Mississippi River Flood Control, Morganza Floodway: Hearings Before the United States Senate Committee on Commerce, Seventy- Fifth Congress, Third Session, on Mar. 28-30, 1938Considers (74) S. 3531, (75) S. 3354. |
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... lower Mississippi Valley . The sole purpose of the bill is to give the green light to the construction of what is know as the Morganza floodway . In order that the members of the subcommittee may have a better conception of these two ...
... lower Mississippi Valley . The sole purpose of the bill is to give the green light to the construction of what is know as the Morganza floodway . In order that the members of the subcommittee may have a better conception of these two ...
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... lower Mississippi Valley , and that is the Morganza floodway . The Army engineers are ready to proceed with the construction of the Morganza . The landowners are willing to proceed with the construction of the Morganza . Everybody is ...
... lower Mississippi Valley , and that is the Morganza floodway . The Army engineers are ready to proceed with the construction of the Morganza . The landowners are willing to proceed with the construction of the Morganza . Everybody is ...
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... lower Mississippi Valley . I want it understood that I am not trying to alter the law , insofar as the Eudora is concerned . I know that people in the Yazoo Valley are interested in the construction of the Eudora floodway . My bill does ...
... lower Mississippi Valley . I want it understood that I am not trying to alter the law , insofar as the Eudora is concerned . I know that people in the Yazoo Valley are interested in the construction of the Eudora floodway . My bill does ...
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... lower flood heights and to be extremely beneficial to the State of Mississippi , as well as to the State of Louisiana ; and Whereas it is known to the Federal engineers in charge , as well as to State engineers in both Mississippi and ...
... lower flood heights and to be extremely beneficial to the State of Mississippi , as well as to the State of Louisiana ; and Whereas it is known to the Federal engineers in charge , as well as to State engineers in both Mississippi and ...
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... lower Mississippi Valley . Major General SCHLEY . Yes , sir . It is and has been considered so for a number of years . The river below that point is not capable of carrying the amount of water which reaches that point , and it is one of ...
... lower Mississippi Valley . Major General SCHLEY . Yes , sir . It is and has been considered so for a number of years . The river below that point is not capable of carrying the amount of water which reaches that point , and it is one of ...
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75 percent acres ALLEN alluvial valley Angola Arkansas City Arkansas River Atchafalaya Basin Atchafalaya River authorized back protection levee Baton Rouge Bonnet Carre Brigadier General FERGUSON built capacity carry Chairman Chief of Engineers committee condemnation Congress construction cubic feet cut-offs Delta diversion easements Eudora floodway Eudora spillway feet per second flowage easements flowage rights freeboard fuse fuseplug levee gage give Government Governor LECHE grade and section GRUBS HAMLEY HEBERT JACOBS KLORER land levee board levee district Louisiana Louisiana line Major General SCHLEY middle section miles Mississippi River Commission Morganza floodway Morganza spillway Natchez necessary Orleans Overton Act Overton bill plug Pointe Coupee Parish police jury problem question Red River Representative WHITTINGTON reservoirs rights-of-way Senator BILBO Senator MILLER Senator OVERTON Senator OVERTON presiding Senator SHEPPARD side statement SUMMERLIN superflood tion Total number Total value United Vicksburg West Atchafalaya