Report of the Chief of Engineers, U.S. Army, Part 3U.S. Government Printing Office, 1907 |
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Page 1907
... upper Fox River ; making slight repairs to Stockbridge Harbor ; cleaning Cedars and Kaukauna canals ; dredging Fond du Lac Harbor , and repairs to conveyor dredge . Dredging upper Fox River . - Dredging was continued from a point 200 ...
... upper Fox River ; making slight repairs to Stockbridge Harbor ; cleaning Cedars and Kaukauna canals ; dredging Fond du Lac Harbor , and repairs to conveyor dredge . Dredging upper Fox River . - Dredging was continued from a point 200 ...
Page 1911
... upper end , and 9 feet high , 3 feet wide on top , and 4 feet wide on the bottom at the lower end . The cost of this work to the United States , $ 2,771.94 , which includes $ 54.33 not yet paid for , was repaid to the appropriation for ...
... upper end , and 9 feet high , 3 feet wide on top , and 4 feet wide on the bottom at the lower end . The cost of this work to the United States , $ 2,771.94 , which includes $ 54.33 not yet paid for , was repaid to the appropriation for ...
Page 1912
... upper left tripod platform and backed up with earth . Other minor repairs were made . Appleton upper dam . - The two wooden Taintor sluice gates re- maining were replaced with new gates made entirely of steel . The hoisting apparatus ...
... upper left tripod platform and backed up with earth . Other minor repairs were made . Appleton upper dam . - The two wooden Taintor sluice gates re- maining were replaced with new gates made entirely of steel . The hoisting apparatus ...
Page 1913
... upper river and 35 cents per cubic yard on lower river . Special repairs to plant . - The work of building a new hull and crane for dredge No. 4 , commenced during the fiscal year , was com- pleted August 25. Two new side - dump scows ...
... upper river and 35 cents per cubic yard on lower river . Special repairs to plant . - The work of building a new hull and crane for dredge No. 4 , commenced during the fiscal year , was com- pleted August 25. Two new side - dump scows ...
Page 1931
... upper river , from leak- age of sand through the entrance piers and to drift from the lake during storms , a large amount of redredging is necessary in the river to allow of a good 15 - foot draft at lowest water . Such redredging is ...
... upper river , from leak- age of sand through the entrance piers and to drift from the lake during storms , a large amount of redredging is necessary in the river to allow of a good 15 - foot draft at lowest water . Such redredging is ...
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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.