Congressional Serial Set, Issue 7698U.S. Government Printing Office, 1920 - United States Reports, Documents, and Journals of the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives. |
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25 feet 30 feet deep 400 feet wide amount Arthur Kill Board of Engineers boats breakwater Carteret cent channel 30 feet Chief of Engineers city of Milwaukee Colorado River commerce construction Corps of Engineers County Creek cubic yards damage deep at mean depth district engineer division engineer dredging Dunnellon elevation embankment Engineers for Rivers examination and survey Excavating extended fishing flood freight Galveston Channel Gulf harbor act approved harbor entrance herewith improvement increase Jones Island Kill Van Kull lake land Mamaroneck Mamaroneck Harbor mean low water miles mouth navigation north of Shooters Noyo River Perth Amboy piers preliminary examination present protection raft railroad Raritan Bay recommended riprap river and harbor rock San Antonio River sand Santee River scour sea wall sheet piling Shooters Island shore south jetty storm Street tonnage tons turning basin United States Army vessels waterway wave wharf wharves width Withlacoochee River
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Page 3 - is desired. The cost of a channel 10 feet deep at mean low water and 100 feet wide from deep water in the Sound to off Orienta Point and thence 80 feet wide to the head of navigation with some additional anchorage area is estimated at $103,000.
Page 11 - Changes in stage during low flow are believed to be due to pumping from deep wells for the city water supply and the use of artesian water for Irrigation In areas adjacent to the river, as It Is thought that the wells draw from the underground reservoir that feeds the river by springs.”
Page 18 - In compliance with law, the board reports that except as contemplated by the above recommendations, there are no questions of terminal facilities, water power, or other subjects so related to the project proposed that they may be coordinated therewith to lessen the cost and compensate the Government for expenditures made in the interests of navigation. For the board:
Page 3 - the board reports that there are no questions of terminal facilities, water power, or other related subjects which could be coordinated with the suggested improvement in such manner as to render the work advisable m the interests of commerce and navigation. For the board:
Page 1 - A LETTER FROM THE CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, REPORTS ON PRELIMINARY EXAMINATION AND SURVEY OF NEW YORK AND NEW JERSEY CHANNELS, WITh A VIEW TO SECURiNG A SHIP CHANNEL OF INCREASED WIDTH AND DEPTH NECESSARY FOR THE PURPOSES OF COMMERCE
Page 2 - 4. After due consideration of the abovementioned reports, I concur in the views of the district engineer, the division engineer, and the Board of Engineers for Rivers
Page 2 - 4. After due consideration of the abovementioned reports, I concur in the views of the district engineer, the division engineer, and the Board of Engineers for Rivers
Page 2 - 3. These reports have been referred, as required by law, to the Board of Engineers for Rivers and Harbors, and attention is invited to its report herewith, dated December 23,
Page 18 - After due consideration of the abovementioned reports, I concur in the views of the district engineer the division engineer, and the Board of Engineers for Rivers