Set-back Levees on the Mississippi River: Hearings... on H.R. 7349...1935 - 226 pages |
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... construction of the act , whether these people are to lose their property and homes , or whether we will pass legislation giving them compensation . We have some of the landowners here . Mr. DRIVER . I have conditions in my district ...
... construction of the act , whether these people are to lose their property and homes , or whether we will pass legislation giving them compensation . We have some of the landowners here . Mr. DRIVER . I have conditions in my district ...
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... district , and the answer was that his estimate was $ 68,796 . When the new ... construction of levees . In other words , in respect to this matter the ... district and for the Yazoo - Mississippi . Delta Mississippi River district stated ...
... district , and the answer was that his estimate was $ 68,796 . When the new ... construction of levees . In other words , in respect to this matter the ... district and for the Yazoo - Mississippi . Delta Mississippi River district stated ...
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... district engineer requested the levee board to furnish rights- of - way on the back lane , and that held the work up ... construction , cheaper for the Government , and they saved money . The result of all of this is that the levee board ...
... district engineer requested the levee board to furnish rights- of - way on the back lane , and that held the work up ... construction , cheaper for the Government , and they saved money . The result of all of this is that the levee board ...
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... district engineers knowing that this main channel here , shown in gray [ indicating ] , which is some 12 or 15 miles ... construction , the actual area involved , the assessed valuation , the amount that has been paid by the levee district ...
... district engineers knowing that this main channel here , shown in gray [ indicating ] , which is some 12 or 15 miles ... construction , the actual area involved , the assessed valuation , the amount that has been paid by the levee district ...
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... district , and that levee district broken down , even to the showing of the name of each individual project therein ... construction of the levees built under Flood Control Act of 1928 RECAPITULATION , BY.LEVEE DISTRICTS Acreage Assessed ...
... district , and that levee district broken down , even to the showing of the name of each individual project therein ... construction of the levees built under Flood Control Act of 1928 RECAPITULATION , BY.LEVEE DISTRICTS Acreage Assessed ...
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100 percent acre ally paid Act of 1928-Continued amount obligation paid Amount taken Assessed Amounts not paid Arkansas Ascension Parish Atchafalaya Basin Levee Atchafalaya levee district Basin Levee District Bayou Boeuf Bayou Goula Black River built under Flood CHAIRMAN Charles Parish construction material_ Contract construction of United cost of project district for construction Flood Control Act Highway Levee Highway Highway Total amount Iberville Parish James Parish Lafourche Levee District Lake Borgne Landry length levee board Levee Highway Levee levee highway project Levee Highway Total levees built material_ Contract payments ments actu miles miscellaneous expenses Mississippi River old levee paid by Atchafalaya paid to date plantation Plaquemine Parish Pointe Coupee Parish Pontchartrain Levee District Port Allen Price per ments right-of-way acquired Right-of-way and miscellaneous river edge set-back levees Tabulation of right-of-way taken Assessed value toe of old Total amount obligation Total cost United States levees value of land WHITTINGTON
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Page 204 - 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 202 - ... 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...