Annual Reports of the War Department, Volume 2, Part 1U.S. Government Printing Office, 1891 |
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... piers , break waters , or other works built by the United States in aid of commerce or navigation , are used , occupied , or injured by a corporation or an individual , will be found in Appendix C C C. The engineering works in the ...
... piers , break waters , or other works built by the United States in aid of commerce or navigation , are used , occupied , or injured by a corporation or an individual , will be found in Appendix C C C. The engineering works in the ...
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... piers at Hallowell are now being removed under a contract re- quiring the work to be completed August 1 , 1891 . A survey of the harbor front at Bath has been made and harbor lines established . The improvements upon the Kennebec River ...
... piers at Hallowell are now being removed under a contract re- quiring the work to be completed August 1 , 1891 . A survey of the harbor front at Bath has been made and harbor lines established . The improvements upon the Kennebec River ...
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... piers and of constructing a small jetty was submitted . ( House Ex . Doc . No. 136 , Fifty - first Congress , first session . See also report of Chief of Engineers , 1890 , pages 471 to 474. ) Congress appropriated $ 20,000 for the ...
... piers and of constructing a small jetty was submitted . ( House Ex . Doc . No. 136 , Fifty - first Congress , first session . See also report of Chief of Engineers , 1890 , pages 471 to 474. ) Congress appropriated $ 20,000 for the ...
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... piers , and wrecks . At mean low water vessels drawing not to exceed 7 feet could cross the bar and proceed about 6 miles above Newburyport . The mean rise or fall of the tide at the mouth of the river is 7 feet ; at Haverhill Bridge ...
... piers , and wrecks . At mean low water vessels drawing not to exceed 7 feet could cross the bar and proceed about 6 miles above Newburyport . The mean rise or fall of the tide at the mouth of the river is 7 feet ; at Haverhill Bridge ...
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... piers . In 1878 a channel 14 feet deep at low water was projected , and in 1882 a modification was adopted providing for a chan- nel 200 feet wide and 14 feet deep at mean low water , to be obtained by dredging and by building five ...
... piers . In 1878 a channel 14 feet deep at low water was projected , and in 1882 a modification was adopted providing for a chan- nel 200 feet wide and 14 feet deep at mean low water , to be obtained by dredging and by building five ...
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100 feet wide 12 feet 1893 Submitted act approved September act of September amount covered Amount estimated amount expended Appendix appropriated by act approved September 19 August 11 balance available balance unexpended balance unexpended July breakwater bridge Chief of Engineers commenced completion of existing compliance with requirements construction Corps of Engineers covered by uncompleted Creek cubic yards deep at mean dike Division Engineer dredging ending June 30 entrance estimated cost expended during fiscal expended in fiscal feet deep feet long fiscal year ending fiscal year July harbor acts harbor lines House Ex jetty Lieut Long Island Sound low-water mean low water miles mouth navigation obstructions outstanding liabilities piers Point profitably expended removal repairs required for completion requirements of sections riprap river and harbor Rock Secretary Secretary of War shoals shore snags Submitted in compliance survey tons uncompleted contracts vessels wharf width Willets Point worthy of improvement
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Page 484 - 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 425 - If the persons, corporation, or association owning or controlling any railroad or other bridge shall, after receiving notice to that effect, as hereinbefore required, from the Secretary of War, and within the time prescribed by him...
Page 9 - Ohio shall have ceded to the United States exclusive jurisdiction over the same, during the time the United States shall be or remain the owner thereof, for all purposes except the administration of the criminal laws of said State and the service of civil process therein.
Page 502 - ... 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; and until the said...
Page xxi - For protection, preservation, and repair of fortifications for which there may be no special appropriation available...
Page 413 - An Act to prevent obstructive and injurious deposits within the harbor and adjacent waters of New York City, by dumping or otherwise, and to punish and prevent such offenses," as amended by section three of the river and harbor Act of August eighteenth, eighteen hundred and ninety-four.
Page 475 - ... to be sufficiently in detail to enable the Secretary of War to judge of the proper location of said bridge, and shall furnish such other information as may be required for the t'ulraud satisfactory understanding of the subject.
Page 495 - Provided further, That nothing in this act shall be so construed as to repeal or modify any of the provisions of law now existing in reference to the protection of the navigation of rivers, or to exempt this bridge from the operation of the same.SEC.
Page 505 - Provided, That no portion of this appropriation shall be expended to repair or build levees for the purpose of reclaiming lands or preventing injury to Lands or private property by overflows: Provided, however.
Page 502 - 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.