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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... Congress may be invited to this subject , and that adequate appropriations may be made to carry out the views of the Chief of Engineers . The danger to the efficiency of the torpedo system without the con- struction of electrical rooms ...
... Congress may be invited to this subject , and that adequate appropriations may be made to carry out the views of the Chief of Engineers . The danger to the efficiency of the torpedo system without the con- struction of electrical rooms ...
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... Congress January 8 , 1884 . The subsequent progress of that important work will be made the sub- ject of a special communication to Congress at an early period of the ensuing session . The examinations and surveys required and provided ...
... Congress January 8 , 1884 . The subsequent progress of that important work will be made the sub- ject of a special communication to Congress at an early period of the ensuing session . The examinations and surveys required and provided ...
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... Congress at its last session a detailed report by the Commissioner of the Third International Geographical Exhibi- tion and Congress , at Venice , Italy , with the recommendation that the report and accompanying illustrations be ordered ...
... Congress at its last session a detailed report by the Commissioner of the Third International Geographical Exhibi- tion and Congress , at Venice , Italy , with the recommendation that the report and accompanying illustrations be ordered ...
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... Congress ) in relation to the various improvements and surveys therein provided for . Among other things set forth in the act as necessary to be reported to Congress , it required that the annual report shall be ac- companied " with a ...
... Congress ) in relation to the various improvements and surveys therein provided for . Among other things set forth in the act as necessary to be reported to Congress , it required that the annual report shall be ac- companied " with a ...
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... Congress . The reports of the officers in charge of the various improvements will be found in the Appendix , and to these reports special reference should be made whenever detailed information is desired concerning the prog- ress and ...
... Congress . The reports of the officers in charge of the various improvements will be found in the Appendix , and to these reports special reference should be made whenever detailed information is desired concerning the prog- ress and ...
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00 Amount estimated 00 See Appendix 12 feet act approved July adopted Amount appropriated amount available July amount expended appropriated by act appropriation asked available for fiscal battery breakwater bridge canal channel Chief of Engineers commerce 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 mean feet deep fiscal year ending harbor act harbor of refuge Island jetty Lake last fiscal Lieut Long Island Sound mean low water ment miles Mississippi River mouth navigation obstructions outstanding liabilities July Passaic River piers port profitably expended removal repairs required for completion riprap river and harbor Rock Saugus River Secretary of War shoal shore snags survey thousand dollars tide tion tons vessels Wharf wharves width Willets Point York
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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...