tonnage or value of the domestic commerce are obtainable . The leading ...
Page 136
... commerce consists chiefly of coal , oil , lumber , cotton , shellfish , and general merchandise , all of which uses the improved portions of the river and harbor . About 67 per cent of the total freight tonnage of the harbor was coal ...
... commerce consists chiefly of coal , oil , lumber , cotton , shellfish , and general merchandise , all of which uses the improved portions of the river and harbor . About 67 per cent of the total freight tonnage of the harbor was coal ...
Page 177
... commerce benefited by the improve- ment is mainly the passing commerce of Long Island Sound . The breakwaters also provide an outer anchorage for vessels bound to and from New Haven and help to protect the entrance to New Haven Harbor ...
... commerce benefited by the improve- ment is mainly the passing commerce of Long Island Sound . The breakwaters also provide an outer anchorage for vessels bound to and from New Haven and help to protect the entrance to New Haven Harbor ...
Page 215
... commerce have been reduced , and part of the water- borne commerce of the Bronx River has been diverted to this stream pending the completion of the channel at that place provided for under the project adopted March 4 , 1913. The ...
... commerce have been reduced , and part of the water- borne commerce of the Bronx River has been diverted to this stream pending the completion of the channel at that place provided for under the project adopted March 4 , 1913. The ...
Page 276
... commerce with Jamaica Bay in general . Proposed operations . — It is proposed to apply the available funds , $ 1,342.50 , to examinations of the channel from time to time during the ensuing year . The channel in its present condition ...
... commerce with Jamaica Bay in general . Proposed operations . — It is proposed to apply the available funds , $ 1,342.50 , to examinations of the channel from time to time during the ensuing year . The channel in its present condition ...
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100 feet wide act approved July act of June act of March Amount appropriated amount expended Annual Report appropriated by river Appropriated or allotted appropriations to June approved July 27 available for fiscal balance unexpended balance unexpended__ channel Chief of Engineers commerce Comparative statement Congress Creek deep at mean Delaware River dredging end of fiscal ending June 30 Exclusive of amount existing project expended during fiscal Expended for maintenance feet deep Financial summary fiscal year 1918 Fiscal year ending funds Geodetic Survey chart harbor act approved head of navigation House Document June 13 June 25 latest published map maintenance_ mean low water mouth Operations and results previous projects project dimensions project was adopted projects to June published articles.-None published in House range of tide receipts from sales Recommended modifications References to published report published river and harbor shoals Short tons square miles tidal range Total appropriations U. S. Coast width work__