Set-back Levees on the Mississippi River: Hearings... on H.R. 7349...1935 - 226 pages |
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... RIVER TUESDAY , APRIL 30 , 1935 HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES , COMMITTEE ON FLOOD CONTROL , Washington , D. C. The Committee ... black line [ indicating ] , as you know . Our open land is along the front . There are about 2,000 acres of open ...
... RIVER TUESDAY , APRIL 30 , 1935 HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES , COMMITTEE ON FLOOD CONTROL , Washington , D. C. The Committee ... black line [ indicating ] , as you know . Our open land is along the front . There are about 2,000 acres of open ...
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... Black Hawk , new levee . Point Breeze , new levee . Vidalia Point , new levee ( 1934 ) . Union Point - Shaw , new levee and United 29.80 29.80 17.20 17.20 666. 28 103. 20 666. 28 556. 53 103. 20 271.56 228.47 43.09 6 , 602. 41 21,020.00 ...
... Black Hawk , new levee . Point Breeze , new levee . Vidalia Point , new levee ( 1934 ) . Union Point - Shaw , new levee and United 29.80 29.80 17.20 17.20 666. 28 103. 20 666. 28 556. 53 103. 20 271.56 228.47 43.09 6 , 602. 41 21,020.00 ...
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... Black Hawk Levee ( 1928-29 ) . Total . 29.80 29.80 666.28 666.28 556.23 unknown ..... 17.20 17.20 103.20 103.20 ( 2 ) ... River edge toe of new levee to levee to of pit to landside toe of old levee river edge of pit land toe of old levee ...
... Black Hawk Levee ( 1928-29 ) . Total . 29.80 29.80 666.28 666.28 556.23 unknown ..... 17.20 17.20 103.20 103.20 ( 2 ) ... River edge toe of new levee to levee to of pit to landside toe of old levee river edge of pit land toe of old levee ...
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... black the work that has been done on the west bank . That levee line extends down to Point Breeze . On the south , the Old River , on the Mississippi River at this point , on the old river to the Gulf we have levee lines on both sides of ...
... black the work that has been done on the west bank . That levee line extends down to Point Breeze . On the south , the Old River , on the Mississippi River at this point , on the old river to the Gulf we have levee lines on both sides of ...
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... Black River , a basin about 200 miles in length , which is known to your committee as the White River Valley and its tributaries . We know that White River and its problems of flood control have been be- fore this committee in previous ...
... Black River , a basin about 200 miles in length , which is known to your committee as the White River Valley and its tributaries . We know that White River and its problems of flood control have been be- fore this committee in previous ...
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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...