Water Power: Hearings Before the Committee on Water Power of the House of Representatives, Sixty-fifth Congress, Second Session ...U.S. Government Printing Office, 1918 |
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... given the matter considerable attention , and no doubt will be an interesting witness , and perhaps the members of the committee will wish to ask him questions , and therefore there will be no attempt to limit Mr. Merrill this morning ...
... given the matter considerable attention , and no doubt will be an interesting witness , and perhaps the members of the committee will wish to ask him questions , and therefore there will be no attempt to limit Mr. Merrill this morning ...
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... given careful con- sideration in dealing with any legislation of this kind . Mr. FERRIS . Is not the interest of the Government better conserved by making it easier to get it away from the applicant than by making it harder for the ...
... given careful con- sideration in dealing with any legislation of this kind . Mr. FERRIS . Is not the interest of the Government better conserved by making it easier to get it away from the applicant than by making it harder for the ...
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... given in here for rate regulation . Mr. FERRIS . And those are given to whom under this bill ? Mr. MERRILL . To the commission . Mr. FERRIS . Then the commission can , under this bill - I have not the bill fresh in mind , because I have ...
... given in here for rate regulation . Mr. FERRIS . And those are given to whom under this bill ? Mr. MERRILL . To the commission . Mr. FERRIS . Then the commission can , under this bill - I have not the bill fresh in mind , because I have ...
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... given to the secondhand portions remaining therein ) shall be included in the appropriate account of this classification . The charge for the converted property in no case shall exceed the cost ( at current market prices of labor and ...
... given to the secondhand portions remaining therein ) shall be included in the appropriate account of this classification . The charge for the converted property in no case shall exceed the cost ( at current market prices of labor and ...
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... given would be the net credit at the end of the period ? Mr. MERRILL . Yes ; whatever money had not gone back into the property , and it must either be in that fund or have gone back into the property . Mr. ANDERSON . I so understood it ...
... given would be the net credit at the end of the period ? Mr. MERRILL . Yes ; whatever money had not gone back into the property , and it must either be in that fund or have gone back into the property . Mr. ANDERSON . I so understood it ...
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Σελίδα 49 - That the project adopted, including the maps, plans, and specifications, shall be such as in the judgment of the Commission will be best adapted to a comprehensive plan for improving or developing a waterway or waterways for the use or benefit of interstate or foreign commerce, for the improvement and utilization of waterpower development, and for other beneficial public uses...
Σελίδα 551 - The following order of precedence shall be observed among the various uses enumerated hereinafter for these waters, and no use shall be permitted which tends materially to conflict with or restrain any other use which is given preference over it in this order of precedence : (1) Uses for domestic and sanitary purposes; (2) Uses for navigation, including the service of canals for the purposes of navigation ; (3) Uses for power and for irrigation purposes.
Σελίδα 281 - ... if necessary in order to secure such plan the Commission shall have authority to require the modification of any project and of the plans and specifications of the project works before approval.
Σελίδα 812 - That the President may, at any time in his discretion, temporarily withdraw from settlement, location, sale, or entry any of the public lands of the United States including the District of Alaska and reserve the same for waterpower sites, irrigation, classification of lands, or other public purposes to be specified in the orders of withdrawals, and such withdrawals or reservations shall remain in force until revoked by him or by an Act of Congress.
Σελίδα 37 - Betterments are improvements of existing facilities through the substitution of superior parts for inferior parts retired, such as the substitution of steeltired wheels for cast wheels under equipment, the application of heavier rail in tracks, and the strengthening of bridges by the substitution of heavier members. The cost chargeable to the accounts of this classification is the excess cost of new parts over the cost at current prices of new parts of the kind retired.
Σελίδα 189 - The CHAIRMAN. Does any member of the committee wish to ask any questions ? If not, I am going to thank you, Mrs.
Σελίδα 560 - ... to such amount, if any, as, in connection with the amount diverted on the Canadian side, shall not injure or interfere with the navigable capacity of said river, or its integrity and proper volume as a boundary stream, or the scenic grandeur of Niagara Falls...
Σελίδα 37 - The several items of cost here referred to are defined as follows: (a) Cost of labor includes the amount paid for labor expended by the carrier's own employees, including the cost of labor expended for preliminary work, such as sinking test holes or making soundings for tunnels, grading, buildings, and other structures; and cost of labor expended in laying and taking up tracks for temporary use in construction, except the cost of Title 18 — Conservation of Power, Water Resources i.
Σελίδα 40 - Submission of questions. To the end that uniformity of accounting may be maintained from year to year, carriers shall submit all questions of doubtful interpretation of the accounting rules to the Commission for consideration and decision.
Σελίδα 471 - Satisfactory evidence that the applicant has complied with the requirements of the laws of the State or States within which the proposed project is to be located with respect to bed and banks and to the appropriation, diversion, and use of water for power purposes and with respect to the right to engage in the business of developing, transmitting, and distributing power, and in any other business necessary to effect the purposes of a license under this Act.