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Page 2506
Minor repairs were made to boiler and machinery of launch Gwendolen during
March , 1911 . The tug Sheldon Bros. was sunk in harbor basin and abandoned
by owner . The wreck was removed by the United States under contract with The
...
Minor repairs were made to boiler and machinery of launch Gwendolen during
March , 1911 . The tug Sheldon Bros. was sunk in harbor basin and abandoned
by owner . The wreck was removed by the United States under contract with The
...
Page 2538
... the only extra labor employed being one boiler maker and two ship carpenters
. The ladder of the dredge was lengthened to permit of dredging to increased
depth and the dredge frame reinforced with additional hog chains at a total cost
of ...
... the only extra labor employed being one boiler maker and two ship carpenters
. The ladder of the dredge was lengthened to permit of dredging to increased
depth and the dredge frame reinforced with additional hog chains at a total cost
of ...
Page 2592
... 2 air - compressor plants , about 30 steam and air drills , 9 derricks ( complete
with engines and boilers ) , 1 electric lighting plant , 2 deep wells ( with pumping
plants complete ) , 31 horses ( with wagons and scraper outfits ) , extra boilers for
...
... 2 air - compressor plants , about 30 steam and air drills , 9 derricks ( complete
with engines and boilers ) , 1 electric lighting plant , 2 deep wells ( with pumping
plants complete ) , 31 horses ( with wagons and scraper outfits ) , extra boilers for
...
Page 2605
... etc. , arranged so as to provide a convenient landing place for dredges and
other vessels ; à 10,000 - gallon water tank filled from springs on the hills and
having a 3 - inch pipe extending to end of dock ; à boiler house , equipped for
heating ...
... etc. , arranged so as to provide a convenient landing place for dredges and
other vessels ; à 10,000 - gallon water tank filled from springs on the hills and
having a 3 - inch pipe extending to end of dock ; à boiler house , equipped for
heating ...
Page 2607
40 144. 40 38. 55 445.00 155.30 Operating time . .hours .. Days worked . Time
digging . .hours .. Total delays , including washing boilers and moving anchors . ..
... hours .. Delays for repairs ... Allowable delays for repairs , not to exceed 4
hours ...
40 144. 40 38. 55 445.00 155.30 Operating time . .hours .. Days worked . Time
digging . .hours .. Total delays , including washing boilers and moving anchors . ..
... hours .. Delays for repairs ... Allowable delays for repairs , not to exceed 4
hours ...
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Page 3155 - ... 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 3102 - 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 3117 - 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 3145 - 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 3066 - 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 3087 - That the Secretary of War may enter into a contract or contracts for such materials and work as may be necessary to complete...
Page 3110 - ... 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 3136 - 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 3102 - 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 3066 - ... project, to be paid for as appropriations may from time to time be made by law...
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| Title | Report of the Chief of Engineers, U.S. Army, Volume 3 |
| Author | United States. Army. Corps of Engineers |
| Publisher | U.S. Government Printing Office, 1911 |
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