Annual Report of the Secretary of War

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U.S. Government Printing Office, 1889

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IN CHARGE OF CAPT THOS L CASEY CORPS OF ENGINEERS
93
Maurice River N J 102 Wilmington Harbor Del iceharbor at New Castle Del
103
REPORT OF WILLIAM F SMITH UNITED STATES AGENT MAJOR OF
112
IN CHARGE OF CAPT THOS TURTLE CORPS OF ENGINEERS
115
IMPROVEMENTS Potomac River at Washington D C 983 reconstruction of
123
IN CHARGE OF LIEUT COL PETER C HAINS CORPS OF ENGINEERS
124
IMPROVEMENTS Patuxent River Md 998 channel at Mount Vernon Va 999
133
IN CHARGE OF CAPT W H BIXBY CORPS OF ENGINEERS
141
IN CHARGE OF CAPT FREDERIC V ABBOT CORPS OF ENGINEERS
154
EXAMINATION AND SURVEY Savannah River as to whether the damage to the Ver
164
IN CHARGE OF CAPT WILLIAM M BLACK CORPS OF ENGINEERS
167
APPENDIX
175
IN CHARGE OF CAPT PHILIP M PRICE CORPS OF ENGINEERS
184
APPENDIX
187
APPENDIX
195
EXAMINATIONS Gulf Port Harbor Miss with a view to obtaining a 20foot channel
200
IN CHARGE OF CAPT W L FISK CORPS OF ENGINEERS
202
IN CHARGE OF CAPT DAN C KINGMAN CORPS OF ENGINEERS
203
IN CHARGE OF CAPT J H WILLARD CORPS OF ENGINEERS
209
EXAMINATIONS Bogue Phalia Miss especially the part known as the Narrows 1628
217
IMPROVEMENTS Red River above Fulton Ark 1639 Little Red River Ark 1641
220
IN CHARGE OF CAPT H S TABOR CORPS OF ENGINEERS
225
IMPROVEMENT Mississippi River between the Des Moines Rapids and the mouth
230
IN CHARGE OF MAJ A MACKENZIE CORPS OF ENGINEERS
234
IN CHARGE OF LIEUT COL J W BARLOW CORPS OF ENGINEERS
248
REPORT OF LIEUT COL WILLIAM E MERRILL CORPS OF ENGINEERS
252
IN CHARGE OF LIEUT COL WILLIAM E MERRILL CORPS OF ENGINEERS
254
IN CHARGE OF MAJ AMOS STICKNEY CORPS OF ENGINEERS
255
IN CHARGE OF CAPT THOMAS TURTLE CORPS OF ENGINEERS
261
REPORT OF MAJ AMOS STICKNEY CORPS OF ENGINEERS
262
IN CHARGE OF MAJ JAMES B QUINN CORPS OF ENGINEERS
274
REPORT OF CAPT W L MARSHALL CORPS OF ENGINEERS
281
Manistique Harbor Mich 274 Cedar River Harbor Mich Menomonee Harbor Mich
286
IN CHARGE OF CAPT W L MARSHALL CORPS OF ENGINEERS
293
EXAMINATIONS Saugatuck Harbor Mich to obtain channel of navigable width with
306
IN CHARGE OF COL O M Poe Corps of Engineers
317
M
320
IMPROVEMENTS St Marys Falls Canal and River Mich 2210 operating and care
321
IN CHARGE OF MAJ L COOPER OVERMAN CORPS OF ENGINEERS
325
IN CHARGE OF CAPT WILLARD YOUNG CORPS OF ENGINEERS
357
APPENDIX T
359
IN CHARGE OF MAJ W A JONES CORPS OF ENGINEERS
363
Marquette Harbor Mich Norfolk and Portsmouth harbors Va 366 Savannah Harbor
368
APPENDIX Y
373
1 Across Mississippi River above Hannibal Mo 373 2 across Tennessee River
376
APPENDIX A A
382
Examination of historic grounds locations and military works in the Maumee Valley
386
STATEMENT SHOWING RANK AND DUTIES OF OFFICERS
390
IMPROVEMENTS Tradewater River Ky 1964 operating and keeping in repair locks
391
IMPROVEMENTS Mississippi River above Falls of St Anthony Minn 1787 reservoirs
399
EXAMINATION Big Sandy River Ky from Catlettsburg to Pikeville on the Louisa
402
LAWS AFFECTING THE CORPS OF ENGINEERS FIFTIETH CONGRESS SEC
413
FORTIFICATIONS
457
Post of Willets Point N Y 467 Engineer School of Application 471 Battalion
478
APPENDIX No 4
497
RIVERS AND HARBORS
503
IMPROVEMENTS Lubec Channel Me 504 Mooseabec Bar Me 506 Narraguagus
543
EXAMINATIONS Harbor and channel at Pembroke Me 546 Monhegan Island Har
550
IMPROVEMENTS Newburyport Harbor Mass 554 Merrimac River Mass 556 Powow
584
vessels or craft obstructing or endangering navigation
592
EXAMINATIONS Malden River Mass as to straightening widening and deepening
599
IMPROVEMENTS Harbor of refuge at Hyannis Mass 606 harbor of refuge at Nan
612
bor R I 628 harbor of refuge at Block Island R I 631 Pawcatuck River R I
640
EXAMINATIONS Entrance to Point Judith Pond west of Point Judith R I with
649
IMPROVEMENTS Thames River Conn 654 New London Harbor Conn 659 Con
685
HARROD
732
EXAMINATIONS Fort Pond Harbor Montauk N Y 733 Black Rock Harbor
751
IMPROVEMENTS Hudson River N Y 756 harbor of Saugerties N Y 761 har
799
HARBOR LINES Establishment of barbor lines of New York Harbor and its adjacent
804
APPENDIX
813
IMPROVEMENTS Sheepshead Bay N Y 814 Canarsie Bay N Y 816 Sumpawanus
839
mouth of Bowie Creek near the New Orleans and Northeastern Railroad 1462 Chick
849
IMPROVEMENTS Tennessee River 1819 French Broad River Tenn 1831 Hia
IMPROVEMENTS Harbor at Grand Marais Minn 1996 Harbor at Agate Bay Minn
Supplemental report of the Mississippi Commission 2593
IMPROVEMENTS Ogdensburgh Harbor N Y 2440 Grass River at Massena N Y
EXAMINATIONS Swift Creek N C 1116 Ocracoke Inlet N C 1118 waterway

