Annual Reports of the War Department, Part 1U.S. Government Printing Office, 1878 |
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... side . From want of funds no operations of importance have taken place here during the past year , and the work is essentially in the same condition as at the date of previous report . To meet , however , the cost of some re pairs and ...
... side . From want of funds no operations of importance have taken place here during the past year , and the work is essentially in the same condition as at the date of previous report . To meet , however , the cost of some re pairs and ...
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... side of the Mississippi River . It also secures a safe anchorage and harbor of refuge for our light - draught coasters in time of war . Operations during the past fiscal year were confined to a few slight repairs necessary for ...
... side of the Mississippi River . It also secures a safe anchorage and harbor of refuge for our light - draught coasters in time of war . Operations during the past fiscal year were confined to a few slight repairs necessary for ...
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... side , and Fort Canby , Cape Hancock , Washington Territory , on the north side of the entrance to the river . These works are earthen barbette batteries , and constitute the only de- fenses of the mouth of the Columbia River . Fort ...
... side , and Fort Canby , Cape Hancock , Washington Territory , on the north side of the entrance to the river . These works are earthen barbette batteries , and constitute the only de- fenses of the mouth of the Columbia River . Fort ...
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... side , as well as about two - fifths of the length of the channel on the Chester River side of the Kent Island Causeway , had been completed to only 80 feet in width . The passage through the causeway had also been cut to the full width ...
... side , as well as about two - fifths of the length of the channel on the Chester River side of the Kent Island Causeway , had been completed to only 80 feet in width . The passage through the causeway had also been cut to the full width ...
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... side of Hennepin Island . The only work that remains to be done is a wall to protect the sand rock at the west side of the apron and some slight changes in the dam west of Hennepin Island . Sufficient funds are on hand to complete the ...
... side of Hennepin Island . The only work that remains to be done is a wall to protect the sand rock at the west side of the apron and some slight changes in the dam west of Hennepin Island . Sufficient funds are on hand to complete the ...
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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...