Set-back Levees on the Mississippi River: Hearings... on H.R. 7349...1935 - 226 pages |
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... not having more definite data in the report , but we have it now . The lands , farms , homes and property involved ... paid by the States and local interests . However , the Flood Control Act of May 15 , 1928 , undertaking the execution ...
... not having more definite data in the report , but we have it now . The lands , farms , homes and property involved ... paid by the States and local interests . However , the Flood Control Act of May 15 , 1928 , undertaking the execution ...
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... not great , even it if should be 6 or 7 million dollars . Furthermore , in these extensive set - backs and changes ... amounts of money because of the loss of their property , the Government has saved many mil- lions of dollars . For ...
... not great , even it if should be 6 or 7 million dollars . Furthermore , in these extensive set - backs and changes ... amounts of money because of the loss of their property , the Government has saved many mil- lions of dollars . For ...
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... not see how there is any legal construction to the effect that the local interests should pay for it . They have had to pay for the levee foundations , and since the passage of the act they have spent $ 41,000,000 for that purpose . It ...
... not see how there is any legal construction to the effect that the local interests should pay for it . They have had to pay for the levee foundations , and since the passage of the act they have spent $ 41,000,000 for that purpose . It ...
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... not now undertaking to criticize them ; I am giving you the picture , because they are doing the very best work they ... paid to fully com- pensate the landowner and for the construction of the setback levee . Those are not all the ...
... not now undertaking to criticize them ; I am giving you the picture , because they are doing the very best work they ... paid to fully com- pensate the landowner and for the construction of the setback levee . Those are not all the ...
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... amount given us by the Chief of Engineers , were required in that district alone to expend and obligate themselves for ... not require any additional authorization or appropriation , but will pay those owners down there for land required ...
... amount given us by the Chief of Engineers , were required in that district alone to expend and obligate themselves for ... not require any additional authorization or appropriation , but will pay those owners down there for land required ...
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100 percent acres Amount taken Assessed Amounts not paid Arkansas Atchafalaya Basin Levee Bank Basin Levee District Baton Rouge Bayou bill Black River built under Flood CHAIRMAN Charles Church committee construction material_ Contract construction of United contract executed cost of project County district for construction drainage Engineering farm Flood Control Act going Government Gravel Highway Levee Highway Improve inclusive Interest JACOBS James John Joseph Lake Landside toe length levee board Levee Highway Levee levee highway project levees built Louisiana Mary ments actu miles miscellaneous expenses Mississippi River old levee Owner paid by Atchafalaya paid to date Parish PARISH-Continued plantation Point Pontchartrain Levee District Price per ments RICH right-of-way acquired Right-of-way and miscellaneous Square statement supervision surveys Tabulation of right-of-way taken Assessed value Total amount Total assessed Total cost Total taken United States levees value of land WHITTINGTON WOLFE
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Page 206 - District is composed of the parishes of East Carroll, Madison, Tensas, and Concordia.
Page 33 - 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 204 - ... accountability, it would transfer the responsibility for the administration of the Tennessee Valley Authority Act from its Board of Directors appointed by the President for that purpose to the General Accounting Office in Washington. The CHAIRMAN. The committee will meet at 3 o'clock this afternoon. (Whereupon the committee recessed until 3 pm of the same day.) AFTER RECESS (The committee reassembled at 3 pm, pursuant to recess.) The CHAIRMAN. The committee will please be in order. I believe...
Page 10 - ... is worthy of your consideration. I am not asking for an increase in the appropriation. It is just a matter of getting the most for the money that you are going to spend. I thank you, gentlemen. Mr. WOODRUM. Thank you, Mr. McClellan. THURSDAY MAY 6, 1937. RELIEF APPROPRIATION Mr. WOODRUM. Mr. Lasser, if you desire to make a statement, we will be very glad to year you at this time. STATEMENT OF DAVID IASSER, REPRESENTING THE WORKERS' ALLIANCE OF AMERICA Mr. LASSER. Mr. Chairman and gentlemen of...