Annual Reports of the War Department, Part 2U.S. Government Printing Office, 1882 |
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30 feet act passed August Amount appropriated amount available amount expended appropriated by act Assistant Engineer Atchafalaya bank barges Bayou boats brush canal cents channel Charlotte Harbor Chief of Engineers collection district commenced construction Corps of Engineers cost Creek cubic yards dike distance dredging ending June 30 exclusive of outstanding expended during fiscal expended in fiscal feet feet long feet wide fiscal year ending foot high-water hurdle improvement inches Island jetty June 14 Kissimmee River Lake Lake Winder land length linear feet logs low water low-water mattress miles Mississippi River Missouri Missouri River Money statement Mosquito Lagoon mouth navigation obedient servant obstructions outstanding liabilities July piles placed portion profitably expended raft Red River removed respectfully revetment riprap rock Sabine Pass scour season shoals shore snags south jetty steamboat steamer stone stream survey Total UNITED STATES ENGINEER upper vessels width wing-dams
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Page 1383 - This agreement witnesseth that the said Major Amos Stickney, for and in behalf of the United States of America, and the said Gleason & Gosnell, for themselves, their heirs, executors, and administrators, have mutually agreed, and by these presents do mutually covenant and agree, to and with each...
Page 1795 - PRESERVATION OF THE FALLS OF SAINT ANTHONY AND IMPROVEMENT OF THE MISSISSIPPI ABOVE THE FALLS — IMPROVEMENT OF CHIPPEWA AND SAINT CROIX RIVERS, WISCONSIN, AND OF MINNESOTA RIVER AND RED RIVER OF THE NORTH, MINNESOTA AND DAKOTA —RESERVOIRS AT THE SOURCES OF THE MISSISSIPPI — CONSTRUCTION OF DAM AT LAKE WINNIBIGOSHISH.
Page 1371 - This Agreement witnesseth, that the said , for and on behalf of the United States of America, and the said , for himself, his heirs, executors, and administrators, have mutually agreed, and by these presents do mutually covenant and agree, to and with each other, in manner following, viz.
Page 1428 - I beg leave to suggest they be transmitted to the House of Representatives for the information of the Committee on Commerce. Very respectfully, your obedient servant, HG WRIGHT, Chief of Engineers, Brig, and Bvt. Maj. Gen.
Page 1490 - In addition it had been proposed to construct a dam from Point Isabel to Brazos Island to increase the depth of water on the bar and in the channel to Point Isabel by preventing the flow towards Boca Chica.
Page 1190 - North jetty. — The foundation course or apron of this jetty, starting from low-water line of Fort George Island, reaches to a point 1,115 feet from shore, and was laid on a straight course bearing south 73 degrees east. The mattresses...
Page 1095 - March 3, 1881^ for the improvement of that harbor, and also a report from the Board of Engineers for fortifications and for river and harbor improvements, to whom the question of the improvement of the harbor was referred for consideration.
Page 1556 - No detailed estimates will be presented for the improvement of the Ouachita with the snag-boat, since the nature of the work must be continuous from year to year, owing to the character of the obstructions which each flood brings down. The former appropriations...
Page 1359 - Very respectfully, your obedient servant, HG WRIGHT, Chief of Engineers, Brig, and Bvt. Maj. Gen. Hon.
Page 1350 - a channel through the jetties" at the mouth of South Pass of the Mississippi River, "26 feet in depth, not less than 200 feet in width at the bottom, and having through it a central depth of 30 feet without regard to width.