Book/Printed Material Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, in compliance with law, a progress report of the Mississippi River Commission, dated November 25, 1881. December 15, 1881. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed
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Cited as: S. Ex. Doc. 47-10 47th Congress SENATE Is4 Session t i Ex Doc No 10 LETTER FROM THE SECRETARY OF WAR TRANSMITTING In compliance with laic a progress report of the Mississippi River Com mission dated…- Contributor: United States. War Department - United States. Congress. Senate - Eads, James Buchanan - United States Congress. Senate - United States. Government Publishing Office - United States. Mississippi River Commission
- Date: 1882
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Cited as: S. Ex. Doc. 47-10 2 REPORT OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER COMMISSION 7 Upon the mutual relations of river sections under varying condi tions of discharge and curvature 8 Remarks on Vicksburg Harbor and Bonnet Carre crevasse…- Contributor: United States. War Department - United States. Congress. Senate - Eads, James Buchanan - United States Congress. Senate - United States. Government Publishing Office - United States. Mississippi River Commission
- Date: 1882
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Cited as: S. Ex. Doc. 47-10 REPOET OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER COMMISSION 3 bed of the river and as to sediment these observations will give at short intervals during the year the discharge at the respective stations and…- Contributor: United States. War Department - United States. Congress. Senate - Eads, James Buchanan - United States Congress. Senate - United States. Government Publishing Office - United States. Mississippi River Commission
- Date: 1882
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Cited as: S. Ex. Doc. 47-10 4 REPORT OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER COMMISSION ESTIMATE OP FUNDS FOR SALARIES AND EXPENSES OF THE COMMISSION FOR NEXT FISCAL YEAR To continue the surveys of the Mississippi River between the Head…- Contributor: United States. War Department - United States. Congress. Senate - Eads, James Buchanan - United States Congress. Senate - United States. Government Publishing Office - United States. Mississippi River Commission
- Date: 1882
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Cited as: S. Ex. Doc. 47-10 REPOET OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER COMMISSION It will also doubtless be necessary to modify the project during the progress of the works in order to meet changes m the regimen of the…- Contributor: United States. War Department - United States. Congress. Senate - Eads, James Buchanan - United States Congress. Senate - United States. Government Publishing Office - United States. Mississippi River Commission
- Date: 1882
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Cited as: S. Ex. Doc. 47-10 6 REPORT OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER COMMISSION by a separate appropriation the preparation involved the creation of an entirely new plant and not in any sense tlie enlargement of an old one…- Contributor: United States. War Department - United States. Congress. Senate - Eads, James Buchanan - United States Congress. Senate - United States. Government Publishing Office - United States. Mississippi River Commission
- Date: 1882
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Cited as: S. Ex. Doc. 47-10 REPORT OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER COMMISSION 7 Moreover no trustworthy judgment of the stability and permanence of such works and their probable adequacy and fitness for accomplish ing the objects in view…- Contributor: United States. War Department - United States. Congress. Senate - Eads, James Buchanan - United States Congress. Senate - United States. Government Publishing Office - United States. Mississippi River Commission
- Date: 1882
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Cited as: S. Ex. Doc. 47-10 8 REPORT OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER COMMISSION of mattress suitably weighted will perhaps suffice It is presumed that stone or a mixture of stone and gravel will have to be freely used…- Contributor: United States. War Department - United States. Congress. Senate - Eads, James Buchanan - United States Congress. Senate - United States. Government Publishing Office - United States. Mississippi River Commission
- Date: 1882
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Cited as: S. Ex. Doc. 47-10 REPORT OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER COMMISSION S tional works at localities where the navigation has heretofore been good The estimates of cost submitted in the report of February 171880 for initial works…- Contributor: United States. War Department - United States. Congress. Senate - Eads, James Buchanan - United States Congress. Senate - United States. Government Publishing Office - United States. Mississippi River Commission
- Date: 1882
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Cited as: S. Ex. Doc. 47-10 10 REPORT OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER COMMISSION The estimate fornext fiscal year for works of improvement which was forwarded through the Chief of Engineers on the 8th of last July is repeated…- Contributor: United States. War Department - United States. Congress. Senate - Eads, James Buchanan - United States Congress. Senate - United States. Government Publishing Office - United States. Mississippi River Commission
- Date: 1882
