Annual Report of the Chief of Engineers to the Secretary of War for the Year ..., Part 1

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U.S. Government Printing Office, 1885

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Removing obstructions in East River and Hell Gate N Y
96
IN CHARGE OF COL Q A GILLMORE CORPS OF ENGINEERS BVT Maj Gen
98
East Chester Creek N Y Canarsie Bay N Y 98 Sheepshead Bay N Y 99 Sumpa
109
Delaware River from Trenton N J to its mouth 115 Delaware River between Tren
117
APPENDIX I
139
Harbors at Washington and Georgetown D C 139 Potomac River at Washington
143
EXAMINATIONS AND SURVEYS Cockpit Point Va for iceharbor 999 Colonial
153
EXAMINATIONS AND SURVEYS Perquimans River above Hartford Hertford
164
IN CHARGE OF CAPT WILLIAM H BIXBY CORPS of Engineers
167
IN CHARGE OF LIEUT COL W P CRAIGHILL CORPS OF ENGINEERS
171
APPENDIX
179
Charleston Harbor S C 177 Wappoo Cut S C 179 Ashley River S C 180
180
IN CHARGE OF CAPT W T ROSSELL CORPS OF ENGINEERS
193
IN CHARGE OF CAPT R L HOXIE CORPS OF ENGINEERS
207
INSPECTION Improvement at the South Pass of the Mississippi River 1377
214
MPROVEMENTS Contentnea Creek N C 1060 Trent River N C 1062 Neuse
217
IN CHARGE OF MAJ W H HEUER CORPS OF ENGINEERS
222
APPENDIX
226
Entrance to Galveston Harbor Tex shipchannel in Galveston Bay Tex 226 Trinity
229
IMPROVEMENTS Entrance to Galveston Harbor Tex 1449 shipchannel in Gal
232
IMPROVEMENTS Red River La and Ark 1472 survey of Bayou Pierre La 1487
243
IN CHARGE OF CAPT H S TABER CORPS OF ENGINEERS
249
APPENDIX
252
APPENDIX X
258
IN CHARGE OF MAJ ALEXANDER MACKENZIE Corps of ENGINEERS
265
EXAMINATIONS AND SURVEYS Sny Island Levee Ill on the Mississippi River 1710
266
IMPROVEMENTS Preservation of Falls of Saint Anthony Minn 1721 Mississippi
273
EXAMINATIONS AND SURVEYS Elk River Tenn and Ala 1771 Little River Ky
279
Ohio River Davis Island Movable Dam 280 operating and care of Louisville
284
EXAMINATIONS AND SURVEYS Shawneetown Harbor and Levee Ill 1828
285
Great Kanawha River W Va 235 Elk River W Va 286 New River from mouth
287
Bridge across Detroit River between Belle Isle and the American shore bridge across
293
APPENDIX H
297
I
307
IN CHARGE OF CAPT W L MARSHALL CORPS OF ENGINEERS
310
IMPROVEMENTS Harbor of refuge Milwaukee Bay Wis 2015 Milwaukee Harbor
313
IN CHARGE OF CAPT D W LOCKWOOD CORPS OF ENGINEERS
317
EXAMINATIONS AND SURVEYS Plan and estimate of cost of a harbor of refuge
324
Hay Lake Channel Saint Marys River Mich 324 Saint Marys Falls Canal
331
M
333
IN CHARGE OF MAJ L COOPER OVERMAN CORPS OF ENGINEERS
334
EXAMINATION At Cleveland Ohio for opening and improving the channel known
344
IMPROVEMENT Harbor at San Diego Cal 2349
379
EXAMINATIONS AND SURVEYS Whitehall Harbor N Y 2310 Lake Champlain
383
EXAMINATIONS AND SURVEYS Hortons Point N Y near Dutch Duck Pond Point
391
LAWS AFFECTING THE CORPS OF ENGINEERS 48TH CONGRESS
401
APPENDIX No 1
421
PART IV
422
REPORT OF LIEUT COL H L ABBOT CORPS OF ENGINEERS BVT BRIG
427
ENGINEER DEPOT AND POST AT WILLETS POINT
457
APPENDIX
461
EXAMINATIONS AND SURVEYS Southern entrance to Owls Head Harbor Me 476
476
APPENDIX
493
IMPROVEMENTS Newburyport Harbor Mass 494 Merrimac River Mass 499
499
EXAMINATIONS AND SURVEYS Harbor at Marblehead Mass for repair of seawall
537
the wharf of the Cordage Company 538 harbor at Gloucester Mass with a view
543
APPENDIX C
559
REPORTS OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER COMMISSION
569
REPORT OF LIEUT COL GEORGE H ELLIOT CORPS OF ENGINEERS
580
Q A GILLMORE Col of Engineers Bvt Maj Gen U S A President
596
Conn 615 harbor of refuge at Stonington Conn
616
EXAMINATIONS AND SURVEYS Harbor at Hyannis Mass with a view of deepen
625
APPENDIX D
631
REPORT OF LIEUT COL WALTER MCFARLAND CORPS OF ENGINEERS
638
Conn 644 breakwater at New Haven Harbor Conn 646 Milford Harbor Conn
648
CHARLES R SUTER Major of Engineers U S A President
668
New Rochelle N Y 661 Mamaroneck Harbor N Y 662 Greenport Harbor
697
APPENDIX
715
ENG
721
APPENDIX
737
IMPROVEMENTS East Chester Creek N Y 738 Canarsie Bay N Y 739 Sheeps
743
EXAMINATIONS AND SURVEYS Baldwin River N Y at Baldwin Station to con
791
APPENDIX
797
IMPROVEMENTS Delaware River from Trenton N J to its mouth 798 Delaware
840
IMPROVEMENTS Oakland Harbor Cal 2327 Wilmington Harbor Cal 2333 Red
855
EXAMINATIONS Corsons Sound and Townsend Inlet N J 858 month of Salem
864
IMPROVEMENTS Maurice River N J 868 Wilmington Harbor Del 869 icehar
877
its mouth to Laurel 880 Indian River Del 881 Susquehanna River above
890
Bridge across Detroit River between Belle Isle and the American shore 1917 bridge
EXAMINATIONS AND SURVEYS Altamaha River Ga from Darien to its mouth 1234
IMPROVEMENTS Removing obstructions in Arkansas River Ark 1558 Arkansas
EXAMINATIONS AND SURVEYS Onter and inner bars at the entrance of Pensacola
EXAMINATION Yuba River Cal 2373

