Sacramento River, Calif. Hearings ... on the Improvement of the Sacramento River Deep Water Channel, California |
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30 feet Angeles-San Francisco ANGELL Army engineers ATHERTON believe benefits Calif California canal cargo Central Valley cents per cubic CHAIRMAN Chamber of Commerce Chief of Engineers city of Sacramento city of Stockton Colonel FERINGA committee Congress construction cubic yard deep water deep-water channel DETERDING district engineer DONDERO DOYLE dredging economic engineer's report Federal Government Folsom Dam gentlemen hearing hydraulic dredging increased industrial intercoastal investment JOHNSON land Main voyage MANGHUM MCDONOUGH ment mento miles Oakland-Alameda operation Pacific coast PENNINGTON percent PETERSON of Georgia Pick-up and delivery PITTENGER port district port of Sacramento port of Stockton proposed question railroad RANKIN Rivers and Harbors Sacra Sacramento Chamber Sacramento River Sacramento Valley salinity salinity control salt water San Francisco-Oakland San Joaquin River savings Seattle-Tacoma serve Shasta Dam SHERWIN ship channel shippers statement steamship Stockton Chamber Stockton port Suisun Bay tonnage tons Total voyage traffic transportation vessels
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Page 91 - In view of the foregoing, it is the opinion of this office that the estimated channel excavation cost of $0.097 per cubic yard is fully justified.
Page 5 - States all necessary lands, easements, rights-ofway, and spoil disposal areas for the initial work and subsequent maintenance when and as required and to...
Page 15 - ... construct, operate, and maintain at the Washington Lake Basin an adequate public terminal, as approved by the Chief of Engineers, with necessary utilities and rail and highway connections open to all on equal terms; and (c) hold and save the United States free from any damages which may arise from construction, operation, and maintenance of the improvement.
Page 26 - ... existing ground water is overdrawn ; and Whereas the US Bureau of Reclamation has demonstrated in its report, the economic and engineering feasibility of furnishing the necessary supplemental surface water supply to these service areas by the construction of the Folsom south unit of the Central Valley project : Now, therefore, be it Resolved, That the City Council of the City of Folsom, hereby strongly endorses the Auburn-Folsom south unit of the Central Valley project, of which the Folsom south...
Page 26 - I hereby certify that the above and foregoing is a full, true, and correct copy of resolution...
Page 3 - September 2, 1943, transmitting copies of the reports of the district and division engineers and of the Board of Engineers for Rivers and Harbors on your Department's authorized survey of the Barren River, Ky.
Page 29 - ... shown that we will sign the water contracts for repayment. And if you will help us out, it will certainly be appreciated. I thank you very much. Mr. JOHNSON of Oklahoma. Thank you for your very informative statement. WEDNESDAY, MARCH 13, 1946. MISSOURI VALLEY PROJECT STATEMENT OF HON. CARL T. CURTIS, A REPRESENTATIVE IN THE CONGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES FROM THE FIRST DISTRICT OF NEBRASKA Mr. CURTIS. I want to thank the committee for their patience, and I shall be very brief. I would like to...
Page 20 - I am not able to talk ; but if you want to ask me any questions I will try to answer them, although I do not want you to ask me to make any speech.
Page 66 - There is the district engineer, the division engineer, the Board of Engineers for Rivers and Harbors, and the Chief of Engineers.
Page 3 - Calif., to provide for construction of a ship channel 30 feet deep and 200 to 300 feet wide from deep water in Suisun Bay to Washington Lake, including such works as may be necessary to compensate for or to alleviate any detrimental salinity conditions resulting from the ship channel. I would like...