Progress and Present Status of Flood Control on the Mississippi River and Its Tributaries: Hearings...1933 - 100 pages |
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... questions that any member of the committee would like to ask , I will be glad to answer them . Mr. CLAIBORNE . What is the extent of that area you have just indicated ? General BROWN . That is about 1,400,000 acres . Mr. CLAIBORNE . How ...
... questions that any member of the committee would like to ask , I will be glad to answer them . Mr. CLAIBORNE . What is the extent of that area you have just indicated ? General BROWN . That is about 1,400,000 acres . Mr. CLAIBORNE . How ...
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... questions of the witnesses . I suggest that pro- cedure in order that we may get through a quickly as possible . Now , General , there is one question I want to ask you on the main features of the project : The undisputed features that ...
... questions of the witnesses . I suggest that pro- cedure in order that we may get through a quickly as possible . Now , General , there is one question I want to ask you on the main features of the project : The undisputed features that ...
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... question ; I could not say that they would be useless , but they may be impaired in certain places , and something ... questions . What is the waterfall from the red point on the Atchafalaya River to the Gulf ? General BROWN . About 55 ...
... question ; I could not say that they would be useless , but they may be impaired in certain places , and something ... questions . What is the waterfall from the red point on the Atchafalaya River to the Gulf ? General BROWN . About 55 ...
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... question propounded by the gentleman from Minnesota , Mr. Chase , respecting the grant of swamp lands , permit me to say that the same condition obtained in connection with the granting of swamp lands in Arkansas and Mississippi , in ...
... question propounded by the gentleman from Minnesota , Mr. Chase , respecting the grant of swamp lands , permit me to say that the same condition obtained in connection with the granting of swamp lands in Arkansas and Mississippi , in ...
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... question of navigation , Gen- eral , if there is any improvement that increases the 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 ...
... question of navigation , Gen- eral , if there is any improvement that increases the 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 ...
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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.