Annual Reports of the War Department, Volume 2, Part 1

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U.S. Government Printing Office, 1891
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Contents

IN THE CHARGE OF LIEUT COL G L GILLESPIE CORPS OF ENGINEERS
83
IN THE CHARGE OF CAPT THOMAS L CASEY CORPS OF ENGINEERS
96
IN THE CHARGE OF MAJ C W RAYMOND Corps of EngiNEERS
118
APPENDIX
120
Wilmington Harbor Del 119 iceharbor at New Castle Del 120 Appoquinni
131
APPENDIX
138
IN THE CHARGE of Lieut Col PETER C HAINS CORPS OF ENGINEERS
145
REPORT OF LIEUT COL PETER C HAINS CORPS OF ENGINEERS
149
APPENDIX L
154
IN THE CHARGE OF CAPT W H BIXBY CORPS OF ENGINEERS
158
IMPROVEMENTS Staunton River Va 1328 Roanoke River Va and N C 1330
162
IN THE CHARGE OF CAPT FREDERIC V ABBOT Corps of Engineers
172
APPENDIX
189
IN THE CHARGE OF CAPT W M BLACK CORPS OF ENGINEERS
190
and Holmes River Fla 200 Choctawhatchee River Fla and Ala 201 harbor
211
EXAMINATIONS Chattahoochee River Ga and Ala between West Point
212
APPENDIX
221
IN THE CHARGE OF LIEUT JOHN MILLIS CORPS OF ENGINEERS
231
PART III
240
IN THE CHARGE of Capt J H WILLARD CORPS OF ENGINEERS
248
APPENDIX
250
IN THE CHARGE OF Capt H S TABER CORPS OF ENGINEERS
255
EXAMINATIONS Current River from Van Buren Mo to its mouth 2065
258
IN THE CHARGE OF MAJ A M MILLER CORPS OF ENGINEERS
263
IMPROVEMENTS Operating snag boats and dredge boats on Upper Mississippi River
264
IN THE CHARGE of Maj W A JONES CORPS of Engineers
274
REPORT OF THE MISSOURI RIVER COMMISSION
275
REPORT OF MAJ W A JONES CORPS OF ENGINEERS
276
IN THE CHARGE of Lieut GeoRGE W GOETHALS CORPS OF ENGINEERS
286
IMPROVEMENTS Ohio River 2328 operating snag boats on Ohio River 2349 oper
291
IN THE CHARGE OF LIEUT COL WILLIAM E MERRILL CORPS OF ENGINEERS
294
EXAMINATION Wabash River Ind from Terre Haute to La Fayette 2411
300
IN THE CHARGE OF COL WILLIAM P CRAIGHILL CORPS OF ENGINEERS
303
IN THE CHARGE OF MAJ D W LOCKWOOD CORPS OF ENGINEERS
309
CHAS R SUTER LieutenantColonel Corps of Engineers U S A President
322
IN THE CHARGE OF MAJ CHARLES E L B DAVIS CORPS OF ENGINEERS
329
M
330
APPENDIX
336
IN THE CHARGE OF COL O M PoE Corps of ENGINEERS
348
361 examinations
362
IN THE CHARGE OF MAJ AMOS STICKNEY CORPS OF ENGINEERS
378
Annual report of Mr S Waters Fox division engineer 1891 3835
433
C
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1 REPORT of Lieut Col G L Gillespie Corps of Engineers 3865 2 report of
440
IN THE CHARGE OF LIEUT COL GEORGE H ELLIOT CORPS OF ENGINEERS
443
APPENDIX E
445
OFFICERS on duty at headquarters of military divisions and departments operations
450
EXAMINATION Yellow River Ga 1606
472
LAWS AFFECTING THE CORPS OF ENGINEERS FIFTYFIRST CONGRESS
477
FORTIFICATIONS
517
APPENDIX No 3
529
POST of Willets Point N Y 537 United States Engineer School 539 Battalion
551
APPENDIX
569
IMPROVEMENTS St Croix River Me 570 Lubec Channel Me 571 Mooseabec
578
EXAMINATIONS Harbor of Blue Hill Me 611 Pepperell Cove Me 614 Lubec
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APPENDIX
625
IMPROVEMENTS Tradewater River Ky 2438 operating and keeping in repair
655
APPENDIX 0
667
EXAMINATIONS AND SURVEYS North River Salem Mass 668 shoals at the mouth
675
HARBOR LINES Establishment of harbor lines in Boston Harbor Mass
688
APPENDIX C
693
Island R I 723 Pawcatuck River R 1 and Conn 726 harbor of refuge
731
IMPROVEMENTS Mystic River Conn 740 Thames River Conn 742 New London
770
bor N Y 811 Port Jefferson Harbor N Y 814 Huntington Harbor N Y 817
817
825 Browns Creek Sayville N Y
828
EXAMINATIONS AND SURVEYS Stony Creek River at Stony Creek Conn 831 Shaw
836
APPENDIX
863
IMPROVEMENTS Hudson River N Y 864 harbor at Saugerties N Y 879 harbor
906
EXAMINATIONS AND SURVEYS Buttermilk and Gowanus Bay Channels New York
954
PART II
EXAMINATIONS AND SURVEY Bayou Carlin La 1838 shoals on Lake Pontchar
EXAMINATIONS Big Barren River Ky above Bowling Green 2474 Russel Fork
IMPROVEMENTS Tennessee River between Chattanooga Tenn and foot of
REPORT of The Board of Engineers on proposed bridge across Hudson River at
REPORT of Capt W L Marshall Corps of Engineers Engineer Officer on opera
EXAMINATIONS AND SURVEY Princess Bay Staten Island N Y 1013 Hackensack
EXAMINATIONS AND SURVEYS Willamette River channel on west side of Swan
EXAMINATION Allouez Bay and Nemadji River Wis 2512
EXAMINATION Mouth of Gunter Creek at Guntersville Ala 2325
IMPROVEMENTS Securing mouth of Bayon Plaquemine La from further caving
EXAMINATIONS St Leonard Creek Md 1277 St Jerome Bay Md 1278 Pis
IMPROVEMENTS St Johns River Fla 1612 Ocklawaha River Fla 1620 Volusia

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Page 486 - 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 427 - 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 11 - 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 504 - ... 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 xxiii - For protection, preservation, and repair of fortifications for which there may be no special appropriation available...
Page 415 - 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 477 - ... 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 497 - 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 507 - 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 504 - 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.

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