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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... cost of every available site in the val- ley . However , if I remember correctly , it was Aristotle who said that theories were only valuable when proven by facts , and there- fore I shall confine myself to such as we have found them in ...
... cost of every available site in the val- ley . However , if I remember correctly , it was Aristotle who said that theories were only valuable when proven by facts , and there- fore I shall confine myself to such as we have found them in ...
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... cost of about one and a quarter billion dollars , to control floods in the Mis- sissippi River by that means . I stand with the Army engineers on that , and you have there their report . I feel , just as a lot of other people feel ...
... cost of about one and a quarter billion dollars , to control floods in the Mis- sissippi River by that means . I stand with the Army engineers on that , and you have there their report . I feel , just as a lot of other people feel ...
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... cost of about $ 110,000,000 . The CHAIRMAN . To abrogate the relief and protection now afforded by these fuse - plug levees ? Mr. STONE . Yes . Mr. WHITTINGTON . The theory of the fuse - plug FLOOD CONTROL IN THE MISSISSIPPI VALLEY 33.
... cost of about $ 110,000,000 . The CHAIRMAN . To abrogate the relief and protection now afforded by these fuse - plug levees ? Mr. STONE . Yes . Mr. WHITTINGTON . The theory of the fuse - plug FLOOD CONTROL IN THE MISSISSIPPI VALLEY 33.
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... cost shown in 1927 and 1928 for res- ervoirs were $ 242,000,000 . Mr. WHITTINGTON . Yes , I recall that . Mr. STONE . And the figure now is $ 1,100,000,000 for reservoirs to eliminate the fuse - plug levee . Mr. WHITTINGTON . The theory ...
... cost shown in 1927 and 1928 for res- ervoirs were $ 242,000,000 . Mr. WHITTINGTON . Yes , I recall that . Mr. STONE . And the figure now is $ 1,100,000,000 for reservoirs to eliminate the fuse - plug levee . Mr. WHITTINGTON . The theory ...
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... cost of these 26 reservoirs . Mr. STONE . They have not given us the approximate cost of acquir- ing this land down there . Mr. MCCLELLAN . You mean in that basin ? Mr. STONE . I mean whatever is necessary to carry out the diver- sion ...
... cost of these 26 reservoirs . Mr. STONE . They have not given us the approximate cost of acquir- ing this land down there . Mr. MCCLELLAN . You mean in that basin ? Mr. STONE . I mean whatever is necessary to carry out the diver- sion ...
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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