Flood Control in the Mississippi Valley: Hearings Before the Committee on Flood Control, House of Representatives, Seventy-fourth Congress, First Session, on a Plan to Modify and Extend the Project for Flood Control and Improvement of the Mississippi River Authorized by the Flood Control Act of 1928. April 1 to 13, 1935. Supplement |
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... FERGUSON , Oklahoma JOHN STEVEN MCGROARTY , California ORVILLE ZIMMERMAN , Missouri JOHN L. MCCLELLAN , Arkansas ROBERT F. RICH , Pennsylvania HARRY L. ENGLEBRIGHT , California CHARLES W. TOBEY , New Hampshire HENRY M. KIMBALL ...
... FERGUSON , Oklahoma JOHN STEVEN MCGROARTY , California ORVILLE ZIMMERMAN , Missouri JOHN L. MCCLELLAN , Arkansas ROBERT F. RICH , Pennsylvania HARRY L. ENGLEBRIGHT , California CHARLES W. TOBEY , New Hampshire HENRY M. KIMBALL ...
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... Ferguson at the present time . We have no fault to find with reservoirs ; in fact , we would like to see them all over the Mississippi Valley , as they no doubt in time will prove beneficent public works . It is my understanding that ...
... Ferguson at the present time . We have no fault to find with reservoirs ; in fact , we would like to see them all over the Mississippi Valley , as they no doubt in time will prove beneficent public works . It is my understanding that ...
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... Ferguson only suggests a maximum reduction at Arkansas City of 22 feet- The CHAIRMAN . The cut - offs have shortened the channel for over 70 miles , to the Red River . Mr. ALLEN . I am speaking with reference to Arkansas City . There ...
... Ferguson only suggests a maximum reduction at Arkansas City of 22 feet- The CHAIRMAN . The cut - offs have shortened the channel for over 70 miles , to the Red River . Mr. ALLEN . I am speaking with reference to Arkansas City . There ...
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... Ferguson , and with his district engineers and assistants - I had the pleasure of making one trip with Mr. Adams and one with Mr. Jacobs particularly through the Atchafalaya country - the extent to which the lowering of the flood level ...
... Ferguson , and with his district engineers and assistants - I had the pleasure of making one trip with Mr. Adams and one with Mr. Jacobs particularly through the Atchafalaya country - the extent to which the lowering of the flood level ...
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... Ferguson , as shown by the manuscript , page 1230 , of the hear- ings on this bill . How much lowering ? I hesitate to say . The ultimate effect of the lowering is problematical . Two and a half feet lower for a flood of 1928 is my ...
... Ferguson , as shown by the manuscript , page 1230 , of the hear- ings on this bill . How much lowering ? I hesitate to say . The ultimate effect of the lowering is problematical . Two and a half feet lower for a flood of 1928 is my ...
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151 reservoirs 26 reservoirs acres additional factor adopted project ALLEN April 29 Arkansas and White Arkansas City gage Arkansas River Army engineers assessed value bank believe Boeuf Basin break BUIE build CARLSON Carroll CHAIRMAN Chief of Engineers committee compensation confined Congress construction crest stages cubic feet cut-offs Cypress Creek damage Delta district diversion effect Eudora spillway factor of safety favor feet at Arkansas FERGUSON FITZ-HUGH Flood Control Act flood heights flowage rights Franklin Parish fuse fuse-plug levee fuseplug gentlemen going Government grade and section Greenville guide levees Jadwin plan KELLNER land letter levee grade Louisiana lower Mississippi River Madison Parish Markham plan MARTIN MCCLELLAN miles Mississippi River Commission Mississippi side overflow Parish plug problem question RANSDELL recommended Red Rivers reduction reservoir report second-feet SHERROUSE statement STONE superflood Tensas Tensas Parish tion Vicksburg White and Arkansas White Rivers WHITTINGTON ZIMMERMAN