Report of the Special Committee of the United States Senate on the Irrigation and Reclamation of Arid Lands ....U.S. Government Printing Office, 1890 |
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Page 113
... canal , and a number of canals give rise to a number of such communities , all having interest in the common waters ... canal is established when the canal itself is begun and a proper record of the same made . Prior appropriation in ...
... canal , and a number of canals give rise to a number of such communities , all having interest in the common waters ... canal is established when the canal itself is begun and a proper record of the same made . Prior appropriation in ...
Page 137
... canal sites , reservoir sites , delivery - canal sites , and irrigable lands are dis- covered . Second , the hydrographic branch of the work , by which the streams are gauged to determine the volume of water which can be used for ...
... canal sites , reservoir sites , delivery - canal sites , and irrigable lands are dis- covered . Second , the hydrographic branch of the work , by which the streams are gauged to determine the volume of water which can be used for ...
Page 159
... canal from the reservoir to the land . Such a survey would need only the work necessary to run a number of trial lines on the ground and then to select the best from these . But the problem before the survey was not to irrigate some one ...
... canal from the reservoir to the land . Such a survey would need only the work necessary to run a number of trial lines on the ground and then to select the best from these . But the problem before the survey was not to irrigate some one ...
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... canal tapping the stream nearer its source can divert the water of the older ditch . The laws provide for measurement , proof of quality , and date of appropriation , so that there may be no controversy as to whom the water right fairly ...
... canal tapping the stream nearer its source can divert the water of the older ditch . The laws provide for measurement , proof of quality , and date of appropriation , so that there may be no controversy as to whom the water right fairly ...
Page 16
... canal to be extended to cover their lands . I believe that an extension of the water canal will double the present value of the lands which shall be brought under the canal , because it will insure a large and certain annual crop of all ...
... canal to be extended to cover their lands . I believe that an extension of the water canal will double the present value of the lands which shall be brought under the canal , because it will insure a large and certain annual crop of all ...
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