Annual Reports of the War Department, Volume 4U.S. Government Printing Office, 1892 |
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Page 2888
... length of caving banks between Cairo and Donaldsonville , a distance by channel of 885 miles , is 921 miles . The rate of caving bears no relation to the degree of curvature of the bends , the maximum rate being found in comparatively ...
... length of caving banks between Cairo and Donaldsonville , a distance by channel of 885 miles , is 921 miles . The rate of caving bears no relation to the degree of curvature of the bends , the maximum rate being found in comparatively ...
Page 2890
... length of about 20 miles , some on one side and some on the other side of the river . They constitute one connected whole , each one being essential to the effectiveness of the others . The continued efficiency of all is dependent upon ...
... length of about 20 miles , some on one side and some on the other side of the river . They constitute one connected whole , each one being essential to the effectiveness of the others . The continued efficiency of all is dependent upon ...
Page 2894
... was stated last year , the certain way to protect Greenville is to protect the bend above throughout its whole length . The amount of funds required for that have not been 2894 REPORT OF THE CHIEF OF ENGINEERS , U. S. ARMY .
... was stated last year , the certain way to protect Greenville is to protect the bend above throughout its whole length . The amount of funds required for that have not been 2894 REPORT OF THE CHIEF OF ENGINEERS , U. S. ARMY .
Page 2895
... length of 6,024 feet . At the beginning of the present year this work was in good condition , except about 200 linear feet at the downstream end which had been injured by the erosion of the bank below it . Oper- ations were resumed in ...
... length of 6,024 feet . At the beginning of the present year this work was in good condition , except about 200 linear feet at the downstream end which had been injured by the erosion of the bank below it . Oper- ations were resumed in ...
Page 2896
... length of the levee line is much shorter , being about 167 miles . It covers the local organization known in the allotments as the Lower Mississippi levee district , and overlaps for 28 miles upon the local Upper Missis- . sippi levee ...
... length of the levee line is much shorter , being about 167 miles . It covers the local organization known in the allotments as the Lower Mississippi levee district , and overlaps for 28 miles upon the local Upper Missis- . sippi levee ...
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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...