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... terminal for the handling of grain at the port . It is appropriate that the Federal Government provide an adequate channel to this terminal , capable of safe navigation by the largest vessels likely to use it . These large vessels must ...
... terminal for the handling of grain at the port . It is appropriate that the Federal Government provide an adequate channel to this terminal , capable of safe navigation by the largest vessels likely to use it . These large vessels must ...
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... terminal now under construction unless the project depth is increased to at least 30 feet . He estimates the cost of this work at $ 140,000 , of which $ 75,000 is for dike construction and $ 65,000 for dredging . He considers that the ...
... terminal now under construction unless the project depth is increased to at least 30 feet . He estimates the cost of this work at $ 140,000 , of which $ 75,000 is for dike construction and $ 65,000 for dredging . He considers that the ...
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... terminals at Portland and that there would apparently be little saving to the public effected by the change from one terminal to the other , since the rail rates to the two ports from the grain - producing territory are the same . The ...
... terminals at Portland and that there would apparently be little saving to the public effected by the change from one terminal to the other , since the rail rates to the two ports from the grain - producing territory are the same . The ...
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... terminal rates are in effect for all classes of commerce . IMPROVEMENT DESIRED 8. Local interests represented by the port of Vancouver desire that the depth of the channel and turning basins be increased from 28 to 32 feet , that the ...
... terminal rates are in effect for all classes of commerce . IMPROVEMENT DESIRED 8. Local interests represented by the port of Vancouver desire that the depth of the channel and turning basins be increased from 28 to 32 feet , that the ...
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... terminal rates when the project provided for 25 - foot depth the district engineer sees no reason to expect any increase in rates with the 28 - foot depths now provided . The possible annual savings on the barging of 60,000 tons of ...
... terminal rates when the project provided for 25 - foot depth the district engineer sees no reason to expect any increase in rates with the 28 - foot depths now provided . The possible annual savings on the barging of 60,000 tons of ...
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Page 17 - Senate, That the Board of Engineers for Rivers and Harbors, created under section 3 of the River and Harbor Act, approved June 13, 1902, be and is hereby requested to review the report of the Chief of Engineers on the Ouachita River and tributaries, Arkansas and Louisiana, submitted as Senate Document No.
Page 44 - ... 3. After due consideration of these reports, I concur in the views and recommendations of the Board.
Page 4 - Resolved by the Committee on Rivers and Harbors of the House of Representatives, United States, That the Board of Engineers for Rivers and Harbors created under section 3 of the River and Harbor Act, approved June 13...
Page 15 - February 9, 1934, requested the Board of Engineers for Rivers and Harbors to review the reports on the Sacramento, San Joaquin, and Kern Rivers, Calif., submitted in House Document No.
Page 25 - Resolved by the Committee on Public Works of the United States Senate, That the Board of Engineers for Rivers and Harbors, created under Section 3 of the Rivers and Harbors...
Page 21 - December 6, 1941, and prior reports, with a view to determining if it is advisable to modify the existing project in any way at this time.
Page 17 - Above this point the bayou has a depth of 16 feet for o\ miles, 8 feet for 5 miles more, and 4 feet for 7 miles farther. The present project, as adopted by the river and harbor act of June 25. 1910. calls for dredging a channel 4 feet deep and 50 feet wide from the mouth of Turtle Bayou across Turtle Bay to the foot of Browns Pass, near Anahuac. at a cost of $10,000.
Page 10 - March 2, 1945, provided that in lieu of conditions heretofore prescribed, local interests shall furnish, free of cost to the United States, suitable areas for the disposal of dredged materials...
Page 11 - And if the consideration of such works and projects the Board shall have in view the amount and character of commerce Existing or reasonably prospective, which will be benefited by the improvement and the relations of the ultimate cost of such work, both as to the cost of construction and maintenance, to the public commercial interests involved...
Page 4 - All depths are referred to mean lower low water. The tidal range between mean lower low water and mean higher high water at the...