Annual Reports of the War Department, Part 1

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U.S. Government Printing Office, 1884

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IN CHARGE OF MAJ CHARLES W RAYMOND CORPS OF ENGINEERS
78
IN CHARGE OF LIEUT COL WALTER MCFARLAND CORPS OF ENGINEERS
99
Flushing Bay N Y 106 Newtown Creek N Y East Chester Creek N Y 107
107
IN CHARGE OF MAJ W H HEUER CORPS OF ENGINEERS
129
REPORT OF LIEUT COL GEORGE H ELLIOT CORPS OF ENGI
147
IN CHARGE OF LIEUT COL WILLIAM P CRAIGHILL CORPS OF ENGINEERS
151
REPORT OF MAJ PETER C HAINS CORPS OF ENGINEERS
152
IN CHARGE OF CAPT F A HINMAN CORPS of Engineers
164
IMPROVEMENTS Mobile Harbor Ala 1152 Pensacola Harbor Fla 1161
167
Charleston Harbor S C 178 Wappoo Cut S C Edisto River S C 180
180
IN CHARGE OF MAJ A N DAMRELL CORPS OF ENGINEERS
195
INSPECTION Improvement at the South Pass of the Mississippi River 1235
206
IN CHARGE OF MAJ AMOS STICKNEY CORPS OF ENGINEERS
209
Entrance to Galveston Harbor Tex 216 shipchannel in Galveston Bay Tex
220
IMPROVEMENTS Entrance to Galveston Harbor Tex 1295 shipchannel
221
IN CHARGE OF MAJ A M MILLER CORPS OF ENGINEERS
226
APPENDIX
228
IN CHARGE OF MAJ MILTON B ADAMS CORPS OF ENGINEERS
232
IMPROVEMENTS Missouri River from Sioux City Iowa to Fort Benton 1541
237
EXAMINATIONS AND SURVEYS Iowa River from Wapello to its mouth 1591
244
IN CHARGE OF MAJ CHARLES J ALLEN CORPS OF ENGINEERS
248
APPENDIX
251
IMPROVEMENTS Tennessee River 1639 Cumberland River 1644 Hiwasse
259
Ohio River 260 operating and care of Louisville and Portland Canal 261
261
EXAMINATION Louisa Fork of the Big Sandy River to Grundy Court House
267
IN CHARGE OF Maj Jared A SMITH CORPs of EngineerS
269
IMPROVEMENTS Harbor at Duluth Minn 1809 dredging Superior Bay Wis
273
IN CHARGE OF CAPT W L MARSHALL CORPS OF ENGINEERS
289
IN CHARGE OF Capt D W Lockwood Corps of EngineERS
295
IN CHARGE OF MAJ L COOPER OVERMAN CORPS OF ENGINEERS
312

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Page 381 - 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 390 - ... 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 arc approved by the Secretary of War the bridge shall not be built: Provided, That if the said bridge shall be made with uubrokoii Provieo.
Page 380 - ... 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 the soundings, accurately showing the bed of the stream, the location of any other bridge or bridges...
Page 245 - AT MEEKER'S ISLAND, MINNESOTA. The project for this work is given in the Report of the Chief of Engineers for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1874, and...
Page 379 - That if any bridge built under this act shall be constructed as a drawbridge, the same shall be constructed as a pivot drawbridge, with a draw over the main channel of the river at an accessible and navigable point, and with spans of not less than one hundred and sixty feet in length in the clear on each side of the central or pivot pier of the draw...
Page 391 - Thall 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 Wai, upon hearing the allegations and proofs of the parties, in case they shall not agree.
Page 387 - ... 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...
Page 346 - States west of the 100th meridian, in the States and Territories of California, Colorado, Kansas, Nebraska, Nevada, Oregon, Texas, Arizona, Idaho, Montana, New Mexico, Utah, Washington, and Wyoming.
Page 387 - October 17, 1919. [NOTE BY THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE. — The foregoing act having been presented to the President of the United States for his approval, and not having been returned by him to the house of Congress in which it originated within the time prescribed by the Constitution of the United States, has become a law without his approval.] (16) [PUBLIC — No.
Page 382 - No bridge shall be erected or maintained under the authority of this set which shall at any time substantially or materially obstruct the free navigation of said river; and if any bridge erected under such authority shall, in the opinion of the Secretary of War, obstruct such navigation, he is hereby authorized to cause such change or alteration of said bridge...

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