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OPERATIONS OF THE U. s. SNAG BOATS IN TIE IMPROVEMENT OF WESTERN RIVERS.

 The boats of the United States employee m the removal of snags and other obstrucd tons III the Western waters, are now in sue cessfui operation, and is a matter of impor- tance to ascertain the effects produced. We have before Us the statistics of their opera tions for the last fifteen months, and we are surprised at the magnitude of the results- The quantity of snags removed and the mum Der of trees ielled on the banks, are quite astonishing.

 In the report of the Typographical De partment is an abstract of the report of Col Long, from the Office of the Improvement of Western rivers, from which we make the following abstract of the results of the snaq business.

 The boats employed were the snag boats lleliopolis, Archimedes, Samson, Seyier, and Gopher. The following is the result of theil operations to the 30th June, lS44.

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