Colorado River Basin. Hearings ... Pursuant to S. Res. 320 (68th Cong. 2d Sess.) Oct.-Dec. 1925 |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 55
Page 26
... sand acres of good agricultural land is still under the water of the Salton Sea , making 200,000 acres , which at a conservative value of $ 100 per acre is $ 20,000,000 . Crop and property losses are estimated at $ 3,000,000 ; loss of ...
... sand acres of good agricultural land is still under the water of the Salton Sea , making 200,000 acres , which at a conservative value of $ 100 per acre is $ 20,000,000 . Crop and property losses are estimated at $ 3,000,000 ; loss of ...
Page 28
... sand we term it , that travels along or near the bottom of the river out of reach of the silt - sampling apparatus as used at Yuma and in our canal and which , therefore , is not included in the figures of silt content for either point ...
... sand we term it , that travels along or near the bottom of the river out of reach of the silt - sampling apparatus as used at Yuma and in our canal and which , therefore , is not included in the figures of silt content for either point ...
Page 29
... sand which , as has been stated , travels along or near the bottom out of reach of the silt - sampling apparatus . Thus , it is seen that the suspended silt does not deposit in the main canals but passes on to the wasteways and smaller ...
... sand which , as has been stated , travels along or near the bottom out of reach of the silt - sampling apparatus . Thus , it is seen that the suspended silt does not deposit in the main canals but passes on to the wasteways and smaller ...
Page 30
... sand with these dredges for about one - half what it costs to remove it from the canals below by dragline and Ruth dredges ; second , the water surface of a number of our main canals is raising year by year - in one stretch of the Alamo ...
... sand with these dredges for about one - half what it costs to remove it from the canals below by dragline and Ruth dredges ; second , the water surface of a number of our main canals is raising year by year - in one stretch of the Alamo ...
Page 31
... sand bothers mostly over the central and southern end . The irrigation district delivers water to the high corner of each 160 acres , from which point the farmer must take it at his own expense onto his land . The amount and frequency ...
... sand bothers mostly over the central and southern end . The irrigation district delivers water to the high corner of each 160 acres , from which point the farmer must take it at his own expense onto his land . The amount and frequency ...
Common terms and phrases
acre-feet acreage acres of land All-American Canal ALLISON American amount Angeles aqueduct Arizona believe Black Canyon Boulder Canyon Dam Boulder Dam Bridge Canyon Dam BROCKMAN building built Calexico cent CHAIRMAN City lot City property Colorado River compact Colorado River Control COLTER committee Congress construction cost Diamond Creek engineers Federal Government feet flood control flow FRISBIE gentlemen Gila Gila River Glen Canyon going Governor SCRUGHAM high dam horsepower Imperial County Imperial irrigation district Imperial Valley interest Laguna Dam levee lower basin MCCLUSKEY menace ment Mexican Mexico miles million MULHOLLAND Nevada present proposed proposition question reservoir River Control Club Salton Sea sand SCOTT second-feet Senator ASHURST Senator DILL Senator JOHNSON Senator KENDRICK Senator ODDIE Senator PHIPPS Senator PITTMAN Senator SHORTRIDGE silt southern California statement storage stream Swing-Johnson bill tion to-day United upper basin water supply WEYMOUTH Yuma project
Popular passages
Page 646 - It would not be contended that it extends so far as to authorize what the Constitution forbids, or a change in the character of the government or in that of one of the States, or a cession of any portion of the territory of the latter, without its consent.
Page 387 - ... and if such surplus shall prove insufficient for this purpose, then, the burden of such deficiency shall be equally borne by the Upper Basin and the Lower Basin, and whenever necessary the States of the Upper Division shall deliver at Lee Ferry water to supply one-half of the deficiency so recognized in addition to that provided in paragraph (d).
Page 316 - Basin" means those parts of the States of Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico, Utah and Wyoming within and from which waters naturally drain into the Colorado River System above Lee Ferry, and also all parts of said States located without the drainage area of the Colorado River System which are now or shall hereafter be beneficially served by waters diverted from the System above Lee Ferry. (g) The term "Lower Basin...
Page 317 - Inasmuch as the Colorado River has ceased to be navigable for commerce and the reservation of its waters for navigation would seriously limit the development of its Basin, the use of its waters for purposes of navigation shall be subservient to the uses of such waters for domestic, agricultural and power purposes.
Page 1 - ... and to make such expenditures, as it deems advisable. The cost of stenographic services to report such hearings shall not be in excess of 25 cents per hundred words. The expenses of the committee, which shall not exceed $5,000, shall be paid from the contingent fund of the Senate upon vouchers approved by the chairman.
Page 634 - ... within the limits of the several States, belong to the respective States within which they are found, with the consequent right to use or dispose of any portion thereof, when that can be done without substantial impairment of the interest of the public in the waters, and subject always to the paramount right of Congress to control their navigation so far as may be necessary for the regulation of commerce with foreign nations and among the States.
Page 628 - ... to be situated in two or more States, or to be constructed in one State for the benefit of another State; or (e) as to the diversion of water in one State for the benefit of another State; the Governors of the States affected, upon the request of one of them, shall forthwith appoint Commissioners with power to consider and adjust such claim or controversy, subject to ratification by the Legislatures of the States so affected.
Page 316 - River system, such waters shall be supplied first from the waters which are surplus over and above the aggregate of the quantities specified in paragraphs (a) and (6) ; and if such surplus shall prove insufficient for this purpose, then, the burden of such deficiency shall be equally borne by the upper basin and the lower basin...
Page 646 - October next succeeding the ratification of this compact. (e) The States of the Upper Division shall not withhold water, and the States of the Lower Division shall not require the delivery of water which can not reasonably be applied to domestic and agricultural uses.
Page 632 - The principle has long been settled in this court, that each State owns the beds of all tide-waters within its jurisdiction, unless they have been granted away.