Annual Reports of the War Department, Part 6U.S. Government Printing Office, 1894 |
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Page 3075
... completed and published dur ing the coming fiscal year . A careful revision of the elevations of all bench marks of a perma- nent character has been in progress and their connection with the line of precise levels has been completed ...
... completed and published dur ing the coming fiscal year . A careful revision of the elevations of all bench marks of a perma- nent character has been in progress and their connection with the line of precise levels has been completed ...
Page 3076
... completed to the foot of the bend , a distance of 6,867 feet . Of permeable dike work , 10,472 feet was constructed , involving the driving of 3,426 piles . To prevent the escape of water into Osage Chute at low stages , a dam of brush ...
... completed to the foot of the bend , a distance of 6,867 feet . Of permeable dike work , 10,472 feet was constructed , involving the driving of 3,426 piles . To prevent the escape of water into Osage Chute at low stages , a dam of brush ...
Page 3077
... completed , 45 miles of river , from Murrays Bend to the Gasconade , will be fairly under control . As this portion embraces many points of very difficult navi- gation a fair test of the scope and value of the improvement will be ...
... completed , 45 miles of river , from Murrays Bend to the Gasconade , will be fairly under control . As this portion embraces many points of very difficult navi- gation a fair test of the scope and value of the improvement will be ...
Page 3083
... completed August 23. For details of this work and its reduction see Assistant Engineer Wheeler's report . ( Appendix A 1. ) Mapping . Of the series of maps of the Missouri River to be photolithographed , comprising 83 inch - mile maps ...
... completed August 23. For details of this work and its reduction see Assistant Engineer Wheeler's report . ( Appendix A 1. ) Mapping . Of the series of maps of the Missouri River to be photolithographed , comprising 83 inch - mile maps ...
Page 3084
... completed in the office . A small party under Assistant Engineer Turner was engaged between September 23 and November 3 , 1893 , in connecting by carefully checked Y levels with the precise level line such stone lines as had not been ...
... completed in the office . A small party under Assistant Engineer Turner was engaged between September 23 and November 3 , 1893 , in connecting by carefully checked Y levels with the precise level line such stone lines as had not been ...
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Page 3456 - That hereafter any person or persons entering into a formal contract with the United States for the construction of any public building, or the prosecution and completion of any public work, or for repairs upon any public building or public work...
Page 3490 - That the proper action to enforce the provisions of this section may be commenced before any commissioner, judge, or court of the United States, and such commissioner, judge, or court shall proceed in respect thereto as authorized by law in case of crimes against the United States...
Page 3415 - 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 3415 - ... 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 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...
Page 3415 - Act and subject route81"1 1>ostto 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 3456 - ... shall promptly make payments to all persons supplying him or them labor and materials in the prosecution of the work provided for in such contract...
Page 3417 - 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 3412 - ... at all stages, and the soundings accurately showing the bed of the stream, the location of any other bridge or bridges...
Page 3487 - Act the person so arrested shall be brought forthwith before a commissioner, judge or court of the United States for examination of the offenses alleged against him . and such commissioner, judge, or court shall proceed in respect thereto as authorized by law In case of crimes against the United States.
Page 3444 - War ; and in case of any litigation arising from any obstruction or alleged obstruction to navigation created by the construction of any bridge under this Act.