United States of America, Complainant, ... . Respondent, Volumen3Gunthorp-Warren Printing Company, 1914 |
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Adcock amount assumed Austrian average basin boats Calumet District Calumet River cent Chicago River Chief of Engineers City of Chicago Clair River Commission computation connection construction cost cribs cubic feet curve death rate deepening depth Detroit river difference dilution diseases diversion draft Drainage Canal dredging effect effluent estimate Exhibit fact feet per second figures flow foot gage grade plane harbors Hopkins Illinois River improvement inches increase intercepting sewers Lake Erie Lake Huron lake levels Lake Michigan Lake Survey Lawrence lock Lockport lower Main Channel Mary's river matter mean ment method miles navigation Niagara River North observations operation outlet pollution population pumping stations question reference Sanitary District second feet settling tanks sewage disposal shore sludge South Branch sprinkling filters sterilization stream street taken tion treatment typhoid fever velocity vessels water supply Waterways Wilkerson witness
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Página 1374 - ... guilty of a misdemeanor and, on conviction thereof in any district court of the United States within whose territorial jurisdiction such offense may have been committed, shall be punished by a fine not exceeding five hundred dollars, or by imprisonment (in the case of a natural person) not exceeding six months, in the discretion of the court.
Página 1375 - That every person or persons offending against the provisions of this act shall, for each and every offense, be liable to a fine of $100, or imprisonment not exceeding two months...
Página 1374 - That owners, agents, masters, and clerks of vessels arriving at or departing from localities where works of river and harbor improvement are carried on shall furnish, on application of the persons in local charge of the works, a comprehensive statement of vessels, passengers, freight, and tonnage.
Página 1366 - Hazen clearly indicate that where one death from typhoid fever has been avoided by the use of a better water, a certain number of deaths, probably two or three, from other causes, have been avoided.
Página 1512 - It is our judgment that for large canals with the trade wastes eliminated a dilution of 3.33 cubic feet per second for each 1000 population connected with the sewers, also receiving storm water, is as low a figure as it is now possible to state. Local conditions, especially temperature, which affects bacterial activities and the coefficient of absorption of oxygen by water, and still other matters, bear upon this question, the detailed discussion of which is not now necessary. We feel certain that...
Página 1240 - Harry Benford, professor of naval architecture and marine engineering at the University of Michigan...
Página 1405 - THE COMMITTEE OF ONE HUNDRED ON NATIONAL HEALTH, being a Report on National Vitality, Its Wastes and Conservation.
Página 1741 - Resolved, That this Board hereby ordains that the Sanitary District of Chicago do forthwith enter upon, use, widen, deepen and improve the Chicago River from its mouth at Lake Michigan to the South Branch thereof, and also the South Branch thereof, together with the South and West Forks thereof, so as to make the same a proper and sufficient supply channel for the Main Channel heretofore surveyed from the Chicago River to Joliet ; And further, that...
Página 1512 - Variations in the level of the lake's surface, due to winds and to change of barometric pressure, are frequent and irregular and at times violent. Variations of more than 6 inches are very common, often occurring hourly for many hours in succession, while variations of 2 or 3 feet within an hour are not uncommon.
Página 1769 - ... one, which is brought about indirectly by the agency of bacteria, but whether the vehicle by which the process is brought to fruition is the irrigation farm, the biological filter or dilution with large volumes of clean water, the "combustion" process is practically the same.