Set-back Levees on the Mississippi River: Hearings... on H.R. 7349... |
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So they decided to abandon that and build a levee line 31⁄2 miles long , saving something over $ 900,000 to the Government . That was done , and the landowners were not consulted . The levee line was built , and this land is exposed to ...
So they decided to abandon that and build a levee line 31⁄2 miles long , saving something over $ 900,000 to the Government . That was done , and the landowners were not consulted . The levee line was built , and this land is exposed to ...
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It is necessary for them to acquire the foundation on which the levee is to be built . The individual is left out . Mr. RICH . There are no arrangements under the present law whereby there is some restitution to the farmer whose lands ...
It is necessary for them to acquire the foundation on which the levee is to be built . The individual is left out . Mr. RICH . There are no arrangements under the present law whereby there is some restitution to the farmer whose lands ...
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After estimating anew the cost of the enlargement of the levee lands on the Mississippi River in accordance with the ... It would only cost $ 200,000 to build this two and a quarter miles of levee across that point , and the engi- neers ...
After estimating anew the cost of the enlargement of the levee lands on the Mississippi River in accordance with the ... It would only cost $ 200,000 to build this two and a quarter miles of levee across that point , and the engi- neers ...
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When the new levee line was constructed , taking in the old levee districts and extending approximately 90 miles below Memphis to the northern boundary line of Bolivar County , instead of rebuilding the existing levee line and ...
When the new levee line was constructed , taking in the old levee districts and extending approximately 90 miles below Memphis to the northern boundary line of Bolivar County , instead of rebuilding the existing levee line and ...
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However , in making such a statement , would be brief for the reason that the board of State engineers has worked up a statement of each levee district , showing the new levees constructed in the parishes , the statement showing the ...
However , in making such a statement , would be brief for the reason that the board of State engineers has worked up a statement of each levee district , showing the new levees constructed in the parishes , the statement showing the ...
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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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| 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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