Report of the Chief of Engineers U.S. ArmyU.S. Government Printing Office, 1882 |
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00 Amount estimated 00 See Appendix 12 feet act of March act passed August Amount appropriated amount available amount expended appropriated by act Appropriation asked available for fiscal batteries beach Board of Engineers breakwater bridge canal channel Chief of Engineers commenced completion of existing Congress construction Continuing improvement contract Corps of Engineers Creek cubic yards defense Delaware River dike dredging ending June 30 entrance excavation exclusive of outstanding expended during fiscal expended in fiscal expended to June feet at mean feet deep feet wide fiscal year ending Frankford Creek harbor act harbor of refuge Island jetty June 14 Lake Lieut mean low-water miles Mississippi River Money statement mouth navigation obstructions outstanding liabilities July piers port present project profitably expended proposed removal repairs required for completion river and harbor Rock Secretary of War shoal shore snags survey thousand dollars tion tons Total vessels wharf width Willets Point
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Página 365 - ... and in case of any litigation arising from any obstruction or alleged obstruction to the free navigation of said river...
Página 355 - War, obstruct such navigation, he is hereby authorized to cause such change or alteration of said bridge or bridges to be made as will effectually obviate such obstruction; and all such alterations shall be made and all such obstructions be removed at the expense of the owner or owners of said bridge.
Página 361 - That any bridge constructed under this Act and according to its limitations shall be a lawful structure, and shall be recognized and known as a post route, upon which also no higher charge shall be made for the transmission over the same of the mails, the troops, and the munitions of war of the United States, than the rate per mile paid for their transportation over the railroads or public highways leading to said bridge; and the United States shall have the right of way for postal telegraph purposes...
Página 358 - ... at all stages, and the soundings, accurately showing the bed of the stream, the location of any other bridge or bridges, and shall furnish such other information as may be required for a full and satisfactory understanding of the subject; And until the said plan and location of the bridge are approved by the Secretary of War, the...
Página 355 - Provided further, That nothing in this act shall be so construed as to repeal or modify any of the provisions of law now existing in reference to the protection of the navigation of rivers, or to exempt this bridge from the operation of the same. SEC.
Página 392 - An Act making appropriations for the construction, repair, and preservation of certain public works on rivers and harbors, and for other purposes...
Página 363 - That if any bridge built under this act shall be constructed as a drawbridge, the same shall be constructed as a pivot draw-bridge, with a draw over the main channel of the river at an accessible and navigable point, and with spans of not less than one hundred and sixty feet in length in the clear on each side of the central or pivot pier of the draw...
Página 363 - ... company that he approves the same ; and upon receiving such notification the said company may proceed to the erection of said bridge, conforming strictly to the approved plan and location. But until the Secretary of War...
Página 370 - In making the valuation the appraisers shall only consider the present value of the land without reference to its value for the uses for which it is taken under the provisions of this act. "The appraisers shall each receive for their services five dollars for each day's actual service in making the said appraisements.
Página 365 - ... at high and low water, the direction and strength of the currents at all stages, and the soundings, accurately showing the bed of the stream, the location of any other bridge or bridges, and shall furnish such other information as may be required for a full and satisfactory understanding of the subject; And until the said plan and location of the bridge are approved by the Secretary of War...