Mississippi River--impounding of Water Above Keokuk Dam: Hearings on the Subject of House Resolution 468, Directing an Investigation of the Alleged Impounding of Water Above the Dam in the Mississippi River at Keokuk and Its Effect Upon the Navigation of the River : Held Before the Committee on Rivers and Harbors, House of Representatives, Sixty-fourth Congress ... February 14 and 15, 1917U.S. Government Printing Office, 1917 - 121 pages |
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11 feet 35 feet aid navigation Alton amount of water Army engineers August August 29 bill boats BOOHER Calhoun County Capt caused channel Chief of Engineers Clarksville committee Congress COOPER crest cubic feet day and night daytime Department EVERINGHAM feet per second flow of water fluctuation foot former level Fort Madison FREAR GALLAGHER gauge gentlemen going Government Hannibal height high water horsepower HUMPHREY Illinois impounding the water Iowa J. H. RUSH July KELLOGG KENNEDY Keokuk Dam kilowatt-hour lake letter Louis miles Mississippi River Power navigation below dam noon noticed o'clock operation pass Paul POLLARD pond power company question Quincy RAINEY record rise and fall River at Keokuk river navigation Samuel Insull second-feet Sept September SMALL spillways standard low water statement steamer St Stone & Webster Streckfus Steamboat Line superstructure SWITZER TREADWAY trip trouble War Department water coming
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Page 35 - Wisherd, being first duly sworn according to law, deposes and says that he is a resident of the city of...
Page 16 - SEC. 2. That the withdrawal of water from the Mississippi River and the discharge of water Into the said river, for the purpose of operating the said power stations and appurtenant works, shall be under the direction and control of the Secretary of War, and shall at no time be such ae to Impede or Interfere with the safe and convenient navigation of the said river by means of steamboats or other vessels or by raits or barge«.
Page 5 - Keokuk and Hamilton Water Power Company, a corporation created and organized under the laws of the State of Illinois, its successors and assigns, to erect, construct, operate, and maintain a dam, with its crest at an elevation of from thirty to thirty-five feet above standard low water, across the Mississippi River...
Page 116 - War before the commencement of any portion of the said works, and the said works shall be constructed under the supervision of some engineer officer of the Army designated for that purpose, and that after the approval of the said plans no deviation therefrom shall be made without the prior approval of the Secretary of War of any such deviation: And...
Page 13 - Taylor will also go in the record. (The statement referred to is as follows:) Mr. MARSH. There is an agreement, signed by the engineers of the Army, which has been kept secret from the light of day, whereby each night between sunset and sunrise the Mississippi River Power Co. shall have the right to store water at the rate of 15,000...
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Page 27 - Canal : And provided further. That the said dam and appurtenant works shall be so designed, located, constructed, maintained, and operated, and the said lock and dry dock, with their appurtenances, shall be so designed, located, constructed, and equipped, as to permit at all times during the season of navigation, and at any stage of water, the safe and convenient navigation of steamboats and other vessels, or of rafts and barges, through the portion of the Mississippi River now occupied by the Des...
Page 16 - ... appurtenant works, shall be under the direction and control of the Secretary of War, and shall at no time be such as to impede or interfere with the safe and convenient navigation of the said river by means of steamboats or other vessels, or by rafts or barges : Provided, That the said company shall construct such suitable fishways as may be required from time to time by the Secretary of Commerce and Labor.
Page 115 - Let me ask you this question: As a matter of fact, you have a dam, if you call it all a dam, 40 feet high, have you not ? Mr.
Page 27 - River and the discharge of water into the said river, nnv|satlonfor the purpose of operating the said power stations and appurtenant works, shall be under the direction and control of the Secretary of War, and shall at no time be such...