Rivers and Harbors Omnibus Bill ; Miscellaneous Projects and Amendments: Hearings Before a Subcommittee of the Committee on Commerce, United States Senate, Seventy-eight Congress, Second Session, on H.R. 3961, an Act Authorizing the Construction, Repair, and Preservation of Certain Public Works on Rivers and Harbors, and for Other Purposes ..U.S. Government Printing Office, 1944 - Canals |
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... tonnage which is moving on the inland waterways , because all these projects are based upon the fact that they are being used by commerce . This graph shows a remarkable growth on the inland waterways . It is prepared accurately from ...
... tonnage which is moving on the inland waterways , because all these projects are based upon the fact that they are being used by commerce . This graph shows a remarkable growth on the inland waterways . It is prepared accurately from ...
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... tonnage there in that particular harbor . I might say , also , that this is close to the hotels , some of the tallest . hotels there affording a view of Habana on a clear day , with a glass . It was really too close during prohibition ...
... tonnage there in that particular harbor . I might say , also , that this is close to the hotels , some of the tallest . hotels there affording a view of Habana on a clear day , with a glass . It was really too close during prohibition ...
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... tonnage has been established ; the Board went into it , and the Chief of Engineers went into it to a great extent , to show that this was not fly - by - night traffic that was available just during the war . We saw the plans of ...
... tonnage has been established ; the Board went into it , and the Chief of Engineers went into it to a great extent , to show that this was not fly - by - night traffic that was available just during the war . We saw the plans of ...
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... tonnage is due to Drew Airfield , there , and some of the military installations ? Colonel FERINGA . My tonnage figures only go as far as 1941 , Sena- tor , and I do not think there is hardly any of it due , at least at that time , to ...
... tonnage is due to Drew Airfield , there , and some of the military installations ? Colonel FERINGA . My tonnage figures only go as far as 1941 , Sena- tor , and I do not think there is hardly any of it due , at least at that time , to ...
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... tonnage , and an increase in the importance of the tonnage to the country . Senator OVERTON . I think that is all . Senator BURTON . Mr. Chairman , I would like to ask the Colonel , for the sake of the record , if he would state the ...
... tonnage , and an increase in the importance of the tonnage to the country . Senator OVERTON . I think that is all . Senator BURTON . Mr. Chairman , I would like to ask the Colonel , for the sake of the record , if he would state the ...
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Page 273 - In the exercise of its power to prescribe just and reasonable rates the Commission shall give due consideration, among other factors, to the effect of rates on the movement of traffic by the carrier or carriers for which the rates are prescribed...
Page 273 - Commission shall give due consideration among other factors, to the effect of rates on the movement of traffic by the carrier or carriers for which the rates are prescribed; to the need, in the public interest, of adequate and efficient railway transportation service at the lowest cost consistent with the furnishing of such service; and to the need of revenues sufficient to enable the carriers, under honest, economical and efficient management to provide such service.
Page 755 - No right to the use of water for land in private ownership shall be sold for a tract, exceeding one hundred and sixty acres to any one landowner, and no such sale shall be made to any landowner unless he be an actual bona fide resident on such land, or occupant thereof residing in the neighborhood of said land, and no such right shall permanently attach until all payments therefor are made.
Page 1 - That the following works of improvement of rivers, harbors,and other waterways are hereby adopted and authorized, to be prosecuted under the direction of the Secretary of War and supervision of the Chief of Engineers...
Page 1 - That penstocks or other similar facilities adapted to possible future use in the development of hydroelectric power shall be installed in any dam herein authorized when approved by the Secretary of War upon the recommendation of the Chief of Engineers and of the Federal Power Commission...
Page 9 - That the following sums of money be, and are hereby, appropriated, to be paid out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to be immediately available, and to be expended under the direction of the Secretary of War and the supervision of the Chief of Engineers, for the construction, completion, repair, and preservation of the public works hereinafter named: ***** Sec.
Page 501 - As used in this section the term "commerce" shall include the use of waterways by seasonal passenger craft, yachts, house boats, fishing boats, motor boats, and other similar water craft, whether or not operated for hire.
Page 228 - ... from intermediate points on its line, the authority shall not include intermediate points as to which the haul of the petitioning line or route is not longer than that of the direct line or route between the competitive points; and no such authorization shall be granted on account of merely potential water competition not actually in existence...
Page 583 - That for the purpose of controlling the floods, improving navigation, and regulating the flow of the Colorado River, providing for storage and for the delivery of the stored waters thereof for reclamation of public lands and other beneficial uses exclusively within the United States, and for the generation of electrical energy as a means of making, the project herein authorized a self-supporting and financially solvent undertaking...
Page 528 - Interior, who shall transmit and dispose of such power and energy in such manner as to encourage the most widespread use thereof at the lowest possible rates to consumers consistent with sound business principles, the rate schedules to become effective upon confirmation and approval by the Federal Power Commission.