Flood Control in the Mississippi Valley: Hearings Before the Committee on Flood Control, House of Representatives, Seventy-fourth Congress, First Session, on a Plan to Modify and Extend the Project for Flood Control and Improvement of the Mississippi River Authorized by the Flood Control Act of 1928. April 1 to 13, 1935 |
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... necessary to avoid floods and disasters , something like 122 to 13 percent of that amount of money has already been expended , or is committed , for these reservoirs . There are many others that are on the pan right now , all of which ...
... necessary to avoid floods and disasters , something like 122 to 13 percent of that amount of money has already been expended , or is committed , for these reservoirs . There are many others that are on the pan right now , all of which ...
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... necessary reimbursement for that floodage . The CHAIRMAN . If a further study of the situation should develop that it would be twice the assessed value , of course if that would be fair , that would be acceptable ? General MARKHAM . For ...
... necessary reimbursement for that floodage . The CHAIRMAN . If a further study of the situation should develop that it would be twice the assessed value , of course if that would be fair , that would be acceptable ? General MARKHAM . For ...
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... necessary to take out only about 400,000 or 500,000 second - feet . The rest of the water would continue to flow in the main river . General MARKHAM . In addition , the hydraulic efficiency of the Atchafalaya is under constant increase ...
... necessary to take out only about 400,000 or 500,000 second - feet . The rest of the water would continue to flow in the main river . General MARKHAM . In addition , the hydraulic efficiency of the Atchafalaya is under constant increase ...
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... necessary to have that floodway under the present conditions ? General MARKHAM . We feel it to be absolutely necessary to take a million feet out of that river to the west . The CHAIRMAN . That is , if you have a superflood ? General ...
... necessary to have that floodway under the present conditions ? General MARKHAM . We feel it to be absolutely necessary to take a million feet out of that river to the west . The CHAIRMAN . That is , if you have a superflood ? General ...
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... necessary for the pro- tection of the valley . Mr. SANDERS . I know , but that is not necessarily limited to super- flood , is it ? 7 General MARKHAM . We think that your fuseplug to the west of the Atchafalaya will act about as the ...
... necessary for the pro- tection of the valley . Mr. SANDERS . I know , but that is not necessarily limited to super- flood , is it ? 7 General MARKHAM . We think that your fuseplug to the west of the Atchafalaya will act about as the ...
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1928 tabulation acres amount Arkansas City Arkansas River Army engineers assessed value Atchafalaya Basin Atchafalaya River backwater area Bayou Boeuf Basin Boeuf floodway bonds issued bonds paid bonds unpaid build CHAIRMAN Chief of Engineers committee Congress construction cost County crevasse cut-offs DEAR drainage bonds Drainage District East Carroll East Carroll Parish Eudora floodway feet FERGUSON Flood Control Act flood heights flood waters flowage rights Francis River fuseplug levee gage GILLISON Government grade and section guide levee highway improvements JACOBS Jadwin plan KLORER land levee board Levee District Lieutenant Colonel HODGES Louisiana Major HOGE Major OLIVER Markham plan MCCLELLAN miles Mississippi River Commission Missouri Morehouse Parish Morganza Morganza spillway overflow Parish PHARR proposed protection question railroad RANSDELL recommendation reservoirs SANDERS second-feet statement superflood Tensas Tensas Parish tion Total tributaries United valley Vicksburg WHITTINGTON WILLIAMSON Yazoo River ZIMMERMAN
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Page 744 - I hereby certify that the above and foregoing is a true and correct copy of a resolution passed by the board of directors of the Tallulah State Bank & Trust Co.
Page 33 - War that they will (a) maintain all flood-control works after their completion, except controlling and regulating spillway structures, including special relief levees; maintenance includes normally such matters as cutting grass, removal of weeds, local drainage, and minor repairs of main river levees...
Page 801 - I want to thank you, Mr. Chairman and gentlemen of the committee, for scheduling this hearing.
Page 566 - That the sum of $5,000,000 is authorized to be appropriated as an emergency fund to be allotted by the Secretary of War on the recommendation of the Chief of Engineers, in rescue work or in the repair or maintenance of any flood-control work on any tributaries of the Mississippi River threatened or destroyed by flood including the flood of 1927.
Page 270 - ... a tax sufficient to pay for said property so taken, not to exceed one-fourth of one mill on the dollar...
Page 210 - I do not want to take up the time of the committee but I am very much interested.
Page 253 - Authority, certify that the foregoing is a true and correct copy of the resolution adopted by the board of directors for Brazos River Authority at the regular meeting on October 16, 1956, held in Mineral Wells, Tex.
Page 22 - River it is impracticable to construct levees, either because such construction is not economically justified or because such construction would unreasonably restrict the flood channel, and lands in such stretch of the river are subjected to overflow and damage which are not now overflowed or damaged by reason of the construction of levees on the opposite banks of the river...
Page 25 - River for protection against the floods of that river; in view of the extent of National concern in the control of these floods in the interests of national prosperity, the flow of interstate commerce, and the movement of the United States mails; and, in view of the gigantic scale of the project, involving flood waters of a volume and flowing from a drainage area largely outside the States most affected, and far exceeding those of any other river in the United States, no local contribution to the...
Page 340 - Mr. Chairman, and gentlemen of the committee. First I would like to express my...