Annual Report of the Chief of Engineers to the Secretary of War for the Year ..., Part 4U.S. Government Printing Office, 1888 |
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Page 2296
... direction of the current in Old River was reversed ten times , and its velocity varied from nothing to a very rapid flow . During the time that the water was falling down to a 15 foot stage , when the wheel of a steam - boat could act ...
... direction of the current in Old River was reversed ten times , and its velocity varied from nothing to a very rapid flow . During the time that the water was falling down to a 15 foot stage , when the wheel of a steam - boat could act ...
Page 2298
... direction of the current , which flows sometimes towards the Mississippi and sometimes from it , and to the existence every year , at different stages of the water , of long periods when there is no current at all . The absence of a ...
... direction of the current , which flows sometimes towards the Mississippi and sometimes from it , and to the existence every year , at different stages of the water , of long periods when there is no current at all . The absence of a ...
Page 2357
... direction . During the flood of June and July , 1887 , Pest Island and much of the bar in front of Kansas City were washed away . The sand thus carried off was dropped in the wide river in front of the East Bottoms and almost stopped ...
... direction . During the flood of June and July , 1887 , Pest Island and much of the bar in front of Kansas City were washed away . The sand thus carried off was dropped in the wide river in front of the East Bottoms and almost stopped ...
Page 2377
... direction of the current , which are not considered safe for navigation . The pro- hibition of riprap in channel or draw spans is extended to all spans , as experience has shown that its use is never necessary , except as a remedy for ...
... direction of the current , which are not considered safe for navigation . The pro- hibition of riprap in channel or draw spans is extended to all spans , as experience has shown that its use is never necessary , except as a remedy for ...
Page 2385
... direction at right angles to the current of the river at that stage of water which is most important to navigation ; and wherever the phrase " length of span " is used it shall be held to mean the distance between centers of ad- jacent ...
... direction at right angles to the current of the river at that stage of water which is most important to navigation ; and wherever the phrase " length of span " is used it shall be held to mean the distance between centers of ad- jacent ...
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approved Board boats Bridge Company channel channel-span channel-way Chief of Engineers City commenced Continuing improvement Corps of Engineers cottonwood Creek dike district draw draw-bridge draw-opening draw-span east ENGINEER OFFICE erected expense feet from river free and safe Headquarters Corps hereby herewith high water high-water honor hundred Improving harbor indorsement Island July June 30 Lake Landing left bank levee Lieut low water Marie Bridge Company Memphis meters miles Mississippi River Mississippi River Commission Missouri River mouth obedient servant obstruction Ohio Connecting Railway Ohio River opening passage piers proposed bridge railroad bridge Railroad Company Railway Company repairs respectfully revetment right bank river and harbor River Commission road safe navigation Saint Louis Saint Paul Secretary Secretary of War side spans stone structure submit Tenn thereof thousand dollars tion tows U. S. ARMY United States Army UNITED STATES ENGINEER water-way width
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Page 2867 - 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 2841 - And in case of any litigation arising from any obstruction or alleged obstruction to the free navigation of said river...
Page 2434 - Illinois for the construction of a railroad from the southern terminus of the Illinois and Michigan Canal to a point at or near the junction of the Ohio and Mississippi rivers, with a branch of the same to Chicago, on Lake Michigan, and another via the town of Galena, in said State, to Dubuque, in the state of Iowa...
Page 2412 - ... made at the expense of the United States, and shall refer the matter without delay to the Attorney-General of the United States, whose duty it shall be to institute, in the name of the United States, proceedings in any circuit court of the United States in which such bridge, or any part thereof, is located, for the recovery of the cost thereof; and all moneys accruing from such proceedings shall bo covered into the Treasury of the United States.
Page 2841 - 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 the transportation over the railroads or public highways leading to said bridge...
Page 2843 - 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 2859 - Provided also, That said draw shall be opened promptly upon reasonable signal for the passing of boats ; and said company or corporation sliall maintain, at its own expense, from sunset till sunrise, such lights or other signals on said bridge as the Light...
Page 2859 - That if any bridge built under this act shall be constructed as a draw-bridge, the same shall be constructed as a pivot drawbridge with a draw over the main channel of the river at an accessible and navigable point, and with spans of not less than one hundred...
Page 2843 - ... no higher charge shall be made for the transmission over tho same of the mails, the troops, and munitions of war of the United States, or for through passengers or freight passing over said bridge, than the rate per mile paid for their transportation over the railroads leading to the said...
Page 2412 - ... feet apart, determined by accurate soundings, and also showing over the whole width of this part of the river the force and direction of the currents at low water, at high water, and at least one intermediate stage, by triangulated observations on suitable floate.