Report of the Chief of Engineers U.S. ArmyU.S. Government Printing Office, 1891 |
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100 feet wide 12 feet 1893 Submitted act approved September act of September amount covered Amount estimated amount expended Appendix appropriated by act approved September 19 August 11 balance available balance unexpended July breakwater bridge Chief of Engineers commenced Company completion of existing compliance with requirements construction Corps of Engineers covered by uncompleted Creek cubic yards deep at mean dike Division Engineer dredging ending June 30 entrance estimated cost existing project expended during fiscal expended in fiscal expenditure feet deep feet long fiscal year ending fiscal year July harbor acts harbor lines House Ex jetty Lieut Long Island Sound low-water mean low water miles mouth navigation obstructions piers Point profitably expended removal required for completion requirements of sections riprap river and harbor Rock Secretary Secretary of War shoals shore snags Submitted in compliance survey tons uncompleted contracts vessels wharf width Willets Point worthy of improvement
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Page 479 - 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 846 - ... of the channel of any navigable water of the United States, unless the work has been recommended by the chief of engineers and authorized by the Secretary of War...
Page 469 - ... 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, л design and drawings of the bridge, and a map of the location, giving, for the...
Page 423 - ... of such bridge by rafts, steamboats or other water craft, it shall be the duty of the said...
Page 18 - Ohio shall have ceded to the United States exclusive jurisdiction over the same, during the time the United States shall be or remain the owner thereof, for all purposes except the administration of the criminal laws of said State and the service of civil process therein.
Page 485 - ... such map to be sufficiently in detail to enable the Secretary of War to judge of the proper location of -said bridge, and shall furnish such other information as may be required for a full and satisfactory understanding of the subject, and until 'the said Approval.
Page 410 - An Act to prevent obstructive and injurious deposits within the harbor and adjacent waters of New York City, by dumping or otherwise, and to punish and prevent such offenses," as amended by section three of the river and harbor Act of August eighteenth, eighteen hundred and ninety-four.
Page 269 - War is hereby authorized to draw his warrant or requisition from time to time upon the Secretary of the Treasury for such sums as may be necessary to do such work, not to exceed in the aggregate for each year the amount appropriated in this act for such purpose : Provided, kmcecer, That an itemized statement of said expenses shall accompany the Annual Report of the Chief of Engineers.
Page 469 - SEC. 5. That this Act shall be null and void if actual construction of the bridge herein authorized be. not commenced within one year and completed within three years from the date hereof.
Page 424 - If the persons, corporation, or association owning or controlling any railroad or other bridge shall, after receiving notice to that effect, as hereinbefore required, from the Secretary of War, and within the time prescribed by him...