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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... reservoirs , and meet all damages because of such highway alterations , and have agreed also to furnish without cost to the United States all lands and easements necessary to the con- struction of levees and drainage ditches constructed ...
... reservoirs , and meet all damages because of such highway alterations , and have agreed also to furnish without cost to the United States all lands and easements necessary to the con- struction of levees and drainage ditches constructed ...
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... reservoir area : And provided further , That whenever expenditures for lands easements , and rights - of - way by States , political subdivisions thereof , or respon- sible local agencies for any individual project or useful part ...
... reservoir area : And provided further , That whenever expenditures for lands easements , and rights - of - way by States , political subdivisions thereof , or respon- sible local agencies for any individual project or useful part ...
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... reservoir there , so that the crevasse would occur off to the northwest and bring it down around it ? Brigadier General FERGUSON . Yes . Senator MILLER . That was what was expected to happen ? Brigadier General FERGUSON . Well , it ...
... reservoir there , so that the crevasse would occur off to the northwest and bring it down around it ? Brigadier General FERGUSON . Yes . Senator MILLER . That was what was expected to happen ? Brigadier General FERGUSON . Well , it ...
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... reservoirs propoesd in the Arkansas , White , and St. Francis Basins would render a substantial diversion in the middle section unnecessary ? Brigadier General FERGUSON . Our figures now indicate that a flood such as occurred in 1927 ...
... reservoirs propoesd in the Arkansas , White , and St. Francis Basins would render a substantial diversion in the middle section unnecessary ? Brigadier General FERGUSON . Our figures now indicate that a flood such as occurred in 1927 ...
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... reservoir ? Senator MILLER . Yes ; an outlet to the reservoir . Could that be done with safety to Mississippi and safety to the sections below by building the Morganza ? Brigadier General FERGUSON . It would bring slightly more water ...
... reservoir ? Senator MILLER . Yes ; an outlet to the reservoir . Could that be done with safety to Mississippi and safety to the sections below by building the Morganza ? Brigadier General FERGUSON . It would bring slightly more water ...
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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