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Page 249 - That if any bridge built under this act shall be constructed as a draw-bridge, the same shall be constructed as a pivot drawbridge with a draw over the main channel of the river at an accessible and navigable point, and with spans of not less than one hundred and sixty feet in length in the clear on each side of the central or pivot pier of the draw...
Page 1 - I have the honor to present for your information the following report upon the duties and operations of the Engineer Department for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1873.
Page 184 - ... work had been laid, making 950 feet in all, of which 400 were covered by superstructure. This was the condition of the work at the close of the fiscal year ending June 30, 1870. The construction of the breakwater had been carried on by Messrs. Bailey & Denny by contract until their contracts expired, and afterward by a special agreement to continue the work under the $90,000 allotted from the general appropriation of 1869.
Page iv - An act legalizing and making appropriations for such necessary objects as have usually been included in the general appropriation bills without authority of law, and to fix and provide for certain incidental expenses of the departments and offices of the government, and for other purposes...
Page 408 - AA HUMPHREYS, Brigadier General and Chief of Engineers. Hon.
Page 249 - And provided also, That said draw shall be opened promptly upon reasonable signal for the passage of boats whose construction shall not be such as to admit of their passage under the...
Page 149 - The company who own this water-power hope to induce others to invest capital there in various rnaunfacturing enterprises. As to the practicability of improving the harbor of Leland : The Carp River is so inconsiderable a stream as to preclude any use of it for navigable purposes. As rock is said to be found near the surface, any deepening or widening of the stream itself, and carrying out piers into the lake to protect its...
Page 493 - I contemplate results of incalculable advantage to our Union, because I see in them the most satisfactory proof that certain impediments which had a tendency to embarrass the intercourse between some of its most important sections may be removed without serious difficulty, and that facilities may be afforded in other quarters which will have the happiest effect.
Page xiv - Statement exhibiting land concessions by acts of Congress to States for canal purposes from the year 1827 to June 30, 1869.
Page 12 - Penobscot River, Maine, in charge of Lieut. Col. JC Duane, Corps of Engineers. — This work, situated at the narrows of the Penobscot River, furnishes a defense for the city of Bangor...