Colorado River Basin: Hearings, Sixty-eighth Congress, Second Session on S. 727, Parts 1-2U.S. Government Printing Office, 1925 - Colorado River |
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... Yuma project has continuously fought the construction of these weirs in the river as a menace to them . Some of their lands down through the center are also below the flow of the water in this river , and should a rush of water come ...
... Yuma project has continuously fought the construction of these weirs in the river as a menace to them . Some of their lands down through the center are also below the flow of the water in this river , and should a rush of water come ...
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... Yuma , which is now in use for the Yuma project in Arizona and California ; would enlarge that canal to a point about 13 miles below its head , and then build a new canal on that same grade down to where they would very nearly , but not ...
... Yuma , which is now in use for the Yuma project in Arizona and California ; would enlarge that canal to a point about 13 miles below its head , and then build a new canal on that same grade down to where they would very nearly , but not ...
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... Yuma project and the Imperial Valley . The above - named amount does not include expenditures by the Southern Pacific Rail- road for the closing of the 1905 and 1907 breaks . It would probably be possible to completely control the ...
... Yuma project and the Imperial Valley . The above - named amount does not include expenditures by the Southern Pacific Rail- road for the closing of the 1905 and 1907 breaks . It would probably be possible to completely control the ...
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... Yuma , Ariz . , is on the tail end of the longest hydroelectric power line . Colonel Fly , how far is that power ... project , which engineers are visioning a super- power project covering the eastern part of the United States , for ex ...
... Yuma , Ariz . , is on the tail end of the longest hydroelectric power line . Colonel Fly , how far is that power ... project , which engineers are visioning a super- power project covering the eastern part of the United States , for ex ...
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... construction of hydraulic water wheels of large magnitude of the order of sixty ... Yuma , 625 miles , I do not think is extremely large . Senator KENDRICK ... project , plus a very considerable increase in develop- ment from the Sierra ...
... construction of hydraulic water wheels of large magnitude of the order of sixty ... Yuma , 625 miles , I do not think is extremely large . Senator KENDRICK ... project , plus a very considerable increase in develop- ment from the Sierra ...
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acre-feet acres all-American canal Angeles Araz Arizona bill Boulder Canyon dam boundary built capacity CARR CHAIRMAN channel charge CHILDERS Coachella Valley Colorado River compact committee construction cost CRISWELL cubic yards DAVIS Diamond Creek diverted Doctor DURAND engineers estimated excavation feet flood control flow Glen Canyon Government Governor Gulf of California horsepower Imperial Canal Imperial irrigation district Imperial Valley interest JOHNSON of California JONES of Washington Laguna Dam lands levee Los Angeles lower basin MATHEWS MAXWELL MEAD mesa canal Mexican Mexico miles Nevada Pilot Knob power development power plant present proposed railroad Reclamation Service Representative SWING reservoir Salton Sea sand hills 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 313 - If, as a matter of international comity, the United States of America shall hereafter recognize in the United States of Mexico any right to the use of any waters of the Colorado River System, such waters shall be supplied first from the waters which are surplus...
Page 51 - 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 27 - 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 313 - Lower Basin" means those parts of the States of Arizona, California, Nevada, New Mexico and Utah within and from which waters naturally drain into the Colorado River System below 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 below Lee Ferry. (h) The term "domestic use...
Page 242 - There is hereby authorized to be appropriated from time to time, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, such sums of money as may be necessary to carry out the purposes of this Act.
Page 58 - 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 - Corps during the war with Germany, the war with Spain, or in the suppression of the insurrection in the Philippines, and who have been honorably separated or discharged therefrom or placed in the Regular Army or...
Page 313 - In addition to the apportionment in paragraph (a) the Lower Basin is hereby given the right to increase its beneficial consumptive use of such waters by one million acre-feet per annum.
Page 313 - 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 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...