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Cited as: S. Ex. Doc. 47-10 REPORT OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER COMMISSION 11 might prudently be relied upon to improve and give safety to navigation promote and facilitate commerce trade and the postal service has not hitherto entered…- Contributor: United States. War Department - United States. Congress. Senate - Eads, James Buchanan - United States Congress. Senate - United States. Government Publishing Office - United States. Mississippi River Commission
- Date: 1882
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Cited as: S. Ex. Doc. 47-10 12 REPORT OF THE MILSISSIPPI RIVER COMMISSION The Commission are not in possession of the data deemed necessary in making a trustworthy estimate of the entire cost of a levee system but…- Contributor: United States. War Department - United States. Congress. Senate - Eads, James Buchanan - United States Congress. Senate - United States. Government Publishing Office - United States. Mississippi River Commission
- Date: 1882
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Cited as: S. Ex. Doc. 47-10 REPOET OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER COMMISSION 13 formerly S hould this movement continue until the bar is carried below the mouth ot Old River the diversion of a larger flow from the…- Contributor: United States. War Department - United States. Congress. Senate - Eads, James Buchanan - United States Congress. Senate - United States. Government Publishing Office - United States. Mississippi River Commission
- Date: 1882
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Cited as: S. Ex. Doc. 47-10 14 REPORT OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER COMMISSION The facts brought to light by these observations will probably in many instances afford an explanation of the great heights attained locally by recorded floods…- Contributor: United States. War Department - United States. Congress. Senate - Eads, James Buchanan - United States Congress. Senate - United States. Government Publishing Office - United States. Mississippi River Commission
- Date: 1882
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Cited as: S. Ex. Doc. 47-10 REPORT OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER COMMISSION 15 them It is therefore almost certain at least for the portion of the valley examined that the great trough in which the Mississippi now flows…- Contributor: United States. War Department - United States. Congress. Senate - Eads, James Buchanan - United States Congress. Senate - United States. Government Publishing Office - United States. Mississippi River Commission
- Date: 1882
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Cited as: S. Ex. Doc. 47-10 16 REPORT OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER COMMISSION of intermediate rising and falling stages with their complications of action and reaction and it is no surprise that many transitory elements escape observation to…- Contributor: United States. War Department - United States. Congress. Senate - Eads, James Buchanan - United States Congress. Senate - United States. Government Publishing Office - United States. Mississippi River Commission
- Date: 1882
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Cited as: S. Ex. Doc. 47-10 REPORT OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER COMMISSION 17 The situation of affairs at the time of this examination and the prob able causes thereof are described in the report of the Board as…- Contributor: United States. War Department - United States. Congress. Senate - Eads, James Buchanan - United States Congress. Senate - United States. Government Publishing Office - United States. Mississippi River Commission
- Date: 1882
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Cited as: S. Ex. Doc. 47-10 18 REPORT OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER COMMISSION to accomplish and during the last two years it is reported that there has been no additional fill in the harbor proper This being the…- Contributor: United States. War Department - United States. Congress. Senate - Eads, James Buchanan - United States Congress. Senate - United States. Government Publishing Office - United States. Mississippi River Commission
- Date: 1882
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Cited as: S. Ex. Doc. 47-10 REPORT OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER COMMISSION 19 may once have flowed At Commerce 34 miles above Cairo the valley widens into the great alluvial basin of the Lower Mississippi For mnch of…- Contributor: United States. War Department - United States. Congress. Senate - Eads, James Buchanan - United States Congress. Senate - United States. Government Publishing Office - United States. Mississippi River Commission
- Date: 1882
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Cited as: S. Ex. Doc. 47-10 20 REPORT OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER COMMISSION those needed for the lower river For bank protection below lowwater matresses must be nsed between lowwater and a medium stage the banks must be…- Contributor: United States. War Department - United States. Congress. Senate - Eads, James Buchanan - United States Congress. Senate - United States. Government Publishing Office - United States. Mississippi River Commission
- Date: 1882
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Cited as: S. Ex. Doc. 47-10 REPORT OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER COMMISSION 21 same proceeding be made available to tlie owner of property taken in case of failure by the proper officers of the government to begin or…- Contributor: United States. War Department - United States. Congress. Senate - Eads, James Buchanan - United States Congress. Senate - United States. Government Publishing Office - United States. Mississippi River Commission
- Date: 1882
