Report of the Chief of Engineers U.S. Army, Part 7U.S. Government Printing Office, 1895 Includes the Report of the Mississippi River Commission, 1881-19 . |
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angles appropriation approved April Aqueduct Assistant Engineer azimuth Bacon Island bank barges boat bridge brush dam Burnt Point camp channel Chief of Engineers City cofferdam Company completed condition Congress construction Corps of Engineers cost Creek Crib cubic yards Detour dike dike construction Dodds Island east ending June 30 estimate extended feet long fiscal year ending Fort St Gasconade Gasconade River gravel Harbor Hay Lake hydraulic improvement inches July June 30 Labor linear feet Little Falls Branch located March Marys River masonry mattress miles mining Missouri River mouth navigation Osage Osage River parks party pier piles placed plant Pointe aux Frênes ravine repairs revetment rock Rocky Point Salters Hill Sault Sault Ste Secretary Secretary of War shore side soundings square stakes stations steamer stone stream survey thousand dollars tion Total tunnel United Washington Washington Aqueduct Winter Point Yuba
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Page 4273 - War, obstruct such navigation, he is hereby authorized to cause such change or alteration of said bridge 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 Litigation.
Page 4263 - ... now we are engaged in a great civil war testing whether that nation or any nation so conceived and so dedicated can long endure we are met on a great battlefield of that war we have come to dedicate a portion of that field as a final resting place for those who here gave their lives that that nation might live...
Page 4293 - An Act making appropriations for the construction, repair, and preservation of certain public works on rivers and harbors, and for other purposes...
Page 4274 - War, for his examination and approval, a design and drawing of the bridge and a map of the location, giving, for the space of one mile above and one mile below the proposed...
Page 4268 - That the structure herein authorized shall be built and located under and subject to such regulations for the security of navigation of said river as the Secretary of War shall prescribe...
Page 4283 - 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 4064 - That said commission, or a committee therefrom or officer of said corps assigned to duty under its orders, shall, whenever deemed necessary, visit said territory and all mines operating under the provisions of this act. A report of such examination shall be placed on file.
Page 4286 - June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety-four, shall not exceed sixty thousand dollars; and that the Secretary of War shall each year, in the annual estimates, report to Congress the number of persons so employed and the amount paid to each.
Page 4274 - ... upon rules and conditions to which each shall conform in using said bridge, all matters at issue between them shall be decided by the Secretary of War, upon a hearing of the allegations and proofs of the parties.
Page 4279 - Company"; and by that name shall have perpetual succession, and shall be able to sue and to be sued, plead and be impleaded, defend and...