Rivers and Harbors Bill: Hearings, Seventy-ninth Congress |
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... present time . In regard to in- crease in the costs of labor and materials , we believe that there has been an increase of about 25 to 30 percent over the prewar prices , the last steady prices that existed before the war . Of course we ...
... present time . In regard to in- crease in the costs of labor and materials , we believe that there has been an increase of about 25 to 30 percent over the prewar prices , the last steady prices that existed before the war . Of course we ...
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... present , with a view to see- ing that your committee does have all the information with respect to the project in arriving at your decision . Mr. PITTENGER . As I understood your statement , which was carefully worked out and presented ...
... present , with a view to see- ing that your committee does have all the information with respect to the project in arriving at your decision . Mr. PITTENGER . As I understood your statement , which was carefully worked out and presented ...
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... present channel ? Colonel FERINGA . The shaded light part of the channel is 35 feet , and the part that is very heavy blue is now 30 feet , and we recommend that it be deepened to 35 feet . The CHAIRMAN . Very few ships would require ...
... present channel ? Colonel FERINGA . The shaded light part of the channel is 35 feet , and the part that is very heavy blue is now 30 feet , and we recommend that it be deepened to 35 feet . The CHAIRMAN . Very few ships would require ...
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... present 30 - foot channel through the upper end of the inner harbor , including its ex- tension up Fore River ... present 30 - foot inner harbor channel from the Maine .State pier to Portland Bridge , deepening to 35 feet and widening to ...
... present 30 - foot channel through the upper end of the inner harbor , including its ex- tension up Fore River ... present 30 - foot inner harbor channel from the Maine .State pier to Portland Bridge , deepening to 35 feet and widening to ...
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... present law we had to send this report , as we do all other reports , to the governor , and he has written back favorably on it , and the Budget Bureau has also made a favorable report . I understand that Mr. Hallet , who is a member of ...
... present law we had to send this report , as we do all other reports , to the governor , and he has written back favorably on it , and the Budget Bureau has also made a favorable report . I understand that Mr. Hallet , who is a member of ...
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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...