Set-back Levees on the Mississippi River: Hearings... on H.R. 7349... |
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Now , what is the total cost ? In an approximate estimate given by Gen. Lytle Brown , the Chief of Engineers , it would be about $ 4,000,000 , and the figure is still around that amount . Every agency of the Government , National and ...
Now , what is the total cost ? In an approximate estimate given by Gen. Lytle Brown , the Chief of Engineers , it would be about $ 4,000,000 , and the figure is still around that amount . Every agency of the Government , National and ...
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It only cost $ 1,300,000 to build the set- back levee , and , deducting this from the total cost of the front - line levee , it shows a saving of $ 9,200,000 on this one levee alone . With such a saving , we feel that they ought to have ...
It only cost $ 1,300,000 to build the set- back levee , and , deducting this from the total cost of the front - line levee , it shows a saving of $ 9,200,000 on this one levee alone . With such a saving , we feel that they ought to have ...
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... Glaises levee that cost $ 300,000 , that would be different , but they won't do that . ... the levee district , the amount still to be paid by the levee district , and the total obligation of the levee district under the State law .
... Glaises levee that cost $ 300,000 , that would be different , but they won't do that . ... the levee district , the amount still to be paid by the levee district , and the total obligation of the levee district under the State law .
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320.00 16.00 936.20 936.20 S. Millet ( cost of land to C. L. 3.53 ... CHARLES PARISH - Continued પરી Tack genjer ( 1830-21 ) Total assessed Improve- Amount taken Assessed value of land Price per ments actu- Total taken Total amount ...
320.00 16.00 936.20 936.20 S. Millet ( cost of land to C. L. 3.53 ... CHARLES PARISH - Continued પરી Tack genjer ( 1830-21 ) Total assessed Improve- Amount taken Assessed value of land Price per ments actu- Total taken Total amount ...
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S. Millet ( cost of land to C. L. 3.53 acres . 226.97 64.30 500.00 3.35 acres . 0.18 acre . ... Total .. U. S. Ormond New Levee ( 1932- Tabulation of right - of - way acquired by Pontchartrain. 60.00 351.60 25.80 877.40 877.40 3.55 ...
S. Millet ( cost of land to C. L. 3.53 acres . 226.97 64.30 500.00 3.35 acres . 0.18 acre . ... Total .. U. S. Ormond New Levee ( 1932- Tabulation of right - of - way acquired by Pontchartrain. 60.00 351.60 25.80 877.40 877.40 3.55 ...
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| Title | Set-back Levees on the Mississippi River: Hearings... on H.R. 7349... |
| Author | United States. Congress. House. Committee on Flood Control |
| Published | 1935 |
| Length | 226 pages |
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