Hearings Before the Committee on Irrigation of Arid Lands of the House of Representatives, Relating to Projects for the Irrigation of Arid Lands Under the National Irrigation Act and the Work of the Division of Irrigation Investigations of the Agricultural Departmanet in Connection with Irrigation of Arid Lands, March 2, 1905U.S. Government Printing Office, 1905 - 159 pages |
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Page 39 - That upon the determination by the Secretary of the Interior that any irrigation project is practicable, he may cause to be let contracts for the construction of the same, in such portions or sections as it may be practicable to construct and complete as parts of the whole project...
Page 39 - ... limit of area per entry, which limit shall represent the acreage which, in the opinion of the Secretary, may be reasonably required for the support of a family upon the lands in question; also of the charges which shall be made per acre upon the said entries, and upon lands in private ownership which may be irrigated by the waters of the said irrigation project, and the number of annual installments, not exceeding ten, in which such charges shall be paid and the time when such payments shall...
Page 39 - The said charges shall be determined with a view of returning to the reclamation fund the estimated cost of construction of the project...
Page 150 - ... collection of storm waters requires the construction of reservoirs, while the securing of underground supplies requires pumping. It is believed that by the use of these two methods it will be possible for the owners of the homes on the plains to raise sufficient fruits, vegetables, and forage to provide themselves and their work animals with a food supply which will carry them over years of drought, and thus enable them to maintain their families during those, years, where heretofore they have...
Page 142 - IRRIGATION AND DRAINAGE INVESTIGATIONS: To enable the Secretary of Agriculture to investigate and report upon the laws of the States and Territories as affecting irrigation and the rights of appropriators and of riparian proprietors and institutions relating to irrigation and upon the use of irrigation waters, at home and abroad; with especial suggestions of the best methods for the utilization of irrigation waters in agriculture, and upon plans for the removal of seepage and surplus waters by drainage...
Page 151 - Stations of the United States Department of Agriculture in cooperation with the State of California...
Page 124 - as used in this act shall be understood to mean that certain act of the Congress of the United States approved June 17, 1902, entitled " An act appropriating the receipts from the sale and disposal of public lands in certain States and Territories to the construction of irrigation works for the reclamation of arid lands," and the acts amendatory thereof and supplemental thereto.
Page 97 - The Huntley Canal line as surveyed is about 40 miles long and can be cheaply constructed after the first 2 miles or so, which lie along the Huntley Bluffs. The difficult part of the line has been covered by plane,table sheets on a scale of 100 feet to...
Page 142 - Territories as affecting irrigation and the rights of appropriators and of riparian proprietors and institutions relating to irrigation and upon the use of irrigation waters, at home and abroad; with especial suggestions of the best methods for the utilization of irrigation waters in agriculture, and upon plans for the removal of seepage and surplus waters by drainage, and upon the use of different kinds of power and appliances for irrigation...
Page 37 - The CHAIRMAN. Are there any other questions that members of the committee want to ask?