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Cited as: S. Ex. Doc. 47-10 22 REPORT OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER COMMISSION LIST OF PAPERS ACCOMPANYING THE FOREGOING REPORT Annual reports of the secretary Appendix A Final report upon and results of secondary triangulation from Cairo to…- Contributor: United States. War Department - United States. Congress. Senate - Eads, James Buchanan - United States Congress. Senate - United States. Government Publishing Office - United States. Mississippi River Commission
- Date: 1882
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Cited as: S. Ex. Doc. 47-10 REPORT OP THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER COMMISSION 23 hard to handle A boat in size and weight somewhere between the skiff and the cutter should be designed for this work and a sufficient…- Contributor: United States. War Department - United States. Congress. Senate - Eads, James Buchanan - United States Congress. Senate - United States. Government Publishing Office - United States. Mississippi River Commission
- Date: 1882
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Cited as: S. Ex. Doc. 47-10 24 REPORT OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER COMMISSION To effect this change in the method of working I would respectfully suggest the following organization for a party of two instruments One chief to…- Contributor: United States. War Department - United States. Congress. Senate - Eads, James Buchanan - United States Congress. Senate - United States. Government Publishing Office - United States. Mississippi River Commission
- Date: 1882
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Cited as: S. Ex. Doc. 47-10 REPOET OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER COMMISSION 25 This increased cost is partly due to the short season which required the same ex penses of fitting out and laying up as the longer…- Contributor: United States. War Department - United States. Congress. Senate - Eads, James Buchanan - United States Congress. Senate - United States. Government Publishing Office - United States. Mississippi River Commission
- Date: 1882
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Cited as: S. Ex. Doc. 47-10 26 REPORT OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER COMMISSION in last report disappears In fact the party becomes a number of parties working separately and independently and the aggregate strength is determined by the…- Contributor: United States. War Department - United States. Congress. Senate - Eads, James Buchanan - United States Congress. Senate - United States. Government Publishing Office - United States. Mississippi River Commission
- Date: 1882
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Cited as: S. Ex. Doc. 47-10 REPORT OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER COMMISSION 27 care of it while the other lialf was seat helow to prosecute the work as best they could The average rate for the season was…- Contributor: United States. War Department - United States. Congress. Senate - Eads, James Buchanan - United States Congress. Senate - United States. Government Publishing Office - United States. Mississippi River Commission
- Date: 1882
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Cited as: S. Ex. Doc. 47-10 28 REPORT OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER COMMISSION ices of any of its present employes it may see fit to commend them to the Committee on Construction as worthy of further employment Very…- Contributor: United States. War Department - United States. Congress. Senate - Eads, James Buchanan - United States Congress. Senate - United States. Government Publishing Office - United States. Mississippi River Commission
- Date: 1882
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Cited as: S. Ex. Doc. 47-10 REPORT OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER COMMISSION 29 The data derived from these measurements are given in the following table Line Cairo Base Side 6770 Side 154156 Side 166167 Side180182 First measurement Second…- Contributor: United States. War Department - United States. Congress. Senate - Eads, James Buchanan - United States Congress. Senate - United States. Government Publishing Office - United States. Mississippi River Commission
- Date: 1882
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Cited as: S. Ex. Doc. 47-10 30 REPORT OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER COMMISSION The final reduction was made separately for each of the six sections into which the work was divided by the seven known lin4s before enumerated…- Contributor: United States. War Department - United States. Congress. Senate - Eads, James Buchanan - United States Congress. Senate - United States. Government Publishing Office - United States. Mississippi River Commission
- Date: 1882
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Cited as: S. Ex. Doc. 47-10 No 9 10 11 10 11 12 11 12 13 11 13 14 13 14 15 14 15 16 15 16 17 16 17 18 16 18 19 18 19 20 19…- Contributor: United States. War Department - United States. Congress. Senate - Eads, James Buchanan - United States Congress. Senate - United States. Government Publishing Office - United States. Mississippi River Commission
- Date: 1882
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Cited as: S. Ex. Doc. 47-10 REPORT OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER COMMISSION Tabulated results of secondary triangulation from Cairo to MemphisConi Stations Fort Halleek Belmont Thorn Belmont Thorn Wolf Island Thorn Wolf Island MuscavaUey Wolf Island MuscavaUey Gale…- Contributor: United States. War Department - United States. Congress. Senate - Eads, James Buchanan - United States Congress. Senate - United States. Government Publishing Office - United States. Mississippi River Commission
- Date: 1882
