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Page 2596
Eighteen thousand six hundred and seventy - six square feet of surface was
cleaned and painted during the fiscal year . The four dwellings used for quarters
by the lock attendants were given two coats of paint outside , and the walls of
three of ...
Eighteen thousand six hundred and seventy - six square feet of surface was
cleaned and painted during the fiscal year . The four dwellings used for quarters
by the lock attendants were given two coats of paint outside , and the walls of
three of ...
Page 2601
Cost of operations ( labor only ) . .cubic yards .. ... do ... ..square yards .. 25 74 40
162 $ 254 SPUR DIKE AT INDEPENDENCE . Piles driven ... Rock placed in dike
. Lumber used .. Length of dike . Cost of completed work . ..cubic yards .. .feet b ...
Cost of operations ( labor only ) . .cubic yards .. ... do ... ..square yards .. 25 74 40
162 $ 254 SPUR DIKE AT INDEPENDENCE . Piles driven ... Rock placed in dike
. Lumber used .. Length of dike . Cost of completed work . ..cubic yards .. .feet b ...
Page 2663
13 feet . 12 feet . 12 feet . Length 12 feet . Heating surface ( total ) . 10,704 square
feet . 10,528 square feet 4,124 square ... Average depth before dredging . 30 to
36 feet . 25 feet . 21 feet . 20 feet . Average depth after dredging .. 35 to 42 feet .
13 feet . 12 feet . 12 feet . Length 12 feet . Heating surface ( total ) . 10,704 square
feet . 10,528 square feet 4,124 square ... Average depth before dredging . 30 to
36 feet . 25 feet . 21 feet . 20 feet . Average depth after dredging .. 35 to 42 feet .
Page 2667
14 feet .. 12 feet . 87 knots . 64 knots . 3 knots . 1 Scotch marine . 13 feet . 12 feet .
1,775 square feet . 72 square feet . 105 pounds per square inch . 25 . 120
pounds per square inch , 34 . Average speed ; Light 8 knots .. Loaded . 5 knots .
14 feet .. 12 feet . 87 knots . 64 knots . 3 knots . 1 Scotch marine . 13 feet . 12 feet .
1,775 square feet . 72 square feet . 105 pounds per square inch . 25 . 120
pounds per square inch , 34 . Average speed ; Light 8 knots .. Loaded . 5 knots .
Page 2671
14 feet 1 inch . 13 feet . 10 feet . Two 17 feet ; two 9 feet 9 inches . 12 feet . 11 feet
. 13,473 square feet . 3,942 square feet . 1,292 square feet . 400 square feet . 130
square feet .. 39 square feet . 175 pounds . 135 pounds . 130 pounds . ( 45 .
14 feet 1 inch . 13 feet . 10 feet . Two 17 feet ; two 9 feet 9 inches . 12 feet . 11 feet
. 13,473 square feet . 3,942 square feet . 1,292 square feet . 400 square feet . 130
square feet .. 39 square feet . 175 pounds . 135 pounds . 130 pounds . ( 45 .
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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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