Flood Control Work in Red River, Atchafalaya and Bayou Boeuf Levee District: Hearings, Seventy-third Congress, Second Sessio |
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... water , and it is a safe bet that Louisiana would , we would overflow . That was his threat . Senator OVERTON . I shall introduce in evidence a little later a letter written by W. H. Holcombe , district engineer . He is the gentleman ...
... water , and it is a safe bet that Louisiana would , we would overflow . That was his threat . Senator OVERTON . I shall introduce in evidence a little later a letter written by W. H. Holcombe , district engineer . He is the gentleman ...
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... water . He knows that some levees seep and are rotten . He gives this money then to this district for this levee construction , and realizing that he is supposed to acquire this right- of - way , he calls upon the levee board to get ...
... water . He knows that some levees seep and are rotten . He gives this money then to this district for this levee construction , and realizing that he is supposed to acquire this right- of - way , he calls upon the levee board to get ...
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... waters turned loose at Bayou Boeuf Basin , would that cause high water at Red River or not ? Mr. PRESSBURG . I would say yes , on account of coming across the end of the river and cutting off the flow , would have given us a higher ...
... waters turned loose at Bayou Boeuf Basin , would that cause high water at Red River or not ? Mr. PRESSBURG . I would say yes , on account of coming across the end of the river and cutting off the flow , would have given us a higher ...
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... waters , and it would have been if we had not raised quite a lot of them , because the water went in 1932 - in Feb- ruary it went a foot and six tenths above any previous water . Senator OVERTON . Did you take that matter up with the ...
... waters , and it would have been if we had not raised quite a lot of them , because the water went in 1932 - in Feb- ruary it went a foot and six tenths above any previous water . Senator OVERTON . Did you take that matter up with the ...
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... waters from entering the Tensas Basin , except into the flood way during high floods , the levees on the south side of the Arkansas will be strengthened and raised about 3 feet as far upstream as necessary . " Again , on page 7 of this ...
... waters from entering the Tensas Basin , except into the flood way during high floods , the levees on the south side of the Arkansas will be strengthened and raised about 3 feet as far upstream as necessary . " Again , on page 7 of this ...
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acquire the rights-of-way adopted plan adopted project Alexandria Arkansas River Army Engineers Atchafalaya Basin Atchafalaya River Attorney authority bank of Red Bayou Boeuf Levee bill board of commissioners Boeuf Basin Boeuf Levee Board Boeuf Levee District Captain DEAN Chief of Engineers claim for reimbursement Cologne Bend Colonel GRAVES construction of levees contract cubic yards Department district engineer duress Egg Bend Federal Government Flood Control Act Flood Control Board furnish the rights-of-way furnish the United going Government should pay JOHN C. H. LEE letter levee construction levee purposes levee rights-of-way Louisiana main stem Major Holcombe Mississippi River Commission Mississippi River Flood of-way opinion Orleans paid payment President PRESSBURG protection levees question reasonable price Red River referred rights-of rights-of-way for levee rights-of-way without cost River Flood Control Secretary Secretary of War Senator BAILEY Senator OVERTON south bank statement tion United States Government Whereas the United
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Page 40 - That the project for the flood control of the Mississippi River in its alluvial valley and for its improvement from the Head of Passes to Cape Girardeau, Missouri, in accordance with the engineering plan set forth and recommended in the report submitted by the Chief of Engineers to -the Secretary of War, dated December 1, 1927, and printed in House Document Numbered 90, Seventieth Congress, first session...
Page 37 - River for protection against the floods of that river; in view of the extent of National concern in the control of these floods in the interests of national prosperity, the flow of interstate commerce, and the movement of the United States mails; and, in view of the gigantic scale of the project, involving flood waters of a volume and flowing from a drainage area largely outside the States most affected, and far exceeding those of any other river in the United States, no local contribution to the...
Page 40 - Numbered 391, approved May 15, 1928 (45 Stat. 534), Seventieth Congress, entitled "An Act for the control of floods on the Mississippi River and its tributaries, and for other purposes...
Page 23 - I hereby certify that the above and foregoing is a true and correct copy of a Resolution submitted to and adopted by the Mississippi Bankers Association in official convention assembled.
Page 30 - Lands and improvements thereon hereafter actually used or destroyed for levees or levee drainage purposes shall be paid for at a price not to exceed the assessed value for the preceding year; provided, this shall not apply to batture, nor to property control of which is vested in the State or any subdivision thereof for the purpose of commerce.
Page 42 - We may assume that, as charged, the mere adoption by Congress of a plan of flood control which involves an intentional, additional, occasional flooding of complainant's land constitutes a taking of it — as soon as the government begins to carry out the project authorized.
Page 30 - WHS necessary to take a previously existing street or highway for levees or levee drainage purposes, shall be paid for at a price not to exceed the assessed value for the preceding year: 1'rnritli'd.
Page 42 - If that which has been done, or is contemplated, does constitute such a taking, the complainant can recover just compensation under the Tucker act in an action at law as upon an implied contract, since the validity of the act and the authority of the defendants are conceded.
Page 37 - That it is hereby declared to be the sense of Congress that the principle of local contribution toward the cost of flood-control work, which has been incorporated in all previous national legislation on the subject, is sound, as recognizing the special interest of the local population in its own protection, and as a means of preventing inordinate requests for unjustified items of work having no material national interest.
Page 42 - The Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed the judgment of the District Court in disallowing damages under the counterclaim.