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Cited as: S. Ex. Doc. 47-10 REPORT OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIYER COMMISSION 33 Tabulated results of secondary triangulation from Cairo to MemphisContinued Observed angles Corrected angles O III 33 25 51 04 104 52 40 08 41 41…- Contributor: United States. War Department - United States. Congress. Senate - Eads, James Buchanan - United States Congress. Senate - United States. Government Publishing Office - United States. Mississippi River Commission
- Date: 1882
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Cited as: S. Ex. Doc. 47-10 34 REPORT OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER COMMISSION Tabulated results of secondary triangulation from Cairo to MemphisContinued No Stations Ray Saint James Saint James Hubbard Kase Hubbard Kase Lovalle Kase Lovalle Bsley Lovalle…- Contributor: United States. War Department - United States. Congress. Senate - Eads, James Buchanan - United States Congress. Senate - United States. Government Publishing Office - United States. Mississippi River Commission
- Date: 1882
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Cited as: S. Ex. Doc. 47-10 No 60 62 63 62 63 64 62 64 65 64 65 66 65 66 67 65 67 68 67 68 69 68 69 70 68 70 71 68 71 72 71…- Contributor: United States. War Department - United States. Congress. Senate - Eads, James Buchanan - United States Congress. Senate - United States. Government Publishing Office - United States. Mississippi River Commission
- Date: 1882
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Cited as: S. Ex. Doc. 47-10 36 REPORT OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER COMMISSION Tabulated results of secondary triangulation from Cairo to MemphisContinued No Stations 74 75 76 Besliire Point Pleasant Lazalla 75 Point Pleasant 76 Lazalla 77 Cronin…- Contributor: United States. War Department - United States. Congress. Senate - Eads, James Buchanan - United States Congress. Senate - United States. Government Publishing Office - United States. Mississippi River Commission
- Date: 1882
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Cited as: S. Ex. Doc. 47-10 No 87 88 89 88 89 90 88 90 91 90 91 92 91 92 93 92 93 94 93 94 95 94 95 96 95 96 97 96 97 98 97…- Contributor: United States. War Department - United States. Congress. Senate - Eads, James Buchanan - United States Congress. Senate - United States. Government Publishing Office - United States. Mississippi River Commission
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Cited as: S. Ex. Doc. 47-10 38 REPORT OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER COMMISSION Tabulated results of secondary triangulation from Cairo to MemphisContinued No Stations 100 101 102 Hathaway Matt Gayosa 100 102 103 Hathaway Gayosa Meyers 102 103…- Contributor: United States. War Department - United States. Congress. Senate - Eads, James Buchanan - United States Congress. Senate - United States. Government Publishing Office - United States. Mississippi River Commission
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Cited as: S. Ex. Doc. 47-10 No 113 114 115 114 115 116 115 116 117 116 117 118 117 118 119 118 119 120 119 120 121 120 121 122 121 122 123 122 123 124 123…- Contributor: United States. War Department - United States. Congress. Senate - Eads, James Buchanan - United States Congress. Senate - United States. Government Publishing Office - United States. Mississippi River Commission
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Cited as: S. Ex. Doc. 47-10 40 REPORT OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER COMMISSION Tabulated results of secondary triangulation from Cairo to MemphisContinued No Stations 126 127 128 Missouri Island No 21 Arkansas 127 128 129 Island No 21…- Contributor: United States. War Department - United States. Congress. Senate - Eads, James Buchanan - United States Congress. Senate - United States. Government Publishing Office - United States. Mississippi River Commission
- Date: 1882
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Title
- Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, in compliance with law, a progress report of the Mississippi River Commission, dated November 25, 1881. December 15, 1881. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed
Other Title
- Cited as: S. Ex. Doc. 47-10
Names
- United States Congress. Senate
- Eads, James Buchanan
- United States. Government Publishing Office, publisher, distributor
- United States. Congress. Senate, author
- United States. War Department
- United States. Mississippi River Commission
Created / Published
- [Washington, D.C.]: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1882.
Headings
- - Budget
- - Channels (Hydraulic engineering)
- - Federal aid to transportation
- - Flood control
- - Alluvial plains
- - Floodplains
- - Geological surveys
- - Hydraulic engineering
- - Hydrographic surveying
- - Levees
- - Navigation
- - Bodies of water
- - Rivers
- - Water levels
- - Cost
- - United States--Appropriations and expenditures
Genre
- Government publication
- Legislative materials
Medium
- 1 online resource (269 pages). color maps, illustrations, tables.
Call Number/Physical Location
- KF12
- Y 1.47/1:10
- Y 1.1/2:SERIAL 1986
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Library of Congress Control Number
- 2024802473
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- online text
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- Eads, James Buchanan
- United States Congress. Senate
- United States. Congress. Senate
- United States. Government Publishing Office
- United States. Mississippi River Commission
- United States. War Department
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Subject
- Alluvial Plains
- Appropriations and Expenditures
- Bodies of Water
- Budget
- Channels (Hydraulic Engineering)
- Cost
- Federal Aid to Transportation
- Flood Control
- Floodplains
- Geological Surveys
- Government Publication
- Hydraulic Engineering
- Hydrographic Surveying
- Legislative Materials
- Levees
- Navigation
- Rivers
- United States
- Water Levels