Preservation of Niagara Falls: Hearings Before the Committee on Foreign Affairs, House of Representatives, January 16, 18, 19, 20, 23, 26, and 27, 1912 on H.R. 6746 ... and H.R. 7694 ...U.S. Government Printing Office, 1912 - 448 páginas |
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... capacity of river and lake . Permits for diversion . Summary of reports published in Senate Document 105 and in House Document 246 , Sixty - second Congress . 67-75 Memorandum on Senate joint resolution 143 . 76-77 Senate joint ...
... capacity of river and lake . Permits for diversion . Summary of reports published in Senate Document 105 and in House Document 246 , Sixty - second Congress . 67-75 Memorandum on Senate joint resolution 143 . 76-77 Senate joint ...
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... capacity of said river , or its integrity and proper volume as a boundary stream , or the scenic grandeur of Niagara Falls ; and that the quantity of electrical power which may by permits be allowed to be transmitted from the Dominion ...
... capacity of said river , or its integrity and proper volume as a boundary stream , or the scenic grandeur of Niagara Falls ; and that the quantity of electrical power which may by permits be allowed to be transmitted from the Dominion ...
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... capacity would it not have given the people a cheaper power ? In other words , haven't the laws of supply and demand been defied in this case and the law of monopoly followed ? Gen. BIXBY . Probably if they had used the water at the ...
... capacity would it not have given the people a cheaper power ? In other words , haven't the laws of supply and demand been defied in this case and the law of monopoly followed ? Gen. BIXBY . Probably if they had used the water at the ...
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... capacities which have since been maintained . Such is a summary of the law upon this subject ; and it is so well . settled that these rules of law are now recognized not only by the Federal Supreme Court but by the highest courts of ...
... capacities which have since been maintained . Such is a summary of the law upon this subject ; and it is so well . settled that these rules of law are now recognized not only by the Federal Supreme Court but by the highest courts of ...
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... capacity for a limited and specific purpose , to wit , for navigation . It is a power simply to prevent unreasonable interference with navigation . That is the law . Now , then , every bit of interest in or power over these streams and ...
... capacity for a limited and specific purpose , to wit , for navigation . It is a power simply to prevent unreasonable interference with navigation . That is the law . Now , then , every bit of interest in or power over these streams and ...
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American Falls American side amount of power amount of water authorized BARTON bill BIXBY BROWN Burton Act Burton law Canadian Niagara Power Canadian side CARMODY cent CHAIRMAN Chief of Engineers city of Buffalo commissioners committee Congress contract corporations cost cubic feet DIFENDERFER diversion of water Dominion of Canada effect Electrical Development electrical horsepower electrical power Erie Canal feet of water feet per second FENNEWICK flow GARNER Government grandeur of Niagara granted GREENE HAMMOND hearing Horseshoe Falls interest International Waterways June 29 Lake Erie legislation limit McFarland ment navigation Niagara Falls Power Niagara River Ontario Power permits power companies power from Canada power house power purposes present preservation of Niagara provisions public service commission question regulate represent scenic beauty scenic grandeur SCOVELL Secretary Secretary of War statement stream tion transmission transmitted treaty United waters of Niagara WATROUS WILLIAM SULZER York
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Página 396 - America, have caused the said treaty and the said understanding, as forming a part thereof, to be made public, to the end that the same and every article and clause thereof may be observed and fulfilled with good faith by the United States and the citizens thereof. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the United States to be affixed. Done at the city of Washington this...
Página 392 - The High Contracting Parties agree that the navigation of all navigable boundary waters shall forever continue free and open for the purposes of commerce to the inhabitants and to the ships, vessels, and boats of both countries equally, subject, however, to any laws and regulations of either country, within its own territory, not inconsistent with such privilege of free navigation and applying equally and without discrimination to the inhabitants, ships, vessels, and boats of both countries.
Página 395 - Any questions or matters of difference arising between the High Contracting Parties involving the rights, obligations, or interests of the United States or of the Dominion of Canada either in relation to each other or to their respective inhabitants...
Página 12 - India, being equally desirous to prevent disputes regarding the use of boundary waters and to settle all questions which are now pending between the United States and the Dominion of Canada involving the rights, obligations, or interests of either in relation to the other or to the inhabitants of the other, along their common frontier, and to make provision for the adjustment and settlement of all such questions as may hereafter arise...
Página 124 - It is further agreed that the waters herein defined as boundary waters and waters flowing across the boundary shall not be polluted on either side to the injury of health or property on the other.
Página 396 - The present treaty shall be ratified by the President of the United States of America, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate thereof, and by His Britannic Majesty.
Página 393 - The channel of the Milk River in Canada may be used at the convenience of the United States for the conveyance, while passing through Canadian territory, of waters diverted from the St. Mary River. The provisions of Article...
Página 119 - Canada, or the Province of Ontario, may authorize and permit the diversion within the Province of Ontario of the waters of said river above the Falls of Niagara, for power purposes, not exceeding in the aggregate a daily diversion at the rate of thirty-six thousand cubic feet of water per second.
Página 12 - Governments on the other, ns the case may be, subject to any treaty provisions now existing with respect thereto, the exclusive jurisdiction and control over the use and diversion, whether temporary or permanent, of all waters on its own side of the line which in their natural channels would flow across the boundary or into boundary waters...
Página 392 - For the purposes of this treaty boundary waters are defined as the waters from main shore to main shore of the lakes and rivers and connecting waterways, or the portions thereof, along which the international boundary between the United States and the Dominion of Canada passes, including all bays, arms, and inlets thereof, but not including tributary waters which in their natural channels would flow into such lakes, rivers, and waterways, or waters flowing from such lakes, rivers, and waterways,...