Annual Reports of the War Department, Part 6U.S. Government Printing Office, 1894 |
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Page 3086
... meter greater than that of the Coast Survey if their value from Mobile , Ala . , be adopted , or about eight - tenths of a meter less if their value from Sandy Hook , N. J. , be adopted . The stones were dressed , polished , and ...
... meter greater than that of the Coast Survey if their value from Mobile , Ala . , be adopted , or about eight - tenths of a meter less if their value from Sandy Hook , N. J. , be adopted . The stones were dressed , polished , and ...
Page 3087
... meters .. 115 20 19.38 " 295 0953.68 " 20,509.27 From this data , in connection with our angle , the position of the tower of the court- house at Independence is : Latitude 39 ° 05 ′ 37.30 " , longitude = 94 ° 24 ′ 58.16 " . The ...
... meters .. 115 20 19.38 " 295 0953.68 " 20,509.27 From this data , in connection with our angle , the position of the tower of the court- house at Independence is : Latitude 39 ° 05 ′ 37.30 " , longitude = 94 ° 24 ′ 58.16 " . The ...
Page 3088
... Meters . Rice to Bowler . Rice to Marty Rice to court - house .. Rice to Central Presbyterian church . Marty to Central Presbyterian church .. Buster to court house . Wayne to court - house Wayne to Central Presbyterian church . Buster ...
... Meters . Rice to Bowler . Rice to Marty Rice to court - house .. Rice to Central Presbyterian church . Marty to Central Presbyterian church .. Buster to court house . Wayne to court - house Wayne to Central Presbyterian church . Buster ...
Page 3089
... Meters . 131 52 59.5 87 25 06.3 105 59 02.5 80 34 49.6 311 52 46.6 267 22 43.5 285 58 05.6 2 , 167.7 17,856 7,393 . 2 260 34 09.6 5,062.2 660.7 5,442 . 4 2 , 253. 4 1,542.9 57 23 07.9 237 22 27.3 6 , 030. 4 1 , 838. 1 86 55 139 09 00.4 ...
... Meters . 131 52 59.5 87 25 06.3 105 59 02.5 80 34 49.6 311 52 46.6 267 22 43.5 285 58 05.6 2 , 167.7 17,856 7,393 . 2 260 34 09.6 5,062.2 660.7 5,442 . 4 2 , 253. 4 1,542.9 57 23 07.9 237 22 27.3 6 , 030. 4 1 , 838. 1 86 55 139 09 00.4 ...
Page 3090
... meter of Mississippi River Commission and found to be of normal length . These rods were compared in April , 1863 , by Assistant Engineer O. W. Ferguson , and found to have been long , but as they had just returned from a field season ...
... meter of Mississippi River Commission and found to be of normal length . These rods were compared in April , 1863 , by Assistant Engineer O. W. Ferguson , and found to have been long , but as they had just returned from a field season ...
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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.