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Page 2174
... lower harbor had been completed to the project depths , except for the removal of a small quantity of hardpan , which was too hard to be taken out by the dredges on the work . It will be necessary to drill and blast this hardpan in ...
... lower harbor had been completed to the project depths , except for the removal of a small quantity of hardpan , which was too hard to be taken out by the dredges on the work . It will be necessary to drill and blast this hardpan in ...
Page 2178
... lower low water and was about completed for the length of 8,607 feet from its westerly end , and 207,766 tons had been placed in the super- structure . The amount of superstructure work done was the equiv- alent of 8,070 feet of ...
... lower low water and was about completed for the length of 8,607 feet from its westerly end , and 207,766 tons had been placed in the super- structure . The amount of superstructure work done was the equiv- alent of 8,070 feet of ...
Page 2180
... lower low water , and with few exceptions this depth was maintained . A total of 819,234 cubic yards was dredged from 4,235 linear feet of cut averaging 200 feet in width and varying from 5.5 to 30.5 feet ( average 22.7 feet ) in depth ...
... lower low water , and with few exceptions this depth was maintained . A total of 819,234 cubic yards was dredged from 4,235 linear feet of cut averaging 200 feet in width and varying from 5.5 to 30.5 feet ( average 22.7 feet ) in depth ...
Page 2186
... lower figure than had been estimated for . This was due to the contractor being able to sell the material dredged , which probably can not be done so advantageously in future operations . There were , therefore , to be under the amount ...
... lower figure than had been estimated for . This was due to the contractor being able to sell the material dredged , which probably can not be done so advantageously in future operations . There were , therefore , to be under the amount ...
Page 2191
... lower river , and a large number of schooners ply on the lower river , carry- ing the heavier freight . The following is a statement of the commerce carried by the vessels of the steamboat lines , but it has been found impracticable to ...
... lower river , and a large number of schooners ply on the lower river , carry- ing the heavier freight . The following is a statement of the commerce carried by the vessels of the steamboat lines , but it has been found impracticable to ...
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allotment amount expended appropriation approved April Arkansas Arkansas River August authorized bank barges Bend boat bridge Brush and poles Cairo calked canal channel Chief of Engineers civil act completed Congress construction contract Corps of Engineers cost cubic yards Dalecarlia reservoir Date December December 31 depth dredge ending June 30 Executive Mansion expended in fiscal February fiscal year ending foot Found in house gauge grade harbor act hereby high water Inventory of public Island June 13 June 30 Lake last return levee district linear feet mahogany March mattress Memphis miles Mississippi River Commission navigation nineteen hundred Number operations Park plant Point pounds President profitably expended public property repairs revetment river and harbor season Secretary of War Sept shoal square steamer stone street sundry civil act survey thousand dollars tion tons Total Transferred U. S. Army United upholstered vessels
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Page 2299 - 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, for the construction, completion, repair, and preservation of the public works hereinafter named: ***** Sec.
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Page 2591 - 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 to be paid from such...
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