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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... water marks of 1888 , 2250 ; low - water gauge - readings , 1887 - '88 , 2251 ; table of low - water soundings on bars , 1836-287 , 2251 ; report of committee on construction , 2252 ; operations in the first district , 2262 ; operations ...
... water marks of 1888 , 2250 ; low - water gauge - readings , 1887 - '88 , 2251 ; table of low - water soundings on bars , 1836-287 , 2251 ; report of committee on construction , 2252 ; operations in the first district , 2262 ; operations ...
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... low water of the past season has given an opportu- nity to judge of the effect of the improvement at Plum Point Reach by comparison with unimproved parts . Before work had been done here Bullerton Bar , at the stage of water prevailing ...
... low water of the past season has given an opportu- nity to judge of the effect of the improvement at Plum Point Reach by comparison with unimproved parts . Before work had been done here Bullerton Bar , at the stage of water prevailing ...
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... low water - line , and it covered 55 feet of bank for a distance of 130 feet from that line . From the low - water line to that of a stage 10 feet above low water the bank was to be covered with a layer of brush and stone , similar in ...
... low water - line , and it covered 55 feet of bank for a distance of 130 feet from that line . From the low - water line to that of a stage 10 feet above low water the bank was to be covered with a layer of brush and stone , similar in ...
Page 2204
... lower end of the paved levee , a total distance of 7,700 feet . Greater efficiency was secured by extending the subaqueous mattress 150 to 300 feet from low water a against 125 and 130 feet in the old work . Increased stability was ob ...
... lower end of the paved levee , a total distance of 7,700 feet . Greater efficiency was secured by extending the subaqueous mattress 150 to 300 feet from low water a against 125 and 130 feet in the old work . Increased stability was ob ...
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... low stage of the Ohio cut off the qua ries on that river ; and the protracted low water on the Mississipp with the dense smoke from forest fires , made navigation very slow an hazardous . The loss from accident was , however , trifling ...
... low stage of the Ohio cut off the qua ries on that river ; and the protracted low water on the Mississipp with the dense smoke from forest fires , made navigation very slow an hazardous . The loss from accident was , however , trifling ...
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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.