Second Annual Report of the Commission on Waterways and Public Lands PDF Download

Author: John N. Cole
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ISBN: 9781332323760
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 140

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Excerpt from Second Annual Report of the Commission on Waterways and Public Lands: For the Year 1917 With conditions right for extended activities much needed along many lines, as set forth in the report of the Commission, it is probable that some additions will be necessary to the administrative department; but in a desire to hold the cost of government, in so far as the Commission has any responsibility for the same, at as low a point as possible, the present force will be sufficient until a more extended program of work is undertaken. It has been found necessary to extend the time for completing several contracts made by the Commission during the year on account of the inability of contractors to secure either satisfactory labor or abundant supplies. Shortage of coal and the high cost of the same have been almost ever-present disturbing factors with all the contracts in which the Commission has been concerned, and this significant feature should not be lost sight of in the discussion of the larger problems with which the Commission is connected, involving a relief for transportation for New England, with special reference to a supply of coal and other necessities. While the policy which the Commission has followed in holding its expenditures to only those improvements actually needed has resulted in leaving a larger balance than usual of the amount appropriated for river and harbor improvement, it should not be forgotten that the requests having merit, considered by the Commissioners during the year, involved an expenditure many times this balance. 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.