Report of the Chief of Engineers U.S. Army, Part 2U.S. Government Printing Office, 1877 - Engineering Includes the Report of the Mississippi River Commission, 1881-19 . |
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Page 977 - Improvement. [Compiled from the annual report of the Chief of Engineers for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1916.] 1 Including Chelsea Creek.
Page 957 - ... 7. As far as practicable, what amount of commerce and navigation would be benefited by the completion of each particular work.
Page 934 - I have the honor to report that, in obedience to your instructions, I have inspected the Au Sable River improvement, and beg leave to submit the following in connection therewith.
Page 1190 - ... in order to change the position of the threads on the rod. Taking the mean of the ten observed differences of readings of the extreme threads at each station occupied by the rod, a table will be constructed giving in metres the distance of the rod from the instrument for any observed difference of reading between extreme wires.
Page 981 - A history of this improvement, accompanied by a sketch of the harbor, will be found in the Annual Report of the Chief of Engineers for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1870.
Page 983 - A history of this improvement and a sketch showing its condition at the close of the last fiscal year will be found in the Report of the Chief of Engineers for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1876.
Page 930 - War for the use thereof, obstruct or impair said harbor, or cause any impediment, injury, filliug up, or shoaling therein, or shall deposit any earth, ashes, stone, ballast, or other substances in said harbor, channels, or approaches, tending to obstruct or impair the navigation thereof, or who shall willfully damage or injure the piers, breakwaters, wharves, docks, or other improvements of said harbor, made by the United States, or who shall fail to obey...
Page 941 - Weitzel on, March 19, 1877. I am, general, very respectfully, your obedient servant, F. HARWOOD, Major of Engineers. Brig. Gen. AA HUMPHREYS, Chief of Engineers, U. 8. A. DD i. IMPROVEMENT OF SAINT CLAIR FLATS SHIP-CANAL, MICHIGAN. Beyond a few minor repairs done by the custodian, by aid of...
Page 1052 - Uassler, drawing only 12 feet of water at the time, stating that he could not do so without running the risk of the vessel striking the bottom and her possible loss in the breakers. The shores on both sides of the entrance are low and sandy, and there is no stone in the immediate vicinity. The only way, as it appears to the Board, in which a safe entrance could be obtained into this harbor would be by the construction of two parallel jetties of very heavy stone, about öOÜ yards apart, from the...
Page 1399 - SIR : I have the honor to submit the following as my annual report for the year ending June 30...