Report of the Chief of Engineers U.S. ArmyU.S. Government Printing Office, 1889 |
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12 feet Abstract of proposals act of August address of bidder advertisement dated Amount appropriated amount expended appropriated by act August 11 balance available breakwater Buffalo built canal cents per hour Champlain Village channel Chazy River Chief of Engineers commerce construction Corps of Engineers cost cribs cubic yards December depth Detroit dike dredging ending June 30 ENGINEER OFFICE excavation exclusive of liabilities expended during fiscal expended in fiscal feet long feet wide fiscal year ending harbor acts improvement jetty June 30 Lake Lake Ontario levees liabilities outstanding July low water Mary's Falls Canal material miles Mississippi River Commission Money statement mouth navigation Ohio operations piles Point ports pounds profitably expended Railroad repairs revetment riprap river and harbor rock sand Sault Ste scow scow measure season shore stone Submitted in compliance superstructure survey timber tons Total UNITED STATES ENGINEER vessels west pier width
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Page 2584 - It shall be the duty of said commission to take into consideration and mature such plan or plans •and estimates 'as will correct, permanently locate and deepen the channel and protect the banks of the Mississippi river; improve and give safety and ease to the navigation thereof; prevent destructive floods; promote and facilitate commerce, trade and the postal service...
Page 2588 - River, which sum shall be immediately available and- shall be expended under the direction of the Secretary of War in accordance with the plans, specifications, and recommendations of the Mississippi River...
Page 2320 - DURING THE FISCAL YEAR. At the beginning of the fiscal year work was in progress under existing contract for the extension of the east breakwater.
Page 2584 - ... commission to take into consideration and mature such plan or plans and estimates as will correct, permanently locate and deepen the channel and protect the banks of the Mississippi river; improve and give safety and ease to the navigation thereof ; prevent destructive floods ; promote and facilitate commerce, trade and the postal service; and when so prepared and matured, to submit to the Secretary of War a full and detailed report of their proceedings and actions, and of such plans, with estimates...
Page 2584 - Commission," to consist of seven members. SEC. 2. The President of the United States shall, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, appoint seven commissioners, three of whom shall be selected from the Engineer Corps of the Army, one from the Coast and Geodetic Survey, and three from civil life, two of whom shall be civil engineers.
Page 2336 - That the Secretary of War is hereby directed, at his discretion, to cause examinations or surveys, or both, to be made, and the cost of improvement to be estimated at the following localities, to wit: In the States of — ARKANSAS.
Page 2423 - The existing project provides a channel 200 to 300 feet wide extending from deep water in the lake to deep water in the bay, protected for a part of its length by two parallel piers.
Page 2374 - IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the said party of the first part has hereunto set its hand and seal and the said party of the second part has caused these presents to be signed by its President and its corporate seal to be hereto affixed and attested by its Secretary, the day and year first above written.
Page 2584 - And any vacancy which may occur in the commission shall in like manner be filled by the President of the United States ; and he shall designate one of the commissioners appointed from the Engineer Corps of the Army to be president of the commission. The commissioners appointed from the Engineer Corps of the Army and the Coast and Geodetic Survey shall receive no other pay or compensation than is now allowed them by law...
Page 2227 - All registered vessels will be passed through the locks in the order of their arrival at the canal, unless otherwise directed by the District Engineer or his authorized agents. When a vessel that has stopped on its own business is ready to proceed, it is not entitled to precedence over other vessels already dispatched even though it may have preceded such vessels in arriving at any Coast Guard Lookout Station. Unregistered craft...