Annual Report (or Report) of the Secretary of War, Part 2U.S. Government Printing Office, 1869 |
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... drills peculiar to their special arm of the service , and have accomplished a large amount of work in the construction of the buildings and prepara- tion of the grounds at the depots established for them . Theoretical instruction for ...
... drills peculiar to their special arm of the service , and have accomplished a large amount of work in the construction of the buildings and prepara- tion of the grounds at the depots established for them . Theoretical instruction for ...
Page 74
... drilling holes in the rock and charging them with explosive compounds . Mr. Bacon writes on the 2d of March that Mr. Quinn writes him that " he is succeeding beyond his most sanguine expectations . " In a letter to me of February 24th ...
... drilling holes in the rock and charging them with explosive compounds . Mr. Bacon writes on the 2d of March that Mr. Quinn writes him that " he is succeeding beyond his most sanguine expectations . " In a letter to me of February 24th ...
Page 75
... drilling done . This drilling can be done for one dollar and twenty - five cents per foot . Allowing him this liberal estimate , Mr. Bacon thinks that he has been paid in full for what he has done , in which I agree . The 217 cubic ...
... drilling done . This drilling can be done for one dollar and twenty - five cents per foot . Allowing him this liberal estimate , Mr. Bacon thinks that he has been paid in full for what he has done , in which I agree . The 217 cubic ...
Page 76
... drilling done must be taken into the account to give him title to the pay already drawn , which could not have been drawn at all under a strict construction of the contract . The results show 217 cubic yards of rock removed . This is ...
... drilling done must be taken into the account to give him title to the pay already drawn , which could not have been drawn at all under a strict construction of the contract . The results show 217 cubic yards of rock removed . This is ...
Page 77
... drilling . This he was obliged to do in the most primitive manner , with hammers first , and then spring poles . The ice ... drill or fracture . No blasting was done till about July 9 , when Mr. Quinn obtained sixty pounds of nitro ...
... drilling . This he was obliged to do in the most primitive manner , with hammers first , and then spring poles . The ice ... drill or fracture . No blasting was done till about July 9 , when Mr. Quinn obtained sixty pounds of nitro ...
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A. A. HUMPHREYS allotted boats bottom breakwater Brevet Brevet Brigadier Brevet Colonel Brevet Major bridge brigadier general United canal Captain cents per cubic channel charge Chief of Engineers commenced completed construction contract contractors Corps of Engineers cost Creek cribs cubic yards depth of water dike dredging drill ending June 30 estimate excavation expended feet wide fiscal year ending flood Grand Haven harbor high water hundred feet improvement inches Island Keokuk Lake levees Lieutenant Colonel lieutenant colonel United lock low water Major of Engineers March mean miles Mississippi Mississippi River mouth navigation necessary Number obedient servant obstructions Ohio Ohio River operations piles present proposed removed repairs respectfully riprap river rock sand season Shoals shore snag-boats snags steamer stone submitted superstructure surface survey timber tion Total United States Army UNITED STATES ENGINEER velocity vessels Washington Washington aqueduct Wheeling Island width
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Page 300 - War ; and in case of any litigation arising from any obstruction or alleged obstruction to navigation created by the construction of any bridge under this Act.
Page 388 - not to obstruct, impair, or injuriously modify the navigation of the river" was prepared by myself, and with reference to the meaning attached to those words by the best authorities; and they were, I believe, used in the act with that understanding of them. I would further recommend that the bridge company be furnished with a copy of the report of the commission. Very respectfully, your obedient servant, AA HUMPHREYS, Brigadier General and Chief of Engineers. Hon.
Page 515 - An act making appropriations for the support of the Army for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1868 and for other purposes...
Page 52 - ... of the same, together with all other information touching said bridge and river as may be deemed requisite by the Secretary of War to determine whether the said bridge, when built, will conform to the prescribed conditions of the act, not to obstruct, impair, or injuriously modify the navigation of the river.
Page 388 - An Act providing that the bridge in the course of construction over the East River, between the cities of New York and Brooklyn, by the New York Bridge Company, shall be a public work of the cities of New York and Brooklyn, and for the dissolution of said Company, and the completion and management of the said bridge by the said cities.
Page 403 - Congress, full statements of all existing facts tending to show to what extent the general commerce of the country will be promoted by the several works of improvements contemplated by such examinations and surveys, to the end that public moneys shall not be applied excepting where such improvements shall tend to subserve the general commercial and navigation interests of the United States.
Page 510 - An act authorizing the erection of a bridge over the river Potomac to Alexander's Island," approved February 5, 1808. — (Vol. 1, page 177.) The following in brief are some of the features of this act : To be a good and sufficient bridge at least thirty-six feet wide, with a secure railing on each side four feet high and a width of six feet for a way for foot passengers ; to have a convenient and sufficient draw, at least thirty feet wide, over the main channel for the passing and repassing of vessels...
Page 456 - U 2. UNITED STATES ENGINEER OFFICE, Portland, Maine, March 15, 1869. GENERAL : I have the honor to report that, in compliance with your instructions, I have visited New York and Boston, for the purpose of examining into the merits of the dredging machine known as Morris & Cummings's patent, in operation in New York Harbor, and Boschke's patent, in Boston Harbor, with a view to ascertaining the most suitable and desirable machine for dredging in this harbor.
Page 300 - Missouri for such purpose, to build a bridge across the Mississippi River at Quincy, Illinois, and to lay on and over said bridge railway tracks for the more perfect connection of any railroads that are or shall be constructed to the said river at or opposite said point...
Page 300 - ... mark, measuring to the bottom chord of the bridge, and the piers of said bridge shall be parallel with the current of the river...