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... sufficient to secure it from surprise . In battery IV , during the past year , breast- height walls for two guns were built ; the parapets were made and sodded ; the magazine was completed ; three magazines in battery II were covered ...
... sufficient to secure it from surprise . In battery IV , during the past year , breast- height walls for two guns were built ; the parapets were made and sodded ; the magazine was completed ; three magazines in battery II were covered ...
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... sufficient to meet all present and prospective requirements for many years to come . The third esti- mate , amounting to $ 34,332 , is for the removal of obstructions which make the navigation of the river both difficult and dangerous ...
... sufficient to meet all present and prospective requirements for many years to come . The third esti- mate , amounting to $ 34,332 , is for the removal of obstructions which make the navigation of the river both difficult and dangerous ...
Page 74
... sufficiently to exclude the sea . Estimated cost , $ 1,944,950 . 2. To construct a detached work in advance of the gap of sufficient length to cover it at both ends . Estimated cost , $ 2,278,000 . 3. To fill the gap between the ...
... sufficiently to exclude the sea . Estimated cost , $ 1,944,950 . 2. To construct a detached work in advance of the gap of sufficient length to cover it at both ends . Estimated cost , $ 2,278,000 . 3. To fill the gap between the ...
Page 87
... sufficient for completing all the improvements contemplated . ( See Appendix V3 . ) 4. Union River , Maine . - The improvement of this river consists in the removal of a large quantity of slabs , edgings , sawdust , and bowlders ...
... sufficient for completing all the improvements contemplated . ( See Appendix V3 . ) 4. Union River , Maine . - The improvement of this river consists in the removal of a large quantity of slabs , edgings , sawdust , and bowlders ...
Page 91
... sufficient . Amount available July 1 , 1871 . Amount appropriated by act of June 10 , 1872 . Amount expended during fiscal year ending June 30 , 1872 $ 11,910 92 15,000 00 11,071 39 15,839 53 Amount available July 1 , 1872 No further ...
... sufficient . Amount available July 1 , 1871 . Amount appropriated by act of June 10 , 1872 . Amount expended during fiscal year ending June 30 , 1872 $ 11,910 92 15,000 00 11,071 39 15,839 53 Amount available July 1 , 1872 No further ...
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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...