Flood Control: Hearings Before a Subcommittee of the Committee on Commerce, United States Senate, Seventy-eighth Congress, Second Session on H.R. 4485 ... May 29-June 15, 1944 |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 100
Page 19
... Acres 1,069 , 700 Acres $ 28 , 789 , 000 12 564 , 400 536 , 400 12 , 834 , 000 1,400,000 10 Illinois River .. Ohio River . Missouri River . 65,000 715,000 1,555 , 000 $ 2,046,000 3,540,000 31 , 000 , 000 32 Total . 8 , 203 , 200 81 ...
... Acres 1,069 , 700 Acres $ 28 , 789 , 000 12 564 , 400 536 , 400 12 , 834 , 000 1,400,000 10 Illinois River .. Ohio River . Missouri River . 65,000 715,000 1,555 , 000 $ 2,046,000 3,540,000 31 , 000 , 000 32 Total . 8 , 203 , 200 81 ...
Page 32
... acres were in cultivation , and 2,700 acres were open pasture land . The value of crops lost during this flood is estimated at $ 252,000 , and it is esti- mated that the annual average flood damages in the basin are $ 26,500 . Senator ...
... acres were in cultivation , and 2,700 acres were open pasture land . The value of crops lost during this flood is estimated at $ 252,000 , and it is esti- mated that the annual average flood damages in the basin are $ 26,500 . Senator ...
Page 50
... acres and in Caddo Parish 291,000 acres of land under cultivation and used as farms , with the principal crop cotton and corn , and also smaller acreages of hay , potatoes , and sugarcane . Other basic resources of economic im- portance ...
... acres and in Caddo Parish 291,000 acres of land under cultivation and used as farms , with the principal crop cotton and corn , and also smaller acreages of hay , potatoes , and sugarcane . Other basic resources of economic im- portance ...
Page 61
... acres of the most fertile lands , and Whereas the highest and most destructive flood in many , many years is just now emerging from the upper reaches of the river , thereby preventing produc- tion in 1944 on thousands of acres of much ...
... acres of the most fertile lands , and Whereas the highest and most destructive flood in many , many years is just now emerging from the upper reaches of the river , thereby preventing produc- tion in 1944 on thousands of acres of much ...
Page 67
... acre - feet passed the Blakely site . So we are going to ask the engineers to consider chang- ing their plans and reducing the amount of dead storage and advancing the flood storage to 800,000 acre - feet . It is not a thousand feet ...
... acre - feet passed the Blakely site . So we are going to ask the engineers to consider chang- ing their plans and reducing the amount of dead storage and advancing the flood storage to 800,000 acre - feet . It is not a thousand feet ...
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
acre-feet acres agencies agricultural amendment Arkansas Army engineers authorized BARNES BASHORE benefits Bureau of Reclamation Calif California Central Valley project Chairman channel Chief of Engineers CLARK of Missouri Colonel GOETHALS conservation construction Corps of Engineers County Creek Department Dummerston estimated cost feet flood damage flood protection flood-control bill flood-control project flow going Governor SHARPE harbor bill high dam House Document improvement interests Interior Kern River Kings River land levees low dam ment miles Mississippi multiple-purpose navigation operation percent proposed purposes question recommended record Representative reservoirs REYBOLD river and harbor River project ROBINS Sacramento River San Joaquin River Secretary Senator AIKEN Senator AUSTIN Senator BURTON Senator CLARK Senator CORDON Senator MCCLELLAN Senator MILLIKIN Senator OVERTON Senator ROBERTSON Shasta Dam statement storage streams subcommittee Table Mountain Dam tion tributaries Tulare Lake Tuolumne River United Vermont water supply watershed Williamsville
Popular passages
Page 715 - ... all surplus water over and above such actual appropriation and use, together with the water of all lakes, rivers, and other sources of water supply upon the public lands, and not navigable, shall remain and be held free for the appropriation and use of the. public for irrigation, mining, and manufacturing purposes subject to existing rights.
Page 343 - 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 715 - That whenever by priority of possession rights to the use of water for mining, agricultural, manufacturing, or other purposes have vested and accrued and the same are recognized and acknowledged by the local customs, laws, and the decisions of courts, the possessors and owners of such vested rights shall be maintained and protected in the same...
Page 247 - Indian reservations, and other beneficial uses, and for the generation and sale of electric energy as a means of financially aiding and assisting such undertakings and in order to permit the full utilization of the works constructed to accomplish the aforesaid purposes...
Page 715 - That nothing in this Act shall be construed as affecting or intended to affect or to in any way interfere with the laws of any State or Territory relating to the control, appropriation, use or distribution of water used in irrigation...
Page 22 - 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 42 - The Constitution of the United States provides that " the Congress shall have power "" to regulate commerce
Page 669 - Congress to recognize the interests and rights of the States in determining the development of the watersheds within their borders and likewise their interests and rights in water utilization and control...
Page 9 - War is hereby authorized and directed to cause preliminary examinations and surveys for flood control including floods aggravated by or due to tidal effect at the following-named localities, and the Secretary of Agriculture is authorized and directed to cause preliminary examinations and surveys for run-off and water-flow retardation and soil-erosion prevention on the watersheds...
Page 307 - Electric power and energy generated at reservoir projects under the control of the Department of the Army and, in the opinion of the Secretary of the Army, not required in the operation of such projects...