Report of the Chief of Engineers U.S. Army, Part 4U.S. Government Printing Office, 1892 Includes the Report of the Mississippi River Commission, 1881-19 . |
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... July 28 , 1891 , when fieldwork was suspended at Port Louisa , Iowa , the additional distance covered being about 35 miles of river . This party was also charged with the establishment of lines of permanent bench marks across the valley ...
... July 28 , 1891 , when fieldwork was suspended at Port Louisa , Iowa , the additional distance covered being about 35 miles of river . This party was also charged with the establishment of lines of permanent bench marks across the valley ...
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... July 1 , 1891 3,056 , 079.99 Expended July 1 , 1891 to May 31 , 1892 . 2,069 , 704 , 81 Balance on hand May 31 , 1892 . Distributed as follows : Levees Channel works Harbors and bank protection Red and Atchafalaya rivers ... Surveys ...
... July 1 , 1891 3,056 , 079.99 Expended July 1 , 1891 to May 31 , 1892 . 2,069 , 704 , 81 Balance on hand May 31 , 1892 . Distributed as follows : Levees Channel works Harbors and bank protection Red and Atchafalaya rivers ... Surveys ...
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... July 15-17 , 1891 ; from St. Louis to New Orleans , November 5-18 , 1891 ; from St. Louis to New Orleans , May 4-10 , 1892 . SURVEYS , GAUGES , AND OBSERVATIONS . Secondary triangulation . - On July 1 , 1891 , a party , in the field ...
... July 15-17 , 1891 ; from St. Louis to New Orleans , November 5-18 , 1891 ; from St. Louis to New Orleans , May 4-10 , 1892 . SURVEYS , GAUGES , AND OBSERVATIONS . Secondary triangulation . - On July 1 , 1891 , a party , in the field ...
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... July 28. The same day the steamer Patrol and quarter boat Illinois started down the river . On the morning of July 31 the quarter boat was left at Hop Hollow , near Alton , and a part of the force began looking up permanent marks for ...
... July 28. The same day the steamer Patrol and quarter boat Illinois started down the river . On the morning of July 31 the quarter boat was left at Hop Hollow , near Alton , and a part of the force began looking up permanent marks for ...
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... July 1 , 1891 , of the charts , scale 1 : 20000 , sixty - six sheets , extending from Cairo to Donaldsonville , La . ( numbered southward from 3 to 69 ) , and three sheets , extend- ing from Cairo nearly to Cape Girardeau ( numbered ...
... July 1 , 1891 , of the charts , scale 1 : 20000 , sixty - six sheets , extending from Cairo to Donaldsonville , La . ( numbered southward from 3 to 69 ) , and three sheets , extend- ing from Cairo nearly to Cape Girardeau ( numbered ...
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Assistant Engineer bank barges Bench marks marked bluff boat bolt in tile bridge Burlington and Northern cap on iron center of track Chicago Chief of Engineers City construction Continuing improvement copper bolt leaded cost cubic yards dike district Duluth Elevation above Cairo F.
F. Mean feet west fence foot gauge highest point Improving harbor inches iron pipe set Island J.
J. Mean June 30 Lake Lake Pepin Landing levee linear feet marked U.S. mattress meters miles Milwaukee and St Minn Mississippi River Mississippi River Commission Missouri River October 20 Old B. M. Paul Railway point in square precise leveling railroad repairs reservoir Results of precise revetment road rock Savanna Secretary Secretary of War set over P. B. M. shore side spike station stone street survey T. B. M Dir T. B. M. Dir Rev thousand dollars tion top of cap top of copper Total Washington Aqueduct wire
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Page 3527 - 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 3528 - ... security of 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 drawings of...
Page 3472 - Sec. 3. 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 troop*, 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...
Page 3473 - ... direction and strength of the currents at all stages, and the soundings, accurately showing the bed of the stream, the location of any other bridge or bridges...
Page 3541 - Columbia, is hereby limited and restricted to eight hours in any one calendar day, and it shall be unlawful for any officer of the United States Government or...
Page 3507 - Commission as aforesaid, to be paid for as appropriations may from time to time be made by law, not to exceed in the aggregate two million dollars, exclusive of the amounts herein and heretofore appropriated...
Page 3484 - War, for his examination and approval, л design and drawings of the bridge, and a map of the location, giving, for the space of 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 currents at all stages, and the soundings, accurately showing the bed of the stream...
Page 3530 - That said draw shall be opened promptly, upon reasonable signal, for the passage of boats...
Page 3527 - That if any bridge built under this act shall be constructed as a drawbridge, 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...
Page 3517 - ... thereto, upon payment of a reasonable compensation for such use; and in case the owner or owners of said bridge and the several railroad companies, or any one...