Irrigation in the United StatesU.S. Government Printing Office, 1890 - 386 pages |
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... feet per mile , renders impossible any system of irrigation by " cheeks ... cubic inch of water . The South Fork Canal valuation is given at $ 6 per ... feet . Nowhere in the world is the duty of water so high as at Ontario . The supply ...
... feet per mile , renders impossible any system of irrigation by " cheeks ... cubic inch of water . The South Fork Canal valuation is given at $ 6 per ... feet . Nowhere in the world is the duty of water so high as at Ontario . The supply ...
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... . The method of distribution will probably be by pipes under pressure or by pipe cement channels . The Cuyamaca reservoir , 43 miles northeast of San Diego , covering 1,000 acres and having a full capacity of 499,880,930 cubic feet.
... . The method of distribution will probably be by pipes under pressure or by pipe cement channels . The Cuyamaca reservoir , 43 miles northeast of San Diego , covering 1,000 acres and having a full capacity of 499,880,930 cubic feet.
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Richard Josiah Hinton. acres and having a full capacity of 499,880,930 cubic feet , is the chief dependence of this system . The diverting dam has a maximum height of 34.5 feet and a length of 447.5 ; the width of base is 18 feet and the ...
Richard Josiah Hinton. acres and having a full capacity of 499,880,930 cubic feet , is the chief dependence of this system . The diverting dam has a maximum height of 34.5 feet and a length of 447.5 ; the width of base is 18 feet and the ...
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... Cubic feet per second . 5,000 1,820 6,000 1,000 180 154 745 WHAT MAY BE DONE WITH LAND BY WATER IN IDAHO 38 IRRIGATION IN THE UNITED STATES .
... Cubic feet per second . 5,000 1,820 6,000 1,000 180 154 745 WHAT MAY BE DONE WITH LAND BY WATER IN IDAHO 38 IRRIGATION IN THE UNITED STATES .
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... cubic feet of packed snow on the ranges . This will give at least , in melting , about 2 cubic feet of water . The capacity , then , of Idaho for storage by main reservoirs at high altitude and at or near the sources of its great ...
... cubic feet of packed snow on the ranges . This will give at least , in melting , about 2 cubic feet of water . The capacity , then , of Idaho for storage by main reservoirs at high altitude and at or near the sources of its great ...
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Irrigation in the United States Richard Josiah Hinton,United States Dept of Agriculture No preview available - 2016 |
Irrigation in the United States: A Report Richard Josiah Hinton,United States Dept of Agriculture No preview available - 2018 |
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Page 245 - ... for mining, agricultural, manufacturing, or other purposes have vested and accrued, and the same are recognized and acknowledged by the local customs, laws, and the decisions of courts, the possessors and owners of such vested rights shall be maintained and protected in the same ; and the right of way for the construction of ditches and canals for the purposes herein specified is acknowledged and confirmed...
Page 238 - Republic, conformably with what is stipulated in the preceding article, shall be incorporated into the Union of the United States, and be admitted at the proper time (to be judged of by the Congress of the United States) to the enjoyment of all the rights of citizens of the United States, according to the principles of the Constitution; and in the mean time, shall be maintained and protected in the free enjoyment of their liberty and property, and secured in the free exercise of their religion without...
Page 245 - That whenever by priority of possession rights to the use of water for mining, agricultural, manufacturing, or other purposes have vested and accrued and the same are recognized and acknowledged by the local customs, laws, and the decisions of courts, the possessors and owners of such vested rights shall be maintained and protected in the same...
Page 154 - ... their free and voluntary act and deed for the uses and purposes therein set forth.
Page 238 - Mexicans now established in territories previously belonging to Mexico, and which remain for the future within the limits of the United States, as defined by the present Treaty, shall be free to continue where they now reside, or to remove at any time to the Mexican Republic, retaining the property which they possess in the said territories, or disposing thercof, and removing the proceeds wherever they please, without their being subjected, on this account, to any contribution, tax, or charge whatever.
Page 171 - Priority of appropriation shall give the better right as between those using the water for the same purpose ; but when the waters of any natural stream are not .sufficient for the service of all those desiring the use of the same, those using the water for domestic purposes shall have the preference over those claiming for any other purpose, and those using the water for agricultural purposes shall have preference over those using the same for manufacturing purposes.
Page 170 - That private property shall not be taken or damaged, for public or private use, without just compensation.
Page 178 - If the board fail to appoint a board of election, or the members appointed do not attend at the opening of the polls on the morning of election, the electors of the precinct present at that hour may appoint the board, or supply the place of an absent member thereof. The board of directors must, in its order appointing the board of election, designate the house or place within the precinct where the election must be held.
Page 238 - ... in the said territories after the expiration of that year without having declared their intention to retain the character of Mexicans shall be considered to have elected to become citizens of the United States.
Page 177 - Such petition shall be presented at a regular meeting of the said board, and shall be published for at least two weeks before the time at which the same is to be presented, in some newspaper printed and published in the county where said petition is presented, together with a notice stating the time of the meeting at which the same will be presented...