PA 170C 1912
HARVARD UNIVERSITY
SCHOOL OF

LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE

Eily U.S. Sunt-y Di.co.

2260

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES,

March 25, 1912.

Ordered, That there be printed 1,000 copies of the Final Report of the United States National Waterways Commission, with Appendices

thereto.

TABLE OF CONTENTS.

Final report:

Present status of river commerce.

Proposed artificial waterways.

Desirable legislation for the protection of water transportation and for

establishing greater cooperation between railways and waterways...

The control of water terminals.

Page.

The influence of forestation upon navigation and flood prevention.

Development and control of water power...........

Appendices:

I. Preliminary report of the National Waterways Commission....

II. The utility of storage reservoirs for flood prevention, power, and

navigation, M. O. Leighton...

III. Effect of the Federal reservoirs upon the flow of Mississippi River

for navigation and water-power development during the low-water

period of 1910, Robert Follansbee.

The practicability of storage reservoirs for flood prevention and for aiding

navigation...

IV. The practicability of storage reservoirs to prevent floods and to

benefit navigation on the Ohio and other rivers of the United States,

W. H. Bixby..

185.

V. Forests and water in the light of scientific investigation, Raphael

Zon....

205

VI. The law of waters, G. W. Mooney.

303

VII. Constitutional provisions of various States relating to watercourses

and the use of water, G. W. Mooney..

311

323

VIII. Federal statutes relating to water power, G. W. Mooney

IX. A comparison of American and European waterways with special

reference to factors influencing the development of water trans-

portation, E. O. Merchant..

471

Not,.-A more detailed table of contents will be found preceding appendices Nos. I,

Ve VII, VIII, and IX.

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