...to the production of electricity available for use at considerable distances has revealed an element of substantial value in streams which the Government...for improvement by the Government at a cost of over $800,000, and that an offer has been made by a responsible citizen to do the entire work without expense...

...to the production of electricity available for use at considerable distances has revealed an element of substantial value in streams which the Government...for improvement by the Government at a cost of over $800,000, and that an offer has been made by a responsible citizen to do the entire work without expense...

...to the production of electricity available for use at considerable distances has revealed an element of substantial value in streams which the Government...for improvement by the Government at a cost of over $800,000, and that an offer has been made by a responsible citizen to do the entire work without expense...

...Wherever the Government constructs a dam and lock for the purpose of navigation there is a waterfall cf great value. It does not seem right or just that this...for improvement by the Government at a cost of over $800,000. and that an offer has been made by a responsible citizen to do the entire work without expense...

...dam and lock for the purpose of navigation there is a water fall of great value. It does not seem 138 It seems clear that justice to the taxpayers of the...the Government is or may be called upon to improve the stream the improvement should be made to pay for itself, so far as practicable (27). Congressional...

...navigation, and this value in my judgment should be properly utilized to defray the cost of the improvement. The improvement should be made to pay for itself, so far as practicable.6 The principle of allocation, that the receipts from power should be made to cover the...

...barge coal directly to their riverside plants. But back in 1903, President Theodore Roosevelt said : "It seems clear that justice to the taxpayers of the...should be made to pay for itself, so far as practicable * * *." M This has been accepted policy for many years. It was stated again by General Cassidy at the...

...seem right or just that this element i Congrcational Record, vol. SB (December 3, 1901), pp. 85, 80. It seems clear that Justice to the taxpayers of the...made to pay for itself, so far as practicable. ... I think it is desirable . . . that a general policy appropriate to the new conditions caused by the advance...

...constructs a dam and lock for the purpose of navigation, there is a waterfall of great value. * * * when the Government is or may be called upon to improve...be made to pay for itself, so far as practicable. In 1906 the Reclamation Act, originally passed in 1902, was amended by Congress to provide for the...