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APPENDIX S.
SAN FRANCISCO, .August 5, 1867.
General: I have the honor to submit the following report of my official operations during the fiscal year ending July 30, 1867 :
These operations have been conducted under the following...
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My observations and investigations in meteorology and hypsometry have been prosecuted vigorously during the year. In February last I forwarded to you a report, complete in itself, of the results so far obtained, and believing they are of...
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6000 cubic yards of earth would have to be taken out to deepen the channel to eighteen feet of water. No such survey at the mouth of the river, where there is also a bar, has been made.
Second. The data to ascertain the amount required for the...
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The paper appended to this report, and marked A, is a report of the president of the Oregon Steam Navigation Company upon the commerce and navigation of the upper Columbia, and affords the fullest information on the subject.
A survey of Crescent...
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My duties as a member of the board of engineers for the Pacific coast have occupied a small portion of my time.
No light-houses have been erected during the year, except one at Cape Gregory, Oregon, together with the keeper's dwelling. The light...
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class, which if compelled to carry wood for the round trip, would have little or no capacity for freight.
Tributary to this section of the Columbia river is a large mining country bordering on the Columbia river, north of the forty-ninth...
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In June of this year Walla-Walla valley alone shipped down the Columbia, San Francisco and New York markets, over five hundred tons of' flour, and
has remaining for shipment at this date at least twenty thousand barrels.
Cheap freight is of the...
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of removing them will be best learned after the experiments on Blossom Rock. now to be commenced this week.
The part of your instructions most difficult to carry out is that relating to the mouth of the Willamette, and, fortunately, there is time...
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[Extract from San Francisco Bulletin.]
The WEATHER.—The great question now being asked is, " When will it stop raining" We have had an almost steady flow of rain for a month, and the
chances of its drying up are apparently as slim as they were...
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(an excellent man to conduct the mechanical part of the work,) and thought at least represented, that he had done more and there was really less to do than the facts prove.
Another error of his: he gave the cost per month of running the dredge at...
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such further bond for the performance of his written agreement as may be required ;
this agreement is made subject to the approval of the Chief of Engineers States army. The contract will be awarded to the lowest responsible bidder, but the right...
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66TH CONGRESS
2d Session HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES DOCUMENT No. 724
INDEX
TO THE
REPORTS OF THE CHIEF OF ENGINEERS
U. S. ARMY
1913-1917
SUPPLEMENTAL TO INDEX, 1866-1912
[See House Document No. 740, 63d Congress, 2d Session]...
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WAR DEPARTMENT,
Washington, February 25, 1920.
The SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
SIR: I have the honor to transmit herewith a letter dated February 23, 1920, from the Chief of Engineers, United States Army, together with an index...
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GUIDE TO USE OF INDEX. 1. ALPHABETICAL FINDING LIST.
There is a finding list at the back of this volume composed of the names of rivers, harbors, miscellaneous and special subjects, etc., arranged alphabetically for convenient reference.
2....
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INDEX TO REPORTS, CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMY, 1913-1917.
EFFECT OF IMPROVEMENT.
This refers to the effect of the work of improvement and maintenance and benefits accruing to commerce and navigation as the result of completed projects....
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SECOND PORTLAND, OREG., DISTRICT.
COLUMBIA RIVER, OREG.--Gauging of waters.
(Index prior to 1913, p. 1621, vol. 1.)
APPROPRIATIONS. In charge:
Total, 13, 3117. Maj. J. F. Mclndoe, R., 13, 3117.
OPERATIONS.
ENGINEERS. Establishing...
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CLATSKANIE RIVER, OREG.
(Index prior to 1913. p. 1641, vol. 1.) APPROPRIATIONS. LOCAL COOPERATION.
Total to .Tune 30, 1917, 17, 3341. 17, 1727.
ENGINEERS. CONDITION.
Chief of Engineers, R., 13, 1359; 14, 1400; 15, maximum draft: 13, 1361;...
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WILLAMETTE RIVER ABOVE PORTLAND, AND YAMHILL
RIVER, OREG.
(Index prior to 1913, p. 1642, vol. 1.)
APPROPRIATIONS. 1915-16. Dredging and snagging, tabulated, 16, 3221, 3222.
Total to June 30, 1917, 17, 3343. 1916-17. Dredging and snagging,...
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YAMHILL RIVER, OREG.—(Operation and care of lock and
dam.)
(Index prior to 1913, p. 1647, vol. 1.) ENGINEERS. CONDITION.
Chief of Engineers R., 13, 1347; 14, 1397; 15, Summary: 16, 1646; 170749. 1524; 16, 1645; 17, 1745.
In charge:...
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COLUMBIA RIVER AT CATHLAMET, WASH.
(Index prior to 1913, p. 1616, vol. 1.) ENGINEERS. SURVEYS.
Chief of Engineers, R, 14, 1420. Pre. ex. and stir. (IT. D. 120, 63rd, 1st), plan of improvement presented, 14, 1420.
SKAMOKAWA CREEK, WASH....
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PREFACE.
The compilation of this volume of the index to the annual reports of the Chief of Engineers ' follows the order of arrangement of subjects, titles, and headings, and the grouping of waterways, as adopted and used in the two preceding...
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CONTENTS.
VOLUME III.
Page
Preface 7
Guide to use of index 9
Part I. Rivers and harbors 11
Districts
Portland, Me 13
Boston, Mass 21
Newport, R. I 27
New London, Conn 33
New York, N. Y., First 42
New York, N. Y., Second...
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CONTENTS.
Part I. Rivers and harbors—Continued.
Districts—Continued. Page.
Cleveland, Ohio 271
Buffalo, N. Y 276
Los Angeles, Calif 282
San Francisco, Calif., First 285
San Francisco, Calif., Third 291
Portland,...
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