Report of the Chief of Engineers U.S. Army, Part 1U.S. Government Printing Office, 1882 Includes the Report of the Mississippi River Commission, 1881-19 . |
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00 Amount available 00 Amount estimated 00 See Appendix 12 feet act of March act passed August Amount appropriated amount available amount expended appropriated by act Appropriation asked available for fiscal batteries beach Board of Engineers breakwater bridge canal channel Chief of Engineers commenced completion of existing Congress construction Continuing improvement contract Corps of Engineers Creek cubic yards defense Delaware River dike dredging ending June 30 entrance exclusive of outstanding expended during fiscal expended in fiscal expended to June feet at mean feet deep feet wide fiscal year ending Frankford Creek harbor act harbor of refuge Island jetty June 14 Lake Lieut mean low-water miles mouth navigation obstructions outstanding liabilities July piers port present project profitably expended proposed removal repairs required for completion riprap river and harbor Rock Secretary of War shoal shore snags survey thousand dollars tion tons Total vessels wharf width Willets Point
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Page 358 - And in case of any litigation arising from any obstruction or alleged obstruction to the free navigation of said river...
Page 367 - ... shall be made, and all such obstructions be removed, at the expense of the owner or owners of said bridge.
Page 396 - An Act making appropriations for the construction, repair, and preservation of certain public works on rivers and harbors, and for other purposes...
Page 360 - ... currents 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...
Page 366 - 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 358 - ... 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 358 - 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 357 - ... 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 the bridge shall not be...
Page 367 - ... 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 357 - ... 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 space of one mile above and one mile below...