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... contract , and some crib - work put in at slight cost . There is considerable refilling necessary on both the north ... contract , covering the appropriation of $ 150,000 made by the act of July 11 , 1870 , was completed during the year ...
... contract , and some crib - work put in at slight cost . There is considerable refilling necessary on both the north ... contract , covering the appropriation of $ 150,000 made by the act of July 11 , 1870 , was completed during the year ...
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... contract was made for the dredging , and operations were com- menced during the month of August , 1871 , and continued , with but lit- tle interruption , to about the middle of November , at which time 32,000 cubic yards of material had ...
... contract was made for the dredging , and operations were com- menced during the month of August , 1871 , and continued , with but lit- tle interruption , to about the middle of November , at which time 32,000 cubic yards of material had ...
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... contract . Amount available July 1 , 1871 ...... Amount expended during fiscal year ending June 30 , 1872 Amount ... contract for work upon the lower portion of the river . There being no funds for the continuance of the work , the ...
... contract . Amount available July 1 , 1871 ...... Amount expended during fiscal year ending June 30 , 1872 Amount ... contract for work upon the lower portion of the river . There being no funds for the continuance of the work , the ...
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... contract , for which he had applied , caused their annulment in April last , and the work on the lower river was re - advertised . But one bid was received , which was rejected , and the work is now going on by hired labor . Owing to ...
... contract , for which he had applied , caused their annulment in April last , and the work on the lower river was re - advertised . But one bid was received , which was rejected , and the work is now going on by hired labor . Owing to ...
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... contract . Calcasieu Pass . - The work of improvement consists in the removal , by dredging , of about 30,000 cubic yards of the material forming the bar . It will be executed by the United States dredge - boat transferred for the ...
... contract . Calcasieu Pass . - The work of improvement consists in the removal , by dredging , of about 30,000 cubic yards of the material forming the bar . It will be executed by the United States dredge - boat transferred for the ...
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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 441 - ... mile above and one mile below the proposed location, the topography of the banks of the river, the...
Page 159 - 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 746 - 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 441 - 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 543 - GENERAL : In compliance with your instructions I have the honor to submit the following report of the...
Page 426 - 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 441 - ... and shall furnish such other information as may be required for a full and satisfactory understanding of the subject; And until...