The Great Lakes Basin: Hearings Before a Subcommittee of the Committee on Foreign Relations, United States Senate, Eighty-fourth Congress, Second Session ... |
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... vessels have high speed and modern gear for handling the cargo , the newer type of ship can be operated just about as cheaply as the old type that is now plying the existing seaway . SHIPPING ESTIMATES FOR THE SEAWAY Senator WILEY . You ...
... vessels have high speed and modern gear for handling the cargo , the newer type of ship can be operated just about as cheaply as the old type that is now plying the existing seaway . SHIPPING ESTIMATES FOR THE SEAWAY Senator WILEY . You ...
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... vessel traffic , the masted - vessel traffic coming from the lakes and the barge traffic coming from the 15,000 miles of our internal waterways of the Mississippi River system . One of the features of this $ 24 million development is ...
... vessel traffic , the masted - vessel traffic coming from the lakes and the barge traffic coming from the 15,000 miles of our internal waterways of the Mississippi River system . One of the features of this $ 24 million development is ...
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... vessels that would be peculiarly adapted to the seaway and seaway depth . Mr. OETTERSHAGEN . Yes , sir . Senator DIRKSEN . Is that true of other countries ? Mr. OETTERSHAGEN . Yes ; it is , sir . I think the present vessel design is for ...
... vessels that would be peculiarly adapted to the seaway and seaway depth . Mr. OETTERSHAGEN . Yes , sir . Senator DIRKSEN . Is that true of other countries ? Mr. OETTERSHAGEN . Yes ; it is , sir . I think the present vessel design is for ...
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... vessel has to be decreased because of the peculiar behavior of the wave that the ship creates against the side banks ... vessel ,. for two reasons : One is insufficient width and the other insufficient . depth , because the squat of the ...
... vessel has to be decreased because of the peculiar behavior of the wave that the ship creates against the side banks ... vessel ,. for two reasons : One is insufficient width and the other insufficient . depth , because the squat of the ...
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... vessel brings the propeller nearer the bottom , and that brings about a situation and condition that is adverse to the easy and safe operation of the vessel . Senator WILEY . You have given us a picture , sir , which I think anyone ...
... vessel brings the propeller nearer the bottom , and that brings about a situation and condition that is adverse to the easy and safe operation of the vessel . Senator WILEY . You have given us a picture , sir , which I think anyone ...
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Page 4 - ... (b) Each of the commission's budgets of estimated expenditures shall contain specific recommendations of the amount or amounts to be appropriated by each of the party states.
Page 124 - ... will not permit the construction or maintenance on their respective sides of the boundary of any remedial or protective works or any dams or other obstructions in waters flowing from boundary waters or in waters at a lower level than the boundary in rivers flowing across the boundary, the effect of which is to raise the natural level of waters on the other side of the boundary, unless the construction or maintenance thereof is approved by the aforesaid International Joint Commission.
Page 4 - All receipts and disbursements of funds handled by the Commission shall be audited yearly by a qualified public accountant and the report of the audit shall be included in and become part of the annual report of the Commission.
Page 123 - It is agreed that, in addition to the uses, obstructions, and diversions heretofore permitted or hereafter provided for by special agreement between the Parties hereto, no further or other uses or obstructions or diversions, whether temporary or permanent, of boundary waters on either side of the line...
Page 118 - India, being equally desirous to prevent disputes regarding the use of boundary waters and to settle all questions which are now pending between the United States and the Dominion of Canada involving the rights, obligations, or interests of either in relation to the other or to the inhabitants of the other, along their common frontier, and to make provision for the adjustment and settlement of all such questions as may hereafter arise...
Page 5 - boundary waters" means boundary waters, as defined in the Boundary Waters Treaty, that are within the Great Lakes System; (b) "Boundary Waters Treaty" means the Treaty between the United States and Great Britain Relating to Boundary Waters, and Questions Arising Between the United States and Canada...
Page 124 - April and 31st of October, inclusive, annually, the United States is entitled to a prior appropriation of 500 cubic feet per second of the waters of the Milk River, or so much of such amount as constitutes three-fourths of its natural flow...
Page 122 - Who, after having communicated to one another their full powers, found in good and due form, have agreed upon the following articles...
Page 124 - ... the level of Lake Erie and the flow of the stream shall not be appreciably affected. It is the desire of both Parties to accomplish this object with the least possible injury to investments which have already been made in the construction of power plants on the United States...
Page 123 - ... except by authority of the United States Or the Dominion of Canada within their respective jurisdictions and with the approval, as hereinafter provided, of a joint commission, to be known as the International Joint Commission.