Flood Control on the Saint Francis River, Missouri and Arkansas: Hearings... on H.R. 7875..., February 3 and 4, 1930...1930 - 172 pages |
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... improvement of navigation in the Saint Francis River in Missouri and Arkansas , in accordance with the engineering plan set forth and recommended in the report submitted by the Chief of Engineers dated August 7 , 1929 , and printed in ...
... improvement of navigation in the Saint Francis River in Missouri and Arkansas , in accordance with the engineering plan set forth and recommended in the report submitted by the Chief of Engineers dated August 7 , 1929 , and printed in ...
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... improved and cultivated , they proceeded to use a dredge there and threw out the logs and other obstructions and started the flow of water with rapidity , that means one rainfall in the high area of the watershed of the St. Francis ...
... improved and cultivated , they proceeded to use a dredge there and threw out the logs and other obstructions and started the flow of water with rapidity , that means one rainfall in the high area of the watershed of the St. Francis ...
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... improvement or increase in grade and section in the levees now existing and to be constructed from the touch of the river on the flood plain down to the lower end of St. Francis Bay in Craighead County . At that point there is now a ...
... improvement or increase in grade and section in the levees now existing and to be constructed from the touch of the river on the flood plain down to the lower end of St. Francis Bay in Craighead County . At that point there is now a ...
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... improvement . The CHAIRMAN . Go ahead with your local witnesses , Judge . Mr. DRIVER . Just a minute , Mr. Chairman . I should like to have Mr. Short have an opportunity to express to the committee his interest in this matter ...
... improvement . The CHAIRMAN . Go ahead with your local witnesses , Judge . Mr. DRIVER . Just a minute , Mr. Chairman . I should like to have Mr. Short have an opportunity to express to the committee his interest in this matter ...
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... improvements . Prior to the construction of the interriver drainage system of levees , a great portion of the St. Francis River waters flowed out through Butler County into Black River , and was carried by Black River west of Crowley ...
... improvements . Prior to the construction of the interriver drainage system of levees , a great portion of the St. Francis River waters flowed out through Butler County into Black River , and was carried by Black River west of Crowley ...
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acres amount Arkansas Army engineers backwater area BARRON BEGG Big Lake bill Black River bonds breaks build Butler County cent CHAIRMAN commerce committee Congress construction cost COSTON Craighead County crops DAGGETT damage delinquent Doctor TAYLOR DUNBAR Dunklin County effect expenditures extend farm Federal Government Federal interest feet flood control flood waters flooded area floodway Francis Basin Francis County Francis levee district Francis River gentlemen give improvement JONES Judge Driver KOPP Lee County Little River Little River drainage loss LYNCH Madrid County Marked Tree ment miles Mississippi County Mississippi River Missouri Missouri and Arkansas navigation overflow Parkin pellagra Pemiscot County PHARR Poinsett County protection question railroad Red Cross relief REYNOLDS RHYNE road SEAGRAVES SEARS situation statement Stoddard County stream taxes territory tion Total tributaries TSCHUDY United week ending Thursday WHITTINGTON
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Page 14 - Engineers, no money shall be expended on the main river project until satisfactory assurances have been given by the local interests that after completion the flood-control works will be maintained at the expense of local interests.
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