Comprehensive Flood-control Plans on H.R. 9640: Hearings... on H.R. 9640...1940 - 1024 pages |
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... consideration ? Dr. O'HARA . Very much so . The CHAIRMAN . What general statement would you like to make on it Dr. O'HARA . I would like to say that the project is a very compre- hensive plan , and Colonel Hall , upon his knowledge of ...
... consideration ? Dr. O'HARA . Very much so . The CHAIRMAN . What general statement would you like to make on it Dr. O'HARA . I would like to say that the project is a very compre- hensive plan , and Colonel Hall , upon his knowledge of ...
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... consideration , because the whole project can be tied up . It is not a partial project . The problem is one that can be eliminated forever . It is not took big a project to contemplate as one job . It is not a long river , and it is ...
... consideration , because the whole project can be tied up . It is not a partial project . The problem is one that can be eliminated forever . It is not took big a project to contemplate as one job . It is not a long river , and it is ...
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... consideration . I know you well enough to realize that you will do everything you can for us and certainly hope that your efforts will be successful . Yours very truly , RETAIL FURNITURE WAREHOUSE , INC . , ROBERT D. BURNHAM ...
... consideration . I know you well enough to realize that you will do everything you can for us and certainly hope that your efforts will be successful . Yours very truly , RETAIL FURNITURE WAREHOUSE , INC . , ROBERT D. BURNHAM ...
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... consideration what is called the Sunbury project on the Susquehanna River in Pennsylvania . You are the district engineer in charge ? Lieutenant Colonel ROBB . I am the acting district engineer in charge ; yes , sir . The CHAIRMAN . You ...
... consideration what is called the Sunbury project on the Susquehanna River in Pennsylvania . You are the district engineer in charge ? Lieutenant Colonel ROBB . I am the acting district engineer in charge ; yes , sir . The CHAIRMAN . You ...
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... consideration today , as stated in the schedule , is the sponsors and representatives of the Corps of Engineers , from the Upper Ohio and tributaries , on any additional authorizations for levees , flood walls , and reservoirs . I ...
... consideration today , as stated in the schedule , is the sponsors and representatives of the Corps of Engineers , from the Upper Ohio and tributaries , on any additional authorizations for levees , flood walls , and reservoirs . I ...
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Page 554 - Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the following work of improvement is hereby adopted and authorized, to be prosecuted under the direction of the Secretary of War and the supervision of the Chief of Engineers...
Page 253 - George S. Knapp, chief engineer of the Division of Water Resources of the Kansas State Board of Agriculture; and Earnest Boyce, director of the Division of Sanitation of the Kansas State Board of Health.
Page 900 - That the Board of Engineers for Rivers and Harbors, created under Section 3 of the River and Harbor Act approved June 13, 1902, be, and is hereby requested to review the...
Page 842 - California, is hereby authorized substantially in accordance with the plans contained in House Document Numbered 630, Seventy-sixth Congress, third session, with such modifications thereof as in the discretion of the Secretary of War and the Chief of Engineers may be advisable...
Page 894 - Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to be immediately available, and to be expended under the direction of the Secretary of War and the supervision of the Chief of Engineers, for the construction, completion, repair, and preservation of the public works hereinafter named: ***** Sec.
Page 43 - The CHAIRMAN.. Are there any questions by any members of the committee ? Mr.
Page 330 - June 28, 1938, approved the general comprehensive plan for flood control and other purposes in the upper Mississippi River Basin described in the Flood Control Committee Document No. 1, Seventy-fifth Congress, first session, with such modifications thereof as in the discretion of the Secretary of War and the Chief of Engineers may be advisable...
Page 760 - That penstocks or other similar facilities adapted to possible future use in the development of hydroelectric power shall be installed in any dam herein authorized when approved by the Secretary of War upon the recommendation of the Chief of Engineers and of the Federal Power Commission.
Page 794 - June 22, 1936, shall be construed to include channel and major drainage improvements, and that hereafter Federal investigations and improvements of rivers and other waterways for flood control and allied purposes shall be under the jurisdiction of and shall be prosecuted by the War Department under the direction of the Secretary of War and supervision of the Chief of Engineers...
Page 514 - Chairman and gentlemen, the Board of Supervisors of the Los Angeles County Flood Control District has directed me to appear before this committee to report the flood control needs of our area for fiscal year 1967. At the outset of this statement, I should like to emphasize that we are...