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 |
Dentro del libro
Resultados 1-5 de 100
Página 14
... taken from one river and less than half from the other by either country so as to afford a more beneficial use to each . It is further agreed that in the division of such waters during the irrigation season , between the first of April ...
... taken from one river and less than half from the other by either country so as to afford a more beneficial use to each . It is further agreed that in the division of such waters during the irrigation season , between the first of April ...
Página 22
... taken 20,000 horsepower . As his business increases he must have more and more . We are now at a power famine . This treaty has been negotiated , and yet it has been ob- structed , and we have come to pray that it be no longer ...
... taken 20,000 horsepower . As his business increases he must have more and more . We are now at a power famine . This treaty has been negotiated , and yet it has been ob- structed , and we have come to pray that it be no longer ...
Página 26
... taken as to the amount of water diversion that could be safely authorized and contemplated the preservation of the Falls ? Mr. SAWYER . I so understand it . Mr. KENDALL . I think Mr. Root represented this Government and Mr. Bryce the ...
... taken as to the amount of water diversion that could be safely authorized and contemplated the preservation of the Falls ? Mr. SAWYER . I so understand it . Mr. KENDALL . I think Mr. Root represented this Government and Mr. Bryce the ...
Página 30
... taken ? Gen. BIXBY . No ; it is not what is being actually taken . A MEMBER . Now , take what the Chicago Drainage Canal takes in addition to this 20,000 . Gen. BIXBY . Nobody knows just how much they are entitled to at Chicago . The ...
... taken ? Gen. BIXBY . No ; it is not what is being actually taken . A MEMBER . Now , take what the Chicago Drainage Canal takes in addition to this 20,000 . Gen. BIXBY . Nobody knows just how much they are entitled to at Chicago . The ...
Página 31
... taken out and goes around the Falls , and it all goes out of the river into Lake Ontario . The CHAIRMAN . The water used for power does not go over the Falls , does it ? Gen. BIXBY . The amount that is used for power does not go over ...
... taken out and goes around the Falls , and it all goes out of the river into Lake Ontario . The CHAIRMAN . The water used for power does not go over the Falls , does it ? Gen. BIXBY . The amount that is used for power does not go over ...
Otras ediciones - Ver todas
Términos y frases comunes
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
Pasajes populares
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,...