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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... cutting off bends and enlarging the channel of the Mississippi River ? Mr. ALLEN . Do you mean the progress of the cut - offs ? The CHAIRMAN . Yes . Mr. ALLEN . I have watched that with a great deal of interest ; yes , sir . At the ...
... cutting off bends and enlarging the channel of the Mississippi River ? Mr. ALLEN . Do you mean the progress of the cut - offs ? The CHAIRMAN . Yes . Mr. ALLEN . I have watched that with a great deal of interest ; yes , sir . At the ...
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... cut - offs has been to lower the flood heights at Arkansas City from 8 to 12 feet . Mr. ALLEN . Judge , you must remember that a cut - off is a local proposition . I understand that General Ferguson only suggests a maximum reduction at ...
... cut - offs has been to lower the flood heights at Arkansas City from 8 to 12 feet . Mr. ALLEN . Judge , you must remember that a cut - off is a local proposition . I understand that General Ferguson only suggests a maximum reduction at ...
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... cut - off should be greater for a given stage than it was before the cut - off , and , therefore , the crest of a ... offs will be on crest stages . Mr. ALLEN . That is absolutely true . Mr. MCCLELLAN . Has that statement been filed ...
... cut - off should be greater for a given stage than it was before the cut - off , and , therefore , the crest of a ... offs will be on crest stages . Mr. ALLEN . That is absolutely true . Mr. MCCLELLAN . Has that statement been filed ...
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... cut - offs . As I understand from your testimony , you are inter- ested in the Vicksburg and Greenville stretch of the river , as it is affected by cut - offs . The effect has not been definitely fixed , but you have a good deal of ...
... cut - offs . As I understand from your testimony , you are inter- ested in the Vicksburg and Greenville stretch of the river , as it is affected by cut - offs . The effect has not been definitely fixed , but you have a good deal of ...
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... cut - offs and the construction of reservoirs , a flood like that of 1927 could be safely passed , and that led to the theory in this com- mittee of raising the fuse plug to the section and grade of 1928 . Mr. ALLEN . I did not hear ...
... cut - offs and the construction of reservoirs , a flood like that of 1927 could be safely passed , and that led to the theory in this com- mittee of raising the fuse plug to the section and grade of 1928 . Mr. ALLEN . I did not hear ...
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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