Annual Report of the Board of Public Works to the General Assembly of Virginia, with the Accompanying Documents, Volume 31824 |
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Halaman 15
... give way to this duty assigned by the legislature , whensoever the engineer shall be called upon by the said commissioners to attend them . The committee have come to the following resolutions : - 1. Resolved , That the principal ...
... give way to this duty assigned by the legislature , whensoever the engineer shall be called upon by the said commissioners to attend them . The committee have come to the following resolutions : - 1. Resolved , That the principal ...
Halaman 16
... give such description of the several kinds of improvement of which it is susceptible , and such estimates of expense incident to each , as would be satisfactory to those concerned . therefore ventured with the approbation of the ...
... give such description of the several kinds of improvement of which it is susceptible , and such estimates of expense incident to each , as would be satisfactory to those concerned . therefore ventured with the approbation of the ...
Halaman 18
... give 14 inches in a sluice of the width and flowing with the velocity before mentioned , that the river cannot be considered navigable . From the best observations that I have been able to make , aided by the information derived from ...
... give 14 inches in a sluice of the width and flowing with the velocity before mentioned , that the river cannot be considered navigable . From the best observations that I have been able to make , aided by the information derived from ...
Halaman 20
... give sufficient depth ; in that case they should all be left , down . If this plan was completely executed , and proper regula- tions for the boatmen adopted and enforced , the water must be- extremely low , or the trade very great , if ...
... give sufficient depth ; in that case they should all be left , down . If this plan was completely executed , and proper regula- tions for the boatmen adopted and enforced , the water must be- extremely low , or the trade very great , if ...
Halaman 21
... gives a sufficient depth quite up to the lock sill next above . If the dams are tight , and the locks kept in repair , this plan is certain to give good navigation at all times , with the advan- tage of always having slack water for ...
... gives a sufficient depth quite up to the lock sill next above . If the dams are tight , and the locks kept in repair , this plan is certain to give good navigation at all times , with the advan- tage of always having slack water for ...
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Annual Report of the Board of Public Works to the General Assembly ..., Volume 4 Tampilan utuh - 1826 |
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affords good navigation aqueduct Assembly authorised average depth Bank of Virginia Board of Public boats Carried forward-Fall Cartersville cents per cubic chains ches commenced commissioners contract creek cubic yard culverts Debts due December depth of cutting Dismal Swamp canal distance dividends dollars embankment engineer estimates excavation expense feeder feet high feet walling ferry fish dam freshets fund for internal Gap turnpike company ground hill side inches internal improvement island James River canal James river company Kanawha river ledge Little River turnpike loan lock mark mile affords mill mouth necessary paid pany passing Potowmac company present president and directors price 15 cents requiring a wall ripple Roanoke Roanoke canal ROBERT POLLARD rocks shoal shore Slate river sluice Snicker's Gap turnpike stockholders stone sufficient survey Swamp canal company Swift Run Gap sycamore tance tion treasurer Tuckahoe creek wall averaging whole fall
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Halaman 91 - The impracticability arises from the principle of lock navigation, which, in order to effect the ascent, requires a greater supply of water in proportion to the height to be ascended, whilst the supply of water becomes less in the same proportion. Nor does the chain of mountains through the whole extent, where it divides the Atlantic from the western rivers, afford a single pond, lake, or natural reservoir.
Halaman 242 - ... may sue and be sued, plead and be impleaded in all courts of law and equity...
Halaman 253 - If the tax is not paid within ninety days after it is due interest at the rate of ten per centum per annum from the time of...
Halaman 96 - A broad wheeled waggon carries 30 barrels or 3 tons, and pays for turnpike 3 dollars ; thus for each ton carried the turnpike company receives only one dollar. I will now suppose a canal to have been cut from Philadelphia to Columbia, and with its windings to make 100 miles, at 15,000 dollars* a mile, or for the whole 1,500,000 dollars.
Halaman 265 - ... be it enacted by the General assembly that it shall be lawful for the...
Halaman 261 - Putnam, judges, and all other acts, or parts of acts, coming within the purview of this act, be, and the same are hereby repealed; and that this act shall be in force from and after the first day of January next.
Halaman 266 - ... at the treasury of the Commonwealth. Such certificate shall shew, on the face thereof, that the loan was made under the authority of i his act.
Halaman 245 - Act to amend the act entitled ' An act for clearing and improving the navigation of James river ' and for uniting the eastern and western waters by the James and Kanawha rivers...
Halaman 247 - ... by law to borrow, as has not yet been borrowed ; and if the president and directors should find it necessary to the completion of the three first sections of the Work described in the second section of the act recited in the preamble to this act, that is to say, to render the Great Kanawha navigable from the falls to the Ohio ; to improve the navigation of James river from...
Halaman 254 - ... such benefit shall exceed, in the estimate of the jury, the value and damages ascertained as aforesaid ; and the inquisition thereupon taken, shall be signed by the sheriff, and some twelve or more of the jury, and returned by the sheriff to the clerk...