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Columbia River wheat, flour, and salmon, fleet, 1885—'86—Continued.
Flag and rig. Vessel. Tons. Sailed. Cleared for— Wheat. Flour. Salmon. Value. Final destination.
Centals. Barrels. Cases.
British bark No Cross 897 Dec. 12...
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Do British bark Do Do Do Do Do Do Do Do Do Do Do Do British ship
British ship British bark American ship .Do British ship British bark American ship British bark Do Do
American ship. British bark British ship Do British bark. British...
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Columbia River wheat, flour, and salmon fleet, 1885-'86-Continued.
Flag and rig. Vessel. Tons. Sailed. Cleared for— Wheat. Flour. Salmon. Value. Final destination.
Centals. Barrels. Cases.
British bark Cumbrian 1, 035 Loading
Do...
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Money statement.
July 1, 1885, amount available $495 07
Amount received by transfer of property to other improvements and by
deposit 23 04
518 11 July 1, 1886, amount expended during fiscal year, exclusive of
liabilities outstanding...
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Money statement.
July 1, 1885, amount available $210 24
July 1, 1886, amount expended during fiscal year, exclusive of liabilities
outstanding July 1, 1885 205 51
July 1,1886, amount available 4 73
Amount appropriated by act...
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67 p. Includes sections of Appendix QQ: 1886 annual report of Major W. A. Jones, and selections from Appendix RR, reports of Capt. Charles F. Powell, Corps of Engineers, detailing construction, maps and other works related to river and harbor...
1886-04-26
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A rather interesting beginning, we had just finished producing a film that I had written called Hydro for the Bonneville Power Administration back in 1940, just as the war was heating up in Europe and just as we were getting out of the Depression....
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Hydro was a rather pedestrian documentary film and I said you have to have something that will introduce entertainment value and will go away lifting people's spirits and singing their songs. You know someone said, I don't care who writes your...
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When Woody Guthrie came up to see us, I realized that no amount of talking on my part could tell him how to write songs. He had to go out into the hinterlands and see what was going on. And we had a young fellow by the name of Elmer Buehler who...
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Woody Guthrie was a pretty sensitive guy and he had a lot of pride in his own ability. And although I was somewhat older than he was and was certainly better acquainted with the subject, I realized that I shouldn't try to warp him into my way of...
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4 video segments and 12 p. text. Video segments and transcript from an interview with Stephen Kahn, Stephen Kahn, Public Information Officer, Bonneville Power Administration. The Interview was recorded on June 21, 1998 for the Documentary Roll...
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50th CONGRESS,) HOUSE OF EEPEESENTATIVES. j Ex. Doc. 1,
1st Session. \ \ Part 2.
REPORT
SECRETARY OF WAR;
BBING PART OF
THE MESSAGE AND DOCUMENTS...
2006-06-16
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APPENDIXES
TO THE
REPORT OF THE CHIEF OF ENGINEERS,
UNITED STATES ARMY.
(CONTINUED.)
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2470 REPORT OF THE CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMY.
liecord of bar crossings.
[Compiled from monthly vessel reports, Engineer Office!
Draught.
July 1 to June 30—
1882-83.
1883-'84.
1884-'85.
1885-'86.
1886-'87....
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APPENDIX TT—EEPORT OP CAPTAIN POWELL. 2471
Daring last fall and winter, and under the appropriation of 1886, the
principal operation conducted was a search for a stone supply, from the
place of which a small railroad could...
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2472 EEPOET OF THE CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMY.
As the prohibition against the purchase of land remained, the contract
specifications for furnishing stone were drawn to permit the stone to be
delivered as the bidder might...
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APPENDIX TT—REPORT OF CAPTAIN POWELL.
2473
prospective, commerce requires a deepening and stability of the entrance
channel.
Two trans-continental railroads now terminate on the Willamette and
Columbia rivers, and a third...
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2474 REPORT OF THE CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMY.
Abstract of proposals for furnishing and delivering 50,000 tons of stone.
j^0 Names and addresses of
bidders.
Delivery.
Price per
2,000
pounds....
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APPENDIX T T----REPORT OF CAPTAIN POWELL.
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Columbia River canned-salmon shipments, July 1 to June 30.
[Compiled at Engineer office from commercial papers.]
Year.
East, by sea.
East, by rail.
San Francisco, by...
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2476 REPORT OF THE CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, TJ. S. ARMY.
Value of domestic exports, consisting of wool, oats, barley, mill-stnff, potatoes, onions, wool-
ens, hides, tallow, hops, ores, etc., and exclusive of wheat, flour, lumber, and salmon....
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APPENDIX TT----REPORT OF CAPTAIN POWELL. 2477
The principal operations were excavation, about 58,000 cubic yards,
and mainly in conglomerate at the low levels of the lock-site; stone-
cutting, 41,487 square feet; bowlder...
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2478 REPORT OP THE CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMY.
ruary; it is plain that such weather seriously interferes with work. The
following extract, which puts the matter justly, is from the report of
Capt. P. M. Price, when resident engineer...
2006-06-16
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APPENDIX T T----REPORT OF CAPTAIN* POWELL. 2479
a half ago. Subsequently a steamer went to the Cascades to be hauled
around the main rapid for competitive service between The Dalles and
the Cascades, but was burned near the...
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2480 REPORT OF THE CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMY.
should be made, and the use of the portages let to the highest bidder on
bonds for faithful service. The distance between the portages would be
about 50 miles, and transportation people...
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APPENDIX TT----REPORT OF CAPTAIN POWELL. 2481
report of captain w. young, corps of engineers.
United States Engineer Office,
Cascade Lodes, Oregon, June 30, 1887.
Sir:
No open river -work has been attempted...
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