Annual Reports of the War Department, Volume 2, Part 1

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U.S. Government Printing Office, 1891
 

Contents

IN THE CHARGE OF LIEUT COL G L GILLESPIE CORPS OF ENGINEERS
83
IN THE CHARGE OF CAPT THOMAS L CASEY CORPS OF ENGINEERS
96
IN THE CHARGE of MAJ C W RAYMOND CORPS OF ENGINEERS
118
APPENDIX
120
Wilmington Harbor Del 119 iceharbor at New Castle Del 120 Appoquinni
131
IN THE CHARGE OF LIEUT COL PETER C HAINS CORPS OF ENGINEERS
145
APPENDIX L
154
IN THE CHARGE OF CAPT W H BIXBY CORPS OF ENGINEERS
158
IMPROVEMENTS Staunton River Va 1328 Roanoke River Va and N C 1330
162
IN THE CHARGE OF CAPT FREDERIC V ABBOT CORPS OF ENGINEERS
172
IN THE CHARGE OF CAPT O M CARTER Corps of ENGINEERS
180
APPENDIX
189
IN THE CHARGE OF CAPT W M BLACK CORPS OF ENGINEERS
190
IN THE CHARGE of Capt PHILIP M PRICE CORPS OF ENGINEERS
197
EXAMINATIONS Chattahoochee River Ga and Ala between West Point
212
IN THE CHARGE OF MAJ A N Damrell Corps of Engineers
219
APPENDIX
221
IN THE CHARGE OF LIEUT JOHN MILLIS CORPS OF ENGINEERS
231
IMPROVEMENTS Entrance to Galveston Harbor Tex 1871 ship channel in Gal
232
PART III
240
IN THE CHARGE of Capt J H WILLARD CORPS OF ENGINEERS
248
EXAMINATIONS Cane River La 2022 Bayou Castor La 2028
250
IN THE CHARGE OF CAPT H S TABER CORPS OF ENGINEERS
255
APPENDIX X
258
IN THE CHARGE OF MAJ A M MILLER CORPS OF ENGINEERS
263
IMPROVEMENTS Operating snag boats and dredge boats on Upper Mississippi River
264
IN THE CHARGE of Maj W A JONES Corps of Engineers
274
REPORT OF MAJ W A JONES CORPS OF ENGINEERS
276
IN THE CHARGE OF LIEUT GEORGE W GOETHALS CORPS OF ENGINEERS
286
APPENDIX F
287
IMPROVEMENTS Ohio River 2328 operating snag boats on Ohio River 2349 oper
291
IN THE CHARGE OF LIEUT COL WILLIAM E MERRILL CORPS OF ENGINEERS
294
APPENDIX II
300
IN THE CHARGE OF COL WILLIAM P CRAIGHILL CORPS OF ENGINEERS
303
IN THE CHARGE OF MAJ D W LOCKWOOD CORPS OF ENGINEERS
309
IN THE CHARGE OF MAJ CHARLES E L B DAVIS CORPS OF ENGINEERS
329
IMPROVEMENTS Manistique Harbor Mich 2523 Cedar River Harbor Mich 2525
330
IN THE CHARGE OF MAJ WILLIAM LUDLOW CORPS OF ENGINEERS
336
IN THE CHARGE OF COL O M POE CORPS OF ENGINEERS
348
IN THE CHARGE of Capt THOMAS W SYMONS CORPS OF ENGINEERS
409
IN THE CHARGE OF MAJ THOMAS H HANDBURY CORPS OF ENGINEERS
420
APPENDIX Y
422
APPENDIX A A
423
Lubec Me Kennebec River at Bath Me Boston Harbor Mass New York Har
427
Annual report of Mr S Waters Fox division engineer 1891 3835
433
1 REPORT of Lieut Col G L Gillespie Corps of Engineers 3865 2 report of
440
IN THE CHARGE OF LIEUT COL GEORGE H ELLIOT CORPS OF ENGINEERS
443
APPENDIX G G
448
OFFICERS on duty at headquarters of military divisions and departments operations
450
IMPROVEMENTS San Joaquin River Cal 2981 Mokelumne River Cal 2986 Sac
453
EXAMINATION Mississippi River at Warsaw Ill 2134
465
EXAMINATION Yellow River Ga 1606
472
LAWS AFFECTING THE CORPS OF ENGINEERS FIFTYFIRST CONGRESS
477
FORTIFICATIONS
517
APPENDIX No 3
529
APPENDIX No 5
537
POST of Willets Point N Y 537 United States Engineer School 539 Battalion
551
APPENDIX
569
IMPROVEMENTS St Croix River Me 570 Lubec Channel Me 571 Mooseabec
578
EXAMINATIONS Harbor of Blue Hill Me 611 Pepperell Cove Me 614 Lubec
619
APPENDIX
625
IMPROVEMENTS Tradewater River Ky 2438 operating and keeping in repair
655
EXAMINATIONS AND SURVEYS North River Salem Mass 668 shoals at the mouth
685
APPENDIX C
693
APPENDIX 0
705
Island R I 725 Pawcatuck River R 1 and Conn 726 harbor of refuge
731
IMPROVEMENTS Mystic River Conn 740 Thames River Conn 742 New London
770
bor N Y 811 Port Jefferson Harbor N Y 814 Huntington Harbor N Y 817
817
825 Browns Creek Sayville N Y
828
EXAMINATIONS AND SURVEYS Stony Creek River at Stony Creek Conn 831 Shaw
836
APPENDIX
863
IMPROVEMENTS Hudson River N Y 864 harbor at Saugerties N Y 879 harbor
906
EXAMINATIONS AND SURVEYS Buttermilk and Gowanus Bay Channels New York
954
PART II
REPORT of The Board of Engineers on proposed bridge across Hudson River at
EXAMINATIONS AND SURVEY Princess Bay Staten Island N Y 1013 Hackensack
EXAMINATIONS St Leonard Creek Md 1277 St Jerome Bay Md 1278 Pis
IMPROVEMENTS St Johns River Fla 1612 Ocklawaha River Fla 1620 Volusia

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Page 484 - 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 their transportation over the railroads or public highways leading to said bridge; and the United States shall have the right of way for postal telegraph purposes...
Page 425 - 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...
Page 9 - 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 502 - ... 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...
Page xxi - For protection, preservation, and repair of fortifications for which there may be no special appropriation available...
Page 413 - 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 475 - ... 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 the t'ulraud satisfactory understanding of the subject.
Page 495 - Provided further, 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.SEC.
Page 505 - Provided, That no portion of this appropriation shall be expended to repair or build levees for the purpose of reclaiming lands or preventing injury to Lands or private property by overflows: Provided, however.
Page 502 - War ; and in case of any litigation arising from any obstruction or alleged obstruction to navigation created by the construction of any bridge under this Act.

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