Omnibus Rivers and Harbors, and Flood Control Bills, 1965: Hearings Before Subcommittee on Rivers and Harbors and the Subcommittee on Flood Control, Eighty-ninth Congress, First Session, Part 1 |
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... savings to business ; is that correct ? General GRAHAM . That is correct . Mr. WRIGHT . Is it true that there are those perhaps in another agency of the Government who are recommending that instead of comparing the present freight rates ...
... savings to business ; is that correct ? General GRAHAM . That is correct . Mr. WRIGHT . Is it true that there are those perhaps in another agency of the Government who are recommending that instead of comparing the present freight rates ...
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... savings in transportation costs would accrue as the result of the operation of deeper draft vessels on a 35 - foot channel in the above waterways . One of the principal factors which determines the price of a product to the ultimate ...
... savings in transportation costs would accrue as the result of the operation of deeper draft vessels on a 35 - foot channel in the above waterways . One of the principal factors which determines the price of a product to the ultimate ...
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... savings , the reduction in traveltime where ships , for example , might have to travel at half - speed in order to wait for a favorable tide to get into the port or might have to sit at anchor to wait to get into the port . Mr. HARSHA ...
... savings , the reduction in traveltime where ships , for example , might have to travel at half - speed in order to wait for a favorable tide to get into the port or might have to sit at anchor to wait to get into the port . Mr. HARSHA ...
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... savings in time . What are the transporta- tion savings that you consider here ? How do you arrive at that ? Colonel YOUNG . Sir , the $ 10,000 annual benefit should be elimina- tion of damages only . It is not the savings in time . The ...
... savings in time . What are the transporta- tion savings that you consider here ? How do you arrive at that ? Colonel YOUNG . Sir , the $ 10,000 annual benefit should be elimina- tion of damages only . It is not the savings in time . The ...
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... Savings for petroleum products carried in the larger and deeper loaded tankers now coming into use , and ( 2 ) savings from bulk shipments in large vessels . Mr. JONES . The next project . JACKSONVILLE HARBOR , FLA . Colonel YOUNG ...
... Savings for petroleum products carried in the larger and deeper loaded tankers now coming into use , and ( 2 ) savings from bulk shipments in large vessels . Mr. JONES . The next project . JACKSONVILLE HARBOR , FLA . Colonel YOUNG ...
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88th Congress acres annual approved Army authorization BALDWIN Bayou beach benefit-cost ratio benefit-to-cost ratio benefits Big Stone Lake bill Budget Bureau Chairman Cheat River Chief of Engineers CLAUSEN Colonel KRISTOFERSON Colonel PINNELL Colonel PRESTON Colonel YOUNG committee Congress Congressman construction cooperation Corps of Engineers County CREE damage drainage district DUBROW economic electric Engineers recommends estimated cost estimated Federal cost facilities favorable Federal agencies Federal Government Federal Power Commission feet fish and wildlife Flint River flood control project floodway Georgia Power GRAY HARSHA House Document hydroelectric industry John River JONES kilowatts Lake land LASTINGER Lazer Creek levees located ment miles million Mississippi River navigation Oahu operation percent plant problem proposed Public question recreation reservoir River Basin Rivers and Harbors Rowlesburg Secretary statement subcommittee taxes Thank tion tributaries Tucker County Upson County valley water resources
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Page 577 - For the purpose of assuring an abundant supply of electric energy throughout the United States with the greatest possible economy and with regard to the proper utilization and conservation of natural resources, the Commission is empowered and [p.
Page 153 - The projects for flood protection on the Mississippi River at St. Paul and South St. Paul, Minnesota, are hereby authorized substantially in accordance with the recommendations of the Chief of Engineers in House Document Numbered 223, 85th Congress, at an estimated cost of $5,705,500.
Page 566 - The interest rate to be used in plan formulation and evaluation for discounting future benefits and computing costs, or otherwise converting benefits and costs to a common time basis shall be based upon the average rate of interest payable by the Treasury on interest-bearing marketable securities of the United States outstanding at the end of the fiscal year preceding such computation which, upon original issue, had terms to maturity of 15 years or more.
Page 218 - ... Commission. It is then reviewed by Mr. Nelson's organization, and where there is any difference of opinion, the estimate is changed until it is mutually agreeable to both. The estimate is then submitted to the Commission in Washington where it again receives review. This budget is then prepared and submitted to the Bureau of the Budget. The Bureau of the Budget,, in turn, reviews it before it is submitted by the President to Congress. Mr. YATES. When you speak of the prime contractor, other than...
Page 172 - I wish to thank you, Mr. Chairman, and the members of your committee, for the opportunity to...
Page 566 - ... shall be the multiple of one-eighth of 1 percent next lower than such average rate.
Page 300 - BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that a copy of this resolution be spread upon the minutes of this meeting and that a copy thereof be sent to the family of Robert C.
Page 319 - February 21, 1949, subject to the condition that local interests provide without cost to the United States all lands, easements, and rights-of-way...
Page 257 - The member from the Department of the Army will be Chairman of the Committee. The Chairman shall appoint a secretary. It shall be the duty of the secretary to make the necessary preparations for meetings of the Committee...