Letter of transmittal..

Call for conference .

Attendance at conference

CONTENTS.

Minutes of the meeting...

Committees appointed

Hydrographic branch of the United States Geological Survey.

Organization of hydrographic branch

Division of hydrography..

Division of hydrology.......

Division of hydro-economics .

Reclamation service

Accounts and property..

Report of the conference..
Chief engineer's address

Purpose of the meeting..
Personnel of the service
Officers or regular appointees.
Organization....

District engineers....
Supervising engineers..
Consulting engineers..
Placing of responsibility.

Boards and committees.

Committee on personnel...

Civil-service requirements..

Correspondence

Requisitions

Reports..

Bookkeeping..

Disbursements

Disallowances and suspensions

Express charges..

Printing....

Laws governing purchases
Purchases in open market
Rules governing contracts
Advertising

Specifications and proposals.
Contracts and bonds..
Eight-hour day

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South Dakota investigations, by R. F. Walter

Investigations in Montana, by C. C. Babb.
Construction in Nevada, by L. H. Taylor....

Investigations in Pecos Valley, by W. M. Reed..
Examinations in North Dakota, by Charles H. Fitch
Irrigation in North Dakota by pumping, by F. A. Wilder.
Conditions in South Dakota, by Charles H. Fitch..

Investigations in Arizona, by A. P. Davis..

Salt River Valley Water Users Association, by B. A. Fowler

Reclamation work in California, by Governor George C. Pardee

Work in Colorado, by A. L. Fellows...

Connell...

The Colorado River, by J. B. Lippincott...

Conditions in Idaho, by Governor John L. Morrison....

Investigations in Idaho, by D. W. Ross..

Limits of an irrigation project, by D. W. Ross.

Colonization, by Frederick de L. Booth Tucker

Work of the reclamation service, by Hon. Frank W. Mondell..

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Topographic work in the Grand Canyon of the Gunnison, by I. W. Mc

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Work on North Platte River in Wyoming, by John E. Field
Investigations in Wyoming, by Jeremiah Ahern.........

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Relation of Federal and State laws to irrigation, by Morris Bien

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Electrical transmission of power for pumping, by H. A. Storrs........
Correct design and stability of high masonry dams, by Geo. Y. Wisner
Reconnaissance and plans, by Geo. Y. Wisner

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Papers read at the conference-Continued.

Reports and statements, by H. N. Savage.

Methods and reports, by J. B. Lippincott..

Irrigation surveys and the use of the plane table, by J. B. Lippincott..
The use of alkaline waters for irrigation, by Thomas A. Means...

Accompanying papers

The reclamation law..

Measurement of flow of streams, by E. C. Murphy

Instruments and camp equipment, by E. M. Douglas

Surveys in Oklahoma, by Gerard H. Matthes

Colorado River reclamation projects, by E. T. Perkins..

Reclamation and water storage in Nebraska, by O. V. P. Stout .

Portland-cement manufacture, by E. C. Eckel..

Legal status of irrigation, by H. L. Holgate

Reclamation surveys (report of committee)..

Power development, by H. A. Storrs.

Personnel of the reclamation service..

Index

ILLUSTRATION.

FIG. 1. Diagram showing method of survey of Gunnison Canyon

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