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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Page 12
... additional protection on the Mississippi side by reason of the Eudora Spillway than you have already now by reason of the Boeuf Spillway . Mr. ALLEN . I cannot subscribe to that . Mr. MCCLELLAN . Why would you get any more protection ...
... additional protection on the Mississippi side by reason of the Eudora Spillway than you have already now by reason of the Boeuf Spillway . Mr. ALLEN . I cannot subscribe to that . Mr. MCCLELLAN . Why would you get any more protection ...
Page 28
... additional factor of safety was absolutely necessary if the prob- lem was to be solved . That is , something additional to levees . It lay between the use of reservoirs and the use of diversions , with en- gineering opinion definitely ...
... additional factor of safety was absolutely necessary if the prob- lem was to be solved . That is , something additional to levees . It lay between the use of reservoirs and the use of diversions , with en- gineering opinion definitely ...
Page 32
... additional factor of safety in the form of reservoirs . If we do that , then we have definitely abandoned the principle of di- version , and I am not willing to do that.aka Mr. ZIMMERMAN . If we are going to do this work , build these ...
... additional factor of safety in the form of reservoirs . If we do that , then we have definitely abandoned the principle of di- version , and I am not willing to do that.aka Mr. ZIMMERMAN . If we are going to do this work , build these ...
Page 34
... additional factor of safety pro- vided in th in program , Mr. WHITTINGTON . I believe , in order that you may have the clear picture , Mr. Chairman , I would like very much for the letter to go into the record . Mr. MCCLELLAN . I would ...
... additional factor of safety pro- vided in th in program , Mr. WHITTINGTON . I believe , in order that you may have the clear picture , Mr. Chairman , I would like very much for the letter to go into the record . Mr. MCCLELLAN . I would ...
Page 36
... additional element of safety afforded by the so - called " fuseplug " and the building up of the levees on the opposite side of the river ? Mr. STONE . That is true . Mr. MCCLELLAN . So there has been an element , an additional element ...
... additional element of safety afforded by the so - called " fuseplug " and the building up of the levees on the opposite side of the river ? Mr. STONE . That is true . Mr. MCCLELLAN . So there has been an element , an additional element ...
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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