Annual Reports of the War Department, Part 5U.S. Government Printing Office, 1901 |
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Page 3492
... Board of Engineer officers ) printed in the Annual Report of the Chief of Engineers for 1895 , pages 3571-3582 . The items_comprising this project , and the results of work on each item , up to June 30 , 1900 , are mentioned in the ...
... Board of Engineer officers ) printed in the Annual Report of the Chief of Engineers for 1895 , pages 3571-3582 . The items_comprising this project , and the results of work on each item , up to June 30 , 1900 , are mentioned in the ...
Page 3510
... Board of Engineer Officers was convened to report upon the feasibility of a plan selected by Congress of overcoming these obstructions by means of a boat railway , by which vessels were to be removed entirely from the water by vertical ...
... Board of Engineer Officers was convened to report upon the feasibility of a plan selected by Congress of overcoming these obstructions by means of a boat railway , by which vessels were to be removed entirely from the water by vertical ...
Page 3511
... Board , however , submitted a minority report , recommending a boat railway , practically as embodied in the previous report of 1890 . Congress , apparently acting on the recommendation of this minority report , appropriated , on August ...
... Board , however , submitted a minority report , recommending a boat railway , practically as embodied in the previous report of 1890 . Congress , apparently acting on the recommendation of this minority report , appropriated , on August ...
Page 3522
... Board of Engineers stated ( House Ex . Doc . No. 73 , Fiftieth Congress , second session ) that— * * * The Board does not deem it necessary to present statistics or arguments to demonstrate the importance of the improvement of the ...
... Board of Engineers stated ( House Ex . Doc . No. 73 , Fiftieth Congress , second session ) that— * * * The Board does not deem it necessary to present statistics or arguments to demonstrate the importance of the improvement of the ...
Page 3523
... Board of Engineer Officers of 1892 ( Senate Ex . Doc . No. 7 , Fifty - third Congress , first session ) reported as follows : The demand for the open navigation of the Columbia River comes from the wheat- growing districts east of the ...
... Board of Engineer Officers of 1892 ( Senate Ex . Doc . No. 7 , Fifty - third Congress , first session ) reported as follows : The demand for the open navigation of the Columbia River comes from the wheat- growing districts east of the ...
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amend America in Congress amount appropriation approved balance unexpended boats brick building built canal Celilo Celilo Falls cents channel Chief of Engineers Columbia River commenced completed concrete Congress assembled construction contract Corps of Engineers cost cubic yards depth District of Columbia dredging east ending June 30 estimated excavation Executive Mansion expense February February 25 fiscal year ending gravel grounds hereby hundred improvement jetty July June 30 Lake Lewiston low water March masonry ment miles Money statement navigation obstructions operations Oregon Park piers pipe plans plates Portland post route Proviso Railroad Company railway Rapids repairs reservation reservoir Riparia riprap road rock scows Secretary Secretary of War Senate and House shaft shoal Snake River stone street submitted survey thousand dollars tion tons Total United United States Army upholstered vessels Washington Washington Aqueduct Willamette River
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Page 3882 - 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 across said bridge.
Page 3883 - ... 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...
Page 3845 - That all railway companies desiring to use said bridge shall have and be entitled to equal rights and privileges in the passage of the same, and in the use of the machinery and fixtures thereof, and of all the approaches thereto, under and upon such terms and conditions as shall be prescribed by the Secretary of War, upon hearing the allegations and proofs of the parties, in case they shall not agree.
Page 3921 - ... all stages, and the soundings, accurately showing the bed of the stream, the location of any other bridge or bridges...
Page 3917 - ... 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; And until the said plan and location of the bridge...
Page 3927 - For fuel, lights, oil, waste, packing, tools, matches, paints, brushes, brooms, lanterns, rope, nails, screws, lead, electric lights, heating apparatus, oil stoves for elevator car and upper and lower floors, repairs to engines, boilers, dynamos...
Page 3845 - That eaid draw shall be opened promptly, upon reasonable signal, for the passing of boats ; and said company or corporation shall maintain at its own expense, from sunset till sunrise, such lights or other signals on said bridge as the Light-House Board shall prescribe.
Page 3848 - That when the exigencies of the service of any officer who would be entitled to promotion upon examination require him to remain absent from any place where an examining board could be convened, the President is hereby authorized to promote such officer, subject to examination, and the examination shall take place as soon thereafter as practicable.
Page 3889 - ... 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...
Page 3840 - Act, and subject 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 the transportation of the same over the railroads or public highways leading to said bridge, and it shall enjoy the rights and privileges of Proviso.