Letter from the Secretary of the Army
Subtitle: transmitting a letter from the Chief of Engineers, Department of the Army, dated March 31, 1961, submitting a report, together with accompanying papers and illustrations, on a review of the Columbia River and tributaries, requested by resolution of the Committee on Public Works, United States Senate, adopted July 28, 1955, and other resolutions by that Committee and by the Committee on Public Works, House of Representatives, listed in the report.
Contributors: United States. Congress. House.; United States. Congress. House. Committee on Public Works.
Series: House document -- no. 403.; House document (United States. Congress. House) -- 87th Congress, 2nd session, no. 403.
Publisher: U.S. G.P.O.
Published: 1963
Place of publication: Washington, D.C
Language: eng
Subjects: Water resources development -- Columbia River.; Water-power -- Northwest, Pacific.; Energy development -- Law and legislation -- United States.; Flood control -- Northwest, Pacific.; Inland navigation -- Columbia River -- Economic aspects.; Inland navigation -- Snake River (Wyo.-Wash.) -- Economic aspects.
Other titles: Columbia River and tributaries.; Columbia River.
Notes: "May 10, 1962.--Referred to the Committee on Public Works and ordered to be printed with illustrations and appendixes."

LIBRARY HAS : V.1.
Table of contents: value: Vol. 1. [Letter, comments, reports]; value: v. 2. App. A, Flood control and hydrology. App. B, Navigation: pt. 1, Economics of the Columbia-Snake River slack water navigation system ; pt. 2, Economics of extending navigation on Columbia River above McNary pool ; pt. 3, Economics of enlargement of navigation lock, Bonneville Dam ; pt. 4, Economics of extending navigation on Snake River from Lewiston to Lime Point, Idaho. App. C, Power, pt. 1, The existing power system and studies of alternative future developments ; pt. 2, Value of power from federal hydro-electric developments and cost of power from steam-electric plants ; pt. 3, Power transmission ; pt. 4, The place of nuclear power in the future load of the Pacific Northwest; value: v. 3. App. C, Power, pts. 5-6, Power requirements study, Pacific Northwest area; value: v. 4. App. D, Other agency reports; value: v. 5. App. E, Project details.