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Page 408 - ... as will effectually obviate such obstruction ; and all such alterations shall be made and all such obstructions be removed at the expense of the owner or owners of said bridge.
Page 408 - Act and according to its limitations shall be a lawful structure, and shall be recognized and known as a post route, upon which also no higher charge shall be made for the transmission over the same of the mails, the troops, and the munitions of war of the United States, than the rate per mile paid for their transportation over the railroads or public highways leading to said bridge; and the United States shall have the right of way for postal telegraph purposes across said bridge.
Page 415 - That nothing in this act shall be so construed as to repeal or modify any of the provisions of law now existing in reference to the protection of the navigation of rivers, or to exempt this bridge from the operation of the same.
Page 414 - And in case of any litigation arising from any obstruction or alleged obstruction to the free navigation of said river...
Page 411 - June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and eighty-nine, shall not exceed sixty thousand dollars; and that the Secretary of War shall each year, in the annual estimates, report to Congress the number of persons so employed, and the amount paid to each.
Page 406 - That any bridge constructed under this act, and according to its limitations, shall be a lawful structure, and shall be recognized and known as a post-route, upon which, also, no higher charge shall be made for the transmission over the same of...
Page 406 - ... bridge and accessory works, during the progress of the work thereon, such change shall be subject likewise to the approval of the Secretary of War, not, however, to be in any wise inconsistent with the provisions or conditions of this act.
Page 406 - ... works and at such locality will conform to the prescribed conditions of this act, to notify the company that he approves the same; and upon receiving such notification the 'said company may proceed to an erection of said bridge, conforming strictly to the approved plan and location...
Page 415 - Act shall be built and located under and subject to such regulations for the security of navigation 011 said river as the Secretary of War shall prescribe; and to secure that object the said company or corporation shall submit to the Secretary of War, for his examination and approval, a design and drawings of...
Page 378 - OFFICE OF THE CHIEF OF ENGINEERS. In the labors of the office, the Chief of Engineers was assisted, on the 30th of June, by the following officers in charge of the several divisions : FIRST AND SECOND DIVISIONS.

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