Annual Reports of the War Department, Том 5U.S. Government Printing Office, 1905 |
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100 feet wide 12 feet 20 feet act approved March act of June act of March allotted Amount appropriated Amount estimated amount expended Annual Report Appendix appropriated by river August August 18 balance unexpended balance unexpended__ boats breakwater bridge canal Chief of Engineers commerce COMMERCIAL STATISTICS completion of existing Congress Connecticut River construction contract Corps of Engineers covered by uncompleted Creek cubic yards dike dredging ending June 30 entrance estimated cost existing project expended during fiscal expenditure feet at mean feet deep fiscal year ending freight rates harbor act approved head of navigation Island jetty June 13 June 30 Lake locks and dams low-water lumber maintenance of improvement maximum draft mean low water miles Mississippi River mouth obstructions original project outstanding liabilities pier present project removal repairs required for completion river and harbor Secretary of War September 19 shoals snags sundry civil act tons vessels width
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Сторінка 713 - An Act making appropriations for the construction, repair, and preservation of certain public works on rivers and harbors and for other purposes...
Сторінка 700 - That a contract or contracts may be entered into by the Secretary of War for such materials and work...
Сторінка 713 - An Act to prevent obstructive and injurious deposits within the harbor and adjacent waters of New York City, by dumping or otherwise, and to punish and prevent such offenses," as amended by section three of the river and harbor Act of August eighteenth, eighteen hundred and ninety-four.
Сторінка 718 - That it shall be the duty of the Secretary of War to prescribe such regulations for the use, administration, and navigation of the navigable waters of the United States as in his judgment the public necessity may require...
Сторінка 60 - In its original condition the mid-channel depth was 12 feet at its mouth and 16 feet thence to the Federal Street Bridge, excepting at the draw in the Congress Street Bridge, where it was 14.5 feet at mean low water. The original project, adopted by the act of August 5, 1886 (H.
Сторінка 483 - ... given in the Annual Report of the Chief of Engineers for 1875, page 740. The original project provided for removing rocks, snags, and overhanging and fallen trees above Burning Springs, W. Va. , at a cost of $7,300, as approved by Congress on August 14, 1876.
Сторінка 575 - ... the present channel by dredging only, at a cost of $3,000 annually for a period of five years, at the end of which time...
Сторінка 42 - The direction of jetties and shore protection was modified in 1883, and in 1882 the partial closing of Plum Island Basin with a timber dike about 800 feet long and 5£ feet above mean low water was added to the project, increasing the cost (as estimated in 1884) to $375,000. In...
Сторінка 203 - A training dike on the Virginia shore, extending downstream from Analostan Island, was added to the project in 1890. The project also provided for the rebuilding of Long Bridge, and for the interception of all sewage discharged into the Washington channel, but neither of these works was included in the estimated cost of the improvement, which was 12,716,365.
Сторінка 147 - Its greatest width north and south is about 5 miles and its greatest length east and west is about 7 miles. The Raritan River empties into it at its west end, between Perth Amboy and South Amboy, and the Arthur Kill, or Staten Island Sound, extends northward, connecting it with Newark Bay. This bay had naturally a fairly straight channel, 11 feet deep, to South Amboy. The line of the deepest water, however, followed the Staten Island shore from Perth Amboy to Seguine Point, where it was separated...