Development of the Rivers of the United States: Message from the President of the United States Transmitting a Preliminary Report on a Comprehensive Plan for the Improvement and Development of the Rivers of the United States with a View of Giving the Congress Information for the Guidance of Legislation which Will Provide for the Maximum Amount of Flood Control, Navigation, Irrigation, and Development of Hydroelectric PowerU.S. Government Printing Office, 1934 - 423 Seiten |
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... average annual outlay of but $ 200,000,000 . It should be well understood that the Secretary of War and the Chief of Engineers are not recommending the construction , nor even the adoption , at this time , of such a great number of ...
... average annual outlay of but $ 200,000,000 . It should be well understood that the Secretary of War and the Chief of Engineers are not recommending the construction , nor even the adoption , at this time , of such a great number of ...
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... average deposition of silt has doubled , being 22,000 acre - feet . This rate without further increase reduces the prospective life of this reservoir to 100 years . But still more ominous is the fact that within 50 years the storage ...
... average deposition of silt has doubled , being 22,000 acre - feet . This rate without further increase reduces the prospective life of this reservoir to 100 years . But still more ominous is the fact that within 50 years the storage ...
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... average slope ( 8 percent ) amounting to 67 tons per annum , along with a run - off totaling 26 percent of all the rainfall ; whereas , from the same type of soil thickly covered with alfalfa the corresponding losses under precisely the ...
... average slope ( 8 percent ) amounting to 67 tons per annum , along with a run - off totaling 26 percent of all the rainfall ; whereas , from the same type of soil thickly covered with alfalfa the corresponding losses under precisely the ...
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... average land of the very_exten- sive Shelby loam soil within the rolling parts of the Corn Belt of northern Missouri and southern Iowa loses soil at a rate which would remove the entire depth of the productive surface layer , down to ...
... average land of the very_exten- sive Shelby loam soil within the rolling parts of the Corn Belt of northern Missouri and southern Iowa loses soil at a rate which would remove the entire depth of the productive surface layer , down to ...
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... average discharge of about 12,500 cubic feet per second , or 1.84 cubic feet per second per square mile . The maximum recorded discharge was about 290,000 cubic feet per second and the minimum was 1,240 cubic feet per second . The ...
... average discharge of about 12,500 cubic feet per second , or 1.84 cubic feet per second per square mile . The maximum recorded discharge was about 290,000 cubic feet per second and the minimum was 1,240 cubic feet per second . The ...
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Seite 53 - ... mining, agricultural, manufacturing, or other purposes, have vested and accrued, and the same are recognized and acknowledged by the local customs, laws, and the decisions of courts, the possessors and owners of such vested rights shall be maintained and protected in the same; and the right-of-way for the construction of ditches and canals for the purposes herein specified is acknowledged and confirmed...
Seite 53 - ... and the right of way for the construction of ditches and canals for the purposes herein specified is acknowledged and confirmed; but whenever any person, in the construction of any ditch or canal, injures or damages the possession of any settler on the public domain, the party committing such injury or damage shall be liable to the party injured for such injury or damage.
Seite 54 - ... for canals, ditches, pipes and pipe lines, flumes, tunnels, or other water conduits, and for water plants, dams, and reservoirs used to promote irrigation or mining or quarrying, or the manufacturing or cutting of timber and lumber, or the supplying of water for domestic, public, or any other beneficial uses...
Seite 55 - ... assigned in whole or in part, even though water-right application has been filed for the land in connection with the Government reclamation project, or application for an extension of time in which to submit proof on the entry has been submitted, under the Act of June 27, 1906 (34 Stat. 520; 43 USC 448), as amended by the Act of June 6, 1930 (46 Stat. 502; 43 USC 448), requiring reduction of the area of the entry to one farm unit.
Seite 294 - MH moves through the St. Clair River, Lake St. Clair and the Detroit River to Lake Erie, a distance of about 84 miles, and there is no definite control section which determines the volume of outflow.
Seite 167 - This unit was established in 1931 by the Bureau of Chemistry and Soils of the United States Department of Agriculture for research in health hazards of food constituents and contaminants, spray residues, and insecticides.
Seite 297 - Lawrence forming a part of the boundary between the State of New York and the Province of Ontario.
Seite 51 - Act; for recompensing it for the use, occupancy, and enjoyment of its lands or other property ; and for the expropriation to the Government of excessive profits until the respective States shall make provision for preventing excessive profits or for the expropriation thereof to themselves, or until the period of amortization as herein provided is reached...