 We are not aware of the causes which have induced to the discontinuance of this valuable service, but we know that the consequences have been most disastrous. For several years past the appropriations for the snag-boats have been so small as to render...  The West: Its Commerce and Navigation - Page 60by James Hall - 1848 - 328 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Shipping - 1843 - 128 pages
...consequences have been most disastrous. For several years past, the appropriations for the snag boats, have been so small as to render that service wholly...recently published, it is stated that "in the year 1 839 there were forty steam boats lost; forty-one in 1840; twenty-nine in 1841; and in the present... | |
 | Daniel Kimball Whitaker, Milton Clapp, William Gilmore Simms, James Henley Thornwell - 1846 - 548 pages
...appropriations for the snag-boats have b6en so email as to render that service wholly inefficient ; the snags have accumulated with fearful rapidity in...boats have swelled the danger and the losses to an apalling extent. The most fruitful causes of these losses are the snags, a species of obstruction which... | |
 | John Caldwell Calhoun - United States - 1855 - 492 pages
...consequences have been most disastrous. For several years past the appropriations for the suag-boats have been so small as to render that service wholly...the danger and the losses to an appalling extent. The most fruitful causes of these losses are the snags, a species of obstruction which we have shown... | |
 | Engineering - 1911 - 760 pages
...trees, which are thrown into the channel by the crumbling of the banks or the force of the current. "For several years past the appropriations for the...the citizens of St. Louis, recently published, it _is stated that in the year 1889 there were 40 steamboats lost, 41 in 1840. 29 in 1841, and in the... | |
 | John Caldwell Calhoun - South Carolina - 1959 - 634 pages
...the diligent prosecution of the same service. "We are not aware of the causes which have induced to the discontinuance of this valuable service, but we...the danger and the losses to an appalling extent. The most fruitful causes of these losses are the snags, a species of obstruction which we have shown... | |
 | Engineering - 1911 - 770 pages
...trees, which are thrown into the channel by the crumbling of the banks or the force of the current. ''For several years past the appropriations for the...published, it is stated that in the year 1839 there wore 40 steamboats lost, 41 in 1840, 29 in 1841, and in the year 1842 the number is said to be 28,... | |
 | John Caldwell Calhoun - United States - 1855 - 482 pages
...the diligent prosecution of the same service. " We are not aware of the causes which have induced to the discontinuance of this valuable service, but we...the danger and the losses to an appalling extent. The most fruitful causes of these losses are the snags, a species of obstruction which we have shown... | |
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