10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «ZANJERO»
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zanjero in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
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1
William Mulholland and the Rise of Los Angeles
The city's zanja department was equally rickety if one is to judge from a
contemporary news item that reported the zanjeros failed to work one day
because all the shovels were broken; in January 1882, the zanjero likewise
reported to the city ...
Catherine Mulholland, 2002
2
The Los Angeles River: Its Life, Death, and Possible Rebirth
On the recommendation of Mayor Stephen C. Foster, the Los Angeles Common
Council in 1854 established the position of zanjero. During the Spanish and
Mexican periods, administration of the city's water supply had been lax,
supervised ...
3
United States West Coast: An Environmental History
ZANJERO During the colonial period in Spanish California, a zanjero was a
special administrator of water rights appointed by the local ayuntamiento. The
zanjero oversaw irrigation systems and regulated the amount of water given to
certain ...
4
Out of the Triangle: A Story of the Far East
It was thieving, of course, and the Zanjero or his deputies might catch the person
who did it. But the sick neighbor's husband, wanting money to buy more mescal,
had been induced to undertake the task of stealthily opening the gates. His wife ...
5
Los Tucsonenses: The Mexican Community in Tucson, 1854-1941
A series of acequias channeled the spring of El Ojito on the east bank of the river
across from Sentinel Peak (A Mountain) onto floodplain fields. All water users met
each year to elect a zanjero, or water judge, who made sure people irrigated ...
6
Public Health Practice: What Works
While the history of water supply in arid Southern California is well documented (
4, 5), less well known is that the designated local “water master” or zanjero,
charged to oversee the delivery of water, played a precursor role to what is
known ...
Jonathan E. Fielding, Steven M. Teutsch, 2012
7
Neotropical Migratory Birds: Natural History, Distribution, ...
Passerculus sandwichensis Canada (Quebec): Pinson d'Ipswich Costa Rica:
Sabanero Zanjero Guatemala: Sabanero Zanjero, Semillero Zanjero Mexico:
Gorrion Sabanero Comiin RANGE. Breeds from Alaska and northern Yukon to
northern ...
8
Decisions and Orders of the National Labor Relations Board
It is undisputed that if a zanjero during his normal course of inspection comes
across such an unusual situation, i.e., flooding, it is part of his routine duties to
remedy it, and he does this without consulting the water master on duty at the
dispatch ...
United States. National Labor Relations Board, 1973
heat, the position was yours. Keeping the job was a little more difficult. "Each
zanjero was assigned a division, same as the zanjero today, only now we call it '
an area,' " explained Greer. Since it was necessary to collect all water orders from
...
10
The Salt River Project: a case study in cultural adaptation ...
A study of the zanjero's role illustrated a different kind of complementarity in the
relation between the association and water users. In contrast to the example of
the agricultural technician, a case in which the different actions and attitudes of ...
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «ZANJERO»
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zanjero is used in the context of the following news items.
SIC mostró superioridad ante CASI en el clásico
La tarde gris de Boulogne fue testigo de un elenco zanjero que fue eficaz en defensa, que atropelló en el scrum y que contó con un acertado Santiago Méndez ... «ESPN Deportes, Jul 15»
M16: SIC dejó sin invicto a Pucará
En el complemento, con el try del capitán Francisco Parodi, parecía que el partido estaba consumado a favor del elenco zanjero pero Pucará salió a vender ... «ESPN Deportes, Jun 15»
City slow to annex neighborhoods in county islands
Three and a half months ago, the city annexed the land for Zanjero Pass, a 180-acre project that will include 491 homes. Maricopa County had previously ... «Glendale Star, May 15»
Saying 'Arizona's great' doesn't make it so
A zanjero supervises irrigation canals so that people in the desert can flourish, but the paths to a sustainable life are drying up in Arizona, and the budget our ... «azcentral.com, May 15»
M16: SIC fue efectivo y superó a San Albano
Manuel Contepomi fue el encargado de dirigir el match de la A, mientras que su hermano Felipe hizo lo mismo para el equipo C del Zanjero, que se enfrentó ... «ESPN Deportes, May 15»
Growing water dispute in the desert
Coachella Valley Water District zanjero Ken Gray kneels at a flume at a water-replenishment basin. Coachella Valley Water District zanjero Ken Gray kneels at a ... «Los Angeles Times, Mar 15»
Planning commission approves housing/commercial plan along 303
The Glendale Planning Commission at its Jan. 8 meeting unanimously approved plans to rezone Zanjero Pass, which will consist of a housing subdivision and ... «Glendale Star, Jan 15»
Annexation could bring growth and revenues
The council at its last meeting also passed a pre-annexation development agreement for Zanjero Pass, on the northeast corner of Olive Avenue and Citrus Road ... «Glendale Star, Dec 14»
Glendale reconsiders rejected annexation near Loop 303
The developer for Zanjero Pass, one of three housing communities, said he is willing to move ahead with a deal, although the city's waffling cost him time and ... «azcentral.com, Oct 14»
Zanjero sells for $9.1 million, medical facility to move in
Seven years after Las Vegas-based Investment Equity Development constructed the $45 million Zanjero Falls office building, it has sold for 20 percent of the cost ... «Glendale Star, Aug 14»
