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That did not mean that they were going to rectify all of the levee lands on the river , but it meant this , that wherever it became necessary to change the location of an exist- ing levee on the river , it would be set back sufficiently ...
That did not mean that they were going to rectify all of the levee lands on the river , but it meant this , that wherever it became necessary to change the location of an exist- ing levee on the river , it would be set back sufficiently ...
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But the engineers , in order to effectuate that economy , have made some set - backs here to save money , and they do not hesitate a moment to say so , because they are very frank with us . I am going to give you this illustration in ...
But the engineers , in order to effectuate that economy , have made some set - backs here to save money , and they do not hesitate a moment to say so , because they are very frank with us . I am going to give you this illustration in ...
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... it would be more or less a repetition of the statements made before this committee in 1932 and 1934 , and for the benefit of the new members of the committee , who are going to pass on this question , I would like to make my ...
... it would be more or less a repetition of the statements made before this committee in 1932 and 1934 , and for the benefit of the new members of the committee , who are going to pass on this question , I would like to make my ...
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... it would be more or less a repetition of the statements made before this committee in 1932 and 1934 , and for the benefit of the new members of the committee , who are going to pass on this question , I would like to make my ...
... it would be more or less a repetition of the statements made before this committee in 1932 and 1934 , and for the benefit of the new members of the committee , who are going to pass on this question , I would like to make my ...
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... because quite a large amount of the cost of the local boards in Mis- sissippi has been in the city of Greenville , and there was a very considerable amount spent at the town of Friars Point . Are we going ahead this afternoon ?
... because quite a large amount of the cost of the local boards in Mis- sissippi has been in the city of Greenville , and there was a very considerable amount spent at the town of Friars Point . Are we going ahead this afternoon ?
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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...
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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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