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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... miles . Included in the structures of the district are 6 major diversion dams , 800 miles of irrigation canals and laterals , 350 miles of interior and riverside drains , over 200 miles of levees , and El Vado Dam and Reservoir . There ...
... miles . Included in the structures of the district are 6 major diversion dams , 800 miles of irrigation canals and laterals , 350 miles of interior and riverside drains , over 200 miles of levees , and El Vado Dam and Reservoir . There ...
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... miles below the first railroad bridge , a distance of 2 miles , widened at the entrance . The present estimated Federal cost is $ 54,000 . Local 57 ARMY CIVIL FUNCTIONS, OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE ...
... miles below the first railroad bridge , a distance of 2 miles , widened at the entrance . The present estimated Federal cost is $ 54,000 . Local 57 ARMY CIVIL FUNCTIONS, OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE ...
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... miles above its confluence with the Columbia River and approximately 12 miles east of Pasco , Wash . It is being constructed in the interest of power development and navigation . It will provide slack - water navigation over the lower 140 ...
... miles above its confluence with the Columbia River and approximately 12 miles east of Pasco , Wash . It is being constructed in the interest of power development and navigation . It will provide slack - water navigation over the lower 140 ...
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... miles upstream from Umatilla , Oreg . The construction of this project was begun in April 1947 , and is now about 96 percent complete . The budget request for fiscal year 1957 is $ 6 million . The project is an essential unit in the ...
... miles upstream from Umatilla , Oreg . The construction of this project was begun in April 1947 , and is now about 96 percent complete . The budget request for fiscal year 1957 is $ 6 million . The project is an essential unit in the ...
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... miles , is located in the Osage County Soil Conservation District - above the pro- posed Pomona Dam . This is one of the USDA pilot watershed projects . Two of the five detention dams planned for this watershed have been completed and ...
... miles , is located in the Osage County Soil Conservation District - above the pro- posed Pomona Dam . This is one of the USDA pilot watershed projects . Two of the five detention dams planned for this watershed have been completed and ...
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$1 million acre-feet acres additional agricultural Amite River amount Angelina River annual appropriation approved approximately Arkansas River Army engineers Association authorized Bayou benefits budget Bureau of Reclamation California canal Chairman Chamber of Commerce channel Chief of Engineers Columbia River committee completed Congressman conservation construction Corps of Engineers cost County Creek damage drainage dredging economic estimated facilities Federal Government feet fiscal year 1957 fish flood-control project funds gentlemen harbor improvements included increased industrial interest JENSEN Kansas Kaweah River Ketchikan KIRWAN land levees located Louisiana MAGNUSON McGee Bend Dam miles Mississippi River Missouri navigation Oklahoma operation Ouachita River percent planning port present president proposed recommended Red River request respectfully Rio Grande compact River Basin Sacramento Sacramento River Senator statement Terminus Dam Texas Thank tion tributaries Tule River United United States Army urge Waterway Whereas
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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.