Report of the Chief of Engineers, U.S. Army, Part 3U.S. Government Printing Office, 1907 |
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... hundred and thirty - nine days , the closed period of one hundred and twenty- six days being from December 18 , 1906 , to April 22 , 1907. During the open period there passed through the canal 45,013,198 tons of freight , an increase of ...
... hundred and thirty - nine days , the closed period of one hundred and twenty- six days being from December 18 , 1906 , to April 22 , 1907. During the open period there passed through the canal 45,013,198 tons of freight , an increase of ...
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... hundred good working days ) . CONTRACT DATED JULY 7 , 1905 . Name of contractor : Hickler Brothers , Sault Ste . Marie , Mich . Amount and character of work : About $ 102,000 ; dredging Item N , Middle Neebish Angle . Price per unit ...
... hundred good working days ) . CONTRACT DATED JULY 7 , 1905 . Name of contractor : Hickler Brothers , Sault Ste . Marie , Mich . Amount and character of work : About $ 102,000 ; dredging Item N , Middle Neebish Angle . Price per unit ...
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... hundred and twenty - nine thousand five hundred and twenty - eight tons of stone were added to the jetty under this act , and at the close of the season's work 4,078 feet of jetty seaward of Clatsop Spit had been raised to a level of 4 ...
... hundred and twenty - nine thousand five hundred and twenty - eight tons of stone were added to the jetty under this act , and at the close of the season's work 4,078 feet of jetty seaward of Clatsop Spit had been raised to a level of 4 ...
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... hundred and four thousand five hundred and eighty - two feet B. M. of saw logs , valued at $ 5,081,317 , were towed to the mills on Grays Harbor during the year . Seventy - two steam and gasoline vessels , with an aggregate gross ...
... hundred and four thousand five hundred and eighty - two feet B. M. of saw logs , valued at $ 5,081,317 , were towed to the mills on Grays Harbor during the year . Seventy - two steam and gasoline vessels , with an aggregate gross ...
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... hundred and fifty - one brush fascines , 24 tons bowlders , and 117 tons gravel were used in the construction . Rapid No. 13 was deepened and widened by the removal of 93 tons of bowlders . Guthrie Rapids : Seven hundred and thirty tons ...
... hundred and fifty - one brush fascines , 24 tons bowlders , and 117 tons gravel were used in the construction . Rapid No. 13 was deepened and widened by the removal of 93 tons of bowlders . Guthrie Rapids : Seven hundred and thirty tons ...
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act approved March act of June allotted Amount appropriated amount expended appropriated by river April August 18 balance unexpended July balance unexpended__ bank barges Bend breakwater bridge canal channel Chief of Engineers COMMERCIAL STATISTICS Company completed construction cost cubic yards Date of beginning Date of contract December 31 depth Detroit River dredging ending June 30 expended during fiscal expended in fiscal fiscal year ending freight gauge harbor act approved hereby Improving harbor July 13 June 13 June 30 Lake Lake Michigan levee district linear feet lock maintenance of improvement mattress Michigan miles Mississippi River Commission Money statement Name of contractor navigation nineteen hundred operations Park pier plant profitably expended removed repairs requirements of sundry revetment riprap river and harbor rock season Secretary Secretary of War September 19 shoals steamer stone Submitted in compliance sundry civil act survey thousand dollars tonnage tons Total United vessels
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Page 2607 - 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 2511 - That the Secretary of War may enter into a contract or contracts for such materials and work as may be necessary to prosecute the said project, to be paid for as appropriations may from time to time be made by law.
Page 2544 - Provided, That the Secretary of War may enter into a contract or contracts for such materials and work as may be necessary to...
Page 2511 - ... said project, to be paid for as appropriations may from time to time be made by law, not to exceed in the aggregate one hundred thousand dollars, exclusive of the amounts herein and heretofore appropriated.
Page 2583 - An act to amend an act entitled <An act to regulate the construction of dams across navigable waters,' approved June twenty-first, nineteen hundred and six.
Page 2596 - ... and authority is hereby given to substitute other illuminating material for the same or less price, and to use so much of the sum hereby appropriated as may be...
Page 2500 - June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and seven, shall not exceed ten thousand dollars; and that the Secretary of War shall each year, in the annual estimates, report to Congress the number of persons so employed, their duties, and the amount paid to each.
Page 2527 - An Act making appropriations for the construction, repair, and preservation of certain public works on rivers and harbors and for other purposes...
Page 2608 - For continuing the improvement of the Mississippi River from Head of Passes to the mouth of the Ohio River, including salaries and clerical , office, traveling, and miscellaneous expenses of the Mississippi River Com missi< m $3, 000, 000 Improving harbor at Memphis, Tenn.
Page 2351 - ... to be purchased by contract or otherwise, as the Secretary of War may determine; care, construction, and repair of fountains; abating nuisances; cleaning statues and repairing pedestals, $18,550.