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Page 30
... give the full effect to the transporting power of the current . The result has been a marked increase in the depth of water on the bar . It is proposed during the year ending June 30 , 1872 , to extend the Minnesota pier 200 feet and ...
... give the full effect to the transporting power of the current . The result has been a marked increase in the depth of water on the bar . It is proposed during the year ending June 30 , 1872 , to extend the Minnesota pier 200 feet and ...
Page 70
... give a channel about 60 feet wide at bottom and about 10 feet deep at low water . Another contract for dredging 50,000 yards from the Puddle - dock cut has been nearly completed . This cut is in- tended to be about of the same ...
... give a channel about 60 feet wide at bottom and about 10 feet deep at low water . Another contract for dredging 50,000 yards from the Puddle - dock cut has been nearly completed . This cut is in- tended to be about of the same ...
Page 77
... give a trumpet - shape to the openings of the cuts , and for Some additional work at Jumping Point , ( the route for freight to Long Branch . ) a small appropriation is required . Amount available , July 1 , 1871 ..... Amount expended ...
... give a trumpet - shape to the openings of the cuts , and for Some additional work at Jumping Point , ( the route for freight to Long Branch . ) a small appropriation is required . Amount available , July 1 , 1871 ..... Amount expended ...
Page 83
... give 15 feet depth at mean low water . Amount available July 1 , 1871 .... $ 44,753 87 Amonat appropriated by act of June 10 , 1872 , for improvement of New Haven Harbor .... $ 20,000 Amount appropriated for removal of rock , New Haven ...
... give 15 feet depth at mean low water . Amount available July 1 , 1871 .... $ 44,753 87 Amonat appropriated by act of June 10 , 1872 , for improvement of New Haven Harbor .... $ 20,000 Amount appropriated for removal of rock , New Haven ...
Page 89
... give 14 feet at ordinary high water up to the head of navigation at the wharves of Yarmouth ; and in the removal of several ledges which obstruct naviga- tion below Yarmouth about one and a half miles . A contract was made in May , 1871 ...
... give 14 feet at ordinary high water up to the head of navigation at the wharves of Yarmouth ; and in the removal of several ledges which obstruct naviga- tion below Yarmouth about one and a half miles . A contract was made in May , 1871 ...
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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...