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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... passing of such amendment be brought to the attention of the President of the United States . JAMES L. MCCARTHY , Secretary of Meeting . I hereby certify that the above is a true and correct copy of a resolution unan- imously adopted at ...
... passing of such amendment be brought to the attention of the President of the United States . JAMES L. MCCARTHY , Secretary of Meeting . I hereby certify that the above is a true and correct copy of a resolution unan- imously adopted at ...
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... passed and work is begun on the Morganza floodway , no harm can come thereby to the State of Mississippi , but a great good can be accomplished for the State of Louisiana . The Morganza floodway will afford an auxiliary channel to the ...
... passed and work is begun on the Morganza floodway , no harm can come thereby to the State of Mississippi , but a great good can be accomplished for the State of Louisiana . The Morganza floodway will afford an auxiliary channel to the ...
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... passed on finally in that respect . They have been examined in a more cursory manner than that , and most of them appear to be fair in value . Senator OVERTON . Do you believe that of the options already secured there will be at least ...
... passed on finally in that respect . They have been examined in a more cursory manner than that , and most of them appear to be fair in value . Senator OVERTON . Do you believe that of the options already secured there will be at least ...
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... passing down the Mississippi only enough for its capacity - no more than its capacity . Senator OVERTON . It is a fact , is it not , that the water to be di- verted from the Mississippi through the Morganza floodway will be permanently ...
... passing down the Mississippi only enough for its capacity - no more than its capacity . Senator OVERTON . It is a fact , is it not , that the water to be di- verted from the Mississippi through the Morganza floodway will be permanently ...
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... passed down below the mouth of the Arkansas River down to the Morganza ? Brigadier General FERGUSON . No , sir . Senator MILLER . Why ? Brigadier General FERGUSON . A large proportion of that would be absorbed in the valley storage ...
... passed down below the mouth of the Arkansas River down to the Morganza ? Brigadier General FERGUSON . No , sir . Senator MILLER . Why ? Brigadier General FERGUSON . A large proportion of that would be absorbed in the valley storage ...
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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