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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... legislation , for or against ; and I would be glad if you gentlemen who are here for the purpose of being heard , especially those who are in agreement as to their viewpoint , will let me know as early as you can how much time you will ...
... legislation , for or against ; and I would be glad if you gentlemen who are here for the purpose of being heard , especially those who are in agreement as to their viewpoint , will let me know as early as you can how much time you will ...
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... legislation before you . Even if new water- power developments for the period of the war may be few , or none , extensions will be required to existing plants in order to meet con- stantly increasing power demands . If satisfactory ...
... legislation before you . Even if new water- power developments for the period of the war may be few , or none , extensions will be required to existing plants in order to meet con- stantly increasing power demands . If satisfactory ...
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... 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 Government ? Mr. MERRILL . That depends upon how much ...
... 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 Government ? Mr. MERRILL . That depends upon how much ...
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... legislation that they shall keep the property up . Mr. PARKER . Well , it is frequently against their interest to use what is in excess of a fair return for the benefit of the property , because if they do that they get less money . Mr ...
... legislation that they shall keep the property up . Mr. PARKER . Well , it is frequently against their interest to use what is in excess of a fair return for the benefit of the property , because if they do that they get less money . Mr ...
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... legislation , prevent a State from regulating its own business . Mr. ANDERSON . I did not make any such statement . As I under- stood you the State authorities could regulate , and ought to be per- mitted to regulate , the portion of ...
... legislation , prevent a State from regulating its own business . Mr. ANDERSON . I did not make any such statement . As I under- stood you the State authorities could regulate , and ought to be per- mitted to regulate , the portion of ...
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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.