Progress and Present Status of Flood Control on the Mississippi River and Its Tributaries: Hearings...1933 - 100 pages |
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... contemplated . There are present here engineers from down on the river who have been working under command of General Ferguson , who is the division engineer and president of the Mississippi River Commission , in charge of the work ...
... contemplated . There are present here engineers from down on the river who have been working under command of General Ferguson , who is the division engineer and president of the Mississippi River Commission , in charge of the work ...
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... contemplated . It is , as you see [ indicating ] , below the mouth of the Arkansas , which is the proper place for it , because the Arkansas has an im- mense watershed and it is subject to quick rises . That discharge , added to that of ...
... contemplated . It is , as you see [ indicating ] , below the mouth of the Arkansas , which is the proper place for it , because the Arkansas has an im- mense watershed and it is subject to quick rises . That discharge , added to that of ...
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... contemplated ? me . General BROWN . No , sir ; not without action of Congress ; not by Mr. BURKE . With reference to reservoirs controlling flood waters , is there any practical value in that ? Can that be carried out to any extent to ...
... contemplated ? me . General BROWN . No , sir ; not without action of Congress ; not by Mr. BURKE . With reference to reservoirs controlling flood waters , is there any practical value in that ? Can that be carried out to any extent to ...
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... contemplated the fact that if you were to purchase these lands that were between the levees and the river - that is , if you had to purchase those lands , would you have gone back that far ? General BROWN . Yes , sir ; I think we would ...
... contemplated the fact that if you were to purchase these lands that were between the levees and the river - that is , if you had to purchase those lands , would you have gone back that far ? General BROWN . Yes , sir ; I think we would ...
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... contemplated to be protected , by and large , are there not ? Those are the areas along the Gulf and the lower Mississippi River and the area between the levees south of Cairo . Those two areas are not included in the estimate of ...
... contemplated to be protected , by and large , are there not ? Those are the areas along the Gulf and the lower Mississippi River and the area between the levees south of Cairo . Those two areas are not included in the estimate of ...
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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.