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... pounds of powder , has been completed , except part of the earth covering . The drain - pipes and ramps connected with the under- ground passage - way from the main work to the casemated battery have been finished . The Little Bay ...
... pounds of powder , has been completed , except part of the earth covering . The drain - pipes and ramps connected with the under- ground passage - way from the main work to the casemated battery have been finished . The Little Bay ...
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... pounds of nitro - glycerine have been used . Some little work yet remains to be done to this reef before the required depth of water is obtained - 24 feet at mean low water . Coenties Reef . This reef has been thoroughly broken up to ...
... pounds of nitro - glycerine have been used . Some little work yet remains to be done to this reef before the required depth of water is obtained - 24 feet at mean low water . Coenties Reef . This reef has been thoroughly broken up to ...
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... pounds .. 291,796 number ... 1,404 ..pounds ... 207,951 .number .. ' 4,535 boxes .. 3,372 ..barrels ... 201 boxes .. 339 ... cords .. 130 60 26 , 650 214 173,700 56,000 .do .... 66,400 .do .. 62 , 165 .do .. 429,557 do .. ..do . barrels ...
... pounds .. 291,796 number ... 1,404 ..pounds ... 207,951 .number .. ' 4,535 boxes .. 3,372 ..barrels ... 201 boxes .. 339 ... cords .. 130 60 26 , 650 214 173,700 56,000 .do .... 66,400 .do .. 62 , 165 .do .. 429,557 do .. ..do . barrels ...
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... pounds .. 875 , 688 pounds .. 60 , 691 barrels .. 153 .pounds .. 198 , 320 packages .. 187 head .. 18 .pounds .. 93,550 .do .... 4,370 .do .... 18,350 do .... 20,000 -pounds .. 44 331 , 505 Anot available July 1 , 1871 . $ 60,000 00 110 ...
... pounds .. 875 , 688 pounds .. 60 , 691 barrels .. 153 .pounds .. 198 , 320 packages .. 187 head .. 18 .pounds .. 93,550 .do .... 4,370 .do .... 18,350 do .... 20,000 -pounds .. 44 331 , 505 Anot available July 1 , 1871 . $ 60,000 00 110 ...
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... pounds . July 15. - Propeller Cuyahoga . 20 barrels hams .5 , 255 pounds . 7,700 pounds . ..1 , 120 pounds . 600 pounds . 18 packages general mer- chandise . .3,500 pounds . 1,600 pounds . Propeller Cuyahoga . 15 pieces household goods ...
... pounds . July 15. - Propeller Cuyahoga . 20 barrels hams .5 , 255 pounds . 7,700 pounds . ..1 , 120 pounds . 600 pounds . 18 packages general mer- chandise . .3,500 pounds . 1,600 pounds . Propeller Cuyahoga . 15 pieces household goods ...
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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...