Report of the Chief of Engineers U.S. ArmyU.S. Government Printing Office, 1878 |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 100
Page v
... Pass of the Mississippi River . During the fiscal year the work of completing the jetties and auxiliary structures at South Pass and vicinity has been actively pursued by Mr. James B. Eads and associates , under the sanction of the acts ...
... Pass of the Mississippi River . During the fiscal year the work of completing the jetties and auxiliary structures at South Pass and vicinity has been actively pursued by Mr. James B. Eads and associates , under the sanction of the acts ...
Page vi
... Pass , near the Head of Passes , through the jettied prolongation of South Pass to deeper water in the Gulf of Mexico . " It remained to be assured that the terms of the law had been faithfully complied with in other respects . The ...
... Pass , near the Head of Passes , through the jettied prolongation of South Pass to deeper water in the Gulf of Mexico . " It remained to be assured that the terms of the law had been faithfully complied with in other respects . The ...
Page 13
... keep for those works . When completed , it will be able to throw a heavy fire from a commanding position upon vessels attempting to pass through the Nar- rows . It has been in readiness to receive its REPORT OF THE CHIEF OF ENGINEERS . 13.
... keep for those works . When completed , it will be able to throw a heavy fire from a commanding position upon vessels attempting to pass through the Nar- rows . It has been in readiness to receive its REPORT OF THE CHIEF OF ENGINEERS . 13.
Page 25
... Pass , Louisiana , in charge of Capt . C. W. Howell , Corps of Engineers . - This work commands the passage by vessels draw- ing 7 feet or less through the Rigolets into Lake Pontchartrain , and to • the wharves on the lake front of New ...
... Pass , Louisiana , in charge of Capt . C. W. Howell , Corps of Engineers . - This work commands the passage by vessels draw- ing 7 feet or less through the Rigolets into Lake Pontchartrain , and to • the wharves on the lake front of New ...
Page 50
... pass through the existing canal at Enfield 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 ...
... pass through the existing canal at Enfield 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 ...
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
00 July act approved June Amount appropriated amount available amount expended annual report Appendix appropriated by act approved June 18 August 14 bank boats 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 feet wide fiscal year ending foot freshets G. K. WARREN Hartford zero Height of surface high-water inches Island ity per second jetties lock Mean in vertical mean low-water Mean velocity miles Mississippi River Missouri River Money statement mouth navigation obstructions pier plane by observed Point port profitably expended proposed removed repairs required for completion riprap rock season shoal slope snags stone survey thousand dollars tide Total velocity of river vertical plane vessels Warehouse Point water above Hartford width wing-dams
Popular passages
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...