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Page 13
... direction of the surface and sub - surface currents in this vicinity , commenced in the previous year , were completed . Battery at Finn's Point , Delaware River , New Jersey , in charge of Lieu- tenant - Colonel J. D. Kurtz , Corps of ...
... direction of the surface and sub - surface currents in this vicinity , commenced in the previous year , were completed . Battery at Finn's Point , Delaware River , New Jersey , in charge of Lieu- tenant - Colonel J. D. Kurtz , Corps of ...
Page 48
... direction for 75 feet . To complete the extension of the breakwater about 80 feet further , which is all that is needed , and for the repairs of the southern end of the breakwater , an additional appropriation of $ 15,000 for the fiscal ...
... direction for 75 feet . To complete the extension of the breakwater about 80 feet further , which is all that is needed , and for the repairs of the southern end of the breakwater , an additional appropriation of $ 15,000 for the fiscal ...
Page 107
... direction of the shore , and in one direction , there will be an accretion on one side of the harbor which renders it necessary to extend the piers from time to time . The northeast storms at Superior are almost directly on shore , and ...
... direction of the shore , and in one direction , there will be an accretion on one side of the harbor which renders it necessary to extend the piers from time to time . The northeast storms at Superior are almost directly on shore , and ...
Page 108
... direction of the current commenced to change in the same manner as observed last season . survey is now in progress at the request of his excellency C. C. Wash- burn , governor of Wisconsin , under the direction of W. H. Newton , civil ...
... direction of the current commenced to change in the same manner as observed last season . survey is now in progress at the request of his excellency C. C. Wash- burn , governor of Wisconsin , under the direction of W. H. Newton , civil ...
Page 114
... direction toward the shore . Such protection is not deemed necessary at present . Imports and exports , arrivals and clearances , at Marquette Harbor , during the fiscal year ending June 30 , 1872 . Coal , tons .. Dry goods and ...
... direction toward the shore . Such protection is not deemed necessary at present . Imports and exports , arrivals and clearances , at Marquette Harbor , during the fiscal year ending June 30 , 1872 . Coal , tons .. Dry goods and ...
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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...