Public Works Appropriations for 1957: Testimony of Members of Congress, Interested Organizations, and Individuals. Hearings Before the Subcommittee of the Committee on Appropriations, House of Representatives, Eighty-fourth Congress, Second Session, Part 1U.S. Government Printing Office, 1956 - Public works |
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... , by the board . of directors of the Maui Chamber of Commerce strongly endorsing for your favorable consideration these two items to which I have previously referred . ( The material referred to follows :) RESOLUTION Whereas the 8.
... , by the board . of directors of the Maui Chamber of Commerce strongly endorsing for your favorable consideration these two items to which I have previously referred . ( The material referred to follows :) RESOLUTION Whereas the 8.
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... follows :) RESOLUTION Whereas the breakwaters protecting the Kahului Harbor , situated on the Is- land of Maui , T. H. , suffered untold damages because of the violent pounding of surfs on March 5 , 1954 ; and Whereas the existing ...
... follows :) RESOLUTION Whereas the breakwaters protecting the Kahului Harbor , situated on the Is- land of Maui , T. H. , suffered untold damages because of the violent pounding of surfs on March 5 , 1954 ; and Whereas the existing ...
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... follows :) Hon . WILBUR D. MILLS , House of Representatives , Washington 25 , D. C. MARCH 1 , 1956 . DEAR MR . MILLS : Thank you for your letter of February 23 , 1956 , with respect to the Greers Ferry projects on the Little Red River ...
... follows :) Hon . WILBUR D. MILLS , House of Representatives , Washington 25 , D. C. MARCH 1 , 1956 . DEAR MR . MILLS : Thank you for your letter of February 23 , 1956 , with respect to the Greers Ferry projects on the Little Red River ...
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... follows : 4.81 percent , 1948 ; 7.89 percent , 1949 ; 16.13 percent , 1950 ; 17.33 percent , 1951 ; 21.69 percent , 1952 ; 27.82 percent , 1953 ; and 29.15 percent , 1954. Had I used 1940 as the base the percentage of loss would exceed ...
... follows : 4.81 percent , 1948 ; 7.89 percent , 1949 ; 16.13 percent , 1950 ; 17.33 percent , 1951 ; 21.69 percent , 1952 ; 27.82 percent , 1953 ; and 29.15 percent , 1954. Had I used 1940 as the base the percentage of loss would exceed ...
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... follows : " This project will be located on the Calapooya River , 49.7 miles above the mouth of that stream . The dam will be an earth and gravel - fill type embankment 4,700 feet long with a maxi- mum height of 160 feet from foundation ...
... follows : " This project will be located on the Calapooya River , 49.7 miles above the mouth of that stream . The dam will be an earth and gravel - fill type embankment 4,700 feet long with a maxi- mum height of 160 feet from foundation ...
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Page 93 - ... the Federal Government should improve or participate in the improvement of navigable waters or their tributaries, including watersheds thereof, for flood control purposes if the benefits to whomsoever they may accrue are in excess of the estimated costs, and if the lives and social security of people are otherwise adversely affected.
Page 93 - Congress that flood control on navigable waters or their tributaries is a proper activity of the Federal Government in cooperation with States, their political subdivisions, and localities thereof...
Page 633 - Board so acts, do hereby certify that the foregoing is a full, true and correct copy of a resolution adopted on January 26, 1965 by the Board of Supervisors of the County of Los Angeles...
Page 94 - 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...
Page 183 - Resolved by the Committee on Rivers and Harbors of the House of Representatives, United States, that the Board of Engineers for Rivers and Harbors created under section 3 of the River and Harbor Act, approved June 13...
Page 190 - Government agencies in the creation of the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway system, a complex of navigation facilities which has come to be regarded as the most remarkable artery of transportation in America. It has achieved by far the highest ratio of benefits to costs of any waterway In the nation -- or of any other form of transportation.
Page 242 - Reservoirs; subject to the condition that for each local flood protection project, no expenditures will be made until local interests give assurances satisfactory to the Secretary of the Army that they will: (a) provide without cost to the United States all lands, easements, and rights-of-way necessary for the construction of the project; (b) hold and save the United States free from damages...
Page 168 - I do not think I can add anything to what has already been said.
Page 178 - The bill was reported out favorably and in 1950 was passed by both Houses of Congress and signed by the President. This act of...
Page 579 - Mr. Chairman, I appreciate very much this opportunity to appear before your committee in behalf of flood control and other public works projects in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.