River Regulation, Flood Control, and Water Conservation and Utilization: Hearings Before the Committee on Commerce, United States Senate, Sixty-fourth Congress, Second Session, on H.R. 14777, an Act to Provide for the Control of Floods of the Mississippi River and of the Sacramento River, California, and for Other Purposes, and S. 5736, a Bill to Promote Interstate Commerce, Agriculture, and the General Welfare by Providing for the Development and Control of Waterways and Water Resources, for Water Conservation, for Flood Control, Prevention, and Protection; for the Application of Flood Waters to Beneficial Uses; and for Cooperation in Such Work with States and Other Agencies, and for Other Purposes, Together with Hearings, Reports, and Documents of Preceding Congresses .... Dec. 19-22, 1916U.S. Government Printing Office, 1917 - 430 pagini |
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... miles of railway , and build a track at different places , one , two three , four , or five hundred miles long , and say that you have a rail- road . It is not right to say that because river transportation has not been developed river ...
... miles of railway , and build a track at different places , one , two three , four , or five hundred miles long , and say that you have a rail- road . It is not right to say that because river transportation has not been developed river ...
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... miles or more of waterways upon this map [ indicating ] . You will observe that we have here three great systems or water- ways in the West - one is the Columbia River , of which the Snake is a tributary . That stream stretches all the ...
... miles or more of waterways upon this map [ indicating ] . You will observe that we have here three great systems or water- ways in the West - one is the Columbia River , of which the Snake is a tributary . That stream stretches all the ...
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... miles of waterways in this country as perfect instrumentalities of commerce as are our railroads , with every device for coordination between rail and boat , such as transfer facilities and sites , with all the instrumen- talities that ...
... miles of waterways in this country as perfect instrumentalities of commerce as are our railroads , with every device for coordination between rail and boat , such as transfer facilities and sites , with all the instrumen- talities that ...
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... miles here and a stretch of 10 miles there , without any connec- tion between the various structures . So far as the question of expenses is concerned , the full develop- ment of a river within rational limits of expenditure depends ...
... miles here and a stretch of 10 miles there , without any connec- tion between the various structures . So far as the question of expenses is concerned , the full develop- ment of a river within rational limits of expenditure depends ...
Pagina 94
... miles than the combined area of Belgium , Holland , and Denmark , has greater latent agricultural resources . and will sustain a larger population than those countries . Their combined population is now 16,000,000 , while that of ...
... miles than the combined area of Belgium , Holland , and Denmark , has greater latent agricultural resources . and will sustain a larger population than those countries . Their combined population is now 16,000,000 , while that of ...
Termeni și expresii frecvente
acres Agriculture amendment annually appropriation banks basin benefits bureaus Cairo California CHAIRMAN channel Chief of Engineers commerce committee CONGRESS THE LIBRARY conservation construction cooperation coordination cost dams DAVIS Department district drainage drainage basin engineers expended expenditure flood control flood prevention flood waters flow forests fund Gulf harbor bill House HUMPHREYS improvement indorsed inland waterways interests investigation irrigation lands legislation levee system LIBRARY OF CONGRESS 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 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 water power watersheds
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Pagina 425 - 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 81 - Be it further resolved that the Secretary be instructed to send a copy of this resolution to the President of the United States.
Pagina 62 - 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 69 - 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 253 - 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 179 - 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 179 - Commission, consisting of the Secretary of War, the Secretary of the Interior, the Secretary of Agriculture, and two members of the Senate, to be selected by the President of the Senate, and two members of the House of Representatives, to be selected by the Speaker...
Pagina 113 - ... 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 47 - 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...
Pagina 78 - Vice President of the United States, to the Speaker of the House of Representatives, and to each Senator and Representative from California in the Congress of the United States.