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... Bank , letter from the Comptroller of the Currency transmitting copies of all papers relating to the failure of the Merchants ' National , of the District of Columbia Banking facilities , letter from the Secretary of State transmit ...
... Bank , letter from the Comptroller of the Currency transmitting copies of all papers relating to the failure of the Merchants ' National , of the District of Columbia Banking facilities , letter from the Secretary of State transmit ...
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... banks . The dredge and snag - boat Octavia , the snag - boat R. E. De Russy , and the crane - boat Ouachita , purchased ... bank of the Mississippi River opposite the mouth of the Mis- souri , which had been represented to this office as ...
... banks . The dredge and snag - boat Octavia , the snag - boat R. E. De Russy , and the crane - boat Ouachita , purchased ... bank of the Mississippi River opposite the mouth of the Mis- souri , which had been represented to this office as ...
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... bank of the river will have to be brought to a line parallel , or nearly so , to the opposite city - levee , at a distance from it at low water of not over 1,200 or 1,500 feet , and rendered permanent . The present demands are that from ...
... bank of the river will have to be brought to a line parallel , or nearly so , to the opposite city - levee , at a distance from it at low water of not over 1,200 or 1,500 feet , and rendered permanent . The present demands are that from ...
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... bank . At Drew's Bar a channel 80 feet wide , and 7 feet deep at mean low water , was dredged , and at Mill Bar one- 42 feet wide , and of the same depth . With the funds available the cur- rent fiscal year , dredging will be done ...
... bank . At Drew's Bar a channel 80 feet wide , and 7 feet deep at mean low water , was dredged , and at Mill Bar one- 42 feet wide , and of the same depth . With the funds available the cur- rent fiscal year , dredging will be done ...
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... banks by its action against the vertical banks of the bottom lands and terraces . The action ceases after the same are overflowed , unless the current be strongly directed against the bank , under which conditions only a sloping bank ...
... banks by its action against the vertical banks of the bottom lands and terraces . The action ceases after the same are overflowed , unless the current be strongly directed against the bank , under which conditions only a sloping bank ...
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Page 35 - making appropriations for the repair, preservation and completion of certain public works on rivers and harbors and for other purposes...
Page 439 - ... mile above and one mile below the proposed location, the topography of the banks of the river, the...
Page 157 - Very respectfully, your obedient servant, AA HUMPHREYS, Brigadier- General and Chief of Engineers. Hon. WW BELKNAP, Secretary of War.
Page 56 - Mexico, to be completed within twenty years; of the Mississippi River between the mouth of the Missouri and the mouth of the Ohio River...
Page 744 - GENERAL : I have the honor to transmit herewith my annual reports for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1877, upon the works of river-improvement under my charge.
Page 439 - War ; and in case of any litigation arising from any obstruction or alleged obstruction to navigation created by the construction of any bridge under this Act.
Page 29 - ... with a statement showing the amount expended during the fiscal year, and the amount that can be profitably expended during the next fiscal year, is submitted herewith. For more detailed information in regard to the improvements, and for the results of the surveys and examinations ordered by Congress, and not found in...
Page 541 - GENERAL : In compliance with your instructions I have the honor to submit the following report of the...
Page 424 - Rouge, and Carrollton, on the Mississippi, between the mouth of the Missouri and the Gulf of Mexico; and at or in the vicinity of Fort...
Page 439 - ... and shall furnish such other information as may be required for a full and satisfactory understanding of the subject; And until...