Download or read book Appendix to Journals of Senate and Assembly, of the Twentieth Session of the Legislature of the State of California, 1874, Vol. 3 (Classic Reprint) written by California Legislature and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-04-30 with total page 904 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Appendix to Journals of Senate and Assembly, of the Twentieth Session of the Legislature of the State of California, 1874, Vol. 3 Wood is the sole material used in the construction of wharves and piers, and its perishable nature, in connection with the ravages of the teredo 'navalis and the limnoria terebrans, render them costly structures. Annexed is an interesting special report of T. J. Arnold, Engineer of. The Board, concerning the pests referred to, and experience has shown that wharves constructed of unpreserved material, generally become worthless within ten years, and require expenditures for repairs during the time named equal to half of the original cost. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.