Report of the Chief of Engineers U.S. ArmyU.S. Government Printing Office, 1890 |
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100 feet wide 12 feet act of August act of September amount available July Amount estimated amount expended Appendix appropriated by act approved August 11 available for fiscal breakwater bulkhead line channel Chief of Engineers commerce completion of existing compliance with requirements construction contract Corps of Engineers Creek cubic yards dike dredging easterly ending June 30 entrance estimated cost exclusive of liabilities existing project expended during fiscal feet at mean feet deep feet long fiscal year ending harbor acts harbor lines Island jetty last fiscal ledge liabilities outstanding July Lieut Long Island Sound low-water mean low water miles Mississippi River mouth navigation obstructions outstanding liabilities pier pier-head line removal required for completion requirements of sections riprap river and harbor Rock Secretary of War September 19 shoal shore snags southerly street Submitted in compliance survey tons vessels westerly wharf wharves width Willets Point York Harbor
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Page 353 - That it shall be the duty of the Secretary of War to apply the money herein and hereafter appropriated for improvements of rivers and harbors, other than surveys, estimates and gaugings, in carrying on the various works, by contract or otherwise, as may be most economical and advantageous to the Government.
Page 690 - That where it is made manifest to the Secretary of War that the establishment of harbor lines is essential to the preservation and protection of harbors he may, and is hereby, authorized to cause such lines to be established, beyond which no piers, wharves, bulkheads, or other works shall be extended or deposits made, except under such regulations as may be prescribed from time to time by him...
Page 676 - L, said point being the point of intersection of the boundary line between the states of New York and Connecticut and...
Page 405 - For the purchase of submarine mines and necessary appliances to operate them for closing the channels leading to our principal seaports...
Page 330 - Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the improvement of the Mississippi river from the head of the Passes to the mouth of the Ohio river...
Page 330 - 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 12 - ... in the next fiscal year. The river and harbor act approved September 19, 1890, made the funds available for work at a time so late in the season of 1890 that a large part of this appropriation will remain unexpended June 30. 1891; consequently, estimates of amounts that can be profitably expended in the fiscal year ending June 30, 1892, are now submitted only for the works on account of which contracts are to be made for completion as provided for in the act referred to. It is believed that sufficient...
Page 12 - The funds with which the works for the improvement of rivers and harbors were prosecuted during the past...
Page 344 - For improving and operating Saint Mary's river and Saint Mary's Falls canal, two hundred and fifty thousand dollars. "And the secretary of war is hereby authorized to accept on behalf of the United States from the State of Michigan the Saint Mary's canal and the public works thereon: Provided, Such transfer shall be so made as to leave the United States free from any and all debts, claims or liability of any character whatsoever, and said canal...
Page 728 - State in 1875, and the upper 3,000 feet of the creek could not be made 400 feet wide without interfering with the vested rights of property on the west side to such a degree as to practically prohibit the execution of the project. The project which was accordingly adopted for the application of the appropriation provided that the channel to be ultimately dredged should be 400 feet wide from the entrance to the eastern end of the Erie Basin, and carried thence 250 feet wide to the foot of Percival...