United States Congressional Serial Set Volume 3907

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1899 edition. Excerpt: ...and accessories $320,000 Navigable pass; same items as above 180,000 Weirs, piers, abutments; same items as above 240,000 Miscellaneous, including local surveys, purchase of sites, embanking, retaining, riprapping, and paving of banks, lock-employees' houses, storehouses, other buildings, dredging of approaches to locks and passes, dredging of shoals and removal of obstructions in pools, engineering work of location, of construction, and of inspection, office work of engineering and disbursements, and other contingencies 310,000 Total 1,050,000 Improved methods of work, such as may arise during the next few years, may reduce some of these estimates during the actual progress of work, while on the other hand unforeseen contingencies may somewhat increase such estimates; but these estimates are made with the expectation that extra expenses in one direction will and may be covered by the saving in other directions, and it is believed that these estimates are reasonably close and as low as it is safe to depend upon at the present day. For the most economical prosecution of work appropriations should be made in such way that $50,000 shall be immediately available for local surveys, purchase of sites, and preparations for contract work, the unused portions of such appropriation to be later available for work of actual construction. The further work of actual contracts and actual constructional work should at the same time be further provided for in such way as to allow about $250,000 of work per year thereafter. Very respectfully, your obedient servant, W. H. Bixby, Major, Corps of Engineers. Brig. Gen. John M. Wilson, Chief of Engineers, U. 8. A. (Through the Division Engineer.) First indorsement. U. S. Engineer Office, Southwest Division, New...