River and Harbor Bill: Hearings on H.R. 8914, Held Before the Committee on Rivers and Harbors, House of Representatives, Sixty-eighth Congress, First Session ... April 3, 4, 5, 11, 12, 15, and 22, 1924 |
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... tell us what the proposed improvement is and then go on with the details ? General BEACH . The improvement desired , which is that recom- mended by the Board of Engineers for rivers and harbors and myself , is for a channel 25 feet deep ...
... tell us what the proposed improvement is and then go on with the details ? General BEACH . The improvement desired , which is that recom- mended by the Board of Engineers for rivers and harbors and myself , is for a channel 25 feet deep ...
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... telling us about local cooperation , would you tell us your views on that , please sir ? Mr. LINEBEEGER . Before he proceeds , may I ask are the city of Miami and Miami Beach all a part of the same municipality ? The CHAIRMAN . No ...
... telling us about local cooperation , would you tell us your views on that , please sir ? Mr. LINEBEEGER . Before he proceeds , may I ask are the city of Miami and Miami Beach all a part of the same municipality ? The CHAIRMAN . No ...
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... tell you that within the last 10 years Miami grew 440 per cent , the most rapid growth of any city in the United States , I say with considerable pride the members of this committee who helped me in getting that 18 - foot channel ...
... tell you that within the last 10 years Miami grew 440 per cent , the most rapid growth of any city in the United States , I say with considerable pride the members of this committee who helped me in getting that 18 - foot channel ...
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... storage line from New York to New Orleans , via Miami , Baltimore , and Philadelphia , the moment this com- mittee gives the channel we are asking for . The CHAIRMAN . Tell us the conditions attached to it RIVER AND HARBOR BILL 13.
... storage line from New York to New Orleans , via Miami , Baltimore , and Philadelphia , the moment this com- mittee gives the channel we are asking for . The CHAIRMAN . Tell us the conditions attached to it RIVER AND HARBOR BILL 13.
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... Tell us the conditions attached to it ; whether it should apply to the entire channel or simply from Miami Beach in ? Mr. SEARS . I realize I am in a campaign , but I never hesitate to speak my mind . Perhaps for the first time in many ...
... Tell us the conditions attached to it ; whether it should apply to the entire channel or simply from Miami Beach in ? Mr. SEARS . I realize I am in a campaign , but I never hesitate to speak my mind . Perhaps for the first time in many ...
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Page 88 - Bay the channel is to be 10 feet deep at mean low water and 200 feet wide. From the...
Page 33 - STATEMENT OF HON. PHILIP D. SWING, A REPRESENTATIVE IN CONGRESS FROM THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA. Mr. SWING. The record of the harbor master, which has been filed by Mr.
Page 95 - Point to the town wharves, 4,000 feet long, 60 feet wide, and 4 feet deep at mean low water, at an estimated cost of $14,300.
Page 57 - Army the changes of a station of an officer of the Corps of Engineers is primarily in the interest of river and harbor improvement, the mileage and other allowances to which he may be entitled incident to such change of station may be paid from appropriations for such improvements.
Page 94 - The tidal range between mean lower low water and mean higher high water is 6.9 feet at the mouth of the creek and 8 feet at Washington Street bridge.
Page 91 - Office, and, if it meets with the approval of the committee, I would like to have a copy of this report inserted in the hearings at this point.
Page 116 - That the Secretary of War is hereby authorized and directed to cause to be made a suitable bronze tablet, containing on it the address delivered by Abraham Lincoln, President of the United States, at Gettysburg on the nineteenth day of November, eighteen hundred and sixty-three, on the occasion of the dedication of the national cemetery at that...
Page 18 - ... with $50,000 annually for maintenance: Provided, That local interests give satisfactory assurance to the Secretary of War that they will provide public terminals at Trenton having not more than 3,000 linear feet of berthing space, with adequate covered storage and mechanical equipment, capable of handling about 500,000 tons annually; will provide satisfactory rail and highway connections therewith, and will furnish without cost to the United States suitable areas, bulkheaded, if necessary, for...
Page 117 - Would it not be possible to give an authorization for $500,000, with the recommendation that $250,000 be appropriated in the first appropriation? The CHAIRMAN. Yes. Mr. McDuFFiE. That would be all right. APPROVAL OF PERMITS FOR WATER-POWER DEVELOPMENT Mr. McDuFFiE. Here is one more, Mr. Chairman, that I invite 'your attention to [reading]: That on and after the passage of this act, the Secretary of War and the Chief of Engineers shall not approve any preliminary permit or any license for the development...
Page 116 - Army, such investigations as may be necessary for the preparation of a general plan for the most effective navlgutlon improvement in combination with the most efficient development of the potential water power on those navigable streams of the United States and their tributaries where such power development appears feasible and practicable...