River Regulation, Flood Control, and Water Conservation and Utilization, Hearings on H.R. 14777, for Control of Floods of Mississippi River and of Sacramento River, Cal., and S. 5736, to Promote Interstate Commerce, Agriculture, Etc....1917 - 430 pagini |
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Pagina 16
... amounts as may be necessary for services of employees in the city of Wash- ington , District of Columbia , and elsewhere ; to pay therefrom such sums as may be necessary for office accommodations in the city of Washington , District of ...
... amounts as may be necessary for services of employees in the city of Wash- ington , District of Columbia , and elsewhere ; to pay therefrom such sums as may be necessary for office accommodations in the city of Washington , District of ...
Pagina 17
... amount , in accord- ance with the provisions of the act of August fifth , nineteen hundred and nine ( Thirty - sixth Statutes at Large , pages eleven and one hundred and seventeen ) , the act of February fourth , nineteen hundred and ...
... amount , in accord- ance with the provisions of the act of August fifth , nineteen hundred and nine ( Thirty - sixth Statutes at Large , pages eleven and one hundred and seventeen ) , the act of February fourth , nineteen hundred and ...
Pagina 21
... amount of the appropriation . I will ask to put in insertions from that report . Subsequently Mr. Stimson became Secretary of War . I would like to put in the record a letter from him , in which he indorsed every substantial feature of ...
... amount of the appropriation . I will ask to put in insertions from that report . Subsequently Mr. Stimson became Secretary of War . I would like to put in the record a letter from him , in which he indorsed every substantial feature of ...
Pagina 32
... amount has been ex- pended on the country roads of the various States of this country . If you will look into that matter , you will find figures that will stagger the imagination . If at the outset you had presented those staggering ...
... amount has been ex- pended on the country roads of the various States of this country . If you will look into that matter , you will find figures that will stagger the imagination . If at the outset you had presented those staggering ...
Pagina 33
... amount when you take into consideration the importance of a water- way like the Mississippi River , the greatest waterway in the world ? England has expended $ 250,000 a mile for her railways , and they are capitalized at that amount ...
... amount when you take into consideration the importance of a water- way like the Mississippi River , the greatest waterway in the world ? England has expended $ 250,000 a mile for her railways , and they are capitalized at that amount ...
Termeni și expresii frecvente
acres Agriculture amendment annually appropriation banks basin benefits bureaus Cairo California CHAIRMAN channel Chief of Engineers Colorado River commerce committee Congress conservation construction cooperation coordination cost dams DAVIS Department district drainage engineers expended expenditure flood control flood prevention flood waters flow forests fund Gulf harbor bill House HUMPHREYS improvement indorsed inland waterways interests investigation irrigation jurisdiction lands legislation levee system lower Mississippi ment miles Mississippi River Commission Mississippi Valley Missouri River navigable rivers Newlands bill Ohio River Orleans overflow Panama Canal Pittsburgh plans PRESIDENT pro tempore problem proposed protection purpose question railway Reclamation Service reservoirs revetment river and harbor river regulation river-regulation bill Sacramento Sacramento River Secretary Secretary of War Senator from Nevada Senator JONES Senator KENYON Senator NEWLANDS Senator VARDAMAN soil square miles storage swamp tion transportation tributaries United utilization water power watersheds
Pasaje populare
Pagina 413 - Georgia, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine; Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode...
Pagina 45 - An act to enable any State to cooperate with any other State or States, or with the United States, for the protection of the watersheds of navigable streams, and to appoint a commission for the acquisition of lands for the purpose of conserving the navigability of navigable rivers...
Pagina 79 - Be it further resolved that the Secretary be instructed to send a copy of this resolution to the President of the United States.
Pagina 60 - reclamation fund," to be used in the examination and survey for and the construction and maintenance of irrigation works for the storage, diversion, and development of waters for the reclamation of arid and semiarid lands in the said States and Territories...
Pagina 177 - That a Council of National Defense is hereby established for the coordination of industries and resources for the national security and welfare, to consist of the Secretary of War, the Secretary of the Navy, the Secretary of the Interior, the Secretary of Agriculture, the Secretary of Commerce, and the Secretary of Labor.
Pagina 277 - Commission to take into consideration and mature such plan or plans and estimates as will correct, permanently locate, and deepen the channel and protect the banks of the Mississippi River; improve and give safety and ease to the navigation thereof; prevent destructive floods; promote and facilitate commerce, trade, and the postal service...
Pagina 121 - It is to be hoped that no time will be lost in constructing the Tounghoo-Mandalay line.
Pagina 67 - We declare our firm conviction that this conservation of our natural resources is a subject of transcendent importance which should engage unremittingly the attention of the nation, the States, and the people in earnest cooperation.
Pagina 249 - An Act to provide for the control of the floods of the Mississippi River and of the Sacramento River, California, and for other purposes...
Pagina 45 - Agriculture is hereby authorized, and on such conditions as he deems wise, to stipulate and agree with any State or group of States to cooperate in the organization and maintenance of a system of fire protection on any private or State forest lands within such State or States and situated upon the watershed of a navigable river...