Flood Control Plans and New Projects: 1943 and 1944 Hearings Before the Committee on Flood Control, House of Representatives, Seventy-eighth Congress, First[-second] Session on H.R. 4485, a Bill Authorizing the Construction of Certain Public Works on Rivers and Harbors for Flood Control, and for Other Purposes, Volume 1U.S. Government Printing Office, 1944 - Flood control |
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... Kings River and Tulare Lake . 249 250 Little Missouri River . 116 116 Los Angeles and San Gabriel Basin and Ballona Creek 248 249 Mississippi River ; Ste . Genevieve Levee District .. 91 91 Mississippi River ; Sabula , Iowa ... Missouri ...
... Kings River and Tulare Lake . 249 250 Little Missouri River . 116 116 Los Angeles and San Gabriel Basin and Ballona Creek 248 249 Mississippi River ; Ste . Genevieve Levee District .. 91 91 Mississippi River ; Sabula , Iowa ... Missouri ...
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... Kings River and Tulare Lake , Calif . Coquille River , Oreg Nehalem River , Oreg Snake River , Idaho , Wash . , and Oreg 743,000 Palouse River and tributaries , Idaho and Washington . H. Doc . 888 ( 77-2 ) . 478,000 Alkali Canyon , Oreg ...
... Kings River and Tulare Lake , Calif . Coquille River , Oreg Nehalem River , Oreg Snake River , Idaho , Wash . , and Oreg 743,000 Palouse River and tributaries , Idaho and Washington . H. Doc . 888 ( 77-2 ) . 478,000 Alkali Canyon , Oreg ...
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... Kings River , Berryville , Ark . Buffalo River , Rush , Ark . 517 April 1939 . 1,091 October 1928 . Dec. 27 , 1942 . do . 24.5 40,000 May 10 .. 30.15 ( 19 ) 20 27.2 61,000 May 11 . 37.35 100,000 Black River , Black Rock , Ark.10 . 7,323 ...
... Kings River , Berryville , Ark . Buffalo River , Rush , Ark . 517 April 1939 . 1,091 October 1928 . Dec. 27 , 1942 . do . 24.5 40,000 May 10 .. 30.15 ( 19 ) 20 27.2 61,000 May 11 . 37.35 100,000 Black River , Black Rock , Ark.10 . 7,323 ...
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... Kings River and Tulare Lake : This report was authorized by the act of June 22 , 1936 , and is contained in House Document 630 , Seventy- sixth Congress , third session , and consists generally of what ? Colonel GOETHALS . The ...
... Kings River and Tulare Lake : This report was authorized by the act of June 22 , 1936 , and is contained in House Document 630 , Seventy- sixth Congress , third session , and consists generally of what ? Colonel GOETHALS . The ...
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... Kings River and Tulare Lake project in the document mentioned , what about the Kern River project ? Mr. ELLIOTT . Just a minute , before we leave that . The CHAIRMAN . Yes , sir . All right , I will hear you in just a minute . General ...
... Kings River and Tulare Lake project in the document mentioned , what about the Kern River project ? Mr. ELLIOTT . Just a minute , before we leave that . The CHAIRMAN . Yes , sir . All right , I will hear you in just a minute . General ...
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acre-feet acres additional agencies agricultural amount Angeles annual approved Arkansas River Army engineers Bayou BEARD benefits Bureau of Reclamation capacity CHAIRMAN channel Chief of Engineers Colonel GOETHALS Colonel HALL Colonel PICK committee construction Corps of Engineers County Creek crops CURTIS Department discharge district drainage ELLIOTT estimated cost farm Flood Control Act flow Fort Gibson Fort Smith Grand River Grand River Dam hearings House Document Illinois improvements interests irrigation June Kansas Kaweah Kern River kilowatt-hours kilowatts Kings River land levees Louisiana Major General ROBINS maximum miles Mississippi River Missouri River navigation Ohio Okla Oklahoma operation Ouachita River Pensacola Dam percent plant pool POULSON proposed question railroad rainfall recommended record Red River reservoirs REYBOLD River Basin run-off San Joaquin River second-feet Smith statement storage streams submitted tion tributaries Tulare Lake United Valley watershed waterway WRIGHT
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Page 658 - California, is hereby authorized substantially in accordance with the plans contained in House Document Numbered 630, Seventy-sixth Congress, third session, with such modifications thereof as in the discretion of the Secretary of War and the Chief of Engineers may be advisable...
Page 626 - No expenditures for the construction of any new project, new division of a project, or new supplemental works on a project shall be made, nor shall estimates be submitted therefor, by the Secretary until after he has made an investigation thereof and has submitted to the President and to the Congress his report and findings on — (1) the engineering feasibility of the proposed construction ; (2) the estimated cost of the proposed construction ; (3) the part of the estimated cost which can properly...
Page 626 - If the proposed construction is found by the Secretary to have engineering feasibility and if the repayable and returnable allocations to irrigation, power, and municipal water supply or other miscellaneous purposes found by the Secretary to be proper, together with any allocation to flood control or navigation...
Page 423 - States, shall at all times be controlled by such reasonable rules and regulations in the interest of navigation, including the control of the level of the pool caused by such dam or diversion structure as may be made from time to time by the Secretary of War.
Page 667 - STATE OF CALIFORNIA, County of Tulare, ss: I, Gladys Stewart, county clerk and ex-officio clerk of the board of supervisors, do hereby certify the foregoing to be a full, true, and correct copy of...
Page 658 - Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to be immediately available, and to be expended under the direction of the Secretary of War and the supervision of the Chief of Engineers, for the construction, completion, repair, and preservation of the public works hereinafter named: ***** Sec.
Page 534 - Mr. Chairman. I want to express my appreciation to you and to the members of the committee for the privilege of being here with you this morning, and I would like permission to revise and extend my remarks.
Page 546 - I ask that it be incorporated in the record. The CHAIRMAN. Without objection, that will be done. (The...
Page 626 - In the event such contracts are made for furnishing water for irrigation purposes, the costs of any irrigation water distribution works constructed by the United States in connection with the new project, new division of a project, or supplemental works on a project, shall be covered by a repayment contract entered into pursuant to said subsection (d) The provisions of this section are now the subject of controversy.
Page 792 - Authority to construct should be understood to include authority to make modifications of the plans, to construct the reservoir at Federal cost, and to make arrangements for payment by the State or other responsible agency to the United States for the conservation storage when used.