Annual Reports of the War Department, Part 5U.S. Government Printing Office, 1901 |
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Page 3468
... removed 67 large snags and 201 small snags from it , resulting in obtaining a low - water channel 50 feet wide , 4 feet deep , and extending for the distance of 330 feet through the shoal . It was found that a new shoal had formed a ...
... removed 67 large snags and 201 small snags from it , resulting in obtaining a low - water channel 50 feet wide , 4 feet deep , and extending for the distance of 330 feet through the shoal . It was found that a new shoal had formed a ...
Page 3469
... removed 2 large snags and 6 small snags from it , resulting in obtaining a low - water channel 50 feet wide , 4 feet deep , and extending for the distance of 840 feet through the shoal . Shoal No. 5. - The least low - water depth found ...
... removed 2 large snags and 6 small snags from it , resulting in obtaining a low - water channel 50 feet wide , 4 feet deep , and extending for the distance of 840 feet through the shoal . Shoal No. 5. - The least low - water depth found ...
Page 3483
... removing the rock during the past fiscal year was car- ried on by hired labor and with Government plant , U. S. S. General H. G. Wright , its crew of about six men , and a diver and a diver's attendant , being employed . The first ...
... removing the rock during the past fiscal year was car- ried on by hired labor and with Government plant , U. S. S. General H. G. Wright , its crew of about six men , and a diver and a diver's attendant , being employed . The first ...
Page 3489
... removing obstructions to light - draft steamboats in the 265 miles of the Columbia and Snake rivers between Celilo , Oreg . , on the Columbia , and Lewiston , Idaho , on the Snake , and since 1882 for removing obstructions to light ...
... removing obstructions to light - draft steamboats in the 265 miles of the Columbia and Snake rivers between Celilo , Oreg . , on the Columbia , and Lewiston , Idaho , on the Snake , and since 1882 for removing obstructions to light ...
Page 3524
... removed from its proper element . It is looked on generally with much more favor by those closely interested . In my opinion , the advantages of the system of improvement by canals and locks far out- weigh the probable difference in ...
... removed from its proper element . It is looked on generally with much more favor by those closely interested . In my opinion , the advantages of the system of improvement by canals and locks far out- weigh the probable difference in ...
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Page 3880 - 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 3881 - ... 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 3843 - 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 3919 - ... all stages, and the soundings, accurately showing the bed of the stream, the location of any other bridge or bridges...
Page 3915 - ... 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 3925 - 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 3843 - 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 3846 - 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 3887 - ... 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 3838 - 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.