Rivers and Harbors Bill: Hearings, Seventy-ninth Congress |
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... South Portland side . Mr. AUCHINCLOSS . Can you indicate it ? Mr. KIMBALL . Over in here [ indicating on map ] ; and the cutters tie up at the State dock . The CHAIRMAN . Do you have any drydocks for ship construction ? Mr. KIMBALL ...
... South Portland side . Mr. AUCHINCLOSS . Can you indicate it ? Mr. KIMBALL . Over in here [ indicating on map ] ; and the cutters tie up at the State dock . The CHAIRMAN . Do you have any drydocks for ship construction ? Mr. KIMBALL ...
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... south end of East Main Street extended , thence gradually decreasing in width to 250 feet at a point about 720 feet below Stratford Avenue Bridge across the Poquonock River , with widening at the bend opposite the Cilco Terminal to ...
... south end of East Main Street extended , thence gradually decreasing in width to 250 feet at a point about 720 feet below Stratford Avenue Bridge across the Poquonock River , with widening at the bend opposite the Cilco Terminal to ...
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... south- east of Providence Harbor and 13 miles northwest of New Bedford Harbor . It comprises the mouth of Taunton River and the head and east side of Mount Hope Bay and has a total length of 6 miles and widths decreasing from 211⁄2 ...
... south- east of Providence Harbor and 13 miles northwest of New Bedford Harbor . It comprises the mouth of Taunton River and the head and east side of Mount Hope Bay and has a total length of 6 miles and widths decreasing from 211⁄2 ...
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... south of the main inlet channel and west of the northern end of Long Beach . The State of New Jersey dredged a channel 5 feet deep , 50 feet wide , and 3,000 feet long in the south end of Barnegat City Harbor to provide access to the ...
... south of the main inlet channel and west of the northern end of Long Beach . The State of New Jersey dredged a channel 5 feet deep , 50 feet wide , and 3,000 feet long in the south end of Barnegat City Harbor to provide access to the ...
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... south . There has been accelerated erosion on Long Beach . Island at Harvey Cedars since the installation of the stone jetties , and abnormal . high tides since the erection of the sand dike south of the inlet on the bay . We believe ...
... south . There has been accelerated erosion on Long Beach . Island at Harvey Cedars since the installation of the stone jetties , and abnormal . high tides since the erection of the sand dike south of the inlet on the bay . We believe ...
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12 feet 29 feet 30 feet additional ANGELL annual carrying charges Army engineers authorized barge Baton Rouge Big Sioux River Board of Engineers bridge Calcasieu River canal cargo CHAIRMAN Chief of Engineers Colonel FERINGA Columbia River commerce Congress construction Coos Bay craft Creek damages deepening depth district engineer DONDERO dredging Engineers for Rivers estimated existing project facilities favor Federal feet 6 inches feet deep feet wide fishing Gulf Gulf Intracoastal Waterway Harbor Act Harbors Committee industrial interests Intracoastal Waterway Johns River Lake Charles land LARCADE load located lock Louisiana lumber maintenance Mermentau River miles Mississippi River Missouri River navigation operation Oreg PETERSON of Georgia petroleum products PITTENGER port of Coos Portland present proposed PYBURN railroads RANKIN Rivers and Harbors savings Schuylkill River Sioux City South statement tankers terminal tion tonnage tons traffic transportation tributary turning basin vessels WHEELER width
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Page 278 - An Act making appropriations for the construction, repair, and preservation of certain public works on rivers and harbors and for other purposes...
Page 81 - Act shall be expended on the construction of any project until States, political subdivisions thereof, or other responsible local agencies have given assurances satisfactory to the Secretary of War that they will (a) provide without cost to the United States all lands, easements, and rights-of-way necessary for the construction of the project...
Page 296 - 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 306 - ... arising in States lying wholly or partly west of the 98th meridian shall be only such use as does not conflict with any beneficial consumptive use, present or future, in States lying wholly or partly west of the 98th meridian, of such waters for domestic, municipal, stock water, Irrigation, mining or industrial purposes.
Page 306 - States (as defined in paragraph (a) of this section) , and to the Secretary of War, be subject to the same provisions regarding investigations, plans, proposals, and reports as prescribed in paragraph (a) of this section for the Chief of Engineers and the Secretary of War.
Page 278 - As used in this section the term ' commerce ' shall include the use of waterways by seasonal passenger craft, yachts, house boats, fishing boats, motor boats, and other similar water craft, whether or not operated for hire.'* Approved, February 10, 1932.
Page 280 - This, however, is subject to the conditions that local interests furnish assurances satisfactory to the Secretary of War that they will (a) provide without cost to the United States all lands, easements, and rights-of-way necessary for the construction of the...
Page 39 - But there will be no meeting of the committee to-morrow. (Accordingly, at 12.30 orlock pm, a recess was taken until 2 o'clock pm of the same day.) AFTER RECESS The committee resumed at 2 o'clock pm, at the expiration of the recess.
Page 246 - Local cooperation. This provides that local interests agree to furnish, free of cost to the United States, all lands, easements, rights-ofway, and spoil disposal areas...
Page 226 - States of $378,000, subject to the provision that local interests give assurances satisfactory to the Secretary of War...