Progress and Present Status of Flood Control on the Mississippi River and Its Tributaries: Hearings...1933 - 100 pages |
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... carry it on down , there will not be any necessity for putting so much water down this way through the Boeuf [ indi- cating ] in an emergency . It is possible that this flood water can be made lower and save more land . But the people ...
... carry it on down , there will not be any necessity for putting so much water down this way through the Boeuf [ indi- cating ] in an emergency . It is possible that this flood water can be made lower and save more land . But the people ...
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... carried out to any extent to control flood waters ? General BROWN . Since 1927 we have conducted a reservoir survey ... carry- ing capacity of the main river was impeded by that silt that had been sent down there . Now , has there been ...
... carried out to any extent to control flood waters ? General BROWN . Since 1927 we have conducted a reservoir survey ... carry- ing capacity of the main river was impeded by that silt that had been sent down there . Now , has there been ...
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... carrying on experimental dredging there with a view to getting a better channel , and a straighter one all the way ... carry off the overflow , no matter how heavy the flood ? General BROWN . Yes ; if the flood got to a point where it ...
... carrying on experimental dredging there with a view to getting a better channel , and a straighter one all the way ... carry off the overflow , no matter how heavy the flood ? General BROWN . Yes ; if the flood got to a point where it ...
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... carried the provision that the money should be expended for this drainage work , so possibly that may have relieved the situation a little . Mr. SCHAEFER . I think that was true of Mississippi , but not of Arkansas . Mr. CHASE . Not in ...
... carried the provision that the money should be expended for this drainage work , so possibly that may have relieved the situation a little . Mr. SCHAEFER . I think that was true of Mississippi , but not of Arkansas . Mr. CHASE . Not in ...
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... carrying capacity of the river that would be a further aid to navigation , would it not ? General BROWN . Yes , sir ; you might consider it so . The CHAIRMAN . Maintaining a more uniform channel all the year round ? General BROWN . Yes ...
... carrying capacity of the river that would be a further aid to navigation , would it not ? General BROWN . Yes , sir ; you might consider it so . The CHAIRMAN . Maintaining a more uniform channel all the year round ? General BROWN . Yes ...
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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.