Deep-water harbor at Port Los Angeles or at San Pedro, Cal. : letter of the Secretary of War, in response to the resolution of the Senate dated March 3, 1897, directing him "to transmit to the Senate the report made to him by the board appointed ... under the provisions of the River and Harbor Act of June 3, 1896 : together with the plans, specifications, and estimates made by said board" : together with accompanying maps and papers.
Title:
Deep-water harbor at Port Los Angeles or at San Pedro, Cal. : letter of the Secretary of War, in response to the resolution of the Senate dated March 3, 1897, directing him "to transmit to the Senate the report made to him by the board appointed ... under the provisions of the River and Harbor Act of June 3, 1896 : together with the plans, specifications, and estimates made by said board" : together with accompanying maps and papers.
Author:
United States. Board appointed to locate a deep-water harbor. at Port Los Angeles or at San Pedro, Cal.
Publication Information:
Washington : Govt, Print. Off., 1897.
Physical Description:
330 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates (some folded) : charts, color maps, plans ; 24 cm..
General Note:
No title page; title from caption.
Russell Alexander Alger, secretary of war; John M. Wilson, chief of engineers.
Board headed by J. G. Walker; other members Augustus F. Rogers, William H. Burr, George S. Morison.
Minority report by Richard Price Morgan: p. 25-30.
Appendices (p. 31-330): Specifications for breakwater to be erected at San Pedro, California -- Estimate of cost of breakwater -- Report on specimens of stone from quarries in southern California -- Report of Randell Hunt on borings at San Pedro, California -- Reports of E. Gerber and Randell Hunt on borings in Santa Monica Bay -- Stenographic report of testimony at Los Angeles, Cal. -- Tonnage of the ports of Port Los Angeles and San Pedro -- Special exhibits filed with board during public hearings.
Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed April 1, 1897.
Language:
English
Format :
Book