Annual Reports of the War Department, Volume 4U.S. Government Printing Office, 1892 |
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Page 2893
... direction . The most recent work is the system of spur dikes , known as the " Citizen's Protection , " originally built in 1886 with funds sub- scribed by property owners in the vicinity , the work being executed under the direction of ...
... direction . The most recent work is the system of spur dikes , known as the " Citizen's Protection , " originally built in 1886 with funds sub- scribed by property owners in the vicinity , the work being executed under the direction of ...
Page 2894
... direction is contemplated . To prevent flow across the neck at high water a levee was constructed near the axis of the neck . It has suffered material injury during the present high water . ( c ) Greenville , Miss . , 478 miles below ...
... direction is contemplated . To prevent flow across the neck at high water a levee was constructed near the axis of the neck . It has suffered material injury during the present high water . ( c ) Greenville , Miss . , 478 miles below ...
Page 2897
... direction , sometimes in the other , and sometimes does not exist at all , by two channels , one for the inflow from the Red to the Mississippi , and the other for the outflow from the Mississippi to the Atchafalaya , and to prevent the ...
... direction , sometimes in the other , and sometimes does not exist at all , by two channels , one for the inflow from the Red to the Mississippi , and the other for the outflow from the Mississippi to the Atchafalaya , and to prevent the ...
Page 2906
... direction , especially at low stages when their influence would be most preponderant . At the higher stages , when their influence would naturally be less , the rate does not vary greatly from the mean velocity between Cairo and Red ...
... direction , especially at low stages when their influence would be most preponderant . At the higher stages , when their influence would naturally be less , the rate does not vary greatly from the mean velocity between Cairo and Red ...
Page 2908
... direction of too large gauge readings from Fulton down is an effect of tributary increment and coincidence with the commencement of a rise in the St. Francis River . Group 2 gives the relations for a higher flood . The Cairo flood is ...
... direction of too large gauge readings from Fulton down is an effect of tributary increment and coincidence with the commencement of a rise in the St. Francis River . Group 2 gives the relations for a higher flood . The Cairo flood is ...
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Page 3520 - ... 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, 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 3521 - Columbia, is hereby limited and restricted to eight hours in any one calendar day, and it shall be unlawful for any officer of the...
Page 3507 - 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 3510 - 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 3512 - ... 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. And in case of any litigation arising from any obstruction or alleged obstruction to the free navigation of said river...
Page 3467 - ... 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, л design and drawings of the bridge, and a map of the location, giving...
Page 3397 - ... lighting, cleaning, and keeping in repair the lamps, under any expenditure provided for in this act; and said lamps shall burn not less than three thousand hours per annum; and authority is hereby given to substitute other illuminating material for the same or less price, and to use so much of the sum hereby appropriated as may be necessary for that purpose...
Page 3478 - 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 3471 - War ; and the said structure shall be at all times so kept and managed as to offer reasonable and proper means for the passage of vessels through or under said structure ; and...
Page 3461 - ... privileges relative to the passage of railway trains or cars over the same, and over the approaches thereto, upon payment of a reasonable compensation for...