Excerpt from Report of Connecticut Valley Waterway Board on an Investigation of the Connecticut River: March, 1913 The Connecticut Valley Waterway Board, appointed under the provisions of chapter 149 of the Resolves of 1912, respectfully submits this report. The resolve provided: - That the governor, with the advice and consent of the council, is hereby authorized to appoint three persons, residents of the commonwealth, one of whom shall be a member of the board of harbor and land commissioners. The persons so appointed shall constitute a board to be known as the Connecticut Valley Waterway Board. The governor shall designate the chairman of the board. It shall be the duty of the board to investigate the subject of the improvement of the Connecticut river for the purposes of navigation, and to report to the next general court not later than the first day of February all facts concerning the present condition and uses of said river; what investigations, reports, appropriations and expenditures have been made by the United States and by the commonwealth of Massachusetts relative to the navigation of said river and the protection of the river banks; and what action, if any, should be taken by the commonwealth of Massachusetts and the various municipalities bordering on said river or contiguous thereto, either in co-operation with the United States and the various corporations owning or controlling water rights or privileges on said river, or without such co-operation, to carry into effect such projects as may be recommended for increasing the present facilities for navigation. The board may expend a sum not exceeding two thousand five hundred dollars to meet such expenses as may be necessary in carrying out the purposes of this resolve. The report shall contain data as follows: (a) The existence and establishment of both private and public terminal and transfer facilities contiguous to the navigable water proposed to be improved, and, if water terminals have been constructed, the general location, description, and use made of the same, with an opinion as to their adequacy and efficiency whether private or public. 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.

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