Annual Report (or Report) of the Secretary of War, Volume 12, Part 4U.S. Government Printing Office, 1903 |
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... United States assistant engineer , had immediate charge of the engi neering details , and Mr. Robert Walker , United States overseer , of the construction . Steel - concrete arch bridge over the Yellowstone . Ever since the park was ...
... United States assistant engineer , had immediate charge of the engi neering details , and Mr. Robert Walker , United States overseer , of the construction . Steel - concrete arch bridge over the Yellowstone . Ever since the park was ...
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United States. War Department. concrete , which compacted very thoroughly , and by facing the water side of the dam with mortar put in at the same time with the con- crete . It is true that the pressure on the dam is light , the maximum ...
United States. War Department. concrete , which compacted very thoroughly , and by facing the water side of the dam with mortar put in at the same time with the con- crete . It is true that the pressure on the dam is light , the maximum ...
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United States. War Department. This bridge , the property of the Washington Aqueduct , is very graceful in appearance and is unique among the bridges of the world , in that the road way is supported upon arched ribs formed by two 48 ...
United States. War Department. This bridge , the property of the Washington Aqueduct , is very graceful in appearance and is unique among the bridges of the world , in that the road way is supported upon arched ribs formed by two 48 ...
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United States. War Department. The following table gives the daily consumption of water by the District of Columbia as furnished by the Washington Aqueduct : Date . Daily con- sumption . Popula- tion . Amount per cap- ita per diem . 1874 ...
United States. War Department. The following table gives the daily consumption of water by the District of Columbia as furnished by the Washington Aqueduct : Date . Daily con- sumption . Popula- tion . Amount per cap- ita per diem . 1874 ...
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United States. War Department. tion was conducted and a report thereon submitted to Congress on March 28 , 1900 . In this report it was recommended that for the filtration of the Potomac water , as delivered for the Washington water ...
United States. War Department. tion was conducted and a report thereon submitted to Congress on March 28 , 1900 . In this report it was recommended that for the filtration of the Potomac water , as delivered for the Washington water ...
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abutment approved asphalt avenue azimuth battery bowlder brass bolt leaded brick bridge building ceiling Chief of Engineers Clair River concrete Congress construction Corps of Engineers cost Date Deep Waterway B. M. Detroit Detroit River discharge Elevation erected Executive Mansion feet of chain fiscal floor foot Grand Trunk Railway ground improvement inches iron Island July June 30 Lake Huron Lake Superior Lake Survey B. M. last return Light-house lock magazine mahogany Marys River meters meters east meters south meters west miles north side northeast northwest corner Ogdensburg painted park pipe plant Plates Point post-and-chain fence posts quan Railway gauge repairs reservation river road Roberts Landing rock sand Secretary Secretary of War southeast southwest square cut square yards Station stone surface Table tion tree U. S. Deep Waterway U. S. Lake Survey United wall Washington Washington Aqueduct
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Page 2934 - ... 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, upon a hearing of the allegations and proofs of the parties...
Page 2925 - Duties of. be to prepare plans for the national defense and for the mobilization of the military forces in time of war; to investigate and report upon all questions affecting the efficiency of the Army and its state of preparation for military operations...
Page 2921 - That any bridge built in accordance with the provisions of this Act shall be a lawful structure and shall be recognized and known as a post route, upon which 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 the transportation over any railroad, street railway, or public highway leading to said bridge...
Page 2921 - That said bridge shall be built and located under and subject to such regulations for the security of navigation of such river as the Secretary of War shall prescribe...
Page 2919 - ... said river as the Secretary of War shall prescribe; and, to secure that object, the said...
Page 2971 - City at a higher price than one dollar and eighty-five cents per square yard for a quality equal to the best laid in the District of Columbia prior to July first, eighteen hundred and eighty-six, and with a base of not less than six inches in thickness.
Page 2915 - 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 2958 - 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 2927 - 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 the transportation over the railroads or public highways leading to said bridge...
Page 2964 - ... to be paid for as appropriations may from time to time be made by law, not to exceed in the aggregate...