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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... Survey now stationed on the Pacific coast , for the purpose of examining and reporting on a system of irrigation in the San Joaquin , Tulare , and Sacramento Valleys of the State of California , and for that purpose the officers so ...
... Survey now stationed on the Pacific coast , for the purpose of examining and reporting on a system of irrigation in the San Joaquin , Tulare , and Sacramento Valleys of the State of California , and for that purpose the officers so ...
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... Survey ; that un- less it is made the cost of that survey will be increased many fold . This statement it is impossible to comprehend . It is , of course , easy to see that such a map would give useful information of a general kind and ...
... Survey ; that un- less it is made the cost of that survey will be increased many fold . This statement it is impossible to comprehend . It is , of course , easy to see that such a map would give useful information of a general kind and ...
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... survey . The engineers say that such questions can be settled in an hour , or in a day or two , by the simplest inspection . The only doubtful questions are those of the amount and cost of construction , which depend on the character of ...
... survey . The engineers say that such questions can be settled in an hour , or in a day or two , by the simplest inspection . The only doubtful questions are those of the amount and cost of construction , which depend on the character of ...
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... survey precedes the Land Office survey , the engi neers can connect their work with the Land Office surveys , and this can usually be done by running a single line or by triangulation . The engineers say that they find some convenience ...
... survey precedes the Land Office survey , the engi neers can connect their work with the Land Office surveys , and this can usually be done by running a single line or by triangulation . The engineers say that they find some convenience ...
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... surveys , which statement is printed with this report . ( Vol . 4 , of the Testimony . ) WITHHOLDING PUBLIC LANDS FROM ... Survey , under the supervision of the Secretary of the Interior , shall make a report to Congress on the first ...
... surveys , which statement is printed with this report . ( Vol . 4 , of the Testimony . ) WITHHOLDING PUBLIC LANDS FROM ... Survey , under the supervision of the Secretary of the Interior , shall make a report to Congress on the first ...
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