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Page 15 - That where it is made manifest to the Secretary of War that the establishment of harbor lines is essential to the preservation and protection of harbors he may, and is hereby, authorized to cause such lines to be established, beyond which no piers, wharves, bulkheads, or other works shall be extended or deposits made, except under such regulations as may be prescribed from time to time by him...
Page 430 - ... 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; and until the said plan and location of the bridge...
Page 414 - 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 430 - ... security of navigation of said river as the Secretary of War shall prescribe; and, to secure that object, the said company or corporation shall 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...
Page 417 - ... one of them, desiring such use, shall fail to agree upon the sum, or sums to be paid, and upon rules and conditions to which each shall conform in using said bridge, all matters at issue between them shall be decided by the Secretary of War, opon a hearing of the allegations and! proofs of the parties.
Page 444 - That all railroad companies desiring the use of said bridge shall have and be entitled to equal rights and privileges relative to the passage of railway-trains over the same, and over the approaches 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 440 - ... thereto, upon payment of a reasonable compensation for such use; and in case the owner or owners of said bridge ам<1 the several railroad companies, or any one of them, desiring such use, shall fail to agree upon the sum or sums to be paid, and upon rules and conditions to which each shall conform in using said bridge...
Page 447 - For fuel, lights, oil, waste, packing, tools, matches, paints, brushes, brooms, lanterns, rope, nails, screws, lead, electric lights, heating apparatus, oil stoves for elevator car and upper and lower floors, repairs to engines, boilers, dynamos, elevator, and repairs of all kinds connected with the monument and machinery, and purchase of all necessary articles for keeping the monument, machinery, elevator, and electriclight plant in good order, three thousand dollars.
Page 94 - Between Bordentown and Trenton, a distance of about 5 miles, a narrow and circuitous channel existed, which carried from 3 to 6 feet at mean low water; at Kinkora Bar, about 9 miles below Trenton, a...
Page 602 - Harbor has deep water inside, and the object of the improvement is to make it a harbor of refuge for vessels plying between ports north and south of Cape Cod, estimated to be 30,000 annually.

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