Colorado River Basin. Hearings ... on S. 727 ... Dec. 17-31, 1924 |
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... practically for all time , by the building of storage dams , and the Government will be sure of getting its money back , too . On the Colorado , on the lower reaches , the levee system has been tried and found to be not a success , for ...
... practically for all time , by the building of storage dams , and the Government will be sure of getting its money back , too . On the Colorado , on the lower reaches , the levee system has been tried and found to be not a success , for ...
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... practically no problem . Senator JOHNSON of California . The fact is that already there are municipalities that stand ready to bid , are there not ? Mr. CARR . Yes ; the city of Los Angeles has voted by 412 to 1 to contract with the ...
... practically no problem . Senator JOHNSON of California . The fact is that already there are municipalities that stand ready to bid , are there not ? Mr. CARR . Yes ; the city of Los Angeles has voted by 412 to 1 to contract with the ...
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... practically all the municipal communities in that general territory . Senator JOHNSON of California . Indeed , every municipality in southern California is united before this committee in behalf of this bill ? Mr. MATHEWS . Yes . They ...
... practically all the municipal communities in that general territory . Senator JOHNSON of California . Indeed , every municipality in southern California is united before this committee in behalf of this bill ? Mr. MATHEWS . Yes . They ...
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... practically the cost of the dam . Under this arrangement I see no reason why they would not relieve the lessee of it in every case and resell it . Senator JONES of Washington . But there is this difference , that in the other case the ...
... practically the cost of the dam . Under this arrangement I see no reason why they would not relieve the lessee of it in every case and resell it . Senator JONES of Washington . But there is this difference , that in the other case the ...
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... practically all - year - around irrigation in that region , so that power generation and irrigation could be made to fit in very nicely together . Coming now to section 7 of the bill , the bill provides : That the dam and reservoir ...
... practically all - year - around irrigation in that region , so that power generation and irrigation could be made to fit in very nicely together . Coming now to section 7 of the bill , the bill provides : That the dam and reservoir ...
Common terms and phrases
acre-feet acres all-American canal Angeles Araz Arizona bill bonds Boulder Canyon dam boundary built capacity CARR cent CHAIRMAN channel charge CHILDERS Coachella Valley Colorado River compact committee construction cost CRISWELL cubic yards DAVIS Diamond Creek diverted Doctor DURAND engineers estimated feet flood control flow Glen Canyon Government Gulf of California horsepower Imperial Canal Imperial irrigation district Imperial Valley interest JOHNSON of California JONES of Washington June 30 Laguna Dam land levee Los Angeles lower basin MATHEWS MAXWELL MEAD mesa Mexican Mexico miles Nevada operation Pilot Knob power development power plant present proposed purposes railroad Reclamation Service Representative SWING reservoir Salton Sea second-feet Secretary Senator ASHURST Senator JOHNSON Senator JONES Senator KENDRICK Senator PHIPPS Senator SHORTRIDGE silt siphon drop southern California storage tion United upper basin Volcano Lake WALSH of Montana water supply WEYMOUTH Yuma project
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Page 299 - States and to the President of the United States, and the President of the United States is requested to give notice to the Governors of the signatory States of approval by the Congress of the United States.
Page 294 - States within which the project is to be located with respect to bed and banks and to the appropriation, diversion, and use of water for power purposes and with respect to the right to engage in the business of developing, transmitting, and distributing power, and in any other business, necessary to effect the...
Page 298 - The States of the upper division will not cause the flow of the river at Lee Ferry to be depleted below an aggregate of 75,000,000 acre-feet for any period of 10 consecutive years reckoned in continuing progressive series beginning with the first day of October next succeeding the ratification of this compact.
Page 49 - Canyon adequate to create a storage reservoir of a capacity of not less than twenty million acre-feet of water and a main canal and appurtenant structures located entirely within the United States...
Page 25 - It is susceptible of no limitation not imposed by itself. Any restriction upon it, deriving validity from an external source, would imply a diminution of its sovereignty to the extent of the restriction, and an investment of that sovereignty to the same extent in that power which could impose such restriction.
Page 56 - That nothing in this Act shall be construed as modifying in any manner the existing contract, dated October 23, 1918, between the United States and the Imperial Irrigation District...
Page 3 - Interior, such lands shall be opened for entry, in tracts varying in size but not exceeding one hundred and sixty acres, as may be determined by the Secretary of the Interior, in accordance with the provisions of the reclamation law, and any such...
Page 24 - Mexico, being agreeably to the fifth article, divided in the middle between the two republics, the navigation of the Gila and of the Bravo below said boundary shall be free and common to the vessels and citizens of both countries; and neither shall, without the consent of the other, construct any work that may impede or interrupt, in whole or in part, the exercise of this right; not even for the purpose of favoring new methods of navigation.
Page 299 - This compact may be terminated at any time, by the unanimous agreement of the signatory States. In the event of such termination, all rights established under it shall continue unimpaired. ARTICLE XI This compact shall become binding and obligatory when it shall have been approved by the legislatures of each of the signatory States and by the Congress of the United States.
Page 298 - 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 water for domestic, agricultural, and power purposes.