Congressional Serial Set, Issue 2716U.S. Government Printing Office, 1890 |
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... low water , and but 2 feet at low water of spring tides . The original project of improvement adopted in 1879 proposed widen- ing and deepening the channel by dredging , where necessary , from the Narrows to the Western Bar Beacon , so ...
... low water , and but 2 feet at low water of spring tides . The original project of improvement adopted in 1879 proposed widen- ing and deepening the channel by dredging , where necessary , from the Narrows to the Western Bar Beacon , so ...
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... feet at mean low water over the bar , and to remove ledges near and in the channel to a depth of 16 feet . The entire amount expended to June 30 , 1888 , was $ 31,841.77 . The dredged channel was made 200 feet wide in 1885. To complete ...
... feet at mean low water over the bar , and to remove ledges near and in the channel to a depth of 16 feet . The entire amount expended to June 30 , 1888 , was $ 31,841.77 . The dredged channel was made 200 feet wide in 1885. To complete ...
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... feet deep at low water to the wharves used by largest steamers . Previous to June 30 , 1888 , there had been expended upon the improve- ment the sum of $ 29,992.34 . As a result an area about 1,600 feet long and 400 feet wide along the ...
... feet deep at low water to the wharves used by largest steamers . Previous to June 30 , 1888 , there had been expended upon the improve- ment the sum of $ 29,992.34 . As a result an area about 1,600 feet long and 400 feet wide along the ...
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... feet at mean low water , or 24 feet at mean high water . The project adopted in 1880 , and modified in 1883 , is to build two converging rubble - stone jetties , so located as to give a proper direction to the current , and thereby ...
... feet at mean low water , or 24 feet at mean high water . The project adopted in 1880 , and modified in 1883 , is to build two converging rubble - stone jetties , so located as to give a proper direction to the current , and thereby ...
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... feet at mean low water . During the fiscal year ending June 30 , 1889 , 17,596 cubic yards were dredged from Harbor Cove , and 170 cubic yards of ledge and bowlders were removed from the approaches to the wharves between Harbor Cove and ...
... feet at mean low water . During the fiscal year ending June 30 , 1889 , 17,596 cubic yards were dredged from Harbor Cove , and 170 cubic yards of ledge and bowlders were removed from the approaches to the wharves between Harbor Cove and ...
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Page 434 - 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 13 - That where it is made manifest to the Secretary of War that the establishment of harbor lines is essential to the preservation and protection of harbors he may, and is hereby, authorized to cause such lines to be established, beyond which no piers, wharves, bulkheads, or other works shall be extended or deposits made, except under such regulations as may be prescribed from time to time by him...
Page 15 - ... of the channel of any navigable water of the United States, unless the work has been recommended by the Chief of Engineers and authorized by the Secretary of War...
Page 444 - That the structure herein authorized, shall be bniit and plans etoPPn>¥8 located nuder and subject to such regulations for the security of the 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, a design and...
Page 442 - That all railroad companies desiring the use of said bridge shall have and be entitled to equal rights and privileges relative to the passage of railway trains...
Page 417 - ... 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...
Page 412 - ... 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...
Page 418 - Grounds, at six hundred and sixty dollars each, one thousand three hundred and twenty dollars. For two night-watchmen in Smithsonian Grounds, at seven hundred and twenty dollars each, one thousand four hundred and forty dollars. For one watchman for Judiciary Square, and one for Lincoln Square and adjacent reservations, at six hundred and sixty dollars each, one thousand three hundred and twenty dollars.
Page 425 - ... one mile above and one mile below the proposed location, the topography of the banks of the river, the shore-lines at high and low water, the direction and strength of the current...
Page 427 - War, on satisfactory proof that a necessity exists therefor, to require the company or persons owning said bridge to cause such aids to the passage of said bridge to be constructed, placed, and maintained at their own cost and expense, in the form of booms, dikes, piers, or other suitable and, proper structures for the guiding of rafts, steam-boats, and other water-craft safely through the passage-way, as shall be specified in his order in that behalf...