Report of the Chief of Engineers U.S. Army, Part 1U.S. Government Printing Office, 1878 Includes the Report of the Mississippi River Commission, 1881-19 . |
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... excavation of 235,000 cubic yards of " mill- waste , " at a probable cost of $ 150,000 . The following appropriations have been made by Congress for the im- provement of this river , to wit : By act approved March 2 , 1867 By act ...
... excavation of 235,000 cubic yards of " mill- waste , " at a probable cost of $ 150,000 . The following appropriations have been made by Congress for the im- provement of this river , to wit : By act approved March 2 , 1867 By act ...
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... excavation of the Middle Ground Channel by dredging was completed in September , 1877 . The river and harbor act of March 3 , 1875 , appropriating $ 25,000 for Penobscot River , provided that $ 10,000 of it should be expended for the ...
... excavation of the Middle Ground Channel by dredging was completed in September , 1877 . The river and harbor act of March 3 , 1875 , appropriating $ 25,000 for Penobscot River , provided that $ 10,000 of it should be expended for the ...
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... excavation at an estimated cost of $ 35,000 . By the river and harbor act of August 14 , 1876 , the sum of $ 5,000 was appropriated for the improvement of this harbor , which was applied to the partial removal of the rocky shoal abreast ...
... excavation at an estimated cost of $ 35,000 . By the river and harbor act of August 14 , 1876 , the sum of $ 5,000 was appropriated for the improvement of this harbor , which was applied to the partial removal of the rocky shoal abreast ...
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... excavation of a channel through Gulf Shoal , next below the Upper Narrows . Sunken ledges and bowlders have also been broken up and removed at and near Clement's Point Shoal , Trickey's Shoal , the Upper and Lower Narrows , and at Dover ...
... excavation of a channel through Gulf Shoal , next below the Upper Narrows . Sunken ledges and bowlders have also been broken up and removed at and near Clement's Point Shoal , Trickey's Shoal , the Upper and Lower Narrows , and at Dover ...
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... excavation . Under a contract made in June , 1877 , for the removal of 200 cubic yards of this ledge at $ 50 per cubic yard , 76 cubic yards have been broken up and removed to grade during the past year . Under the ap- propriation made ...
... excavation . Under a contract made in June , 1877 , for the removal of 200 cubic yards of this ledge at $ 50 per cubic yard , 76 cubic yards have been broken up and removed to grade during the past year . Under the ap- propriation made ...
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Page 165 - 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 165 - ... 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 184 - Congress as soon thereafter as may be practicable, a plan for surveying and mapping the Territories of the United States on such general system as will, in their judgment, secure the best results at the least possible cost...
Page 165 - War, obstruct such navigation, he is hereby authorized to cause such change or alteration of said bridge or bridges to be made as will effectually obviate such obstruction; and all such alterations shall be made and all such obstructions be removed at the expense of the owner or owners of said bridge.
Page 169 - Allowance of or commutation for fuel to commissioned officers is hereby prohibited; but fuel may be furnished to the officers of the Army by the Quartermaster's Department, for the actual use of such officers only, at the rate of three dollars per cord for standard oak wood, or at an equivalent rate for other kinds of fuel, according to the regulations now in existence...
Page 165 - ... navigation of said river as the Secretary of War shall prescribe ; and, to secure that object, the said company or corporation shall submit to the Secretary of War, for his examination and approval...
Page 180 - War a relinquishment of all claim to the deferred payment of two hundred and fifty thousand dollars provided by the hereinbefore recited act to be paid when a channel twentyfour feet in depth and not less than two hundred and fifty feet in width shall have been maintained...
Page 164 - ... 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 164 - ... passage of Wagons and vehicles of all kinds, for the transit of animals, and for footpassengers, for such reasonable rates of toll as may be approved from time to time by the Secretary of War.
Page 180 - River, and make an examination of the same, and make a full report of the progress made in the construction of the works, the probable cost of their completion, and the results produced, or that may properly be produced by them, their probable permanency, and of the advisability of any modification of the terms of the act under which said Eads is constructing said works, so far as regards dimensions of channel through the jetties, and of the terms of payment for the same...