The state republican. (Jefferson City, Mo.) 1871-1896, 1890-01-30
SURVEY OF The 0SAGE RIVER,
Missouri.
Letter From the Secretary. of War.

Letter From the Secretary. of War.
January II, 1S90.-Refcrred 10 the
committee on Rivers and Harbors,
and ordered to be printed. WAR
DEPARTMENT, OFFICE OF THE SEcRE-
tary, WASHINGTON, January 15,,l890.
secretary of war has the honor
to transmit to the house of rcprescn-
tatives, in compliance with the re-
quircments Of the river and harbor
act of August II, 1893, (25 Stats,
429), a letter from the chief of n
gineers, dated the 18th instant, to-
sether with q copy of report of Maj.
A.. NJ. Miller, corps of engineers, and
map of survey Of Usage river, Mis-
souri,, from its mouth up TO the first
shoal, and 5 miles above the same;
and also an estimate of the cost of
constructing one lock and dam within
the limits of said survey.
Very respectfully,
REDFIELD PRocToR,
Secretary of var
n,r,ou ~, u,,p T,r,,, n n ENcrSJrppc
UNITED STATES Army, Washington,
d. c., JANUARY IA, 1S90.-SIR: l
have the honor to submit herewith q
copy of the report with map) dated
January o, 1890, made by Maj. "a.
NJ. Miller, corps Of engineers, to
comply with the following require
ment of the river and harbor act of
August II, 1888, viz:
The secretary of war is hereby au-
thorized and directed to cause q sur
vey to be made of the Usage river,
Missouri, from its mouth up TO the
first shoal, and 5 miles above the
same, and 10 report m estimate,
baaed on such survey, of the cost of
constructing one lock and dam within
the limits of said survey and the eff
feet upon the navigation Of said river
Of constructing said lock and dam.
The most suitable location for the
proposed lock and dam is'shown upon
the accompanying chart (No. y, and
the dimensions of the lock are given
n 275 feet by 50 feet by 2j feet, and
Of dam 500 feet long.
The lock is to be built Of masonry,
and the dam of riprap and gravel
with an impermeable row of sheet
piling reaching TO hard clay bottom.
The total estimated cost of work,
including contingencies, is $222, 900.
This estimate appears to he reason
able, while the style of lock and dan
meets my approval. Very respect
fully, your obedienL servant,
IHos. LINCOLN CASEY,
Brig. Gen, Chief of Engineers
Hon. REDFIELD PROCTOR,
Secretary of War.
SURVEY OF Usage RIVER.
United States Engineer Office, ST.,
LOUIS, Mo-, January 8, 1890.--GEN
EEAL: In compliance with instruc
tions contained in letter dated Oflic,
Chief of Engineers, L. S. Army
Washington, ID. c., April ], 1889,
have the honor to make the following
report on a survey Of the Usage river
Missouri, directed by the followin:
clause in the river and harbor act Of
August II, 1885:
The survey Of the portion Of til
Usage river mentioned in the act wa
begun on October 5, 1889, and com
plcted on November %, 1880. Th
work was undertaken at this scaso
as it was at the most favorable stag
of the river. The survey extende
from the mouth to Rice's Island,
point ) miles above the first O
"Brcnnecke's' shoal.
; From the mouth to the foot Q
Brenueckc's slioal, a distance of Z.
miles, the river at low water has
very Cat slope, q rise of but 0.9
feet from this point to tho foot {
Shipley's Shoal, a distance of 4 miles
there is q rise of 0 81 feet; from th
foot of S~hiplcy's Shoal to the head c
same, o rise of l.5G feet in a distanc
! of IL miles; from the head Of Shir
ley's TO the head of Princes Shoal,
, distance of 10 miles, there is q ris
of 0.45 feet; from head of Princes
a rise of 0.4S feet TO the foot of Rice
Island. q distance of 2.l miles. Thu
it is found that from the mouth {
the foot of Rico's Island, q total di,
} lance of 1874 miles, the total rise j