Report of the Chief of Engineers U.S. ArmyU.S. Government Printing Office, 1911 |
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Page 2512
... Construction Co. was in progress , the wrecked cribwork having been removed and the foundation nearly prepared for sinking the new crib in place . The foundation was completed and the crib sunk in place July 16 , 1910 ; the mass ...
... Construction Co. was in progress , the wrecked cribwork having been removed and the foundation nearly prepared for sinking the new crib in place . The foundation was completed and the crib sunk in place July 16 , 1910 ; the mass ...
Page 2521
... construction of steel lock gates and Stoney valves was begun at Buffalo , and of pumping plant at Philadelphia , during October , 1910 , and the construction of other parts of the required installations , electric motors , etc. , was ...
... construction of steel lock gates and Stoney valves was begun at Buffalo , and of pumping plant at Philadelphia , during October , 1910 , and the construction of other parts of the required installations , electric motors , etc. , was ...
Page 2536
... construction of the breakwater , which was practically com- pleted at the beginning of the fiscal year , was completed September 9 , 1910 , under continuing contract dated June 7 , 1900 , with the Cali- fornia Construction Co. During ...
... construction of the breakwater , which was practically com- pleted at the beginning of the fiscal year , was completed September 9 , 1910 , under continuing contract dated June 7 , 1900 , with the Cali- fornia Construction Co. During ...
Page 2541
... CONSTRUCTION OF BREAKWATER . Name o fcontractor : California Construction Co. Amount and character of work : Breakwater construction , approximately $ 2,648,046 . Price per unit : Substructure stone , $ 0.844 per long ton ...
... CONSTRUCTION OF BREAKWATER . Name o fcontractor : California Construction Co. Amount and character of work : Breakwater construction , approximately $ 2,648,046 . Price per unit : Substructure stone , $ 0.844 per long ton ...
Page 2592
... construction work done by the hired labor force during the past fiscal year , in addition to building and care of camps , installation and repair of plant , etc. , is as follows , most of said work having been done the latter half of ...
... construction work done by the hired labor force during the past fiscal year , in addition to building and care of camps , installation and repair of plant , etc. , is as follows , most of said work having been done the latter half 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...