Proceedings of the Missouri River Improvement Convention: Held at Kansas City, Mo. December 15th and 16th, 1891Lawton & Burnap, printers, 1891 - 157 pagine |
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Pagina 122 - In the past the Government has undertaken too many things at once, and its annual appropriations have been so inadequate that the work of tht engineers was much retarded and often seriously damaged in the interval of waiting for fresh appropriations. It is a better policy, when a work has once been determined to be of national significance, that the appropriation should be sufficient to bring it speedily and without loss to a conclusion.
Pagina 44 - Mountains on the east to the Rocky Mountains on the west, and from the Canadian border on the north to the Gulf of Mexico on the south.
Pagina 10 - The chemists of several railways, in especial of the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul, the Chicago & Northwestern, and the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy, placed at our disposal all their many and valuable analyses of Iowa waters.
Pagina 88 - ... therefore, be it Resolved, First — That it is the sense of this...
Pagina 69 - Troutman offered the following resolution : Resolved, that this convention do now proceed to...
Pagina 37 - Not only is this true, but it is also true that the college or university has everything to gain by an intelligent and wise public scrutiny.
Pagina 61 - DEAR SIR — I am in receipt of yours of the 16th inst.
Pagina 60 - Newton bill (HK 135(57), proposing a change of the eighth circuit ; also inclosing 'map showing the proposed arrangement. The work of the eighth circuit has increased to such an extent that a change in the boundaries of the circuit is imperative. Experience has demonstrated...
Pagina 8 - Congress was asked to appropriate for the improvement of the Missouri river between Kansas City and St. Louis would be more advantageous to the farmers of Kansas and Nebraska than those of Missouri.
Pagina 88 - I thank you for the honor you have bestowed upon me in electing me your president, I...