Report of the Chief of Engineers U.S. ArmyU.S. Government Printing Office, 1882 |
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16 feet 20 feet act passed August Amount appropriated amount available amount expended appropriated by act bank Board of Engineers boat breakwater bridge built canal cañon cents channel Chief of Engineers Columbia River commerce construction contract Corps of Engineers cost Creek crib cubic yards depth dredging east ending June 30 estimated excavation exclusive of outstanding expended during fiscal feet long feet wide fiscal year ending foot Fork gauge grade gravel hydraulic hydraulic mining Illinois Central Railroad improvement inches Lake Lake Winnebago linear feet lock low water low-water Mary's Falls Canal material Michigan mining Money statement mouth navigation obstruction Ohio Ohio River outstanding liabilities July piles Portland pounds present profitably expended proposed Railroad Company removed repairs respectfully riprap rock sand season Secretary of War shore side span stone superstructure survey timber tons Total vessels west pier width Willamette River
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Page 2157 - An act to aid in the improvement of the Fox and Wisconsin rivers, in the State of Wisconsin...
Page 2074 - The power to regulate commerce comprehends the control for that purpose, and to the extent necessary, of all the navigable waters of the United States which are accessible from a state other than those in which they lie. For this purpose they are the public property of the nation, and subject to all the requisite legislation by Congress.
Page 2006 - An act providing a permanent form of government for the District of Columbia...
Page 2203 - As to the grant of the submerged lands, the act declares that all the right and title of the state in and to the submerged lands, constituting the bed of Lake Michigan, and lying east of the tracks and breakwater of the company for the distance of one mile, and between the south line of the south pier extended eastwardly and a line extended eastwardly from the south line of lot...
Page 2000 - ... of other bridges in the vicinity, and shall give such other information as the Secretary of War may require for a full and satisfactory understanding of the subject...
Page 2192 - An act granting the right of way and making a grant of land to the States of Illinois, Mississippi and Alabama, in aid of the construction of a railroad from Chicago to Mobile...
Page 2074 - ... and the navigable waters leading into the same, shall be common highways, and forever free, as well to the inhabitants of said state as to all other citizens of the United States, without any tax, duty, impost, or toll, therefor.
Page 2160 - Wisconsin rivers," approved March 3, 1875. Under this act the process of ascertaining the amount of compensation for flowage damages arising from these dams is made contingent upon the " opinion of the officer in charge that it is not prudent that the dam or dams be lowered"; and it would seem that the first thing to do would be to ascertain this opinion. The attorney appointed to represent the interests of the United States under this act had a different opinion, and seemed to assume that because...
Page 2182 - Respectfully returned to the Chief of Engineers for reconsideration and report in connection with the accompanying communication from the general solicitor of the Illinois Central Railroad Company and papers therewith. By order of the Secretary of War : HT CROSBY, Chief Clerk. WAR DEPARTMENT, August 1, 1881.
Page 2159 - The dams which have occasioned the flowage referred to were, as stated by Major Houston, not constructed by the canal companies and are not at all necessary for the purposes of navigation, and so far as that is concerned, could not only be lowered but entirely dispensed with. The dams were built by a water-power...