Report of the Chief of Engineers U.S. ArmyU.S. Government Printing Office, 1911 |
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Page 2565
... bank that was sliding into the river , taking the trees with it . This work was done by hired labor at a total cost of $ 45 . There is need of making two cut - offs in this river at Car Bend and at Jack's Bend . It will be necessary to ...
... bank that was sliding into the river , taking the trees with it . This work was done by hired labor at a total cost of $ 45 . There is need of making two cut - offs in this river at Car Bend and at Jack's Bend . It will be necessary to ...
Page 2594
... bank from the upper to the lower lock , and the cut - off wall at the middle gates , which occurs at high water ... banks between high and low water marks , mak- ing it dangerous for ascending steamboats , which hug the shore in high ...
... bank from the upper to the lower lock , and the cut - off wall at the middle gates , which occurs at high water ... banks between high and low water marks , mak- ing it dangerous for ascending steamboats , which hug the shore in high ...
Page 2595
... bank below high - water mark was smoothed down by blasting bowlders and points of reefs for a distance of a quarter ... banks are now in good condition , but several dangerous submerged rocks and reefs remain to be re- moved , which can ...
... bank below high - water mark was smoothed down by blasting bowlders and points of reefs for a distance of a quarter ... banks are now in good condition , but several dangerous submerged rocks and reefs remain to be re- moved , which can ...
Page 2600
... banks between Wheat- land and Portland , also 256 from the bed and 710 from the banks between Peoria and Fairfield . The Mathloma was employed 6 days during April on Lewis River removing 62 snags from the river bed and 64 from the banks ...
... banks between Wheat- land and Portland , also 256 from the bed and 710 from the banks between Peoria and Fairfield . The Mathloma was employed 6 days during April on Lewis River removing 62 snags from the river bed and 64 from the banks ...
Page 2601
... banks .. Snags removed from channel . Gravel removed from channel .. Total length of cuts .... Time actual dredging . Time ... bank .. 168 Powder used ... Cost of operations ... ... pounds . 2,800 $ 1,233 During August 900 cubic yards of ...
... banks .. Snags removed from channel . Gravel removed from channel .. Total length of cuts .... Time actual dredging . Time ... bank .. 168 Powder used ... Cost of operations ... ... pounds . 2,800 $ 1,233 During August 900 cubic yards of ...
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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...