Report on Bridging the Mississippi River Between Saint Paul, Minn., and St. Louis, MoU.S. Government Printing Office, 1878 - 232 pages |
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... obstructive to navigation , had been erected at Rock Island , and another , not quite so much so , at Clinton . At present there are eleven railroad draw - bridges in the same part of the river and several others authorized but not yet ...
... obstructive to navigation , had been erected at Rock Island , and another , not quite so much so , at Clinton . At present there are eleven railroad draw - bridges in the same part of the river and several others authorized but not yet ...
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... obstruction would become insupportable . Not counting draw- bridges authorized but not built , those now in existence have more than reached the limits of aggregate obstruction to navigation that can be borne without suffering great ...
... obstruction would become insupportable . Not counting draw- bridges authorized but not built , those now in existence have more than reached the limits of aggregate obstruction to navigation that can be borne without suffering great ...
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... obstruction to naviga- tion . Experience has shown that it is practicable to build these high bridges with any needed width of clear spans . Cheap transportation , the great want of the Mississippi Basin , can only be secured by the ...
... obstruction to naviga- tion . Experience has shown that it is practicable to build these high bridges with any needed width of clear spans . Cheap transportation , the great want of the Mississippi Basin , can only be secured by the ...
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... obstructions . This can only be done in daylight , and in order to run at night , the pilot must take landmarks in ... obstructed by bridges interfering with the height of chimneys , this practice , founded on experience , has not been ...
... obstructions . This can only be done in daylight , and in order to run at night , the pilot must take landmarks in ... obstructed by bridges interfering with the height of chimneys , this practice , founded on experience , has not been ...
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... obstruction , and the total obstruction increases with the number , which is now so great and liable to cause such deteution as to prevent all regularity in running a line of steamboats . Experience on the Upper Mississippi has shown ...
... obstruction , and the total obstruction increases with the number , which is now so great and liable to cause such deteution as to prevent all regularity in running a line of steamboats . Experience on the Upper Mississippi has shown ...
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Page 174 - An act [to amend an act entitled an act] to aid in the construction of a railroad and telegraph line from the Missouri River to the Pacific Ocean, and to secure to the government the use of the same for postal, military, and other purposes, approved July first, eighteen hundred and sixty-two," approved July second, eighteen hundred and sixty-four.
Page 10 - Accompanying the report is a general map of the valley of that part of the great river required for the consideration of the subject, which is, in itself, a valuable contribution. In transmitting this report I desire" to express my full concurrence in the views and recommendations of General Warren.
Page 70 - ... shall -be changed, at the cost and expense of the owners thereof, from time to time, as Congress may direct, so as to preserve the free and convenient navigation of said river ; and the authority To erect and continue said bridge shall be subject to revocation or modification by law, whenever the public good shall, in the judgment of Congress, so require, without any expense or charge to the United states.
Page 9 - April 25, 1878. The Secretary of War has the honor to transmit to the United States Senate, for the Committee on Commerce, report of Bvt.
Page 170 - Nowlen, that if any implication is to be indulged from the delivery of the goods under the general notice, it is as strong that the owner intended to insist upon his rights, and the duties of the carrier, as it is that he assented to their qualification. The burden of proof lies on the carrier, and nothing short of an express stipulation by parol, or in writing, should be permitted to discharge him from duties which the law has annexed to his employment.
Page 132 - 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.
Page 120 - To build, maintain, and use a railroad-bridge over the Mississippi River, or that portion within the jurisdiction of the State of Illinois, at or near Rock Island, in such manner as shall not materially obstruct or interfere with the free navigation of said river, and to connect by a railroad, either in the State of Illinois or Iowa, terminating at or near said point...
Page 56 - An examination of the preceding discussion of relative headway at Saint Louis, Quincy, Rock Islan'd, and Dubuque, where the observations extend over long periods (and which leaves out extraordinary floods), shows the probable existence of a law, that the equivalent headway in all cases will be secured by establishing a fixed height, not above low water or high water, but above the midway height. Place.
Page 70 - That all railway companies desiring to use said bridge shall have and be entitled to equal rights and privileges in the passage of the same, and in the use of the machinery and fixtures thereof, and of all the approaches thereto, under and upon such terms and conditions as shall be prescribed by the Secretary of War, upon hearing the allegations and proofs of the parties, in case they shall not agree.
Page 70 - ... to such regulations for the security of navigation of said river as the Secretary of War shall prescribe...