Progress and Present Status of Flood Control on the Mississippi River and Its Tributaries: Hearings...1933 - 100 pages |
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... Major Somervell ; one at Vicksburg , Major Larkin ; and one at New Orleans , Colonel Hodges . There is also present an officer from my office , Colonel Graves , who has been connected with this work ever since the be- ginning , and who ...
... Major Somervell ; one at Vicksburg , Major Larkin ; and one at New Orleans , Colonel Hodges . There is also present an officer from my office , Colonel Graves , who has been connected with this work ever since the be- ginning , and who ...
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... Major Somervell here ? Major SOMERVELL . Yes , sir . STATEMENT OF MAJ . BREHON SOMERVELL , UNITED STATES DISTRICT ENGINEER , MEMPHIS , TENN . The CHAIRMAN . Proceed , major . Major SOMERVELL . The Memphis district embraces that part of ...
... Major Somervell here ? Major SOMERVELL . Yes , sir . STATEMENT OF MAJ . BREHON SOMERVELL , UNITED STATES DISTRICT ENGINEER , MEMPHIS , TENN . The CHAIRMAN . Proceed , major . Major SOMERVELL . The Memphis district embraces that part of ...
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... Major SOMERVELL . The levees could be completed within that pe- riod , yes , sir ; as far as the navigation work is concerned they should not be completed within that period . In other words , you cannot crowd the river too fast on ...
... Major SOMERVELL . The levees could be completed within that pe- riod , yes , sir ; as far as the navigation work is concerned they should not be completed within that period . In other words , you cannot crowd the river too fast on ...
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... Major SOMERVELL . On the left bank , north of Memphis ; I have it here by States . Will that do ? Mr. WHITTINGTON . Yes ; commence with Kentucky . Major SOMERVELL . Commencing with Kentucky , 17 percent com- plete . Illinois - I do not ...
... Major SOMERVELL . On the left bank , north of Memphis ; I have it here by States . Will that do ? Mr. WHITTINGTON . Yes ; commence with Kentucky . Major SOMERVELL . Commencing with Kentucky , 17 percent com- plete . Illinois - I do not ...
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... Major SOMERVELL . Yes , sir . Mr. WHITTINGTON . Now , what percentage of your revetments in the State of Mississippi have you completed ? Major SOMERVELL . I have that the same way we had the others , sir ; there were 54,735 lineal feet ...
... Major SOMERVELL . Yes , sir . Mr. WHITTINGTON . Now , what percentage of your revetments in the State of Mississippi have you completed ? Major SOMERVELL . I have that the same way we had the others , sir ; there were 54,735 lineal feet ...
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acquired adopted project Atcha Atchafalaya Basin Atchafalaya River back water backwater area bank protection Bayou Boeuf Bayou des Glaises bend Boeuf Basin Bonnet Carre spillway BROWN carry CHAIRMAN channel Chief of Engineers Colonel HODGES committee Congress contemplated contract cost cubic feet cut-off Cypress Creek DEAR Diamond Point district engineer drainage dredging estimate falaya Federal Government feet per second FERGUSON Flood Control Act flood height flood plane flood waters floodway furnished the rights gage guide levees Gulf increase indicating on map JACOBS Lake land levee board levee construction Levee District levee line Louisiana lower end LUNDEEN main levee main river Major LARKIN Major SOMERVELL MARTIN Memphis Mississippi River Commission Morgan City mouth Natchez old levee Old River Orleans outlet Pine Bluff protection levees Red River REID reimbursed reservoir revetment sand second-feet side Simmesport south bank tributaries valley Vicksburg Vicksburg district WHITTINGTON Yazoo
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Page 6 - If there are any questions that any member of the committee would like to ask, I will be glad to answer them.
Page 63 - ENGINEER OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA Mr. JACOBS. Mr. Chairman and members of the committee: The levee boards and the board of State engineers of Louisiana are very much impressed with the statements made here by General Brown and General Ferguson on the development of the problems of flood control and the execution of the adopted plan, insofar as it affects Louisiana, at the recent hearings...
Page 63 - The committee met at 10 am, Hon. Riley J. Wilson (chairman) presiding. The CHAIBMAN.