Report of the Chief of Engineers U.S. Army, Part 3U.S. Government Printing Office, 1905 Includes the Report of the Mississippi River Commission, 1881-19 . |
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Page 2242
... cubic yards of sand and clay were removed from the Grosse Pointe Cut and lower approach to the St. Clair Flats Canal under a contract dated August 12 , 1903 , that was completed November 2 , 1904. From the same locality 56,936 cubic ...
... cubic yards of sand and clay were removed from the Grosse Pointe Cut and lower approach to the St. Clair Flats Canal under a contract dated August 12 , 1903 , that was completed November 2 , 1904. From the same locality 56,936 cubic ...
Page 2243
... cubic yards from the Grosse Pointe Cut , and 33,271 cubic yards from lower entrance of St. Clair Flats Canal , at a total cost of $ 9,908.70 , or 20.34 cents per cubic yard . The two dredges , Port Huron and No. 2 , owned by the Lake ...
... cubic yards from the Grosse Pointe Cut , and 33,271 cubic yards from lower entrance of St. Clair Flats Canal , at a total cost of $ 9,908.70 , or 20.34 cents per cubic yard . The two dredges , Port Huron and No. 2 , owned by the Lake ...
Page 2244
... cubic yards from the Grosse Pointe Cut , at a total cost of $ 9,255.12 , or 16.25 cents per cubic yard . This contract is still in force . Very respectfuly , Lieut . Col. CHARLES E. L. B. DAVIS , E. S. WHEELER , Chief Assistant Engineer ...
... cubic yards from the Grosse Pointe Cut , at a total cost of $ 9,255.12 , or 16.25 cents per cubic yard . This contract is still in force . Very respectfuly , Lieut . Col. CHARLES E. L. B. DAVIS , E. S. WHEELER , Chief Assistant Engineer ...
Page 2269
... cubic yards of bowlders from small shoals between the canal and Little Rapids by derrick boat . In the Little Rapids the channel was deepened to 21 feet lowest stage of water , from foot of islands to Frechette Point , a distance of ...
... cubic yards of bowlders from small shoals between the canal and Little Rapids by derrick boat . In the Little Rapids the channel was deepened to 21 feet lowest stage of water , from foot of islands to Frechette Point , a distance of ...
Page 2270
... cubic yards bank measurement . This section will be completed in 1906 . At West Neebish Rapids excavation was commenced September 9 1904 , of a channel 13,300 feet long , 22 feet deep , and 300 feet wide with vertical sides through the ...
... cubic yards bank measurement . This section will be completed in 1906 . At West Neebish Rapids excavation was commenced September 9 1904 , of a channel 13,300 feet long , 22 feet deep , and 300 feet wide with vertical sides through the ...
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21 feet act approved March act of June amount expended appropriated by river April Assistant Engineer August 18 balance unexpended July bank measurement boats breakwater canal Cedar Point cents per cubic Chief of Engineers Columbia River commerce COMMERCIAL STATISTICS concrete contract dated Corps of Engineers cost crib cubic yards Date of beginning December 31 depth Detroit River dredge Duwamish River ending June 30 excavation expended during fiscal expended in fiscal feet B. M. fiscal year ending Foreign deciduous shrub Foreign deciduous tree freight Hay Lake jetty June 13 June 30 linear feet lock maintenance of improvement Money statement Name of contractor Native deciduous tree navigation Neebish operations Oregon outstanding liabilities pier piles plant profitably expended Quantity removed repairs requirements of sundry riprap river and harbor rock scow September September 19 shoals stone street Submitted in compliance sundry civil act timber tonnage tons Total vessels waterway Willamette River
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Page 2951 - That a contract or contracts may be entered into by the Secretary of War for such materials and work as may be necessary to complete the said lock and dam, to be paid for as appropriations may from time to time be made by law, not to exceed in the aggregate nine hundred and fifty thousand dollars, exclusive of the amount herein appropriated.
Page 2887 - ... shall have a right of action, and shall be, and are hereby, authorized to bring suit in the name of the United States in the circuit court of the United States in the district in which said contract was to be performed and executed, irrespective of the amount in controversy in such suit, and not elsewhere, for his or their use and benefit, against said contractor and his sureties, and to prosecute the same to final judgment and execution...
Page 2858 - 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 across said bridge.
Page 2952 - Provided, That a contract or contracts may be entered into by the Secretary of War for such materials and work...
Page 2886 - 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 2949 - vorieo». contracts may be entered into by the Secretary of War for such materials and work as may be necessary to complete said project, to be paid for as appropriations may from time to time be made by law, not...
Page 2849 - ... thereto, upon payment of a reasonable compensation for such use; and in case the owner or owners of said bridge and the several railroad companies, or any...
Page 2862 - An Act temporarily to provide revenue for the Philippine Islands, and for other purposes.
Page 2887 - That in all suits instituted under the provisions of this act such personal notice of the pendency of such suits, informing them of their right to intervene as the court may order, shall be given to all known creditors, and in addition thereto notice of...
Page 2899 - That all material purchased under the foregoing provisions of this Act shall be of American manufacture, except in cases when, in the .•judgment of the Secretary of War, it is to the manifest interest of the United States to make purchases in limited quantities abroad, which material shall be admitted free of duty.