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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... fact they were the only people who had a financial interest in the Falls . If any movement had been started ( or even contemplated ) which in their opinion would have a tendency to deleteriously affect the scenic beauty of the Falls ...
... fact they were the only people who had a financial interest in the Falls . If any movement had been started ( or even contemplated ) which in their opinion would have a tendency to deleteriously affect the scenic beauty of the Falls ...
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... fact that the diversion of 15,100 cubic feet of water had the effect of re- ducing the flow over the American Falls three - eighths of 1 inch , and over the Canadian Falls 4.8 inches . Therefore , upon this hypothesis , if we should ...
... fact that the diversion of 15,100 cubic feet of water had the effect of re- ducing the flow over the American Falls three - eighths of 1 inch , and over the Canadian Falls 4.8 inches . Therefore , upon this hypothesis , if we should ...
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... facts and circumstances of the particular questions and matters referred . together with such conclusions and recommenda- tions as may be appropriate , subject . however , to any restrictions or excep- tions which may be imposed with ...
... facts and circumstances of the particular questions and matters referred . together with such conclusions and recommenda- tions as may be appropriate , subject . however , to any restrictions or excep- tions which may be imposed with ...
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... fact that out of 160,000 horsepower that Canada is permitted to put into this country only 110,000 of it is being used now . If that is true , then there are 50,000 horsepower remaining in Canada that can be used . Why should there be a ...
... fact that out of 160,000 horsepower that Canada is permitted to put into this country only 110,000 of it is being used now . If that is true , then there are 50,000 horsepower remaining in Canada that can be used . Why should there be a ...
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... fact that we complied with that law does not change our legal rights . Mr. LEGARE . And those permits are revocable . Mr. GARNER . I understand your argument now is based upon the conditions existing before the Burton law was passed ...
... fact that we complied with that law does not change our legal rights . Mr. LEGARE . And those permits are revocable . Mr. GARNER . I understand your argument now is based upon the conditions existing before the Burton law was passed ...
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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,...