Report of the Chief of Engineers U.S. Army, Part 1U.S. Government Printing Office, 1884 Includes the Report of the Mississippi River Commission, 1881-19 . |
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00 Amount available 00 Amount estimated 00 See Appendix 100 feet wide 12 feet act approved July adopted in 1881 amount available July amount expended appropriated by act appropriation asked available for fiscal batteries Bayou Board of Engineers breakwater bridge canal commenced completion of existing Congress construction Continuing improvement Corps of Engineers Creek cubic yards Delaware River dike dredging ending June 30 entrance exclusive of outstanding existing project expended during fiscal expended in fiscal expended to June feet at low feet at mean feet deep feet depth fiscal year ending harbor of refuge Improving harbor Island jetty Lake Lieut Mary's Falls Canal mean low water ment miles Mississippi River mouth obstructions officer in charge outstanding liabilities July past fiscal piers present project profitably expended provement removal repairs required for completion river and harbor Saint Secretary Secretary of War shoals snags tion vessels Willets Point
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Page 379 - 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 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...
Page 389 - War, for his examination and approval, a design and drawings of the bridge, and a map of the location, giving, for the space of one mile above and one mile below...
Page 378 - desiring to use said bridge shall have and be entitled to equal rights and privileges in the passages of the same, and in the use of the machinery and fixtures thereof, and of all the approaches thereto, under and upon such terms and conditions as shall be prescribed by the Secretary of War, npon hearing the allegations and proofs of the parties, in case they shall not agree.
Page 387 - 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 619 - SIR: In compliance with the request contained in your letter of the...
Page 512 - ... (e) No Federal contribution shall be made with respect to a project under this Act unless the plan therefor shall have been specifically adopted and authorized by Congress after investigation and study by the Beach Erosion Board under the provisions of Section 2 of the River and Harbor Act approved July 3, 1930, as amended and supplemented...
Page 387 - No bridge shall be erected or maintained under the authority of this act which shall at any time substantially or materially obstruct the free navigation of said river; and if any bridge erected under such authority shall, in the opinion of the Secretary of War, obstruct »uch navigation.
Page 379 - ... at all stages, and the soundings, accurately showing the bed of the stream, the location of any other bridge or bridges, and shall furnish such other information as may be required for a full and satisfactory understanding of the subject; And until the said plan and location of the bridge are approved by the Secretary of War...
Page 382 - ... shall be made and all such obstructions be removed at the expense of the owner or owners of said bridge.
Page 381 - War is hereby authorized and directed, upon receiving such plan and map and other information, and upon being satisfied that a bridge built on such plan and...