Discussion of the paper of E.L. Corthell ... on the South pass jetties
By: by James B. Eads ... Reviewing statements made to the U.S. Congress in 1885, respecting the jetties at South pass and at Galveston, by General John Newton and Colonels Wm. E. Merrill and R.S. [i.e. S.M.] Mansfield ... Read at a meeting of the Society, May 6, 1885.
Contributors: Merrill, Wm. E. 1837-1891.; Newton, John, 1823-1895.; Mansfield, Samuel M.; YA Pamphlet Collection (Library of Congress)
Published: 1886
Place of publication: [New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 39
Subjects: Corthell, Elmer Lawrence, 1840-; Jetties.; Jetties -- Mississippi River.
Notes: Half-title.
Reprinted from the Transactions of the American Society of Civil Engineers, vol. XV, 1886.
Mr. Corthell's paper on "The South pass jetties, ten years of practical teachings in river and harbor hydraulics," was read at the annual convention of the Society, June 10, 1884, and published in its Transactions, vol. XIII, 1885.
Appendices: A. Copy of Col. Merrill's paper as read in the House of Representatives, Jan. 29th, 1884 (5 p.)--B. Reports of Gen. Newton and Col. Mansfield, submitted to the Senate Committee on Commerce in March, 1884, on Senate bill, 1652 (5 p.)