Annual Reports of the War Department, Part 4U.S. Government Printing Office, 1887 |
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amount appropriation approved August avenue bank barges bench-mark Benton Board of Engineers boats chain fence channel Chief of Engineers Cincinnati construction Corps of Engineers cost cubic yards datum areas depth dike district east estimate expended fiscal Fort Benton freight gauge H street north harbor high bridge high water highly improved inch Inclosed with post indorsement intersection Island July June 30 land lawn surfaces levee low bridge low water measurement meter miles Mississippi River Commission Missouri River Missouri River Commission navigation obedient servant Ohio River park partially improved piers planted post and chain proposed Red River repairs reservoir respectfully revetment rock Saint Joseph Saint Louis Secretary Secretary of War Shreveport span square feet Stack Island station steamer street north streets west submitted sugar-house chimney survey tape tion Total Trapezoid area Triangle area tunnel unimproved velocity Washington WASHINGTON AQUEDUCT width Willamette River
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Page 3135 - Rivers; thence east to the place of beginning, is hereby reserved and withdrawn from settlement, occupancy, or sale under the laws of the United States, and dedicated and set apart as a public park or pleasuring ground for the benefit and enjoyment of the people...
Page 2544 - Upon completion of the duties assigned them, the members of the Board will return to their proper stations. The journeys required under this order are necessary for the public service. The expenses of the Board will be paid by Maj. Garret J. Lydecker, Corps of Engineers, from the appropriation for increasing the water supply, Washington, DC By command of Brig.
Page 2616 - ... one mile above and one mile below the proposed location, the topography of the banks of the river, the...
Page 2668 - ... thereto, upon payment of 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, upon a hearing of the allegations and proofs of the parties.
Page 2671 - Secretary shall proceed to cause the same to be built or made at the expense of the United States, and shall refer the matter without delay to the Attorney-General of the United States, whose duty it shall be to institute, in the name of the United States, proceedings in any circuit or district court of the United States in which such bridge, or any part thereof, is located, for the recovery of the cost thereof...
Page 2760 - That no works of bank protection or revetment shall be executed in said reaches or elsewhere until after it shall be found that the completion of the permeable contracting works and uniform width of the high-water channel will not secure the desired stability of the river banks...
Page 2655 - ... aforesaid to make and establish such additional structures within a reasonable time, the said Secretary shall proceed to cause the same to be built or made at the expense of the United States, and shall refer the matter without delay to the...
Page 2655 - ... to be constructed, placed, and maintained, at their own cost and expense, in the form of booms, dikes, piers, or other suitable and proper structures for the guiding of said rafts, steamboats, and other water-craft safely through said opening as shall be specified in his order in that behalf...
Page 2668 - ... obstruction ; and all such alterations shall be made, and all such obstructions be removed at the expense of the owner or owners of said bridge. And in case of any litigation arising from any obstruction or alleged obstruction...
Page 2547 - ... agreed upon in writing by the contracting parties, the agreement setting forth fully the reasons for such change, and giving clearly the quantities and prices of both material and labor thus substituted for those uamed in the original contract...