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... Colonel ? Colonel HALL . New York City . The CHAIRMAN . Is the Hoosic River , N. Y. , Vt . , and Mass . , in your division ? Colonel HALL . Both the district and the division . The CHAIRMAN . Both the district and division ? Colonel ...
... Colonel ? Colonel HALL . New York City . The CHAIRMAN . Is the Hoosic River , N. Y. , Vt . , and Mass . , in your division ? Colonel HALL . Both the district and the division . The CHAIRMAN . Both the district and division ? Colonel ...
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... Colonel HALL . Yes , sir . The CHAIRMAN . What is the cost to the local interests ? Colonel HALL . The report on the Hoosic River was made under the authority of the act of 1936 by the district and division engineers but the Chief of ...
... Colonel HALL . Yes , sir . The CHAIRMAN . What is the cost to the local interests ? Colonel HALL . The report on the Hoosic River was made under the authority of the act of 1936 by the district and division engineers but the Chief of ...
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... Colonel HALL . No , not thus far ; no , sir . The CHAIRMAN . Very well , proceed . Colonel HALL . There will be in the next item . On the South Branch of the Hoosic River , it is proposed to remove a portion of the Phoenix Dam , located ...
... Colonel HALL . No , not thus far ; no , sir . The CHAIRMAN . Very well , proceed . Colonel HALL . There will be in the next item . On the South Branch of the Hoosic River , it is proposed to remove a portion of the Phoenix Dam , located ...
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... Colonel HALL . Adams and North Adams . The CHAIRMAN . Now , Hoosic Falls is next . Colonel HALL . A plan involving wall - and - levee construction along the east bank of the Hoosic River is considered the most feasible protection of ...
... Colonel HALL . Adams and North Adams . The CHAIRMAN . Now , Hoosic Falls is next . Colonel HALL . A plan involving wall - and - levee construction along the east bank of the Hoosic River is considered the most feasible protection of ...
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... Colonel HALL . In the absence of further indications from Con- gress , it is my understanding that the department ... Colonel HALL . That is all . The CHAIRMAN . It would not apply to the bottom of the channel , of the stream itself ...
... Colonel HALL . In the absence of further indications from Con- gress , it is my understanding that the department ... Colonel HALL . That is all . The CHAIRMAN . It would not apply to the bottom of the channel , of the stream itself ...
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Page 554 - Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the following work of improvement is hereby adopted and authorized, to be prosecuted under the direction of the Secretary of War and the supervision of the Chief of Engineers...
Page 842 - California, is hereby authorized substantially in accordance with the plans contained in House Document Numbered 630, Seventy-sixth Congress, third session, with such modifications thereof as in the discretion of the Secretary of War and the Chief of Engineers may be advisable...
Page 43 - The CHAIRMAN.. Are there any questions by any members of the committee ? Mr.
Page 332 - June 28, 1938, approved the general comprehensive plan for flood control and other purposes in the upper Mississippi River Basin described in the Flood Control Committee Document No. 1, Seventy-fifth Congress, first session, with such modifications thereof as in the discretion of the Secretary of War and the Chief of Engineers may be advisable...
Page 758 - That penstocks or other similar facilities adapted to possible future use in the development of hydroelectric power shall be installed in any dam herein authorized when approved by the Secretary of War upon the recommendation of the Chief of Engineers and of the Federal Power Commission.
Page 514 - Chairman and gentlemen, the Board of Supervisors of the Los Angeles County Flood Control District has directed me to appear before this committee to report the flood control needs of our area for fiscal year 1967. At the outset of this statement, I should like to emphasize that we are...
Page 83 - Lycoming county, about twenty-five miles from the former, which is at the junction of the North and West Branches of the Susquehanna...
Page 657 - As thus defined the district is limited on the west by the Mississippi river and on the east by the towns, Belleville and Edwardsville.
Page 72 - The committee resumed its session at 2 o'clock pm, pursuant to the taking of recess. The CHAIRMAN. The committee will come to order.
Page 794 - That, hereafter, Federal investigations and improvements of rivers and other waterways for flood control and allied purposes shall be under the jurisdiction of and shall be prosecuted by the War Department under the direction of the Secretary of War and supervision of the Chief of Engineers...