Report of the Chief of Engineers U.S. Army, Part 1U.S. Government Printing Office, 1908 Includes the Report of the Mississippi River Commission, 1881-19 . |
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100 feet wide 12 feet act of June act of March addition amount covered Amount estimated amount expended Annual Report Appendix balance unexpended July balance unexpended__ Bayou boats breakwater bridge canal Chief of Engineers commerce completion of existing compliance with requirements construction covered by uncompleted Creek cubic yards dredging ending June 30 Engineers for 1904 entrance estimated cost examinations and surveys existing project expended during fiscal expended in fiscal expenditure feet at mean feet deep fiscal year ending freight rates harbor act head of navigation House Document Island jetty June 13 Lake locks and dams low-water lumber maintenance of improvement maximum draft mean low water miles Mississippi River mouth obstructions original project outstanding liabilities piers present project printed in House profitably expended provement removal required for completion requirements of sundry river and harbor shoalest shoals Sixtieth Congress snags Submitted in compliance sundry civil act tons vessels width
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Page 860 - An act making appropriations for the construction, repair, and preservation of certain public works on rivers and harbors, and for other purposes," by which amendment the functions and powers of the officer have been greatly enlarged.
Page 865 - River, and which may be allotted to levees, may be expended under the direction of the Secretary of War, in accordance with the plans, specifications, and recommendations of the Mississippi River Commission, as approved by the Chief of Engineers, upon levees upon any part of said river between the Head of Passes and Cape Girardeau, Mo.
Page 875 - ... of such bridge by rafts, steamboats, or other water craft, it shall be the duty of the...
Page 868 - An Act to empower the Secretary of War, under certain restrictions, to authorize the construction, extension, and maintenance of wharves, piers, and other structures on lands underlying harbor areas in navigable streams and bodies of water in or surrounding Porto Rico and the islands adjacent thereto...
Page 859 - ... whose duties shall be fixed by the Chief of Engineers, and to whom shall be referred for consideration and recommendation, in addition to any other duties assigned, so far as in the opinion of the Chief of Engineers...
Page 859 - Board, upon request to the Chief of Engineers, by the Committee on Commerce of the Senate, or the Committee on Rivers and Harbors of the House of Representatives, in the same manner to examine and report through the Chief of Engineers upon any projects heretofore adopted by the Government or upon which appropriations...
Page 861 - SEC. 3. That the jurisdiction of said commission, in so far as the same affects mining carried on by the hydraulic process, shall extend to all such mining in the territory drained by the Sacramento and San Joaquin River systems in the State of California.
Page 867 - SEC. 4. That it shall be the duty of the Secretary of War to prescribe such rules and regulations for the use, administration, and navigation of any or all canals and similar works of navigation that now are, or that hereafter may be, owned, operated, or maintained by the United States as in his judgment the public necessity may require; and he is also authorized to prescribe regulations to govern the speed and movement of vessels and other water craft in any public navigable channel which has been...
Page 859 - Senate, or by the Committee on Rivers and Harbors of the House of Representatives in the same manner, to examine and report through the Chief of Engineers upon any examinations, surveys, or projects for the improvement of rivers and harbors.
Page 66 - March second, nineteen hundred and seven, which requires that no part of the sum appropriated by Congress by said act shall be expended until the Secretary of War shall have received satisfactory assurance that the improvement of a certain part of the Neponset River above the improvement provided for by the said act of Congress shall hereafter be maintained by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts or other agency, without expense to the Government of the United States...