Annual Report of the Chief of Engineers, United States Army, to the Secretary of War, for the Year 1881, Vol. 1 of 3 (Classic Reprint)

Download or read book Annual Report of the Chief of Engineers, United States Army, to the Secretary of War, for the Year 1881, Vol. 1 of 3 (Classic Reprint) written by U. S. Army Chief of Engineers and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-01-10 with total page 1110 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Annual Report of the Chief of Engineers, United States Army, to the Secretary of War, for the Year 1881, Vol. 1 of 3 The funds applied to the improvement of rivers and harbors during the past fiscal year were derived from the appropriation of June 14, 1880, and balances remaining unexpended of previous appropriations, the total amount available for expenditure on July 1, 1880, being 813, 549, 455. 41. To the above should be added certain small amounts from the appropriation of March which were made available before the commencement of the present fiscal year. Operations have been carried on under approved projects for the improvements to which they relate, with results which have been generally satisfactory. Detailed information in regard to the various works in progress during the year will be found in the report of the Chief of Engineers. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.