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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... reason of the fuse - plug levee ? Do you not regard that as breaking faith with those people , to the extent that they have not been afforded protection ? Mr. ALLEN . I would hardly be competent to pass on that , because my information ...
... reason of the fuse - plug levee ? Do you not regard that as breaking faith with those people , to the extent that they have not been afforded protection ? Mr. ALLEN . I would hardly be competent to pass on that , because my information ...
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... reason the guide levees have not been built is because of legal obstructions . Mr. MCCLELLAN . Do you mean that the engineers met with local opposition ? Mr. ALLEN . There was some case in court . I am not certain about it , but that is ...
... reason the guide levees have not been built is because of legal obstructions . Mr. MCCLELLAN . Do you mean that the engineers met with local opposition ? Mr. ALLEN . There was some case in court . I am not certain about it , but that is ...
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... 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 out of the Eudora Spillway than out of the Boeuf ...
... 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 out of the Eudora Spillway than out of the Boeuf ...
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... reason , no flood - control works that do not assure protection against breaks on the east side of the river , provide protection for the Louisi- ana territory , because a break in the Louisiana levees either north of Vicksburg or ...
... reason , no flood - control works that do not assure protection against breaks on the east side of the river , provide protection for the Louisi- ana territory , because a break in the Louisiana levees either north of Vicksburg or ...
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... reason for not abandoning the recommendations of the Army engineers for a diversion channel to the west and against raising of the west side levees as mentioned . The flood - control plans proposed by General Markham in his report of ...
... reason for not abandoning the recommendations of the Army engineers for a diversion channel to the west and against raising of the west side levees as mentioned . The flood - control plans proposed by General Markham in his report of ...
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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