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These are plantations and farms containing a little over 9,600 acres of land . The old levee line was 151/2 miles around . To maintain that and protect this land , which the Government ac- cepted the obligation to do , would be very ...
These are plantations and farms containing a little over 9,600 acres of land . The old levee line was 151/2 miles around . To maintain that and protect this land , which the Government ac- cepted the obligation to do , would be very ...
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Say you go back 15 miles and make the levee permanent , you leave his plantation out between that and the river , and the Government fixes it on a more permanent basis . Mr. RICH . If we were to pass a bill of this kind , would there be ...
Say you go back 15 miles and make the levee permanent , you leave his plantation out between that and the river , and the Government fixes it on a more permanent basis . Mr. RICH . If we were to pass a bill of this kind , would there be ...
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This is a magnificent old southern home located here , with an unusually attractive lot of tenant houses and gardens , splendidly drained , and with everything in the world to make that plantation one of the most desirable properties ...
This is a magnificent old southern home located here , with an unusually attractive lot of tenant houses and gardens , splendidly drained , and with everything in the world to make that plantation one of the most desirable properties ...
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For about 20 miles around the plantation , we put up a woven wire fence , which is all under water . There is nothing else that I particularly had in mind . Are there any questions that anybody would like to ask ? The CHAIRMAN .
For about 20 miles around the plantation , we put up a woven wire fence , which is all under water . There is nothing else that I particularly had in mind . Are there any questions that anybody would like to ask ? The CHAIRMAN .
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That is the plantation , but the levee is known as Bayou Vidal - Elkridge . Mr. WHITTINGTON . Where is your residence ? Where do you live ? Dr. WOLFE . In about this locality [ indicating on map ] . Mr. WHITTINGTON .
That is the plantation , but the levee is known as Bayou Vidal - Elkridge . Mr. WHITTINGTON . Where is your residence ? Where do you live ? Dr. WOLFE . In about this locality [ indicating on map ] . Mr. WHITTINGTON .
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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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