Annual Reports of the War Department, Part 1U.S. Government Printing Office, 1878 |
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... fall into the hands of an enemy , would suffer ten times more than the cost of all the forts necessary to secure them against such disaster . But such reverses would also be great calamities to the nation , crippling its war power ...
... fall into the hands of an enemy , would suffer ten times more than the cost of all the forts necessary to secure them against such disaster . But such reverses would also be great calamities to the nation , crippling its war power ...
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... Fall River Harbor , Massachusetts . - The removal during the fiscal year of 12,857 cubic yards of material , including bowl- ders of various sizes , completed the projected improvement at this har- bor . The channel is now 160 feet wide ...
... Fall River Harbor , Massachusetts . - The removal during the fiscal year of 12,857 cubic yards of material , including bowl- ders of various sizes , completed the projected improvement at this har- bor . The channel is now 160 feet wide ...
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... Falls . The rectification of the river between Hartford and Enfield Falls will form an essential part of this improvement , and an appropriation of $ 100,000 for commencing it is recommended by the officer in charge . The improvement of ...
... Falls . The rectification of the river between Hartford and Enfield Falls will form an essential part of this improvement , and an appropriation of $ 100,000 for commencing it is recommended by the officer in charge . The improvement of ...
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... FALLS OF SAINT ANTHONY AND IMPROVEMENT OF THE MISSISSIPPI ABOVE THE FALLS . Officer in charge , Maj . F. U. Farquhar ... fall of 1876 and in June , 1877 , it leaves 1,207 cubic yards to be removed the present season , and in ad- dition ...
... FALLS OF SAINT ANTHONY AND IMPROVEMENT OF THE MISSISSIPPI ABOVE THE FALLS . Officer in charge , Maj . F. U. Farquhar ... fall of 1876 and in June , 1877 , it leaves 1,207 cubic yards to be removed the present season , and in ad- dition ...
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... fall the United States dredge removed 6000 yards , of sand from the channel , leaving an avail- able water - way of 13 feet . There is full 12 feet water here now . The appropriation of $ 15,000 of June 18 , 1878 , will be expended this ...
... fall the United States dredge removed 6000 yards , of sand from the channel , leaving an avail- able water - way of 13 feet . There is full 12 feet water here now . The appropriation of $ 15,000 of June 18 , 1878 , will be expended this ...
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00 July act approved June Amount appropriated amount expended annual report appropriated by act approved June 18 August 14 bank boats bowlders bridge canal channel charge Chief of Engineers commenced completion of existing Connecticut River construction contract Corps of Engineers cost cubic yards depth dike distance dredging east base ending June 30 Enfield excavation existing project expended during fiscal expended in fiscal feet at mean feet per second fiscal year ending foot freshets G. K. WARREN Hartford zero high-water improvement Island ity per second jetties lock Mean in vertical mean low-water Mean velocity miles Mississippi River Missouri River Money statement mouth navigation Observed veloc ity obstructions pier plane by observed Point port profitably expended proposed Rapids removal repairs required for completion riprap rock Saint season shoal slope snags stone survey Thompsonville thousand dollars tide velocity of river vertical plane vessels Warehouse Point water above Hartford width wing-dams
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Page 166 - 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 167 - ... 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 issiie between them shall be decided by the Secretary of War upon a hearing of the allegations and proofs of the parties; and equal privileges in the use of said bridge shall bo granted to all telegraph and telephone companies.
Page 167 - ... 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 are approved by the Secretary of War...
Page 167 - ... 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...
Page 167 - 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.
Page 167 - ... shall be made and all such obstructions be removed at the expense of the owner or owners of said bridge.
Page 45 - Rock. — This rock lies in the main ship-channel, distant about 700 yards, in a direction southeast by south from Bug light (at " the Narrows"), and in the line of entrance buoy No. 1 and Bug light, and has always been a very dangerous obstruction to navigation. In...
Page 183 - One chief clerk, at two thousand dollars; four clerks of class four; two clerks of class three; three clerks of class two; three clerks of class one; one clerk, at one thousand dollars; one assistant messenger; and two laborers ; in all, twenty-three thousand two hundred and forty dollars.
Page 5 - I have the honor to present for your information the following report upon the duties and operations of the Engineer Department for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1878 : OFFICERS OF THE CORPS OF ENGINEERS.
Page 167 - ... length in the clear, and the piers of said bridge shall be parallel with, and the bridge itself at right angles to, the current of the river, and the spans shall not be lese than ten feet above extreme high-water mark, ae understood at the point of location, to the lowest part of the superstructure...