Hearing Before the Committee on Rivers and Harbors of the House of Representatives. Improvement of the Mississippi River. Jan. 18 - April 19, 1904 |
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18 feet appropriation barges Beach Haven Bedford BENNETT BISHOP boats Boston BOSWELL breakwater bridge Buffalo BURGESS canal Cape Ann carry cents Chairman and gentlemen channel coal coast commerce committee cost cotton CROSBY depth draft dredging Erie Canal fact feet of water Fish Island freight GAGE GARDNER GOULDER Government Governor harbor of refuge Haverhill Highland Beach HILL improvement indicating on map JONES Keokuk Lakes land LAWRENCE LIBBEY Louis lumber manufacturing MEESE miles Miss FAIRFIELD Mississippi River Mitchells Falls Moline navigation Niagara River packet trade Panama Canal PATTERSON Paul port Portland present question rail railroad railway RANSDELL river and harbor Rock Island Rockport Salem Sandy Hook SAWYER SCRIPTURE ship STATEMENT steamers storm survey to-day Tonawanda tonnage tons traffic transportation United upper Mississippi upper Mississippi River vessels waterway wharves WILLIAMS WOODMAN York