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APPENDIX Y.
SAN FRANCISCO, CAL., July 7, 1870.
GENERAL: I have the honor to submit the following report of my official operations during the fiscal year ending June 30, 1870. The operations have been conducted under the following...
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Repair, preservation, extension, and completion of certain public works on rivers and harbors.
River and harbor improvements for the year ending June 30, 1869, and for the year ending June 30, 1870.
Funds from each of the above appropriations...
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I am directed to report on the eleven following points :
First. A survey made at the mouth of the Willamette River showed that the channel which we cut during the year contained 17 feet of water, and extended entirely across the bar. An...
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THE REMOVAL OF BLOSSOM ROCK, IN SAN FRANCISCO BAY, CALIFORNIA,
This work is also carried on and is to be paid for from funds from the river and harbor appropriations. The contract for the removal of the rocks having been awarded to Mr. A. W. You...
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My duties as light-house engineer have occupied much of my time during the fiscal year just ended. I have completed a 5th-order light-house at Santa Cruz, California, and 1st-order light-house at Point Arena, California, and am now engaged in...
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9 p. Includes selected pages of the Report of the Chief of Engineers for 1870.
1870-11-24
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42D CONGRESS, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.Ex.Doc.1,
2d Session. Part 2.
REPORT
OF
THE SECRETARY OF WAR,
BEING PART OF
THE MESSAGE AND DOCUMENTS
COMMUNICATED TO THE
TWO HOUSES OF CONGRESS
AT THE
BEGINNING OF THE SECOND SESSION OF...
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REPORT
OF
OFFICE OF THE CHIEF OF ENGINEERS,
Washington, D. C. October 20, 1871.
Sir : I have the honor to present, for your information, the following report upon the duties of the Engineer Department during the fiscal year ending June...
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Corps of Engineers.-These defenses consist of Fort Stevens, on the south side, and three detached earthen barbette batteries at Cape Disappointment, on the north side of the entrance. They were built during the late war, and the materials used in...
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Amount available July 1, 1870 $11, 046 02
Amount appropriated by act of July 11, 1870 31, 000 00 Amount expended during the fiscal year ending June 30,
1871 24,329 48
Amount available July 1, 18 71 17, 716 54
Amount required for fiscal...
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On the 11th of April, 1871, in compliance with Special Orders No. 124, dated March 28, 1871, from the War Department, Adjutant General's Office, I relieved Major R. S. Williamson at San Francisco, California, from his duties as superintendent of...
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tions in the channel of the Columbia River, below the mouth of the Willamette, have been forming, which are now serious obstacles to the development of the foreign. trade of this port. I refer especially to the St. Helen's Bar, about twenty miles...
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riedly by contract, and will not last much longer. It is too small for the work, cost originally $25,000, coin, and the annual expense of keeping it in repair has been about $3,000. There is no other dredger in this part of the country, and as one...
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UMPQUA RIVER.
A reconnaissance by Major Williamson was made of the rapids of this river, (Senate Ex. Doc. No. 14,) and appropriation made by Congress of $22,500, which was available July 1, 1871.
An examination of this stream will be made...
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UMPQUA RIVER.
A reconnaissance by Major Williamson was made of the rapids of this river, (Senate Ex. Doc. No. 14,) and appropriation made by Congress of $22,500, which was available July 1, 1871.
An examination of this stream will be made...
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The following statement shows the amount received and expended dining the year :
On hand July 1, 1870 $0 00
Received during. the year 10, 000 00
Total on hand and received 10,000 00
Expended ................. 4,526 58
Deposited to...
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the present fiscal year, and to pay for the same out of this appropriation, which will be done.
The following statement exhibits the amounts on hand, received, and expended during the past year :
On hand July 1, 1870 $4, 473 40
Received...
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SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA,
August 3, 1871.
GENERAL : I have the honor to submit the following report of operations under the appropriation for "repairs, &c., of works on harbors and rivers" for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1870. The only...
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SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA,
August 3, 1871.
GENERAL : I have the honor to submit the following report of operations under the appropriation for "repairs, &c., of works on harbors and rivers" for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1870. The only...
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SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA December 23, 1870.
MAJOR: In accordance with your order of September 7, 1870, I left Portland, Oregon, with my party, on September 8, and proceeded up the Willamette River by steamboat to Salem, Oregon. This was done to...
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the river, then placing the logs against the piles, and brush and gravel against the legs. The dams so constructed are still standing.
The danger to be apprehended in building wing-dams in the river is, that the current striking the dam is...
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