Protection and Development of Lower Colorado River Basin: 1922-1923 |
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... Angeles Times Syn- dicate , or " the Colorado River Land & Water Co. , " is made up of American capitalists who owned some 800,000 acres just below the boundary in Mexico . Mr. LITTLE . Those people own the land that takes the water ...
... Angeles Times Syn- dicate , or " the Colorado River Land & Water Co. , " is made up of American capitalists who owned some 800,000 acres just below the boundary in Mexico . Mr. LITTLE . Those people own the land that takes the water ...
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... Angeles , San Diego , Prescott , Phoenix , and the other cities of California and Arizona . There is no way of collecting from those cities any portion of the cost except through the sale of power . Under the plan proposed this does ...
... Angeles , San Diego , Prescott , Phoenix , and the other cities of California and Arizona . There is no way of collecting from those cities any portion of the cost except through the sale of power . Under the plan proposed this does ...
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... Angeles or from any other local power market ? Secretary HOOVER . Yes ; there are three or four groups interested in this power question . It is one of the most contentious parts of the whole business , but it did not seem to me that it ...
... Angeles or from any other local power market ? Secretary HOOVER . Yes ; there are three or four groups interested in this power question . It is one of the most contentious parts of the whole business , but it did not seem to me that it ...
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... Angeles I have been in association with those undertakings in a consulting capacity and have , therefore , had an opportunity of becoming familiar with the power problems of Los Angeles as a city and , in a considerable degree , with ...
... Angeles I have been in association with those undertakings in a consulting capacity and have , therefore , had an opportunity of becoming familiar with the power problems of Los Angeles as a city and , in a considerable degree , with ...
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... Angeles is likewise substantially true for the other communities in the southern part of the State , as well as for the whole Southwest in a general way . At this rate of increase for the city of Los Angeles the entire capacity of its ...
... Angeles is likewise substantially true for the other communities in the southern part of the State , as well as for the whole Southwest in a general way . At this rate of increase for the city of Los Angeles the entire capacity of its ...
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acre-feet acres additional agree all-American canal American amount Angeles appropriation Arizona association authorized average basin believe benefit bill Boulder Canyon Boulder Canyon Dam build built California canal capacity carried cent Colorado River commission committee Congress consideration construction cost course court DAVIS district diversion electric engineers entire estimated fact Federal feet flood flow further give Government HAYDEN House Imperial Valley interest irrigation land levees LITTLE lower matter means Mexican Mexico miles necessary NICKERSON operation period permit possible practically present problem production proposed question RAKER reason reclamation Representatives reservoir rock Secretary Secretary HOOVER Senator side SMITH southern statement storage stream sufficient supply SWING taken tion United upper Yuma
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Page 38 - That whenever by priority of possession rights to the use of water for 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...
Page 39 - ... all surplus water over and above such actual appropriation and use, together with the water of all lakes, rivers, and other sources of water supply upon the public lands, and not navigable, shall remain and be held free for the appropriation and use of the public for irrigation, mining, and manufacturing purposes, subject to existing rights.
Page 144 - War; and it shall not be lawful to excavate or fill, or in any manner to alter or modify the course, location, condition, or capacity of any port, roadstead, haven, harbor, canal, lake harbor of refuge, or inclosure within the limits of any breakwater, or of the channel of any navigable water of the United States, unless the work has been recommended by the Chief of Engineers and authorized by the Secretary of War prior to beginning the same...
Page 38 - All patents granted, or preemption or homesteads allowed, shall be subject to any vested and accrued water rights, or rights to ditches and reservoirs used in connection with such water rights, as may have been acquired under or recognized by the preceding section.
Page 1 - 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 38 - ... and such right shall not exceed the amount of water actually appropriated, and necessarily used for the purpose of irrigation and reclamation...
Page 144 - States is hereby prohibited ; and it shall not be lawful to build or commence the building of any wharf, pier, dolphin, boom, weir, breakwater, bulkhead, jetty, or other structures in any port, roadstead, haven, harbor, canal, navigable river, or other water of the United States, outside established harbor lines, or where no harbor lines have been established, except on plans recommended by the Chief of Engineers and authorized by the Secretary of War...
Page 144 - It shall not be lawful to excavate or fill, or in any manner to alter or modify the course, location, condition, or capacity of, any port, roadstead, haven, harbor, canal, lake, harbor or refuge, or inclosure within the limits of any breakwater, or of the channel of any navigable water of the United States, unless the work has been recommended by the Chief of Engineers and authorized by the Secretary of the Army prior to beginning the same.
Page 3 - There is hereby authorized to be appropriated from time to time, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, such amounts as may be necessary to carry out the provisions and accomplish the purposes of this Act.
Page 148 - This is to certify that the foregoing is a full, true, and correct copy of a resolution adopted...