Muscle Shoals: Hearings Before the Committee on Military Affairs, House of Representatives, Seventieth Congress, First Session, on H.R. 8305, H.R. 7744, H.R. 6031, H.R. 10028, and H.J. Res. 105. Tuesday, January 25, 1928 to Monday, March 19, 1928 |
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... proposition perhaps would fail ; there may be a time when the synthetic process would put you out of business . Now ... proposition had become , through no fault of our own , a power proposition , therefore we ought to be willing to pay ...
... proposition perhaps would fail ; there may be a time when the synthetic process would put you out of business . Now ... proposition had become , through no fault of our own , a power proposition , therefore we ought to be willing to pay ...
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... proposition and there was not going to be any more fertilizer made down there , what you thought about the proposition , instead of our deciding now what would be the contract to be written for the balance of the term of 25 , 30 , or 35 ...
... proposition and there was not going to be any more fertilizer made down there , what you thought about the proposition , instead of our deciding now what would be the contract to be written for the balance of the term of 25 , 30 , or 35 ...
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... proposition be to say that , upon the failure of the fertilizer proposition , according to the provisions of this bill - the Farm Bureau or Farm Board , whatever it is , reports you have failed , and it can not be made there - we will ...
... proposition be to say that , upon the failure of the fertilizer proposition , according to the provisions of this bill - the Farm Bureau or Farm Board , whatever it is , reports you have failed , and it can not be made there - we will ...
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... proposition that even if we were to be allowed more than 8 per cent provided we were to use secondary power , it would not do us any good ; because it simply means our price of the finished product would be so high we could not sell it ...
... proposition that even if we were to be allowed more than 8 per cent provided we were to use secondary power , it would not do us any good ; because it simply means our price of the finished product would be so high we could not sell it ...
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... proposition , why I can answer it in this way- Mr. WURZBACH . Just let me say this , so you can answer it at the same time . Mr. BELL . Certainly ; excuse me . Mr. WURZBACH . Or provide that , instead of leaving it to chance , that such ...
... proposition , why I can answer it in this way- Mr. WURZBACH . Just let me say this , so you can answer it at the same time . Mr. BELL . Certainly ; excuse me . Mr. WURZBACH . Or provide that , instead of leaving it to chance , that such ...
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Alabama Power Alabama Power Co amendment American Cyanamid Co ammonia ammonium ammonium phosphate amortization amount and/or BELL build capacity cent CHAIRMAN cheaper Clinch River committee concentrated fertilizer Congress construction contract cost Cove Creek Dam cyanamide process Dam Numbered demised Department Doctor COTTRELL Doctor Woods equipment estimate farmer board figures fixed nitrogen GARRETT Government hereof HILL of Alabama HOFFMAN horsepower hydroelectric industry installation interest investment JAMES lease lessee lessor Madden bill Major COINER Major MILES Major WATKINS manufacture of fertilizer MCSWAIN ment Muscle Shoals national defense navigation nitrogen fixation operation payments phosphate phosphoric acid power house primary power production proposed proposition purpose question QUIN reason secondary power Secretary of Agriculture Secretary of War sell Senator NORRIS steam plant synthetic process Tennessee River thing tion transmission lines WAINWRIGHT water power Wilson Dam words WURZBACH
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Page 95 - States nitrate plants numbered 1 and 2, including steam plants, located, respectively, at Sheffield, Alabama, and Muscle Shoals, Alabama, together with all real estate and buildings connected therewith, all tools and machinery, equipment, accessories, and materials belonging thereto, and all laboratories and plants used as auxiliaries thereto; the fixed-nitrogen research laboratory, the Waco limestone quarry, in Alabama, and Dam Numbered 2, located at Muscle Shoals, its power house, and all hydroelectric...
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Page 18 - ... a copy of which duly certified by its secretary under its corporate seal, is hereto annexed, hereby for itself and its successors and assigns waives the royalties hereinbefore described and guarantees the performance by the lessee of all obligations placed upon said lessee by this lease. In witness whereof the parties hereto and said American Cyanamid...
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