Report of the Chief of Engineers U.S. ArmyU.S. Government Printing Office, 1911 |
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Page 2505
... lake level ) was begun with one dredge September 6 , 1910 , under contract with the Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Co. , was suspended for the season November 14 , 1910 , and resumed April 13 , 1911. The work was completed June 6 , 1911 , at ...
... lake level ) was begun with one dredge September 6 , 1910 , under contract with the Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Co. , was suspended for the season November 14 , 1910 , and resumed April 13 , 1911. The work was completed June 6 , 1911 , at ...
Page 2511
... Lake commerce .. Rail commerce .. Value of imports : Lake .. Rail . Net American . Foreign . Total . registered tonnage . Passen- gers . 1,812 102 357 2,169 59 161 3,709 , 057 201,024 6,252 1,914 416 2,330 3,910,081 6,252 Value of ...
... Lake commerce .. Rail commerce .. Value of imports : Lake .. Rail . Net American . Foreign . Total . registered tonnage . Passen- gers . 1,812 102 357 2,169 59 161 3,709 , 057 201,024 6,252 1,914 416 2,330 3,910,081 6,252 Value of ...
Page 2512
... lake level were pre- pared and approved , in anticipation of the construction of a suitable concrete dock by the local authorities , or other terminal facilities approved by the Secretary of War , this being the condition under which ...
... lake level were pre- pared and approved , in anticipation of the construction of a suitable concrete dock by the local authorities , or other terminal facilities approved by the Secretary of War , this being the condition under which ...
Page 2513
... lake level , for full width , except over a shoal area about 400 feet long on the west channel line , lakeward from ... lake level . Inner entrance channel , from the breakwater elbow to the harbor basin , not less than the required ...
... lake level , for full width , except over a shoal area about 400 feet long on the west channel line , lakeward from ... lake level . Inner entrance channel , from the breakwater elbow to the harbor basin , not less than the required ...
Page 2514
... Lake Erie Dredging Co. , the lowest bidder . Work was begun in June , 1907 , and was continued through the fiscal ... lake level . The removal of this shoal to 23 feet depth at mean lake level , necessary to provide a safe channelway for ...
... Lake Erie Dredging Co. , the lowest bidder . Work was begun in June , 1907 , and was continued through the fiscal ... lake level . The removal of this shoal to 23 feet depth at mean lake level , necessary to provide a safe channelway for ...
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allotment amount expended appropriated Average balance unexpended bank barge Bend boilers bridge built Cairo Canal cent channel Chief of Engineers Coal Columbia River completed Congress assem construction contract Corps of Engineers cubic yards Date depth dredge ending June 30 feet 6 inches feet b. m. fiscal year ending Ft.in gauge harbor act hereby House of Representa hull Improving harbor Jeffersonville July June 25 June 30 Lake Length levee district linear feet Lock long tons maintenance material mattress Memphis ment miles Minn minutes Mississippi River Commission mouth navigation nineteen hundred Number Ohio Ohio River operations Oreg Park Point pounds pump repairs revetment Revolutions per minute river and harbor Rock Island sand scow season Secretary Secretary of War shoal short tons snag square feet steamer Steel sundry civil survey thousand dollars tion Total United Wood
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Page 3157 - ... 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 3104 - Agriculture to examine, locate and recommend for purchase such forested, cut-over or denuded lands within the watersheds of navigable streams as in his judgment may be necessary to the regulation of the flow of navigable streams or for the production of timber...
Page 3119 - And the services of skilled draftsmen, civil engineers, and such other services as the Secretary of War may deem necessary, may be employed only in the office of the Chief of Engineers to carry into effect the various appropriations for rivers and harbors, fortifications, and surveys...
Page 3147 - Missouri, in accordance with the provisions of the act entitled "An act to regulate the construction of bridges over navigable waters," approved March 23, 1906, and subject to the conditions and limitations contained in this act.
Page 3068 - That the following sums of money be, and are hereby, appropriated, to be paid out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to be immediately available, and to be expended under the direction of the Secretary of War and the supervision of the Chief of Engineers...
Page 3089 - That the Secretary of War may enter into a contract or contracts for such materials and work as may be necessary to complete...
Page 3112 - ... extra-duty pay to soldiers necessarily employed for periods not less than ten days as artificers on work in addition to and not strictly in the line of their military duties, such as carpenters, blacksmiths, draftsmen, printers, lithographers, photographers, engine drivers, telegraph operators, teamsters...
Page 3138 - Under appropriations herein contained no contract shall be made for making or repairing concrete or asphalt pavements in Washington City at a higher price than one dollar and eighty-five cents per square yard for a quality equal to the best laid in the District of Columbia prior to July first, eighteen hundred and eighty-six, and with a base of not less than six inches in thickness.
Page 3104 - That before any lands are purchased by the National Forest Reservation Commission said lands shall be examined by the Geological Survey and a report made to the Secretary of Agriculture, showing that the control of such lands will promote or protect the navigation of streams on whose watersheds they lie.
Page 3068 - ... project, to be paid for as appropriations may from time to time be made by law...