American state papers : documents, legislative and executive, of the Congress of the United States ... . : fJS r. X!. ^Wv^T^^^ SITE FOE AN ARMORY. 483 tories, respecting the site, which had been propounded, was received through the member of Congress forthe district in which the site is located, accompanied by the remark that it had been prepared by twogentlemen of excellent character and considerable science. The statements furnished in this communi-cation respecting the rises of Emerys river, and of the dimensions of its channel at low water, were verydifferent from the statements ref
American state papers : documents, legislative and executive, of the Congress of the United States ... . : fJS r. X!. ^Wv^T^^^ SITE FOE AN ARMORY. 483 tories, respecting the site, which had been propounded, was received through the member of Congress forthe district in which the site is located, accompanied by the remark that it had been prepared by twogentlemen of excellent character and considerable science. The statements furnished in this communi-cation respecting the rises of Emerys river, and of the dimensions of its channel at low water, were verydifferent from the statements referring to those particulars which have just been mentioned In thesestatements it is admitted that -the rises of the river are sudden, although not more so than is usual inmountain streams. It is also admitted that on occasions of sudden rises of the river its volume is suddenlyincreased, but not to such a degree as to produce a perceivable difference in its level. The averagedifference between low and high water at the falls is represented to be six feet, and the extreme differenceseventeen feet. It is not state
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