First- Forty-second Annual Report of the Board of Harbor Commissioners to the General Assembly at Its January Session 1877- 1918Pawtucket linotyping Company, 1896 |
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... shore at Bristol , which will be reported at an early day for approval by the Governor and Senate . OBSTRUCTION , ENCROACHMENT AND DUMPING . The work of the Harbor Commission is steadily increasing in amount and importance . Constant ...
... shore at Bristol , which will be reported at an early day for approval by the Governor and Senate . OBSTRUCTION , ENCROACHMENT AND DUMPING . The work of the Harbor Commission is steadily increasing in amount and importance . Constant ...
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... shore of Field's Point . Such a result would be of very great value to the harbor of Providence and it is one which might reasonably be expected to be secured by the United States Government . The Harbor Commissioners have brought this ...
... shore of Field's Point . Such a result would be of very great value to the harbor of Providence and it is one which might reasonably be expected to be secured by the United States Government . The Harbor Commissioners have brought this ...
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... shore , might be diverted to Providence and taken overland to Boston . COUNTY OF NEWPORT . Application is sometimes made to the Board , by owners of shore property in the county of Newport , for aid in the way of advice or direction ...
... shore , might be diverted to Providence and taken overland to Boston . COUNTY OF NEWPORT . Application is sometimes made to the Board , by owners of shore property in the county of Newport , for aid in the way of advice or direction ...
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... shore of Goat Island , so as to protect the end of this island from erosion , and to prevent the drift of sand , etc. , around the island into adjacent parts of the channel and harbor and for the removal of " Spindle Rock , " a sharp ...
... shore of Goat Island , so as to protect the end of this island from erosion , and to prevent the drift of sand , etc. , around the island into adjacent parts of the channel and harbor and for the removal of " Spindle Rock , " a sharp ...
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... shores for ocean navigation . It has a signal station connected by submarine telegraph with the mainland . Vessels are ... shore on the south and west , but an old gap near the end of this breakwater was to be filled up . The project ...
... shores for ocean navigation . It has a signal station connected by submarine telegraph with the mainland . Vessels are ... shore on the south and west , but an old gap near the end of this breakwater was to be filled up . The project ...
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00 August 00 July 00 June 00 March 25 feet act of June Amount appropriated amount expended anchorage area Annual Report approved August 18 balance unexpended Block Island Board breakwater bridge channel Chief of Engineers city of Providence commerce arriving COMMERCIAL STATISTICS contract Corps of Engineers Cove cubic yards dredging easterly ending June 30 entrance existing project expended during fiscal feet at mean feet deep feet wide feet width fiscal year ending Freight Goat Island harbor act harbor commissioners harbor line harbor of refuge improvement inner harbor jetty July 13 June 13 June 30 latitude south longitude east mean low water MONEY STATEMENT Narragansett Bay navigation Number obstruction Operations contemplated outstanding liabilities past fiscal Pawtucket river Pleasure boats point marked Providence river removal required to complete Rhode Island river and harbor Sakonnet Sakonnet River Salt Pond Seekonk river shore southerly street sundry civil act thence running Tons Total westerly Wickford
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Página 6 - States, outside established harbor lines, or where no harbor lines have been established, except on plans recommended by the Chief of Engineers and authorized by the Secretary of War; and it shall not be lawful to excavate or fill, or in any manner to alter or modify the course, location, condition, or capacity of any...
Página 14 - War; and it shall not be lawful to excavate or fill, or in any manner to alter or modify the course, location, condition, or capacity of any port, roadstead, haven, harbor, canal, lake, harbor or refuge, or inclosure within the limits of any breakwater, or of the channel of any navigable water of the United States, unless the work has been recommended by the Chief of Engineers and authorized by the Secretary of War prior to beginning the same.
Página 16 - ... be the duty of the owner of such sunken craft to immediately mark it with a buoy or beacon during the day and a lighted lantern at night, and to maintain such marks until the sunken craft is removed or abandoned, and the neglect or failure of the said owner so to do shall be unlawful; and it shall be the duty of the owner of such sunken craft to commence the immediate removal of the same, and prosecute such removal diligently, and failure to do so shall be considered as an abandonment of such...
Página 18 - War, and within the time prescribed by him willfully fail or refuse to remove the same or to comply with the lawful order of the Secretary of War in the premises, such persons, corporation, or association shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor...
Página 18 - Secretary, first giving the parties reasonable opportunity to be heard, to give notice to the persons or corporations owning or controlling such bridge so to alter the same as to render navigation through or under it reasonably free, easy, and unobstructed...
Página 15 - And further, the removal of any structures or parts of structures erected in violation of the provisions of the said sections may be enforced by the injunction of any circuit court exercising jurisdiction in any district in which such structures may exist, and proper proceedings to this end may be instituted under the direction of the Attorney General of the United States.
Página 13 - State across rivers and other waterways the navigable portions of which lie wholly within the limits of a single State, provided the location and plans thereof are submitted to and approved by the Chief of Engineers and by the Secretary of War...
Página 16 - ... vessels or other craft in navigable channels in such a manner as to prevent or obstruct the passage of other vessels or craft ; or to voluntarily or carelessly sink, or permit or cause to be sunk, vessels or other craft in navigable channels; or to float loose timber and logs, or to float what is known as sack rafts of timber and logs in streams or channels actually navigated by steamboats in such manner as to obstruct, impede, or endanger navigation.
Página 20 - Provided further, That whenever, in the opinion of the Secretary of War, the public interests require it, he may make rules and regulations to govern the opening of drawbridges for the passage of vessels and other water crafts, and such rules and regulations, when so made and published, shall have the force of law, and any violation thereof shall be punished as hereinbefore provided.
Página 21 - States for examination of the offense alleged against him, and such commissioner, judge, or court shall proceed in respect thereto as authorized by law in cases of crimes against the United States.