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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... district , second district , 2192 ; third district , 2193 ; fourth district , money statement , 2194 ; operations in the first district , 2195 ; oper- ations in the second district , 2203 . ANNUAL REPORT FOR THE FISCAL YEAR- Survey and ...
... district , second district , 2192 ; third district , 2193 ; fourth district , money statement , 2194 ; operations in the first district , 2195 ; oper- ations in the second district , 2203 . ANNUAL REPORT FOR THE FISCAL YEAR- Survey and ...
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... District of Columbia , 2769 ; underground wires for telegraph and telephone service to connect the sev- eral Departments and Bureaus of the Government in Washington City , 2794 ; Washington Monument , 2799 . APPENDIX A A A. REPORT OF ...
... District of Columbia , 2769 ; underground wires for telegraph and telephone service to connect the sev- eral Departments and Bureaus of the Government in Washington City , 2794 ; Washington Monument , 2799 . APPENDIX A A A. REPORT OF ...
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... district . For levees , Plum Point Reach , west bank . For care of plant and surveys , third district , from October 1 , 1886 , to June 30 , 1888 .... For protection of existing works , third district For protection of Delta Point ...
... district . For levees , Plum Point Reach , west bank . For care of plant and surveys , third district , from October 1 , 1886 , to June 30 , 1888 .... For protection of existing works , third district For protection of Delta Point ...
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... district - Yazoo Front . - An allotment of $ 60,000 was made , conditioned upon a contribution from the levee district of a sum sufficient to complete the line . The conditions have been accepted by the levee board ; but for financial ...
... district - Yazoo Front . - An allotment of $ 60,000 was made , conditioned upon a contribution from the levee district of a sum sufficient to complete the line . The conditions have been accepted by the levee board ; but for financial ...
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United States. Army. Corps of Engineers. FOURTH DISTRICT . New Orleans Harbor . - A survey of Gouldsboro Bend shows ... districts , containing details of interest . Very respectfully , your obedient servant , Q. A. GILLMORE , Colonel of ...
United States. Army. Corps of Engineers. FOURTH DISTRICT . New Orleans Harbor . - A survey of Gouldsboro Bend shows ... districts , containing details of interest . Very respectfully , your obedient servant , Q. A. GILLMORE , Colonel of ...
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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.