Annual Report of the Secretary of War, Volume 2

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U.S. Government Printing Office, 1892
 

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Page 2004 - Engineers that are required to be made, and shall prescribe in each case a reasonable time in which to make them. If at the end of such time the alteration has not been made, the Secretary of War shall forthwith notify the United States district attorney for the district in which such bridge is situated, to the end that the criminal proceedings hereinafter mentioned may be taken.
Page 2406 - Portland cement mixed in the proportion of one part cement, two parts sand, and four parts broken stone.
Page 1990 - No. 6 and its appurtenances for said sum of $162, 000 or a less gum, then the Secretary of War is hereby authorized and directed to institute and carry to completion proceedings for the condemnation of said Lock and Dam No.
Page 2004 - ... it shall be the duty of the said 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; and in giving such notice he shall specify the changes recommended by the Chief of Engineers that are required to be made, and shall prescribe in each case a reasonable time in which to make them.
Page 2004 - That whenever the Secretary of War shall have good reason to believe that any railroad or other bridge now constructed, or which may hereafter be constructed, over any of the navigable waterways of the United States is an unreasonable obstruction to the free navigation of such waters on account of insufficient height, width of span, or otherwise, or where there is difficulty in passing the draw opening or the draw span of such bridge by rafts, steamboats, or other water craft...
Page 2534 - Í891, and is substantially the project oí' 18Íi<¡, with some enlargements. It provides for two piers extending into the lake with a channel between them. The piers are "nearly parallel to each other, about 200 feet apart. The east pier is 850 feet long, and the west pier 873 feet. Between the piers the channel is about 180...
Page 2004 - ... required to be made, and shall prescribe in each case a reasonable time in which to make them. If at the end of such time the alteration has not been made, the Secretary of War shall forthwith notify the United States district attorney for the district in which such bridge is situated, to the end that the criminal proceedings mentioned in the succeeding section may be taken.
Page 2632 - These waves come from the south and southwest. The waves produced by the southeast wind are short, designated by the sailors as "choppy." The south and southwest seas, on the other hand, are long and heavy. A vessel at anchor under this exposure must, under these circumstances, get to sea with the possibility of otherwise going ashore. It is the heave of the sea rather than the wind, although the latter alone is sufficiently dangerous, that makes the strongest ground tackle, at times, of no avail....
Page 2506 - ASHTABULA HARBOR, OHIO. The original project for the improvement of this harbor was adopted in 1826...
Page 2441 - The proposition to locate a dry dock in immediate proximity to the lockage system is as objectionable as ever; but if it should be decided to do so, then the location heretofore referred to, at the eastern end of the area transferred from the Fort Brady military reservation to the canal reservation, is the least objectionable.

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