Report of the Chief of Engineers U.S. ArmyU.S. Government Printing Office, 1878 |
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... August , 1878 . The epidemic of yellow fever reached Port Eads about July 26 , and , although its ravages did not begin during the last fiscal year , it is well to state that the fever became so severe about August 6 , that it was ...
... August , 1878 . The epidemic of yellow fever reached Port Eads about July 26 , and , although its ravages did not begin during the last fiscal year , it is well to state that the fever became so severe about August 6 , that it was ...
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... August 14 , 1876 , appropriating $ 10,000 for Penobscot River , provided that $ 4,000 of it should also be expended at and near Bucksport Narrows . This amount was expended in Sep- tember , October , and November last in continuing the ...
... August 14 , 1876 , appropriating $ 10,000 for Penobscot River , provided that $ 4,000 of it should also be expended at and near Bucksport Narrows . This amount was expended in Sep- tember , October , and November last in continuing the ...
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... August 14 , 1876 , the sum of $ 5,000 was appropriated for the improvement of this harbor , which was applied to the partial removal of the rocky shoal abreast of Lane's wharf , for which a contract was made . This work was completed in ...
... August 14 , 1876 , the sum of $ 5,000 was appropriated for the improvement of this harbor , which was applied to the partial removal of the rocky shoal abreast of Lane's wharf , for which a contract was made . This work was completed in ...
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... August 14 , 1876 , the following work was done during the past fiscal year , to wit : Twelve thousand three hundred and seventy - one cubic yards of dredg- ing finished by contract in November last , in completion of the basin at Packet ...
... August 14 , 1876 , the following work was done during the past fiscal year , to wit : Twelve thousand three hundred and seventy - one cubic yards of dredg- ing finished by contract in November last , in completion of the basin at Packet ...
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... August , 1874. This work is in good condition , requiring no repairs , and fully answers the purpose intended . Sea - walls on Deer Island . - The three sea - walls on this island were built about thirty - five years ago for the ...
... August , 1874. This work is in good condition , requiring no repairs , and fully answers the purpose intended . Sea - walls on Deer Island . - The three sea - walls on this island were built about thirty - five years ago for the ...
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Page 163 - 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 163 - ... shall be made and all such obstructions be removed at the expense of the owner or owners of said bridge.
Page 348 - It will be observed that the standing on each subject is multiplied by the weight given that subject and the product placed in the third column, and the sum of these products, divided by the sum of the weights, gives the general average standing.
Page 174 - Where said works are done by contract, such contract shall be made after sufficient public advertisement for proposals, in such manner and form as the Secretary of War shall prescribe; and such contracts shall be made with the lowest responsible bidders, accompanied by such securities as the Secretary of War shall require, conditioned for the faithful prosecution and completion of the work according to such contract^ and for the prompt payment of all liabilities incurred in the prosecution thereof...
Page 176 - War a relinquishment of all claim to the deferred payment of two hundred and fifty thousand dollars provided by the hereinbefore recited act to be paid when a channel twentyfour feet in depth and not less than two hundred and fifty feet in width shall have been maintained...
Page 167 - ... forage in kind may be furnished to the officers of the Army by the Quartermaster's Department, only for horses owned and actually kept by such officers in the performance of their official military duties when on duty with troops in the field or at such military posts west of the Mississippi River...
Page 163 - ... 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...
Page 178 - For geographical surveys of the territory of the United States west of the one hundredth meridian...
Page 670 - N i. IMPROVEMENT OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER BETWEEN THE MOUTHS OF THE ILLINOIS AND OHIO RIVERS. BETWEEN THE ILLINOIS AND MISSOURI RIVERS. The...
Page iii - Congress. A consideration of actual methods and expenses of all surveys of a scientific character under the War and Interior Departments and the surveys of the Land Office, was referred at the last session of Congress (in the act providing for the sundry civil expenses of the government, approved June 20, 1878) to the National Academy of Sciences, with directions to report to Congress a plan for surveying and mapping the Territories of the United States on such general system as will secure the best...