Progress and Present Status of Flood Control on the Mississippi River and Its Tributaries: Hearings...1933 - 100 pages |
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... 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 . It is a very easy matter to say that if you ...
... 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 . It is a very easy matter to say that if you ...
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... further outlined the work that had been done in construction of the project , but I do not recall whether you made any reference to any work that had been begun or prosecuted for the guide levees in the Boeuf Basin . You did refer to ...
... further outlined the work that had been done in construction of the project , but I do not recall whether you made any reference to any work that had been begun or prosecuted for the guide levees in the Boeuf Basin . You did refer to ...
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... further studies you are going to be able to tell this committee and the Congress whether or not it is necessary to condemn that 1,400,000 acres or whether guide levees can be constructed , brought closer together ? General BROWN . Yes ...
... further studies you are going to be able to tell this committee and the Congress whether or not it is necessary to condemn that 1,400,000 acres or whether guide levees can be constructed , brought closer together ? General BROWN . Yes ...
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... further questions ? If not , before we proceed with General Fergu- son , I should like to extend to General Brown the thanks of this committee for appearing before us today and giving us this infor- mation . We will now hear General ...
... further questions ? If not , before we proceed with General Fergu- son , I should like to extend to General Brown the thanks of this committee for appearing before us today and giving us this infor- mation . We will now hear General ...
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... further a more rapid discharge through the Atchafalaya , what effect would that have on the backwater in the lower end of the Tensas Basin ? General FERGUSON . It will not increase it , and will undoubtedly decrease it . Just the amount ...
... further a more rapid discharge through the Atchafalaya , what effect would that have on the backwater in the lower end of the Tensas Basin ? General FERGUSON . It will not increase it , and will undoubtedly decrease it . Just the amount ...
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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.