United States Congressional Serial Set, Issue 10503U.S. Government Printing Office, 1940 - United States Reports, Documents, and Journals of the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives. |
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... railroad tracks within the city . Based upon available data and information , flood damages in the areas for which plans of protection have been developed are estimated to average $ 1,884,000 annually . The only local improve- ments for ...
... railroad tracks within the city . Based upon available data and information , flood damages in the areas for which plans of protection have been developed are estimated to average $ 1,884,000 annually . The only local improve- ments for ...
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... railroad and street modifications . The levees and walls are designed to protect against the maximum flood of record with a freeboard of 5 feet . The proposed works , in combination with reservoir construction now in progress or ...
... railroad and street modifications . The levees and walls are designed to protect against the maximum flood of record with a freeboard of 5 feet . The proposed works , in combination with reservoir construction now in progress or ...
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... Railroad . Southern Ry .. 1917 1890 Mar. 30 , 19183 1 Down . Up . Plans approved by the War Department for rebuilding , modifying , and repairing existing structure . No material changes to existing bridges crossing the Tennessee River ...
... Railroad . Southern Ry .. 1917 1890 Mar. 30 , 19183 1 Down . Up . Plans approved by the War Department for rebuilding , modifying , and repairing existing structure . No material changes to existing bridges crossing the Tennessee River ...
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... railroads , and other channels of commerce between the States , consti- tute a menace to national welfare ; that it is the sense of Congress that flood control on navigable waters or their tributaries is a proper activity of the Federal ...
... railroads , and other channels of commerce between the States , consti- tute a menace to national welfare ; that it is the sense of Congress that flood control on navigable waters or their tributaries is a proper activity of the Federal ...
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... railroad tracks within the city limits . 53. Loss of life . - No official vital statistics covering the loss of life directly due to floods at Chattanooga are available . However , news items contained in contemporary newspapers ...
... railroad tracks within the city limits . 53. Loss of life . - No official vital statistics covering the loss of life directly due to floods at Chattanooga are available . However , news items contained in contemporary newspapers ...
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Page 3 - Resolved by the Committee on Public Works of the United States Senate, That the Board of Engineers for Rivers and Harbors, created under section 3 of the River and Harbor Act, approved June 13, 1902, be and is hereby requested to review the report of the Chief of Engineers on the Ouachita River and tributaries, Arkansas and Louisiana, submitted as Senate Document No.
Page 2 - March 2, l945, is subject to the conditions that local interests furnish, free of cost to the United States. all lands. easements. and rights-of-way and spoil-disposal areas for the initial work and for subsequent maintenance when and as required, and hold and save the United States free from claims for damages resulting from the improvement.
Page 2 - War that they will provide and maintain suitable terminal facilities open to all on equal terms. 3. After due consideration of these reports. I concur in the views and recommendations of the Board.
Page 2 - 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 2 - Act shall be expended on the construction of any project until States, political subdivisions thereof, or other responsible local agencies have given assurances satisfactory to the Secretary of War 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...
Page 6 - Tenn., a distance of about 650 miles, to be obtained by the construction of low dams; provided, that under the provisions of the Federal Water Power Act a high dam with locks may be substituted .for any two or more of the low dams and built by private interests, States, or municipalities ; and provided further, that in case high dams are built before the United States shall have built the projected locks and low dams which are to be replaced, the United States shall contribute to the cost of the...
Page 16 - ... 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...
Page 4 - Pond, subject to the provisions that local interests furnish free of cost to the United States all lands, easements, and rights-of-way and spoil-disposal areas for the initial work and for subsequent maintenance as required: hold and save the United States free from claims for damages resulting from the improvement...
Page 24 - The act which adopted the project imposed the conditions that local interests furnish, free of cost to the United States, all lands, easements, rights-of-way? and spoil disposal areas for the initial work and for subsequent maintenance, when and as required...
Page 4 - The Secretary of War is hereby authorized and directed to cause preliminary examinations and surveys to be made at the following-named localities...