Pamphlets Public Lands Of U S Vol 1 Classic Reprint

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Download or read book Hearings Before the Committee on the Public Lands, House of Representatives written by and published by . This book was released on 2015-07-19 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Hearings Before the Committee on the Public Lands, House of Representatives: On H. R. 20493, a Bill for the Protection of Water Supply for Manitou and Colorado Springs, March 12 and 15, 1912 The committee met at 10 a. m., Hon. Edward T. Taylor (acting chairman) presiding. The Chairman. I have taken the liberty of asking the committee to grant a hearing to the city of Colorado Springs upon H. R. 20493. That is the bill, gentlemen, that was introduced by myself, authorizing the city of Colorado Springs and the town of Manitou to buy something like 14,000 acres of land on the north side of Pike's Peak for the protection of their water supply. I introduced a bill along this line over two years ago, but at that time there was some objection to the measure, and since that time we have endeavored in every way possible to eliminate the objections that were made to the bill then, and now the measure comes up again for consideration. The duplicate of this bill is now in the Senate and has been referred by them to the Interior and Agricultural Departments. I have not referred this to the departments yet, but I expect to do so, unless the bill first comes over from the Senate, together with the reports from over there. But these gentlemen, Mr. Avery, the mayor of Colorado Springs; and also the city attorney and two other prominent citizens of that city are here, and they want to make statements to the committee as to the necessities, from their point of view, for this legislation, and I will ask the committee, if you will, to listen first to Mr. C. L. McKesson, the attorney for the city of Colorado Springs, who will present this matter to you. I may say, before Mr. McKesson starts, that we have on the table in front of us a relief cast here of Pike's Peak and the surrounding country. It is drawn to scale and is accurate, and they have had it prepared and brought here at a great deal of expense. The city authorities had it made for the purpose of showing to this committee clearly and definitely what they want and why these cities must have this relief, and also to explain more in detail the matters contained in this bill introduced by myself. Mr. McKesson, you may now proceed. Statement of Mr. C. L. McKesson, City Attorney of Colorado Springs, Colo. Mr. McKesson. Mr. Chairman and gentlemen of the committee, we are here in behalf of House bill No. 24903, introduced by Mr. Taylor, of this committee, which is a bill asking for a grant of lands to the city of Colorado Springs and the town of Manitou, in El Paso County, State of Colorado. 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.