Illinois and Mississippi Rivers, and Diversion of Water from Lake Michigan, Volumen1U.S. Government Printing Office, 1924 - 4 páginas |
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... acres . It is obsolete , like your Erie Canal . It was 4 feet deep . It would not compete with the railroads , and it would be necessary to adopt a State project to meet the present demands of commerce . All of the power developed at ...
... acres . It is obsolete , like your Erie Canal . It was 4 feet deep . It would not compete with the railroads , and it would be necessary to adopt a State project to meet the present demands of commerce . All of the power developed at ...
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... acres of land down there would bring a suit against the sanitary district . I tried two of those suits , and quit the other one . It would take a man who brings a suit against the sanitary district a long time , and it would cost him ...
... acres of land down there would bring a suit against the sanitary district . I tried two of those suits , and quit the other one . It would take a man who brings a suit against the sanitary district a long time , and it would cost him ...
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... acres of overflowed land . He brought suit at Peoria . He had four attorneys in the suit representing him . The sanitary district had about twice that many attorneys . That case was tried for six weeks , and the jury came in and ...
... acres of overflowed land . He brought suit at Peoria . He had four attorneys in the suit representing him . The sanitary district had about twice that many attorneys . That case was tried for six weeks , and the jury came in and ...
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... acres to 12,500 acres . The cost of the construction of these districts is about $ 18,875,000 , about $ 95 an acre . The value of this land now is about $ 30,000,000 . The value of the crop in normal times is worth yearly $ 500,000,000 ...
... acres to 12,500 acres . The cost of the construction of these districts is about $ 18,875,000 , about $ 95 an acre . The value of this land now is about $ 30,000,000 . The value of the crop in normal times is worth yearly $ 500,000,000 ...
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... acres of rich alluvial soil below the city of Chicago , and between that and Grafton ? Mr. JARMAN . Yes , sir ; I think so . Then , the only reason for ac- cepting the 10,000 cubic feet in place of the 4,167 , for instance , by the very ...
... acres of rich alluvial soil below the city of Chicago , and between that and Grafton ? Mr. JARMAN . Yes , sir ; I think so . Then , the only reason for ac- cepting the 10,000 cubic feet in place of the 4,167 , for instance , by the very ...
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acres ADCOCK amount of water answer attorney authority BARNES BARRETT Beardstown BEHAN boats BOYCE Buffalo Canada cent CHAIRMAN Chamber of Commerce channel Chicago Drainage Canal Chicago River Chief of Engineers city of Chicago commission committee Congress construction CORNELIUS cost cubic feet damages depth District of Chicago diversion of water EKERN feet of water feet per second FERRIS flow freight going GOULDER horsepower Hull bill Illinois River Illinois waterway inches interests interposing JARMAN Lake Erie lake levels Lake Michigan land Lawrence levees Lockport locks Louis lower miles Milwaukee Mississippi River MORGAN navigation NEWTON Niagara Falls Niagara River PEAVEY Peoria permit plants protect purposes question rail railroads RANDOLPH representing Rivers and Harbors sanitary canal sanitary district second-feet Secretary Secretary of War ship statement Supreme Court tion tonnage tons transportation treaty United VELDE water from Lake Welland Canal
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Página 558 - ... any interference with or diversion from their natural channel of such waters on either side of the boundary, resulting in any injury on the other side of the boundary, shall give rise to the same rights and entitle the injured parties to the same legal remedies as if such injury took place in the country where such diversion or interference occurs...
Página 268 - They form a portion of that immense mass of legislation which embraces everything within the territory of a State not surrendered to the General Government, all which can be most advantageously exercised by the States themselves. Inspection laws, quarantine laws, health laws, of every description, as well as laws for regulating the internal commerce of a State, and those which respect turnpike roads, ferries, etc., are component parts of this mass.
Página 628 - Each of the high contracting parties reserves to itself or to the several State Governments on the one side and the Dominion or Provincial Governments on the other as the case may be, subject to any treaty provisions now existing with respect thereto, the exclusive jurisdiction and control over the use and diversion, whether temporary or permanent, of all waters on its own side of the line which in their natural channels would flow across the boundary or into boundary waters...
Página 232 - It is hereby declared to be the policy of Congress to promote, encourage, and develop water transportation, service, and facilities in connection with the commerce of the United States, and to foster and preserve in full vigor both rail and water transportation.
Página 360 - Commerce includes navigation. The power to regulate commerce comprehends the control for that purpose, and to the extent necessary, of all the navigable waters of the United States which are accessible from a state other than those In which they lie. For this purpose they are the public property of the nation, and subject to all the requisite legislation by congress.
Página 505 - It is further agreed that the waters herein defined as boundary waters and waters flowing across the boundary shall not be polluted on either side to the injury of health or property on the other.
Página 518 - An Act making appropriations for the construction, repair, and preservation of certain public works on rivers and harbors, and for other purposes...
Página 779 - It is further agreed that so long as this treaty shall remain in force this same right of navigation shall extend to the waters of Lake Michigan and to all canals connecting boundary waters and now existing, or which may hereafter be constructed on either side of the line.
Página 266 - When the Revolution took place, the people of each State became themselves sovereign ; and in that character hold the absolute right to all their navigable waters, and the soils under them for their own common use, subject only to the rights since surrendered by the Constitution.
Página 480 - The foregoing provisions are not intended to limit or interfere with the existing rights of the Government of the United States on the one side and the Government of the Dominion of Canada on the other, to undertake and carry...