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The project now presented consists of the following :
To build 6,000 feet of cut-off dams and 8,000 feet of wing-dams, and construct a snag-boat with scraper and pile-driver for work above Corvallis ; to add propelling power, scraper, and...
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the navigation to be improved extends from Portland to Eugene City, a distance of .172 miles.
Abstracts of proposals and contracts, a statement of funds, and 9 charts, showing location of work done during the year, are transmitted herewith....
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the navigation to be improved extends from Portland to Eugene City, a distance of .172 miles.
Abstracts of proposals and contracts, a statement of funds, and 9 charts, showing location of work done during the year, are transmitted herewith....
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navigated with safety, and many of which require immediate work in order that steamers may ascend to Lewiston, Idaho, during the low-water season. A careful reconnaissance of all these rapids has been made by myself, and surveys have been made of...
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channel ; this channel is on the south side, and has too swift a current for running up stream. The middle channel is used by boats ascending, and is good for that purpose, but has too sharp a bend for coming down. The north channel is used at...
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water channel is long, crooked, difficult, and dangerous, expecially with a large boat, and a variation of 15 or 20 feet either way from the narrow channel would result in disaster. To complete the high-water channel so as to render it available...
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LONG CROSSING BAR,
about 15 miles above Fish-Hook Rapid. The channel here is shoal, with a bottom of rock and large bowlders. Two rocks which stand in the channel opposite to about the middle of the island should be removed, and some of the...
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free from obstructions, except at a point about 4 miles below Lewiston, where several rocks iii a bend of the channel may ultimately require removal. This is, however, not immediately necessary. At
STEPTOE RAPID,
20 miles below Lewiston,...
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Proposals were received from three parties, and the work was awarded to Messrs. Grant & Stone, the lowest bidders, for Squally Hook, at $23, United States currency, per cubic yard, and to Mr. J. B. Montgomery, the lowest bidder, for Pine-Tree...
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MAP OF
PINE TREE RAPIDS
ON THE SNAKE RIVER _ W. T.
Island
Channel
Old Channel
Showing the positions of Rocks removed under the direction of Major John M. Wilson, Corps of Engineers, U.S.A.
1876-77
Surveyed and drawn by R. M....
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very difficult to work. Operations were, however, continued until the latter part of November, by which time 50 yards, the greater part of rock No. 18, had been removed. The water being still very high, the contractor asked authority to suspend...
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Cubic yards. Rock No. 7 23. 71
Rock No. 8 31. 41
Rock No. 9 41. 40
Rock No. 10 41.79
Rock No. 11 17.56
Rock No. 12 3.86
Rock No. 13 0. 87
Rock No. 14 2. 39
Cubic yards. Rock No. 15 9. 77
Rock No. 16 28.54
Rock No....
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of 1,500 cubic yards of rock from the Columbia River above Celilo, and 2,900 cubic yards from the Snake River, between its mouth and Lewiston, the estimated cost of the whole of which is $132,000. Of this amount $66,000 can be profitably expended...
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Abstract of proposals for excavating rock from the Upper Columbia and Snake Rivers, opened by Major John M. Wilson, Corps of Engineers, November 10, 1876.
Names and residences of bidders.
Numbers.
Squally Hook Rapid, Upper Columbia River,...
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Abstract of proposals for excavating rock from the Upper Columbia and Snake Rivers, opened by Major John M. Wilson, Corps of Engineers, November 10, 1876.
Names and residences of bidders.
Numbers.
Squally Hook Rapid, Upper Columbia River,...
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of the underlying material upon the line which should be finally selected for the canal.
These instructions were carried out with great energy and skill by Mr. Bolton, who, in spite of the inclement season, kept his party at work steadily, and...
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An allotment of $1,200 was made for a survey on the Washington Territory side, and I was instructed to present a project in detail, with estimates, for a canal on that side at the earliest practical moment.
The telegram reached me on Saturday,...
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Navigation Company during the first eleven mouths of this fiscal year are largely in excess of the number and amount transported during the
same period in the last fiscal year.
The amount of revenue collected at the port of Portland, Oreg.,...
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63 p. Includes sections of Appendix JJ: 1877 annual report of Maj. John M. Wilson, Corps of Engineers, detailing surveys and statistics about and works of river improvements for the Willamette and Columbia rivers.
1877-11-24
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45th CONGRESS, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. Ex. Doc. 1,
3d 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 THIRD SESSION OF THE...
2005-09-19
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2005-09-19
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July 1, 1877, amount available $14,246 64
Amount appropriated by act approved June 18, 1878 20, 000 00
$ 34, 246 54 July 1, 1878, amount expended during fiscal year 14,120 29
July 1, 1878, amount available 20,12625
Amount...
2005-09-19
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4 p. Selected pages of the Report of the Chief of Engineers for 1878. Included are annual reports detailing improvements of rivers in Oregon and Washington territory.
1878-11-24
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45TH CONGRESS, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. Ex. Doc.1,
3d 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...
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