Rivers and Harbors Bill: Hearings, Seventy-ninth Congress |
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... facts have been diligently sought from all interests concerned and have been given careful considera- tion by the reporting officers and the Board in arriving at their final conclusions . Influences tending to accelerate or retard the ...
... facts have been diligently sought from all interests concerned and have been given careful considera- tion by the reporting officers and the Board in arriving at their final conclusions . Influences tending to accelerate or retard the ...
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... fact brought out by these records is that , not only during the war period , but in general throughout the preceding dec- ade of unprecedented business depression , the inland and intra- coastal waterways have continued , in ever ...
... fact brought out by these records is that , not only during the war period , but in general throughout the preceding dec- ade of unprecedented business depression , the inland and intra- coastal waterways have continued , in ever ...
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... fact , under present conditions , bids received are frequently less than the estimated cost of doing the work by Government plant and hired labor . Mr. PITTENGER . General , you say there are about 50 or 60 projects here ? General ...
... fact , under present conditions , bids received are frequently less than the estimated cost of doing the work by Government plant and hired labor . Mr. PITTENGER . General , you say there are about 50 or 60 projects here ? General ...
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... fact that the War Depart- ment engineers have held that the project would be beneficial to the American people ? General WHEELER . Yes , sir . Well , Congressman Pittenger , the way I feel about that opposition , or any other opposition ...
... fact that the War Depart- ment engineers have held that the project would be beneficial to the American people ? General WHEELER . Yes , sir . Well , Congressman Pittenger , the way I feel about that opposition , or any other opposition ...
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... held by the board of engineers in Portland in December a year ago . In fact , the railroads are proposing with the State to make an indirect contribu- tion to the improvement of the port by eliminating the RIVERS AND HARBORS BILL 23.
... held by the board of engineers in Portland in December a year ago . In fact , the railroads are proposing with the State to make an indirect contribu- tion to the improvement of the port by eliminating the RIVERS AND HARBORS BILL 23.
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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...