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... consideration , because the whole project can be tied up . It is not a partial project . The problem is one that can be eliminated forever . It is not took big a project to contemplate as one job . It is not a long river , and it is ...
... consideration , because the whole project can be tied up . It is not a partial project . The problem is one that can be eliminated forever . It is not took big a project to contemplate as one job . It is not a long river , and it is ...
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... consideration . The CHAIRMAN . We are glad to have your statement . Are there any other witnesses , Mr. Treadway ? Mr. TREADWAY . Yes ; one more witness , Mr. Ralph A. Smith , chief engineer of the Holyoke Water Power Co. STATEMENT OF ...
... consideration . The CHAIRMAN . We are glad to have your statement . Are there any other witnesses , Mr. Treadway ? Mr. TREADWAY . Yes ; one more witness , Mr. Ralph A. Smith , chief engineer of the Holyoke Water Power Co. STATEMENT OF ...
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... consideration here reports cov- ering three projects , being the whole of the Hoosic River , and the report of East Hartford , a small project there , reports for increased authorization on the six cities for which we authorized approxi ...
... consideration here reports cov- ering three projects , being the whole of the Hoosic River , and the report of East Hartford , a small project there , reports for increased authorization on the six cities for which we authorized approxi ...
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... . Lieutenant Colonel ROBB . H. L. Robb , lieutenant colonel , Engi- neers , acting district engineer , Baltimore , Md . The CHAIRMAN . We have under consideration what is called 78 COMPREHENSIVE FLOOD - CONTROL PLANS.
... . Lieutenant Colonel ROBB . H. L. Robb , lieutenant colonel , Engi- neers , acting district engineer , Baltimore , Md . The CHAIRMAN . We have under consideration what is called 78 COMPREHENSIVE FLOOD - CONTROL PLANS.
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... consideration what is called the Sunbury project on the Susquehanna River in Pennsylvania . You are the district engineer in charge ? Lieutenant Colonel ROBB . I am the acting district engineer in charge ; yes , sir . The CHAIRMAN . You ...
... consideration what is called the Sunbury project on the Susquehanna River in Pennsylvania . You are the district engineer in charge ? Lieutenant Colonel ROBB . I am the acting district engineer in charge ; yes , sir . The CHAIRMAN . You ...
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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...