Letter from the Secretary of War, in Response to Senate Resolution of April 12, 1892, relative to the proceedings of the board of officers convened to consider the construction of a bridge in Duluth.

              52b Congress, ) SENATE. (Ex. Doc.
1st Session.     J I   No. 80.
IN THE SENATE OF THE OTITED STATES.
LETTEE
FROM
THE SECRETARY OF WAR,
IN   RESPONSE   TO
Senate resolution of April 12, 1892, relative to the proceedings of the
board of officers convened to consider the construction of a bridge in
Duluth.
April 18, 1892.—Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed.
War Department,
Washington, April 15,1892.
Sir : I have the honor to transmit a letter from the Chief of Engineers, dated the 14th instant, and its accompanyiDg copy of a report,
dated April 6, with the inclosures, from the Board of Engineers recently
convened to examine and report upon the plans of a bridge over the
entrance to Duluth Harbor on Lake street, Duluth, Minn., which papers are furnished in response to the following resolution of the Senate,
dated April 12, 1892:
Resolved, That the Secretary of War is hereby directed to transmit to the Senate
a copy of the report of end the proceedings before the Board of engineer officers convened for the purpose of considering and determining as to the construction of a
bridge across the canal through Minnesota Point, in the city of Duluth.
Yery respectfully,
S. B. Elkins,
Secretary of War.
The President of the United States Senate.
Office of the Chief of Engineers,
United States Army,
Washington, B. C, April 14, 1892.
Sir : I have the honor to acknowledge receipt of resolution of the
Senate of the United States of the 12th instant, directing the Secretary of War "to transmit to the Senate a copy of the report of and the
proceedings before the Board of engineer officers convened for the purpose of considering and determining as to the construction of a bridge
across the canal through Minnesota Point, in the city of Duluth."