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Detailed statement of expenditures made in operating and caring for canal and locks at Cascades of the Columbia River, Oregon, during the fiscal year 1899, submitted in compliance with the river and harbor act of July 5, 1884.
Date. Voucher No....
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COMMERCIAL STATISTICS.
Canal at Cascades, Oregon.—Summary of business, etc., during fiscal year ending June 36,
1899.
Month. Average gauge readings, 12 m. Upper. Lower. Number of lockages. Locks operated. Number of passages. Sternwheel....
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Statement of traffic passing through canal at Cascades, Oregon, etc.—Continued.
Bound down.
Month. Cattle. Horses. Sheep. Miscellaneous live stock. Wool. Berries and fruit. Lumber. Miscellaneous merchandise. Logs. Total cargo. Passengers....
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IMPROVEMENT OF COLUMBIA RIVER BETWEEN VANCOUVER,
WASHINGTON, AND MOUTH OF WILLAMETTE RIVER.
The project for increasing the depth from 9 feet to about 20 feet over a sand bar in the Columbia River, about 2 1/2 miles below...
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hand, there was no time to advertise for proposals for furnishing the additional materials, and the Secretary of War therefore authorized the acceptance of the offer of Wakefield & Jacobsen.
From the time operations were commenced, January 24,...
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Image captions: PHOTOGRAPH NO. 1. -COLUMBIA RIVER, LOOKING DOWNSTREAM (WEST) FROM MAIN
DIKE AT HEAD OF HAYDEN ISLAND.
Vancouver, Wash., to the right: a portion of Hayden Island to the left.
PHOTOGRAPH NO. 2. HAYDEN SLOUGH, LOOKING... |
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Image captions: PHOTOGRAPH NO. 3—MAIN DIKE, LOOKING NORTHWEST FROM OREGON SHORE.
City of Vancouver. Wash., in the distance.
PHOTOGRAPH NO.4.--MAIN DIKE. LOOKING SOUTHEAST TOWARD OREGON SHORE FROM A POINT NEAR THE JUNCTION OF THE UPPER... |
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Image caption: PHOTOGRAPH NO. 5.-MAIN DIKE, LOOKING SOUTHEAST TOWARD OREGON SHORE
FROM A POINT NEAR PILE DRIVER SHOWN IN NO.4.
PHOTOGRAPH NO. 6-MAIN DIKE, LOOKING NORTHWEST FROM THE POINT NO.5 WAS TAKEN. |
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Image captions: PHOTOGRAPH NO. 7. --A PORTION OF 700-FOOT EXTENSION TO MAIN DIKE, LOOKING
EAST FROM A POINT BETWEEN UPPER AND LOWER CROSS DIKES.
Dike filled with brush fascines and ready for stone.
PHOTOGRAPH NO. 8.-UPPER (EAST) CROSS... |
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Image captions: PHOTOGRAPH NO.9 A PORTION OF THE INCOMPLETE UPPER CROSS DIKE WHERE IT
CONNECTS WITH HAYDEN ISLAND.
A portion of the head of Hayden Island covered with brush mattress ready for stone revetment,
shown to the left....
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Image caption: PHOTOGRAPH NO. 11. PORTION OF THE STONE REVETMENT AT THE HEAD OF HAYDEN
ISLAND.
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Abstract of proposals for improving Columbia River, Washington, received in response to advertisement dated November 25, 1898, and opened at Portland, Oreg., on December 15, 1898, by Capt. William W. Harts, Corps of Engineers. No. Name and address...
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APPENDIX T T.
IMPROVEMENT OF LOWER COLUMBIA RIVER AND TRIBUTARIES,
OREGON AND WASHINGTON.
REPORT OF MAJOR W. L. FISK, CORPS OF ENGINEERS, OFFICER IN CHARGE, FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING JUNE 30, 1899, WITH OTHER DOCUMENTS RELATING TO THE...
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stage sufficient to permit of the work being finished. It is proposed to do the work by hired labor and the use of the Government snag boat, or small boat and crew, at such time as a favorable opportunity may present itself. Money statement....
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The dams built last year in the vicinity of Eugene were damaged to a greater or less extent during the winter and spring freshets by heavy runs of drift, and as the stage of water June 1 was favorable for work on this extreme upper end of river,...
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In the days' labor given in the table the time of the snag boat's crew is not included, and it is fair to assume that one-half should be charged to dam construction, which would make the total cost of 6,530 linear feet dam $15,758.24, or $2.41 per...
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depth of 3 feet below the concrete level and 10 by 10 inch timbers securely wedged between them, after which the trenches were again filled and tamped. This operation effectually prevented any further movement. The work of placing grillage timbers...
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The work on the Upper Willamette, as well as that at the Yamhill Lock, is in immediate charge of Mr. David B. Ogden, assistant engineer, who has conducted them in a most satisfactory manner.
Money statement.
July 1, 1898, balance unexpended...
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