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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... acres ; and the president of the company , my brother , Mr. W. H. Fitz - Hugh , owns another plantation adjacent , which is highly im- proved , with an area in excess of 1,200 acres . For a period of nearly 50 years our company has had ...
... acres ; and the president of the company , my brother , Mr. W. H. Fitz - Hugh , owns another plantation adjacent , which is highly im- proved , with an area in excess of 1,200 acres . For a period of nearly 50 years our company has had ...
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... acres of fertile lands , was under water for a period of 4 months ; business was paralyzed ; no crops were produced ; and there was an actual property loss of from $ 40,000,000 to $ 50,000,000 . President Coolidge sent Mr. Hoover , the ...
... acres of fertile lands , was under water for a period of 4 months ; business was paralyzed ; no crops were produced ; and there was an actual property loss of from $ 40,000,000 to $ 50,000,000 . President Coolidge sent Mr. Hoover , the ...
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... acres of land were overflowed at depths varying from 1 to 50 feet . Cities , towns , and villages were inundated , driving thousands from their homes . All business activities over the entire territory were paralyzed ; sickness ...
... acres of land were overflowed at depths varying from 1 to 50 feet . Cities , towns , and villages were inundated , driving thousands from their homes . All business activities over the entire territory were paralyzed ; sickness ...
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... acres of land , approximately 50 percent of which is in cultivation , whch annually pro- duce crops worth many millions of dollars . The assessed valuation for taxa- tion purposes is approximately $ 65,000,000 ( actual values and ...
... acres of land , approximately 50 percent of which is in cultivation , whch annually pro- duce crops worth many millions of dollars . The assessed valuation for taxa- tion purposes is approximately $ 65,000,000 ( actual values and ...
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... acre - feet at a cost of $ 240,000,000 would have reduced the 1927 flood 8 feet at Arkansas City and 5.2 feet at the mouth of the Red and would have reduced the maximum flow through the Boeuf about 50 percent . General Ferguson believes ...
... acre - feet at a cost of $ 240,000,000 would have reduced the 1927 flood 8 feet at Arkansas City and 5.2 feet at the mouth of the Red and would have reduced the maximum flow through the Boeuf about 50 percent . General Ferguson believes ...
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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