St. Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation: Hearings, Ninety-first Congress, Second Session, on S. 3137 ... February 17, April 21, and May 22, 1970U.S. Government Printing Office, 1970 - 217 páginas |
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Página 48 - The navigable waters leading into the Mississippi and St. Lawrence, and the carrying places between the same, shall be common highways, and forever free, as well to the inhabitants of the said territory, as to the citizens of the United States, and those of any other states that may be admitted into the confederacy, without any tax, impost, or duty therefor.
Página 46 - Mr. Chairman, members of the committee, ladies and gentlemen.
Página 123 - The seaway has been constructed and is being operated and maintained jointly by the St. Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation and the St. Lawrence Seaway Authority of Canada, in conjunction with the related power development works provided by the Power Authority of the State of New York and the Hydro-Electric Power Commission of Ontario.
Página 52 - ... of the States of Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin and thereafter shall enter into force and become effective and binding as to any other of said states when enacted by the legislature thereof. B. The Province of Ontario...
Página 3 - ... (3) That the rates on vessels in ballast without passengers or cargo may be less than the rates for vessels with passengers or cargo. (4) That the rates prescribed shall be calculated to cover, as nearly as practicable, all costs of operating and maintaining the works under the administration of the Corporation, including depreciation, payment of interest on the obligations of the Corporation, and payments in lieu of taxes.
Página 48 - That no tolls or operating charges whatever shall be levied upon or collected from any vessel, dredge, or other water craft for passing through any lock, canal, canalized river, or other work for the use and benefit of navigation, now belonging to the United States or that may be hereafter acquired or constructed...
Página 89 - I am professor of economics and associate director of the Center for Great Lakes Studies, at the University of Wisconsin — Milwaukee.
Página 215 - There is no distinguishing fact, theory, or principle to support user charges for the Panama Canal and on the St. Lawrence Seaway, which does not equally support user charges for inland waterways.
Página 55 - Lake Erie. Lakes Erie, Huron, Michigan and Superior, together with their connecting channels the Detroit River, Lake St. Clair, the St. Clair River and the St. Marys River), and the locks at the Soo form the rest of the Great Lakes-St. Lawrence Seaway system.
Página 54 - Ocean-going vessels bound for Great Lakes ports enter the Gulf of St. Lawrence from the Atlantic about 1,000 miles downstream from Montreal, where the Seaway begins. The waterway requires no improvement to about 190 miles below Montreal and Canada maintains this upstream section at a minimum depth of 3~, feet.