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3696 1 (1898)

handle is hein.usccsset/usconset32634 and id is 1 raw text is: 55TH CONGRESS, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. I DOCUMENT 2d Session. 1 No. 049. SHIP CANAL AT SABINE PASS, TEXAS. LETTER FROM THE SECRETARY OF WAR, TRANSMITrING A LETTER PROM THE CHTEP OP ENGINEERS IN RESPONSE TO THE JOINT RESOLUTION OF CONGRESS APPROVED MAY 28, 1898, RELATING TO A SHIP CANAL AT SABINE PASS, TEXAS. JULY 1, 1898.-Referred to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors and ordered to be printed. WAR DEPARTMENT, Washington, June 30, 1898. SIR: In response to the joint resolution of Congress approved May 28, 1898, directing the Secretary of War- to furnish Congress, as soon as possible, all information and copies of such reports as he may have relative to any enterprise or construction, in the way of a ship canal or otherwise, known to him to be in process of completion in or about the harbor of Sabine Pass, and as to whether any plans or estimates have been submitted to and approved by him or the Department of Engineers for any such enterprise or con- struction; and whether, in the opinion of the United States Engineer Department, there is any possibility of any such enterprise or construction obstructing or lessen- ing the depth of the harbor at Sabine Pass- I have the honor to transmit herewith a letter from the Chief of Engi- neers, United States Army, dated June 18, 1898, together with copies of reports and other papers from the records of the Department bear- ing upon the subject. Very respectfully, R. A. ALGER, Secretary of War. The SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. LETTER OF MESSRS. DUDLEY & MICHENER. DUDLEY & MICHENER, ATTORNEYS AND COUNSELLORS AT LAW, Washington, D. C., June 22, 1898. DEAR SIR: On behalf of the Port Arthur Channel and Dock Com- pany, of Port Arthur, Tex., and with reference to House resolution 195, we would respectfully show that the resolution, as it passed Con- H. Doc. 68-1

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