Proceedings of the Western Gas Association ...: Annual Meeting ..., Issues 22-25The Association., 1904 - Gas manufacture and works |
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... seem petty . To the first of these it may be said that the auditors in convention are the same to whom one would freely speak " down stairs , " and are merely a larger group , but equally in sympathy ; the latter class should remember ...
... seem petty . To the first of these it may be said that the auditors in convention are the same to whom one would freely speak " down stairs , " and are merely a larger group , but equally in sympathy ; the latter class should remember ...
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... seems to have received little thought ; in other words , a foot is a foot , and a ton is a ton , and a foot should support more or less tons , according to the nature of the earth , but independent of the size or shape of the structure ...
... seems to have received little thought ; in other words , a foot is a foot , and a ton is a ton , and a foot should support more or less tons , according to the nature of the earth , but independent of the size or shape of the structure ...
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... seems to me the strain caused by that un- equal settlement would come on the diametrical section at right angles to that settlement , and would be far greater and more dan- gerous than any local shearing strain at points of attachment ...
... seems to me the strain caused by that un- equal settlement would come on the diametrical section at right angles to that settlement , and would be far greater and more dan- gerous than any local shearing strain at points of attachment ...
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... seems to be quite customary to begin papers prepared for Association meetings with an excuse . Precaution , I think , against anticipated criticism . Nor can I resist from giving mine . The limited number of results given in this paper ...
... seems to be quite customary to begin papers prepared for Association meetings with an excuse . Precaution , I think , against anticipated criticism . Nor can I resist from giving mine . The limited number of results given in this paper ...
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... seems to me that the ratio capacity has very much to do with the effect of frost on pipe . I remem- ber a 4 - inch pipe running across a bridge 375 feet long that both- ered us by its freezing continually . We finally put in an 8 - inch ...
... seems to me that the ratio capacity has very much to do with the effect of frost on pipe . I remem- ber a 4 - inch pipe running across a bridge 375 feet long that both- ered us by its freezing continually . We finally put in an 8 - inch ...
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Page 433 - Yon rising Moon that looks for us again — How oft hereafter will she wax and wane ; How oft hereafter rising look for us Through this same Garden — and for one in vain...
Page 359 - O, that a man might know The end of this day's business, ere it come ! But it sufficeth, that the day will end, And then the end is known.
Page 211 - The grave consequences which it is asserted must arise in the future if the right to levy a progressive tax be recognized involves in its ultimate aspect the mere assertion that free and representative government is a failure, and that the grossest abuses of power are foreshadowed unless the courts usurp a purely legislative function.
Page 622 - ARTICLE X MEETINGS The annual meeting of the Association shall be held on the third Tuesday in May or on such day and at such place as may be determined by the trustees.
Page 211 - If a case should ever arise, where an arbitrary and confiscatory exaction is imposed, bearing the guise of a progressive or any other form of tax, it will be time enough to consider whether the judicial power can afford a remedy by applying inherent and fundamental principles for the protection of the individual, even though there be no express authority in the Constitution to do so.
Page 624 - Said Board shall annually, immediately after its own organization, elect a Finance Committee of three, from its own number, who shall have power to examine at any time, the books and accounts of the...
Page 207 - It is un-American for any individual to advocate, to conspire, or to attempt to bring about a change in the form of government in the United States without following the processes prescribed for that purpose by the Constitution of the United States and by the constitutions of the several States.
Page 620 - A members, and shall be entitled to all the privileges and courtesies of the Association, except the right to hold office and vote, but associate members may be transferred to active membership by a vote of the Association, upon the recommendation of the Board of Directors.
Page 408 - All property subject to taxation shall be valued at its actual value . . . and shall be assessed at twenty-five per cent, of such value.
Page 620 - OFFICERS SECTION 1. The officers of the association shall consist of a president, secretary, treasurer, and assistant treasurer, all of whom shall be elected by the board of directors.