Report of the Chief of Engineers U.S. Army, Part 2

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U.S. Government Printing Office, 1893 - Engineering
Includes the Report of the Mississippi River Commission, 1881-19 .
 

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Page 1541 - Provided, That contracts may be entered into by the Secretary of War for such materials and work...
Page 1498 - That a contract or contracts may be entered into by the Secretary of War for such materials and work as may be necessary to complete the same in accordance with the present project, to be paid for as appropriations may from time to time be made by law, not to exceed in the aggregate six hundred and sixty-one' thousand five hundred dollars, exclusive of the amount herein and heretofore appropriated...
Page 1179 - Resolves of 1904, which provided for the excavation of a channel 50 feet wide and 6 feet deep at mean low water, from Wolf Hill to Gloucester harbor...
Page 1746 - In view of these facts, I am of the opinion that the improvement of this bar would be of public service, and should be undertaken by the General Government. »##***
Page 1232 - In compliance with your instructions I have the honor to submit the following report of the...
Page 1243 - That such contracts as may be desirable may be entered into by the Secretary of War for the completion of the existing project, or any part of same, to be paid for as appropriations may from time to time be made by law.
Page 1658 - The land on both sides of the river is unsurpassed in the State for the cultivation of vegetables and semitropical fruits. Bounded on the east by the ocean and on the west by the lowlands west of the Upper St Johns River and of the Okeechobee region, it is cut off from the general railroad system of the State, which touches it only at Titusville, and extends to Eau Gallie.
Page 1672 - The project as modified calls for the formation of a channel 100 feet wide and 8 feet deep at mean low water from Tampa Bay to Manatee.
Page 1537 - SIR: I have the honor to transmit herewith my annual report for the fiscal year ended June 30, 1907.
Page 1675 - Hillsboro liiver to the city of Tampa, and the formation of a channel 200 feet wide and 20 feet deep at mean low water from the outer bar to Port Tampa.

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