Extracts from the Annual Report of the Secretary of the Interior Relating to the Bureau of Reclamation, Issue 2U.S. Government Printing Office, 1904 |
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Page 90
... discharge for the year 1902 was less than 100,000 acre- feet , and the total discharge for the year 1901 less than 200,000 acre- feet . In fact , no year has occurred since 1897 when a reservoir of the proposed dimensions would have ...
... discharge for the year 1902 was less than 100,000 acre- feet , and the total discharge for the year 1901 less than 200,000 acre- feet . In fact , no year has occurred since 1897 when a reservoir of the proposed dimensions would have ...
Page 98
... discharge in the spring and early summer , when the snows at the higher levels are melting . They reach their lowest stages in September . On the western side of the valley the streams issuing from the Coast Range , to which class Stony ...
... discharge in the spring and early summer , when the snows at the higher levels are melting . They reach their lowest stages in September . On the western side of the valley the streams issuing from the Coast Range , to which class Stony ...
Page 99
... discharge of Sacra- mento River at Jellys Ferry , obtained from the records of the United States Geological Survey : Estimated mean annual discharge of Sacramento River at Jellys Ferry , or Iron Canyon , Tehama County , Cal.a 1896 ...
... discharge of Sacra- mento River at Jellys Ferry , obtained from the records of the United States Geological Survey : Estimated mean annual discharge of Sacramento River at Jellys Ferry , or Iron Canyon , Tehama County , Cal.a 1896 ...
Page 110
... discharge of the stream was 8 second- feet , which is the low - water stage . The dam site has the following section : 20 feet wide on bottom , 220 feet wide at 50 feet elevation , 325 feet wide at 75 feet elevation , and 470 feet wide ...
... discharge of the stream was 8 second- feet , which is the low - water stage . The dam site has the following section : 20 feet wide on bottom , 220 feet wide at 50 feet elevation , 325 feet wide at 75 feet elevation , and 470 feet wide ...
Page 116
... discharge have been made here , and no tables of monthly discharge have been computed . A fairly satisfactory rating curve was , however , made from these gag- ings , and as the section of the stream is of a permanent nature a rating ...
... discharge have been made here , and no tables of monthly discharge have been computed . A fairly satisfactory rating curve was , however , made from these gag- ings , and as the section of the stream is of a permanent nature a rating ...
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Page 22 - An act to apply a portion of the proceeds of the public lands to the more complete endowment and support of the colleges for the benefit of agriculture and the mechanic arts, established under the provisions of an act of Congress approved July second, eighteen hundred and sixty-two...
Page 33 - Provided: That the right to the use of water acquired under the provisions of this Act shall be appurtenant to the land irrigated, and beneficial use shall be the basis, the measure, and the limit of the right.
Page 22 - That all moneys received from the sale and disposal of public lands in Arizona, California, Colorado. Idaho, Kansas, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Mexico, North Dakota...
Page 22 - reclamation fund," to be used in the examination and survey for and the construction and maintenance of irrigation works for the storage, diversion, and development of waters for the reclamation of arid and semi-arid lands...
Page 23 - No right to the use of water for land in private ownership shall be sold for a tract exceeding one hundred and sixty acres to any one landowner, and no such sale shall be made to any landowner unless he be an actual bona fide resident on such land, or occupant thereof residing in the neighborhood of said land, and no such right shall permanently attach until all payments therefor are made.
Page 25 - Interior is hereby authorized and directed to make examinations and surveys for, and to locate and construct, as herein provided, irrigation works for the storage, diversion, and development of waters, including artesian wells, and to report to Congress at the beginning of each regular session as to the results of such examinations and surveys, giving estimates of cost of all contemplated works, the quantity and location of the lands which can be irrigated therefrom, and all facts relative to the...
Page 23 - ... a failure to make any two payments when due shall render the entry subject to cancellation, with the forfeiture of all rights under this Act, as well as of any moneys already paid thereon.
Page 500 - Gate, and two canals, one on the north and one on the south side of the river, constructed.
Page 23 - ... shall represent the acreage which, in the opinion of the Secretary, may be reasonably required for the support of a family upon the lands in question...
Page 23 - ... also of the charges which shall be made per acre upon the said entries, and upon lands in private ownership which may be irrigated by the waters of the said irrigation project, and the number of annual installments, not exceeding ten, in which such charges shall be paid and the time when such payments shall commence.