Title: Northwest River, Va. and N. C. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting with a letter from the Chief of Engineers, report on preliminary examination of Northwest River, Va. and N. C., from at or near Woodwards Bridge upstream, so flat lighters, etc., may ascend, with a width of channel of not less than 40 feet as far as the Cornland Causeway Road, or beyond that point as far as practicable, and to take into consideration any proposition for the cooperation on the part of local or state interests for the payment of one-half the expense of this project, and to report the possible utility of the whole river from its mouth to its source if adequately improved to meet the requirements of its connecting waters for the national defense
Subjects: Military readiness
Places: Northwest River (Va. and N.C.)