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 49
... height of the dam above the channel of the stream is 240 feet , the total masonry being approximately 360,000 cubic yards . About 200,000 barrels of Portland cement will be needed in the work , and the total cost has been placed at ...
... height of the dam above the channel of the stream is 240 feet , the total masonry being approximately 360,000 cubic yards . About 200,000 barrels of Portland cement will be needed in the work , and the total cost has been placed at ...
Page 50
... height of dam above base , 207 feet ; maxi- mum thickness at base , 185 feet ; height of dam above old river channel , 129 feet ; thickness of dam at top , 25 feet ; length of dam at top , 850 feet ; cubical contents of masonry in dam ...
... height of dam above base , 207 feet ; maxi- mum thickness at base , 185 feet ; height of dam above old river channel , 129 feet ; thickness of dam at top , 25 feet ; length of dam at top , 850 feet ; cubical contents of masonry in dam ...
Page 54
... height . This reservoir site could doubtless be used to regulate a portion of the spring floods for late summer use . Other reservoir sites of less merit are believed to exist on some of the upper tribu- taries , but they have not yet ...
... height . This reservoir site could doubtless be used to regulate a portion of the spring floods for late summer use . Other reservoir sites of less merit are believed to exist on some of the upper tribu- taries , but they have not yet ...
Page 58
... height of the best lands , and it is proposed to provide supplemental pumping plants on a large scale to reach lands above the gravity system . The power for pumping can be obtained by suitable water wheels installed near the dam . It ...
... height of the best lands , and it is proposed to provide supplemental pumping plants on a large scale to reach lands above the gravity system . The power for pumping can be obtained by suitable water wheels installed near the dam . It ...
Page 95
... heights are observed . Stations have also been established on Rock , Pine , and Bishop creeks , and measurements are being taken on all streams trib- utary to Owens River . Here again , due to the limited records , noth- ing definite ...
... heights are observed . Stations have also been established on Rock , Pine , and Bishop creeks , and measurements are being taken on all streams trib- utary to Owens River . Here again , due to the limited records , noth- ing definite ...
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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.