Report of the Chief of Engineers U.S. ArmyU.S. Government Printing Office, 1911 |
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Page 2528
... wood for the paper mills of Niagara Falls . This pulp wood comes partly from American ports and partly from Canadian ports on the Great Lakes . It is brought down the Canadian channel on lake vessels to the foot of Grand Island , where ...
... wood for the paper mills of Niagara Falls . This pulp wood comes partly from American ports and partly from Canadian ports on the Great Lakes . It is brought down the Canadian channel on lake vessels to the foot of Grand Island , where ...
Page 2536
... wood . Lumber . Laths . Shingles .. Railroad ties . Wood pulp .. Corn . 44 long tons . 49 261 .210 24,736 cords . 49,472 168,239 533 .225 18,342,000 feet b . m . 32 , 179 374,321 224 .390 2,942,000 pieces ... 736 4.200 80 1.000 ...
... wood . Lumber . Laths . Shingles .. Railroad ties . Wood pulp .. Corn . 44 long tons . 49 261 .210 24,736 cords . 49,472 168,239 533 .225 18,342,000 feet b . m . 32 , 179 374,321 224 .390 2,942,000 pieces ... 736 4.200 80 1.000 ...
Page 2536
... wood . 17,064 9,369 bushels . 283.90 8,952 940.00 8,905 8,934 cords . Wood pulp . Shingles ... Boots and shoes .. Lumber .. Household goods .. Oysters .. Paper hangings .. 17,868.00 75,605 2,817.00 60 , 904 2,279 M .. 379.83 5,784 1,496 ...
... wood . 17,064 9,369 bushels . 283.90 8,952 940.00 8,905 8,934 cords . Wood pulp . Shingles ... Boots and shoes .. Lumber .. Household goods .. Oysters .. Paper hangings .. 17,868.00 75,605 2,817.00 60 , 904 2,279 M .. 379.83 5,784 1,496 ...
Page 2601
... wood , repairs , etc. Fuel consumed ( wood ) .. Average monthly cost of operations . 896 406 ..cubic yards .. 100 , 316 ..linear feet .. 9,300 ..hours .. 820 ..do .... 689 ... do .... 574 ..cords .. 511 $ 1,200 DIPPER DREDGE CHAMPOEG ...
... wood , repairs , etc. Fuel consumed ( wood ) .. Average monthly cost of operations . 896 406 ..cubic yards .. 100 , 316 ..linear feet .. 9,300 ..hours .. 820 ..do .... 689 ... do .... 574 ..cords .. 511 $ 1,200 DIPPER DREDGE CHAMPOEG ...
Page 2617
... wood , etc. ... do .... 177 Fuel consumed , wood .... ..cords .. 55 Piles driven ( 4,022 linear feet ) . 153 Lumber , 3 by 12 inches ... .feet b . m .. 6,000 Snags removed from channel by boat . 31 Available navigable depth before ...
... wood , etc. ... do .... 177 Fuel consumed , wood .... ..cords .. 55 Piles driven ( 4,022 linear feet ) . 153 Lumber , 3 by 12 inches ... .feet b . m .. 6,000 Snags removed from channel by boat . 31 Available navigable depth before ...
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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...