International Joint Commission Classic Reprint

Author : International Joint Commission
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ISBN 13 : 9781332018116
Total Pages : 94 pages
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Download or read book International Joint Commission written by International Joint Commission and published by . This book was released on 2015-07-27 with total page 94 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from International Joint Commission: In the Matter of the Application of the Watrous Island Boom Company for Approval of Plans for Boom in Rainy River To the Honorable, the International Joint Commission, Washington, D.C, and Ottawa, Canada, the Secretary of State, and the Secretary of War of the United States, Washington, D.C. Gentlemen: The undersigned, Watrous Island Boom Co., a corporation organized under the laws of the State of Minnesota for the purpose of improving Rainy River on the northern boundary of the State, and its tributaries, including, among others Winter Road, Beaudette, Rapids, Black, Big Fork, Little Fork, Ash, Vermillion, and Namakan Rivers, and their tributaries, and the driving of logs therein, or in any portion thereof, and the improvement of such streams and tributaries by clearing and straitening the channels thereof, closing sloughs, directing sluiceways, booms of all kinds, side rolling, sluicing and flooding dams, or otherwise, and keeping such works in repair and operating the same so as to render driving logs in such streams and tributaries reasonably practicable and certain and charging and collecting reasonable and uniform tolls upon all logs, lumber, and timber driven, sluiced, or floated on the said streams or any thereof; also taking possession of all logs put in such streams, and upon such rollways, and breaking the rollways and driving the logs, lumber, and timber; and also driving any and all logs and timber at the request of the owner or owners, which may be put into said streams or any thereof, and taking charge of same and driving the same down and out of such streams or down so far as the improvements of the company may extend; and charging and collecting therefor of the owner or party controlling said logs or timber reasonable charges and expenses for such services; also buying, selling, and using all property, real and personal, necessary or convenient for its purposes, herewith submits plans for booms in Rainy River between the mouth of Little Fork River and the mouth of Black River, for storing, handling, sorting, and loading logs and forest products, and respectfully requests approval of such plans. Appended to this application and printed herewith are: 1. A copy of the articles of incorporation of Watrous Island Boom Co. 2. The necessary duplicates and copies of this application required by the rules of the International Joint Commission and the Department of War, as well as the plans of the boom and surveys and soundings of the adjacent waters. Respectfully submitted. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.